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BananaLlama

The victim was unknown to him. She and her partner went out jogging but separated. When she was only 1.6km away from the place where they were staying, Mr Alder drove into her. The Judge said that he did so deliberately, but Mr Alder continues to maintain that it was an accident.

She was thrown onto the windscreen of the car and into a ditch. She suffered severe injuries, but they were not life threatening. Rather than seek help, Mr Alder put her into his car and drove to an isolated house down a long driveway.
Having ascertained that no one was home, he raped and sexually violated her, then killed her by striking her on the head with a heavy drainage pipe and stabbing her at least 35 times.

Party Vote Labour.
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August 14, 2019 8:01am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Alder pleaded guilty to murder, rape, abduction for sex and two charges of unlawful sexual connection, and was found guilty by jury of assaulting his victim using his vehicle as a weapon.
  
  The victim was the best friend of a neighbour of mine.
  
  I gather her hip was dislocated when he drove into her.. he still raped her… then killed her.
  
  https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11986740
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:15am
  - Tall Man
    
    And he will be back out on the streets one day, sooner if the idiot angry andy gets his way.
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:28am
  - Wangas Feral
    
    In that case he will be on the Labour list for sure.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:14am
  - Nukuleka
    
    If so many of our MPs think it’s ok to murder blameless vulnerable unborn babies then why the hell aren’t they calling for the the ‘murder’ of this lowlife scum? He deserves the death penalty.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:32am
    - Komata
      
      Nukulka@ 0932
      
      Why? Because babies don’t ‘exist’ before they’re born (or so the socialists / feminists would have us believe; they are mere ‘collections of cells’ and incapable of doing anything) and because the people who commit such crimes are perceived as being ‘Human’ and therefore of ‘value’ they should not be killed in retaliation for what they have done.
      
      This line of thought doe not of course extend to the newborns in the state of New York…
      
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      August 14, 2019 11:08am
- Yvette
  
  “I had never been hit or abused, until the day the men came to take me away. I still don’t even know why.”
  That’s how Sam began to tell me his story at a marae in Whangarei.
  Sam is now 60. The gang patches on his face still vivid.
  His life has been spent in and out of prison. But now, he has had enough …
  
  … It’s our fault he spent nearly half a century in a gang.
  If you think Sam is the exception to the rule – you are wrong.
  There are 5000 Sams in our prisons. And they include his children, and his grandchildren.
  
  Together, how are we going to take up the challenge that others have been too timid, or too hardened or too short-sighted to accept?
  What are we going to do to deserve Sam’s forgiveness?
  – Hon Kelvin Davis, Criminal Justice Summit: Plenary discussion on over-representation of Māori in the system – 21 August 2018
  https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/criminal-justice-summit-plenary-discussion-over-representation-māori-system
  
  Party Vote Labour
  but more the result of Party Voted New Zealand First
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:37am
  - hullkiwi
    
    “It is our fault” Kelvin Davis.
    
    Davis who are you referring to?
    
    The pakeha colonial establishment?
    
    People like my family, in which we collectively have more degrees than Jacinda has angles to tilt that neck of hers?
    
    My grandfather and his brothers who developed returned services balloted farms after WWI.
    
    My family have all been employed, and paid tax. Other than the family benefit and the Universal Pension or National Super, my family have not been “on the benefit”, coveted what others had or wanted handouts from government.
    
    I was 57, 3 years younger than Sam when Davis, said “what are we going to do to deserve Sam’s forgiveness?”.
    
    My response to Davis is, nothing. It is Sam and his 5,000 mates who chose collectively to be in the gangs and to pursue the lives they did. At no point, did they collectively say “this lifestyle is wrong, it is not working, we want to stop this, we need help to turn ourselves around”. Those words have never been said as a group by Sam and his mates.
    
    So, when Davis and his fellows give speeches as quoted by Yvette, the words are hollow and I feel no guilt. I see nothing, but somebody who is tired of his life and now has his hand out and expecting someone else to pay for his life choices.
    
    Can we expect more of this if people give 2 votes red; or
    2 votes Green; or
    2 votes NZF?
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:30am
Maggy Wassilieff

Too-da-loo, off to Tuvalu today.
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August 14, 2019 8:02am
- sooty
  
  Cindy coming too?
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:08am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Oh sure,
    She’ll be watching Scottie handing over
    Au$500 Million
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/australia-to-redirect-500-million-in-foreign-aid-to-new-pacific-projects-20190812-p52gdl.html
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:29am
    - Tall Man
      
      Yeah but…we supplied the envelope!
      
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      August 14, 2019 8:37am
    - sooty
      
      What’s Cindy going to do with our money to try and keep up?
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:18am
      - sooty
        
        Is the Jacinda Air flying in Jethros boat?
        
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        August 14, 2019 9:19am
- Tall Man
  
  Just for a moment, indulge yourself and imagine it was a one way trip off to any where but here and never to return……… I feel better already.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:29am
- Prince
  
  What’s our Foreign Minister up to these days ?
  Surplus to requirements ?
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:31am
- stephieboy
  
  MW, senseless post from you. Good start to the day!
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:08am
  - Shaun the Sheep
    
    Mods: Is there nothing that can be done about this stalking of MW?
    Every comment she makes is followed by some nonsensical personal attack from Stephieboy.
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:23pm
    - Biscuit
      
      Indeed, Shaun.
      
      Steffie appears to be manoeuvering for a job as a Bovver Boy.
      
      He’d be ideal, I reckon, running a Labour Party camp.
      
      Hell, maybe even tending to folk within Parliament on Labour’s behalf.
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:00pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      I think stephieboy has painted himself into a corner and doesn’t know how to escape.
      
      He made a serious error when he called me an alt-righter.
      
      He must have twigged by now that no-one is backing him up.
      
      So I suspect he’ll keep chipping away, as Griff and Mikenmild used to do, just hoping that one day I’ll crack and abuse somebody.
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:05pm
  - JibberJabber
    
    High praise indeed, coming from the Patron Saint of the Perpetually Confused, St Stephieboi.
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:24pm
- rangitoto
  
  I thought Tuvalu had sunk under the waves a few years ago.
  
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  August 14, 2019 2:37pm
- Drone
  
  Isn’t this the second time in the last month Jacksies been to Tuvalu… ?
  
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  August 14, 2019 3:17pm
Maggie Pie

My partner raised an interesting question this morning,
“If the USA can’t keep Epstein alive, how can we trust them with Kim Dotcom?” 🙁
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August 14, 2019 8:02am
- Tall Man
  
  I didn’t know he had any shit on Bill & Hills…….
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:12am
  - Ed Snack
    
    He has most definitely implied that he has – he has for example claimed that he had some proof that Seth Rich was the source for the DNC email release. If he does have such information (which knowing his form I remain somewhat sceptical of) he would indeed be a target for Arkancide unless he had a “deadman’s switch” arrangement to release that information publicly in the event of his untimely death.
    
    Some truly serious swamp dwellers would be highly discomforted by verifiable proof of the involvement of Seth Rich in the whole email,scandal.
    
    I would not be surprised to see this brought up by his lawyers as yet another reason why he shouldn’t be extradited.
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:36am
    - Tall Man
      
      The problem with the “deadman” switch is you have to be… well, not breathing.
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:16pm
- G152
  
  In that case who cares. KDC isn’t much of a target politically wise
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:19am
  - Tall Man
    
    You couldn’t miss if he was a target though ….. Could you?
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:30am
    - Batman
      
      Yeah but all the vital organs remain in their intended positions, just with a substantial barrier around them….
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:49am
      - Tall Man
        
        Pizza vest…… and a couple of diet cokes.
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:15pm
      - Batman
        
        Diet? Wash you mouth out.
        
        I only drink no sugar or classic! ?
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:28pm
      - Tall Man
        
        I meant for the “big” guy…….
        
        The only coke for me is with bourbon and that’s only if the whiskey has run out… speaking of which, Whisky & More here I come.
        
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        August 14, 2019 4:55pm
      - Batman
        
        Oh I know you did buddy!
        
        Yes there’s an IPA Glenfiddich that I’m very tempted by…
        
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        August 14, 2019 9:16pm
- NoCash
  
  I doubt Dotcom has much if any dirt on the rich and powerful elites, so he will be safe.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:28am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    You obviously haven’t been following KDC on twitter like i have. Its scary the info he has on ‘Seth Rich’ for instance 🙁
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:34am
    - Batman
      
      Do you mean the horseshit he makes up to make himself sound important?
      
      Like that email from film execs to John Key… That was a fake
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:40am
      - Maggie Pie
        
        Holey Toledo Batman – i must have missed that. Ive only been been following KDC on twitter since he married a friend of my partners from Auckland. Assume it was prior to that?
        
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        August 14, 2019 9:57am
    - stephieboy
      
      Maggie Pie, what scary suff on Seth Rich would Crim.com have ?
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:10am
      - Maggie Pie
        
        Check out ‘Ed Snacks’ response above – he’s got a handle on things 😉
        
        [ps: there’s no need for name calling stiffy – it’s Kim Dotcom]
        
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        August 14, 2019 1:08pm
  - sooty
    
    He may not take up much space politicaly wise, but he is a hard target to miss, space wise!
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:22am
- The King
  
  The only time ever when people wanted a pedo alive.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:09am
JibberJabber

Boris on Khan, “he`s completely invertebrate” LoL.
https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1161318516663996422
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August 14, 2019 8:02am
Tony Stuart

I saw this on Twitter last night, from a person connected closely to the Labour Party:

UMR PMs favourables down 30 points, I hope my info is wrong.

Is Jacindamania over?
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August 14, 2019 8:03am
- Bill felt
  
  There appears to have been a leak from UMR. A couple of sources have confirmed, so it appears legit. UMR, a LAB positive poll, appears to have declining support for the COL including for the princess!
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:15am
  - Tall Man
    
    Ahhhh, back to the good old days?
    
    https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/leaked-labour-poll-puts-party-at-just-23-per-cent/
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:32am
    - hullkiwi
      
      We can but dream.
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:07am
      - Tall Man
        
        Our dream, their nightmare.
        
        Our reality… their departure…
        
        See how good it feels 😉
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:14pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    I’d suggest that more than a few CoL Ministers are starting to miss the quiet life on the opposition benches.
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:38am
    - Swifty
      
      Noone ever told them it would be this hard.
      
      Waaaaaah!
      
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      August 14, 2019 8:49am
    - Happychappy
      
      I wonder whether Andrew Little’s message to Labours MP’s about not be pressured on Huawei was beware of gifts that go with it, surely no Labour MP would sell his soul for a envelope containing a gift.
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:09am
- Tall Man
  
  That was sort of the topic of my post a little further down.
  
  The desperation does seem to have ramped up a bit and only the more “rabid” supporters are still pushing the “ardern is gold” line
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:27am
- kowtow
  
  Jacindamania.
  
  I despair at what my fellow voter thinks is a good choice for the country’s leadership.
  From the outset she’s been an empty suit, only now the swing voters are waking up , scary.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:37am
Maggie Pie

Well, butter my butt and call me a muffin….

https://twitter.com/solarwardenfile/status/1161199658070237184
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August 14, 2019 8:06am
- Tony Stuart
  
  Genter’s partner no longer works for that company Maggie. He’s now employed by the Wellington City Council, which of course is pushing “Let’s Get Welly Moving”, the subject of the letter Ms Genter refuses to release.
  
  Conflict of interest much?
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:14am
  - Tall Man
    
    Conflict? No, just corruption as usual for the coalition of liars.
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:25am
    - Happychappy
      
      Has the Speaker ushered the latest Labour sexual predator out of the building yet. Surely after the last supposed predator was shown the door by the speaker and ridiculed at the time, you can’t allow favours because he is Labour and not show him or her the door also.
      
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      August 14, 2019 8:55am
      - Tall Man
        
        They’ve probably booked him in for the next “summer camp” to give courses on how to get away with abuse.
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:13pm
  - hullkiwi
    
    Tony, he left MRC only 2 weeks ago.
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:36am
  - Prince
    
    But that article was written Dec 2018 – when did Nunns leave MR Cagney ?
    In any case, leaving aside the potential fraud, it’s another indication that NZTA is broken. If there is a $100K cap on spend without a tender, there should have been tenders for this work once it exceeded that cap within 12 months (total was $246K, then $356K after a recent contract).
    What seems to have gone on here is NZTA breaking up contracts to proceed without a tender. Was there no mechanism to measure spend on a firm over 12 months, to ensure the $100k cap was not exceeded ?
    This smacks of more corruption at NZTA, regardless of whether the minister’s partner profited from it.
    There should be an immediate audit of NZTA’s Procurement function.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:43am
    - Shaun the Sheep
      
      He’s still on their website this morning as one of the Team’
      
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      August 14, 2019 3:35pm
- Jules99
  
  Problem is, a lot of kiwis seems to think giving jobs and contracts to your buddies is fine. I myself was offered some taxpayer-funded work on the basis of who I was related to. I did the honourable thing and turned it down because I felt uncomfortable about it. The other problem is that most NGOs are taxpayer funded through grants etc, so the same rules should apply.
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:20am
Maggy Wassilieff

Thinking of eating some of that meat-substitute stuff?
Al Gore will thank you …
https://notrickszone.com/2019/08/13/climate-hustler-and-partner-in-beyond-meats-largest-investor-al-gore-moves-to-profit-big-from-anti-meat-drive/
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August 14, 2019 8:08am
- sooty
  
  Like bloody hell!
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:10am
- hullkiwi
  
  Well I never, that earnest, evangelical, honest politician Al Gore is trying to profit out of trying to save the plant. How could he?
  
  My faith in “honest liberal” politicians is shattered!
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:17am
  - Albert_Ross
    
    The only way in which the planet will be saved is if there is profit in it. Environmentalists should celebrate developments like this, but I’m not holding my breath for the sound of cheering
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:44am
- alloytoo
  
  Producers of animals products have begun making moves to legally protect the terms related to meat and milk.
  
  Not a moment too soon.
  
  If their highly processed plant based products are so bloody good then why do they try to to pass them off as substitutes for the real thing?
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:28am
  - Fletch
    
    Some idiot on Newshub writing an opinion column asking why we need milk anyway. Climate change blah, blah, blah…
    
    https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2019/08/opinion-why-are-we-fighting-so-hard-to-save-milk.html
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:58am
    - alloytoo
      
      “Why are we fighting so hard to save milk?”
      
      Because we’re mammals, milk defines vertebrate class.
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:40am
      - sooty
        
        Melanie Vautier writing in the Spinoff.
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:23am
      - hullkiwi
        
        Try getting enough calcium from soy and almond milk then.
        
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        August 14, 2019 12:14pm
    - BananaLlama
      
      It gives urban social liberals a way to interfere with Farming since they wont do it themselves. They get to feel important while contributing nothing.
      
      I watched some video footage of Winter Cropping in Southland the other day and the propaganda was palpable. They waited until a massive downpour before they filmed the footage.
      Now i know where i live i see paddocks get flooded in the winter and despite higher ground the cattle wade out into the middle of it all just stand there for some bloody reason.
      So imo they should stick to milking their Almonds or what ever it is they do.
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:55am
    - Jules99
      
      It’s about free choice. No one is forcing people to eat/drink it. Eat your water guzzling almond milk if you want Jacinda.
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:25am
      - Ruawai
        
        Surely almond milk has a much bigger carbon footprint as imported on ships.
        
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        August 14, 2019 12:24pm
  - igm
    
    I take exception to seeing and hearing about almond milk used by the losers of society.
    Almonds cannot be milked, as with coconuts.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:27am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      And what about the Non-milk yoghurts?
      
      Just plant juice stuffed with stabilisers, vegetable gums, , flours, Calcium salts, added bacteria (probiotics)… an Industrial wonder, no doubt;
      but definitely not Yoghurt.
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:42am
      - sooty
        
        Just aswell the meat industry is trying to protect their name.
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:14am
    - MH
      
      I feel desiccated
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:20am
    - Ross12
      
      And let’s quietly ignore the massive water supply issues around growing almonds in California –no environmental issue there?
      As for the alternative meats –can’t people remember the days of having TVP (textured vegetable proteins) in meat pies. Nothing new except I believe there is quite a bit of GE technology used in the labs for the new stuff.
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:24am
      - Twinkletoes
        
        Can’t see alternative meats going down well at Eid!
        
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        August 14, 2019 1:55pm
- tf78
  
  [deleted by mod. No death requests please]
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:38am
  - Tall Man
    
    True but if “Payback 2020” doesn’t happen…. we may all be wishing David Seymour’s bill was in place 😉
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:49am
  - rightoverlabour
    
    I posted some e mail addresses that could be seen as “doxxing” and had the post deleted and got “treat this as a Warning” ,and ” this is a warning” BUT a death threat gets “No death requests please”. Fucking “please”. Are you serious? “Please”, as in being polite and inoffensive and charming…. An appropriate response would be what I got when suggesting shedding a tear if a certain person happened to be “Epsteined” ( Which was a strike, and a Do not do that again). No please, or thank you, or play nicely.
    
    [Mod: Sarcasm is hard to manage via a short comment.
    This was on the low end of the spectrum but still deserved removal. Whereas your posts were more serious in terms of exposure of private information and a risk to the blog.]
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:52am
    - rightoverlabour
      
      Except it wasn’t private information. Work emails can’t be private, especiallyif they are published on a website. Now if I had some how got their personal phone numers and personal e mail addresses and physical addresses, I could see the problem there. However, I take your point that DPF would not want to be seen to allow doxing, ( even if technically it was not doxxing in the legal sense of the word) so I have no problem with the removal. But I want to make it understood that I did not hack or do anything illegal in obtaining those addresses. Snovio merely searches a website and dumps any e mails it finds in a list. If anyone has information that indicates my assumtptions are incorrect, I am happy to be corrected.
      
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      August 14, 2019 7:31pm
- Than
  
  I’ve been meaning to try a couple of these so-called meat substitutes, to see if any of them actually taste close enough to meat that I’d be willing to switch. But I don’t have high hopes – while doing some reading on the subject I was amazed to learn that tofu was created as a meat substitute. Frigging tofu, about as un-meatlike a substance as you can get. Some of the newer alternatives at least resemble meat, but who knows about the taste/texture.
  
  I’m exploring this because reducing meat consumption seems to be the latest SJW obsession. For now it’s just suggesting individuals voluntarily reduce their own meat consumption, but what’s the bet it will become a demand to ban meat for everybody.
  
  I would have hoped that such a massive and intrusive piece of social-engineering couldn’t be passed without widespread popular support… but this government has proved that when in power SJW busybodies are willing to make sweeping changes regardless of what us plebes think.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:58am
  - Fletch
    
    There was a horrible story (from my point of view) on the news the other day how in Australia they are “growing” kangaroo meat by taking stem cells from animals and cultivating them in labs. The meat has to be grown in a “fetal bovine serum”. Some reckon this is the future of meat..
    
    https://www.thestar.com/life/2019/08/08/lab-grown-kangaroo-meat-its-whats-for-dinner.html
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:16am
    - Than
      
      The idea of being able to somehow produce real meat without needing to raise and butcher animals has been common in sci-fi for a long time. Recently there have been serious real world suggestions of how this could be achieved, such as the technique you mentioned.
      
      Distasteful “Frankenstein-meat”? Well, everybody will have their own opinion. But my comment is that most people today would find the sights and smells of a freezing works at least equally unpleasant.
      
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      August 14, 2019 1:40pm
- stephieboy
  
  MW, Forbes tends to agree in respect of the investment potential of non-meat foods ,
  
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetforgrieve/2019/05/09/investors-find-more-reasons-to-back-plant-based-meat-brands/#2f4c761278f7
  
  Wise move by Al Gore. All of us too!
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:17am
- Bell-47
  
  I love animals, they are delicious! Why did god make them so tasty if he didn’t want us to eat them?
  
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  August 14, 2019 11:02am
Maggie Pie

“Allahu Akbar” literally translates as “God is Crate” 🙂

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB13gRdU4AEMQUQ?format=jpg&name=small
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August 14, 2019 8:22am
- sooty
  
  Just as well Aussie did not ban plastic!
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:28am
Tall Man

Is it just me or have others noticed the “desperation” coming out of the looney lefty posters on here?

psycho’s unintelligent desperate “defense” of the “labour staffer” linked to the sexual assaults appeared almost demented.

steffy’s post’s yesterday on the Sydney stabbing rampage was “demented” and even “manic”.

Could it be that they are starting realise they have chosen the wrong horse to pin their hopes for more money on with the growing realisation that she really is a one hit wonder and that “hit” has smacked them firmly in the balls (or general area in steffy’s case)?

steffy’s posts yesterday were the most mentally disconnected I have ever seen from her and were so far off topic most of the time I actually think she has lost the plot and we all know psycho hasn’t been functioning “up stairs” for quite some time.
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August 14, 2019 8:22am
- Swifty
  
  It was indeed a very poor showing from Stiffy yesterday.
  
  He repeatedly failed to reach even his admittedly low standards.
  
  He is now almost exclusively limited to (frequently misspelled and grammatically incorrect) one-line squawks and stock phrases from the sideline in vain attempts to get someone, anyone, to notice him.
  
  And as a little cherry on top yesterday he pulled out and dusted off the ‘how much he is abused on KB’ line – as it was clearly overdue for an airing.
  
  This coming from KB’s resident stalker and abuser.
  
  He has the weakest sense of self-awareness of anyone I’ve ever encountered and, borrowing from Kea, he cries out in pain as he strikes you.
  
  Fleabag.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:44am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Yep, stephieboy is upset that some of you chaps call him Steffy or Stiffy.
    
    https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2019/08/general_debate_13_august_2019.html#comment-2538699
    
    Good to know that he self-identified as the person who has repeatedly lied about me being an alt-right adherent.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:48am
    - All_on_Red
      
      Yes, and he accuses me of doxxing him when he actually outed himself.
      As for the Church ‘notice’, I don’t know who’s doing it but cheers ?, he needs help.
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:53am
      - sooty
        
        He could just like you know, leave!
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:11am
    - Swifty
      
      He’s got a bloody nerve complaining about his alias being mocked.
      
      He’s constantly called people names, accused them without evidence of making things up (lying), put words (and thoughts) in people’s mouths and put nasty labels on people here for years.
      
      Like I said – he has no self-awareness.
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:57am
      - Tall Man
        
        He certainly is a slow moving target but you’re dead right about the lack of self awareness.
        
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        August 14, 2019 1:39pm
  - MickMac
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:02am
- sooty
  
  They have under orders from Fraser House.
  MMA must have been called in to base for new orders. I think hes been missing for a couple of days. I suppose it makes a change from the bedsit. I wonder why he’s not on any working party? His job on here must be more inportant!
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:32am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Hard to justify the action of Political leader and Party that hides abuse complaints behind an investigation into a prior investigation.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:52am
    - sooty
      
      They think that they can baffle us with bullshit!
      They need to look at the big picture.
      They are chin deep in bullshit and no one believes them!
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:07am
  - UrbanNeocolonialist
    
    MMA is a contrarian, but frequently makes good points, this blog is better for his presence.
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:14am
- stephieboy
  
  Tall Man , air raid siren wail rich irony alert over and over again!
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:19am
The only red for me is that of Manchester United

Would the Christchurch Call extend to pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong having their live-stream broadcasts blocked? Is pro-democracy and its actions hateful?
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August 14, 2019 8:24am
- Tall Man
  
  But of course it is, next thing you know they’ll be wanting a democratically “appointed” open and transparent government…..
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:34am
- kowtow
  
  The “pro democracy” young radicals are actually a criminal mob, ( note : here I distingusih from the vast majority of peaceful protesters) there’s been a lot of very violent and extreme action by the mob that the media have largely downplayed , omitted or ignored .
  HK has a degree of democracy unprecedented in communist China , these idiots risk losing that for the majority.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:41am
  - NoCash
    
    Imagine if protesters storming into and vandalise the Capitol in DC, they would be shot dead.
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:49am
  - Tony Stuart
    
    Indeed kowtow. I saw a video this morning the HK airport where protesters isolated a police officer, trapped him in a corner, beat him and stole his baton.
    
    The peaceful protests at the start were great, just like the Yellow Vest protests in Paris. But a violent, anarchist element has moved in, and there will be consequences.
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:34pm
    - Odakyu-sen
      
      Would the violent, anarchist element be working in the interests of the Chinese government?
      
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      August 14, 2019 12:48pm
      - kowtow
        
        Ody
        
        I really don’t think so. The radicals emerged after the Occupy movement a few years back and their violent debut came at a street clearance local gubmint exercise,in 2016 The radicals have been planning this for some time.They are the violent element who have attached themselves to the extradition angst( which is real)
        It’s not in China’s interests at all to have this chaos and it’s certainly not in the interests of the majority of HKers.
        
        ‘On Friday, after a 54-day trial, pro-independence activist Edward Leung Tin-kei, accused of being the mastermind behind the chaos, was found guilty at the High Court of rioting but cleared of incitement over his role in the civil unrest.’
        https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-law-and-crime/article/2146882/edward-leung-faces-long-spell-jail-lessons
        
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        August 14, 2019 3:00pm
      - Jack5
        
        Hong Kong protesters can be heard singing the song from “Les Miserables” at the link below.
        
        The PLA is massing tanks on the Hong Kong border.
        
        If there’s a slaughter, there will be ramifications in NZ politics – notably for National with its Beijing links and controversial list MP (rank 32), Jian Yang.
        
        https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/the-hong-kong-protesters-have-found-an-anthem-in-this-song-from-les-miz/2019/08/13/916b4b38-bde0-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html
        
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        August 14, 2019 9:04pm
All_on_Red

Excellent video explaining Urban Heat Island Effect and Homogenisation of Temp Data
https://realclimatescience.com/2019/08/new-video-how-homogenization-destroys-climate-science/
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August 14, 2019 8:25am
- All_on_Red
  
  Pavlov’s Metronome goes ‘tick tock’…
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:51am
- alloytoo
  
  The urban heat island effect is junior high school geography. (or at least it was)
  
  If it is being used to nudge temperatures upward then it’s fraud, nothing less.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:57am
  - All_on_Red
    
    Nuuk Airport in Greenland is a fave
    https://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/panaramio_nuuk_3893162.jpg
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:59am
  - Ed Snack
    
    UHI is trivial to demonstrate and is acknowledged pretty widely as existing – at least in regard to its spatial aspects.
    
    It is considerably more difficult to analyse and remove its effect on a time basis. It would seem obvious that as cities grow the UHI affected area would grow, but whether increasing urbanisation increases UHI is not really well known.
    
    UHI does scale approximately with population – spatially – but again whether it does so temporally is not to my knowledge been well investigated.
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:52am
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      Some good views of UHI – Paris, Rome, Milan, Madrid
      http://joannenova.com.au/2019/08/we-can-see-the-urban-heat-islands-from-space/#comments
      
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      August 14, 2019 12:49pm
- Kabull
  
  And this one will help balance the claims that Greenland’s ice cap is disappearing:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZgXnmHUItg
  At 1:00 there is an explanation of the pattern of calving, showing how following a major calving episode in 2012, the glacier regrew at a rate of about 10 feet per day over 7 years.
  At around 5:20 is picture showing the growth of the glacier over the last 100 years.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:10am
  - rockape
    
    I was on the first expedition to go up that Glacier. It is a fast moving glacier and that means its healthy! It took us 4 days to get up it. backpacking our supplies in then we skied from west to east. Its bigger now than in 1974 when we did the trip. (RAF Trans Greenland expedition 1974)
    
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    August 14, 2019 11:56am
- stephieboy
  
  All on Red, wrong as per usual,
  
  A more honest and accurate assessment,
  
  The homogenization of climate data is a process of calibrating old meteorological records, to remove spurious factors which have nothing to do with actual temperature change. It has been suggested that there might be a bias in the homogenization process, so I set out to reproduce the science for myself, from scratch. The results are presented in a new report: “Homogenization of Temperature Data: An Assessment”.
  
  “..The validity of this process has been questioned in the public discourse on climate change, on the basis that the adjustments increase the warming trend in the data. This question is surprising in that sea surface temperatures play a larger role in determining global temperature than the weather station records, and are subject to a larger adjustments in the opposite direction (Figure 1). Furthermore, the adjustments have the biggest effect prior to 1980, and don’t have much impact on recent warming trends…”
  
  https://skepticalscience.com/homogenization_of_temperature_data.html
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:29am
  - All_on_Red
    
    No, I’m not wrong.
    The fact that your quote refers to Sea Surface Temps when the video above refers to three land based Stations shows once again your total lack of understanding and ignorance.
    Also, your quote is just an opinion. Which is what Homogenisation is. Someone’s opinion on changes.(btw, read the comments in your link. Your author expresses some uncertainty) You’d have more validity if you could rebut what is actually shown in the video about the changes made.
    Also, trying to deny Urban Heat Island effect proves that YOU are the Science Denier.
    So off you trot my little Pavlovs Dog
    WOOF
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:25pm
    - stephieboy
      
      All on Red, you are wrong from one, after all, is a disciple of a US President who on one hand denies climate change ( hoax invented by China )and then about-face says its real,
      
      LOL
      
      Meanwhile,
      
      All on Red ,
      It’s Urban Heat Island effect
      
      “A paper by Ross McKitrick, an economics professor at the University of Guelph, and Patrick Michaels, an environmental studies professor at the University of Virginia, concludes that half of the global warming trend from 1980 to 2002 is caused by Urban Heat Island. (McKitrick & Michaels)
      
      The Urban Heat Island Effect (UHI) is a phenomenon whereby the concentration of structures and waste heat from human activity (most notably air conditioners and internal combustion engines) results in a slightly warmer envelope of air over urbanised areas when compared to surrounding rural areas. It has been suggested that UHI has significantly influenced temperature records over the 20th century with rapid growth of urban environments….”
      Scientists have been very careful to ensure that UHI is not influencing the temperature trends. To address this concern, they have compared the data from remote stations (sites that are nowhere near human activity) to more urban sites. Likewise, investigators have also looked at sites across rural and urban China, which has experienced rapid growth in urbanisation over the past 30 years and is therefore very likely to show UHI. The difference between ideal rural sites compared to urban sites in temperature trends has been very small:…”
      
      https://skepticalscience.com/urban-heat-island-effect.htm
      
      The actual science?
      
      More here,
      
      http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/wcp/wcdmp/wcdmp_series/WCDMP_85.pdf
      
      I
      
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      August 14, 2019 1:02pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        You are hilarious.
        The video talks about Urban Heat Island Effect as being a problem. As does your quote above.
        Your quote above says this ‘ To address this concern, they have compared the data from remote stations (sites that are nowhere near human activity) to more urban sites.’
        
        In the video its stated they have used data from the urban site to adjust the remote site. Which is the wrong way around.
        Your quote above on UHI agrees with the videos contention that the adjustments for the sites are done incorrectly. Bwhahahahahahahaha.
        Either you never even watched the video or you are so dumb you didn’t understand it.
        Wrong again.
        Now f**k off Stalker. I’ve over your stupidity.
        LOL
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:41pm
Poppa

A shout out to Keeping Stock. If you are still out there, I for one miss your insightful comments
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August 14, 2019 8:25am
- Tony Stuart
  
  I’m still here Poppa. It’s just that I now identify by my real name. Thanks for your kind words 😀
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:30am
  - Tall Man
    
    But is really your “real name” or are you like steffy… a figment of your own imagination……… Spooky 😉
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:35am
    - Steve Todd
      
      Here you go, Tall Man: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=11312020.
      
      Took me two seconds on Google to access that. It was the first entry. Now why couldn’t you have done that, instead of mouthing off – again?
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:29am
      - Tony Stuart
        
        Bloody hell Steve; as if I needed reminding of that!
        
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        August 14, 2019 12:35pm
      - Steve Todd
        
        Sorry, Tony. I did think about it, before putting it up, but the least-likeable commenter here does not receive nearly as much push-back as he deserves. He did the same to me last Friday (10:00AM); I put up my response on Saturday (1:57PM).
        
        Tall Man has been spewing forth his bile here (with occasional exceptions) for nearly a year, during which time he has posted what must be several thousand comments. He often misses the mark with people, because he hasn’t been around long enough to be aware of their history, or, he just wants to be offensive. Either way, it’s very annoying.
        
        The occasional jolt won’t hurt him; no doubt it’s water off a duck’s back to him.
        
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        August 14, 2019 12:51pm
      - Tall Man
        
        Did you leave your sense of humour somewhere?
        
        I have a simple suggestion if my comments upset you that much…. don’t fucking read them.
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:05pm
      - Tall Man
        
        I think steve you need to dispense with the “sensitivity pills” and from my observation you are vastly more confrontational in many of your posts that others.
        
        I also think KS is more than capable of defending himself if he is offended but unlike you he is not a bitter bugger and still has a well developed sense of humour, something you obviously lack and if you actually think you can “win” anything on here you need to grow up a bit as well.
        
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        August 15, 2019 8:00am
  - Poppa
    
    Welcome back my friend. I hope you are well
    
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    August 14, 2019 8:46am
  - Biscuit
    
    I wondered that, too, Poppa.
    
    Good to see you, Tony/KS.
    
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    August 14, 2019 9:53am
- Paulus Gnome
  
  He is hiding in plain sight bro’
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:36am
- stephieboy
  
  Keeping Stock / aka Tony Stuart Insightful ??
  
  LOL
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:03pm
G152

Program on NZ comedy.
Sort of so so but missing many of those who filled the halls and the radio shows of yesteryear.
No Rod Derret, no Joe Charles, no Les Cleveland.
And as for the many comedy parts from the radio stations?
Nothing
Hamilton Up and Under by the Waikato Front Row.
Bringwonder Curley DelMonte..
So many and many long gone
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August 14, 2019 8:26am
- hullkiwi
  
  I agree, I watched 1 episode a few weeks ago and was disappointed. It is a tale of NZ comedy very much through the lenses of current comedians. Those who are dead or they do not agree with are air brushes over eg Billy T James.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:46am
adamsmith1922

My thoughts as of this morning on Labour’s sex problem https://adamsmith.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/soper-on-labours-sex-problem/
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August 14, 2019 8:29am
- Tall Man
  
  From her debate speech…..
  
  “A true mark of leadership is when you front those mistakes”.
  
  Yep so by her own words she has clearly demonstrated that she does not have “leadership” abilities.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:54am
  - alex Masterley
    
    Those words need to be thrown back at her, regularly.
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:42pm
    - Tall Man
      
      Plus a few others….. Once I get the mods on my team 😉
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:03pm
igm

This is what really irks decent hard-working people. One of Labour’s most incompetent and disliked politicians still with his snout in taxpayers’ trough.
His legislation has been the downfall of our society, a lot of businesses, and common decency.
Do these leeches have no shame whilst taking money from those that sure as hellnever wanted him in 84 or now.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/114958803/sir-geoffrey-palmer-urges-rethink-on-alcohol-regulation-with-focus-on-public-engagement
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August 14, 2019 8:36am
- sooty
  
  He must be about 96 and still wet behind the ears!
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:57am
- MCos
  
  Most ‘decent hard working people’, to use that tiresome old cliche, have probably never heard of the guy or Jim Bolger, or Mike Moore or Jenny Shipley.
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:47am
  - igm
    
    It is no cliche, it is a damn fact, and it is at a reducing rate.
    
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    August 14, 2019 2:37pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Moriori Settlement on its way

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/396606/hopes-that-crown-settlement-will-dispel-moriori-myths

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12258108
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August 14, 2019 8:40am
- Swifty
  
  I do hope that Taranaki Maori will be chipping in on the reparations.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:45am
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    I doubt it..
    
    They tried to fight against this settlement.
    
    Last week the high court threw out an injunction by Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri to stop the initialling of the settlement, arguing they are mana whenua – despite invading the island.
    
    https://www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/cases/ngati-mutunga-o-wharekauri-iwi-trust-v-minister-for-treaty-of-waitangi-negotiations/@@images/fileDecision?r=150.149752588
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:18am
    - Ed Snack
      
      Well, as at 1840 they were, according to Maori customary law, indeed the governing tribe of the Chathams. They had conquered it and taken control, is that in doubt ? Are we retrospectively applying post treaty legalisms ?
      
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      August 14, 2019 10:59am
      - Maggy Wassilieff
        
        After 1840 the NZ Government did nothing to protect or improve the lot of the Moriori survivors from the 1835 massacre.
        
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        August 14, 2019 12:53pm
- Tall Man
  
  But but but… how can that be… we fucking ate them all………..
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:47am
  - The King
    
    [laughs in colonialist boat seller]
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:13pm
- Ruahine
  
  More myth making.
  So it was the colonisation of 1791 that decimated the Moriori population not the invasion and massacre and enslavement by Ngati Tama and Ngati Mutunga in 1835. Who would have known.
  Have not actually been to the Chathams but have met quite a number, even went to boarding school with some. They are all interbred now of course. The colonisers, the invaders and the ‘massacrers’.
  They had some interesting stories to tell.
  I wish them well. It is great that those dastardly colonisers have so much money to give away.
  I just don’t know where they get it all from.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:49am
  - The King
    
    Brown colonization = good
    White colonization = bad
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:14pm
    - igm
      
      Where does the majority of taxation come from?
      White = Good!
      
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      August 14, 2019 5:57pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Oh Lordy….

Soon to hit our Universities?
(Will Waikato lead the way??)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/114969613/uk-university-bans-beef-from-campus-charges-extra-for-plastic-water-bottles
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August 14, 2019 8:44am
- kevn
  
  @Maggy…. Great to see the Moriori being in the limelight at last, even though little is part of it).
  I’m sure most of NZ would be pleased for them.
  Maybe they will be included in school studies again…
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:16am
  - Lance
    
    No No NO!!!!
    
    Pre-European Arty-Rower was a Utopia of harmony and human rights. A society of deeply caring peoples all united in aroha. There was no crime so no punishment was ever needed.
    A place where deep sea fishing was carried out hundreds of kilometres from land in simple canoes and the electromagnetic spectrum was utilized and cherished.
    Pah fortifications were only for decoration don’t cha know.
    
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    August 14, 2019 10:12am
  - Ed Snack
    
    As long as they are properly included, but they are a pretty minor footnote. They were and are the remnants of a tribe victimised on mainland NZ who fled to the Chathams several hundred years before the first European contact and established themselves with some interestingly different cultural rules – primarily one of personal non-violence.
    
    However they are Maori who arrived in NZ in the same wave of migration around 1250 CE (thereabouts) and only later split away when they fled to the Chathams.
    
    It would be interesting to know if they made their way to the Chathams before or after the demise of the double hulled travelling waka. To make the voyage in single hulled dugouts would be a fairly impressive feat.
    
    And none of this garbage about being a pre-Maori tribe of some sort which some crazies try to use to undermine legitimate first settlement claims by Maori.
    
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    August 14, 2019 11:07am
- sooty
  
  In the job for a month and this is her first decree
  Shows which side her bread is buttered!
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:34am
- marcw
  
  Newsflash [not]: Waikato University replacing plastic water bottles – New water fountain dispensers will be positioned around campus, with supplies of styrofoam cups for students as hygienic single use containers.
  
  … oops, I spot a flaw in their wokeness!
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:32am
  - Jules99
    
    Remember the old days when we used to slobber all over the water fountains at school. Never did me any harm.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:09pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Hell no…. styrofoam is the best fire starter ever made. Not too good for barbies though.
    
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    August 14, 2019 2:00pm
Albert_Ross

So is it or is it not OK, when somebody who is associated (however tenuously) with a particular community does something reprehensible, to blame that entire group for the action?
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August 14, 2019 8:48am
- Batman
  
  Extremist terrorists (Islamic, White Supremacist, Republican (IRA) etc) – yes, blame the lot of them.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:37am
  - The King
    
    One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter… go ahead tell me how you love Nelson Mandela.
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:16pm
    - stephieboy
      
      Nelson Mandela was not a terrorist?!
      
      eg
      
      https://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/sharpeville-massacre-21-march-1960
      
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      August 14, 2019 1:06pm
    - Batman
      
      I get the distinct impression that you are triggered by my calling white supremacist terrorists, terrorists. Perhaps you view them as freedom fighters?
      
      Very sad.
      
      As for Mandela, that’s a lame strawman. I would have thought he would fall into a similar category as Sinn Fein. But I suspect because he’s black you will put him in the ‘bad’ camp ?
      
      Edit: maybe it’s just the IRA mention.
      
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      August 14, 2019 1:50pm
- Swifty
  
  My take – it is not OK, unless it can be proven that the group supports/encourages/enables/allows the action.
  
  In that circumstance it is quite legitimate to go after the group.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:42am
- MickMac
  
  Albert
  We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, But we are encouraged to judge Kiwi ALL gun owners on the action of one visiting Australian gun Owner.
  Funny how that works!
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:59am
  - stephieboy
    
    MickMac , utter bollox!
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:08pm
  - Albert_Ross
    
    Yeah, well that was kind of my point.
    
    It is indeed incoherent and hypocritical when the Left insist on not judging all Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics – but then judge all Kiwi gun owners, all National voters, all white people by the actions of one Australian gun owning lunatic.
    
    But if we’re going to condemn such inconsistency, we mustn’t do it ourselves. We can’t argue that “Tarrant isn’t representative of all white people/all gun owners” and then take any instance of violence involving the use of Islamic words as evidence that Islam is evil and all Muslims must be condemned with it.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:59pm
    - Swifty
      
      ‘We can’t argue that “Tarrant isn’t representative of all white people/all gun owners” and then take any instance of violence involving the use of Islamic words as evidence that Islam is evil and all Muslims must be condemned with it.’
      
      While I generally agree Albert, I do think we have one advantage here – in that Islamic foundational texts, law and teachings set people on the path.
      
      The Koran and Hadith (according to Muslims the perfect, inviolate, unalterable word of God) are riddled with notions that Muslims are superior, the unbelievers are second-class citizens and are free to be roughly treated and that, because it is God’s will, Muslims will ultimately inherit the Earth etc
      
      In this respect these texts are ‘evil’ and ‘good’ Muslims are those adherents who ignore such admonitions.
      
      Muslims in NZ are people who should be loved and held close – Islam, being the recipe for religious totalitarian control and domination of society must be rejected for the ‘evil’ that it is.
      
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      August 14, 2019 6:51pm
    - Swifty
      
      I would add that here is an example of a family that we should respect, consider as NZers and ‘one of us’.
      
      When I was younger the only test of a person’s worth was his or her capacity for work and I’m sure that in Southland this would have been tested over and over.
      
      https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/114994847/country-calendar-producer-calls-racist-comments-about-muslim-farmer-episode-narrowminded-and-ignorant
      
      The one point I would add is whether in Islamic-dominated societies whether a non-Muslim would have been as celebrated on national television and so supported in comments supporting such an article.
      
      In my experience, with the exception of the Balkan countries, the answer is no. Islam, the stronger it gets, tolerates no competition or alternative views.
      
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      August 14, 2019 7:26pm
  - Swifty
    
    A very good point MickMack.
    
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    August 14, 2019 6:57pm
- Straight arrow
  
  “The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing.”
  
  If the community that someone either identifies with or is identified with by others, and the person states it is on behalf of that community, and the recognised leaders of that community do not denounce those actions, then I would agree that that community is effectively condoning those actions.
  Note it is not necessary to denounce each separate attack.
  
  It becomes more tricky when there is a confusion as to who are the legitimate leaders are, and the scope of the community.
  
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  August 14, 2019 2:41pm
Lee C

Tall Man you are not seeing increasing desperation from ‘left’ commentators.

You are seeing the same thing as always, only now it is increasingly rendered as fantasy-land stuff, as the veneer continues to slide of their chosen political protagonists, and the the mentality adopted becomes increasingly exposed to facts…

I still don’t think it is too late to rescue Milt – he’s evidently in a special kind of denial. What the AA call ‘pre contemplative’ mode as this logical structure begins to fall around him, and he faces his damaging addiction for what it is.

Come over to the ‘Dark Side’, Milt, it’s certainly better-lit than the one you are in at the moment..
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August 14, 2019 8:48am
- Tall Man
  
  I think I’d rather he stayed there to be honest.
  
  His “defense” of the guy was appalling, especially after the revelation that one of the victims was raped and then admitted to hospital for a mental health issue.
  
  The only real comment should be “silence” as there is no defense for that act and and “defense” can only undermine the well being of the victim even further.
  
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  August 14, 2019 8:52am
- skyblue
  
  Milt has PMT at present.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:49am
  - sooty
    
    Prime Minister tantrum.
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:20pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Parsimonious Mental thought…..
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:58pm
- stephieboy
  
  Lee C,
  “fantasy-land stuff,…”??
  
  Clinton Body Count, Pizzagate, Jeffrey Epstein conspiracy theories, Obama The Kenyan etc, etc
  
  Core alt-right , rabid right beliefs
  
  LOL
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:11pm
  - Maggy Wassilieff
    
    Core alt-right , rabid right beliefs
    
    I’ll take your word for it, stephieboy.
    
    You seem to be the only expert on the alt-right around here.
    You seem very well acquainted with their websites and literature.
    
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    August 14, 2019 5:16pm
    - All_on_Red
      
      He seems to know his way round sites Porn and the Gestapo too, judging from the things he’s received Strikes for.
      Very creepy.
      I guess we need to be charitable to the mentally challenged but seriously, I really don’t know why the Mods just don’t ban him.
      
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      August 14, 2019 5:34pm
      - stephieboy
        
        All on Red, your into creepy Epstein Conspiracy theories, eh?
        
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        August 14, 2019 6:54pm
      - Swifty
        
        I am reliably informed that his favourite film is ‘Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS.’
        
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        August 14, 2019 7:01pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Telling lies again Stephie
        You should be embarrassed about yourself
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:15pm
    - stephieboy
      
      MW, give a tick to the following that could be a useful guide where you belong
      
      Believer in Clinton conspiracies ?
      
      Climate denialism?
      
      Islamaphobic ?
      
      Jacindaphbic ?
      
      Trump fangirl?
      
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      August 14, 2019 6:57pm
      - All_on_Red
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:16pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Well, by your own words we know that you are fascinated by her underwear.
        How creepy is that.
        Ffs, Mods, just ban this Stalker.
        His comments to Maggy breach one of the 10 Principles of the Harmful Digital Communications Act
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:18pm
AgainstTheFlow

The anti-alcohol campaigners are out in force this morning.
Still acting like their negative view of alcohol is the only one that exists.
The campaign only survives through taxpayer funding.
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August 14, 2019 8:58am
- Tall Man
  
  https://www.whiskyandmore.co.nz/
  
  My work here is done 😉
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:44am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Great that Sir Geoffrey is still around dabbling in restructuring our Society.
  
  https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/114958803/sir-geoffrey-palmer-urges-rethink-on-alcohol-regulation-with-focus-on-public-engagement
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:22am
Maggie Pie

Ryan Bridge yesterday [Magoc Wireless 3-6pm] asked:
“Are we just a prostitute for the Red Dragon?”
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August 14, 2019 9:15am
Yvette

The most dependable result from the failed Census appears to be that the one in ten people, as required by law, to participate will not be prosecuted, as required by law, for not doing so.

And the other only dependable result – that less Maori than other ethnicity participated – is so predictable that it is surely a waste of time for the failed Census department to have worked it out, and as no good can come from telling us, is it in fact racist to do that – tell us?
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August 14, 2019 9:19am
Tall Man

And this is the problem with the current moderation…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. The long gaps.
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August 14, 2019 9:23am
- alloytoo
  
  I have to agree.
  
  Surely by now we have a pattern of who doesn’t need moderation?
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:51am
  - Tall Man
    
    Well, I have had a couple “vanish” completely….. Seems they still don’t see eye to eye with me on ardern and her dissembling activity…….. so I guess they think I still need moderating.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:55pm
- Biscuit
  
  Mmm, Tall Man.
  
  In the mods’ defence, though, I’d love to see them tell us the number of posts that they need to delete.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:55am
  - Batman
    
    It’s somewhere around 10% from what DPF has said in the past.
    
    And just remember that we actually do READ them lol. We’re volunteers who have jobs and careers and families to put first.
    
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    August 14, 2019 2:07pm
    - Biscuit
      
      Ta for that, Batman.
      
      You know me, ha I never complain … though I do a great scowl at the occasional delay in a post of mine ‘appearing’ in here… and your ‘job’ in here is a thankless task.
      
      There are usually 300 or so posts in GD each day – 10% of that, if my School Cert Maths is anything up to speed, must be very close to 30.
      
      When I see some of the tosh that does make it through, though, I often wonder what your eyeballs get assaulted with…
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:20pm
      - Batman
        
        No trouble. Thanks for everyone’s patience as well.
        
        I know that one of the mods is here more often and does most of the heavy lifting, and that person was away this morning after a certain time. So I came in and found a queue of 60-odd to wade through.
        
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        August 14, 2019 2:27pm
    - Tall Man
      
      But I do think you’re coming around to my way of thinking Batman 😉
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:22pm
- Cobolt24
  
  It has (almost) been 5 months since, I think it’s time to take off the moderation. There’s more than enough people around to use the report function for comments they find unacceptable.
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:31am
Surely Knott

Stuff “Sydney Suspect’s Mass Killing info” – “While his screams suggested a possible allegiance to Islamic extremist ideology, police have since seized a phone and USB stick containing information about recent violent acts of white supremacy in the US and New Zealand. ”
Does that sentence even make sense?
Meanwhile on the MSN, “‘I didn’t think he’d go this far’: School friends of Sydney knifeman reveal his chilling final Facebook post and claim he planned to launch attack at a music festival – as they say he was ‘always weird’ and recently converted to Islam” That headline has now been changed and the info about the facebook post and music festival threats has been removed. It also gives details that he grew up in Aussie and was of Turkish decent.
But none of the local newspapers mention that he had recently converted to Islam or his facebook posts.
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August 14, 2019 9:31am
- Maggie Pie
  
  Meanwhile, the two British men who tackled the knife-wielding lunatic to the ground, have been charged with assault.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:46am
  - Tall Man
    
    Don’t joke….
    
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    August 14, 2019 2:23pm
    - Maggie Pie
      
      Me? Cm’on Tall Man – you know better than that!
      
      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EB4l4dhVUAAcTQB?=format=jpg&name=jpg
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:59pm
- alloytoo
  
  It’s a human trait to be very enthused about something (religion, style, diet, transport type) that you have recently converted to.
  
  If you conversion is to something radical then the likelihood of doing something rash increases.
  
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  August 14, 2019 9:54am
- SGA
  
  If the information coming out is even halfway accurate, I find it hard to see this as some sort of islamic terrorism.
  https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/missing-five-days-of-sydney-stabbing-suspect-mert-ney/news-story/36996fefb5744a178a4dba04af20f4a4
  
  The 21-year-old, who has a history of mental illness and drug abuse, walked out of Blacktown Hospital last Thursday after reportedly being treated for an overdose.
  …
  The Daily Telegraph reported Ney presented at Blacktown Hospital’s emergency department last Wednesday, August 7. He left the hospital through the ambulance doors at 6.15am the next morning, with police notified.
  Authorities were reportedly already looking for the man from Marayong, near Blacktown in Sydney’s west, in relation to an alleged domestic violence issue involving his sister.
  It’s understood Ney, who lives with his mother on Percy Street, Marayong but has been homeless at times in recent years, appeared in front of a magistrate in Blacktown Local Court in June after being caught with knuckledusters.
  …
  Ney’s relationship, if any, with the woman he is accused of murdering in an apartment on Clarence Street is also a focus.
  Homicide detectives are investigating the possibility he had a relationship with the sex worker, 21, after they met on classifieds website Locanto.
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:07am
  - Scott
    
    SGA – well the fellow did shout out Allah Akbar during his murderous rampage?? That is something of a clue?? He is unlikely to be an Episcopalian. He is unlikely to be a Buddhist. He is unlikely to be an atheist.
    
    It’s interesting how the media will treat this? They generally will downplay the Islamic connection and as you have done play out some sort of ideas about his mental illness or something. He will be labelled as a lone wolf. Above all the media will assume that this says nothing about the wider issue of Islamic terrorism in western countries. It’s just a lone wolf attack like so many lone wolf attacks that only appear to be done by Muslims. Nothing to see here just move on.
    
    In contrast the Christchurch Mosque killer was immediately labelled by the media as a white supremacist of the far right who is part of a pattern of white supremacist violence and far right terrorism.
    While actually the facts are that he was not part of any network, that he had no accomplices in New Zealand, that he had nothing to do with right wing groups in New Zealand and he is the literal definition of a lone wolf. But of course the media and our government did not see it that way.
    
    To me the correct interpretation is that this Sydney attack is a part of a pattern of Islamic violence and terrorism in western countries. It should be countered seriously with severe measures in my opinion.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:29pm
    - SGA
      
      Scott, I watched the video too. He stood on a car roof asking someone to shoot him in the f**king face, when that produced no reaction shouted out Allah Akbar. What I saw looked more like someone looking for suicide by cop than a ideological statement.
      
      So, is this guy a nutter or an islamic terrorist? Here’s what I’ve read and seen –
      
      He has a history of mental illness and drug abuse and was hospitalised just last week. The police were notified when he skipped out.
      Police were reportedly already looking for him in relation to a domestic situation before this incident started.
      This incident started with a woman, known to Nuy, being killed in apartment in a frenzied knife attack.
      Nuy fled the seen, stabbing at people before getting up on a car, asking to be shot in the f**king face, and then shouting Allah Akbar. He flees from there.
      I saw CCTV footage of him later running, pursued by people with chairs and suchlike. He suddenly stops, runs to side of the footpath to kick a parked bicylce over at random (it’s almost funny), and then keeps on running away.
      
      Like the NSW police, I currently have trouble seeing this incident as Islamic terrorism. I saw no political/social/religious agenda. I know this won’t convince you and your agenda, but them’s the breaks.
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:26pm
- Jules99
  
  YouTube seems to have taken down an RT video saying he said Allahu Akbar.
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:34am
- stephieboy
  
  Surely Knott, disappointing as it might be Mert Ney was clearly mentally ill,
  
  ‘I didn’t think he’d go this far’: School friends of Sydney knifeman reveal his chilling final Facebook post and claim he planned to launch attack at a music festival – as they say he was ‘always weird’ and recently converted to Islam,
  
  “..He just had a vibe, he was just an odd person – he didn’t have many friends.’
  
  Ney, 21, grew up in a weatherboard home in Marayong, near Blacktown, the middle sibling of two siblings and the son of Turkish-Cypriot parents.
  ‘He was not much of a talker,’ said Reen Elomari, who went to Marayong Public School with him.
  
  ‘He always used to walk fast, not many friends, never used to say anything.’
  
  ‘I always used to see him roam around the streets alone. I would see him around my house. I’d see him maybe a couple of times (at the shops at Westpoint), just alone..”’
  
  https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/i-didnt-think-hed-go-this-far-school-friends-of-sydney-knifeman-reveal-his-chilling-final-facebook-post-and-claim-he-planned-to-launch-attack-at-a-music-festival-as-they-say-he-was-always-weird-and-recently-converted-to-islam/ar-AAFK683?li=AAgfIYZ&amp%3Bocid=mailsignout
  
  Plus,
  
  Sydney CBD stabbing suspect had history of mental health problems: police
  
  https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/sydney-cbd-stabbing-suspect-had-history-of-mental-health-problems-police-20190813-p52grv.html
  
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  August 14, 2019 10:36am
  - Surely Knott
    
    I agree Stephieboy that the stabber had mental health issues, and to leave that out of the story would have been misleading. But his mental health wasn’t the whole story. They have left out that he recently converted to Islam and had been making concerning facebook posts. Instead they specifically try to downplay his link to Islam and link it to “white supremacism” again.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:49pm
    - stephieboy
      
      Downplay his link to Islam. Rightly so!
      
      “..link it to “white supremacism” again”
      
      Nonsense!.
      
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      August 14, 2019 4:24pm
- Scott
  
  Surely Knott – quite right. To get a good read on what happened in Sydney you have to go to the British newspaper The Daily Mail who give you the proper information. He appears to be a man of Turkish descent who has recently converted to Islam. In a pattern that has been echoed all around the world, conversion to Islam does not make a man less violent, but more violent.
  
  He goes round knifing people and screaming out Allah Akbar. But reports are that his motives remain unclear?? You can’t make this up!
  
  Unfortunately this is the cultural diversity and wonderful cultural dividend that Australia is facing at the moment. We will get this too unless we wake up and severely restrict Muslim immigration. It’s not that I don’t like Muslim people, it’s a sad fact that the more Muslims you have in a Western country then the more problems that you have.
  
  It’s sad to say but I think we need to wake up and realise that we actually need less “multicultural enrichment” and “diversity dividends”.
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7353835/Sydney-attacker-slashed-sex-workers-throat-tackled-hero-Brits.html
  
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  August 14, 2019 11:42am
  - stephieboy
    
    Scott,
    
    ” In a pattern that has been echoed all around the world, conversion to Islam does not make a man less violent, but more violent.”
    
    Utter BS!
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:13pm
    - Albert_Ross
      
      It’s not utter BS, but it is overly simplistic. Islam doesn’t cause people to be violent – hundreds of millions of Muslims all over the world are living worthwhile, harmless lives with their families and not being violent.
      
      What it does do, is provide an excuse for people who already want to be violent. This guy was already a weirdo before he converted, he was not made a weirdo because he converted.
      
      Similarly, in earlier centuries, the cause of defending the Catholic faith did not make people into sadists; it provided an excuse for people who were already inclined towards sadism.
      
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      August 14, 2019 2:11pm
      - kowtow
        
        Proddies burned more witches , just sayin’.
        
        I wonder if being a climate change denier is the modern equivalent of being a witch, for which one must be burned as a steak ?
        
        https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jan/07/witchcraft-economics-reformation-catholic-protestant-market-share
        
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        August 14, 2019 3:32pm
      - stephieboy
        
        Albert Ross, there is no known causal relationship between conversion to Islam and violence!
        
        Ask the late Muhammed Ali and those like Sonnyboy Williamson and Yusaf/Cat Stevens!
        
        https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/111641616/yusufcat-stevens-performing-at-national-remembrance-service-as-show-of-unity
        
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        August 14, 2019 4:27pm
Ruahine

This man is obviously an idiot on a few counts.
Only an idiot would convert to Islam. Only an idiot would go around stabbing defenceless women.
Surely he should have sought out a policewomen to stab and then there would have been a good chance that he would have been shot dead and then he would have been welcomed into heaven and then have been able to get among four and twenty virgins.
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August 14, 2019 9:59am
- sooty
  
  Not if she had shot his nuts off!
  
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  August 14, 2019 12:17pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Mate, if you get 72 virgins a new set of nuts would be a breeze….
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:51pm
Fletch

This is the ultimate bullshit. The media are claiming that those against the idea of climate change (so-called climate “deniers”) get 49% more coverage than scientists in the media.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/climate-change-contrarians-receive-49-per-cent-more-media-coverage-than-scientists-us-study-finds

I’ve never heard so much twaddle in my life. When was the last time you heard a ‘denier’ get coverage on the news? How about, never?
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August 14, 2019 10:01am
- Ruawai
  
  The word denier implies the person is in denial about the truth which therefore assume climate change is the truth. I believe climate is changing and has always changed back and forth, no denying this but I disagree that any change is caused by my plastic bag at the supermarket or sausages for dinner.
  
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  August 14, 2019 12:56pm
igm

To think our unelected unwanted PM is attempting to emulate and accommodate these vile scumbags:
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/australia/114983802/six-minutes-of-terrifying-carnage-how-witnesses-chased-knifeman-through-sydney-cbd
They are not refugees Ardern, wake up and see the light!
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August 14, 2019 10:08am
- Maggy Wassilieff
  
  Looks like Ardern and Labour are backing away from offering Pacific Island Climate Refugees a home in NZ
  
  (from 1:35)
  https://www.rnz.co.nz/audio/player?audio_id=2018708587
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:11pm
  - stephieboy
    
    MW, if it is good enough for former PM Sir John Keys to go then it’s not good enough for the present PM ?,
    
    https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/201815592/john-key-arrives-in-micronesia-for-47th-pacific-islands-forum
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:18pm
    - Captain Mainwaring
      
      Who the fuck is John Keys?
      
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      August 14, 2019 3:51pm
      - stephieboy
        
        Captain Mainwaring, use what little you have of your left brain!
        
        Think!
        
        DUH!
        
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        August 14, 2019 4:09pm
      - Swifty
        
        And he expects people to take him seriously…..
        
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        August 14, 2019 4:26pm
      - Nostradamus
        
        Captain Mainwaring:
        
        Once again Stephieboy has severe comprehension problems.
        
        Maggy said: “Looks like Ardern and Labour are backing away from offering Pacific Island Climate Refugees a home in NZ”.
        
        Stephieboy said: “if it is good enough for former PM Sir John Keys to go” – which has nothing to do with the point that Maggy made.
        
        As Tom Hunter said on 11 November 2016:
        
        MUHAHHAHHAHH.
        Stephieboy: The reigning champion and still….
        … Kiwiblog’s Dumbest Commentator.
        
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        August 14, 2019 4:49pm
      - Tall Man
        
        Sounds like a nice guy…. I’d vote for him 😉
        
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        August 14, 2019 5:04pm
      - Nostradamus
        
        So… my 4.49pm is still in moderation at 8.49pm (4 hours).
        
        It’s good to see the new moderation policy is working well!
        
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        August 14, 2019 8:49pm
    - Maggy Wassilieff
      
      What are you on about?
      Where have I written that there is anything is wrong with the PM attending the Pacific Leader’s Forum?
      
      Have you actually checked what my 1:11pm post is all about?
      
      Did you listen to what the interviewer said around the 1:35 mark?
      Did you listen to the PM’s reply?
      
      Does that make matters clearer?
      
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      August 14, 2019 4:46pm
      - Tall Man
        
        You’ll get more sense shouting into an empty bucket, like steffy an empty bucket is…. well, empty 😉
        
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        August 14, 2019 5:05pm
      - Swifty
        
        If the truth be told I think we’re witnessing a mind slowly crumbling. Be it age or drink – it’s all downhill from here.
        
        Quite sad really.
        
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        August 14, 2019 5:26pm
  - Tall Man
    
    Pure fantasy the whole thing.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:50pm
- stephieboy
  
  igm, Mert Ney was born and raised in Australia by a family of no religious persuasion
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:15pm
Maggie Pie

Honestly, are these the sort of people we want to give control of our data to –
and seats in our Parliament?
Wake up New Zealand!!

https://twitter.com/nzherald/status/1161386969865302017
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August 14, 2019 10:15am
- Tall Man
  
  They are only doing what ardern would like to do to the uneducated masses here so we all fall into the climate change slot and worship dear leader.
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:49pm
Biscuit

Sex scandals
A Part Time Prime Minister
Incompetency everywhere amongst that Part Time Prime Minister’s Government
The least-transparent ‘most transparent’ Government ever
Coming up to 2 years of Sweet Stuff All in actual action
The numbers of people not in full employment skyrocketing
A ‘Coalition’ effectively run by someone who can’t even get 5 of the latest poll votes…

You’ve got to feel for ol’ Nicky Hager, eh?

Each time he starts on a new ‘Dirty Politics’-style CoL expose he has to start again, ha…

I wouldn’t be surprised, you know, if he just gives up…
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August 14, 2019 10:16am
Bobba Fret

Does any one know how long it normally takes for the ombudsman to decide whether to release JAG’s letter or not?
I want to know what it says and I’m sure its in the public’s interest, especially those living in Wellington.
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August 14, 2019 10:20am
- sooty
  
  Especially with JAGs husband working for wellington council!
  Was she supporting him in his work?
  
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  August 14, 2019 12:14pm
- Batman
  
  It’s is a single letter so probably not too long, plus it is of high public interest.
  
  My guess would be roughly a month or so. Right now they will have written to Genter to confirm an investigation is underway and request a copy of the letter for review.
  
  Credentials: I have worked in this area and with the Ombudsman.
  
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  August 14, 2019 2:18pm
  - Bobba Fret
    
    Thanks Batman
    I agree with you it IS of high public interest. Wow a month, I was hoping not that long.
    I just wonder if the ombudsman will decide its not in the public interest to release……although I would have thought a lot of people are interested to know.
    
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    August 14, 2019 2:38pm
- toby1845
  
  I think it’s fairly safe to assume that Chris Bishop already has a copy, so we will see it sooner or later, regardless.
  
  In the interim, the Ombudsman can take as long as he/she wants. It just gives ‘the Bish’ more time to ‘play the fish’.
  
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  August 14, 2019 2:58pm
Cobolt24

Westpac economists reiterate forecast of 7% house price inflation next year but admit it’s far from certain | Interest
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https://www.interest.co.nz/property/101179/westpac-economists-reiterate-forecast-7-house-price-inflation-next-year-admit-its
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August 14, 2019 10:33am
Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes

Saw James Shaw re the census/stats debarcle. Cant help thinking, what an opportunity lost for Greens to be useful and positive contributors to NZ. It is a shame that the he is shackled by luddite thinking and small minded-malthusian view that there will be no improvment in technology/thinking.
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August 14, 2019 10:39am
Kabull

On climate alarmism. Here is an example of how the alarmists try to control the debate. It is similar to Stuff’s ‘The Science is Proven so don’t debate it’ line.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/climatechangediscussion/search/?query=ban&epa=SEARCH_BOX

go to the top post, dated February 19. As the post says, the reason for banning contributors is:
The sources below have been repeatedly demonstrated to perpetually produce misconceptions, misrepresentation, errors and falsehoods about climate science. The administrators of this group deem that after a decade of allowing these sources and responding with counter arguments, such strategy simply won’t stop the influence of said sources. These sources, and many of their followers do not adhere to facts. A straightforward banning is currently the most optimal solution.
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August 14, 2019 10:49am
- UrbanNeocolonialist
  
  should sensibly be renamed to the “no climate change discussion” group
  
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  August 14, 2019 12:14pm
- stephieboy
  
  Kabull, the US President disagrees,
  
  President Donald Trump has been a long-time climate change denier, suggesting that the concept was “created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive.” But, in an interview with CBS’ 60 Minutes last night he backed away slightly from these claims, saying he no longer believes the warming of the planet is a hoax.
  
  “I’m not denying climate change,” Trump told interviewer Lesley Stahl.
  
  https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/15/17977596/donald-trump-climate-change-hoax-60-minutes-interview
  
  LOL
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:22pm
  - All_on_Red
    
    From your link
    ‘At the same time, though, Trump suggested that climate change might not be caused by humans; that he did not want to take any action that would harm the American economy; and that the warming of the planet by industrial emissions would reverse of its own accord.
    “I think something’s happening. Something’s changing and it’ll change back again,” said Trump. “I don’t think it’s a hoax. I think there’s probably a difference. But I don’t know that it’s manmade. I will say this: I don’t want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don’t want to lose millions and millions of jobs.”
    
    It’s clear the subtlety of his comment is too much for you to comprehend as it tends to contradict the intent of the point, you in your usual hapless way, are trying to make.
    ONCE AGAIN, you show yourself to be Kiwiblogs Dumbest Commentator.
    And wrong.
    
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    August 14, 2019 5:00pm
    - Tall Man
      
      steffy doesn’t “do” comprehension let alone subtle.
      
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      August 14, 2019 5:07pm
    - stephieboy
      
      Nothing subtle about this,
      
      “..I think something’s happening. Something’s changing and it’ll change back again,” said Trump. “I don’t think it’s a hoax. I think there’s probably a difference…”
      
      From “sublime “to ridiculous hyperbolic hysterical exaggeration,
      
      “..But I don’t know that it’s manmade. I will say this: I don’t want to give trillions and trillions of dollars. I don’t want to lose millions and millions of jobs…”
      
      LMAO
      
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      August 14, 2019 6:27pm
      - All_on_Red
        
        Still wrong as you ignore the cost of Carbon Taxes and lost jobs.
        And you’re still a laughing stock
        Hey, you missed out on your usual ‘see your Doctor’ comment.
        
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        August 14, 2019 10:11pm
- rightoverlabour
  
  “most optimal solution”.
  
  “repeatedly demonstrated to perpetually produce”
  
  Very educated this lot.
  
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  August 14, 2019 7:14pm
Maggy Wassilieff

What the Dickens is going on here folks?

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/james-shaw-s-awkward-moment-on-the-am-show-defending-relationship-with-marama-davidson.html

Is this a tale of 2 political co-leaders having a divergence of thought?

or am I meant to read something else into
obviously it’s become a closer, more regular friendship?
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August 14, 2019 10:51am
- Old.Mickey.Blue.Eyes
  
  friends with benefits, or friends with beneficiaries ?
  
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  August 14, 2019 11:08am
- coge
  
  Still left wondering what the facts were re Shaw’s black eye.
  
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  August 14, 2019 11:14am
  - Maggie Pie
    
    Maybe Marama put a hit on him? 😎
    
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    August 14, 2019 12:38pm
    - Tall Man
      
      A hug would do it I think………….
      
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      August 14, 2019 1:43pm
  - Tall Man
    
    He smacked a guy’s fist around with his head………..
    
    He ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.
    
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    August 14, 2019 1:44pm
- sooty
  
  Marama owns him!
  
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  August 14, 2019 12:02pm
Gravelroad

Re the spillage of sewage into Titahi Bay Wellington.
I hope exhaustive efforts are made to see if this can be blamed on livestock and/or “filthy farmers”.
Martin Williams – see what you can do…….
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August 14, 2019 11:02am
- Lance
  
  When I used to live in Ti-tie bay in the 1980’s no locals swam there, you would only “be going through the motions”.
  I guess not much has changed?
  
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  August 14, 2019 12:23pm
- Tall Man
  
  “Martin Williams – see what you can do…….”
  
  Not sure how venting his spleen would help…..
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:41pm
Lance

Is 2 hours + the new norm for moderation delays?
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August 14, 2019 12:05pm
- Tall Man
  
  Of…………………………………………………………………………………………………. course………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… not.
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:42pm
Tauhei Notts

Update on the US presidential odds. Trump remains hot favourite, unchanged. Kamala Harris has slipped further in the rankings. Bernie Sanders has increased his popularity. He is still fourth favourite, but the change is noteworthy. I have noticed an outsider’s odds shortening a bit; Andrew Yang!
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NZ slipped from $2.40 to $2.80 in the World Cup, but have come back to $2.52. Aussie are still unchanged, even after their scintillating victory last Saturday; South Africa, England, Ireland and Wales are all rated better than Aussie.
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August 14, 2019 12:17pm
- Biscuit
  
  TN, I remain sceptical about the chances of England, Ireland, Wales and Australia.
  Me, I’d have South Africa and New Zealand meeting in the Final…
  
  England? Once again, they’ve drawn the toughest Pool – and their sked has them playing their two toughest rivals, Argentina and France, right ahead of the PlayOffs. To win the Cup, then, England would likely have to beat five Tier One nations on the trot.
  
  Ireland don’t really seem to have progressed as they should have since beating New Zealand twice in recent years. Very dependent on that No. 10 of theirs, too.
  
  Wales, about as ‘true’ a No. One side as Jass’s mob are a competent Government, are gonna miss Gareth Anscombe mightily.
  
  Australia? Okay, so they won well on Saturday … but they only scored two more tries than the Scott Barrett-hampered All Blacks. This weekend’s ‘rematch’ will tell more but I think they will be found out.
  
  PS
  
  I must pop into the TAB Website to back Liverpool to win the Champions League again, ha. What with those GIANTS of Europe, Celtic, bowing out this a.m., though, I rather imagine Pool’s odds have plummetted?
  
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  August 14, 2019 1:37pm
MCos

Judging by the headlines flashing across my telephone last Saturday’s loss by the ABs and the ‘controversial’ (actually straight forward) red card has humiliated the nation.
The two kiwis I’ve met who are on holiday over here in Thailand didn’t even know the game was on.
Sometimes people can’t see the wood for the trees.
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August 14, 2019 1:03pm
- Batman
  
  The media love the play it up as a crisis. It’s a comforting sign of just how good we’ve got it here that an ABs loss is a drama lol.
  
  I think these days we’ve done so much winning that, like Trump prophesied, we are getting tired of it ?
  
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  August 14, 2019 2:24pm
Cobolt24

NZ Steel has told MPs it may be forced to close with the loss of thousands of jobs if changes aren’t made to the Climate Change Response Bill which is being considered by Parliament
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/114961557/very-real-risk-nz-steel-could-be-forced-to-pull-out-of-auckland
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August 14, 2019 1:29pm
- Poppa
  
  No worries Cindy can arrange to import some 3rd grade Chinese steel. I am sure it will be fine as a structural steel
  
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  August 14, 2019 2:07pm
  - alloytoo
    
    Organically grown and all.
    
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    August 14, 2019 3:20pm
    - Tall Man
      
      And shiny….
      
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      August 14, 2019 5:10pm
  - Steve Otto(North Shore)
    
    We don’t want it. Chinese steel is recycled junk and brittle, therefore subject to metal fatigue. My experience is mainly with box section, but sheet is shit as well. Crap to weld.
    
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    August 14, 2019 5:40pm
    - stephieboy
      
      ” Chinese steel is recycled junk and brittle..”
      
      ??
      
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      August 14, 2019 6:29pm
    - UrbanNeocolonialist
      
      Chemically it meets spec, but frequently full of dross or grit particles that can only be detected after polishing and microscopic inspection that seriously weaken it. Even chinese use western imported materials for critical stuff
      
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      August 14, 2019 9:27pm
Maggy Wassilieff

Oh Dear,

Placido Amingo accused of sexual harassment.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49334226

But, hey look Jacinda Ardern and Labour…

No hushing up of the allegations… and notice how the LA Opera bring in Outside/independent Counsel.
the Los Angeles Opera – which he directs – has pledged to investigate with the help of “outside counsel”.
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August 14, 2019 1:56pm
- Inandout
  
  Maggy, this finger pointing is becoming ridiculous. I can without too much trouble name ten famous NZ people who when younger chased a bit of skirt or trousers.
  
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  August 14, 2019 3:51pm
stoptheboats

what on earth is going on at Pike River – taking a fantastically long time to complete job.
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August 14, 2019 3:42pm
- Lance
  
  Clearly any time delay is John Key’s fault.
  
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  August 14, 2019 4:05pm
- Happychappy
  
  They want keep it in the news till next Election as they think they can fine some evidence that will help them win 2020 General Election.
  
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  August 14, 2019 5:13pm
- kevn
  
  @stop… One meter of flooding, 30 meters in so far, (only another 2000m to go) and a convoy of loaded concrete trucks to the entrance last month.
  What is happening, indeed.
  Website has nothing up to date.
  
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  August 14, 2019 7:52pm
Hugh Pavletich

… NEW ZEALAND … ANZ …

Posted at … https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/08/links-14-august-2019/#comment-3410796

And what don’t we know ? …

Valuation shows ANZ’s Hisco mansion sale under by $4m | Stuff.co.nz

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/114989444/valuation-shows-anzs-hisco-mansion-sale-under-by-4m

ANZ may have given former chief executive David Hisco’s wife a $4.1 million discount when it sold a house to her, a new valuation suggests. …

… concluding …

… Jilnaught Wong, professor of accounting at the University of Auckland, said the house sale looked “clearly” to be a related party transaction and should have been reported as such.

Criminal and civil penalties are possible if its found ANZ directors, including Key, gave false or misleading statements to the Reserve Bank.

ANZ has also been ordered to get two independent reviews, after the Reserve Bank asked for assurance that the bank “is operating in a prudent manner”. A spokesman said those were under way. “We are unable to comment on the detail of the reports at this stage. However, a summary of each report will be published once it has been received by the Reserve Bank.”

The bank has been under pressure for months, with a severe reprimand by the Reserve Bank and calls for Key and Hisco to leave or be forced out.
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August 14, 2019 4:11pm
Nookin

Although not completely focused on Country Calendar on Sunday, I did have half an eye on it throughout and gained the impression that the farmer was a thoroughly decent hard-working guy came out from Indonesia aged 17 and has worked his way into a pretty solid position.

It’s disappointing that some chose to deride him all the show for no reason other than the fact that he is Muslim.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/114994847/country-calendar-producer-calls-racist-comments-about-muslim-farmer-episode-narrowminded-and-ignorant
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August 14, 2019 4:14pm
- Tall Man
  
  He’s the local imam…….. Obviously that is as profitable as being the “pastor” of PI church in NZ.
  
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  August 15, 2019 8:40am
stephieboy

This deserves a separate thread on KB

Bridges defends transport initiative after failed tech partnership

“The National Party leader has defended the running of a mobility project he claimed would revolutionise transport.

Simon Bridges when transport minister lauded the project as revolutionary. Photo: RNZ
The MobilityOS project was a key factor in driving up NZTA’s spending on software licensing fees by 75 percent between 2017 and last year, from $4 million to $7m.
Simon Bridges, when he was transport minister, lauded a transportation app launched under the project in Queenstown in 2017.

But that app and related work has now been shelved by the Transport Agency, after spending $5.5m.

It has pulled the plug on a failed partnership with a Silicon Valley company, Machine Zone (MZ), which was agreed without a robust business case by a unit of NZTA, Connected Journeys, which was recently scrapped amid ongoing investigations into how it awarded contracts.
The agency has changed tack to do more data collection and trip prediction, but has also expanded the MobilityOS project budget by another $19.5m.

An independent review criticised how the project ran….”

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/396660/bridges-defends-transport-initiative-after-failed-tech-partnership
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August 14, 2019 4:19pm
wreck1080

Antifa are holding an event in portland… At the last Portland Antifa event , antifa people wore masks and beat a conservative reporter to the point of giving him a brain injury.

The right wing group ‘Proud boys’ took note of this, and are going to crash the next antifa rally and deal out some real violence.

Portlands council have been protecting antifa to some degree, so this will get interesting. . .

https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/world/fbi-to-assist-in-portland-as-city-braces-for-dueling-antifa-right-wing-protests/ar-AAFLIpd?li=BBqdk7Q
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August 14, 2019 4:40pm
Maggie Pie

BREAKING..

I’s sure some here will remember the name Lisa Lewis?
Shes an old friend of my partner and he was just saying she’s running for Mayor of Hamilton. He wishes her the very best of luck!
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August 14, 2019 4:41pm
srylands

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/396644/activists-handing-over-eviction-notice-to-oil-giant-s-wellington-hq

If OMV happened to discover a major gas field off Otago, I would be surprised if they were granted permission to develop it.
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August 14, 2019 5:14pm
Nostradamus

Bad news for Jacinda and Andrew Little:

Terrifying moment Kiwi Comanchero bikie bashes repair worker in brutal assault

A Kiwi criminal and Comanchero member bashed a former friend and associate so badly he required multiple surgeries – all because he wanted to leave the Australian gang.

Vincent Meyer – the son of the feared Comanchero member Norm Meyer, arrived at a former friend and gang member’s workplace in Melbourne before unleashing a flurry of punches and kicking and stomping on the motionless victim. … Meyer, who lives in Australia, managed to drag his court appearance out and during that time fled to the UK before making his way to New Zealand in June 2018 on a false passport.
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The charge carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in jail. He is expected to be deported to New Zealand upon carrying out his sentence in Victoria.

Another scumbag who Australia doesn’t want and, regrettably, who will end up in New Zealand.
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August 14, 2019 5:19pm
Steve Otto(North Shore)

Jacinda walks into a Bank to cash a cheque.
As she approaches the cashier she says, “Good morning, Ms could you please
cash this cheque for me?”
Cashier: “It would be my pleasure Sister. Could you please show me your ID?”

Jacinda: “Truthfully, I did not bring my ID with me as I didn’t think there
was any need to.
I am Jacinda Ardern, leader of the labour Party and prime minister of New
Zealand !!!!”

Cashier: “Yes Sister, I know who you are, but with all the regulations and
monitoring of the banks because of impostors and forgers and requirements of
the legislation, etc., I must insist on seeing ID.”

Jacinda : Just ask anyone here at the bank who I am and they will tell you.
Everybody knows who I am.”

Cashier: “I am sorry, Ms Ardern, but these are the bank rules and I must
follow them.”

Jacinda :”Come on please, I am urging you, please cash this cheque.”

Cashier: “Look Ms Ardern, here is an example of what we can do.
One day, Tiger Woods came into the bank without ID.
To prove he was Tiger Woods he pulled out his putter and made a beautiful
shot across the bank into a cup.
With that shot we knew him to be Tiger Woods and cashed his cheque.”

“Another time, Andre Agassi came in without ID.
He pulled out his tennis racket and made a fabulous shot where the tennis
ball landed in my cup.
With that shot we cashed his cheque.
So, Ms Ardern, what can you do to prove that it is you and only you?”

Jacinda stands there thinking and thinking and finally says, “Honestly, my
mind is a total blank…there is nothing that comes to my mind.
I can’t think of a single thing.
I have absolutely no idea what to do.
I don’t have a clue.”

Cashier: “Will that be large or small notes , Ms Ardern?
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August 14, 2019 5:36pm
Maggy Wassilieff

How did something go so wrong?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/115008948/corrections-admits-terror-accuseds-letter-to-supporter-should-not-have-been-sent
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August 14, 2019 11:14pm
Hugh Pavletich

NEW ZEALAND: Belatedly getting sound policies in place to (just) restore normal and affordable housing markets …

New Zealand’s best soils to be protected for food growing | Gerard Hutching | Stuff.co.nz

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/business-top-stories/114994581/new-zealands-best-soils-to-be-protected-for-food-growing

… with Local Government New Zealand’s responsible response …

LGNZ cautious as government pits potatoes against houses | Scoop News

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1908/S00200/lgnz-cautious-as-government-pits-potatoes-against-houses.htm

LGNZ cautious as central government pits potatoes against houses

LGNZ will be cautiously assessing the wider implications of the newly proposed National Position Statement on Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL), noting that that it traverses a number of highly complex policy areas including housing affordability and property rights. … read more via hyperlink above …
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… New Zealanders dwelling preferences are crystal clear …

Survey finds Kiwis’ backyard dream still alive and well – Westpac Bank Survey … Scoop NZ

http://business.scoop.co.nz/2019/05/28/survey-finds-kiwis-backyard-dream-still-alive-and-well/

The ‘New Zealand Dream’ is still alive … Wendell Cox … New Geography

http://www.newgeography.com/content/006327-the-new-zealand-dream-still-alive
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… Urban Development (then Housing) Minister Phil Twyford clearly explained the key issues late March …

New Zealaned (then Housing) Urban Development Minister Phil Twyfords speech to the New Zealand Initiative Members Retreat … New Zealand Government / Beehive

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/speech/speech-nz-initiative-members%E2%80%99-retreat

… extract …

… In our view there are three big challenges that have to be addressed:

1. A broken system for financing infrastructure

2. A planning system based on urban containment

3. The failure of governments until now, both local and central, to actively work with the private sector to enable urban growth and expansion. … read more via hyperlink above …

… Access extensive background information via …
Performance Urban Planning
http://www.performanceurbanplanning.org/
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… Belated ( this should have happened out of the 2017 election … as promised … refer Performance Urban Planning above ) and comprehensive proposals are expected from the Government in the next week or two.

Denying people access (whether renting or owning) to affordable housing is a serious breach of basic human rights.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described 2019 as ‘ … the year of delivery’.
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August 15, 2019 6:12am
Britany Henninger

I did everything possible to bring him back but all was in vain, I wanted him back so much because of the love I have for him, I begged him with everything, I made promises but he refused. I explained my problem to someone online and she suggested that I should rather contact a spell caster that could help me cast a spell to bring him back but I am the type that never believed in spell, I had no choice than to try it, I mailed the spell caster, and he told me there was no problem that everything will be okay before three days, that my ex will return to me before three days, he cast the spell and surprisingly in the second day, it was around 4pm. My ex called me, I was so surprised, I answered the call and all he said was that he was so sorry for everything that happened, that he wanted me to return to him, that he loves me so much. I was so happy and went to him, that was how we started living together happily again. Since then, I have made promise that anybody I know that have a relationship problem, I would be of help to such person by referring him or her to the only real and powerful spell caster who helped me with my own problem and who is different from all the fake ones out there. Anybody could need the help of the spell caster, his email:robinsonbuckler @ hotmail. com, you can email him if you need his assistance in your relationship or anything.
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