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duggledog

European Council chief Donald Tusk ‘warns’ US president Donald Trump to ‘appreciate its allies’ over his refusal to continue wiping their arses for them over defence $

What is that a threat Tusk. And you will do what precisely?

Pay your way you bludging reprobates. If EU nations can’t find the dough, well then certain nations are going to have to give something up.

If they don’t, have fun with the Russians!

At the same time, the Chicoms have been handed their arse as Trump vows to up the ante with a new $200 bn of tariffs. Then $500 bn. This is a guy who actually follows through BTW

Beijing says it’s ‘totally unacceptable’

And – as with Tusk – you will do what precisely?

I’d say, start playing ball, stop cheating or your artificially wealthy country is going to become genuinely poor (again) very quickly.

Is anyone in the Beehive watching this little game in the Northern Hemisphere? There are lessons here. We will be dealt with in due course. This could be Jacinda’s Christchurch.
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July 12, 2018 8:33am
- Lance
  
  An all out trade war with China..
  What could possibly go wrong?
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:38am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    The Chinese economy could collapse.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:50am
    - Holly Roggerz
      
      Oh come now RW Capitalist, its less of an economy and more a state financed property ponzi scheme. Over 40% of their stated economic output is construction, another 10%+ is likely re-exports. Much of their economic demand is probably generated by credit created through the property industry.
      
      And most of their construction is A.) Substandard and not built to last, B.) much of it is built for ‘investors’ i.e. it sits vaccant. So the vacancy rates will take care of themselves in 10 years when most of their new ‘investment grade’ stock is either demolished or falls down.
      
      But your right, take away their American Sweat Shops and you don’t have much left!
      
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      July 12, 2018 1:20pm
    - Lance
      
      And the mountain of US debt the Chinese have bought up????
      Murricans just LUV overspending
      
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      July 12, 2018 2:18pm
- hmmokrightitis
  
  What scares me is that when you see the big boys playing like this you actually realise chompers has zero idea. That she represents us on the biggest stage is almost comical.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:42am
  - sooty
    
    Hasn’t been good with out the mule tooth one in the news.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:18pm
    - ztev
      
      Have you been cutting your wrists.
      
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      July 12, 2018 1:59pm
- nasska
  
  ….”If they don’t, have fun with the Russians”…..
  
  May be the best thing that could happen to ethnic Europeans. The Russians couldn’t be worse overlords than the faceless, unelected bureaucrats of Brussels & they wouldn’t put up with Islamic shit either.
  
  Trump may do them a favour if he follows through.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:42am
  - Harkman
    
    When this Tusk guy said that, I instantly thought Trump is going to retaliate in some manor. He is a spectacular idiot, has he not learnt anything on how Trump operates? I reckon Trump will withdraw troops from Berlin in the next couple of years.
    
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    July 12, 2018 8:50am
    - RW Capitalist
      
      Trump is tired of the EU building their economies while the US covers the bill for their defense.
      Like your teenager leaving home, but is around your house for dinner Monday to Friday.
      
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      July 12, 2018 8:54am
    - stephieboy
      
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      Harkman, let the Putin Tanks roll in and Putin promises to remain tight-lipped over 8/11/2016.
      
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      July 12, 2018 8:59am
      - Simon
        
        Soyboy still waiting for Hillary’s ground game to kick in.
        
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        July 12, 2018 9:05am
      - Harkman
        
        Hey maybe a Putin dictatorship is what the EU socialists deserve. You’re not still sulking over Hillary’s loss are you Ralph? What’s her excuse today?
        
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        July 12, 2018 9:22am
      - Ed Snack
        
        What, about how the FSB took a bit of pocket change from the Clinton campaign to help create the laughable Steele Dossier in an attempt to create a special “October Surprise” for the Clinton campaign to use against trump ?
        
        I would think Putin and his mates are still giggling about that piece of legerdemain and how they put one over Clinton and aren’t quite ready to let that go.
        
        But I imagine he’d want to hang on to all the classified emails they extracted from Clinton’s home-brew server and not hand them over as Trump suggested they could.
        
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        July 12, 2018 1:24pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    “PRESIDENT TRUMP: Well, I have to say, I think it’s very sad when Germany makes a massive oil and gas deal with Russia, where you’re supposed to be guarding against Russia, and Germany goes out and pays billions and billions of dollars a year to Russia. So we’re protecting Germany. We’re protecting France. We’re protecting all of these countries. And then numerous of the countries go out and make a pipeline deal with Russia, where they’re paying billions of dollars into the coffers of Russia.
    
    So we’re protect you against Russia, but they’re paying billions of dollars to Russia, and I think that’s very inappropriate. And the former Chancellor of Germany is the head of the pipeline company that’s supplying the gas. Ultimately, Germany will have almost 70 percent of their country controlled by Russia with natural gas.”
    https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-nato-secretary-general-jens-stoltenberg-bilateral-breakfast/
    
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    July 12, 2018 8:55am
    - Ross12
      
      All_on_Red
      Something very odd with this. James Shaw assures us that renewables are so much cheaper and Germany is one of the world leaders in renewables. So why would they need to buy all that gas from Russia? The wind mills are doing it all for them. sarc/
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:12am
      - Harkman
        
        What is funny about Shaw and Norman is there nonsense claim that the green movement is good for manufacturing. But if you look at indexes of Manufacturing/Industrial production in Britain, France and Germany etc (the biggest reducers) after they began curbing emissions in 1990 these indexes have all gone sideways in real terms.
        
        https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?id=GBRPROINDMISMEI,
        
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        July 12, 2018 9:37am
      - kowtow
        
        They shut down their nuclear power stations because of an earthquake in Japan. They burn the dirtiest coal possible but talk of greenhouse gasses.And they open their border (against the law) to millions of third worlders who will live off working Germans’ taxes for ever .
        
        And people still vote for them.
        
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        July 12, 2018 9:46am
      - marcw
        
        I’ll believe wind power has actually become successful when Tiwai smelter and Glenbrook steel mill convert to windmills to supply their energy needs.
        
        Until then, it is just toy talk.
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:14am
    - stephieboy
      
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      All on Red, stop quoting White House rubber stamp Presidential media handouts.
      
      Germany imports Gas and oil from diverse sources and Trump again grossly exaggerates its dependency on Russian sources.
      Germany is also making giant strides towards renewables like wind power
      
      He also is untruthful when he states Nato allies are in arrears on military spending,
      
      https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/11/world/europe/trump-germany-russia-gas.html
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:16am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Perhaps you need to read up about the Nord Stream 2 gas pipe-line
        http://thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/356146,Germany-approves-Nord-Stream-2-gas-pipeline
        
        Perhaps you need to study Germany’s Energy predicament
        http://euanmearns.com/germanys-energiewende-predicament/
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:00am
      - stephieboy
        
        MW , no! Germany’s renewables are ticking on and increasing nicely,
        
        “…The German Government reported, in 2011, renewable energy (mainly wind turbines and biomass plants) generated more than 123 TWh of electricity, providing nearly 20% of the 603 TWh of electricity supplied.[18] By 2012, all renewable energy accounted for 21.9% of electricity, with wind turbines and photovoltaic providing 11.9% of the total.[19]
        
        As of 2016, renewable sources account for 33.9% of the net electricity production. Compared to the same period of 2015, energy production from renewable energy sources remained on the same level, while it increased for gas by 15.1 TWh and decreased for the remaining fossil fuels by 16.6 TWh. The increase in energy production from gas can be traced back to low gas prices….”
        
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy_in_Germany
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:24am
      - All_on_Red
        
        German consumers suffer from high energy costs due to the Surcharges put on to subsidise renewables
        “The renewables surcharge now accounts for just over 23 percent of a household’s electricity bill. It corresponds to the difference between the wholesale price and the higher, fixed price for green energy, which is guaranteed by law to renewable power producers for 20 years. Grid operators pass on the difference to consumers. Unlike high-volume commercial customers, households are required to pay all levies and taxes. According to the BDEW, in 2018 households will be liable to pay 8.6 billion euros out of the total 24 billion euros renewables surcharge. This means private customers foot more than a third of the country’s power bill – while they consume less then a quarter, as figures by the German Environment Agency (UBA) show. “
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:41am
      - stephieboy
        
        All on Red ,
        
        Trump’s “new” idea: Farm subsidies.
        
        http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/trump-proposed-farm-subsidies-as-if-they-dont-already-exist.html
        
        LMAO!
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:50am
      - Duxton
        
        LOL. The guy who criticises Trump’s media hand-outs then cites the New York Times as a source!
        
        Hilarious.
        
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        July 12, 2018 1:19pm
      - ztev
        
        Luxton cant even read a link. LOL
        NYmag isnt NYtimes
        Same sort of thing as NewYorker
        Priceless
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:02pm
      - ztev
        
        Germanys energy consumption ( nett , ignoring factories mines which produce their own)
        
        Hard coal 81 TWh
        Soft (brown) coal 134TWh
        Nuclear 72TWh
        gas 49TWh
        All that is 336TWh
        
        renewables
        Sun-voltaic 38TWh
        Wind 104TWh
        Hydro 20TWh
        Biomass 47TWh ( strange sort of renewable)
        That all adds up 210TWh
        
        Even more complicating is the export surplus 53TWH
        Since 2011, the export surplus is continuously
        rising. The largest share of exports, 16.6 TWh, went to Switzerland, which passed along most of
        the electricity to Italy. In second place came Austria, which also passes some of the electricity to it’s neighbor countries. The Netherlands in third place, passed on most of this exports to Belgium and the UK. Poland on the fourth place passed on some of the electricity from eastern Germany to southern Germany via the Czech Republic
        
        Thats because Electricity is best moved a shorter distance than a longer one and some places have bottle necks.
        
        Actual export/ import figures for Germany are :
        26.9 TWh were imported. The export
        amounted to 79.8 TWh
        of course some power is exported and imported back in a different place, often to play the power price game
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:58pm
      - RF
        
        There’s been a shift change and the more knowledgable Ztev has logged on…..
        
        How many are them ?
        
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        July 12, 2018 5:24pm
      - realityczech
        
        Germany has massively increased its coal mining and consumption. Especially of the filthy lignite coal.
        
        The remainder of its energy needs largely come from neighboring countries with terrible environmental records.
        
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        July 12, 2018 6:20pm
    - Scott
      
      All on red – this is so amusing from Trump! Donald Trump looks at NATO and says why are we paying all this money to defend Germany and France from Russia? When Germany has a cosy deal with Russia and pays them billions of dollars for the energy?
      
      Like it’s a really good question! Does the United States still need to pony up billions of dollars to defend Germany when Germany is a rich country and should defend itself?
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:48am
    - Ed Snack
      
      And the amusing side story – John Kerry criticizing Trump about his take on this – entirely oblivious to the fact that he criticized the same deal while he (Kerry) was SoS in nearly the exact same terms.
      
      It seems that being a lefty means never having to accept that you are an arrant hypocrite as long as you criticize the “right” people.
      
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      July 12, 2018 1:27pm
  - igm
    
    Russia would treat Islamists as they should have been treated worldwide. To hell with them, we are seeing the financial disasters they have created, and this is for starters.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:41am
    - stephieboy
      
      igm , like President Putin attending the opening of Moscow’s Grand Mosque?
      
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S3OwbkDVPY
      
      What fiinacial disasters?
      
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      July 12, 2018 10:10am
      - igm
        
        They are even affecting our economy by costing taxpayers unnecessary monies to house them, while they drive better cars than many businessmen to kiss the ground 5 times daily. As one of many taxpayers, I say enough is enough, and as they came here to escape a regime, why do they bring all their customs and weird beliefs and expect us to accept and pay for them. Put to a vote in any forum their rejection will be at least 83%. They are fraudsters and charlatans.
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:44am
- GazzaW
  
  “This could be Jacinda’s Christchurch.”
  
  ….and no Bill English to mastermind the economic outcome.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:14am
  - KevOB
    
    Taxcinda has Poohbah to boss around on money matters.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:37am
    - igm
      
      Be careful, Waynieboy will get upset.
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:42am
- Komata
  
  DD
  
  I believe Mr Trump put it very well and clearly when he noted that, although the US was in Europe to protect the continent from the Russians and that NATO was the result, Germany and France were in fact in Rusia’s economic embrace in respect of certain gas-pipelines which eminated from Russia and were of crucial importance to the receiving countries. There is definitely an ambiguity here, and gives the phrase ‘Collabarating with the enemy’ a whole new pespective. His point is, I believe a very simple one; If you trade with the (perceived) enemy then you (a) pay more for your defence against said enemy and (b) If you don’t see them (Russia) as an ‘enemy’ then the US will quite happily either leave or considerably down-size its forces in Europe. Why should it (the US) stay when the ‘enemy’ is one you (the EU) quite happily collaberate with, while maintaining the verifiable fiction that they are still your foe.
  
  This does of course put Merkle and Macron in a very interesting position, as USAFE contribute significant amounts of money to both national and local economies and the American departure will have serious effects at all sorts of levels. Militarily, ‘Europe’ has been ‘freeloading’ at American expense for many years (despite De Gaulle’s comments to the contrary in the 1960’s) and without US financial assistance to the various national defence contractors (especially in military aviation), the countries in which these industries are located would now be in a very bad shape both finacially and militarily. Their choice is now an interesting one: ignore the US implied threat to depart and suffer the consequences when they do-so (as will eventually happen) OR terminate the ‘Russian’ pipeline and watch their countries ‘Freeze’ when Winter comes in in November / December, with the consequent political backlash….
  
  There is also the small matter of approximately 60,000 American military personnel who perished to defend Europe from itself, and are a very-evident reminder of exactly what it took to enable Macron and Merkle to act as they are doing.
  
  These leaders are now between a rock and a hard place, and Mr Trump will definitely be following through on this; he has ‘form’ in such matters. Merkle and Macron really haven’t much time, have they?
  
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  July 12, 2018 12:41pm
NZpatriot

Gorliz has been lying again – this time saying she is the first female spokesperson for the Defence Portfolio in the NZ Parliament.

But Heather Roy had that and was also Assc Minister. And Annette King was also Assc Minister.

Gorliz has been called out on Twitter but won’t admit her error.
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July 12, 2018 8:39am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Here’s the twitter tweets
  https://twitter.com/golrizghahraman/status/1016830044671434752
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:43am
  - kowtow
    
    Call me pedantic , but the imagery on the photo to the twit feed is telling, deliberate and obvious.The Greens have no interest in “mainstream” New Zealand.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:57am
  - Salacious Crumb
    
    Wow. The term “vainglorious” springs to mind.
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:12am
    - graham
      
      One tweet reads:
      
      Replying to @golrizghahraman @NZGreens
      
      Its the Golriz drinking game. Take a shot every time she tweets and the picture is of her instead of the subject of the tweet!
      
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      July 12, 2018 11:23am
      - matchbox
        
        In her continuing display of ever-present narcissism, she’s so desperate to be the “first female” something or other. Let her claim it.
        
        The only result will be proof that every female defence spokesperson has achieved the same thing — precisely nothing.
        
        Draw your own conclusions as to whether her abject failure is down to her gender or not.
        
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        July 12, 2018 12:41pm
- Poppa
  
  She tells that many lies I doubt she can remember them all
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:45am
- brett68
  
  Ghahraman lives in her own little fantasy world.
  
  She believes she is the first female spokesperson for the Defense Portfolio, you can’t convince her otherwise
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:50am
  - Gravelroad
    
    She doesn’t even know which century we are living in. But perhaps that just reflects the general lack of awareness and intellect of many Green Party supporters.
    This Party is an embarrassment to our Parliament and country.
    James Shaw – man up and show some courageous leadership – stop allowing these amateurs to negatively impact on the credibility of your party.
    
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    July 12, 2018 8:57am
    - brett68
      
      She seems to have a narcissistic personality disorder, exaggeration and lies is part of the condition.
      
      https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20366662
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:08am
- Swifty
  
  Everything is identity politics with them, I just don’t get it.
  
  Why doesn’t she just grow up and get on with the bloody job she’s paid handsomely to do.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:51am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    Because with lefties it’s all about perception and how it looks…never how it actually is (how they can sell it to you)
    PSST…lefties
    The best way to be perceived to be doing a good job?
    Is to actually do………a good job!!!
    
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    July 12, 2018 8:57am
- Harkman
  
  “Gorliz has been lying again”
  
  No, the Little Iranian Liar, never.?
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:52am
- Simon
  
  “Gorliz has been lying again”
  
  What the economic migrant from Malaysia lying?
  
  They put this fuck up in charge of defense? Surely someone from Labo is making all the decisions. Glory must just be for the press releases.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:03am
  - RalphT
    
    “They put this fuck up in charge of defense?”
    
    Makes sense, after all Nicky Hager oversees our security service.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:08am
- Keeping Stock
  
  She first tweeted at 11.42am yesterday and was almost immediately corrected. I’m waiting for her to admit that she “mis-spoke”.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:06am
  - hmmokrightitis
    
    You a patient chap KS? I suspect you’re going to need to be…
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:01am
    - Keeping Stock
      
      More than 24 hours now since Ms Ghahraman made this untrue claim, which is still to be corrected. You have to wonder about her commitment to accuracy.
      
      Admitting you made a mistake and correcting said mistake is normally seen as the right thing to do, and a positive attribute. Allowing a lie to stand, as this MP has done on several occasions now, suggests that she doesn’t give a shit about whether or not people perceive her as a truthful person.
      
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      July 12, 2018 12:25pm
      - ztev
        
        Hehhehehe…. allowing a lie to stand….hehehehehe
        Shall we re-visit Southland …. shall we revisit the napier tattoo club… shall we revisit the Gore electoral office…hehehehe
        ( and yes this open mike so ‘indroducing new material’ is allowed)
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:08pm
      - KiWombat
        
        Here’s your Trivial Pursuit question for the day –
        
        “How many sitting New Zealand MP’s have spent time behind bars?”
        
        And by “behind bars” – I mean incarcerated, not the sort in the local public house !
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:15pm
- Rich Prick
  
  Jesus wept, Golly Gee is giving Cindy a run for the stupid little girl title. She “opposes the war making capability” of the P8s … hint, it’s the fucking Air Force. Why are the Greens anywhere near defence?
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:14am
  - Batman
    
    Well they’re not “near defence”. They’ve always had a defence spokesperson, but now their spokesperson is a narcissistic fuckwit as well as having airy fairy dreams about how we don’t need a military and everyone just needs to love each other
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:47am
    - ztev
      
      Just look at this breathtaking hypocrisy
      
      Yes just 6 months after leaving the job where Mitchell as Minister signed an option to buy maritime P8s he says Herc replacement was higher priority!
      Mitchell just proves he wasnt fit for the job if he now admits the ‘priorities were all wrong’
      
      Thats your job , if you were doing it properly to make sure the priorities were right.
      
      http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/361566/defence-force-urged-to-replace-50-year-old-hercules-fleet
      
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      July 12, 2018 2:15pm
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  Being a malignant narcissist means never having to admit you are wrong.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:24am
- Rich Prick
  
  Hey Golly, it works like this:
  
  1. Minister
  2. Associate Minister
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  …
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  2,652. Some irrelevant party’s spokesperson on something.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:36am
  - sooty
    
    Clare Curran must welcome Golly Gee everytime she opens her mouth.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:22pm
- KevOB
  
  A coracle manufacturing unit is to be built at the former Devonport Naval Base.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:39am
- Scott
  
  Please help me! Even though she is a crazy lefty I still find her very attractive! Is that so wrong??? 🙂
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:50am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    Careful…crazy is a hereditary disease.
    But you actually get it from your kids.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:52am
  - Wangas Feral
    
    She would make an acceptable third wife when I convert to Islam.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:59am
    - RF
      
      Ummm… You are aware they have different ideas to us concerning what is normal in …. how can I delicaly put it…. bedroom activities.
      
      That’s why there are so many virgins over there.
      
      Stephieboy will know where I am coming from.
      
      Then again in this progressive world I could be the odd man out.
      
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      July 12, 2018 5:36pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    You’d bee a sucker for the honeypot strategy.
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:03am
  - hmmokrightitis
    
    You’re confusing lust with long term partner potential. After all, she has a know proclivity for lying. By all means lust after her, but if you’re thinking mother of your babies, I will slap you, virtually.
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:03am
  - Muzza M
    
    Hi Scott
    I can see where you are coming from. She is the only Green MP I have any time for, but that’s only because I think I would enjoy giving her one.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:28pm
  - Shaun the Sheep
    
    Yes Scott. You are very very wrong.
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:07pm
  - softail 1450
    
    Scott, not if you slip her a fifty.
    
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    July 12, 2018 7:09pm
Lance

Oh dear… oh dear
The Poms have lost.
It’s the wreck of the Hesperus, the fall of Rome, great wailing and gnashing to teeth to follow.
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July 12, 2018 8:41am
- hmmokrightitis
  
  One of my project managers is a brit. Hes in our conference room now, sitting in the corner looking forlorn. I may send him home, poor wee lamb 🙂
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:44am
  - EAD_TWO
    
    I am ecstatic to see the Croatian team beat “England”.
    
    No more of that bloody “It’s coming home” song being shared on social media by my Pommie friends.
    
    The sad thing is the typical English geezer doesn’t even know he does not have a home anymore – It has been given away already as this image illustrates so perfectly.
    
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1e6937671b51994c56d06f7a6474611b6dfa8f70ca1904b4fa34b419d1930f0e.jpg
    
    Now come on Croatia, go on and beat ~~Africa~~ France in the final.
    
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    July 12, 2018 8:53am
    - Ross12
      
      All those UK fans will unload on Theresa May now, with a little bit of luck, when they wake up and realise what she is doing with the “remain style” Brexit deal.
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:03am
      - Harkman
        
        The English need to learn that when they last won the cup they weren’t in the EU.
        
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        July 12, 2018 9:09am
      - Jack5
        
        Congratulations to the NZ folk descended from our “Dallies” – the pioneer Croatian gum diggers, wine makers, farmers.
        
        Congratulations on having such a knock-out President. Also on winning the, what was it, the soccer?
        https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=Croatia%27s+president&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj03JX7j5jcAhUDE5QKHSe7AvcQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=947#imgrc=zIsd8YRhp0rzUM:
        
        Sorry, folks: couldn’t resist posting this again after all the Jacinderella and her baby pics our MSM gives us.
        
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        July 12, 2018 10:46am
    - stephieboy
      
      EAD TWO , whats missing is a Jewish angle on the victory by striking out France for Africa.
      
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      July 12, 2018 10:00am
    - hmmokrightitis
      
      lolz, one of my guys just wrote up on our whats on board…
      
      “(England) They’re coming home”
      
      Much laughter in the office. 😀
      
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      July 12, 2018 10:05am
      - hmmokrightitis
        
        Closely followed by…
        
        Things that didn’t exist the last time England made the semis at a World Cup:
        
        1. iPhones
        2. Facebook
        3. Croatia
        
        🙂
        
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        July 12, 2018 12:49pm
- Simon
  
  For the Brits there is always next year.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:54am
  - VicParking
    
    To slow, only know how to pass the ball backwards and they have no idea’s/inspiration/creativity or imagination. Matches their managers dress sense.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:01am
- brett68
  
  If want want to see/read some over the top bollocks, check this out
  
  https://www.thesun.co.uk/
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:15am
- Komata
  
  Lance
  
  So, ‘Situation normal’ then?
  
  (Just asking)
  
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  July 12, 2018 12:57pm
secondcumming

My pommie brother in-law tweeted early this morning………useless fat prick.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhNcfBrXkAARRld.jpg
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July 12, 2018 8:43am
- GazzaW
  
  Can’t wait for the after match function.
  
  Pissed England supporters v Russian street gangs reffed by the para-militaries. Should be a cracker.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:22am
Captain Mainwaring

So as the nurses were getting ready to strike for the first time in about 40 years where was the Minister of Health?
In Australia on bloody holiday.
Useless Minister in a useless Government.
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July 12, 2018 8:50am
- Simon
  
  Fiscal responsibility is a bitch.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:55am
- Harkman
  
  I seem to recall an Airhead, who’s teeth literally protrude from her head sideways, reassure us that there would be no strikes under a Labour. What ever happened to her?
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:56am
  - doggone7
    
    Too busy dealing with her own baby to deal with your sort of childishness. Mind you hers too would have to get to about a 3 year old comprehension level to understand that what she said about strikes under Labour.
    Something for you to look forward to.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:25am
- VicParking
  
  You cant blame him. What if one of his family got sick and had to go to hospital to find nobody’s there.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:57am
- Lance
  
  It’s interesting that I have heard around 8 or 9 nurses, nurses reps etc being interviewed or on talk-back.
  Not one of them can answer how much is enough?
  They will say it’s not about the pay primarily, OK how many extra staff do you need over and above the 500 extra on offer (as an initial step). They either don’t answer or go on about being on the poverty line.
  WTF?
  It appears to a casual observer like me they want their strike no matter what. I can understand pent up frustration but is this really the most mature course of action.
  If there is an actual real target on nursing numbers that would satisfy them I would be keen to know.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:03am
- Tricati
  
  I can’t help but think the nurses strike is a cynical and manipulative move driven by the CTU. The CTU know the nurses will have a large degree of public sympathy for their claims, and when reached, it will set a high precedent for the other Public Servant claims that follow.
  With Labour, during their election campaign, offering ridiculous expectations on wage increases, it is now coming home to roost at the expense of the tax payer.
  Next will be the teachers with their high wage claims, and through Hipkins education changes, a reduction in workload equalling an increase in cost and reduction in productivity – what a magic outcome for the country.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:09am
  - Nigel Kearney
    
    They will have more leverage in two years because it will be an election year so more political risk for Labour and there will also be more money to throw around. The strategy at this point should be to just moan about how unfair it all is but grudgingly accept the offer.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:20am
    - RW Capitalist
      
      “……also be more money to throw around.”
      “….also be more BORROWED money to throw around.
      There, fixed it for ya.
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:46am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    “…. a reduction in workload…”
    Even less work for more money?
    It’s already the best paid part time job in the country.
    BTW
    The reason, I believe, that charter schools are doing so well.
    There is more and more consistent CONTACT TIME with the students.
    and
    Less and lass contact time in state schools.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:35am
  - James Stephenson
    
    It’s wider than that, the Unions are aiming to force the government to abandon their fiscal responsibility commitment. They see the only function of those rules as keeping “Big Business” happy, so they have to go.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:36am
- oldpark
  
  @CM 8.50 am
  He has always been referred to as a so called Conscientious Objector being an ex bible basher. Even though he like to be called Doctor. A title he got for bible bashing. Now found wanting as he buggered off to Australia in the heat of the trade union battlers claims for our poor wee exploiated nurses
  Surfaced late yesterday to hide his missing in action claims by Unions. What an indictment of a pest like David Clark who told fake news about fake shit in Middlemore Hospital.Just an also ran as a “Health Minister””.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:39am
duggledog

Captain

Watch the polls start nose diving as the petrol tax starts to bite.

Plus when all the mongs who thought voting Labour or the Greens would result in an instant free house and $25 an hour minimum wage realise it’s not happening
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July 12, 2018 8:55am
- Simon
  
  Sorry you are wrong. According to Labo poor people save more money with the petrol tax. Everyone else must be saving even more money.
  
  Comrades when Labo introduce a new tax it is always a savings.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:57am
  - Keeping Stock
    
    That’s right Simon. Labour has saved them a heap of money, because they can no longer afford to go anywhere due to the price of fuel.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:09am
    - Simon
      
      Fast food delivery & Uber Eats business to soar in South Auckland as Labo’s new tax savings kick in.
      
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      July 12, 2018 9:15am
- Lance
  
  Not to mention the mongs who voted for NZ first thinking they would keep National honest.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:06am
- peterwn
  
  In early 1980’s a staunch Labour guy over-extended himself with a house purchase thinking a Labour Government would bail him and others out. Labour won, but Rogernomics came along. Poor guy had to downsize.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:14am
- KevOB
  
  The promised payment increases are doubtful too. Where’s mine? I’m sensing they are being cut back on the flimsiest of excuses. No advice has been given either of any changes.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:46am
  - KiWombat
    
    Has anybody seen their winter energy payment yet?
    
    Not holding my hopes very high – – !
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:09am
    - marcw
      
      I got my 10 days worth added in the Superannuation payment on the 10th. So it has been redirected – taken from a taxpayer, filtered through public service drones, and repaid to said taxpayer. A clear example of VSDS (virtue signalling derangement syndrome).
      
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      July 12, 2018 10:33am
      - ztev
        
        Its a computer program…. you know. Not touched by Human hands ..thats why they made it universal no need to have interview or show old power bills
        
        next youll think TV comes in tubes?
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:23pm
    - geoff3012
      
      A Mate got his on monday
      
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      July 12, 2018 11:06am
- kowtow
  
  The very people who should not have a vote.
  Useless non productive voters should not have a say on how productive people’s wealth and efforts get spent.
  
  ” Isn’t Jacinda marvellous , a breath of fresh air”
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:03am
  - Komata
    
    Kowtow
    
    Re: ‘The very people who should not have a vote.
    Useless non productive voters should not have a say on how productive people’s wealth and efforts get spent’.
    
    As you are evidently still employed and not retired, I would suggest that you be very careful what you wish for, as should your ‘suggestion’ come to pass just prior to your ‘retirement’ I would think your tune could change somewhat….
    
    Just saying, ‘Wish fullfillment’ and all that.
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:06pm
Harkman

WTH happened to One News last night? They broadcast some home/living show for like 10 minutes. After minutes of nonsense I flicked over to more nonsense, Paddy Gower’s understudy walking around Scotland and asking the locals if they hate Donald Trump. What are they going to say? This is a country that could be independent but didn’t for the sole reason that they worked out that the rest of Britain paid for them to live off welfare. So after that my once yearly visit to 3 was over and went back to one’s living show. Later things got even worse, Toni Street is bloody back on air. Good gosh.
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July 12, 2018 9:07am
- Lance
  
  Watching 7-Sharp will give you brain damage.
  Don’t do it…………….. change channel.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:10am
  - Harkman
    
    I know but I’m usually cooking and too far from the remote to change it.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:16am
  - geoff3012
    
    Try TV3…..you will also get kidney, liver and heart damage
    
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    July 12, 2018 11:21am
- Inandout
  
  Get streaming and learn what the rest of the world is doing. I mean TV3 sources their overseas news from CNN!
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:15am
  - RW Capitalist
    
    They don’t just source it from CNN they copy it so closely they may actually be at risk of copy write breaches.
    
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    July 12, 2018 9:43am
- Paulus Gnome
  
  Toni Street might be back but Hellva EmBARRYassment is a gone burger and that my friend, is a result!
  
  And the tattooed racist Oinka Moa is back to rattling rubbish bins instead of offending my conservative middle class white sensibilities with every utterance!
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:27am
- RW Capitalist
  
  Saw that.
  I laughed my ass off.
  The guy that Trump said, his property was basically a shit hole.
  Looking at it on TV……it WAS a shit hole!!!
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:37am
  - ross411
    
    Chance the news polled 100 people and provoked 4 or so to vent about Trump, and skipped the rest who didn’t care? Fake news can’t be trusted.
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:13pm
- RW Capitalist
  
  How much money required to bring back Paul Henry?
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:44am
  - Harkman
    
    More than TV3 has ?
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:42am
    - ztev
      
      NZME/ZB pay Hosking $1.05 mill pa for his 2 hrs each morning, for 9 months of the year
      
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      July 12, 2018 2:35pm
    - sam green
      
      He who pays the piper …….
      
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      July 12, 2018 8:08pm
- Steve (North Shore)
  
  Don’t watch any channel with a number less than 10, it is all mindless shit. Except for Rural Delivery and Country Calendar
  
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  July 12, 2018 5:45pm
Harkman

Had to laugh yesterday as Democratic Senators were standing outside the Supreme Court besmirching Kavanaugh’s character and Kamala Harris honestly couldn’t keep a straight face, she was laughing because she knew that none of what she was saying was true. It was all made up.
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July 12, 2018 9:14am
Maggy Wassilieff

UK Labour still having strife over its antisemitism.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/11/labour-jewish-affiliate-in-row-with-party-over-anti-semitism-code
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July 12, 2018 9:19am
Happychappy

Now we have a new group suggesting that now is the time to fix renting agreements and what renters can do to feel safe and secure from landlords in the home they rent. Rental United have presented Phil the dill with a plan to fix the rental problem which they say should be done now to fix problems from the landlord and favour these people that will never be able to afford a home of their own. Landlords won’t be happy if Labour and the Coalition decide these suggestions become law.
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July 12, 2018 9:28am
- RW Capitalist
  
  I think it was on TV3 news.
  They showed a property trashed by the tenants and their mates, $200k worth of damage.
  2 stories later
  They mentioned this tenants rights thing.
  REALLY?
  Was it the editors/producers night off?
  2 contradictory stories, within 5 minutes of each other.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:41am
  - GazzaW
    
    It’s the editors/producers night off every night at TV3.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:24pm
  - Steve (North Shore)
    
    See above. Don’t watch any channel with a number less than 10.
    You will have a new life, I promise you.
    
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    July 12, 2018 5:48pm
- Rich Prick
  
  Those evil landlords are always lurking in the shadows ready to pounce and shake down rent from the tenants’ pockets. The bastards.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:50am
- Classic Liberal
  
  All the examples they gave this morning were of situations that I would expect are already illegal: unqualified landlord doing own electrical work, landlord stuffing carpet in big window gap instead of having it professionally fixed and another situation that sounded illegal.
  
  No new laws are needed to deal with such behaviour.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:02am
Awww C-mon

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/07/11/149084/miners-given-access-to-mui-dolphin-sanctuary?preview=1#

I don’t know what to say about this, Taranaki off-shore drilling is wrong but mining for minerals in a sanctuary is ok?

Greens don’t support marine sanctuaries? Kermadecs now this
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July 12, 2018 9:32am
slightlyrighty

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qOyT3ZkUxI

Theresa May and the Holy Grail…..
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July 12, 2018 9:40am
- Right of way is Way of Right
  
  Wait for Boris…
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:58am
duggledog

Paulus

All the media organisations are stuffed to the gills with Worthy Folks who would not know how to hang a gate or fix a lawnmower or know where Taumarunui is.

Worse they love Jacinda and Obama and hate Key and Trump. Every single news item I have seen since Trump’s election has been negative.

Yet these same media organisations just cannot figure out why they keep losing circulation and audience. Could it be they routinely ignore the views of a good 40 – 50% of New Zealanders?

Why is it Newstalk ZB continues to dwarf almost every other commercial outlet year after year?

Hint: It’s not the bloody interminable advertising breaks!!
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July 12, 2018 9:41am
- doggone7
  
  Why is it Newstalk ZB continues to dwarf almost every other commercial outlet?
  
  Probably a lot of reasons. The ‘comfort blanket’ phenomenon is probably one of them.
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:56am
Keeping Stock

This story on Stuff yesterday was interesting:

Auckland Council has announced it will count the city’s rough sleepers to fully grasp the scale of homelessness. We took to the streets to learn about those on society’s edge in the city’s centre, whose current way of life the council hopes to eliminate.

Before sunrise, every morning, a group of men gather in downtown Auckland. They’ve been doing this since before the SkyTower was built in the 1990s. One’s lost a leg in that time.

The quartet make chairs out of bread crates cushioned with cardboard boxes and play Fleetwood Mac via a bluetooth speaker.

Someone always drops off a bag of day-old meat pies just after 7am. Buddies the men consider brothers walk past, getting fist bumps and a pie if they’re lucky. A dishevelled, jittery old fella named Joseph staggers over and slips $20 to one of the seated men.

Its recipient – Mark Phillip – carefully moves two cans of Kingfisher beer from under his hoody to behind his bread crate, stands up, and sets off for the convenience store across the road.

“Joseph can’t buy beer there ’cause he’s been trespassed,” Phillip explains, upon his return. “So one of us goes, and charges for ‘gas money’.”

When asked if it isn’t a bit harsh to take money from a visibly struggling friend, Phillip winks.

“It’s a tax, it’s one of my hustles – it’s what we do out here,” he says.

By 8.30am the men are wasted. That’s what time it was when we met them last Thursday, and they told us to come back before 7am the next day if we wanted a sober conversation. Which is what we’ve done.

They look homeless, act homeless, and half of them actually are homeless.

But Phillip and the group’s kaumātua Sole Johnstone have houses to go home to each evening. While they call themselves ‘hustlers’, they could also be labelled professional beggars.

Each has done his share of genuine rough sleeping, though, and the pair figure they’ve now got the best of both worlds.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/105390029/aucklands-phoney-homeless-make-100-a-day-on-the-streets

I have no objection whatsoever to the state providing support for people who are genuinely in need. But here is a rip-off of the taxpayer going on that is so brazen that these blokes are boasting about it to a reporter.

Of course, Labour and the Greens have signaled their intention to largely remove sanctions on beneficiaries, so nothing is likely to be done to make these people, and those who dole out benefits to them accountable. That’s plain wrong.
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July 12, 2018 9:42am
- Poppa
  
  So what was that figure that Labour kept spouting?
  
  42,000 homeless or was it 44,000?
  
  Of course we all knew it was absolute crap but now Councils are counting homeless people we may actually find out the truth.
  
  I would say it will be a few hundred
  
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  July 12, 2018 9:51am
  - marcw
    
    See, the princess has eliminated 41,800 homeless already, and bought herself a new $2 million home in the process. Isn’t she just maaarvellous.
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:41am
  - artemisia
    
    Stats Department counts as ‘homeless’ households sharing with another household.
    
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    July 12, 2018 2:06pm
    - RW Capitalist
      
      So if your 18 year old moves back home….he’s homeless??
      
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      July 12, 2018 4:00pm
      - Steve (North Shore)
        
        Yep, coz otherwise he would have a flat.
        Labour variable arithmetic – with a roving decimal point
        
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        July 12, 2018 5:50pm
- Classic Liberal
  
  Well done, Stuff. At last an honest view.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:06am
- Stars And Stripes
  
  Labour proclaimed loudly and often that they were going to eradicate homelessness so I have no doubt this whole story is just a false narrative planted by a vengeful Stuff employee.
  They better watch out because next they will be de-platformed.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:24am
dime

i clicked on fox news last night (its live on youtube, sky can eat a dick they are long gone from the dime estate).

anyway, it was right at the start of trump giving the nato dude a dressing down.

holy fuck it was epic.

its all fun and games til trump calls you out on your bullshit!

the clip is well worth a watch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vpwkdmwui3k
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July 12, 2018 9:46am
- stephieboy
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  dime, yes expletives and all. F this, F that, F off to add to your rich and diverse vocab.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:05am
  - dime
    
    oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t realise you had such a problem with my colloquial language.
    
    Please feel free to never read or comment on what I write again.
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:50am
    - hmmokrightitis
      
      Played dime, played.
      
      pwned as my lads would say, pwned.
      
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      July 12, 2018 12:53pm
- Huevon
  
  That’s awesome. That NATO guy didn’t know where to look. I bet he’s never had to deal with a pair of brass balls like Trump.
  
  Merkel will be shitting herself that Trump will pull the 50,000 US troops out of Germany. He’s mad enough to do it.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:09am
  - GazzaW
    
    Germany can well afford to increase the size of the Wehrmacht to compensate for that pull out although I doubt Trump would remove them all.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:31pm
  - Komata
    
    Huevon
    
    Don’t forget though that Mama Merkle arrived in ‘Germany’ when the Berlin Wall came down and formerly held high office in ‘Russian’ East Germany. She’s still essentially communist / globalist in outlook and will always work towards that end. Nothing has really changed.
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:17pm
  - Steve (North Shore)
    
    He’s smart enough to do it. You think Russia wants in on Germany? with all the shithead muslims there? Putin is a smart guy
    
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    July 12, 2018 6:10pm
- Classic Liberal
  
  I find it so funny that politicians and MSM still don’t seem to get how Trump operates. Looks like they don’t bother to read The Art of the Deal or watch a bit of professional wrestling or his previous TV programmes (before anyone called him racist or sexist, because he wasn’t a Repuplican).
  
  Obviously a lot of his statements are bluster and posing to get the other party het up and making mistakes. They can’t take it with a grain of salt!
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:10am
  - Steve (North Shore)
    
    At least the tweets are what he thinks and says, before the Media get to fuck with it.
    CNN anyone? No thanks, I am trying to find if the last lie has a stroke of truth
    
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    July 12, 2018 6:12pm
- rangitoto
  
  Awesome. You can see the Euro’s looking like naughty school kids who have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar as Trump spells it out.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:35am
  - Komata
    
    rangitoto
    
    Mr Trump is a businessman, and a pragmatist as the best businessmen tend to be. He has one goal only; to literally ‘Make America Great Again’. He has no politcal ties of any consequence (which drives the ‘Pollies nuts) and is focused on his task; a task that he will complete only when it is done to his satisfaction. All the rest is irrelevant, but his ‘opponents’ don’t get it and until they do, keep repeating the same mantra (and mistakes) again and again and again.
    
    He simply doesn’t care, BUT he will do anything to advance the cause of the USA!
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:24pm
    - Steve (North Shore)
      
      Hear hear, what that man said
      
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      July 12, 2018 6:14pm
- artemisia
  
  Not a great idea for Mr Stoltenberg to use the phrase ‘stronger together’ a couple of times.
  
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  July 12, 2018 2:31pm
- Steve (North Shore)
  
  Notice Mike Pompeo laughing his tits off!
  About 6.30 it gets interesting with body language of the 4 at the end of the table. Man they did not want to be there.
  Why did Trump have to tell Stolenberg the same thing no fewer than 5 times? Is he thick? or just waiting for support from the rest at the table. He did not get it.
  Thanks Dime, the Youtube is going on my Facebook (how long will it last? I have a battle with those mods)
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:07pm
Hugh Pavletich

… How will this impact the Chinese housing market ? …

Trump’s Tariff Barrage Pushes China Fight to Point of No Return – Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-11/trump-s-tariff-barrage-pushes-china-fight-to-point-of-no-return

China to its state media: keep calm, don’t inflame trade row with U.S. | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-media/china-to-its-state-media-keep-calm-dont-inflame-trade-row-with-u-s-idUSKBN1K118L

How China plans to push back against Donald Trump in ‘economic cold war’ | South China Morning Post

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/economy/article/2154699/how-china-plans-push-back-against-donald-trump-economic-cold-war
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July 12, 2018 9:53am
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  China has near absolute control over its people banks and economy. The state owns or controls a large proportion of all businesses. If they want to they can tax and steal as much as they want from individuals or groups, and with their total control over media and massive army and police forces prevent anyone being able to complain or fight back.
  
  So while the chinese housing bubble is insane, (check out this video on shoddy construction in China https://youtu.be/XopSDJq6w8E) the chinese govt can prevent things from imploding and figure out ways to unwind it through the application of force. The big danger is that a standard method to distract from troubles at home is to manufacture a foreign bogeyman. A trade war or real war is useful for Xi. Watch out Taiwan.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:42am
  - Hugh Pavletich
    
    UrbanNeocolonialist … You have a rather amusingly romantic perspective of fragile autocratic regimes.
    
    As a former regional leader in China said ‘There is no more nervous a politician than an un – elected one.’
    
    In democracies we vote them out … while in autocracies they (the people) take much harsher approaches … of necessity.
    
    I feel much more relaxed and comfortable in the former.
    
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    July 12, 2018 11:14am
    - UrbanNeocolonialist
      
      Fragile my arse. The now relatively wealthy chinese with comfortable homes, financial assets and reasonable standards of living are blackmailed into supine compliance by the threat of loss of everything they have. People will not fight when they stand to lose so much – the same reason that mostly only the poor in america end up in the military.
      
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      July 12, 2018 11:32am
      - Hugh Pavletich
        
        … Westpac economists ‘surprised’ … without understanding construction industry capacity as production systems (as they have currently in Australia and North America ) are restored in New Zealand …
        
        Westpac economists revise upwards their forecasts for house construction in the country’s largest city; say Auckland getting close to building enough houses to keep up with population growth | interest.co.nz
        
        https://www.interest.co.nz/property/94766/westpac-economists-revise-upwards-their-forecasts-house-construction-countrys-largest
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        .
        Opinion: Let the builders build … Kevin Atkinson of Generation Homes … Fairfax / Stuff NZ
        
        https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/104213530/opinion-let-the-builders-build
        
        … extracts …
        
        … Generation Homes is building 300 to 400 houses a year. We could easily double that within our existing resources if there were infrastructure funding assistance from councils for new affordable housing developments. …
        
        … The net result is that in a city like Auckland, builders and subcontractors are running all over town to different jobs and they’re wasting an hour every time they do it.
        
        To get real efficiency and to be able to build affordable houses, building companies need to be building 50 to 100 houses or more in one development.
        
        This productivity problem is forced upon builders and we need creative solutions to address it. … read more via hyperlink above …
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        Govt criticised (by Pavletich) for moving slowly on Auckland growth boundary | Michael Daly | Fairfax / Stuff.co.nz
        
        https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/105295016/govt-criticised-for-moving-slowly-on-auckland-growth-boundary
        
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        July 12, 2018 1:00pm
MCos

I watched the football this morning hoping England would win. To be honest once Croatia equalized England never looked likely.
Even if they had prevailed there’s no way they would beat France.
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July 12, 2018 10:04am
- Harkman
  
  I watched from half time and the better team won. I must add that in extra time the calls weren’t going England’s way but Croatia was stronger, especially in the midfield.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:46am
  - dime
    
    apparently, it was the reverse of that in the first half.
    
    i dont watch soccer outside of the world cup semi’s and final. was really hoping for england to get through.
    
    hoping for a france victory now.
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:52am
All_on_Red

Hmmokrightitis
I think you missed this ‘classy’ comment from Stephie directed at you

stephieboy

hmmokrightitis, wrong!

Not evil bastards, Moronic bastards like you.
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July 12, 2018 10:25am
- stephieboy
  
  All on Wed, do my comments also personally resonate with you?
  
  LOL
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:38am
  - All_on_Red
    
    PERVWATCH
    A division of Groperwatch
    Today we look at one of Kiwiblogs Biggest Creeps.
    Yes, it’s RALPH/STEPHIEBOY
    This sleezy creep has had Strikes for linking to porn sites on KB.
    Who has such a lack of judgement.
    Yes, it’s STEPHIEBOY.
    An admitted PERV who said this:
    
    ‘19,565 COMMENTS
    stephieboy
    Yesterday I was at the Robert Harris cafe St Lukes Megacentre , Mt Albert enjoying a cappuccino. I noticed next door three Muslim women enjoying their lattes with their children . Two of these honeypots .were wearing their Nijabs with stylish jeans and blouses . The other in more typical kiwi informal attire?
    Thumb up 7 Thumb down 36REPLY REPORTAUGUST 21, 2016 8:51AM’
    
    ‘Honeypots’!!!
    And this;
    Jack 5, recently i was at St Luke’s shopping mall and I saw a Muslim lady dressed in traditional apparel accompanied by her two beautiful young daughters dressed in modern western tight jeans and blouses , revealing lovely supple body proportions , including small but ample breasts .
    Thumb up 1 Thumb down 16REPLY REPORTDECEMBER 3, 2015 2:26
    
    Wow, just wow.
    PERVWATCH is brought to you as a public service to out the creeps amongst us.
    RAPLH/STEPHIEBOY is PERV #1
    
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    July 12, 2018 10:47am
    - dime
      
      urgh yuck. i need to shower.
      
      ya can tell hes a beta creep by the language he uses.
      
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      July 12, 2018 10:53am
    - Longknives
      
      “..her two beautiful young daughters dressed in modern western tight jeans and blouses , revealing lovely supple body proportions , including small but ample breasts .”
      
      Jesus Stephieboy!
      Dude are you on some kind of Register? Or have you even considered Chemical Castration??
      
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      July 12, 2018 11:17am
      - dime
        
        bahaha @ register
        
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        July 12, 2018 12:16pm
    - softail 1450
      
      A O R, Personally i wouldn’t worry about septicboys
      “young supple middle eastern girls” they better than any of us will pick septicboy for a goat humper and take appropriate precautions when he’s seen loitering around shopping malls.
      
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      July 12, 2018 12:32pm
    - stephieboy
      
      All on Wed.con, a kind of doxing that is also known as Adult Babyism ( paraphilic Infantilkeism ) as you typically lose the argument,
      
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraphilic_infantilis
      
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      July 12, 2018 6:16pm
      - Nostradamus
        
        Stephieboy:
        
        Your link doesn’t work:
        
        Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. Please search for Paraphilic infantilis in Wikipedia to check for alternative titles or spellings.
        
        Did you mean to link to this Wikipedia page:
        
        Paraphilia (previously known as sexual perversion and sexual deviation) is the experience of intense sexual arousal to atypical objects, situations, fantasies, behaviors, or individuals. Such attraction may be labeled sexual fetishism.
        
        That’s an own goal, surely?
        
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        July 12, 2018 7:09pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    23,999 COMMENTS
    stephieboy
    Please help with enquiries regarding a notice put on the door at St Albans ,
    
    Ralph Taylor
    ( stephieboy from Kiwiblog )
    cyberbully and a
    PERVERT
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    July 12, 2018 10:53am
    - All_on_Red
      
      2,970 COMMENTS
      UrbanNeocolonialist
      
      so you are saying that you, Ralph Taylor are stephieboy on this blog and you are a Cyberbully and a Pervert?
      
      That’s very bold and kudos, admitting you have a problem is the first step to recovery.
      
      But while you are at it you should also look into your obsessive posting, atrocious reading comprehension, weak literacy and generally abusive and attacking manner of trolling on kiwiblog. Dedicating your life to it is not indicative of any degree of mental balance.
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      July 12, 2018 10:54am
      - Garbageman
        
        Keep up the good work AoR newcomers need to know the freaks among us and those of us that have been reading for quite a few years also need reminded occasionally that stooopidboy is more than just a KB troll
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:32pm
    - mikenmildagain
      
      This an appeal to Kiwibloggers to report AoR’s persistent doxxing of stephieboy.
      Just because stephieboy is an idiot is no reason to deliberately ignore the blog rules against that level of nastiness.
      
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      July 12, 2018 2:15pm
      - Garbageman
        
        How about yeah na after nearly 30Ks worth of inane drivel from the clown the prick deserves everything he gets and for those of us that come here to primarily read & not comment its fkn annoying having that muppets tripe littered through every conversation we are trying to follow
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:34pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        What ‘doxxing’?
        All I’m doing is reposting Stephies OWN COMMENTS
        It’s his fault he’s so dumb he told us who he is.
        Maybe he shouldn’t crap all over the blog and behave like a c**t.
        
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        July 12, 2018 4:00pm
  - VicParking
    
    Crap does not resonate Stephie, truth does. Try it your goat might like it ??
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:18pm
- hmmokrightitis
  
  No, didnt miss it AOR, ignored it. Stephie was on the right side of the free speech argument the other day, for which I congratulated him / her / it, and then also reminded us all of the same when someone called him / her / it out as being against it.
  
  Stephie is a stereotypical troll; single dimensional, resorts to abuse when an argument outwits them, and now it appears as though Stephie thinks its OK to practice perving in public. And confusing descriptors – “small but ample” – and then flailing around with the alt-right tag.
  
  Like most on the left (not left of centre) they resort to abuse because they know their argument isnt up to scratch, just like their ideology.
  
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  July 12, 2018 1:00pm
Fletch

Auckland Museum is using our taxpayer money to promote gender theory and toxic feminism through an exhibit/display…. ?

https://fli.org.nz/2018/07/11/women-and-equality-in-aotearoa-exhibit-feminist-propaganda-promotes-gender-ideology/
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July 12, 2018 10:40am
Fletch

Trump keeps winning, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics –

More American manufacturing workers are employed today than at any time in the last ten years as President Trump’s ‘America First’ economy seeks to protect U.S. industry and jobs with tariffs, less immigration, and tax relief.

In June 2018, Trump’s booming economy delivered an additional 36,000 manufacturing jobs for American workers, many of whom have had their livelihoods destroyed by job-killing free trade deals like NAFTA and KORUS.

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/10/trumps-america-first-economy-secures-10-year-employment-high-for-manufacturing-workers/
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July 12, 2018 11:22am
- Inandout
  
  stephie will explode if he reads this Fletch. He won’t go near breitbart though, because in his mind it is like entering the gates of hell.
  
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  July 12, 2018 11:30am
  - ztev
    
    Its not hell, just a ‘pre hell’ full of liars
    
    10 year employment high ?
    What about the 9 year employment high…8 year employment high…7 year employment high
    
    Oh thats right mentioning Obama will make you lots head explode
    
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    July 12, 2018 2:30pm
Happychappy

Is Andrew Little being as cunning as a shit house rat by installing Chester Borrows to head the Criminal Justice Advisory Reform Group knowing very well that like him the ex National MP despises the three strike law that has already caused Andrew Little a few headaches with Winston stopping it being repealed a few weeks ago. Like Peters I depise Andrew Little and his views and wouldn’t trust him or his ability to do anything concerning Justice as he believes Murders, Rapists and Drug dealers would and could reform by letting them out of prison.
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July 12, 2018 11:48am
- VicParking
  
  Chester borrows is as bitter as hell with National because he was arsed out. He has been commenting in Whanganui’s version of local failing newspaper running down all the policies a year ago he was voting for. The COL will love him
  
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  July 12, 2018 1:21pm
Cobolt24

From http://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/incident-southern-motorway

At approximately 10:08am this morning Police in Pukekohe attempted to stop a stolen vehicle. It failed to do so and a pursuit was initiated but abandoned minutes later due to the manner of driving.
After Police had stopped following the vehicle, the offending driver has then entered the Southern Motorway at Drury and has begun driving south bound in the north bound fast lane at speeds in excess of 100kmh.
The Police Eagle Helicopter has monitored the vehicle from a distance so that they could not be seen by the offending driver.
It has then exited the motorway at Ramarama before getting back onto the motorway heading north bound, this time on the right side of motorway.
The driver has then realised there was heavy traffic and done a U-turn, crashing into a Police Delta Unit which was trying to locate the vehicle. It then turned back the correct way and shortly after this has crashed into a truck near the Papakura off-ramp.
An 18 year old female, 15 year old male and 12 year old female are all in Police custody and are assisting us with our enquiries.

I wish natural selection took its course (without taking anyone innocent out) for this one.
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July 12, 2018 11:58am
- Fletch
  
  yeh that was yesterday. School holidays ey? I think they got nothing better to do.
  
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  July 12, 2018 12:15pm
- softail 1450
  
  Cobalt24,,where’s a lamp post when one is needed..
  probably save some old person from being murdered in the near future by this young vermin.
  
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  July 12, 2018 12:38pm
- GoVege
  
  If we stopped paying drunks and druggies to have 14 kids, there would be no need for “natural selection” and no risk to innocent members of the public.
  
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  July 12, 2018 7:26pm
dime

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=12087576

the herald promoting being fat for chicks as usual. i didnt check the link underneath, probably something about a dude with abs.

this sack of shit woman is a nutcase. she admits tro sexually abusing her little sister but is still a hero of the 23 yr old women who run the herald apparently.

whats with this body positivity bullshit? sure its unhealthy to outright hate your body. but fuck, humans are happier when striving for something! if youre a dude and you dont have abs, then you probably should be thinking about your weight a lot of the time.

these lefties promote being morbidly obese as this great lifestyle.

one of the things dime learned from online dating over the years – fat girls arent jolly. its a myth. fat girls are angry and bitter.

rant over. off to get a sausage roll
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July 12, 2018 12:22pm
- realityczech
  
  Most fat women are uglier on the inside than the outside.
  
  The ones who are truly comfortable with themselves are generally okay.
  
  Fatness is a mental illness and most fatties are bad people.
  
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  July 12, 2018 12:33pm
  - dime
    
    “most fatties are bad people” LMAO brutal
    
    i dont know about fat dudes, but these plus sized bitches are usually miserable cause they see skinny chicks having all the fun and living the life they want.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:50pm
    - GoVege
      
      I’ve known some very nice chubby women.
      Some are fat because they’ve had a tough upbringing and consoled themselves with food.
      
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      July 12, 2018 7:28pm
      - realityczech
        
        Yes because of “men” was it GoVege?
        
        Bet it was 🙂
        
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        July 12, 2018 7:30pm
      - GoVege
        
        Akshally Rally, the worst cases were coz of women.
        One lovely young woman I knew killed herself after being coerced into a reconciliation with her b*tches of sisters.
        Her hubby looked like an old man afterwards.
        Some young P I girls (and their brother) put on weight after learning dad had another family around the corner.
        The “other wife” was constantly harassing their mum.
        
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        July 12, 2018 8:41pm
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes to the bone.
    
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    July 12, 2018 12:59pm
    - dime
      
      im sure that comfort to the size 18 fat chick who cant find a decent bf and is in poor health. but hey, the herald have her back! “you go girl”
      
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      July 12, 2018 1:04pm
      - realityczech
        
        The state of our hideous fat females is at crisis point. I see clinically obese women being described as thin. Morbidly obese wheezing pigs who can’t even walk properly have curves.
        
        This virtue signalling is killing people. Fat shaming saves lives and fat shamers are selfless heroes.
        
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        July 12, 2018 7:34pm
- Longknives
  
  That Lena Dunham is a fucking fruitcake.
  Being a staunch Femnazi she did an interview once saying she actually hopes to one day have an Abortion!
  Jesus Christ- No matter where you sit on the Abortion thing that is some fucked-up shit..
  
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  July 12, 2018 1:08pm
- Garbageman
  
  Did a bit of online dating a couple years back the ones that turn up at your door after refusing to share pics were not very easy on the eyes (gosh im polite) but more than willing to have a quick romp i can neither confirm or deny that i participated but do admit i used to drink a fair bit of grog back then
  
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  July 12, 2018 2:53pm
- KevOB
  
  Some of these heavier ladies are actually human.
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:16pm
realityczech

❗ ❗ ❗ BREAKING NEWS ❗ ❗ ❗

The KREMLIN is behind people renouncing the intolerant authoritarians in the USA Democrat party

https://www.salon.com/2018/07/09/russian-bots-are-back-walkaway-attack-on-democrats-is-a-likely-kremlin-operation/

LOL 🙂
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July 12, 2018 12:30pm
Sarkozygroupie

Eugenie Sage and the Greens have granted ironsand exploration in the middle of the Maui dolphin’s sanctuary!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/105424865/miners-given-access-to-mui-dolphin-sanctuary
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July 12, 2018 12:33pm
- realityczech
  
  Awesome. Let’s moblize and bring attention to the plight of the poor wee dolphins sold out by the Greens and Labour 🙂
  
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  July 12, 2018 12:49pm
  - rangitoto
    
    The Greens hate the dolphins now. That’s why they ditched the Kermadec sanctuary.
    
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    July 12, 2018 1:04pm
    - Sarkozygroupie
      
      What did the wee dolphins ever do to the Greens to deserve this?!!
      
      I am horrified the Government would actually do this.
      
      Eugenie Sage and Jacinda Ardern you have a lot to answer for. Your holier-than-thou attitute over oil is going to kill our endangered dolphins.
      
      You are witches.
      
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      July 12, 2018 1:27pm
      - Komata
        
        skg
        
        But has anyone actually SEEN said dolphins in the area?
        
        The gweens were consistently unable to bring verifiable evidence to public view, but relied upon computer-generated ‘models’ as ‘evidence’ and ‘proof’ in support of their statements.
        
        Perhaps that’s why they’ve been able to abandon the poor creatures so quickly?
        
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        July 12, 2018 3:17pm
    - ztev
      
      Maori party hated kermadec sanctuary , thats why national ditched it in 2015 in-spite of being able to pass it with the greens
      
      National certainly picked the wrong horse there in their future bet on the MP
      
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      July 12, 2018 2:26pm
      - Sarkozygroupie
        
        Stop trying to deflect – this is about the Maui’s dolphins and what the sell-out Greens are doing to them because they are falling in line with Jacinda’s stupid oil stance.
        
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        July 12, 2018 2:41pm
      - realityczech
        
        “Maori party hated kermadec sanctuary”
        
        zit, we will not tolerate these sorts of RACIST !!!! attacks on our much loved tangata whenua here on KB. Take your hate back to The Standard.
        
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        July 12, 2018 6:09pm
      - nasska
        
        I hope you realise that “traditionally, Māori believe there is a deep kinship between humans and the natural world. This connection is expressed through kaitiakitanga”.
        
        https://teara.govt.nz/en/kaitiakitanga-guardianship-and-conservation
        
        Don’t take my word for it. Ask any moa, huia or Haast’s eagle.
        
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        July 12, 2018 6:20pm
      - realityczech
        
        Yes nasska and we don’t need zit coming here and whitesplaining his colonial paradigm to us in such an insensitive and brutish fashion like a NAZI !!!!
        
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        July 12, 2018 6:30pm
- Shaun the Sheep
  
  Have I missed something or does the article carefully skirt around the matter of who granted to permit?
  It says ‘a permit was granted’ a couple of times.
  It quotes Sage saying the government is committed to the environment.
  But does it say the permit was granted by Sage?
  Or did the Taranaki District Council Grant it?
  
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  July 12, 2018 4:59pm
graham

Hmm. I must admit, I’m confused.

We hear yesterday that the Government set aside $15 million for public broadcasting. This includes $6 million for an Innovation Fund which is a joint venture between RNZ and NZ On Air to commission content for “under-served audiences such as Maori, Pacific Peoples, children and regional New Zealand”.

Here’s where I’m confused.

How can they call Maori an “under-served” audience when we have Te Mangai Paho, whose mission statement is to promote Maori language and culture through the provision of funding for Maori initiatives in music, radio, television and “new media”?

TMP distributes $40 million annually for the production of television content on Maori Television, TV1, TV2, TV3, Prime, and Choice TV. They also provide funding for 21 iwi radio stations, which must deliver 8 hours of Maori language content every day.

So is TMP not doing their job properly? Or does Clare Curran’s definition of “under-served” differ from mine?
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July 12, 2018 12:38pm
- Jack5
  
  Add to the Innovation Fund support for Maori:
  
  1. Te Whakaruruhau O Nga Reo Irirangi Maori Irangi.Net – the network of 21 taxpayer-supported tribal radio stations.
  
  2. The Maori stitching up of Radio New Zealand, a deal pulled off by Wily Willy Jackson:
  https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/312240/rnz-signs-partnership-with-te-whakaruruhau
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:14pm
Manolo

The new false messiah.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/396412-new-dem-star-to-rattle-dc-establishment

The old one is still around:
http://dailycaller.com/2018/07/11/obama-campaign-congress-democrats/
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July 12, 2018 12:39pm
- dime
  
  lol a full on communist is their new star. good luck with that
  
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  July 12, 2018 1:02pm
dime

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12087737

Prison van containing five inmates crashes off State Highway 2 near Wharerata hills

just put a match to it and walk off
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July 12, 2018 12:56pm
- Captain Mainwaring
  
  Settle down dine, that’s a bit rich.
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:43pm
Komata

rangitoto

Mr Trump is a businessman, and a pragmatist as the best businessmen tend to be. He has one goal only; to literally ‘Make America Great Again’. He has no politcal ties of any consequence (which drives the ‘Pollies nuts) and is focused on his task; a task that he will complete only when it is done to his satisfaction. All the rest is irrelevant, but his ‘opponents’ don’t get it and until they do, keep repeating the same mantra (and mistakes) again and again and again.

He simply doesn’t care, BUT he will do anything to advance the cause of the USA!
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July 12, 2018 1:32pm
Fletch

A cheeky guy turns in a chunk of wood with a pipe zip-tied to it for $100 in San Francisco’s gun buy back 😉

https://www.breitbart.com/california/2018/07/11/san-francisco-gun-buyback-gets-played-with-homemade-shotgun/
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July 12, 2018 1:48pm
Manolo

Mr Salvini is trying to stop the African invasion:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5938743/Italy-turns-away-ITALIAN-ship-ports-rescued-migrants.html

Italy has turned away an Italian ship from its ports because it had rescued migrants – as the country’s anti-migrant interior minister blasted ‘do-gooders.’

A commercial ship that supplies oil platforms off the coast of Libya pulled 66 migrants to safety on Monday, but it was told not to bring them to Italy, an Interior Ministry source said.

Italy was sticking to a hardline policy on new arrivals as it presses European allies to share the burden of hosting an influx of displaced people.
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July 12, 2018 1:57pm
noskire

Being a Genesis tragic, and with some time to kill today I have been checking out some YouTube videos of Phil Collins’ 16yo behind the drums on tour with his dad. Amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89fvla2iNS4
Then stumbled across an animated video created last year for Supper’s Ready, from Foxtrot, which I think is their best album – still great 40 years later https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4HfFwVy-h0
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July 12, 2018 2:27pm
- Fletch
  
  From what I remember reading, Phil can’t actually drum any more? He drummed some on his last album, but had to have the stick taped to his hand. That must be difficult for him.
  
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  July 12, 2018 2:50pm
Inandout

Where is Golly G when you need her voice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/world/middleeast/irans-instagram-dancer-teen.html
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July 12, 2018 3:17pm
Inandout

If you have got a bit of iwi in your background and you commit a crime the Police Commissioner will give you a soft ticket. Way to go.
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July 12, 2018 3:39pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Keep your hands off MPs.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/361670/rose-renton-found-guilty-of-charge-relating-to-rat-poison-accusation
(Best not to throw poisons around folks, either)
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July 12, 2018 3:48pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  More here on Rose Renton’s offensive actions.
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/105427595/rose-renton-guilty-of-offensive-behaviour-after-poison-incident
  
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  July 12, 2018 3:56pm
  - Gravelroad
    
    But, you see, Ms Renton is a “conservationist” and special and Green.
    Laws shouldn’t be the same for people like her.
    Ends justify the means for the Greens – always.
    
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    July 12, 2018 5:05pm
  - KevOB
    
    Her sentence was very modest. Her Professorship should be at stake.
    
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    July 12, 2018 6:09pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      What professorship?
      I thought she was a Feng Shui consultant.
      
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      July 12, 2018 6:40pm
lifesgood

A friend put me on to The Bolt Report on Sky News. What a breath of fresh air! A lot of it is about Australia’s internal politics but a lot of it isn’t. Andrew Bolt gives a message I think all KB followers, (barring the idiot lefties who turn up like foul smells), will really enjoy. I don’t watch NZ News or 7 Sharp or TV 3’s offering at 7 . I record The Bolt Report and watch it during NZ’s news time. So good for the soul!
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July 12, 2018 5:47pm
realityczech

Seems socialist authoritarian regimes are failing everywhere you look.

Since when have socialist regimes been good on the environment ever?

Germany Is a Coal-Burning, Gas-Guzzling Climate Change Hypocrite

Germany is Europe’s largest producer and burner of coal,
https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/11/13/germany-is-a-coal-burning-gas-guzzling-climate-change-hypocrite/
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July 12, 2018 6:24pm
- realityczech
  
  To be fair – It can’t be easy heating the entire country to the temperature of the Middle East and Northern Africa in order to make the “Germans” feel at home.
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:49pm
Nostradamus

And from today’s weird files:

Gay farmers go naked to help raise awareness of mental health

The second photo requires confirmation (not provided unfortunately) that the animals weren’t emotionally traumatised by the sight of human nudity in a paddock!
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July 12, 2018 6:40pm
- realityczech
  
  1. Gay.
  2. Staring longingly at goats while naked.
  3. Mental health issues.
  
  The evidence suggests those are pictures of our very own stephieboy.
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:46pm
sooty

In the far left newspaper clled nz herald, there is an article about Vlad in Moscow having a range of Maori perfums and shit. Complete with models with scribble faces. Vlad said that it flying out the door and was a top seller. So well in fact, that they are paying heaps in royalities.
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July 12, 2018 6:42pm
- Nostradamus
  
  ‘Maori Collection’ fragrances stuns Kiwi shopper in Moscow
  
  An Auckland woman was horrified to find “Maori Collection”-branded perfume while holidaying in Russia, dubbing it a gross example of cultural appropriation. The woman, who did not wish to be named, found the fragrances being sold in a chemist in an underground mall near Red Square in Moscow.
  
  Sounds like a do-gooder.
  
  They were all cheap body sprays that would have cost about $12 each to buy, she said. The woman said she checked out the back of the packaging and was surprised to find that the designer behind the scent was actually Italian.
  
  So an Armani fragrance at $12 Ti Tiriti prices – a bargain!
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:49pm
  - realityczech
    
    “woman was horrified to find “Maori Collection””
    
    She must really hate Maoris. Probably a Nazi.
    
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    July 12, 2018 6:55pm
  - softail 1450
    
    Nostradamus,,that will have all the troughing komatua screaming from the hilltops about cultural theft from the best culture on the planet,,,,,,
    
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    July 12, 2018 6:55pm
    - realityczech
      
      Imagine if the Italians and French performed like that over people referencing their culture.
      
      The arrogance of Maori agitators is beyond description. The average Maori would probably be a bit flattered by it. This sort of bullshit is why Maori language and culture is not getting the uptake it might otherwise.
      
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      July 12, 2018 6:59pm
    - Nostradamus
      
      Softail:
      
      The NZ Herald journalist managed to quote:
      
      – Senior Lecturer – School of Māori Knowledge (Massey University): “[She] said in this case the issue was not entirely clear cut”.
      
      – Lecturer – Cultural Anthropology (Victoria University): “Colonisation was ongoing in many ways and was responsible for structural, social and economic inequalities that people still faced, he said”.
      
      Surprisingly, the spokesperson from the School of Māori Knowledge (who knew we had one?) was more measured and sensible than the hand-wringing cultural anthropology lecturer.
      
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      July 12, 2018 7:00pm
      - UrbanNeocolonialist
        
        Wouldn’t it be cool to see:
        Lecturer in Maori violence studies.
        Professor of Maori slavery practices.
        Phd topic: Cultural adaptations of Maori enabling rape torture and murder of other humans.
        Assistant lecturer in Maori resource over-exploitation and eradication of NZ native fauna.
        
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        July 12, 2018 8:53pm
softail 1450

R C…How could the German voters support Merkel for another term when she is responsible for single handedly screwing that Country?
I lived there in the 80’s and the German people were always moaning about all the Greeks and Turks being let into the Country,these were hard working imigrants that just wanted to succeed , now Merkel has allowed 2 million lazy mainly muslims into the Country that just want welfare
cheques, that place is as fucked as Great Britain
for all the same reasons…..
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July 12, 2018 6:48pm
- realityczech
  
  The Germans are brow beaten from cradle to grave because of the war. Even though no people have paid a higher price as a result of the war.
  
  This is deliberate pay back. There are forces that want Germany and all the rest of European culture eliminated. They are even bold enough to say so openly.
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:53pm
krazykiwi

Hey DPF … what’s happened to our post counts? They seem to have disappeared.
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July 12, 2018 6:52pm
- softail 1450
  
  Krazykiwi ,my 5 minute post timer hasn’t worked for a couple of weeks, maybe the blog is getting to big for the system.
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:58pm
  - waikatogirl
    
    delete no longer works either.
    Must all have gone on strike along with every 2nd person in this country ?
    
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    July 12, 2018 7:16pm
- nasska
  
  We’ve all been returned to our virginal states KK. 🙂
  
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  July 12, 2018 6:59pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    Struggling to remember ….
    
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    July 12, 2018 7:02pm
    - nasska
      
      Alzheimers does that. 🙂
      
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      July 12, 2018 7:05pm
- realityczech
  
  “what’s happened to our post counts? ”
  
  Relax. Labour have just got the GCSB & SIS doing a quick download. You know – to stop terrorists and stuff. Because they care for us so deeply.
  
  Normal service will resume after the data transfer.
  
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  July 12, 2018 7:03pm
  - nasska
    
    “I love you babe, you go on and hang up first.”
    
    “I love you more snookums, you hang up first. ”
    
    “I love you infinity more, now you hang up first my little sweetheart.”
    
    GCSB: “For fucks sake……both of you hang the fuck up!”
    
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    July 12, 2018 7:10pm
  - realityczech
    
    Laugh it up dear readers. I will remind you Labour have form for this:
    
    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/71357903/former-spy-paid-to-infiltrate-greenpeace-and-unions
    
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    July 12, 2018 7:21pm
Nostradamus

Boy, 5, sparks explosion which starts house fire in West Auckland

The details:

A fire which ripped through a West Auckland home started when a child threw something into a fireplace, sparking an explosion. Kanta Craig said her five-year-old grandson put something into the fire which blew up and caused a fire to spread through the house in Hewlett Rd, Massey, on Thursday morning.

But the investigation is ongoing:

It was too early to know the cause of the fire, a fire investigator said.

Yes, of course, let’s follow all lines of inquiry down a rabbit hole in case we’ve missed something.
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July 12, 2018 7:45pm
- nasska
  
  So long as the inquiry reveals that it wasn’t anybody’s fault all will be well.
  
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  July 12, 2018 7:58pm
- Captain Mainwaring
  
  It’s West Auckland. Who gives a fuck?
  
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  July 12, 2018 8:46pm
Monique Watson

What do you call a sheep with no legs?

A cloud.
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July 12, 2018 8:46pm
Doubledimp

Question: If National increased the Health Budget by 5 billion as they claim, where did all the money go? I heard Chris Bishop claim that under National, nurse got pay rises at twice the level of inflation. So why are they striking?

I suspect (but can’t prove) that money has been spent on more expensive procedures and to attack the waiting lists (both politically set targets), and staffing numbers have suffered a a result. Does the Taxpayers Union produce analyses on the Health Sector to debunk what the current government claims about “underinvestment”?
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July 12, 2018 9:06pm
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  The taxpayers union are not National’s bitch. They do what they believe best. Typically this is more annoying to tax and spend governments than faux-right ones.
  
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  July 12, 2018 10:04pm

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