General Debate 8 September 2016

Email
Facebook
Twitter
Comment320

Uncategorized
General Debate

Comments (320)

Login to comment or vote

EAD

I’m very surprised that given the number of commentators on Kiwiblog who read The Telegraph & Breitbart, no-one on General Debate yesterday mentioned the coverage both gave of Keys attempt to defend the importation of record-breaking numbers of immigrants despite him admitting the huge pressures it is putting on us as he claims Kiwis are lazy & on drugs:

http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/09/06/nz-needs-migrants-locals-lazy-drugs/

My first impression upon reading this is just what sort of “leader” so grossly insults us on the world stage and promotes everyone else at our expense?

What is interesting though is reading the comments in Breitbart, which, as arguably the most influential right wing website in the world, and they are unanimous in damning Key. This is of course no surprise where unlike say Kiwiblog, readers of Breitbart have no particular affiliation to any NZ political party and are generally cognisant of the fact that all the West now lives in a one party state where in each country, two supposedly opposing teams – “Right” & “Left”, battle it out to win votes to carry out identikit policies.

For your reference, here are the 5 top rated comments:

While we have always suspected that our Western globalist political class hold the working class in contempt we have never had hard evidence of it. Until now. Thank you, Mr Key, for confirming all of our suspicions. This needs to go viral, to be shouted from the rooftops and tweeted and retweeted. Here, in front of us, is the truth.”

“Fix the benefits rules. Teach students to be employable instead of social activists. Sort out the problems largely created by politicians. You don’t straighten things out by replacing the population”

“Another country losing the plot. Another progressive Leftist leader who insults his own people and wants to destroy their culture and civilisation. All over the world, English speaking countries with European ancestry are doing the same thing. This is co-ordinated so that none of us will have anywhere to run.”

“Just a big lying excuse to push the One World government agenda…People want to work…government needs to create the opportunities for them to do so, you don’t need foreigners to take jobs from citizens within your borders!”

“Unbelievable the prime minister would continue to lie about the real problem ~ that his buddies in business want cheaper labor so they can make higher profits. It’s not like this can’t be seen even to people in faraway America! He complains about the quality of the people he’s got and imagines lower paid foreign labour will be an improvement”

It will be interesting to see the reaction of this post amongst the more tribal Kiwibloggers who can’t or don’t want see what the rest of us can. It’s unbelievable that people still talk about these migrants building a “knowledge economy” when our own eyes have tell us otherwise but at least Key did admit he wants to import huge amounts of low skilled workers.

It’s easy to bat away the MSM and attacks from the undefinable, malleable term ”The Left”, but when such criticism is levelled at you by unaligned persons from “”The Right”, the criticism is harder to brush under the carpet.
22 24
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:02am
- wiseowl
  
  Thanks for that EAD.
  I listened to about an hour of the debate in Parliament about the housing issue and did not hear one MP (of any party) mention the impact of mass immigration.It was all about ‘affordable housing’ which is a kneejerk bullshit term.
  
  All MP’s are complicit in this destruction of a once great country.
  
  40 7
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:14am
  - EAD
    
    Thanks Wiseowl, this was my favourite comment though further down the page:
    
    It’s the same pattern the world over. Migrants are brought in to cut wages, which fall below the level at which the native population can live decently, and then lo and behold, these become “jobs Kiwis/Britons/Americans will not do” and need migrants to fill them. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    
    It’s also worth noting that the mask slipped just a little there when Key said that migrants “add quite a lot of value” to New Zealand in the form of their culture, and economic growth. That’s two falsehoods in one, because firstly I rather suspect that most of the people will like their culture the way it is, and secondly because it’s a good bet that he’s talking about total GDP growth, which always happens when extra people join an economy, as opposed to per capita growth which actually indicates a benefit for the resident population.
    
    I’m trying to think of any “right wing” rebuttals but along the lines of your post yesterday, the only 1 I can think of is “He’s a good Manager of the economy”
    
    The truth is he’s only a good manager if you think a ponzi scheme is good management.
    
    I mean is an economy really strong if it relies on the cost of shelter (housing) always going up, ever more debt being taken on, an ever increasing population, constantly lowered interest rates, never ending current account deficits, selling off assets and government subsiding the cost of labour through benefits with borrowed money?
    
    I think even the most staunchest National Party supporter knows the truth deep down.
    
    20 15
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:19am
  - Paulus
    
    Why do so many people from all around the world want to come and live in New Zealand ? We are the envy of many. We walk above our weight as considered moderate in what we do – not radical.
    
    There is work for those who want to work: a way of live that is envied: and generally very tolerant and kind people.
    
    As any departing tourist what they think of the people of our Great Country.
    
    Ignore the mass media and left whingers and union wreckers , greens of all hues, who are intent of trying to destroy what has been achieved. There is no such thing as perfection anywhere but we have a good start.
    
    Firstly get rid of the colour Black as our national colour – this is a negative colour – ask any designer.
    
    20 6
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:29am
    - EAD
      
      Why do so many people from all around the world want to come and live in New Zealand ?
      
      Have you noticed it’s the same in every single White Western country? NZ is not unique in that respect.
      
      Ignore the mass media and left whingers and union wreckers , greens of all hues, who are intent of trying to destroy what has been achieved
      
      But it’s not the mass media, whingers, greens and union wreckers – its ordinary Kiwis who are concerned with what is happening to our country.
      
      12 14
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 8:36am
      - stephieboy
        
        EAD, your OP and subsequent is about, in a nutshell, White ,Power. Immigration etc per se is not wrongful if is those who arrive on our fair and other shores happen to be white ?
        
        Paulus , are you suggesting also the All Blacks colour is negative and should become like our national soccer team, All Whites ?
        
        3 19
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:48am
    - eszett
      
      Firstly get rid of the colour Black as our national colour – this is a negative colour – ask any designer.
      
      What nonsense! Pulled it right out of your arse, have you?
      
      It is precisely what makes us unique and sets us apart from other countries, is the fact that we have embraced black AND that there is nothing negative about it. Ask anyone in Europe, US and UK who knows about NZ and they will associate the colour black with us. And they do it with awe and admiration.
      
      16 8
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 8:40am
      - Kimbo
        
        Yep. Along with the orange of the Dutch it is the most recognisable national colour in the world.
        
        13 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:58am
      - Reid
        
        So if black isn’t a negative colour in the design world then how come designers hardly ever use it?
        
        Would you like it if your whole house interior was painted black? If not, why not?
        
        And in the commercial world, how come corporate logos hardly ever use it?
        
        For example.
        
        It amazes me sometimes how people’s logical circuits get so tangled up that when a statement is made about something that contradicts an emotion they have, they ignore the logic and evidence and grasp at the emotion. Cognitive dissonance, you see it all the time, but even in a simple matter like this, you’d think people could divorce themselves from the emotion and consider the logic but no, evidently not.
        
        2 4
        Report
        September 8, 2016 10:14am
      - mikenmild
        
        You think black is never used in design, Reid? Like fashion, for instance?
        
        3 6
        Report
        September 8, 2016 10:19am
      - Reid
        
        No, of course I don’t think that mm. Why would I. All black is never used in design. The only place in the world people insist on wearing all black is in the Wgtn CBD.
        
        Black is a base colour but is always used in conjunction with others. Red and black is in fact the most emotive colour combo which is why Tindall chose it for The Warehouse, for example.
        
        But all black is boring, depressing, dark, negative.
        
        That was the point being made.
        
        3 7
        Report
        September 8, 2016 10:36am
      - mikenmild
        
        For Reid:
        http://www.marieclaire.com/fashion/g2407/classic-black-on-black-fashion-moments/?slide=1
        
        1 4
        Report
        September 8, 2016 10:49am
    - tom hunter
      
      Between this and the “lazy, stupid workers” theme below I think it’s time for this quote
      
      Right on. New Zealand. That’s where they made Lord of the Rings. I say we just move there, yo. I mean, you can do your art, right? Like, you can paint the local castles and shit. And I can be a bush pilot.
      
      Yo!
      
      8 2
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 8:50am
    - Kimbo
      
      Firstly get rid of the colour Black as our national colour – this is a negative colour – ask any designer.
      
      I did: “Black is the new black, dahling….”
      
      14 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 8:57am
    - cmm
      
      Absolutely agree (except for the All Blacks bit… I offer no opinion on that).
      
      I came here from half way around the world 24 years ago. NZ is a fantastic place to live and I have never regretted that decision.
      
      I had the option of pretty much any country I wanted, but NZ is where I call home.
      
      People here bitching about how terrible things are for the poor are clueless. There is no real poverty in NZ. The worst of kiwi lives better than 90% of the world’s population.
      
      While most kiwis work hard, we do have an over-entitled element in the population who believe that they deserve a flash house + flash car +… just for existing. Nonsense If you don’t provide value then why should you get all the lollies?
      
      30 2
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:04am
- Inandout
  
  We really do have a high percentage of lazy ‘workers in waiting’, just ask any small employers. The answer doesn’t lie in flooding NZ with willing migrants, but by capping unemployment benefits at 6 months duration. A lot of young fit kiwis are having a laugh and know they can dodge any WINZ job seeking initiative by just being ‘unwilling’ at any employment they are given. Has Key got the backbone to bring us in line with most western nations and cap benefits?
  
  40 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:15am
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    I suspect that a lot of “lazy kiwis” have a multi-generational (thus inherited) sense of grievance and entitlement. Why work when all will be provided for you? (And you can work on the black market for cash top-ups.)
    Where is the incentive (such as welfare limits) to change this mentality?
    
    33 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:37am
  - Viking2
    
    Yep and many without the required reading/ comprehension skills.
    
    We are currently running an advert on TM.
    Basic inwards outwards measuring type skills required.
    You the sort of job a person with a bit of nounce, basic education skills, energy and wiliness to learn and so on.
    Not a lot of replies and most of them don’t even read the advert. We have have people with computer science degrees, a young lady who could barley read (not putting her down but not suitable for our job).
    Mostly from oversea’s with strange names, ( Not interest in people who will learn what we do then go and start their own business in opposition) even a Muslim ( and you know where that will go)
    A few who are being removed from their benefits after 20 Years.
    
    Meanwhile that ordinary working girl in the 16 – 20 category apparently doesn’t exist in our community anymore.
    I blame the education system.
    Why
    Because they keep the kids at school until they are 18 or 19 these days. Taxpayer funds the system to do this instead of sending them out to work.
    That’s the only reason we have a shortage of people.
    Education funding.
    Sooner its trimmed back by 30% the better for NZ.
    Of course Helen started all that.
    
    12 3
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:42am
    - starboard
      
      “could barley read ”
      
      Ironic..bagging interviewees about their “lack of” skills..
      
      2 4
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 1:11pm
      - Viking2
        
        Always the arsehole eh starboard. So the spell check and my time and stiff fingers didn’t come together.
        
        Try talking to the point made.
        
        0 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:27pm
  - waikatogirl
    
    They were discussing lazy workers on RadioLive yesterday. A bloke rang up who epitomised the problem employers have. He believed it is his right not to take a job if it did not fit exactly with:
    
    -not paying enough
    -the type of work he was interested in
    -his environmental, ethical beliefs had to suit the job
    -he refused to work the weekends, believing everyone had the right to their weekend.
    
    He didn’t see it WASN’T HIS RIGHT to live off the taxpayer while he waited for his perfect job.
    
    Another entitled lefty with any excuse not to work.
    
    34 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:57am
- cmm
  
  The lazy and on drugs issue is surely less tied to the immigrants than it is to the fruit-picker level guest workers.
  
  We do have a huge problem. For many people the dole is such a good deal there is no point in working, so they never try working and don’t develop work ethics etc.
  
  So what would happen if you banned the guest workers and forced the bludgers to go pick fruit? Dole bludgers now feel so entitled I would expect you’d get a whole lot of resentment and would find they slack off all the time and would sabotage the fruit. The Chinese wouldn’t be complaining about fungal spores in the kiwifruit, they’d be complaining about turds and rotten fish put into the trays to sabotage the fruit.
  
  28 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:25am
  - Paulus
    
    Having worked in a fruit packhouse I have seen the destruction deliberately created so that those sent by Winz to a job get sacked as they have and can cause enormous financial destruction.
    To shut down a fast fruit line is easy to achieve.
    
    As a one time orchardist I could in no way employ somebody, often stoned, who could destroy my crop by sheer incompetence. They only turn up for a few hours to get sent back to Winz for the dole.At least the immigrant workers do not go out of their way to be destructive. They do not smoke pot, get drunk and turn up on time. In the BOP they are very welcome and many come back year after year as friends.
    
    42 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:36am
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    NZ is not a labor camp, so you can’t force people to work if they don’t want to (they will simply sabotage the workplace otherwise).
    The tricky part is creating an environment in which people are motivated to work and/or would feel a sense of shame in not being a contributing member of society.
    The keys goals for any worker (eventual home ownership, a rewarding job, the ability to support a family on a single wage, all those “good old days” icons) must be attainable. Otherwise, people simply tune out.
    I don’t see how importing low-wage-willing workers while simultaneously providing a safety net (that too many people use as a hammock) is sustainable in the long run. What happens when the immigrants themselves grow old?
    
    16 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:14am
    - artemisia
      
      Also cannot force employers to take on people they do not think are suitable, for whatever reason. It is all too often forgotten that some employees are very high maintenance, usually pretty obvious from the outset. So why would an employer hire them?
      
      I would like to see at least some of the 70,000 odd NEETs become micromanaged in the same way as the Young Parents. Strict responsibilities, clear rewards and sanctions, very little benefit money to spend as they like. Suspect quite a few would be off the benefit fairly quickly.
      
      Yes it would be expensive. But under the government’s investment approach would probably save money in the medium term if not sooner.
      
      8 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:29am
- mandk
  
  “… he claims Kiwis are lazy & on drugs”
  
  Except that he didn’t say that, did he?
  
  Your link to Breibart, and the link from Breibart to Radio NZ, show that he was actually speaking about fruit-picking in particular and he is quoted as saying: “Go and ask the employers, and they will say some of these people won’t pass a drug test, some of these people won’t turn up for work, some of these people will claim they have health issues later on.”
  
  Radio NZ also quoted a grower, a director at Horticulture New Zealand and a former president of the Hawker’s Bay Fruit growers’ Association as saying that he agreed with everything Mr Key said.
  
  34 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:39am
  - Keeping Stock
    
    Don’t spoil EAD’s anti-Key rant with facts mandk; that’s blatantly unfair 😀
    
    11 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 11:04am
    - EAD
      
      Is that the best response the National Party Spin doctors can come up with?
      
      Isn’t claiming NZ’ers won’t turn up for work implying they are “lazy”? Isn’t saying they won’t pass a drugs test the same as saying they’re on drugs.
      
      W.r.t. to Horticulture NZ – of course they’re going to argue to reduce the cost of Labour inputs. To hell with their fellow citizens it’s all about lowering everyone to the lowest common global denominatior.
      
      But hey, don’t let your spurious reinterpretation and desperate defence of Notional get in the way of facts.
      
      0 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 8:46pm
- Griff
  
  Actually EAD as one of the liberals you rile against I have pointed up repeatedly that our government is importing low wage labor from the third world and how it effects on the wages and willingness for our own to work in many industry’s.
  The standard recently had a post on it and most commentators there had the same opinion as me .
  A job such as fruit picking or dairy hand is dirty ,hard and boring.
  They has little social contact when you are on a dairy farm you talk to cows or your self if you are between rows picking fruit its the trees or your self.
  Both necessitate being in rural areas that limit social life .
  Many young people would find it better to pack supermarket shelves or work at McDonald’s in town rather than such jobs on the minimum wage .
  We will not pay more to get employees in these jobs like the market dictates we instead import third world labour to skew our market even more against the working class.
  
  Another issue is drugs
  The claim that drug taking people can not work is bogus .
  I can grantee most of you live in a house that pot smoking trades worked on and many of your daily contacts will have the odd puff no matter what you do for your living .
  Alcohol has just as much effect on work performance as cannabis does. In the usa the states that have legalized have found a drop in work absenteeism . Monday morningitis is often the result of a hangover from guzzling piss on Saturday night. When I was responsible for a work force in industry it was often those who drank that had the worst attendance due to the effects of alcohol. Yet we see our leader blaming drugs and ignoring his own drug of choice is the one most likely to lead to poor performance and attendance.
  
  No one should operate machinery or drive when affected by drugs.
  Most testing for cannabis is not on a persons impairment but on historic use that has no measurable effect .
  Would it be acceptable for your boss to sack you for drinking any alcohol in the last month? That is the way cannabis use is treated in industry and on our roads. Drug testing should be about impairment on the job not your social life out of work.
  What you do in your own time is none of the bosses business as long as it is not effected your work .
  
  11 18
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:48am
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    It’s not the “picking fruit” that’s the hard part; it’s likely the deprivation that goes with a typical isolated rural job.
    The fruit growers need to pay more or innovate. Importing workers depresses the labor market (and I am surprised that the unions don’t fight it).
    There’s no way I would ever raise a family in a rural town. As soon as the kids leave high school, they will leave to find a job and will never come back. This same pattern has been ongoing in Japan since the 1950s.
    
    12 4
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:20am
    - wiseowl
      
      What???
      What is isolated about Nelson Hawkes Bay or TE Puke??
      Spare me.With respect Odakyu most of the fruitgrowers I know who are owner operaters, pay above minimum wage and more to experienced pickers.
      It is possible to make good money on contract as well.
      It is the shift to Nationals corporate model that has seen wages paid by them kept at the minimum and pickers are just numbers.Real growers are very innovative.
      Don’t worry all the good growers are being killed off by rules ,regulation and compliance so soon there will only be corporates as in dairy.
      
      10 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:47am
      - Odakyu-sen
        
        Wiseowl,
        
        Nelson, Hawkes Bay or Te Puke would be the very best places to work.
        Many bludgers (being human after all) have a well-developed social network that they are loath to discard by moving out of their neighborhood.
        
        I blame limitless welfare for creating this social mess in the first place, but it will take generations to unwind. Fortunately, the recipients tend to have very short inter-generational periods of approx. 16 years…
        
        7 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 11:49am
- BananaLlama
  
  Always try to look on the bright side EAD. New Zealand will experience the same backlash growing throughout the western world and I doubt National will make it through the next election. Chong Ki has had his nine years and he ended it by calling every working kiwi a lazy dope smoker.
  
  4 23
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:52am
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    “…I doubt National will make it through the next election.”
    
    Well, golly gosh! What party is the self-sufficient, employed Kiwi to replace National with? Labour? The Greens?
    
    Act (or some form of conservative party) would seem to be the alternative to National for the working man, but less than 2% of voters think this way. This country needs a party that is dedicated to the ideals that the National Party once claimed to pursue.
    
    6 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 11:53am
    - BananaLlama
      
      I didn’t expect to cause so much butthurt. Okay so who will voters pick? no idea but i know who they will vote against and they outnumber National at the moment if you pay attention to the polls.
      
      0 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:23pm
- G152
  
  And you believe everything in the MSM in spite of years of them being economical with the truth.
  Breitbart is a blog.
  Any-one can post almost anything to a blog and when its about a tiny insignificant couple of islands and its PM at the end of the Earth truth is a casualty
  
  12 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:55am
Pongo

Listened to the Auckland Mayor debate on morning report yesterday and was quite struck by how good the contenders are and how awful Goff is. basically Goff just blamed the government, called on the government to do this and that and all the other candidates humiliated him by pointing out Auckland council can manage its own way if managed properly. They also pointed out to Goff and Espinor that for example the schooling system is a central not a local government issue and of little relevance. Goff never answered a question with a definitive answer and just waffled and droned and then when it was clear how badly he lagged evenn Palino he got all shouty.
Really good insight and probably not the outcome RNZ and Espinor wanted. I dont live there but I hope someone other than Goff (Len Brown clone) gets elected.
40 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:09am
- Keeping Stock
  
  Phil Goff – just like Len Brown, but his fly is zipped up 😉
  
  24 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:22am
- Huevon
  
  I agree. Goff clearly didn’t learn anything from the 2014 election. He doesn’t have the mettle for a leadership position. Shame the right is divided so we will end up with him anyway.
  
  25 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:25am
Reid

Devastating Expose on American Journalism and Media Concentration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc9OHBHtho8
3 5
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:10am
Keeping Stock

Nice day for it; not.

Will Andrew Little apologise to Earl and Lani Hagaman for the allegations he made against them? If not, how much will they take him for, now that the Auditor-General has found they and their company did nothing wrong and a normal procurement process was followed?
41 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:13am
- Happychappy
  
  Andrew Little knew before he made the complaint to the Auditor -General that he would not get the response he desired but thought the public would side with him, so now he says “Taking the issue to the Auditor – General was the right thing to do” so now he is trying to justify his stupidity by trying to con the publc
  
  19 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:13am
- Rich Prick
  
  If they get their proceedings filed now a trial date of say about November 2017 might be set down. Not that Mr 7% would otherwise have much else on.
  
  18 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:19am
Happychappy

So how is the little man with little knowledge and a inept Labour Party Leader going to wriggle out of his libel case now that he can not count on the Auditor General to give him any information on the donation to the National Party and awarding of the contract to the Hagamans hotel resort.I hope Andrew Little has plenty of cash as he should have found out the facts or all relevant information before using his clap trap defaming people
35 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:17am
kowtow

The real story is not the media hyped , extremist Black Lives Matter, the real story is blacks killing blacks. Gun control? Chicago has some of the tightest , what good does that do when criminals won’t follow the rules. How thick are the people who call for gun control? Do they really think murderers follow the rules?

“With a holiday weekend spate of violence that killed 13 people, the homicide toll in the nation’s third-largest city hit 500, a grim milestone that puts the city on track to reach a murder rate it hasn’t seen since the drug wars of the1990s.”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/06/chicago-hits-500-murders-2016-after-deadly-labor-day-weekend/89905916/
20 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:22am
- All_on_Red
  
  And Chicago has been run by Democrat Mayors since, when, 1927?
  I see Sean P Diddy is saying stop supporting the Dems as they have done nothing for Blacks. Will African Americans finally wake up to how the Democrats have failed them?
  I saw an interview the other day with a Black Hillary surrogate whose answer for failing Black educational achievement was… more money for teachers and a stronger teachers union. Faaark.
  
  20 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:34am
- cmm
  
  As Milo said: Black Lives don’t matter to BLM.
  
  Over 90% of violent black deaths are at the hands of other blacks although blacks only make up 13% of the population.
  
  That means blacks are killing other blacks at 60 times the rate that whites are killing blacks.
  
  But the media and BLM have hyped this so much that people think the real danger to blacks are white cops.
  
  Nor are they using assault rifles or such. Weapons of choice are handguns and blades.
  
  23 4
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:36am
  - All_on_Red
    
    If you want a laugh check out the parody account of @GodfreyElfwick who mercilessly skewers BLM and SJWs.
    https://mobile.twitter.com/GodfreyElfwick/status/773234512180482049
    https://mobile.twitter.com/GodfreyElfwick/status/773401557979258880
    
    4 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:58am
  - Fletch
    
    Exactly. Bill Whittle lays it all out, clearly, and by the numbers in his video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL9j_s_eLvU
    
    1 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 11:24am
- stephieboy
  
  Kowtow, whilst gun control laws might be strict in Chicago the facts are such laws are not the case in the rest of Illinois nor next door in Indiana . This is where most of guns are readily and easily sourced .Thus the idea of “strict gun controls ” is rather meaningless.
  
  The facts are that over the last 20 years gun related crimes and other crimes have been trending downwards in Chicago,
  
  https://thinkprogress.org/no-chicago-isnt-proof-that-gun-regulation-doesn-t-work-6e411623cd82#.qchzttnuy
  
  2 13
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:02am
  - All_on_Red
    
    Your survey stops at 2012. The facts are crime and homicides have increased significantly in the past couple of years. In the first nine months of this year there have been 500 homicides in Chicago alone.
    http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/06/us/chicago-homicides-visual-guide/
    
    10 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:05am
    - mikenmild
      
      Would a trend over nine months be more significant than the long term trend of declining violent crime?
      
      4 11
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:10am
      - All_on_Red
        
        Read the article Mikey, there are graphs. The trend is crime is rising. It’s tragic some of the comments.
        
        7 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:13am
      - tom hunter
        
        Your survey stops at 2012.
        
        Muhahahahahahaha. Guy’s a genius, no question.
        
        there are graphs.
        
        Ouch.
        
        What I like about this debate is that in order to push gun control you have to argue about escalating murders and violent crime committed with guns – but since the place in question is Chicago that might point fingers back at the never-ending Democrat control of the city.
        
        And we can’t have that.
        
        Suffice to say that the murder rate is nowhere near as bad as it was when I moved there amidst the crack cocaine turf wars.
        
        But it’s also entirely accurate to say that things have been going from bad to worse in the City of Big Shoulders since the whole Ferguson thing. But it’s all in the same areas as ever, which means the bulk of the city’s population – especially it’s white population – hardly see any difference.
        
        Oh – and for those for whom causality is a foreign concept – note that the claim about Chicago being surrounded by places with less gun control, has been just as true for the last twenty years while murders and gun crime in Chicago declined. That has not changed: something else did – and recently.
        
        5 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:19am
    - stephieboy
      
      All on Red, from my link,
      
      “..Most significantly, it is important to understand that Chicago is not an island. Although Chicago has historically had strict gun laws, laws in the surrounding parts of Illinois were much laxer — enabling middlemen to supply the criminals in Chicago with guns they purchased elsewhere. Forty three percent of the guns seized by law enforcement in Chicago were originally purchased in other parts of Illinois. And even if the state had stricter gun laws, Illinois is not an island either. The remaining fifty seven percent of Chicago guns all came from out of state, most significantly from nearby Indiana and distant Mississippi — neither of which are known for their strict gun laws…
      
      It’s also important to put Chicago’s very recent increase in gun violence in perspective. Data from the University of Chicago Crime Lab’s Harold Pollack shows that this uptick, while certainly worrying, isn’t anything like a return to the historic peaks during America’s crime wave. Pollack notes that “Chicago ranks 79th on Neighborhood Scout’s list of the 100 most dangerous places to live in America…the idea that Chicago faces a unique or unprecedented rise in homicides is incorrect. Our problems are all too familiar and chronic throughout much of urban America.” Chicago, following the national trend, has experienced a significant downturn in homicides in the past decade and a half..”:
      
      Graph added in support !
      
      3 12
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:18am
      - Reid
        
        Most significantly, it is important to understand that Chicago is not an island [blah blah blah]…
        
        …Graph added in support !
        
        It may be useful for the future stephie to recognise that not all of us:
        
        a) are so incredibly ignorant that we didn’t already know that Chicago isn’t an island, and
        
        b) need diagrams to illustrate simple truths such as that.
        
        5 2
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:40am
      - All_on_Red
        
        You’re an idiot. The CNN article has data which clearly shows homicides have gone back up in the past few years.
        
        4 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 3:59pm
- tom hunter
  
  A couple of articles about the recent upsurge in murder and violent crime in Chicago.
  
  The first is from John Kass, one of my long-time favourites from the Chicago Tribune, who is unfortunately behind a paywall more often than not. Kass has been on the beat in Chi-town forever and knows the people and the culture well. Local lefties loved him when he regularly stuck it to GW Bush – but they’ve learned to despise him as he’s made it clear in the last eight years just how little time he has for Obama’s bullshit in various issues.
  
  In short, he’s one of the last of the true journalists, which makes what he has to say about this crime wave, important.:
  
  With at least 78 killed so far, August is the deadliest month in nearly 20 years, according to a Tribune analysis. It’s all but certain that the city’s homicide total will push beyond the 491 dead of last year.
  …
  Twenty-five years ago, August 1991 was also an exceptionally bloody month in Chicago, with 122 homicides, the most in the city’s modern history, according to police figures.
  
  Mayor Richard M. Daley was in panic because he knew it would get worse. And it did. In 1992, the city hit 943 homicides, after 928 the year before.
  
  The difference is stark – but some reasons remain the same.
  
  … O’Connor, a detective for 30 years who also worked with federal agencies, was assigned to write a white paper analyzing the murders for the mayor.
  …
  “The shooter was typically a male black between the ages of 17 and 23,” O’Connor said. “And the victim was typically a male black between the ages of 17 and 23. So what’s changed since the ’90s? Not much, the same social pathology, and the police are expected to clean it up.”
  
  And Kass notes the political connections – both the obvious…
  
  Some call it “gun violence,” a definition greatly appreciated by Democratic politicians like those at City Hall. They can point to guns and take that voter anger over homicide numbers and channel it into a safe space.
  
  But there are plenty of guns in the suburbs, and suburbanites aren’t slaughtering each other.
  
  … and the not obvious…
  
  It’s the gang wars.
  
  Politicians know that the gangs are reason for the deaths. Calling it “gun violence” is much safer, especially in wards where gangs often provide political muscle.
  
  “Have you ever heard a Chicago alderman call out a street gang by name?” O’Connor asked. “No? Me neither.”
  
  The response this time is different – and useless. I watched a painful interview on PBS with a community organiser (no doubt walking in the footsteps of The Halo) and Laurie Lightfoot, newly appointed head of some newly created Police Accountability Board. Even the CO was getting angry as he talked of people gunned down in his West-side street and not getting the community policing they need – while he was confronted by a woman who vomited up huge amounts of fucking word salad. You could see why she got the job from the Mayor: a sop to Black Lives Matter.
  
  In the meantime the CPD is smaller than it was twenty years ago and the specialist anti-gang units have been completely disbanded. Between that and the Laquan McDonald shooting fallout the result is:
  
  Police were investigating reports of a shooting in bloody Englewood when about 10 young men confronted them, harassed them, mocked them on the street, hurling epithets, angry, defiant.
  
  “Every cop saw that video,” O’Connor said. “One big difference is that now, on the street, there is no fear. Even in the ’90s, with all the killing, the gangs feared the police. When we’d show up, they’d run. But now? Now they don’t run. Now, there is no fear.”
  
  For all the screams about “endemic racism” in the CPD the end-result is that the cops have backed off active policing (as they have in many US cities) – and those areas are now owned by the gangs.
  
  3 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:59am
- tom hunter
  
  The next is from the same paper, one Eric Zorn, who’s more politically reliable – as you’ll see – but still points out the obvious:
  
  If black lives didn’t matter, the cops wouldn’t have been out there, hanging the sad bunting of crime scene tape in the West Englewood neighborhood, trying against considerable odds to solve another no-doubt senseless shooting.
  
  If black lives didn’t matter, the men and women in blue would’ve just rolled slowly past the crime scene, shrugged at the persistence of violence in our most ravaged communities and driven off.
  
  If black lives didn’t matter, the officers wouldn’t have spent at least an hour in the middle of the night gathering evidence and attempting to interview witnesses while enduring verbal abuse.
  
  Black lives do matter.
  
  Sad. Pathetic. He’s trying to reason with BLM, imagining that they really mean it when they say they care about the lives of Blacks.
  
  They don’t. They’re just another far-left activist group using “racism” as a club to get what they really want – political power. In Chicago that means inside the local Democrat organisation, so naturally Democrats who think of themselves as left-wingers and not racists, find themselves in the firing line of being accused of racism, which is why Zorn comes across as so painfully earnest in reporting on this.
  
  And while Zorn sees the cops investigating a crime scene he does not see the unseen – which is that the cops are not really trying to prevent such things any longer. They’ve backed off, as described months ago by this Los Angeles-based cop who writes for PJMedia, “Jack Dunphy”:
  
  … in Chicago, as in many other cities, officers are coming to the conclusion that the risks of these violent contacts are prohibitive and that a prudent regard for one’s livelihood demands a less zealous approach to combatting crime.
  
  No, the cops aren’t afraid of getting shot or stabbed or otherwise injured in an altercation, they’re afraid of becoming the next YouTube sensation when an arrest goes wrong and fails to unfold in a manner approved by cowardly department brass, unprincipled politicians, and ignorant “community leaders,” all of whom exhort the cops to go out in the streets and stop the madness, but to do so without hurting anyone.
  
  To anybody who has been following this saga from the days of Fergusson, the recent increase in murders and violent crime in places like Chicago, Baltimore and other cities, comes as no surprise. In fact you could guarantee it.
  
  And it’s going to get worse before it gets better, if the Lori Lightfoot’s of the world are any indication.
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 11:34am
All_on_Red

So, Hillary has a new aeroplane for her campaign. A nice 737 with a section up the front for her, one in the middle for her staff and one at the back for her specially chosen Press- who are much the same as her ‘staff’ anyway!
Anyway, we are fortunate to have received a photo of what her section up the front looks like.
https://mobile.twitter.com/America_1st_/status/772965069634146304
Looks good.
23 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:25am
- dave_c_
  
  Bloody brilliant.
  It seems so far fetched – oops, it must be so.
  
  8 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:38am
- EAD
  
  https://mobile.twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/773181751749402624
  
  4 5
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:40am
- Hajji
  
  It look like an air evacuation hospital.
  
  12 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:48am
- Manolo
  
  The crook Clinton can and will get away with blue murder. All the MSM is on her side.
  
  16 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:52am
- stephieboy
  
  All on Red , so I take it is Ok for Trump to jet around in his personal 757 ?,
  
  http://flightlistpro.com/private-jet-charter/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Trump-757.png
  
  Ideas how he might be these days funding it given his chequered career in sundry bankruptcies ?
  
  3 19
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:07am
  - All_on_Red
    
    Morning Stephie
    Fuck you are thick
    Best
    AOR
    
    17 6
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:16am
    - stephieboy
      
      All On Red , I can’t help it if Trump makes unwise and dumb business decisions !
      
      2 16
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:22am
      - Rich Prick
        
        I’d still have his bank account over yours any day.
        
        12 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:24am
    - Griff
      
      Don’t forget one plus one equals two now all on red .
      
      Trump is funding it by sucking in people to support his campaigning then washing the money though his businesses and into his own pocket.
      http://www.marketwatch.com/story/20-of-donald-trumps-campaign-spending-goes-to-trump-businesses-filing-says-2016-06-21
      Crook
      
      3 13
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:31am
      - All_on_Red
        
        Yeah, sure. Imagine the headlines if Trump didn’t stay at his own Hotels or use his own services where he could. Also, US Electoral Law says he has to charge for them. You really are such a stupid leftie.
        Oh, and what’s #strike 5 + 1? Two months off.
        How’s that math for you- lol
        So, go on. Have another meltdown and give us all a laugh.
        
        3 2
        Report
        September 8, 2016 1:16pm
      - Griff
        
        one plus one equals two.
        Yip give a noddy facts and they wobble around trying to ignore them.
        The point is my maths challenged little wonk .
        He is creaming money into his business that are not supported by the effect his campaign receives for that money .
        Things like a piss up for his mates at his golf club.
        Grossly inflated rent for office space.
        Paying many times the going rate for functions.
        But yeh stupid people are there to be bulked of their cash .
        
        2 5
        Report
        September 8, 2016 1:37pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        ‘The point is my maths challenged little wonk .’
        What is this new bullshit you are on about with your 1+1?
        You are so pathetic, it’s funny to watch you grasp at the most meagre of straws as you try to play ‘gotcha’
        Lol
        
        2 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 4:04pm
      - Griff
        
        ROFL
        yip all on red
        Adjustments .
        You know because a thermometer is only correct at plus or minus 1 degree .
        That’s why they use a algorithm that checks for such jumps in the record and adjust to correct the reading when the thermometer gets changed .
        Urban heat island effect.
        Well duh that adjust for that to and time of bias and other ways that the data can be incorrect .
        The net result for all the adjustment in the global temperature series is to show less of a warming trend .
        But you think adjustment means they are making it look more because you read it at some blog for gullible dumb idiots..
        
        Another stupid thing they told you and you swallowed like a kiddy believing in Santa
        
        Claims the ice at thwaites is getting melted by a volcanoes .
        To prove this you link to a paper that points out the the ice is wet at its base from the geothermal heat so slides faster when it is melted along the grounding line .
        
        I could keep going for a quit a while on the number of times you have made an absolute arse of your self .
        
        Each time you do the pigeon chess thing I won I won
        No all on red you dont win.
        Its called dunning kruger.
        To dumb to realize you are dumb .
        look it up .
        
        0 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 5:13pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Go on Gwiffy, have that meltdown. You’re getting close.
        Poor Mr ‘Piggy in the Median’
        The truth is you get proved wrong all the time yet you are just in denial about it.It’s funny to watch. I reckon you are the most laughed at commentator here with your faux pretentious idea that somehow you are some sort of savant and possess a superior intellect as you call us all ‘low info’! It’s a joke.
        So funny.
        Hahahahaahahaha
        
        3 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 5:23pm
      - Icarus
        
        Why does he not just get it from brutal Saudi Dictators like Hillary ? Is he immune to bribes or something ?
        
        3 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 5:51pm
      - Griff
        
        Yes all on red I did not even sit school c
        Wall Street Journal
        
        the U.S. would also be hurt by a cut in imports. Mr. Trump’s tariffs would amount to a tax on American companies and households equal to 1.5% of GDP—1.2 points from his 45% tariff on Chinese products and another 0.3 points from a 35% tariff on goods made in Mexico by American firms. A hit of that size could cause a recession, such as the 1.4% peak-to-trough decline in U.S. GDP seen in 1990. Two years later, “It’s the economy, stupid,” got President George H.W. Bush evicted from the White House.
        
        Beyond that, more than one-half of U.S. imports from China and three-quarters of U.S. imports from Mexico are capital goods and intermediate goods that American firms need for their own production. It’s impossible to abruptly shrink imports from China and Mexico without damaging U.S. firms, reducing long-term growth and destroying jobs. American-based auto plants forced to pay more for steel, for example, would suddenly find themselves less able to compete with imports from Europe, Japan and Korea.
        
        http://www.wsj.com/articles/if-trump-launched-a-trade-war-on-asia-1459270919
        http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-a-trump-trade-war-could-cost-you-2016-05-26
        
        How much a Trump trade war could cost you
        He wants big tariffs on China—along with Japan and Mexico—which he says will correct the trade imbalances we have will all three nations. He also thinks this will keep U.S. manufacturers—like the well-publicized departure of a Carrier air conditioning plant in Indianapolis and an Oreo factory in Chicago—from leaving. It’s an issue that justifiably terrifies workers in vulnerable industries—and helps explain why Trump has cruised to the GOP nomination.
        
        What Trump’s supporters don’t seem to get is that the tariffs he proposes—35% to 45%—could cost the average American household $11,000 over five years, according to a recent study.
        
        “Who the hell cares if there’s a trade war?” Trump scoffed at a New Jersey event this month. I suppose when you’re super wealthy like he is, it doesn’t matter if the price of a TV or pair of sneakers or even a car goes up 35% to 45%. But when you’re just about anyone else, it matters. A lot.
        
        On top of that, the report by the nonpartisan National Foundation for American Policy adds that if those countries retaliated against us (we export stuff to them too, you know) it would destroy lots of American jobs. “Who the hell cares if there’s a trade war?” I’ll bet the one in six American workers whose jobs are linked to trade do. Even American companies that don’t export would be hurt by Trump’s tariffs: their reliance on cheap, imported raw materials would drive up costs—which would just be passed on to us. Importers, exporters, manufacturers and consumers, Trump’s trade agenda could hurt everyone. </blockquote
        http://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-a-trump-trade-war-could-cost-you-2016-05-26
        
        Pigeon chess is what idiots do when it becomes obvious they are losing the debate .
        laughing at you matey.
        A drugged up high school dropout is so much more informed and knowledgeable than you.
        .
        
        0 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:07pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        How do you think the Fourth Industrial Revolution is going to change how trade works my uneducated ignorant friend who just endlessly parrots what others say without understanding it?
        You’re quite the link queen aren’t you. But don’t understand it.
        Btw what level of tariffs has Trump announced?
        Any?
        As for pigeon chess, from me talking about Trumps invoices, YOU have gone to climate change, trade etc etc .
        You are the one playing Pigeon chess and yet you accuse me!
        You are so stupid you can’t even see the cognitive dissonance. See, this is why people constantly laugh at you and think your comments are a joke. No one really bothers with you anymore.
        Hahahahahahaha
        
        Edit’Pigeon chess is what idiots do when it becomes obvious they are losing the debate .
        
        And you’re the one doing it. Oh fuck that is just sooooo funny.
        
        2 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:20pm
      - Griff
        
        I dont understand it All On Red?
        I gave you my independent opinion based on my knowledge of economics .
        I then went and found links to support my opinion because you are busy claiming I dont know what I am talking about.
        You are now saying I dont understand it .
        
        Pigeon chess from a halfwit .
        ROFLMAO
        You really are thick .
        
        0 5
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:30pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Hahahaaha,you keep changing the subject and then accuse me of pigeon chess and call me thick.
        O.M.G, you are the gift which keeps on giving.
        Here’s a thought for you Gwiffy.
        Maybe just maybe, you really aren’t as clever as you think you are and are just plain old stupid.
        Lol.
        
        5 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:37pm
      - Griff
        
        Do you smoke pot to much all in red
        this is you
        All_on_Red
        
        ‘Tariffs would be a tax on the end user of the import not Mexico They would just serve to make Mexican products less competitive .’
        
        Do ya think? Lol, that’s the idea. Make them expensive so there is no point US companies setting up in Mexico and also hurt Mexican producers ability to sell to the US. There is a $60 Billion trade imbalance with Mexico.You are so slow! And you call us the ‘low info’ ones.
        Sooo funny
        
        Explained in detail why you are talking shit.
        The trump policy’s around trade are terrible for every one. Especially the low info wonks like you who support such a knob from ignorance.
        Linked to sites to support my opinion.
        You are till claiming you are right and trying to claim I am allover when the debate is actually over two threads
        Pigeon chess because thats all you have.
        ROFLAMO
        
        This is fun pointing out you are an idiot is tooo easy
        When are you going to have that melt down you keep projecting. ?
        
        0 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:55pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Err you are the pot smoker Gwiffy. Sheesh, you sure got a bad case of cognitive dissonance.
        What tariff has Trump said he will put on?
        Maybe my dumb little friend, this is all just a negotiating stance to get Mexico to do something about the massive trade imbalance. Hmm Mr Strike 5 meltdown boy.
        I haven’t changed the subject like you and still you say I’m the one playing pigeon chess. Wow. You can’t see that’s what you do all the time. Zero credibility.
        Lol AT YOU.
        
        4 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:00pm
      - Griff
        
        You are gibbering my friend .
        
        Why dont you sit down and go over the debate you jumped into again .
        Because when someone can not hold the thread in their head it is pointless talking to them.
        If its not drugs.
        It must just be the old standby.
        Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
        George Carlin
        I know were I sit on the bell curve and it is one fuck of a long way from you .
        
        0 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:07pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Actually Griff, reading through this thread and seeing your complete lack of self awareness, I wonder if I’m making a mistake and being mean having such sport with you. It’s clearly not fair since you are so totally not up to it.
        Given your obsession with the weather, pigeon chess and having meltdowns I hope you don’t mind if I ask you a personal question.
        Are you mentally retarded?
        
        Look if you are, I apologise and I will leave you alone. It’s clear you aren’t coping and are getting very confused.
        Best
        AOR
        
        2 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:08pm
      - Griff
        
        Pigeon chess all on red
        Scott said tariffs.
        I commented they would be harmful.
        You said they would work.
        I have proved they wont
        You are claiming victory when you have made an arse of your self
        Whats your IQ sunny .
        90? or less
        
        Oh and I have sat and passed a university level economics 101 paper
        
        Never mind all on red if you try real hard you can cope.
        
        0 4
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:17pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Who is Scott?
        How much are the tariffs? Any link?
        I never said they would work. I just pointed out it would hurt Mexico and what the effect would be. Which is true.You are telling lies now about what I said.but sigh that’s what you do.
        Personally I think it’s just a negotiating stance.
        You are very confused.
        Look, it’s ok. Your track record indicates a problem. I really don’t like picking on the kids on the special bus.
        Oh btw, I’ve held some very senior jobs and as is usual I got tested- on all sorts of thing. I’m pretty comfortable about where I’m at thank you.
        
        2 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:29pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        ‘university level economics 101 paper’
        University LEVEL? Oh, so not at a University.
        Sorry to break it to you Griff, but a diploma from ‘cut and paste’ High School doesn’t count.
        
        1 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:38pm
      - Griff
        
        Gibbering still all on red
        We have established quit a few facts
        1 You play pigeon chess claim you have won when you have had your arse kicked .
        2 I have a reasonable understanding of economics .
        3 Trumps threat of tariffs would result in a trade war that will cause a recession in the usa
        4 You can not hold a thread in your mind and need to have things repeatedly pointed out .
        5 You suffer from dunning kruger
        6 You jump into a thread without understanding what has already been said .
        7You think attacking me on my intelligence and metal state makes you a winner when it just confirms you have been made an arse of.
        8 You start gibbering when you are made to look as stupid as you are .
        
        0 2
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:03pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Is that dog shit still on my shoe?
        Scrape, scrape. There, that’s better.
        All gone now.
        
        1 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:08pm
      - Griff
        
        ROFLMAO
        What a winner all on red
        Now dont forget to practice .
        One plus one equals two
        
        0 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:16pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Oh look my very own stalker is back. Obsessed much?
        What’s with the math Gwiffy? What’s this 1+ 1 thingy.
        Proud you worked it out after so long. Oh well, small things amuse small minds.
        Don’t be late for your bus tomorrow
        
        0 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:20pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        If the shoe fits…
        ‘Individuals with AS may collect volumes of detailed information on a relatively narrow topic such as weather data without necessarily having a genuine understanding of the broader topic.’
        Yip
        
        0 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:26pm
- Paulus
  
  I assume it has a full medical emergency kit in the secret front end ?
  All other employees enter via the backstairs.
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 1:48pm
BeaB

I imagine the strippers of NZ are going to be pretty fed up with Scarlette for shutting off one of their lucrative sources of income by blabbing to the media.
29 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:47am
EAD

Orwell would be proud -The truth is now “racist”:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/09/07/row-as-air-china-warns-on-londons-indian-pakistani-and-black-nei/

China’s national carrier is embroiled in a race row after its inflight magazine carried a warning that visitors to London should avoid ethnic minority areas.

Air China’s Wings of China magazine said the British capital was generally safe, but warned “precautions are needed when entering areas mainly populated by Indians, Pakistanis and black people”.

It was carried in English and Chinese in an article about London’s attractions under the headline “Tips from Air China”.
25 2
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:48am
- stephieboy
  
  EAD, are Chinese now honorary Aryans/ whites in your estimation ?
  
  https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/cd/86/25/cd8625f789980c1a4140900e19cff410.jpg
  
  2 19
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:09am
  - Icarus
    
    Yes stephieboy they are. They built a civilisation. Unlike the pre-stone age Africans. Who can’t manage it even with the help of YT.
    
    Edit: Well except for North Africa, eg Egypt and Libya. Of course we all know the black warlord Obama was enraged about this and destroyed their countries.
    
    Obama is a truly hideous beast.
    
    6 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 5:31pm
- cmm
  
  The Chinese don’t carry all the burden of White Guilt. They’re prepared to call a spade a spade.
  
  It is only us westerners that have been so abused and brow-beaten that we no longer talk honestly about these issues.
  
  24 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:41am
- Rich Prick
  
  The only thing wrong with that advice is that it included Indians. It could have been more helpful by listing the areas to avoid, but as a general rule of thumb, if there’s a mosque nearby, steer clear.
  
  17 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:21am
  - stephieboy
    
    Rich Prick , paranoid gibberish we have come to expect from a Trumpist !
    
    1 13
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 11:58am
    - Rich Prick
      
      No, just healthy safety information. Oh, and I’m not voting Trump.
      
      8 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 12:41pm
    - Longknives
      
      Have you ever been to the UK Stephieboy?
      It’s is no secret that the Islamics communities (Many now controlled by the barbaric ‘Sharia Law’) are places to be avoided by anyone who values their lives..(that includes British Police)
      
      3 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:40pm
artemisia

The Wellington based Renters United has asked Wellington CC mayoral candidates a series of questions about what they will or will not do about improving local rental accommodation. Traffic light summary and full responses are posted at the below link.

Some of the candidates support much more local (or central) government involvement in the rental market but almost no indication of cost, where the (considerable) money will come from or how much rents will rise if their policies are implemented. Must be time for a ‘show me the money’ moment.

http://www.rentersunited.org.nz/vote/
7 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:49am
BeaB

When unemployment has fallen to nearly to 5% we are getting down to the bottom of the barrel to the lazy, the incompetent, the criminal, the malingerers, the druggies – the list is a sorry one and not the pool of talent employers would willingly use.
There will be exceptions of course but by and large many of them will be unemployable.
30 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:50am
- waikatogirl
  
  Life is too comfortable on the benefit for some. The lazy, etc would soon learn to work if their financial safety net was removed due to abusing the taxpayers care.
  
  The taxpayer pays the benefit for those in need of help, not as a lifestyle. We keep hammering this point and it is time the government pulled the rug out from under the malingerers and made them stick with honest employment and stop bludging off the rest of us.
  
  22 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:20am
  - cmm
    
    Exactly right.
    
    The benefit is supposed to be a “safety net” and that was how it was described when I first came to NZ 24 years ago. The purpose was to protect you from the worst impact of unemployment. Falling into a safety net is not pain free – it still stings and maybe bruises – but at least you don’t break any bones. You are supposed to then get out of the net…
    
    Unfortunately the safety net is too comfortable. It has become a hammock.
    
    Unfortunately when that attitude gets ingrained over generations it gets that people who actually work for a living are considered losers.
    
    18 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:48am
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Sorry WG, fat fingers 🙁
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:16am
cmm

More bullshit about Scarlette being a victim of the patriarchy…

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/84023421/the-chiefs-stripper-saga-is-over-but-what-next-for-scarlette

“But Scarlette’s life won’t just go back to normal. ”

If she’s going around offering her bits for licking for 50 bucks her life was not normal and probably never was.

“She’ll have to live with the negative media and public scrutiny she was subjected to.”

She chose it. She went to the media. If she had followed channels and gone to the cops it would have all been handled discretely.

But, hey, Shortie star, so…..
25 4
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:50am
- kowtow
  
  “She went to the media” , and by golly did they run with it. Wankers . And even though there was nothing in it , the tv news last night showed footage of the chiefs on field knocking on , dropping the ball etc.
  The media , by and large, really are a bunch of c#nts. They think they have the last word , but the punters , we plebs, are abandoning them in droves and they’re failing , hahahahahaha.
  
  27 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:59am
holysheet

In an interview with Hekia Parata, (minister of education) and Paul Henry this morning, she stated that only 15% of graduates got jobs as teachers.
1000 graduates, 150 get teaching jobs. What do the rest of them go on to do? the dole, mcdonalds? DPB?

Is this why the teachers unions are anti change?
They know that with this great pool of potential replacements their present union members, who are shit teachers, are afraid of loosing their cushy jobs for life. Regardless of their performance in the classrooms.
23 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:55am
Johnboy

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11705492

Nice to see Iwi being consulted on this matter.
They’ll be able to advise us on what sort of sewerage containment systems Kupe had on Matahourua! 🙂
17 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:02am
Manolo

She is only fighting “allergy”:
http://www.theamericanmirror.com/hillary-admits-upping-med-load-combat-coughing-fits/
13 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:03am
- Rich Prick
  
  I’m not sure antihistamines are effective in the treatment of strokes.
  
  11 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:49am
Manolo

The FBI speaks:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/07/politics/james-comey-hillary-clinton-email-probe/

FBI Director James Comey is defending the bureau’s Friday afternoon release of documents from the Hillary Clinton email investigation, saying “we don’t play games” and that the documents were put out when ready.
9 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:13am
Dave Mann

The Canoe Tainui. Let me see if I’ve understood this correctly…. someone has just paid $1,350,000 for 8 black panels with a lot of words scribbled badly on them at random. Thus mess was done by McCahon, a guy with almost no discernable artistic ability – even when he was trying to paint actual pictures with shapes and form and things.

If you need more humor in your life you need go no further than the news pages… I’m still laughing after reading about this. Thank you to the ‘art’ world for lightening my mood with this delicious madness.
28 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:19am
- mikenmild
  
  It’s quite impressive that you know much more about art than the buyers who shell out millions for McCahon’s works.
  Feel free not to buy them.
  
  6 27
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:24am
  - Captain Mainwaring
    
    Clearly those who appreciate McCahon’s works live in a very different time & space continuum than the rest of us.
    
    21 4
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:28am
  - Jack5
    
    Milky:
    
    Do the rich pay top dollars for pictures because they believe they are great art or because the high price impresses their mates?
    
    Given the sky-high prices paid for the colour-photograph-like realistic paintings of W.C.F. Goldie, I’m sceptical about sale prices being the best criterion for rating art.
    
    Art prices fluctuate. Feelings of wealth because of the Auckland property bubble will have helped inflate recent auction prices.
    
    13 3
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:39am
    - mikenmild
      
      It’s always nice when we hear some good art criticism, of McCahon or Goldie, or whoever.
      No one forces you to buy these things or even look at them.
      You are free to disparage them, and maybe that will affect the critical assessment, and value, of them. Or maybe not.
      
      7 8
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:44am
- Hajji
  
  It’s known as ‘RNT’ art – ‘Requires No Talent’.
  
  19 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:26am
  - stephieboy
    
    As if you would know !
    
    2 11
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 12:00pm
- Sideoiler
  
  someone has just paid $1,350,000 for 8 black panels
  
  I heard on red radio this morning that purchase price will be in excess of $1,600,000 when the buyers premium and GST are added.
  The saving grace is that it was purchased by a private buyer, no taxpayer funding required.
  
  20 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:36am
  - Reid
    
    One assumes they were especially good black panels, no brush marks, etc.
    
    I wonder how they tell when they’re being hung which way up they’re supposed to go?
    
    And whether, if they are upside down, it changes the entire message like when a smiley face turns into a frowny one?
    
    5 3
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:00am
    - stephieboy
      
      Again from someone who is the know and has not graduated from preschool scribble .
      
      2 11
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 12:01pm
  - rangitoto
    
    Check out the Mark Rothko insanity
    
    http://www.markrothko.org/
    
    3 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:48am
    - Dave Mann
      
      Incredible!
      
      0 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:39pm
- Kimbo
  
  Reminds me of the story that initially “Toss” Woollaston declined his knighthood until it was explained to him that they were determined to give one to a New Zealand painter, and if not him, then Colin McCahon was going to get the gong!
  
  13 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:40am
- Griff
  
  art
  
  the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
  
  Having been exposed to a collection of McCahon’s work at high school it does have an effect far more powerful then what you could reproduce by scribbling on a blank canvas.
  
  That you are talking about it makes it art. McCahon’s work generates an emotive response from you.
  
  The same effect can be seen with the reaction if we mention Mary in a condom. It is not art they say fervently. 😆 This makes it art by definition as a tatty statue in a condom has stuck in their brain for decades .
  
  5 8
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:46am
  - Dave Mann
    
    No. My response is not to this talentless onanistic rubbish masquerading as ‘art’. My response is to the stupidity of a society which sees any value in it and particularly to the fuckwit who has just paid $1,350,000 for it.
    
    Do you understand the difference?
    
    If I won lotto big time I would seriously like to buy one of these pieces of utter brain feces and put it through a shredder. But if I did that, some pretentious wanker would probably film the event and market it as ‘installation’ art or something – so I’ll just be content with saying that the emperor actually has no clothes and leave it at that 😀
    
    3 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 6:53pm
- Johnboy
  
  A McCahon black and white billboard at $1,350,000 would almost seem to be a bargain as opposed to an L.S.Lowry stick man daub at 5.6M pounds (wot them pommie arty-farties regard as real artistic talent) 🙂
  
  I wonder what a Banksy might realise in another 100 years? 🙂
  
  6 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:33am
  - Griff
    
    They go for good money now JB
    http://www.widewalls.ch/10-most-expensive-banksy-artworks-at-auctions/kissing-coppers/
    
    4 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:38am
- sam green
  
  Have you ever seen any McCahon works?
  
  2 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 2:53pm
  - Dave Mann
    
    Yes I have (Auckland Art Gallery and somewhere in Australia, from memory). I have also seen posters and prints over the years and I have visited his house in Titirangi.
    
    The man had almost no artistic talent and he couldn’t draw for nuts. If there were a life after death I think he would be pissing himself laughing right now.
    
    4 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:10pm
Manolo

Thank you, Mamma merkel. Germany’s problems are only beginning:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3777935/German-police-forces-sets-migrant-crime-team-Bietigheim-Bissingen-tackle-rising-number-offences-asylum-seekers.html

Police in Germany have set up a migrant crime unit specifically designed to target asylum seekers.

The four-man team has been sent into action in the town of Bietigheim-Bissingen, 14 miles south of Stuttgart, to deal with the rise in violence, sexual assaults and robbery involving migrants in Germany.
20 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:27am
- kowtow
  
  Problem is she won’t read the writing on the wall. And other members of Europe’s out of touch elites are queuing up to join her. Roll on democratic elections.
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/06/king-harald-norway-diversity-speech
  
  11 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:35am
  - dave_c_
    
    I think she definitely knows (and sees) the writing on the wall – It’s just that she values her life too much to do anything about it !
    
    4 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:54am
Jack5

Dunedin king-hitting thug is a 13-year-old girl and law seemingly means she can’t be touched.

This is worth remembering in relation to an important legal person’s suggestion that youth courts should cover offenders up to the age of 19.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11705747
20 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:31am
big bruv

Im a big sports fan, I love to see the top athletes in the world compete, I love to watch the best of the best. This is why I cannot as a rule watch female sport (save for Netball as the best players in the world are female) or the mind numbingly boring Paralympics.
Im not against the games as such but I am against funding them and the expectation that I (as a Kiwi) should be in awe of a fellow Kiwi who won one of the 320 Gold medals on offer for the 100 backstroke.
10 4
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:40am
- mikenmild
  
  I love to see the top athletes in the world compete
  
  Must be the reason why you get so much pleasure from watching the All Blacks.
  
  10 11
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:46am
  - big bruv
    
    mnm
    
    If they were top athletes I might, but given they are not and given that they are always playing with 16 (it is now internationally accepted that the Ref’s are biased in favour of the NZ team) I take no pleasure at all from watching the NZ team……unless of course they lose, then I love
    it.
    
    4 13
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:49am
    - mikenmild
      
      Typical bullshit. Was Wayne Barnes on their side in Cardiff in 2007?
      It’s pretty well established that refereeing calls in all sports tend to go with the home team and/or the superior team.
      
      8 4
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:54am
      - big bruv
        
        mnm
        
        You make my point for me. On the very rare occasion that the NZ team play with a neutral ref they often lose. I love it when that happens.
        
        1 14
        Report
        September 8, 2016 9:57am
    - calendar girl
      
      “Im a big sports fan, I love to see the top athletes in the world compete, I love to watch the best of the best.”
      
      Me too. And the All Blacks are up there with a few others on my list of favourites.
      
      9 4
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 9:57am
      - big bruv
        
        They might be on your list but that does not make the NZ rugby team top athletes. I mean are you really going to say that Owen Franks is a natural athlete? He might be good at rugby (love to see how good if we had neutral refs) and attacking the eyes of opposing players but that is about it. To be a top athlete you really have to make it in a world game, Rugby does not qualify.
        
        3 14
        Report
        September 8, 2016 10:04am
      - Kimbo
        
        To be a top athlete you really have to make it in a world game, Rugby does not qualify.
        
        So no baseball, American football, ice hockey, hockey or cricket then.
        
        Um, here’s the thing about Owen Franks – if he engaged in eye-gouging rather than accidentally placing his hands in an opponent’s face…how come no one was injured and the Wallaby player himself was nonplussed at the reaction?
        
        If you’re gonna convict someone of murder, you usually have to produce a dead body! 😉
        
        13 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 10:10am
- Kimbo
  
  Women’s gymnastics? They don’t have the same strength as the men (obviously!), but they certainly have more flexibility and some of the apparatus they use is exclusively for women’s competition. The likes of Olga Korbut, Nadia Comaneci, Mary Lou Retton, and now Simone Biles are all (deserved) sporting superstars.
  
  Women’s sport is good – lacks the power of men (e.g., tennis), but there are other ways to win time and space (the essence of any sport
  
  9 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:52am
  - big bruv
    
    Kimbo,
    
    Any pass time that has as part of its scoring system an element of artistic merit is not sport. Nor for that matter is motor or horse racing, but that is a discussion for another day.
    
    3 10
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:59am
- Griff
  
  This is why I cannot as a rule watch female sport
  
  You can not ?
  Woman’s beach volley ball is one of the most fascinating sports to watch ever.
  I would much prefer to admire the athletic prowess of a finely toned female body than some boof heads running around on a footy field.
  
  10 5
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 9:59am
Manolo

I take no pleasure at all from watching the NZ team……unless of course they lose, then I love it.

It is hard to read that sentence with a straight face. 😀
11 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:53am
Maggy Wassilieff

UK supplying arms to Saudi war criminals

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/sep/07/mps-poised-to-call-for-suspension-of-uk-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia
7 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:54am
- kowtow
  
  Maggy,
  
  There’s no way the Brit Establishment will throw away the chance to make a buck or two out of the Arabs.
  
  Plenty of utterly corrupt precedent, which the media no longer talk about. Conveniently .
  
  “The arms company BAE secretly paid Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia more than £1bn in connection with Britain’s biggest ever weapons contract, it is alleged today.”
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/07/bae1
  
  6 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 11:25am
jonar

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/312808/migrant-workers'-paid-$8-hr,-exploited,-report-reveals

The report detailed cases of employers taking advantage of new migrants, with limited employment options and limited understanding of employment rights, by overworking them.

In some cases, employers demanded they work for free…

It noted that the stress associated with having to speak in English with authorities, navigate the legal system, and engage in confrontations, presented barriers for migrant workers to pursue a case, even after they had left a bad employer.

Hmmm, it’s almost like it would be a good idea for these migrants to have some sort of association they could join to look after their rights…
4 7
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:54am
- Reid
  
  The report detailed cases of employers taking advantage of new migrants, with limited employment options and limited understanding of employment rights, by overworking them.
  
  I wonder if the report detailed that these employers are almost always immigrants themselves, who for example setup Indian Restaurants, and they’re hardly ever Europeans. Or would that be wacist?
  
  11 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:09am
  - stephieboy
    
    Reid , are you thick ? Restaurants are most often set up to reflect the ethnic cuisine they prepare and sell – Italian , French , Chinese , Thai , Indian etc . nothing to do with ” wacism ” !
    
    1 11
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 12:10pm
Happychappy

big bruv why not tell truth you are just trying to outdo Andrew Little in whom is NZs greatest whinger
18 2
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:01am
- big bruv
  
  Happychappy,
  
  I have no chance of obtaining that title; fans of the NZ rugby team have that one all to themselves.
  
  If you listen carefully you can still hear the whinging from 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003 and 2007.
  
  3 11
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:06am
  - mikenmild
    
    My commiserations, big bruv. It must be a particularly difficult time for you, with the All Blacks being reigning world champions, first back-to-back winners and first three-time champions.
    Any light apparent at the end of the dark tunnel of success?
    
    16 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:11am
  - Garbageman
    
    Gawd lad you sound like one of those meat heads over at the Strandard that call it thugby, don’t like it don’t watch it, the only whinging I can see is your weapons grade attempt to shit stir
    
    9 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:51am
    - Kimbo
      
      If schadenfreude is a sport – and let’s face it, it is world wide – then big bruv is my first pick for the NZ team! Certain gold medal? You betcha!
      
      7 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 10:54am
wiseowl

Murray vs Nishikori game on now.
Brilliant.
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:04am
Jack5

Ahoy Stephies! Good morning, good morning … good morning to all of you.

I realise the Stephie team with all the praying and swaying and Kiwiblog posting hasn’t time to keep a close eye on Whale Oil as well, but I’ve spotted this on Whale that you may want to wage jihad over:

GOOD JUDGE TELLS BAD WOGS TO STOP BLUDGING AS HE SENTENCES HATE-PREACHER ANJEM CHOUDARY TO PRISON
23 2
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:07am
mikenmild

You’ve got to love how the US legislative process works. This one has been going on for a while. Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on how to fund efforts to prevent the spread of the Zika virus.
The latest effort has collapsed in the Senate because the Democrats wouldn’t agree to the funding bill also promoting the Confederate Flag and defunding Planned Parenthood.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a46279/republicans-zika-funding-confederate-flag/
7 2
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:35am
- Reid
  
  Did it mention the Rockefeller Foundation owned (maybe still owns) the patent for the Zika virus?
  
  Very handy tool if you’re interested in de-population.
  
  And of course, if you wanted to pretend you were interested in doing something when really you aren’t, why you’d just put a few clauses into a bill that you know would cause it to fail, like those two, wouldn’t you.
  .
  
  1 10
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:40am
  - mikenmild
    
    I own the patent for gonorrhoea.
    
    6 5
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:46am
    - Reid
      
      Look it up mm. Of course if you’re not interested in facts then nothing and no-one can help you.
      
      5 3
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 10:50am
      - chiz
        
        The Zika virus has never been patented.
        
        4 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 1:01pm
    - insider
      
      Funny, I thought you only had the distribution contract…
      
      2 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 1:00pm
  - stephieboy
    
    Reid, Zika Virus ? Good David Icke reptilian shapeshifter stuff ,
    
    http://www.davidickeandthedeception.com/page64.htm
    
    4 8
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 10:52am
    - Reid
      
      No I didn’t mention Icke stephie.
      
      You’re getting all confused.
      
      Again.
      
      Is there ever a time when you’ve ever got anything at all or is this confusion a permanent state of affairs with you? One imagines your dreams must be amazing, unicorns and so forth feature prominently. Am I getting warm?
      
      6 4
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 10:56am
      - stephieboy
        
        Your idea that the Zika Virus-like the Ebola is man made for depopulation purposes is absurd !
        
        Substantiate it !
        
        3 9
        Report
        September 8, 2016 11:17am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        @stephieboy
        
        No-one here has stated that the Zika Virus is man-made.
        Reid is pointing out that it was discovered (in Uganda in 1947) by a scientist at a research institute supported by the Rockefeller Foundation.
        
        But if you want to buy some Zika virus… only costs $516
        https://www.atcc.org/Products/All/VR-84.aspx#generalinformation
        
        7 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 11:30am
      - Reid
        
        stephie I decided a long time ago that substantiating anything at all to you is simply impossible because there is so much you don’t know it’s impossible to know where to start from, so I don’t bother.
        
        Plus as Maggy has just illustrated, you never even understand the actual point being made, either. Which makes it even more impossible because you’re asking for substantiation of something not even under discussion, except in your unicorn-filled wretched little mind.
        
        7 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 11:33am
  - SGA
    
    @Reid
    
    Very handy tool if you’re interested in de-population.
    
    errr… no, it’s not particularly deadly. Far better viruses for that (or from which to develop more deadly ones)
    Anyhow, I did have a quick look about Zika and patents and found this –
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-c-smith/the-zika-conspiracies-hav_b_9162854.html
    
    4 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 11:35am
    - Reid
      
      errr… no, it’s not particularly deadly.
      
      errr…yes, it stops young women from wishing to become pregnant unless they want to take a very high risk of having a baby with microcephaly.
      
      This is zika 101 SGA. Normally you’re a lot more astute.
      
      2 3
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 11:39am
      - SGA
        
        Reid – what proportion of babies in areas with the zika virus are actually being born with microcephaly?
        Has the birth rate in Brazil plummeted recently?
        A “depopulation” device should be made of sterner stuff.
        Really.
        
        3 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 11:46am
      - Reid
        
        SGA, if you want to discuss depopulation techniques, then you need to understand what they are and who has said what about the subject.
        
        Unless and until someone bothers to educate themselves in such, it’s a waste of time discussing it with them because they’re simply not equipped to understand. You might as well try to explain to a ten year old the mathematical justification for E=MC2.
        
        If such data wasn’t already freely available on the interweb simply waiting for an open mind to interrogate it, then of course I’d help you out, but since it is then go look.
        
        When you have done so, you’ll find the answers to your questions above, and lots more beside, and I’ll be happy to engage with you on the subject. Until then, you’re just wasting my time and yours.
        
        1 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 1:01pm
      - SGA
        
        In other words, you don’t like those simple questions, and once again all that’s left is bluster to support your latest conspiracy theory.
        But you are right about one thing, this is a waste of my time.
        
        4 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 1:33pm
Manolo

A poisoner has second thoughts:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/07/us/politics/nancy-pelosi-urges-paul-ryan-to-ban-republicans-from-using-hacked-documents.html

Nancy Pelosi, the House minority leader, sent a letter on Tuesday to Speaker Paul D. Ryan urging him to bar Republicans from using hacked documents in the campaign, arguing that “defending our democracy is more important than any advantage or disadvantage in this election.”
6 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:40am
Johnboy

Lovely day in the Nui today.
Only had to hold my double scotch out the window for thirty seconds to get enough ice to blunt the impact! 🙂
12 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:52am
- mikenmild
  
  Drunk in charge of the sheep?
  
  3 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:58am
  - Johnboy
    
    Maybe Milkey. None of them have contracted gonorrhoea from a union with an infected shop steward however! 🙂
    
    7 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 11:10am
- Griff
  
  Close the bloody fridge door JB .
  https://www.wunderground.com/personal-weather-station/dashboard?ID=IFRANKLI1#history
  6C here in Auckland
  
  5 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 11:43am
waikatogirl

A large feline, the size of a labrador, possibly a Black Panther is being tracked in the hills around Mount Summers in the South Island after Chad Stewart spotted it while driving his truck.

He has gone public as he is worried about the safety of his family who live in the area.

There have been reports of a large black cat in the area since 2003.
7 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:59am
- Reid
  
  Let’s hope the Gweens ready a Parliamentary Expedition to go and save the native flora and fauna.
  
  7 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 11:03am
- Johnboy
  
  “possibly a Black Panther”
  
  Has NW moved south? 🙂
  
  4 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 11:11am
Manolo

The disastrous Mamma Merkel has been warned:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3777328/Limit-migration-numbers-ll-dump-Merkel-German-Chancellor-ORDERED-scrap-open-doors-policy-leader-CSU-party-backs-her.html

German chancellor Angela Merkel has been ordered to scrap her open doors policy on migration – by the leader of a party that backs her.

Horst Seehofer – leader of the CSU in Bavaria which rules in tandem with Merkel’s own CDU party – says he is so alarmed at the ‘domestic political situation’ that the chancellor has no choice but to U-turn.
9 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 11:35am
Fletch

The Communist Party USA endorses Hillary; media not interested.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2016/09/03/communist-party-usa-endorses-hillary-media-yawns
7 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 11:46am
Scott

I am always amazed by how much the mainstream media twist things. Many of the MSM lambasted Trump for what they called a “red meat” speech on immigration. But actually Trump laid out a coherent 10 point plan on what he would do to fix the immigration problems. Here they are and I would be interested if people can find anything wrong with them?

1 Build a wall along the southern border.

2 End Catch-And-Release.

3 Zero tolerance for criminal aliens.

4 Block funding for sanctuary cities.

5 Cancel unconstitutional executive orders and enforce all immigration laws.

6 Suspend issuing visas to people from any country where adequate screening cannot occur.

7 Ensure other countries take their people back when we order them deported.

8 Complete the biometric entry-exit visa tracking system.

9 Turn off the jobs and benefits magnet.

10 Reform legal immigration to serve the best interests of America and its workers.

http://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2016/09/04/the-idea-of-national-sovereignty-drives-democrats-nuts-n2213672
7 5
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 11:52am
- Kimbo
  
  Ah, back again Scott.
  
  Want to go a second round after your last post on GD yesterday as it raised a number of issues?:
  
  No Kimbo, of course there will be some figurative language. We use the word “sunrise” when scientifically speaking the sun doesn’t actually rise. So no problem with that. But that doesn’t preclude the genesis account being 6 days, literal days nor the rest of the account being accurate.
  Why shouldn’t God give us a reliable account of what occurred. If he didn’t which is what you imply then genesis is just an historical artifact that may have meant something to ancient Hebrews but is irrelevant now.
  
  Regarding the use of the word “vault” I see it is in the latest version of the NIV, but not in the 1984 version which I use. The nrsv does use the word dome, the King James and other versions use the word firmament or expanse.
  So depends what version of the bible you use. I haven’t seen anything lately from a creationist perspective on the treatment of dome. If I do I’ll come back to you.
  September 7, 2016 6:57pm
  
  Simple couple of questions…
  
  Why does it matter “what version of the Bible you use…when, in line with the grammatico-historical exegesis advocated by Reformers such as Luther and Calvin, biblical scholars rely on the original Hebrew to determine what the primeval narrative (Genesis chapter 1 to 11) meant to the original recipients? The Hebrew word raqiya translated alternatively by various versions of the Bible into English as “vault/dome/firmament/expanse” refers to something solid hammered out into shape on an anvil.
  
  Also, if some things in the Genesis accounts are supposedly literal (e.g., the “days” of creation), and – as you have now admitted – some are supposedly figurative (a solid dome sky, “windows of heaven”)…then who decides and how,
  
  …and how can we check they are making those decisions on the basis of Scriptural authority, rather than imposing their own presuppositions and/or interpretive system?
  
  Plus, if the Bible is “scientifically accurate”, but, when it suits, or at least because of that presupposition that automatically means any seemingly non-scientific statement is “figurative”, doesn’t that render the claim…meaningless?
  
  4 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 12:11pm
  - Scott
    
    Kimbo – you raise a fair point on the vault or the dome. The Bible translations I generally use talk about expanse or firmament and I haven’t seen the other words used until now. So don’t know the answer to your question, if I find one I will come back to you.
    Not particularly keen to continue right now on this particular thread on the argument of creationism.
    I have started talking about immigration and Trump and that’s where my interest is today.
    
    0 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 1:55pm
    - Kimbo
      
      Disappointing.
      
      Was just starting to get realllly interesting 😉
      
      2 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 2:41pm
- stephieboy
  
  Scott, before you get carried away who will build and pay for this 1900 mile wall when the Mexican President clearly told Trump that his country will not be paying for it ?
  
  1 10
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 12:15pm
  - Scott
    
    Fair question stephieboy – I suspect Trump will get Mexico to pay for it based on new trade deals and new tariffs and other future negotiations he is hoping to have with the president of Mexico if and when he is elected.
    But no I don’t expect there will be a plane laden with cash that will fly from Mexico City to Washington to pay for the wall. That’s already been done by the Obama administration in their payment of ransom money to Iran and I think we can all agree that was a bad look.
    
    7 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 1:57pm
    - Griff
      
      Tariffs would be a tax on the end user of the import not Mexico They would just serve to make Mexican products less competitive .
      Renegotiating trade deals will not pay for a wall .
      He could try adding a tax on goods Mexico imports from the states. All that would do encourage the routing of freight though neighboring country’s.
      The wall is stupid anyway it would have very little effect besides enriching criminal organizations as they charge more overhead to get around it .
      
      2 4
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 2:11pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        ‘Tariffs would be a tax on the end user of the import not Mexico They would just serve to make Mexican products less competitive .’
        
        Do ya think? Lol, that’s the idea. Make them expensive so there is no point US companies setting up in Mexico and also hurt Mexican producers ability to sell to the US. There is a $60 Billion trade imbalance with Mexico.You are so slow! And you call us the ‘low info’ ones.
        Sooo funny
        
        2 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 5:48pm
      - Griff
        
        Oh dear.
        What do you think happens when things cost more to buy all in red? The economy contracts
        What do you think will be the result of placing tariffs on imports from China and Mexico ? Trade goods will cost more reducing economic activity.
        Do you think all those jobs will come rushing back? No if they can not base in china or Mexico they will go to Thailand India or somewhere else that has the needed infrastructure..
        
        When they do will trump place tariffs on that country as well ?
        The country’s he places tariffs on will reply with tariffs of there own China owns a lot of American debt they could do a huge amount of damage by just dumping it driving up US rates .
        Protectionism is a failed idea that we dropped in the eighties.
        If Trump does what he says he will start a trade war.
        The result will be rescission for America and the world .
        Watch the markets if Trump gets much closer they will start pricing his stupidity into the share price and the dollar.
        Like britex he will cost the low income people who think they will win out money.
        Dunning Kruger mate .
        You dont know enough to know how little you know.
        
        1 3
        Report
        September 8, 2016 6:12pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        You’re an idiot. Those countries all have tariffs on other countries imports!
        The idea is to bring manufacturing back to the US.
        You need to read about the coming fourth industrial revolution and what it is going to mean for globalisation my uneducated ignorant friend.
        Dunning Kruger- snigger.
        Cognitive dissonence for you
        Hahahahaha- all laughing at you
        ‘Britex’ lol , you always start to make spelling mistakes when you are getting agitated.
        
        2 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 6:20pm
      - Griff
        
        Read and learn pigeon boy
        http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/07/25/donald-trump-trade-policies-china-mexico/87521852/
        
        http://www.voanews.com/a/trump-trade-policy-loser-economists-contend/3323997.html
        
        There is plenty of similar stuff out there
        It is basic shit economics 101 level.
        
        1 2
        Report
        September 8, 2016 6:27pm
      - Icarus
        
        “If Trump does what he says he will start a trade war.”
        
        If Hillary does what she says she will start a world war.
        
        5 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 6:35pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Economists? Hahahahaha, yeah right. You’re really showing your ignorance now.And what do you know about 101 courses. You didn’t even finish High School.
        Check out the Fourth Industrial revolution and what it will mean. Huge change for the way the world works. For the better too.
        Oh and Apple is already starting to talk about coming back to the US. This EU tax might make them move head office back too if Tax in the US drops for them
        
        3 1
        Report
        September 8, 2016 6:35pm
Fletch

In case you missed it – if you have a broadband or a pay-monthly mobile account with Spark, they’re now giving you FREE Lightbox for as long as you’re with Spark 😮

https://www.spark.co.nz/getmore/lightbox/

You just enter in your details and they provide you with a voucher number to use on the Lightbox site when joining up. Not that there is much I watch on TV nowadays though. I couldn’t really find anything I wanted to watch.
3 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:00pm
- Johnboy
  
  Whats Lightbox?
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 12:03pm
  - Fletch
    
    LOL, exactly. It’s kind of like Netflix for the stuff that is on our local TV. It usually costs $12.99 a month.
    
    4 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 12:04pm
    - Johnboy
      
      Why would any sensible chap pay $12.99 a month for the shite thats on the peoples channels? 🙂
      
      6 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 12:58pm
      - Fletch
        
        I have to say that in looking through the programming featured on the site, there’s nothing I’d want to watch – but then, I don’t watch much TV anyway. They do have some stuff I like, but have already seen, like The Wrong Mans, Life On Mars and The IT Crowd. But I’ve already seen them.
        
        1 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 2:21pm
  - stigie
    
    Whats Lightbox?
    
    You’re a bit like me JB, thought it was some sort of tool box made of carbon fibre..?
    
    7 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 12:18pm
- Inandout
  
  They have also announced they are adding $5 to all Spark accounts which they will credit back until September next year. Chorus must have hiked their prices.
  
  ‘Recently, the cost of delivering broadband services to our customers increased. So after a review of all our pricing plans, we’ll need to put up our Fibre prices by $5 a month from 6 September. But don’t stress, we’ve got a plan’.
  
  3 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 12:28pm
  - Fletch
    
    Can’t even get fibre where I am anyway. Speeds are as slow as a wet weekend.
    
    1 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 2:23pm
Manolo

Labour corruption. Taking Chinese money was his downfall:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-37295186

Australian opposition senator Sam Dastyari has resigned his frontbench role over a foreign donation scandal involving Chinese companies.

The Labor senator was heavily criticised for allowing the Yuhu Group to pay for a legal bill in late 2014. He also admitted asking a Chinese government-linked group to pay a personal travel debt of A$1,670.
5 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:08pm
Griff

Politifact
Who lies more in American presidential campaigns ?
What did surprise is J Bush is rated very honest on the level of
Obama Sanders and Clinton,
Note Trumpies dont look as the truth will hurt your brain cell.
http://ritholtz.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/who-lies-more-a-comparison.jpg
3 5
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:20pm
Manolo

Only time will tell:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton_vs_johnson_vs_stein-5952.html
4 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:27pm
nasska

At last the reasons behind the Islamic barbarism of FGM are exposed. Seems that the itty bitty yet incredibly delicate Muslim penile equipment isn’t up to satisfying a real intact woman.

….”A lawmaker in Egypt has argued in favour of the practice of female genital mutilation, saying women should “reduce their sexual desires” because Egyptian men are “sexually weak”.

“We are a population whose men suffer from sexual weakness, which is evident because Egypt is among the biggest consumers of sexual stimulants that only the weak will consume,” said Elhamy Agina, according to Egyptian Streets, an English-language local news website. “If we stop FGM, we will need strong men and we don’t have men of that sort.” “….

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/middle-east/84011522/Female-genital-mutilation-needed-because-Egyptian-men-are-sexually-weak-says-MP

Pathetic bastards!
9 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:36pm
- stephieboy
  
  nasska , the practice of female mutilation predates both Islam and Christianity . It originates with ancient tribal superstitions ,customs and practice .
  
  It was and still is practiced in Christian African countries like Uganda and Kenya .
  
  http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Reviews/Female-circumcision–Uganda-still-has-a-long-way/691232-2614430-m6ytpoz/index.html
  
  Efforts in both Christian and Islamic countries been made to forbid the practice !
  
  1 14
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 12:44pm
  - nasska
    
    ….”It was and still is practiced in Christian African countries like Uganda and Kenya “….
    
    Find the part of my comment where I stated that they weren’t pathetic bastards too.
    
    8 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 12:47pm
    - Johnboy
      
      Idi and Jomo took regular communion nasska.
      Idi used real blood in his cup.
      Not sure about Jomo! 🙂
      
      6 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 1:01pm
      - nasska
        
        …..”Idi used real blood in his cup”….
        
        As long as he took communion he’ll be all right JB. Probably strumming a harp alongside the Almighty even if he did depopulate Uganda to the tune of 500,000 citizens.
        
        4 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 1:07pm
    - stephieboy
      
      nassaka , based on some of your past posts I believe it was a reasonable inference that female genital mutilation was more an Islamic practice which as you now concede is in fact no the case .
      
      Thank you for that !
      
      1 9
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 1:11pm
- Fletch
  
  Oops, sorry I didn’t see this post, otherwise I wouldn’t have duplicated it below.
  
  1 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 1:20pm
stephieboy

Manolo, can you give us a categorical assurance that absolutely know one on your right has faced similar charges ?
1 11
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:40pm
- Manolo
  
  …absolutely know one…
  
  Shakespeare would be proud.
  
  9 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 1:00pm
  - Johnboy
    
    Moft likely piff proud Manolo. 🙂
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 1:11pm
Fletch

Britain to build wall in Calais with 2 million pounds of taxpayer money to keep migrants out.

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/calais-great-wall-refugees-migrants-donald-trump-mexico-taxpayers-million-13-foot-high-paying-for-it-a7230051.html
14 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 12:49pm
- calendar girl
  
  Cheap at the price.
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 2:27pm
Fletch

One Egyptian lawmaker says that women must accept Female Genital Mutilation because “men are weak”, so women must lessen their own sexual desire.

CAIRO — It was an outrageous argument, by any measure: Women should “reduce their sexual desires” because Egyptian men are “sexually weak.”

This is what an Egyptian lawmaker, Elhamy Agina, claimed over the weekend in making an argument in favor of female genital mutilation or FGM.

“We are a population whose men suffer from sexual weakness, which is evident because Egypt is among the biggest consumers of sexual stimulants that only the weak will consume,” Agina said, according to a translation in Egyptian Streets, an English-language local news website. “If we stop FGM, we will need strong men and we don’t have men of that sort.”

So it is better for women, he continued, to undergo the brutal practice to “reduce a woman’s sexual appetite.” And by doing so, he added, women would “stand by their men” and life would proceed smoothly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/09/06/egypt-lawmaker-female-genital-mutilation-needed-because-men-are-sexually-weak/
4 5
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 1:05pm
- stephieboy
  
  Fletch , most countries including ours ( even if you use posters on KB as a yardstick ) have some pretty bizarre and strange ideas !
  
  1 12
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 1:14pm
chiz

Looking through a dictionary many years ago I stumbled on the -aster suffix. Listed as archaic it denotes someone who is bad at doing something and most dictionaries list two examples: poetaster and criticaster.

A criticaster is someone who is a bad critic. Presumable this is meant in the sense of theatrical criticism but there doesn’t seem to be any reason why you couldn’t use it more generally (e.g. the usual critics and criticasters of american foreign policy etc).

A poetaster is a bad poet. I actually saw someone use this word a couple of years ago, so its clearly not that archaic. Famous examples include the Vogons, William Mcgonagall, and now, apparently, “Creative Colin”.
9 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 1:08pm
Johnboy

So I’m a sheepherdaster…somehow I already knew that! ?
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 1:15pm
- stigie
  
  “So I’m a sheepherdaster”
  
  With copious amount of talent JB !~
  
  4 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 1:46pm
- mikenmild
  
  Maybe I’m a workeraster?
  
  6 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 2:15pm
  - Johnboy
    
    More of a wankeraster most would say Milkey! 🙂
    
    8 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 2:47pm
Manolo

Some progressive divas are nervous: http://www.thewrap.com/hollywood-democrats-nervous-as-clinton-trump-polls-tighten-im-freaked-out/
6 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 1:50pm
stigie

Doom and gloom again from (give me back my fwag) Greenpeace’s Wussel Norman !~

http://www.sharechat.co.nz/article/9c2648d6/greenpeace-s-norman-lobbies-acc-investment-chief-bagnall-not-to-invest-in-ruataniwha.html
5 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 2:01pm
Johnboy

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/84043817/how-to-pick-the-fastest-checkout-line-at-the-supermarket

Vital information, specially over here in the Nui with only one supermarket left.
Thank you Stuff….how could we manage without you? 🙂
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 2:45pm
Johnboy

A cheer you up Thursday from Norm.

Who said that the health care in Canada was not up to par?

A Muslim immigrant in Vancouver goes to the doctor and says, “I feel terrible.”

The doctor examines him and then says: “You need to pee and put your

Bowel movements in a bucket for a week, then throw in a dead Fish and

some rotten cabbage. Bring the mix to a slow boil, and put a towel over your head and inhale

the vapours for three days.”

The Muslim does this and goes back to the doctor 2 weeks Later and

says “I feel wonderful!…what was wrong with me ?”

The doctor replied, “You were Homesick.”
16 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 3:01pm
- Manolo
  
  Was the bugger from Vancouver or Mt Roskill? ?
  
  7 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 3:11pm
- stephieboy
  
  Johnboy, envisage posting that ” joke ” and it was instead a Jewish immigrant .
  
  What then ?
  
  1 15
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 3:11pm
  - Johnboy
    
    Dead gefilte fish?….. 🙂
    
    10 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 3:19pm
    - Odakyu-sen
      
      I don’t think I have ever seen a live gefilte fish…
      
      5 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 4:21pm
  - stigie
    
    Do you really think it would worry Johnboy Stiffyboy..?
    
    6 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 3:22pm
    - stephieboy
      
      I suppose not but then one feels it is worthwhile to make a point .
      
      Whether jb or Manolo are either too moronic, hateful or churlish is not the issue.
      
      This is useful ,
      
      90 ways you can respond to Anti semitism ,
      
      http://archive.adl.org/anti_semitism/new_threat/90ways.pdf
      
      Relevant also to Muslims or any others who are hated , feared or demonised !
      
      2 14
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 3:27pm
Johnboy

One for you stephie…the Parrot can be any religion you prefer! 🙂
DEFECTIVE PARROT
A man is browsing in a pet shop and sees a parrot sitting on a little perch. It doesn’t have any feet or legs. The guy says aloud, “Golly, I wonder what happened to this parrot?”

The parrot says, “I was born this way. I’m a defective parrot.”
“Holy crap,” the guy replies. “You actually understood and answered me!”
“I got every word,” says the parrot “I happen to be a highly intelligent, thoroughly educated bird …”
“Oh yeah?” the man asks, “Then answer this — how do you hang onto your perch without any feet?”
“Well,” the parrot says, “this is very embarrassing but since you asked, I wrap my weenie around this wooden bar like a little hook. You can’t see it because of my feathers.”
“Wow,” says the guy. “You really can understand and speak English can’t you?”
“Actually, I speak both Spanish and English, and I can converse with reasonable competence on almost any topic: politics, religion, sports, physics, philosophy. I’m especially good at ornithology. You really ought to buy me.
I’d be a great companion.”
The man looks at the $200.00 price tag. “Sorry, but I just can’t afford that.”
“Pssssssst,” says the parrot, “I’m defective, so the truth is, nobody wants me ’cause I don’t have any feet. You can probably get me for $20, just make the guy an offer!”
The man offers $20 and walks out with the parrot.

Weeks go by. The parrot is sensational. He has a great sense of humor, he’s interesting, he’s a great pal, he understands everything, he sympathizes, and he’s insightful.
The man is delighted.
One day the man comes home from work and the parrot goes, “Psssssssssssst,”
and motions him over with one wing. “I don’t know if I should tell you this or not, but it’s about your wife and the postman.”
“What are you talking about?” asks the man.
“When the postman delivered the mail today, your wife greeted him at the door in a sheer black nightie.”
“WHAT???” the guy says incredulously. “THEN what happened?”
“Well, then the postman came into the house and lifted up her nightie and began petting her all over,” reported the parrot..
“NO!” he exclaims. “And she let him?”

“Yes. Then he continued taking off the nightie, got down on his knees and began to kiss her all over…”

Then the frantic man screams, “THEN WHAT HAPPENED?”
“Damned if I know. I got an erection and fell off my perch!”
13 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 3:21pm
- starboard
  
  Fantastic JB.
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 3:28pm
Manolo

Sweden’s crime wave. Even our own multiculturalist would be concerned:
http://www.spectator.co.uk/2016/09/how-sweden-became-an-example-of-how-not-to-handle-immigration/

For a British boy to be killed by a grenade attack anywhere is appalling, but for it to happen in a suburb of Gothenburg should shatter a few illusions about Sweden. Last week’s murder of eight-year-old Yuusuf Warsame fits a pattern that Swedes have come slowly to recognise over the years. He was from Birmingham, visiting relatives, and was caught up in what Swedish police believe is a gang war within the Somali community. Last year, a four-year-old girl was killed by a car bomb outside Gothenburg, another apparent victim of gang violence.

Integrating adults into Swedish society has been tricky enough, but a much more difficult problem is how to deal with all the unaccompanied children. During the Iraq war, about 400 children arrived without their parents each year — and all of them needed a place to live, social support and proper schooling. In 2014, when the number of children arriving annually hit 7,000, there were serious questions about how Sweden would cope. Last year, just over 35,000 unaccompanied children registered with the authorities.

The children are every age and arrive from all kinds of countries. Afghans and Somalis are currently the two biggest groups. Then come Syrians, Ethiopians, Iraqis, Moroccans and Eritreans.
12 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 3:39pm
- Rich Prick
  
  The children are every age
  
  Yes indeed, right up to 29 in fact.
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:12pm
- starboard
  
  From every shithole imaginable, goodbye Sweden as we knew it.
  
  6 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:44pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Remember when Penny told us she was NZ’s Bernie Sanders?

It wasn’t a pretty image.

How about Penny being our Jill Stein?
Much prettier…
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/arrest-warrant-filed-for-green-party-presidential-candidate-jill-stein-2016-09-07
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 3:53pm
- Rich Prick
  
  I never thought I’d say these words, but that’s very unfair to the Green.
  
  4 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:15pm
- stigie
  
  “How about Penny being our Jill Stein?
  Much prettier…”
  
  But probably doesn’t smell of cat piss Maggy and bludge off her fellow citizens !~
  
  8 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:15pm
  - sooty
    
    I wonder if she blubs and screams when arrested like our Penny?
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 6:08pm
mikenmild

I know Glenn Greenwald’s journalism probably isn’t very highly rated at Kiwiblog, but I found this interesting.
It’s all very well covering the loathsome Trump and his shambolic campaign, but journalists don’t really need to give Clinton a free pass as well:
https://theintercept.com/2016/09/06/the-unrelenting-pundit-led-effort-to-delegitimize-all-negative-reporting-about-hillary-clinton/
4 4
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 4:20pm
- tom hunter
  
  Shorter mikenmild:
  Far-Left writer confirms what Right-Wingers have been saying for years about the US MSM and their journalists.
  
  I don’t rate Greenwald’s journalism that highly because he’s a hardline far-lefter, which explains his opposition to both Bush and Obama (and Clinton) on numerous foreign policy issues. I might as well pay attention to Yoza.
  
  I also don’t rate him because of the hilarious history of him being defended by “Rick Ellensburg” a decade ago, which suggests he has …. issues.
  
  Still, I trust this means the next time I link to a right-wing source for an analysis of the pro-Clinton/pro-Democrat bias of the media, I won’t be met with the usual mikenmild dismissiveness and snark?
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:56pm
  - mikenmild
    
    Unless you are linking to EAD/Reid-grade sources, I think I can look at your sources and give them a fair consideration.
    
    4 2
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 5:03pm
    - itstricky
      
      Maybe better classified as ‘Shawn Herles’ links like
      
      http://www.youwantthetruthcommiesarekillingbabies.com/gay/aliens/helping/them.html
      
      1 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 5:42pm
Johnboy

“I know Glenn Greenwald’s journalism probably isn’t very highly rated at Kiwiblog, but I found this interesting.”

Translation: ….. I’m struggling to get noticed today, just like every day, so I thought I’d say something that sounded vaguely intellectual! 🙂
9 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 4:25pm
- mikenmild
  
  So long as you notice, Johnboy, I’m happy that my comments are reaching those of vague intellect.
  
  2 10
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:28pm
  - Johnboy
    
    Your vagueness has never been lost on intellectuals such as my good self Milkey old chap! 🙂
    
    7 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 4:30pm
mikenmild

Australian rugby has a new plan:
http://www.betootaadvocate.com/sports/wallabies-selectors-spotted-west-of-great-dividing-range-for-first-time-since-1996/
0 5
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 4:29pm
- Johnboy
  
  You should apply as helmsman on our Americas Cup outfit Milkey.
  
  You can change tack faster than even Coutts at his prime! 🙂
  
  7 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 4:34pm
dad4justice

Johnboy, milkey is better suited as a deranged cabin boy.
8 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 5:06pm
- stigie
  
  Good evening Dad and welcome back from the naughty corner. Stick around this time and have some fun with us blokes and blokess’..?
  
  3 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 5:26pm
- starboard
  
  Lol..Master Bates D4J.. along with scottchris as Seaman Staines..
  
  6 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 5:27pm
All_on_Red

Nick R
‘I understand he appears if you speak his name aloud 3 times’

RRM
I’m up for that.
Dad4justice
Dad4justice
Dad4justice

Shit! It works!
7 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 5:12pm
wiseowl

The Human Rights Commission have now put their spoke in to the naughty Chiefs episode.

FFS.
Who do these people think they are.?
7 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 5:15pm
Griff

Redbaiter
Redbaiter
Redbaiter
just testing
4 3
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 5:35pm
- stigie
  
  Are you grieving for him Griff..?
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 5:37pm
- Fletch
  
  It’s like Beetlejuice. Say his name three times, and he will appear…
  
  0 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:17pm
Griff

Yip he was a barrel of laughs.
4 2
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 5:40pm
- Johnboy
  
  Red was good fun. Anybody knows whats happening to him? 🙂
  
  3 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:00pm
  - Reid
    
    Strange how no-one asks about Pete George like that.
    
    Here he is mate. Lashings of amusement. I might see if I can lure stephie over there, I think he and Reddy would get on like a house on fire.
    
    https://truebluenz.com
    
    3 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:05pm
  - nasska
    
    He became incontinent JB. 🙂
    
    But he left a message for the faithful:
    
    …..”Sorry readers, out of action for a while due to sudden ingress of huge volume of water.”….
    
    https://theblastnz.com/2016/06/06/flooded-out/
    
    4 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:05pm
    - Johnboy
      
      You mean the right-wing warrior succumbed to a colonic irrigation nasska?
      
      Who’d have thunk? 🙂
      
      4 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:09pm
      - stigie
        
        No, he got the colonic irrigation when he left Kiwiblog to cleanse himself from the progs/homos/knuckledragging commie cowards !~
        
        3 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:15pm
Johnboy

Evening dad…How is the weather down in Christchurch? 🙂
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 6:24pm
- dad4justice
  
  The polar blast has knocked me hard Johnboy 🙂
  
  3 3
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 6:57pm
  - nasska
    
    There’s always a silver lining Dad. The cold should spur sales of fur lined Ug boots.
    
    You do get a commission as well as a retainer I hope! 🙂
    
    5 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:02pm
  - Johnboy
    
    I haven’t had a hard since i retired. The gold card doesn’t cover viagra dad! 🙂
    
    4 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:03pm
    - dad4justice
      
      Slipping a lady into Ug boots on a cold day does wonders for hard men who pop blue pills faster than Debbie Does Dallas 🙂
      
      3 2
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:09pm
      - Johnboy
        
        Slipping INTO a lady in Ug boots on a cold day etc……
        
        There you go dad. Fixed it! 🙂
        
        2 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:13pm
cha

Draft dodging chickenhawk is a treasonous piece of shit.

If you saw #CICForum and you think Trump is a plausible commander-in-chief, I doubt either your patriotism or your judgment or both.— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 8, 2016

Difference between Trump and Putin is that one of them has taken great pains to learn all he can about US national defense institutions.— Walter Olson (@walterolson) September 8, 2016

I respect Chekists as worthy if evil adversaries. Got no respect 4 their Western rented friends+bottom bois. Looking @ you @realDonaldTrump— John Schindler (@20committee) September 8, 2016

Worst part about Trump's SAD! sucking up to Putin is Vova, being a diehard Chekist, thinks Don's an effete little bitch.He would be right.— John Schindler (@20committee) September 8, 2016
3 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 7:04pm
- All_on_Red
  
  Quite right Cha, If Trump wants to get buddy-buddy with foreign dictators, he should at least pick a respectable one like Hillary’s favourite Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Said/ sarc
  
  5 2
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:07pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    And it’s true. Trump simply will not commit to a war with Russia. The most BASIC test of foreign policy expertise, and he flunks it every single time!
    Hillary is right. Antagonising Russia is CRUCIAL to the US’s national interest. Bound to be a winning strategy. She’s a winner!
    
    3 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:11pm
    - Reid
      
      Provided she survives till election day, currently a diminishing 70/30 against.
      
      4 1
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:12pm
- Reid
  
  WTF is wrong with people they don’t recognise this as a propaganda meme?
  
  I mean doesn’t it scream it?
  
  Doesn’t it just burst out from the wall of the darkened hallway like a madman come to murder you and your family, as in, that’s about how subtle it is?
  
  It just amazes me how people can be so incredibly gripped in the vortex of such an obvious pure and utter fantasy.
  
  2 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:11pm
Icarus

Job done. Now for the fat and sugar taxes.

These people care nothing about health. All they want is the state to impose their will on others by force. They are scum and worthy of zero consideration or respect.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/84065653/smoking-packages-become-standardised
3 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 7:05pm
- Reid
  
  It’ll be interesting to see what happens, in that branding specialists always claim their work is critical but is it, really?
  
  Now we all get to see the answer in real life, not just in focus groups.
  
  3 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:25pm
- Fletch
  
  It didn’t work, either…
  
  http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/25/australia-caught-fudging-the-truth-while-trying-to-defend-its-failed-plain-packaging-scheme/
  
  0 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:30pm
Johnboy

Mea culpa. When Leed changed to Sprite I still drank it Reid.

Shit I feel so bad about that I could kill myself! 🙂
5 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 7:29pm
- mikenmild
  
  Do you miss Gaytime ice cream, too?
  
  6 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:33pm
  - Johnboy
    
    No. But I do miss Mr Whippy.
    
    I miss Mrs Whippy a lot more of course. While her husband was filling a cone I was filling her waffles back at her place.
    God her banana split was pure magic even before I coated it with cream!!! 🙂
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:40pm
  - stigie
    
    Did the Gaytime ice cream have rainbow colours through it with hundreds and thousands Milky..?
    
    6 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:41pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      It’s hard to have a Gaytime on your own
      
      http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/08/03/06/2B0E788000000578-0-image-a-33_1438580703753.jpg
      
      3 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:49pm
      - Johnboy
        
        True Maggy. I have to come here now and again to get happy! 🙂
        
        2 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:53pm
      - Icarus
        
        LOL 🙂
        
        That is great Maggy
        
        1 2
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:56pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        For JB
        
        “I am the girl that’s gay and happy”
        http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/songsheets_bsvg100260/
        
        1 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 8:11pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    I miss Rachel Hunter licking that Trumpet.
    
    2 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:43pm
    - Johnboy
      
      I missed Rachel licking my trumpet AOR! 🙂
      
      1 0
      Log in to Reply
      Report
      September 8, 2016 7:47pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Now I really am jealous.
        But sigh, she’s gone now so I guess you’re reduced to blowing your own trumpet.
        
        2 0
        Report
        September 8, 2016 7:51pm
  - Fletch
    
    Gaytime was the name of the cone, wasn’t it? Not the icecream. I thought they still made them, too.
    
    1 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 9:06pm
- wiseowl
  
  Leed lemonade,leed lemonade tastes so good …..
  I can’t remember how it finished.
  
  1 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:40pm
Icarus

This lady is amazing. She started the womens refuge movement. She used to help the whole family get back on track. She would do assessments on the women, and found they were often as violent, or more so, than the man. So she would help both of them change their ways.

Latter as feminists became more extreme, they threatened to kill her and her daughters.

———————————————–

Feminist Death Threats: The Anti-Equality Revolution | Erin Pizzey and Stefan Molyneux
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lxoStFBrjo
5 2
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 7:47pm
- Johnboy
  
  But did she fuck Icarus? 🙂
  
  3 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 7:49pm
  - Icarus
    
    She has kids so it seems likely.
    
    2 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:52pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    Hahahahahaha, you are so bad.
    
    0 1
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 7:53pm
Longknives

Does anyone else see the irony in this ‘Actress’ -who blew a Rugby League player and plastered it on the Internet to get famous- having a crack at The Chiefs over the Stripper scandal?

http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/opinion/84023421/the-chiefs-stripper-saga-is-over-but-what-next-for-scarlette

Don’t get me wrong- NZ Rugby deserves all the shit it gets for it’s appalling attitude to this (The old boys network is clearly alive and well)
But Teuila Blakely???
4 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 7:56pm
- mikenmild
  
  I see that My Food Bag has dropped its sponsorship of the Chiefs, Inspired leadership from their Chairman, Kevin Roberts, who is so well known for standing up for the rights of women.
  
  1 1
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:25pm
Johnboy

You know the new rules Longknives.

If a tart gets lucky then gets caught it’s always the blokes fault! 🙂
2 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:13pm
Johnboy

They should have just paid her a bit more to shut her up! 🙂
1 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:19pm
Johnboy

Always been tight arsed bastards the Chiefs! 🙂
1 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:20pm
Icarus

Failed Assassination Attempt On Putin by Obama.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/84041985/vladimir-putins-driver-killed-in-horror-moscow-crash
3 1
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:23pm
Icarus

All_on_Red, the Griff troll unit is not an actual person.

I have analysed its post and determined they are generated by an unsophisticated piece of computer code, probably written by a kid who failed at formal computer programming.

You will note that its posts are very repetitive and unoriginal. The program scans google and cut and pastes.

If you post something that requires actual rational thought, it resorts to its default of personal abuse.

DPF just needs to run some virus software and it should clean it up.
5 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:39pm
- All_on_Red
  
  Probably right- seems to be obsessed about weather, pigeon chess and cut and pasting.
  How droll. It seems to be very polrumptious too.
  
  2 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:49pm
  - Icarus
    
    Yes it is a poorly written virus code. Some kid probably threw it together in a couple of hours after he was grounded for spying on his sister in the shower.
    
    3 0
    Log in to Reply
    Report
    September 8, 2016 8:55pm
sooty

Do you reckon he could use the virus software to clean up Penny while he’s at it. It would save her having to run the bath for three days.
3 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:48pm
mikenmild

It’s always amusing when trolls call others trolls.
1 7
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 8:49pm
- Icarus
  
  Oh the ironing it hurts ^^^
  
  milksop
  ˈmɪlksɒp/
  noun
  noun: milksop; plural noun: milksops
  
  a man or boy who is indecisive and lacks courage.
  “you could have respect for a man who fought for you, but none for this milksop, who backed away”
  synonyms: namby-pamby, coward, weakling, Milquetoast; More
  
  5 0
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 8:51pm
- Griff
  
  Yip kea has a little friend.
  How cute.
  
  1 4
  Log in to Reply
  Report
  September 8, 2016 10:05pm
sooty

Anyone heard how the areoplane ticket printing off fats da crim is going. I can not rember seeing anything in the dirty little tabliod been printed.
0 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:01pm
All_on_Red

Any how, to change the subject, anyone see the Comedy Central Roast of Rob Lowe?
Very funny. Anne Coulter was on, no , I have no idea why either but heck, did she get sooooo much shit.
Have to say, I’m not a follower but the jokes were just vicious. And she just sat there like a possum in headlights.
But she did give it back, big time- to a deathly quiet theatre.
It was strange to watch.
The others were hilarious. Jimmy Carr is very good and Rob Lowe was surprisingly self deprecating as he took it all well.
Worth seeing.
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:03pm
RF

God I need a drink. I have just read an article by TRP over on the standard. It’s about Tew and the Chiefs and I have to agree with it.

Richard Nixon would have been proud of the cover up.

As I have previously noted this will come back and bite Tews arse and on the way through it might just nibble Hansen’s who is happy it’s all over. He had two of his all blacks there and they have ducked for cover. This reminds me of a certain blonde in a South African hotel room with several ABs. One called Randal took the fall so a more prominent one who threatened legal action got away.

Boof heads……..
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 9:59pm
All_on_Red

Obamacare continues to fail
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/obamacare-falls-short-227854
8 years of Obama. Pointless.
2 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 10:36pm
Jack5

A reason to take care driving on southern roads – unlicensed Chinese bus drivers.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/84044806/chinese-tour-drivers-had-no-licences-police-allege
0 0
Log in to Reply
Report
September 8, 2016 11:55pm

Add a Comment Cancel reply

Login to comment or vote

« 538’s 13 tips for reading polls

A rare disagreement with the NZ Initiative »

Donations

You can now donate to Kiwiblog

Exclusive content from DPF on Patreon

Become a Patron!

Never miss a post

Email Address

Join 37.4K other subscribers

Highlights

Health Target 5 – elective treatments
Health Target 4 – Specialist appointments
Health Target 3 – Emergency Dept Waiting Times
Health Target 2 – Immunisations

Links

Guest Post: Maori Party threats
Breaking Views
Quotation of the Day…
Utopia
The Power of Big Ice Cream
No Minister
Word of the day
Hompaddock
The Infamous TDB Political Awards 2024
The Daily Blog
Open mike 22/12/2024
The Standard
"... a broader, decade-long 'crank realignment' in American politics."
Not PC
Fast-track Approvals Bill passes but Te P?ti M?ori threatens applicants
Point of Order
2024 OIA stats
No Right Turn
SHALLOW THINKING
No Punches Pulled (Bob Jones)
Jacinda’s “Act” of kindness has increased abortions 23%
Bob McCoskrie's McBlog
About Syria.
Kiwipolitico
Supreme Court Activism
NZCPR
Orr on Q&A – Part II
Croaking Cassandra
United Rugby Championship Predictions for Week 8
Stats Chat
Misuse of land use planning
Offsetting Behaviour
Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet
The Civilian
The Accidental Engagement
Imperator Fish
Legal Beagle: Election '23: The Special Votes
Public Address
Making this movie might have been a mistake
Liam Hehir
Why I am retiring from political blogging
Kiwi FireWalker
Angie Warren-Clark: Meet the Newbies
Dan Moskovitz