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Comment:Open mike 07/01/2023
Date published: 5:13 pm, January 7th, 2023Given the way Tsar Poot's Army has handle it's fabled "Red God" Zhukov & Co would be rolling in their graves atm. As for it's Combined Arms Tactics/ Doctrine, you wouldn't be getting a Cuppa Tea & Biscuit interview with Chief Instructor & RSM at the School...
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Comment:Open mike 25/12/2022
Date published: 3:38 pm, December 25th, 2022Merry Christmas & have a Happy New Yr from a very Tropical Darwin. It's been an interesting for me in more ways than one, ie 4mths in the loony the bin incl ETC on the 2nd visit thence my absence for most of the yr. What I'm about to write & post might be ...
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Comment:Open mike 21/12/2022
Date published: 11:50 pm, December 22nd, 2022Ah, Also known as Spain's first Astronaut, hard to believe that car was launched over a 5 story building. Old mate in the back was killed, but driver survived & I understand there is a book on how they dug the tunnel underneath where old mate would get his...
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Comment:Push Back Against Tyranny and Win
Date published: 10:20 pm, December 18th, 2022Ben, is a Reservist (TF in old money) Gunner (incl the Officers) in the Royal NZ Artillery Regt. There are different set rules for Reservists including Reserve Officers compared to the Regular Force Personal to comment/ writing on Social Media platforms. ...
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Comment:Push Back Against Tyranny and Win
Date published: 1:20 am, December 18th, 2022MAD, disappeared under old Jimmy Carter (who also took on Rickover& survive to tell a few Dits) (personally would've happen sooner under JFK, hadn't he got knocked off in 63) from memory when NATO forced the US hand towards its flexible response posture. ...
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Comment:Push Back Against Tyranny and Win
Date published: 5:48 pm, December 17th, 2022You are a complete fool, Military History is one our foundation stones in teaching Tactics at any level be it JNCO all the up to Staff Officer! The only Fuckwits who don't learn from History are Muppets like you and the Dumb Ass over Educated Politicians. ...
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Comment:Push Back Against Tyranny and Win
Date published: 5:14 pm, December 17th, 2022He's in 22 Bty RNZA in Auckland, not sure if he's Gun Number (OR) or Troop Officer & from all accounts he knows his shit as a NZ Army Reservist in the Royal NZ Artillery Rgt. IE, Planning (incl joint Plains), Operations (incl joint Ops), Meteorology, ...
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Comment:Diplomatic Values
Date published: 6:45 pm, November 21st, 2022Oh btw, the basing of the B52 & B2's was signed under the Obama & Gillard administrations. Which has been open knowledge as well, if the stupid 4th estate knew where to look btw as it wasn't a closed state secret either. I was based in RAAF Tindal for 4yrs...
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Comment:National's Boot Camps announcement is deeply cynical policy recycling
Date published: 3:08 pm, November 21st, 2022Problem with these morons, that boots camps are a short term fix ! Unless you fix the social economic issues to get these kids gainful employ into Apprenticeships, Farm/Hort Cadetships, other non Tertiary Education, into the NZDF (both RF or Reserves) & or...
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Comment:Open mike 16/11/2022
Date published: 12:50 pm, November 16th, 2022It appears to be remains of a UKR S300 intercept of a Russian cruise missile over Livi in Western Ukraine. At best, it will a be an Article 4 response from NATO. No need for the Poles to go to Article 5 in the NATO Charter. Likelihood of more calls to ...
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Comment:Open mike 11/11/2022
Date published: 11:36 pm, November 11th, 2022If Twitter is anything to go by atm? Apparently there is No Russian Air Defence Units covering the Bridgeheads & any surviving Air Defence Units are some 50-80kms behind the Russian Forward Edge of the Battlefield ouch!!! As a result the Ukrainian Airforce...
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 4:32 pm, November 10th, 2022Because you are a arrogant twat, who's thinks only that stupid Yanks & the Western imperialists goes round Invading other countries or understand what the late USSR & its Lackeys did in Eastern post WW2 until the end of the CW. Well hello Russia & China ...
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 1:11 pm, November 8th, 2022Well you are going to have a hard time convincing them that they are stupid for holding a grudge against Russia. Oh btw do you do the same for Maori with ToW? Eastern Europe (I'll throw the Greeks & Turks in as will because they like a fight as well) is ...
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 5:12 pm, November 7th, 2022Do you actually read & or understand Eastern European History outside of your Anti Western/ US bubble? Holodomor happened between the 20's & until the start of WW2. So most Ukrainian's these days would either a direct or indirect link to Stalin's famine. ...
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 1:50 pm, November 6th, 2022Because Russian guarantees are like Herr Hitler's guarantees not worth the paper they are written on. Which has left Ukraine, with no option but to go down swinging. Because they don't want to live under Russia Yoke/Rule again or are you in denial of ...
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 9:40 pm, November 5th, 2022The Ukrainian War is only the beginning of the end or the opening prelude to Wagner's ring cycle & we all know how that ends?
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 9:34 pm, November 5th, 2022Nicely put Jerry, as I've said countless times here we are slowly sleep walking towards war weather we want it or not & eventually NZ would have to pick a side as Neutrality is not an option given the rundown state of the NZDF since the 90's. As I don't ...
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Comment:In praise of Michael Hudson
Date published: 9:24 pm, November 5th, 2022The Ukrainians would rather die fighting against Tsar Poot's Russia than seek Peace. The Ukrainian's remember Holodomor after it's 1st independence, also post WW2 under Stalin & even more recently Chernobyl. In there 2nd independence from Russia they ...
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Comment:Daily review 19/10/2022
Date published: 11:46 pm, October 19th, 2022Yep, It all went to shit in the 90's, when the bloody Tories 1st brought ECA in 91 & once they destroyed the unions. Then came after the Trade Apprenticeships, Farm/ Horticulture Cadetships (me), Hospitality Sector & any other non tertiary sector in the ...
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Comment:Daily review 19/10/2022
Date published: 11:45 pm, October 19th, 2022Yep, It all went to shit in the 90's, when the bloody Tories 1st brought ECA in 91 & once they destroyed the unions. Then came after the Trade Apprenticeships, Farm/ Horticulture Cadetships (me), Hospitality Sector & any other non tertiary sector in the ...
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Comment:Open mike 03/10/2022
Date published: 9:23 pm, October 3rd, 2022They could store the bang in the old underground fuel bunkers that NIMBY's got closed down at Devonport which would be a bad thing btwđ If & when Kauri Pt is closed down? I hope it's turned into a urban national park like Charles Darwin here in Darwin ...
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Comment:Open mike 03/10/2022
Date published: 7:32 pm, October 3rd, 2022Ron Mark, had the NZ MoD & RNZN Scoping for possible future Base for the the Pirates from Northport, to staying in the Auckland Area, the Sounds & Port Chalmers for the Southern Ocean Patrol Vessels. But it all went quite very quickly after last election ...
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Comment:Open mike 03/10/2022
Date published: 4:15 pm, October 3rd, 2022Yes, it does have Sir Humphrey's feel to itđ Mind you this entire NZ parliamentary term feels & looks like Yes Minister.
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Comment:Open mike 03/10/2022
Date published: 3:59 pm, October 3rd, 2022The two new Interlslander Ferries are 50% bigger, so even if the NZ MoD/ RNZN got all the approvals to upgrade Devonport & the Drydock. It was going to be a very tight fit, so probably going for a new greenfield site like Northport would be a better option...
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Comment:Open mike 03/10/2022
Date published: 2:03 pm, October 3rd, 2022just nicked this from defencetalk.com Looks like there is finally movement on the Northland Drydock, better late than never I suppose. With the 2 new Interlslander Ferries on order, the Pirates (RNZN) new Fleet Support Ship & the Landing Support Ship can't...
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Comment:Open mike 30/09/2022
Date published: 10:00 pm, September 30th, 2022You need to bush up on your geography sport & while you are doing that read up on the USSR Covert activities in Baltic during the Cold War in-particular in the Swedish EEZ including inside it's 12m limit. The Swedish Military weren't dropping live depth ...
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Comment:Open mike 30/09/2022
Date published: 9:22 pm, September 30th, 2022You need to bush up on your geography sport & while you are doing that read up on the USSR Covert activities in Baltic during the Cold War in-particular in the Swedish EEZ including inside it's 12m limit. The Swedish Military weren't dropping live depth ...
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Comment:Open mike 30/09/2022
Date published: 7:52 pm, September 30th, 2022Well I'm going for the Swedish Assessment atm, who said that there were 2-3 Russian Special Operations Vessels (A more fancy/ upmarket name for a spy/covert ship) design for Grey Warfare Operations. Who were in close proximity to were gas pipelines ...
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Comment:The Very Bad Slightly Good Things About the Russian Invasion
Date published: 10:33 pm, September 28th, 2022Looks like it's going from bad to worst & now shocking bad for the Russian Army around the Lyman Area? If this Russian Map,0that was pinch from Telegram or from other Russian SM platform is correct we are:- Probably looking at the another Kherson type ...
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Comment:Putin and Protest
Date published: 1:18 am, September 28th, 2022It wasn't so much, that Tsar Nicholas Mobilisation went to poo, as the Russian Military were belting the crap out of the Austro Hungarian Army (equally incompetent as the Russian Army as well btw). But it was the defeat of the Russian Army at the Battle of...
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Comment:Russian roulette
Date published: 8:36 pm, September 26th, 2022I don't think another Zhukov is going help, if there is one in the Russian Army atm. They've seem to have pushed them out since Tsar Poot's been running the show as the corrupt generals seen $$$$ amongst the poor accounting/ accountability within the State...
- A definitive list of woke and non-woke foods
In announcing changes to the school lunches programme, David Seymour said kids would no longer be served âwokeâ foods. To clear up any confusion, The Spinoff has compiled a guide to the wokeness levels of some common food items. Apple = NOT WOKE Avocado = WOKE Avocado, smashed = EVEN ...6 days ago - Future of the planet more important than the Greens survival, former co-leader James Shaw says
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- NCSC Briefs IPAC Representatives On Response To Malicious Cyber Activity
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Minglu Chen, Senior Lecturer, Government and International Relations, University of Sydney Robert Way/Shutterstock As the past few years have illustrated so clearly, the Australia-China relationship is complicated. As such, it is crucial for Australians to develop a more nuanced understanding of ...6 days ago - Saving the Mary River turtle: how the people of Tiaro rallied behind an iconic speciesSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Mariana Campbell, Research Lecturer, Conservation, Charles Darwin University Marilyn Connell Australian freshwater turtles are facing an alarming trend. Almost half of these species are listed as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. The Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) is one of Australiaâs ...6 days ago
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- Neuroaffirming care values the strengths and differences of autistic people, those with ADHD or othe...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Josephine Barbaro, Associate Professor, Principal Research Fellow, Psychologist, La Trobe University Unsplash Weâve come a long way in terms of understanding that everyone thinks, interacts and experiences the world differently. In the past, autistic people, people with attention deficit hyperactive disorder ...6 days ago
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- Modernising Census â Stats NZFrom today, members of the public can have their say on what Aotearoa New Zealandâs census could look like in the future. ...6 days ago
- âI do love a good funnysad novelâ: Jane Arthur on her favourite booksWelcome to The Spinoff Bookseller Confessional, in which we get to know Aotearoaâs booksellers. This week: Jane Arthur, author of Brown Bird, and former bookseller at Good Books. The book I wish Iâd written I have been working on not comparing myself to others. On accepting that what I can ...6 days ago
- RMA Minister rejects Wellington council's bid to remove heritage protections from buildingsCouncil did not provide sufficient evidence to support its reasons for removing the 10 buildings from the Heritage schedule, Chris Bishop says. ...6 days ago
- War for Wellington: Minister approves sweeping upzoning, rejects heritage changesThe final decision on the Wellington District Plan makes it official: High-density housing is legal across most of Wellington. Housing minister Chris Bishop has announced his decision on the Wellington District Plan, approving a series of amendments to radically upzone most of Wellington, allowing tens of thousands of new townhouses ...6 days ago
- Bryce Edwards Analysis â Following the political moneyAnalysis by Dr Bryce Edwards – Democracy Project (https://democracyproject.nz) Political scientist, Dr Bryce Edwards. âFollow the moneyâ is the classic directive to journalists trying to understand where power and influence lie in society. In terms of uncovering who influences various New Zealand political parties and governments, it therefore pays to ...6 days ago
- Free school lunches: Year 7 students and above to shift to alternative modelA new interim delivery model will kick in next year to allow time for a full redesign of the scheme before any more money is dedicated. ...6 days ago
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- NZ local council calls for immediate ceasefire in Gaza as strikes hitBy Robin Martin, RNZ News reporter A New Zealand local authority, Whanganui District Council, has passed a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, condemnation of all acts of violence and terror against civilians on both sides of the conflict and the immediate return of hostages. It comes as ...6 days ago
- End this âcruel, barbaric use of forceâ on Gaza â WILPF plea to NZAsia Pacific Report The Aotearoa chapter of the Womenâs International league for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) has appealed to the New Zealand government to call out Israel over the âcruel and barbaric use of forceâ in Gaza and demand a permanent ceasefire. The leagueâs open letter was sent to Prime ...6 days ago
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- âEye wateringâ spending, growing debt make up surprisingly generous Victorian state budgetSource: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By David Hayward, Emeritus Professor of Public Policy, RMIT University The Victorian budget offered more of the same on Tuesday, with the only change being how the budget papers were packaged. The usual shrink wrap was gone, hinting at savings in the pages ...6 days ago
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- From pride rounds to rainbow guernseys, sports can be smarter when it comes to diversity and inclusi...Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Rory Mulcahy, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of the Sunshine Coast Professional sports organisations regularly promote and develop initiatives to support diversity, equity and inclusion. While sport has the power to change attitudes by sparking conversations about political issues and social ...7 days ago
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