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mikenmild

Sounds like you know a lot about strange toilet habits, tom. Perhaps you should meet up with starboard.
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June 29, 2016 10:42am
Shawn Herles

British Left Is Angry at Democracy

“If reports that the British Labour party is purging leader Jeremy Corbyn in preparation for an attempt to nullify Brexit are correct, then the second act in the rebellion against the Western elites has begun. Corbyn has failed to keep the voters in line, and now Labour must find someone ruthless enough to make democracy work the way the party wants it to.”

https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2016/06/26/the-second-iceberg/

The Washington Post claims: ‘Brexit Shows Some Things Shouldn’t Be Decided by the People’

“It has been absolutely delicious to watch the American media melt down since last week’s Brexit vote. Nothing terrifies liberal elitists more than an aware and energized electorate. The MSM fears the rise of a voting class that doesn’t march to its orders, and they fear this Brexit stuff will spread.”

https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/06/27/wapo-brexit-shows-some-things-shouldnt-be-decided-by-the-people/

Liberal Leftists: “Democracy is what WE want, not what the people want.”
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June 29, 2016 10:43am
stephieboy

Shawn Herles ,

And people who spend so much time killing themselves and others, generally don’t make good neighbours.?

Ah , thus our 50,000 Muslims don’t make good neighbours ? 650 Syrian refugees too and of course speaking from your extensive personal experience ?

Do you also believe that the only good Muslim is a dead one ?

Why not man up and admit you got it wrong about the latest Benghazi report ! ?
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June 29, 2016 10:43am
Griff

However, I am not sure that is a tick in their favor as you seem to think. And people who spend so much time killing themselves and others, generally don’t make good neighbours.

The report estimates that at least 1.3 million people have been killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan from direct and indirect consequences of the U.S. “war on terrorism.” One million people perished in Iraq alone, a shocking 5 percent of the country’s population. The staggering civilian toll and the hostility it has engendered erodes the myth that the sprawling “war on terrorism” made the U.S. safer and upheld human rights, all at an acceptable cost.

As the authors point out, the report offers a conservative estimate. The death toll could exceed 2 million. Those killed in Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere from U.S. drone strikes were not included in the tally. Besides, the body count does not account for the wounded, the grieving and the dispossessed. There are 3 million internally displaced Iraqis and nearly 2.5 million Afghan refugees living in Pakistan.

Gee we should be more worried about the yanks killing .
The most amazing thing is the war on terror caused the problems of mass migrations that some fap endlessness on about
What do you think is going to happen when you turn their nations into battle grounds ?
Conservatives unable to think since Adam fucked his rib.
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June 29, 2016 10:44am
Captain Mainwaring

“Captain Mainwaring , i commented on the Istanbul bombing at 9.40 am .Have a look !”

I had a look and nobody commented on anything at 9:40, not even you.
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June 29, 2016 10:47am
mikenmild

But Griff, those are war casualties, not the victims of terrorism. You know full well that there is a marked legal and moral difference between killing in war and killing by terrorism. When this distinction is properly explained to the relatives of dead Afghans and Iraqis, they pick up on it straight away. Some are even grateful that their loved ones have been killed in a clean fight rather than suffering in a terrorist massacre.
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June 29, 2016 10:49am
kowtow

Stupid name syndrome?

“Tequila Pomepi, 17, admitted a raft of driving charges. He stole a car from Port Rd on Saturday and was seen by police speeding down the road.”

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11664698
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June 29, 2016 10:51am
Kimbo

@ AgentBallSack

Moroney panders to the lowest common denominator. It just so happens that also happens to be her “electorate” of Hamilton East. (I use the term loosely as she has never managed to be elected there)

How so? It is many years since I lived there, but it seemed like a middle-of-the road city electorate. And the inhabitants of “Poet’s Corner” were so disengaged from the electoral process (or enrolled to vote in the Maori seat) as to be almost non-existent. And I know there is that hotbead of liberal progressivism, Waikato Uni in Hillcrest, but they are a bit different from “common denominator”, aren’t they? More impractical left-wing rainbow intellectual than “trade union battler”? Mind you, “class warfare” is chic for both of those groups for different raesons
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June 29, 2016 10:55am
Shawn Herles

“Conservatives unable to think since Adam fucked his rib.”

Well Griffy, a peron who could think would not have been gullible enough, and stupid enough, to quote a terrorist webshite in support of his claim that Islamic terrorism is not a threat.

A thinking person would have done some checking.

What’s your excuse? 🙂
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June 29, 2016 10:56am
mikenmild

Where did Griff claim that Islamic terrorism was not a threat, Shawn? Jesus weeps when you tell such whopping lies.
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June 29, 2016 11:02am
Hajji

No wonder Corbyn is a (former) Stalinist.

Joe Stalin made ‘democracy’ work for him too!
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June 29, 2016 11:07am
Shawn Herles

So, Loon Watch, a webshite that stephie has used on several occasions, and which Griffy is now a fan of.

Here is an expose of Loon Watch, by Liberal-Leftist blog the Daily Kos.

‘How and Why Loonwatch.com is a Terrorist Spin Control Network’

“Loonwatch works with CAIR by broadcasting CAIR’s point of view. They are very consistent on this. Loonwatch is never in disagreement with CAIR. CAIR thanks Loonwatch in their “Hate Report”.

Connecting all of these dots is deeply, deeply concerning. Here is the math: Out of the Muslim Brotherhood come a number of terrorist organizations including Al Queda and Hamas. Out of Hamas comes C.A.I.R. and Loonwatch becomes a mirror for anything that C.A.I.R. wants to convey to Americans about how harmless Islam is.”

https://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/1/19/1056337/-

And both Griffy and Stephie fell for it, hook, line and sinker. It took me only 5 minutes of checking to find out who Loon Watch is. Perhaps Stephie was praying to Mecca at the time, and Griffy too busy sucking on his bong and ranting about zombiemunchers to bother?

Gotta admire that Liberal intelligence. 🙂
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June 29, 2016 11:09am
Griff

http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-cia-pentagon-isis-20160327-story.htm
Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and trained in the bitter five-year-old civil war.

The fighting has intensified over the last two months, as CIA-armed units and Pentagon-armed ones have repeatedly shot at each other while maneuvering through contested territory on the northern outskirts of Aleppo, U.S. officials and rebel leaders have confirmed.
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June 29, 2016 11:12am
kowtow

“Jesus weeps when you tell such whopping lies.”

And taxes seep each milky posts.

It’s actually a form of theft , that twat is being paid to work and he spends all day on kiwiblog.
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June 29, 2016 11:13am
mikenmild

Do you think no one paid to work would ever be commenting on Kiwiblog at the same time, kowtow? That’s a little naive, if I may say so.
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June 29, 2016 11:16am
Don the Kiwi

stephieboil.
Here is a report about the Benghazi.

“The House Select Committee on Benghazi have released their 800 page report. . Here are the key findings from people who have read it:

The State Department under Hillary Clinton continually ignored requests for beefed up security for our diplomats in Libya.
There was no attempt, no attempt, to send any military assets to our men fighting in Benghazi. They were left on their own. This, at best, was criminal negligence.
In the four years since the attack, only one of the hundreds of terrorists involved has been brought to justice. Obama’s pledge that he would seek out and punish the terrorists was empty hot air.
Subsequent to the attack the administration engaged in a conspiracy to mislead the American public by portraying this carefully coordinated terrorist attack as a riot over some anti-Islamic film by an obscure filmmaker.
The Administration has stonewalled the investigation since it commenced.”
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June 29, 2016 11:19am
mikenmild

Griff
I wonder if the US will ever learn that it would be better if they just left the Middle East alone. They seemed to be able, eventually, to learn that lesson with respect to Central America and the Caribbean. Granted, that took over a hundred years, whereas there have only been US boots on the ground in the Middle East for thirty years or so, but we could hope the rate of learning is improving.
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June 29, 2016 11:20am
Kimbo

@ kowtow

Stupid name syndrome?

“Tequila Pomepi,…

Sounds more like a James Bond movie character. But I’m not sure if it is suitable for a villain, henchman, or Bond girl.

Or maybe a West Indian cricket fast bowler. He wasn’t the greatest player they ever produced, but Vasbert Drakes would always be in my team courtesy of his cool name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasbert_Drakes
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June 29, 2016 11:21am
Don the Kiwi

Here’s a video clip of the announcement of the decision re Baenghazi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKJegf5pYc
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June 29, 2016 11:23am
Albert_Ross

their country and civilisation overun by Islam, or to see Muslim rape gangs running rampant thoughout Europe

Nobody is proposing that that is what we want in New Zealand. That is not what will result from a policy of continuing to apply our immigration rules and our laws to Muslims on exactly the same basis as they apply to everybody else.

what skills precisely do Muslims have that we want here?

If a Muslim does not have skills that are required here, then he will not be able to immigrate under our immigration system. Same as everybody else.
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June 29, 2016 11:24am
waripori

The reactions to the Brexit vote seem a bit over the top. I don’t really think it is the watershed it has been painted as . It does have strange aspects, especially the working class voters in the North East handing a victory to the Tory right. It also indicates Corbyn was the wrong leader for Labour as his very left views clashed with the conservative concerns of labour voters on jobs and immigration.
On a practical level it will be very difficult for Britain for a few years as they realign their economy. A bit like it was for us when Britain went into the common market all those years ago. In the end that was the best thing that could have happened to us and may turn out the same way for the UK. Not easy at the time though and this wont be easy for the Brits . They already have problems with debt and current account deficit and they will now have a recession as investment decisions will be put on hold until the relationship with Europe is clarified. The Europeans wont make it easy as they will want to show other member states there is no easy out. They will take some short term pain themselves to make their point, much as they have with Greece over debt.

The political situation in Westminster wont resolve easily either with Labour in a complete mess and the Tory leavers forced to fess up that they have no idea how to implement what they campaigned for. Certainly wont be more money for the NHS. Maybe Cameron will get his job back in a year or two.

It is a big deal but probably not a 3 Trillion dollar deal. Maybe some effect on world growth short term but not much in the grand scheme of things. Cant see it having much affect on the US election, especially if Trump has been saying what a good thing Brexit is and UK unemployment spikes ( which seems likely ).
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June 29, 2016 11:25am
kowtow

Milky

You’ve told us you’re a public servant. I pay your salary. You work for the taxpayer. You spend all fucking day here , trolling and being insulting and offensive.

I don’t give a shit what happens in private companies , but I give a shit when twats like you post all day , everyday on my dollar.
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June 29, 2016 11:27am
Shawn Herles

“I wonder if the US will ever learn that it would be better if they just left the Middle East alone.”

There are two problems with that theory mikey. First, Islam has been in an almost constant state of war against the West for over a thousand years. Despite the apparent delusion of some Liberal-Leftists, the US has not been around for that long. And two, the current modern wave of Islamic terror was a result of the formation of a free and independent Jewish state, and the Russian communist invasion of Afghanistan. So, Jew hatred and the actions of a Lefty totalitarian regime.

The “it’s always the US’s fault” line is dear to Leftists no matter what the issue, but it has little to do with the reality of Islam.
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June 29, 2016 11:27am
Don the Kiwi

For stephieboil’s benefit, here is a link to the report on Benghazi. It’s not what he thinks.

http://benghazi.house.gov/NewInfo
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June 29, 2016 11:31am
stephieboy

Donkey the kiwi,

my post from 9.50am,

House Benghazi Report Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton,

WASHINGTON —“ Ending one of the longest, costliest and most bitterly partisan congressional investigations in history, the House Select Committee on Benghazi issued its final report on Tuesday, finding no new evidence of culpability or wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton in the 2012 attacks in Libya that left four Americans dead….

…The previous investigations had concluded that State Department officials had erred in not better securing the diplomatic compound amid reports of a deteriorating security situation. But the inquiries also determined that the attacks had come with little warning and that it would have been difficult to intervene once they had begun.

The investigations generally concluded that after the attack, the Obama administration’s talking points — a matter of much dispute — were flawed but not deliberately misleading…”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/29/us/politics/hillary-clinton-benghazi.html?_r=0

Let me repeat ,

“House Benghazi Report Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton,”

This after nine previous , including two bi partisan house committee , investigations that found the same !

Bit of a GOP witch hunt and smear campaign going on there , eh ?
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June 29, 2016 11:32am
Shawn Herles

“Bit of a witch hunt going on there , eh !”

Well, she is a witch, so, yes. 🙂
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June 29, 2016 11:35am
Don the Kiwi

stephieboil.

You are entitled to your opinion and interpretation, which are not borne out by the facts of the report.

I’ll go with what is really said, without putting any of my own spin on it.
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June 29, 2016 11:37am
AgentBallSack

mikey I would assume the majority of us are not paid by the taxpayer to comment on KiwiBlog.
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June 29, 2016 11:41am
Griff

For stephieboil’s benefit

I just love hypocrisy from a deacon.
What do you think would happen if the church you are a member of was to be informed of your behavior Don?
Best you discus it with your witch doctor next time you eat the cannibal feast of magic zombie bits.
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June 29, 2016 11:42am
stephieboy

kowtow, whether milkenmidl is or was a public servant or not is totally irrelevant . The facts are the vital functioning of our society and economy would not happen with out them ( Treasury , Reserve Bank , IRD , Health Dept , Agriculture and Fisheries – Biosecurity , Hospitals , Police , Justice dept etc , etc )

Do inform us about your contribution ? Closeted welfare beneficiary ?
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June 29, 2016 11:42am
Shawn Herles

“Best you discus it with your witch doctor next time you eat the cannibal feast of magic zombie bits.”

Might wanna look at my 11:09 post Griffy. Ya just proved my point!

For a guy who rates his intellegence so highly, you do walk into these traps rather easily. 🙂
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June 29, 2016 11:44am
stephieboy

Donkey the kiwi,

“House Benghazi Report Finds No New Evidence of Wrongdoing by Hillary Clinton,”

Maybe you need to get the above tattooed above your brows each time you look in a mirror ?
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June 29, 2016 11:49am
Griff

I am sure Deacon Don the hypocrite can answer for him self why he thinks such insults are correct behavior for a catholic deacon on a blog.
Matthew 5:39
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June 29, 2016 11:50am
chiz

For people who aren’t aware, Duke are currently replaying S1 of the X-files. Tonight’s episode involves the stretchy liver-eating guy.
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June 29, 2016 11:54am
stephieboy

Griff , let us add Shawn Herles the ” Christian ” theology graduate !
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June 29, 2016 11:55am
mikenmild

ABS
I’m not aware of anyone being paid to comment on Kiwiblog. And I’m not sure why it would be a problem if anyone was commenting while they are working. Some people can walk and chew gum at the same time. People in employment have contracts that outline what they are supposed to do. In my experience, if one does not deliver; one is moved on.
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June 29, 2016 11:56am
Griff

I dont think third hand fapping would like to tell us what happened to his studies .
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June 29, 2016 11:57am
mikenmild

Thanks chiz. Love the X-Files, especially those monster episodes.
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June 29, 2016 11:58am
Don the Kiwi

“I just love hypocrisy from a deacon.
What do you think would happen if the church you are a member of was to be informed of your behavior Don?”

and

“I am sure Deacon Don the hypocrite can answer for him self why he thinks such insults are correct behavior for a catholic deacon on a blog.”

Griff.
I am constantly amused by the pot calling the kettle black you consistently manage.
But please point out my hypocrisy? I have an opinion – one that “my church” will constantly uphold as my own right – after all, I am not denying any Church Doctrine 🙂
And what insults am I offering? I am merely conforming to the norm on this blog of having a little harmless banter and a dig at others through the harmless adaption of their “blog persona” 🙂

Actually, Griff, I see it coming from you so often – you should take it as a compliment – after all, imitation is the highest form of flattery. 😉
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June 29, 2016 12:01pm
DJP6-25

Keeping Stock 10:08 am. Yes, National MPs who are religious have added a line to their prayers. Please Lord, let Sue Moroney stand in my electorate. I need a boost in my majority.
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June 29, 2016 12:03pm
mikenmild

Actually Don, the norm on this blog is to refer to other commenters by their chosen aliases. That is clear in DPF’s comments policy.
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June 29, 2016 12:05pm
Kimbo

@ Don the Kiwi

Actually, Griff, I see it coming from you so often – you should take it as a compliment – after all, imitation is the highest form of flattery. ?

Just mention “tone fallacy” and I think you may have Griff’s number. Steel fist, glass jaw…

And Matthew 5:39?

“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!”

(William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice)

Not that I think you are the devil, Griff…
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June 29, 2016 12:11pm
Griff

I dont profess to be a follower of Jesus so dont need to live by the scriptures Don.
You on the other hand have stated you are a deacon and are professed to be a member of the catholic church
I does not surprise me in any way that you are a total hypocrite to the teachings of Jesus almost all Christians on here are .
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2013/06/17/true-christians-are-able-to-turn-other-cheek-says-pope/
True Christians are able to turn the other cheek,

Not a true christian according to your pope Don .
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June 29, 2016 12:11pm
ross411

holysheet (1,566 comments) says:
June 29th, 2016 at 8:14 am
Angry needs to man up like Silent T, and just say sorry for being such a useless piece of shite. I can hear Robinsons knitting needles being sharpened as I write this. No need for the knife.

You do not understand. A union leader does not man up.

A true man, like Cunliffe, is willing to apologise for being a man. And the official stance of the Labour party, is that a man is a lesser base creature who must be considered guilty before innocent for any unproven accusations of sexual activity.
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June 29, 2016 12:12pm
Kimbo

@ Griff

True Christians are able to turn the other cheek,

Well, Griff, just wondering from your reading of Scripture if they are always obligated to, especially when in the presence of one who has no other purpose than to put the matter to the test?

And no, we aren’t necessarily “able” Just obligated, by God’s grace, to do our best. And seek forgiveness when we fail. And gain wisdom, especially when dealing with the habitually foolish…
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June 29, 2016 12:19pm
MH

Should we allow Britain/UK/England in the commonwealth – to be replaced by those rebel Americans. They just love our Honours system. When will all the combined “theys” withdraw from that other trough – the UN?

PS As an idle worshipper, I live one deity at a time. Which came first the Ag or the Nostic ?
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June 29, 2016 12:22pm
Don the Kiwi

‘Matthew 7:1 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged.”

“Not a true christian according to your pope Don “.

Ok Griff,
You too, are entitled to your own opinion, as I and all others who comment here.

However, I fail to see how disagreeing with someone is breaching any of the teachings of Christianity, which you appear to be so very well versed in.
The evidence that someone is losing an argument is that they refer to attacks on the person, not the comment .

Just sayin’…………
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June 29, 2016 12:24pm
mikenmild

That’s nice. Don’s name-calling will be okay with Jesus just as soon as he repents.

The evidence that someone is losing an argument is that they refer to attacks on the person, not the comment

That’s probably as close to an apology as we will see from Don, but I suppose it at least means he will stop the name-calling.
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June 29, 2016 12:25pm
Griff

Kimbo
I am not buying a fight with you over the matter.
Just pointing out donnyboils hypocrisy.
Such behavior could be expected from the like of kowtow .
From some one who is supposed to be a leader in the church not so much.
James 3:1-18
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June 29, 2016 12:25pm
Don the Kiwi

“Actually Don, the norm on this blog is to refer to other commenters by their chosen aliases. That is clear in DPF’s comments policy.”

As with many things in life Mikey, the rules, and the way they are used by humanity are often at opposite ends of the spectrum 🙂

“Rules are for the observance of fools, and the guidance of wise men.” 😉
Time for everyone to lighten up.
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June 29, 2016 12:28pm
Manolo

stephieboy suspects the lone wolves could be Anglicans:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3664710/Two-explosions-gunfire-Istanbul-s-Ataturk-airport-cause-multiple-injuries.html
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June 29, 2016 12:28pm
Shawn Herles

“I dont think third hand fapping would like to tell us what happened to his studies .”

Happily. On every paper I submitted I got A’s and A+’s.

That’s how I was able to see through a terrosist propaganda webshite in less than 5 minutes, and you were fooled by it Griffy. 🙂
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June 29, 2016 12:29pm
mikenmild

I’m looking forward to your thesis on the theological intricacies of welding, Shawn.
“How many angels can dance on the head of a welding rod”?
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June 29, 2016 12:32pm
Kimbo

@ Griff

From some one who is supposed to be a leader in the church not so much.

Oh, I don’t know. Jesus wasn’t always “meek and mild” and preaching the Gospel of Woodstock and flower power. Check out Matthew 23…

But just to be clear, the “tone fallacy” guy reserves the right to criticise someone’s else’s tone…because if they are a Christian they should always play by Marquess of Queensbury rules…and you aren’t being a hypocrite in pointing that out?

Yeah, nah. No wonder you say “I am not buying a fight with you over the matter.”

Plus Don the Kiwi ain’t the guy you should be targeting, IMHO. Some of the crap a gentleman like Albert_Ross has been getting the last few days is disgraceful.
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June 29, 2016 12:32pm
Shawn Herles

“As with many things in life Mikey, the rules, and the way they are used by humanity are often at opposite ends of the spectrum”

And for as long as I have been here mikey has not obeyed the rules, and does not do so now. Most of his responses to people are smart ass put downs, contra the rule to play the ball and not the man. Of course most here, myself included, play fast and loose with the rules, but mikey does as much as anyone.
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June 29, 2016 12:33pm
starboard

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81575805/paramedic-tells-of-worst-beating-he-has-seen-during-prison-murder-trial

3 more of our special people..and they want us to embrace maori, maori culture indulge in all things maori, hold them up on a pedestal as if they are oh so fucking special. Yes, you know what they can do. The sooner they completely withdraw from the mainstream the better.
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June 29, 2016 12:35pm
Shawn Herles

“I am not buying a fight with you over the matter.”

Translation: “I have made a fool of myself enough for one day. ” 🙂
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June 29, 2016 12:37pm
Shawn Herles

Benghazi Security Team Member: We Were Told to ‘Stand Down’

“A member of the security team stationed at the CIA Annex in Benghazi testified that his chief of base directed him to “stand down” while the nearby U.S. Special Mission came under attack the night of September 11, 2012.”

http://www.breitbart.com/jerusalem/2016/06/28/benghazi-security-team-member-claims-told-stand/
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June 29, 2016 12:45pm
Shawn Herles

CONFIRMED: Obama Skipped Intel Briefing After Americans Killed in Benghazi

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/06/28/confirmed-obama-skipped-intel-briefings-benghazi/

Perhaps he was too busy apologising to Muslims?
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June 29, 2016 12:46pm
Shawn Herles

Benghazi Bombshell: No Evidence of Obama’s ‘Three Directives’

“The House Select Committee on Benghazi report contains at least one major bombshell: the committee found no evidence of the “three directives” that President Barack Obama claimed he issued when he first learned about the ongoing terror attack.”

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/28/benghazi-bombshell-no-evidence-obamas-three-directives/
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June 29, 2016 12:49pm
Fletch

Gay guy’s second video to Hillary – “no one likes you, and you’re a bad person”. That’s why he is voting for Trump. Yes, he knows Republicans don’t like gay marriage, but he says he’d rather have defensive wounds on his hands than a knife in the back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIFZfcpX2uw
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June 29, 2016 1:14pm
Shawn Herles

CNN’s Dana Bash Praises Trump’s ‘Detailed,’ ‘Cogent’ Policy Speech — This Is ‘a New Trump Campaign’

“Following presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s Tuesday economic address in Monessen, PA, CNN’s Dana Bash said that congressional Republicans were pleased to hear their party’s standard bearer deliver such a “detailed” and “cogent” policy speech.

Bash told viewers that the media is witnessing “a new Trump campaign,” which appears to be better organized and more efficient—providing reporters with detailed citations for the facts and figures Trump cited during his address.”

“The other just a little bit of behind the scenes color here I can give you is something that we have not seen—never mind getting prepared remarks, which we did as reporters—but also prepared remarks with detailed footnotes, citations from where he’s getting these facts and figures — a new Trump campaign,” Bash continued.

Also during the panel, Corey Lewandowski, Trump’s former campaign manager and now a CNN contributor, said that Tuesday’s address was “the best speech of the campaign so far.””

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/06/28/cnns-dana-bash-praises-trumps-detailed-cogent-policy-speech-new-trump-campaign/
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June 29, 2016 1:21pm
lilman

So the rebound in the Pound Nd Euro markets has begun,who would’ve thought?
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June 29, 2016 1:25pm
wiseowl

There is one welding angel Mike.
Her name is Penny.
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June 29, 2016 1:38pm
Jack5

Stephen Franks on his blog today has an interesting piece about Winston Peters.

Franks notes high interest from Wellington’s “elite” to hear Peters speak, and concludes:

I see low prospects that Winston Peters will not decide who governs after the next election.

http://www.stephenfranks.co.nz/
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June 29, 2016 1:39pm
sooty

Welding hand piece in one hand
angle grider in the other
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June 29, 2016 1:46pm
Keeping Stock

Whaleoil without Cameron Slater? I wish Pete all the best, but it’s a bit like a hot dog without tomato sauce…

http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2016/06/from-the-drivers-seat/#more-257875
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June 29, 2016 1:52pm
wiseowl

The PCE has released a report on ‘Environment Aotearoa”

When is some MP with balls going to front and state that there is no such place .

Sick of this shit.
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June 29, 2016 1:52pm
stephieboy

Shawn Herles,

How does Breitbart.com rate as a news source?

I’m thinking along the lines of journalistic integrity, how biased/unbiased are its stories, does its funding create conflicts of interest, how thorough is its review process / fact-checking.

Answer ,

Terry Irving, Began as courier for ABC in 1973, later earned 4 Emmys, 4 Peabodys and a Sherman
1.3k Views · Terry has 30+ answers in Journalism

“WHO in their right mind would term (much less rate) Breitbart as a news source or, indeed, a news anything? 

It ranks right in there with The Onion, The Daily Show, Saturday Night Live, and That Was The Week That Was (go look it up kids) as “fake news.” They have a viewpoint and they twist and deform and lie to make anything on their pages fit that viewpoint. Sadly, while most of the others have a “funny” viewpoint, Breitbart is angry and acidly right-wing and they will do anything to move their copy in that direction.

It really is like reading the old “Daily Worker” (is that still around?) in its total ideological nuttiness. I guess the press really is a Great Circle instead of a line and wingnuts and communists meet at the nether part of the spectrum (whoo… block that metaphor) to come together in a fraternal burst of mutual inanity….”

https://www.quora.com/How-does-Breitbart-com-rate-as-a-news-source
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June 29, 2016 1:56pm
Tookinator

“kowtow (13,064 comments) says:
June 29th, 2016 at 9:25 am
Tookinator

Let me guess.

White, middle aged male ,well turned out ?

Nope they don’t want you mate , you see you can think for yourself.”

Yep, unfortunately I was all of the above. Maybe the accused’s lawyers thought I wouldn’t give them a fair hearing?

The trial is this one:
“Paramedic tells of ‘worst beating’ he has seen during prison murder trial”

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/81575805/paramedic-tells-of-worst-beating-he-has-seen-during-prison-murder-trial
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June 29, 2016 2:19pm
LisaGinNZ

Bombs killing many at airport in Instanbul, Turkey

TIME TO SERIOUSLY TALK BOMB LEGISLATION

(or just ban Islam, that’d work, too….)
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June 29, 2016 2:50pm
MH

replace angle with angel grinder
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June 29, 2016 2:54pm
stephieboy

LisaGinNZ , off the keyboard and organise a protest to ban all Muslims .

Counting down now – 10, 9,8, 7….!
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June 29, 2016 2:57pm
Manolo

Will stephieboy ever acknowledge that Islam is in need of serious reform?
Its primitive and archaic views, intolerance, and violence are threats to the civilised world.
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June 29, 2016 3:03pm
stephieboy

Manolo, you might be right but what have you ever contributed that might right the situation instead of pointlessly banging away on your keyboard ?
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June 29, 2016 3:06pm
Don the Kiwi

Does Stephen Boyle do anything else, other than ask questions by banging away on his keyboard?
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June 29, 2016 3:10pm
Manolo

The Spectator on the divide before the referendum: http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/06/britains-great-divide/

Every election is divisive, but none has pitted rich against poor like this one. The social divide has been far more dramatic than the divide between the two main political parties. In general elections, the professional and managerial classes favour the Tories by a margin of four to three. The difference is nothing like as marked as the social divide in the referendum vote. As a generalisation, the split has been between the educated ‘haves’ on one side and the working class on the other. The Remainers found ways of making this point — casting themselves as cosmopolitan and ‘open’ against the crude and (presumably) closed-minded Leavers.

The divide shows how changes brought about by globalisation and large-scale immigration have affected different classes in contrasting ways. For the ‘haves’, it has been a boon. The Notting Hill crowd now has cheap, highly qualified Polish builders, well-educated Polish cleaners and perhaps a Romanian nanny for their children. They go to Caffè Nero and are served by polite Italians. They feel deliciously international and open-minded while enjoying cheaper, better services than they otherwise would. When they arrive at Pisa airport for their holiday in Tuscany, they join the EU queue for passport control and feel part of a cosmopolitan club.
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June 29, 2016 3:12pm
Captain Mainwaring

Coming to a country near you, if Angry Andy ever gets his greasy little hand on the tiller.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/81585972/venezuelans-are-storming-supermarkets-and-attacking-trucks-as-food-supplies-dwindle
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June 29, 2016 3:22pm
stephieboy

Wow, I wonder if Trumpists and the NRA will see this as some vast liberal progressive conspiracy to turn the state and the mainland into a vast Gulag ?,
Hawaii becomes first U.S. state to place gun owners on FBI database

“Hawaii’s governor signed a bill making it the first state to place its residents who own firearms in a federal criminal record database and monitor them for possible wrongdoing anywhere in the country, his office said.

The move by gun control proponents in the liberal state represents an effort to institute some limits on firearms in the face of a bitter national debate over guns that this week saw Democratic lawmakers stage a sit-in at the U.S. House of Representatives…”

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-hawaii-gun-law-idUSKCN0ZA3IP
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June 29, 2016 3:38pm
Shawn Herles

“How does Breitbart.com rate as a news source?”

It rates better than foward progressives, huffington post, and the HAMAS terrorist web site Loon Watch that you and Griffy are fond of.

By the way, that last article was a link to a CNN article praising Trmp’s speech. CNN is liberal and pro-Democrat.

You’re not very good at this debate thingy are ya stephie? 🙂

And stephie, in response to your attacks on non-Liberal media, I posted a while back a link showing the many, many lies and distortions of the Liberal media, and you were silent. In fact you ran away for a day!
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June 29, 2016 3:45pm
RF

Over on the standard Presland has started a new thread “Muppet of the Month”. We all know Presland is not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I thought he might have had a Damascus Moment and started a thread about Angry. Sadly he was referring to someone else.
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June 29, 2016 3:46pm
Shawn Herles

CNN’s Tom Foreman Caught Lying in Trump-Refugees ‘Fact Check’

“In a segment that was billed as CNN’s “fact check” of Donald Trump’s anti-Hillary speech, CNN gave a demonstrably false presentation of U.S. immigration policy in an effort to undermine Trump’s factually correct statements.

The segment was remarkable in that it not only revealed CNN’s profound ignorance of federal immigration policy, but an examination of the segment’s transcript also reveals that CNN ignored and blatantly distorted what Trump had actually said.”

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/06/23/cnns-tom-foreman-caught-lying-in-trump-refugees-fact-check/
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June 29, 2016 3:51pm
Shawn Herles

Mother of Benghazi Victim: ‘Hillary Is a Liar,’ ‘I Would Like To See Hillary In Stripes’

http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/06/28/mother-of-benghazi-victim-hillary-is-a-liar-i-would-like-to-see-hillary-in-stripes/
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June 29, 2016 3:54pm
Shawn Herles

Is the President-Elect of Austria Mentally Incompetent?

“Most readers will remember the closely-contested second round of the Austrian presidential election, in which the Green candidate eked out a narrow victory over the FPÖ candidate, thanks to a large number of postal votes that tipped the balance. There were “irregularities” in the voting process, to the point where the FPÖ is officially contesting the result.

Now a new twist has emerged: it seems that the mental competence of the president-elect, Alexander Van der Bellen of the Green Party, has been thrown into question. According to the report, back in March an unnamed party petitioned to establish a guardianship for Mr. Van der Bellen, due to his impaired mental capacity.”

http://gatesofvienna.net/2016/06/is-the-president-elect-of-austria-mentally-incompetent/

Well, he is a member of a Green party, so mental incompetence seems likely.
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June 29, 2016 4:17pm
Manolo

@Shawn Herles: It wouldn’t be the first time. Another madman, one Adolf, was born in Linz. 🙂
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June 29, 2016 4:28pm
Manolo

Now coming to Perth:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jun/29/suspected-car-bomb-detonated-outside-perth-mosque-as-hundreds-pray-inside
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June 29, 2016 4:31pm
Lucia Maria

Shawn,

There have been nine Breitbart stories linked to today. Maybe all by you, I’m not sure. I think Fletch likes linking to them as well.

I don’t read Breitbart, personally. I find them far too inflammatory and one-sided. Their news is heavily flavoured with opinions, where certain things are stressed and others are ignored. They seem to have some sort of Trump can do no wrong love affair with the man, which means that when I do look at them (normally to just get a sense if they are still out there on the deep end, kind of what I do with EAD’s favourite website, Veteran’s Today), there’s always something pro-Trump, defending Trump, reporting on Trump. In other words, they are very biased, and that’s ok, but there’s only so much of them that I can take, so I don’t go there as a general rule. I think anyone that does enjoy reading them will go there to read their stories.

Also, I don’t think Breitbart is on par with regular news organisations, no matter how biased they are, as those news organisations do try to be not biased, as impossible that can be at times. So, the news is more matter of fact, more broad, and far more likely to give a wider range of opinions, when opinions are included in the news pieces.

Anyway, nine links to Breitbart stories – you might as well just say every time, go read Breitbart. It’s like you are replicating it here for all the non-Breitbart readers, who don’t read it because they don’t want to.
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June 29, 2016 5:23pm
Shawn Herles

” It’s like you are replicating it here for all the non-Breitbart readers, who don’t read it because they don’t want to.”

Of course. And given the number of upticks they get compared to downticks, I’m happy to keep doing so until DPF says otherwise.

“as those news organisations do try to be not biased”

Rubbish. The Liberal media goes out of it’s way to be biased.
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June 29, 2016 5:25pm
Don the Kiwi

Shawn.

But wait until Stephen Boyle comes on and gives all sorts of “credible” sources to disprove your POV. 🙂
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June 29, 2016 5:31pm
Shawn Herles

Well, he is entertaining at least Don! 🙂
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June 29, 2016 5:36pm
Lucia Maria

Shawn,

Rubbish. The Liberal media goes out of it’s way to be biased.

I have to disagree with that, in that there are many, many stories that I’ve read in the general media (I’m anything except for Breitbart is liberal?) that try to give both sides of the argument, even if doing so is giving the other side a credibility it doesn’t deserve.

Also, the downside of getting all your news from one source is that it shrinks your world view, in that anything else that does happen that is not considered important to that site just basically ceases to exist.
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June 29, 2016 5:40pm
Awww C-mon

Evening All

I see Gabby is in the naughty corner, only surprise is it took so long! Dad has been able to drop in for a few days but I don’t believe he has managed to do so… what is the moon phase I wonder?

I see A. Little esq. has been letting his mouth write cheque’s the labour parties can’t (won’t) cash again, question for you wise folk, How does the left of NZ politics handle the issue of Andrew consigning them to 3 more years on the sideline? Do they suck it up and stay on the sidelines or try and hammer out a deal with a very centre-left National Party ?

Last question for now…. If DPF was to do a WOBH and leave the blog in the hands of another, who woulds be your vote?

I’m going for Kimbo, just because I could then get away with calling shewhoshallnotbenamed thatwhichshouldnotbespoken 🙂
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June 29, 2016 5:49pm
paul scott

Is it true that DPF posts as Milkmild, just for fun.
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June 29, 2016 5:49pm
Shawn Herles

“Also, the downside of getting all your news from one source is that it shrinks your world view”

I agree with that, and I do in fact read very widely, across the political spectrum, I always have done. Breitbart is a conveniant source for good headlines that annoy the Liberal-Leftists here, and annoying them is something I consider to be a patriotic duty.

But I do post regularly from about ten or so sites. The last few days I have been posting more than usual because I’m off work with a bloody cold.

Anyway, I’m cooking dinner for my wife, so I need to get cracking. Have a good night Lucia.
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June 29, 2016 5:52pm
Lucia Maria

Shawn,

Good to know and good on you for cooking.

I don’t let my husband near the kitchen, except for when he makes bacon and eggs, for he makes too much food and leaves way too much mess.
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June 29, 2016 5:53pm
nasska

….” If DPF was to do a WOBH and leave the blog in the hands of another, who woulds be your vote? “….

It would be a tossup between Johnboy & Griff! 🙂

In a serious vein….probably Keeping Stock.
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June 29, 2016 5:55pm
Lucia Maria

Awww C-mon,

In answer to your blog question, I would say no one. If DPF could no longer spend the time, it would be better if the blog just died. No one else could create the same style and hands off approach to the comments. It would cease to be Kiwiblog and just be some undead, macabre attempt.

paul scott,

Is it true that DPF posts as Milkmild, just for fun.

I hope not. That would just be too much to cope with.
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June 29, 2016 6:02pm
EAD

Re the Turkish airport attack.

Its clear that the barbarians are at the gates of Europe, and even within western countries. The EU wants to admit Turkey and have a land border with Iran, Iraq and Syria.

War is coming, and it will most likely fall to America, Britain and Russia to save the world again. Ignoring the obvious point that fighting the Nazis was a net detriment, none bar stephieboy and the (((elites))) can have little doubt that repelling the Muslims from European lands is for the good
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June 29, 2016 6:03pm
nasska

In any case it would probably be the decent thing to observe a minute’s silence for Whale’s blog.

Pete Best & his ego shouldn’t take more than a few months to run it into the shitter.
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June 29, 2016 6:05pm
Lucia Maria

EAD,

(((elites)))

I used to post on a mothering forum years, and years ago. Back when my oldest, who is 19, was a baby. And multiple brackets always meant hugs. The more brackets, the more hugs. That terminology will henceforth always look like hugs to me.

War is coming, and it will most likely fall to America, Britain and Russia to save the world again.

Russia helped start the last world war and then tried to forget that and only remember when they swapped sides and had to fight for their survival against their old ally. I can kind of see that happening again, actually.
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