• Dickbot tells lies: FACT

    From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 13:44:05
    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff numbers
    have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the SSC -
    dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip: You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014
    (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

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  • From Rich80105@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, July 14, 2016 10:05:18
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to even
    attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip: You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an
    example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014
    (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers >fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the
    election in 2008?

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  • From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 15:19:42
    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff
    numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to
    even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, admits
    that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the
    SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or quote
    to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip: You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an
    example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the
    Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014
    (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers
    fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well
    below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he still can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008. Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats magic'd
    up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

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  • From Rich80105@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, July 14, 2016 10:32:00
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:19:42 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears others. >> >
    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip: You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an
    example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014
    (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers
    fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well
    below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the
    election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he still can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008. Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats magic'd up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

    Those numbers exclude some large departments - Work and Income and
    Corrections for example.

    Do you really believe that the Prime Minister has only 2
    communications and PR staff in his own office and DPMC? All are paid
    by taxpayers, JohnO.
    Spin, spin, spin . . . . you have been caught by National spin, JohnO
    . . .

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  • From Liberty@3:770/3 to JohnO on Thursday, July 14, 2016 10:40:10
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:

    ogger or lefry politician. Here's an example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014 (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers >fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    About the same time as the Witch scuttled of to the UN on her broom.
    The number of staff was 321
    " In addition, Cabinet noted that the number of communications and public relations advisors employed in the Public Service as at 31 December 2008 was 321 FTE staff"

    The total number of people working has increased since Labour was told to fuck of by the populace.
    The ratio worker to parasite has improved.
    In an ideal world and we had a libertarian Government there would be none.

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  • From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 17:03:44
    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:32:12 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:19:42 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff
    numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to
    even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today,
    admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the
    SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears
    others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or
    quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip:
    You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an
    example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the
    Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014
    (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers
    fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain
    well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the
    election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he still
    can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008.
    Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats
    magic'd up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

    Those numbers exclude some large departments - Work and Income and Corrections for example.

    And yet another lie from Dickbot. Seriously, lies fall from Dickbot's mouth like leaves from an oak tree in autumn.

    Appendix 3 of the document I cited, which it appears you STILL HAVE NOT READ, quite clearly lists number of PR staff by department, including Corrections and
    Social Development.

    Dickbot please read the SSC document and stop fucking lying!


    Do you really believe that the Prime Minister has only 2
    communications and PR staff in his own office and DPMC? All are paid
    by taxpayers, JohnO.

    Why would I not? Show me otherwise. Oh, you can;t because you just make shit up
    and get caught out, eh Dickbot?

    Spin, spin, spin . . . . you have been caught by National spin, JohnO
    . . .

    It is not "National spin". It is *hard data* from the expressly non political State Services Commission.

    Sick of embarrassing yourself yet?

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  • From Rich80105@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, July 14, 2016 13:12:47
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:03:44 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:32:12 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:19:42 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier." >> >> >
    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip:
    You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an
    example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf

    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014 (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers >> >> >fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the
    election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he still
    can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008. Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats magic'd up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

    Those numbers exclude some large departments - Work and Income and
    Corrections for example.

    And yet another lie from Dickbot. Seriously, lies fall from Dickbot's mouth like leaves from an oak tree in autumn.

    Appendix 3 of the document I cited, which it appears you STILL HAVE NOT READ, quite clearly lists number of PR staff by department, including Corrections and
    Social Development.

    Dickbot please read the SSC document and stop fucking lying!

    I note you do not include WINZ - which is not the same as MSD. Is it
    prosons which are excluded?



    Do you really believe that the Prime Minister has only 2
    communications and PR staff in his own office and DPMC? All are paid
    by taxpayers, JohnO.

    Why would I not? Show me otherwise. Oh, you can;t because you just make shit up and get caught out, eh Dickbot?

    Spin, spin, spin . . . . you have been caught by National spin, JohnO
    . . .

    It is not "National spin". It is *hard data* from the expressly non political State Services Commission.

    Sick of embarrassing yourself yet?

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Tony @3:770/3 to rich80105@hotmail.com on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 23:32:25
    Rich80105<rich80105@hotmail.com> wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:03:44 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:32:12 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:19:42 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> >>> >> wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff >>> >> >numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses >>> >> >to even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, >>> >> >admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he
    made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here:
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by >>> >> >the SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears
    others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or >>> >> >quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip:
    You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry
    politician. Here's an example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf >>> >> >
    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in >>> >> >the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December
    2014 (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers
    fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain >>> >> >well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the >>> >> election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he
    still can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008.
    Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I
    wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats >>> >magic'd up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

    Those numbers exclude some large departments - Work and Income and
    Corrections for example.

    And yet another lie from Dickbot. Seriously, lies fall from Dickbot's mouth >>like leaves from an oak tree in autumn.

    Appendix 3 of the document I cited, which it appears you STILL HAVE NOT READ, >>quite clearly lists number of PR staff by department, including Corrections and
    Social Development.

    Dickbot please read the SSC document and stop fucking lying!

    I note you do not include WINZ - which is not the same as MSD. Is it
    prosons which are excluded?
    You squirm and twist and turn and you are incapable of honest debate.



    Do you really believe that the Prime Minister has only 2
    communications and PR staff in his own office and DPMC? All are paid
    by taxpayers, JohnO.

    Why would I not? Show me otherwise. Oh, you can;t because you just make shit >>up and get caught out, eh Dickbot?

    Spin, spin, spin . . . . you have been caught by National spin, JohnO
    . . .

    It is not "National spin". It is *hard data* from the expressly non political >>State Services Commission.

    Sick of embarrassing yourself yet?

    Tony

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  • From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 20:42:06
    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 13:12:56 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:03:44 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:32:12 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:19:42 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> >> >> wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications
    staff numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made
    it up and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses
    to even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today,
    admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by
    the SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier."

    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears
    others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or
    quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip:
    You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's
    an example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf >> >> >
    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in
    the Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014 (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers
    fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain
    well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the >> >> election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he
    still can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008.
    Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats
    magic'd up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

    Those numbers exclude some large departments - Work and Income and
    Corrections for example.

    And yet another lie from Dickbot. Seriously, lies fall from Dickbot's mouth
    like leaves from an oak tree in autumn.

    Appendix 3 of the document I cited, which it appears you STILL HAVE NOT
    READ, quite clearly lists number of PR staff by department, including Corrections and Social Development.

    Dickbot please read the SSC document and stop fucking lying!

    I note you do not include WINZ - which is not the same as MSD.

    WINZ is part of MSD you fucking imbecile.

    Is it prosons which are excluded?

    Prisons are part of Corrections you fucking imbecile.




    Do you really believe that the Prime Minister has only 2
    communications and PR staff in his own office and DPMC? All are paid
    by taxpayers, JohnO.

    Why would I not? Show me otherwise. Oh, you can;t because you just make shit
    up and get caught out, eh Dickbot?

    Spin, spin, spin . . . . you have been caught by National spin, JohnO
    . . .

    It is not "National spin". It is *hard data* from the expressly non
    political State Services Commission.

    Sick of embarrassing yourself yet?

    Apparently not...

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Pooh@3:770/3 to JohnO on Thursday, July 14, 2016 23:38:11
    On 14/07/2016 12:03 p.m., JohnO wrote:
    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:32:12 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 15:19:42 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    On Thursday, 14 July 2016 10:05:28 UTC+12, Rich80105 wrote:
    On Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:44:05 -0700 (PDT), JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com>
    wrote:

    In another thread, Dickbot claimed that government communications staff numbers have increased. Tony rightly called him out, claimed Dickbot made it up
    and asked him to cite the source of his assertion.

    Normally it ends there, Dickbot crawls back under his rock and refuses to
    even attempt to justify his assertion.

    This time Dickbot, or whoever is operating the Dickbot account today, admits that he has no cite or reference to support his claim, but denies he made it all up, denies he's lying, and even impugns Tony for calling him a liar.

    Well looky here: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/68914078/public-servant-numbers-hit-new-high-or-drop-depending-on-measure

    "The number of communications staff - a figure separately measured by the
    SSC - dropped to 277.8 at the end of 2014, down from 285.3 a year earlier." >>>>>
    So there you have it. Dickbot made it up and is a liar, and smears others.

    As we all knew all along.

    Dickbot, this is how you do a cite: you provide a link, reference or quote to an authoritative source that supports an assertion you have made. Tip:
    You don't cite by quoting some out of touch lefty activist blogger or lefry politician. Here's an
    example:

    https://www.ssc.govt.nz/sites/all/files/capping-update-june-2015.pdf >>>>>
    "There were 291.2 FTE communications and public relations advisors in the
    Public Service as at 30 June 2015, compared with 277.8 FTEs at 31 December 2014
    (see Appendix 3 for a breakdown by agency). Communications staff numbers
    fluctuate due to the small numbers employed in each agency, but remain well below 321.3, the number when the cap was originally set. "

    Suck it up, liar boy.

    Selective period for comparison are all very well for spin purposes,
    but my claim was that Communications staff have increased since
    National came into Government. What was the number at the time of the
    election in 2008?

    Jesus wept. You put the information right under Dickbot's nose and he still
    can't read it.

    It is in the first page of the cite I gave you. 321 as of 31 Dec 2008. Strangely enough these figures don't seem to have been kept under Labour. I wonder why?

    Now, are you so hilariously desperate that you will claim that the Nats magic'd up a whole cohort of new PR staff between Nov 8 and Dec 31?

    Those numbers exclude some large departments - Work and Income and
    Corrections for example.

    And yet another lie from Dickbot. Seriously, lies fall from Dickbot's mouth
    like leaves from an oak tree in autumn.

    Appendix 3 of the document I cited, which it appears you STILL HAVE NOT READ,
    quite clearly lists number of PR staff by department, including Corrections and
    Social Development.

    Dickbot please read the SSC document and stop fucking lying!


    Do you really believe that the Prime Minister has only 2
    communications and PR staff in his own office and DPMC? All are paid
    by taxpayers, JohnO.

    Why would I not? Show me otherwise. Oh, you can;t because you just make shit
    up and get caught out, eh Dickbot?

    Spin, spin, spin . . . . you have been caught by National spin, JohnO
    . . .

    It is not "National spin". It is *hard data* from the expressly non political
    State Services Commission.

    Sick of embarrassing yourself yet?

    JohnO you should understand by this time that Rich operates under the
    'Labour good, National bad banner and because of this everything Rich
    makes up his the truth and nothing but The Truth. Especially when he's parroting Labour spin. Poor widdle Rich can't help lying he! He's a
    typical lying Labour loon incapable of identifying the truth even when
    seven or eight people have rubbed his nose in it:)

    Pooh

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