<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702431533251199204</id><updated>2012-02-16T17:12:28.708-08:00</updated><category term='Alan Bollard'/><category term='Reserve Bank'/><category term='Notthenews'/><title type='text'>The General Response</title><subtitle type='html'>Looking at the unimportant things.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702431533251199204/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Andrew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07936406271822657398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702431533251199204.post-7060780225641602690</id><published>2012-01-25T12:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-25T16:40:26.624-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Notthenews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reserve Bank'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Alan Bollard'/><title type='text'>Reserve Bank leaves OCR unchanged, issues warning</title><content type='html'>Reserve Bank Governor Allan Bollard, this morning,&amp;nbsp;announced the official cash rate is to remain at a record low of 2.5% but warned hard times are ahead if New Zealanders refused to stop fucking with him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Governor appeared unsteady on his feet this morning as he addressed a small congregation of journalists and economic analysts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr Bollard painted a picture of a slightly improving economic conditions but warned that constant attempts by the New Zealand&amp;nbsp;public&amp;nbsp;to 'hide [his] slippers' and 'slip Milton [his aging border terrier] cruel mixtures of laxatives and sleeping pills' would eventually be responded to with 'hard as fucking nails retribution'&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources close to the Reserve Bank head have attributed this mornings unusual announcement to the Governor's recent private foray into chemical engineering. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702431533251199204-7060780225641602690?l=andrewmardon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/feeds/7060780225641602690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/2012/01/reserve-bank-leaves-ocr-unchanged.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702431533251199204/posts/default/7060780225641602690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702431533251199204/posts/default/7060780225641602690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/2012/01/reserve-bank-leaves-ocr-unchanged.html' title='Reserve Bank leaves OCR unchanged, issues warning'/><author><name>Andrew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07936406271822657398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8702431533251199204.post-3653324051426999933</id><published>2012-01-19T18:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-19T00:51:54.853-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The storm had broken, lucky Pug.</title><content type='html'>Quote of the &lt;a href="http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/opinion/columnists/joe-bennett/6273320/Marryatt-L-Oreal-man-cause-hes-worth-it"&gt;day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;A CEO runs a competitive business that has to earn money. The council is a monopoly that does not have to earn money. It just demands money from ratepayers. So Mr Marryatt’s job is merely to oversee the spending of a guaranteed income.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8702431533251199204-3653324051426999933?l=andrewmardon.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/feeds/3653324051426999933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/2012/01/storm-had-broken-lucky-pug.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702431533251199204/posts/default/3653324051426999933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8702431533251199204/posts/default/3653324051426999933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://andrewmardon.blogspot.com/2012/01/storm-had-broken-lucky-pug.html' title='The storm had broken, lucky Pug.'/><author><name>Andrew</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07936406271822657398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>New Zealand</georss:featurename><georss:point>-40.900557 174.885971</georss:point><georss:box>-53.186806 154.6711275 -28.614308 -164.8991855</georss:box></entry></feed>
