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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 10:10 am, October 9th, 2016The 90s was much more over the top. Things got a little boring in recent years (fewer flashy gimmicks, "ordinary" pseudonyms) but now they're ramping it up again and women's wrestling in particular is in the best place it's possibly ever been. They crack ...
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 10:07 am, October 9th, 2016Thanks McFlock. I don't know why it was difficult for WK to get that.
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 9:22 pm, October 8th, 2016Brock Lesnar. Alberto del Rio. To quote myself, People who sneer at professional wrestlers for not being “real” athletes just look insecure and uninformed.
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 9:10 pm, October 8th, 2016I'm all ears to know what's not "woman-hating" about a man who has routinely attacked women, degraded women, and been shown up as *at best* a total misogynist creep and *at worst* a rapist. http://www.vox.com/identities/2016/10/7/13206174/trump-leaked-lewd...
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Comment:Local Government election results
Date published: 9:05 pm, October 8th, 2016Mike Tana who just finished his term as President of the PSA won the mayoralty in Porirua. I'm sure he'll be a welcome lefty relief ... :evil:
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Comment:Local Government election results
Date published: 9:04 pm, October 8th, 2016I make it 7/14 councillors plus the mayor on a rough count (of candidates who are Labour, Greens or known to be left-aligned) so yes!
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 6:04 pm, October 8th, 2016.... oh.
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 5:49 pm, October 8th, 2016The point of professional wrestling is that it's entertaining. People who sneer at professional wrestlers for not being "real" athletes just look insecure and uninformed.
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 5:46 pm, October 8th, 2016I know he's a trained wrestler and he's definitely no stranger to taking bumps. I still don't understand this post. It reads like it's trying to be "ironic" about Trump, but how can you be ironic about something so obviously staged? What is the point? What...
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Comment:Local Government election results
Date published: 5:44 pm, October 8th, 2016Wellington City Council results here. A very healthy line-up of Labour, Greens and other lefty candidates. http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/elections/elections-2016/results
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 5:42 pm, October 8th, 2016Cena's workload is indeed ridiculous.
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Comment:Trump physically slams WWE billionaire McMahon to the ground, mercilessly mutilates him
Date published: 4:38 pm, October 8th, 2016I don't understand this post at all. As for the "lol rednecks hurr hurr" comments, people may be interested to know that while WWE's viewership does slant towards less academic and less financially well-off, it's also nearly 40% women (hi there), and over-...
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 10:12 am, October 8th, 2016The two statements aren't in conflict. The point was to make it very clear that while we may need new political movements, or new inspiring leaders, there's a trap where the educated middle-class liberal Pākehā crowd decide "I must show the poor brown ...
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 10:55 pm, October 7th, 2016Well spotted!
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Comment:Why we need to stand with Standing Rock
Date published: 10:54 pm, October 7th, 2016Hell yes.
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 10:54 pm, October 7th, 2016Yay :)
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 2:02 pm, October 7th, 2016I don't believe I said anywhere that "Labour will win based on facts". In fact, I completely agree that evidence/policy-based campaigning doesn't generate widespread support, and what we need is bold principles and passion. I've written about this a lot: ...
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 1:56 pm, October 7th, 2016When I say "we, the ones who are [xyz]" I'm obviously talking about "the people who are [xyz]". That's the point. There were no more recent Poll-of-Polls I could find on the RNZ website, and using any individual recent poll would just start an argument ...
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 1:54 pm, October 7th, 2016I disagree with your premise that people are fundamentally good. People are only “fundamentally good” when it suits ’em. You're welcome to hold that opinion, but then you probably shouldn't be on the left, if that's where you politically identify.
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 1:50 pm, October 7th, 2016You might need to re-read the post.
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Comment:Don't despair
Date published: 10:05 am, October 7th, 2016Who are you addressing that to, specifically?
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Post:Don't despair
Written By: Stephanie Rodgers - Date published: 9:00 am, October 7th, 2016 - 134 comments
Categories: Left, Politics, uncategorized
Tags:Originally posted at Boots Theory. I know how you feel, team. It's year 8 of a National/ACT government and things are looking pretty bleak. And it's really, really easy to spin down into a spiral of bleakness and anxiety. It's because we care. Because we …
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Comment:The middle vs the centre
Date published: 10:56 am, October 3rd, 2016A classic case of http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_dictionarium TLDR: "The dictionary says!" is a pretty meaningless argument.
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Comment:False Equivalence
Date published: 9:19 am, October 3rd, 2016The comments on any post about Hillary Clinton not being as bad as Donald Trump will prove the point of the post. Guys, nobody, including John Oliver, said Clinton is blameless or squeaky-clean or a moral paragon. We're just saying she's not as bad as ...
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Comment:WMBAD: #PleaseNewZealand, get out and vote
Date published: 5:07 pm, September 30th, 2016Run for office then.
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Comment:Twyford to chair Labour's election campaign
Date published: 8:57 pm, September 29th, 2016Nothing, presumably, if one is the MP for Clevedon.
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Comment:Cronyism
Date published: 8:56 pm, September 29th, 2016The combined union vote accounts for 20% of the vote. Membership vote accounts for 40%. Caucus vote accounts for 40%. Interestingly, each MPs vote in a 32-seat caucus is worth more than a full percent. Now, if you'd like to propose a genuine democratic ...
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Comment:Do elections matter?
Date published: 4:29 pm, September 27th, 2016It's chicken and egg. Why should voters turn out to choose between a selection of empty beige non-options? On the other hand, why bother standing out from the beige crowd if the support base isn't there? It's a conundrum, but either we get a circuit ...
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Comment:Even more local body elections advice
Date published: 7:27 pm, September 26th, 2016Cheers Pasupial, I'll update the list accordingly.
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Comment:Even more local body elections advice
Date published: 7:26 pm, September 26th, 2016I think the Spinoff explained their reasoning regarding Lee pretty clearly: This endorsement is more anti-Mike Lee than pro-Bill Ralston. ... Lee has been a great ally for public transport over the years, and a supporter of the City Rail Link. But his ...
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Post:Even more local body elections advice
Written By: Stephanie Rodgers - Date published: 6:09 pm, September 26th, 2016 - 13 comments
Categories: local body elections, local government
Tags:Since first posting Who should you vote for? a week ago I've been directed to even more endorsement lists and voting guides for local body candidates up and down the country. So if you still don't know who to vote for, check them out. Originally posted at …
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