Open mike 20/11/2021

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  1. KJT 1
    20 November 2021 at 7:32 am

    Defying expectations: how New South Wales kept Covid cases low after reopening | Coronavirus | The Guardian

    "The combination of an impressive and rapid vaccine uptake, together with mask mandates, contact tracing and isolation requirements as well as vaccination entry permits, has largely been credited for containing the outbreak and keeping case numbers low."

    Evidence that the "traffic light" system may work for us.

    So long as the anti-vacc, anti-mask, anti-restrictions, let her rip minority, don't fuck it up for us.

    • vto 1.1
      20 November 2021 at 7:40 am

      Yeah I am over the people who shit this all up for the rest of us.

      I wonder… would the anti-vax anti-mask anti-mandate people have been the anti-conscription conscience objectors of past decades? I think not. They would have hung drawn and quartered the conscience objector…

      I often put the mandated conscription / conscience objector point to anti people and they just look back at me with blank ignorance…

      blank ignorance

      • KJT 1.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 7:46 am

        I find the claim that the "antis" are like the "Conshies" particularly objectionable.

        Going against the tide, because of a moral objection to killing other people.

        Going against the tide, because you think your "rights to choice" are more important than the lives and livelihoods of your community.

        One is "not like the other"!

        • vto 1.1.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 8:00 am

          Sure. My point was more about the mandated nature of conscription, than a comparison of conshies and antis. Not very well expressed on my part. The antis are not like the conshies at all – different planets.

          The antis stop in their tracks when I raise the conscription point. It shows up their shallowing thinking and understanding imo

          • Anne 1.1.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 10:08 am

            Most of them are so thick they wouldn't know what a conscientious objector was vto, and their knowledge of history would likely be zilch.

        • RedLogix 1.1.1.2
          20 November 2021 at 8:04 am

          What they do have in common is the concept of 'duty'.

          • KJT 1.1.1.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 8:10 am

            Bullshit.

            An anti-vacc stance is the anti-thesis of the "concept of duty".

            "Duty" is what you do for your mates, society or others.

            The opposite of putting everyone at greater risk, to avoid a perceived risk to yourself.

            • RedLogix 1.1.1.2.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 8:18 am

              Fuck me you're a total moron.

              • KJT …
                20 November 2021 at 8:22 am

                Just take some more Ivermectin.

                That will fix it.

                • RedLogix …
                  20 November 2021 at 8:38 am

                  Ivermectin was being investigated as a potential anti-viral well before C19 which is why the original Monash University team trialed it as a potential treatment in the first place and continue to work on it.

                  Since then there have been reasonably strong clinical signals that when used correctly it may have a benefit. And meta-studies that combine these results seem to confirm this signal.

                  We also now have a reasonable idea of the mechanism by which it could act against viral replication.

                  Does it really work? That's something that's yet to be definitively answered, which is why more than a few entities continue to spend some serious money getting to an irrefutable yes or no. Even if there is only a remote chance the answer is yes – a cheap, safe and effective treatment would be of immense value.

                  On the other hand – right from the get go you knew the answer for certain. It wasn't a vaccine therefore it could not work.

                  • KJT …
                    20 November 2021 at 8:45 am

                    In reality I've barely if at all, mentioned ivermectin. You are putting words in my mouth again.

                    Awaiting the results of definitive trials.

                    It may, or may not be of use after infection. Which is yet to be determined.

                    The mystery is why so many advocate for ivermectin, which I agree should be trialled, along with the many other treatments that may be useful, some already proven more effective than ivermectin, instead of a treatment that has been proven safe and effective over millions of doses. Not just “clinical indications”. Real life statistical population wide evidence. And helps prevent both infection and reducing severity.

                    Blinded by their opposition to vaccination.

                    • RedLogix …
                      20 November 2021 at 8:51 am

                      instead of a treatment that has been proven safe and effective over millions of doses.

                      I lined up for my vaccination not because I though this brand new mRNA technology was well proven, or we had all the data available, or that it was going to eliminate C19, or that I thought the people promoting it are entirely trustworthy – but because sometimes in a crisis you have to do things that aren't all that attractive.

                      A sense of duty as it were.

                    • KJT …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:12 am

                      The idea that the vaccine is not "well proven" After millions of doses where serious symptoms and transmission has been reduced for millions, compared with large "control groups", of the unvaccinated, that countries such as the USA have kindly provided, is frankly ludicrous. Or that a technology that has been researched since the 70's based on a medical advance from the 1700's, is "new"! You don't have to have "faith" in big Pharma to accept real world evidence, which is now so extensive as to make the initial trials almost irrevelent.

                      The real worry is those huge reserviours of unvaccinated, combined with vaccinated people in insufficient numbers, will result in vaccine resistant and/or accelerated mutations, before we have enough people vaccinated worldwide to slow the spread.

                      I linked to Sydney earlier. High levels of vaccination, masking and restrictions on the unvaccinated appear to be working, despite loosening lock down rules.

                      You got your vaccine out of "duty". You didn't join the unvaccinated. Despite your reservations.

                    • Robert Guyton …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:16 am

                      At risk of falling out with both parties 🙂 I'd like to congratulate RedLogix in that succinct yet comprehensive statement ("I lined up for my vaccination…") which describes my position so very well, but also shout out to KJT who's describing the frustration around Ivermectin (about which the two of you seem to have similar views) and why it has been so passionately and uncritically championed by "the antivaxx crowd" – my own face to face discussions with such folk/friends leaves me lost for words; their vehement support/opposition to either the Pfizer vax or Ivermectin defies rational discussion and therein lies the bewilderment and head-shaking irritation.

                    • RedLogix …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:18 am

                      The real worry is those huge reserviours of unvaccinated, combined with vaccinated people in insufficient numbers, will result in vaccine resistant and/or accelerated mutations,

                      Given that C19 cases are still very present in highly vaccinated populations – I'm not at all sure this logic holds up.

                      Equally likely is the idea that the virus will simply respond to vaccinations as just another evolutionary selection pressure and mutate to escape them. It's hard to blame the unvaxxed for that.

                    • KJT …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:26 am

                      As Covid cases are in the hundreds in vaccinated populations, compared to in the thousands in unvaccinated populations, the evolutionary pressure in vaccinated populations is considerably less. Making the chances of mutations less, by at least an order of magnitude, also. It is all a numbers game.

                    • Robert Guyton …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:30 am

                      Would Chris Trotter's latest help? I doubt it 🙂 (Great read though)

                      "A vast international crisis, the Covid-19 Pandemic, has exposed the irrational underbelly of twenty-first century society. Neuroses and delusions that the majority had reluctantly tolerated (if only because the harm they caused was almost exclusively restricted to those who suffered from them) now threaten the general welfare.

                      If the violent prejudices of the Jim Crow South, echoing through contemporary struggles, teach us anything, it is that the defence of rationality, science and progressivism must never be allowed to falter. Those pre-modern night-riders, filled with unrelenting hate, are still out there. If the troops of Reason and Justice are withdrawn; if Liberty’s bayonets are sheathed; there will be Hell to pay."

                      http://bowalleyroad.blogspot.com/2021/11/hell-to-pay-alarming-similarities.html

                    • Rosemary McDonald …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:34 am

                      WHO the fuck knows what's going on…

                    • Shanreagh …
                      20 November 2021 at 8:03 pm

                      I understood that Ivermectin and the vaccine are/were used at different stages. Vaccine is a preventative against developing full blown Covid. Ivermectin when it is used, and possibly is useful, is at the very start of a Covid infection. It is no use once Covid has left the body but the results of it having been there such as lung problems, kidney problems, covid pneumonia are remaining.

                      There are some people taking Ivermectin and high doses of vitamins, Hydroxychloroquine, bleach sprays etc as a preventative. Not sure they are effective at all.

                  • swordfish …
                    20 November 2021 at 10:09 am

                    .

                    RL

                    Since then there have been reasonably strong clinical signals that when used correctly it may have a benefit. And meta-studies that combine these results seem to confirm this signal.

                    Perfectly put … cautiously optimistic is the most rational stance given the current evidence. Unfortunately the unhinged hyper-politicisation of Covid means that an innocent drug like Ivermectin that has benefited millions of people worldwide with parasitical diseases has been personified with the face of Donald Trump, & more broadly of US Republican-voting & British Brexit-supporting "deplorables" & various assorted anti-vaxxers.

                    If Ivermectin does indeed prove to be effective … then tough shit for all those who would've survived … but then again, to be scrupulously fair, petty politically-partisan point-scoring for purely narcissistic objectives is far more important than the potential prevention of millions of deaths.

                    • RedLogix …
                      20 November 2021 at 10:19 am

                      Well yes.

                    • francesca …
                      20 November 2021 at 11:14 am

                      Just as the vaccine is said to have been vindicated by its millions of doses , so has ivermectin in its millions of doses against covid in Indian regions like Uttar Pradesh.

                      There is really such a bias and unwillingness to take note of what has been successful in countries other than European

                    • KJT …
                      20 November 2021 at 1:03 pm

                      Well no. We haven't been ignoring it. Just that the evidence that ivermectin worked in India is being questioned, by Indian epidemiologists amoungst others.

                      Just one article.

                      No evidence suggests a causal link between ivermectin recommendation and the decline of COVID-19 cases in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh – Health Feedback

                      “The claim that Uttar Pradesh is now COVID-19 free due to the use of ivermectin is inaccurate and unsupported by scientific evidence. Uttar Pradesh isn’t entirely free of COVID-19, and comparisons with other states are challenging due to differences in testing capacity. Furthermore, many factors other than ivermectin use could have influenced the course of the second COVID-19 wave in Uttar Pradesh, including restrictions and immunity from previous infection and vaccination”.

              • Peter 1 …
                20 November 2021 at 12:47 pm

                I have not being following the case but when I first heard of it I thought white man shoots black man he will be found nor guilty.

                same old same old

    • gsays 1.2
      20 November 2021 at 1:52 pm

      Here in the 'Tu, it looks like the vaccinated that are causing the trounle.

      https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300457065/covid19-cases-in-midcentral-region-double-to-four

      from the article: "United’s women’s team was not affected, and Hofmann believed all club members were vaccinated."

  2. Puckish Rogue 2
    20 November 2021 at 8:06 am

    Yes!

    Sanity prevails for a change, Kyle Rittenhouse found Not Guilty on all charges.

    Now we await the rioting however I hope Kyle's lawyers go to the mattresses and sue everyone he can

    Everyone that called him a white supremacist, a terrorist, a vigilante

    Because he's going to need the money as the insane members of the left will not let this go

    • vto 2.1
      20 November 2021 at 8:12 am

      If the skin colours were reversed what would the outcome of the trial have been?

      • Puckish Rogue 2.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 8:38 am

        KJT deleted his post saying that Kyle Rittenhouse (white) shot black people which got me thinking about this post.

        See Kyle Rittenhouse (white) shot three white people.

        There were no black people shot.

        I assumed that people commenting on this case would also know this basic fact yet I guess your comment makes more since if you also thought Kyle shot black people, is that what you thought?

        Does it make you wonder what else the msm told you about this case that is not actually the case?

        Does it make you wonder what else the msm lies to you about?

        • vto 2.1.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 9:09 am

          No, it is you mixing up the white and black. I am well aware they were all white and my question stands

          Go on try again

          • Puckish Rogue 2.1.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 9:33 am

            I answered below (no. 3)

          • alwyn 2.1.1.1.2
            20 November 2021 at 11:34 am

            What do black people have to do with it?

            The only possible interpretation of your question about reversal is, given that they are all white, "If a white man had shot three white men would the verdict have been different". In other words you are asking what would have happened if nothing had changed. That is the "reversal" of the colour of the parties in this case. Trying to pretend that changing a colour from "white" to "black" is a reversal is ridiculous. What would you call a change from "yellow" to "brown" which of course are both loosely considered to be skin colours?

            When you claim that you "knew" they were all white I don't believe you. If you "knew" that you wouldn't have proposed such a silly question. Unless you were an idiot of course. Are you?

        • KJT 2.1.1.2
          21 November 2021 at 7:50 am

          I deleted it because I thought for a few minutes it was referring to different murderous arsehole.

          However, takes a gun to a protest looking for a fight, then shoots three people.

          And he is "innocent" and only "defending himself"?

          Pull the other leg.

          And he knew they may have been convicted criminals when he administered, “justice”?

          And. The Black reference is correct. What would have happened to a Black man who just shot three people, and wandered towards US cops holding a rifle?

          • Puckish Rogue 2.1.1.2.1
            21 November 2021 at 10:11 am

            No.

            You deleted it because you didn't know so you deleted it because you didn't want to look like a chump.

            'However, takes a gun to a protest looking for a fight, then shoots three people.'

            Please provide proof that he was 'looking for a fight'

            'And he knew they may have been convicted criminals when he administered, “justice”?'

            He didn't but I just want to make sure everybody knows the type of people they're defending, the type of people at these 'peaceful protests'

            'And. The Black reference is correct. What would have happened to a Black man who just shot three people, and wandered towards US cops holding a rifle?'

            I'll spin that round, could a white man digitally rape a woman, have an open warrant for sexual assault, ignore police warnings, shake off a taser, kidnap a child, steal a car, get shot and be praised by the media, politicians of both sides of the house and have people riot on his behalf

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Jacob_Blake

            • KJT 2.1.1.2.1.1
              21 November 2021 at 8:56 pm

              In your dreams, Bro!

              But congrats on your spin.

              A job with Trump’s propaganda corps awaits you.

              Or with ACT’s cut price version.

              • Puckish Rogue …
                21 November 2021 at 9:18 pm

                You want to defend kiddie fiddlers and domestic abusers, you do you bro

                • KJT …
                  22 November 2021 at 8:14 am

                  Rittenhouse knew that when he shot them.

                  Sure.

                  You want to defend someone who shot unarmed people?

                • Robert Guyton …
                  22 November 2021 at 8:33 am

                  Seen this, Pucky? I'm guessing you will have.

                  Larry Knight

                  3 September 2020 ·

                  From a military legal worker:

                  I'm seeing a lot of ignorance and misinformation flying around about what happened in Kenosha, and I'm going to set the record straight from a professional legal position… as well as from a former military position. I'm going to explain some things from a more technical angle derived from my many years as a paralegal and from my experience working in federal criminal justice and prosecution.

                  Legally, if you are in the process of a commission of a crime, it negates your ability to claim self defense if you kill someone. As in, it can't even be entered as your official defense in court. It is similar to getting rear-ended at a red light through zero fault of your own, but you were driving without a license or insurance. It automatically makes you at fault because you weren't even legally allowed to be driving.

                  [rest of over long cut and paste deleted]

                  • KJT …
                    22 November 2021 at 8:43 am

                    What I was trying to say to Pucky.

                    But he is too blinded by his projection on someone, who has fulfilled his Rambo fantasy of "running around shooting the bad guys" and getting away with it!

                  • Puckish Rogue …
                    22 November 2021 at 9:16 am

                    Robert why are you involving yourself in this? Seriously, why?

                    Do you think someones opinion from last year is somehow a 'silver bullet'?

                    Fine you want to do this, lets do it.

                    Heres a link to the ABC news website, not a conservative bunch of people by the way explaining Wisconsin gun laws

                    https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/explainer-judge-drop-rittenhouse-gun-charge-81285031

                    You can go through it yourself or just read this:

                    'Hours before closing arguments began on Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder granted a defense motion to toss out the weapons charge. Rittenhouse attorneys Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi pointed to an exception in the law that they said allows minors to possess shotguns and rifles as long as they’re not short-barreled.'

                    'Assistant District Attorney James Kraus argued that the exception renders the state’s prohibition on minors possessing dangerous weapons meaningless. But when he acknowledged that Rittenhouse’s rifle’s barrel was longer than 16 inches, the minimum barrel length allowed under state law, Schroeder dismissed the charge.'

                    'This section applies only to a person under 18 years of age who possesses or is armed with a rifle or a shotgun if the person is in violation of s. 941.28 …” That section of law isn’t specific to minors, but rather forbids any person from having a short-barreled shotgun or rifle.'

                    Heres another link to the NPR, I'll assume you've heard of them, you might find it educational:

                    https://www.npr.org/2021/11/19/1057422329/why-legal-experts-were-not-surprised-by-the-rittenhouse-jurys-decision-to-acquit

                    'The state's own witnesses at times helped Rittenhouse's case'

                    'Prosecutors called more than a dozen witnesses to help make their case. But legal experts said that, at times, those witnesses seemed to bolster Rittenhouse's self-defense claim.'

                    'The state called two men who had accompanied Rittenhouse that night, also intending to help protect private property. Both witnesses, Ryan Balch and Jason Lackowski, said Rosenbaum asked to be shot and "false-stepped" armed men in an attempt to provoke a reaction. One described him as "hyperaggressive."

                    [over long cut and paste deleted]

                    • Robert Guyton …
                      22 November 2021 at 9:31 am

                      I'm not wishing to "involve myself" in arguing; I wanted you to see this statement, in case you hadn't.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 10:05 am

                      You wanted me to see his statement from last year.

                      Why?

                      To point out how inaccurate it is.

                      I've previously posted links, with proof and evidence that refutes most of what he says.

                      So yeah I read it and hes wrong.. Happy?

                      Fine lets go through it, again, and see why we should wait for all the evidence to come out before someone tries to make a name for themselves.

                      'I'm seeing a lot of ignorance and misinformation flying around about what happened in Kenosha, and I'm going to set the record straight from a professional legal position… as well as from a former military position.'

                      – His opinion, as proven in the trial, is mostly incorrect

                      I'm going to explain some things from a more technical angle derived from my many years as a paralegal and from my experience working in federal criminal justice and prosecution.

                      – His opinion, as proven in the trial, is mostly incorrect

                      Legally, if you are in the process of a commission of a crime, it negates your ability to claim self defense if you kill someone.

                      – His opinion, as proven in the trial, is mostly incorrect so I want him to link to Wisconsin law to verify this.

                      As in, it can't even be entered as your official defense in court. It is similar to getting rear-ended at a red light through zero fault of your own, but you were driving without a license or insurance. It automatically makes you at fault because you weren't even legally allowed to be driving.

                      – Kyle Rittenhouse was shown to be threatened, chased and attacked

                      That 17 year old in Kenosha had committed two crimes and was not even legally allowed to open carry the rifle he used to shoot three people. This means that he legally cannot claim self defense.

                      – His opinion, as proven in the trial, is mostly incorrect. As proven in the trial he was legally allowed to carry his weapon and his weapon was legal so please tell me the crimes he committed. Innocent until proven guilty remember.

                      Another key discussion is the Castle Doctrine. Some of you may be vaguely familiar with it, as it is what allows you to use deadly force when someone comes into your house unlawfully, etc. But there are some finer points most people don't realize that you generally have to do some formal legal studies to know.

                      – The defence didn't use Castle Doctrine

                      First, as soon as someone sets foot inside the threshold of your home uninvited that you believe intends to commit a crime, you can legally use deadly force and it is immediately considered self defense, even if they haven't made any violent threats or actions towards harming you.

                      – The defence didn't use Castle Doctrine

                      This is because in every instance outside your home, you are required to retreat and extricate yourself from a dangerous situation if possible. It is a legal mandate, not a suggestion. Your home is considered the final retreat point, and legally you should be safe in your "Castle." There is nowhere else to retreat to, etc. This is why you are able to immediately use deadly force.

                      – The defence still didn't use Castle Doctrine

                      However, it is NOT to protect your property, it is for protecting your LIFE. And once the burglar, for instance, has left your home… the threat to your life is considered neutralized, and deadly force is no longer authorized. So if a burglar runs out the door and down the street with your TV, you are no longer allowed to shoot after them because they are not threatening your life. You call the police, you file a claim with your insurance, and you get a new TV. If you shoot a burglar in the back down the street, you can and should be charged with murder.

                      – Once again the defence didn't use Castle Doctrine

                      While you are out in PUBLIC, this means a lot of things obviously. It means that there is far more scrutiny and boxes that must be checked in order to claim self defense. You must be in IMMINENT danger of losing life and limb. Getting into an argument and feeling scared of being punched by an unarmed person? Not likely to be a situation where deadly force is authorized. You MUST retreat.

                      – Kyle tried to retreat, was chased, his rifle was grabbed at, he was threatened, he was attacked and he had a pistol aimed at him

                      If someone shoots at you or pulls a knife on you in the street, that is deadly force and can be met with deadly force. But if the person is unarmed, you cannot shoot them because you're afraid of a little scuffle. That is why Rittenhouse illegally shot the first protester, and it is one of the many reasons it cannot be considered self defense. The man threw a plastic bag with trash in it at him AND MISSED, and Rittenhouse shot him. He chased his victim and instigated a fight by brandishing and flagging people with his rifle, because he is an untrained idiot with a gun. The protester was not a threat, and even if he was, all he had to do was retreat back to the police line. He rushed at protesters with a gun drawn to pick a fight, and people are acting as if he were just there to keep the peace.

                      – 'Little scuffle' He was hit twice with a skateboard, was kicked in the head and had a pistol aimed at him. He also tried to get back to the police, he didn't rush at the protestors and yes you can shoot someone unarmed depending on the circumstances as proven in the trial

                      He fired INTO A CROWD, and it's a miracle he didn't hit more people. More people that hadn't thrown a plastic bag. More people that were just trying to protest police brutality, which is a real issue in this country.

                      – He didn't fire INTO A CROWD. He fired in self-defence at the people attempting to harm him, as proven in the trial and on video

                      And then when he did finally run away, some more protesters attempted to subdue him after he had already murdered someone, he tripped, and shot two people trying to stop him from shooting others.

                      – He was attempting to run away previously. Also his opinion, again.

                      The fact that the police didn't arrest him and take him into custody right then and there, even if they suspected it could be self defense, is a grave issue with that police department.

                      – His opinion, again.

                      I could further dissect this situation, but for now I'm going to end with people passing around misinformation about the victims being "criminals so they deserved it."

                      – I suggest he does, especially in the light of the trials findings

                      First, there are no actual records of Jacob Blake or the people shot by Rittenhouse being in the official sex offender's registry.

                      – I have not just linked to that?

                      None of them raped a 14 year old girl years ago, that is complete fabrication being purposely spread by right wing extremist sites in order to try and justify the shootings.

                      – I've not heard anything about this but Joseph did anally rape young boys

                      – I took the paragraph of Jacob Blake out because its a separate issue

                      Rittenhouse's victims do not appear to have had any record, and even if they did, he couldn't have known that at the time.

                      – Oh yes they did, very much so

                      You cannot insist a shoot was justified AFTER the fact because "that person was a criminal."

                      – You can't and I agree however but I'm also not going to shed any tears over a child rapist that got shot while attacking another underage boy (Kyle was 17 at the time)

                      Criminals have rights too, whether you like it or not, and it is enshrined in the very documents that built our country. If you don't like the constitution and bill of rights, I don't know what to tell you.

                      – You mean like Kyle Rittenhouse being innocent until proven guilty even though you say he isn't?

                      This is also not MY OPINION, this is literally how the criminal justice system and our laws work. I hold a degree in paralegal studies and served 8 years as an Army paralegal. I've worked for the criminal division in the Chicago US Attorney's Office, and currently work in federal law enforcement. This is what I do for a living, and I am not pulling this out of my ass, and my knowlege is a culmination of working in the field and being passionate about justice for 16 years. I'd be happy to send you sources and opines and case law and statutes if you need it. I did not get this from "mainstream media," and I am not brainwashed by the left. I'm an independent progressive.

                      – Considering how wrong he is about this maybe thats why hes not a lawyer

                      May he face justice for what he did, and may we find a way to get on common ground before more fuses to this powder keg are lit.

                      – He had a trial and the video evidence, laws of the state, drone footage and witness testimony proved he was innocent of all charges so yes he faced justice.

                    • weka …
                      22 November 2021 at 1:59 pm

                      please don't do such long cut and pastes. A snip, an explanation and link for those that want to read more is the preferred commenting style here.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 2:02 pm

                      Sorry, there was just so much incorrect stuff on there I felt I had to answer it all

                    • weka …
                      22 November 2021 at 2:05 pm

                      your own long comments are fine, it's just copying from offsite to here at length that is the problem. For people on phones, and because debate is between our ideas, and it creates problems if someone has to read a long article to understand the point being made.

                      (also, see if you can make the quotation clearer, because it's possible I deleted some of your own words by mistake. The quote button is good, or use double "" because they're more visible. You need something at the start and the end that clearly show it's a quote. Back in the day we used to do this

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                  • weka …
                    22 November 2021 at 2:01 pm

                    Hi Robert, thanks for the links, although they are broken. From any FB page, click on the time/date stamp of the post you want to link to. Then cut and paste the address from the URL field.

                    As with PR's comment below, I deleted most of the quote. A snip or two, an explanation and a link for those that want to read more is the preferred commenting style here.

                    This makes things easier for people on phones, and it encourages people to make clear arguments rather than expecting people to read long articles to parse what is being said.

                    • weka …
                      22 November 2021 at 2:02 pm

                      I must say, it's great seeing people in these in depth debates again 👍

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 2:08 pm

                      It would be more interesting if those debating me…actually could.

                      Given how much information people posted on this subject was wrong and was proven wrong and since they got it from their preferred news sources, do you think any of them will work out that maybe their preferred news source is lying to them and that you might want to expand their horizons, just a little?

                    • weka …
                      22 November 2021 at 2:12 pm

                      I haven't been following that closely. If that's the issue (you think they are wrong in what they're using as a source), maybe just pick one or two examples and focus on those. Fisking is sometimes necessary, but makes it hard to find resolutions or move things forward.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 2:18 pm

                      I'm quite enjoying it.

                      How it normally goes is something like this, he chuckleheads come on say something, usually wrong, I tell them they're wrong with a link to why they're wrong

                      They come back later, won't acknowledge they're wrong but move onto something else really minor and I prove them wrong, gain, and so on and so on

                      Its not often I'm 100% correct, that I have the moral high ground, backed up by proof and evidence (and links) and what are these guys reduced to…

                      Sticking up for child rapists and domestic abusers

                      Its a funny ol' world angel

      • joe90 2.1.2
        20 November 2021 at 10:07 am

        If the skin colours were reversed what would the outcome of the trial have been?

        There wouldn’t have been a verdict because there wouldn’t have been a trial because a black guy wouldn’t have made it through the police lines that Rittenhouse walked past after shooting three people.

        https://twitter.com/tariqnasheed/status/1298556876804612096

        • vto 2.1.2.1
          20 November 2021 at 10:33 am

          exactly, thanks Joe, that is the point I was aiming at…

        • RedLogix 2.1.2.2
          20 November 2021 at 3:23 pm

          What Twitter is serious source now?

          • KJT 2.1.2.2.1
            21 November 2021 at 8:05 am

            Watch the video.

            Walking towards police giving the correct hand signal.

            Walking towards police carrying a loaded firearm is asking for a death sentence. Even in NZ?

            • RedLogix 2.1.2.2.1.1
              21 November 2021 at 8:45 am

              So you are suggesting he was a police operative of some kind? With some sort of pre-arranged signal that all the cops would recognise in a fleeting instant?

              My reasoning is that it’s more likely everything on Twitter is deep fake.

            • weka 2.1.2.2.1.2
              21 November 2021 at 10:39 am

              that's one interpretation, it's not the only one. We don't actually know.

    • Puckish Rogue 2.2
      20 November 2021 at 8:21 am

      What are you talking about?

      Are you not even aware Kyle shot three white people?

      Are you not even aware Kyle was being chased?

      Are you not aware Kyle was assaulted before shooting?

      Are you not aware one of them actually pointed a pistol at Kyle before he shot?

    • millsy 2.3
      20 November 2021 at 8:42 am

      Good to see you supporting a white supremacist, racist, homophobic thug who likes to gun down civil rights protesters.

      And you work as a prison guard, around a population that is predominantly Maori.

      I don't think we in the West have any right to complain about human rights in China with fascists like you working in our prisons. I bet you would would to the same as Rittenhouse and Chauvin did if you had the chance.

      • Puckish Rogue 2.3.1
        20 November 2021 at 8:58 am

        Millsy

        Show me your evidence that Kyle Rittenhouse is a white supremacist, racist, homophobic thug who likes to gun down civil rights protesters.

        Because he didn't shoot any black people, he shot white people

        He did however shoot a convicted child molester (sodomised some young boys) and a multiple domestic abuser and you know what, just read about it here: https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/03/12/kenosha-shooting/

        Also I'm not a prison guard

        'I bet you would would to the same as Rittenhouse and Chauvin did if you had the chance.'

        I don't even know what you're trying to say here

        • millsy 2.3.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 9:47 am

          Some time ago, you said you got a job as a prison guard.

          The fact is, that you supported Chauvin and you would have killed Floyd if you were in that position. I think you are an evil depraved man and shouldn't be working anywhere in prisons or law enforcement.

        • Robert Guyton 2.3.1.2
          20 November 2021 at 4:00 pm

          "He did however shoot a convicted child molester"

          So, like, that guy was convicted, imprisoned, released and then justifiably shot?

          Pucky? Have you lost the plot entirely??

          • Puckish Rogue 2.3.1.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 4:21 pm

            Millsy called the men shot: 'civil rights protesters', they may have been

            I called them a sodomiser of young boys, domestic abusers and convicted felons, which they were

            Not saying they deserved death for it but if you're going to paint them in a certain way, which you can't prove, I'll say what they really were, which I can prove.

      • I Feel Love 2.3.2
        20 November 2021 at 10:58 am

        Absolutely Millsy, that's terrifying, a prison guard in NZ has these attitudes? I'm appalled. Rittenhouse had no right to carry a gun, travelled to another state uninvited, shat himself when confronted, and murdered 2 people, and you come onto a left leaning site to congratulate the wanker? You're really something man, pitiful.

        • Molly 2.3.2.1
          20 November 2021 at 12:08 pm

          "Rittenhouse had no the right to carry a gun, travelled 20 minutes to another state uninvited, shat himself when confronted, and murdered 2 people were killed in self-defence as the evidence showed and you come onto a left leaning site to congratulate the wanker? the verdict. You're really something man, pitiful."

          I've edited your comment to remove unsubstantiated claims, or emotive language and it reads differently.

          PR wilfully chose a contentious way to raise the issue, I agree. But thanks to millsy's initial jibe about Greenwald, I have looked into it, and found the video evidence that the jury considered in the self-defence, and accepted.

          The justice system (which I believe to be flawed in many ways, but that is by-the-by here) should endeavour to convict on points of law. In this case, the prosecution's case did not hold up, for reasons not reported by the majority of the media.

          The ability to carry arms is another legal right I have an issue with, but it is legal in many states in the USA.

        • Puckish Rogue 2.3.2.2
          20 November 2021 at 3:34 pm

          Still not a prison guard…

          • Robert Guyton 2.3.2.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 4:02 pm

            So, what is your role? Come clean, don't muck us around any longer…

            • dv 2.3.2.2.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 4:04 pm

              Corrections officer?

            • Puckish Rogue 2.3.2.2.1.2
              20 November 2021 at 4:13 pm

              I'm a Corrections Officer.

              • Sacha …
                20 November 2021 at 4:27 pm

                Do you work in the office?

                • Puckish Rogue …
                  20 November 2021 at 4:30 pm

                  No. A bit too boring in there for me, prisoner facing is more interesting.

                  • Sacha …
                    20 November 2021 at 4:43 pm

                    But more to it than 'guarding' these days, I am guessing.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      20 November 2021 at 5:02 pm

                      A while back Corrections (or the government) decided that a change of direction was needed.

                      The old days of locking prisoners up and giving them hidings was a bad thing.

                      As part of the implementation to cut down on the rate of reoffending Corrections brought out some changes, part of it was to change prison guards (which also has very negative connotations) to Corrections Officers

                      This is done because thats what management want to have happens, correct prisoners behaviour.

                      Its only a very small piece of a very big puzzle but I think its important

    • mpledger 2.4
      20 November 2021 at 9:00 am

      He purposefully went looking for trouble, he sought it out. Legally he might have got off but morally, he's going to have a lot to live with. Hopefully, he gets taken to the cleaners in a wrongful death suit.

      • Puckish Rogue 2.4.1
        20 November 2021 at 9:05 am

        'He purposefully went looking for trouble, he sought it out. Legally he might have got off but morally, he's going to have a lot to live with. Hopefully, he gets taken to the cleaners in a wrongful death suit.'

        See thats the MSM talking.

        He didn't go looking for trouble, he had a weapon for self-defence and everything he did was legal.

        Legal carry, legal weapon. Legal everything.

        You know who wasn't doing everything legal, the protestors illegally rioting, the men (multiple) who assaulted Kyle (video footage), the man who threatened Kyle (prosecutions own witness), the man who aimed his pistol at Kyle (illegal ownership of firearm)

        You're not informed, you're misinformed.

        • bwaghorn 2.4.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 9:10 am

          Do you think it's a good idea for untrained people to legally head off to a trouble hot spot carrying firearms??

          • Puckish Rogue 2.4.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 9:19 am

            'Do you think it's a good idea for untrained people to legally head off to a trouble hot spot carrying firearms??'

            How do you know he wasn't trained?

            In extreme circumstances he fired 8 shots (including two warning shots) and killed two and wounded one

            By anyones reckoning thats impressive, just look at any of the police shootings to see how that stacks up

            However I don't think he should have been there BUT thats me, I'm not in that city, my workplace wasn't under attack, I wasn't worried about my father

            Kyle did nothing illegal, the rioters did, the people who attacked him chose to attack him, Kyle tried to get away and only fired after he was left with no other option

            Kyle legally defended himself

            • bwaghorn 2.4.1.1.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 9:47 am

              Big difference in being trained to shoot straight and trained in de escalation and not getting isolated.

              • Puckish Rogue …
                20 November 2021 at 3:35 pm

                You are aware that Kyle was legally allowed to carry his rifle while one of the people he shot was illeglly carrying a pistol and Kyle only shot him once he raised the pistol and aimed at Kyle

        • mpledger 2.4.1.2
          20 November 2021 at 4:32 pm

          He came from a different state. He wasn't a local out to protect the property (yes, he wanted to protect property) of people he knew, he knew noone there. All he did was heed the call of social media, a social media that had as its goal to harm Black people.

          • Puckish Rogue 2.4.1.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 4:58 pm

            Have you actually followed the case at all? All you've done is read a few headlines.

            'He came from a different state.'

            Please explain to me what coming from different state have to do with anything.

            Because I'd bet money that not all the rioters come from Kenosha, that some would have had to 'cross state lines' to get there or is this something you've heard from the msm and it sounds ominous?

            'he knew noone there'

            1. He travelled approximately15 miles to get there

            2. He worked in Kenosha.

            3. He has family and friends living in Kenosha

            'All he did was heed the call of social media, a social media that had as its goal to harm Black people.'

            He only shot white people, after he was threatened and assaulted.

    • Stuart Munro 2.5
      20 November 2021 at 5:40 pm

      They won't let it go because he's just another murderer.

      Equal justice wouldn't have seen him walk.

      • Puckish Rogue 2.5.1
        20 November 2021 at 5:45 pm

        Once again you are wrong.

        He was found not guilty so hes not a murderer.

        Why do you think it wasn't self defence?

        • alwyn 2.5.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 7:13 pm

          Stuart should remember Helen Clark's little error of this kind. It cost the taxpayer $55,000 when she called someone a murderer. He had been convicted of manslaughter but not murder. This person wasn't convicted of anything.

          https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cabinet-backing-for-pms-payout/XGLRV2YGY2EW6DBVXWKAYFNWZM/

        • Stuart Munro 2.5.1.2
          21 November 2021 at 3:27 pm

          It may astonish you to know this PR, but courts are not infallible. You may or may not be aware of the work of The Innocence Project, which works to correct errors made at the other end of the scale, wrongful convictions.

          What makes someone a murderer is their act of wrongful killing, and, irrespective of the findings of what even you must admit was a highly politicized case, it looks on the face of it very much like Rittenhouse behaved like a vigilante, dispensing Hollywood justice in his own right.

          Rittenhouse seems likely, like OJ Simpson, to attract a degree of scepticism for the rest of his life – assuming the prosecution do not successfully appeal.

          • Puckish Rogue 2.5.1.2.1
            21 November 2021 at 8:20 pm

            You have to stop getting your information from outlets like CNN.

            Heres some facts for you may or may not know. This is based on what other people on this site thought.

            1. Kyle did not take a rifle over state lines
            2. Kyle works in Kenosha
            3. Kyle has family in Kenosha
            4. He did not carry an assault rifle
            5. He was legally carrying a legal firearm.
            6. The crowd turned on Kyle when he put out a fire
            7. The child sodomiser and domestic abuser was armed with a chain, threatened Kyles life, chased after Kyle and tried to take his rifle away before Kyle defended himself
            8. The child sodomiser and domestic abuser also quite liberally used the N word
            9. The multiple domestic abuser attacked Kyle and hit him with the skateboard, twice, before Kyle defended himself
            10. Jump Kick mans latest charge is domestic abuse, almost like theres a pattern
            11. The last guy Kyle shot had an illegal pistol, had a felony charge of drunk in charge of a weapon and Kyle only shot him when he raised and aimed the pistol at Kyle.

            The prosecutions own witnesses back this up, official drone footage backs this up and smart phone coverage backs this up.

            Go through the video footage here:

            https://twitter.com/Pr_agmatik/status/1299088221633208321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1299089444298002432%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthestandard.org.nz%2Fopen-mike-20-11-2021%2F

            • Stuart Munro 2.5.1.2.1.1
              21 November 2021 at 9:06 pm

              You have to stop getting your information from outlets like CNN.

              You mean relatively reputable sources? Ranting loons like Alex Jones don't do as much for your credibility as you might suppose.

              He was legally carrying a legal firearm.

              Oh I'm sure that makes all the difference – it's just happenstance he used it to kill three people – could've happened to anyone, right?

              The child sodomiser and domestic abuser…

              Are to meet justice through the institution of the courts, not summary justice at the hands of a teenage vigilante looking for cheap thrills.

              • Puckish Rogue …
                21 November 2021 at 9:22 pm

                I don't know if you're aware but they had a trial about this very thing and as it turns out I'm right and CNN was wrong, very wrong.

                Try looking at more than one source for information and you'll be surprised at what you find.

                • Stuart Munro …
                  22 November 2021 at 5:41 am

                  they had a trial

                  Your faith in the integrity of US courts is touching, but misplaced. Rittenhouse is in some respects a victim of US dysfunctional gun culture.

                  Try looking at more than one source for information

                  They are not needed. One shooting might be happenstance, two coincidence, but three is unequivocally enemy action. Rittenhouse set out to kill people, and that's what he did.

                  The fact that you are fanboying a murderous child that should be in jail ought to have you thinking long and hard instead of crowing your inanity from the rooftops.

                  • Puckish Rogue …
                    22 November 2021 at 6:41 am

                    That you won't look at any other sources of information

                    That you ignore official drone footage

                    That you ignore footage from people on the ground

                    That you ignore the laws of the state

                    That you ignore what the witnesses said

                    That you defend child molesters and domestic abusers

                    All of the above says more about you than it does me

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 November 2021 at 7:54 am

                      I don't know, and you don't know, the truth of the allegations of child molestation – but Rittenhouse did not murder those men to protect children from such abuse, he did so after the fact, when judgment should have been left to the apparatus of the state.

                      Rittenhouse shouldn't have been there, he shouldn't have been armed with a military weapon, and were he innocent he would have surrendered himself to police after killing his first victim.

                      I'm not interested in the excuses nor the prodigies of self deception you have to perform to justify the judicial whitewash. Rittenhouse walked through police lines because police didn't want to stop him, and the prosecution failed because it was never intended to succeed.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 9:09 am

                      You are a lying, ignorant or arrogant.

                      Lie number 1. 'I don't know, and you don't know, the truth of the allegations of child molestation'

                      I have posted many links to the convictions of these people yet you say we don't know.

                      Yes we do know the truth, he was convicted.

                      Heres, another, link to his conviction, try looking at it for a change:

                      https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/03/12/kenosha-shooting/

                      I'll give you the crib notes.

                      'Joseph Don Rosenbaum lived in Kenosha. He had an open case for misdemeanor bail jumping that was filed on July 30, 2020.'

                      The conditions of bond read: “Not to Possess or Consume Alcohol. *Not To Possess or Consume Controlled Substances w/o a Prescription. No contact including the residence, electronic or 3rd party with: Kariann S, Park Ridge Inn.”

                      Rosenbaum also had open misdemeanor cases for battery (domestic abuse) and disorderly conduct (domestic abuse).

                      Court documents obtained by Wisconsin Right Now from the Pima County (Arizona) Clerk of Courts confirm Rosenbaum was charged by a grand jury with 11 counts of child molestation and inappropriate sexual activity with children, including anal rape, masturbation, oral sex, and showing minors pornography. The victims were five boys ranging in age from nine to 11 years old. He was convicted of two amended counts as part of a plea deal. See those documents here.'

                      'Rittenhouse shouldn't have been there'

                      Maybe he should, maybe he shouldn't but he had every legal right to be there, unlike the rioters so that is a pointless statement.

                      'he shouldn't have been armed with a military weapon'

                      Another strait up lie, which I've covered previously. He had an AR-15 type rifle. Legal. Not a military weapon.

                      'and were he innocent he would have surrendered himself to police after killing his first victim.'

                      You really are a dumb, arrogant dick head. Where do you think Kyle was running when he was being chased, the police is where you was running to you fucking asshole.

                      Why are you arguing this case when you don't know the first thing about it,

                      You might have heard of this

                      group: https://www.npr.org/2021/11/19/1057422329/why-legal-experts-were-not-surprised-by-the-rittenhouse-jurys-decision-to-acquit

                      Try reading it unless you think NPR is a right wing organisation but really all you need to know is here:

                      "Mr. Rosenbaum was chasing me. I pointed my gun at him, and that did not deter him. He could have ran away instead of trying to take my gun from me, but he kept chasing me. It didn't stop him," Rittenhouse testified last week.'

                      'Afterward, Rittenhouse ran away toward a police line, he said during the trial. While he was running, several people started to chase him, including Huber and Grosskreutz. Huber struck Rittenhouse with a skateboard, evidence showed, and Grosskreutz was armed with a Glock pistol.'

                      Do you get that Stuart? He was running to the police BEFORE he was forced to shoot a child rapist

                      After he shot a child rapist he CONTINUED to run to the police.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 November 2021 at 10:38 am

                      You are a lying, ignorant or arrogant.

                      Right back at you, vigilante fanboy. Though you deny it – the child molestation was not occurring when Rittenhouse murdered the man you claim had that background – you must find another reason to exculpate Rittenhouse – he was NOT defending children from abuse.

                      Maybe he should, maybe he shouldn't but he had every legal right to be there, unlike the rioters so that is a pointless statement.

                      I think you'll find they had every legal right to be there also – just not to riot – but let us not pretend your argument is in any way rational – you exculpate Rittenhouse, not because he is innocent, which he manifestly is not, but because he took up arms against a group protesting the abuse of police power. For some reason you believe in noble cause corruption and qualified immunity – it is this that moves you to forgive Rittenhouse. Perhaps you expect to need qualified immunity yourself at some point.

                      Another strait up lie, which I've covered previously. He had an AR-15 type rifle. Legal. Not a military weapon.

                      Bullshit. The AR15 was designed as a military weapon, and is in most respects identical to the M16, the US military's weapon of choice. ArmaLite first developed the AR-15 in the late 1950s as a military rifle, but had limited success in selling it. In 1959 the company sold the design to Colt. You ought to know that lying through your teeth like this does nothing for your argument, except to demonstrate your disrespect for the facts.

                      You really are a dumb, arrogant dick head.

                      When you are reduced to abuse, my little cabbage, it is because you have already lost.

                      "Mr. Rosenbaum was chasing me. I pointed my gun at him, and that did not deter him. He could have ran away instead of trying to take my gun from me, but he kept chasing me. It didn't stop him," Rittenhouse testified last week.'

                      No doubt Mr Rosenbaum, having watched Rittenhouse murder a fellow citizen, meant to disarm him, in the interests of public safety.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 11:20 am

                      You are a lying, ignorant or arrogant.

                      'Right back at you, vigilante fanboy. Though you deny it – the child molestation was not occurring when Rittenhouse murdered the man you claim had that background – you must find another reason to exculpate Rittenhouse – he was NOT defending children from abuse.'

                      • You were lying when you said "I don't know, and you don't know, the truth of the allegations of child molestation" because I have posted many links to Josephs criminal record.
                      • Do you deny this?
                      • My pointing out that the child anal rapist is a child anal rapist is to counter the claims that hes a peaceful, civil rights protester, also why I posted footage of him using the N-word

                      Maybe he should, maybe he shouldn't but he had every legal right to be there, unlike the rioters so that is a pointless statement.

                      'I think you'll find they had every legal right to be there also – just not to riot –'

                      • Thank you for proving my point. Protest yes but rioting no and they were rioting.

                      'but let us not pretend your argument is in any way rational – you exculpate Rittenhouse, not because he is innocent, which he manifestly is not,'

                      • Theres the arrogance, the evidence was shown, the witness heard from and the footage watched but you, Stuart Munro, have decided that the verdict is wrong, even though you didn't follow the trial.
                      • You like links from NPR, read this one:

                      https://www.npr.org/2021/11/19/1057422329/why-legal-experts-were-not-surprised-by-the-rittenhouse-jurys-decision-to-acquit

                      'but because he took up arms against a group protesting the abuse of police power.'

                      • Again as shown by footage and prosecutor testimony he didn'y

                      'For some reason you believe in noble cause corruption and qualified immunity – it is this that moves you to forgive Rittenhouse. Perhaps you expect to need qualified immunity yourself at some point.'

                      • I don't know exactly what it is you're implying here nor do I care to know

                      Another strait up lie, which I've covered previously. He had an AR-15 type rifle. Legal. Not a military weapon.

                      'Bullshit. The AR15 was designed as a military weapon, and is in most respects identical to the M16, the US military's weapon of choice. ArmaLite first developed the AR-15 in the late 1950s as a military rifle, but had limited success in selling it. In 1959 the company sold the design to Colt. You ought to know that lying through your teeth like this does nothing for your argument, except to demonstrate your disrespect for the facts.'

                      • Heres the ignorance I was talking about, he had an AR-15 type, TYPE being the key word, rifle.'

                      You think you can jump on google and find a link to prove your point. I've been dealing with people like you (ignorant and arrogant) for a very long time.

                      As you yourself stated the AR-15 was developed by Armalite as a military rifle. Fact.

                      But Kyle was not carrying a military Armalite AR-15. Fact

                      He was carrying a legal, civilian, Smith & Wesson AR-15 style rifle. Fact

                      You know virtually nothing about firearms. Fact.

                      I use links to show proof to others of what I already know. Fact.

                      You use links because you don't know. Fact.

                      Now I know what you're going to say next. Yes accuracy in trials matters and yes there is a difference, allow me to explain:

                      Heres the Trekka, looks like a Land Rover but is not the same thing as a Land Rover

                      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekka

                      You really are a dumb, arrogant dick head.

                      • Statement of fact, proven by facts previously and below

                      "Mr. Rosenbaum was chasing me. I pointed my gun at him, and that did not deter him. He could have ran away instead of trying to take my gun from me, but he kept chasing me. It didn't stop him," Rittenhouse testified last week.'

                      'No doubt Mr Rosenbaum, having watched Rittenhouse murder a fellow citizen, meant to disarm him, in the interests of public safety.'

                      • Heres the reason why I called you dumb. Had you followed the trial you would know that the first person Kyle shot was Joseph Rosenbaum so please explain to me how 'Mr Rosenbaum' watched Kyle shoot someone in self-defence when 'Mr Rosenbaum' was the first person Kyle shot.

                      Also you're assuming what the noted child rapist and domestic abuser (noted to show how violent he is and how he lacks empathy) was thinking whereas I on the other hand am going off what 'Mr Rosenbaum' said previously in the night when he said if he saw Kyle alone he would kill him

                      I have the trial outcome

                      I have the prosecutions own witness testimony

                      I have drone footage

                      I have smart phone footage

                      You have nothing, nothing at all smiley

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 November 2021 at 12:24 pm

                      Gosh you're full of yourself – and it is unbecoming in a moral teenager, a prating knave who endorses vigilantism.

                      My pointing out that the child anal rapist is a child anal rapist is to counter the claims that hes a peaceful, civil rights protester

                      Ah, so defaming the victim to lessen the gravity of Rittenhouse's murder formed no part of your motivation? The mens rea is so thick you're soaking in it.

                      An AR15 is a military firearm, no matter how you may try to deny it – and therein lies much of its appeal to deranged vigilantes. The technicality you're trying to push is less than wafer thin – it simply isn't substantial enough to support the nonsense you are trying to hang from it. Had your argument broad legitimacy you would not be constantly reduced to grasping at such flimsy technicalities.

                      Thank you for proving my point. Protest yes but rioting no and they were rioting.

                      Well someone would have to, because you couldn't sustain an argument through a wet paper bag. But of course Rittenhouse's rights are likewise curtailed when he presents that firearm, threatens to kill, does in fact kill, and so on.

                      He was running to the police BEFORE he was forced to shoot a child rapist

                      He was running to the police having threatened a civilian with a weapon, and failed to deter him. The child molestation is just your post facto get out of jail free card.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      22 November 2021 at 1:27 pm

                      'Gosh you're full of yourself – and it is unbecoming in a moral teenager, a prating knave who endorses vigilantism.'

                      – Being that I'm the one linking to evidence, testimony, video evidence, drone evidence and factual information and at no point have I endorsed vigilantism (please find proof where I did, shouldn't be too hard to locate) I'll take what you say with a reasonably large grain of salt

                      My pointing out that the child anal rapist is a child anal rapist is to counter the claims that hes a peaceful, civil rights protester

                      'Ah, so defaming the victim to lessen the gravity of Rittenhouse's murder formed no part of your motivation?'

                      – What a stupid thing to say, as the trial proved Kyle is not a murderer.

                      The mens rea is so thick you're soaking in it.

                      – I'll point you towards the trial, its outcomes and the evidence

                      An AR15 is a military firearm, no matter how you may try to deny it – and therein lies much of its appeal to deranged vigilantes.

                      – The AR-15 (without getting too technical) is the civilian variant of the M4. It is legally sold to civilians because it can only be fired in semi-automatic mode.

                      'The technicality you're trying to push is less than wafer thin – it simply isn't substantial enough to support the nonsense you are trying to hang from it.'

                      – Facts matter, you don't like it but facts matter. He was carrying a legal, AR-15 type rifle. As you yourself said AR-15 is a military rifle made by the Armalite company.

                      – Kyle was carrying a Smith and Wesson AR-15 TYPE rifle, completely legal.

                      'Had your argument broad legitimacy you would not be constantly reduced to grasping at such flimsy technicalities.'

                      – Sorry if I think accuracy is important in a murder trial

                      Thank you for proving my point. Protest yes but rioting no and they were rioting.

                      'Well someone would have to, because you couldn't sustain an argument through a wet paper bag.'

                      – Interestingly enough my arguments are quite similar to the defences, yours are similar to the prosecutions

                      – Kyle found, correctly, not guilty, funny that. also from NPR since you must have missed it earlier (probably deliberately):

                      https://www.npr.org/2021/11/19/1057422329/why-legal-experts-were-not-surprised-by-the-rittenhouse-jurys-decision-to-acquit

                      'But of course Rittenhouse's rights are likewise curtailed when he presents that firearm, threatens to kill, does in fact kill, and so on.'

                      – Another lie. Kyle never threatened to kill. 'Mr Rosenbaum' had earlier in the night threatened to kill Kyle.

                      He was running to the police BEFORE he was forced to shoot a child rapist

                      'He was running to the police having threatened a civilian with a weapon, and failed to deter him.'

                      – Why are you trying to prove me right and yourself wrong?

                      – Yes he was trying to get to the police. He wanted to get to the police so he wouldn't have to shoot anyone but 'Mr Rosenbaum' chased him

                      – Yes he aimed the rifle at 'Mr Rosenbaum' because he wanted 'Mr Rosenbaum' to stop chasing him

                      – He wanted 'Mr Rosenbaum to not chase him because 'Mr Rosenbaum' threatened Kyles life

                      – Look I don't need your help proving you know nothing about this case but thank you anyway

                      'The child molestation is just your post facto get out of jail free card.'

                      – The evidence, the witnesses, the video footage, the drone footage were Kyles get out of jail card.

                      – Also 'Mr Rosenbaum' died as he lived, trying to touch an unwilling minor, unfortunately for 'Mr Rosenbaum' this minor was able to protect himself. wink

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 November 2021 at 4:53 pm

                      My pointing out that the child anal rapist is a child anal rapist is to counter the claims that hes a peaceful, civil rights protester

                      'Ah, so defaming the victim to lessen the gravity of Rittenhouse's murder formed no part of your motivation?'

                      – What a stupid thing to say, as the trial proved Kyle is not a murderer. T

                      he trial proved nothing of the sort.

                      The mens rea is so thick you're soaking in it.

                      – I'll point you towards the trial,

                      Having no rational argument to support your contentions.

                      An AR15 is a military firearm, no matter how you may try to deny it – and therein lies much of its appeal to deranged vigilantes.

                      – The AR-15 (without getting too technical) is the civilian variant of the M4. It is legally sold to civilians because it can only be fired in semi-automatic mode.

                      'The technicality you're trying to push is less than wafer thin – it simply isn't substantial enough to support the nonsense you are trying to hang from it.'

                      – Facts matter, you don't like it but facts matter. He was carrying a legal, AR-15 type rifle. As you yourself said AR-15 is a military rifle made by the Armalite company.

                      – Kyle was carrying a Smith and Wesson AR-15 TYPE rifle, completely legal.

                      red herring – the legality of the weapon is not in dispute the AR15 or AR15 styled rifle remains the weapon of choice for vigilantes such as the Christchurch shooter and your latest unsavoury obsession, the murderer Rittenhouse. They are chosen because of the similarities between their design and the M16.

                      Yes, they no longer fire full automatic – but they were designed as a military assault rifle by a military supplier for a military customer. In most respects they are still that military assault rifle. These facts matter PR, and your determination to set them aside is consistent with the general dishonesty that means most of us don't believe a damned thing you say – links or no links.

                      'Had your argument broad legitimacy you would not be constantly reduced to grasping at such flimsy technicalities.'

                      Sorry if I think accuracy is important in a murder trial – gosh a rhetorical flourish! who'd have thought you had it in you! You're not in a murder trial PR, you're in a discussion, trying to salvage the shreds of your credibility for fanboying a vigilante, and by extension the dysfunctional US system that created him.

                      – Interestingly enough my arguments are quite similar to the defences, yours are similar to the prosecutions

                      'But of course Rittenhouse's rights are likewise curtailed when he presents that firearm, threatens to kill, does in fact kill, and so on.'

                      – Another lie. Kyle never threatened to kill. 'Mr Rosenbaum' had earlier in the night threatened to kill Kyle.

                      A presented firearm carries an implicit threat.

                      He was running to the police BEFORE he was forced to shoot a child rapist

                      He was running to the police BEFORE he chose to shoot a man he had threatened with a rifle. fixed it for you.

                      – Yes he was trying to get to the police. He wanted to get to the police so he wouldn't have to shoot anyone but 'Mr Rosenbaum' chased him

                      – Yes he was trying to get to the police. He wanted to get to the police so that he wouldn't beaten and killed by the men he had menaced with his rifle.

                      – Look I don't need your help

                      Brother, you need all the help you can get. I imagine you 'need' an AR15 'styled' rifle too.

                      'The child molestation is just your post facto get out of jail free card.'

                      – The evidence, the witnesses, the video footage, the drone footage were Kyles get out of jail card. – I imagine the gun lobby, and political parties had some influence too – but there is no mystery in Rittenhouse's release – the US plays by very different rules. It is you that need the get out of jail card, as you applaud the death by violence of a fellow human being, who, absent Rittenhouse's reckless provocation of a crowd, would probably still be alive.

                      Were that the case you would not have felt obliged to mention that the child molestation at every opportunity, as if it somehow made the victim

                      – Also 'Mr Rosenbaum' died as he lived, trying to touch an unwilling minor, unfortunately for 'Mr Rosenbaum' this minor was able to protect himself.

                      By shooting Rosenberg dead, together with some other members of the public – vigilantism victory! And you're smiling – so why do you imagine you escape the label vigilante fanboy? You patently are one.

                    • Stuart Munro …
                      22 November 2021 at 10:26 pm

                      Please explain why you know better:

                      I already have explained – at some length I might add – but you are either too obtuse, or too smug in your celebration of vigilantism to get it. Ultimately I suppose it is simply in accord with the rest of your sociopathic rightwing nonsense.

                      Gran Torino probably did it better anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HisV1xUcIFI

    • McFlock 2.6
      20 November 2021 at 7:34 pm

      All charges?

      Including possession of a dangerous weapon by a person aged under 18?

      So he shot three people in self defense using a weapon that wasn't actually in his possession?

      Seems legit, lolk

      • Puckish Rogue 2.6.1
        20 November 2021 at 7:50 pm

        Well hey now its the noted expert on Wisconsin gun laws McFlock, throwing links out like hes Tiger Woods so lets just have a look at the link hes provided…

        Damn dude looks like you got me with a link to ABC dated 11 Nov 21, theres no way this can be refuted.

        Unless…you have a link from ABC dated 20 Nov 21, which I just happen to have:

        https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/explainer-judge-drop-rittenhouse-gun-charge-81285031

        'Hours before closing arguments began on Monday, Judge Bruce Schroeder granted a defense motion to toss out the weapons charge. Rittenhouse attorneys Mark Richards and Corey Chirafisi pointed to an exception in the law that they said allows minors to possess shotguns and rifles as long as they’re not short-barreled.'

        'Assistant District Attorney James Kraus argued that the exception renders the state’s prohibition on minors possessing dangerous weapons meaningless. But when he acknowledged that Rittenhouse’s rifle’s barrel was longer than 16 inches, the minimum barrel length allowed under state law, Schroeder dismissed the charge.'

        'This section applies only to a person under 18 years of age who possesses or is armed with a rifle or a shotgun if the person is in violation of s. 941.28 …” That section of law isn’t specific to minors, but rather forbids any person from having a short-barreled shotgun or rifle.'

        • McFlock 2.6.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 7:59 pm

          Fair call. Unlike you, I haven't been obsessing over the case.

          They do have funny laws, judges, and juries over there.

          • Puckish Rogue 2.6.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 8:05 pm

            I do think its an important issue so that helps

            • McFlock 2.6.1.1.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 8:16 pm

              It's biggest importance was in showing, again, the sort of people US "self defense" laws are intended to protect.

              • Puckish Rogue …
                20 November 2021 at 8:24 pm

                'It's biggest importance was in showing, again, the sort of people US "self defense" laws are intended to protect.'

                People going about their lawful and legal business that are then attacked?

                You can't win this.

                • McFlock …
                  20 November 2021 at 8:41 pm

                  Bit circular there, because apparently running around with firearms and pointing them at people is lawful and legal, and getting scared when they respond accordingly is enough excuse to lawfully and legally shoot them dead.

                  • Puckish Rogue …
                    20 November 2021 at 8:52 pm

                    Oh McFlock, McFlock, McFlock, are you enjoying this spanking I'm giving you?

                    See the thing is you didn't follow the trial at all.

                    You know that I did and yet you still try to put out these proven lies.

                    Kyle wasn't 'running around with firearms and pointing them at people' in fact once the trouble started he tried to run away, run away to the police

                    The trouble started when the sodomiser of children (just so you know who you're defending) threatened Kyle saying that he'd kill him if he got him alone

                    This information came from the prosecutions own witness

                    • McFlock …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:13 pm

                      Just what "spanking" you're doing at the moment is none of my concern.

                      Maybe there will be appeals, maybe civil trials. But Rittenhouse still took a gun to a riot and shot three people. Jury or not, I won't be inviting him to dinner any time soon.

                      As for "lies", didn't the prosecutor say that Rittenhouse pointed guns at people? Was the prosecutor "lying", too?

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:36 pm

                      'Just what "spanking" you're doing at the moment is none of my concern.'

                      You know you like it

                      'Maybe there will be appeals, maybe civil trials'

                      Sure. Its their legal right to do so

                      'But Rittenhouse still took a gun to a riot and shot three people.'

                      But Rittenhouse still took a gun, which according to the laws of the state and decided in court that he was in the legal right to do, to a riot and shot three people.

                      Woah, woah, woah just a second there buddy, it wasn't a riot because riots are illegal.

                      I was informed by the impartial and very honest CNN that these were 'mostly peaceful' protests

                      https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/08/1862/1048/CNN-Headline-Fiery-2.jpg?ve=1&tl=1

                      'As for "lies", didn't the prosecutor say that Rittenhouse pointed guns at people? Was the prosecutor "lying", too?'

                      He did when he, finally, had to defend himself. You've made it sound like he was going around aiming at people for the lols

                      Also just because: https://www.aufamily.com/forums/topic/174642-mostly-clueless-kool-aid-drinkers-the-meme/

                    • McFlock …
                      20 November 2021 at 9:47 pm

                      "When he had to".

                      Not sure that got the same level of test it would have had in NZ.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      20 November 2021 at 10:00 pm

                      'Not sure that got the same level of test it would have had in NZ.'

                      Yeah its almost like this happened in a different country with a different culture and laws to our own

                    • McFlock …
                      20 November 2021 at 10:25 pm

                      Which kind of puts paid to your "He was found not guilty so hes not a murderer" thing.

                      By Wisconsin standards, he's not a murderer, or even a manslaughterer(? I guess that's the term). But that's not saying a huge amount. Even by US standards.

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      21 November 2021 at 10:13 am

                      'By Wisconsin any reasonable persons standards, he's not a murderer, or even a manslaughterer?

                    • McFlock …
                      21 November 2021 at 3:45 pm

                      Maybe some reasonable people could se it that way, if they squint really hard. But that depends on a generous interpretation of "reasonable".

                    • Puckish Rogue …
                      21 November 2021 at 7:58 pm

                      'Maybe some reasonable people could se it that way, if they squint really hard. But that depends on a generous interpretation of "reasonable"

                      I know right, I mean even though the video footage backed up what Kyle said, even though the prosecution witnesses backed up what Kyle said, even though the laws backed up Kyle and even though 'activists' and news outlets were trying to find out the ids of the jurors…surely only an 'unreasonable' person would find Kyle not guilty

                    • McFlock …
                      21 November 2021 at 8:32 pm

                      That's not actually what I said.

                      You switched this into a discussion about reasonableness rather than the vagaries of different legal jurisdictions and their respective burdens of proof for self defense arguments. Fair enough.

                      Reasonableness is much more subjective. Personally, I think grabbing a gun and running to a scene of civil disorder to protect property is unreasonable. But I can see how another reasonable person might disagree. But they'd have a significantly different values system.

        • Shanreagh 2.6.1.2
          20 November 2021 at 8:19 pm

          I can't believe anyone would put a link up to arch nutter Alex Jones of Infowars as if it will add anything to anything. Even Wiki in its short pen portrait says he is known for the 'Promotion of multiple right-wing conspiracy theories'.

          Presumably you are putting it up just to give us all a laugh. I actually don't find him funny just demented

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones

      • Shanreagh 2.6.2
        20 November 2021 at 8:13 pm

        I'm waiting for someone to round up these do*ks who persist in wearing their caps back to front. Followed by the sunglasses, cap back to front and hoodies over the top of the cap crowd, preferably worn inside a car. These outrages against fashion and world wide copy catting deserve the severest of punishment./sarc.

        Truly sad is to see guys whose age should tell them better (say over 12years) continuing to do this. Perhaps Rittenhouse will be encouraged to lift himself above the do*k level crowds and throw his cap away.

      • left for dead 2.6.3
        22 November 2021 at 3:20 pm

        Sorry McFlock ,,, theirs no reply button ….@ PR

        they are known as MSSA the M says it all,I hope you have handed yours in as supposed to. .

  3. Puckish Rogue 3
    20 November 2021 at 8:17 am

    A black guy shooting three other black guys in self defence?

    The same verdict because the actual evidence (not the media evidence) was overwhelming in favour of the defence

  4. Molly 4
    20 November 2021 at 8:43 am

    This Athena Swan charter sounds disturbingly similar to Stonewall's Equality index, and has been adopted by The Higher Education Authority (HEA) of Ireland.

    Engagement with this charter is required of all higher education institutions (HEIs) in the country and the HEA has stated that research funding could be lost by institutions if they do not achieve accreditation under this charter within a set timeframe.

    Critics of free speech on this site will be pleased that these threats are unnecessary as Dublin University already has the matter in hand.

    ‘This is going to sound extraordinary, unbelievable even, but I went to buy a newspaper in the Londis the other day on the DCU Glasnevin campus only to learn that there is a campus-wide “boycott” of the Irish Times over their alleged “transphobic editorial policy”. The commercial companies on campus obviously kowtowed to a student union motion.

    ‘The country’s de facto paper of record is de facto banned in one of the main higher learning centres, itself home to the leading journalism school. I imagine in a ‘history of journalism’ lecture there they would teach about freedom of the important of press under authoritarian regimes. Well they have a contemporaneous example in their midst. How embarrassing.’

  5. millsy 5
    20 November 2021 at 8:45 am

    So how do you guys feel about your hero, Glenn Greenwald in the knowledge that he defends white supremacists who gun down civil rights protesters?

    • Puckish Rogue 5.1
      20 November 2021 at 9:00 am

      Go back to sleep, then when you wake up have a look at the video footage from the trail (specifically where Kyle is kicked, assaulted and has an illegal pistol aimed at him), read some coverage that isn't CNN and then come back and post again

      • millsy 5.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 9:39 am

        Why dont you just admit that you want the USA to return to the good old days of lynching, segregation and Jim Crow. Which is the ultamite goal of the likes of Rittenhouse and Greenwald.

        I suppose you think George Floyd deserved to die as well.

        [RL: You are tolerated as the unhinged nutter that brings a little colour to every site – but your personal attacks here are over the line. Last warning.]

    • Molly 5.2
      20 November 2021 at 9:03 am

      millsy, like many in long-term relationships, I don't agree with my partner of 35 years on everything.

      I don't even agree with myself from five years ago on some things.

      If you abandon your expectation to find conformity and agreement in all things, then you'll understand how I can still appreciate Greenwalds work on Snowden and Assange while comprehending how law works, and the application of it matters even when we don't like the outcome. The inequality in representation demands scrutiny here too.

      The fact that this teen deliberately armed himself and crossed counties to attend this protest deserves analysis regardless.

      • Molly 5.2.1
        20 November 2021 at 9:12 am

        Given millsy's reference, here's Greenwald himself discussing the trial.

        Might pay to have a look.

        • swordfish 5.2.1.2
          20 November 2021 at 11:02 am

          .

          Greenwald's views are grounded in solid left-wing principles that take precedence over petty partisan politics … he has the integrity / honesty / courage to recognise & acutely critique the now very obvious Upper-Middle capture of the Left & how this is fundamentally subverting genuine traditional Social Democratic principles for its own narcissistic self-interest. Little more than a Vanity Project that viciously scapegoats whole swathes of the lower income, while further consolidating their own power, status & financial privilege. The Right & the political elites of the "Left" are increasingly just two warring sides of the same self-interested Establishment.

          • Molly 5.2.1.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 11:14 am

            @swordfish, I take it you watched the video too, or, unlike me, have been following this case closely and critically.

            I had to pause and do a few searches for the video footage etc, while watching to check, but I couldn't find any evidence that what Greenwald says in that video was inaccurate or biased.

            Life is not black and white. People we love and admire can do the wrong thing, and conversely, people we don't like are not always guilty.

      • Puckish Rogue 5.2.2
        20 November 2021 at 9:13 am

        Hi Molly

        The weapon was in Kenosha, Kyle works in Kenosha and his father lives and works in Kenosha.

        The travel time is approximately 20 minutes

        This hogwash about crossing state lines was an attempt to make it sound more 'sinister' then it really was

        Should Kyle have been there.

        I'd say no but he had the right to be there, nor was his weapon illegal nor was it illegal for him to carry the weapon.

        It was illegal for the sodomiser of children to threaten to kill Kyle, it was illegal for the multiple domestic abuser to assault Kyle and it was illegal for the convicted felon to aim an illegal pistol at Kyle

        But it was legal for Kyle to defend himself which he did with extremely good weapon control.

        • Molly 5.2.2.1
          20 November 2021 at 9:17 am

          Just listening to Greenwald now.

          Probably will find myself disagreeing with myself of an hour ago, frown

          Thanks to millsy for making me look for the links.

        • millsy 5.2.2.2
          20 November 2021 at 9:43 am

          I know as a devout homophobic wife beating creationist Christian, you think that people should be eternally punished for their crimes in both this life and the next, but in the secular world, these guys had served their time and paid their debt to society. The fact of the matter is that they were marching for civil rights and liberties, something that right wing Trump supporters like you cannot get your head round. Rittenhouse is a KKK sympathizing racist who thinks that minorities have too much rights and wants to return to the days of lynching and segregation. Like you

          • Puckish Rogue 5.2.2.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 9:48 am

            That actually made my daysmiley

            • alwyn 5.2.2.2.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 11:46 am

              Yes, you have persuaded Millsy to examine his prejudices and repent for his sins.

              Now that he has admitted where his opinions come from he may find the way to redemption. After all Millsy admits his faults when he says "I know as a devout homophobic wife beating creationist Christian".

              • Puckish Rogue …
                20 November 2021 at 3:54 pm

                Its a lie because I highly doubt he has a wife, in fact I'd bet he couldn't even get laid on nzdating wink

              • aj …
                20 November 2021 at 8:14 pm

                Read that again. The full sentence makes that clear.

                ….as a devout homophobic wife beating creationist christian, you think that people should be eternally punished for…

                • Puckish Rogue …
                  20 November 2021 at 8:19 pm

                  'devout homophobic wife beating creationist christian'

                  Do I need to point out here that I'm not:

                  1. devout

                  2. homophobic

                  3. a domestic abuser (interestingly enough three of the four guys Kyle shot at have been charged with domestic assault)

                  4. a creationist

                  5. christian

                  I am married so he got that right smiley

                • alwyn …
                  20 November 2021 at 8:22 pm

                  Why don't you quote the full sentence which starts with "I know"?

                  However I still am quoting him fairly. He probably didn't mean to make such a confession but he did say it.

                  If I wrote a sentence that said “I know, as a totally degenerate alcoholic, that you can’t drink in moderation” the you wouldn’t be about other people it would be about the person who had written the “I”.

                  As a true wowser of course I never drink to excess. I also never lie. I follow in the path of St Jacinda.

            • Anker 5.2.2.2.1.2
              20 November 2021 at 9:13 pm

              Perfect response PR from that pile of words from Millsy (even if it was sarc)

        • Robert Guyton 5.2.2.3
          20 November 2021 at 10:41 am

          Why are you going into bat for that guy, Pucky?

          • bwaghorn 5.2.2.3.1
            20 November 2021 at 11:20 am

            To fill in a boring Saturday morning fishing for bites,is my guess.

            • Puckish Rogue 5.2.2.3.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 12:14 pm

              Actually I'm on a nice drive but it could also be its something I think is quite important

          • Puckish Rogue 5.2.2.3.2
            20 November 2021 at 12:11 pm

            Kyle was innocent.

            Isn't that enough?

            The MSM were after him

            The Democrat party were after him

            Our tech overlords were after him

            Hollywood was after him.

            The presumption of innocence was on his side or should have been

            The evidence showed what happened yet, as shown by some on this site, people still think he's guilty

            Doesn't that bother you at all?

            • millsy 5.2.2.3.2.1
              20 November 2021 at 1:25 pm

              “…….The MSM were after him

              The Democrat party were after him

              Our tech overlords were after him

              Hollywood was after him……….”

              These people that you hate are the last people that are willing to stand up and defend civil rights in the USA.

              Its clearly obvious that Kyle's supporters, including yourself, want to return to the days of lynching, segreation and Jim Crow, where blacks were lynched for whistling at a white women, or forbidden from access services in 'White' areas.

              Your mate Donald John Trump, his cabinet and his supporters were all set to impose a theocracy which white supramacist characteristics,

    • weka 5.3
      20 November 2021 at 9:22 am

      A link always helps to know what you are talking about, especially if you are making claims about a controversial public figure

      • millsy 5.3.1
        20 November 2021 at 9:44 am

        It's all over his Twitter feed. Guy has moved to the right. He supports Trump and wants cops to go round killing whoever they want

        [in which case you could easily have posted a link. Please post links to your support your assertions now. I’m aware of GG’s positions, but this isn’t FB, we want informed debate here which means having access to what you are basing your opinions on – weka]

        • Molly 5.3.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 9:59 am

          Watch the video by Greenwald himself for context.

          https://rumble.com/embed/vmvhkl/?pub=4

          The prosecution failed to prove murder as the evidence was not supportive of conviction.

          • millsy 5.3.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 10:10 am

            Greenwald needs to realise that the people who he insists on defending are those that will gladly beat and murder him for being gay.

            The guy stopped caring about civil rights long ago and now wants Trump back in.

            [“and now wants Trump back in” definitely needs a direct citation. Popping you in premod until that happens – weka]

            [Millsy quote from the sin bin: “Ok, I retract my statements about Greenwald.”]

            • weka 5.3.1.1.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 10:42 am

              mod note #2

            • Puckish Rogue 5.3.1.1.1.2
              20 November 2021 at 12:16 pm

              Don't stop Millsy you've got them on the ropes

              Keep it coming angel

            • Macro 5.3.1.1.1.3
              20 November 2021 at 1:39 pm

              Weka – perhaps you might read this piece on the Daily Beast Published in June this year.

              https://www.thedailybeast.com/is-glenn-greenwald-the-new-master-of-right-wing-media

              This past month has occasioned spectacular success, of a sort, for the pugnacious contrarian pundit, an erstwhile leftist journalist-turned-Donald Trump defender who once again is proving his mastery of the right-wing media ecosystem.

              Indeed, in a self-perpetuating feedback loop that runs from Twitter to Fox News and back again, Greenwald has managed, like Trump before him, to orchestrate his very own news cycles.

              Last year, following his exit from The Intercept, Greenwald admitted to The Daily Beast that Fox News airs its share of “horrific, toxic, damaging, destructive, and bigoted” content. However, he defended his frequent Fox hits, saying, “I have no doubt that some people at the Intercept were upset that I was going on Fox, but I would no sooner allow anyone to dictate to me which shows I can go on than I would allow anyone to censor my opinions.”

              And now he is effectively operating as something of a Fox News assignment editor, as indicated by The Daily Beast’s spot check of the frequency with which Greenwald’s online musings on social media and elsewhere, especially his Substack page, have served as the basis for dozens of articles on Fox News’ website.

              It seems it's all about money (around $2 mill US a year)

              • weka …
                20 November 2021 at 1:54 pm

                thanks. I'm aware of the controversy around Greenwald's views. I'm asking Millsy to up his game and present evidence that Greenwald wants Trump back in. This is about TS debate culture. Millsy knows better.

            • weka 5.3.1.1.1.4
              20 November 2021 at 10:27 pm

              are you going to respond to moderation?

          • Molly 5.3.1.1.2
            20 November 2021 at 10:14 am

            … in addition, evidence supported self-defence.

            Whether I believe in the right to carry arms, as PR pointed out it is legal.

            Do I think there is a problem with this teen's choices – yes – but he can't be convicted for murder on that.

            Watch the video to get the full picture of why Greenwald has his position.

            Greenwald needs to realise that the people who he insists on defending are those that will gladly beat and murder him for being gay.

            The guy stopped caring about civil rights long ago and now wants Trump back in
            Both those statements are irrelevant to the discussion, BTW.

        • weka 5.3.1.2
          20 November 2021 at 10:41 am

          mod note.

        • swordfish 5.3.1.3
          20 November 2021 at 11:18 am

          .

          millsy

          At the risk of incurring a mod note … can I just say that like so many Woke dogmatists … you're bordering on the unhinged … divorced from cold hard social reality … big on using social media for grandstanding & ostentatious prestige enhancement to impress your fellow dogmatists … hence the usual crude, sociopathic, intellectually lazy bullshit: entire demographics apparently eternally innocent & virtuous / other demographics entirely evil … Zero nuance & zero rationality going on your hippocampus.

          • Cricklewood 5.3.1.3.1
            20 November 2021 at 1:18 pm

            Nothing unusual Millsy as always been prone to hyperbolic positions that are some distance from reality.

            At least he's given up on the piano wire

  6. arkie 6
    20 November 2021 at 8:48 am

    "There is no part of Aotearoa, no business, no community, no farm, no family, whose future will not be shaped in some way by the decisions we all take about what goes in the plan.

    "This is why it is so important to get them right, and why the final plan needs to reflect the government's ambition, as well as your own."

    …

    "Communities, businesses, unions, iwi, young people, faith groups, organisations and people from all walks of live have made it clear to me that they want to be involved in making the plan for how we reach a net zero carbon Aotearoa."

    Shaw said we have to go faster and further to reach the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C.

    "Inaction today will cost our children dearly, and certainly more than it will cost us to put it right now.

    "In the three decades since the science of climate change was made abundantly clear roughly as much climate pollution has been emitted as from the start of the start of the industrial revolution up to that point."

    He said politicians all over the world knew what was unfolding and had a chance to stop it but didn't – and this was last moment before the window of oppportunity closed "perhaps for ever".

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/453438/government-releases-consultation-document-ahead-of-emissions-reduction-plan

    The ERP will be one of the most important, most comprehensive plans this Government creates. It will set out exactly how each Minister across Government plans to reduce climate pollution to meet our emissions targets and address the climate crisis. If done right, it will set us firmly on the path to a low emissions future.

    We know our kids and our grandkids need this plan to be as ambitious as possible. Help us show Government Ministers that there is overwhelming public pressure for ambitious climate action by making a submission.

    https://action.greens.org.nz/strengthen_the_erp

    Please engage with the climate change processes already ongoing, make a submission to the emissions reduction plan. Closes 24 Nov 2021. The Greens provide a simplified form and a more comprehensive form above, or if you prefer the Ministry of the Environment form:

    https://consult.environment.govt.nz/climate/emissions-reduction-plan/consultation/

    • bwaghorn 6.1
      20 November 2021 at 9:07 am

      I wont be doing a submission, but if I was it would be around lowering the deer ,goat population significantly, huge amounts of native forest is effectively "dead bush standing " with any young growth not getting a start, I'd prefer its done as meat recovery.

      • arkie 6.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 9:18 am

        That’s a perfect submission, I encourage you to do it. Is there any particular reason why you feel your views aren’t worth contributing?

        This is one of the few opportunities we have to communicate our desires for Govt action on climate change, it only need take 10-15mins and it’s imperative the plan is as ambitious and as democratic as possible. This Govt has shown it needs to be pushed, and we can do it through this process, rather than complain about their inaction after the fact.

        As far as the things we can do to prevent the worst of climate change go, this one is the low-hanging fruit and I strongly urge everyone to make a submission.

        • bwaghorn 6.1.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 9:41 am

          I figured one would need to turn my 1 paragraph into a wordy 2 page document to be taken seriously,

          • arkie 6.1.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 9:54 am

            Not at all, check out the simplified form at https://action.greens.org.nz/strengthen_the_erp just add and delete as appropriate. There's no requirement for length!

            I think that if we all made a submission, the shear scale of the engagement would be taken seriously.

            • bwaghorn 6.1.1.1.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 1:58 pm

              I hate the whole concept of the ets, its achieved nothing to date, is this sub mission up for removing nz from the ets and having any carbon tax spent in nz on real science and actions to reduce our footprint??

              It comes across as leading me down a path to get the answers they want.

          • Sacha 6.1.1.1.2
            20 November 2021 at 1:33 pm

            Select committees love short, focused submissions. Go for it.

      • Graeme 6.1.2
        20 November 2021 at 9:34 am

        Na, extend yourself and put in a submission, there's plenty of evidence that pests are costing the country a lot in ghg emissions.

        You've got a unique and valid view point and can think logically and succinctly. Despite what the grammar nazis think you get your point across in your voice / style.

        • bwaghorn 6.1.2.1
          20 November 2021 at 1:27 pm

          Yip I reckon it'd be far better to spend some of the carbon tax supporting farmers to fence and control pests out of remnant native areas than send that money of to Bolsanaro in brazil.

          But the nz left is so anti rural they'd rather see is hearded of to the cities in the last great clearance and the lad become a waste land of untended pines, !!

        • bwaghorn 6.1.2.2
          20 November 2021 at 2:21 pm

          I see q 112 covers the very topic of pests

  7. Gezza 7
    20 November 2021 at 9:13 am

    This is Pickles, a baby pukeko about 8 weeks old. He’d only just learned to swim properly and was getting independent. He spent the night on the far stream bank (parenga), & it rained that night, and was still raining in this scene.

    His family of two adult male & one female pukekos were over on my side, getting a handout of wheat grains from me. They can easily fly over a flooded stream.

    Pickles had only ever swum in the stream before when the wai was flowing slow and gentle. He has no idea swimming across this rushing torrent was a totally different matter, & gets swept away downstream

    The others all stopped eating immediately & ran off along the parenga downstream to rescue him. They came back about 5 minutes later with Pickles following along behind, none the worse for wear, and a little wiser. 🙂

  8. Robert Guyton 8
    20 November 2021 at 10:40 am

    "A Belemnite is an opalised, fossilized Squid that has been discovered mainly in Coober Pedy, South Australia. Formed over about 100 million years, these fossilized opals are very rare. They are an extinct order of Squid that existed from the late Triassic to late Cretaceous period on Earth."

    Wow! That, I did not know! They are gorgeous!

    https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=2948300868833620&set=gm.1310078859452226

  9. Molly 9
    20 November 2021 at 10:44 am

    Manchester Pride now requires its attendees to take this Humanity Pledge before attending events:

    Humanity Pledge

    Before attending our Human Rights Forum events, we ask everyone to take our Humanity Pledge;

    I believe that every individual is entitled to dignity, value and respect, without prejudice towards gender, sex, sexuality, disability, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, creed, language, age, class, wealth, pregnancy, marital status or any other marginalised and protected characteristic, including intersectional identities.

    I will treat all people with dignity, empathy and respect and uphold their rights even when I disagree with their opinions.

    I will, through both my words and actions, show respect and empathy for others at all times during the Manchester Pride Human Rights Forum 2021.

    I will endeavour to not make assumptions about the identities, beliefs or experiences of any other participants at the Manchester Pride Human Rights Forum 2021.

    In the persuit of queer liberation, I have come to the Manchester Pride Human Rights Forum 2021 to learn more about LGBTQ+ issues and support those affected by them. I have not come to share derogatory, hateful or oppressive opinions or views.

    I understand that if I, at any point, fail to comply with these pledges, I will be asked to leave the Manchester Pride Human Rights Forum.

    Brings to mind that classic song:

    https://youtu.be/mRCe5L1imxg?t=19

    • Gezza 9.1
      20 November 2021 at 12:36 pm

      .

      For some reason, it made me of this one

      https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dPSZJ3xH5sA

      • Gezzaj 9.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 12:38 pm

        🙄 God I'm a frackin hopeless proof-reader 😠

        * made me think of this one

      • Molly 9.1.2
        20 November 2021 at 12:47 pm

        laugh.

        Ah, Gezza.

        Spent over an hour of my life unproductively last night, watching these Youtube videos:

        Like a life flashback in song snippets, notwithstanding the American ratings.

        • Gezza 9.1.2.1
          20 November 2021 at 1:04 pm

          So cool, Molly

          Our geneneration was absolutely spoiled for music. So many styles and innovations; it all just exploded out from the 60s on into the 80s.

        • Grafton Gully 9.1.2.2
          20 November 2021 at 6:28 pm

          Every one of them carefully groomed and managed and MARKETED and how many more unsung singers sang and angels on earth recited ?

          • Molly 9.1.2.2.1
            20 November 2021 at 6:52 pm

            Nostalgia trip for me listening to songs that were present at certain times. (Though I agree, some of my more vivid personal recollections are friends, family and the occasional stranger singing with gusto rather than polish.)

          • Gezza 9.1.2.2.2
            21 November 2021 at 6:29 am

            Not all of them. For quite a few it was a hard slog, then a lucky break.

            Guessing you're a glass half empty kinda guy. These days I try to be more of a glass half full type. Life's lived happier with that attitude.

  10. Anker 10
    20 November 2021 at 10:54 am
    • Godness me it will be interesting to see how this pans out.
  11. Molly 11
    20 November 2021 at 1:18 pm

    Very sad but important story in the Herald today:

    A mother and her baby died in Auckland Hospital. This is what went wrong.

    Last year, four mothers and three of their babies died during or shortly after giving birth at Auckland City Hospital, in a highly unusual cluster of tragedy that sparked multiple investigations. The family of one mother and baby have broken their silence to tell investigations reporter Nicholas Jones why change is urgently needed.

    Having received treatment in both the ADHB and Counties DHB over the last year, both while in lockdown and out of it, my personal experience has been of a disjointed below par delivery.

    In addition to ICU capacity, these failings will make the medical response to Covid start on the back foot.

    • Brigid 11.1
      20 November 2021 at 4:03 pm

      Absolutely tragic and so terribly sad. I don't understand why they ignored her pain. It's not a symptom of morning sickness.

      • Molly 11.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 4:58 pm

        Over two decades ago, was in the maternity ward with three other mothers. I opted to keep my bassinet by my bed. Two of the others alternated with that and the nursery. It was only just before leaving I heard the nurse speak to the remaining patient and discovered her child was stillborn.

        The cruelty of it floored me.

  12. dv 12
    20 November 2021 at 3:15 pm

    See Tamaki is breaking bail condtions

    Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has addressed protesters in Auckland Domain during “National Compassion Day”, an event railing against vaccine mandates.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300458896/antivaccine-mandate-protesters-gather-for-national-compassion-day

    Tamaki’s bail conditions include not attending or organising any protest and not accessing the internet for the purpose of organising or inciting non-compliance with Covid-19 level requirements.

    • bwaghorn 12.1
      20 November 2021 at 3:28 pm

      As much as I'd like the police to drag his sorry arse off to jail ,itll just rouse his muppet followers, hit him where it hurts in his wallet!!!

    • observer 12.2
      20 November 2021 at 4:05 pm

      From that Stuff story, a perfect explanation of why the mandates are necessary – to save lives:

      "Among the speakers was Papakura High School deputy principal Kelly Te Ariki, who said she is losing her job due to the mandate. She said she last attended school on November 15 before she and several other staff were no longer allowed on site, presumably due to their vaccine stance.

      She did not explicitly mention Covid-19 vaccines but congratulated others who have chosen not to receive the shot. (italics added)

      “We’re showing that we’re practising what we preach,” she said."

    • Sacha 12.3
      20 November 2021 at 4:47 pm

      Who could have forseen that after he ignored them the first time. Some judges must be on crack.

      • weka 12.3.1
        20 November 2021 at 5:17 pm

        there's a process to go through? Now they can revoke his bail? Weird that Stuff aren't saying what the consequences of bail breach would be.

  13. Puckish Rogue 13
    20 November 2021 at 3:42 pm

    To vto

    You asked me: 'If the skin colours were reversed what would the outcome of the trial have been?

    IMHO

    If it was a black man shooting other black men then chances are we probably wouldn't hear about it

    If it was a white man shooting black men then Kenosha would probably be burning right now

    If it was a black man shooting white men then probably something like this:

    https://kstp.com/news/saint-paul-man-who-shot-at-minneapolis-police-in-self-defense-acquitted-of-all-charges-by-jury/6224974/

  14. mpledger 14
    20 November 2021 at 4:36 pm

    There is an opinion piece on Stuff saying that overseas NZ citizens should have a greater right to MIQ then NZ-based NZ citizens.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/127011028/people-in-nz-should-not-have-same-right-to-miq

    So, yea, screw that. If overseas citizens are paying NZ tax, paying off their students loans and paying off all their other obligations then they can have the same rights to MIQ as NZ-based NZ citizens. Screw that judgemental attitude about why NZ-based NZ citizens are going and returning to NZ.

    • weka 14.1
      20 November 2021 at 5:14 pm

      MiQ is rationed. Who should get priority? We got delta from people coming through the border, and we are now gearing up for covid deaths and hospital overrun. I think there needs to be a bloody good reason to be leaving and coming back in again. Funerals and sick relatives, not holidays and unnecessary business trips. It's too soon, we don't actually know how effective the vaccine, other tools and traffic light system is going to be.

  15. Molly 15
    20 November 2021 at 4:41 pm

    I had read about Stella O'Malley's 2018 documentary : Trans Kids. It's time to talk, but have only just watched it.

    Bit dated, but its here for those interested,

    • Anker 15.1
      20 November 2021 at 9:07 pm

      Thanks Molly, by coincidence I watched her submission to the Conversion Practices Bill.

      She was stunning and her points very difficult to overlook. I think even the very biased Labour Women couldn't help but listen. God knows their treatment of other people presenting who didn't support the bill was appalling.

  16. Jenny How to get there 16
    20 November 2021 at 5:56 pm

    The USA the only country in the world where it is legal for civilians to hunt and kill human beings.
    Arming himself with a military style assault rifle Kyle Rittenhouse drives 20 miles between his home in Antioch to nearby Kenosha and shoots three people, killing two.. And walked away without even a conviction.

    If Kyle Rittenhouse had driven 20 miles to hunt and shoot three deer he would have been fined possibly even jailed.

    • Puckish Rogue 16.1
      20 November 2021 at 6:02 pm

      Another liar telling more lies, are the drugs kicking in early today?

      Watch this and then see if you still hold the same views:

      • observer 16.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 6:36 pm

        Ben Shapiro? Seriously?

        Plot, lost.

        • Puckish Rogue 16.1.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 6:54 pm

          How about, and this is just a suggestion, you try listening to what he has to say before you decide hes wrong

          Or not, your choice

          • observer 16.1.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 7:27 pm

            I could ignore all previous evidence of Mr Shapiro, going back years – sure.

            I could also replace my Weetbix with dog turds, to find out if it is a delicious alternative.

            On the one hand … "you don't know until you've tried".

            On the other hand … logic, reason, knowledge and experience. The brain is a useful tool for making good decisions. That's why I stick with Weetbix.

            • Puckish Rogue 16.1.1.1.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 7:30 pm

              Yeah wouldn't want to hear anything that might change your mind would you.

              #bluepill

              • observer …
                20 November 2021 at 7:37 pm

                I will hear anything in good faith.

                I have heard Ben Shapiro more than enough, to know what he is and does. (The retractions happen later). See Einstein's famous definition of insanity.

                This correspondence is closed.

            • McFlock 16.1.1.1.1.2
              20 November 2021 at 7:43 pm

              I could also replace my Weetbix with dog turds, to find out if it is a delicious alternative.

              wonderfully expressed – got a chuckle here

    • Jenny How to get there 16.2
      20 November 2021 at 6:30 pm

      The first person Rittenhouse shot and killed was a homeless man who had just left hospital who threw a plastic bag of his hospital belongings at Rittenhouse after Rittenhouse pointed his assault rifle at him.

      Rittenhouse second killing was of a skate boarder who tried to strike Rittenhouse with his skate board to try to disarm him after Rittenhouse had killed his first victim.

      Rittenhouse third victim drew a handgun and was wounded by Rittenhouse and survived the shooting.

      In his defence Kyle Rittenhouse said he felt endangered by the three people he shot.

      Kyle Rittenhouse would have no cause to feel endangered if he had not driven from his home in the company of other heavily armed men to confront his victims with his assault rifle.

      Kyle Rittenhouse actions leading up his killings were premeditated.

      Just as if he had driven from his home in the company of other hunters to shoot deer.

      Only in a truly perverted legal system could a heavily armed killer like Rittenhouse have walked completely free without any legal sanction at all.

      Kenosha Rittenhouse trial victims: These are the 3 men he shot – CNN

      • Puckish Rogue 16.2.1
        20 November 2021 at 6:53 pm

        Fine we'll do this (again)

        An assault rifle is a specific thing, you can't just label something an assault rifle because it looks like an assault rifle.

        Kyle had a (legal) AR-15 type rifle. The AR-15 can only be produced as a semi-automatic.

        To be designated an assault rifle the rifle, amongst other things, has to be able to be fired in both semi AND full automatic mode.

        Kyle did not have an assault rifle.

        Are we clear or do I need to explain it further?

        Right lets move on shall we:

        'The first person Rittenhouse shot and killed was a homeless man who had just left hospital who threw a plastic bag of his hospital belongings at Rittenhouse after Rittenhouse pointed his assault rifle at him.'

        The first person Kyle shot was a convicted child molester and domestic abuser (amongst other charges) and had threatened to kill Kyle earlier in the night.

        Thats not hearsay, thats from the prosecutions own witness.

        Kyle attempted to run from Joseph however it was only when Joseph was close enough to make a grab for the rifle that Kyle shot him.

        Kyle shot Joseph him because Kyle was in fear for his life because of the threats Joseph made towards him and that he was trying to grab Kyles rifle.

        'Rittenhouse second killing was of a skate boarder who tried to strike Rittenhouse with his skate board to try to disarm him after Rittenhouse had killed his first victim'

        Anthony Huber had multiple convictions of domestic abuse (amongst other charges) and didn't try to hit Kyle with the skateboard, he actually assaulted Kyle so Kyle defended himself.

        'Rittenhouse third victim drew a handgun and was wounded by Rittenhouse and survived the shooting.'

        The third person had a previous conviction for being drunk with a firearm and was illegally carrying his pistol, Kyle only shot when Grosskreutz aimed the pistol at Kyle.

        'Kyle Rittenhouse would have no cause to feel endangered if he had not driven from his home in the company of other heavily armed men to confront his victims with his assault rifle.'

        He wasn't in the company of other heavily armed men, he wasn't heavily armed and, as stated previously it wasn't an assault rifle.

        However nothing about his actions were illegal, he was allowed to do what he doing.

        His legal right.

        'Kyle Rittenhouse actions leading up his killings were premeditated.'

        Incorrect. Kyle shot three people who directly threatened him. How could he pre determine that, had he just randomly fired at anyone you might have a point.

        He didn't, he shot three people directly threatening him.

        He was running away, they followed him.

        https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2021/03/12/kenosha-shooting/

        • Blazer 16.2.1.1
          20 November 2021 at 7:00 pm

          '

          'The first person Rittenhouse shot and killed was a homeless man who had just left hospital who threw a plastic bag of his hospital belongings at Rittenhouse after Rittenhouse pointed his assault rifle at him.'

          The first person Kyle shot was a convicted child molester and domestic abuser (amongst other charges) and had threatened to kill Kyle earlier in the night.'

          Wow…such accuracy!…so coincidentally he had to shoot everyone he came across..for whatever ..'reasons'!angry

          • Puckish Rogue 16.2.1.1.1
            20 November 2021 at 7:06 pm

            Kinda missed a couple of paragraphs ie '

            'Kyle attempted to run from Joseph however it was only when Joseph was close enough to make a grab for the rifle that Kyle shot him.'

            Joseph threatened Kyle, Joseph chased Kyle and tried to grab Kyles rifle, at any point Joseph could have stopped but he chose not

            'Kyle shot Joseph him because Kyle was in fear for his life because of the threats Joseph made towards him and that he was trying to grab Kyles rifle.'

            Is that not clear enough for you?

            • Blazer 16.2.1.1.1.1
              20 November 2021 at 7:53 pm

              No it's not…'the first person'=whoever for whatever lame excuse…i.e throwing a plastic bag'!..I'm in the mood for..murder.

              • Puckish Rogue …
                20 November 2021 at 7:58 pm

                Well if it helps they actually had a trial about this very thing and as it turns out that no matter what you think I'm right and you're wrong laugh

                • Blazer …
                  20 November 2021 at 8:04 pm

                  Absolutement…just like O.J….'all done in the best..possible..taste.!

                  • Puckish Rogue …
                    20 November 2021 at 8:11 pm

                    Might have to remind me about that case, pretty sure it was about a black man accused of killing a white man and white woman and not in self defence

            • Jenny How to get there 16.2.1.1.1.2
              21 November 2021 at 8:54 am

              Spin it how you like.

              After gunning down an unarmed man Rittenhouse was running away.

              The killer was chased by a witness to stop him getting away. Who then tried to disarm the killer.

              You can spin the attempted disarming of an active shooter by a witness armed only with a skateboard as an act of aggression.

              You can spin the killing of two people with a high powered military styled semi automatic weapon, as an act of self defence.

              The facts are Kyle Rittenhouse in the company of other heavily armed men, killed two people, one of them completely unarmed, who presented no threat to him or his companions, and walked away free.

              Kyle Rittenhouse was congratulated for his killings by the billionaire despot in waiting.

              donald trump congratulates kyle rittenhouse – Bing News

              The USA is on an arc to Third World despotism and collapse, where human life has no worth

              • Puckish Rogue …
                21 November 2021 at 10:33 am

                Hi Jenny

                You don't really understand the words you're using and thats ok, we don't know what we don't know.

                But since you read what I wrote previously and have changed accordingly (the whole AR-15 v assault rifle) you seem like someone that will change their mind when given new information

                'Spin it how you like'

                See I'm not trying to 'spin it', I'm laying out the facts as presented by proof, evidence and witnesses, an example of spinning it would be:

                'After gunning down an unarmed man Rittenhouse was running away'

                So theres a couple of things you need to know here.

                https://www.wisconsinrightnow.com/2020/09/08/kyle-rittenhouse-fire-extinguisher/

                So what you'll see here, in a video clip (thanks smart phones) is several people including the paedophile (hes the short, bald guy in the burgundy t shirt) pushing a flaming dumpster towards the gas station (in fairness they might also pushing towards the police cars)

                Next theres this

                https://apnews.com/article/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-key-points-bc51f3b9dd0fe0c1289fe2161d7c3ab3

                'Rittenhouse testified that Rosenbaum threatened his life twice.'

                'He said he had been putting out fires and asking people if they needed medical help when he saw Rosenbaum carrying a steel chain and wearing a mask. Rosenbaum began screaming at him, he said.'

                “He was just mad about something. He’s screaming, ‘If I catch any of you (expletives) alone I’m going to (expletive) kill you.’”

                When he encountered Rosenbaum again later, Rosenbaum shouted, “I’m going to cut your (expletive) hearts out and kill you,” Rittenhouse said.'

              • Puckish Rogue …
                21 November 2021 at 10:35 am

                By the way aside from being a domestic abuser and sodomiser of little boys he also wasn't afraid of using the n word, in his own words

                https://twitter.com/pr_agmatik/status/1299089444298002432

                • Jenny how to get there …
                  22 November 2021 at 2:26 pm

                  I think I can see where you are going with this.

                  American citizens have the right execute pedophiles. (Even if they don't find out they are pedophiles until after they have killed them).

                  Sounds like a recipe for social cohesion. Not!

                  • Puckish Rogue …
                    22 November 2021 at 3:08 pm

                    'I think I can see where you are going with this.'

                    – Well if you were thinking you would have come up with a different conclusion

                    'American citizens have the right execute pedophiles. (Even if they don't find out they are pedophiles until after they have killed them).'

                    – American citizens have the right to self-defence

                    'Sounds like a recipe for social cohesion. Not!'

                    – How about not threatening to kill someone as the respectable 'Mr Rosenbaum' did

                    – How about not chasing the person he threatened to kill

                    – How about backing off when the person you threaten to kill presents a firearm

                    – How about not attempting to grab the rifle of the person you threatened to kill especially after they present a firearm

                    – 'Mr Rosenbaum' died as he lived, attempting to assault an unwilling, underage boy, only this time the boy was able to defend himself

                    • Jenny how to get there …
                      22 November 2021 at 9:57 pm

                      Puckish Rogue

                      22 November 2021 at 3:08 pm

                      'I think I can see where you are going with this.'

                      – Well if you were thinking you would have come up with a different conclusion

                      'American citizens have the right execute pedophiles. (Even if they don't find out they are pedophiles until after they have killed them).'

                      – American citizens have the right to self-defence…

                      I think I can see where you are going with this

  17. joe90 17
    20 November 2021 at 9:13 pm

    Despite the not guilty verdict the families of OJs' victims sued the fuck out of him and ruined him. Odds are the years Rittenhouse spends fighting off his lawyers and the families of the people he killed will ruin him, too.

    https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/watch-now-bond-money-could-be-next-legal-battle-for-kyle-rittenhouse/article_67a4f727-2237-55e7-abca-6f258a37a5a8.html

    • McFlock 17.1
      20 November 2021 at 9:26 pm

      MAGA gofundme will cover it.

      • joe90 17.1.1
        20 November 2021 at 9:35 pm

        And then he'll be forgotten.

        It is no exaggeration to say that everyone but George Zimmerman is to blame for his descent into the bowels of notorious obscurity, according to him. Near the end of his 36-page suit, the whining and caterwauling reaches peek self-pity in the following points:

        “Because of the arrest, charges, prosecution and federal investigation, Zimmerman lives in constant fear of physical harm due to regular death deaths, which often are expressed in rap music as well as online social media commentary. In 2015, a man named Matthew Apperson attempted to murder Zimmerman by shooting a bullet at him that missed his head by inches. Apperson was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

        “Plaintiff Zimmerman was kicked out of college and had to abandon career plans to become a lawyer.

        “Plaintiff Zimmerman has suffered nearly a complete loss of income as he cannot find work because of his “infamy” and legitimate fears by employers of violence and boycotts on their company. Because of the arrest, charges, prosecution and federal investigation, Zimmerman is unable to live a normal life. Zimmerman cannot circulate as a normal person in public. Zimmerman is unable to date; he was kicked off of several dating websites.

        “Plaintiff Zimmerman has suffered severe loss of reputation, goodwill, and past, present, and future loss of income, earning, and other financial damage.”

        https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/tony-norman/2019/12/06/George-Zimmerman-lawsuit-Trayvon-Martin-family-lawyer/stories/201912060054

      • Puckish Rogue 17.1.2
        20 November 2021 at 9:43 pm

        I don't think he'll be needing any of that…

        https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-covington-kids-revenge-one-year-later/

        'Sandmann beat CNN (the other suits are pending), which settled and paid rather than risk a trial. Assuming credibility and self-respect are worth about zero, we now know that the price tag for the agenda journalism CNN practices is reportedly $25 million.'

        https://www.foxnews.com/media/nick-sandmann-kyle-rittenhouse-defamation

        "The parallels between me and Kyle Rittenhouse are impossible not to draw," Sandmann wrote in a column for the Daily Mail in which he directly reached out to lend support. "The way the media has treated you is terrible, and you don't have to face it alone."

  18. James 2 18
    21 November 2021 at 12:40 am

    It's pretty clear from the evidence that the verdict was correct. The Prosecution failed to establish the case, as its own witnesses showed.

    Of course that doesn't mean Kyle Rittenhouse is a hero or that it was a good decision to be there armed – it wasn't. But neither is he thereby automatically a white supremacist devil. He appears like a slightly lost young man looking for a cause, much like many of the protestors there.

    It's a definite lesson in the politicalisation and ideological projecting of justice. George Floydd was another. The verdict was legally correct, but none of surrounding valorisation and narrative of George Floydd was right.

    What's most interesting is the media narrative here again. It's yet another example of a Liberal media delivering narrative and ideologically driven news. Like the Steele Dossier. Of course Fox can be just as bad, but they are only one channel.

    Here, it is even worse. The mainstream media is a dull, homogenous, highly ideological, moralistic, AND solidly Left-wing bias, especially on social issues. I have given up on Covid media coverage in NZ. It's a one-sided lecture and Government advertisement, not news.

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