General Debate 12 May 2019

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CJames

With the Herald editor and at least one of their columnists on the Prime Minister’s advisory group, just how much faith can anyone have in what that paper reports. Or is it all free advertorial?
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May 12, 2019 8:04am
- B Phillips
  
  As much faith today as we had yesterday. None.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:46am
  - Rich Prick
    
    I popped into the Herald premium, and apparently Cindy visited a kindy, her tits are oppressed by the white patriarchy over some such and my car only does five polar bears per 100km and Clarke caught an anchorwoman. You’ve missed nothing.
    
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    May 13, 2019 12:09am
    - Rich Prick
      
      Anchovie, but it reads ok as is.
      
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      May 13, 2019 12:12am
- The Feed
  
  Ol’ Bomber breaks ranks with the luvvies:
  
  ” this has the look of a panel of vegans judging a meat pie competition.”
  
  https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2019/05/11/ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-shouldnt-an-advisory-board-to-the-pm-on-censoring-the-internet-require-some-academics-and-experts-on-civil-rights-and-freedom-of-speech/
  
  Free speech? Ho ho. This is about limiting non-official channels. Why would they want free speech advocates?
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:07am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    Indeed; I tweeted this morning that it was getting to be a worry how often I was agreeing with Bomber; he tweeted this earlier:
    
    Martyn Bradbury @CitizenBomber
    5 hours ago
    
    The feral defense of a panel advising PM on censorship of internet is funny & its abuse ironic – the issue isn’t who is in the panel – the issue is that there are no civil rights & free speech academics or activists on it – tribalism aside you can’t seriously think that’s ok???
    
    Bomber’s dead right; Ardern has surrounded herself with a group of people who will tell her what she wants to hear, not what she NEEDS to hear.
    
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    May 12, 2019 12:05pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Ardern has surrounded herself with a group of people who will tell her what she wants to hear
      
      Good…
      then the silly bint won’t be aware of the folks that she has seriously pissed off…
      She’ll be unprepared for the backlash when it arrives.
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:12pm
    - adamsmith1922
      
      My initial thoughts https://adamsmith.wordpress.com/2019/05/12/macron-meets-zuckerberg-to-discuss-censorship-of-internet-and-free-speech/
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:15pm
    - The Feed
      
      Bomber is right. I, too, am somewhat alarmed how often I agree with him.
      
      Most on the left I come across are so tribal they will support the colour red no matter what, and damn anyone who disagrees with their “axiomatic truths”.
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:26pm
      - B Phillips
        
        I’ve always liked bomber, agreeing with him is new though ?
        
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        May 12, 2019 1:20pm
    - RW Capitalist
      
      Why would anyone be surprised.
      After all
      She did it with EVERY one of the “working groups”
      
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      May 12, 2019 2:28pm
      - sooty
        
        A whole 200 of them.
        Stuffed full with sycophants!
        
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        May 12, 2019 3:15pm
Lee C

Will Cannabis Reform go down in history as Jacinda’s ‘Flag Debate’?

I’m detecting a subtle sea-change in facebook comments also about the Government.. The doubt is setting in…
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May 12, 2019 8:06am
- mikenmildagain
  
  Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
  I don’t see cannabis reform being seen as the PM’s personal vanity project in the same way as the flag debacle.
  
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  May 12, 2019 8:10am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    In case you’ve forgotten mikenmild, Labour also campaigned in 2014 about having a referendum on the flag. Yes, their referenda would have been held the other way around, but it was still an issue they were going to the country on. I guess that makes it David Cunliffe’s vanity project.
    
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    May 12, 2019 12:09pm
    - mikenmildagain
      
      Um, no. John Key allowed himself to be personally identified with the flag debate, in a way no other politician did. Lots of people favoured a new flag, but were turned off by the botched process.
      Why Key chose that particular issue to make his signature, I cannot guess. He was wildly popular, but didn’t seem to be able to translate that popularity into making any lasting changes. I think the present PM will end up that way too – popular but not much in the way of lasting achievement.
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:47pm
      - RRM
        
        Speak for yourself, I was turned off by the fact that the concepts presented weren’t very good.
        
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        May 12, 2019 8:15pm
  - RW Capitalist
    
    Then you are blind.
    
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    May 12, 2019 2:29pm
- Justitia
  
  But the wedding. The wedding?!
  
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  May 12, 2019 8:16am
  - sooty
    
    Not to forget pitcures of the squrriels face!
    Are the french going to suprise us with them?
    Will Cindy be out of the embassy with it?
    Protected by the duck inside the gates!
    
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    May 12, 2019 3:21pm
- Humble Capitalist
  
  Unfortunately Lee a lot of us thought there was a sea change many months ago but the polls continue to tell us otherwise. The COL are doing just great – I know cos I saw it on the propaganda at 6 the other night.
  All those people living in their Mitsubishi Gallants 18 months ago now walk past my place in their pinstripe suits with their heads held high. Hack Lame or News Grub must do a follow up ‘where are they now’ story on it.
  
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  May 12, 2019 8:42am
- Gravelroad
  
  To get Grandma and Grandad to accept this “reform” the hypocritical CoL will sooner or later have to address the drug driver issue – not just sweep it under a carpet of weed because stoners are gentle, nice people etc.
  The drug driving advert on TV which depicts a hapless young man covered in milkshake, but uninjured after a crash, is a very slick piece of propaganda which implies drug related accidents
  don’t have the same consequences as drink driving.
  
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  May 12, 2019 8:47am
  - Alien
    
    I think you’ll find some pensioners already smoke it for pain relief.
    
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    May 12, 2019 10:13am
    - Gravelroad
      
      Do they drive while stoned?
      I suppose they do.
      
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      May 12, 2019 10:47am
      - Batman
        
        The survey that came out of Canada last week, following a year of it being legal, showed that daily users are twice as likely to think that driving after consuming weed is safe.
        
        That is what we need to worry about. That core group of stoners rather than the casual users.
        
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        May 12, 2019 10:56am
      - jcuk
        
        Gtavelrpad …….Probably like myself when occassionally I am “impaired” I drive more carefully.
        Particularly in these days of over compensation towards “safety”.
        impaired is not from alcohol in my case.
        
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        May 12, 2019 11:40am
      - sooty
        
        May you get strawberry milkshake all over your head!
        
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        May 12, 2019 3:23pm
  - kevn
    
    @Gravel… The (don’t) drink drive TV ad with the bro’s is more real. Out of it. Or acting to be.
    
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    May 12, 2019 10:44am
  - The Proper Ghandi
    
    Gravelroad
    I have driven whilst being very baked and also while I was drunk. I would never drive drunk again. They are not even in the same ballpark in terms of danger to other road users.
    When reports of “drugs and alcohol” accompany a news report of a vehicular accident, I immediately think to myself that they may as well say “burgers and alcohol” because such crashes are 95% due to the alcohol.
    I don’t advocate stoned driving, but I know which substance is safer.
    
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    May 12, 2019 11:06am
    - Tony Stuart
      
      That’s probably what Jeremy Thompson thought too Ghandi. The truth of course is that he was in no fit state to make a sensible decision, and because of that he took out six innocent people as well as himself.
      
      https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12229570
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:12pm
      - The Proper Ghandi
        
        Tony Stuart
        So what? Fatally for your argument, that guy smoked SYNTHETIC cannabis, which shares a relationship to actual cannabis, similar to that between astro turf and grass. Nice straw man though.
        
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        May 12, 2019 12:17pm
      - Tony Stuart
        
        He also had a significant concentration of THC in his blood, and his partner admitted they had smoked both loose-leaf cannabis and synthetics.
        
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        May 12, 2019 12:27pm
      - mikenmildagain
        
        Anecdata makes me snort. Not snort any substance, just snort in derision.
        
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        May 12, 2019 12:50pm
      - The Proper Ghandi
        
        Tony Stuart
        “He also had a significant concentration of THC in his blood, and his partner admitted they had smoked both loose-leaf cannabis and synthetics.”
        
        This is exactly the point: What does a “significant” amount of cannabis mean? It is always “substance x AND cannabis”. It does not follow that cannabis is the major contributory factor.
        The effects of alcohol are far more deleterious than cannabis, and synthetics are absolute garbage and much more dangerous that actual cannabis could ever be.
        
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        May 12, 2019 12:53pm
      - RRM
        
        “and his partner admitted they had smoked both loose-leaf cannabis and synthetics.”
        
        You don’t smoke the leaves.
        
        (Ok, you CAN, but there’s not a lot of point…)
        
        Hard to take anything seriously in this story when the fundamentals are so wrong…
        
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        May 12, 2019 8:18pm
    - Tall Man
      
      And yet more died stoned than pissed. Who would have thought, certainly not a stoned numbnuts.
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:54pm
      - The Proper Ghandi
        
        Tall Man
        Have you ever smoked weed? If you had, you would know that far from making them numb, one’s nuts tend to become more sensitive. It may be what’s holding you back.
        
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        May 12, 2019 1:32pm
- mandk
  
  I think the referendum might go No, if there is no road side testing.
  
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  May 12, 2019 8:55am
- kevn
  
  @Lee… Well, P use in State Housing has been given the tick (just don’t make it, ok?) so legal use of cannabis had to be next I guess.
  Sorry NZ.
  
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  May 12, 2019 9:01am
- pdm
  
  I see [lawnmower talk is a nono – Mod] is in the Herald again today – so you may be right about the Government being under pressure.
  
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  May 12, 2019 9:15am
  - pdm
    
    Apologies – I was not aware of that.
    
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    May 12, 2019 10:14am
    - krazykiwi
      
      You shouldn’t need to be. The censorship of this topic suggests to me the DPF has been discretely advised to restrain it to obviate the need for any stronger measures.
      
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      May 12, 2019 2:15pm
- Piniwi
  
  Right Lee C this has the potential to be the COL’s biggest own goal as the unintended consequences start to impact before the result. Lest we forget the Green Gang were only accepted by old Winston First in the role of Confidence and Supply so according to him are not truly part of the COL. They are the barter partner that swings to the best deal for them based on the mood inside their own bubble.
  The COL gambled on holding a referendum on legalizing drug use to the general election to improve their chances of gaining votes. While there is potential to lift the turn out rate it might all backfire with a massive turf out rate as never seen before. There is still time for more broken promises even before the new ones start.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:53pm
mikenmildagain

Happy International Nurses Day.
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May 12, 2019 8:07am
Tricati

Happy Mothers Day to all you mum’s
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May 12, 2019 8:09am
Yvette

Adding to “The rural betrayal” –

Shane Jones has said – the rate of commercial replanting over the next 10 years would have a “significant impact” on the 1 billion trees total.

“For example, if the recent 95 per cent replanting rate was maintained over the next decade, this would equate to 770m trees” – Cabinet paper presented last August, by Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones. [1]

This means of course that Shane needs to plant only 230 million trees and he’ll – on his books – count off his 1 billion by planting less than a quarter of that total.

It does also mean, however, that the non-Jones sector will cut down 95% (as stated above) of their mature trees because that is the reason for them replanting anything.
So, in theory, if they plant 770 million trees, they will also fell 731.5 elsewhere – leaving Shane with a effective net number of 38.5 million to add to the 230 million which the cuzzies will plant, if they ever get off their couches – or a grand total of 268.5 million trees

To be honest, and to attempt a transparent integrity – which not all others display – I will accept at one point there may be 1 billion new seedlings or saplings aged 1–10 years old in the ground, but non-Jones forestry will be elsewhere cutting down 95% of their annual re-planted numbers and exporting trees with easily a decade of carbon-collecting maturity still in them.

And, a further point – there is usually the forest management of pruning and production thinning after planting, which reduce the total planted and could whack out about 100 million trees of commercial’s 770m total. And there is a difference between “exotic” trees and “natives” (reportedly less than half as effective) in their sequestering of carbon, which this whole exercise is supposedly about.

However, as a recent unpopular report [2] reveals, all wood products store carbon that will eventually be released at a rate dependant on the type of product and the treatment the wood has undergone.
The report basically seems to advocate: actually reduce carbon emissions, instead of storing them for future generations.

Nuclear power requires seismic protection of the plant and ultimately a resolution of what to do with the waste – a problem projecting into the future.
And the carbon sequestered now into timber, on its future release will be a similar problem, making Ardern’s climate change slogan use of “nuclear moment” more accurate than she would want us to think.

Nuclear waste becomes a problem “down the road”. Sequestering carbon in trees also “kicks the problem down the road”.
Kicking stuff “down the road” is about all this Government does.
Making it a problem for Neve’s generation.

But really what difference will 268.5 million trees make – less those pruned or natives?
Perhaps someone will see through this screen of bullshit – see the trees that aren’t a forest, but stock-piled carbon – and do something about a real solution: reducing CO2 to start with, and not “kicking anything down the road”.
Does Ardern realise the real “nuclear moment” she should be talking about?
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[1] https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12200823
[2]https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/new-zealands-climate-change-policy-too-reliant-tree-planting-report
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May 12, 2019 8:09am
- Yvette
  
  A short story should go with the above comment on trees
  A television cabinet was needed, so a quote was obtained to having one made locally – nice native timber perhaps – but were quoted $2,000 to $3,000. So a suitable imported piece was purchased for $358.
  It is made of stained New Zealand pinus radiata – assembled in China.
  Grown here, felled, exported to China, milled and constructed into furniture, and shipped back to New Zealand.
  
  The Chinese do not say “Hey, do I have a bridge to sell to you”, but instead ask “你想买新西兰木电视柜吗?” – “Do you wish to purchase a New Zealand wooden TV cabinet?” and laugh a lot, as another one of them changes his name to Lawrence Eagleburger and adds it to the Kiwibuild register of interest.
  
  When I die, go out the door
  There it will still sit on the floor
  Lasting longer than me, ever more –
  A time bomb, James, ‘for Shaw’.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:48am
Justitia

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free” Goethe.
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May 12, 2019 8:18am
- itsbob
  
  Good quote. We need to train Trump supporters to read this and see the danger of their current government. Unfortunately, some use this quote to support their “fake news” garbage and seeing progressive government as communism by stealth – both evidence of cognitive defect
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:58am
  - The Proper Ghandi
    
    itsbob
    Please explain your points, rather than making hit and run insults towards a large portion of the population.
    ‘Fake news’ is an actual phenomenon – observe any corporate ‘news’ outlet. They represent reality contrary to how I assess it.
    ‘Progressive’ government is not ‘Communism by stealth’ – it is Communism by overt means, if one cares to pay attention.
    
    “None are so blind as those who will not see.”
    
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    May 12, 2019 11:15am
    - Batman
      
      That is the newer version of fake news.
      
      The original fake news was/is fake news websites and Facebook pages usually set up by the Russians which pretend to be a local new outlet and post all sorts of 100% fake stories. That is how the DC pizza cult story started, as well as the one about Clinton having dementia.
      
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      May 12, 2019 11:24am
      - The Proper Ghandi
        
        Batman
        “…usually set up by the Russians…”
        Do you actually believe this sort of garbage? That is a paradigm case of ‘fake news’. Any evidence? I didn’t think so…
        
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        May 12, 2019 11:44am
      - Ed Snack
        
        The Russians, oh Batman, that’s so 2016/7 ! In fact, far more “fake news” was put out by Democrat associated groups in the Alabama senatorial election that followed Session’s move to be AG than the Russian ever did. The total spend by “Russian affiliated groups was in the order of $100K, the Trump campaign spent significantly less than the Clinton campaign and yet they were committing $120K per hour at key times.
        
        The Russians had an almost insignificant impact except for one thing – their efforts were very significantly enhanced by the Democrats seizing on the bits that were positive for them which were then amplified further by the MSM.
        
        Fake news is Buzzfeed stating that Cohen’s Mobil was detected in Prague, that there was documentary evidence that Cohen had been ordered to lie to Congress by Trump. It’s Schiff’s claims of having ironclad proof that Trump collided with the Russians – as breathlessly repeat d by CNN, MSNBC, the WaPo, NYT, (proof that he somehow forgot to give to the special counsel, funny that…). It’s basically the MSM who, in the words of David Burge, decide which stories to cover, with a pillow until thy stop moving, in case they contradict the Democrat narrative that they are pushing.
        
        To their credit, a few reporters in the US have woken up a little and articles about how they have been wrong for 2 1/2 years in pushing a fake narrative; but really, for the credibility of the MSM it is rather to little and too late.
        
        Of course you’d get none of that in NZ as the MSM here print only the leftist narrative that can be summed up succinctly as “Orange Man Bad”.
        
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        May 12, 2019 11:51am
    - itsbob
      
      Fair point although it is hard to have to admit that a large portion of the population is islamophobic ie confuse islam with jihadism. That is like confusing Christianity with the rape and pillage by crusaders or the way Catholics and Anglicans burnt each other or the rape of boys by priests. A good muslim and a good Christian have no connection with the abuse of religion by those seeking political or personal gain. As for relating the Labour Party and Democrats to Socialists/communists when they are both centrist liberal economic centrists, that is just DOT DOT DOT. As for fake news eg Fox News, the Daily Mail etc, editorialization of news is of course a problem, left and right. Necessary to read widely including outside particular social bubbles.
      
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      May 12, 2019 2:48pm
      - Rachael Membery
        
        So what does it say of Jacinda’s belief systems. She grew up Mormon but it wasn’t her choice, and when she was old enough she discarded it, but it wouldn’t be that easy to discard all of it.
        
        Then Jacinda became President of Socialist Youth as shown in those videos. So are you saying that she has discarded those Socialist values too?
        
        Wasn’t it at College? in Morrinsville that Jacinda espoused that she was going to be PM? So every judicious step has been taken is with that goal in mind since? But she hasn’t meant it? It was just a means to an end because she is actually a centrist?
        
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        May 12, 2019 7:01pm
stinkypete

Sunday trivia

Gonorrhoea is called “the clap” because a traditional treatment was to clap the penis sharply between 2 hands to force out the pus

One for breakfast time . No need to thank me
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May 12, 2019 8:18am
- Jack5
  
  If you want to discuss the etymology of “gonorrhoea” here’s a place to start:
  
  https://www.stdcheck.com/blog/why-is-gonorrhea-called-the-clap/
  
  Or if you want to find about the pioneer research into it:
  
  https://deadscientistoftheweek.blogspot.com/2012/01/albert-ludwig-sigesmund-neisser.html
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:01am
  - Jack5
    
    Since Stinkypete has brought up the subject of VD …
    
    Maori activists in Poverty Bay are trying to “rain on the parade” of the activities to mark Captain Cook’s first arrival in New Zealand.
    
    One allegation they make is that Cook’s crew brought syphilis to NZ.
    
    If so, it was because the Endeavour crew were the first to land and mingle in one of the world’s remotest archipelagos – one where the Polynesian population had been isolated for centuries.
    
    Columbus is believed to have brought syphilis back from South America on his first voyage. Syphilis is sometimes described as the world’s first global disease, and whoever broke New Zealand’s isolation would have introduced it to this country in those pre-condom days.
    
    Cook joins Columbus as a navigator blamed for the spread of syphilis.
    
    As the article linked to below points out, syphilis is a stigmatised disease, and people are keen to blame other countries for it:
    
    https://www.livescience.com/17643-columbus-introduced-syphilis-europe.html
    
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    May 12, 2019 11:19am
    - UrbanNeocolonialist
      
      Syphilis contributed greatly to European ascendancy. It made aristocrats sterile and then killed them, making space for rising talent. Much like lead pipes in Rome created high turnover in upper classes. Effectively limited power accumulation at top.
      
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      May 12, 2019 3:20pm
      - stephieboy
        
        UN, utter codswallop!
        
        For example,
        
        https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2612011/Lead-poisoning-DIDNT-end-Roman-Empire-Tap-water-contained-100-times-metal-spring-water-levels-low.html
        
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        May 12, 2019 6:20pm
- Piniwi
  
  Perhaps stinkypete but back in the day deep in the bowels of Wellington was what used be the VD Clinic. An old fellow cleaner showed us the umbrella like device that was inserted in the infected manly region them opened to drag out the pus. He also showed us the register with his copperplate style record of attendees. Always did admire his penmanship skills but you never really know who you might be working beside or any other skill set they might have.
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:11pm
Happychappy

NZ First Leader Winston First talking to a gathering in Rotorua if you can understand what he is saying to a crowd.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/video/news/video.cfm?c_id=1503430&gal_cid=1503430&gallery_id=206720
Sounds like a full house.
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May 12, 2019 8:21am
- Tall Man
  
  Hard to decide really… do I prefer him asleep or pissed? Seems they are the only 2 options these days.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:21pm
  - Paulus Gnome
    
    Makes as much sense in either state. At least when he is asleep, sunny Jim, he cannot be lying, even down because when he has been observed ‘deep in thought’, he is more vertical, albeit slumped, than horizontal.
    
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    May 12, 2019 1:27pm
- Lizziep
  
  Wow could anyone understand him? Seems like he has had a stroke.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:52pm
- kevn
  
  @Happy… Very small local venue.
  
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  May 12, 2019 5:38pm
Happychappy

Is this the real reason the climate policy was release.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12229813
As usual Jacinda’s way of trying to grab all the attention.
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May 12, 2019 8:25am
- Alien
  
  Isn’t Jacinda in France?
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:14am
  - Happychappy
    
    Before asking stupid questions alien maybe it would help if you read what Jacinda said in the story that was linked. “Ardern said she was looking forward to welcoming Guterres to the country this weekend”.
    
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    May 12, 2019 10:34am
    - Alien
      
      Aww did someone get out of the wrong side of the bed
      
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      May 12, 2019 10:43am
      - Tall Man
        
        Maybe “wake” before you post?
        
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        May 12, 2019 12:19pm
      - Alien
        
        Maybe people should answer questions instead of being dicks
        
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        May 12, 2019 12:28pm
srylands

I think a big problem is not knowing what you are voting for. Details matter. Look at Brexit.

If it is legal to possess but illegal to sell then forget it.
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May 12, 2019 8:29am
freethinker

Why no question on Medicinal Cannabis which is probably widely supported.
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May 12, 2019 8:52am
- Alien
  
  It’s where the focus should be, providing cheaper and more medicinal cannabis products, or allowing easier import
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:15am
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  I though legalizing medicinal cannabis was the point of the referendum in the first place – now it’s morphed into only recreational. Just like pollution has morphed into ‘climate change’.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:46am
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    It’s legal now but it’s not easy to get and so expensive it is out of most people that need it’s reach.
    
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    May 12, 2019 10:55am
- Rachael Membery
  
  Been passed I think already.
  
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  May 12, 2019 7:06pm
Liberty

To set up an industry and sell government regulated dope. To the local dope heads is not the answer.
Simply because the weed will still be grown out in the wops at a more competitive price.
The state will never be able to compete with the current free market distribution system.
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May 12, 2019 8:53am
- artemisia
  
  Compare. The $20 tinnie, already easy to buy and the police turn a blind eye. The $50 ‘tinnie’ all flossied up in smart packaging, loads of tax and paperwork, compliance and testing costs through the roof, pretty shops everywhere, well paid retailers.
  
  No comparison.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:18am
  - Colville
    
    I believe the numbers hat came out of USA were something akin to 85% drop in retail price after legalisation.
    
    Tobacco is $2 a grm …. pot is $15 a grm.
    
    Pot could be double the price of tobacco including an enormous whack of tax and still be a tiny fraction of what it costs today.
    
    The only people that miss out are the gangs.
    
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    May 12, 2019 12:15pm
    - KiWombat
      
      $15 a gram?
      
      Down here it’s $1000 per Kg !
      
      Change your supplier !
      
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      May 12, 2019 12:33pm
  - Piniwi
    
    But artemisia will it be like the California where the administration spent the anticipated tax gains from dope sales before it was collected. Only to find it actually fell short by almost half leaving only extra taxes on the dopes who voted for the mob in control. Sound familiar?
    
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    May 12, 2019 1:20pm
kevn

Just ponder the ballooning NZ child poverty numbers per Dept of Statistics…
2017: 156,000
2018: 183,000
2019: 254,000
and wonder what has gone (unreported) so wrong.
We all know the reasons.
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May 12, 2019 8:59am
- Tall Man
  
  Look to those that profit from “child poverdee” and I think you’ll find the reason for the “growth”.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:17pm
stephieboy

Hidden due to low comment rating. Click here to see.
Maybe the reputable Golf Digest can convince yesterdays down tickers who seem to be impervious to the facts and reality regarding Trump’s cheating at Golf and this truly mirrors his character and personality,

10 astonishing claims from the book detailing President Trump’s cheating at golf

“There have been numerous outrageous tales regarding President Donald Trump and golf, like how Trump awards himself club championships or has built monuments on courses to battles that never took place.

However, Commander in Cheat, a new book by Rick Reilly detailing Trump’s relationship with the sport, makes some stunning—and damning—assertions about the president.

After reviewing the book, here are 10 of the most astonishing golf-related claims about Donald Trump.
Caddies have an interesting nickname for Trump

That nickname would be “Pele.” The moniker came from loopers at Winged Foot who got so used to Trump kicking his ball from the rough into the fairway….’

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/10-astonishing-claims-from-the-book-detailing-president-trumps-cheating-at-golf
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May 12, 2019 9:03am
- Rich Prick
  
  Golf?? Really, that what the left has when nothing else has worked? Jesus wept.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:14am
- Alien
  
  And yet you weren’t able to answer about Obama breaking laws in the lead up to the election. Let’s see a man who cheats at golf or a man who breaks laws as president and receives illegal money as a candidate. Or a woman whose foundation is a criminal front. Give me the cheating gold player any day.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:24am
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    Alien, I did answer you by asking which laws ( and we can add electoral ) did the former President break?
    
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    May 12, 2019 2:22pm
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      And you were answered, maybe a trip to specsavers would assist you
      
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      May 12, 2019 2:33pm
septic skeptic

I think we need to rename this thread. General debate sounds a bit too dynamic for one post after 900!
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May 12, 2019 9:04am
Odakyu-sen

There has only been a single comment on view in General Debate 12 May 2019 for the last hour, so I guess we should all give it an up-tick…
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May 12, 2019 9:06am
- Alien
  
  So? It is mother’s day, the moderators are liking spending quality time away from people bitching to be with their partner and family.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:11am
-D

Zuckerberg is already meeting with Macron.

Where does Jacinda fit in?
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May 12, 2019 9:08am
- Alien
  
  About right, she lets an older man do all the work here and then Swans in to look like she has done something
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:17am
  - Tall Man
    
    Nothing accomplished so no “work” really.
    
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    May 12, 2019 12:14pm
- Tall Man
  
  Hugz?
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:15pm
Hugh Pavletich

CHRISTCHURCH: Big stores turning their backs on Christchurch Malls …

Kmart latest to announce plans as big stores turn backs on Christchurch malls | Stuff.co.nz

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/112375143/kmart-latest-to-announce-plans-as-big-stores-turn-backs-on-christchurch-malls?rm=m

Christchurch shopping malls are facing a shake-up as several big retailers move out of malls and into big new stores.

Kmart is the latest to announce plans, confirming it will leave The Palms Mall in Shirley after 23 years to go to a new store in Papanui.

The move is part of a trend towards big stores wanting independence. Others under way include New World closing its South City supermarket this weekend for a relaunch across the road, and Spotlight’s new build on Moorhouse Ave as it prepares to leave The Colombo by Christmas. … read more via hyperlink above …
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Christchurch’s new central city (stand – alone) New World supermarket opens | Stuff.co.nz

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/112545770/christchurchs-new-central-city-new-world-supermarket-opens
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The inaccessible dead – centre of Christchurch … thanks to the Councils transport anti – car ideologues …

Christchurch restaurant closures prompt fears hardest winter is coming | Radio New Zealand News

https://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/388856/christchurch-restaurant-closures-prompt-fears-hardest-winter-is-coming

Central Christchurch hospitality operators fear they could be heading into the toughest winter to date. … read more via hyperlink above …
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May 12, 2019 9:13am
- Hugh Pavletich
  
  The internal and external ‘flight to affordability’ is gaining momentum … and fast.
  
  Check out the just updated 2019 Section Performance Urban Planning http://www.PerformanceUrbanPlanning.org
  
  Major Government announcements on housing and urban development issues expected mid – June.
  
  Are you informed and prepared ?
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:40am
- Nukuleka
  
  Hugh, each link you post here is interesting to Christchurch folk such to myself but who has read it all when it was originally news- but what point are you making? People will automatically downtick you as they do milkey and steff without even bothering to read your posts because there appears to be no clearly stated point and because the post it too long and rambling. Make a point and make it succinctly. Otherwise we yawn and downtick and pass by with yet another frustraed sigh.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:43am
  - Hugh Pavletich
    
    Nukuleka … thank you for your comments.
    
    Greater Christchurch however is very much the trendsetter … thanks in large measure to the dynamic adjoining Councils of Waimakariri and Selwyn leading the way.
    
    Greater Christchurch is becoming increasingly affordable and functional.
    
    Remarkably, it is now more affordable than Dunedin … check this years Demographia Survey http://www.demographia.com .
    
    And the gap is growing.
    
    The southern extension and northern motorways come on stream early / mid next year … and later in the year the new Lyttelton cruise terminal opens.
    
    Even I’m in awe at the sheer scale and pace of the changes underway here in Greater Christchurch !
    
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    May 12, 2019 11:16am
mikenmildagain

Just a suggestion: maybe we could skip the general debate when no moderators are available.
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May 12, 2019 9:13am
- Tall Man
  
  Go on mikey, you first.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:13pm
simpleton1

Another police investigation.
In Christchurch , Police visit another on a Sunday, and also interview wife and child. Just an air gun .177 in the house.
Then do a major follow up to question him.
Some of the benign questions he was asked by the police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHeA9EQUcqc
[Cross the Rubicon] Since the Christchurch mosque attack I’ve had two visits from armed police
16 minutes 56 secs.

He quietly reviews the police visits, and how he views the politics in NZ and the authorities.
Then the second visit with a whole troop, so the street can be closed off, and then again asked inane questions.

It seems that the authorities want every one to understand and think like themselves. Such power to close any contrary thoughts.
One can gain a part of what he is about by the other videos he has posted.
He is saying no more than what is often said and questioned on this blog!
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May 12, 2019 9:17am
- Tall Man
  
  I am stunned no one else has commented on your post and this video.
  
  I have sent it to Sky News in Oz as we were sitting here watching outsiders on a lovely warm Queensland morning.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:08pm
  - Jax30
    
    Outsiders…the best show on TV
    
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    May 12, 2019 4:00pm
- Alien
  
  The shooting is the new excuse. Just the other day winston said in parliament the reason the discussion paper on roadside drug testing hadn’t been released was because of the shooting in Christchurch.
  
  To people who say just use your real name here to escape moderation, this is one reason not to.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:37pm
  - Rachael Membery
    
    It hasn’t made any difference to me, so no you are right.
    
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    May 12, 2019 8:09pm
- Lizziep
  
  And this is how it starts. With a few intimidating visits by police with guns then again, even closing off the street. Neighbors will be wondering if he is a mass murderer or rapist. Poor chap,that is so wrong, and it could happen to any one of us who is not far left and agree with the unicorn princess and her mob of incompetents.
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:08pm
- coge
  
  I recall in the years following the 1981 Springbok tour, when Police had been issued with equipment and training pertaining to the former red squad etc. These methods were still used regularly when entering various licensed premises in the Wellington region. Being an underaged performing musician, my bandmates, friends and I witness a lot of it first hand. I won’t go on about this, but the end result was very bad PR for the police. There was a great deal of public anger and mistrust created by this type of community policing. In my view, none of it was necessary. It alienated constructive police engagement with much of the public. In subsequent years Police worked hard to change their public image, and I believe they did a commendable job in this.
  
  History seems to have been forgotten, however.
  What we are seeing today is potentially worse, and risks once again damaging the reputation of our police. A positive relationship between the public and the police is essential for justice to be done. And law to be enforced fairly. Mutual trust and respect, so people feel free to engage with police. Generally speaking we are all on the same side here. I believe this is particularly important in the current climate.
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:50pm
  - kevn
    
    @coge… A bit like when Police and MOT blended 20 or so years ago to all become ‘The Police’.
    MOT were generally folk who had failed the police intake standards.
    Lots of friction within the police ranks plus a new distrusting public PR problem.
    
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    May 12, 2019 5:44pm
- Salacious Crumb
  
  This is gut wrenching; especially given the number of people ringing in to the the likes of Sean Plunket with similar stories. Plunket has made numerous requests for interviews. The minister of police will not comment, the commissioner of police will not comment. Why not? And where are our so called media who are so quick to report anything on social media as news?
  
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  May 12, 2019 4:26pm
Paulus Gnome

9.26

One comment in GD

Nice to know all is well with the world or is everyone is having Mothering Sunday off.

I will dust mother later today.
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May 12, 2019 9:28am
- Paulus Gnome
  
  Only mad Dennis could have imagined such a start to GD; what would he have given to be the only comment at head of the page for so long.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:09am
- Paulus
  
  Our’s is Mothers’ Day not the Anglican Church’s ancient Mothering Sunday.
  Sales is all that matters now.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:19am
the deity formerly known as nigel6888

Well so far she’s alienated the oil and gas industry, farmers, sporting shooters, employers, christians, people who care about free speech and landlords. Soon to come, parents and teachers, motorists, the polytech sector and hospitals.

So, so far the only constituency that still roots for her is the primary teachers union, and urban hipsters. Not sure how easy it will be to bring that in as a majority.

It will get worse when tenants start to wake up to why their flat just got sold, and there are no more available at those price points…
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May 12, 2019 9:29am
Tauhei Notts

106 minutes and only one comment on General Debate.
Mr Farrar, you have run such a wonderful blog for so many years, but your moderation policy is becoming something as sensible as a Green Party economics discussion paper.
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May 12, 2019 9:48am
Monty

Happy Mother’s Day to all the wonderful caring mothers out there who put their children before themselves, Are the foundation stone for families, And multitaskers extraordinary

Happy Mother’s Day especially to my own wife mother of my children and my own mother
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May 12, 2019 9:53am
softail 1450

Jeeeeez 2 hours and only Lee C’s comment is visible.
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May 12, 2019 9:54am
Captain Mainwaring

Two hours have gone by and only one comment has made it past moderation.
I might have to find some other form of entertainment.
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May 12, 2019 9:58am
- Happychappy
  
  I posted at 8.21am and 8.25am and still waiting to get passed.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:10am
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    Must be Mothers Day festivities.
    
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    May 12, 2019 10:25am
- Tall Man
  
  Replay QT watching ardern bust her arse flomping down.
  
  That should keep you entertained for a while in fact, I can’t see why the media have not dedicated a whole channel to her for 24/7 coverage for mikey and the rest of the adoring faithful.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:03pm
calendar girl

Something has gone wrong this morning. This is just a test to see whether comments are actually being posted on the site.
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May 12, 2019 10:01am
- calendar girl
  
  They are being posted now, but back at 10.00am the first comment (by Lee C at 8:06am) was the only one visible on my screen.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:17am
Yvette

Jeremy Thompson, responsible for a horror two-car crash that killed seven people, including his own newborn daughter, near Waverley, had repeatedly consumed synthetic drugs before he got behind the wheel.

[Nick] Smith said, in 2017, 79 people were killed on the road by drug drivers compared to 70 deaths caused by drink-drivers.
He stated there were only 200 convictions for drug-impaired driving compared to more than 16,000 for drink-driving.

79 fatal drugged-drivers is 112.85 % more, related to 70 fatal drink-drivers
So simply a possible correlation could imply if there are 16,000 drink-driver convictions, there could be 18,057 drugged-drivers – at least, less that mere 200 convictions, so 17,857 undetected drugged-drivers

National says if the Government was serious about reducing the number of deaths on New Zealand roads, it would adopt Wairarapa MP Alastair Scott’s Member’s Bill to introduce roadside drug tests.
He says Genter appears to be refusing to take the advice of officials and experts to adopt roadside saliva testing.
– Jason Walls April 9, 2018
https://www.interest.co.nz/news/93089/associate-minister-transport-julie-anne-genter-says-target-zero-road-deaths-would-be-

Associate Minister of Transport Julie Anne Genter says a target of zero road deaths would be “audacious, but ambitious targets are needed to focus the resources of both central and local government to save lives on our roads – and since she proclaimed that, the road toll has headed in the direction opposite to zero!

And if the real Minister of Transport, Phyl Twyford in inundated with his Kiwibuild fiasco of failure [Housing Minister Phil Twyford refuses calls for resignation over KiwiBuild], Ardern in her compassion should appoint a full-time replacement for Transport, since actual lives are being lost on the roads, and the Referendum on Cannabis could add to that.

[Ardern] said the referendum was about putting a question to the New Zealand public, not about formulating a Government position.
Can she really pull that fucking rubbish two issues in a row? [After throwing Capital Gains tax out of the cot?] If the Government sets out the parameters of where cannabis will be consumed, it is Governments responsibility of how users get from one venue to another – which requires a Government position. Do your fucking job.

Jeremy Thompson – One driver, one smash – half the toll of the Aramoana Massacre. And a social cost of $30.8 million – 85% the projected cost of Pike River Recovery Agency
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May 12, 2019 10:12am
Wired-one

Surely we all know by now the commentators that need to be in moderation before their comments are posted. If you have a history of non offensive comments and genuinely add to the debate, I believe you should not need to be moderated. Moderation in my opinion, should be for all new commentators who are yet to prove themselves and for the people who we all know, just like to demonize and offend. We need to keep the debate flowing, if this blog is to thrive. Just my opinion.
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May 12, 2019 10:29am
- Batman
  
  DPF may know more but as far as I can tell, WordPress doesn’t have that functionality.
  
  Either moderation is on for everyone, or it is off for everyone
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:44am
- Ian Boag
  
  Be a devil. Post over your own name …. be identified with your views …. etc etc
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:44am
  - Tall Man
    
    Yeah… like this guy.
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHeA9EQUcqc
    
    After all, if you’ve nothing to hide why wouldn’t you want armed police turning up at your house, blocking of the street and asking if you support Trump.
    
    This is the new labour.
    
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    May 12, 2019 11:55am
  - softail 1450
    
    Ian Boag, OK Bruce.
    
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    May 12, 2019 3:34pm
- Tall Man
  
  However, even the most well behaved commenter is still capable of supporting Trump, criticising ardern, the thick mans goddess, and so must be carefully monitored.
  
  You know, key words like “lawnmower” and “liar”.
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:58am
- KevO'Brien
  
  Surely there is software available that mods can grant autopost rights to proven non-offensive regulars. Even us who use our own names are held back.
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:00pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Even us who use our own names are held back.
    
    You don’t have to be moderated if you send an email to DPF requesting permission to post unmoderated.
    
    DPF explained this back when he introduced tougher moderation.
    
    At present no-one but me is on auto-approve status. If you wish to gain this status change your user profile (if necessary) to display your real name or a link to your identity and e-mail editor@kiwiblog.co.nz with your username. If I verify you, I will give you auto-approve status.
    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2019/03/moderation_changes.html
    
    My posts go straight up.
    
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    May 12, 2019 2:07pm
    - KevO'Brien
      
      I sent such an email without response.
      
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      May 12, 2019 2:15pm
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        Try again..
        I provided home address and phone number as well as email details.
        
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        May 12, 2019 2:33pm
      - krazykiwi
        
        Doesn’t help. I’ve posted here since (2005?), never received demerits, I know DPF personally, and I’ve emailed him. *sigh*
        
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        May 12, 2019 2:55pm
- itsbob
  
  Look at it another way. Would Russia want to intervene via the Internet to reduce the stability of its adversaries/competitors? Does it have the capability? If you answer YES to both, then what intervention is most likely? Answer, pro-Trump campaign because of messages of isolationism and pro-Brexit for the same reason. Did it happen? If you are pro-Trump, you say “Hell no”. If you are anti-Trump you say “Of course it happened”. If you think sanely (to use your choice of word), you say “Who knows?”
  
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  May 12, 2019 4:11pm
kevn

@Yvette… Meanwhile in Paris a talkfest is beginning. No Zuckerburg. No Trump. No google.
trudeau is there though and a King from Jordan, someone from Senegal (look at your map), Juncker from the EU, UK Pm May, and others from Norway and Ireland.
Be a good ‘do’.
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May 12, 2019 10:40am
- sooty
  
  No Cindy. Either!
  
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  May 12, 2019 3:48pm
  - kevn
    
    @sooty…. Never fear, she will be there.
    I mean, what an opportuniddy.
    UN beckons?
    
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    May 12, 2019 5:46pm
    - Rachael Membery
      
      When is the UN bigwig coming? Decisions decisions?
      
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      May 12, 2019 8:33pm
Maggie Pie

One of the JD’s on our shift really believes hes ‘Gods Gift’. He tweeted this last night cos he thort it was sooo funny [karma can be a real bitch 😉 ]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6OqvP4WsAUAedX?format=jpg&name=small
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May 12, 2019 10:46am
Captain Mainwaring

On this subject, there is a common theme between this terrible crash and the two recent multiple-fatality crashes north of Taupo.
Maori drivers. (Am I allowed to say that?)
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May 12, 2019 10:46am
- Captain Mainwaring
  
  Sorry, delete function not working. This relates to Yvette’s 10.12AM post.
  
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  May 12, 2019 10:49am
- kevn
  
  @Captn… I thought one of major fatality accidents, the family had all Islander surnames. The Tok residents.
  
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  May 12, 2019 2:05pm
  - Captain Mainwaring
    
    I can’t remember what their surnames were but they came from a marae near Hastings before they moved to Tokoroa, so they are unlikely to be Islanders.
    
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    May 12, 2019 5:17pm
    - kevn
      
      @Captn…. There were 2 big number accidents. One car solo and other van vs SUV
      
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      May 12, 2019 5:48pm
      - Captain Mainwaring
        
        kevn.
        Yes, one car solo, you say the other was van vs. SUV.
        The solo car hit a tree, the other one was not a van, it was a Honda Stream, which is a small people mover. Some idiot in the media called it a van, so that’s what the sheepies think it was.
        Yes, the Honda Stream with no WOF, bald tyres and unbelted occupants numbering more than its number of seats slid out on a damp road and was T-boned by the poor lady in the Kia Sportage SUV.
        Anything else you want to know?
        
        ps. What’s this got to do with whether they were Maori or Islanders?
        
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        May 12, 2019 8:50pm
Yvette

I always thought one mistake with Kiwibuild was Twyford made too many statements that first confused people, then confused himself, so Judith Collins was the only one who knew what was happening.
Then I accidentally found this –
http://www.prefabnz.com/Projects/Detail/kiwibuild-updates
QED
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May 12, 2019 10:55am
- kevn
  
  @Yvette…. He might even beat Trump for print inches.
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:55am
brett68

Everybody complaining about the moderation should head over here.
It’s where most of the old Kiwiblog members have ended up.

https://ysb.co.nz

This blog is pretty much pointless now and a waste of time, especially the general debate.
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May 12, 2019 10:57am
- Batman
  
  I see you’re still commenting occasionally ?
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:00am
  - brett68
    
    I would certainly comment more if the moderation wasn’t so erratic, it’s on par with The Daily blog now.
    
    But, It’s Farrers blog he created it, if he wants to destroy it, that’s his call.
    
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    May 12, 2019 11:13am
    - Batman
      
      The occasional wait or partial deletion is a small price to pay for weeding out the absolute garbage that used to be posted by people like Kea and EAD etc.
      
      And look, the moderators have lives too, as should the commenters. Inevitably there will be an occasional gap while nobody is actively approving or there are so many that a couple older ones get buried a few pages back.
      
      What I can see of deletions are pretty consistent with David’s rules. Certainly the group chat for mods and David is pretty liberal with what is allowed.
      
      By and large I think the mods are doing a good job.
      
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      May 12, 2019 11:20am
      - Tall Man
        
        Can you explain why references to “lawnmowers” related to ardern are now banned?
        
        National media publishes anti Simon Bridges lies from jlr & tova on an almost daily basis.
        
        Are we all now to “protect” ardern as much as mallard does?
        
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        May 12, 2019 11:50am
    - itsbob
      
      If islamophobic comments and calling people silly childish names is an issue, no problem, you just have to be a bit more subtle. Being made to think before comment is a good thing for any of us
      
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  You know a place is crap when people that leave come back to spam it’s address
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:11am
Inandout

Now, if you have a motel and you are struggling to keep occupancy at 70%, want a guaranteed income, not fussy about room damage, then you could start here.

http://www.housing.msd.govt.nz/documents/information-for-housing-providers/emergency-housing-provider-forms/suppliers-factsheet.pdf
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May 12, 2019 11:04am
- kevn
  
  @In… Damage, filth, theft = no problem. ‘We’ pick up the tab.
  
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  May 12, 2019 11:41am
Jack5

Judas Peters kisses another bloc of his supporters.
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May 12, 2019 11:20am
Yvette

Zuckerberg, Trump to snub Ardern’s Paris summit – says Herald headline

Ardern, who is flying to Paris this evening to co-chair the summit with French president Emmanuel Macron, released the names of confirmed attendees this morning.
She did not see it as a snub that Trump, Zuckerberg, and Sandberg were not coming, and said that the attendees were still being finalised and a US representative might still attend.

If the Herald does not read what itself writes, I wonder why they think anyone else should?
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May 12, 2019 11:34am
- The Feed
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/112632770/who-is-and-isnt-coming-to-jacinda-arderns-paris-summit-on-social-media
  
  Facebook isn’t sending anyone from the top management team, let alone the top dog.
  
  And why would they? Some no-name talkfest called by the PM of… Australia.
  
  I think. What’s her name?
  
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  May 12, 2019 4:19pm
Maggie Pie

As my partner said when he he read this, “Never thort i’d see the day
when even the Japs have more of a sense of humor than most bloody Kiwis “.
https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/1127349149643489285
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May 12, 2019 11:57am
- Odakyu-sen
  
  I can only assume that the karaoke bar is run by Koreans or Chinese.
  
  Where is Captain Cultural-appropriation when you need him?
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:27pm
  - Maggie Pie
    
    You are quite correct Senpai – according to the NZH twitter link, the club owners name is ‘Shin Ito’.
    [As a matter of interest, are you able to decipher the comment posted by ‘Conor Jeory’ below the main tweet? Its the one written in Chinese with all the little laughing Japanese faces next to it]
    
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    May 12, 2019 12:57pm
    - Odakyu-sen
      
      Dear Maggie-hai,
      
      (Me senpai; you kouhai) (Hey, it’s better than “Me Tarzan…”)
      
      ‘Conor Jeory’s Japanese text これが読めない simply means “I can’t read this (sign).”
      
      I don’t know if Shin Ito is Japanese or just a nick-name, but he certainly has a sense of humor if he is Japanese.
      
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      May 12, 2019 1:51pm
      - waikatogirl
        
        Under this current no joke is funny PC world we live in the West perhaps the joke is lost in translation?
        
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        May 12, 2019 2:37pm
      - Maggie Pie
        
        I see it was just a bit of a piss take because of the signs displayed at nightclubs all over Japan – ‘No Foreigners Allowed’
        
        [And talking of ‘Tarzan’ – my partner has never been able to work out why he never had a beard?]
        
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        May 12, 2019 2:42pm
Fletch

Defence Force chiefs marching in the Wellington Pride Parade, along with a tank decked out in rainbow flags.

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/defence-force-chiefs-walk-in-wellington-pride-parade.html

To be honest, I don’t see what gay pride has to do with them or why they should be making a public show of supporting it.
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May 12, 2019 11:59am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  The reasons are clearly stated in the article:
  it is in remembrance of those who have left over the years because they did not always feel safe, welcome or supported.
  
  The Defence Force began allowing openly homosexual men and women to join in 1994, after the passage of the Human Rights Act in 1993.
  
  “Knowing we have the support from the very top is encouraging and empowering and sets the tone for an organisation that values all of its people, no matter what point of difference might exist,” said Squadron Leader Stu Pearce, leader of the Defence Force’s LGBTQ peer group OverWatch.
  
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  May 12, 2019 12:29pm
  - Rachael Membery
    
    So inclusive that they need their own support group?
    
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    May 12, 2019 8:38pm
Fletch

A new John Solomon piece in The Hill. The FBI knew well before applying for their FISA warrant that the claims made by Christopher Steele in the so-called Trump dossier were untrue.

The FBI’s sworn story to a federal court about its asset, Christopher Steele, is fraying faster than a $5 souvenir T-shirt bought at a tourist trap.

Newly unearthed memos show a high-ranking government official who met with Steele in October 2016 determined some of the Donald Trump dirt that Steele was simultaneously digging up for the FBI and for Hillary Clinton’s campaign was inaccurate, and likely leaked to the media.

The concerns were flagged in a typed memo and in handwritten notes taken by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Kathleen Kavalec on Oct. 11, 2016.

Her observations were recorded exactly 10 days before the FBI used Steele and his infamous dossier to justify securing a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page and the campaign’s contacts with Russia in search of a now debunked collusion theory.

[…]

She quoted Steele as saying, “Payments to those recruited are made out of the Russian Consulate in Miami,” according to a copy of her summary memo obtained under open records litigation by the conservative group Citizens United. Kavalec bluntly debunked that assertion in a bracketed comment: “It is important to note that there is no Russian consulate in Miami.”

Kavalec, two days later and well before the FISA warrant was issued, forwarded her typed summary to other government officials. The State Department has redacted the names and agencies of everyone she alerted. It is unlikely that her concerns failed to reach the FBI.

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), a member of the House Oversight and Reform Committee and ranking member of its Subcommittee on Government Operations, told me late Thursday he had confirmed with U.S. officials that Kavalec’s memo was forwarded to the FBI in the Oct. 13, 2016, email.

“This once again shows officials at the FBI and (Department of Justice) DOJ were well aware the dossier was a lie — from very early on in the process all the way to when they made the conscious decision to include it in a FISA application,” he said. “The fact that Christopher Steele and his partisan research document were treated in any way seriously by our Intelligence Community leaders amounts to malpractice.”

FBI and DOJ officials did not respond to a request for comment.

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/442944-fbis-steele-story-falls-apart-false-intel-and-media-contacts-were-flagged

It’s become obvious now – undeniable fact – that intelligence agencies conspired with the Obama Administration and DNC to try and rig the 2016 election for Hillary. They procured warrants based on information they knew was false and sent numerous spies into the Trump campaign, while people like then-head of the FBI James Comey leaked to the media (he admitted doing so in his testimony). The whole thing was a set-up, and as yet no one has been held accountable. Let’s hope Barr gets to the bottom of this.
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May 12, 2019 12:13pm
- Wired-one
  
  Democrats and anti Trump MSM are already trying to demonize Barr and portray him as a sycophantic Trump ally. Sane people know that this whole Russian collusion nonsense was simply that. But sadly for us, our side dont control the narrative.
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:13pm
- Paulus
  
  You have got it all wrong – the Democrats are just good honest Socialists, so are always right.
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:29pm
KevO'Brien

Robots and Artificial Intelligence: Are You Ready for a Worse Dystopia than 1984?
https://www.globalresearch.ca/ready-worse-dystopia-1984/5676878

It’s simple: if people cannot work because robots have taken their jobs how can they be consumers of products made by robots? Not all ex-employees can expect to be re-fitted for other paid work. Economists be on the alert.
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May 12, 2019 1:06pm
- Odakyu-sen
  
  People buy products. Robots don’t.
  If you want to stay in business, you have to be able to sell your goods or services to people. And people need to have the money to purchase said goods and services.
  Ergo: people must have money (purchasing power) or else the economy grinds to a halt.
  The birthrate is falling in the West and Far East, so once we have nursing robots to look after the elderly, the surplus human population can reduced without granny starving to death.
  
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  May 12, 2019 5:55pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Dame Anne Salmond may find herself offside with leading Maori artists…

https://www.stuff.co.nz/opinion/112653947/was-james-cook-a-white-supremacist

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/movement-boycott-years-250th-anniversary-captain-james-cooks-landing-gains-strength
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May 12, 2019 1:11pm
tranquil

Just a comment on moderation – the speed (or actually, the lack of it).

I’ll be blunt. I want to see this blog go back to how it operated before 15th March.

People commented and their comment appeared immediately. They would then be either left alone or their comment would get demerits / a strike / whatever.

That was EXCELLENT. There was **nothing** wrong with that system. It was simple, it was common-sense and it **worked**.

I **love** this blog and I don’t want it to die, **strangled** by what is an **unworkable** comment policy.

HOW is it possible to get a “stream” of comments going when each one is delayed by an hour or so? ( And don’t give me the nonsense about “you can comment under your real name” – that is just a **cop-out** ).

Reactions, comments (no doubt delayed) are welcome…….
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- B Phillips
  
  Posting under your real name doesn’t work either, I switched and have always gone into moderation anyway. Pretty much over it now
  
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  May 12, 2019 1:46pm
- Maggie Pie
  
  Why not just do what i did this morning and dont comment till after 10:45am – mine appeared straight away 🙂
  
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  May 12, 2019 2:06pm
- artemisia
  
  Completely agree, tranquil. It would be good to know if Mr Farrar is regarding the current moderation as a pilot with a review and possible changes coming up. There is already an unofficial working group going by the many comments on current moderation.
  
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  May 12, 2019 2:23pm
- krazykiwi
  
  This is DPF’s place, so his rules apply. And one of the rules is that he can change the rules when it suits him.
  
  The concern I have is where rules have been, or are currently changed as a result of political / law enforcement pressure. DPF is a fair-minded, and thoroughly descent chap. I simply can’t see him voluntarily implementing this level of moderation. Bluntly, he’s been sat on. And that stinks.
  
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  May 12, 2019 3:30pm
  - rightoverlabour
    
    Yup, the type of stuff getting redacted seems odd. I used the word “Twats” and that was redacted. I used one of my less than complimentary versions of Jacinda Arderne and that was redacted. It would be good to know what pressure, if any, has been brought to bear on DPF in this respect. And while talking about Jacinda, has she denied ever taking illegal drugs?
    
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    May 12, 2019 5:41pm
  - krazykiwi
    
    … he’s a thoroughly decent chap too 🙂
    
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    May 12, 2019 7:18pm
    - sooty
      
      After all it is a travel and lifestyle blog!
      
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      May 16, 2019 9:53am
kevn

@tranquil… Oops, I see the word ‘cop’ in your post.
Problem maybe?
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May 12, 2019 2:07pm
Alien

weve given so much money away overseas under Ardern, thrown it away in free university that wasn’t taken up much, the Shane Jones bribe fund. So very good to see the teachers don’t believe the lie that there is no money. And this is what labour didn’t understand about a fiscal hole, because they didn’t keep money aside for pay rises

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/112655087/teachers-have-voted-to-strike-on-may-29

“Teachers across the nation have voted for an education mega-strike in two weeks.

The May 29 strike will be the largest ever industrial action by New Zealand teachers, covering almost 50,000 teachers. Primary principals also voted in favour of the strike. ”
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May 12, 2019 2:20pm
MrTips

Words fail me. The weather is so bad, LEAVES on autumnal trees are being blown off!

I kid you not, read the legend on the photo: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/112657322/heavy-rain-110kmh-winds-could-bring-slips-flooding-and-powerline-damage

Ridiculous reporting
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May 12, 2019 2:46pm
- Alien
  
  Stuff must be changing, it’s not listed as breaking news
  
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  May 12, 2019 3:05pm
Happychappy

Winston’s three billion dollar promise from Labour in the Coalition agreement comes first before Doctor’s and Teacher’s. https://m.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1805/S00094/ardern-puts-winstons-diplomats-ahead-of-doctors.htm
I wonder whether opening more Embassy’s is for his posting at a later date.
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May 12, 2019 2:54pm
- GJM
  
  There are a $billion or 2 of legally owed guns to pay compensation for after the confiscation. They have no idea of how to do it or pay for it.
  
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  May 12, 2019 7:37pm
kevn

@alien… I recall some comment by JA a while ago saying ‘no strikes under my watch’.
yeh right… not quite.
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May 12, 2019 3:00pm
- Fletch
  
  Yup –
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L63Q91T2jcA
  
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  May 12, 2019 4:17pm
  - kevn
    
    @Fletch… One needs to have an exceptional memory when spouting such ‘certainties’ on her watch.
    
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    May 12, 2019 5:31pm
- Alien
  
  Not a single thing she said she has done, just the opposite
  
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  May 12, 2019 6:53pm
greybeard

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/112655087/teachers-have-voted-to-strike-on-may-29

Sorry, I don’t believe any results from union-controlled teacher organisations.

How do we know that they really voted to strike ?

South African elections, Turkish elections, Venezuelan elections, NZ teachers’ strike results:

– all have the smell of a rat about them.
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May 12, 2019 4:04pm
Alien

And another strike announced

“Up to 60 South Canterbury care and support workers employed by Idea Services will join about 3000 of their colleagues on a second nationwide strike on Monday.

E tū Industry coordinator, Alastair Duncan, said the second round of industrial action in recent weeks, comes after attempts at mediation between union representatives and IHC failed.”

https://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/112658029/south-canterbury-idea-services-staff-to-join-nationwide-strike-for-second-time
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May 12, 2019 4:05pm
krazykiwi

Wow:

The ground may be shifting under the British political landscape as Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party, already polling in first place for the upcoming European Parliament elections, has now pulled ahead of the governing Conservative Party in polls for general elections to the House of Commons.

The latest major poll of Westminster voting intentions, conducted on the 9th of May by ComRes, shows the Brexit Party up five points at 20 per cent, while the Tories under embattled prime minister Theresa May have sunk four points to 19 per cent.

The opposition Labour Party, under hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn, is in the lead on 27 per cent, but down six points compared to its previous rating.
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May 12, 2019 4:20pm
krazykiwi

Closer to home, Labor looks to be edging ahead of the Coalition on the run up to the Australian General Election.

Because Aussies really want billions in additional taxes to Fight Climate Change™.
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May 12, 2019 4:40pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Not just a strike, but a mega-strike.

Doesn’t look good for Jacinda and Hipkins having the biggest industrial action ever taken by education providers in New Zealand happening on their watch.
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/05/primary-and-secondary-teachers-vote-overwhelmingly-to-strike.html
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May 12, 2019 5:43pm
- Inandout
  
  Maggy, if I were a teacher and had seen tens of millions literally thrown around by Kelvin I would strike also. That socialist money tree must be getting awfully bare.
  
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  May 12, 2019 6:08pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    That socialist money tree must be getting awfully bare.
    
    No… it thrives on debt, borrowing and bullshit in a socialist climate.
    
    It’s only when the nasty capitalists prune the money tree back hard and feed it with loads of blood and sweat, that it becomes fruitful.
    
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    May 12, 2019 6:56pm
Lee C

“Um, no. John Key allowed himself to be personally identified with the flag debate, in a way no other politician did. ”

Whereas Jacinda ‘Captain’s call’ Ardern has displayed not a shred of hubris about her various ‘nuclear moments’, and takes great pains to separate herself from what others might suggest are vanity projects.
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May 12, 2019 6:06pm
Odakyu-sen

It’s a wonderful thing to go for a walk at night in a suburb in a major Japanese city. So much detail to take in. (Even better if you have way to walk from the izakaya pub back to the train station.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp3wfyq8f8U
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May 12, 2019 6:14pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Bit dark in the outer reaches.
  
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  May 12, 2019 6:48pm
  - Odakyu-sen
    
    But it is safe and very quiet.
    
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    May 12, 2019 7:37pm
krazykiwi

Peter Thiel: Are university administrators really sub-prime mortgage brokers?

Peter Thiel has given a uniquely scathing critique of the insanity of this system. He questions whether higher education, as an economic exchange, represents much of an investment anymore—the student defers gratification to reap higher rewards in the future, or the student enjoys a four-year party as a consumption good. Thiel says he originally thought of higher education as consumption masquerading as investment, but now thinks of it as an even crazier combination of concepts: as insurance against failure in life in general, and as a kind of Veblen good that is priced uncompetitively so as to confer status on those who can afford it. This produces a ridiculous situation in which insurance is desirable, not because something disastrous is prudently insured against, but because the disaster would be the ignominy of failing to purchase insurance in the first place. It is effectively a Ponzi scheme. No wonder Thiel calls college administrators subprime mortgage brokers. They get a cut on selling pieces of paper that are only as valuable as we all pretend they are.
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May 12, 2019 6:59pm
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Won’t need higher education if we have to spend all day out in the fields tending cabbages and oats.
  
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  May 12, 2019 7:28pm
- Rachael Membery
  
  Like diamonds?
  
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  May 12, 2019 8:51pm
Hugh Pavletich

“China’s JPMorgan” Seeks Money From Its Employees To Avoid Collapse | Zero Hedge

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-11/chinas-jpmorgan-seeks-money-its-employees-avoid-collapse
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May 12, 2019 10:03pm
- Hugh Pavletich
  
  Chinese millennials are rejecting dull factory jobs — and transforming the economy … Los Angeles Times
  
  https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-millennials-jobs-20190512-story.html
  
  Life as one of China’s industrial worker ants did not suit Liu Xu: waking up early in factory accommodation, working for 11 hours operating a machine in the tool-making factory, eating all his meals in the factory canteen and going to bed, only to wake up and do it again.
  
  His parents spent most of their lives in deadening jobs — his father on construction sites and his mother in factories — but 23-year-old Liu Xu lasted just a year in a factory in the southern China city of Dongguan. Half of that was the time his company invested in training him to work the machine before he up and quit.
  
  Like Liu, a generation of young Chinese is turning its back on the factory jobs that once fueled China’s growth — and they are helping to transform the economy by doing it. … read more via hyperlink above …
  
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  May 13, 2019 6:56am
Jack5

Jacinderella Ardern has an opinion piece on the front page of the New York Times explaining the objects of the conference she and Macron are convening.

It includes this:

” … New Zealand will present a call to action in the name of Christchurch, asking both nations and private corporations to make changes to prevent the posting of terrorist content online, to ensure its efficient and fast removal and to prevent the use of live-streaming as a tool for broadcasting terrorist attacks. We also hope to see more investment in research into technology that can help address these issues.

“The Christchurch call to action will build on work already being undertaken around the world by other international organisations. It will be a voluntary framework that commits signatories to counter the drivers of terrorism and put in place specific measures to prevent the uploading of terrorist content.”

Ardern says early in her article: “Our aim may not be simple, but it is clearly focused: to end terrorist and violent extremist content online.”

The problem is how is “terrorist and violent extremist content” to be defined, and who is going to do the defining? Who will police uploading in NZ? Will the Film Censor hire a few hundred bureaucrats at taxpayers’ expense?

Will the conference call for a ban on encrypted messaging? That would seem a likely control tool.

Ardern adds that the “tech industry” says it is open to working more closely with “us” on this issue. How can she count on that when so many of the good technology brains back open freedom on the internet?

And without President Trump abroad, the world leaders will likely be wasting their time.

In the meantime watch Leftists and the Woke and the PC activists try to tailor Ardern’s measures to suppress opponents’ free speech.
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