"And yet, these are the rules the young complainants in this latest scandal have had to negotiate their way through: a task made all the more difficult and distressing by the fact that nobody told them what they were. They did not understand that the ...
"In what sense was their handling of it a joke?" "Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Labour Party President Nigel Haworth have delivered an apologetic press conference, admitting major failings by the party. Ms Ardern said the burden of care and ...
Hi Adam I am currently holidaying in Eastern Europe, this week in Prague. In the past century there have been many times when the people of the Czech nation have risen up in a way that, according to McFlock, could have 'provoked a riot'. Time after time ...
Yes yes yes, a good timeline. But you have claimed there was a conflict of interest, but you have failed to show one. By what definition of 'conflict of interest', and precisely how, according to that definition, did a conflict of interest arise?
"A very low opinion of someone who sits on a committee with an undeclared conflict of interest." There was no conflict of interest. Unless you are a left wing KDS sufferer. Now, back to benefit fraud...
"Maybe you should pull your head out of your arse and get some fresh oxygen to your brain." Yep, definitely following me around. Look JK was far from perfect, but start a new OP about his record v's Ardern's and I'll happily engage with you.
"This “thread” in which you have commented numerous times, about a nobody." I'm not sure if you're being stupid or just trolling. This is a post abut climate change. My first comment was https://thestandard.org.nz/toxic-masculinity/#comment-1650106 and ...
You're trying desperately to convince yourself I don't like Greta. You're wasting your time. And conceding the discussion.
"And change legislation." Not on their own, they can't. "All very transparent, except when one person asking the questions and guiding the discussion..." Is subject to the Committees Chair, and all other members of the committee. You so seem to have a very...
Are you seriously suggesting that claiming someone is being exploited is 'belittling' that person? She's 16! She was being exploited from the time she was 13, from what I can see. I actually feel sorry for her. I despise those around her using her their ...
"Do you even know that opposition MPs sit on select committees?" Of course they do. They examine legislation. Ask questions of Government agencies. It's all very transparent.
"And yet you give gunnokeyo as pass for what he actually did, let alone his ministers' behaviour." You named one incident that you claimed was troughing. It wasn't. And yet you support a party that stood behind an admitted benefit fraudster.
"Interested you think members of parliament and select committees have no power." I don't know why you'd be interested in something I didn't say. But Key wasn't in a position to make decisions that benefitted him via his shareholding. He was in opposition....
"They are not held back by moral considerations or doubts..." You're just pulling that out of your arse. You have no idea what his moral considerations are. This is a discussion about competence, BTW. Key was popular because he was smart and competent, not...
"I raised the fact that Thunberg is a source of inspiration to millions..." ...and I responded by saying she'd actually achieved nothing. "I truly don't understand your need to belittle Thunberg's achievements..." I'm not. There aren't any. She is a child,...
"Why is a whole thread devoted to a person who “has achieved nothing”? " Ask the author of the post.
"Can you articulate why she grates on you to the extent that you must persist with these bilious put-downs?" She doesn't. The people around her exploiting her do. "Do you think youngsters should be encouraged to follow their dreams? To have the courage of ...
"Your moral compass is so broken you can't even identify a clear conflict of interest." There was none. Key was not in a position of power. And his questioning was in the public domain. "Nor can you figure out the minister who makes a call on a project (...
"At age 16, she has already had more influence on global events than you or I will have in our entire lifetimes – what a wonderful world! " She has achieved nothing. Zero. Nada. Ooops...she persuaded her mother to stop flying and write a book that made her...
So you have a 'not an example' (Michael Cullen himself stated Key was not insider trading, and Key wasn't even in Government!), and an example of someone NOT Key. You are hilarious. Key is very, very smart. He has made a lot of money, which I know rankles ...
"More like helping him and his mates trough it." Key? Trough what? You're starting to sound like KJT.
From somewhere near your link: " From what I have read it took quite some persuasion on Greta's part to convince her parents that her concerns about climate change really did matter." Nope. They were persuaded by a 13 year old. Mind you, mum's done ok with...
"Key wasn't big on feeding kids." Key was big on getting families to feed their own kids.
"but read and listen to her messages..." "just as the idea that Thunberg is being manipulated is yours," Greta was 8 when she first formed her views on climate change. Eight. When she was 13, her mother (exploiter #1) was stupid enough to allow her ...
John Key, like Helen Clark, actually knew how to lead. They knew how to get things done, implement policy. And they knew the difference between action and virtue signalling.
"you're mighty confident on the basis of two datapoints." I'm mighty confident on the basis that it is a long time since we've seen a PM so out of his/her depth. One can only smile and wave for so long.
"Graph in the post says different." The graph shows a fall in her popularity. It is only the beginning. PS - as her popularity falls, Labour will go back to where they were pre-Ardern. How many Labour leaders did Key see off again?
Raising someone's 'looks' is not a great road to travel.
"Funny, because unlike National, they are achieving things." They are failing at more things. This week they excelled at stupid. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12262859
"Thunberg’s more exceptional than Shadrach, " You don't know me. But then that kind of leap of illogic is why you'd be sucked in by a manipulated 16 year olds rhetoric.
"Some well-known individuals were/are wise and/or influential beyond their years." Oh sure. But Greta is not exceptional. She is being manipulated.
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