tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post4284679787246787364..comments2024-03-22T11:55:50.335+13:00Comments on Not PC: Friday Morning Ramble–11.09.15Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-44568320340659503002015-09-20T03:47:46.296+12:002015-09-20T03:47:46.296+12:00Scientific American Dawkins link
"The known ...Scientific American Dawkins link<br /><br />"The known Higgs boson" gets stranger by the millisecond.gregsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04786701115887458801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-7223255303483905862015-09-19T10:02:06.022+12:002015-09-19T10:02:06.022+12:00Yeah, a Green PR being dead-on. Who'd a' t...Yeah, a Green PR being dead-on. Who'd a' thunk it. For their own reasons they can frequently be good critics of cronyism. And Idiot/Savant is quite right too: although it's hardly Teapot Dome, the deal does seems to reveal that S. Joyce has been either incompetent or corrupt.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-81409222969349092902015-09-19T09:54:05.661+12:002015-09-19T09:54:05.661+12:00"Nonsense"? Oh, you mean you disagree wi..."Nonsense"? Oh, you mean you disagree with it.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-23309335812986969552015-09-19T09:27:43.531+12:002015-09-19T09:27:43.531+12:00Your first picture is ironic, given your later non...Your first picture is ironic, given your later nonsense about what gets people to put children in boats.Blairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865567065778234500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49725534157329587302015-09-18T16:36:10.825+12:002015-09-18T16:36:10.825+12:00Streuth, is this a 1st? ~the green party release m...Streuth, is this a 1st? ~the green party release makes sense! In your twitter listing, Idiot Savant, on genius negotiation of S Joyce Rightly condemning the [expletives] Joyce and his Sky convention centre deal. With supposed friends of capitalism like Joyce, who needs enemies?<br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-52390446813822375902015-09-18T13:40:41.769+12:002015-09-18T13:40:41.769+12:00Re #1: That's the problem with the National Di...Re #1: That's the problem with the National Disaster Fund, yup. The organisation as a whole has a pile of reinsurance so that part doesn't fit that description. Omnishambles could be accurate for the broader organisation, or less polite terms.<br /><br />But all of it helps explain why things went as they did. Every dollar beyond what came from reinsurance effectively came out of the government's budget and so there was pressure to keep costs down. That dictated repair strategies rather than the terms of the client's insurance policy. Notched bearers came to be deemed consistent with "as new" because that could save the government money on the overruns beyond the reinsurance coverage. <br /><br />I really really really want to pay somebody, say, $10k per year for a policy that would give me a cheque for a million dollars if there's a massive Wellington earthquake on par with Christchurch's. Then I can just leave and sell the house as-is, along with the insurance nightmares to follow. Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.com