Butt Wizard posted:

I'd rather take almost anyone over that dog-whistling old poo poo heel any day of the week. Sorry but the guy's party has no sane people from the top down, he launches scathing baseless attacks on immigrants and foreign investors, is often wrong when he does it and keeps getting free passes for it.

Butt Wizard posted:

Yea, it's on the IRD's 'to-do' list along with streamlining provisional tax, which I do not miss at all.

Slavvy posted:

I'm going to take a wild stab here and guess that the majority of teachers do not have your dedication to giving a poo poo; that was certainly the impression I got from highschool a decade ago.

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3News will break into programming at 1545 NZT with a story of "national significance". I realise that's ominous but it's all I got sorry

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Slavvy posted:

I don't know why everyone is having a cry about one specific piece of one of the two harbours.

fong posted:

In Japan shilling beef and lamb. He's cutting his visit short so he can go campaign in northland

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22:04

One minute one second. Good on him for giving it a go, it was a tough ask.

22:04

The ref called it there bang on a minute. Not sure if he will get his money out of Soper and Williams.

22:03

He's back up but he was out, not quite cold but Ryder hit him hard behind the ear

22:02

Cameron is down hard

22:01 by Junior

8 count but up on his feet

22:01 by Junior

Cam is trying to get inside but has his head down. Cam is down

22:00 by Junior

Here we go. First round starting now!

https://twitter.com/EnzoGiordani posted:

27 minutes ago

I made this into a gif. You're welcome. https://inthebackofthenet.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/wr.gif

Exclamation Marx posted:

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

Varkk posted:

So he is like a crappy NZ version of Jeremy Clarkson.

Varkk posted:

Those two statements are not necessarily contradictory.

fong posted:

something something less informed public

Exclamation Marx posted:

This week's Mediawatch, around 9:40 is interesting re: Campbell Live
http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/20174412

Ghostlight posted:

It's not possible though. It's just a matter of how much hot air and actual money Key spends pretending it is.

Displeased Moo Cow posted:

I care about journalism.

I don't care about whether people can buy dope or not because I am so disinterested about the availability and indeed in the topic in general that I don't care if you smoke it or not.

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There is one example of editorial pressure being applied which is a good example of the genre.

In October last year Anne Gibson wrote this story : "Tears flow from worker at SkyCity meeting", the union had turned up and spoken about work conditions at NZ's gambling giant, the highly politically connected Sky City Casino company.

Anne Gibson, wife of NBR Managing Editor Neville Gibson is a hugely experienced business reporter and lightyears away from wet when it comes to business matters. Sky City was livid. They wanted an apology. (It's worth pointing out at this point that Sky City's PR chief is former Christchurch Press Political Editor Colin Espiner.)

Sky city went over Tim Murphy's head direct to Jane Hastings. In the wash up Tim apparently looked at the story closely and decided that there was nothing in it that warranted an apology. But then some strange events occurred. A senior (unnamed) Herald editorial staff member was sent over to Sky City to discuss the story. And shortly after a right of reply editorial piece appeared in the paper in which Sky City discussed its contributions to the community.

Ratios and Tendency posted:

http://eveningreport.nz/2015/03/24/frances-joychild-qc-on-the-fading-star-of-the-rule-of-law/

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LF have learned that the New Zealand police have just arrested Auckland law student and cyber activist Ben Rachinger following his online admissions surrounding the Raw-shark hack of Kiwi Blogger Cameron Slater’s computer systems and social media accounts. Rachinger is a law student at Auckland University and is allegedly close to Lynn Prentice and various other players at Labour party rag the Standard. Mr Rachinger has apparently already been released from police custody.

Exclamation Marx posted:

Labour-aligned? really?

WarpedNaba posted:

What's the recommended dress code for the Dawn service? I've never been to one before.

TheDailyBlog posted:

This is a guest blog from an anonymous waitress about the way John Key kept touching her when he repeatedly visited her place of work. The waitress contacted us with her story, The Daily Blog did not seek her out or pressure her in anyway to write this blog. We are protecting her identity so she is not punished by her employer or social media victim blaming. - See more at: http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2015/04/22/exclusive-the-prime-minister-and-the-waitress/#sthash.vcbJ6r84.hkCP03WW.dpuf

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Je suis John Key

David Cunliffe's Marriage to Karen Price dissolves amid suggestions that the great helmsman might be doing some homework with a particularly bubbly political reporter with an impeccable pedigree.

Helen Clark marries a professor and it is later revealed it was an arranged marriage to satisfy the troughmaster general' considered opinion that to reach the exhaulted office of PM she should be "Married", it was suggested later that the blushing bride was in fact in tears.
That it later degenerated somewhat with a hurried exit from LA of "hubby" with rumours of high level diplomatic intervention was never 'news'.

David Lange's marriage is a shambolic charade when David gets more than a little too friendly with his senior speech writer Margaret Pope who was later described as the Fourth Labour Government's very own Yoko Ono a reference to the woman credited with the breakup of the Beetles.

David Parker becomes a jiggilo when he usurps stroke victim and Labour stalwart Chris Knox's woman.

Lecherous Len "pantsdown" Brown has an adulterous affair with a person holding a position with the Mayor's council and the sordid affair is revealed after a second term victory with major emphasis on his loving family life among his powerbase voters of Manakau.

John Key tugs a coffee waitresses pigtail in a cafe he frequents and later apologises adding a couple of bottles of wine when he is made aware he has been causing some apparent degree of upset to the young lady.

Three Prime Ministers and two wannabe also rans and the Mayor of our largest city all involved in what many might think are lapses in judgement.
Five from team red and one from team blue but one of these Six is a standout, for a very simple reason.

Here is one clue.

Five of them only became common knowledge after they happened the sixth also became revealed some time later but for what may turn out to be different circumstances.
You may be still guessing what was the profound difference to the treatment the standout one received.

Here it is, does any one recall any of the team red incidents being the lead item on TVOne six pm infotainment hour.

At present John Key is enroute for Gallipoli centenary events on the peninsula that many accept is where our nationhood and that of our Aussie cousins was forged and the ANZAC legend was born.
Today on his tatty raving socialist blog, Two votes Martyn Martin Bradbury launches the big reveal about the Key incident based on the evidence of the still anonymous young woman.
The incident happened some weeks ago and the luvvies who spend their days looking in vain for the big shootout that will leave Mr Key bleeding out from wounds, were on fire.
All laid out as the lead off for the state TVs flagship news effort.

Yes Key was imprudent and it is yet to be revealed as to what motivated the "Victim" who apparently accepted an apology, and presumably has disposed of the wine, but the timing and the whole methodology of the expose leave me thinking there could well be some remarkable similarities to the Honey trap that sank the SS Richard Worth when his indiscretion partner was found to be very close politically and socially to one Philip Goff.

One Of Keys endearing traits that have seen him hold remarkable polling strength is his affable, approachable normal bloke persona that has him continually being confronted with the "selfie" epidemic, so news that someone has taken offense after some nine years at the helm of National "is the end of the dream", gimme a break please.

FFS it was in broad daylight, in public, in the company of wife Bronagh, at a café regularly attended when some normality is being sought, but that wont save him, he is a rapist, a liar, a sloth and he is proven to be totally unfit to be our Prime minister, hanging will be too kind.

This ending of the Key administration is right up there with Tony Abbott downing a 'schooner' of Victorian Bitter.

Psst luvvies your slip is showing.

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Literally the minister responsible for them when they acted illegally, head of the cabinet that wildly increased their abilities.