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December 9, 2014 8:00am by Kokila Patel

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Redbaiter

“Not from me. Any disagreement towards certain persons posts will be registered with the karma votes, otherwise I see no point in continuing to engage with them.”

Another empty promise from a fake Christian (and a fake Cherokee) whose words and professed beliefs mean nothing to him.

Five other fake Indians besides Elisabeth Warren.
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December 9, 2014 12:33pm
Shawn Herles

Who the hell down-voted Shawn Herles’ Conan clip?!?

Take a wild guess! 😉
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December 9, 2014 12:35pm
Redbaiter

“I am sick Cultural Marxist politicos using religion and race to drive wedges in otherwise stable and homogeneous nations.”

Yes, they’ve sure fucked up a few countries. Poisoned the well of homogenous functioning societies in the UK, Australia, France, Holland, Sweden and NZ for a few prominent examples and still they strut about smirking and congratulating themselves on their success, when the tragic outcomes of their foolishness are becoming more evident every day.
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December 9, 2014 12:37pm
Shawn Herles

If Muslims are too dangerous to be let out of the country ,then why the heck did we let them in in the first place?

In part because we cannot base immigration policies on religious affiliation, as that would set a dangerous precedent.

In theory though the government could simply make a kind of blacklist of countries that that we don’t accept immigrants from. This would achieve the desired results, more or less, without undermining religious freedom (which includes of course the right to have no religion at all).
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December 9, 2014 12:40pm
Komata

kowtow

Re: ‘If Muslims are too dangerous to be let out of the country ,then why the heck did we let them in in the first place?’

My understanding is that we did so old chap because it was ‘politically expedient’ to do so; it suited H Clark’s career-aspirations in respect of the UN to have New Zealand as being a welcoming country for ‘homeless’ refugees from the NE Africa / Middle East area , especially those from Somalia, a people group with such a bad reputation that no-one else in the West would touch them with a 30 metre pole. She knew that that action would be favourably looked-upon by those who control such things (as it was). As she is ‘God-less’ herself, and ‘wedded’ to an ideology which is intent on destroying any religion but its own, the belief-systems that these ‘refugees’ brought with them was likely an irrelevance, with the ‘numbers’ being all important to her ambitions.

Clark would neither have cared about or been in the least bit interested in the consequences of her actions. They were merely ‘stepping stones’ to a ‘higher calling’. Nothing has changed.
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December 9, 2014 12:47pm
Redbaiter

“Any disagreement towards certain persons posts will be registered with the karma votes,”

Not surprising coming from a known coward, but a relief in a way in that such responses will probably be far easier on the mind than the usual non-comprehending time wasting hogwash that masquerades as comment. I see negative downticks are becoming more and more the refuge of the purple faced incoherent and unintelligible left wing.
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December 9, 2014 12:49pm
Kimbo

@ James Stephenson

so let’s go to the words of another great English leader…:

“We always were, we are and I hope we always will be, detested in France.”

I actually had to double check it wasn’t Maggie Thatcher! 🙂
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December 9, 2014 12:55pm
Shawn Herles

John Courtney Murray, “the Juridical State,” and the Catholic Theory of Religious Freedom.

http://anamnesisjournal.com/2014/05/john-courtney-murray-juridical-state-catholic-theory-religious-freedom/
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December 9, 2014 12:57pm
Padriv Ustoev

I agree with Shawn Herles

Why everyone hate on Muslims, at least we are not buying out your country with all it’s guts. Muslims are very honest about our method of subjugating the infidels. Unlike the Chinese and Jews. We are very honest and it is very incorrect to blame Muslims for all the problems your decadent country has. Insha’Allah.
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December 9, 2014 1:01pm
Elaycee

@waikatogirl: Penny’s face was on a poster nailed to a fence in Howick…. it would have been during one of her (numerous) unsuccessful forays into local politics. Indeed, IIRC, she ‘attracted’ fewer votes than the number declared invalid.

The car has since moved on, but I’m sure I lost a few months wear from the tyres in just a few seconds. But my enduring memory is that of being overtaken by the local great dane as we both headed along Cook St for the safety of Howick Village – the dog was yelping so badly I could hear it above the noise of the V8 being held near the red line. I wondered for an instant whether I had run over its tail, but found out later it had been totally traumatised… the neighbour knew the dog’s owner and apparently the poor thing ran straight home and hid under the owners house for nearly a week. It took the lure of a juicy, 16oz porterhouse to get him back into the sunlight….

There are scars to this day…..
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December 9, 2014 1:03pm
MT_Tinman

He would have to be one of the greatest fast bowlers of the modern era

He would have been great in any era.

I notice you failed to mention leader of the great quartet Sir Anderson Montgomery Everton Roberts, KNH but then he didn’t play as much ODI crap as Patterson etc.
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December 9, 2014 1:11pm
Inandout

Mr Abu, the head banging policeman from Taihape, must be confident he won’t be transferred elsewhere because he wants to stay in the town and tend his mosque. Presumably if he is the middle of a criminal investigation and the alarm goes off, he can excuse himself and toddle off to the prayer mat. If he is transferred to another small town, will he open another mosque, and continue his cause? And also, would a Christian cop make the news for attending a church?
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December 9, 2014 1:12pm
MT_Tinman

Kimbo (1,118 comments) says:
December 9th, 2014 at 12:06 pm

Not wanting to turn this into a cricket threadjack, but I do seem to remember their spinner of the time, Roger Harper, may not have been given much time at the bowling crease

…but he was arguably, along with the great Rhodesian/South African Colin Bland about the best fielder of all time. Made Ricky Ponting, Jonty Rhodes and Chris Harris look like garden statues…

Nah, let’s turn into a cricket thread.

I disagree with your comment on Harper, I’m not even sure he was the best in his own team, Roy Fredericks being very good indeed in the field.
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December 9, 2014 1:16pm
Weihana

Griff (8,304 comments) says:
December 9th, 2014 at 9:00 am

Beijing authorities want to extradite a “reasonable number” of Chinese from New Zealand to face charges of financial corruption.

The problem is not just the use of the death penalty. The problem is that there is no such thing as a fair trial in China.

Corruption in China is not a consequence of irresponsible New Zealand failing to establish arrangements for extradition, it is endemic to their system of government. Wanting certain individuals back is not an attempt by China to stop corruption per se, it is merely an attempt to stop corruption that isn’t sanctioned by those in power. Their entire system remains corrupt at its core. Advantage is obtained by who you know and it makes no sense to talk about tackling so-called “corruption” as determined by a communist dictatorship.

Many in New Zealand probably have been corrupt as alleged by China. But no more corrupt than their system of government itself.
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December 9, 2014 1:19pm
kowtow

“The problem is that there is no such thing as a fair trial in China.”

Spot on. It appalls me that the whole international community is prepared to turn a wilful blind eye to the utter moral corruption that is Communist China ,and to welcome it to international bodies like the UN, free trade agreements etc

Yeah make money out of it now but it will fall over itself, it’s inevitable.
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December 9, 2014 1:25pm
Kimbo

@ MT_Tinman

Roy Fredericks being very good indeed in the field.

I could throw in the name Sir Gary Sobers, but as there was NOTHING that man could not do on a cricket field (bat, bowl seam, finger and wrist spin, as well as a great close-in catcher and out-fielder and captain) that is nothing original.

I wasn’t aware Fredericks was so highly rated as a fielder. More famous for the famous onslaught against Lillee and Thommo in Perth in 1975-76, probably the greatest innings of its type – Nathan Astle may have scored more runs against England in Christchurch, but there was no way the bowling attack and type of wicket that day compared with Frederick’s feat.

Didn’t Viv Richards, who started his career at the same time Fredericks was winding down directly run out about 3 or so of the Aussie batsmen in the 1975 World Cup final (Fredericks out hit wicket that day, treading on his stumps having typically hit a 6 off a hook shot!).
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December 9, 2014 1:29pm
Fletch

I notice that in the U.S, law students from Columbia have been offered counselling in the wake of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner decisions because it may have been so traumatic for them. Because of this trauma, they have also been given the option to have their examinations delayed.

Hard to believe, really.

– In recognition of the traumatic effects these events have had on some of the members of our community, Dean Greenberg-Kobrin and Yadira Ramos-Herbert, Director, Academic Counseling, have arranged to have Dr. Shirley Matthews, a trauma specialist, hold sessions next Monday and Wednesday for anyone interested in participating to discuss the trauma that recent events may have caused .

[…]

– The law school has a policy and set of procedures for students who experience trauma during exam period. In accordance with these procedures and policy, students who feel that their performance on examinations will be sufficiently impaired due to the effects of these recent events may petition Dean Alice Rigas to have an examination rescheduled.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/12/not-a-parody.php

Oh, the poor things!

Pathetic…
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December 9, 2014 1:36pm
Padriv Ustoev

Serious question:

What would happen if NZ just stopped immigration for 5-10 years? Just said – “We have enough for now, we now need infrastructure and society to catch up.”

Is this theoretically possible?
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December 9, 2014 1:46pm
Shawn Herles

Dear Southerners: We Hate You. We Really Hate You. The Left has a nervous breakdown.

I realize life is too short to read everything the Crazy Left disgorges from its white-hot core of resentful hatred, but Michael Tomasky’s latest rant at the Daily Beast is just too good to miss, especially if you are a) sane, b) an American and c) live in the Deep South. Reacting to Mary Landrieu’s crushing defeat in the Louisiana Senate runoff on Saturday, Tomasky rushed to his computer and penned this instant classic:

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/12/08/dear-southerners-we-hate-you-we-really-hate-you/
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December 9, 2014 1:47pm
Shawn Herles

“Is this theoretically possible?”

Yes, in theory. Whether or not it is economically feasible is the question.
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December 9, 2014 2:04pm
Padriv Ustoev

Well, if it’s not economically feasible, then it’s not possible isn’t it?

I think this debate is long overdue in NZ. How many more people does this country actually NEED? Maybe time to close the tap for a while?
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December 9, 2014 2:11pm
Fletch

Obama has released the second in command of the Pakistani Taliban.

US Military officials have handed over a high-ranking Taliban commander to the Pakistani government. The move is being viewed as a way to cement trust among Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the United States.

United States officials handed over three Pakistani prisoners to Islamabad on Sunday, one of whom is a senior Taliban commander long sought after by the Pakistani government, security officials said.

Though the US did not identify the detainees, Pakistani sources say the Taliban commander is Latif Mehsud (pictured above), former number two commander in the Pakistani Taliban and close aid of Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a US drone strike last year.

“TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan) senior commander Latif Mehsud who was arrested was handed over to Pakistani authorities along with his guards,” one Pakistani security official said. “They reached Islamabad.”

http://www.dw.de/us-hands-over-senior-taliban-militant-to-pakistan/a-18115191

I don’t see how this isn’t treasonous.
Obama just has no clue at all, or he is a traitor.
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December 9, 2014 2:11pm
Shawn Herles

What’s Really Going on with Holder’s Civil-Rights Crusade against Police Departments: Federal investigations of the Garner and Brown cases are just a pretext.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/394116/whats-really-going-holders-civil-rights-crusade-against-police-departments-andrew-c
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December 9, 2014 2:12pm
Shawn Herles

Well, if it’s not economically feasible, then it’s not possible isn’t it?

Sorry, I thought you were asking if it is legally feasible.
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December 9, 2014 2:13pm
publicwatchdog

What you usually do – if you’re standing for public office – is to have bill boards / hoardings / posters advertising the fact.

I guess some of you silly billy grrls haven’t yet done this – or you’d know this?

The poster to which you are referring would have been from my 2010 Auckland Mayoral campaign – where I used the electoral process to focus on what a disaster this Auckland ‘Supercity for the 1%’ would be for the majority of citizens and ratepayers.

Who is disagreeing with me now?

Only those who are benefiting from the massive transferral of public rates monies to private contractors and consultants – whose ‘devilish details’ are NOT transparent so that the public can’t ‘follow their dollar’ and see EXACTLY where it’s going?

PS: In 2013 as an Auckland Mayoral candidate, I polled 4th, with 11,723 votes.

Kind regards

Penny Bright
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December 9, 2014 2:15pm
publicwatchdog

In my view, Labour Party MPs should NOT vote for the Countering of Foreign Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill, which is being railroaded through the House under urgency, because there IS no basis for urgency.

If there was any real and credible terrorist threat arising from the Cricket World Cup to be held in NZ next year – that threat would have been mentioned in the Regulatory Impact Statement accompanying this Bill.

It wasn’t.

Wakey wakey folks!

Your Bullsh*t Barometers should be going through the roof – if you’re Kiwibloggers with more than 2 brain cells to rub together?

(Meant of course in a caring way 🙂

Kind regards

Penny Bright
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December 9, 2014 2:23pm
Griff

Yes Penny and in your 2010 Auckland Mayoral campaign
You polled less than mr “Blank” of the I can not full in a voting paper party
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December 9, 2014 2:23pm
Rachael Membery

So how does facial recognition software deal with that amount of baldness a la Smith/Traynor?
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December 9, 2014 2:26pm
Padriv Ustoev

Everything is legally possible with the right government, as we have been shown time and time again. Insha’Allah.
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December 9, 2014 2:28pm
MT_Tinman

Kimbo, I don’t think Harper and Sobers played at the same time.

I saw Sobers play, a great man indeed.

Viv and Fredericks did though. Notably Viv was injured in 1980 when NZ performed the amazing.

Fredericks played very little ODI stuff but 62 test catches (according to wikipedia) suggests my memory isn’t completely gone.
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December 9, 2014 2:32pm
dime

Aussie off to a flyer in the test. Indians serving up some delicious pies.

Abbot back bowling in domestic cricket. Bowled a bouncer in his first over. Great to see.
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December 9, 2014 2:33pm
dime

Watson out. He used to be the great white hope. Not sure why they keep him around.

4 centuries in almost 60 tests.. about 60 wickets..

Dime doesnt get it.
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December 9, 2014 2:39pm
Kimbo

@ MT_Tinman

Kimbo, I don’t think Harper and Sobers played at the same time.

No. He retired in 1974, just before Roberts, Holding, Croft and Garner moved into the Windies team from the mid-1970s on. Clive Lloyd decided after Gavaskar and Viswanath chased down over 400 for a win against them in the last innings in the Caribbean that NEVER again would he rely on anything other than a quartet of fast bowlers. The punishment the English batsmen (especially Brian Close and John Edrich) took in 1976 was the beginning of the process.

Harper, who came in during the early 1980s, got an occasional twirl if they were touring the sub-Continent.
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December 9, 2014 2:41pm
MT_Tinman

dime (10,191 comments) says:
December 9th, 2014 at 2:39 pm

Watson out. He used to be the great white hope. Not sure why they keep him around.

4 centuries in almost 60 tests.. about 60 wickets..

A heap of half centuries Dime plus he has talent to burn. Take Warner out of the top four and Watson is probably needed at the moment.
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December 9, 2014 2:42pm
NoCash

I reckon that had Phillip Smith not wearing his wig after he left the airport in Brazil, he would likely not be recognised and recaptured… Either he’s not that clever or the shame of being bald got the better of him.
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December 9, 2014 2:42pm
publicwatchdog

How many votes have you ever got in standing for public office – anonymous Griff?

Penny Bright
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December 9, 2014 2:43pm
big bruv

“What you usually do – if you’re standing for public office – is to have bill boards / hoardings / posters advertising the fact.”

Indeed, and some low life, non rate paying parasite, comes along and defaces them.
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December 9, 2014 2:43pm
Nukuleka

What is it about Kelvin Davis that makes so many see him as the next Labour messiah? He has just been on Question Time asking questions about Philip Smith, stuttering and stammering his way through questions that he could barely read, let alone articulate. He was simply dreadful.

It has been a policy over the past few weeks for the Opposition to pick on Sam Lotu-Linga. He hasn’t always managed well but in contrast with Davis he’s a rising star!
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December 9, 2014 2:46pm
kowtow

Frightening.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/12/08/A-Third-of-Brits-Self-Censor-Thanks-to-Britains-Culture-of-Silence

“It is used to justify shutting down debate: offend religious leaders, offend mainstream opinion, offend conservatives, offend liberals, offend student politicians, offend “community leaders” — offend nearly anyone, and you run the risk of having your freedom to speak your mind curtailed.
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December 9, 2014 2:50pm
SGA

It’s likely an urban legend, but I’ve always liked this Joel Garner story –

Joel Garner and friends were having a drink in an Australian hotel. At a nearby table a group of young ladies were obviously celebrating something. Eventually one of the girls came over. “You are Joel Garner aren’t you?”
“Yes Ma’am” Joel replied.
“Look” she said, “We’ve noticed how tall you are and what big hands, big feet, long arms and legs you’ve got; what we’re dying to know is, is everything else in proportion?”
“Lady” said big bird, “If it was, I would be eight foot six!”

(PS – Given the amount of dreck on GD recently, what’s a little cricket?)
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December 9, 2014 2:55pm
Shawn Herles

“Who is disagreeing with me now?”

Vast numbers of ordinary Kiwis I suspect Penny. Especially those with families who pay their rates and are effectively subsidizing your lifestyle.

The super city idea might have been a mistake, but that has nothing to with the 1% idea, which is just another paranoid conspiracy theory.
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December 9, 2014 2:59pm
SGA

Rachael Membery at 2:26 pm

So how does facial recognition software deal with that amount of baldness a la Smith/Traynor?

In a nutshell, by recognising faces in particular. Hair characteristics in general are too changeable to be very useful.
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December 9, 2014 3:05pm
big bruv

Nukuleka

Funny you should say that. I thought the same thing a couple of weeks ago when Davis stood to ask a question. I put that down to him having a bad day. However, if he has not got any better then it may well be that Davis is not all he has been cracked up to be.

I will tell you one thing though. As much as I hate his politics that Stuart Nash came across as bloody convincing last weekend on Q&A. I do hope that the public at large don’t get to hear too much from Nash as he has the same likeability as John Key.
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December 9, 2014 3:22pm
cricko

Nukuleka @ 2.46

Good point about Kelvin Davis.

When the Speaker suprisingly granted him an extra supplementary question today he
was buggered.
It took him several seconds to engage his brain and come up with something
that deviated from his prepared script.

Probably not a bad bloke actually but he’s certainly not the sharpest tool in the drawer.

Also, Sam is getting more confident and better every day.
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December 9, 2014 3:25pm
Shawn Herles

Would not surprise me to see Nash as Labour’s leader next time around, after Key has finished wiping the floor with Little and won a fourth term.
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December 9, 2014 3:28pm
cricko

One more point about Kelvin Davis.

The whole country owes him a debt of gratitude for getting rid of Hone Harawira and keeping
hone and the rest of Dotcoms sock puppets out of Parliament and consigning them all to oblivion.
If we ever hear from Harre or Minto again it will be too soon.

Thank you Kelvin.
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December 9, 2014 3:42pm
kowtow

In other raving looney leftist news……

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2865866/Miliband-vows-16-year-olds-vote-year-general-election.html
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December 9, 2014 3:50pm
kowtow

cricko

Kelvin wasn’t doing anyone any favours ,he was fighting for his own political life for a place at the trough, like the rest of them.
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December 9, 2014 3:51pm
Shawn Herles

The whole country owes him a debt of gratitude for getting rid of Hone Harawira and keeping
hone and the rest of Dotcoms sock puppets out of Parliament and consigning them all to oblivion.

Agreed, very much so.
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December 9, 2014 3:56pm
Redbaiter

“How many more people does this country actually NEED? Maybe time to close the tap for a while?”

One of the major reasons for immigration is to keep govt tax coffers topped up. Without it, the deficit would be greater and debt would be growing. So that’s why NZ is being overrun with foreigners. To keep the social welfare system operating.

That is not saying all immigrants produce wealth, but the problem is there has not been enough young people born in NZ to maintain the welfare system that looks after the baby boomers and numerous other recipients of taxpayer funds.

I say turn the fucking tap off and fuck it. Others would rather see our native culture subsumed and our country given away just so they continue to get their welfare payment every week.
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December 9, 2014 4:00pm
Kimbo

@ kowtow

Kelvin wasn’t doing anyone any favours ,he was fighting for his own political life for a place at the trough, like the rest of them.

Hmm. I think the paraphrasing of Winston Churchill’s commentary on finding himself aligned with his previous enemy, Josef Stalin applies to Kelvin Davis: “If Hone Harawira staged a protest in hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil!”
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December 9, 2014 4:02pm
cricko

kowtow

Your right about troughing of course but,…

Kelvin did me a favour. And I’m gratefull to him for that. (and he managed to do it
with no help from the “Labour machine.”)

Good on him.

Imagine our Parliament with Harawira, Harre, Sykes, Minto all sucking $140K + each …..urghh !
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December 9, 2014 4:05pm
waitakereman

Wheres Johnboy???
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December 9, 2014 4:19pm
Nukuleka

The other notable moment in Question Time was Norman holding up a graph showing a BLUE line rising and a GREEN line in decline. What a wally!! It was his ‘Shearer holding up his two wet fish’ moment and it showed him up for the idiot that he is. I think the Labour MPs enjoyed the joke as much as the National MPs did.

Heaven knows what the two lines were indicating- no doubt the increase in CO2 emissions and the decline in some other dreary statistic- but who cares. What people will remember is that the MUPPET made a FOOl of himself.
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December 9, 2014 4:21pm
cricko

Inexplicably some people seem to still have some time for Labours Annette King.

Why is that ?

She was the most useless minister of health we have ever had. (remember when our cancer patients
had to go to Australia for treatment.)

Tony Ryall proved just how useless she really was/is.

She is a prolific loud interjector during question time, and in a very nasty way.
No wit, no humour, just nasty.

She yelled out, “Idiot.” when the Prime Minister was speaking today.

He responded, “Your the idiot.” and he was right.

How many long years has she had her snout in the trough for now ?
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December 9, 2014 4:33pm
Scott Hamilton

What about the serious stuff, Nukuleka, rather than this provincial NZ political game! What’s your take on the elections in Tonga? ‘Akilisi for PM?
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December 9, 2014 4:33pm
Nukuleka

I have also had that thought about Annette King. I had thought she was a person with a bit of class but her foolish interjections in Question Time have shown her to be otherwise. Her behaviour would indicate that she is nothing but a shrill fishwife.
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December 9, 2014 4:36pm
waikatogirl

Sorry to Curtly! Obviously it is that snake Bradley Ambrose.

I’m sure Curtly, who has a nice smile and plays cricket very well would also enjoy our PM. 🙂
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December 9, 2014 4:37pm
Nukuleka

Scott Hamilton: ‘Akilisi Pouhiva has been a strong force for change in Tonga but there is a strong feeling these days that, although he continues to be re-elected as a democracy MP, he had his chance when he was offered a Ministry a number of years ago and declined the offer. He may have felt that he was acting on a point of principle but he is not seen as someone who is capable of reliability as a member of a corporate government. He specifically rejected becoming a Minister because it would have obliged him to support the government at all times. Maybe he might be too much of a loose canon as PM.

It might be a poisoned chalice, in any case. Look at what happened to Fred Sevele. He was a commoner MP who became PM and then was wholly vilified as a consequence for becoming ‘the king’s man’.

A difficult situation. Sadly, Tongans probably have an unrealistic expectation of what ‘democracy’ can offer. The society is so thoroughly corrupt at all levels (10% of its police force are either in prison or suspended because they are facing charges of corruption/ thuggery.) Tonga is a wonderful country and Tongans a lovely people but it is hard to see that anyone, noble or commoner, is going to be able to find a way out of its appalling economic woes.
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December 9, 2014 4:47pm
waikatogirl

Wheres Johnboy???

Maybe he has finally got hold of the Gold Card he’s been waiting for and is riding the bus, or trains? 🙂
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December 9, 2014 5:06pm
Scott Hamilton

Malo aupito Nukuleka. Are you from Nukuleka village, btw? That place is becoming a tourist beacon, thanks to the archaeologists!
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December 9, 2014 5:07pm
stephieboy

kowtow, people failing to speak their mind in the UK. ? Well not according to the likes of Pat Condell and numerous others in Blogs sphere like your redoubtable Breibart and Telegraph.

I see the Fletch lie machine is at it yet again.Last week the Obama admin killed Pakistan’s top Taliban commander .Like its predecessor the the present administration will always use captured terrorists like the second in command as a bargaining chip in negotiations .You typically and your source fails to reveal the full circumstances of that release .

EAD, again you tediously link to conspiracy websites like Zero Hedge full of their more usual glib and gross generalisations blaming e.g the ominiscent Rothchilds and Jews for every conceivable wrong in the world

I see yesterday you were spamming on about the oppression of the Matrix world making you wear your biking helmet and Car safety belt.Neglecting to mention other compulsoryismslike food and hygiene safety regulations that ensure the food when you eat out is safe and palatable or the Hospital Act that regulates hospital hygiene , safety and infection control standards .Do you think you do without that when called upon to have an operation .?
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December 9, 2014 5:17pm
nasska

….”Wheres Johnboy???”….

Back soon. He’s just helping Bo Peep with the muster. 🙂
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December 9, 2014 5:23pm
cricko

There has been a worser Labour interjector than Annette King though.

Remember the gravelly, gin drinking, smokers voice of Jill Pettis screaming out
a constant stream of invective at about 10,000 decibells.

Nukulekas reference to Ms King as a “shrill fishwife’ reminded me.

I recall Winston saying, with reference to Pettis. “There she goes, there goes the fishwife again, cant
help herself.”

The second most useless, most partisan Speaker of the House we have ever had, Jonothan Hunt used to let
her have free reign.

Remember Jonothan Hunt, since elevated by Helen Clark to one of the 12 greatest living New Zealanders ?
(for service to taxi companies.)
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December 9, 2014 5:24pm
Nukuleka

Scott: why on earth did someone give you a downtick??? Odd.

No, not from Nukuleka but am from Haheke. Nukuleka is possibly the most out of the way wee village in Tongatapu but it is a nice village with great people.

Looking forward to seeing a Tongan on the National government benches at some stage. I don’t think that there has been one up till now.
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December 9, 2014 5:31pm
IGM

Who is funding this Ambrose jerk, suppose once again, Little’s EPMU drones!
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December 9, 2014 5:34pm
Nostradamus

Murderer Phillip John Smith in court

Outside court, [Smith’s lawyer, Tony Ellis] said his client had had his hairpiece taken away from him.

“He says he’s being punished,” the lawyer said.

“Without asking [prison authorities] I can’t identify a rational reason for why it’s been done.”

Smith objected to being filmed in court and the lack of his hair piece was one reason why, Ellis said.

Smith wasn’t “embarrassed” but he preferred to have his toupee – “presumably that’s why he’s got a hairpiece.”
…

Oh boo-hoo!

So now that the murdering paedophile is a safe distance from the Brazilian justice system, and now that he’s arrived back in the land of ~~milk and honey~~ human rights, he wants to be a drama queen.

Newsflash buddy: the public think you’re a piece of shit (with hairpiece or no hairpiece).
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December 9, 2014 5:40pm
cha

Dear Southerners: We Hate You. We Really Hate You. The Left has a nervous breakdown.

And rightly so.

All those Federal taxes you love to hate? It all comes from us and goes to you, so shut up and enjoy your fucking Tennessee Valley Authority electricity and your fancy highways that we paid for. And the next time Florida gets hit by a hurricane you can come crying to us if you want to, but you’re the ones who built on a fucking swamp. “Let the Spanish keep it, it’s a shithole,” we said, but you had to have your fucking orange juice.

The next dickwad who says, “It’s your money, not the government’s money” is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least… can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they’re red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

[…]

Well this gravy train is fucking over. Take your liberal-bashing, federal-tax-leaching, confederate-flag-waving, holier-than-thou, hypocritical bullshit and shove it up your ass.

And no, you can’t have your fucking convention in New York next time. Fuck off.

http://fuckthesouth.com
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December 9, 2014 5:44pm
calendar girl

Went to post some Christmas cards today to contacts in Australia, air mail, having first checked postage charges on NZ Post’s website – for the relevant information see: https://www.nzpost.co.nz/tools/rate-finder/sending-internationally/letters .

Expecting to pay $2.00 per stamp, I queried the $2.10 charged – not so much because of the 5% difference but because I had gone online for the information a mere one hour previously.

Seems that postage for an ordinary letter to Australia increased from $2.00 to $2.10 on 1 July 2014. After 5 months, you would expect that somebody in NZ Post would have found or been alerted to a pricing error on the business’s own website.
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December 9, 2014 5:46pm
big bruv

I note that the Aussie Communist Wussel Norman has taken to twitter claiming that the Nats laughed at his pointless graph today. Once again the Aussie Communist is telling blatant lies.
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December 9, 2014 6:03pm
Shawn Herles

I would have thought anything Norman says is an occasion to laugh. Or cry. Or both. 🙂

But petulant of him to insist he be taken seriously.
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December 9, 2014 6:06pm
RF

The NZ anti terror laws are not supported by NZ First and it’s hobbit leader. Good to know that they are looking after our interests.

A sad bunch of fuck wits who will fade away before 2017.
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December 9, 2014 6:14pm
IGM

RF: Will the drunk last till 2017?
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December 9, 2014 6:16pm
RF

IGM. 6.16pm. I actually saw him in the flesh several weeks ago coming out of a Wellington bar. It’s been a few years since we shared an Air NZ flight seat but I am sure he has shrunk a lot since then. He has aged heaps and does not look flash.
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December 9, 2014 6:31pm
Fletch

An interesting thread (and replies!) on Facebook started by Ian Wishart re: the pastor who abused the gay man.
The website for the church was only set up 3 months ago and the ‘church’ is pretty much a bible study from his home that 3 others attend – hardly a ‘church’.

One of the replies is a cut and paste that shows a comment by a man who used to be married to the pastors’ wifes’ sister. He said the guy had been in a mental unit for a bit suffering severe depression, after he had abducted his kids and taken off.

As Wishart says, something smells fishy about the whole thing.
Is it a promotion for the book written by the gay man? Or is it an excuse to foster a negative opinion toward Christians?

https://www.facebook.com/ian.wishart.543?fref=nf
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December 9, 2014 6:47pm
Shawn Herles

The NZ anti terror laws are not supported by NZ First

Which is a very odd position for a party calling itself New Zealand First, but then WP has always put hating National ahead of consistency and principle.
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December 9, 2014 6:49pm
cha

Say it ain’t so George.
/

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As Ronald Reagan’s secretary of state, George Shultz faced off against Muammar Qaddafi, the Soviet Union and Chinese communists.

His latest cause, though, is one few fellow Republicans support: fighting climate change.

Two years ago, Shultz was alarmed when a retired Navy admiral showed him a video of vanishing Arctic sea ice and explained the implications for global stability. Now, the former Cold Warrior drives an electric car, sports solar panels on his California roof and argues for government action against global warming at clean-energy conferences.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-01/reagan-statesman-s-sunshine-power-hint-of-thaw-in-climate-debate.html
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December 9, 2014 6:50pm
Manolo

Wheres Johnboy???

Servicing some ewes.
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December 9, 2014 7:06pm
publicwatchdog

Come on Kiwibloggers – explain YOUR understanding of the reason for this John Key led National Government railroading through the Countering Foreign Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill through the House – under urgency.

Where’s the fire?

Penny Bright
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December 9, 2014 7:08pm
Scott Hamilton

Hi Nukuleka, I think quite a few palangi visitors to Tonga are rolling on down to your namesake village, because of David Burley’s widely publicised claims that it was the cradle of Polynesia. There’s not much in the way of tourism infrastructure at the village, though! I went looking for the sites where Brley and co unearthed Lapita pottery, and had no luck. I did see some of Fanga’uta lagoon’s famous swimming pigs, though…
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December 9, 2014 7:13pm
Shawn Herles

Come on Kiwibloggers – explain YOUR understanding of the reason for this John Key led National Government railroading through the Countering Foreign Terrorist Fighters Legislation Bill through the House – under urgency.

Penny, many of us, myself included, have already explained our understanding, you just chose to ignore them, which you often do when presented with anything that does not cohere with your ideology.

Where’s the fire?

Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant
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December 9, 2014 7:13pm
Griff

Here penny I will not put up a video but here is a selection
Consider that the nutters responsible could come here after a year or two doing this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWgXA4H2UTM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4COJBq74rYo
http://www.barenakedislam.com/category/beheadings-graphic/
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December 9, 2014 7:15pm
Scott Hamilton

‘Akilisi’s defenders would say that he quit his ministry shortly after the 2010 elections because he was not allowed to run it without interference. The Tuivakano government seems to have been seriously unpopular so he may have made the right political move. His split with Halapaua was saddening though, and certainly weakened the Democratic Party. I was partly curious about what you thought about the nobles having nine seats guaranteed in parliament. I think that some of the folks who agreed to that provision in the revised 2010 constitution must be kicking themselves now, because it’s making the formation of a government that reflects the will of the voters impossible. Or so it seems to me here in ‘Atalanga…
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December 9, 2014 7:16pm
stigie

…Wheres Penny…?

Still here !~
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December 9, 2014 7:20pm
renderer

Penny in your considered opinion what makes you such a hateful person.
Asked in a caring way of course
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December 9, 2014 7:23pm
nasska

….”…Wheres Penny…?”….

Likely just loading up another GB’s worth of cut & paste crap stigie. 🙂
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December 9, 2014 7:25pm
stigie

I reckon someone like Johnboy needs to sort her out if its all possible Nasska ?
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December 9, 2014 7:32pm
nasska

He seems to have gone cold on her lately stigie. JB’s heart is a fickle place for sheep & women. 🙂
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December 9, 2014 7:36pm
stigie

Thats a real shame Nasska, i was looking forward to them sharing a spa in Johnboys sheep dip ole chap !~
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December 9, 2014 7:40pm
stephieboy

Fletch, there might be someone in encouraging negative attitutudes towards Christians but one US pastor encouraging a gay to committ suicide and another facilitating the killing of them in Uganda is undeniable.

I for one approach most things Wishart claims with due skepticism and caution.
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December 9, 2014 7:51pm
Viking2

Official Fiat 500X teaser – blue pill

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lcc62nrl9Y
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December 9, 2014 7:54pm
Griff

Wishart
Just the right wing equivalent of hager Fletch is posting it so instantly you know its crapolla.
same as if its from EAD or redwatsisname.
Not worth even bothering to read such tripe. life’s to short to waste bandwidth on nutters.

I’ve been reading Dr Altemeyer’s The Authoritarians. A simplified description of attributes of ‘right wing authoritarians’ (high RWAs) is: under-educated, extremely fearful, gullible, bigoted, largely incapable of using logic and dogmatic (their is nothing, no amount of facts, that will shake their ‘belief’ and they will often say so out loud). Their minds are highly compartmentalised (“authoritarians can stupify you with the inconsistency of their ideas”). They rarely move beyond their tiny zone of comfort. They are completely blind to themselves and any of their failings. Despite being only a small minority of the general population, they believe the majority of people think and acts as they do.

http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
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December 9, 2014 8:02pm
nasska

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wcn2r3gpych78pc/Xmas%2021.jpg?dl=0
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December 9, 2014 8:15pm
Viking2

The Last Kiss

Back on January 9th, a group of Pekin, Illinois bikers were riding west on I-74 when they saw a girl about to jump off the Murray Baker Bridge, so they stopped.

George, their leader, a big burly man of 53, gets off his Harley, walks through a group of gawkers, past the State Trooper who was trying to talk her down off the railing, and says, “Hey Baby…..whatcha doin’ up there on that railin’?”

She says tearfully, “I’m going to commit suicide!!”

While he didn’t want to appear “sensitive,” George also didn’t want to miss this “be-a-legend” opportunity either so he asked
…”Well, before you jump, Honey-Babe…why don’t you give ole George here your best last kiss?”

So, with no hesitation at all, she leaned back over the railing and did just that
…and it was a long, deep, lingering kiss followed immediately by another even better one.

After they breathlessly finished, George gets a big thumbs-up approval from his biker-buddies, the onlookers, and even the State Trooper, and then says, “Wow! That was the best kiss I have ever had, Honey! That’s a real talent you’re wasting, Sugar Shorts. You could be famous if you rode with me. Why the hell are you committing suicide?”

“My parents don’t like me dressing up like a girl.”

It’s still unclear whether she jumped or was pushed.
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December 9, 2014 8:23pm
Viking2

Ha Griff, you mean like this one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqCS7Y_kME
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December 9, 2014 8:27pm
Griff

Nasska that was disturbing .
Taking of disturbing were is your parrot?
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December 9, 2014 8:41pm
publicwatchdog

Full credit to all the MPs from all the parties apart from the John Key led National Party and Peter Dunne’s United Future – who voted against the House going into urgency to pass the ‘Give the SIS More Power to Spy on New Zealanders’ Bill.

I hope that Labour MPs will withdraw their support for this Bill as have NZ First.

Penny Bright
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December 9, 2014 8:42pm
Griff

😆
The result will be
Gee a vote that needs a majority
and
National can pass whatever it likes having enough votes from us to give it the right to govern
so
who cares what labour and that funny drunken old fraud do?
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December 9, 2014 8:49pm
nasska

He must be due back soon Griff.
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December 9, 2014 8:50pm
EAD

Interesting Fletch,

DPF posts a blog about a pastor encouraging a gay man to commit suicide and we’re supposed to be filled with rage about thie “unenlightened” man for committing a word crime. The useful idiot ideologues like Stephieboy lap this cr*p up and think that it represents “deeply held beliefs” of the silent majority.

Yet very rarely do we hear about the real crimes being committed like the systematic slaughter across the world of Christians which mostly goes unreported. As the author of this piece puts it:

“The omission reflects a major blind spot. Whether because young Christians don’t become “radicalised” and launch terrorist campaigns in Muslim-majority countries, or because there is a hierarchy of victimhood that rates Christianity low in the pecking order by comparison with accusations of Islamophobia (both real and imagined), a major human rights issue remains chronically under-reported.”

http://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/rupert-shorrt-to-be-a-christian-is-a-dangerous-thing-in-too-much-of-the-world-9910163.html

Thankfully there are still authors like the above and Ian Wishart and websites lie Breitbart & Zerohedge where we can go to hear the unfiltered truth.
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