NZpol: A Dick-Burning Dumpster Fire

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homeowner	39	22.41%
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Robo Captain: Sep 28, 2013

Good loving riddance, will Turnbull be any better though?

# ? Sep 14, 2015 13:24

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# ? May 11, 2024 14:59

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

He's like John Key

El Pollo Blanco posted:

Do what a normal person does when Curia calls them at 6.30pm, tell them to gently caress off and leave you alone.

i love this stuff

# ? Sep 14, 2015 13:27

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

And yet we can't get rid of Key after he sexually harasses a woman over a period of weeks.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 13:28

El Pollo Blanco: Jun 12, 2013; by sebmojo

Malcolm Turnball actually has some integrity, unlike John Key.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 13:34

Pararoid: Dec 6, 2005; Te Waipounamu pride

Oh god I'm going to vomit. Turnball singing Keys praises as a great example...

# ? Sep 14, 2015 13:55

Laverna: Mar 21, 2013

So is this new guy any good? He can't be worse than Abbott, surely. Wondering if it's worth congratulating my Aussie friends over.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 14:00

voiceless anal fricative: May 6, 2007

Robo Captain posted:

Good loving riddance, will Turnbull be any better though?

That's the wrong question, a goat would've done a better job than Abbott. Is Turnbull going to be good? No he isn't, but there are certain areas (like marriage equality) where he's not terrible.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 14:02

WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

Laverna posted:

So is this new guy any good? He can't be worse than Abbott, surely. Wondering if it's worth congratulating my Aussie friends over.

There is always more and it is always worse.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 19:31

Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

WarpedNaba posted:

There is always more and it is always worse.

This is the most important lesson this thread has taught me.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 19:47

NZAmoeba: Feb 14, 2005; It turns out it's MAN!; Hair Elf

Abbott was too incompetent to actually execute most of his policies. Turnbull knows what he's actually doing.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 23:30

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

A truly hideous piece of poo poo. Finally, a flag we can all get behind.

https://twitter.com/NzMorningReport/status/643529210619895808

# ? Sep 14, 2015 23:33

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

# ? Sep 14, 2015 23:52

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

re: the new Mediaworks/Glucina thing

# ? Sep 15, 2015 04:06

exmachina: Mar 12, 2006; Look Closer

Exclamation Marx posted:

re: the new Mediaworks/Glucina thing

Looks like someone should have been more prepared. What law is that from?

# ? Sep 15, 2015 05:13

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

The Scout Association of New Zealand Act 1956

# ? Sep 15, 2015 05:21

klen dool: May 7, 2007; Okay well me being wrong in some limited situations doesn't change my overall point.

Exclamation Marx posted:

The Scout Association of New Zealand Act 1956

What, trademark law isn't good enough for the scouts?

# ? Sep 15, 2015 05:35

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

klen dool posted:

What, trademark law isn't good enough for the scouts?

Seems to be because the Monarchy's involved

quote:

Whereas there was incorporated in Great Britain by Royal Charter dated 4 January 1912 a body corporate known as the Boy Scouts Association:

And whereas the Boy Scouts Association was the outcome of the movement initiated in Great Britain by the late Lord Baden Powell of Gilwell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, for the special training and instruction of boys in accordance with the principles and under the organisation from time to time laid down in the constitution and in the Policy Organisation and Rules of the Boy Scouts Association:

And whereas the aforesaid movement has spread throughout the British Commonwealth of Nations and elsewhere, and there has for many years past existed in New Zealand an organisation for the training of boys on the lines and in harmony with the principles of the aforementioned constitution and the Policy Organisation and Rules of the Boy Scouts Association and working as a branch of and in close co-operation with the Boy Scouts Association:

And whereas the New Zealand Branch was incorporated by the Boy Scouts Association (New Zealand Branch) Incorporation Act 1941:

For whatever reason, I'm still glad it happened since there's no way Mediaworks can afford those fines.

e: they're doubly lucky that the legislation hasn't been updated since 1967 :eyepop:

exmarx fucked around with this message at 05:45 on Sep 15, 2015

# ? Sep 15, 2015 05:39

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

But Scout is not an association, let alone an incorporated one.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 05:53

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Ghostlight posted:

But Scout is not an association, let alone an incorporated one.

It's entirely under Mediaworks' wing, so what is it classed as?

# ? Sep 15, 2015 06:03

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

I'm not intimately familiar with their corporate structure, but "association" has a very specific meaning - albeit undefined in that legislation's interpretations - as a synonym for "society", as defined in the Incorporated Societies Act 1908.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 06:28

Lancelot: May 23, 2006; Fun Shoe

Yeah, Scout is a brand name for a product/website that Mediaworks owns, not a name for an association of people at Mediaworks.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 09:54

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

i'm starting to think nz political journos are trash, especially when they make me look bad after i steal their tweets

# ? Sep 15, 2015 09:59

Ratios and Tendency: Apr 23, 2010; MURALI

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1509/S00250/information-shows-corrections-withdrew-fines-issued-to-serco.htm

# ? Sep 15, 2015 12:01

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 market will fix it.

~removes all market pressures~

# ? Sep 15, 2015 13:05

Somfin: Oct 25, 2010; In my🦚 experience🛠️ the big things🌑 don't teach you anything🤷‍♀️.; Nap Ghost

Ghostlight posted:

The market will fix it.

~removes all market pressures~

FREEDOM OF THE MARKET AIN'T FREE

# ? Sep 15, 2015 14:07

truther: Oct 22, 2008; ASK ME ABOUT THE BEARS

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11513839
Myers Park shooting: David Cerven unarmed when police fired

So yep the man was unarmed. This should reflect very poorly on the police. Why did they use lethal force if he was unarmed? If they could not determine whether he was armed why did they use lethal force? He did not approach the police so why did they use lethal force?

And so on. What the gently caress.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 23:29

Moongrave: Jun 19, 2004; Finally Living Rent Free

truther posted:

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11513839
Myers Park shooting: David Cerven unarmed when police fired

So yep the man was unarmed. This should reflect very poorly on the police. Why did they use lethal force if he was unarmed? If they could not determine whether he was armed why did they use lethal force? He did not approach the police so why did they use lethal force?

And so on. What the gently caress.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 23:33

Chalupa Joe: Mar 4, 2007

Several people at work expressed the opinion that the cops should shoot more of the bastards when it happened, so I guess that's Middle New Zealand's response. :negative:

# ? Sep 15, 2015 23:39

NZAmoeba: Feb 14, 2005; It turns out it's MAN!; Hair Elf

Not to mention the incident at Lower Hutt last week seems like someone attempting a suicide by cop, that the police seemed keen to assist him with, when a member of the public was talking him down and attempting to de-escalate the situation.

But yeah nah the cops should totally carry guns for their own protection nothing could go wrong.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 23:40

Slavvy: Dec 11, 2012

It's obvious: criminals are the bad guys, cops are the good guys and their job is to shoot the bad guys. I see no problem here. Give the cops guns, Q.E.D.

# ? Sep 15, 2015 23:42

Ratios and Tendency: Apr 23, 2010; MURALI

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/72050421/act-leader-david-seymours-harden-up-line-stuns-wellington-students

This guy has major input into education policy in NZ irl. :keke:

# ? Sep 16, 2015 00:54

Bushmaori: Mar 8, 2009

Ratios and Tendency posted:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/72050421/act-leader-david-seymours-harden-up-line-stuns-wellington-students

This guy has major input into education policy in NZ irl.

Utterly loving disgusting.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 01:49

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

nah it's okay, he made a joke about the French loving the coq so everything is forgiven :xd:

# ? Sep 16, 2015 04:33

Afakasi: Jul 9, 2009

I think I'm being contracted in to work on some stuff for Scout this week. I won't know till I turn up to TV3 on Friday. My apologies in advance, but I got bills to pay.

# ? Sep 16, 2015 06:00

SurreptitiousMuffin: Mar 21, 2010

David Seymour is in the audience at Back Benches every single Wednesday, and he is the single most awkward man I've ever seen. He's constantly got this look on his face that lives somewhere in the median strip between joy and terror. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he pissed himself from time to time. His suit hugs him like clingfilm that he's desperately trying to escape at all times.

at some point that strange little lizardman is going to emerge from his cotton cocoon and we're all going to be very sorry we mocked him

# ? Sep 16, 2015 06:33