General Debate 5 May 2018

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Steve (North Shore)

There will be no lies today, it’s Saturday. Hopefully she is having a sleep in
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May 5, 2018 8:03am
- sooty
  
  Maybe, the playcentres and schools are shut today and tomorrow. No photo ops!
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:13am
  - MH
    
    don’t mention placentas yet …
    
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    May 5, 2018 4:37pm
- Milhous
  
  Not so fast
  
  https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/103554971/winter-energy-payment-now-looks-a-lot-less-enticing
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:20am
  - Humble Capitalist
    
    If youre entitled to winter power allowance. Thumbs up if youre taking it and thumbs down if youre gonna turn it down.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:59am
    - pdm
      
      I am taking it as any good man of Scottish descent would.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:26pm
  - niggly
    
    Yet another example of Labour being slippery with the words they choose to bribe the electorate and MSM with.
    
    In essence Labour (and Jacinda) are lying – however yet again they use their now worn out “get out of jail cards” on the lying matter but claiming they are not lying if one bothered to read the details in the fine-print.
    
    Note to oneself – this is a very slippery Government – if they announce something that sounds too good to be true, despite the positive press, always check the details! 🙁
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:37am
    - starboard
      
      ..”its a levy , not a tax..”.
      
      That’s my favourite.
      Liarbor , telling lies since..forever.
      
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      May 5, 2018 11:13am
- Piniwi
  
  Perhaps Steve but they have a found several ways by changing the narrative to now tell us they were not really “promises”. Most will recall the promise of 1800 more policemen to top what was being done to actually increase the ranks by National. Well it seems that young Nash has passed their “Narrative for Now” course and it seems that it was not a promise. What they meant to say was they would STRIVE TOWARDS 1800 more policemen. They are finding it such a shock by actually being in a position to deliver they need a new narrative to explain why they can’t deliver. Same old same old labour.
  
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  May 5, 2018 2:11pm
peterwn

Interesting Stuff article by Henry Cooke ‘Where did the False Rumours Come From’. A brief summary of the article as I see it is:
1. Since the Police have stated that he is not under investigation, etc for any wrongdoing, the rumours are ‘completely false’. Spot the fallacy.
2. The rumours principally came about because of a conspiracy by Kiwiblog contributors.
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May 5, 2018 8:03am
- realityczech
  
  I see what they did there.
  
  This has turned into a story about the Left slandering National and it’s supporters with false allegations.
  
  The most credible story I have heard is that these rumors came from within Labour and were just gossip about Ardern’s bit of rough. They were not politically motivated or anything new. Now she is promoted beyond her ability its a problem.
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:12am
  - realityczech
    
    MAY 4, 2018 1:05PM
    thedavincimode
    Chortle chortle. These rumours actually started in the liebour party and were not ever politically motivated. Their origins were more the case of the inner socialist clique looking down their noses at cindy’s bit of rough. Suggesting that clarkey isn’t that highly regarded within the chardonyeh circles is something of an understatement. Never having been a unionist or a teacher, no degree in Pol Science or ‘Communications’ – just not one of the gang really. It’s somewhat ironic that they regard him as a bit thick but there ya go.
    
    Inevitably they spilled out into the beltway and public service and thence …
    
    However, liebour’s agents now find it convenient to pin it all on the Nats. Makes it easier to look porcelain chops in the eye I suppose.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:16am
    - backster
      
      Yeah The Loathsome Peters tried to implicate National just as he had done over his Benefit miscomprehensions by saying “Look who benefits most.” Of course the answer was the cliches within Labour that are always plotting against their Leader as we saw with their repeated coups during their years in opposition.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:16pm
      - realityczech
        
        “the cliches within Labour that are always plotting against their Leader”
        
        Imagine the shit storm if some dissatisfied commie breaks ranks and tells us the rumours were internal Labour gossip about Ardern’s boyfriend.
        
        Could happen.
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:30pm
  - MCos
    
    This is getting rather tiresome.
    First we have some rumours.
    Now we have rumours about those rumours and to spice things up you chuck in another salacious rumour.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:22am
    - mikewasmild
      
      Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
      Kiwiblog scumbags gotta scum…
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:24am
      - rightoverlabour
        
        Yup, scum like you that floats to the top of the sewage is skimmed off and discarded. Defaming your host tends to result in this…. LOL
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:40am
      - softail 1450
        
        milkenmild is back on the crack ,put the pipe down you imbecile .
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:48am
    - realityczech
      
      “MCos
      This is getting rather tiresome.”
      
      Code for …. this is not working out like Labour hoped.
      
      The only rumour is the one attacking National and it’s supporters.
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:32am
      - holysheet
        
        [deleted by DPF -repeat this and you’ll get suspended]
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:35am
      - peterwn
        
        re holysheet’s comment.
        Guy was up for speeding. Beak asked what gear he was in. He described the outfit he was wearing.
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:47am
    - MH
      
      You should have heard the rumours that got away….
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:45am
- rightoverlabour
  
  I thought the teleportation was done by Emirates..
  
  Not a rumour I’d believe though…
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:42am
- SGA
  
  @peterwn
  
  Interesting Stuff article by Henry Cooke ‘Where did the False Rumours Come From’.
  
  Just had a quick look at that – it says of DPF, “He had suspended several users over comments concerning the Gayford rumours.”
  Who got put in the naughty corner? Just curious.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:52am
  - dubya
    
    Henry Cooke must be one of the worst writers to grace Stuff’s admittedly shallow talent pool. His style is more suited to ‘Vice’ or ‘The Spinoff’.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:07am
  - backster
    
    Stephie was there for a while.
    
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    May 5, 2018 12:17pm
- Yvette
  
  I would be grateful if any reader can give a link to the actual Police statement as I would prefer to read the actual wording myself, rather than what various media report it says. And if it is not available as a Police issued online document, one wonders why that is too.
  
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  May 5, 2018 12:18pm
  - sooty
    
    Because it’s just a rumour, that is why you can not find it.
    
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    May 5, 2018 12:26pm
  - niggly
    
    Doesn’t appear on the NZ Police website & their News section … very strange indeed.
    
    http://www.police.govt.nz/news
    
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    May 5, 2018 3:29pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Addressing those rumours today, Mr Bush said in a statement provided to 1 NEWS: “While in general we do not respond to enquiries which seek to confirm if individuals are under police investigation, on this occasion we can say that Mr Gayford is not and has not been the subject of any police inquiry, nor has he been charged in relation to any matter.”
    
    https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/police-commissioner-addresses-false-clarke-gayford-rumours-in-statement
    
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    May 5, 2018 4:36pm
holysheet

Aw shucks, the hall monitor has been given 2 weeks in the dunces corner.
When will he ever learn to practise what he preaches.

Kimbo
Now there’s an irony. In the same thread in which realityczech has contributed, there is the implication of child molestation.
Maybe not a good idea, GB, to address realityczech as “buddy”, as it could give the mistaken impression you are involved in whatever extra curricular activities he deems as recreational. Such as his fascination with the graphic details of paedophilia.
[DPF: Totally unacceptable as has been numerous other comments from you. Strike 4 and two weeks off]
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May 5, 2018 8:04am
- James Stephenson
  
  A suspension that absolutely had to come. 😀
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:10am
- mikewasmild
  
  More dodgy moderation from DPF. Quelle surprise.
  DPF encourages those rumours about the PM and her partner for week after week, and then puts out a holier than thou reminder not to post defamatory comments.
  DPF banned me for two weeks for responding to flipper’s accusation of paedophilia by calling flipper a paedophile. I was wrong there, admittedly, as flipper is probably not a paedophile – he was underage, but willingly agreed to Muldoon’s demands to fellate him all those years ago.
  Now, the usual sanctimonious hypocrites (hi James Stephenson – will Keeping Stock be along soon?) will queue up to agree with DPF that some standards must be maintained.
  
  [DPF: And that is Strike 5 and a month off]
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:18am
  - flipper
    
    Well that is an example of “totally unacceptable”. The Milkybarchild is typical of a Mason Clinic escapee. A sad case.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:45am
    - mikewasmild
      
      Wank a bit harder, flipper. Try using your signed photo of Piggy to increase the strength of your erection.
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:56am
    - mikewasmild
      
      By the way (as they say), flipper, have you ever read DPF’s comments policy?
      
      Give other commenters the courtesy of referring to them by the name or alias they use on this blog
      
      I know reading that would require you to care about such things, and you no doubt feel that DPF’s owes you much lenience due to your status as a senescent bag of puss.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:12am
  - srylands
    
    “DPF encourages those rumours about the PM”.
    
    I have a feeling you are about to be banned a second time.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:55am
    - mikewasmild
      
      He can ban anyone he like – it’s his blog.
      If you don’t think the rumours were encouraged, you are welcome to point out any comment of DPF’s that asked for such comments to cease. Otherwise, well you can fuck right off too.
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:58am
      - Keeping Stock
        
        Looks like you’ve usurped my unofficial role of Kiwiblog Standards Ambassador mikewasmild; all this telling DPF what he can post, and telling commenters where they can go.
        
        Did you wake up on the wrong side of the bed this morning?
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:03am
      - mikewasmild
        
        As if you are actually interested in any standards, you wanker. So many times you have been called out for tut-tutting when people say nasty things, when you are only interested in condemning bad behaviour if it comes from someone who does not share your partisan political view.
        Gutless hypocrite – shouldn’t you be on your knees praying for forgiveness for your failures?
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:08am
      - srylands
        
        Well looks like you have fucked right off instead. But for the record I have no interest in that shit. The first I knew of the ‘rumours’ was when I saw the recent media statement by the police.
        
        I read this blog because I am interested in public policy and I enjoy the posts. And I try not to get bitter and twisted and blow a gasket. I have enough real problems in my real life.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:25pm
      - thedavincimode
        
        Oh dear milky. Perhaps you should have given yourself a few more days off. I’ve raised my concerns about the pressure you’re under having to defend this COL on a number of occasions and I must say it saddens me that you haven’t taken my advice and taken a proper rest to re-charge the batteries. The new moniker, the bitchiness last weekend and now this straight out nastiness today. Most unfortunate. Try to make the best use of this mandatory rest and return the constructive contributor that we all know you can be.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:38pm
  - Nookin
    
    Was James Stephenson being sanctimonious? That wasnt my impression. He was applying Kimbo’s law which, as I understand it, is that the cogency of an argument diminishes in proportion to the use of emphatic adverbs or something like that. I thought the comment was quite clever —leaving his real meaning open.
    
    As far as the rumours are concerned, they appeared on this blog regularly over a period and I heard them from other sources before hand. Being a pedantic prick, I was inclined to wait for more public revelations before believing them. Having said that, the fact that the subject was not immediately smacked down on this blog made me wonder if there was some truth in them.
    I read an article in which DPF said that he had suspended commenters for perpetuating the rumours but that it was next to impossible to see and deal with them all.
    Which leads to inconsistency in moderation. Mikey is aggrieved that he was collared for an infingement that was, effectively, glossed over in Flipper’s case. I put that down to the theory that DPF had previously listed flipper’s previous sanctions out of alphabetical order (refer DPF’s comments policy) rather than any prejudice. It is also next to impossible to deal even handedly across the board unless dpf hires pete formerly of WOBH fame. I guess we don’t want/need that.
    
    Having said all that, there are some malicious comments and commenters around feverishly providing grist for labours “it’s National and the dirty politics again” mill and fuelling opinion pieces that say that the National Party fringe is made up of redneck grubs. I am inclined to the view that such comments and commenters should be kicked for touch but I guess they get some joy if not credibility from character assassination.
    I guess that makes me a sanctimonious as well as pedantic prick. I can live with that.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:00am
    - mikewasmild
      
      Thanks for addressing the issue seriously. DPF has too much other trouble to stir to spend any time actually moderating the blog – so he relies on the ‘report’ mechanism. Naturally, only comments that go against the general tenor of the blog get reported, so there is an inherent bias in the moderation.
      I get that, and I have no problem with being banned for anything that violates DPF’s rules. While I’m still here, though, I’m not going to stop calling out preaching wankers like James Stephenson/Keeping Stock.
      Cheers
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:17am
  - rightoverlabour
    
    I think you are in for a bit of timeout. DPF has absolutely NOT encouraged the rumours, but has allowed freedom of speech. Two totally separate things. I encourage fellow bloggers to report his comment as I have. Bye…
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:10am
    - mikewasmild
      
      ‘Freedom of speech’ is not really an issue on a blog operated by DPF according to his rules. After the rumours were addressed in public, he then chose to make a post here about defamatory comments being unacceptable. Strangely, he did not mention why he tolerated said defamatory comments for several weeks.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:19am
      - starboard
        
        Go and stand in the corner for a month milkmong, take your medicine and stop whining like a little bitch. Heh heh heh.
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:31pm
  - calendar girl
    
    That ‘Strike 5’ is not evident to me in the site’s Comments Policy – https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/comments_policy .
    
    There is no record of a ‘mikewasmild’ that I can see there in the alphabetical listing. Nor is a strike recorded there today under either of the closest names of comments contributors, ‘mikenmild” or ‘mikemikemike’.
    
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    May 5, 2018 12:41pm
    - realityczech
      
      mikewasmild is banned.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:58pm
    - GazzaW
      
      Strike 5 in the course of just 837 comments from a very copious poster. That must be an alltime record. Willis House will be impressed.
      
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      May 5, 2018 1:08pm
      - sooty
        
        Will he be back and as what?
        
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        May 5, 2018 5:30pm
  - sam green
    
    And at the same time flipper made defamatory allusions regarding a former MP yet Farrar chose to ignore such. ?
    
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    May 5, 2018 1:21pm
    - thedavincimode
      
      Never mind sam. Imagine if mallard was in charge!
      
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      May 5, 2018 1:41pm
    - realityczech
      
      Now we have the smug lefty troll – spam – speaking out about double standards. The hilarity and hijinks continue on.
      
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      May 5, 2018 1:48pm
      - sam green
        
        Get a job.
        
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        May 5, 2018 3:08pm
- Harkman
  
  IPrent the Nazi at the Standard does this all the time. But usually only for anyone criticising Labour.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:13am
  - mikewasmild
    
    Seeing I don’t read or comment there, I have no interest in what rules may or may no apply. So far as I can tell, those folks are all stark raving made. Same goes for the slater’s blog.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:20am
    - Nookin
      
      Have some comments been “disappeared”. I thought I posted a quite lengthy one here or here abouts
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:29am
      - rightoverlabour
        
        My understanding is that 5 reports and it disappears for moderation. I suspect this has happened. Rumour has it we may seem some DPF justice being meeted out. Not that I spread Rumours, just “vomit” occasionally.
        Talking of Rumours, that was an excellent Album by Fleetwood Mac.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:45am
      - mikewasmild
        
        What do you think of Neil Finn joining Fleetwood Mac?
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:53am
      - Nookin
        
        I didnt think my comment was up for long enough to get 5 reports. There must be a “word” trigger that prompts moderation. I would be interested in seeing the outcome of moderation given that I thought I was being objective and far from inflammatory. Food for thought.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:56am
      - rightoverlabour
        
        Wasnt your comment being reported Nookin, The one you replied to by the resident commie bastard…
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:03am
      - srylands
        
        The defamatory comment from Mike has disappeared.
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:08am
      - mikewasmild
        
        Doesn’t disappear, exactly. Just goes into ‘moderation’ until someone can be arsed looking at it.
        Here it is again:
        More dodgy moderation from DPF. Quelle surprise.
        DPF encourages those rumours about the PM and her partner for week after week, and then puts out a holier than thou reminder not to post defamatory comments.
        DPF banned me for two weeks for responding to flipper’s accusation of paedophilia by calling flipper a paedophile. I was wrong there, admittedly, as flipper is probably not a paedophile – he was underage, but willingly agreed to Muldoon’s demands to fellate him all those years ago.
        Now, the usual sanctimonious hypocrites (hi James Stephenson – will Keeping Stock be along soon?) will queue up to agree with DPF that some standards must be maintained.
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:30am
      - James Stephenson
        
        No idea Mikey. Keeping’s in Wanganui probably getting excited about a night at the speedway and the ‘canes beating the Lions.
        
        I, on the other hand am in the 09 packing my bag for an afternoon of old blokes’ football. We don’t chat much since he closed the doors on his blog.
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:56am
      - Keeping Stock
        
        Speedway season’s over James, but I’ll certainly be flicking between the ‘Canes and the Warriors tonight, then I’m hoping the Blues can beat the Lions.
        
        I wonder what got mikewasmild so upset this morning. His was a meltdown almost of D4J proportions!
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:00pm
      - stigie
        
        No one can top a Dad meltdown, we are blessed with great entertainment.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:30pm
      - Johnboy
        
        Yes stigie. Think how wonderful “The Standard” could be if some of the proletariat shot the SYSOP? 🙂
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:33pm
      - thedavincimode
        
        I wonder what got mikewasmild so upset this morning. His was a meltdown almost of D4J proportions!
        
        KS, milky’s been under enormous pressure with this COL screwing up on a daily basis, the lies, flips, flops and now of course, realising that pugwash completely screwed up the numbers so that they can’t afford to save all the children dying in poverty or keep the pensioners warm this winter after pissing all the money away on student voters. Having ztev and gabby in the naughty corner hasn’t helped – its left him having to shoulder the entire load. You may have noticed me raising my concerns about his downward spiral on a number of occasions and suggesting a time-out for the sake of his health but sadly, all to no avail.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:47pm
      - sooty
        
        Well stephie, you are just going to have to step up. Fraser house is running out of trolls fast. Just remember to go and play the goat befoe you comment.
        
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        May 5, 2018 5:36pm
Sir Cullen's Sidekick

Tooth Fairy is on track to win 2020 election just with the Greens. Write this down in your diaries with my name and today’s date and read it aloud when the results come out on 2020 election night.
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May 5, 2018 8:07am
- gorse
  
  Wouldn’t be so sure. They’ve cocked up so much in six months, another two years of this? Surely NZers are smarter than that.
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:13am
  - brett68
    
    No.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:26am
  - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
    
    Absolutely NOT.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:31am
  - big bruv
    
    “Surely NZers are smarter than that.”
    
    No, they really are not.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:04am
  - Nermal
    
    Roughly 2.4 million kiwis have an IQ in double figures
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:47am
- DifferentPerspective
  
  Could just be true.
  
  Which all goes to show the real enemy is MMP. So much for proportional representation when 46% of the country have precisely no ability to influence the direction of the nation. Not very proportional!
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:40am
  - wiseowl
    
    Yes the enemy is MMD .
    Mixed Member Disproportional.
    There is no way the Greens should be able to implement policies at all.
    Minority rules is wrong.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:44am
- Maxx
  
  If Cindy wins again in 2020 it will be because of Winston Peters still being around and still leading NZF.
  
  If he’s not around AND NZ First manage to get over 5% it’ll be 50/50 which way they go as there will be pressure on the “new” party to distance itself from the leadership of the old.
  
  Baring any new parties entering the fray in 2020 this is what I see is the scenario.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:28am
  - brett68
    
    The Martin clan and Labour giving them whatever they want will be the reason NZ First goes with Labour.
    
    Probably about the only chance of NZ First going National is if Judith Collins is leader apparently she gets on well with Peters and Jones, chances would still be quite low though, baubles will always win in the end.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:36am
  - waikatogirl
    
    Dr Jordan Peterson says if you have Anne Frank hiding in your attic and the Nazis at your door you have done an awful lot wrong, ie nobody is standing up to the Marxist ideologues. NZ needs to stand up to these COL bozos running their own agenda against our successful economy and fair society. We need our own Jordan Peterson.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:41am
    - stephieboy
      
      Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
      waikatogirl , stop tampering with history. Anne Frank and her family were hiding from Nazis not fancied Marxist ideologues.
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:01am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Do you understand what an analogy is?
        
        If you don’t, go and look it up.
        Study the definition.
        Try and think up an analogy of your own.
        Write it down, post it here on KB and I will mark your work.
        
        Then have a look at this for your homework.
        
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDGAJy6ZBxE
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:08am
      - waikatogirl
        
        Thanks Maggy for posting the link for Dr Peterson’s analogy. A very wise man.
        
        Not wise at all is SB who just throws random squirrels hoping to score points. ?
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:03am
      - Harkman
        
        “hiding from Nazis not fancied Marxist ideologues.” Please explain the difference?
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:08am
- Dave Mann
  
  Don’t be silly. Why would anybody write down something, date it and put your name on it? Surely in 2018 it would be natural to just take a screenshot, yes?
  
  As to the substance of your comment though… I think you might be right, regrettably. The NZ voter won’t learn anything from this fiasco, sadly. If the economy collapses totally, it will be either viewed as the fault of ‘greedy Wall St capitalists’ or the fault of kiwi businesses which aren’t ‘green enough’ or ‘sustainable’.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:31am
- VicParking
  
  Stop sucking in the fairy dust.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:33am
  - Dave Mann
    
    Frankly, Vic, the image your comment just created in my mind is revolting!
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:54am
    - Sir Cullen's Sidekick
      
      ROFLOL!!!
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:00am
  - holysheet
    
    Is fairy dust a euphemism for coke, and I don’t mean the drink.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:15am
- rightoverlabour
  
  I know you speak with forked tongue.. Rumour has it there will be much depression if that occurs. Fuck I like Rumours…
  
  Look a this…
  
  Quote: “Whilst it is true that rumour-mongering, the act of passing on a rumour maliciously, presents a pathology of the normally reliable transmission of rumours, I will argue that rumours themselves have a generally reliable transmission process, that of rumouring, and should be considered to be examples of warranted beliefs” end of quote
  
  https://philarchive.org/archive/DENHYH
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:48am
- realityczech
  
  Groan… he is right.
  
  Come election time it will be free money and virtue signalling. All will be forgiven.
  
  The only chance is a big scandal and internal meltdown among the communist forces currently occupying parliament.
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:09am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Someone there won’t be able to keep their graspy hands off the moolah.
    The problem will be whether the MSM will reveal the dirty deed(s).
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:54am
- Humble Capitalist
  
  3, 18,19,26,38,40 bonus ball 13, power ball 2. You heard it here first winning lotto numbers Election Night 2020. Please put this in an envelope and have a tug while you’re at it
  
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  May 5, 2018 5:24pm
Colville

Is there a more useless pack of cunts in New Zealand than Chorus*?

*other than the current government.
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May 5, 2018 8:08am
- MCos
  
  The Chiefs weren’t so flash last night.
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:12am
  - VicParking
    
    They will look good again after the Blues play tonight
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:53am
  - pdm
    
    Hard to understand how Cooper got the Coaching job – he was a failure with the Hurricanes.
    
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    May 5, 2018 1:37pm
Chuck Bird

Folau firestorm shows society shift

It might not be trendy to believe such things, but the preachers of tolerance would do well to think about how truly progressive a society would be if everyone who departed from modern norms were to be mocked or harangued to stop them expressing honestly held convictions. Because the most uncomfortable question might be this: How tolerant are the tolerance police?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/103299266/folau-firestorm-shows-society-shift
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May 5, 2018 8:10am
- VicParking
  
  They came for the ……. but I was not one.
  It’s a slippery slope
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:35am
- rightoverlabour
  
  The only thing we don’t tolerate… is tolerance…
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:50am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:16am
    - rightoverlabour
      
      Morning, and good day to one of the sanest on this blog. Found any Russian Spies out your way yet. We were eagerly awaiting to see if these rumours were true too!
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:26am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Oh heck, are we still chasing Russian spies?
        I thought the PM had determined that there weren’t any.
        
        I was going to ask hubby if he’s detected any on his devices, but I see he is just heading off to a ~~klubnoye sobraniye~~ committee meeting of his ~~товарищи~~ mates.
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:44am
- Anne Glen Eden
  
  Grant Miller has written an excellent article, something expressed by a range of honest, concerned and principled people. But it doesn’t really describe the problem. The reason for the rampant intolerance of the ‘gay mafia’ is nothing to do with tolerance, rationality, or anti-discrimination.
  
  It’s the conviction of the gay lobby that homosexuality must be ‘normalised’ – that is, become both ‘normal’ and ‘a norm’ in order for them to be treated ‘equally’. The only way to achieve that is to ensure that heterosexuality MUST be seen NOT TO BE ‘normal’ or ‘a norm’. Neither can there be a ‘normal’ male/female gender, ‘normalised’ heterosexual relationship, or ‘nuclear family’ – any culture, philosophy, belief system, social organisation predicated on the concept of heterosexuality must be amended or eradicated.
  
  I could say, rationally, that the species is dependent on procreation, which is itself dependent on heterosexuality, not just in producing offspring, but also for the Darwinian notion of adaptation to a changing environment through successive generations of offspring. On its own, that makes heterosexuality the only viable ‘normal’ and ‘norm’ – the only viable option of survival.
  
  Despite that, we now have national health systems claiming that men/males can conceive and give birth, political systems filling gender quotas with males who claim to be female (or vice versa presumably), and demographics producing birth certificates identifying two men/women as the ‘birth parents’ of a child. They’re also insistent that heterosexuals should share in the more transient nature of their relationships, greater promiscuity, and doubts about their ‘genders’ – no matter the mental, physical, or emotional cost.
  
  It is as sensible as claiming that it is ‘normal’ and should be a ‘norm’ for human beings to be deaf, dumb, blind, or otherwise challenged/dysfunctional. Shades of that shone through in the debate over ‘Alfie’. It’s happened at a time of a ‘perfect storm’ of denial of nature as well – when ‘health’ movements have decided that all natural adaptation, like building natural immunity (or death) from exposure to disease, weather etc., should cease. Human beings are now considered to be in their ‘ultimate’ state, it seems, and either frozen in scientific ‘amber’ or changeable only with the conscious intent of scientists; notwithstanding that the equally primary fixation is with stopping the environment changing.
  
  It is ironic that the increasingly atheistic world is prone to allegations of the ‘faithful’ believing in fairies or fairytales, when they are prepared to accept outright lies and distortions of obvious reality – simply because, like primitive peoples, they WANT to believe it or FEEL it’s a good idea or find reality inconvenient to the way they WISH the world was. Heads firmly buried in sand, fingers in ears, screaming ‘la-la-la-la-la’.
  
  It doesn’t have to be that way. Every life is precious, whatever challenges it involves and everyone has one/some. Everyone fails to be part of one ‘norm’ or the other and no-one should have to spend their life trying to fit into someone else’s pigeon holes. They, neither, should be trying to force other people to fit into theirs. It’s a sign of extreme, inappropriate, and destructive character weakness when anyone behaves in that way.
  
  I tend to think that’s why societies, pretty much universally, developed laws against homosexuality. Non-discrimination against them should be a ‘norm’ – as against anyone else. But it seems they are incapable of returning the ‘favour’ and insist that any part of life they aren’t appropriate to participate in should not be allowed to exist. It’s all ‘my way or the highway’.
  
  In the past, the rest eventually decided it was them for ‘the highway’. I can see why, and if they persist with the idea that perception of the world must be narrowed to only the way they see it, I can see it happening again – because whether they like it or not, they are a minority, a lot of their worldview is true only for them, and society will continue to disintegrate without positively functional shared ‘norms’.
  
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  May 5, 2018 2:52pm
holysheet

Bruce gets a letter delivered to his house.. Opens it. It’s an electricity bill for $17,000 forwarded on from the Aussie rugby union.. He rings the club, “I think there’s been a mistake, you sent me a bill but I haven’t worked for you for years”…… No Bruce sorry, but there’s no mistake…… You were the last person in the trophy room in 2010 and you left the fucking lights on”……!!!
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May 5, 2018 8:12am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  I hope you assembling your bon mots in a form we can all purchase for our deviant rellies.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:34am
- big bruv
  
  Would that be the same Aussie Rugby union who won two world cups during the 90’s (both away from home) whilst the NZRU were still crying about Suzie the waitress?
  
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  May 5, 2018 12:25pm
  - Keeping Stock
    
    I hate to spoil a good story big bruv, but Suzy the Waitress poisoned the All Blacks in South Africa in 1995, four years AFTER Australia had deservedly won their first World Cup, in England.
    
    The common denominator for the All Blacks in 1991 and 1999 might have been (but was not necessarily, depending on where in New Zealand you live) one John Bernard Hart, rather than a waitress named Suzy.
    
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    May 5, 2018 3:46pm
srylands

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103631686/wellingtons-mayors-want-a-piece-of-new-transport-funding–and-are-open-to-using-new-taxes-to-get-it

I don’t understand how fixing the travesty that is the Terrace Tunnel is missing from a list of Wellington transport priorities. Also could journalists please note that trams are not “rapid transit”.
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May 5, 2018 8:13am
Viking2

Water consultant Iain Rabbitts was sacked by the Christchurch City Council after saying he believes permanent chlorination in the city is almost inevitable if an independent regulator is brought in.

So the health of the people of Christchurch is less important than there leaders feelings and personal beliefs.

A water expert brought in to review Christchurch’s chlorination programme has been sacked by the city council after raising concerns over public health issues.

Iain Rabbitts was employed as an external consultant to carry out health and safety assessments while council engineers roll out temporary treatment ahead of repairs to fix substandard wells across the city.

But his contract was terminated after he publicly gave his view that fixing the faulty well heads is unlikely to prevent the city’s water supply having to be chlorinated permanently.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/103585546/water-expert-sacked-from-city-council-contract-after-raising-concerns-over-public-health

Who votes these retards into office? Well other retards I guess.
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May 5, 2018 8:15am
- peterwn
  
  Iain was quite wrong in my opinion to make unauthorised public statements concerning a client and on this basis the client was justified in sacking him (it is not clear whether the Council terminated his firm’s engagement or asked that he be removed from the task). He could also face disciplinary action from his professional body for breach of ethics.
  In particular there seemed no immediate urgency or risk that justified such a public statement since the water supply is currently chlorinated AFAIK. Assuming people in Christchurch prefer that their water is not chlorinated if at all possible the Council should have reasonable ‘space’ to consider the issue and this is not helped by a consultant Council engages spouting off in public prematurely.
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:41am
  - mikewasmild
    
    Since the Ministry of Health reports last year it is quite clear that all drinking water supplies must be chlorinated – regardless of preferences by some people to be exposed to severe gastrointestinal illnesses.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:04am
    - peterwn
      
      Main issue here is chlorinated water smells, swimming baths have to add extra chlorine and the water often stinks. So it is not surprising that people do not like chlorinated water.
      However adding chlorine to water supplies is a useful band-aid to dealing with suspect or compromised water supplies.
      If supplies are normally OK then chlorination is not necessary – the trick is to ensure the supplies are regularly tested – testing intervals depending on past experience, risk and events that could trigger unacceptable contamination.
      I do not know the current art of testing equipment, but if suitable gear is available or can be devised then it could be deployed and could raise an ‘alarm’ via the Council’s SCADA system indicating more precise testing or chlorination is needed. If such equipment is not currently available this would be an excellent student project for Canterbury University.
      
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      May 5, 2018 11:10am
  - MCos
    
    Everyone seems to have a barrow to push on this subject.
    For as long as I can remember Christchurch has made a big thing of their untreated artesian water supply and don’t want to change.
    Well they might have mighty pure water down there, but does it contribute to the high Canterbury road toll?
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:12am
  - Viking2
    
    Ah I get it.
    The ethics they have that allows the truth to be submerged.
    
    Seems to be a common theme with Law societies, Dr’s outfits, Teachers, Real Estate agents, Unions and now Engineers. and I forgot to put in politicians and Law courts.
    
    Feel free to add your favourite secret society to the list of people who are no longer allowed to speak, tell the truth, or just generally give an opinion.
    
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    May 5, 2018 1:55pm
    - peterwn
      
      If you hire any professional, you do not want the professional to be spouting off in public about your private affairs. For example Jacinda would have quite rightfully gone through the roof if her doctor announced the results of her pregnancy test in public.
      Councils and their staff are entitled to privacy when developing policy and professionals working for the Council need to respect this. If a professional has loose lips his or her work will dry up.
      
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      May 5, 2018 3:04pm
- Harkman
  
  The water here absolutely stinks.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:16am
  - Harkman
    
    Thumbs down? Come here and drink it, they’ve put way too much chlorine in the water. The situation is obviously far worse than the Labour run Christchurch city council is letting on.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:12am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      I think you need to start your chlorine intake at a very young age.
      I was raised on W(h)anganui’s heavily chlorinated water and I loved it. Gizzy’s and Wellington’s water isn’t a patch on it.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:02pm
    - Viking2
      
      You can buy filters to remove it.
      
      There is no reason why councils should jeopardize the communities health on a grand scale which result in a situation worse than Havelock.
      
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      May 5, 2018 1:58pm
rightoverlabour

NZTA and restricted licences. Consider this scenario. Two restricted drivers wish to drive from Auckland to Wellington. They have two options.

1) Drive separately as the law requires.
2) Break the law and drive in one car and split the driving.

Which is safer?
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May 5, 2018 8:55am
- Nookin
  
  Bus.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:05am
  - rightoverlabour
    
    No, they don’t have a bus license…
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:07am
    - Nookin
      
      Touche.
      Never mind, Shane jones will provide light rail.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:08am
      - mikewasmild
        
        Yes, that’s a fourth option. They have many other options as well, but we can’t really overcome rightoverlabour’s lack of imagination.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:22am
      - RalphT
        
        No, Shane’s Jones will provide light relief
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:48am
      - peterwn
        
        There is already ‘heavy rail’ between the two centres.
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:22pm
    - VicParking
      
      Ring 0800 RonAir
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:45am
rightoverlabour

By the way, anyone flown Emirates lately? Seen any distressed air hostesses?
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May 5, 2018 8:56am
- mikewasmild
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  By the way, have you got any good new rumours about Clarke Gayford that you wish to vomit up on Kiwiblog?
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:01am
  - rightoverlabour
    
    No, I prefer vomiting over Commie Bastards. What rumours, Please do tell?.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:06am
    - stigie
      
      First time i have heard about that Milky, is this a rumour you’ve just made up..?
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:32am
    - realityczech
      
      milky, I had never heard anything like that here on KB and I read it a lot. I think someone is having you on mate 🙂
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:51am
    - rightoverlabour
      
      Its a hell of a conclusion do jump from my comment to your’s. My father in law flew Emirates recently, he is a pain in the arse on planes. There would be a number of pissed off Air hostesses after having him on a flight. But you link this to a Rumour about the PMs partner. Shame on you.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:58am
  - realityczech
    
    milky, I have read up on this and done a few Google searches and find no evidence of the rumoured rumours which have been rumoured.
    
    I have found many examples of rumours about center left parties, such as National, and their supporters. Baseless slurs and allegations are rife.
    
    What I did not find was any evidence to back up this smear campaign.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:23am
    - mikewasmild
      
      Kea, I have done a few google searches about your problems and have found much evidence that it is time for you to try a different type of birdseed.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:25am
    - realityczech
      
      RichardX, which proves people talk shit on blogs. Wow!
      
      Countless other similar remarks are made daily about many people. The difference is they do not invoke a Police response, the PM, and the threat of legal action.
      
      A reasonable person would not take such things seriously in the context in which they were made. So the legal case is flimsy.
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:37am
    - holysheet
      
      ex-golfer forgot to ask the most important question.
      6. Did the well-known partner who became pregnant know the answers to any of the other questions, and
      if not, why not?
      
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      May 5, 2018 11:08am
    - stephieboy
      
      rc,
      
      “RichardX, which proves people talk shit on blogs. Wow!”
      
      Of which your an exceptional role model.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:06pm
Chuck Bird

Simon Wilson: Is ‘ignorance is bliss’ the official cancer policy?

But here’s another statistic: according to the Health Research Council, for every dollar spent researching women’s health, the amount we spend researching men’s health is six cents.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=12045357
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May 5, 2018 9:01am
- realityczech
  
  Women already live longer and are way less likely to die early from preventable illness, accident, or violence.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:54am
rightoverlabour

Hey, guess what, other people are making up shit too…. Stephieboy, comment please? We know you are an expert on shutting down any pro Trump rhetoric…

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/05/04/federal-judge-accuses-muellers-team-lying-trying-to-target-trump-cmon-man.html
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May 5, 2018 9:03am
- VicParking
  
  Stephie is having a sleep in with goat number two. ??
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:47am
- stephieboy
  
  rightoverlaboour , the answer lies here ,
  
  The simplest, most important question the Trump administration can’t answer
  
  Why did the president fire James Comey?
  
  “He doesn’t have to justify his decision. The president has the authority to hire and fire,” @PressSec says
  6:46 AM – May 4, 2018
  *  75
  *  92 people are talking about this
  But this is not true.
  
  Trump is not only the owner and CEO of a private real estate and brand licensing company, he is also the elected president of the United States. He and his team have obligations to the American public, and those obligations include explaining his actions.
  
  It’s true that Trump doesn’t care about any obligations he has beyond what’s legally enforceable, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have them, and the people who work for Trump have an obligation to be honest with themselves, with the country, and with the president himself about that. Nobody can actually force Trump to do the job of president correctly, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t such a thing as a right way to do it.
  
  Why did Trump fire Comey?
  In the entire 83-year history of the FBI, there have only been eight directors.
  One died in office, four served complete 10-year terms, one (Robert Mueller) was persuaded to stay on for a couple of additional years after the expiration of his term, and two were fired mid-term. One of the directors who was fired, William Sessions, was the subject of a scathing report from the Office of Professional Ethics alleging serious financial improprieties.
  
  The report was compiled while George H.W. Bush was president but not completed until just after Bill Clinton’s inauguration, and Clinton dismissed Sessions on the basis of the OPR report.
  
  And then there is Comey…”
  
  https://www.vox.com/2018/5/4/17316428/sanders-trump-giuliani-fire-comey
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:31am
Keeping Stock

It seems that Barry Soper is not impressed with Labour, orchestrating “dirty politics” allegations against National

The political rumour mill has been working over the past several months like never before and it hasn’t been producing the fairy dust that Jacinda Ardern’s been used to.

It’s been producing an unattractive and vile political sludge and finally Labour decided to put on its galoshes and wade its way out of the mire.

Make no mistake, Labour orchestrated the events of the past 24 hours.

Support parties were tipped off the night before the story involving the false rumours surrounding Ardern’s partner Clarke Gayford would be made public the following day.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12043768

In the space of two columns in two days, Soper has slammed Winston Peters over the Waka-Jumping Bill, and now has been highly critical of Labour for both politicising the Police and further fueling the rumours about Clarke Gayford.

When the tide turns, it turns quickly. When a political hack such as Soper is slagging off the two main governing parties, it’s safe to say that the tide is going out at an alarming rate.
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- stephieboy
  
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  KS ,
  
  “Make no mistake, Labour orchestrated the events of the past 24 hours.” ??
  
  Of course, Soper can substantiate that with evidence and facts or is it just another rumour building on another one ?
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:34am
  - realityczech
    
    stupidboy, got any evidence for your absurd claims and conspiracy theories?
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:41am
    - stephieboy
      
      Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
      rc, here,
      
      “Where did the false Clarke Gayford rumours come from? ”
      
      “…Journalists started hearing a variety of this rumour months ago. One editor heard it from a source who said they had heard it from their personal trainer, a person talking to a Labour Party staffer, and a high profile businessman. But none of these people ever had it first-hand.
      
      The rumours had been somewhat varied over the months but began to get remarkably specific in early February.
      
      A group of anonymous Twitter accounts started to tweet repeatedly about the rumours in specific terms around them.
      There were images made up illustrating the rumours, along with suggestive animated gifs from films.
      The accounts were generally anonymous, clearly right-leaning, and supportive of US President Donald Trump.
      
      There was a wide variety in account type – some had joined Twitter in 2018 or late 2017, while others had been tweeting for years. Most of them had racked up thousands of tweets, but some only had a few hundred.
      
      Many of the accounts had been tweeting about the Labour camp allegations just prior to getting onto the rumours.
      
      One of the accounts involved openly celebrated when the first story concerning the false rumours was published
      
      One early April post on right-leaning site Kiwiblog featured a whole thread discussing the rumours as a “personal scandal” in the comment section, with several commenters with thousands of other comments to their name spreading them.
      
      That thread remained up on Wednesday, but was soon deleted after Stuff contacted Kiwiblog editor David Farrar for comment.
      
      Farrar told Stuff he deletes defamatory content when it is brought to his attention…..”
      
      https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103559016/where-did-the-false-clarke-gayford-rumours-came-from
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:42am
      - realityczech
        
        Yes we all have the internet here on KB stupidboy.
        
        We have all seen the frantic propaganda and cover stories. We have all seen the conspiracy theories and smear campaign against National supporters.
        
        What we want now is a shred of evidence.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:47am
      - mikewasmild
        
        Oh, I didn’t realised that DPF has popped all those comments down the memory hole so that folks today can pretend that they never spread those rumours.
        Well, I guess he has some kind of reputation to protect, however flimsily.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:58am
      - Pete George
        
        “The most credible story I have heard is that these rumors came from within Labour”
        
        Any shreds of evidence on that ‘rumour’?
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:00am
      - Ross12
        
        ” and supportive of US President Donald Trump.”
        Well stephieboy has a journalist believing his rants ! Well done SB.
        And journalists wonder why they are down the bottom of the most respected lists.
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:08am
      - Keeping Stock
        
        Well, I guess he has some kind of reputation to protect, however flimsily.
        
        Why do you spend so much time here mikewasmild, when you have such a low opinion of DPF and his blog/commenters?
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:15am
      - mikewasmild
        
        Why do you spend so much time talking about the government, when you have such a low opinion of it.
        I find your smugness amusing and your rank hypocrisy amusing, o ‘Kiwiblog Standards Ambassador’. Chortle.
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:27am
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        “Why do you spend so much time here mikewasmild”
        
        I think that might be about to end.
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:17pm
  - VicParking
    
    Stephie, your up, been up and now up to crap. morning, just for you: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7648860.stm
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:51am
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    Weak, Stephie. If you bother to read the whole article, for which I helpfully provided the link, you’ll see that Soper refers to strategy sessions in the Beehive to plan Labour’s “response” to these rumours.
    
    Soper’s conclusion is interesting too:
    
    Trouble is, what Labour’s now left with is a rumour mill under full steam.
    
    By not identifying the rumours by saying what they involve, they’ll simply be refuelled. The poacher turned Labour Party gamekeeper, former Press Gallery journalist Linda Clark’s part of the strategy, warning her former colleagues as a lawyer that if they say what the rumours are about, they’ll face legal action.
    
    So all the efforts to bury the issue, which is what this exercise was all about, has simply resurrected it.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:08am
- Ross12
  
  I believe Soper has nose put out of joint because he sent a message to the PMs office the day before to say the rumours were getting out of hand, they needed to be stopped and he would provide a “media platform” to achieve that. The PMs office replied saying it was all in hand and no need for Soper’s help. So I guess he missed a scoop and we see the result in his column.
  Agree with KS that the tide has turned. Did Labour actually have a honeymoon ? Remember
  the for Key/ National led Government it went on for about 6 years.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:56am
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    Roos12 , how odd! It was not that long ago that Soper was being vilified by posters like you on this very blog.
    
    Heros come from the most unlikely of sources.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:16am
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      I’m not actually making a hero of Soper , stephieboy if you read carefully.
      I’m just pointing out the background, which he explained on radio himself.
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:23am
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        Ross12 , in other words just simply yet another rumour building on another rumour?
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:14pm
      - Ross12
        
        What the hell are you talking about sb.
        You obviously have some serious reading and comprehension problems. I made the point that I heard Soper explaining this on radio. Nothing about rumours.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:22pm
Hugh Pavletich

Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
Posted at … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/05/macro-afternoon-402/#comment-3098980 … and … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/05/links-4-may-2018/#comment-3098948 … with extensive further posts up-thread …

Mortgages by Income Bands … Martin North DFA … YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gziVUxxY8QI

Published on May 3, 2018

We compare data from NAB’s recent results with information from our own household surveys. Something does not add up!
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… from the incredible to the credible …
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NZ job ads fall 2.1 percent in April -ANZ Bank – Nasdaq.com

https://www.nasdaq.com/article/nz-job-ads-fall-21-percent-in-april-anz-bank-20180502-01941

WELLINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) – Job advertisements in New Zealand slipped 2.1 percent in April from the previous month, a survey by ANZ Bank showed on Thursday.

Annual job ad growth slowed to 3.9 percent from 6 percent the previous month, the survey showed, suggesting a softer outlook for the labour market.

“With both surveyed business confidence and hiring intentions down, weaker labour demand is likely the main driver,” said Liz Kendall, senior economist at ANZ Bank.
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https://www.anz.co.nz/resources/9/0/9017e2e1-56a4-4f3f-ad89-7d3a64f2a7b9/ANZ_Business_Outlook_20180430.pdf?MOD=AJPERES

… extract …

… The construction sector stood out this month. In short: its confidence plummeted; own activity plunged; employment indicators were mixed; expected profitability plunged to the lowest level since 2009; pricing intentions eased; investment recovered; capacity utilisation was unremarkable; residential construction intentions fell to the lowest since mid-2015; commercial construction intentions fell 4 points but are still higher than November; perceived ease of credit continues to recover but remains negative. … read more via hyperlink above …
… Banking mysteries … continued …
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- Hugh Pavletich
  
  Posted at … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/05/macro-afternoon-402/#comment-3099380
  
  Laughing all the way to the bank? The banks are – with impunity | Martin Farrer | Opinion | The Guardian
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/04/laughing-all-the-way-to-the-bank-the-banks-are-with-impunity
  
  … concluding …
  
  … You can laugh about it, but the unwillingness to accept the scale of the problem is no joke. Ever since they escaped the global financial crisis unscathed, a myth of invincibility has grown up around Australia’s banks. Even Peter Costello thinks that now. Profits have soared and, as manufacturing and retail struggle, the banks make up almost one-third of the value of the stock market. They were said to be well managed and well regulated, but the work of Kenneth Hayne and his commission has shown that’s not true.
  
  The scary bit is that the royal commission highlighted mainly the bits that Morrison and Asic allowed us to see – terrible tales of people being lent far too much money and bad advice in the banks’ wealth divisions. A succession of middle managers have been put through the wringer by the commission counsel, Rowena Orr, while the people who are ultimately responsible for the lax standards and shoddy treatment of customers – the chief executives and board members of the banks – have not been held to account. Only a royal commission with its terms redrawn to look at the industry from the top down will finally allow us to see the whole picture. … read more via hyperlink above …
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  Australia has been conned by financial regulators. And now we’ll pay the price | Lindsay David | Australia news | The Guardian
  
  https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2018/apr/23/australia-was-conned-by-financial-regulators-and-now-well-pay-the-price
  
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    Australian banking inquiry exposes litany of abuses … Reuters / Irish Times
    
    https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/australian-banking-inquiry-exposes-litany-of-abuses-1.3481709
    
    Alleged abuses include bribery ring using forged documents
    
    During the global financial crisis, Australia’s banks were relatively unscathed by what was happening elsewhere in the world. They didn’t need bailouts, so there was a tendency, at least from the government and the banks themselves, to believe everything was hunky dory. Nothing to see here.
    
    But there was plenty to see, and there has been for a long time. … read more via hyperlink above …
    
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    May 5, 2018 6:03pm
    - Hugh Pavletich
      
      Housing and poverty biggest concerns for Kiwis — (IPSOS) survey – NZ Herald
      
      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12044214
      
      Kiwis biggest concerns in life are about housing, followed by worries about poverty, healthcare and crime, according to new research.
      
      In its first survey of New Zealanders, intenational research company Ipsos discovered the biggest issues facing the nation and which political parties they think will fix them.
      
      More than 40 per cent of people surveyed for the Ipsos’ Issues Monitor said they were concerned about the cost and lack of supply of housing. …
      
      … The survey found that 38 per cent of Kiwis believed Labour Party was the political party most capable of solving the housing crisis, compared to 21 per cent who believed National could fix the problem.
      
      Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford said the national housing crisis was hurting too many New Zealanders.
      
      “From those left homeless, to those living and suffering the health effects of poor quality housing, to those locked out of the Kiwi dream of home ownership.” … read more via hyperlink above …
      
      … which explains why the National – led government got thrown out of office late last year. Governments lose elections … Oppositions don’t win them … refer GONE GONE GOING and Ardern / Twyford sections at Performance Urban Planning …
      
      http://www.performanceurbanplanning.org/
      
      Pavletich Message – Intro Section – Demographia Survey
      
      http://www.demographia.com/dhi.pdf
      
      Housing – New Zealand Labour Party
      
      https://www.labour.org.nz/housing
      
      … extract …
      
      Remove barriers that are stopping Auckland growing up and out
      
      Labour will remove the Auckland urban growth boundary and free up density controls. This will give Auckland more options to grow, as well as stopping landbankers profiteering and holding up development. New developments, both in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand, will be funded through innovative infrastructure bonds. … read more via hyperlink above …
      
      … Will this Labour – led government perform or perish ?
      
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      May 6, 2018 1:34am
      - Hugh Pavletich
        
        MBIE says Kiwibuild may be unaffordable for buyers | Kiwiblog
        
        https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2018/02/mbie_says_kiwibuild_may_be_unaffordable_for_buyers.html
        
        KiwiBuild – otherwise known as “pulling numbers out of your arse” | Infometrics
        
        http://www.infometrics.co.nz/kiwibuild-otherwise-known-pulling-numbers-arse/
        
        Rodney Dickens says section prices are the key to solving the housing affordability problem, not higher density around transport hubs. He warns against force-feeding in areas that won’t deliver the intended outcome … Interest Co NZ
        
        https://www.interest.co.nz/opinion/92556/rodney-dickens-says-section-prices-are-key-solving-housing-affordability-problem-not
        
        As Government signals big light rail spend, public transport concerns grow in US … Michael Daly … Stuff / Fairfax New Zealand
        
        https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/102928780/as-government-signals-big-light-rail-spend-public-transport-concerns-grow-in-us
        
        Sydney light rail contractor Acciona suing NSW Government; further delays to construction likely – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
        
        http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/light-rail-contractor-sues-nsw-government/9629948
        
        The firm building Sydney’s light rail is taking the NSW Government to court, claiming it is owed more than $1 billion extra, prompting Labor to call the project a “total embarrassment” for Premier Gladys Berejiklian …
        
        … But the Opposition said the 24-kilometre line from the CBD to the eastern suburbs could now become the world’s most costly light rail project.
        
        “It started at $1.6 billion, now it’s up to $3 billion perhaps,” Opposition Leader Luke Foley said.
        
        “If the Government had done its homework there would be no dispute.”
        
        Deputy NSW Labor Leader and Opposition spokesman for planning and infrastructure Michael Daley said this was the worst project he has seen in his 20 years of public life. … read more via hyperlink above …
        
        … Are New Zealand politicians better project managers ? … really ? ….
        
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        May 6, 2018 2:33am
      - Hugh Pavletich
        
        … What is Auckland learning from Greater Christchurch ? …
        
        … John McCrone of Fairfax NZ / Christchurch The Press writes …
        
        Lincoln (South fringe Christchurch) : From mill town to boom town … John McCrone … The Press … h/t GF …
        
        https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/103331085/lincoln-from-mill-town-to-boom-town
        
        It was supposed to be a post-quake phenomenon, yet there is little sign of it slowing. Why are rural fringe towns like Lincoln still growing so fast? JOHN McCRONE reports.
        
        The contrast is striking. In central Christchurch, Fletcher Living is taking forever to get going on its East Frame townhouse and apartment block development.
        
        Government and council have agreed that denser inner city housing is vital to making a success of the earthquake rebuild. Yet despite inking a deal with Fletcher to build nearly 1000 homes back in 2015, the first 20 properties won’t be finished until late this year.
        
        The buyers just don’t seem to be there for them. And so the East Frame development has been uphill all the way.
        
        However, take the road half an hour out of town to Lincoln and the story is the opposite. This once sleepy village has exploded with subdivisions. Its residential footprint is now 10 times what it was 20 years ago. … read more via hyperlink above …
        
        READ MORE:
        * Rolleston: Time to take it seriously
        * Christchurch’s $600 million motorways
        * Christchurch’s next problem: bringing residents back into the CBD
        * Government ‘locked in’ to contract for delay-riddled east frame
        
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realityczech

Once again we are getting a real time example of the left’s double standards and contempt for those not part of their ideological clique.

Labour and their media cronies are running a high profile campaign slandering National and it’s supporters with unproven allegations.

At the same time we have the specter of senior policeman running cover for Labour, media gagged with the threat of court action, and a Prime Minister wading in with a cover story.

We are not even allowed to mention the allegations, about what we don’t know. While it is open season on the NZ public and media, with baseless allegations published in global media. They can, and are, saying what they like about those who are not party faithful.

We need to rise above the gossip and look at the sinister implications of what is being done here at a fundamental level.
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- stephieboy
  
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  rc , yet another stupid Clinton body count, pizzagate , deep state conspiracy in the hatching?
  
  Gluck, cluck, cluck…
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:27am
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    stupidboy, Clinton was a disgraced politician who lost in the USA election.
    
    This is about what is happening now in NZ.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:57am
  - Philview
    
    I think if we had a scenario in New Zealand where the Government sold Uranium to a Russian company and significant donations were made by the Russian company to the Winston Peters Foundation we would find that a little unusual. This is the sort of stuff going on around the Clintons.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:58am
    - mikewasmild
      
      What about Vince Foster, those emails and Benghaaaazi?
      Meanwhile, in the real world, are you being entertained by Trump’s ‘lawyer’, Rudi Guiliani, doing his best to incriminate his new client. Comedy gold.
      
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      May 5, 2018 11:49am
      - Philview
        
        Stormy Daniels herself tried to run for Senate in 2010 but dropped out when her campaign manager had his car blown up by a car bomb. That is Dirty Politics US style. She is more than a 2 bit tart after a pay off, she is part of someone’s strategy. We all know Trump is a serial womaniser who can’t keep his pants zipped up so no great surprise there.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:06pm
      - waikatogirl
        
        The comedian Chris Rock said that years ago in NY City whenever Trump was out in the clubs and restaurants, it was the norm for Trump to have hoards of very desirable women swarming around trying to get extra close him.
        Being very rich is a powerful aphrodisiac for some women!
        
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        May 5, 2018 3:01pm
- Justitia
  
  Your concerns are shared by many. For what it’s worth, one couldn’t help noticing that two members of the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s new reference group also weighed in on the matter.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:50am
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    A new Rumour – That New Zealand will be replaced by France in the 5 Eyes security system.
    Possibly as some smoke is around those here who would love to see it happen.
    
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    May 5, 2018 2:04pm
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      Well, Maggy confirmed we got no Russian Spies…
      
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      May 5, 2018 4:29pm
- Philview
  
  I saw the Stuff article today pointing the finger at KB. I am on here several times a day and didn’t see much about it.
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:49am
  - Classic Liberal
    
    Plus David made it very clear that no defamatory posts would be tolerated.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:35am
  - mikewasmild
    
    Didn’t see ‘much’ huh? As I understand it, after the rumours were addressed publicly this week, DPF went back and did some retrospective moderation of the worst comments.
    Perhaps resident Kiwiblog archivist Nostradamus would be best placed to tell the full story.
    One thing I can attest to is that noted scumbag David Garrett had the decency to comment on this blog that he now understood the rumours about the methamphetamine charges were completely unfounded.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:46am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Pete George on his blog YourNZ stated that he first became aware of a rumour about Clarke Gayford around October.
      
      There is some interest in trying to work out where the smears came from. I am aware of the starts of this going back to last October – it appears that they started as fairly general slurs and insinuations and got more specific as time went on.
      https://yournz.org/2018/05/03/gayford-fake-smears-exposed/
      
      I’m pretty sure there was nothing here on KB until many months later.
      P.G. also says the rumour had been circulating for months on Twitter.
      I don’t twit/tweet.. so have no idea if that’s where the
      rumour mill was working overtime.
      
      P.G. also stated that there were attempts to seed the rumour on his blog.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:13pm
      - lifesgood
        
        A fair number of regular contributors on here have stated they had no idea what the rumours referred to and did not want to know. On the other hand the rumours were rife on twitter and I heard them by word of mouth from many different sources.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:01pm
      - realityczech
        
        PG lies about a lot of things. He also twists the clear words of others. He is doing it on this very thread. Sleazy Pete should partner up with Whale.
        
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        May 5, 2018 2:15pm
burt

Maybe you haven’t got the right kind of lines.
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May 5, 2018 9:19am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  That’s the ~~catch~~ line of the day.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:23am
  - MH
    
    Don’t take the bait, out of the frying pan and into the Black Maria.
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:42am
Maxx

Amazon halts expansion over city tax proposal
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/03/amazon-halts-seattle-expansion-over-city-tax-proposal/

So Seattle proposes a tax of 26c per hour per head of large employers to help with the homeless issue in the city. Amazon halts construction of a 17 story tower mid build and considers leasing out another building which combined would house 7000 workers and considers leasing out.

This is what happens when you keep on pushing up costs on business and tax the hell out of the golden goose.

Seattle already spends over $200m annually on homeless issues and throwing more money at the problem won’t fix it!
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  Marx, does Amazon run and own Seattle?
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:29am
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    Do you have trouble reading printed words? Did I ever say they run it?
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:42am
    - calendar girl
      
      Yes he does have that trouble. That may be why he spelt your pseudonym “Marx” rather than Maxx. (Or is there another explanation?)
      
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      May 5, 2018 11:08am
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        Freudian slip? But then he would’ve identified with me…
        
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        May 5, 2018 11:43am
      - stephieboy
        
        calendar girl, the misspelling was deliberate.
        
        Maxx , put it this way does Amazon believe they can get what they want by making threats with no accountability to the voter?
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:19pm
      - calendar girl
        
        “calendar girl, the misspelling was deliberate.”
        
        How dumb of me not to be able to recognise that, stephieboy.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:13pm
Manolo

The incompetent Mayor Sadiq Khan will be delighted:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6215078/donald-trump-london-stabbings-knife-crime-nra-war-zone/

Donald Trump has described London as “like a war zone” following a spate of stabbings in the English capital.
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- realityczech
  
  Gun hating London now has a higher murder rate than New York.
  
  It’s the “asians”
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:02am
  - Philview
    
    We are just about to get Blairite policing policies here. “The racist police are targeting polynesians” stories coming out of the media recently. Eventually, the NZ police will have to look the other way like they do in London.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:02am
    - Piniwi
      
      Perhaps Philview it is part of a new training module judging by a statement from the Minister in how they deal thin the NZ growing gang crime rate:
      If we can’t get them for the crimes WE KNOW THEY ARE COMMITTING, let’s investigate them for benefit fraud. Let’s find a way to get these gangs,” Stuart Nash told Newshub Nation on Saturday. “We will use whatever we can.” You’ll surely be reassured with what followed: “Putting extra cops on the street WON”T see more criminals put behind bars, but that’s BY DESIGN according to Police Minister Stuart Nash.
      It is all topped off as they paper over another promise before we realise it too has been broken since it seems it was not a PROMISE: “Labour and NZ First’s coalition agreement included a promise to “strive” towards 1800 extra cops on the beat by the end of their first term.” Seems it is another of those “phasing in” type promises like the winter energy payments and $10 reduction of doctor visits.
      It seems that every caucus meeting must be used to frame a new narrative to cover up for promises broken or about to be broken to be sure everybody is singing from the same song sheet. Then the Media party are obviously notified so they can be prepared to run interference by trying to make a meaningless narrative seem “significant”.
      
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      May 5, 2018 3:05pm
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    rc , so it would be better if the Las Vegas and Parkland etc shooters used knives?
    
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    May 5, 2018 12:20pm
    - realityczech
      
      No stupidboy, it would be better if the UK clamped down on Muslim immigration and anyone else who’s values are inconsistent with democratic liberal society.
      
      The arrogance of these violent and intolerant Muslims is incredible. If they don’t like decent society they can piss off back to their corrupt and broken countries.
      
      You can too for that matter. You can get a nice coastal property in Somalia cheap as chips.
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:27pm
      - stephieboy
        
        rc,
        
        “..anyone else who’s values are inconsistent with democratic liberal society.”
        
        You include yourself? You’ve got to be joking?
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:30pm
      - realityczech
        
        stupidboy, most of your fundamental cultural practices are not only undesirable, they are illegal in the Western word. It goes well beyond a bit of harmless goat raping.
        
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        May 5, 2018 12:33pm
- stephieboy
  
  Manolo , your Messiah is the father of all lies,
  
  This is what a war zone is ,
  
  https://www.businessinsider.com.au/the-worlds-worst-war-zones-2015-3#1-the-death-toll-in-the-worlds-most-brutal-conflicts-climbed-by-more-than-28-percent-last-year-from-2013-with-bloodshed-in-syria-worse-than-all-others-for-the-second-year-running-more-than-76000-people-were-killed-in-syria-last-year-up-from-73447-in-2013-1
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:09am
  - realityczech
    
    All started under Obama.
    
    From that alt-right pro-Trump rag The Guardian:
    
    “America dropped 26,171 bombs in 2016. What a bloody end to Obama’s reign
    
    Medea Benjamin
    According to new figures, the US dropped nearly three bombs every hour, 24 hours a day. Dare we think how Donald Trump will continue this legacy?”
    
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/09/america-dropped-26171-bombs-2016-obama-legacy
    
    [To be clear, Obama dropped nearly 3 bombs an hour for is 8 year reign of death]
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:14am
    - stephieboy
      
      rc , military and bombing actions ( Libya and Iraq ) that Trump supported and Obama did not support the origin of those wars namely ,Iraq 2003.
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:35am
softail 1450

I see the labour candidate for northcote in the coming bi election is gay , how unusual.
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- realityczech
  
  Have the Police, legal team, media and the PM confirmed that detail and given clearance for the proletariat to discuss it?
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:06am
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    rc ,softail 1450 , would suggest that this is not the case
    
    DUH!
    
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    May 5, 2018 10:11am
- Classic Liberal
  
  Suggesting someone might be gay can’t be defamatory, as there is nothing wrong with being gay, if that’s what you mean, SB.
  
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  May 5, 2018 11:39am
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  Parliament has about 94% straight, 6% homosexual, which is significantly higher than ~3% homosexual population, but not very surprising given homosexual people are often more achievement focused and less likely to be held back by having children.
  
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  May 5, 2018 12:49pm
- lifesgood
  
  Starting to look illegal to be straight in the Labour party.
  
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  May 5, 2018 1:02pm
rightoverlabour

Mikewasmild, before you get permantly banned read this:
Quote:
What is the easiest way to get banned?

To attack me personally. Quite simply it will not be tolerated. I welcome people to disagree with my views, to correct my errors, to debate what I assert, but if you attack my integrity, my character etc I will terminate your privileges.

End of quote.

It is in the comments policy. I don’t fucking care what you call me, nothing you say or do can, or will offend me. I take a certain perverse pleasure in baiting you on a regular basis as you are so thick you fall for it every time. As far as I know the Air hostess rumours are not covered by the blanket ban on rumours and as far as I know they do not involve that which the police commented on.

On the latter, I am quite happy to be corrected. So Milky, have you stopped attacking DPF personally?
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May 5, 2018 10:14am
- mikewasmild
  
  I attack whomsoever I like. I’m glad you feel you have got the better of me. I like everyone on Kiwiblog to encourage their own particular delusions.
  I don’t need any goading to express my opinion, whether that is within or without any particular arbitrary set of rules, regardless of whether those rules are policed or not.
  So whether it’s you trying to reignite rumours about Clarke Gayford when you have no way of knowing whether or not they are true, or me telling the truth about the ingrate flipper’s sordid past sucking the cocks of National Party politicians really makes no difference at all.
  Before I go, or am sent, just be careful out there and try to avoid the smug hypocrisy that is the hallmark of Kiwiblog.
  
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  May 5, 2018 10:46am
  - realityczech
    
    “the smug hypocrisy that is the hallmark of Kiwiblog”
    
    The first part is true milky, but not the second. I can’t think of another blog that is more open and lively. Which is why we are not having this chat on The Standard or Whaleoil.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:03am
  - rightoverlabour
    
    The only person who has reignited the rumours is, ironically, Jacinda Arderne in her hopeless attempt to shut the story down. At one stage the rumours were a bit of fun on Kiwiblog, now the whole country is going “What rumours?” I suspect this is going to get a lot worse before it gets better because now we have suggestions of politicians influencing police procedures, which is far worse than what Gayford did, or didn’t do. We are having some fun at Labours complete inability to do anything intelligently. The best they could do is never make another announcement, as all of them have turned to custard.
    
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    May 5, 2018 11:11am
    - stephieboy
      
      rightoverlabour , you are wrong there,
      
      https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2018/03/general_debate_18_march_2018.html#comment-2165276
      
      LOL
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:24pm
    - Longknives
      
      The Media are arrogant- They don’t like being pontificated to and muzzled.
      I’ll hazard a guess they will be on the lookout for any sniff of dirt on this character now. (And this guy can’t even shut his closet door for all the skeletons piled up…)
      Grab some Popcorn and enjoy the ride..
      
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      May 5, 2018 1:15pm
Keeping Stock

Should the Speaker be intervening in political debates between rival MP’s?

Yesterday Nikki Kaye and Chris Hipkins were having a bit of a stoush about school funding. Mallard made a comment about rules having been changed. The implication was that he disbelieved Ms Kaye.

Mallard prefaced his tweet with the words “Don’t want to get involved in the substance of the debate but…“.

Surely, if Mallard as Speaker of the House and supposedly totally independent didn’t “want to get involved in the substance of the debate”, his best course of action would have been to not get involved at all. By his intervention, he HAS got involved in the substance of the debate, whether that was his intention or not.

It could be argued that Mallard was not intervening in the role of Speaker, but there’s one small problem; his Twitter handle is @SpeakerTrevor! Clearly, anything he posts from that account does, by definition, reflect on the Office of the Speaker.

A link which includes Mallard’s tweet follows. I would like to be able to link directly to Mallard’s tweet itself. However in this era of the most open and transparent government in New Zealand’s history, when I click on Mallard’s Twitter handle I get the message “You are blocked from following @SpeakerTrevor and viewing @SpeakerTrevor’s Tweets. ”

https://twitter.com/hamishpricenz/status/992244872487682050
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May 5, 2018 10:34am
- rightoverlabour
  
  Yup, Mallard hasn’t a clue. The whole Curran fiasco is no silver lining either.. Leaves more questions than answers and we still think she is dodgy. Revealing the recording would have cleared things up.
  
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  May 5, 2018 11:17am
  - Keeping Stock
    
    Mallard was bad enough when he was moderating Labour’s Red Alert blog with Curran. He really needs to give social media a wide berth if he is to have any gravitas in the important role of Speaker.
    
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    May 5, 2018 12:14pm
    - Swifty
      
      What’s with this ‘SpeakerTrevor’ crap anyway?
      
      Is that like ‘Dr Oz’, ‘Chef Gordon’ or ‘Dr Phil’?
      
      Must our institutions be so infantilised in this way?
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:37pm
      - Keeping Stock
        
        This is Trevor Mallard we’re talking about Swifty. He has coveted the Speaker’s role for years which is strange, given the number of times he himself has been ejected from the House for unparliamentary conduct.
        
        I’m guessing he is the only Speaker in the OECD who has appeared in Court and pleaded guilty to a fighting charge, arising from him punching another MP.
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:21pm
      - realityczech
        
        KS yes but there again so has Labour Party spokesperson and part time policeman Mike Bush.
        
        Do they have to have a conviction now days before being admitted to the Labour Party?
        
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        May 5, 2018 1:25pm
    - Paulus
      
      Is that all Mallard was doing with Curren in the name of Red Alert blog ?
      Used to enjoy a laugh there.
      
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      May 5, 2018 2:09pm
  - Piniwi
    
    Right KS this is a further continuation of his interference in the House where he can do whatever he does without challenge or descent. Nikki Kaye really stuck it to Chippy using facts to trash his fallacy as he attempted to follow the caucus approved “narrative”. Even most hand picked economists who failed to see the “hole” agreed is was unwise to go forward with zero contingency allowances.
    
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    May 5, 2018 3:25pm
    - Keeping Stock
      
      Indeed Piniwi. Speaker Mallard seems to be rewriting the rules of Parliament on a daily basis. I wonder how long it will be before the Opposition threatens a no confidence motion to make him pull his head in, as Peters and Labour did with David Carter early in his tenure.
      
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      May 5, 2018 3:54pm
MH

Yankee Doodle went to town
A-riding on a pony
He stuck a feather in his hat
And called his lawyer Rudy Giulani

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the hair and the step
and with Stormy be handy!

hillary and Obama went down to camp
Along with Captain Mueller
And there we saw the men and boys
As drunk as those that fooled her.

Yankee Doodle, keep it up
Yankee Doodle dandy
Mind the hair and the step
and with Stormy be handy!

And there was Captain Putin
And gentle folks about him
They say he’s grown so tarnal proud
He will not stand without them.

and now, let’s all whistle Dixie.
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May 5, 2018 11:13am
- MH
  
  tickled to death, I’m up for it.
  
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  May 5, 2018 4:40pm
cha

Faux news’ talking head calls babyfingers a liar.

Catch Neil's latest Common Sense pic.twitter.com/JdGCX4WmjF— Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) May 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/TeamCavuto/status/992147250934702080
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May 5, 2018 11:18am
- realityczech
  
  LOL 🙂
  
  How thoughtful of you to share .
  
  Loser
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  May 5, 2018 11:20am
  - stephieboy
    
    rc ,
    
    this tweet gets to the heart of the matter,
    
    “Loved every second of it. Finally someone on Fox that sees what is going on and has the integrity and courage to tell it like it is. I use to watch Fox all the time, but since it has become the Trump News Network and cheering section, I rarely watch. Great job, Neil!”
    
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    May 5, 2018 12:27pm
    - All_on_Red
      
      Racist
      
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      May 5, 2018 12:48pm
MH

Arise, and take your place amongst the righteous ones.
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May 5, 2018 11:27am
VicParking

I think we should all write to the commissioner and ask him to release the statement that we are not and have not been under investigation.
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May 5, 2018 12:05pm
Suze Wainwright

Instead of saying the cost of our new progressive economic policies will only cost you x lattes per week, would it be more effective to say the cost of all our wondrous, progressive economic policies will only cost you at least seven bottles of decent chardonnay a week…?
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May 5, 2018 12:54pm
realityczech

mikewasmild

[DPF: And that is Strike 5 and a month off]

MAY 5, 2018 8:18AM

milky went hard out this morning. It was fun while it lasted though 🙂

This will give him more time to focus on his core role of drafting Labour press releases and spreading smears and fake news about National.
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May 5, 2018 12:54pm
- Longknives
  
  Is Mikewasmild the same guy as Mikenmild?
  I often clashed with Mikenmild but it was usually in good spirits and humour -This ‘Mikewasmild’ incarnation is a pretty spiteful,nasty piece of work..
  
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  May 5, 2018 1:07pm
  - realityczech
    
    Yes. Your answer is in the name “was” [mild].
    
    I liked the new one better. More honest about his real thinking.
    
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    May 5, 2018 1:21pm
- Pete George
  
  Ironic considering the smears and fake claims you’ve been spreading.
  
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  May 5, 2018 1:20pm
  - Longknives
    
    What fake claims have I ever spread Pistol Pete??
    
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    May 5, 2018 1:23pm
    - Longknives
      
      Apologies Pete- I think I got my wires crossed there.
      *I assume you meant that for Realityczech..
      
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      May 5, 2018 1:24pm
      - Pete George
        
        Yes. Our comments crossed.
        
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        May 5, 2018 2:06pm
  - realityczech
    
    Sleazy Pete, I hope that smear was not directed at me? I have no idea what the claims are even about, let alone spreading them. Why don’t you run along to your own fake news site and make something up there? Join in the anti National smear campaign with your ideological buddies.
    
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    May 5, 2018 2:18pm
    - realityczech
      
      “Why don’t you run along to your own fake news site and make something up there?”
      
      Oh you did: https://yournz.org/2018/05/05/kiwiblog-still-has-problems/
      
      You might be better off improving your own content and moderation, rather than attacking those far more successful. You might also want to include some facts in the brain vomit you write. It helps the readers engage with your works of fiction.
      
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      May 5, 2018 3:01pm
      - Pete George
        
        Attack is a common form of no defence. Lame.
        
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        May 5, 2018 3:20pm
      - realityczech
        
        Attack is a common form of no defence. Lame.
        
        https://yournz.org/2018/05/05/kiwiblog-still-has-problems/
        
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        May 5, 2018 3:26pm
realityczech

Another failed attempt at virtue signalling.

Sun and safety are to blame for a failed attempt at forming a police bike patrol in Huntly.

Apparently an angry fat lady was “gutted” about it all.
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May 5, 2018 1:09pm
- Longknives
  
  It’s Huntly mate- Their bikes probably keep getting nicked…
  
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  May 5, 2018 1:17pm
Left Right and Centre

Clarice Stewart from Palmerston North doesn’t like a sign on a digger.

Clarice – *fark off* to Saudia Arabia. The end.
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May 5, 2018 1:16pm
- Left Right and Centre
  
  Saudi Arabia – excuse: tiredness.
  
  I love the Joe Moron comments about how the sign might relate to the service provided – as in, are they cowboys ?
  
  If it’s not PC to get any preconceived ideas about people covered in tats, then the same applies to signs on diggers. Don’t judge a book by its cover.
  
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  May 5, 2018 2:19pm
MH

has Ms Genter made any comments on the Warriors white middle aged men on the Board whilst the majority of the team are Polynesian. Goes for the Blues as well, current disconnect between fans and team, yet to get supportive of the team similar to the time it took for fans to accept black American Footy and b/ball players. Exceptions perhaps being a team more representative of the racial makeup of NZ towns, like Sth Island. Is the racial makeup of the Blues and Warriors the elephant in the changing room. Akld rugby is composed of players who think size is better than possesion pace and position. The European has been over run in schools and clubs, the skill of former players such as Zinny is lacking whilst the Culture of the team is dictated by race rather than the desire to win. Will the Teams step up this weekend? The lack of crowds to Blues games must be of some concern.
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May 5, 2018 1:32pm
- mandk
  
  Yeah.
  
  Why aren’t there any women playing for the Warriors or the Blues?
  
  Ms Genter needs to get on to this.
  
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  May 5, 2018 2:16pm
Johnboy

I was going to take part today but discretion got the better part of valour as I tend to do all my gardening with a chainsaw and large loppers! 🙂
https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/homed/garden/103584122/kiwi-naturists-call-for-a-southern-hemisphere-naked-gardening-day
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May 5, 2018 2:00pm
- stigie
  
  Yeah, but you wouldn’t look out of place sitting there holding a couple of melons JB..?
  You could by chance fabricate some rumours !~
  
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  May 5, 2018 2:21pm
Mobile Michael

Anyone else seen the Rhys Darby map video? I expect that the media will be falling all over themselves to comment on the PM being in such a cringe worthy effort, just like they did when John Key went on Letterman.

Wait, they’re calling it hilarious? Darby’s comedy is deliberately cringe.
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May 5, 2018 2:00pm
- milkmaid
  
  Not as cringeworthy as the PM’s “somethink”. Was that deliberate?
  
  Not as bad as her answer in Tuesday’s question time in parliament. Her answer to Simon Bridges’ question about why there was no cost benefit analysis on the oil and gas decision -the information was not “gettable”.
  
  https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/document/HansS_20180501_052650000/3-question-no-3-prime-minister
  
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  May 5, 2018 3:14pm
Johnboy

Here we go folks. The greedy socialists (a la Auckland) are looking to start picking our pockets in Wellington too. That didn’t take very long at all! 🙂
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/103631686/wellingtons-mayors-want-a-piece-of-new-transport-funding–and-are-open-to-using-new-taxes-to-get-it
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May 5, 2018 2:31pm
Johnboy

Softening us up here to leave the Roller in the garage! 🙂
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/103406264/Wellingtons-new-bus-network-is-good-news-for-some-bad-news-for-others
Only bloody peasants use public transport! 🙂
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May 5, 2018 2:34pm
realityczech

I read Pete George”s attack on Kiwiblog so you don’t have to.

A truly bitter twisted little man who has attacked the best blog in NZ with nasty lies supported by out of context sentence fragments.

He is not very smart and has simply repeated the hysterical fake news stories about National we are being force fed in the media.

Even the tiny number who he allows to comment seem to disagree with his fabrications. Excuse me I need to go wash after that experience…
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May 5, 2018 2:36pm
- Pete George
  
  You’re making things up again – funny considering the nasty lies accusations.
  
  I doubt that you missed this but you haven’t responded apart from resorting to abuse.
  
  “The most credible story I have heard is that these rumors came from within Labour”
  
  Any shreds of evidence on that ‘rumour’?
  
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  May 5, 2018 3:18pm
  - realityczech
    
    Sorry I forgot how stupid you are. Allow me to walk you through it Peter.
    
    I said it was the “most credible story” and even included that story in full.
    
    I said it was a “story” not a rumour, a fact, or even a claim. I believe it is the best theory I have heard and by far the most credible. Unlike the conspiratorial drivel you have come up with.
    
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    May 5, 2018 3:31pm
    - Pete George
      
      “Sorry I forgot how stupid you are.”
      
      Funny – you’re projecting again. A story without a shred of evidence is a made up story with no credibility.
      
      You really don’t handle being held to standards you demanded of someone else here very well, do you.
      
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      May 5, 2018 3:39pm
      - realityczech
        
        Great you are learning. Now apply that principle to your claim that Kiwiblog is the source of the rumours.
        
        So much fail.
        
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        May 5, 2018 3:50pm
      - Pete George
        
        That’s a false accusation, unless you’re just referring to the rumours you keep trying to promote here.
        
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        May 5, 2018 3:58pm
      - realityczech
        
        “the rumours you keep trying to promote”
        
        Peter I don’t know what the rumoured rumours are ❗
        I have heard rumours that there were rumours and read rumours about rumours on your blog. I have not actually found any of the rumoured rumours though there are rumours of rumours being removed it is rumoured.
        
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        May 5, 2018 4:03pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        RC- take it easy on PG
        He’s one of those Alarmist Climate Science Deniers
        So obviously not very bright
        
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        May 5, 2018 4:07pm
      - Pete George
        
        I don’t know where you get that from A_o_R. You’ve got that quite wrong.
        
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        May 5, 2018 4:14pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Nah
        I’ve seen some of your posts
        You’re an Alarmist and hence a Science Denier
        
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        May 5, 2018 7:16pm
      - realityczech
        
        Yep he reckons NZ’s glaciers are retreating AoR which is a flat out lie.
        
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        May 5, 2018 7:20pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Yeah, plus the Ice is all melting, Sea levels will rise up and drown us, floods and droughts will devastate the land but probably not before we fry ????
        Oh woe is us.
        What a dick
        
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        May 5, 2018 7:28pm
Viking2

Here we are at the beginning of May shivering and expecting this Winter Energy Payment to begin. It was promised to run from May to October. Well, layer up. It’s not arriving until July, but the delay is the least of your problems.

Here’s the bad news for the nation’s pensioners. You were all expecting a $700 increase to your pension this year (couples). You’re not getting it. It has been reduced to $413. Singles now only get $265.98.

How can this be possible?

National’s pre-election promise was a $680 increase to your Superannuation. Labour marginally trumped it, but dressed it up as a $700 Winter Energy Payment (no means-testing or monitoring, but the label was good PR).

Both sides in the election wooed you and that’s why a haircut of almost $300 is worth hollering about.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/103554971/winter-energy-payment-now-looks-a-lot-less-enticing

Another fucked up and disingenuous promise.
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May 5, 2018 2:47pm
- Johnboy
  
  Throw another Catholic (or Muslim) on the fire V2, if you are cold, kindle it with all the promise’s that pollies have written over the years! 🙂
  
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  May 5, 2018 2:59pm
- Piniwi
  
  @Viking2 good to see some facts and a bit of research yielding up a result but she let herself down on some hard numbers. Not 1 million entitled to the energy payment but more like 600,000 odd. The $680 from National was not a benefit increase but was the gains from the tax cuts which would have increased the net benefit payments. The significant difference was that the tax cuts would start from 1st April 2018 and would be on-going until such time as Labour increased the tax rate. The COL repealed the tax cuts and instead sloshed a bundle of cash around in their drunken fashion with their “Family Package” that does not start until 1st July 2018.
  
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  May 5, 2018 3:45pm
Johnboy

What does the chap in the second photo remind you of? 🙂
https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/103660218/minister-rules-out-empty-homes-tax-to-battle-homelessness
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May 5, 2018 2:49pm
stigie

Penny Brights occasional shag..?
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May 5, 2018 3:13pm
- Johnboy
  
  Even Minto can hardly be that desperate old chap! 🙂
  Though I do believe he’s a cat lover. 🙂
  
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  May 5, 2018 3:31pm
Johnboy

Now this is great news from the COL:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/103660413/training-about-to-start-for-first-wave-of-extra-police-minister-says
They’ll need all the police they can get if the Commissioner is going to continue to issue communiques regarding imaginary crime fairies! 🙂
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May 5, 2018 3:44pm
- realityczech
  
  Just to be clear, are these actual police or Labour spokes people?
  
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  May 5, 2018 4:16pm
  - Johnboy
    
    Are you actually saying that Labour really have trained people who put spokes in the wheel of progress?
    Who’d have thunk that! 🙂
    
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    May 5, 2018 4:28pm
stigie

Are you kidding me…? This from Catherine Delahunty !~

“Reluctant as I am to throw more money at Pākehā, the failures are obvious. Pākehā have in some instances failed to fulfil our potential and become useful contributors to a Te Tiriti based nation. A number of Pākehā show a lack of knowledge of how to behave in a culturally appropriate manner and often retreat to unhelpful myths. There is a stubborn monolingualism and a persistent problem with the Pākehā belief that we are “normal” and that our culture does not even exist.”

https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/05-05-2018/the-ministry-of-pakeha-affairs-the-time-has-come/
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May 5, 2018 4:11pm
- realityczech
  
  If you don’t indoctrinate your kids they will take them away.
  
  “children should be placed in healthy Pākehā families who are ideally related to them, but if none can be found we might have to place them with Māori or Pasifika nuclear-free whānau.”
  
  The biggest threat we face are those who think these people are just naive lefties who mean well. They are evil and very extreme people.
  
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  May 5, 2018 4:14pm
- MH
  
  why does the pakeha get 2 macrons and maoris only one.
  
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  May 5, 2018 4:47pm
  - KevOB
    
    It’s to show a vowel is used in it’s long form. Until the thought Police got active it was considered wrong to use the extra marks when the users were expected to know the pronunciation.
    
    “Pasifika” –how is that pronounced? The two “a” are commonly lengthened and the second “i” invariably is.
    
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    May 5, 2018 5:26pm
- KevOB
  
  Crazy. She has no idea Polynesian society and how NZ’s broken tribal model is a misfit. It was fossilised about 1840. The kids are taught a pidgin Maori and the real cultural language treasure remains a close guarded secret to those of rank on a Marae.
  
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  May 5, 2018 5:12pm
  - Johnboy
    
    And the really amazing thing is that none of us actually give a shit at all…. even the Murri! 🙂
    
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    May 5, 2018 5:48pm
- KevOB
  
  Looking a bit more closely at Delahunty’s deranged haranguings she needs a revisionist history lesson.
  
  Maori have never been one nation; the tribes themselves cannot precisely identify where each came from. Their language as is common in parts of the Pacific is similar but not identical.
  
  The 1840 Treaty for Maori was needed to stop genocide among them as the rules of engagement required blood for blood. For that reason alone the tribes have never coalesced into a nation. They needed a peacemaker then. There was and is no Maori Nation but tribal members. Time and separation has broken that down further and now many Maori have no idea of their tribal roots. The language was frozen and genealogies and hidden knowledge remained with the tribal elders. A small group will remain to keep this but the 1840 language is not suitable for modern use.
  
  Maori gained peace for Pakeha co-settlement.
  
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  May 5, 2018 5:47pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Does anyone write computer code in Maori?
    
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    May 5, 2018 6:05pm
    - Johnboy
      
      Wiremu Gates? 🙂
      
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      May 5, 2018 6:21pm
- Komata
  
  Stigie
  
  And she is ABSOLUTELY SERIOUS!!!
  
  Utterly, utterly amazing in the worst possible way, and confirming (again) why she is known as ‘Mad Cath’.
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:21pm
lifesgood

When is the police commissioner going to come out and dispel the nasty rumours about a certain party leader’s drinking habits?
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May 5, 2018 4:22pm
- rightoverlabour
  
  I believe it’s only a rumour when there are few facts to substantiate the allegation. In this case, I doubt there is such a problem. There are rumours about his health though, now those may have a police-sanctioned statement. I have always maintained the best way to negate rumours is to ignore them completely. The moment one makes a statement, it adds to the problem, as now there is a fact (the denial of the rumour) that can be published. Which further perpetuates the rumour.
  
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  May 5, 2018 4:54pm
realityczech

Hilarious bit of double-standards over on The Standard. Having just run a bunch of attacks on National about rumours, they have published this gem about Russian poisoning claims:
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“Question. If I said that someone told me “x”, would you report that I was claiming “x” to be true? That’s what the Guardian did in headlines just the other day.”

They sure did. But in their attack article on National and it’s supporters. You just cant make this stuff up folks 🙂

https://thestandard.org.nz/media-sprays-and-leaves/
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May 5, 2018 4:25pm
sooty

Just think of the woman in education, it’s all about the feelz. Where was the commie chic? Must have been some kids for photo shoot.
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May 5, 2018 5:38pm
Longknives

Just checked Facebook and a couple of Labour-supporting acquaintances are sharing a video of Tom Sainsbury doing one of his supposedly ‘hilarious’ Paula Bennett skits.
It is blatantly suggesting that the National Party are behind those ‘rumours’.
Now Tom Sainsbury is a close personal friend of…
(Think back to the ditzy ‘Trump thought I was Trudeau’s wife’ story..)

This to me proves the whole fucking thing is clearly a bloody Labour Party smear campaign-Trying to revive the ‘Dirty Politics’ shit and take the heat of their appallingly bad Government..
Jesus the Left are scum.
I bet Mike Bush is feeling pretty bloody silly right now..He compromised the entire NZ Police Force getting involved in this rubbish.
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May 5, 2018 5:55pm
- realityczech
  
  Labour spokesperson Mike Bush had no choice. The police swear an oath to serve the government. Not the people and not the truth.
  
  Also you don’t get to where he is without being dirty and bending over for politicians. You need to understand that cops at that level are not really cops. They are there to further their career by using real police to make politicians look good.
  
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  May 5, 2018 6:27pm
  - Gentleman Bastard
    
    Unfortunately the cops who do their jobs are made to look bad by the judiciary with the soft decisions handed out. My sister was a cop in Porirua and she dealt with the same people, the same families, day after day, year after year. She knew them all by name. She likened it to babysitting the troublemakers.
    
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    May 5, 2018 6:39pm
Johnboy

Hey look…Winstons got nothing to declare AGAIN! 🙂
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/103655890/the-national-party-was-donated-three-times-more-money-than-labour-last-year–but-labour-won
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May 5, 2018 6:04pm
- greybeard
  
  Exactly !
  1. First problem with this article is the headline:
  “The National Party was donated three times more money than Labour last year – but Labour won”.
  
  No, Labour did NOT win. NZ First, thanks to Winston Peters, GAVE Labour the majority shareholding of a 3-way Government.
  
  2. TOP’s donations ( from one donor ) were the equivalent of half the value of National’s donations, but they had no MPs, no political history, and probably no party members. They failed to get representation.
  
  3. E-Tu union and the Maritime Union gave to both Labour and Greens. As Labour and Greens policies are not exactly compatible the rationale here is that Labour asked their unions to back the Greens so that they had an almost-guaranteed partner if required. Which was the case.
  
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  May 5, 2018 6:40pm
Gentleman Bastard

Good evening all. I see the ban hammer has been working overtime lately and I still exist, praise be to The Ruler of the Universe and his cat.
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May 5, 2018 6:32pm
- realityczech
  
  DPF probably feels a bit set upon with all the interest in his humble little blog following the nasty and baseless allegations made by the alt-left and their media propagandists. While a team of attack lawyers have been sending threats out to media and blogs.
  
  He is being targeted along with anyone else that questions the dear leader and her inner circle.
  
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  May 5, 2018 6:45pm
  - Gentleman Bastard
    
    DPF has the unfortunate distinction of being described as a right wing blog on Wikipedia. Despite the description, I have yet to meet anyone who fits that criteria, most people here are liberal with a healthy dose of scepticism. Thats not Alt-right, right wing, or anything approaching.
    Every one here that posts care about the direction of our country but we are not calling for execution of drug dealers, most murderers and people who commit adultery.
    
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    May 5, 2018 6:57pm
    - realityczech
      
      KB is often characterised as far right, with a few added smears to inform the reader what to think.
      
      It is going to get much worse. The ruling regime have sent us a not too subtle message that the police are watching and written threats have been sent out from their lawyers.
      
      Shit has got real.
      
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      May 5, 2018 7:05pm
  - Piniwi
    
    Right realityczech but today has been a bad day made worse by silly people who continue to respond/engage with so many trolls. The simplest solution is just to ignore them completely no matter how much they bait people in a desperate way to get attention in their miserable lives. Good threads are so easily trashed with a dumb squirrel zipping by or worse a lame duck flapping in a flightless flop.
    
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    May 5, 2018 7:42pm
Brigitte

NZ MUSIC MONTH

Tonight Renee Brennan and Tadpole with Number 1. And I’m in the video too (though I haven’t yet found myself): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ry8T6hV24-g
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May 5, 2018 6:59pm
- Gentleman Bastard
  
  I love Renee. One of the bands I missed seeing that was on my list of NZ bands to see.
  Also the double entendres in their hit Backdoor make me giggle to this day
  
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  May 5, 2018 7:08pm
Gentleman Bastard

LOL at the desperado Pete George attempting to slander KB with his pussy posts. This is the guy that steals blog posts and comments verbatim without asking for permission. Uses your opinions and words as proof that whatever he wants to say is true.
What a fucking hypocritical idiot, and his stupid commentators that upvote him are no better.
Fuck off and turn your own blog into something better. Oh wait. Your blog is about talking about other peoples opinions on other peoples blogs with retards who have been banned from everywhere else.
Feelsbadman.jpg
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May 5, 2018 7:51pm
- realityczech
  
  Do you reckon he is a full quid?
  
  I sometimes feel a bit mean calling him out on shit. 🙂
  
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  May 5, 2018 7:59pm
  - Gentleman Bastard
    
    A few years back he used some comments I posted on a different blog in a huge attack piece (it turned into a series) on WhaleOil and the amount of excessive moderation without asking if it was okay (he used my “at the time” nomme de guerre and linked it back to me). Now he is attacking KB and its lack of 24/7 moderation while using (at least unattributed) comments.
    I have no time for the fucktard personally.
    Have at him.
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:07pm
  - nasska
    
    I reckon that most of his marbles line up yet he has a pathological desire to be seen as “fair” which is not a quality I value highly.
    
    I prefer my politics to be knock ’em down, drag ’em out & replace the furniture at half-time. 🙂
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:12pm
    - All_on_Red
      
      You’re too kind
      He’s a sheep
      And as such an enabler
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:17pm
    - realityczech
      
      I think he suffers from pathological smugness which manifests itself in the form of sleaziness and impaired cognition.
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:17pm
      - Gentleman Bastard
        
        sleaziness and impaired cognition.
        Why, what else have you heard? 😀
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:23pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        ‘pathological smugness’
        Bwahhahahahaha- that describes nicely all the do goody dick heads who lean left.
        One of my oldest friends voted Labour. Before the Election he was texting me Justice emojis ⚖️
        Given both his daughters have $50k student loans he was choking once he heard the first year free student policy!
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:24pm
      - realityczech
        
        Look on the bright side. If we keep on emulating Venezuela 100k will only buy you a loaf of bread (if you can find one).
        
        Debt is worthless once a currency goes in to hyper inflation. Mortgages, credit cards, no worries. Savings are worthless also of course.
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:29pm
      - realityczech
        
        “Why, what else have you heard?”
        
        Nothing, but I note Mike Bush has not come out in support.
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:30pm
    - Gentleman Bastard
      
      At least he provides a place for Griff to be.
      I dont miss him at all
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:27pm
      - realityczech
        
        Oh look you are right. He is over there peddling his conspiracy theories and lies. How tragic. Poor wee Gwiffy.
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:35pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        No doubt Gwiff is still bullying women
        In the name of science of course
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:43pm
      - realityczech
        
        “No doubt Gwiff is still bullying women
        In the name of science of course”
        
        Yes who could forget those appalling attacks we witnessed by Griff. I was sickened.
        
        Seems Pete’s blog is a rallying point for misogynists and Rape Culture. 🙂
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:50pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        #HimToo
        
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        May 5, 2018 8:51pm
    - Keeping Stock
      
      That might be why he once stood as a candidate for Peter “The Fencesitter” Dunne’s party.
      
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      May 5, 2018 10:32pm
- Pete George
  
  “This is the guy that steals blog posts and comments verbatim without asking for permission.”
  
  Hilarious – what planet do you come from? Have you actually noticed what many blogs largely consist of, including KB? If DPF didn’t have other stuff to quote and comment on you wouldn’t have anywhere to whinge.
  
  Maybe you have somewhere better of your own, showing everyone else how you think it should be done?
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:32pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    Oh leave it out.
    Not so long ago you were the biggest link whore constantly on here trying to bludge traffic
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:36pm
  - Gentleman Bastard
    
    DPF mainly posts news and reader submitted pieces. He rarely comments on other blogs. He NEVER uses other peoples usernames in his blogposts.
    Quite frankly with the state of Cam Slaters mind when you submitted those posts, I was afraid that he was going to release my real name and get myself and my business, my family doxxed, and what is more you never once asked me if you could use my words or name in your posts.
    But all for the good of your fucking blog aye?
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:41pm
  - realityczech
    
    Pete I am flattered by all the attention you have showered on me today.
    
    I did not think I was that interesting. Maybe that is why you have had to spice things up by exercising a bit of artistic licence and taking a few liberties with the truth?
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:45pm
    - JasonJohns
      
      Keep hitting him RC!
      You the man!
      Doosh! Doosh!
      
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      May 5, 2018 8:56pm
  - Gentleman Bastard
    
    As I said below:
    
    Lets hope Pete realizes that his copying of other peoples comments out of context and using them as the meat of his own posts stops. It doesn’t provide a right of reply unless you visit his blog. And since he does not even inform people he has used their comments, there is generally no right of reply or denial.
    That is what fucks me off.
    
    SO how about at least giving the common courtesy of informing people you have used their comments in a post? That would be a step above what you have ever fucking done so far Pete.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:00pm
Gentleman Bastard

Jacinda Ardern addresses the elephant in her womb
Nice try Stuff but.
I ain’t clicking on that shit.
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May 5, 2018 8:33pm
JasonJohns

Peter George promotes highly dangerous ideas.
He’s a corporate communist, a pro-Islamist and an extremist degenerate liberal. He mixes ideologies to create alchemical monsters. He launches hate-filled attacks on NZ patriots like Cam S. I would not be surprised if some of his more unhinged posts came to the attention of authorities eventually. Let’s hope he comes back to reality.
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May 5, 2018 8:37pm
- realityczech
  
  “unhinged posts .”
  
  JJ we have always looked to you as the rational voice of moderation. Certainly compared to the maniac Pete.
  
  “Let’s hope he comes back to reality.”
  
  He can’t leave me alone ❗
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:55pm
JasonJohns

Peter George is as others say anti-science. that’s why he goes for the fraud of global warming. actually the planet is getting cooler – dangerously so. and then there’s darwinism. Yep, he’s another one of those. Obviously he can’t handle the strong smell of truth that blows here at KB. He is actually someone I pity. I hope he recovers his mind. Poor Peter. Poor Mr George.
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May 5, 2018 8:40pm
- Gentleman Bastard
  
  There’s no need for hyperbole. Lets hope Pete realizes that his copying of other peoples comments out of context and using them as the meat of his own posts stops. It doesn’t provide a right of reply unless you visit his blog. And since he does not even inform people he has used their comments, there is generally no right of reply or denial.
  That is what fucks me off.
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:56pm
  - realityczech
    
    “There’s no need for hyperbole.”
    
    What the hell are you doing here of all places, especially at this time of night? You might want to have cup of milo and head off to bed.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:01pm
    - Gentleman Bastard
      
      PeeGee hasnt replied yet so I am about to.
      Keep the fires burning RC, and don’t take no shit. I expect 3 more people will be banned between now and tomorrow don’t let us down
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:09pm
      - realityczech
        
        I can’t keep up with it all tonight Mr Bastard.
        
        At least Peter gets to see what a lively exchange of ideas really looks like. He is probably weeping in his safe space and speed dialing his therapist.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:17pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Good on ya Nev
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:17pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Poor Pete
        No point crying over spilt Soy Milk
        Well, unless you think it will curdle with AGW
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:21pm
JasonJohns

Reality Czech with some exc comments tonite.
What a legend that one is.
One of the great on KB, along with maybe Roger Randall and the much-missed Kea.
What a team those three would make in a debate.
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May 5, 2018 8:42pm
- All_on_Red
  
  Legend!
  Lol
  Mirror mirror on the wall whose the fairest of…
  Oh heck, it’s all the same!!!!
  Funny as.
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:48pm
  - realityczech
    
    No it is not me AoR, but I love JJ’s work 🙂
    
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    May 5, 2018 8:57pm
- sam green
  
  But have you seen them all in the same room together?
  
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  May 5, 2018 8:55pm
  - JasonJohns
    
    Look yes I might know RC in person.
    But that doesn’t affect my opinion of him.
    I know Bill English in person too.
    I know a lot of people.
    RC is ‘tops’.
    And that’s the opinion of an objective observer.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:01pm
    - JasonJohns
      
      The other thing is just speaking hypoethically…there’s nothing wrong with one person creating multiple identities on a blog if it leads to the furtherance of the truth.
      
      We all in our own ways have multiple beings within us.
      But I am just talking hypoethically.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:03pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        What sort of multiple beings within us are you referring to?
        
        Bugs
        http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/organisms-make-us-who-we-are/
        or
        DIDS
        https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/dissociative-identity-disorder-multiple-personality-disorder
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:16pm
      - realityczech
        
        Wiggles play nicely. I avoided that sort of comment, because I don’t like to offend people.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:19pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        You could just be honest and tell us that you have eyelid mites.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:44pm
      - Viking2
        
        Schizophrenic people have multiple personalities.
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:36pm
    - All_on_Red
      
      When are you having drinks at the Delta for KBers?
      All three of you could shout drinks
      On one tab of course
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:04pm
      - JasonJohns
        
        I have unfortunately been barred from that institution.
        Publican didn’t like us usin the bogs for our Cabinet meetings.
        Dirty spot anyway.
        Big Dally ued to get in a stall every Friday for AGES and leave it unflushed and stunk out.
        What I now do is go Huntly to pull. Essex Arms.
        Some funny sheilas and fellas in Huntly.
        Some don’t know a rod from a lance, if you know what I mean.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:07pm
      - JasonJohns
        
        Lol. But do you agree it wouldn’t matter if I was RC?
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:09pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Fair enough
        The other benefit from Huntly is the proliferation of ‘quality slightly used’ second hand bargains available
        Quite the shopping centre
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:10pm
      - JasonJohns
        
        voices…shadow people…shadow games…
        
        beyond games…
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:01pm
JasonJohns

Looking at the language of Peter George’s post it is unhinged. No proper syntax, words breaking up, profanities, different personalities detaching themselves and arguing with each other…it is sadly the sign of a mind under severe pressure and my feeling is that there might be other factors driving this But because if we make it a “relevant” story that “matters”, then we can use it to bash Trump over the head with and maybe impeach him. I’m still not certain that these people like PG who want Trump impeached, know that Mike Pence will take his place if Trump is thrown out of office. Typically, I don’t think many of those on the Left have thought this part through to the end. They’re trying to make something that’s irrelevant, relevant, so they have something to run with. HERE IS MY MESSAGE TO MR PETER GEORGE AND ALL THE OTHERS INVOLVED IN THE CONSPIRACY Stop worrying about prohesy.

Live every day as it your last.

Because, hey, it might just be anyhow.

As God said. Judgement day comes as a thief in the night.

When you least expect it.
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May 5, 2018 8:52pm
JasonJohns

PS Dinosaurs, as a general rule, do not exist significantly above the K-T boundary, and certainly none exist below the P-K boundary. The most ancient rocks show no trace of skeletons, and somewhat less ancient rocks (150 million years!) show no trace of animals on land.

And to be clear, by “above” and “below,” I do not mean to say that no dinosaur exists at a higher elevation than larger mammals; I mean in higher and lower layers, which this theory acknowledges are pushed up and down by natural forces.
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May 5, 2018 8:54pm
- nasska
  
  Yeah. Okay. Got that!
  
  But could we have a translation for the benefit of the English speakers! 🙂
  
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  May 5, 2018 9:02pm
  - realityczech
    
    This thread could win the Nobel Prize in Literature, if they had not cancelled it this year.
    
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    May 5, 2018 9:12pm
    - All_on_Red
      
      Gosh I miss Mikey
      Bwahhahahahaha
      Just kidding
      #Mikecantgetlaid
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:14pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      It’s just been postponed.
      Next year they’ll do the 2019 and the 2018….assuming they can find some folks who have time for reading and not for fiddling finances to their gropey mates.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:23pm
      - realityczech
        
        I am nominating JJ
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:25pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        JJ has only 1300 comments and he’s never written anything worthy of plagiarism.
        
        stephieboy with his nearly 23,000 comments that display unparalleled mastery of the inane must be a serious contender.
        
        But my nomination will be for our daily uptick winner – Holysheet.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:39pm
      - realityczech
        
        JJ’s work is original and demands more of the reader.
        
        Just when you think you may have a grasp of his ideas he side swipes you with a comment so unfathomable it is like learning to read all over again with something written by other beings.
        
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        May 5, 2018 10:03pm
    - JasonJohns
      
      Which is another reason why we would – HYPOTHETICALLY OF COURSE – be justified in being the same person.
      Dramatic monologues woven together to make a play.
      RC, JJ: working together artfully, as tho they were one.
      
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      May 5, 2018 9:28pm
      - realityczech
        
        I don’t think you are helping the rumours JJ. Though I have been accused of having over 30 identities here on KB at the same time.
        
        I don’t think even Labour spokesperson Mike Bush could shut down the rumour mill now. 🙂
        
        “Dramatic monologues woven together to make a play.
        RC, JJ: working together artfully, as tho they were one”
        
        Not legal yet bro.
        
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        May 5, 2018 9:32pm
JasonJohns

Read your Bible nasska.
Gospel of Judas for a start.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Judas
Note that PC lib Christ-os like Kimbo try to keep that one under wraps.
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May 5, 2018 9:05pm
Jack5

Karl Marx was born 200 years ago today.

A Leftist view of Marx’s accomplishments:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/05/karl-marx-200th-birthday-communist-manifesto-revolutionary
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May 5, 2018 10:44pm
big bruv

I note that state TV (Sunday Programme) is highlighting another cock in a frock who had decided that he wants to compete against Shelia’s.
Are state TV under orders to give these freaks blanket coverage in an effort to normalise their illness?
I don’t care if a bloke wants to dress as a Shelia, just don’t expect me to call them females or expect me to accept them competing against real women.
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