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Comment:Debating with nazis
Date published: 9:06 pm, March 24th, 2023Thank you Mickey Savage. Carmels response is thoughtful and inclusive. 👍
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Comment:Open mike 24/03/2023
Date published: 12:10 pm, March 24th, 2023https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/23-03-2023/anti-trans-activism-is-extremely-harmful-its-also-a-confusingly-wasteful-use-of-time?itm_source=spinoff-homepage-layouts&itm_medium=sponsored-1 Just for some balance from what we see here regularly on the Keen ...
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Comment:Open mike 17/03/2023
Date published: 11:45 am, March 17th, 2023Oh a tangled web we see, Luxon dressed as a Knight of Ni, Demanding this and that, The entitled prat, And his other Knights start to flee.
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Comment:Open mike 17/03/2023
Date published: 10:57 am, March 17th, 2023http://Former National leader Todd Muller to step down at election https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/486140/former-national-leader-todd-muller-to-step-down-at-election "In June 2021, he announced he planned to retire from politics - but after ...
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Comment:Open mike 15/03/2023
Date published: 2:56 pm, March 15th, 2023Many on this site have, in the past, said Nash is too Right for the Labour Party so perhaps your opinion is right.
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Comment:Open mike 15/03/2023
Date published: 2:30 pm, March 15th, 2023What it does show is a very decisive PM who will not allow distractions to get in the way, unlike the floundering isolating LOTO.
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Comment:Open mike 09/03/2023
Date published: 2:12 pm, March 9th, 2023and if none of them are breaking any laws then I'll try not to judge them.
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Comment:Open mike 09/03/2023
Date published: 12:49 pm, March 9th, 2023Where in my comment Weka did I say I support any organisations on this thread. An apology is in order from you. Corey used the term "We" call ourselves Homosexual. I pointed out "We" don't all call ourselves one thing or another. I just believe in live and...
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Comment:Open mike 09/03/2023
Date published: 12:04 pm, March 9th, 2023I obviously didn't get the memo, Corey. I'm happy to refer to myself as Gay / Homosexual or part of the Rainbow Community. What "we" are not is a single group called We. I wont speak for you if you don't speak for me.
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Comment:Open mike 08/03/2023
Date published: 7:41 am, March 8th, 2023A large portion of over 16yr olds or "adult votes" get their sense of me/me entitlement from equally entitled radio and TV personalities. I don't think it's a policy worth dieing in a ditch over but there are equal arguments for and against. I'm not sure ...
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Comment:Daily review 06/03/2023
Date published: 5:49 pm, March 6th, 2023Fare you well, Georgina Beyer. You were brave, strong, and so so funny. One day the rest of the world will catch up to you and those who continue to fight the battle you fought.
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Comment:Open mike 01/03/2023
Date published: 5:51 pm, March 1st, 2023It's the Louise Parsons of this world that are "feral". What a stain on humanity. A quick google says she's part of Sensible Sentencing Trust. They must be so proud of her.
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Comment:Where is the Free Speech Union when you need it?
Date published: 8:09 pm, February 28th, 2023And is it still okay for the National Party to attack Civil Servants by calling them Wokesters?
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Comment:Open mike 28/02/2023
Date published: 11:36 am, February 28th, 2023Complaint against Heather Duplicity-Allan upheld Wet bus ticket time for Duplicity-Allan
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Comment:Daily review 24/02/2023
Date published: 7:00 pm, February 24th, 2023Best of wishes to you Anne. ❤️. It is a harrowing time for many. Those of us who escaped the damage can only imagine how awful it is.
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Comment:Open mike 24/02/2023
Date published: 5:50 pm, February 24th, 2023I know it must be tough being this weeks NACT lickspittle but are you saying the good folk are too busy to call the Police but all the time in the world to talk to the Herald?
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Comment:Open mike 24/02/2023
Date published: 1:02 pm, February 24th, 2023Oh the Herald says it, well goodo, it must be true and tell me it isn't so, the fiercely loyal to the Labour Government Rural Community is turning against them. Shocked I say, shocked.
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Comment:Open mike 24/02/2023
Date published: 12:53 pm, February 24th, 2023agree, they should have called her "Judith" as in ... Judith Collins https://youtu.be/NxcjE8iI4Cc
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Comment:Open mike 24/02/2023
Date published: 8:27 am, February 24th, 2023plus if reading it right, stupid Rebecca left a key out if "they managed to get their hands on a key". Certainly an entitled bullhorn of a woman. Having said that, break-ins at this time is even more scummy than at any other time.
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Comment:Open mike 19/02/2023
Date published: 3:20 pm, February 19th, 2023My understanding is the Occupation became illegal when the Government issued trespass notices. At that point it was no longer a legitimate Protest but an Illegal Occupation. I didn't mention VFF so not sure your point there. My reference to the Left/Right ...
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Comment:Open mike 19/02/2023
Date published: 2:08 pm, February 19th, 2023Which are you talking about, protest or occupation? Conflating the two is misleading. From what I could see protest is, and was welcome, occupation was not and ended in the same way as Bastion Point, for example.I don't think the Wellington Occupation was ...
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Comment:Open mike 18/02/2023
Date published: 9:25 am, February 18th, 2023Don't expect gold-plated Cyclone Gabrielle roading fixes - Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/484412/don-t-expect-gold-plated-cyclone-gabrielle-roading-fixes-te-tai-tokerau-mp-kelvin-davis Good on Kelvin Davis for being realistic...
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Comment:Open mike 11/02/2023
Date published: 6:34 pm, February 11th, 2023👍Thank you SPC for trying. Yes, I'm a man, but for people to call Georgina Beyer a man is exactly why she and those like her need protection.
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Comment:The great reset
Date published: 4:04 pm, February 9th, 2023Well said Observer. . One of our biggest problems has been allowing Act/Nat and a lot of their stool pigeons set the tone and control the conversation.
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Comment:Daily review 08/02/2023
Date published: 7:26 pm, February 8th, 2023And it was watered down in Nov 2022 to only protect religious groups, so they will win their pulpit protections. https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300743361/hate-speech-reforms-drastically-watered-down Sad since Nov 2022. I wrongly hoped for more.
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Comment:Daily review 08/02/2023
Date published: 6:23 pm, February 8th, 2023https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/human-rights-act-enhanced-protect-religious-communities So is this not happening now?
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Comment:Daily review 08/02/2023
Date published: 6:09 pm, February 8th, 2023Sad about the Hate Speech Law. Religious bad faith bigots win again. Hey ho.
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Comment:Open mike 07/02/2023
Date published: 5:57 pm, February 7th, 2023True that Robert. Life in Australia for a loaf of bread, cruel and unusual punishment for sure.
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Comment:Open mike 07/02/2023
Date published: 12:03 pm, February 7th, 2023Jimmy, Who cares about your "reckons" about what or why people steal. They need to face the Law plus get help rather than Judgemental Arseholes circle jerking about their circumstances.
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Comment:Open mike 07/02/2023
Date published: 11:58 am, February 7th, 2023Hunger isn't an excuse for theft. The theft part could be seen as a sense of entitlement. Those in poverty need help, not a free reign to break the law.
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Comment:Super City’s handling of the storm event
Date published: 12:49 pm, January 30th, 2023To PLA orig post 15. In true "Keeping up Appearances" fashion is Bucket pronounced Bouquet and therefore Mayor Fixit should be pronounced Mayor Fucxit
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