Daily review 25/08/2021

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1. Anne 1

   25 August 2021 at 5:57 pm

   Looks like the police have adopted zero tolerance with a*******s during this lockdown!

   GOOD.

   https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/northland-couple-coughed-assaulted-police-gas-station-arrested
   • McFlock 1.1

     25 August 2021 at 6:03 pm

     I rewatched the video of the "Spartan creed" chap squealing when he got arrested. God it's funny.
   • bwaghorn 1.2

     25 August 2021 at 6:06 pm

     Lucky I'm not cop ,the idjits would be falling down some stairs for sure.
     • McFlock 1.2.1

       25 August 2021 at 6:18 pm

       Difficulty with some of those jerks is keeping them alive and healthy. I once had a guy take a swing at my head when I was the only thing holding him upright at the top of the stairs.

       The paperwork could have been exhausting.
2. alwyn 2

   25 August 2021 at 7:06 pm

   I see the PM hasn't given up hope of having an overseas trip this year. It really isn't any fun being head of a Government in a country where the population is growing ever more aware that you don't really have the faintest idea how to carry out the functions of Government properly.

   Far better to go off overseas, even if it is visiting Glasgow in November. I thought she might have abandoned the idea after the outbreak we are having but apparently not.

   "A spokesperson for the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet confirmed this trial was still on track to run between October and December."

   "But Ardern clarified those taking part in the pilot would have to be either isolating on their own, or with the people they had travelled with".

   I guess that means that Clarke and their daughter will also be travelling.

   https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/news/300391083/covid19-selfisolation-travel-trial-still-set-to-take-place-before-end-of-year

   [Please give the time stamp of when/where in that clip the PM said she was still intending to travel to Glasgow later this year and that she’ll take part in the trial and that she’s planning to take Neve & Clarke along. Alternatively, withdraw and apologise for making it up and/or not linking to the correct piece or take a ban for spreading disinformation again here – Incognito]
   • Incognito 2.1

     25 August 2021 at 7:22 pm

     See my Moderation note @ 7:06 pm.
   • Drowsy M. Kram 2.2

     25 August 2021 at 7:38 pm

     It really isn't any fun being head of a Government in a country where the population is growing ever more aware that you don't really have the faintest idea how to carry out the functions of Government properly.

     alwyn, you don't half come the twit most times – just bit of fun, of course, but I reckon you'd give St John-Mollusc a run for his lovely money.

     Upper Class Twit of the Year. The competitors are:

     • Vivian Smith-Smythe-Smith
       • Has an O-level in chemo-hygiene
       • Can count up to 4
       • Is in the Grenadier Guards
     • Simon Zinc-Trumpet-Harris
       • An Old Etonian
       • Married to a very attractive table lamp
     • Nigel Incubator-Jones
       • Best friend is a tree
       • A stockbroker in his spare time
     • Gervaise Brook-Hampster
       • Used as a wastepaper basket by his father
       • Also in the Guards
       • Is in the wine trade
     • Oliver St John-Mollusc
       • Another old Etonian
       • His father was a Cabinet Minister, and his mother won the Derby.
       • Said to be this year's outstanding twit.
   • alwyn 2.3

     25 August 2021 at 8:53 pm

     Of course I can't produce such a thing. It is, as I commented once before, the only sensible hypothesis I could see that made sense of the original announcement. Since no announcement of any plan to go has been made I can't show that it is going to happen

     I will say that I made up the viewpoint and there is nothing in the public domain that proves my view to be accurate. We shall see later in the year whether it had any reality or is just a wild supposition. I did say of course that my comment about her husband and daughter was just a guess. If it happens it wouldn't be the first time of course.

     On the other hand you may remember that I was accused, last year, of making up the view that the Government, and Dr Bloomfield were not being honest when they said that there was plenty of PPE available. A moderator on this site said I was going to be banned unless I could produce a statement by a Minister that confirmed my viewpoint. Naturally there wasn't one. No Minister in the Government was going to say anything that conflicted with what the PM had announced. However somewhat later the Auditor-General examined the matter and his report confirmed that my view was accurate. Remember when that happened?

     I may be right. It is quite possible that I am wrong. Only the future will show which it is. I still think it is quite likely to happen. However, as Niels Bohr said “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it's about the future!”

     [You might be right, you might be wrong; a bob each way.

     You made it up, or you were ‘predicting the future’. Hmmm …

     It is impossible to tell from your word salad (aka smart arse reply) whether you’re withdrawing your BS and apologising or not and I’m no longer prepared to give you the benefit of doubt because you have no credit left and you’re wasting my time.

     See you in 2 weeks – Incognito]
     • Incognito 2.3.1

       25 August 2021 at 9:14 pm

       See my Moderation note @ 8:53 pm.
     • Incognito 2.3.2

       28 August 2021 at 8:19 pm

       Dear Alwyn, I respect you for your belated correction and apology, which I’ve copied in full below.

       Because these are stressful times for all of us, I’ll lift your ban.

       Stay safe and well,

       Incognito

       @incognito.

       I admit it. I got the story wrong.

       It wasn't Glasgow she was planning at the start of October. It was New York at the end of September.

       "The Herald understands she will likely not go to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, as previously hoped. Ardern's team had tentatively pencilled in an appearance at the event, particularly its leaders week, which is held in the later half of September."

       Mea Culpa.

       https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-coronavirus-delta-outbreak-82-new-community-cases-today-police-patrols-intensify-expert-warns-tough-week-ahead-possible-delta-is-ferocious/24FKRNQBIO56MS2YVQ7Z6JBN6M/
       • alwyn 2.3.2.1

         28 August 2021 at 9:09 pm

         Why thank you.

         I had already considered New York as being the most likely place but a friend I have in the Big Apple told me that the Leader's Week was likely to be pretty low key this year because of Covid so I picked what I thought would be a rather bigger event in Glasgow.

         I should have hedged my bet and said New York or Glasgow.
3. Adrian 3

   25 August 2021 at 7:18 pm

   You lying shit, there is nothing in that story about Ardern going anywhere. You sad desperate [deleted].
4. joe90 4

   25 August 2021 at 8:13 pm

   Charlie.
   • In Vino 4.1

     25 August 2021 at 9:49 pm

     Yep – a sad day. I loved the early Stones – they even distracted me from the Beatles!

     But I don't quite agree with some who are overdoing it by saying it was Jagger and Watts who made the Stones' music. Keith Richard does not have his name as co-composer of most of their songs for nothing.
     • mary_a 4.1.1

       26 August 2021 at 10:49 am

       @ In Vino (4.1) … I remember when the Stones first came onto the scene .. 1964/65 I think it was. They were branded the bad boys of music and at the time, were predicted not to last long. Despite the negative predictions, here they are fifty six years later, going strong with a massive fan base and still producing some great music. In the early days, one of the original members of the group, Brian Jones (RIP) would bring the harmonica alive with his playing, such was his incredible talent. He was amazing.

       Long may the Rolling Stones music reign supreme. RIP Charlie Watts.
5. joe90 5

   25 August 2021 at 9:06 pm

   Just to be clear….

   The Lama

   The one-l lama,
   He's a priest;
   The two-l llama,
   He's a beast.
   And I will bet
   A silk pajama
   There isn't any
   Three-l lllama.

   • Ogden Nash.

   https://twitter.com/BattleCattle1/status/1430230773320273928

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