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Comment: Open mike 13/01/2024
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 10:22 am, January 13th, 2024
"But what the hell was this guy meant to be doing in there anyway??"...oh I don't know...being a war reporter in a supposed western backed democracy.....but then as we know, the West have no interest in democracies...and Ukraine sure as hell isn't one.Comment: Open mike 13/01/2024
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:52 am, January 13th, 2024
Here is a taste of the "democratic" Ukraine state defended by the West so vigorously.... American Journalist Gonzalo Lira Has Died While Imprisoned In Ukraine "Lira’s father, Gonzalo Lira Sr., provided a statement on his son’s death to The Grayzone, saying ...Comment: Open mike 11/01/2024
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 10:46 am, January 11th, 2024
Not true, heavy rain, oncoming traffic with lights on, half the time on full beam and too narrow roads so avoiding action is bloody dangerous are great disguises for holes, and NO, most are not on the edge of the road the vast majority are caused by very ...Comment: Genocide in Gaza
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 4:03 pm, January 9th, 2024
Thanks for that Jenny, well as many of us who care to listen know, the Imperialist Liberal Class, are racist to their core (which RNZ news is a perfect example of), they often feebly try and cover this obvious racism with their excessive and at times over ...Comment: Open mike 09/01/2024
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 3:09 pm, January 9th, 2024
"The same talking points being repeated, and countered, and neither 'side' convincing the other. My observation is that many commentators have just stopped engaging"....Yeah you are probably right, I know have mostly given up on TS...shame it used to be ...Comment: Open mike 09/01/2024
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:24 am, January 9th, 2024
Here is a perfect example of why the West has finally (and totally) lost what ever tattered remains of it's supposed 'moral high ground' in the arena of world geo-politics....and probably why the story of the most televised genocide in history that was ...Comment: Corbyn was right about Palestine
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 9:42 pm, January 8th, 2024
" If you want to strip a nation of its 'right to exist' because of actions similar to Israel's you will eliminate a long list of nation states"......the last time I looked, I had not noticed any other countries with over two million humans trapped in a ...Comment: Corbyn was right about Palestine
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 8:02 pm, January 8th, 2024
"Israel is a legitimate state with an internationally recognised right to exist"...Israel is a ultra violent racist apartheid state run (voted in) by ultra Right Wing extremists...so no it does not have the "right to exist" in it's current form....unless ...Comment: Corbyn was right about Palestine
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 7:48 pm, January 8th, 2024
Seems like Israel and Netanyahu have been funding Hamas as well as Iran....but then of course they would be...sowing discontent, violence and disharmony is what Israel has always done in the Middle East and most especially with the Palestinians..... it is ...Comment: Corbyn was right about Palestine
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 5:41 pm, January 8th, 2024
I hardly think NBC News is in the position to arbitrate the veracity of such important events....which is why it is very suspicious that Israel haven't allowed any independent international investigators to...well investigate...I wonder why? This conflict ...Comment: Corbyn was right about Palestine
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 12:29 pm, January 8th, 2024
Maybe Israel should let in some independent investigators....seeming as Israel has a long and sordid history of lying out in the open about pretty much everything to do with the Palestinians.... Independent investigation needed "Meanwhile, Turk highlighted ...Comment: Genocide in Gaza
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 12:10 pm, January 8th, 2024
Here is a taste of a study looking at the BBC's bias favouring Israel during this genocide in Gaza....hope someone does the same study of RNZ...would be a pretty similar outcome no doubt.... Analysing the bias in BBC reporting on Palestine. Word bank ...Comment: Genocide in Gaza
Written By: Adrian Thornton - Date published: 12:06 pm, January 8th, 2024
@ Morrissey +1 JA felt no shame in working for known war criminal Tony Blair to further her career...."Ardern served in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's cabinet office for two and a half years"..so wouldn't be using her as any kind of political moral ...Comment: The Useful Rich
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 12:37 pm, January 3rd, 2024
Not a lot of people die each year, and those with over 2 million are a tiny proportion of that so the estate tax doesnt bring in much revenue, possibly not even exceeding thr cost of assessment and collection. I think that was the rational for dropping it.Comment: Open mike 31/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 1:01 pm, December 31st, 2023
And the fish were bigger!Comment: Open mike 31/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 9:21 am, December 31st, 2023
Exactly what are the risks? How many parts per billion? I suspect the paranoia is fueled by technology that can detect infintesimal fractions of pathogens, pathogens that we humans have been associated with for tens of thousands of years. The only water we ...Comment: Wanaka Has No Crime
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 7:53 am, December 29th, 2023
Ohh.. Wānaka, I thought you were talking about Wānkers. Very funny, congrats.Comment: Open mike 28/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 4:05 pm, December 28th, 2023
Shit doesnt shine.Comment: Open mike 25/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 4:44 pm, December 25th, 2023
On a uplifting Christmassy note there is a lovely story on RNZnews page about the outing of Dean Graham, the Lincoln Pay It Forwarder for a few good deeds, he said his greatest satisfaction comes from hearing those he had helped had gone on to help others, ...Comment: Open mike 25/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 4:30 pm, December 25th, 2023
... assume that I am the Adrian you refer to, then the " ...Comment: Open mike 23/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 5:15 pm, December 23rd, 2023
You are right Robert, adopting a wealth tax that close to the election would have opened Chippie and Labour up to a huge campaign of even more lies and vilification and the loss would have been even greater. No matter that 60% plus may have thought it was ...Comment: Open mike 23/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 8:34 am, December 23rd, 2023
When you are up against determined liars prepared to say anything as the price of power then you are on a hiding to nothing. Hipkins would have had to trump their lies but I think he is a better person than that.Comment: Open mike 19/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 11:31 am, December 19th, 2023
Wasn't it funded by council and other local organisations to try and get Invercargill off life support, its had more voluntary evacuees than just about anywhere short of Gaza.Comment: Open mike 19/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 11:21 am, December 19th, 2023
And there it is.. AUSTERITY, or in the parlance of the rich "fuck you oiks we're going to cream it ".Comment: Daily review 18/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 6:51 pm, December 18th, 2023
Where has the idea come from that this is Peters last stand, l have heard hints of speculation but don’t recall him actually saying anything himself. Can anyone confirm the rumours please?Comment: Open mike 18/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 12:50 pm, December 18th, 2023
What are the chances ? Will Peters pull the plug, will the Nact scavengers appetite for destruction eventually be a bridge or ferry too far? Very little of what is happening now appears to have any rationale associated with previous NZ1st keenness for a NZ ...Comment: Open mike 16/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 6:07 pm, December 16th, 2023
Today my wife and I went to the 2nd Toitu te Tiriti March in Blenheim , twice as big as last weeks one all instigated by local rangatahi and led impressively by Honey Marzola Wairepo. She is only 18 and did it because “Blenheim is a little shy “ so she and ...Comment: The week of going backward
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 12:31 pm, December 15th, 2023
Bullshit. The scrapping of the smoke free system was one line in an associated partys brochure and appeared after early voting had started. Dishonest in the extreme. These clowns are on a dangerous and lethal trajectory fueled by constant lying. The sale ...Comment: Open mike 15/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 12:21 pm, December 15th, 2023
The next step is the sale of KiwiRail, it has been the plan all along.Comment: Open mike 13/12/2023
Written By: Adrian - Date published: 8:20 pm, December 13th, 2023
I think Willis has a cunning plan, a plan so cunning etc etc that involves getting the Chinese to take it over as a Belt and Road project, a communist run scheme that is so popular and competent that Meloni the communist leader or the 7th largest economy ...
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