General Debate 24 August 2011

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Scott Chris

Lee – had you suffered the Viking raids in post Roman Britain or through the bubonic plagues or fought in the trenches in the Great War, or died in the subsequent influenza epidemic, then I think you’d have had good reason to think that the end times were upon you.

Today, you can expect to live longer with a better income and with greater safety, comfort and choice than ever before.
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August 24, 2011 4:34pm
Courage Wolf

But Scott Chris – what about the homusecksuals? It’s horrific! It’s happening more now than ever in history! And all that premarital sex – so evil! Not to mention the fact that there are so many atheists now who are rebelling against God! It’s the end times! We are living in an evil society!
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August 24, 2011 4:49pm
Griff

There is abundant evidence for life stretching back over 3 billion years, with macroscopic organisms capable of leaving readily identifiable fossils stretching back 500 million years. Funny how your error-laden 3,000 year old book of myths written by those Bronze Age goat herders forgot to contain this and a wealth of other facts that have since been determined by science. But then those of us here with functioning brain cells don’t regard this error-laden book of myths as the last word in knowledge or think that all the world’s scientists have got it wrong despite untold millions of hours of patient observation and analysis.
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August 24, 2011 4:50pm
plebe

Another 250 peoples lifes fucked up(MAF), keys plastic grin gets wider,key says, if i can make people unemployed,how come i make $5000000 more a year, bring the end of the New zealand working force, PS key and bill english conversing( how much did china offer for New Zealand less NZs ,send them to Australia) nationals future,and NEW ZEALANDS FATE
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August 24, 2011 5:01pm
Tauhei Notts

I was hoping that some of the highly intelligent people on this blog would post about the implications of the Penny and Hooper appeal case.
The decision reminds me of a quote I heard years ago;
“The government that is big enough to give you everything you want will be big enough to take away everything you’ve got.”
Some years ago the Tax Man disallowed a deduction for a shareholder’s salary because the shareholders had not resolved, in writing, to credit that salary. I had to pay for my negligence. Phuck it!
Now the Tax Man is saying, and the supreme court agrees, that although the shareholders of a company have unanimously agreed that salaries are to be less than $130,000, the tax man can rule that, despite the best intentions of the company’s shareholders, the state can rule that the company credit a salaries in excess of that previously agreed sum.
I would love to hear the opinion of civil libertarians on this matter.
There is something pungent here.
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August 24, 2011 5:28pm
RightNow

The ‘discussion’ regarding God and intelligent design is something I usually skip over, but (having been a student of philosophy), what if God = The Universe?
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August 24, 2011 5:38pm
Elaycee

Ha ha – Luc’s latest pearl :”You mean like fair and balanced, Lee? Hmmm, that sounds familiar, somehow.”

Luc – based on your ongoing denial of terrorism perpetuated by Hamas, you wouldn’t know ‘fair and balanced’ if it jumped up and bit you in the arse.
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August 24, 2011 5:39pm
Griff

Then god did not create “he is”

Also asks the question what is outside of the Universe if not “God”?

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.
Plato
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August 24, 2011 5:54pm
nickb

Agreed Tauhei. The avoidance rules give the IRD a stick to whack you with at their sole discretion. Pity none of our supreme court judges can interpret tax law.
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August 24, 2011 5:57pm
krazykiwi

Tauhui – Completely agree. And the ‘interview’ on National Socialist Radio was a triumph of rick prick envy too. eg “… took time out to speak to us from a windy golf course”. Pfffft. It was disgraceful.
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August 24, 2011 6:04pm
krazykiwi

… and with apologies/adulations to Rick’s everywhere… it was, of course, a triumph of “rich pick envy” 🙂
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August 24, 2011 6:09pm
Viking2

Piss off. There is nothing new about this Law nor about the fact that it was clearly an instrument of fiction to avoid paying tax. The taxman was right.
Its actions like this that impact on everyone. Don’t forget the taxpayer paid plenty to educate these fellows and paid for their services which were indeed not likely to be cheap.
Fair outcome all round.

There is going to be a lot more tax collected from people who used this. No different to the property speculators that have been nailed and I’m sure you wouldn’t leap to their defense.
Pay your share and the share can be reduced for all of us. There is no reason why they should be so entitled. Think of it like that. It’s entitlitest which none of you like.

Common sense prevailed.
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August 24, 2011 6:15pm
Scott Chris

RightNow says:

” what if God = The Universe?”

That’s the way I choose to look at things. As far as I can see, there should be nothing. No god, no universe, no thing. And yet the universe has magically sneezed itself into existence and contains immeasurable complexity and self-awareness. This is what ‘God’ means to me. Impersonal, unfathomable, magnificent.
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August 24, 2011 6:15pm
Viking2

Score another round today for common sense and removal of entitlitis.

Housing NZ wins eviction case

Wednesday, 24, Aug, 2011 11:49AM

Three Lower Hutt women have lost their long fight against eviction from their state homes.

Robyn Winther, Huia Tamaka and Billy Taylor were served eviction notices from their Housing New Zealand homes in Pomare in March 2009, following reports of gang violence and intimidation from three men associated with the women.

The woman claimed they were discriminated against because of their gang affiliations, and have fought the evictions through the Tenancy Tribunal, Lower Hutt District Court, High Court and Court of Appeal.

Today the Human Rights Tribunal has ruled Housing New Zealand didn’t act unlawfully on the grounds of the women’s family status.

Housing New Zealand has welcomed the decision.

( Indeed, I’ll bet the champers is flowing.)
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August 24, 2011 6:16pm
mikenmild

And it’s only taken 2 1/2 years!
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August 24, 2011 6:18pm
nickb

Wrong wrong wrong Viking. The taxpayers in question used a legitimate business structure used by hundreds of thousands of kiwis.

Read Ellen France J’s judgment in the Court of Appeal. The only judge in this saga who actually seems able to interpret NZ’s tax laws.
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August 24, 2011 6:35pm
nasska

SINGLES SITE GLOSSARY

Adventurous……………..Slept with all your mates
Athletic………………………………..No tits
Average looking……………Has a face like an arse
Beautiful………………………Pathological liar
Contagious Smile………………Does a lot of pills
Educated……………….Was rooted to bits at Uni”
Emotionally Secure………………….On medication
Feminist……………………………………Fat
40-ish………………………………………49
Free spirit………………………………Junkie
Friendship first……………………..Former slut
Fun……………………………………Annoying
Gentle…………………………………….Dull
Good Listener…………………………..Autistic
Large lady……………………………Hugely Fat
New-Age……………………….Body hair problems
Old-fashioned……………………..No BJs or anal
Open-minded……………………………Desperate
Outgoing……………………Loud and Embarrassing
Passionate………………………….Sloppy drunk
Poet…………………………………Depressive
Professional………………………………Bitch
Romantic…………………………………Frigid
Social…………………Fanny like a clowns pocket
Voluptuous……………………………..Very Fat
Wants Soul mate………………………….Stalker
Widow………………………………….Murderess
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August 24, 2011 7:00pm
Griff

Don’t imagine you can change a man – unless he’s in diapers.

What do you do if your boyfriend walks-out? You shut the door.

If they put a man on the moon – they should be able to put them all up there.

Never let your man’s mind wander – it’s too little to be out alone.

Go for younger men. You might as well – they never mature anyway.

Men are all the same – they just have different faces, so that you can tell them apart.

Definition of a bachelor; a man who has missed the opportunity to make some woman miserable.

Women don’t make fools of men – most of them are the do-it-yourself types.

Best way to get a man to do something, is to suggest they are too old for it.

Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.

If you want a committed man, look in a mental hospital.

The children of Israel wandered around the desert for 40 years. Even in biblical times, men wouldn’t ask for directions.

If he asks what sort of books you’re interested in, tell him checkbooks.

Remember a sense of humor does not mean that you tell him jokes, it means that you laugh at his.

Sadly, all men are created equal…
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August 24, 2011 7:09pm
nasska

My doctor said, “What seems to be the problem?”

I said, “I was sitting in the pub last night, when suddenly I felt a big lump on my knee, I woke up this morning and my whole leg is hurting.”

He said, “Okay, can you show me the lump?”

I said, “Unfortunately no, but take it from me, she was a good 22 stone.”
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August 24, 2011 7:19pm
Viking2

nickb (2,050) Says:
August 24th, 2011 at 6:35 pm

Wrong wrong wrong Viking. The taxpayers in question used a legitimate business structure used by hundreds of thousands of kiwis.

Read Ellen France J’s judgment in the Court of Appeal. The only judge in this saga who actually seems able to interpret NZ’s tax laws.

how come then a simple bugger like me could understand that it was wrong, that it was an artificial construct and that the tax man was gonna do someone???
I’m just not that clever that I couldn’t understand the Law. Seems you just have to have a University training to do so.
Fail.
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August 24, 2011 7:26pm
Viking2

Douglas points to why youth unemployment doubled

Youth Rates

This graph from ACT’s Roger Douglas illustrates John Key’s duplicity in first helping to cause, then pretending to care about, youth unemployment.

National, Labour and the Greens — all parties bar ACT – voted down Roger’s bill to reinstate youth rates and get kids off the couch and into work.

By refusing to allow kids to be paid less than adults, Key deliberately allowed the number of young unemployed to double.

Now he’s offering a dollop of your money to any boss who pays a kid an adult’s wage.

Why not just let the boss pay the kid a kid’s wage, and let the kid work their way up – the way most of us did?

Excellent graph, whoever did this.http://www.rogerdouglas.org.nz/http://www.rogerdouglas.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Youth-Rates-.bmp

http://www.rogerdouglas.org.nz/http://www.rogerdouglas.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Printable-Youth-Rates-flyer1.pdf
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August 24, 2011 7:28pm
Viking2

On August 24, 2011 at 5:41 pm James said:

The crux is….the state is denying people their right to liberty by refusing to let them trade their own time and efforts for a wage mutually agreed upon between both parties…. that’s what’s outrageous and should be being trumpeted to Nationals,and others shame. Basically your life belongs to the state….. who’s standing for hat

If the tax lawyers spent sometime on this instead of defrauding the IRD we would have been much better of. They could give the human rights lawyers a hand.
Ahhh no that wouldn’t do. Would it???

http://johnansell.wordpress.com/2011/08/24/douglas-points-to-why-youth-unemployment-doubled/#comment-1664
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August 24, 2011 7:36pm
Griff

V2
Hows the J.A.F.A bashing going
Don’t you come from w peters home turf?
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August 24, 2011 7:36pm
Hurf Durf

Puke Hansen.

Do you still justify the hanging of eight year old children by terrorist groups?
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August 24, 2011 7:41pm
leftyliberal

It is a nice graph (save the unnecessary arrows on the right) – thanks for the link V2 – though one should note that the increase appears to be composed of at least 2 factors – the increase due to the overall increase in unemployed (note how the youth rate tracks the adult rate but with larger variation) as well as the removal of youth rates. It’d be nice to model that so as to quantify the unexplained effect that might be associated with the youth rate removal – looks to be on the order of 5-10% still – a significant chunk of young people.
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August 24, 2011 7:44pm
Luc Hansen

Luc – based on your ongoing denial of terrorism perpetuated by Hamas, you wouldn’t know ‘fair and balanced’ if it jumped up and bit you in the arse.

It bemuses me how in the “web” people feel so free to contribute outright lies.

But I’m willing to believe that you have developed a mistaken view of my position on things Israel/Palestine, so can you please show where I have made this heinous denial of Hamas perpetrating terrorism? When you cannot, be a man and apologise.

I have read a considerable amount on Hamas, particularly in-depth studies by journalists and academics, and my view is that Hamas is a resistance organisation that, as part of its overall strategy, uses terrorism.

I make the point, however, that resistance per se is both legal and noble. In this respect, the equivalence with the French resistance is clear, although limited. The FR, for example, was not motivated by religious dogma.

I also make the point that Israel, even more unforgivably, routinely uses terrorism against not just Palestinians, but its neighbours and others even further afar.

It feels justified doing this, just as Hamas feels justified when it resorts to that tactic.

Both are in the wrong. This point is made clearly by the Goldstone report even though, as with the now dormant Palmer report on the Mavi Marmara massacre, it went out of its way to be sensitive to Israel.
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August 24, 2011 7:45pm
Luc Hansen

Hurf Durf

Are you still having sex with your mother?
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August 24, 2011 8:05pm
Viking2

Griff (477) Says:
August 24th, 2011 at 7:36 pm

V2
Hows the J.A.F.A bashing going
Don’t you come from w peters home turf?

You obviously missed todays answer among all the mindless clap trap that made up most of todays GD. So to reinforce a table i also posted yesterday here’s last months stats as published this morning in the Herald.

Viking2 (4,876) Says:
August 24th, 2011 at 12:10 pm

Any of those Aucklanders who got their knickers in a twist yesterday when i pointed out that Aucklnd suc’s the life out of our economy still around?

todays news.
Export receipts for milk powder, butter and cheese rose 9.8 per cent last month to $808 million, and have grown 26 per cent to $11.41 billion in the past 12 months. The volume of milk powder, butter and cheese exports rose 8 per cent to 189,000 tonnes compared to July 2010. Casein and caseinates fell 3.1 per cent to $58 million in July, and are up an annual 13 per cent to $723 million.

That comes during New Zealand’s off-season when Northern Hemisphere production is near its peak, and dairy prices fell 0.9 per cent to a trade-weighted US$3,660 per metric tonne in the latest globalDairyTrade auction, Fonterra Cooperative Group’s online trading platform.

Crude oil exports rose 22 per cent to $212 million in July, and have dropped an annual 3.2 per cent to $2.04 billion.

Still think you matter that much. Nah not really.
Enjoy your misery.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10747139
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August 24, 2011 8:06pm
nickb

The only fail is your lame interpretation of the case Viking.

Speaking of lame, Luc Hansen has emerged fropm the crypt again. Is mother jokes the best you’ve got?
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August 24, 2011 8:14pm
Viking2

Geography of Men and Women

Between 18 and 22, a woman is like Africa .
Half discovered, half wild, fertile and naturally Beautiful!

Between 23 and 30, a woman is like Europe . Well developed and open to trade, especially for someone of real value.

Between 31 and 35, a woman is like Spain.
Very hot, relaxed and convinced of her own beauty.

Between 36 and 40, a woman is like Greece. Gently aging but still a warm and desirable place to visit.

Between 41 and 50,a woman is like Great Britain.. Has a glorious and all conquering past.

Between 51 and 60, a woman is like Israel.
Has been through war, doesn’t make the same mistakes twice, takes care of business.

Between 61 and 70, a woman is like Canada. Self-preserving, but open to meeting new people.

After 70, she becomes Tibet .
Wildly beautiful, with a mysterious past and the wisdom of the ages. An adventurous spirit and a thirst for spiritual knowledge.

THE GEOGRAPHY OF A MAN
Between 1 and 80, a man is like Iran , entirely ruled by a couple of nuts.
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August 24, 2011 8:14pm
Viking2

Griff (477) Says:
August 24th, 2011 at 7:36 pm

V2
Hows the J.A.F.A bashing going
Don’t you come from w peters home turf?

Ex National Party and funded by Auckland Lawyers.

I wouldn’t poke shit too much unless you know your stuff.
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August 24, 2011 8:15pm
Viking2

nickb (2,051) Says:
August 24th, 2011 at 8:14 pm

The only fail is your lame interpretation of the case Viking.

Nickb, you should have figured me better than that by now.
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August 24, 2011 8:17pm
Viking2

THE SCRIPT: HOW FITZY SEDUCES THE NATION

“Thank you, you’ve taken the first step towards supporting the All Blacks in the great battle of 2011. It is New Zealanders like you that make me proud to call myself a Kiwi. Selflessly stepping into the bedchambers of this great country.

“Throwing aside your natural instincts and lacy lingerie, standing proudly in your flannelette pyjamas and whispering, ‘I love you, New Zealand.’

“It’s people like you who are prepared to lie down and do absolutely nothing for six long weeks that’ll help this beautiful country of ours fulfil its destiny.

“Go forth – wearing your pledge band with pride, averting your temptation and shouting from the rooftop: ‘Abstain for the game.”‘
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August 24, 2011 8:18pm
Luc Hansen

≤blockquote>Is mother jokes the best you’ve got?

It wasn’t a joke. It was a reply in the spirit of the original query. I know I don’t descend to the murky depths here often, but I’m only human!

However, perhaps Hurf the Dud could comment on this:

http://www.middleeastmonitor.org.uk/news/middle-east/2748-15-settlers-attack-palestinian-child-with-iron-bars Notice the weasel words from Radio Israel in the final sentence.

and this

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=415219 (similar crime,older victim, different gender)
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August 24, 2011 8:24pm
Griff

Its OK Auckland sucks and you come from the place old people go to die. we have lots and lots of beaches Wine from west Auckland Matakana and Wiaheke. one overgrown mud flat like yours and the waitamata. You have a small industrial area and we have five or six bigger. Your main shoping precent would be smaller than west Auckland plus we have Albany north shore manukau stonefeilds silva park etc Aucklanders can go to a different restaurant or bar every week for ever you would run out in the first year. Most of what you buy comes thru or from Auckland you guys just ship logs meat and milk.

have a happy day v2
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August 24, 2011 8:33pm
Elaycee

@Luc: Sadly, I actually went onto your website and looked at some of your propaganda. You are one sick puppy – whilst I gave up after a while, it appeared to me that your site is full of hatred against anything to do with Israel and totally supportive of anything to do with Hamas / Palestine etc. Even your own tags [labels] are indicative of your jaundiced views. For example: “Posted by Luc Hansen at 8:46 PM… Labels: coloniser, israel, oppression, palestine, victimhood”

Coloniser? Oppression? Victimhood? Sure Luc – that’s balanced and fair. NOT!

The day you actually condemn Hamas for killing innocent Israeli citizens, I’ll accept that you have introduced a semblance of balance to your (currently vitriolic) posts. But, given your track record to date, I won’t be holding my breath.
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August 24, 2011 8:41pm
Elaycee

Luc says: “It bemuses me how in the “web” people feel so free to contribute outright lies.”

Pot. Kettle. Black.
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August 24, 2011 8:46pm
Viking2

Griff.
Yea, but you don’t make money for NZ. Ya just waste it on frivolous stuff you can’t pay for. Remember the housing bubble and look at all the empty buildings in those industrial area’s.
Really your post supports my argument doesn’t it. Durrrr
And anyway the Funeral directors have to make a living. Might as well bury your cast off’s whom we have compassionately looked after for you and sell their houses to another one. Makes the land agents happy.

What you should really ask is why the oldies dislike Auckland so much they can’t wait to leave.
Unfortunately there’s lots of other jaffa’s down here as well. It does take us a while to retrain them into the niceties of living in a nice place.
But we persevere.

Won’t be long and we will own your port as well.
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August 24, 2011 8:49pm
Luc Hansen

As I have said before, LAC, name one.

And do remember that opinions that do not coincide with yours are not lies.
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August 24, 2011 8:51pm
Luc Hansen

Meanwhile:

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/23/federal-inquiry-is-latest-to-clear-assailed-climate-scientist/

Yet another enquiry, yet another full clearance for the scientist.

But still the inquisition rolls relentlessly on while the planet hurtles into a state of climate never before experienced by humankind.

PS How do I get Firefox out of its damned italics addiction?
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August 24, 2011 8:56pm
Griff

As long as the government don’t buy it so they can play boats as well as trains I don’t care.
Its actually getting hard to find a jafa here they are all going to aus and being replaced by imports.

ps If there are any more like WP there send them up here so they get lost in the background noise save us all lots of hassel
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August 24, 2011 8:56pm
Viking2

Yep. I neglected to point out that it actually requires renaming now that its become the largest Asian city outside of China.
We are starting to hear reports that a white man is never seen there anymore. 😆

We will seriously have to consider severing the motorway at the Bombays.
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August 24, 2011 9:02pm
Viking2

http://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/55016/supreme-court-ruling-favour-ird-will-put-trust-use-small-businesses-under-clo
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August 24, 2011 9:07pm
Scott Chris

Griff says:

“Also asks the question what is outside of the Universe”

According to general relativity, the universe is finite but without boundaries, so that is why it appears uniform in every direction. Due to gravity, space is actually bent in on itself so that if you were to go in a straight line, eventually you’d end up back where you started. The shape of the universe is impossible to visualize, and can only really be described mathematically. Suffice it to say, there is no edge to the universe, just a spacial continuum. There is no such thing as “outside the universe”
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August 24, 2011 9:15pm
Hurf Durf

Are you still having sex with your mother?

I’m disappointed you couldn’t have been more erudite, Puke, considering your prime weaselness tonight. “my view is that Hamas is a resistance organisation that, as part of its overall strategy, uses terrorism.” Incredible. It takes most pols years to acquire skills like that. I’ll take your answer to be an affirmative, by the way.

Anyway, we’ve only got a year to save da earf, guys!

Ignore that I’ve been saying that for the past five years.
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August 24, 2011 9:25pm
Viking2

Confirmation that many National Voters are lefties.

A third of National voters favor Labor’s CGT over Nationals asset sales, half support the SOE sell-down; RBNZ CGT view is for comprehensive tax

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2011/08/general_debate_24_august_2011.html#comment-868635
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August 24, 2011 9:29pm
Elaycee

Luc says this time: “As I have said before, LAC, name one [lie]. And do remember that opinions that do not coincide with yours are not lies.”

OK – try this lie: You cite Goldstone and hold his report as some sort of tacit support for your “Hamas=good / Israel=bad) propaganda, but the truth, of course is that Richard Goldstone reconsidered and retracted his report’s central conclusion, namely that Israeli political and military leaders specifically intended to kill innocent Palestinian civilians.

But even before Goldstone’s reconsideration, many objective readers of the report could not find any hard evidence to support that unlikely conclusion, for an obvious reason: No such evidence is cited in the body of the report. The best those who wrote the report could come up with was an inference that since so many civilians were killed, that result must have been intended.

Even one civilian death is too many but such deaths are inevitable when combatants hide among civilians, fire rockets from civilian areas and use civilians as human shields—as Hamas routinely does.

And another lie: “The science is settled”. What crap. I suppose you were also at the forefront of the Y2K hoax too???
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August 24, 2011 9:30pm
Griff

Interesting you also describe the conditions inside the event horizon of a black hole. Past the event horizon C is no longer constant as light can no longer reach escape velocity. As light leaves an observer at C and can not reach the horizon does that mean a black hole is outside of our universe even when its inside?

Life is the only thing that goes against entropy it get more complex with time
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August 24, 2011 9:32pm
Elaycee

And Luc, this is also crap: “In this respect, the equivalence with the French resistance is clear, although limited. The FR, for example, was not motivated by religious dogma.”

The French revolution was an uprising involving different ‘classes’ of French people. OTOH, Hamas is a terrorist outfit trying to oust Israel from its own lands.

Sheesh…. next minute you’ll be claiming that the actions of the Urewera misfits, were well intentioned…

Oh oh…..
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August 24, 2011 9:41pm
tristanb

Take a look at Australian MP Bob Katter:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/5501402/Anti-gay-MPs-brother-comes-out

Why do these fundamentalist Christians always look so weird? Their fake teeth, their fake hair, their Botox. They’re the used-car salesmen of religion, trying to their best to sell hatred with an unnatural smile upon their face.
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August 24, 2011 9:43pm
Pauleastbay

The French revolution was ….?

French resistance is …………..?

Misunderstanding, perhaps?
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August 24, 2011 9:45pm
Scott Chris

What is beyond the event horizon of a black hole is the source of endless speculation by theoretical physicists and is impossible to verify because it is unobservable.

Life on an atomic scale is still subject to entropy
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August 24, 2011 9:45pm
tristanb

Life is the only thing that goes against entropy it get more complex with time

But it uses up energy, increasing entropy. Just like pretty rock formations, fire and a plastic bag caught in an updraft.
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August 24, 2011 9:45pm
Luc Hansen

our “Hamas=good / Israel=bad) propaganda, but the truth, of course is that Richard Goldstone reconsidered and retracted his report’s central conclusion, namely that Israeli political and military leaders specifically intended to kill innocent Palestinian civilians.

You see, this is the sort of nonsense debate wallows in on this site. I specifically stated above both sides bad in the context of terrorism, in particular, but I could extend that to many other aspects of the conduct of both.

Israel’s primary conflict is not with Hamas. That is but a subtext of the wider issue.

As for the Goldstone report, not only would you be bewildered about what Goldstone was supposedly retracting if you read the report, as I have, but it takes a strong stomach, his co-authors, all eminent in their own right, stood by the report.

Like Benny Morris, Goldstone faltered under the pressure from the Israel elite.

Epic fail, LAC.
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August 24, 2011 9:47pm
Luc Hansen

So sorry Paul, I forgot to capitalise the r in French Resistance.

FR = French Resistance for the purposes of this particular soiree.
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August 24, 2011 9:50pm
Hurf Durf

I specifically stated above both sides bad in the context of terrorism,

Yes, but you approve of one side’s application of terrorism due to its political dimensions.

my view is that Hamas is a resistance organisation … I make the point, however, that resistance per se is both legal and noble.

Legal and noble. This framework allows you to rationalise the act of eight year old boys being strung up by their throats in front of their parents, in the same way your moral predecessors justified necklacing as a way of punishment in South Africa. You’re a credit to the Intifada.
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August 24, 2011 9:53pm
Elaycee

Luc says: “And do remember that opinions that do not coincide with yours are not lies.”

And a few posts later: “Like Benny Morris, Goldstone faltered under the pressure from the Israel elite.”

Haha – Comedy Gold!

Thank you for proving beyond any doubt that you are a master of the double standard – a total, hypocritical moron.
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August 24, 2011 9:54pm
Luc Hansen

I came back here to actually make a point about tonight’s Backbencher’s programme, where they are talking, amongst other things, teacher performance pay. Auckland Grammar quoted as an outstanding school, and there are suggestions of setting up a Porirua campus.

Now for a couple of facts.

Auckland Grammar is a state school.

The teachers are paid on the state scale that applies to all state schools. A teacher at Auckland Grammar is paid the same as if he/she was at James Cook High School in Manurewa.

Ergo, performance pay is a giant red herring.

By the way, how principals reward good teachers is with management units, but, a final point, good teachers are not motivated by money.

And I am as sure the education department would happily entertain the idea of a Porirua campus for AG as I am sure that John Morris would run a fucking mile from that idea, quick fast!
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August 24, 2011 10:00pm
Luc Hansen

Whoops, one I forgot to address:

And another lie: “The science is settled”. What crap. I suppose you were also at the forefront of the Y2K hoax too???

The basic science is in and accepted as irrefutable (until an alternative comes along, of course, which it hasn’t).

Yes, there are significant uncertainties relating to the consequences of AGW.

But the view that the “science is settled” relates to the basic fact that human caused emissions are causing potentially catastrophic climate change for both humans and many other species.

If you dispute that, you truly are fucked in the head.

And before I go back to Backbenchers (paused, the beauty of MySky) there’s this:

trying to oust Israel from its own lands.

As even Israel says, this is disputed.

Goldstone cracked.
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August 24, 2011 10:15pm
Scott Chris

Evidence that Luc confuses reality with idealism:

“good teachers are not motivated by money.”

Still, I enjoy reading what he has to say, in spite of the angry sub-text.

Use The Force Luc!
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August 24, 2011 10:24pm
Elaycee

See Luc – you’ve just proven again that you’re a complete hypocrite.

On one hand you state: “And do remember that opinions that do not coincide with yours are not lies.” but when someone has a different view to yours, you label them “fucked in the head”.

Luc – I’ve actually taken the time to read some of your propaganda on your website and if someone can be described as being ‘fucked in the head’ then that moniker can only rest in your corner.

You epitomise someone who spends all day pushing doors marked ‘pull’… Indeed, you really are a sad, pathetic, one trick pony.

And full of shit – to boot.
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August 24, 2011 10:30pm
Elaycee

“The basic science is in and accepted as irrefutable…”

Bwahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Keep taking the pills, Luc. You’ll soon get better.
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August 24, 2011 10:35pm
Luc Hansen

LAC

Please, please, please, point me in the right direction on AGW.

Are global temps rising? Yes or no.

If yes, why?

If no, refer to above, rather intemperate, albeit accurate, comment.

And, LAC, if you object to my blog content, tell me what and why you think is wrong. I’m a Bertrand Russel fan: always keep an open mind, but not so open that others can fill it with rubbish.

Scott, why do you thing teachers teach?

Another silly thing Roger Douglas said tonight was about hiring principals from overseas. I presume he means from higher performing countries like Canada or Norway. Why would they come over here from respected, well paid, secure jobs to be treated like shit?
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August 24, 2011 11:04pm
Luc Hansen

Just arrived in my inbox, anti-Semitism amongst Palestinians:

http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/ht/display/ContentDetails/i/30543/pid/895
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August 24, 2011 11:31pm
Viking2

The unanimous decision of the bench of five Supreme Court judges, led by Chief Justice Sian Elias, agreed with the Court of Appeal that “income derived from personal exertion should belong in its appropriate taxation band and should not be inappropriately diverted away.”

The country’s highest court also admonished the way evidence was presented in the surgeons’ favour by PricewaterhouseCoopers New Zealand chairman, John Shewan, and dismissed suggestions the decision can be seen as “revolutionary”, given similar decisions 50 years ago in the Australian High Court and Privy Council.

Fairly clear and obvious decision despite the blatter from Sherwin.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10747155
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August 25, 2011 6:45am
Viking2

So Mr Shewan must be going to be running out of indemity insurance I’d guess. Cost companies a lot of money with his advice.

The court was critical of John Shewan’s expert witness evidence, which included views on the legal issues in the case, leading to both the Appeal and Supreme Courts setting his evidence “to one side”.

“It is undesirable and wasteful of time and effort of both parties when such material appears in expert briefs of evidence,” the Supreme Court judgment says. “The practice of including it should stop. If it persists, courts should require amended briefs to be filed.”

Shewan also copped flak for his role in advising Westpac on acceptable levels of declared income for tax purposes in another of the recent string of wins for the tax department, which lead to a record $2.2 billion out of court settlement of tax avoidance claims against several foreign-owned banks in 2009.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10747155
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August 25, 2011 6:50am
Viking2

Jones to consider future if he fails to win seat
By Claire Trevett
5:30 AM Thursday Aug 25, 2011

Labour MP Shane Jones has indicated he is weighing up his future in politics if he does not get strong endorsement from Maori voters in November’s general election.

Mr Jones said on Te Kaea on Maori Television he wanted to win the Tamaki Makaurau seat – currently held by Maori Party leader Pita Sharples – and if he did not he would “reconsider my options”.
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August 25, 2011 6:52am
Viking2

Now we are talking.

Brash wants tax and wage reforms
By Derek Cheng
5:30 AM Thursday Aug 25, 2011

The Act Party will look at abolishing the minimum wage for people under 20 and dropping the company tax rate to 10 per cent as part of its economic platform.

Act leader Don Brash, who will deliver his economic policy speech to the Workplace Savings Industry Conference in Auckland this morning, said the youth unemployment rate – 27.6 per cent for those aged 15 to 19 – was a “scandal”.

Dr Brash repeated his support for scrapping the Emissions Trading Scheme and lifting the eligibility age for superannuation to 67, but believed it should be done more quickly than the recommendation of the Retirement Commissioner – though he did not have a specific alternative.

He wanted to cut Government spending to what it was in 2005 – 29 per cent of GDP.

This would allow a cut in the top tax rates – company tax, trust tax and the top personal income tax rates – to 20 per cent or 21 per cent. “But there is a choice of harmonising those at around 21 per cent, or alternatively leaving the top personal and the trust rates a bit higher, and cutting the company tax rate more aggressively.”
By Derek Cheng | Email Derek

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10747275
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August 25, 2011 6:57am
Elaycee

Luc – yet again you demonstrate that, whilst you tell others “opinions that do not coincide with yours are not lies” but when someone has a different view to yours, you try and discredit / ridicule or tell them they are “fucked in the head”.

Despite this, I’ll respond to your queries:

1.Please, please, please, point me in the right direction on AGW.

Are global temps rising? Yes or no.

If yes, why?
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August 25, 2011 7:59am
Elaycee

Oops – my fingers were too quick this morning. Correct post follows below:

Luc – yet again you demonstrate hypocrisy – whilst you tell others to remember “opinions that do not coincide with yours are not lies” the fact remains that, when someone has a different view to yours, you try and discredit / ridicule them or even tell them they are “fucked in the head”. Despite this, I’ll respond to your queries (but I really doubt that you’ll have the acumen to understand):

“Please, please, please, point me in the right direction on AGW”.
Luc, many have attempted to do so but if you cover your ears, shut your eyes and disregard the evidence, you can clearly (based on what has happened to you) talk yourself into believing anything. But I suppose that, given your advocacy for the crap written by the fiction writer Al Gore, you probably prefer to read history as described by Hans Christian Andersen or Walt Disney.

“Are global temps rising? Yes or no.” Luc, temps have been fluctuating (that means going up and down) for as long as man has been able to recognise the change. Its called a climate cycle, Luc – you really need to bring yourself up to speed with this natural phenomena. You’ll find plenty of evidence of this if you choose to look for it.

“If yes, why?” Read the above.

Luc, you are totally blinkered to anything but your own jaundiced views on everything. Your posts are a case of ‘your way or the highway’ – and this trend is replicated in the myopic views posted on your site.

In the future, I’ll only respond to your posts to point out your blatant lies. Based on your habits to date, that’ll keep me busy!
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August 25, 2011 8:15am
Lee01

Scott,

“Lee – had you suffered the Viking raids in post Roman Britain or through the bubonic plagues or fought in the trenches in the Great War, or died in the subsequent influenza epidemic, then I think you’d have had good reason to think that the end times were upon you.”
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I dont think the “end times” are upon us, I think civilisation is declining, and approaching a crisis point.

“Today, you can expect to live longer with a better income and with greater safety, comfort and choice than ever before.”

With all due respect, so what? That you see those things as evidence of things being better than before is evidence for me of exactly what I am talking about.

Safety, comfort, choice, number of years lived, these things are meaningless. Comfort and safety especially says a great deal about the modern world.

What about courage, honour, spiritual advancement, heroism, virtue? A short life lived with courage, honour and heroism is better than a thousand years of comfort and safety.

And if our society is so advanced and better than beofre, why do millions in the West have to see counsellors and take anti-depressents? Why do so many numb themselves with alcohol and drugs? Why are our crime rates so high?
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August 25, 2011 9:21am
Lee01

Griff,

“There is abundant evidence for life stretching back over 3 billion years, with macroscopic organisms capable of leaving readily identifiable fossils stretching back 500 million years.”

There is no serious fossil evidence for Darwinian macro-evolution. The issue of the age of the earth is irellevent to the point I am making. I have no problem with the general scientific consensus on the age of the earth or the age of the universe, because there IS good evidence for that.

” Funny how your error-laden 3,000 year old book of myths written by those Bronze Age goat herders forgot to contain this”

It did not forget, you just misunderstand the nature of the book. The Bible is the true story of God’s relationship with creation and with His people. It is concerned with moral truth and what we need to know for salvation, not “science”. The Bibles does not tell me how to fry an egg either. Nor does it tell me how to bake a cake, drive a car or many other things. It does not do so, because that is not its purpose. God gaves us the means to determine scientific truths on our own. The Bible does not deal with what you call science, or many other purely pragmatic matters, because that is not its purpose. That would be like asking a book on cultivating virtue to tell you how the combustion engine works.

“But then those of us here with functioning brain cells don’t regard this error-laden book of myths as the last word in knowledge”

Some of the most intellegent people on the earth DO regard it as true and free of error. The problem is that your theologically ignorant. You THINK you understand the Bible, what it is and what it says, but you really dont. In your ignorance you attack anyone who does not fit you pre-coneived prejudice, and you attack them based on total misunderstanding of the nature of Scripture, as I pointed out above.

“or think that all the world’s scientists have got it wrong despite untold millions of hours of patient observation and analysis.”

Many atheist and agnostic scientists have questioned and do question Darwinian theory. How do you explain that? And I question darwinian theory NOT because of anything in the Bible, but because there is a total lack of serious evidence.

And scientists are not objective truth tellers. They are as prone to prejudice and ideology as everyone else on earth. And as we have seen with Climategate, they are not above lying, deception and forcing “evidence” to fit their prejudice.

You talk about “brain cells”, but you seem to me like a person who switches off their mind, and gives up independent thinking, whenever your new Priests in white lab coats pontificate. I’m a little more sceptical and independent minded than that.
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