Open Mike 01/03/2017

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1. bwaghorn 1

   1 March 2017 at 6:51 am

   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11809357

   Foreign jets to be based in nz, would it make us a target?
   • Bill 1.1

     1 March 2017 at 3:42 pm

     Just saying that you really don’t want to be living anywhere near any place that F-15 fighter jets (or any other fighter jets) are engaged in low flying practice – which they would be some of the time.
     • bwaghorn 1.1.1

       1 March 2017 at 5:52 pm

       have to say the bogan in me loves being bussed by a fighter, had two very cool close encounters of the jet kind.
       not so keen on a visit from a hostile navy fleet or a few icbm’s
2. simbit 2

   1 March 2017 at 8:26 am

   We’ve always been a target, just not a key one. Admittedly one nuke on Waihopai probably blacks out a chunk of the southwest Pacific…
3. Morrissey 3

   1 March 2017 at 9:12 am

   How do you say in French, “I am a complete moron and
   want to put my name on a list with thousands of other morons”?

   “Je suis un imbécile. Je ne sais rien. J’aime signer des pétitions en ligne. Peu importe comment moronic ils peuvent être.”

   https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/27/group-petitions-barack-obama-to-run-for-president-of-france/21722686/
4. Karen 4

   1 March 2017 at 9:44 am

   Annette King has resigned as deputy and will not return after the election. Little is recommending Jacinta Ardern as deputy. Well done Annette for putting the party first.
5. Ovid 5

   1 March 2017 at 9:46 am

   Annette King is stepping down – breaking news banner on the Herald (it’s unclear at the moment if that’s just as deputy leader or if she’s retiring from politics – edit: she’s retiring).

   She’s been a stabilising force in caucus and commands a lot of respect. I hope this was wholly her decision – I think she does have sound judgment and may have thought a new face in the role would help Labour’s chances.
6. Ray 6

   1 March 2017 at 10:21 am

   I wonder what convinced Annette this would be the best for the Party, she certainly didn’t seem to be prepared to entertain the idea earlier this week.
   Doesn’t matter it is done now, “a Great Leap Forward”, hope so.
   Any chance of Trevor taking the hint?
   No, I don’t think so either!
   • bwaghorn 6.1

     1 March 2017 at 5:55 pm

     it pays to keep quiet till your ready when you have a big move planned, and i believe mallard is being lined up for speaker, hire a poacher to protect the game park and all that.
7. inspider 7

   1 March 2017 at 10:46 am

   And Macbeth always inspires and shows the human condition continues unchanging….The last lines are particularly apt.

   If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well

   It were done quickly. If the assassination

   Could trammel up the consequence, and catch

   With his surcease success; that but this blow

   Might be the be-all and the end-all here,

   But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,

   We’d jump the life to come. But in these cases

   We still have judgment here, that we but teach

   Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return

   To plague th’ inventor: this even-handed justice

   Commends the ingredients of our poisoned chalice

   To our own lips. He’s here in double trust:

   First, as I am his kinsman and his subject,

   Strong both against the deed; then, as his host,

   Who should against his murderer shut the door,

   Not bear the knife myself. Besides, this Duncan

   Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been

   So clear in his great office, that his virtues

   Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against

   The deep damnation of his taking-off;

   And pity, like a naked newborn babe,

   Striding the blast, or heaven’s cherubim, horsed

   Upon the sightless couriers of the air,

   Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye,
   That tears shall drown the wind. I have no spur

   To prick the sides of my intent, but only

   Vaulting ambition, which o’erleaps itself

   And falls on the other.

   [TheStandard: A moderator moved this comment to Open Mike as being off topic or irrelevant in the post it was made in. Be more careful in future.]
   

   [lprent: If this was relevant to the post, then take the effort of being good enough to explain it. I can’t be arsed remembering Marlowe or Shakesphear of even Chaucer. Banned for 1 week for wasting my time explaining the basics of being relevant to a post to you. ]
   • weka 7.1

     1 March 2017 at 11:07 am

     what?
     • McFlock 7.1.1

       1 March 2017 at 11:12 am

       just more of the same shitstirring.
   • One Anonymous Bloke 7.2

     1 March 2017 at 11:09 am

     This weasel prick who quoth me so,
     His twisted words not my intent,
     His cause is vicious false and low,
     Just like his ideal Parliament.
     • weka 7.2.1

       1 March 2017 at 11:14 am

       😆
     • Sabine 7.2.2

       1 March 2017 at 12:39 pm

       +1

       well done
8. Cinny 8

   1 March 2017 at 1:52 pm

   Am really proud of our local MP, thanks for speak up about this.

   Damien is suggesting growing medical cannabis in NZ for those whom need it here and for export, if that happens I predict it will overtake tourism as our greatest export earner.

   A high yield 90day crop that can be grown inside or outside. And did you know that it sucks up all the nitrogen in the ground, cannabis loves and thrives on nitrogen. Maybe it could suck up nitrogen from farming before it reaches the water tables.

   http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/02/labour-wants-medicinal-cannabis-grown-in-nz.html
   • weka 8.1

     1 March 2017 at 3:49 pm

     Just as long as people can grow their own also.
9. michelle 9

   1 March 2017 at 3:27 pm

   good idea Cinny NZers are really good at this and maybe we can all be happy

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