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Marlon always made the best thickshakes at the dairy in Lyttelton, miss them dearly 
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Feb 21, 2018 11:20
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Earl of Lavender posted:Marlon always made the best thickshakes at the dairy in Lyttelton, miss them dearly Is... is that a metaphor
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Feb 21, 2018 19:30
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My Marlon Williams story is that I saw him opening for a band while I was still at Uni but I can't remember what band it was. He made way more of an impression on me than they did, whoever it was.
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Feb 21, 2018 21:18
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sebmojo posted:Is... is that a metaphor While it is beautiful poetry, it is also literally true. He was two years ahead of me at Lyttelton Main, which is how I knew him, and he worked at the new dairy on London St while I was in high school. Earl of Lavender fucked around with this message at 22:20 on Feb 21, 2018 |
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Feb 21, 2018 22:12
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Labour-NZF get to decide whether to sink $1bn into expanding Waikeria prison to take an additional 3000 inmates, because our current prisons are all full. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11999192 Seems like a no-brainer to just invest even a fraction of that in prevention and restorative justice programs, and instead direct police to be more lenient on non-violent crime and thin the prison population by pardoning/releasing a bunch of people. That probably wouldn't be a popular move, particularly the latter, but it's not like keeping people locked up longer has any correlation with reduced recidivism - just the opposite I'm pretty sure. Maybe also invest another small fraction of the $1bn in reintegration programs.
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Feb 22, 2018 04:56
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Read the article. Corrections is already trying to get people out of prisons, but they can't turn them away and they really need the space. You're right since you need to match it with other programs outside of the prisons. New prison or no new prison they are sort of hosed.
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Feb 22, 2018 08:53
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Corrections is helping people to seek bail yeah but that's different, I'm talking about actually letting out convicts.
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Feb 22, 2018 09:27
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Not saying we shouldn't let a lot of people out but you would have to be one hell of an operator to sell that and deal with the 100% certainty that it will blowback when one of them does a crime™ or watches a pirate stream of Rugby.
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Feb 22, 2018 10:02
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Feb 22, 2018 10:24
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Just make weed legal then let all the stoners out - probably come out ahead with a nice tax on it too
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Feb 22, 2018 12:10
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bobbilljim posted:Just make weed legal then let all the stoners out - probably come out ahead with a nice tax on it too This is the way forward to reduce in mate population - decriminalization of drug consumption in total - and more restorative justice and rehabilitation/treatment for non-violent and, hell, violent crime. Maybe we could just copy the Finnish or Norweigan model? The one thing that's not working is what we're doing - taking already alienated people that commit crimes in the first place and then shutting them away from society while making it harder, not easier, to reintegrate once they get out. It just seems like it would be an upsettingly hard sell to the NZ public. It's weird for me living in the US with fully legalized recreational marijuana (California) and to have NZ be so far behind when it's so much more progressive in a bunch of other ways.
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Feb 22, 2018 16:45
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Obama might be visiting NZ soon andDavid Seymour posted:ACT Party leader David Seymour said he hoped to take advantage of Mr Obama's visit to save charter schools from being closed by the government.
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Feb 22, 2018 22:54
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How many people are in prison because of weed? I thought it was still considered a pretty minor offence.
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Feb 22, 2018 22:55
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I don't think anyone is imprisoned just for smoking/possessing a bit of weed
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Feb 22, 2018 23:03
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Charles 2 of Spain posted:How many people are in prison because of weed? I thought it was still considered a pretty minor offence. Pretty sure they only seek jail time for serious dealers. Usually alongside other offences such as firearms related or harder drugs.
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Feb 22, 2018 23:10
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I'm p sure dealing it will get you sent down. I'm also guessing methamphetamine possession sends a bunch of people away
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Feb 22, 2018 23:11
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It came up in the deputy leaders debate during the election, Paula Bennet used it as a bit of a "gotcha" against Marama Davidson. Apparently there are only like 5 people in prison for possession of weed. Possession with intent to supply is treated much more seriously though, a friend of mine was charged with that and was lucky not to get jail time (also probably helped to be middle class, white and university educated).
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Feb 22, 2018 23:25
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I know at least two dudes who got caught for repeat DUIs and then fled the cops and still only got curfews and license suspensions explicitly because there's no room in the prisons.
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Feb 22, 2018 23:28
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Ratios and Tendency posted:I know at least two dudes who got caught for repeat DUIs and then fled the cops and still only got curfews and license suspensions explicitly because there's no room in the prisons. I knew a guy like this too. Also know a guy with a decent size  operation who got busted and wheedled his way into PD, crowded prisons were a contributing factor.
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Feb 22, 2018 23:34
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bike tory posted:It came up in the deputy leaders debate during the election, Paula Bennet used it as a bit of a "gotcha" against Marama Davidson. Apparently there are only like 5 people in prison for possession of weed.
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Feb 22, 2018 23:46
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bike tory posted:It came up in the deputy leaders debate during the election, Paula Bennet used it as a bit of a "gotcha" against Marama Davidson. Apparently there are only like 5 people in prison for possession of weed. I'm surprised she didn't just turn this around and say "well, if we're not prosecuting it, it can't be a serious crime, so decriminalization is a natural step"
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Feb 22, 2018 23:59
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SuperiorColliculus posted:I'm surprised she didn't just turn this around and say "well, if we're not prosecuting it, it can't be a serious crime, so decriminalization is a natural step" l'esprit d'escalier, I'm sure
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Feb 23, 2018 01:29
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Remember that Bennett also claimed that her million-dollar testing program was a success because it made beneficiaries stop taking drugs.
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Feb 23, 2018 01:44
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Jesus my reaction to this was one of the more visceral cringes of my life, poor Jacinda: https://youtu.be/IK9nBH2vBiQ Unrelatedly, New Shub reckons Bridges and Adams are neck and neck in the national leadership race, 23-22. They have a preferential voting system too so it's really either one's game with like 10 votes spread among the others. Collins in dead last at two 
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Feb 26, 2018 04:24
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Adams is an idiot.
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Feb 26, 2018 04:38
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Jacinda confirms victory bone.
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Feb 26, 2018 04:45
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sebmojo posted:Adams is an idiot. No she's not, unfortunately
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Feb 26, 2018 04:45
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bike tory posted:No she's not, unfortunately Based on an admittedly limited sample of dealing with her around information sharing law reform, she actually is.
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Feb 26, 2018 04:58
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Ghostlight posted:Jacinda confirms victory bone. Good for her. Reaaaallly didn't need the confirmation and you don't need to be Sherlock. Did he run out of real questions?
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Feb 26, 2018 05:08
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sebmojo posted:Based on an admittedly limited sample of dealing with her around information sharing law reform, she actually is. lbr there are very few ministers in parliament who would deal with this in an intelligent way
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Feb 26, 2018 05:17
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bike tory posted:Unrelatedly, New Shub reckons Bridges and Adams are neck and neck in the national leadership race, 23-22. They have a preferential voting system too so it's really either one's game with like 10 votes spread among the others. Collins in dead last at two So the eventual winner doesn't currently have a majority? No mandate 
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Feb 26, 2018 05:27
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bike tory posted:Jesus my reaction to this was one of the more visceral cringes of my life, poor Jacinda: Noooo crusher turn left 
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Feb 26, 2018 06:10
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Feb 26, 2018 08:55
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I feel like that heater is a prop from Red Dwarf. Honestly I can't tell anymore.
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Feb 26, 2018 09:16
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The elements were made of wire and clay
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Feb 26, 2018 09:27
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Pararoid posted:The elements were made of wire and clay come on and plug me in, plug me in, plug me in
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Feb 26, 2018 09:34
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Everything about this image is perfectly David Seymour. Christ what a rimmer.
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Feb 26, 2018 09:40
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Jesus how do people bring themselves to put a tick next to this man's name he is such a goober
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Feb 26, 2018 09:41
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There's a reason that "something failing to pretend to be human" is such an effective horror trope. David "Uncanny Valley Motherfucker" Seymour.
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He looks stoned off his rear end, committed-adultery-in-Saudi-Arabia blasted.
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