Yes, a great issue Mitch. The article by Mark Hubbard was probably the best in it, but the others weren't too bad.

I've still got all mine sitting on a chair: we're going up to the Sounds next week, so I'll leave them around the odd winery.

Very timely, albeit late. Every selection a gem! Well done, MB!

Thanks for posting, it's great to get feedback!

How's your anti-EFA campaigning going? Have you managed to stay out of jail?

Free thinker/litter-bug Rick left a pile of Issue 7 sitting on a table in the Library at Canterbury Uni... Good read - thanks Mitch.

Harpoon the dolphins!

Andy Moore
www.dontvotelabour.org.nz

My Samizdat issue 8 copies arrived in this morning's post.

It looks just splendid...(although a number of excellent posts by me seem to have been excluded *sigh*)...and I just finished delivering them around the Civilisation CBD which hopefully will lead to some new chums visiting the site, liking what they read, and joining!

http://nzcapitalist.blogspot.com/

#8 really super-KASSes Mitch. I hope the boys are scattering it all over the Beehive.

Thanks for the feedback Sandy. Your latest issue is on its way out!

I have to say another superb issue and after re-reading Scott's fantastic article on the "scatologist", Gordon Ramsey, I would like to give Scott another riotous round of applause and a standing ovation.

That was a real pearler Scott!!

Awesome.

Received thank you.

Shirley Riddle mentioned she was printing them at the moment when it cropped up in conversation on Friday, Kasper.

Should not be long now.  

Elitism, forever!

"Kasper, has the 6th issue arrived yet?
7th will reach you in the next few days.
Thanks mate,
Mitch."

Nope and Nope. Don't worry about 6th issue. They are dated. It is too late. 7th would be good

They probably did, but that shouldn't boost the rest of Auckland's reputation. After all, there are some really bad areas of cities around the globe...

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

they didn't include Manukau in Auckland?

It'd be unfair NOT to include Manurewa as part of Auckland (if we're looking at metropolitan areas, which makes a lot more sense than city boundaries. Manukau is simply where Auckland dumps its poor (or, where they dump themselves).

Also, usually these lists look something like this:

1) Stockholm
2) Copenhagen
3) Vancouver
4) Amsterdam
5) Auckland
6) Oslo
7) Helsinki
Sydney
9) Munich
10) Toronto

What political system do these cities hold in common? That's why I don't care for what they say.

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

They are not my friends, and no, they probably didn't.

Mind you, Manurewa is not in Auckland...it is in Manukau City..entirely different.

Auckland is the ithsmus...Auckland in a local authority boundary sense.

Elitism, forever!

Elijah, I suppose your socialist friends who did that study didn't wander into Manurewa at night.

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

Nothing yet

Oh gosh ...seems everyone else in the World agrees with me about Auckland being 'Civilisation'!

Auckland is Number 5 in the World...(*big snigger at the silly New Zealand chaps living in Sydney, London and elsewhere*)...ahead of anywhere else in THE ENTIRE HEMISPHERE!  

* "..Auckland had the best quality of living of any city in the Asia Pacific region.."

* "..Auckland's "excellent" range of restaurants won a special mention.."

* "..and prestigious residential districts.."

As about the only New Zealander who has never lived abroad (however temporarily) it just shows that I was correct not to, and gosh, it is splendid to be vindicated.

Elitism, forever!

We're looking forward to having you at the regular Wellington Libz meetings, Michael.

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

 "...without the left-wing snobbery, when I was there in the mid-90's..."

Ummmmm......there have been a few changes ...ha ha!

Elitism, forever!

...will be the future residence of myself and my family once we escape the People's Republic of California. Reminded me of San Francisco without the left-wing snobbery, when I was there in the mid-90's.

Not yet. Am checking daily.

Bump.

Kasper, has the 6th issue arrived yet?

7th will reach you in the next few days.

Thanks mate,

Mitch.

I can't give you money Mitch but I can distribute. I have distributed >200 copies of Samizdat 4and5. 6th Issue has not come yet. Also am able to up distribution to >400.

LOL. Eli and his pretentiousness. I remember working in an office on the shore in the summer holidays. Those people actually thought that the shore was the nice and best place to live in Auckland. To which I reply, fine, they deserve it!!! To which one of the young 'chaps' tried to tell me Albany was cosmopolitan and a great place to hang out with Restaurants being fancy cause they have Silver knives and falks and white table cloths. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
I have taken a trip to wellington 2 years ago. It's the bees knees! They have very fine restaurants arguably some better than Auckland and their city layout - efficient and walkable.

Hell's bells, arguing about a mid sized and small provincial town at the far end of the earth

Wellington does have a semi-vibrant CBD compared to Auckland, is far more walkable.

However, Sydney and Melbourne both win on food and shopping, and for liveliness all NZ cities are dead late at night. I'm going to pitch in for London, New York and Hong Kong.

"There are no restaurants, clothing stores (or shops of any description worth entering), niteclubs, brothels, major commercial enterprises, Astons and Bentleys being driven around, houses of note, people wearing decent clothes, upper class accents, employment agencies supplying servants, trains or ...or...anything else." Shocked

Wellington has all those things. I can't speak for the rest of NZ, but Wellington is at least on par with Auckland when it comes to urban environments. After the Libz Conference about a month ago, I remember walking back to the hotel Dad and I were staying in, at about 10pm, down Mt Eden Road, in one of Auckland's busier areas, right over the motorway from the CBD. At 10pm, anywhere within a 5 km radius of downtown Wellington would be jam-packed with people out to enjoy themselves. Mt Eden Road... now THAT was provincial!!!

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

Oh Mitch ...gosh...Auckland has a lovely harbour, its landscape means it has been set out with various things clustered around each other - a CBD in a 'hollow', Ponsonby shopping and restaurants to one side, Parnell shopping and restaurants to the other.

You have the ithsmus (sp?) suburbs carefully thought out, with wealthier Remmers, Epsom and Mt Eden in one area, with working class Grey Lynn, Pt Chevalier, Mt Albert (etc) kept well out of sight.

Auckland is the centre for television, theatre, dance, our major commercial enterprises, the Sky Tower, the best shopping, best restaurants, best niteclubs, best brothels (apart from a couple of teenage tarts I know in Christchurch), you cannot walk down the street without seeing someone you know in their Aston or Bentley..(well, I can't) ... the best houses, the best examples of integrated immigration in New Zealand, the best public transport (such as it is), best domestic servants and the list goes on.

Compare that with "provincial" New Zealand.

Go to somewhere very provincial like Wanaka, or Palmerston North (or Wellington) and what do you have? ...a lot of boring people called Kevin moaning about the weather, or power cuts, or cost of petrol.

There are no restaurants, clothing stores (or shops of any description worth entering), niteclubs, brothels, major commercial enterprises, Astons and Bentleys being driven around, houses of note, people wearing decent clothes, upper class accents, employment agencies supplying servants, trains or ...or...anything else.

The locals spend their time working, blaming everything on "the council", watching ghastly rugby matches, using the word "Maaate" in every sentence, shopping at the Warehouse and, all in all, it is a most unpleasant experience for those of us unused to such people, activities or environments.

why is Auckland "civilisation" compared to New York, Sydney, London, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Amsterdam?

Ha ha, Mitch, I said when we chatted at the Conference I am happy to deliver more of them, I find it rather fun!

However, you are wrong about New York and Sydney ...Auckland is civilisation

Me being patriotic and all. In spite of Rudd, may I add.

Elijah, you get the gold star for distribution! I wish there were more! (nudge nudge)

Callum, good luck with that Pro-Wellington outlook. Nice place, but it ain't civilisation. For that matter, neither is Auckland Elijah. 

I haven't been there as yet, but I don't need to to know...THIS is civilisation:

Wealth creation means Wellingtonians can be more productive in fewer working hours. That's why we now have a "weekend", and don't have to work 18 hours a day to earn a good, productive income. As for Auckland... oh, wait...

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

Ha ha

My main broker is based in Wellington, splendid chap, he considers me one of his closest friends despite us never having actually met

I ring him around a dozen times during the course of an afternoon, and always just after 5pm (to place orders ready for the "5:30 rally" on the Australian sharemarket) and what happens time and time again? ...the call is answered by their AUCKLAND office, and I always make the comment that "oh, it is the Wellington disease, knocking off at 5pm whilst the rest of the Nation is still working" ...to the great hilarity of everyone at their Auckland office

"We make all the money"

By sucking up the rest of the country. Where do you think perhaps 80% of the country's petrol taxes go to...

"generate all the good ideas"

Such as having to take 30 mins max to get anywhere, with LA looking efficient by comparison!

"have all the best things"

Such as South Auckland...

"and is a jolly splendid place to reside."

Such as South Auckland.

"(I gather even Bob Jones is escaping Lower Hutt to move here, soon)"

Yeah, escaping Lower Hutt.

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

"still"..what do you mean "still"? ...Auckland IS civilisation

We make all the money, generate all the good ideas, have all the best things and is a jolly splendid place to reside.

(I gather even Bob Jones is escaping Lower Hutt to move here, soon)

"Now there's a scary thought..."

Which part? Your "cult-like status", or the fact that Elijah still calls Auckland "civiisation"?

"Socialism may be dead, but its corpse is still rotting up the place." -Ayn Rand

... the author error. Well, I would, wouldn't I?!

Mitch, you're a dizzy you-know-what! But good work, again. Your blood's worth bottling.

Lance seems to have developed a 'cult following' up here in "Civilisation"

Now there's a scary thought...

I cannot wait for the next one to come out...I rather enjoy distributing them around the Auckland CBD and viaduct.

Occasionally I have had some grubby waiter...(of the "Trevor" variety)...expressing strong disapproval at me dropping them off at their restaurant or cafe, which gives me the perfect opportunity to "pull rank" ..(how unlike me) ...and insist on them being prominently displayed...("don't talk back to me, sunshine! and I shall be back in a couple of days to check the display..")

This is an excellent way of imparting solopassion.com to the masses, indeed, Lance seems to have developed a 'cult following' up here in "Civilisation", and long may it continue!

Bumpity bump bump.

for the encouragement Mike! Much appreciated.

If "The Free Radical" is Liberty's finest torch in the form of a magazine, "Samizdat" is Liberty's finest hand-grenade! BOOM! A sudden, clear, crisp explosion for liberty in the brains of all who read it! Keep up the amazing work!

And honestly, once the UPS government gets its effing hands off the mortgage business and I get back above water I'll be sure to send some US dollars your way (where they're actually worth something) to aid you in your publication efforts!

Bump bump bump.

Bump.

I will really enjoy passing these around.

I managed to distribute 20 copies last time and am happy to distribute 200. ( I love my evening walks)

kkulak

Of course, it would be difficult to do without all those KASS articles...

Clearly, the Kiwi Liberty Youth Underground is going strong!

Good topical material selection Mitch.

Memo to Libz: for your first YouTube foray, have Bernard don a John Key mask and deliver that speech.

Timely and pertinent selection of articles Mitch. Great work once again

Bump

Since when are Santa's elves actually elves when they aren't dressed to look like elves, but what they are......chaperones.

I met Santa in a shopping mall last week and we had a wonderful time chewing a lolly or three. I just happened to have a copy of Samizdat on me and I presented it to Santa, who slapped his hand on his jolly round chest in glee.

Santa was most impressed with Samizdat and with a twinkle in his eye he lovingly placed it inside his sack.

and I am flattered that you included my op-ed

I'll just print a couple hundred and hand them out locally if thats OK?

Large format scanner

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

I'm afraid my pledge of $500 will be my limit. But I am sure other capitalists such as Elijah will be happy to help out?

Carbon Tax is a hoax. Read more at the re-newed carbonhoax.org.nz and spread the word.

Thank you very much Paul! I'm glad you like it!

I will send you the account details by e-mail.

Just to let you know, the cost of production has doubled to $200- due to a doubling of the circulation (from 500-1000).

The ultimate aim is a circulation of 10,000.

Good stuff Paul! That's brilliant.
This thing is flying.

I'm expecting my stack in the letterbox tomorrow.

...crackerjack is one word.

I'd miss having this one around if long absent, Mr Elliot.

...crackerjack is one word.

Good film, too.

Discard what I said earlier. Send me some copies. I will distribute them. I just read the latest Samizdat edition and it is great. It has exactly those topics that push my buttons.

You say that one edition costs $100?  My company Dinther Product Design Ltd will pay for the next 5 editions by sending you $100 every month for the next 5 months. Just let me know where the money goes.That GW add campaign won't get off the ground anyway.

Congratulations on the second edition.

Carbon Tax is a hoax. Read more at the re-newed carbonhoax.org.nz and spread the word.

I received this e-mail from Elijah earlier:

"Hi Mitch!

The first issue seems to have been a hit.

Amongst other places, I dropped a couple of copies off at my Barbers...and I bumped into him earlier today and he was asking when the next issue comes out, as almost all customers have been reading Samizdat whilst waiting! ...this has apparently resulted in numerous discussions, particularly about the 'Nanny State' article, and a lot of positive feedback about Lindsay.

Gosh...it is a delight to receive such feedback.

Will there be Issue 2 quite soon?

Elijah :)"

Success!

The next issue is due out mid next week.

If anybody would like some copies of the latest Samizdat sent to them to distribute, please send your mailing address to editorsamizdat@gmail.com by Sunday.

Mitch.

Sent today by fastpost. Thanks to the lovely Annabel

Hi Mitch

Please could you mail me a few to PO Box 5913, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Qld, 9726 Australia

Thanks

Hilton

Online OCR service

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

is absolutely superb. Top effort Mitch and Team.

At the moment a full issue of Samizdat costs around $100- to produce. This does not of course count time spent creating and distributing, just the printing.

Mark Hubbard was kind enough to sponsor the first issue with a donation, and if anybody else would like to follow suit, it would be MUCH appreciated!

P.S. you may sponsor more than one issue if you wish.

Sandy, if you (OR ANYONE ELSE) would like a few copies to distribute, please let me know how many and your address and I will have them mailed to you. Shirley at Underground Press has done an excellent job with the printing (high quality photos etc).

Would anybody here like to volunteer to distribute a few copies per issue?

looks real good. Direct, punchy, KASSy.

Do you want to let us know the qty of pesos yr after to run it?

Hope it grows from strength to strength

Hilton

I admit that reason is a small and feeble flame, a flickering torch by stumblers carried in the starless night, -- blown and flared by passion's storm, -- and yet, it is the only light. Extinguish that, and nought remains.- - Robert Green Ingersoll

Congratulations to the Samizdat team on your excellent work.

I am just so excited about this and will be running off copies to distribute everywhere I can. From henceforth I shall not tote a handbag, I shall carry a portfolio and leave copies at various ports of call, including every house on my street. The places that immediately spring to mind are, the hairdresser, local cafes, takeaways, shopping malls, friends homes & cars and mailing copies to out of town friends.

"Censorship is a term pertaining only to government action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a man or supress a publication; only the government can do so. The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right no to agree, not to listen and not to silence ones own antagonists."

- Ayn Rand
The Virtue Of Selfishness

Cracker jack.