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11-06-2018, 10:37 PM
#1181
Lets keep questioning each others judgement for sure , we will seldom agree in this political arena . Hey if you have very 2nd day off , i will too
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
Oscar Am ringer, “the Mark Twain of American Socialism.”
I offered my opponents a deal: “if they stop telling lies about me,
I will stop telling the truth about them”.
Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952
Any more fave political jokes.?
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12-06-2018, 08:07 PM
#1182
Great to hear that Nicky Hager has a full apology from the police over the 2014 raid on his home. And probably a not insubstantial payment as well.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...-of-settlement
The police searched Nicky's home for 10 hours while he wasn't there, after the first hour he claimed journalistic priviledge. But the police didn't find hidden documents, some of the Snowden Papers he was working on. Nicky has protected his Rawshark source and produced a great book in Dirty Politics. Of course the Nats haven't given up on these techniques, trying to smear the PM's partner, until the police were obliged to step in and debunk the situation more recently.
Every day now, we're seeing positive progress towards a more positive political arena. Gerry Brownlee's been caught playing solitaire in question time, he says that's Ok, Simon says it's Ok. Yeah right. If Gerry doesn't find being in opposition interesting enough, he should resign.
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12-06-2018, 08:32 PM
#1183
I agree EZ - a good outcome
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
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12-06-2018, 11:37 PM
#1184
Originally Posted by elZorro
Great to hear that Nicky Hager has a full apology from the police over the 2014 raid on his home. And probably a not insubstantial payment as well.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...-of-settlement
The police searched Nicky's home for 10 hours while he wasn't there, after the first hour he claimed journalistic priviledge. But the police didn't find hidden documents, some of the Snowden Papers he was working on. Nicky has protected his Rawshark source and produced a great book in Dirty Politics. Of course the Nats haven't given up on these techniques, trying to smear the PM's partner, until the police were obliged to step in and debunk the situation more recently.
Every day now, we're seeing positive progress towards a more positive political arena. Gerry Brownlee's been caught playing solitaire in question time, he says that's Ok, Simon says it's Ok. Yeah right. If Gerry doesn't find being in opposition interesting enough, he should resign.
Yes quite amazing isn't it how far they went to try and stop the truth then and in the future.Who would then take the risk of blowing a whistle on an injustice or deceit?. Im getting a copy of that book now. Sad to see national carrying on this way. Dig them out Nicky , expose them for all to see.
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13-06-2018, 12:00 AM
#1185
Originally Posted by iceman
Surely this is a new low, even for Winston Peters.
its not a new low, its a no
Winston_Peters.jpg
Mr Peters is nearly everything I detest about politics.
But he's not really PM even though technically he is. He couldn't make some outlandish ruling without being over-ruled , Jacinda is pregnant not comatose.
For clarity, nothing I say is advice....
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13-06-2018, 09:16 AM
#1186
Minister Eugenie Sage of the Green Party (name is a misnomer) has just given consent to a Chinese company to buy land classed sensitive, close to Whakatane, to bottle water for exports. All in the name of increase in investment and jobs. Great stuff and totally aligned with the bravado before the election isn't it ?? No shame on the daily backflips from this Government
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13-06-2018, 09:18 AM
#1187
Originally Posted by iceman
Minister Eugenie Sage of the Green Party (name is a misnomer)
Sage or Green?
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13-06-2018, 09:48 AM
#1188
Originally Posted by fungus pudding
Sage or Green?
In this case it applies to both.
How long will this Government last ??? https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...tling-decision
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13-06-2018, 02:55 PM
#1189
Originally Posted by iceman
Minister Eugenie Sage of the Green Party (name is a misnomer) has just given consent to a Chinese company to buy land classed sensitive, close to Whakatane, to bottle water for exports. All in the name of increase in investment and jobs. Great stuff and totally aligned with the bravado before the election isn't it ?? No shame on the daily backflips from this Government
The silence from all parties about how much influence the likes of MP Jian Yang and others have is deafening
Obviously they have great influence but nobody nobody in the Beehive seems concerned ...hmmm
”When investors are euphoric, they are incapable of recognising euphoria itself “
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13-06-2018, 06:57 PM
#1190
Originally Posted by iceman
This decision is on the face of it, contrary to Green policy. They have to obey the laws of the land in these decisions, and 60 new jobs are going to make a difference in Whakatane.
I did some quick maths, and 1.1 billion litres a year is 0.002% of the water in Lake Taupo at any one time. (There's 59km3 of water in Lake Taupo). Suffice to say, this is still a lot of bottled water heading over to China in plastic bottles by sea freight (About 100 mtr cubed per year). Has to be one of our lowest value exports by weight. It makes you think - humankind devouring resources like this, importing reasonably clean water because they're short of it somewhere else. Are we a plague on the planet?
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