General Debate 27 March 2011

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Rodders

Judith Tizard has said she had “some unfinished business” and it would also be nice to say “stick it up you” to those who didn’t want her back.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10715181

And speaking of sore losers

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/4814128/Carter-renews-calls-for-Goff-to-resign
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March 27, 2011 8:30am
Inventory2

Indeed Rodders; what advice do you think her friend Helen of New York will be giving her. I suspect that Tizard is going to be pivotal to rolling Goff; if he doesn’t go, she will take up the seat.

http://keepingstock.blogspot.com/2011/03/judith-takes-her-time.html
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March 27, 2011 8:39am
niggly

Hmm, Tizard wasn’t exactly giving Goff her unqualified support in that Herald article.

Oh dear, she holds Helen in more stead than Goff, the Labour leader.

Looks like Goff needs Andrew Little in his Party president capacity to put Tizard in her place, for she will have no loyalty if she does come back.

(The arrogance of Tizard is also astounding in that article)!
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March 27, 2011 8:41am
Murray

Priness Christine gets his tutu in a wad and beats Phil Goff with his sparkly wand, yeah I’m sure that helps Labour.
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March 27, 2011 8:42am
Rodders

Of course, Andrew Little doesn’t want Judith back as he would see Phil as the best one to keep the leader’s seat warm for him (along the same lines as Jim Anderton’s support for Bill Rowling).
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March 27, 2011 8:47am
Pete George

Tizard’s unfinished business (after she’s “stuck it to” anyone who didn’t want her back) …

But Tizard is undecided – she’s got unfinished business.

“I’d love to make a valedictory speech,” she says.

Ah well, that should occupy six months, preparing for that. I wonder if it crossed her mind that it could be an opportunity to work for the people and country?

Stick it to the party, stick it to the people.
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March 27, 2011 8:48am
Rodders

“I wonder if it crossed her mind that it could be an opportunity to work for the people and country?”

What “mind”? Judith receives her instructions by txt from New York.
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March 27, 2011 8:51am
nasska

Remember comrades. From now on what happens in Haitaitai stays in Haitaitai.
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March 27, 2011 8:55am
hj

Discussion on Sunday with Chris Laidlaw re the awarding of aboriginal title to aboriginals. It seems 100,000 people own 33% of the Australian continent. This is very remote land with high conservation value.
Note Labour, The Greens and Maori Party are opposed to making continuous use since 1840 the rule for gaining customary title.
It would be interesting what would pan out in a country like New Zealand where Europeans have had a close connection since 1840.
8:40 The Aboriginal Estate:

Jon Altman is a research professor in anthropology at the Australian National University. He talks to Chris about the indigenous estate in Australia – 1.7 million sq kms – some of which has great conservation value and which is home to many small communities of Aboriginal people. Prof Altman says the pressure is on for mainstream development in these areas, but he is proposing a new system which recognises the value of customary economic activity.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday
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March 27, 2011 9:02am
Grant Michael McKenna

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8407047/Libyan-rebel-commander-admits-his-fighters-have-al-Qaeda-links.html
Seems that there is a possibility that President Obama may have possibly embarked on a war with no idea of how to end it. Can anyone say what the “Obama doctrine” is?
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March 27, 2011 9:03am
niggly

Meanwhile, former Labour MP Judith Tizard said last night she may take at least a week to decide if she wants to return to Parliament.

For gawds sake, why on earth would it take “at least” one week to make a decision?

I can picture Tizard sitting on her arse for a week doing absolutley nothing, whilst the NY Branch of the Labour Party are on the phones and texting Labour MP’s in Wellington in all that time, working on numbers and scenarios to see how many of their sycophants can form a powerful block to push their agenda.

Poor Phil, whilst he states there is no leadership challenge, all around him the BBQ’s are being fired up (but he’s not getting an invite).
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March 27, 2011 9:04am
hj

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10711225
What to do about the 12500 titles in private ownership [9,693 General land 2,916 Maori land].
Hone Harawira: Put them in Maori title.
Green Party: treat them the same as customary title (free access and mustn’t be sold).
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March 27, 2011 9:16am
starboard

..did Guyon just call Rudd ” Prime Minister “..have I missed something?…
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March 27, 2011 9:17am
Monty

Normally when Labour have a good old fashioned blood letting, back-stabbing back room coup, the new leader is an obvious choice with wide spread public support. It seems this time everyone wants a coup, but there is no leader in waiting, no one wants the job, and the only thing they do want is to be rid of Goff.
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March 27, 2011 9:24am
starboard

From Stuff..

“Former Labour Darren Hughes has been the subject of allegations about another late-night incident after a boozy evening out.

The Herald on Sunday has learned of claims about Hughes and a worker from a party leader’s office who were in a group drinking at a 2009 Christmas party.

The staffer is understood to have been asked by Hughes to carry on drinking, and was then the subject of a sexual approach. The young man objected and left.

The party leader quizzed the young man to see if he wanted to make a formal complaint. He declined, saying the incident was a misguided “pass”.

Hughes’ political career ended on Friday.

..oh dear..
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March 27, 2011 9:25am
Pauleastbay

Morning HJ

Are you the official spokesperson for racist NZ First doctrine nation wide or just the Tauranga or Christchurch chapters.

Available for answers all day as my wife and kids have blocked off my access to the boat ramp, so I can’t go fishing or for a dive.
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March 27, 2011 9:42am
hj

@ Grant Michael McKenna

It could be argued that supporting dictators keeps a lid on the pressure cooker, after all, it isn’t only about the west versus Islam but moderate Islam v’s fundamentalist.
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March 27, 2011 9:42am
reid

Both this former incident with the staffer and the missing week the same Herald on Sunday article refers to, were covered by Whale earlier this week.

No acknowledgement of this from the repeaters, as usual.
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March 27, 2011 9:51am
reid

The satraps of the Anglo-American Empire, meaning the various viceroys, proconsuls, khedives and namestniks who have been set up to administer the various satellite countries, are now being massively purged to prevent them from defecting to rival power center like Russia, China, and Iran. This amounts to a preventive toppling of the US-UK satraps to head off a looming mass exit from the US-UK geopolitical plantation. Dictators and authoritarian rulers are being ousted by cliques of generals and mobs incited by the CIA to stop them from playing the Iran card, the Russian card, the China card, or some combination of these. Some of the more manic voices from the neocon faction even imagine that the US can ride the current wave all the way to the toppling of existing regimes and the creation of puppet governments in Beijing, Moscow, Teheran, and elsewhere, giving the US and the British uncontested dominion over the world for decades to come.

Warning: this article challenges existing belief structures. If you don’t think the world works like he indicates it does, suggest you file this under “possible” rather than under “garbage” since rejecting this stuff completely out of hand, often means you miss incredibly significant things when they happen like for example, why Russia really invaded Georgia. OTY though, you can lead a horse to water but…
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March 27, 2011 10:11am
wat dabney

Blimey, even the leftists at the Guardian understand that self-serving green panics, such as GM techniques and ethanol fuel – are the causes of rocketing food prices that have pushed millions into poverty:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/20/food-farming

Well done Greens. How many people have you killed today?
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March 27, 2011 10:22am
TimG_Oz

Amidst the predicted carnage in the NSW election last night, a small ray of hope emerges.

It looks like The Greens butchered an unlosable position in two seats, by being caught out lying multiple times over their position on an Israel boycott (which they tried to pretend they didn’t push).

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/nsw-election-2011/wary-carmel-tebbutt-clings-to-marrickville/story-fn7q4q9f-1226028758044

Even Labour analysts are saying that if they want to be serious as politicians then they have to field serious candidates, not extremists. Not sure if they noticed who they are in coalition with in the federal govt.
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March 27, 2011 10:29am
thedavincimode

Meanwhile, at the edge of the gallaxy Stupidity on the planet Fuckwit-TVNZ –

Breathless fuckwit: “John Key wades into the debate”

John Key (after being cornered and having microphone shoved up his nostril: “this is really a matter for the Labour Party”.

In two lines we have yet another example supporting the case for selling off this utterly pointless piece of shit.

How, repeat HOW, could anyone in charge of that “newsroom” allow that complete and utter shit go to air? They have no pride. They have no self-respect. They have no intelligence. They have no balance. They have no ethics or integrity. They have no journalists. They have only shit. Why do we still own them?
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March 27, 2011 10:32am
Rodders

Re the Q&A interview with Kevin Rudd. Rudd loves to commence his answers “with respect.” He reminds me of Winston i.e. completely condescending and uses many words but says very little.
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March 27, 2011 10:35am
reid

It looks like The Greens butchered an unlosable position in two seats, by being caught out lying multiple times over their position on an Israel boycott (which they tried to pretend they didn’t push). Even Labour analysts are saying that if they want to be serious as politicians then they have to field serious candidates, not extremists.

Tim if those Greens are anything at all like our Greens then I suspect their problem is they can’t find anyone in their entire party who isn’t an extremist.

It’s very sad, isn’t it. Too bad about 5-7 of our total adult population is just as mental as they are. FFS. Can’t we treat this, somehow? You’d think by now someone somewhere in the world would have found a cure to this living horror.
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March 27, 2011 10:44am
nasska

Can someone enlighten me on why Judith Tizard is as welcome as a piece of nuclear waste to the Labour caucus. Okay she’s a lazy trougher & a loyal comrade of Dear Leader but there is nothing in that description that makes her stand out from the crowd. I must have missed something.
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March 27, 2011 10:46am
reid

I mean, the world-wide Green phenomena with all it entails with its leftward fucked in the head naive idealistic and impractical approach to every single policy they enunciate, is like when the inventor of TV first succeeded in transmitting a picture in the lab, then turned to his assistant and said: “Congratulations Mike, we’ve just invented the biggest time-waster known to mankind.”

They are really like that, aren’t they.
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March 27, 2011 10:49am
reid

Can someone enlighten me on why Judith Tizard is as welcome as a piece of nuclear waste to the Labour caucus. Okay she’s a lazy trougher & a loyal comrade of Dear Leader but there is nothing in that description that makes her stand out from the crowd. I must have missed something.

You ask a good question nasska. I have wondered too. My image of her knitting in the chamber during debate is what I have, and to that extent she does personify lazy and ineffective but you’re right, others used to do as well during the period in which this belief arose, so why is it attached just to her? It’s one of those wide-spread beliefs that while wide-spread you can’t really put your finger on from whence and when it arose and for why it has taken such hold. At least I can’t.
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March 27, 2011 10:57am
Pete George

The fact that Tizard says she’d consider coming back because she’d “love to make a valedictory speech” indicates she may not have great ambitions to set the country on fire.
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March 27, 2011 11:05am
Murray

She wants to collect how much money with the intention of delivering a single speech?

Hasn’t reall changed since her days of being being the minister for doing bugger all has she. Or learned anything from it.
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March 27, 2011 11:10am
mattyroo

Some light entertainment with some breathtaking skills:

http://www.redbull.co.uk/cs/Satellite/en_UK/Video/danny-macaskill-way-back-home-riding-clip-021242926492302?p=1242760989724
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March 27, 2011 11:15am
Rodders

Judith hasn’t been a list MP before, so she wouldn’t now have to waste time dealing with those pesky constituents that kept her from what she would rather be spending her time on.
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March 27, 2011 11:18am
Bobbie black

Jesus the Poms got a massive whaloping in the cricket world cup.

Let’s hope the NZ openers can fire for a change and the bowlers do the rest.

Good luck black caps.
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March 27, 2011 11:24am
reid

The fact that Tizard says she’d consider coming back because she’d “love to make a valedictory speech” indicates she may not have great ambitions to set the country on fire.

She does a lot to encourage and reinforce her own reputation doesn’t she.
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March 27, 2011 11:26am
The Hoff

After spending time with Phil Goff I genuinely feel sorry for him now…
http://wp.me/p1rzNS-42
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March 27, 2011 12:01pm
MyNameIsJack

Is Chris Finlayson the most corrupt minister in NZ history?

Has he, in his position as Attorney General and Minister for Treaty Negotiations, just created an eternal gravy train that will see him rolling in legal fees for the rest of his life?

Just sayin’
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March 27, 2011 12:07pm
bereal

Great laugh in todays Sunday Star.
Could it be the understatement of the year ?
Chris Carter observes that Labour has no issues with “gays” He was the first homosexual
in 1992 and there has been a “host since.”
i guess ‘host’ means legions of them.
(not that there’s anything wrong with that)
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March 27, 2011 12:23pm
voice of reason

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/4812109/Till-system-from-demolished-cafe-turns-up-on-West-Coast

While this blog turns into People Magazine, there are still business owners getting shafted by CD.
So a demo crew can enter and steal from dangerous premises in the Red Zone but the people whose livelihood depends on it are kept out.
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March 27, 2011 12:25pm
reid

Chris Carter observes that Labour has no issues with “gays” He was the first homosexual in 1992 and there has been a “host since.”

He’s quite right though bereal. Hughes’ homosexuality was not a political liability until he made it one himself by denying it for years and years.

The people who mentored him over the years have badly let him down, over this. Of course he got himself into this mess by inviting a straight 18 year old back to his flat. Why would a gay 34 year old do that, unless it was to have sex with him. If Hughes didn’t know this young man was in fact straight, then all he had to do was ask. Personally however, I’ve almost always been able accurately to detect a male’s sexuality, it’s just one of those instinct things one has. I assume other people can do the same thing and while one can be wrong, it doesn’t happen often, not that I normally make it a point of asking. Metro-sexuals are devishly hard to detect sometimes, I might add. Not that I care, either way. It’s just if one has those instincts then how come Darren’s let him down. The young man has a gf as per media reports, normally that means he’s straight.

So I think Darren is being disingenuous if he doesn’t take full responsibility for that appalling lack of good judgement on the part of a 34 year old in his position. I also think he was let down from a young age, for he should have managed it inside his first term in parliament but no-one told him how to do it.
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March 27, 2011 12:51pm
sparky21

http://brianedwardsmedia.co.nz/2011/03/latest-adolf-hitler-fails-to-predict-rain-in-hokitika/
🙂
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March 27, 2011 1:01pm
calendar girl

If she returns to Parliament, Judith Tizard should be appointed Labour’s Shadow Minister for Christchurch. Look at how brilliantly she performed previously as Minister for Auckland!
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March 27, 2011 1:24pm
Viking2

A conversation about the rebuild of CHCH CBD.

THe only problem of course for anything at all being done down there is the while elephant in the room, the bloody council and red tape.

Like Auckland they have an army of pencil pushing prats to make a name for themselves and screw any developer even considering giving it a go.

Aww come on now BK, they can’t all be Pencil Pushing Prats
some must be pencil pushing pawns
while others may be pencil pushing puppets
I’m sure there will be some pencil pushing pricks
along with some publically patronising politicians
& there might even be some public patronising pricks
but they can’t all be Prats – surely
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March 27, 2011 1:41pm
bereal

reid, i think you are cutting Darren a bit too much slack here.
How can it be the resonsibility of his ‘mentors ‘ to advise him on sexual matters.
i see in todays Herald he is quoted as saying, “I’m not gay.” Were his mentors expected
to tell him not to be so stupid, of course your gay ?
What we have here is a case of a young, naive, unwordly youth, flattered that one of his
idols was giving him so much attention, had too much to drink, awoke from a drunken sleep
to find, as a previous correspondent described, “a sweating ginga, half up him.”
The kids wordly education was vastly enhanced at that point.
This was nothing to do with a failure on behalf of Darrens mentors.
i don’t know but i always assumed that homosexuals had some sort of built in radar so they
could recognise each other. (kind of like Masons)
Personally i cant always tell if a given guy is gay or not and have been suprised in the past,
although not as surprised as this kid would have been.
Alcohol, presumably upset Darrens radar, for the second time at least that we know about.
You cant blame his mentors for his failure to learn from past experiences.
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March 27, 2011 1:48pm
reid

bereal, when he was only 24, they should have stepped in and helped him. By now, ten years down the track, it’s all too late. But they should have, back then and they didn’t.

As I also said, he should also be held to account for his utter stupidity in engendering this incident in the first place.
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March 27, 2011 1:51pm
Viking2

Would “Just leave us the fuck alone, you busybodies” be too much to ask?

Labour deservedly cop a lot of flak for their determination that we must all be made to behave in the ways liberal hand-wringers think are appropriate, but it’s often overlooked that National have the same tendencies, with the liberal handwringers swapped out for stodgy, church-going stuffed shirts.

Then there’s National’s contribution. The National Party seems to hold a lot of attraction for conservative stuffed shirts who’d like to see conservative stuffed-shirtdom enforced by law – witness most of their MPS. Said stuffed shirts have taken the opportunity to appoint like-minded individuals to the Broadcasting Standards Authority, with predictably stupid results:

Case 3: “TV fights to show sex scenes.”
http://nominister.blogspot.com/2011/03/would-just-leave-us-fuck-alone-you.html
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March 27, 2011 1:56pm
Komata

nasca

Re: ‘Can someone enlighten me on why Judith Tizard is as welcome as a piece of nuclear waste to the Labour caucus.’

‘La Tizard’ is unwelcome because of her extremely close associations with DL, and because she was ‘posted’ to Auckland as ‘Minister Responsible for Auckland-issues’ after her ‘friendship’ with DL soured. She was not a good MP, being more of the ‘Good time, Party Girl’ mould than a serious ‘Polly’, It was generally understood at the time she was elected, that her election owed more to the fact that her father (Bob Tizard) had been an MP in the electorate she was standing for, and was voted in because it was his old seat and in the nature of ‘loyalty to Bob’ than because of her abilities. What didn’t help is that she was ‘posted’ to Auckland by DL to create a mysteriously-created new position (which had not been previously required) and it was seen by many to be a way of getting her ‘out of the way’, and ‘rewarding her to stay away’. As ‘Minister for Auckland’ she was ‘uninspiring’ and seemed more interested in ‘social activities’ than in serious work. Certainly, Auckland was never well represented by her and many Aucklanders really wondered exactly what it was she was supposed to be doing – or why she was even there..

Her ‘inability to work’, closeness to DL, and a tendency to ‘throw her weight around’ in the secure knowledge that she had DL’s support, while having an access to the ‘higher levels of power’ than her position in the parliamentary ‘pecking order’ would have otherwise permitted, did not exactly endear her to other Labour parliamentary members or their staff, and I understand that a collective ‘sigh of relief’ created her departure. She was not exactly missed . . .

To have this ‘remnant from the past’ re-appear, (with all its associations and connotations visa-vis DL), is not, understandably, something which fills many Labour parliamentary staff or MP’s with any joy, especially when DL is still exercising long-distance control from New York. In analogy, it would be somewhat equivalent to having a fox-cub in drag (oops, unintentional pun) living inside the ‘hen house’, watching all the ‘hens’ and letting the ‘Head Fox’ know which chicken is the best one for ‘lunch’. It would give DL direct access to the corridors of power within the NZ Labour party, and a chance to ‘manipulate’ things to her advantage – something that Phil Goff is very, very aware of, and can do without – especially at the moment. The fact that “The Tizard’ is ‘biding her time’ before ‘making a choice’ about whether or not to return, is indicative that she is aware of her ‘Power’ and that she is backed by DL, and I would doubt that it is ‘accidental’. Rather, it is probably the equivalent of ‘playing a fish’, tiring it out before landing it. It is being done very delibrately and with a high degree of malicious enjoyment as she watches Phil ‘squirm’ – after all, there are so many ‘scores’ to settle, so why not ‘prolong the enjoyment’ for as long as possible. Casual observation suggests that this is entirely in keeping with the way that Labour operate and have don so for years. Socialists (who have a well-developed sense of ‘agrievement’) have long memories – and longer knives. . .

Hope this helps explain the ‘aversion’ to ‘La Tizard’s’ return.

It will be interesting to see what develops.
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March 27, 2011 3:02pm
bereal

Viking2 1.56
Probably fair comment, i guess there is a significant element of the, ‘white coat, I know best
what is good for you’ brigade in all parties. The type that will brown nose and crawl their way
untill eventually they reach a position where they feel they have some power.
However on a personal note, i think i would prefer the ‘stuffed shirt’ over the ‘shirt lifter.’
Just joking there Viking
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March 27, 2011 3:05pm
bereal

Recent current events remind be of the old story about the young bloke who unknowingly
wanders into a gay bar and orders a rum and coke. One of the gays slips a Mickey Finn
into his drink and when he passes out a couple of them have their way with him. He comes round and stumbles out.
Next night he’s back, orders another rum and coke and the same thing happens.
Third night he’s back in the same bar, the barman says, ‘ The usual son ?”
And the young bloke says, “No thanks, I think I’ll have a Steinlager, those rum
and cokes make my arse too sore.”
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March 27, 2011 3:17pm
reid

How come Whimp looks so proud of himself in this photo?

You’d think he’d get that people frown upon people who take advantage of the naive and the elderly for whom else would fall for his reprehensible offers, but no.

What a tosser. T-o-s-s-e-r.

Man I’m looking forward to him losing lots and lots of legal fees on this one. Do you guys know what he’s made on previous low-ball deals. More than a million.

No wonder his lawyer’s smiling. He knows this is going to be long and expensive. Let’s hope Whimp keeps appealing.
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March 27, 2011 3:18pm
nasska

Komata @ 3.02pm

Thanks for your response…..2011 is not looking to be Goff’s year.
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March 27, 2011 3:25pm
Manolo

Ah, the corrupt left. Freedom of information Len Brown’s style.

Council denies access to papers on Maori board

Auckland Council is refusing to release background papers to a multimillion-dollar funding package for the unelected Maori Statutory Board.

Council officers are citing an upcoming fight in the High Court and commercial sensitivity as reasons for withholding the information from ratepayers, whose money is paying for the board and the legal costs.

Last month, Auckland Mayor Len Brown and finance committee councillors approved a $3.4 million annual budget to run the board. After a public uproar, a full council meeting cut the budget to an indicative $1.9 million.

The board is asking the High Court to reinstate its $3.4 million budget. Depending on the outcome, the unelected nine-member board – set up by the Government as an alternative to Maori seats – will cost Auckland ratepayers between $4.7 million and $8.9 million this council term.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/maori/news/article.cfm?c_id=252&objectid=10714842
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March 27, 2011 3:57pm
reid

Ah, the corrupt left.

Yes not to mention the incompetent right who let this debacle happen in the first place and luckily, the right is the home of personal responsibility so Rodney, please take a bow, as does Finlayson, for not spotting it and advising accordingly. Given what Finlayson is rumoured to have done in the FSB bill, perhaps he did spot it but just decided not to say anything about it, which if true, is disgraceful for he’s sabotaged what is actually a bloody good thing, in terms of the SuperCity as a concept.
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March 27, 2011 4:06pm
Blue Coast

Komata
Well done and 100% correct in my eyes.
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March 27, 2011 4:44pm
bereal

Komata
very astute account. Isn’t it sickening that this drone was elevated to a ministerial
place at the trough for reasons close to being described as nepotism. Is Labour the
only party in New Zealand where such a travesty could occur.. Yes.
This is one very nasty, vindictive, shallow, piece of work.
Next thing you know, if Labour ever make the Govt again this POS will likely
join Jonathon Hunt at the highest table .
Dont laugh, if Hunt can make it these mongrels can award it to anybody.
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March 27, 2011 4:51pm
Komata

naska, Bluecoat, bereal

Thank you.

There is one aspect about the Tizard ‘saga’ which seems to have been overlooked, or put into the ‘It will never happen’ category, namely the very distinct likelihood that DL will return to New Zealand once her term at the UN is over and resume her leadership of the New Zealand Labour Party.

I understand that tenure of a senior UN post is not a lifelong sinecure, with the result that sometime in the future, DL will be stepping aside in favour of someone else. Whether she will be further elevated or not I cannot say (although I have heard that her ultimate goal is to be UN Secretary General and no, we won’t go there at the moment – the possibilities are interesting). The ‘promotion’ will depend on the ‘shadows’ that we have discussed before (but which I do not intend to talk about in this post). Eithr way, at some point she will be ‘free’ from the UN associations.

She is currently 60 years of age, so is no where near retirement age, so what does such a person do when they are out of a job and have been used to being in positions of power/control?

Easy – return to what you know, and take up where you left off. . .

And what does Helen Elizabeth Clark know? Put simply, Politics and the Political World (like a lot of her contemporaries – including P. Goff, she has never had a ‘real’ job AFAIK)

So. . .

This is of course hypothesis on my part, but I advance it as an ‘educated’ hypothesis for consideration, as it would explain the ‘Labour Party in New York’ situation and the return of ‘La Tizard’ to the fold.

It may not happen, but then again . . .

As I said, a hypothesis, make of it what you will. . .
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March 27, 2011 5:57pm
Manolo

Pakistani actress Veena Malik challenges an evil follower of the religion of peace. Worth watching.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/veena-malik-freedom-fighter_555556.html
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March 27, 2011 6:30pm
nasska

I guess that, as usual, a few of us will be less than rapt about facing a new working week tomorrow. If I can be of comfort remember that however bad your job is it could be worse….

….You could be working as an organiser for Young Labour & in charge of recruitment.
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March 27, 2011 6:31pm
big bruv

I wonder if some of Labour’s more generous donors are being hit up for a few favours right now?

Labour want quite a few people to stand aside so they can get the highly unpopular Louisa Wall back into the house, given that those in front of her are not exactly dynamos it would be difficult to expect them to overlook the money on offer.

Unless of course…….some private deals are made????
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March 27, 2011 6:32pm
Manolo

It could be a Rainbow swap (pun intended), after all: Darren “Paree” Hughes is out, Louisa Wall is in.
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March 27, 2011 6:36pm
DJP6-25

Komata 3:02 pm. That’s a very good elucidation of the Judith Tizard situation.

cheers

David Prosser
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March 27, 2011 7:54pm
bereal

Poor Darren
If only he could have the political nounce and followed the example of the ‘mother he never had’
He would have been married by now. Could have given him a bit more credibility when
he said, ‘I’m not gay.’
Who might have been a candidate? Yeah. Got it. He should have married Louisa Wall.
Oh, maybe not, Louisa seems a bit more honest about her sexuality.
Well, what about, say, Jacinda ?
That could have been a match made in heaven.
Could have started a Labour dynasty. Thanks to invitro fert.
Helen and Peter could have been the Godparents.
Chris Carter and Judith Tizzard could have been the flower girls. Assisted by Chris’s wife Peter.
Margaret Wilson could have conducted the ceremony.
Jonathon Hunt could have given away the bride.
Georgina Beyer and Ruth Dyson could have been the witnesses.
Tim Barnet could have done the flowers ( with his wife, or husband as the case may be, Gerard)
Charles Chavel could have driven the taxi.
Grant Robinson could have been a page girl.
There must have been a role for Steve Chadwick.
Use your own imagination to fill in the guest list.
Jeez. it could have been big.
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March 27, 2011 8:25pm
bereal

Oh shit,
Sorry Maryan, Marayan Street, he could have caught the bridal posey when Darren tossed
it over his shoulder.
Any other dignitaries i missed out. So sorry.
Maybe others could remind me.
Of course the ceremony would be held at Arthur C Clarkes place in Ceylon.
Gary Glitter could sing a song too.
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March 27, 2011 8:38pm
big bruv

Jonathon Hunt is gay????
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March 27, 2011 8:53pm
bereal

big bruv, your probably a bit long in the tooth for Jonathon
Settle down baby, you’ve already missed out.
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March 27, 2011 9:02pm
big bruv

bereal

Why would I want him when I have you?

Your curves are far better than his…:)
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March 27, 2011 9:06pm
polemic

David Farrar

What about opening a new thread tomorrow on ideas for the Reconstruction and Recovery of CHCH – it might give the Govt some valuable ideas ???
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March 28, 2011 12:01am
Manolo

Steyn on the ludicrous Earth Hour:

Very fittingly, if coincidentally, all this took place just about time the ecochondriacs were supposed to be marking “Earth Hour”. So was this London’s all-time greatest “Earth Hour” or what? Massive disruption of commercial activity (doubtless heartening to the famously anti-consumerist eco-Prince of Wales) and normally glittering storefronts darkened except for the reflected glow of burning garbage.

If Earth Hour is indeed a celebration of “ignorance, poverty and backwardness“, then all three made great strides in London today.
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March 28, 2011 7:30am
Manolo

Jonathon Hunt could have given away the bride.
Jonathon Hunt is gay????

Argghhhh. Too horrible to contemplate. Not when I’m having breakfast!
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