tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post1708239025419651100..comments2024-03-29T11:07:51.893+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: The Indiscreet Charmlessness Of Upper-Class Rule-Breakers.Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-54765381839466422412021-09-19T09:59:42.903+12:002021-09-19T09:59:42.903+12:00You can see the power of media hegemony. Jack Tame...You can see the power of media hegemony. Jack Tame gets into his <i>sharp point coming up pose</i> to attack National's direction (go on Christopher have a go). Eric Kaufmann pisses of the panel by pointing out that it is cultural concerns not their <i>bad eggs stirring up the population</i> theory<br />https://faithangle.org/session/national-populism/John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-90813217187115018632021-09-19T09:41:28.175+12:002021-09-19T09:41:28.175+12:00Looks like Q&A using man on horse. Also Kate H...Looks like Q&A using man on horse. Also Kate Hanna the Disinformation person.John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-92141882107410900822021-09-18T14:29:01.166+12:002021-09-18T14:29:01.166+12:00NickJ I hear that Kotkin's family originated...NickJ I hear that Kotkin's family originated from Russia. And I think that Popcorn's (not her real name) did also. Coincidence?greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-87174897389474631262021-09-18T13:27:36.891+12:002021-09-18T13:27:36.891+12:00Lots to chew on there Nick J thanks. Very relev...Lots to chew on there Nick J thanks. Very relevant for understanding directions and possible destinations.<br /><br />I have kept an eye on Faith Popcorn who serves business interests and of course those impinge on us. So just toss this into the mix.<br />https://faithpopcorn.com/trendblog/articles/the-challenge-isnt-in-seeing-it/<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94zhdvb8UTA<br />greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-19917891936676571572021-09-18T06:53:16.803+12:002021-09-18T06:53:16.803+12:00Grey, this Tube from Kotkin might shed some light ...Grey, this Tube from Kotkin might shed some light on the mores of our new neo feudal arrangements. Medieval popes and bishops lived a high life with many sins after all whilst demanding that peasants live purely. <br /><br />https://youtu.be/SDO1zhDi7BINick Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609312325425361413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-59430819538145132212021-09-17T17:17:40.739+12:002021-09-17T17:17:40.739+12:00David George You might bring your imagination a...David George You might bring your imagination around to understanding the feelings of people who virtually slave to do their jobs in difficult Covid 19 conditions. They will not be able to afford a nice trip to Queenstown or anywhere after performing their 'essential services'<br />for the country. It is not surprising that they grouse at these lightweights.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-91165944055752049122021-09-17T11:48:02.494+12:002021-09-17T11:48:02.494+12:00" . . . vocals." It's great to hear ..." . . . vocals." It's great to hear anecdotes where the rich haven't a clue :^)Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300265806211901729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-78202938502640260792021-09-17T11:10:52.972+12:002021-09-17T11:10:52.972+12:00In our area quite often the humble batch is upgrad...In our area quite often the humble batch is upgraded with a view to making a comfortable retirement home; the old batch was great for family holidays but as folk get older, and after a successful career or business, peoples needs change. The seaside retirement is a popular retirement aspiration, the town house is sold to someone else so not really a loss as far as the housing stock is concerned. That's been a trend for a very long time, my grandparents did that way back in the 1950s.<br />The current housing shortage has other far more complex causes so no need to get resentful over a few flash beach houses. <br /><br />I see that some lads used their "essential worker" passes to go snowboarding for the weekend, I suspect that's more common than we know and nothing to do with wealth. There's something particularly ugly and resentful about the vitriol (including death threats) directed at this couple.David Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883628159193125307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-62493947026760098312021-09-17T10:32:43.908+12:002021-09-17T10:32:43.908+12:00"Your contribution today seems an irrelevant ..."Your contribution today seems an irrelevant attempt to divert the hypocrisy of the rich into your limited world view"<br /><br />You understood what he was trying to do? Well done, I couldn't really make much of it at all.Guerilla Surgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03427876447124021423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-46099005490849376142021-09-17T09:10:26.906+12:002021-09-17T09:10:26.906+12:00Yet there have been at least 5 breaking out and in...Yet there have been at least 5 breaking out and into Northland, yet not one name exposed. Perhaps the reality is normal people don't need name suppression for the simple reason we don't care.<br /><br />But rich or famous, they certainly need a good dose of torches and pitchforks. Makes us feel better about our boring lives. CXHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716356211635024878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-85244204632602622932021-09-16T21:38:23.031+12:002021-09-16T21:38:23.031+12:00Interesting to see the stats about name suppressio...Interesting to see the stats about name suppression.<br />https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/is-this-justice/451578/pakeha-granted-name-suppression-three-times-as-often-as-maorigreywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-17360464407841472072021-09-16T20:22:54.084+12:002021-09-16T20:22:54.084+12:00I really wouldn't care about the rich having l...I really wouldn't care about the rich having luxury "baches" if the poor could afford good housing and it was available. Nick Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609312325425361413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-25102201640810208022021-09-16T20:05:59.357+12:002021-09-16T20:05:59.357+12:00IIRR when the full flow of placing business people...IIRR when the full flow of placing business people on pedestals came in 1980s style - there was a rush for some lately elevated to go overseas and stay at good hotels and I seem to remember $2000 a night for a suite somewhere. I think it was written up in North and South or Metro. The wealthy couldn't wait to sock it to the silly old government; (no style, men used to wear hand-knitted cardigans and walk shorts with knee length socks; reference Bob Jones). Looking right, showing off, expanded their scrawny little chests and heads (male or female), still do.greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-24413425972216666492021-09-16T18:44:03.676+12:002021-09-16T18:44:03.676+12:00Dead right about the 'if you've got it fla...Dead right about the 'if you've got it flaunt it' of the mid '80's. The fourth Labour government liberated the rich to strutt their stuff. I was playing piano at Il Casino then. Business people would routinely come in for lunch that lasted 4 or 5 hours and cost many hundreds. As secretary of the local musicians union branch I began to get calls for string quartettes to play garden parties. Not to hear the Haydn, just to help the host show off. On such request the client asked me "do they do any vocals?"Don Frankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17801999410940938418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-16471138994534763882021-09-16T18:02:11.047+12:002021-09-16T18:02:11.047+12:00One viewpoint.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/nati...One viewpoint. <br />https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/451601/auckland-entrepreneur-and-employee-cleared-after-flying-to-wanaka-on-chartered-planegreywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-6934304403149239832021-09-16T17:58:58.358+12:002021-09-16T17:58:58.358+12:00Some quotes on the subject of who could be conside...Some quotes on the subject of who could be considered favoured.<br /><br />Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.<br />Oliver Goldsmith<br /><br />Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts.<br />Max Lerner<br /><br />The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.<br />Leonardo da Vinci<br />https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/leonardo_da_vinci_383004<br />greywarblernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-71784662024473627702021-09-16T13:49:33.316+12:002021-09-16T13:49:33.316+12:00But of course Tom, the balance of probabilities is...But of course Tom, the balance of probabilities is the self-obsessed elitists vote ACT or National. Altruism is seen as a threat to the order, the self is all that matters. Laws may dictate the lives of others, but class and money excludes them from compliance of rules to protect those below them.<br /><br />Your contribution today seems an irrelevant attempt to divert the hypocrisy of the rich into your limited world view<br />The Barronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-66251238818497317062021-09-16T10:54:43.719+12:002021-09-16T10:54:43.719+12:00Mike Hosking comes into Queenstown. The pilot tell...Mike Hosking comes into Queenstown. The pilot tells him that it is always like this "we're not doing anything wrong". A lady bus driver says she comes in with a knot in her stomach worrying where to park the bus at night. <br /><br />When Alan Hubbard fell over they had a divvy up of Hubbard Managed Funds a "large investor" objected. Grant Thornton believed he had already had his share. It went to court and he won but Judge Dunningham(?) suppressed all detail. The "large investor" owns Mt Peel Station.<br /><br />An accomplice of Humphrey Rolleston warned me to "make sure you have those scripts".<br />When South Canterbury Finance folded Hugh Pavletich questioned HR's timing (Interest.co.nz).<br /><br />It has become common sense that our nation and it's working class should feel the blow-torch of the international property market (and we have Arthur Grieves and Paul Spoonley - <i>new</i> petite bourgeoisie(?) (the moral sort - they don't "racialize") to tell us how improved Auckland is.<br /><br />I remember the shock when I first heard the words "Harcourts Shanghai". It isn't as though the working class are rising at the rate of Spoonley's $1500 to $2000/day with all the overseas trips you can handle thrown in.<br /><br /><i>It (the new petty-bourgeoisie) is opposed on almost every point to the repressive morality of the declining (old) petite bourgeoisie whose religious and political conservatism often centres on moral indignation at moral disorder and especially the disorder of sexual mores (Bourdieu, 1984: 367). </i><br />https://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/3448<br /><br />Would Stuff & Co. be the the new petty-bourgeoisie?John Hurleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-52886159850254752892021-09-16T09:43:21.463+12:002021-09-16T09:43:21.463+12:00You'd be even more shocked to know how many of...You'd be even more shocked to know how many of them vote Labour or Green. Want to know why?<br /><br />Because it makes them feel good <b>and</b> (crucial point this one), their wealth insulates them from whatever Labour-Green does. Petrol at $10/litre, electricity prices climbing or unreliable? Who cares. Even tax is not an issue for their accountants and lawyers are always several steps ahead of whatever the government can come up with.<br /><br />It's not just NZ either. Here's <a href="https://nominister.wordpress.com/2021/09/15/do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do/" rel="nofollow">another adored "socialist" women, AOC</a>, who wore a <i>"Tax The Rich"</i> dress to The Met Ball in NYC - at $35,000 per plate. Take a look at the photos, especially of all the servant girls in black, wearing masks. No mask for AOC or the rest of her friends.Tom Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17840988228699338463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-45959763523738241222021-09-16T08:42:47.709+12:002021-09-16T08:42:47.709+12:00I guess you've a point you have to make Chris ...I guess you've a point you have to make Chris but there doesn't seem to be a correlation between wealth and the breaching of the covid rules, or laws generally come to that.<br />The people breaching lock-down or absconding from MIQ and so on, from what I've seen, aren't super wealthy.<br /><br />At least this lot apologised, Hone cruising down to Auckland for a catch up with the bro during last year's big lockdown, not so much. Not only didn't apologised but was totally septic about even being asked to explain. Now there's some serious sense of entitlement.David Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04883628159193125307noreply@blogger.com