General Debate 18 April 2009

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billyborker

This could have been NZ –

“Wood said the US could still not accept any statement that reaffirmed what he called the flawed 2001 Durban declaration, or any text that used “incitement to religious hatred” as a pretext for restricting freedom of expression.”

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/17/racism-conference-islam-durban-ii

But jonkey dropped the ball and declined our position ot the table on Human Rights.
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April 18, 2009 11:40am
Inventory2

There’s a very funny Saturday “piss-take” editorial in the Dom-Post today

http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2009/04/get-another-dog-phil.html
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April 18, 2009 12:19pm
reid

Some people may have been following the serious problem of bee colonies disappearing across the world. It’s called Colony Collapse.

It’s critical because bees are necessary (i.e. not optional but necessary) for crop pollination. Crop farmers pay apiarists to put their hives in the middle of their fields precisely for this reason. No crops, no food, for ourselves or for farm animals. No food, no animals.

No-one knows why they’ve been disappearing and there’s been many theories. I read one the other day that makes a lot of sense. It basically says that bees (like pigeons) use magnetic sensors for navigation and those are being interfered with by cell phone microwave transmitters. In addition to that, most people know that when bees find a food source they return to the hive and do a waggle dance that points the rest of the hive toward the food source. Apparently the frequency used by those cell phone towers is exactly the same as the oscillation frequency used in that dance. Since bees are sensitive to the EM radiation this confuses the bee and causes a mis-direction. Consequently they just fly off and get lost.

So IF this is true, which can be easily established, then we have a choice. Change our technology, or starve.

Once again the media has done its usual appalling job of alerting people to this serious issue, I would hope at some point they pick this up and chase it down. It’s the sort of research NZ could very easily do with its specialist scientific resources and IF it’s true then it may be as simple as changing the frequency. Which would be a costly but doable exercise. The alternative is too horrible to contemplate.
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April 18, 2009 1:12pm
joeAverage

The maori party says (its a kick in the head to maori that they dont get FREE seats in the super city)
WHAT???? think of that statement, maori kick lots of people in the head and in lots of other places,plus rape bash steal dogs to kill.THEY KILL THEIR KIDS IN LARGE NUMBERS etc and the maori party is moaning FUCK UP bludgers, adapt to reallity
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April 18, 2009 3:43pm
philu

how’s yer sperm..?..

..lads..?

..getting enough xenobiotics..?

http://whoar.co.nz/2009/would-you-like-some-sperm-destroying-xenobiotics-with-that-cheezy-bacon-sir/

phil(whoar.co.nz)
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April 18, 2009 3:57pm
joeAverage

GOOD NEWS A fuckwit has been arrested by the police /animal control/spca. A thing aged 25 (scum of the earth) has been arrested for stealing LINCOLN a OLD ridgeback?cross to kill in dog fighting in Porirua, Im hate this thing so much This fuckwit scum humanthing A BRO always the bro maori always maori (IWI i want it ) the arse hole will be a gang member maori WHY ALWAYS WHY ALWAYS scum of the earth???im sorry folks you cannot a condem a group in society by the actions of a few BUT ITS ENDLESS wheres the moral control?????????? a 60 yo nz white person born in PN so DONT call me a pakeha im a NZer PS if a maori tells me to go back to where i came from i dont want to go back to Palmerston North
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April 18, 2009 4:15pm
village idiot

It was ironic that David Farrar BANNED greenfly, given that Farrar makes much of the Greens liking for banning.
How we laughed, us idiots around the village pond!
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April 18, 2009 4:29pm
expat

such and apt handle, above, 4.29pm.
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April 18, 2009 4:33pm
Redbaiter

“How we laughed, us idiots around the village pond!”

Yes, I can easily imagine the sight.

Its Mr. Farrar’s blog, he owns it.

Whereas you do not own NZ.
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April 18, 2009 4:58pm
expat

Britain’s gloomy weather boosts the brain, claim Australian scientists

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5171969/Britains-gloomy-weather-boosts-the-brain-claim-Australian-scientists.html

Cheer up – Britain’s gloomy weather may not be good for the soul but it’s great for the mind, claim scientists in sunny Australia.

Psychologists have discovered that people performed better in memory tests when the weather was bad and they were feeling grumpy.

The research discovered that the worse the weather and the more depressed the individual, the sharper their brain.

>> LOL! Whats funnier? The theory or the fact Aussie scientists are peddling it?
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April 18, 2009 5:10pm
expat

Helen Clark … leaves New Zealand today to head the United Nations Development Programme

http://blogs.nzherald.co.nz/blog/audrey-young/2009/4/18/haere-ra-helen/?c_id=1501219&objectid=10567284
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April 18, 2009 5:27pm
joeAverage

Has something important happened on Kiwiblog, darn thats like global warming A FALSEHOOD
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April 18, 2009 5:57pm
wikiriwhis business

“Some people may have been following the serious problem of bee colonies disappearing across the world. It’s called Colony Collapse.”

Thanks for that Reid. I saved the article to ma inbox.

This loss of bees is very serious and hopefully the public will be alerted and big business will be prompted to adjust.

Will also alert my editor.
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April 18, 2009 9:39pm
Barnsley Bill

Reid, I have been noticing stories about colony collapse for a year or more. I believe pesticide and herbicide use is a more likely explanation for this phenomenon. Although the bees and wasps are very evident in the bay of islands this year. I am outside most of the time during the day and have had to evade the little stinging bastards much more this year than any other year.
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April 18, 2009 11:23pm
expat

Seen Guido Fawkes Friday Column in the Times?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6108549.ece
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April 19, 2009 1:27am
OECD rank 22 kiwi

That Guido Fawkes Friday Column in the Times is a good read.

Plenty of comparisons with New Zealand considering NZ Labour ripped off most of what UK Labour did.
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April 19, 2009 4:40am
expat

Seeing that little red faced pseudo ginga spin doctor bully get reamed up the date by Guido was magnificent.

Best take down I’ve seen this year.

Speaking of jumped up wanna be blog attack poodles, where is Salmond?
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April 19, 2009 5:59am

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