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iMP

North Korea, here we come…
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March 16, 2013 8:02am
Pete George

If you have been banned from The Standard – they are offering an amnesty, allowing anyone who has been banned to comment again there…

…as long as you comply with lprent’s behaviour regime. Despite the collective trying to open up debate lnapoleon quickly made it clear he’s not about to be nice or balanced on The Standard Farm.

Then we let people back on and see if they have improved their behaviour.

If they repeat the behaviour(s) that got them banned last time then they wind up with a short sharp and preferably quite humiliating bounce. Of course there will be a few fools who take it as a badge of honour to be banned from TS – the ones who congregate at whaleoil or the sewer to display their badge of stupid behaviour and lie about why they banned.

But many will have learnt to not repeat dumb behaviours. The key to doing it is when there is time to have a moderator solidly available to deal with the usual idiots who fail to learn from their past foolishness.

Who could ignore an invitation like that?

Amnesty? Shamnesty.
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March 16, 2013 8:13am
duggledog

From yesterday’s Herald, another tourist couple attacked in the Far North or as I call it Bandit Country by rock apes:

‘Travellers with campervans or tents are being urged by police to stay in camping grounds to avoid being targeted by thieves’

From Fairfax today:

‘A new, more aggressive and highly organised breed of boy racer, who police say see them as targets, has emerged in Christchurch’

WTF has happened to this country? Bring back the days when we had lots of ex WW2 military in the constabulary. And in the teaching profession while we’re at it
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March 16, 2013 8:21am
thedavincimode

Off you go then Pete. Why don’t you run your rape culture theory over there?

And don’t forget to let us know how you get on.
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March 16, 2013 8:24am
barry

But – duggledog – they wouldnt be allowed to administer the swift kick up the arse that worked so well. Short sharp lesson and no clogging up the courts and the social services in worthless attempts to re-educate thses idiots.
And the costs we (ie: the taxpayer) now have is enormous – and as we all know – it doesnt work.
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March 16, 2013 8:25am
eszett

PG – *yawn* Your obession with the standard is tedious at best. Who cares? (Other than you)
If they don’t want you commenting, just live with it. Its their blog, their rules.
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March 16, 2013 8:32am
Pete George

eszett – your obsession with *yawn* *yawn*
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March 16, 2013 8:39am
liarbors a joke

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8433182/Aggressive-boy-racers-targeting-police.

We reap what we sow. Feral scum running the place while we namby pamby around them.
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March 16, 2013 8:40am
liarbors a joke

This countries going to hell in a hand cart
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March 16, 2013 8:43am
Yvette

Lest We Forget

“..Council considers ban on apostrophes in street signs..” (+ comment:..ban the bloody things..!..i say..)
“..district council [Mid Devon] says punctuation mark can cause confusion..”

(ed:..yay..!..a small victory in the campaign to get rid of that most effete/chronically over-used of punctuation symbols..

..the apostrophe/comma..

..rid the world of them..!..i say..

..write as you speak..!..people..

..and we don’t speak with the glottal-pauses the apostrophe demands..eh..?..

..so why have them aplattered all over our pages..?

..like punctuation-buckshot..

..and while we are at it..why the double-excess of the “?

..when just one ‘ will do fine..?

..the ” is the over-stuffed victorian armchair of the world of punctuation..

..a total exercise in excess..

..minimalism people..!..minimalism..!

..’ is so much easier on the eye..)
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March 16, 2013 8:50am
Keeping Stock

Morgan Godfery has coined a new phrase; Winstonism. And to be able to define the complexity of Rt. Hon. Winston Peters in less that 140 characters as he has done is no mean feat; it’s quite possibly the best description of him that I’ve seen, with everything Peters espouses based on a myth. Here’s hoping that this one will stick!

http://keepingstock.blogspot.co.nz/2013/03/defining-winstonism.html
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March 16, 2013 8:57am
iMP

North Korea has again fired missiles toward japan today, into the Sea of Japan. So, we have an escalating crisis. What’s going on?

http://conzervative.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/north-korean-missile-crisis-seoul-a-sea-of-fire/
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March 16, 2013 8:59am
All_on_Red

I enjoyed reading Kiwiblog yesterday but in doing so saw a number of comments from Ross69. I do wonder. Does the “69” indicate the level of his IQ?
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March 16, 2013 9:02am
joana

Prince Charles is having Arabic lessons for six months so he can read the Koran. What a surprise.
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March 16, 2013 9:09am
Rodders

KS – “Winstonism”, also interchangeable with “narcissism”. Have a look at the non-entities he manages to drag into parliament on his coattails. They will do as Winston says or they’re gone from the party.

P.S. Morning jo ana.
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March 16, 2013 9:13am
joana

imp
It has been going on for some time. It is just now escalating..There is and has been for a long time a lot of tension between China and Japan..Another area hotting up but not rec’g much attention is the China/US battle over the Pacific. Well at least the Chinese won’t need to teach the Fijians any torture methods..Does anyone have the facts on Fiji’s current military capability? Is it greater than NZ’s? Chinese money buys a lot of toys.
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March 16, 2013 9:19am
Griff

Why all in red does it upset you that rosses 69 is higher than yours 😆
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March 16, 2013 9:20am
stigie

Please Yvette, dont write like that again. Bloody frightening …eh…?
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March 16, 2013 9:22am
hinamanu

“We’ve just become a military dictatorship”

Chris Hedges: NDAA Lawsuit Update

Our attorneys asked the Supreme Court to consider lifting the �stay� on our injunction against Section 1021 and indefinite detention. As you�ll recall, we won our lawsuit last September and were granted a worldwide injunction against this provision � ensuring people could not be indefinitely detained under the sweeping and unchecked scope of the NDAA.

Despite having issued a signing statement in January of 2012 claiming he would not use these powers against American citizens, Obama immediately appealed Judge Forrest�s ruling and our win, then went further and asked her to grant a stay on the injunction, essentially �lifting� that injunction. She refused.

Next, the DOJ attorneys went to the second circuit court and asked them to lift the stay as well, claiming �irreparable harm� would be incurred by the US if the government did not have these unchecked powers. The second circuit court judges granted their request and put a stay on our injunction.

We applied to both Justice Ginsberg (who said no) and Justice Scalia (who said yes) to convene a conference of the entire Supreme Court to consider lifting that stay and restoring our injunction. They told us yesterday that they will not lift the stay � indefinite detention under the NDAA stands.

http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/government-corruption-1/weve-just-become-a-military-dictatorship.html
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March 16, 2013 9:26am
All_on_Red

Very good Griff. Ive been tested a few times as part of applying for various jobs and am secure with where I am at…
Found that heat yet? And where is todays links to weather all over the world?
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March 16, 2013 9:26am
Keeping Stock

Quite so Rodders; Brendan Horan was once viewed as the Annointed One, but now there is nothing but naked loathing towards him from his former leader.
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March 16, 2013 9:30am
Reid

On North Korea:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/384204/Assassination-attempt-of-Kim-Jong-un-could-explain-calls-for-war

For those who don’t think the Illuminati exists, educate yourself, because they do and the evidence is right in front of you in plain sight all the time. All you need to do is know what you’re looking at. For example Madonna’s half-time 2011 superbowl show was full of it, the fashion magazines are full of it, etc. And here’s a new doll line from Mattell aimed at girls 0-10 years that’s also full of it.

And noting Obama said yesterday he reckons Iran is around a year away from a nuke, gee, I wonder who he’s been talking to?
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March 16, 2013 9:31am
wat dabney

Oh christ.
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March 16, 2013 9:36am
Yvette

stigie – Please Yvette, dont write like that again. Bloody frightening …eh…?

Others here will know it was not me, which is even more frightening – he’s still out there ..eh?..
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March 16, 2013 9:39am
iMP

Joana. I think this is something different, related to Kim Jong-un, and the threat of ballistic capability moves it in to a whole new league. The China/Japan thing over the shared islands is a storm in a teacup, a few nationalistic hotheads, but these two nations will not come to blows over this. They have too much to lose.

Watch for a statement by China over next week re NK.
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March 16, 2013 9:40am
Viking2

More police cover ups.
Bad decisions and closed minds.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10871565
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March 16, 2013 9:48am
Reid

This is quite insightful

http://www.businessinsider.com/career-advice-from-linkedins-founder-2013-3
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March 16, 2013 9:57am
Longknives

While everyone works themselves into a frenzy over the new ‘Cause Celebre’ Teina Pora..The media seems to be conveniently ignoring two facts-

1. He admitted involvement in her murder.

2. He has already had his retrial. Jury found him Guilty..again.
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March 16, 2013 10:00am
Longknives

“SBW is to team ethics what Kim Dotcom is to Marathon Running”
Brilliant!

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10871580
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March 16, 2013 10:05am
Pete George

Adding to the amusement Redbaiter gives then a rark up – http://thestandard.org.nz/amnesty/#comment-604427
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March 16, 2013 10:10am
hinamanu

International Arrest Warrant issued against Pope Francis I, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, for Crimes against Humanity and Child Trafficking

Italians and others are empowered to apprehend the new Pontiff

Brussels:

The same Common Law Court that tried and sentenced his predecessor and other church and state officials has today issued an Arrest Warrant against the first Jesuit Pope in history, Jorge Mario Bergoglio.

A signed and sealed copy of the Warrant is attached, and the text follows.

The Argentinian prelate assumed criminal liability and became subject to immediate arrest by occupying the Papal seat in the wake of the conviction of the Vatican as a criminal organization on February 25, 2013.

Bergoglio’s role in the death of Argentinian citizens during that country’s “Dirty War” and in the trafficking of the children of political prisoners also compelled the International Common Law Court of Justice to issue the Warrant today, which is one year in duration.

Italian and Argentinian citizens, and any man or woman, are authorized by the Warrant to be involved in Bergoglio’s public detaining.

“The Pope is the head of a predatory power that is waging an undeclared, centuries-old war against the entire non-Catholic world” commented ITCCS Field Secretary Kevin Annett today in Vancouver, where he delivered a copy of the Arrest Warrant to the Catholic Archdiocese office.

“Since we and our children are being assaulted by a corporation that is a law unto itself, we have the right to defend ourselves and detain or stop altogether those responsible, as in any war”.

A Public Proclamation is being read out in twenty eight countries this week by ITCCS members, publicly banning those church and state officials who cannot be immediately arrested under these Warrants.

Citizens are encouraged to download and use the attached Warrant.

Issued by ITCCS Central Office
15 March, 2013
Brussels

http://itccs.org/2013/03/15/international-arrest-warrant-issued-against-pope-francis-i-jorge-mario-bergoglio-for-crimes-against-humanity-and-child-trafficking/
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March 16, 2013 10:11am
Reid

I think this has posted before but some people didn’t get it the first time because they still talk as if they really do think the US really still is the land of the free and the home of the brave and they ignore all the myriad signs to the contrary. This transformation has happened in front of everyone’s very eyes and while some of us have noticed most haven’t, preferring instead to concentrate on the media-induced hallucination that everything’s just fine and dandy and it’s all just a bunch of stuff that happened. And when something major does happen, like the ‘war on terror’ it’s simply a reaction to nothing at all, because ‘they hate our fweedom.’ And some people really do believe it really does work like that.

http://www.safeshare.tv/w/UAGOcLSuLX
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March 16, 2013 10:14am
Longknives

“Citizens are encouraged to download and use the attached Warrant.”

Hinamanu- I have downloaded my copy of that dubious Internet ‘Arrest Warrant’ and am booking my flights to Rome as we speak. You reckon the Pope will come to the door? Or should I sneak into St Peters the back way to nab him?

For fuck’s sake.
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March 16, 2013 10:22am
Fletch

King Obama went to a GOP function and was offered delicious food but declined because he wasn’t accompanied by his “taster”.

WASHINGTON — Following President Obama’s lunch meeting with Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, Maine Republican Senator Susan Collins described the food served and said the president was not able to eat since his “taster” was not present.

“Unfortunately, you know, the president can’t,” said Collins when asked if Obama ate at the lunch meeting.

“He looked longingly at it,” Collins continued. “He honestly did look longingly at it, but apparently he has to have essentially a taster, and I pointed out to him that we were all tasters for him, that if the food had been poisoned all of us would have keeled over so, but he did look longingly at it and he remarked that we have far better food than the Democrats do, and I said that was because I was hosting.”

According to a 2009 AFP report, the U.S. Secret Service has “always refused to confirm that US presidents travel with a food ‘taster’, in line with their policy of discretion on all security related issues.”
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March 16, 2013 10:53am
hinamanu

9/11 – The New Hiroshima/Where Did the Towers Go? – Dr Judy Wood Ph.D.

Dr. Judy Wood received her B.S. (Civil Engineering, 1981) (Structural Engineering), M.S. (Engineering Mechanics (Applied Physics), 1983), and Ph.D. (Materials Engineering Science, 1992) from the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dr. Judy Wood has been researching 9/11 since 2001 and has already filed several law suits against NIST’s contractors for science fraud, and legal requests that NIST’s fraudulent data gets reexamined? Dr. Judy Wood has received more than one threat due to the research she has done and the evidence she has gathered, and one of her students was also murdered in 2006. Surprisingly, Dr. Judy Wood is the only 9/11 researcher who has submitted evidence to the courts in pursuit of the truth.

I. In 2007, Dr. Judy Wood filed several legal cases against the corporations NIST had contracted to conduct the 9/11 “investigations”, many of which are military / defense / weapons organizations involved in Directed Energy research (huge conflict-of-interest). The filings in these legal cases included Requests For Corrections (RFC) based on the Data Quality Act, and Qui Tam whistle-blower cases. One of her legal cases made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in October of 2009. She has been actively pursuing 9/11 Truth with her lawyer, despite the lack of support she has received from Dr. Steven Jones and other members of the 9/11 Truth community. The legal documents from her court cases can be viewed at the following links:

http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/NIST/NIST_RFC.html

http://www.drjudywood.com/articles/N…Tam_Wood.shtml

http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?17677-9-11-The-New-Hiroshima-Dr-Judy-Wood-Ph.D.–MUST-SEE
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March 16, 2013 11:48am
kowtow

joana

6 months of Arabic wouldn’t be enough to enable one to read that book,

Looks like another empty gesture from the Clown Prince who wants to be Defender of the Faiths,rather than the Faith.

Ironically that title was a Popish one bestowed on Henry VIII,for his condemnation of Luther.

Long may Elizabeth reign.
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March 16, 2013 11:59am
Griff

Terrorist in training kiwi style
Next time he should Google how to first.
http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/bomb-found-in-toilet-high-school-5370439
Soggy petrol and shit paper is not particularly explosive.
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March 16, 2013 12:05pm
Reid

Something else about Obama…

http://mindcontrolblackassassins.com/2013/03/11/barack-hussein-obamba-ii-the-boy-from-brazil-part-1/
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March 16, 2013 12:08pm
Manolo

A clear economic vision: http://www.cnbc.com/id/100558455
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March 16, 2013 12:32pm
hmmokrightitis

Have to share. This week…

Bought a lake side holiday home

Bought a boat

10 year old just took 3 for 5 in his cricket match

BBQ and some great red for dinner tonight, then up at 4AM for a long run tomorrow. Thats what I love about living in this country 🙂
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March 16, 2013 12:37pm
Manolo

Lovely people: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8430476/Sheep-beaten-stuffed-in-boot
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March 16, 2013 12:42pm
hinamanu

BREAKING: US DEPLOYS MISSILES In Response To N Korea’s Threats

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will announce Friday that the U.S. is deploying 14 new ground-based missile interceptors, probably in Alaska, defense officials told NBC News.

The officials didn’t say specifically why the interceptors were being deployed, but the announcement comes as North Korea has been making bellicose threats to void the armistice that ended the Korean War and launch a nuclear attack on the U.S.

The U.S. and South Korea began annual military drills this week despite the North Korean threats.

Hagel will make the announcement at a briefing scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, the officials said.

http://www.secretsofthefed.com/breaking-us-deploys-missiles-in-response-to-n-koreas-threats/
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March 16, 2013 12:46pm
hinamanu

Absolutely spellbinded Muhammad Ali gets the shock of his life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7nI_5AoHvc
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March 16, 2013 1:10pm
Longknives

Manolo- Tough guys beating up sheep eh? (I guess that makes a change from bashing their infants)
Must be those proud ‘Warrior Genes’ we are always hearing about….
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March 16, 2013 1:49pm
hinamanu

Today’s Federal Reserve owners are permitted by Law to purchase $100 bills for the cost of labor and materials, which is about 4 cents each. Every other citizen in our country has to work for money. The banks use the bills to take control of all major corporations using loans. The FED can even just type numbers into a computer and it becomes money to loan. The FED operation is secret.

“You are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the grace of the Eternal God, will rout you out.”

President Jackson did rout them out and therefore, became a target for assassination.

“I am one of those who do not believe that a national debt is a national blessing, but rather a curse to a republic; inasmuch as it is calculated to raise around the administration a moneyed aristocracy dangerous to the liberties of the country.”

Today’s national debt if a privately owned bank swindle of the debt based monetary system. President Abe Lincoln avoided this by using debt free Treasury Notes called Greenbacks. See http://www.lincolnamendment.net This amendment would remove the national debt.

“Gentlemen, I have had men watching you for a long time and I am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the bank and annul its charter, I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves”

Today the Federal Reserve is working to destroy the middle class around the world and drive them into poverty. In his day Jackson worked to save the nation from this kind of operation. Today this responsibility should be assumed by state representatives in all 50 states. Instead today the government cuts benefits to the nation and gives billions to to “bail-out” the banks which is the Globalists agenda.

“If Congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given to be used by themselves, not to be delegated to individuals or corporations.”

Congress does not have this right. But the Lincoln Amendment would change this and put this power into the hands of the state legislatures. The Federal Reserve is a privately owned bank that Jackson would oppose.

http://networkedblogs.com/Jk7P7
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March 16, 2013 2:02pm
hinamanu

On January the 17th, 32-year-old Belgium MP Laurent Louis, considered one of the most controversial and demonized national political figures, delivered the most powerful truth ever told in a political arena.

First, he explained why he voted against the Belgian support to war in Mali, that it was based on lies and rooted in neo-colonialism. Then he expressed his disgust and wrath against the criminal foreign policies of the Western elite and its submission to foreign financial and interest groups, before scolding his colleagues who voted for interventionist war with “fuck you’s”. Finally, he says that the war on terror is a lie and that 9/11 was a false flag to justify aggressive military action in the Muslim world.

Click on the “Captions” icon to get the English subtitles. You won’t be disappointed: http://www.sott.net/article/257123-Powerful-Belgian-MP-exposes-truth-behind-Wests-War-on-Terror
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March 16, 2013 2:14pm
Nostradamus

Hinamanu:

You shouldn’t gorge on so many conspiracy theory websites. It can’t be healthy for your mind!
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March 16, 2013 3:53pm
Azeraph

hinamanu (2,314) Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 2:14 pm

Though the current lot want to give ringsting rights to the States, we are still not American or will ever be.
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March 16, 2013 5:34pm
Don the Kiwi

Manolo (9,257) Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 12:42 pm
Lovely people: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8430476/Sheep-beaten-stuffed-in-boot

Any one seen johnboy recently?

Maybe he’s got desperate. 😉
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March 16, 2013 5:37pm
axeman

The socialist left are quite torn and inconsistent in their rhetoric! 🙁

“Pro-austerity was all the rage among radicals pre-2008. I still remember a 2006 March Against Climate Change, the most depressing demo I’ve ever been on, at which a mishmash of middle-class mums, concerned commentators and old Leftists demanded greater restrictions on people’s holidaymaking and consumerist habits, all in the name of ‘saving the planet’.”

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100207349/the-radicals-who-rage-against-tory-austerity-called-for-austerity-themselves-five-years-ago-hypocritical-much/
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March 16, 2013 5:50pm
axeman

Meanwhile it is still not easy being gween 🙂

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-renewable-energy-policy-takes-toll-on-nature-conservation-a-888094.html
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March 16, 2013 5:55pm
Viking2

A religious tale.

The Argentinian Cardinal said, ‘Sister, this is a silent monastery; you are welcome here as long as you like and pray on bended knee, but you may not speak until directed to do so.’

Sister Mary Katherine lived in the monastery for five years before the Cardinal said to her, ‘Sister Mary Katherine, you have been here for five years; you may speak two words.

Sister Mary Katherine said, ‘Hard bed.’

‘I’m sorry to hear that,’ the Cardinal said. ‘We will get you a better bed.’

After another five years, Sister Mary Katherine was summoned by the Cardinal
‘You may say another two words, Sister Mary Katherine.’

‘Cold food,’ said Sister Mary Katherine and the Cardinal assured her the food would be better in the future.

On her 15th anniversary at the monastery, the Cardinal again called Sister Mary Katherine in to his office.
‘You may say two words today.’

‘I quit,’ said Sister Mary Katherine.

‘It’s probably best,’ said the Cardinal. ‘You’ve done nothing but bitch since you got here.’

And that is why it is now called The Cardinal Rule….

IE….to profess to remain CELIBATE….and prefer little boys who can keep their mouths shut…… to women who just CANNOT.
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March 16, 2013 7:29pm
Johnboy

“Any one seen johnboy recently? ”

I’ve been busy on the other channels.

Disclaimer: All my sheep are consenting adults and none of them have harmed in the making of my fantasy’s 🙂
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March 16, 2013 7:35pm
Viking2

Cabinet minister and former head prefect at St Patrick’s College in Wellington Chris Finlayson will represent the Government at the inauguration mass of Pope Francis I in Rome on March 19.

Mr Finlayson is a regular Sunday mass attendee at St Mary of the Angels Church in Boulcott St.

He described the new pope’s inaugural mass as a momentous occasion for the worldwide Catholic community – including Catholics in New Zealand.

“On behalf of the Government, I wish him the best for his term of office and congratulate the people of Argentina on a hugely significant day in the history of that country,” said Mr Finlayson.

Mr Finlayson will depart New Zealand for Rome this weekend, and will return next Thursday.

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Not sure what others think but as a non catholic taxpayer (and not interested in any other fancy deity), I wonder how the Govt. can justify this expense.

It would be interesting to hear what the rational is for sending Findlayson or for that matter any person. Its is like so many Govt. actions not a good use of funds stolen from the taxpayer.
If the Catholics want someone to go then they should fund it.

Why should the rest of us?

Fisani, perhaps you want to add this to your list of non events of earlier today.
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March 16, 2013 7:36pm
nasska

This could jump start your next fantasy JB. 🙂

Ref: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ub5vox42a8s5pqe/Sheep%2016.jpg
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March 16, 2013 7:49pm
Johnboy

I think I know that sheep nasska….she’s French isn’t she? 🙂
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March 16, 2013 7:53pm
nasska

Said the patient to his doctor, “I was told that tomato sauce can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by up to a third.”

“You’re either very stupid, or shit at excuses sir,” he replied, pulling on a pair of gloves.

“Now bend over & I’ll extract that bottle of ketchup from your rectum.”
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March 16, 2013 8:00pm
Viking2

The Beginning of the end of the EU.

EUROZONE leaders and the IMF today announced an unprecedented levy on all deposits in Cypriot banks as the sting in the tail of a 10-billion-euro bailout for the near-bankrupt government in Nicosia.

Intended to apply to everyone from pensioners to Russian oligarchs alleged to have billions stashed away in what officials say is a bloated Cypriot banking sector, the “stability levy” immediately raised a flood of concerns among finance experts over a possible bank run in bigger eurozone economies, where fragile public finances are also under scrutiny.

Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, after chairing some 10 hours of talks to strike the deal with counterparts including International Monetary Fund head Christine Lagarde and the European Central Bank’s Mario Draghi, said the “upfront, one-off” tax is expected to raise 5.8 billion euros ($7.25 billion) on top of the loans still to be finalised by eurozone parliaments.
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The levy will see deposits of more than 100,000 euros in Cypriot banks hit with a 9.9 percent charge when lenders re-open their doors on Tuesday after a scheduled bank holiday on Monday. Under that threshold and the levy drops to 6.75 percent.

Top ECB official Joerg Assmussen said the only way to drive down what was originally requested as a 17-billion-euro rescue was to claw back money from the Cypriot banking sector, which is estimated to hold assets worth five times the country’s economic output.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/bank-deposit-levy-to-rescue-cyprus/story-e6frg6so-1226598814448
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March 16, 2013 8:00pm
Griff

Dont let reddy look at that nasska
you know how obsessed he is over red stilettos
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March 16, 2013 8:01pm
Johnboy

Fuck. I think I’ll withdraw my life savings of $125 in Kiwibank before Bill gets onto this trick.

God knows, he’s getting bloody desperate! 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:05pm
nasska

The Davinci Mode has commented along those lines too Griff…..there might be something in it. 🙂

Anyway I’ve saved you a Miss March pinup you can hang above your bunk. Ref: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xxs98hu3ewr794c/Sheep%203.jpg
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March 16, 2013 8:09pm
Johnboy

Why don’t you pop over to Wainui next weekend Griff?

Bring your friend! 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:12pm
nasska

This could be a sneaky way to arrange a ewe swapping evening….throw your keys to the sheep truck into the centre & pray for a pretty one. 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:17pm
Johnboy

Welsh ladies have a certain mystique you must admit though nasska!
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March 16, 2013 8:29pm
nasska

Years ago a mate of mine took up with a Welsh chick on a working holiday in NZ JB….bloody good sort she was. She could drink most men under the table but when she started to get a bit pissed her accent got stronger & stronger until no one had a hope in hell of knowing what she was on about.

The general consensus was that she sounded like someone chundering into a two gallon galvanised bucket. 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:36pm
Johnboy

Anyway…..after you fucked her did your opinions change in any way nasska? 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:39pm
nasska

Never got the opportunity JB…..my mate got bloody lovestruck with her & the miserable bastard wouldn’t share. 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:41pm
Johnboy

Consider yourself bloody lucky nasska:

http://welshnewsnot.wordpress.com/2011/06/30/ugly-truth-revealed/

Note this:

Myfanwy Evans, of Swansea, added: “I’m not having that! We’ll find these beautiful people and bash their faces in so they’re as ugly as us.”

A spokeswoman for BeautifulPeople.com said the Welsh people may have been further disadvantaging themselves when applying to the site by including pictures of themselves grouped with their equally visually-offensive Welsh friends.

🙂 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:47pm
nasska

Scary stuff JB! The lady I referred to earlier definitely only took the the minor place money in the beauty stakes. 🙂
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March 16, 2013 8:57pm
Griff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNTknVQdnc4
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March 16, 2013 9:02pm
Johnboy

A man should always have a chaff sack handy and be aware of the phases of the moon for ladies such as her nasska! 🙂
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March 16, 2013 9:02pm
thedavincimode

I heard something about baitey, red stilletos and fishnet stockings. What’s happening – did someone bump into him? 🙁
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March 16, 2013 9:05pm
Yvette

Any one seen johnboy recently?

No, but you can see where he’s been –
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4749754/Sheep-branded-with-smiley-face.html 🙂
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March 16, 2013 9:06pm
Johnboy

Are they running purebred Brazilian sheep in Pembrokeshire now Griff? 🙂
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March 16, 2013 9:09pm
Johnboy

Game set and match Yvette! 🙂
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March 16, 2013 9:10pm
nasska

Strange really JB that we put so much store by physical beauty when most of the action takes place under minimum lighting when we’re three quarters pissed.

Probably a carry over from those college days when your mates didn’t think you were quite as simple as they thought if you could score a decent looking chick. 🙂
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March 16, 2013 9:11pm
nasska

Afraid not Davinci…..he seems to have gone to ground. Information to hand indicates that the last confirmed sighting of the Great Blogger was when he was spotted two weeks ago dressed as Rambo, waiting at a bus stop on the corner of Cameron Rd & 15th Ave.
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March 16, 2013 9:13pm
Monique Watson

So I’m watching Hayden Panettiere on Jimmy Fallon here in No Cal. Suddenly I get the sheep voice over in a Kiwi accent that mirrors some previous, heh, shall we say,” hell experiences”. Lucky moi. #Brazilianwax
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March 16, 2013 9:20pm
Monique Watson

Oh fuck now it’s Timberlake on Fallon. Please bring back the hot wax instead.
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March 16, 2013 9:23pm
SPC

One last stake into the heart of the body of Nixon – his part in preventing an end to the fighting in Vietnam in 1968

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21768668
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March 16, 2013 9:27pm
RF

I have had a few long term rough girl friends but never hooked up with a sheep. I guess the sight of me wearing gum boots and pushing a ewe from behind down a steep hill scares them off. Any suggestions on how to improve my strike rate ?
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March 16, 2013 9:27pm
Griff

Sheep nuts and Velcro.
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March 16, 2013 9:30pm
nasska

Dear RF,

Invest in a good heading dog.

Love

ABBY
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March 16, 2013 9:32pm
Johnboy

Wear a kilt and leave your underpants off RF. Sheep are very sensitive to the sound that zippers make. Ditch the deodorant and after shave and substitute with a smear of raw lanolin.
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March 16, 2013 9:34pm
RF

Thanks. At first I was wearing chest high waders and could not work out why I was missing the objective. Even Velcro gloves let me down.

I will try sheep nuts and a good heading dog. Knee high gum boots 3 sizes too big should also help as long as Mavis the ewe doesn’t kick too hard. A mate reckons a good goat is worth consideration as long as you dont want to kiss it. Bad breath !!
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March 16, 2013 9:41pm
Viking2

Oh well perhaps you need to study this video.

Actually good for all men to watch. Made in Tauranga. Mens sexual health.

http://www.smh.com.au/tv/Documentary/The-Viagra-Generation-4221833.html
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March 16, 2013 9:45pm
RF

Johnboy.. I am not a bloody Scot. I do have some morals and not a common sheep botherer. A fresh sheep dag rolled under the arm pits should sweeten the pot.
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March 16, 2013 9:46pm
Johnboy

You’ll probably get an easier ride from one of these RF. You can take her anywhere and after a quick blow up she’s ready for anything.

http://www.inflatablesheep4u.com/
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March 16, 2013 9:47pm
Monique Watson

@Rf. Impress the potential girlfriends by telling them you’re into financial derivatives: Or “Sheep futures”, to be exact.
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March 16, 2013 9:47pm
nasska

Flowers & chocolates will melt the hardest heart…

Ref: https://www.dropbox.com/s/xci7hnjjbwtxm1x/Sheep%2013.jpg
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March 16, 2013 9:53pm
RF

Viking 2. How am I going herd my flock into the lounge to watch the video. They will crap onto the carpet.

Johnboy. Now you are talking. At least they will not tell others if you disappoint them.

Monique. Was that financial derivatives or deviations. The sheep I mess about with are too thick to understand. Similar to a dumb blond you keep in the kitchen who is bare foot and pregnant.
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March 16, 2013 10:00pm
Johnboy

True RF. It takes a big man to fill that 10″ space. Many have tried and most fail! 🙂
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March 16, 2013 10:04pm
RF

Decided to follow Shane Jones advice and go solo.

At least I wil not be standing in sheep shit.
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March 16, 2013 10:05pm
Viking2

RF (666) Says:
March 16th, 2013 at 10:00 pm

Viking 2. How am I going herd my flock into the lounge to watch the video. They will crap onto the carpet.

well its does tell you how to get it up and keep it up. 😆
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March 16, 2013 10:09pm
sbk

“potential” is for beginners…shit there is’nt a ewe alive ewe can outrun me ;-)…just kiidddiing(equal opportunist).

but hay…being topical and all..equality/parity…yep…(what u do in your paddock is your biz)just dont expect me to condone it in mine…nor force me.

…buttt ewe can seeee where immmm heading…

Sorry Monique if i hijacked your comment…sommmewhhhat.
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March 17, 2013 5:30am
Monique Watson

Well gentlemen. You outdid yourselves. I’m glad I didn’t follow all the links. what imagery I have been left with will stay with me for a while. Blond actresses crossed with shorn sheep.
Ewww yuck.
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