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homeowner 39 22.41%
renter 69 39.66%
stupid peace of poo poo 66 37.93%
Total: 174 votes
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Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
Plus it looks like he's going to war with the Conservatives over the next few weeks.

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Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




He's always at war with them though. Didn't he call them a cult in the last election?

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

He's always at war with them though. Didn't he call them a cult in the last election?

This morning he's promised to post info about a questionable GST transaction and the party infighting so this might be more substantial.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Wandle Cax
Dec 15, 2006

Whoa, I get it now, John Key is a great bloke after all. Love to have a beer with him.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Fukin love beer

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




And politicians

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Saw this on Facebook, apparently also since deleted

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
No retrial for Teina Pora :toot:

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Exclamation Marx posted:

No retrial for Teina Pora :toot:

There was a question of whether they might go back to Malcolm Rewa for a third time although he' already in preventative detention so I'm not sure what else can be done to him apart from throwing away the key for his cell. However IANAL so someone else might be able to comment on that.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411722

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.


wtfff

Kathleen
Feb 26, 2013

Grimey Drawer

:eyepop:

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

idk if it's only just been chopped down or what, but :wtc:

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Does he know what Saudi is like.

WarpedNaba
Feb 8, 2012

Being social makes me swell!
Right-wing, xenophobic, filled with natural resources buried in the ground? Sounds like Aus to me. NZ is only 2 out of 3 on that score.

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

05:30, in context JK is hassling the Aussies, saying the NZ economy is about to overtake them:
http://www.msn.com/en-au/entertainment/story/john-key-shouts-today-show-trip-to-nz/vp-AAabht6

Mentioned here:
http://www.radiolive.co.nz/VIDEO-John-Key-to-Australian-media-Were-the-Saudi-Arabia-of-Australasia/tabid/615/articleID/77984/Default.aspx

Ivor Biggun fucked around with this message at 09:21 on Mar 30, 2015

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



The context doesn't change the fact that we don't even have a tenth the mineral wealth of Australia and even if we did it still wouldn't be close to enough to use as capital on the international stage to buy the silence of nations that would otherwise condemn us as a backward human rights nightmare of a nation.

It's also not like the Saudi economy has ever been severely depressed compared to its also-oil-rich neighbours and made an amazing comeback, so the comparison doesn't even work.

dusty
Nov 30, 2004

Exclamation Marx posted:

idk if it's only just been chopped down or what, but :wtc:

At ease comrades, the Pisser has this.


http://www.reddit.com/r/Wellington/comments/30qx1u/does_anyone_know_why_this_was_cut_down/cpv38t3

The Rabbi T. White
Jul 17, 2008





Ivor Biggun posted:

Saw this on Facebook, apparently also since deleted



Well isn't this timely...?

http://i.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2427247/Tony-Veitch-police-file-released

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Timely? From 2009?

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




This is New Zealand where we proudly live at least 5 years in the past

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

This is New Zealand where we proudly live at least 50 years in the past

The Rabbi T. White
Jul 17, 2008





Butt Wizard posted:

Timely? From 2009?

Ha! It popped up on my BookFace as some breaking story. I didn't even think to check the publication date.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

The Rabbi T. White posted:

Ha! It popped up on my BookFace as some breaking story. I didn't even think to check the publication date.

Oh yea, those related links are in no way filtered by date at all. I'm surprised Zuckersperge lets them keep doing it when it's obviously so broken.

Varkk
Apr 17, 2004

For some reason People have been sharing stuff from Veitch in relation to the CWC and in response people are replying with reminders of his criminal conviction.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.
So the Auckland Marathon is happening at the same time as the Rugby World Cup Final. Genius scheduling.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Oh no not the running

Not the rugger
:negative:

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy
Bob Jones: All that red tape's tying us in knots. Think of what we’d achieve if we didn’t have so many regulations and tradesmen didn’t have cellphones.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11425436

Not mentioned, the 5 (or more?) workers who died during construction of the Empire State building.

exmarx
Feb 18, 2012


The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.
Bob Jones bragged in the Herald about inciting a hunger striker to suicide, and for some reason still has a column???

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Well he got you two talking

Ivor Biggun
Apr 30, 2003

A big "Fuck You!" from the Keyhole nebula

Lipstick Apathy

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

Well he got you two talking

I know his column exists for the same reason that Garth George used to have a column. He's a vile old racist and everything he says makes readers angry. It's just that he's so very good at his job.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

Ivor Biggun posted:

I know his column exists for the same reason that Garth George used to have a column. He's a vile old racist and everything he says makes readers angry. It's just that he's so very good at his job.

Unlike Garth George, Bob Jones had a political party and it garnered 12.2% of the vote nationwide.

He was also a huge part of promoting the idea of property as an investment vehicle for New Zealanders (although he doesn't rate residential property).

Moongrave
Jun 19, 2004

Finally Living Rent Free

Butt Wizard posted:

Unlike Garth George, Bob Jones had a political party and it garnered 12.2% of the vote nationwide.

He was also a huge part of promoting the idea of property as an investment vehicle for New Zealanders (although he doesn't rate residential property).

So it's okay for someone to be an old racist pile of poo poo?

*remembers your vitriol about Winston*

:raise:

A human heart
Oct 10, 2012

His racism is pretty minor compared to his lovely economic views honestly.

Butt Wizard
Nov 3, 2005

It was a pornography store. I was buying pornography.

BARONS CYBER SKULL posted:

So it's okay for someone to be an old racist pile of poo poo?

*remembers your vitriol about Winston*

:raise:

I dont think I was defending Bob Jones, just pointing out that Garth George was a reasonably harmless old man who was easily written off as an idiot and that Bob Jones effectively decided the 1984 election.

ZakAce
May 15, 2007

GF
At least Garth George knew he was an old fella spouting crap. Bob Jones is just an arsehole.

Ghostlight
Sep 25, 2009

maybe for one second you can pause; try to step into another person's perspective, and understand that a watermelon is cursing me



Garth George is a piece of poo poo.

Bob Jones is a dickhole who makes hay out of being a piece of poo poo.

Wandle Cax
Dec 15, 2006

Ghostlight posted:

Garth George is a piece of poo poo.

Bob Jones is a dickhole who makes hay out of being a piece of poo poo.

Yeah Bob Jones knows what he's doing, which is being hilarious.

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Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




Ghostlight posted:

Garth George is a piece of poo poo.

Bob Jones is a dickhole who makes hay out of being a piece of poo poo.

And he seems to know it too

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