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PUBLIC ADDRESS 30/10/09 - Your lounge toy is looking at you
Discussion: Uncivil Rights
Posted at
11:12AM on 30 Oct 09
The police will be able to take DNA
samples from people they "intend" to arrest, even though the
Attorney General himself thinks it's incompatible with the
Bill of Rights. A range of agencies have new search and
surveillance powers. And a new asset seizure measure
reverses the burden of proof. Did something just happen
there?
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New Lounge Toy Update | Oct 30, 2009
10:56
Russell Brown's Hard News
It was press day for
TiVo yesterday, ahead of the New Zealand TiVo launch next
Friday, and the emphasis was on features beyond its role as
a twin-tuner Freeview recorder. Which isn't surprising,
because the breadth of features is really this thing's major
selling point. TiVo's...
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Mo'
Better Reason | Oct 29, 2009 13:05
Damian Christie -
Cracker With Attitude
Two big things happen this Sunday.
The first is that I'm going to attempt my first
long-distance run. It's "only a half" marathon, but for
someone who absolutely detested running at school - I was so
slow that growing up in Singapore, sweltering runs down to
the swimming pool were...
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How
you wear it | Oct 27, 2009 15:57
Hadyn Green yells. A
lot.
We are in that time of year when the months take on
new personas. Currently we are "moshing" our way through
Rocktober and soon (very soon in fact) we will be entering
Movember. Movember being that time when gentlemen wager each
other on their ability to grow and maintain
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White in Brighton | Oct 27, 2009 14:19
Emma
Hart is sometimes a bit sarky.
A "white pride" group,
Right Wing Resistance (RWR), claims to be patrolling New
Brighton streets that "the police and the system has all but
given up on". Come in, come in, have a seat. Now, you can
rest assured, this is a safe place. There'll be nobody
judging you, we...
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