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November 7, 2018 8:01am
- Longknives
  
  Very Clever!
  Can I do a Clarke Gayford one tomorrow?
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:03am
  - VicParking
    
    If you want to purchase the dress that the PM was wearing during question time yesterday they can be found, second hand, at most op shops. To purchase new they can be fond online at ‘CheapTents.co.nz’
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:26am
- MrTips
  
  They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in your case marquess you got that confused with defamation. I predict this post won’t last long…..
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:05am
  - MT_Tinman
    
    I predict this post won’t last long
    
    That’d be a shame.
    
    Think of all the disadvantaged schoolchildren who had to use dirty shithouses so Marquess could spend all the “working” day making up that comment.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:22am
- Kabull
  
  How on earth did this troll manage to get the first post?
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:07am
  - MCos
    
    You been sitting up all night and missed out, or something?
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:09am
- Swifty
  
  Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:09am
  - itstricky
    
    Insert obligatory quote here about: “Can give but can’t take”
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:14am
    - Swifty
      
      “Can give but can’t take”
      
      Are you a top?
      
      Just what are you trying to tell us?
      
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      November 7, 2018 8:26am
- flipper
  
  Fuck off budbreath!
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:12am
  - itstricky
    
    Insert obligatory quote here about: “Can give but definitely can’t take”
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:14am
- harvey wilson
  
  My main issue with this is that you had 24 hours to come up with this and it just wasn’t all that funny . There was a couple of decent jabs in there – the Chinese script was good but the rest was very ordinary. The left do struggle with memes and humour in general I guess
  
  Better luck with the next time you’re so stung by the accuracy of a humorous jibe at our ridiculous government that you stay up all night crafting a response.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:17am
- softail 1450
  
  Marxist ,its easy to see what you did all day yesterday after picking up your benefit.
  Next time please try to come up with your own idea instead of being a lazy leftie and plagiarizing someone else’s work ,that is a form of bludging which i suspect you have done all your life ,aye.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:17am
- MCos
  
  I had a look at the original post before it got pounded into oblivion and some of the stuff was mildly amusing, but not as comical as some of the pained responses.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:11am
Igotta Numbum

Today’s immigration conspiracy…

/tinfoilhaton

Not only was the Czech a New Zealand informant against the Hells Angels, he’s a paid informant tied up in the dismantling of international MDMA distribution.

/tinfoilhatoff

(I’m “reading between the lines”)
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November 7, 2018 8:03am
- KevOB
  
  Not bloomin likely. Sroubek is probably a significant distributor not nark.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:26am
  - Rachael Membery
    
    And lucky to still be alive despite being the “World kick b
    oxing champion
    
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    November 8, 2018 10:19am
jp_1983

red wall or blue wave?
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November 7, 2018 8:03am
- tas
  
  I have faith in 538’s forecast. There’s a lot of uncertainty, but I think the outcome will be Democrats comfortably wining the house and (barely) missing out on the senate.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:08am
  - DJ Ward
    
    That was funny
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:11am
    - tas
      
      I’m happy to hear your prediction and reasoning for it. Or are you just going to troll anyone who puts forward a view?
      
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      November 7, 2018 8:14am
      - Colinxy
        
        From what I understand there has been plenty of polling data for the Senate races whereas this has not been true for the House races.
        
        As such, the prediction for the House of Representatives is a lot more tenuous; Nate Silver has even admitted effectively a “I don’t know” in the last few days.
        
        That’s not to say the Democrats won’t win the House; they’ve raised a lot more money than the Republicans.
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:27am
      - tas
        
        Colinxy: Yeah, there are too many house races for there to be good (public) polling. Plus asking a respondent “which state do you live in?” is more likely to get an accurate answer than “which congressional district do you live in?” — many don’t know.
        
        My understanding of the model is that they mostly look at the generic ballot polls (which is effectively measuring popular vote) either nation-wide or state-wide and use that to compute a swing. Then for each district you take the result from last time, add the swing, and see who wins.
        
        That’s probably the best model you can use with with the data available, but it leaves a lot to be desired.
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:37am
      - NewInoffensiveName
        
        http://floridapolitics.com/archives/280382-pinellas-county-republicans
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:19am
  - tas
    
    Downvoters: If you disagree, please explain.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:24am
    - Ed Snack
      
      OK, I’ve already made a prediction and I’ve based it on a comparison with 2016. There is an enthusiasm gap as I see it plus the “shy tory” effect to factor in. I predict that the GOP will increase their seats in the senate to 56-57 and also hold the House with a smaller margin of around +10 – so a small loss of seats but not enough to flip control.
      
      The intriguing bone for me is Florida Governor, it seems rather strange that Gillum is doing so well given that he is under direct FBI investigation for bribery and corruption, and with what has come out so far it seems that he has indeed committed several offenses. He may win – it’s very close and like 2016 there’s a definite unsurveyed pro-Trump vote out there, but whether it is enough isn’t clear.
      
      I don’t think that the pollsters have done enough yet to remove the bias from the methods.
      
      And I freely admit that this includes a bit of guesswork on my part, but we’ll see.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:24am
      - tas
        
        I think that outcome is entirely plausible. Republicans have significant advantages and could easily keep the house and make senate gains. Basically, if the blue wave doesn’t show up (or only shows up in safe blue areas), then republicans will win.
        
        The enthusiasm gap was talked about a lot a few months ago, but I haven’t heard much about it since. I assume both sides are motivated.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:37am
      - All_on_Red
        
        Agree with tas that your pick is possible if not probable ?
        Florida is important because the Governor is able to influence the redrawing of Electoral areas.
        Which is about to happen there.
        Given Floridas influence in the Presidential Election winning the gubernatorial race is very important.
        Gillum is useless too. His mayoralty has been a disaster.
        He won’t be good for Florida
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:50am
      - kowtow
        
        The so called blue wave may be more media / pundit wishful thinking , the bias is palpable.
        
        I think the anti Kavanaugh hysteria and the pro caravan rhetoric from the same crowd may actually help to produce a red reaction , but that’s more a hope on my part and I freely admit my bias.
        
        Having said that there is a reaction going on against the Left Establishment agenda in other parts of the world relating to migration /crime etc Austria , Sweden, Germany, Italy, Poland and Hungary being examples.
        
        I also note that the media are trying to actively discredit the Grenfell Towers Guy folk and yet the excessive police reaction to this “crime” is also only helping to energise the WTF is going on mood.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:55am
    - DJ Ward
      
      Not everybody tells the truth.
      Many Rep don’t talk about being Rep because the left are nut jobs who will attack them for their beliefs.
      They go about their day not expressing their support for the president.
      There are predictions that shift those 538 figures past the margin of error due to this reason.
      Polling is also predicted to more likely poll a Dem than a Rep candidate.
      As in 2016 this is not a Poll, popular vote system. Dems may get 80% in many areas with Reps getting only 51% wins. The Reps still win.
      
      Interesting day ahead.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:30am
    - waikatosinger
      
      I don’t know why they are downticking you either, even if they think your prediction is wrong. It isn’t as if anyone knows for sure what is going to happen.
      
      I would say that the polling methods used are the same ones that predicted a 97% chance of victory for Clinton, and I’m not convinced the pollsters have figured out what went wrong or how to compensate for it. I suspect the polls may be inaccurate and I think it much more likely that they are underestimating republican support than the other way around. I have no idea how things are going to go. However my opinions are as follows.
      
      On the pro-republican side: the economy over there is doing well. Trump has NOT turned out to be the “literally Hitler” disaster that the screaming left predicted which has made them all look silly. The Kavanaugh thing has left a bad taste in everyone’s mouths and motivated the right. And the left has mired itself even more in socialism and identity politics precisely as the popular zeitgeist swings against these things.
      
      On the pro-democrat side: The marginal seats in this election are mostly republican which in theory means it is easier for the democrats to make gains. And the Hillary isn’t around so democrats don’t have to hold their noses and swallow their bile quite so much when they go to vote this time.
      
      How these factors will balance out – I have NO idea.
      
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      November 7, 2018 2:25pm
  - flipper
    
    I once had faith in Silver – until 2016. Now I am cautious, and I remind myself and others that, almost without exception (Roosevelt in the 40s the last?) the party of the sitting President looses House and Senate seats at mid terms. So it is not – whatever way to outcome falls this year – a referendum on Trump.
    Of course the Ardern/Greenie mob and the Dems will it spin it as an “anti-Trump” vote.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:24am
    - Colinxy
      
      There’s a “news item” on Stuff already stating that is a referendum on Trump.
      
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      November 7, 2018 8:29am
    - tas
      
      Bush in 2002 is an exception to the midterm rule.
      
      538 basically called 2016 a tossup (about 70%-30% from memory) when everyone else was saying Clinton had in the bag. I think that’s pretty good and you couldn’t have predicted better using the data available. You’re not going to stop listening to the weather forecast because it rained when they said there’s only a 30% chance of rain.
      
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      November 7, 2018 8:31am
      - Colinxy
        
        A 71% prediction for Clinton winning is not a “tossup”. While not as bad as others were doing (85 to 99%), it still showed a major skew in favour of Clinton.
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:35am
      - tas
        
        Colinxy: Ultimately, the polling data consistently pointed to Clinton being ahead. So any scientific method will have favoured Clinton. Any prediction that favoured Trump would have been based on gut feeling, which is not scientific or reliable.
        
        30% is a high level of uncertainty. I give 538 credit for not being over-confident and doing a good job quantifying uncertainty in 2016.
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:44am
      - Nigel Kearney
        
        If you previously trusted someone’s predictions, it would be pretty weird to stop trusting them just because something happened after they said there was a 71% chance it would not happen.
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:47am
      - All_on_Red
        
        ‘Any prediction that favoured Trump would have been based on gut feeling, which is not scientific or reliable.’
        What bullshit.
        ‘For most of the last four months, the USC/L.A. Times Daybreak tracking poll has been the great outlier of the 2016 campaign — consistently showing a better result for Donald Trump than other surveys did.’
        ‘As of Tuesday morning, the poll’s final forecast for the election showed Trump leading by a little over 3 points, 46.8% to 43.6%.’
        ‘The biggest difference between the Daybreak poll and most other surveys involves what pollsters refer to as weighting, the process of adjusting a poll’s data to make sure it properly represents the diversity of the population. The Daybreak poll uses a weighting plan that is more complicated than most other surveys — perhaps too complex, critics said.’
        http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-usc-latimes-poll-20161108-story.html
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:00am
      - Wayne Mapp
        
        538 were accurate in the overall vote. It was the three seats in the Midwest they got wrong, a total of 150,000 votes made all the difference. Clinton’s “deplorables” statement was enough to tip those states.
        Simple rule, never insult the voters, they might be wanting to vote for you. Her husband would never have have made such an elementary error.
        But as she herself said, campaigning was not really her thing, governing was . Only problem is that you have to campaign successfully in order to govern.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:05am
      - All_on_Red
        
        Heh, I’m not sure Hillary Clinton’s ‘thing’ was governing either!
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:41am
    - Harkman
      
      Silver was somewhat overrated. In 2008 and 2012, he summed the swing state polls and said Obama would win but his technique fell to bits when we learnt that people who would turn up and vote Trump weren’t in the swing state polls. No polling had Trump winning Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:59am
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    That seems realistic to me too. Barring a truly anomalous turnout differential between GOP and Dem voters.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:38am
    - All_on_Red
      
      Actual Early Voting results (not Polling) show both sides are up but (generally) the GOP is up more.(1-2%)
      It’s probably going to come down to which way Independents go.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:04am
  - lastmanstanding
    
    tas IMHO there will be a lot of shy GOP voters and a lot who voted early. I believe the pollsters and others might get it wrong as in 2016 and the Reps will hold both the House and the Senate by a slim margin
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:54am
    - tas
      
      (1) Pollsters may have done things to try to compensate for the so-called “shy tory” effect.
      
      (2) In 2012, it was democrats that outperformed the polls, so I’m not convinced that the polls always favour dems just because they did in 2016. Historically the polling errors have gone both ways.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:04am
  - DifferentPerspective
    
    Yes indeed if one keeps on saying “No path to victory” one day it will be proven correct.
    
    The higher the turnout the bigger the disappointment of the Dems.
    
    I predict more or less no change, a small chance of the house flipping, but as Dems have no policy other than “OMG TDS” and they are modelling a new form of anti-American fascism – the likelihood is that ordinary, decent Americans will begin the drift away from them – they’re ignoring slick Willy’s wise words that “It’s the economy stupid”. The Dems think its about anything but the economy.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:52am
  - Tall Man
    
    Thanks, with all the Czech rubbish I was feeling depressed. You humour fixed that.
    
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    November 7, 2018 11:56am
- MCos
  
  Fed up with the whole bloody thing
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:11am
  - KevOB
    
    The USA is ungovernable.
    Identity politics destroys democracy.
    
    Don’t let that Marxist virus take hold here. MMP is fertile ground.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:28am
    - MCos
      
      NZ is nothing like America on any number of levels.
      Various parts of America are completely different to each.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:19am
      - KevOB
        
        There is a strong turning movement afoot. How did we ever get the COL? This is not representative govt. You cannot have a random sample from a population as an executive government. They need representatives of regions not thoughts.
        
        Would you hire Twyford as a spokesperson for the building industry? Is Marama Davidson anything beyond a street theatre harpy? Did the PM graduate with an understanding of fish & chip shop basic economics?
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:58am
      - DifferentPerspective
        
        True and then again it’s the same also on any number of levels.
        
        That’s the great thing about making such sweeping statements.
        
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        November 7, 2018 10:38am
- Colinxy
  
  It appears that the Republicans will retain and probably increase their share of the Senate.
  
  The House is up for grabs. Even Nate Silver has revised his prediction via Twitter:
  
  “I’m not at all convinced there’s movement nationally toward Democrats—the generic ballot has been very flat. But, they may be closing well in swing districts because of their big spending advantage, which ought to be a bit scary for R’s.”
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:14am
  - tas
    
    I don’t think money buys elections. I don’t like the weight placed on fundraising.
    
    The generic ballot is not a great indicator because it effectively measures popular vote, not who will win each district. It’s only good for detecting trends. I think democrats will win more votes for the house, but that doesn’t mean they will win the most seats due to Gerrymandering. That’s what happened in 2012.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:23am
    - Colinxy
      
      Money usually buys elections. It’s not a guarantee of course. Trump spent a lot less than Clinton for example.
      
      We’ve seen Krim Dotcon and Colin Craig spend a lot of money on elections and achieved little as other examples. But these seem to be the exception rather than the rule.
      
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      November 7, 2018 8:31am
      - tas
        
        I think it’s usually more a case of winners getting lots of donations, than money making winners. The causation goes the other way around.
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:50am
      - Colinxy
        
        To even begin to win an election you need to be noticed, which usually requires advertising yourself somehow.
        
        This doesn’t always require money, as Trump demonstrated; you can troll the left wing media to get attention.
        
        However, the common theme is you’ve got to be noticed first and foremost. In NZ, for example, it has proven quite difficult to get a truly independent party off the ground to get past the 5% threshold. The US is no exception to this requirement.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:11am
      - tas
        
        Yes, money is a necessary ingredient for a successful election campaign. However, as long as both sides have “enough” money to get out there, I don’t think having more makes a huge difference.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:16am
      - All_on_Red
        
        Yep, agree that it’s not all about money. People have to have reasons to vote.
        That probably motivates them more than any ads or yard signs they may see.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:39am
    - Maxx
      
      Having no money loses elections. But there is a point where throwing more money at something will not achieve anything. There are only so many ads that you can buy.
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:00am
    - MH
      
      yeah look at Xi jinping
      
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      November 7, 2018 3:34pm
- NewInoffensiveName
  
  Red Tsunami.
  
  The Republican majority in the House will increase and I would be willing to place a speculative bet in their gaining a 60 seat supermajority on the Senate. More states will have Republican Governors after the election that before. Republican majorities in state legislatures will increase.
  
  How do I know? Republicans have hugely outperformed Democrats in early voting, something that has never happened before. Republicans traditionally turn out more voters on Election Day. Trump supporters do not participate in polls and this trend has become more commonplace among traditional Republican voters. 538’s predictions, Nate Silvers, etc., etc., are utterly useless.
  
  The election is essentially already over, except for the saline flood of leftist tears. This is going to set up the most amazing 2nd half of a presidential term in American history.
  
  Popping extra popcorn! Watch what happens in the USA in the hours between 3pm and 6pm NZT. It is going to be delightful.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:02am
  - tas
    
    Republicans have hugely outperformed Democrats in early voting
    
    Really? How do you know that? As far as I know, the early votes haven’t been counted yet, so no one knows.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:12am
    - NewInoffensiveName
      
      https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412610-gop-affiliated-voters-outperforming-democrats-in-key-states-early-voting
      
      https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-outpacing-democrats-early-voting-key-states-nbc-news-finds-n922881
      
      https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/10/blue-sprinkle-more-republicans-showing-up-in-early-voting-than-democrats/
      
      https://www.paysonroundup.com/elections_2018/early-ballots-show-surge-in-turnout/article_27c1d2ba-8600-55ea-88f9-3a478a3765fd.html
      
      https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/11/02/is-joe-manchin-vulnerable-n2533959
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:17am
      - tas
        
        Thanks. That’s very interesting, but I note that the data is not official and should be taken with a grain of salt just like polls.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:30am
- Rich Prick
  
  Seeing as our media are repeating CNN’s fake crap, here’s what’s more likely. House: democrats pick up 9 or 10 seats giving 226/227 out of 435.
  Senate: easy, Republicans 59 with some surprises such as New Jersey (you can’t be totally corrupt and still win) and quite likely Ohio. In the mid-West I’m picking Missouri, Indiana and North Dakota. Out east, West Virginia and quite possibly Florida. You simply can’t ignore 20/30,000 turning up to Trump rallies in the middle of nowhere day after day. Oh, did CNN not report on those?
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:03am
artemisia

Mr Twyford in the House yesterday gave some insight into the contract with Kiwibuild developers. He said that if Kiwibuild homes bought off the plans don’t sell, the government will buy them from the developer in terms of the underwriting agreement.

The Minister also implied that they may then be onsold at a lower price than the developer received. That sounds like a subsidy to me.

Interesting to know if the same Kiwibuild rules apply in those cases, such as having to be the primary residence for 3 years.

In locations like Wanaka where demand appears weak, why wouldn’t people wait for the government to buy unsold places and then get them at a discount.

If there is a contract in place with the Wanaka developer/s will that remain in place even if there is insufficient demand? What is the risk plan in that situation.

(What? No risk plan? How could that be considered good management?)
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November 7, 2018 8:04am
- jp_1983
  
  Good management is the antithesis of this government
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:07am
  - Maxx
    
    Its almost like they put no thought into the plan. 6 years is obviously not enough time.
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:02am
- Captain Mainwaring
  
  Obviously Kiwislum is not a concept embraced by the good folk of Wanaka.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:30am
  - Paulus
    
    Thought I heard that they cannot sell them in Wanaka – too expensive for those they were destined for.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:34am
- KevOB
  
  Govt doesn’t have risk it has taxpayers to pick up the tabs.
  Should the COL have agreed to underwrite spec builder’s risks? Have they taken the lid off input prices?
  What about the rest of the construction industry? Where’s there fair share of the spoils?
  
  This shows an underlying plan for the COL to ultimately own all the housing stock. The lower orders will have to make do with assigned “social housing”.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:36am
Andrei

Generation Snowflake
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November 7, 2018 8:06am
- Tall Man
  
  In Thailand they blur out the cigarette when someone is smoking in the film. Looks odd when a blurry object heads up to the head the a whole pile of smoke comes out.
  
  Remember the Eta peanuts add…”They’re all nuts in there anyway”.
  
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  November 7, 2018 12:07pm
Scott

One of the mainstays of a Trump Rally is the chance to boo the opposition media. At some point Trump will turn to the media and point to them and say there they are, the fake news media! And the crowd will go, “BOOO!!” Then they will usually start chanting, “CNN sucks!”

Well does CNN suck? To analyse the situation for Kiwi blog readers, and so that you don’t have to, I watched a few minutes of CNN this morning. They had a panel of CNN analysts who tried to be fair-minded. Sadly they failed. That woman who masquerades as a reporter, April Ryan, could not restrain herself from mocking and insulting the president and also his press secretary Sarah Sanders. Given that April Ryan is openly rude to Sarah Sanders to her face at almost every press conference that was all a bit rich!

But here is how CNN truly sucks. They discussed as if it was a perfectly reasonable notion that the Democrats will not work with the president at all if they win the house. That the Democrats will open more investigations into this president. And that the Democrats will try and impeach this president. The only question for them was the timing. Should the Democrats impeach Donald Trump before Bob Meuller’s report comes out or afterwards?

People should realise how truly partisan this is! If Obama was in office would a CNN panel discuss for a second the possibility of impeaching this president?
And what are the grounds for impeaching President Trump? The panel admitted themselves that the economic news is very good. So what are the grounds for impeaching the president? Pursuing policies that he said on the campaign trail that he would do?

That this CNN panel of so-called analysts would matter-of-factly discuss the possibility of impeaching the president if Democrats win the house show how invested CNN is in bringing down this president by any means, fair or foul. That he is the democratically elected President of the United States does not appear to matter a jot to them.

So the conclusion of my analysis is this. CNN truly does suck.
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November 7, 2018 8:06am
- Paulus
  
  CNN is to our media who will bring down the National Party as quickly and as hard as they can.
  It is their mission to support our film star woman President.
  Looking at the analysis of voter in this US election the intentions shown totally and substantially favour the woman’s vote for those under 50 years of age, like here.
  Te patterns are similar as we will see that our Film Star President will win handsomely at the 2020 election in her own right. After all she has a baby or another one before the election. Who the father is will be irrelevant.
  It is our women’s vote that is the only one which matters, has been for years, but more noticeably now that earlier now that the media is feminist run.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:32am
- Batman
  
  Lol Scott, you watched a few minutes of CNN to justify a rant about CNN, disguised as doing us all a public service by ‘analysing’ it.
  
  Pull the other one mate, by this measure I should watch a few minutes of Tucker Carlson and disregard literally anything that comes out of Fox News, I bet you wouldn’t like that analysis! ?
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:01am
- Harkman
  
  So late last night Fox and Friends were discussing how radical the Democrats have become. I quickly changed to CNN and they were the opposite “If a Republican can’t win Pennsylvania’s 1st district, there’s no moderates left in the party” WTF? Swing state electoral cycles. Pennsylvania just had a massive redistricting where all the rural seats now have big poor inner city segments. I bet CNN never said that in 2010 when the Democrats lost the House.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:06am
holysheet

A nun goes into a library and asks for a book on the immaculate conception. The librarian tells her where the theology section is and says to her,
“Are we having a little refresher then sister?”
“No, ” she answered, “I’m pregnant and I want to make sure I get my story right. “
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November 7, 2018 8:07am
peterwn

The Employment Court has ruled that a person dismissed under the 90 day rule must be allowed to remain in the job for one week before leaving. This follows a recently appointed CEO being dismissed under the 90 day rule and being escorted off the premises. To me this seems ridiculous. If I was the Board Chair I would not want to see such a person remain in possession of keys, cheque signing authorities and other delegations – the person could be a walking time bomb.
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November 7, 2018 8:07am
- tas
  
  NZ employment law is such bullshit. This could also apply to a thieving cashier who would get another week to pilfer the register.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:10am
  - peterwn
    
    I think the problem was the employer did not give the CEO any explanation of why he was being let go immediately. Perhaps the Court thought that the CEO should be allowed to leave with dignity unless the employer could explain to the employee why he should immediately leave (eg suspected financial irregularities).
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:07am
Igotta Numbum

“I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of lefties suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.”

Mike Hosking announces his morning show is being extended by 30 minutes.
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November 7, 2018 8:07am
- secondcumming
  
  Thank God for small mercies……that’ll be 30 minutes less of Kerry Woodham then.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:22am
  - igm
    
    Who heard her Labour Party political broadcast on Sunday . . . not only does she sound sick, she preaches left-wing puke as well.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:29am
    - secondcumming
      
      True dat……. once Leighton’s out of there, I’ll be listening to Jonesy on 2GB.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:50am
- VicParking
  
  The torture is not working, extend it.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:47am
MT_Tinman

Saw an ad for a seppo TV show the other day.

It featured what I, at the time, thought was a lesser Great White.

Only later did I realise it wasn’t a shark at all (it would put most sharks to shame) but in fact the Prime Minister of NZ.

What the fuck is the PM of NZ doing advertising seppo television?
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November 7, 2018 8:07am
- Prince
  
  I know I will regret this, but what is seppo TV ?
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:27am
  - MT_Tinman
    
    Seppo = septic tank = yank
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:49am
Sofia

With regard to this Winston-selected Government’s intention for a “planned” transition away from energy dependent at all on fossil fuels by 2050 –
What is the extra percentage of home electricity consumption projected to be, as the population converts from petrol and diesel fuelled cars to electric vehicles?
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November 7, 2018 8:07am
- peterwn
  
  ‘Tis a dream – unless nuclear energy is put back on the table. It could otherwise be possible if there are advances in solar, but even then the amount of energy available per square metre is finite even assuming no clouds.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:36am
  - Paulus
    
    In Cambridge UK the scientists have just produced effectively fusion which if I read correctly wound up to 15,000 times the heat of the sun.
    Early days, but will be not in my lifetime but interesting before the end of this Century.
    It will happen.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:48am
    - Odakyu-sen
      
      Practical fusion power is always 30 years away.
      
      Mind you, it would be a hell of a game-changer if they manage to get more energy out of the system than they pump into it.
      
      Mind you, that neutron flux from all the neutrons spawned from the fusion reaction will do nasty things to the walls of the reactor vessel.
      
      Nuclear transmutation is no laughing matter.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:56am
    - rangitoto
      
      Overhyped. The temperature was 15 million C. Similar to the Sun’s core temperature, Stars have the advantage of not just high temperature but also immense bulk pressure. Earth based plasma reactors need at least 100 million C to get sustained fusion of deuterium and tritium, let alone the proton – proton reaction that occurs in stars. The old joke about commercial fusion reactors being thirty years away is still true.
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:12am
  - Maxx
    
    Megan “no clue, where’s the pies” Woods will start pointing to the work being done on Fusion saying that this will be available in 10 years and fix the problem.
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:05am
- Colinxy
  
  Given the rhetoric of climate heroes like Al Gore who fly around the world to tell you not to fly around the world or use internal combustible engine, it becomes obvious there is no plan to take the general population with them on the same journey.
  
  It seems they want to return to the days of the aristocracy; where only they get the choice of travel and living above the level of subsistence.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:04am
- alloytoo
  
  The last figures I saw indicated that to replace every ICE vehicle with electric would require us double generation capacity. Never mind the fire risks and unique disposal requirements.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:04am
  - rangitoto
    
    It’s not a problem. Only the political elite will be permitted electric vehicles. All others will be required to walk or use bicycles. Bicycles will only be available to approved persons.
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:20am
EAD_TWO

Utterly surreal – 1984 has come to pass in ~~Airstrip One~~England???

5 men arrested over burning a cardboard box in a private back garden after the Prime Minister gets involved and news is beemed all over the world by the MSM.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/108388203/grenfell-tower-bonfire-disrespectful-says-britains-pm-theresa-may

Well I guess the Ryanair “racist” and Newtonards “Klansmen” can be relieved. They’re now no longer global headline news.

The news us “far right extremists” read from the UK is on the far less newsworthy headlines about the minor ongoing Islam rape epidemic and the 124th? stabbing death in London this year.

We should burn this world down and start again – our world has been so corrupted what was once science fiction is now real life.
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November 7, 2018 8:07am
Longknives

It’s been a big week for the shrieking, perennially outraged Left!

Earlier in the week they were screaming for Guy Fawkes to be banned and replaced with some Maori Cultural celebration.
After yesterday’s sad accident in the Melbourne Cup there were the predictable ‘Ban Horse Racing’ cries flying round Facebook and Left Wing Media.
Oh and now I read they are boycotting Ballantynes or something because the catalogue had (Shock/Horror!) an all white family on the cover!

What miserable and pathetic lives those on the Left must lead.
So utterly consumed by hatred for any European traditions or culture….
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November 7, 2018 8:11am
- DJ Ward
  
  Yes how dare the man sit while the woman has to stand. Don’t they know the modern family requires the woman to sit and the man to stand.
  
  No that’s wrong too. Then he’s being dominate. Shit let’s just go all feminist and remove the father from the family picture altogether. There fixed.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:18am
- MCos
  
  I saw a couple of comments on the Ballantynes catalogue, but they were more about how weird the picture on the front is.
  Looks like something out of the ‘50s except blokes back then most certainly wore socks with a suit.
  In fact nobody has socks! Maybe the shop doesn’t sell socks.
  Maybe nobody’s wearing socks in Paris this year?
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:26am
- softail 1450
  
  L K, and Garner is screaming for a law to ban smoking in cars with kids ,,,,FFS what moron thinks its ok to smoke with children in the car,
  Next Garner will be asking for a law to stop parents beating their children to death, or stopping driving on the wrong side of the road, Garner is a fool, how does he keep that job???
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:26am
  - Jules99
    
    Unfortunately there are low-lifes who do this. I saw a woman smoking in car with the windows closed – a baby next to her in the carrier on the front seat. Although I doubt a law would stop these idiots.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:04am
- Jules99
  
  I saw comments about the type of family (i.e. two parents with their children) being ‘outdated’. Not in my world. And I have to say, I have family in Christchurch just like that. Mum, dad and two kids, dressed up for Christmas, nice tree – very typical in my neck of the woods. Interesting how this is not ‘diverse’ enough for progressives.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:02am
- Morrissey
  
  Au contraire, mon ami. It’s “the left”, i.e. the progressives and liberals of society, that treasure Europe’s great legacy of scholarship, freedom of speech and thought, the rule of law, and democracy.
  
  It’s the right that seeks to trash all of those things, as shown most starkly by the massive, systematic program of voter disenfranchisement by the Republicans.
  
  https://theintercept.com/2018/09/06/florida-voting-rights-restoration-felons/
  
  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/felony-vote-disenfranchisement-kentucky-florida.html
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:08am
  - Ed Snack
    
    Total bull, NYT times as a source, you mean the Democrat daily ?
    
    And one can understand why the Democrats are so keen on ensuring that criminals vote, it’s one of their key constituencies and one that their representatives are usually charter members of.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:33am
    - Morrissey
      
      I despise the New York Times more than you do, my friend. It has been a source of the most absurd conspiratorial nonsense about “Russian meddling” for more than two years now.
      
      It’s the establishment paper, which means it parrots the establishment line. It’s always been a conduit of “leaks” from the CIA and FBI and other government departments, and it’s been a reliable supporter of the U.S./U.K. rape of Iraq and Afghanistan.
      
      So, yes, you’re correct to view its editorial line with suspicion and skepticism. But unlike the Clintonistas’ hysterical “Russian meddling” allegations, this stealing of votes scandal is a fact, an irrefutable fact.
      
      Note that my second link was to the rigorously independent Intercept.
      
      I despise the weak, confused, and hypocritical Democratic “leadership” probably more than you do. They’ve laid the groundwork for much of the horrors being perpetrated by the Trump gang.
      
      But Americans have a choice. Deep down, I think you will agree with the renowned Allan Nairn….
      
      “…for years, I’ve been documenting how many of the senior Democrats are complicit in war crimes, how they belong in prison. But we are now in an emergency situation in which there is a huge, fundamental difference between the Democrats and the Republicans at this moment. The Republicans would abolish democracy. They’re looking—because that’s the only way they can perpetuate their power. They have a minority of the votes. They have to rig the system so they can stay in power, as their minority of votes diminishes over time. The Democrats, their interest is in maintaining, even expanding, democracy, because that will help bring them to power. ”
      
      https://www.democracynow.org/2018/11/1/allan_nairn_the_us_is_facing
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:53am
igm

Sickening to hear media now attempting to undermine Beauden Barrett because of goal kicking record (which if one checks statistics) is not too bad.
Seems they are trying to influence racial based selection and Beauden is the wrong colour.
This type of crap has not been evident since a particular Tv/radio journalist has been conspicuous by his absence.
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November 7, 2018 8:12am
- Morrissey
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  You’ve just written the most idiotic post of the day. It’s only nine a.m. but take the award, chump—it’s the only one you’ll ever win.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:11am
  - Morrissey
    
    Here’s your award, you hapless chump….
    
    Howler of the Day
    No. 9: igm
    
    Seems they are trying to influence racial based selection and Beauden is the wrong colour. This type of crap has not been evident since a particular Tv/radio journalist has been conspicuous by his absence.
    
    Howler of the Day is a series designed to highlight the most deranged, crazed, bizarre, paranoid, stupid, mindless, ignorant posts on the Internet. It is compiled by Hector Stoop, for Daisycutter Sports, Inc.
    
    1: Chris R (“Brash is NOT a bigot”); 2: Lucia Maria (“No need to read Chomsky”); 3: DigNap15 (“Trump comes across as a very caring guy”); 4: UpandComer (“Clintons…murder…sex crimes…ritually satanically sacrificed…); 5 realityczech (“Brash, Hosking, …. see Maori as equals”); 6 Gosman (“The US has invaded relatively few countries since 1945.”); 7 RF (“struggling to express my outrage at the whoring of the baby”); 8 rightoverlabour (“as for Kavanaugh, I hope he sues your arse.)
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:18am
  - igm
    
    The only idiot here is you Breen. You are, and always have been a arsehole, and like your forebears, a wimp!
    
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    November 7, 2018 12:40pm
    - Morrissey
      
      Just take your award and whimper in a ditch, fool.
      
      Come back when you feel better.
      
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      November 7, 2018 4:43pm
- Salacious Crumb
  
  If it comes down to a single kick to win a RWC final who would you prefer to be lining it up; Barrett or Mo’unga? The last Lions series is a good indicator.
  
  Look at Owen Farrell’s or Handre Pollards percentages in comparison; far superior to our kickers.
  
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  November 7, 2018 5:32pm
secondcumming

We were watching a rather disturbing doco last night on ‘rhino-horn poachers’ in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal.

Gone are the days of black savages running around in loin-clothes, armed with spears and machetes. Now it’s full Camo, AK47’s and Chainsaws.

Even though China has recently clamped down on the importation of illegal ivory, demand on the black-market there has soared.

My missus made the comment that what we should do, is tell the Chinese that *Radical Muslim’s Testicles* are an Aphrodisiac……..5 years tops, they’d be extinct.
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November 7, 2018 8:13am
- Morrissey
  
  What about thick white racist New Zealanders’ testicles? What about if we put YOU on the list?
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:21am
  - secondcumming
    
    Too late son. I’ve convinced the wife of that already 😛
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:43am
    - Morrissey
      
      Nice reply, mr Cumming. Keep up the good work!
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:55am
  - Padriv Ustoev
    
    You are very invorrect. Islam is not a race
    
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    November 7, 2018 11:31am
- kowtow
  
  China and conservation?
  
  ‘The government is allowing scientific and medical uses of tiger bone and rhinoceros horn after banning them and their trade for 25 years.’
  
  Funny had this been the Nips there’d have been outrage.
  
  https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2171506/safeguards-needed-china-lifts-ban-rhino-and-tiger-parts
  
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  November 7, 2018 2:23pm
holysheet

Is the drunken dwarf in witless protection?
I only ask because with all this shit going down about the ILG decision that he said he agreed with, why is he not here to help his show pony out of a hole.
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November 7, 2018 8:13am
- Captain Mainwaring
  
  More important that he was at Flemington watching his good looking horses. Average looking show pony can wait.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:35am
  - VicParking
    
    He also fitted in a complete change of embalming fluid so he will now be ok until to 2020 election.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:51am
  - Morrissey
    
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    Cap’n, you sad old, envious old, rude old git. Why don’t you just admit it: you desire Jacinda in the same way this writer, i.e. moi, desires Jessica Alba, and you hate the playboy Gayford because he has more style and panache and popularity—and money—than you could even imagine.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:37am
    - pentwig
      
      What a sick man you are Morrissey!
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:21am
      - Swifty
        
        Its always sex with him – he just can’t help it.
        
        Sleazy.
        
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        November 7, 2018 11:39am
    - softail 1450
      
      morronissey = twisted old fuck…
      
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      November 7, 2018 11:17am
      - igm
        
        He is a POS, and possibly still attends Labour indoctrination camps . . . filth!
        
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        November 7, 2018 12:41pm
      - Morrissey
        
        Did somebody say “twisted old fuck”?
        
        http://media.beam.usnews.com/1d/47/d7f5a173446899808909a5efb751/170202-donaldtrump-editorial.jpg
        
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        November 7, 2018 4:53pm
Sofia

• In granting Sroubek residency in presumably his now correct identity, did Minister Lees-Galloway just transfer his name across or was a completely new application made with fully new documentation?

• The Deputy Prime Minister has voiced support for the Immigration Minister over his decision to grant a convicted criminal from the Czech Republic residency.
 Winston Peters says he has reviewed the case and is comfortable with the outcome, telling RadioLIVE that criticism over Minister Iain Lees-Galloway’s decision is unjustified because people don’t know the details of the case.

The deputy PM said he’s read over the case and is fully satisfied with the minister’s conclusion.
 “There is an enormous amount of precedent for a minister to make a decision like this, and one of the things that is bound with the decision is the privacy issue, because it goes to the very safety of the people involved,” said Mr Peters.  – news hub

Like a whole family put under witness protection

Winston – the disaster-mind behind the Coalition.

And then relate all this shit – not having the full and proper facts – to the absolute lack of consultation and advice in the decision to ban off-shore gas and oil exploration, and not following due course of process in that, like putting it before Cabinet.

The policy was apparently agreed at a confidential meeting of three MPs, and then announced. The three authors were unaware that their covert plan was (a) illegal and unenforceable and (b) financially and environmentally disastrous – because all the normal protections for bureaucratic advice were by- passed. No formal consultation was undertaken with the industry or anybody else. The plan was not considered by the cabinet or any other constitutional organ of government. This was the worst example of autocratic and unaccountable governing since the days of “King Dick” Seddon. – Barry Brill, former Under-Secretary of Energy, a former president of both the New Zealand Manufacturers Federation and the Electricity Supply Association – https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2018/11/a_good_submission_on_the_oil_and_gas_ban_bill.html#respond
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November 7, 2018 8:14am
Biscuit

Sad news…

Youngstar, Muntahaa and Red Cardinal didn’t bothering to trouble the photofinish operator in yesterday’s Melbourne Cup.

I have sat my puddytat down and told her ‘Times are tough. And Kentucky Fried Cat are offering top dollar for fresh meat…’

Sniff, eh?

Do you think I might apply to Winston for a tax break on the pretty horses I backed?
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November 7, 2018 8:14am
- Tarquin North
  
  If it’s any consolation, my get rich quick at the races plan also crashed and burned horribly. I was forced to seek solace at nearest pub.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:35am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Put puddytat into training and recoup your losses.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WH6KE9cCy8
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:11am
  - Biscuit
    
    Good idea, Maggy!
    
    Mind, it worries me what Google searchwords you used to find such a clip, ha.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:58am
  - Komata
    
    Maggy
    
    And in a similar vein (You’ve probably already seen it)..
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTwJzTsb2QQ
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:14am
  - Tall Man
    
    Send that to Gareth Morgan. It proves cats aren’t entirely useless.
    
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    November 7, 2018 12:23pm
  - Sam
    
    Make felines great again !
    
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    November 7, 2018 12:24pm
Happychappy

Barry Soper is not happy the Coalition is getting a hiding over the residency of the criminal giving the Goverment a hiding but wants to bring National back into the news by saying that the two major headaches for the Coalition will be finished with by the weeks end and as much as National want to rid themselves of the JLR saga it will be the news by the weeks end. These Journalists want to get a life and learn some humility if they would rather give the Coalition a free ride in corruption over sex taps that are being pushed by two mentally ill fuckwits.
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November 7, 2018 8:17am
- RF
  
  I suspect there must be an overseas trip coming up and Soper wants to be included so he is sucking up to Ardern.
  
  Oh wait…. I forgot APEC.
  
  Silly old me…
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:44am
  - Paulus
    
    Shortly after APEC it is to Poland for the next photofest on Climate Change.
    Then home for Santa.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:51am
    - sooty
      
      After doing their chrissy shopping in Harrods?
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:38pm
- LTA1955
  
  Barry got a wack/slap from Simon Bridges the other day on ZB which was priceless when Barry’s whiny little questions got kicked into touch.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:47am
  - Souvlaki
    
    Soper and his consort have the same degree of neutrality towards National that CNN does towards Trump.
    Less shrill than Tova O’Brien…but every bit as prejudiced against National as WO Blog has become !
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:04am
  - lifesgood
    
    What sort of man walks around with a squeaky voice like that? Talk about an idiot going into media. Does he not realise what he sounds like?
    
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    November 7, 2018 3:36pm
    - sooty
      
      I think his voice suits the labour party shrill that he is!
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:37pm
- KevOB
  
  Worse is yet to come if ILG’s dilemma is shown to have affected the lives of some top dogs.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:50am
Hugh Pavletich

… The bursting Australian housing bubble …

Soaring listings, credit concerns cloud Melbourne, Sydney housing market outlook | afr.com … behind paywall …

https://www.afr.com/real-estate/soaring-listings-credit-concerns-cloud-melbourne-sydney-housing-market-outlook-20181106-h17kcv

Falling investor and owner-occupier demand is prompting economists to predict deeper falls in the key Sydney and Melbourne housing markets than they expected six months ago.

Prices in the two largest cities are now falling at an annualised rate of 10 per cent … read more via hyperlink above …
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Sydney’s housing market downturn could end up being the longest on record … Sydney Morning Herald

https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/sydney-s-housing-market-downturn-could-end-up-being-the-longest-on-record-20181106-p50e7h.html

Sydney home prices have fallen 7.4 per cent over the past year, according to CoreLogic’s latest Home Value Index, the steepest annual percentage decline since February 1990.

As seen in the chart below posted on Twitter by Cameron Kusher, Research Analyst at CoreLogic, prices in Australia’s largest and most expensive housing market have now fallen 8.2 per cent from their cyclical peak 15 months ago, making this the fastest downturn in over three decades, at least in this point in the price cycle. … read more via hyperlink above …
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… To rate as ‘affordable’ detached housing should not exceed 3.0 times annual household income (median multiple) … with apartments pricing being about 70% of detached or therefore 2.0 times gross annual household incomes (median multiple) … to illustrate … refer latest Houston Association of Realtors monthly report …

MLS Press Releases and Archive – HAR members – HAR.com

https://www.har.com/content/mls

Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: All Editions

http://www.demographia.com/db-dhi-index.htm

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… When can we expect the politicians of Australia and New Zealand to do as their betters (the public) are telling them … by JUST ALLOWING affordable new housing to be built … that’s all …

New Zealand Issues Monitor – Concerns about housing grow

https://www.ipsos.com/en-nz/new-zealand-issues-monitor-concerns-about-housing-grow
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Google NZ Search News ‘Hugh Pavletich’

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=hugh+pavletich&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjymcjzhsDeAhWVXSsKHVItADEQ_AUIDigB&biw=527&bih=468
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November 7, 2018 8:18am
- hmmokrightitis
  
  Inquiring minds:
  
  Hugh, does the thought of housing make you horny baby?
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:01am
  - MCos
    
    If you think Hugh gets a hard on writing about the housing market I wonder what you make of the fixations some other people have here.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:40am
    - hmmokrightitis
      
      Hughs a bloke???
      
      Who knew!!
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:50am
    - MH
      
      leave the Asians alone
      
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      November 7, 2018 4:01pm
      - sooty
        
        Even twitford hates hughie!
        
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        November 7, 2018 10:36pm
- Cobolt24
  
  Trademe listings are soaring for properties in Auckland, 13,076 today, was 13,061 late last night, and the day before it was 12,977
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:06am
  - Cobolt24
    
    13,085 at the time of posting
    
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/browse/categoryattributesearchresults.aspx?134=1&136=&153=&132=PROPERTY&122=0&122=0&49=0&49=0&29=&123=0&123=0&search=1&sidebar=1&cid=5748&rptpath=350-5748-
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:28am
    - Hugh Pavletich
      
      Cobolt24 … People and businesses do not hang around to get taken to the cleaners ! …
      
      Millennials ditching the Big Smoke for the regions … Brittany Keogh … Sunday Star Times / Stuff NZ
      
      https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/108033743/millennials-ditching-the-big-smoke-for-the-regions?cid=app-iPad
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      Why are New Zealand homes so pricey? It has nothing to do with avocados | Charlie Gates | Stuff.co.nz
      
      https://i.stuff.co.nz/business/property/106789344/why-are-nz-homes-so-pricey-it-has-nothing-to-do-with-avocados
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      Govt criticised for moving slowly on Auckland growth boundary | Michael Daly | Stuff.co.nz
      
      https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/105295016/govt-criticised-for-moving-slowly-on-auckland-growth-boundary
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:48am
      - Salacious Crumb
        
        Hope the millennials aren’t ditching the “big smoke” for the most economically prosperous region in NZ. Ardern has single handedly screwed that region and primary industry.
        
        Wonder what other areas of the economy her supreme Thickness can vandalise..?
        
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        November 7, 2018 5:40pm
      - Hugh Pavletich
        
        CHINA / HONG KONG Chinese specufestors mass defaulting on apartments – MacroBusiness Australia
        
        Posted at … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/11/chinese-specufestors-mass-defaulting-apartments/#comment-3220736
        
        Chinese specufestors mass defaulting on apartments – MacroBusiness
        
        https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/11/chinese-specufestors-mass-defaulting-apartments/
        
        Have a listen in to Roger Montgomery on the on ABC yesterday here. Fast forward to Sally at 24 minutes who is a realtor managing some large settling apartment blocks in South Bank, Melbourne. Her story of Chinese buyers left high and dry should give everyone pause for what’s coming down the pipe in terms of defaulting developers and forced stock sales:
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        New Territories home prices that surged most in Hong Kong’s property boom are falling faster in the downturn … South China Morning Post
        
        https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2171941/new-territories-home-prices-surged-most-hong-kongs-property-boom-are?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-property&utm_content=20181107&MCUID=19eb6fad92&MCCampaignID=1850226e7b&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=1
        
        • New Territories flat prices have dropped more than 10 per cent since August
        
        • Agents expect the decline to continue
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        In latest sign Hong Kong is shifting to a buyer’s market, auctioneers having trouble selling foreclosed homes … South China Morning Post
        
        https://www.scmp.com/business/article/2171430/latest-sign-hong-kong-shifting-buyers-market-auctioneers-having-trouble?utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailchimp&utm_campaign=enlz-property&utm_content=20181107&MCUID=19eb6fad92&MCCampaignID=1850226e7b&MCAccountID=3775521f5f542047246d9c827&tc=2
        
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        November 7, 2018 7:21pm
      - Hugh Pavletich
        
        Sydney’s Housing Crash Could End Up Being The Longest On Record | Zero Hedge
        
        https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-06/sydneys-housing-crash-could-end-being-longest-record
        
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        November 7, 2018 7:53pm
      - sooty
        
        Sneaking in and posting after everyone has gone to bed, hughie!
        
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        November 7, 2018 10:34pm
- BassilFawlty
  
  Perhaps start your own website rather than making a nuisance of yourself here.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:35am
stoptheboats

M A G A ! Wait until the Dems find out all their trump derangement syndrome efforts did not work, mental hospitals will be booked out with Bernie Sanders Youth.

On a different note, what will Judas Lee Ross have leaked today to Tova the Rover?
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November 7, 2018 8:22am
- Cobolt24
  
  We have to wait and see, I wouldn’t be sure of anything just yet, but it could certainly be like 2016.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:08am
- artemisia
  
  Judas Lee Ross. Pertinent. Sad but funny.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:06am
- Tall Man
  
  Tova the Rover..
  
  Are you saying she’s an unreliable ride?
  
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  November 7, 2018 12:27pm
peterwn

So Simon Bridges has put the JLR episode behind him and told the media he is not discussing it and moving on. Presumably he thinks JLR and his mates have no more decent ammo to fire. The last revelation actually showed Simon and co were trying to help JLR, despite Cam Slater claiming that National had been un-caring when JLR was briefly admitted to a mental health facility. A few employment relations ‘experts’ considered Simon had ‘mishandled’ things but the end result does not bear this out.
So JLR now has a seat in the rear corner of the Chamber and is now effectively a political zombie until his time is up in 2020. He cannot ask National anything at Question Time, his vote is meaningless, and he is only going to get the very occasional speaking slot, but then what can he talk about apart from re-hashing old issues. Meanwhile the world has moved on.
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November 7, 2018 8:23am
- Prince
  
  Every tape so far has Bridges in a good light, apart from the Pugh comment. If Slater had one that damned Bridges he would have used it by now.
  
  Worst aspect of this is most Nat supporters would not accept a Collins leadership now as it would demonstrate Slater wields some power.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:34am
- KevOB
  
  JLR has now got the incredibly lonely independent back bencher seat–speaking rights close to nil.
  He will be lucky to find a seat in Bellamy’s.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:54am
  - Inandout
    
    JLR and his recording devices will be treated like the plague, and best avoided. I wonder what juicy stuff a fly on Cindy and Jethro’s wall would hear, especially with ILG on the other end of the phone?
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:28am
  - peterwn
    
    The last Nat MP like that was Mark Blumsky. He did not fit in as a MP, despite being a reasonably successful Mayor. He knew his number was up at the following election but the Nats had a strong reason for him not to resign mid term and so he loyally sat the term out. He found it a lonely and miserable experience despite still being nominally a member of the team. JLR will find it even more so.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:43am
VicParking

If you want to purchase the dress that Cindy was wearing during question time yesterday they can be found, second hand, at most op shops. If you want to buy one new try ‘TentsForAll.co.nz”. Warning: wearing in public causes most dogs to start backing uncontrollably.
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November 7, 2018 8:32am
- KevOB
  
  I thought she effected style for a change. Modified 1830?
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:56am
- Jules99
  
  Perhaps someone needs to give her a copy of the new Ballantynes catalogue.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:13am
- MCos
  
  What are you doing looking at dresses in op shops, Vic?
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:42am
  - VicParking
    
    I was waiting by the dresses looking to see if you were turning up again to the used female underwear dept for your daily sniff.
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:44am
stoptheboats

Premier House days of our lives-
Cindy arrives home for dinner after another horror flouncey QT defending Imam ILG. ” hi Partner Klark , oh no not fish again please”?
Gayfidd – ” yep sorry Girlfriend, but Kneeve and I got delayed getting by Paula’s briefing on Womens Affairs” anyway gobble up before Huawei techs arrive to fix your phone
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November 7, 2018 8:36am
MrTips

Um…where has the stunning contribution from marquess gone? Lol.
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November 7, 2018 8:38am
marquess

Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
Oh dear, that didn’t last very long! Something something humourless snowflakes ?
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November 7, 2018 8:38am
- MrTips
  
  You twat. Parts were funny but most of it was defamatory. You don’t seem to know, or care for, the difference.
  
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  November 7, 2018 8:42am
  - marquess
    
    Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
    Bollocks. Everything in there was referencing recent news events. If kiwiblog gave a shit about defamation, you wouldn’t see sly references about Clarke Gayford or the identities related to the summer camp issues.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:47am
    - KevOB
      
      Until Labour comes clean with the facts expect more.
      
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      November 7, 2018 8:59am
    - hmmokrightitis
      
      I asked Jethro if he knew who this Clark Gaylord fellow is. He shook his head and snorted.
      
      Well, I say snorted, but…actually that’s possibly misleading. Maybe not. I couldn’t comment.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:04am
    - itstricky
      
      If kiwiblog gave a shit about defamation
      
      Yep massive double standard on show there. And, as I posted, a lot of poor souls, lost in the snow, who can give but can’t take.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:25am
      - hullkiwi
        
        Dipsticky, go ask Muttonhead about slandering National party people over on the Strandit.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:39am
      - Inandout
        
        itstricky, speculation grows in the absence of facts.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:43am
    - Captain Mainwaring
      
      Marquess, you obviously have little understanding of how the REPORT function works.
      Now let’s see how long Morris Dancer lasts this morning.
      
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      November 7, 2018 9:40am
      - MCos
        
        I read that post before it was removed.
        I’ve seen far worse than that on this forum.
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:50am
      - Morrissey
        
        Morning Cap’n. How’s that bile problem of yours coming along, old chum?
        
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        November 7, 2018 10:13am
    - Longknives
      
      Marquess-
      So are we allowed to talk about Clarke Gayford or not? (I’m not sure what you mean by ‘sly references’)
      This person certainly seems to enjoy thrusting himself into the limelight at any given opportunity! So why can’t we discuss his character?
      The double standard around Gayford just blows my mind..
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:43am
      - marquess
        
        You can certainly discuss whoever you’d like. But the number of defamatory rumours and insinuations in comments about him puts a lie to kiwiblog caring about defamation
        
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        November 7, 2018 11:30am
      - Swifty
        
        marquess – agreed.
        
        I’m not a fan of this innuendo and rumour.
        
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        November 7, 2018 11:33am
    - Tall Man
      
      Sly, can’t you fucking read properly? They look pretty clear to me.
      
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      November 7, 2018 12:30pm
Sofia

The government has announced it plans to spend $35 million over the next four years refurbishing 15 electric trains, extending their life by 10 years.

And – Transport Minister Phil Twyford said the electrification of the main trunk line had to be on the government’s horizon.

However Twyford himself destroys the credibility of that with –
“It may be that we skip electrification and move straight to hydrogen fuel trains, but that’s work that’s yet to be done, but we certainly want to get the bulk of KiwiRail’s operations off diesel and onto renewable sources.”
https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/369862/complete-rail-network-switch-key-to-carbon-footprint-reduction-expert

And the overall question remains –
While Genesis moves to import coal to generate energy, what percentage of power in the national grid does the Winston Ardern Government estimate will be needed as the country converts to electric cars and extends electrification of railways?

Or, as Twyford mentions hydrogen powered trains, Winston has granted a $950,000 investment to Hiringa Energy, a Taranaki company, to develop zero emission hydrogen transport fuel, but that will be from water, split into gases by electricity, while the more normal source of hydrogen, natural gas, will remain beneath their feet.

Hansard yesterday – David Seymour:
If the electricity market will be back to normal by December, why has Genesis Energy ordered four shipments totalling 120,000 tonnes of Indonesian coal to be delivered between December and February?

Probably because they are going to need it … and a shit-load more
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November 7, 2018 8:41am
- KevOB
  
  I love hydrogen as a fuel. It sneaks through metal like a two year old without reigns. Powerful combustion proven with a Zeppelin–the talk of the early mid 2oth century. Also put men on the moon to decide the green cheese problem.
  
  Should be fun to design refueling stations and lightweight little bomb cases to carry it around in crowded cities. Good testing space still around Wigram.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:11am
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    That hasn’t stopped Ford manufacturing and designing hydrogen Fuel internal combustion engines for shuttles buses and other
    
    vehicles,https://www.drivingthenation.com/ford-launches-production-of-hydrogen-internal-combustion-engines-for-delivery-to-customers/
    
    Obviously a rapidly developing and evolving technology much like electric and hybrid vehicles with continuing improvements and refinements.
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:56am
    - KevOB
      
      People are free to bash their heads against brick walls too when only their own safety is at stake.
      You don’t mess with contained hydrogen or worse still leaking hydrogen–poof-bang-zeppelin.
      
      I am hopeful that other solutions apart from green dreams are going to appear shortly.
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:12am
      - All_on_Red
        
        Can you explain why Honda, Toyota, Hyundai and now BMW are all manufacturers of Hydrogen cars?
        Why (very litigious) California has 30+ Refuelling stations. Has 30 more on the way, with a plan for a total of 100.
        If Hydrogen is so dangerous, why are they doing it?
        I’d genuinely like to know.
        
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        November 7, 2018 10:39am
      - Random T Person
        
        All-On-Red, it’s called virtue signalling.
        
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        November 7, 2018 12:13pm
    - Tall Man
      
      Ardern is a liar.
      
      steffy is a girl.
      
      steffy works at Fraser House.
      
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      November 7, 2018 12:36pm
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    Hydrogen is a very difficult fuel to contain.
    It would be better to react it with carbon dioxide to form methane or other hydrocarbon fuel.
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:01am
    - Inandout
      
      Od, John Cadogan sums up hydrogen fuel better than many could.
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa6MGVmkvO8
      
      I love this comment:
      “Hydrogen is the future of travel!” – Lead engineer on the Hindenburg
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:23am
    - kowtow
      
      I find it hard to contain.
      
      ‘A typical fart is composed of about 59 percent nitrogen, 21 percent hydrogen, 9 percent carbon dioxide, 7 percent methane and 4 percent oxygen. Only about one percent of a fart contains hydrogen sulfide gas and mercaptans, which contain sulfur, and the sulfur is what makes farts stink.’
      
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      November 7, 2018 1:45pm
- Cobolt24
  
  The train in the RNZ article picture is the DX class diesel-electric, introduced in the 1970s, all except one which was written off in an accident is still running, tough old American made things.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:28am
- hullkiwi
  
  Ask, Climate Change/Two mums Shaw that question. He doesn’t have a clue either, but he wants the whole fleet of cars in NZ electric by 2038.
  
  Now, where is Two pie woods with her energy plan….?
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:42am
  - stephieboy
    
    hullkiwi,
    
    “..he wants the whole fleet of cars in NZ electric by 2038.”
    
    And why not?
    
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    November 7, 2018 9:58am
    - Captain Mainwaring
      
      Electric car buyers are bludgers. Getting free use of the roads because of no road user charges, and depleting everyone else’s electricity reserves with no penalty.
      I am so looking forward to the next few years when all these virtue-signallers who bought second-hand Nissan Leafs find out that their batteries have no life left so the car will have to be scrapped because it’s worthless due to the cost of a new battery.
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:15am
      - big bruv
        
        Captain
        You may get your wish sooner than you think. Here in Auckland the exemption for EV vehicles to use the T2 and T3 lanes has been removed. The sanctimonious pricks in EV’s now have to wait like the rest of us.
        
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        November 7, 2018 10:50am
    - Tall Man
      
      Ardern is a liar.
      
      Steffy girl is a labour party troll.
      
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      November 7, 2018 12:46pm
    - hullkiwi
      
      Stephie, let me spell it out simple for you:
      Electric cars:
      Only useful if you live in Ponsonby/Grey Lynn & you want to be seen going to Farros to buy your litre of coconut water, almond milk and pack of quinoa. No good if you live beyond Mt Eden/Ponsonby/Grey Lynn & have a family. The cars are expensive to buy, carry very little and do not have a long useful life. Live in the sticks and they are useless, and expensive.
      To make electric cars attractive to buy, 2 mums Shaw is trying to come up with schemes that will penalize buyers of lifestyle/trade vehicles versus electric cars under the pretence it is good for the country (while ignoring the impact on the economy) – an impossible pipe dream.
      Electricity supply
      NZ has more than 4 million cars, fewer than 1% are electric, NZ doesn’t have plans to provide sufficient capacity to power 4 mill vehicles – do you have any ideas when or where that capacity will come from.
      
      Added to which we have:
      1. the only government in the developed world that has embarked on an immediate programme of reducing exploration for fossil fuels without viable alternatives; and
      2. Announced transport programmes that will have even greater pressure for electricity, that will be required to come from sources we do not have yet.
      
      That is why Shaw’s dream of an electric car fleet in NZ by 2038 is rubbish.
      
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      November 7, 2018 2:27pm
- jcuk
  
  Ignoramous who do not know the difference between a train and a locomotive.
  Like the media who refer to carraiges being derailed when it is a freight train 🙂
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:22am
- rangitoto
  
  What’s the point of hydrogen as a fuel? You either produce it by electrolysis of water or reforming of coal gas or natural gas. It’s just a middle man which is difficult to deal with. Just power stuff directly using either electricity or fossil fuels.
  
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  November 7, 2018 11:19am
lastmanstanding

Some random thoughts and observations

When I started following politics 50 years ago blue collar workers supported Labour and white collar workers supported National. Their wives usually voted the same way as the men although in my house my Mother and Father sometimes cancelled each other out. He was a white collar worker who supported Labour and she always supported the Nats.

Now it seems many of the affluent support either Labour or the Greens or both whilst many lower paid support the Nats.

A question. Has or will our Government sign up to Chinas Belt and Road Initiative. The Aussie Government seems to be concerned to sign but the Victoria Labor Government has signed an MOU.

IMHO we don’t want to get too close to the Chinese they will use and abuse us if we do.

I would rather get closer to the US and UK our traditional allies and have a foot in both their camps if the ballon goes up rather than relying on the Chinese.
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November 7, 2018 9:01am
- stephieboy
  
  The first thing to understand is that China is our main exporting destination followed by Australia. America third, Japan fourth and so on..
  
  The US under Trump is not very conducive for expanding trade given his Tariff policies. The UK is another thing altogether.
  
  Our trading objectives should be based on where it works not idle fears and fancies,
  
  http://www.worldstopexports.com/new-zealands-top-trade-partners/
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:46am
  - EAD_TWO
    
    A semi articulate one – jusy how many Stephiegoys are there?❗
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:31am
    - Tall Man
      
      steffy girls.
      
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      November 7, 2018 12:49pm
    - stephieboy
      
      EAD TWO and Tall Man , go and visit your shrinks!
      
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      November 7, 2018 12:52pm
      - Tall Man
        
        Oooh a cutting comment.
        
        Testy today at labour hq are we?
        
        Ardern is a liar
        
        Steffy is a girl.
        
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        November 7, 2018 2:16pm
- wiseowl
  
  LM
  Interesting discussion on Credlin last night about the B&R issue.
  The MOU that Victoria signed was signed in secret at the behest of the Chinese.
  It was claimed that the Government have already signed an agreement , once again in secret, but Credlin is looking in to the claim.
  She said she believed NZ had signed.I can’t remember but think it is a wrong move.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:30am
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DON’T DESPAIR. THERE IS HELP OUT THERE.
SOMEONE WILL COME.

PIZZA HUTT: 0800 83 83 83

DOMINO’S: 0800 30 40 50

HELL PIZZA: 0800 666 111
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November 7, 2018 9:08am
- Biscuit
  
  secondcumming, I have never ever in my life ordered a delivered pizza.
  
  Mind, with alternative options like Thai, Chinese, Japanese and even your run-of-the-mill Feeshincheeps and American, whyever would I wanna bother with such cr*p, eh
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:04am
  - jcuk
    
    I did once in Portland Oregon when no food shop around and preparing for a train journey by coach to Chicago. Don’t think those nos. would have helped me 🙂
    
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    November 7, 2018 10:32am
Captain Mainwaring

So Mallard and Brownlee are coppimg a bit of flack over their weekend junket to Tokyo.
But I see a bright side. The expense would have been well worth it if Brownlee used the opportunity on the plane to drum into the duck a few wise words about how the Speaker’s role should be conducted.
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November 7, 2018 9:38am
- Biscuit
  
  It’s a tough job – stuck on a plane with either Trev or Gerry would not be MY idea of ‘fun’ – but SOMEONE has to scope out the things our representatives can get up to when Parliament relocates to Japan at Rugby World Cup time next year.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:07am
- cmm
  
  Once they’re away from the beehive, they’re all mates.
  
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  November 7, 2018 11:09am
- Paulus
  
  Ardern and Co are all at some hack prophet’s anniversary at Ratana this afternoon !
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:59pm
wreck1080

It seems to me the electricity reforms are not preventing what they were supposed to prevent.

Although, it doesn’t help the greenies object to all new power generation except solar and wind.
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November 7, 2018 9:38am
hullkiwi

Seems, Prinzess Tooth Fairy Jacinda is going to have to try harder with her comms.

Seems despite Twitford’s and Haywards’s efforts to paint National as the nasty party (something Labour parties the world over do when confronting a questioning opposition), their rhetoric hasn’t worked. This can be seen in Jane Clifton’s piece in this week’s Listener is pointing ot what everybody else has observed about KiwiBuild – it is housing with subsidy for the middle class…. read the attached link.

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/how-kiwibuild-turned-into-a-pr-disaster/ar-BBPpx2E?ocid=spartandhp
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November 7, 2018 9:51am
Manolo

The hopeless Phil Twyford:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/how-kiwibuild-turned-into-a-pr-disaster/ar-BBPpx2E

This PR debacle is what happens when politicians get addicted to photo ops while boasting and swaggering under hard-hats on building sites.

KiwiBuild was rhetorically styled as Savage’s second coming, but it was always a rather more limited and expedient operation than simply housing people on low incomes.
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November 7, 2018 9:58am
- kowtow
  
  Over on interest.co.nz where the readers seem to be quite lefty they don’t seem happy with New Zealand taxpayers building subsidised housing for immigrants.
  
  Labour losing its own base ?
  
  Te he he.
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:40pm
stoptheboats

I see WO have put up a none- too- subtle post on cage diving. Is Invercargill heading for a by election?
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November 7, 2018 10:14am
- secondcumming
  
  I watched the doco on cage diving in the Chatham’s earlier this week. It’s amazing what the smell of old burley attracts.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:53am
  - Tall Man
    
    Winston you mean?
    
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    November 7, 2018 12:51pm
Swifty

These migrant exploitation cases seem to be coming thick and fast recently:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/108411598/waikato-cleaning-company-and-owner-to-pay-37500-for-staff-exploitation

It seems to be migrants ripping off their countrymen and women time after time after time.

If it was me, I’d throw the offenders straight on the boat back home. No ifs nor buts.

Might spread the word that residency here is a privilege that can easily be removed,
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November 7, 2018 10:47am
- Inandout
  
  It works in Bombay.
  
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  November 7, 2018 11:49am
- big bruv
  
  Don’t ya just love multiculturalism.
  
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  November 7, 2018 12:02pm
  - stephieboy
    
    big bruv , yes I do too!
    
    You can give a bulletproof assurance that nothing like this occurs amongst Honkeys?
    
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    November 7, 2018 12:32pm
    - Tall Man
      
      Correct. I remember the labour party exploiting interns recently.
      
      Is that what you meant?
      
      Ardern is a liar.
      
      Steffy is a girl.
      
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      November 7, 2018 12:53pm
    - Longknives
      
      ‘Honkeys ‘is a bit racist and unneccessary Stephieboy..
      
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      November 7, 2018 1:39pm
- kowtow
  
  The UK seem to have a big problem with “modern slavery”
  
  They also seem to have a big problem with the ethnic minority types who are engaging in it . Quite a few seem to be well educated.
  
  Goes to show you can take the man ( or woman ) out of the shithole but it seems you can’t take the shithole out of them.
  
  I suppose it’s what’s the left call the diversity dividend.
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:37pm
Cobolt24

It’s on! Some data on the senate has come in, it’s still early days, expect a lot more info to come in a bit after 3pm.

https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=midterms&rlz=1C1CHBF_enNZ798NZ798&oq=midterms&aqs=chrome..69i57.888j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Link isn’t working, just type “midterms” into google to see.
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November 7, 2018 12:03pm
cmm

What’s this bullshit that Labour want to drop the English language requirement for teachers.

If you are not proficient in English then you should not be a teacher.
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November 7, 2018 12:10pm
- Tall Man
  
  Seems their interns lack the same ability.
  
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  November 7, 2018 12:54pm
- DJ Ward
  
  My nephew had to spend a year in a maths class with a teacher who could hardly speak English. He has recently dropped out of school because he saw no point staying.
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:39pm
- rightoverlabour
  
  Actually, I have some sympathy with this. I know of many South Africans that can’t “prove” they went to an English school and have to sit these tests, when their English is fine. A good number of New Zealand trained teachers would not pass these tests.
  
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  November 7, 2018 9:10pm
DifferentPerspective

And …. there goes the “popular vote” bullshit line

Looking forward to a cartoon of John Stringer tomorrow eating his own ass – early votes counted show GOP voters 1% ahead of the DNC mobs across the nation.
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November 7, 2018 12:33pm
- DJ Ward
  
  I can’t wait for the emotional rollercoaster, the shock and enevitable sobbing. The lonely walk in the woods with Clinton.
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:28pm
- howitis
  
  Stringer will probably change by tomorrow 🙂
  
  At one stage he was National party member for 25 years and candidate in 1999.
  Then he switched to the:-
  Conservative party
  and now ???
  
  Stringer was a ‘great defender’ of Colin Craig telling us what great guy he is:-
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/69658282/Inside-the-Conservative-coup
  extract:-
  …He was a defender of the leader on his own blog, back when others were mocking Craig about wacky moon landing and chem trails theories. He wrote: “You don’t own five successful businesses and one of New Zealand’s largest commercial property empires worth billions in assets in your 40s by being an idiot.”…
  So it is good to know Colon Craig is a multi billionaire. NZ has so few.
  I did not know that!
  
  and then …
  Colon Craig was the enemy of Stringer to the point of going to court to do battle
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/97938617/Details-emerge-of-defamation-case-settlement-between-former-Conservative-Party-members
  
  Clearly Mr Stringer is not a very good judge of character so his views of people are through soft lenses.
  His Trump Derangement Syndrome might be cured by 2 aspirins and a good night’s sleep, or some of Canada’s finest Canuck Green. (that is weed John, not a political party you can join!)
  
  He was a Anglican minister or cleric or pastor or whatever with one church
  and then …
  he wasn’t
  
  So whatever he says on Tuesday
  he will probably say different on Thursday
  
  The only thing that appears consistent with Mr Stringer is that he will keep producing really lousy pictures he calls cartoons.
  
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  November 7, 2018 2:55pm
  - Captain Mainwaring
    
    Stringer is a dick. I can’t figure out why DPF gives him space on his otherwise brilliant blogsite.
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:30pm
stephieboy

Something for shared rejoicing,. The unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest point in a nearly a decade ,

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/business/336328/unemployment-rate-falls-to-eight-year-low

Cindy has got to be doing something right, surely!
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November 7, 2018 12:34pm
- Tall Man
  
  Please explain the policies that were implemented by labour that has caused this fall?
  
  I’ll give you time to seek clarification from labour hq as we all know you won’t have a clue.
  
  Ardern is a liar
  
  steffy is a girl.
  
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  November 7, 2018 12:56pm
  - DJ Ward
    
    The millions spent on Refuge etc. Lots of new jobs for social science degrees. They may be employed but GDP per person has probably reversed bigly.
    
    Blame Trump.
    As China seeks non tariff goods NZ trade is increased.
    
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    November 7, 2018 1:34pm
    - Tall Man
      
      As I said, what labour initiatives have occasioned this?
      
      18 kiwibuilds….nope
      
      Extra flights to Nauru….nope (Air Force pilots already employed).
      
      Film crew to film New York jaunt for the election campaign to come…nope, a US crew.
      
      Ahh, I get it. 153 working groups for unemployable labour hacks. That has to be it.
      
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      November 7, 2018 2:20pm
      - stephieboy
        
        Tall Man, who cares!
        
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        November 7, 2018 2:21pm
- Longknives
  
  I know Westfield St Lukes have been forced to hire extra Security staff…
  That might explain at least some of this Stat?
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:37pm
Manolo

Dealing with the opposition Muslim-style:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/more-than-200-mass-graves-of-is-victims-uncovered-in-iraq-un-says/ar-BBPpYV4

The United Nations says more than 200 mass graves have been found in parts of Iraq that were controlled by Islamic State (IS).

The graves are mostly in Iraq’s north and range in size — the smallest grave holds eight bodies, while the largest contains thousands. The biggest grave is in a sinkhole just south of the city of Mosul, which was held by IS for three years, until mid-2017.
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November 7, 2018 1:46pm
- kowtow
  
  Western gubmint do gooders’ reaction.
  
  “The people who did these terrible things are in need of our help . Let’s rehabilitate them ”
  
  https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/isis-wouldbe-recruits-can-be-rehabilitated-dateline-on-sbs-tv-investigates/news-story/3f12f49d6bb65cf1052023d01aac17f0
  
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  November 7, 2018 1:58pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Rehabilitate? Why, there’s nothing wrong with them, let’s bring them into NZ asap.
    
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    November 7, 2018 2:22pm
- stephieboy
  
  Manolo, your blinkered approach to world affairs blinds you to the fact that in those mass graves are mainly Muslims, especially Shia and Sunni Kurds.
  
  Doublethink which is holding two contradictory ideas together works well for you!
  
  Where did you get that condition from?
  
  “Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.”
  
  ― John Lennon
  
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  November 7, 2018 2:21pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Sounds like you are describing the typical labour intern eh steffy girl.
    
    Ardern is a liar
    
    steffy is a girl.
    
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    November 7, 2018 2:23pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Did you help put them in the grave? Of course not, you’re just a lazy labour troll so how would you know who’s in the graves.
    
    Only 60% of the iraqi kurdish population are muslims. the rest are either Christians, ezidi or atheists etc
    
    Make from that what you will but I would think that a bit of religious cleansing took place.
    
    Adern is a liar
    
    steffy is a girl.
    
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    November 7, 2018 2:28pm
stoptheboats

where is Bridges today – no QT from him ?
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November 7, 2018 1:46pm
- Paulus
  
  Ratana along with all the other junkies – Ardern included.
  
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  November 7, 2018 2:02pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    PM makes $1.9m housing announcement at Rātana centenary celebrations
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12155973
    
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    November 7, 2018 3:08pm
Captain Mainwaring

The PM and Bridges both missing in action on a Wednesday. What can possibly be going on?
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November 7, 2018 2:14pm
- Monique Watson
  
  Rātana
  
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  November 7, 2018 3:00pm
  - Captain Mainwaring
    
    Thanks guys, I haven’t been paying attention.
    Now I guess Morris Oxford will have another crack at me.
    
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    November 7, 2018 4:15pm
- RF
  
  Yep… Ardern & Simon fronted up at Ratana.
  
  She threw around a shit load of money for Maori housing and presented a family bible.
  
  She is due to walk on water at 4.30 and restore the sight to 10 blind dwarfs….
  
  How can Simon compete with that.
  
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  November 7, 2018 4:17pm
  - Tall Man
    
    She’s probably blaming Sir John Key for blinding the dwarfs as well.
    
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    November 7, 2018 5:11pm
Manolo

Absolute madness and the tragic consequences of embracing the vile religion of peace.:
https://www.msn.com/en-nz/entertainment/celebrity/sinead-oconnor-i-dont-want-to-spend-time-with-white-people/ar-BBPpZHO

The ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ hitmaker recently converted to Islam and changed her name to Shuhada’, which means “martyrs” in Arabic, and has now said she is “disgusted” by people who don’t follow her faith, and now no longer wants to spend time with them.
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November 7, 2018 2:31pm
- Woz
  
  As much as I detest Islam, I don’t think that Sinead O’Connor’s proclamations should be taken as representative. She’s had such terrible mental problems that anything she says is just the raving of a poor mad woman.
  
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  November 7, 2018 3:00pm
  - Inandout
    
    Woz, she is an ideal Muslim fit; insane.
    
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    November 7, 2018 5:46pm
  - Swifty
    
    Agreed, if I was a muzzie I would be publicly distancing myself from her quick smart.
    
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    November 7, 2018 6:12pm
- howitis
  
  Some people get an Apple watch or a Rolex.
  This one uses a cuckoo clock to tell the time.
  
  Interesting that her one true hit ‘Nothing compares to you’ was written by the talented Prince.
  Fortunately he was the right colour.
  
  Perhaps Sinead/[insert today’s name] thinks she is in the Irish movie ‘ The Commitments’
  I’m Black and I’m Proood.
  
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  November 7, 2018 5:18pm
- krazykiwi
  
  One of her recent tweets:
  
  I’m terribly sorry. What I’m about to say is something so racist I never thought my soul could ever feel it. But truly I never wanna spend time with white people again (if that’s what non-muslims are called). Not for one moment, for any reason. They are disgusting.
  
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  November 7, 2018 7:41pm
- Pateke
  
  I seem to remember it was Kim Carnes who sang that song.
  
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  November 7, 2018 7:49pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    She was the “Kids in America” singer
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:50pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    My bad … “Kids in America” was Kim Wilde. Kim Carnes re-made “Betty Davis Eyes”
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:37pm
stinkypete

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/375354/call-for-probe-into-pesticide-banned-by-france-after-illnesses

when the pesticide expert quoted on national radio is a “trained” homeopath

“Meriel gained her PhD at the University of Auckland in 2000 with a thesis entitled Ethical Pesticide Policy: Beyond Risk Assessment. Her bachelors degree in agricultural science was from Massey University in 1973; and in between were Diplomas in Natural Therapeutics and Homoeopathy from the South Pacific College of Natural Therapeutics.”

forehead slap
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November 7, 2018 2:34pm
- DJ Ward
  
  There is nothing wrong with questioning the use of any of these chemicals. Some chemicals from the past were so lethal a single drop could kill a person.
  
  Any product must prove to be effective, degrade into safe chemicals, and not cause harm to humans using it or as consumers.
  
  On that basis it’s wrong to ban something just because it’s a pesticide of herbicide if it meets that standard.
  
  If it doesn’t then I don’t care what a persons background is. I don’t care if they have no qualifications. If it is dangerous we need to quantify the danger and decide on its use.
  
  Don’t shoot the messenger.
  
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  November 7, 2018 4:05pm
  - stinkypete
    
    There is nothing wrong with questioning the use of any of these chemicals. Some chemicals from the past were so lethal a single drop could kill a person.
    
    so not homeopathic then
    
    come on its ironic, someone who rejects science by doing magic as a course has zero credibility
    
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    November 7, 2018 4:32pm
ex-golfer

So NZ First will be proxy voting for Jami-Lee Ross.

Interesting take though – NZF firmly believes and encourages JLR to test his mandate with the voters of Botany, resign from Parliament and contest a by-election.

In the meantime they have accepted a request from him to proxy vote, and will exercise it on the side of the National Party. They say they are doing this as it reflects the clear mandate the Botany voters gave in electing JLR as a National candidate.
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November 7, 2018 4:02pm
- MrTips
  
  Well, he’s no use to Slater and Lusk if he leaves is he? This is slightly ironic in that NZF have to due process a vote to National, probably the last thing Peters would ever want to do, even though its a proxy.
  
  Our politics is really going off the rails, just like everywhere else.
  
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  November 7, 2018 4:23pm
- ex-golfer
  
  This is interesting from NZF.
  If they believed in their Waka Jumping law so badly they should have refused the approach from Ross.
  This may have forced Nationals hand to use the Law and force a by-election.
  By accepting and exercising the Ross proxy NZF has effectively restored the proportionality in the House back to that as it was elected – does this mean that National can not use the new Law?
  
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  November 7, 2018 4:23pm
  - KevOB
    
    It only means that independent MP JLR can be counted among the voters while not actually present. His status does not change.
    
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    November 7, 2018 4:46pm
  - fluffykiwi
    
    Winnie trying to be the senior statesman and will say that he organised things so that the proportionality of the House remained. Trying to give himself a bob each way in the future.
    National for goodness sake rule out working with NZ First while Winnie is in charge.
    
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    November 7, 2018 8:54pm
Doubledimp

One News tonight, government looking at decriminalising drugs for personal use. That would explain a lot of the COL’s decisions, it’s like the Schnapps Election in slow motion.
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November 7, 2018 5:35pm
- nasska
  
  No need for McCoskrie the Mad or his loopy followers to commit hari kari yet. From One News’ website:
  
  …..’Drug Foundation executive director Ross Bell believed the government understood that treating drugs as a health issue rather than a criminal one was the right way to go saying the report provided economic impetus as well.”……
  
  So it’s only the Drug Foundation having another chip at the granite. Labour & the Greens may give indications of backing reform but they lack the guts to follow through.
  
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  November 7, 2018 5:44pm
  - waikatogirl
    
    Zoe Swarbrick was banging on about it in the House today to a lot of empty seats.
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:38pm
Swifty

I don’t want to seem mean-spirited here but:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12155973

1. Is this the Crown supporting a church? Is that a proper thing for a secular government to be doing? Does this then set a precedent that other ‘churches’ will now clamour for?

2. Is this a straight bribe/payback for Ratana support? Is it appropriate for Labour to just hand out taxpayer cash on a whim? What were the criteria for eligibility for this handout? Were other ‘churches’ considered?

So many questions……..

Edit: added link
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November 7, 2018 5:41pm
- Longknives
  
  Why does Ardern always stoop and stare at the ground? (Most Political leaders have good posture and stand upright)
  Any ‘Body Language’ experts able to help?
  
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  November 7, 2018 6:21pm
  - RF
    
    A trait used by compulsive liars…… they cannot look you in the eye…..
    
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    November 7, 2018 6:54pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Bit late in the day to be bothered about the relationship between Ratana and the Labour Party
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/ratana-and-labour-seal-alliance
  
  There was a wee bump in the relationship when Tariana threw a hissy, but Labour has learnt their lesson and won’t be taking Ratana for granted again.
  
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  November 7, 2018 6:53pm
  - Swifty
    
    Understood.
    
    I look forward to National gifting millions to the families of the Employers Federation when next in and expect complete silence from Labour voters.
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:01pm
RF

My dear wife and I were watching TV tonight when 3 pies Wood started burbling about how the hydro lakes contained sufficient water and there would not be a power crisis.

I did my usual thing and shouted at the TV telling 3 pies to go forth and multiply.

My wife said that Wood deserved a far more appropriate title… “Puffer Fish”.

I always knew I was not the intelligent one in this marriage.
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November 7, 2018 6:16pm
- Longknives
  
  Only 3 pies?
  And does this woman know freaking anything about our Hydro lakes??
  
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  November 7, 2018 6:22pm
- Tall Man
  
  But…are you the tallest..it is important 🙂
  
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  November 7, 2018 7:40pm
- michael_s2
  
  My wife calls her butterball.
  
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  November 7, 2018 10:01pm
Happychappy

The vile Journalist’s from the hub are not happy that they haven’t been able to have National call a coup on Simon Bridges Leadership after all the muck they, JLR, and the moron Blubber have thrown at him so now they have set up a story with the help of a Electoral Law academic saying that he could go to jail over the donation scandal if found Guilty. In over 45 years of following politics in NZ I have never seen MSM show so much hate for a political party like National have been targeted and these fuckwits are supposed to be neutral in penning columns on politics.
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November 7, 2018 6:21pm
- Longknives
  
  They are pretty desperate alright.
  I used to work closely with the Media and have plenty of contacts.
  They all know about the real reason the Czech is being protected-Will any have the guts to break the line and report it??
  
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  November 7, 2018 6:24pm
  - Tall Man
    
    They are very scared of Simon Bridges and for good reason I think.
    
    Not because he is really good but Ardern is really bad.
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:38pm
  - MrTips
    
    LK: if the reason is the truth, then they must report it. If it involves political leverage as many have alluded to, then its even more important they report it.
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:51pm
    - sooty
      
      None of the kindy writers have the balls to write the truth as they will not get any squrriel photos!
      
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      November 7, 2018 10:18pm
krazykiwi

OMG – I’ve just been subjected to AirNZ’s latest safety video. Online at home, not in the sky.

But the prospect of having to put up with the wannabe-nyc-gansta music crap masquerading as so-very-kiwi is truly horrific.

Every week.

…. Every week.

…………..Nooooo!!! I want ear plugs.
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November 7, 2018 6:53pm
- itstricky
  
  gansta music crap
  
  LOL. Only someone completely unaware of music for the past 40 years could call that (famous) track ‘gangsta’. Not that I, personally, think it’s any good however. I’d definitely agree with your ear plugs.
  
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  November 7, 2018 6:59pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    70’s and 80’s … then it all went south. Fabricated bands. Black rap culture overload. (shudders).
    
    Nope, give me Pink Floyd, Bowie, or even modern Trance & Progressive. Just spare me Kiwi’s trying to act and sound like the grew up in the Bronx 😉
    
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    November 7, 2018 7:11pm
    - itstricky
      
      70’s and 80’s … then it all went south
      
      That (famous) track is 80s. Very 80s. There’s an obvious clue as to what it is staring you right in the face, just like I am.
      
      The original is the legend it should be. That “cover” made in the name of returning your tray table to its upright position? Well, let’s just say it shouldn’t go any further than the confines of the flying tin can.
      
      Bowie? Certainly. Pink Floyd? Sure, but as long as you don’t bang on and on about how revolutionary they were…
      
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      November 7, 2018 7:41pm
    - nasska
      
      I always had you picked as a “Mass Choir singing 50’s Gospel” type of Godnutter KK.
      
      Are you telling us that you surreptitiously listen to ACDC under cover of head phones? 🙂
      
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      November 7, 2018 7:44pm
      - Pateke
        
        Glory be I fly air chathams with clip boards to check in and no flight briefing other than a nice person holds up a card. 6o minutes on a good day, cup of tea and two Tim tams. Bliss.
        
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        November 7, 2018 7:54pm
      - krazykiwi
        
        nasska, just for you (being a country lad and all), here’s bit of ACDC, hillbilly style.
        
        Or perhaps Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus.
        
        Enjoy!
        
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        November 7, 2018 8:48pm
      - itstricky
        
        Are you telling us that you surreptitiously listen to ACDC under cover of head phones?
        
        And Bowie and progressive.
        
        Heavens above!
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:00pm
      - nasska
        
        “Reach out and touch faith
        Your own personal Jesus
        Someone to hear your prayers
        Someone who cares
        Your own personal Jesus
        Someone to hear your prayers
        Someone who’s there
        Feeling unknown
        And you’re all alone…….”
        
        What a load of bollocks. While you were on your knees having your mind programmed I was enjoying sex, drugs & Rock’nRoll.
        
        Eat your heart out! 🙂
        
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        November 7, 2018 9:00pm
Ross12

One for the IT people. I do not know enough to understand the detail being discussed but I can easily understand the implications of it. I have always thought the voting machines used in the USA had to be dodgy if there was private ownership involved. ( If they are going to be used they should be Government owned and highly regulated)

https://patriots4truth.org/2018/11/06/alert-foreign-interference-of-mid-terms-votes-are-being-counted-outside-of-the-united-states/
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November 7, 2018 10:43pm
Nostradamus

At 5:47am Hugh wrote:

Google NZ Search News ‘Hugh Pavletich’

At 8:18am Hugh wrote the same thing again.

Is there such a thing as Google vanity, or is Hugh suffering from some kind of compulsive masturbation disorder? 🙂
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November 7, 2018 10:56pm
- Swifty
  
  What a wanker that Hugh Pavletich is:
  
  https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=hugh+pavletich+wanker&rlz=1C1GCEU_enNZ820NZ820&oq=hugh+pavletich+wanker&aqs=chrome..69i57.8969j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
  
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  November 7, 2018 11:45pm
Hugh Pavletich

Posted at … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/11/links-8-november-2018/#comment-3220982 … and … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2018/11/rba-apra-politised-bursting-housing-bubble/#comment-3220983

… AUSTRALIA: Why are Aussies such slow learners about simple structural housing affordability ? …

… Not surprisingly … a politically corrupted urban land use system corrupts the finance sector …

… Let the numbers do the talking …

Shocking examples of red tape in Sydney … News Com Au

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/seven-shocking-examples-of-red-tape-in-sydney/news-story/f04576524333009a1c17ff33ccea358e

… extract …

… 5. Restrictive zoning rules add $489,000 to the cost of the average Sydney home and $399,000 to the cost of an apartment.

The shocking effect of zoning on house prices is laid bare in a report by The Reserve Bank of Australia report.

Analysis by Ross Kendall and Peter Tulip presented a “disturbing picture of how much cost has been added to houses and apartments in Sydney”, planning experts said.

“These are massive amounts of money that are clearly impacting on housing affordability in Sydney.

“The problem seems to be most extreme in Sydney as the extra for Melbourne is $324,000 and for Brisbane $159,000.

“Clearly restrictive zoning which is driven by community concerns about change is the biggest component of Sydney’s housing affordability crisis.” … read more via hyperlink above …
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… The median price for detached housing in Houston is currently $ US 232,500 and townhouse / condos $ US 159,450 …

MLS Press Releases and Archive – HAR members – HAR.com

https://www.har.com/content/mls
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Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey: All Editions

http://www.demographia.com/db-dhi-index.htm

DEFINITION OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING MARKET … http://www.performanceurbanplanning.org/

For metropolitan areas to rate as ‘affordable’ and ensure that housing bubbles are not triggered, housing prices should not exceed three times gross annual household earnings. To allow this to occur, new starter housing of an acceptable quality to the purchasers, with associated commercial and industrial development, must be allowed to be provided on the urban fringes at 2.5 times the gross annual median household income of that urban market (refer Demographia Survey Schedules for guidance).

The critically important Development Ratios for this new fringe starter housing, should be 17 – 23% serviced lot / section cost – to balance the actual housing construction.

Ideally through a normal building cycle, the Median Multiple should move from a Floor Multiple of 2.3, through a Swing Multiple of 2.5 to a Ceiling Multiple of 2.7 – to ensure maximum stability and optimal medium and long term performance of the residential construction sector.
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November 8, 2018 4:55am
- Hugh Pavletich
  
  UNITED STATES: Mortgage Applications Plummet To 18-Year Lows As Rates Hit 2010 Highs | Zero Hedge
  
  https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-07/mortgage-applications-plummet-18-year-lows-rates-hit-2010-highs
  
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  November 8, 2018 6:08am
Lee C

But now for the real news!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/08/paddles-first-cat-of-new-zealand-dies-hit-by-car-jacinda-ardern
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