General Debate 15 April 2013

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All_on_Red

Judith
“They(the Police) constantly refer to having apprehended people without arresting them. Perhaps you could make a phone call to the Police Commissioner and tell him how they are using the wrong term for what they do.”

Don’t be silly Judith. Putting aside your haughty patronising tone, could you please provide some proof of your assertion that apprehension by Police is not arrest. I am afraid that in this forum argumentum ad verecundiam falls short of the standard required.
If you cant back up what you say then I guess what you say is worth very little..
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April 15, 2013 8:16am
thedavincimode

So, it looks like Norman wants to spend $3b to win Auckland Central. It would be cheaper to give him back his fwag.
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April 15, 2013 8:17am
krazykiwi

DVM 🙂

Speaking of fwag, where’s gwiff these days? I miss his insightful commentary on climate change 😀
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April 15, 2013 8:20am
Chuck Bird

I hope this shake-up is done seriously and judges are obliged to disclose and perceived conflict of interest if they know one of the parties in a civil case.

Special report: Shake-up for judges
By David Fisher @@DFisherJourno
5:30 AM Monday Apr 15, 2013

Planned changes include letting public in on how they’re appointed, and annual report on what judiciary gets up to.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10877551
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April 15, 2013 8:35am
Pete George

I fail to see logic in what the teacher unions are saying.

They say they “want to retain a quality public education system where all children get a fair opportunity”.

They also acknowledge that there are “pupils who were struggling,”

How will not making any changes address the current failures? A large number of kids (some say up to 20%) fail to get a decent education. Retaining the status quo – as teachers seem to want – will mean many kids keep failing.

Shouldn’t we be trying someting different? Education status quo versus failing kids.
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April 15, 2013 8:44am
Kea

Speaking of fwag, where’s gwiff these days? I miss his insightful commentary on climate change

I am worried about our fatalistic friend. Maybe the cops raided his compound, or he has retreated into isolation to await the end times, with a giant bag of weed.

Of course … maybe BIG OIL or the imaginery “Carbon Industry” have “taken him out” 🙂
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April 15, 2013 8:44am
duggledog

In between kids fighting at the breakfast table I heard snatches of somebody on Morning report saying it cost $1 per megawatt hour to run Manapouri, they charge Rio Tinto $64 an hour and the residential consumer pays $280 an hour. I’m guessing there are many contributing factors for the differential but $280?
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April 15, 2013 8:55am
liarbors a joke

“Law enforcement was being run like a business”…

Revenue collection at the forefront…we all knew that..

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8549984/Patience-wears-thin-in-police-force
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April 15, 2013 8:56am
Dennis Horne

The 20% tail end Charlies can’t be educated but they can be instructed, with a little discipline, in basic stuff. For goodness sake you can train animals to do tricks. Very few should leave for secondary school unable to read, write, recite the multiplication tables and do simple arithmetic. But they do.

Students reaching university barely literate and numerate is another matter.
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April 15, 2013 9:01am
Viking2

Blunt message to Telecom staff

Moutter’s memo said he did not believe it was appropriate or right to be giving pay rises this July.

“It simply doesn’t pass the red face test for me so there’ll be no funding budgeted for salary increases, myself and the leadership team included.”

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Blunt message to ~~Telecom~~ state and local body staff.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/8549746/Blunt-message-to-Telecom-staff

Can we arrange for this idea to be infused into the heads of state and local body CEO’s?
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April 15, 2013 9:03am
Lance

@duggledog

That’s because it cost a shit load of money in transmission, distribution and billing to provide power to the consumer. The $280 (28 cents a kWh) is also an aggregate of dynamic power generation costs that fluctuate between 1 cent per kWh and $20 kWh because of generation over/under supply. Power cannot be stored in the power grid so there needs to be mechanisms that force industrial users whom have the power management infrastructure to adjust (huge) loads to match the price benefits or penalties.
Sure Tiwai has a good deal but it also has a direct line to Manapouri (sort of) and it can alter its load to suit the grid in some instances.

With modern technology managing certain loads it might soon be possible for consumers to access the ‘spot market’ and roll the dice. Sometimes power will be cheap, other times painfully expensive.
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April 15, 2013 9:09am
All_on_Red

Bloggers are journalists.
” In a decision that could impact bloggers across New Jersey, a Superior Court judge ruled today that a self-declared citizen watchdog who writes stinging critiques of Union County government has the same legal protections as a professional journalist. ”
” Judge Karen Cassidy concluded Renna “obtained material in the course of professional newsgathering activities” with the aim of disseminating it over the internet.”

http://www.nj.com/union/index.ssf/2013/04/union_county_blogger_scores_vi.html
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April 15, 2013 9:10am
kowtow

Today’s Tremaine cartoon shows MrsT’s headstone with “Rust in Peace” on it.

Confirmation ,if needed of the leftist media bias?
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April 15, 2013 9:20am
WineOh

@ Telecom restructure & job losses.

So the industry gets deregulated to allow competition, TCom lose 60% market share of the mobile market & are beset with regular reliability issues for their core internet and email services, reductions in the number of land-lines being used … and so the labour monkeys complain about how terrible job losses are? Weren’t these the same pollies who complained about the number of $100K+ salaries being paid in Telecom, how the industry needed lower costs & more competition. Jeez, who’da thunk that they would actually reduce costs?
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April 15, 2013 9:21am
BeaB

What do we think about David Shearer’s unscrupulous and opportunistic efforts to destroy the value of our national assets.
Has he forgotten the people of New Zealand are majority shareholders in Mighty River Power as he does his utmost to wipe out the value of our shareholding?
For what purpose? Is he so ambitious he is prepared to wreck our economy? Does he want power at any cost?
Sadly, we are the ones who will pay the price.
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April 15, 2013 9:43am
duggledog

Thanks Lance, I thought as much

BeaB don’t worry about Shearer, it’s all under control because once installed as Prime Minister he’s going to ‘do something’ about power prices. I know what he’s going to do – put them up like Helen did!
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April 15, 2013 9:56am
Pete George

BeaB – not only is he trying to devalue what the Government will get from the share float, he is doing it by prior warning but refuses to say what Labour would actually do.

I think that’s stink politics at it’s worst, disgraceful from Shearer and Labour.
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April 15, 2013 10:02am
Pete George

If the media were doing their job they would be insisting that Shearer puts all his “changes to the electricity sector” cards on the table. My bet is he doesn’t know what cards he might play, he’s bluffing with bullshit.

His announcement was released at 8.49 pm on a Sunday night, just prior to the opening of the float. That seems like a last minute attempt to sabotage the MRP float, before Shearer has thought it through at all.
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April 15, 2013 10:09am
BeaB

Pete George
Of course National Radio just repeated what he said. No attempt to find out how he would reverse Labour’s record of astronomical rises in power charges. No attempt to find out if he is going to nationalise power. No attempt to find out exactly how you make the companies lower their prices.
Does he mean we are going back to regular power cuts?
Rationing?

Does he mean he won’t sell assets but he will make them worthless?

How do we stomach clowns like Shearer and Russel Norman wanting to turn us into a Third World country? Shearer obviously learned some important lessons from his mates among the mercenaries and so-called warlords.
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April 15, 2013 10:22am
liarbors a joke

“umm.err..I totally umm..reject that.. ahh statement PG..err..even though…umm..its arh ..got some hmm.. truth..err..to..it..
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April 15, 2013 10:23am
doggone7

Dennis Horne, I must be barely literate too, as I find the wording of this confusing; “Very few should leave for secondary school unable to read, write, recite the multiplication tables and do simple arithmetic. But they do.”
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April 15, 2013 10:28am
Sofia

Labour Party leader David Shearer says Labour intends to make changes to stop the relentless rise in power bills.
He says he wants New Zealanders to be aware of his plans before they invest in Mighty River Power.  Shearer did not say exactly what those changes would be.

Yes, we will fuck up our 51% holding on our voters behalf, to screw the 49% you bloody shareholder are taking up.
Duhh …
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April 15, 2013 11:38am
cha

Another great day at the office for Steve Williams.
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April 15, 2013 11:39am
Fletch

If you ever wondered why America was in such a terrible economic mess, this may give you some clue. It’s written by a classmate of Obama’s who graduated from Columbia University the same year. In the article, he describes the ambitions of the (mostly) socialist class and how those ambitions are being fulfilled by Obama this day.

I can tell you, almost to a man, my classmates in the Class of ’83 proudly called themselves Marxist, communist or socialist. They bragged of being radical like a badge of honor. They openly hated America- calling it racist. They hated capitalism- and vowed to bring “the system down.”

But wait, the most frightening and eye-opening is still to come. You see political science students at Columbia were taught a detailed plan designed by two former Columbia professors named Cloward & Piven to bring down “the system,” destroy capitalism, and turn America into a socialist state. We discussed it in class, wrote about it, and debated it outside class. It was our #1 topic for four years.

The plan was revolting, but brilliant. Cloward & Piven taught that America could only be destroyed from within. Only by overwhelming the system with debt, welfare, and entitlements could capitalism and the America economy be destroyed. So the plan was to make a majority of Americans dependent on welfare, food stamps, disability, unemployment, and entitlements of all kinds. Then, under the weight of the debt, the system would implode and the economy collapse, bankrupting business owners (i.e. conservative donors). Americans would be brought to their knees, begging for big government to save them. Voila – you’d have a new system- socialism!

Sound familiar?

Lo and behold, one of my classmates was elected as President and it’s clear as a bell that he is using that plan to destroy America, capitalism, and the U.S. economy right in front of our eyes. It’s the exact plan hatched at Columbia University in our college days. Exact in every way.

Why would anyone want to purposely collapse the economy you might ask? Saul Alinsky taught the ends justify the means. A bankrupt America wipes out the middle class and small business. That wipes out the majority of donors to conservatives causes- meaning Obama has no opposition. It creates “equality”- by putting everyone on equal footing (shared misery). It causes panic- and in panic, voters often make hasty decisions- like choosing big government to save them.

The destruction and devastation we see happening right now is classic Cloward & Piven. It’s the plan we learned, studied, and discussed day and night at Columbia. This is no coincidence. This is the Marxist attack from within. This is a purposeful attempt to take down the economy, collapse the middle class, wipe out small business, bankrupt the wealthy (conservative donors), and addict the country to big government Nanny State socialism.

Yep, Obama is out to destroy America. It’s really not that hard to see anyway.
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April 15, 2013 12:33pm
dime

The green leaders are on radio live as we speak.

wussell norman – have you ever heard a more wimpy, sniveling little fuck.

the other bloke with the big earrings doesnt sound flash but wussell takes the piss.

someone phone up and ask if he ever got his fwag back 😛
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April 15, 2013 12:48pm
cha

Oh look, I worked for Wayne root.

I worked for Wayne Root for the football season in 2001. Since that time I do my own capping. I may not have made much money but boy did I learn that you want to stay as far away from an operation like this as you can. Here’s what I learned.

1. His operation is a boiler room. You are given a script. You sell up front then one day after the sale the reloaders work on getting the customer to sign up for Wayne’s eight other level’s of games. We lied about Wayne’s record all the time. Unless you told a potential client that Wayne hit 70% or higher you couldn’t get any money.As soon as we finished selling someone for Wayne Root then he was handed to another salesman for one of Wayne’s five other companies. The picks were losing so bad during the four months I was there that guys were giving out what they liked. It was the only way to stop a mutiny.

2. Wayne was a bigger liar than the salesman. If he had a newspaper guy on the phone he would say stuff that was totally untrue. He once told a guy that we had over 100 salesman at that time. I counted desks and office staff. It was 45 people.

3. He wrote and published a book within the last year. I talked to someone at the Gambler’s Warehouse last month and asked how many copies were sold nationally. His answer was they had three copies of the b ook a month ago and still had three copies. I said “could he have sold more than a thousand copies nationally?”. His answer was, “probably not”. I’m sure Wayne will never give out figures on the number of copies sold.

4. He switches TV stations in which he puts his 30 minute infomertial on Saturday mornings every year. Here’s the reason is he isn’t getting the desired results? Whether it’s WGN, Spike TV or a national cable sports network, it never is enough to make him happy. Unless he gets on ESPN he’s not going to make enough money to pay for the outragious price it costs to produce and buy time.

5. He doesn’t even bet the games he gives to his clients. Once in an interview he even admitted it. Why would anyone in their right mind pay someone for selections they didn’t feel strongly enough to bet? They would have to be a moron and be totally new to betting or using a tout.

Wayne Root is a pathological liar who loved himself. He’s not an idiot and can sell a deal and make things happen for a while. I think eventually his company will crumble and he will try to move on to something else. Anyone who buys his stock should have their head examined. It’s at .04 cents for a reason. It could be delisted any day now.
-Ex Wayne Root employee
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April 15, 2013 1:02pm
Pete George

John Boscawen ‏@JohnBoscawennz

@JohnJCampbell I am aware of a young teacher who was told by their principal it would be against their professional interests not to march

That’s disturbing.
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April 15, 2013 1:47pm
Jack5

The Hooerald today again sings for the bankers on the high New Zealand dollar. It reports:

Analysts said that while the kiwi, at current levels, was meeting many of the Reserve Bank’s criteria for intervention, the chance of it being successful against the rising tide of international buying interest was seen as next to nil.

The “analysts” prove to be:

1. Mike Jones, currency “strategist” for the Bank of New Zealand, which is perhaps the leading champion of high currency in New Zealand.

2. Westpac economist Michael Gordon.

It’s bullshit that there are no alternatives to accepting a super-high NZ dollar that will wreck our export sector and wipe out thousands of jobs.

The semi-floating exchange systems of Singapore and Hong Kong, for example, are buffering their economies against the world currency turmoil. As pointed out in an earlier thread, against the US dollar, Singapore’s currency has risen half as much as the NZ dollar has. The free-float emperors have no clothes on when it comes to a tiny economy in time of extremely volatile world currencies.

Then there is the successful, and so far profitable cap, on the Swiss franc being run by the Swiss central bank. As always, the bankers will say NZ is too small for this. True we have half the population of Switzerland and a quarter of its economic strength, but the nub of the issue is that the Swiss are richer in economic and business brains.

If our painfully slow-reacting Reserve Bank of NZ had the wit and the will, it could find ways of enforcing banks to demand deposits of 25 per cent at least. That is an example of other tools that could be used, other than the short-term interest rate.

An intelligent and bold NZ Government could change our mortgage regime to parallel that of the US, where banks carry the full loss when home owners walk out suffering only losses of the amount of money they have paid.

If its the choice between monetarists’ puritanism and a pragmatic, feasible economy, New Zealand voters surely will choose the latter in 18 months.

Meanwhile, the big trading banks in NZ are clipping the ticket as they funnel in foreign funds. The top three banks, the ASB/National, Westpac, BNZ are Australian owned, and the fourth biggest, the ASB is Australian controlled.

They are placing their profits ahead of the stability of the NZ economy. Perhaps that is rational in the very short term. But trying to conn us into believing there is no other way is just lying.
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April 15, 2013 1:59pm
Kea

Fletch (4,152) Says:

April 15th, 2013 at 12:33 pm

Yes and I no longer care. They voted for Obama because they wanted to appear “enlightened” by electing a black man. They judged him on his skin colour, not the content of his character. You could blame the media for not telling the truth about the man, but the pro Obama bias is so clear it is there for anyone to see. America needs to reap what it has sowed. I only hope Obama stops the killing of so many innocent non Americans.
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April 15, 2013 2:13pm
Manolo

More of the same: http://news.msn.co.nz/nationalnews/8642526/woman-charged-over-raetihi-death
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April 15, 2013 3:02pm
Manolo

Wasting money on discredited academics only interested in feathering their own nest:
http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/australia-leading-article/8882591/fair-weather-friends/
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April 15, 2013 3:15pm
bereal

Fletch @ 12.33
Thankyou for that story and the link.

It’s probably very true or you would hear other students from those classes at that
time rubbishing it.

It’s very dangerous/fatal to underestimate these socialists.

Had Herr Clark not lost to John Key she would be well on the way to achieving the same
ends in New Zealand by now.

Hopefully we may take some heart from history. 60 years ago communism was considered a
viable system. Pray socialism goes the same way soon.

Of course we are dependant upon politicians of the calibre of Reagan and Thatcher turning up
from somewhere sometime soon for that to happen.
This threat is different, it is a threat from within.
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April 15, 2013 3:41pm
bereal

i noticed the post from dime alerting us to the Ultimate Fighter on TV yesterday PM.

dime scoffed at the fact that two chicks would fight.

Their fight turned out to be the best on the programme.
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April 15, 2013 3:52pm
dime

bereal – because they arent as skilled as the dudes IMHO.

its like womens rugby can be more free flowing.. or more ball in hand or whatever.

it was an ok spectacle. generally, i dont like chick sports.
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April 15, 2013 3:57pm
Manolo

The despicable tactics of the totalitarian Chinese communists: http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21574631-chinese-screening-online-material-abroad-becoming-ever-more-sophisticated/print
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April 15, 2013 4:03pm
Kea

Manolo, I am more concerned about the communists we have here posing as environmentalists and humanitarians.
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April 15, 2013 4:07pm
Pete George

Cool pic – sunrise from the North Pole with close moon: https://twitter.com/EarthPix/status/323628873684226049/photo/1
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April 15, 2013 4:35pm
krazykiwi

A month ago Cyprus needed to raise €7b to guarantee €17b of debt.

The government then legislated itself the right to raid the private wealth of depositors to help make up this money

Today the size of the bailout has risen to €23 with Cypriots having to find €13 as their guarantee.

The ‘cost’ has doubled .. in one month?!?!?

Someone is making a LOT of money here…. this is basically grand scale, state legitimised theft of private wealth.

Socialism – it’s ends in societal breakdown, ruins lives and enriches the ruling class with wealth and power. New Zealand is ‘on the spectrum’. We need to change direction.
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April 15, 2013 4:50pm
iMP

Riot at Guantanamo.
http://conzervative.wordpress.com/2013/04/15/riot-at-guantanamo/
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April 15, 2013 4:59pm
RichardX

Re Kowtow 9.20am
Any chance that “Rust in peace” is a tongue in cheek reference to the Iron Lady?
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April 15, 2013 5:16pm
liarbors a joke

The strandard desperately grasping at straws..

http://thestandard.org.nz/nat-leadership-speculation/
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April 15, 2013 5:42pm
Viking2

Jean-Denis Rouillon, 62, was thrust into the limelight after he told a student radio station that his work suggested wearing a bra weakened the natural muscles that hold up breasts and women should consider going bra-less.

“The suspension system of the breasts degenerates,” Rouillon said, explaining that bras also unnaturally hamper circulation.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/8551508/Bras-are-useless-claims-French-doctor

Of course there are other positives as well.
http://nicepokies.blogspot.co.nz/2011/04/braless-women-pack-1.html 😮 😯 😎
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April 15, 2013 6:04pm
Viking2

4 Friends sitting around having drinks and one of the men had to use the restroom.

The three others talked about their kids.

The first guy said, “my son is my pride and joy he started working at a company at the bottom. He studied business and began to climb the corporate ladder, became president of the company. He is so rich he gave his best friend a top of the line Mercedes for Christmas.

The second guy said, “damn, that’s terrific! my son is also the pride and joy. He started working for a big airline, went to flight school to become a pilot. He became a partner where he owns the majority of its assets. He is so rich that he gave his best friend a brand new jet as a Christmas gift!

The third man said. “well that’s terrific! my son studied in the best universities and became an engineer, started his own construction company and is now a multimillionaire. He also gave an expensive Christmas gift to his best friend, a 30,000 square foot mansion!

The 3 guys congratulate each other just as the 4th guy returned from the restroom and asked what are all the congratulations for?

One of the three guys said, “were talking about the pride we feel for the successes of our sons… ”

What about ur son?” they asked the 4th guy.

The fourth man replied,”my son is gay and makes a living dancing as a stripper at a nightclub.”

The three friends said, “that’s a shame…what a disappointment.”

The fourth man replied. “nah, im not ashamed hes my son and i love him..and he hasn’t done too badly either. Just this Christmas alone he received a beautiful 30,000 square foot mansion, a brand new jet and a top of the line Mercedes from his 3 boyfriends.”
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April 15, 2013 6:11pm
nasska

Dr. Calvin Rickson, a scientist from

Texas A&M University has invented

a bra that keeps women’s breasts

from jiggling and prevents the nipples

from pushing through the fabric when

cold weather sets in.

At a news conference, after announcing

the invention, a large group of men

took Dr. Rickson outside and

kicked the shit out of him!
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April 15, 2013 6:20pm
Steve (North Shore)

Korean Kim did not let off the fireworks to celebrate today.
Is he full of shit, or just forgot to do stuff?

I spray and walk away 🙂
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April 15, 2013 8:07pm
Pete George

Always wear underwear in public. Especially when working under your vehicle.

From the local paper comes this story of a Brisbane couple who drove their car to the shopping centre, only to have the car break down in the car park. The man told his wife to carry on with the shopping while he fixed the car.

The wife returned later to see a small group of people near the car. On closer inspection she saw a pair of hairy legs protruding from under the chassis.

Unfortunately, although the man was in shorts, his lack of underpants turned his private parts into glaringly public ones. Unable to stand the embarrassment, she dutifully stepped forward and quickly put her hand up her shorts and tucked everything back into place.

On regaining her feet she looked across the bonnet and found herself staring at her husband who was standing idly by watching.

The R.A.C.Q. mechanic, however, had to have three stitches in his forehead.
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April 15, 2013 8:09pm
OneTrack

“So, it looks like Norman wants to spend $3b to win Auckland Central. It would be cheaper to give him back his fwag.”

That means $6billion+ in real money, not Len’s “estimate”.
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April 15, 2013 8:34pm
nasska

https://www.dropbox.com/s/md1uy35eojnzog7/Hmmm.jpg
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April 15, 2013 8:57pm
Viking2

Steve, just for you. GCSB has been operating in Korea.

http://screencast.com/t/u1y5Idzzuo

http://screencast.com/t/u1y5Idzzuo
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April 15, 2013 9:01pm
Johnboy

Foolish talk that Ladies look better without a bra. 🙂

http://larten1998.deviantart.com/art/Sheep-wearing-a-pink-bra-217385641
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April 15, 2013 9:07pm
Viking2

The Greens have established a foothold in Aussie Mining.

Wuzzel can go home again now.

A court has overturned state government approval for a proposed expansion of a Rio Tinto open cut coal mine in the Hunter Valley.

The NSW Land and Environment Court on Monday overturned approval for the Coal and Allied expansion at the Warkworth mine near Bulga, granted by the O’Farrell government in February 2012.
n his judgment, Justice Brian Preston, chief judge of the court, said the association’s appeal should be upheld due to “the significant, diverse biological adversity, noise and dust and social impacts of the project”.
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“The project’s impacts would exacerbate the sense of loss of place, and materially and adversely change the sense of community of the residents of Bulga and the surrounding countryside,” Justice Preston said.

Anti-mining activist group Lock The Gate welcomed the decision, saying the extension was approved against the wishes of the local community.

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/court-overrules-ofarrell-on-hunter-mine-20130415-2hvb5.html
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April 15, 2013 9:17pm
cha

http://youtu.be/669AcEBpdsY
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April 15, 2013 10:34pm
Left Right and Centre

nasska (6,089) 8:57 pm Write a book mate… I want to read it. where’s your own blog?
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April 16, 2013 1:23am
Left Right and Centre

Rust in peace- classic. That will keep the grinding failure from killing me for another day…..
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April 16, 2013 1:24am
Left Right and Centre

dime (5,944) 3:57 pm Yeah but fighting chicks are fucking hot. The top fighting cage chicks are fantastic.
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April 16, 2013 1:26am
Viking2

Devoy unother uneducated Kiwi.

Last night, Dame Susan said: “What I believe is a lot of New Zealanders don’t understand the genesis of Waitangi Day, you know, and that’s sad, isn’t it? That they don’t understand that that is the signing of our founding document.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/artic … d=10877798

Can someone tell this woman that The Treaty is not our founding document but a documant to stop war.
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