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Longknives

The Mana Party showering itself in glory yet again-

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/65621090/sex-trade-links-to-christchurch-youth-charity
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January 31, 2015 8:06am
Jack5

Time to review the charities and trusts regime in NZ.

First we have tax-free regimes for the Seventh Day Adventists’ Sanitarium food business and southern tribe Ngai Tahu’s businesses, now a youth sex scandal in Christchurch.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/65621090/Sex-trade-links-to-Christchurch-youth-charity
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January 31, 2015 8:10am
peterwn

Jack5 Re Sanitarium and Ngai Tahu – as long as the profits are being applied to charitable purposes (this included religion), what is the problem? Sanitarium does pay net GST, so it does pay some tax. If Sanitarium had to pay tax on profits, then every trading activity ancillary to charitable or non profit organisations would need to pay tax on their profits (eg Vinnies, school uniform shops etc).
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January 31, 2015 8:28am
Left Right and Centre

Another recent personal cop story that I wasn’t going to bother with but anyway . . .

A week back I’m getting ready to cycle to shops – ready to pump up slow leak back tyre.

Cop on foot walks onto property. Looking for someone on a scooter or taken a scooter and gone down a drive – something.

I reply – ‘shit, I wondered what it was I’d done when I saw you’.

Funnily enough – I own a scooter and funnily enough cop can see it, only because I’m heading out. Perfect timing.

All the way through this two minute event – I’m on my own property, doing nothing wrong, relaxed, talking away, trying to be affable – but the way the humourless cop is looking at me – I feel like I’m trying to talk my way out of a ticket or something.

Cop seems unsure of himself. Pauses a bit before asking ‘mind if I take a look’ (at the scooter). ‘Go for it’.

And all through this thing I’ve got the bloody bike pump in my hand and the cop doesn’t look at me but his gaze never strays away from the potentially ‘life-threatening weapon’ I’m carrying. He couldn’t have timed it any better – I was about to pump the tyre when he came along. His stare made me want to slowly place the pump on the ground, put both hands up and step away. Before getting tazered.

It lasted two minutes because I yapped about how ‘well-behaved’ and ‘respectable’ the young locals are. Otherwise in his mind he could’ve shot through in maybe thirty-forty seconds. Old Mr Stone Face Plod eh ? Not so much as a howdy he ha ho how’s the day going ? I suppose that is quite unusual to find the legal occupant on their own property with their own f&%king registered vehicle, eh mate ? No wonder people don’t bloody like them. All the personality of a baggage self check-in.
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January 31, 2015 8:29am
peterwn

I think a certain prominent NZ author needs to get some media / PR advice before she digs herself into it much deeper. Brian Edwards would no doubt be only too happy to help her.
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January 31, 2015 8:31am
Reid

Interesting article pointing to the rise and rise of the security state via the partnership between multinationals and governments. Which is of course the very definition of facism. Which strangely the sheeple ignore, simply because they’re told “we’re only doing it to pwotect you.”

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Aren’t they just wonderful? See? Our politicians and the media and those nice corporate men weally weally weally care about little ole you and me. Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. And anyone who doesn’t agwee is just a gweat big meanie who hates our fweedom! So there!!

http://www.alternet.org/world/how-israeli-high-tech-firms-are-turning-us-mexico-border-new-kind-hell
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January 31, 2015 8:36am
stephieboy

At long ,long last Fox News gets something something right ,

Fox News ‘ Megan Kelly to Dick Cheney You got it wrong on Iraq ,

“Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared Wednesday night on Fox News, to elaborate on his recent Wall Street Journalcolumn lambasting President Obama on the situation in Iraq — only to have Fox host Megyn Kelly confront Cheney on his ownrecord starting the war in that country…..”

I wonder if Rupert will personally apologise to Dick and fire Megan ?

http://theweek.com/speedreads/451394/fox-news-megyn-kelly-dick-cheney-got-wrong-iraq
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January 31, 2015 8:39am
Pete George

Setting the record straight – Manumpty is well known for lame smears and repeatedly making things up.

I have no intention of joing the Labour Party or any political party. I have no intention of putting myself forward as a candidate in 2017 – and I think there’s no way Labour would consider me as a candidate even if there was a vacancy here (which there is no sign of), apart from other things I’m probably from their least sought after demographic for candidates.

Manumpty is either wildly guessing or being deliberately malicious. His past record suggests at least partly the latter.

Sure I’ve put myself forward as a candidate on two occassions, 2011 and 2013. On both occassions that was for particular reasons and very worthwhile and interesting experiences, getting to meet and know better politicians I wouldn’t otherwise have had any contact with. But that’s in the past.

And I learnt a lot about the practicalities of our democratic system, including the difficulties of going against the status quo that is dominated by media selection. A very useful insight.

I’ve written about some of the successes and positives of Andrew Little, that’s all. And about some of the negatives and challenges facing Little and Labour.

I hope that Little does succeed in rebuilding Labour (but it will take much more than him).

This doesn’t mean I support Labour over any other party. I support all parties being as useful and as strong as possible, because that’s good for our democracy, for our Parliament and for our country.

Manumpty seems to prefer a one party state but there’s no party in New Zealand that fits his fringe ideological wishes. So he seems to have nothing to do but continue to be an armchair smearer.

I’ll keep promoting positives in politics and also hold to account those who try to smear – and if they contnue to do it then it will prove it’s malicious.
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January 31, 2015 8:42am
Longknives

A lot of backlash on Radio Talkback and around the Water-Cooler at work regarding that pompous Catton woman.
Seems ordinary Kiwis don’t like being Pontificated to by a Self-Professed “Intellectual”…
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January 31, 2015 8:42am
G152

peterwn it was Brian Edwards (and Judy) who started the scholastic training for ‘reporters’
I doubt he could correct anything
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January 31, 2015 8:45am
kowtow

Ngai Tahu a southern tribe? No,they were foreign violent invaders from the north .It’s beyond me why the taxpyer is rewarding that violence with reparations and relativity clauses. The National Party has a lot to answer for.

As a charity it pays its directors and executives extremely well.

http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/212056/complaint-industry-still-rambles
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January 31, 2015 8:51am
Longknives

Perhaps, given your High Profile Pete, you should call a press conference and address these ‘Joining Labour’ rumours to the throng of Media..
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January 31, 2015 8:51am
Manolo

What a disappointment! Silly me who thought Don Quixote of Dunedin would stand for socialist Labour.
I forgot that sitting on the fence, a la Humpty Dumpty, is always his style.
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January 31, 2015 8:56am
kowtow

The French state proclaims it is a defender of liberty , a republican value, and French politicians pretend to stand with the people in a staged march to proclaim “Je Suis” ,they also claim their Muslims are a part of modern France and are “integrated” and yet…………

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/french-schoolboy-8-suspected-of-defending-terrorism-1.2084632

The “French” school boy is Algerian .
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January 31, 2015 8:58am
Jack5

Peterwn posted at 8.28:

Re Sanitarium and Ngai Tahu – as long as the profits are being applied to charitable purposes (this included religion), what is the problem?

The problem is they are in a privileged tax position over competitors. Why should a religious group and a tribe get privileged tax treatment?

Why should charities operate tax free at all? Are they in business to distribute charitable donations or to compete on a tax advantage?

Why shouldn’t Ngai Tahu, for example, use the shareholder and tax-imputation regime to distribute its earnings like other organisations?

How do Ngai Tahu’s tourism competitors feel about its charity tax position? How do Sanitarium’s competitors feel about Sanitarium’s.

A review of the charities and tax regime is overdue.
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January 31, 2015 8:58am
Reid

I’ll keep promoting positives in politics and also hold to account those who try to smear – and if they contnue to do it then it will prove it’s malicious.

So how do you reconcile this position Pete with your complete refusal to come out and hold to account those who conceived and orchestrated one of the biggest political smears NZ has ever seen – the Dirty Politics meme?

IIRC all you’ve ever done with that meme is pretend it’s not a meme. That doesn’t seem very fair, reasonable or sensible to me.
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January 31, 2015 9:00am
stephieboy

Reid, do inform us “Sheeple” about your imminent arrest and marching off to your local FEMA camp or Gulag by the nefarious alliance between multinationals and the this present government .

Or is it CT Jerry Fletcher driven Paranoia ?
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January 31, 2015 9:00am
flipper

Peterwn….

Yes, Catton does need fatherly advice. But like all greenies, from closet to pulpit, they know best.
I suspect the best advice would be K Y M S !

That aside, I cannot recall another New Zealand female to go so quickly from hero to zero.
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January 31, 2015 9:02am
EAD

Despite what Bill English and the MSM useful idiots spout, everywhere I look I see the birth pangs of the coming mother of all depressions on the horizon.

Whilst the Central Banksters can blow asset bubbles, Politicians can issue confidence statements and flood the country with immigrants to provide the appearance of growth

YOU CAN’T PRINT TRADE –
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-29/wtf-chart-day-baltic-dry-index-crashes-lowest-29-years

The Baltic Dry Index plunged over 5% yesterday to 632… That is the lowest absolute level for the global shipping rates indicator since August 1986..

Or YOU CAN’T CREATE INDUSTRIAL DEMAND:
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/14/copper-prices-fall-fears-looming-global-recession
Copper prices are collapsing

But at least New Zealand has used the last 6 years of buoyant demand from China to get out of debt and save for a rainy day……… /sarc
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January 31, 2015 9:05am
flipper

Jack5 (5,511 comments) says:

January 31st, 2015 at 8:

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Try history Jack.
But to be fair, there was a very different sort of income transfer system operating 5-6 hund years ago.
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January 31, 2015 9:08am
kowtow

It’s not global warming ,it’s winter.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10565409/Frozen-by-the-polar-vortex-tourists-flock-to-Niagara-Falls.html
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January 31, 2015 9:09am
Jack5

Kowtow posted at 8.51:

Ngai Tahu a southern tribe? No,they were foreign violent invaders from the north..

Are you sure, Kowtow? As my cousins tell it, Ngai Tahu fought off Te Rauparaha. They were led by the very capable Tuhawaiki, Ngai Tahu’s chief (1835-1844). Based at Ruapuke Island in Foveaux Strait, he was known to southern pakehas as Bloody Jack. He repeatedly chased Te Rauparaha out of Marlborough in the 1830s.
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January 31, 2015 9:12am
Reid

Yes EAD. I warned the sheeple a few weeks ago about the BDI crash but as usual they just continued their bleating in their green green meadow of deluded peace and happiness.

For the sheeple who don’t get it, the BDI is the best lead indicator you can get of the health of the global economy. It led in 2006 and it’s leading again now.

11 March and 11 May. Put those dates in your calendars. And if you’ve got any positions in the markets, make sure they’re short. But preferably, get out now.
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January 31, 2015 9:13am
Pete George

I’ve seen predictions of imminent financial collapse for years here.

Crash predictions seem to be as frequent as weather predictions but less reliable. Eventually someone will get them right, but the probability is very low.

Putting specific dates on it is as bad as Ken Ring predicting major earthquakes.
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January 31, 2015 9:18am
stephieboy

flipper, nostalgia etc,

At last someone has truly a level and sober mind about the Bain Compensation saga.,

“One thing is sure. Not everyone shares Joe Karam’s view of the Bain Affair and not everyone thinks Mr Bain should get any money.”

Jock Anderson provides and excellent overview and analysis of the claim including Mr Justice Keane ‘s decision that put the skids under Bain’s judicial review process.Of course a useful and concise look at Mr Justice Binnie’s fatally flawed report that has lead to Bain ‘s current predicament .

This in stark contrast with Mike Hosking’s gushing and muddled headed pay out no questions asked comments earlier in the week .

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11393694
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January 31, 2015 9:20am
Psycho Milt

Yes, Catton does need fatherly advice. But like all greenies, from closet to pulpit, they know best.

If only she had your own self-effacing preparedness to accept that perhaps you might not be the authority on any given subject, eh Flipper?
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January 31, 2015 9:23am
kowtow

Can’t say I’d give a shit if there were any “Kiwis” among them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2933258/Dead-ISIS-militants-lined-street-Kurdish-soldiers-continue-fight-reclaim-hometowns-Kobane.html#comments
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January 31, 2015 9:23am
kowtow

jack5

Yes violent invaders ,simply preceding other northern Maori violent invaders. Greivance industry grinds on.

“The move south

From the East Coast, Ngāi Tahu migrated south, first to Wellington, then across Cook Strait to the South Island. This was known as Te Wai Pounamu, the greenstone waters – named after the beautiful and valuable stone found on the West Coast. As Ngāi Tahu moved down the island they fought several battles with two tribes already living there: Ngāti Māmoe and Waitaha. By the end of the 18th century Ngāi Tahu had reached Foveaux Strait at the bottom of the South Island, and occupied the West Coast.”

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ngai-tahu
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January 31, 2015 9:26am
Pete George

Manolo @8:56 – thanks for acknowledging that you’ve read it. That means if there’s any repeats they’ll be seen as malicious.
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January 31, 2015 9:27am
publicwatchdog

Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
Got a rather big bite from IGM on this point – so – I’ll raise it again:

Any other Kiwiblogger agree with me that if the voter turnout is less than 45% in the upcoming Northland by-election, and the vote is split with the possible standing of a Conservative Party candidate, and the likely standing of an Independent candidate from the disaffected, determined and well-organised revolting Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association, (campaigning for the REPEAL of the hideously undemocratic Kaipara District Council Rates Validation Act 2014) – then the return of a National Party MP cannot be taken for granted?

For the public record, if one of the gutsy Mangawhai rates strikers does stand as an Independent candidate in the Northland by-election, I will give them my full support.

Using the electoral process to make a FUSS about the issues can be VERY effective.

The democratically disgusting Kaipara District Council Rates Validation Act 2014, and the circumstances leading up to it, in my opinion, need the public spotlight on FULL – because citizens and ratepayers all over NZ need to realise that what has happened in Kaipara – could happen to them.

What do you say to that gutless/anonymous IGM?

What does the ‘Tax Payers Union’ have to say about the Kaipara District Council Rates Validation Act 2014?

PS: Still think that I should pay my (disputed) rates Jordan Williams?

Penny Bright

http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz
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January 31, 2015 9:27am
Zapper

Sheeple: A word that makes me skip over a post, and any subsequent posts by that kiwiblogger.
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January 31, 2015 9:27am
Zapper

Well if you give them your full support Penny, they’ve won already. No point even having the election.
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January 31, 2015 9:29am
RF

Dear God. Listening to News Talk ZB. Jack Tame our man in New York and “Remember Me ” i used to be on TV many year ago, Kevin Milne defending the green leaning author, Catton.

Some how it’s John Keys fault. Boring old farts.
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January 31, 2015 9:33am
fernglas

The Mangawhai Ratepayers Association is indeed revolting, and a candidate would attract at least 7 votes, all of them from former Labour or Green supporters.
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January 31, 2015 9:34am
Reid

One thing that people seem never to acknowledge is that the CIA is not an intelligence agency it’s a regime-change agency. From its roots in the OSS its central mission has never changed. It is today what it was then. As such it uses psychological warfare on its own population just as much as it uses psychological warfare on the population of any of its current target nations.

This is one powerful way they use it in the homeland. A creepy term incidentally reminiscent of Nazi Germany isn’t it. It was no accident when Bush resurrected it after 911 because the modern-day Gestapo is precisely what the DHS in fact actually is.

http://21stcenturywire.com/2015/01/28/hollywood-and-the-cia-a-dark-marriage-revealed/
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January 31, 2015 9:36am
stephieboy

Reid and EAD, does your BDI economic doom and gloom has anything to do with this survivalist,extreme libertarian, tax protestor and rapture ready nutcase ?,

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_T._Snyder

Have you both set the economic doom clock yet ?
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January 31, 2015 9:36am
Steve (North Shore)

Repeated from last evening:
I say Russell Norman will not go back to Australia. NZ under National is doing so well for Russell and his young family.
Oh the ironing. Aussie go home
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January 31, 2015 9:37am
OneTrack

Pete – “Putting specific dates on it is as bad as Ken Ring predicting major earthquakes.”

Nothing wrong with a testable prediction Pete. We will see on those dates whether the prediction was correct or not.

Not like that branch of “science” that can’t do that accurately. The branch that can’t even agree on what the predictions are, much less when they might occur. But the answer is agreed by all the “scientists”(tm) that the “answer” is more taxation (much more taxation).
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January 31, 2015 9:40am
srylands

“For the public record, if one of the gutsy Mangawhai rates strikers does stand as an Independent candidate in the Northland by-election, I will give them my full support.”
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The kiss of death then?
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January 31, 2015 9:41am
Inandout

Love the Maori handles on these ‘trusts’, always sound important but really just cultural puff.

Could be a play on words in this case – ‘Te Poke te Tip’
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January 31, 2015 9:42am
OneTrack

Pete – “Setting the record straight – Manumpty is well known for lame smears and repeatedly making things up.”

As I don’t know who Manumpty is, am I right in assuming you have been flagellating yourself at the standard again? You are a glutton for punishment.
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January 31, 2015 9:43am
Reid

Reid and EAD, does your BDI economic doom and gloom has anything to do with…

stephie you dummy the BDI is what it is. Read it and weep, or ignore it and suffer the consequences of your ignorance. Your choice. Neither EAD nor I made it up. It’s mere standard economics, a subject which both EAD and I have simply bothered to educate ourselves on. Your objections resemble closely those from long ago when the Earth was believed to be flat and sailors would fall off it if they went too far West. This is not our fault, it’s yours for choosing to be ignorant, in a time and place when such ignorance is a personal choice, given actual knowledge is a mere click away.

Your chosen position of preferential ignorance by your own choice is even more appalling when you consider that the BDI is nothing more than stock standard economics. It’s not conspiratorial in any way. And yet notwithstanding that, you still chose to chirp away from the sidelines in your idiotic bubble of peace and bliss. Says a lot about you stephie.
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January 31, 2015 9:44am
OneTrack

Steve – “I say Russell Norman will not go back to Australia. NZ under National is doing so well for Russell and his young family.”

He is on $140K a year for doing nothing ( that is going to benefit the Kiwi taxpayer. I am sure he will be doing more protests with a new flag). He isn’t going anywhere. Kerching!

Ain’t mmp grand – no wonder the lefties were so eager for it to be adopted.
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January 31, 2015 9:48am
Rowan

Stupidboy
Jock Anderson is right in that the person looking at the case needs a “clear head” without predetermined conclusions about the outcome, something that the tax lawyer failed miserably at when she didn’t get the desired conclusion from Binnies report.
All the “clear heads” that have looked at the issue of guilt or innocence in this case so far have come up with one conclusion!
And that Stupidone was “not guilty”, a substantial miscarriage of justice and innocent on bop.
Time for you to get over that and stop trying to pretend that Robin is innocent as he most certainly is not!
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January 31, 2015 9:48am
stephieboy

Reid, your 21st Century wire posts this kind of lunacy ,

http://21stcenturywire.com/2014/02/21/sandy-hook-game-changer-solid-new-evidence-of-a-cover-up-presented/

Like I asked of EAD just keep us updated on your economic Armageddon which if I remember EAD correctly will happen in Sept 2015 ?

Correct me if am wrong .
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January 31, 2015 9:50am
publicwatchdog

Given that the Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association is based within the Northland electorate, I for one, would not underestimate the potential electoral support if one of their members does stand as an Independent candidate.

In my view, in terms of having a proven track record in defending democracy and exposing corrupt conflicts of interest – this organisation is not to be taken lightly.

Should all be rather fascinating!

Looking forward to the upcoming Northland by-election, and the upcoming Parliamentary questions and debate on this matter.

Penny Bright
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January 31, 2015 9:51am
OneTrack

You should contest the by-election Penny. That would show that John Key.
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January 31, 2015 9:54am
publicwatchdog

So ‘srylands’ – what’s your considered opinion of the Kaipara District Council Rates Validation Act 2014?

Do YOU support it – yes or no?

Kind regards

Penny Bright
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January 31, 2015 9:56am
publicwatchdog

I prefer to support a member of the Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association, should they choose to stand.

Kind regards

Penny Bright
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January 31, 2015 9:59am
OneTrack

pwd – “…, and the upcoming Parliamentary questions and debate on this matter.”

Oops, missed that bit.

So the lefties are going to be out in force asking the critical questions of the day like when was Key told about Sabin resigning, was it via text message (and did Rachel Smalley approve of the PM reading the text), what was Key wearing at the time and was it fine weather or raining.

Or they could question and challenge the governments policies? They might have heard one has been recently announced.

Yeah? Nah. I don’t think they have it in them either. Gutter, gotcha politics from the left it is then. It’s what they live for. It’s all they know. And it’s worked so well for them. But, just one more time and it will “work”.
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January 31, 2015 10:00am
Reid

Interesting article on antisemitism by a Jew.

http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/2015/1/28/god-promised-antisemitism-to-the-zionists

Of course to the sheeple he’s a self-hating Jew, whatever that is. Can’t interfere with the propaganda sheeple! If you’re not for us, you’re against us! Peace is war! Slavery is freedom!

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
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January 31, 2015 10:01am
Hugh Pavletich

CHINA SAGGING FAST …

Posted at … Weekend Links 31st Jan – 1st Feb 2015 – MacroBusiness Australia … http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/01/weekend-links-31st-jan-1st-feb-2015/ … with additional related postings …

Debt That Once Boosted Its Cities Now Burdens China – WSJ
… google search title if blocked …

http://www.wsj.com/articles/debt-that-once-boosted-its-cities-now-burdens-china-1422415981

Even before its latest step, Beijing had put forward plans to slow local-borrowing growth. But China’s local governments have a surprising ability to resist policies. Another central-government priority—reducing excess production in steel, cement and other industries—has foundered due to local opposition.

“The guys running local government financing operations won’t roll over and die,” says Fraser Howie, co-author of “Red Capitalism,” a study of China’s financial system. “These companies take on a life of their own.”

Commodity Shipping Measure Falls to 28-Year Low on China Demand – Bloomberg Business

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/shipping-gauge-falls-to-28-year-low-as-china-demand-growth-slows

Ship gauge at 28-year low raises fears for sector – fastFT: Market-moving news and views, 24 hours a day – FT.com

http://www.ft.com/intl/fastft/270412/ship-gauge-28-year-low-raises-fears-sector

The index tracks the price of shipping dry bulk commodities such as coal and iron ore, and is perceived as a useful bellwether for global commodities demand and trade.

At 632 points at the end of yesterday, the index is 95 per cent below its 2008 peak of 11,793.
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January 31, 2015 10:12am
calendar girl

Zapper @ 9:27 – “Sheeple: A word that makes me skip over a post, and any subsequent posts by that kiwiblogger.”

Well said, Zapper. Your comment, however, clearly hasn’t dissuaded everyone from that kind of arrogance.
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January 31, 2015 10:14am
wiseowl

The Mangawhai ratepayers have every reason to be totally peeved over the way they have been treated and National have been poor in responding to yet another shocking local government cockup.

The wastewater ballsup could become a big issue in any by-election and the fact it is a by-election anything could happen.

You can trace this whole sordid affair back to Agenda 21 and the governments obsession with controlling everyones wastewater unnecessarily.
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January 31, 2015 10:16am
Sofia

Penny Bright – Looking forward to the upcoming Northland by-election, and the upcoming Parliamentary questions and debate on this matter.

There may be few Parliamentary question, or at least answers.
I think you will find that, for those which Winston Peters will persist with, he will told the case is proceeding and legal advice is that can not be currently discussed. You will be unlikely to even find out what the charge is.
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January 31, 2015 10:18am
Shawn Herles

The psychology of anti-Semitism and the link to anti-Zionism.

Upon analysis, we discover that the hater himself, the anti-Semite, by implication demonstrates that at the very core his is indeed an irrational hatred, failing to provide true justification for the terrible historical wrongs and atrocities visited upon our people.

The big “give-away” is the utterly ridiculous lies anti-Semites are willing to believe about the Jewish people.

The anti-Semite relishes in his Jew hatred. It provides an outlet, a gratifying release of pent-up emotion. His fury against the Jew facilitates a catharsis of anger and frustration – it serves as a safety valve of sorts, releasing all kinds of pent-up dissatisfactions, allowing them to run riot with dizzying freedom.

The anti-Semite has a psychological need to rationalize his otherwise unjustifiable hatred, leading him to eagerly accept the most atrocious lies about our people. As a result, he will convince himself that the worst vilification of Jews is warranted. Having convinced himself that his hatred of the Jew is justified, he is liberated, set free to pour out and direct his soul’s frustrations against the Jews – history’s favorite scapegoat.

Let us now address the issue of whether there is truth to the assertion that anti-Zionism is in fact just good old fashioned anti-Semitism in disguise – a new mutation of the ancient hatred. Well, an application of the following litmus test provides a partial answer: do anti-Zionists believe the most ridiculous, unfounded and vicious lies about the State of Israel and Israelis? The answer is of course yes.

The ominous thing is, all these vicious lies being propagated against Israel and the Jews today is setting the stage: we have it coming to us, we have brought it upon ourselves. The world is being readied to cheer on our destruction.

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-psychology-of-anti-semitism/
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January 31, 2015 10:20am
peterwn

Re Mangawhai – An ‘independent’ candidate will probably gain support from some Mangawhai residents only. The whole Mangawhai situation boils down to who pays? It is either the local ratepayers, the taxpayer or the lenders. It will not be the lenders – they lent in good faith and can exercise their security under the law (whether or not the validating legislation was passed). So it boils down to the taxpayers (on the grounds perhaps that the validating legislation ought not to have been passed and/ or the Auditor General’s office goofed) or the ratepayers.

So the issue becomes one of whether an ‘independent’ pro-Mangawhai candidate can pull enough votes off National to let Labour win the seat. The Greens could advise their followers to vote Labour, but then the Greens do not like Epsom style tactics do they?

If indeed the Audit Office would likely to be held negligent by a court, the Government could pre-empt any court decision by (say) offering 50 – 75% compensation (ie money payable straight to the lenders). But then this would draw the ire of the taxpayers union and taxpayers in other parts of the country. The only Labour response would be that the law be changed denying the lenders their security, but this would then have an adverse effect on the ability of the Government and local bodies to borrow at a reasonable rate.

Presumably the only action that would satisfy Penny is to deny the lenders their ability to enforce their security. However this is not an option for NZ Inc.
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January 31, 2015 10:23am
stephieboy

wowan,
The you considered some salient facts.This is not 2009 but 2014 .A compensation claim continues to elude Bain not for won’t of trying .Different considerations,conditions and tests are involved in the claim .
The commercial lawyer fell short on that score by giving Bain an easy and indulgent ride and pedermining the outcome in his favour.

For example Bain claimed he couldn’t remember the details of the crime scene because of amnesia induced acute stress reaction PTSD or whatever .Then tells the commercial lawyer in some depth that he could in fact remember .No attempt to query this blatant inconsistency

Another the commercial lawyer accepts Bain’s explanation that the bloody gloves were likely worn by Stephen as part of some pretend play .Do you and his cheer squad seriously believe he should receive compensation when he comes up with that kind of rubbish and Binnie nodding approvingly .

These are but two examples of Binnie ‘s partially towards Bain that included a total unwillingness to seek out what other witnesses
had to say to either corroborate or rebut..Naturally in this frame of mind the commercial lawyer can readily conclude that the broken glasses as ” unexplained ” or even that sex with a goat malarkey

And you try to tell about the Tax lawyer’s bias .

Hmmm….!
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January 31, 2015 10:28am
publicwatchdog

Questions relating to what PM John Key knew about the Police investigation of (former) National Party MP Mike Sabin, as I understand it, can still be asked in the House?

Penny Bright
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January 31, 2015 10:32am
EAD

Stephieboy

The coming collapse of the global financial system was actually baked into the cake at the very moment of its inception.

In fact, nothing that is now occurring is in any way a surprise to those who have studied the collapse of previous Fiat monetary systems.

You see, monetary systems that have no actual basis in reality, that are in other words ‘dishonest’. Have a limited lifespan due to the very fact that as they are dishonest.

And why is that?

As the dishonesty that is inherent within all Fiat monetary systems, requires a series of ever greater acts of dishonesty in order to perpetuate their very existence.

Hence, QE1, QE2, QE3, low interest rates. Along with the ongoing manipulation of the relative value of the precious metals, etc, etc,

The truth is, one act of dishonesty must in turn result in ever more acts of dishonesty.

Just as one act of irresponsibility must in turn result in ever more acts of irresponsibility.

What with dishonesty, and irresponsibility, being basically the same thing.

Along with the fact that both dishonesty, and irresponsibility, are “circular” in nature.

With honesty, and responsibility, on the other hand being both “straight'”

A further truth being, that everything that is circular in nature (i.e. dishonest/irresponsible) must eventually brings about its own inevitable demise.

As of course, one is forced to eventually reap the results of what one has previously sown.

And so, as I said, collapse IS “baked into the cake” – it is just a matter of when, not if

What with reality being as completely unavoidable as it is..

So, prepare you must. For change this way comes.

And, when it does finally come. I can assure you it is not going to be pretty
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January 31, 2015 10:33am
Griff

Tinfoil hat shares are good then EAD?
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January 31, 2015 10:36am
Rowan

No Stupidboy
Binnie did not predetermine the outcome and in fact interviewing David was one of the last steps in his report so he had already considered the evidential matters beforehand so you are WRONG, yet again!
This is actually 2015 now Stupidboy!
David doesn’t have the explanation for the glasses and gloves etc Stupidboy, the explanation is he doesn’t know, there is only one person who has that explanation Stupidboy and he isn’t here to give it to you, you will have to wait until you get to hell to ask him that question!
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January 31, 2015 10:39am
stephieboy

EAD, you sum up the human condition that has been with us since “Adam and Eve..” You could just as easily be taling about the 1920s or late 19th century etc,etc.

I understand your economic Armageddon is tipped to happen Sept 2015 ?

Or has ZH and yourself become more coy about such a deadline ?
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January 31, 2015 10:41am
dcrown

Mitt, say it ain’t so!

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/231258-mitt-romney-is-out-for-2016
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January 31, 2015 10:42am
EAD

I stick by it Stephie. September 2015 is the date I called out although some would say we’ve already collapsed.

Instead of food/soup lines like the great depression, we have free school meals or EBT cards or food stamps. We’re hanging on now by going further and further into unpayable debt while the East uses their savings to buy our productive farms, businesses, housing and of course gold.

Then the plug gets called on our Alice in Wonderland economics
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January 31, 2015 10:43am
peterwn

Penny – Back in 2002, Helen Clark spilled the beans about a Serious Fraud Office investigation concerning another political party. She had been briefed under the ‘no surprises’ rule and to publicise it was totally wrong.

Assuming that John Key has been briefed under the ‘no surprises’ rule of any investigation concerning a MP National or otherwise, it would be quite wrong for him to publicise this or do anything anything that would have the effect of publicising it.

Therefore, unless there are appropriate developments in the meantime (eg a court appearance without name suppression) all John can do is decline to answer any questions on this. Once developments have occurred he can then admit when he first heard about it. He can also claim a constitutional convention on this (Helen Clark was rather adept at re-fashioning constitutional conventions).
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January 31, 2015 10:51am
holysheet

I prefer to support a member of the Mangawhai Residents and Ratepayers Association, should they choose to stand.
Kind regards
Penny Bright

Gut less lefties, all yap and no substance.
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January 31, 2015 10:52am
Jacob

Bain requires “exceptional circumstances” in relation to his compensation claim.
One that Binnie offers is that the house and evidence it possibly contained was burnt to the ground.
But, apparently, that was with the agreement of David Bain, which I don’t think Binnie points out.
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January 31, 2015 10:57am
Kimbo

@ publicwatchdog

Questions relating to what PM John Key knew about the Police investigation of (former) National Party MP Mike Sabin, as I understand it, can still be asked in the House?

Penny Bright

Yep. And I for one as a supporter of this Government and PM hope that the Opposition knock themselves out asking what they consider to be the “questions that matter to the country”.
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January 31, 2015 10:57am
stephieboy

EAD, whatever but we’ll see if the free school lunches,food stamps etc ballon out of control with the inevitable economic Armageddon / meltdown come Seotember this year .
Keep us brief with your weekly update .

Wowan,

What evidential maters before hand exactly ? Karam’s books for example ?

Wowan , so Binnie’s’ interviews with Bain had no bearing on his final report ?

Outstanding and Incredible .What on earth was he hired to do instead ?
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January 31, 2015 10:59am
publicwatchdog

What particularly concerns me over the Mangawhai sewerage scheme debacle is the horrific role played by the (in my considered opinion) USELESS Office of the Auditor General (OAG).

Which helps prove why NZ needs an Independent Commission Against Corruption.

But who knocked back the petition of Grace Haden – calling for an Independent Commission Against Corruption?

The Law and Order Select Committee.

And who was the (former) Chair of the Law and Order Select Committee?

(Ex) National MP for Northland – Mike Sabin ….

Penny Bright

http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz
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January 31, 2015 11:02am
Manolo

Mitt Romney has disappointed stephieboy with today’s decision.
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January 31, 2015 11:05am
Kimbo

What particularly concerns me over the Mangawhai sewerage scheme debacle is…

Umm, is it a cheap laugh if I note that Penny is truly talking more shit than usual this time?
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January 31, 2015 11:05am
Psycho Milt

Most sensible thing written about the bizarre Eleanor Catton controversy thus far, unsurprisingly, turns out to be written by Eleanor Catton:

“I’ve been speaking freely to foreign journalists ever since I was first published overseas, and have criticised the Key government, neo-liberal values, and our culture of anti-intellectualism many times. One reason why my remarks have not have been noticed in New Zealand until now may be that in most modern democracies a writer expressing an opinion is not considered, in itself, shocking. The truly shocking thing would be the writer who only spoke in praise of her country; who was unequivocal in gratitude and platitude; who swore fealty to her government, rather than to deep-felt values or ideals; who regarded arts funding as hush money and a part-time teaching position as an intellectual gag. I hope that that author does not exist today; but if she does, she is the one who should make the news.”

Fuck yes. I know that’s the kind of culture Redbaiter wants, but who knew John Key, Sean Plunket and DPF were such big fans of authoritarianism?
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January 31, 2015 11:05am
publicwatchdog

Hey ‘Holysheet’ – I for one – have put my freehold home on the line to defend ‘open, transparent and accountable’ local government.

What have YOU done lately, anonymous GUTLESS ‘Holysheet’ apart from whine at those of us who HAVE and ARE doing something of substance?

Penny Bright

http://www.pennybright4mayor.org.nz
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January 31, 2015 11:08am
IGM

Hear the Little Wimpy Tane giving plaudits to the dog Catton. Makes one sick to listen to this shit, but had a set of bike forks in bits and only two hands.
Public Dog: You are a vile and evil specimen of humanity . . . may you be thrown from your hovel soon.
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January 31, 2015 11:08am
stephieboy

Jacob , the Police Report paragraph 57 demonstrates how Binnie was wrong about the buringb the house .Bain at the time agreed to it but then told Binnie he hadn’t ,

http://davidbain.counterspin.co.nz/forum/full-text-of-errors-and-concerns-found-by-police-in-binnies-report

The report is most instructive how Binnie showed a predisposition to accept David’s word on everything and a total failure to crois check with the evidence and other witnesses version of the events.
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January 31, 2015 11:11am
CrazyIvan

So Penny you must hate Phil Goff, David Clendon and Kelvin Davis as well as they were also on the Select Committee that considered Grace Haden’s petition and recommended that it go no further with no dissenting voice. Or do you think that the chair of the committee has the only vote?
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January 31, 2015 11:12am
Manolo

It is always entertaining to see a Chardonnay socialist like comrade Psycho jump to the defence of a fellow Greenie.
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January 31, 2015 11:14am
publicwatchdog

Which FACTS and considered opinion do you particularly dislike DIMbo?

Just going for the cheap laugh – I’m sure you understand 😉

PS: Are YOU familiar with the Kaipara District Council Rates Validation Act 2014
Kimbo?

Do YOU agree with it – in principle or in substance – yes or no?

Kind regards

Penny Bright
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January 31, 2015 11:16am
IGM

“Manawatu Standard” scribe Dallas who wrote crap applauding Catton: Losers like you have ruined a good product, so when it closes, I hope to see you on the job chase . . . you are the type that is unemployable.
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January 31, 2015 11:18am
Rowan

Stupidboy
Instead of nitpicking Binnies interview with David for inconsistencies try using an evidence based approach and consider the evidence piece by piece and it’s probative value. Given that it’s a circumstantial case and you can make cases for and against then you have to consider all possible outcomes and not just the one that fits the predetermined “guilty” mindset. This is where you and the crown fall over Stupidboy by starting with a conclusion of “guilty” so then make all the evidence point back to the predetermined conclusion. This is not the approach to take, the evidence needs to come first.
The probative value of the glasses and gurgling etc is 0 Stupidboy when the evidence is properly considered. Ask yourself “how likely is it that a non short sighted person would require a pair of glasses that are adjusted to fit Margaret’s astigmatism would be required by the killer to shoot 4 people at point blank range” and “how likely is it that the lens found underneath folded clothing and the ice skate boot under the bunks was involved in the fight with Stephen”?
The crown case around these is simply conjecture and the evidence in fact says that it is highly unlikely.
Once you go through these steps you soon realise that there is no case against David.
However if you add a step involving the likelyhood of Robin being “murdered” based on the evidence then likewise there is only one conclusion and that there is no evidence consistent with his death being anything other than suicide.
Over to you
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January 31, 2015 11:21am
itstricky

It is always entertaining to see a Chardonnay socialist like comrade Psycho jump to the defence of a fellow Greenie.

How about the defence of The Government by Jordan Williams – the completely INDEPENDENT member of the TPU.

https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/561276499056017409

https://twitter.com/farmgeek/status/561277323836538881
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January 31, 2015 11:21am
publicwatchdog

For the public record – I don’t actually hate anyone – even the rabid anonymous GUTLESS ‘IGM’ who appears to have his(?) APOPLECTIC button jammed on FULL this morning?

But I do think that New Zealand desperately needs an Independent Commission Against Corruption, and am very disappointed that the Law and Order Select Committee did not support this petition.

Penny Bright
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January 31, 2015 11:23am
Psycho Milt

It is always entertaining to see a Chardonnay socialist like comrade Psycho jump to the defence of a fellow Greenie.

I know the concept of commenting in some form other than one-line ad hominem or variations on “I hate Muslims” is a really big, hell probably too big a stretch for you, but perhaps you could highlight the points in the quote from Catton above that you disagree with, and why?
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January 31, 2015 11:25am
Rowan

Jacob
The house was only in a position to be burnt down as it had been released to the family prematurely. Items such as the bloody footprints had not been uplifted. Whether or not David had consented is irrelevant, the premature decision to release it to the family without uplifting crucial evidence is a cock up on the part of the police and resulted in the evidence going up in smoke with the house.
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January 31, 2015 11:27am
dog_eat_dog

Penny, ranting and copying and pasting your crap on Kiwiblog and showing up to literally every left wing protest under the sun is not ‘doing something’.
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January 31, 2015 11:29am
Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes

publicwatchdog (3,405 comments) says:
January 31st, 2015 at 11:23 am

But I do think that New Zealand desperately needs an Independent Commission Against Corruption, and am very disappointed that the Law and Order Select Committee did not support this petition.

Penny Bright
_________________

Penny – have you and Grace approached Transparency International about this- ICAC proposal ? Are you and Grace members of TI ? Do they suuport this call for greater transparency ? If not, why not ? If yes, what are they doing to promote it ?
I reads Grace’s submission and so-called evidence, and frankly was underwhelmed. There appears to be a personal vendetta driving this so-called proposal from Grace.
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January 31, 2015 11:39am
RightNow

Steve Braunias spills the secret diary of Eleanor Catton.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/arts-literature/news/article.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=11394449

Interesting questions of gender and identity are raised at the Jaipur literary festival in India when I’m judged to have lost the egg and spoon race.

I don’t wish to complain. But it’s vitally important for writers and intellectuals to take a stand on issues of social justice, so I filed a letter of formal complaint, and personally complained to the judges and festival organisers, as well as the concierge and the waiters at my hotel.

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January 31, 2015 11:40am
stigie

Hey…something ive just discovered, Penny’s not to keen on the right is she ?
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January 31, 2015 11:46am
holysheet

Hey ‘Holysheet’ – I for one – have put my freehold home on the line to defend ‘open, transparent and accountable’ local government.

What have YOU done lately, anonymous GUTLESS ‘Holysheet’ apart from whine at those of us who HAVE and ARE doing something of substance?

What I have just done this month is pay my rates so I am not bludging off everyone else.
Have you paid your rates yet PWB?

Gotcha!!!
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January 31, 2015 11:50am
kowtow

In Germany they pride themselves on their freedoms (achieved through the blood of western nations (and the Soviets).
Today political correctness threatens . This time fear of offending recent immigrants ,who are fully integrated ,yeah right.

Je Suis didn’t last long did it. The press bend over backwards to rationalise this cowardice there.

The Rose Festival has always been proudly controversial.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/german-carnival-peaks-with-rose-monday-processions-a-882716.html

Charlie Hebdo cancelled.

http://www.dw.de/cologne-carnival-organizers-cancel-charlie-hebdo-float/a-18222673
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January 31, 2015 11:50am
fernglas

In civilised societies, artists and intellectuals are the windows to the soul of the country, and to condemn an artist such as Eleanor Catton for commenting on what she perceives to be morally and artistically bankrupt political leadership is to surrender any claim to civilisation. Her involvement with Green Party politics is a logical extension of her convictions. She may be wrong; what she said may have embarrassed this country, but she was right to say what she did and I support her right to do so.
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January 31, 2015 11:58am
RightNow

Catton:

In the past twelve months I have travelled to England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Sweden, Spain, Canada, the United States, Australia, Brazil, and most recently India

Greens go by air.
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January 31, 2015 12:00pm
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publicwatchdog – But who knocked back the petition of Grace Haden – calling for an Independent Commission Against Corruption?
The Law and Order Select Committee.
And who was the (former) Chair of the Law and Order Select Committee?
(Ex) National MP for Northland – Mike Sabin ….

The Parliament document reporting back to the House on the petition of Grace Haden mentions no voting statistics, unanimous or not, so to indicate Mike Sabin did anything in particular that “knocked back” the petition is an opportunistic corrupt inference.
Otherwise why mention it?
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January 31, 2015 12:02pm
All_on_Red

Fernglas
Catton has embarrassed herself by having her sense of entitlement exposed by her lack of self awareness as to the extent she (and others) gets support from the NZ taxpayer.
To me, she’s just another loudmouth leftie ala Robyn Malcolm, Lucy Lawless et al. Heard it all before. Yawn.
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January 31, 2015 12:03pm
All_on_Red

Oh and I thought this “In civilised societies, artists and intellectuals are the windows to the soul of the country” is just pretentious tosh. Elitist much?
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January 31, 2015 12:07pm
dog_eat_dog

A civilised society is one where you aren’t afraid to call anyone else a wanker. The difference is civilised societies don’t murder each other when it happens.
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January 31, 2015 12:21pm
calendar girl

Penny Bright @ 11:02am –

“What particularly concerns me over the Mangawhai sewerage scheme debacle is the horrific role played by the (in my considered opinion) USELESS (OAG).

“Which helps prove why NZ needs an Independent Commission Against Corruption.”

So, Penny, you were disappointed with a decision of the Office of the Auditor General. While you are fully entitled to view the OAG as “USELESS” if that suits your purposes or prejudices, you go much further and claim that such decisions “help prove why NZ needs an Independent Commission Against Corruption.”

That could be seen as a fairly strong, implied accusation of corruption in the OAG. Who do you understand was involved in, or responsible for, the specific alleged corruption in the instance you have referenced?
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January 31, 2015 12:27pm
Redbaiter

She may be wrong; what she said may have embarrassed this country, but she was right to say what she did and I support her right to do so.

FFS, of course she has the fucking “right to do so”. I don’t think anyone is disputing that. What you are seeing is a reciprocal example of self expression in that others are criticising her idiotic and hypocritical viewpoints. What’s the problem?
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