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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 1:32 pm, April 7th, 2024Indeed
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Comment:Israel's latest atrocities
Date published: 10:53 pm, April 6th, 2024I call bullshit. Then why were the Churches, and the Christian hospital destroyed? https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/latest-news/israel-gaza-news/ Your logic is flawed Psycho Milt. Because Hamas is not, nor has it ever been associated with the Church.
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 10:39 pm, April 6th, 2024unless you were referring to adam, who does take a more ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 6:59 pm, April 6th, 2024And what of those words don't you understand?
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 6:57 pm, April 6th, 2024So Māori don't exist? Or the experience of Māori is - what exactly? What religious extremists? My friends who are Christians in Gaza, are not extremists. They just don't want to lose their homeland, and what it means for them to live in a land which holds ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 6:28 pm, April 6th, 2024What don't you understand in particular? What from what I said is unclear to you?
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 6:25 pm, April 6th, 2024At the end of the day it's because the liberal left can't handle it being pointed out they are frauds. They have wreaked the socialist program. They have embraced identitarian politics and the destruction that has wrought. They have supported hard right ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 6:05 pm, April 6th, 2024The solution is stopping the murder of civilians and ending the conflict. But you say it can't be stopped. And that sending them to other places, off their land is the way to keep them alive. It is, but the cost of that is the permanent loss of their land,...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 5:54 pm, April 6th, 2024I thought it was pretty much as clear as you can get. But if your having problems here is a link to a dictionary definition of cupidity.
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 5:48 pm, April 6th, 2024Are you being obtuse on purpose Robert? Love how you throw dirt, like other liberals here - Gosman and Puckish rouge comes to mind - you never really say what you mean. A liberal is someone who supports liberalism as representing their political world view...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 4:04 pm, April 6th, 2024Interesting both commentators seem to think throwing people off their land is the solution. White settler mentality/programming?
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 4:00 pm, April 6th, 2024Why, because I'm not a liberal, never have been, and never liked them. Social democrats on the other hand are good people. As are free communists and anarchists. You know the left - before liberals pranced around pretending they gave two shits about the ...
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 10:19 pm, April 5th, 2024One more reason why I really loath the liberal left weka. They are just pathetic, no better than the liberal right. Two sides of a very destructive coin.
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Comment:Daily review 05/04/2024
Date published: 10:15 pm, April 5th, 2024Gotta wonder if 13,000 Children is enough for you all? You want more? Here is the story of just one who was murdered by the IDF and the far right Israeli government. https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-death-of-amr?r=rfd6&triedRedirect=true
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Comment:Open mike 05/04/2024
Date published: 5:35 pm, April 5th, 2024Gun laws are going to change - so begs a couple of questions. If we have a school shooting, will the act party be held to account ? If we get another mass shooting, will the act party be paying for the costs the event causes? They want the guns, they ...
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Comment:The Government thinks that Local Government should determine what works best for them*
Date published: 5:22 pm, April 5th, 2024Class war. Pure and simple. This time under the guise of an attack on Māori wards. Once again we have a far right government hell bent on screwing up the lives of low income kiwis, by any means possible. Tory scum, need to fear us, so they stop pulling ...
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Comment:Open mike 23/03/2024
Date published: 4:27 pm, March 23rd, 2024Nope, the Head Choppers are back. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/23/world-reaction-to-the-attacks-on-moscows-crocus-city-hall
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Comment:Daily review 21/03/2024
Date published: 8:52 pm, March 21st, 2024I don't know why, but my guess is the Israel lobby within Aussie. It is quite nasty. They have a track record of cancellation of media - with a ABC radio reporter Antionette Lattouf being the latest high profile attack. Juice Media live and die on YouTube,...
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Comment:Daily review 21/03/2024
Date published: 8:15 pm, March 21st, 2024Wow, the Tory bastards in Tassi, being Tory bastards. Using the election act to shut down Honest Government Ads. Well not completely... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K64JNg4Nwqk
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Comment:Peters gets knocked down but may not get up again
Date published: 6:30 pm, March 20th, 2024That's because your such a liberal alwyn. Here is one of their great songs sung at many a party. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AprqBXXPQH8
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Comment:This is what happens when you give landlords a big tax cut #1
Date published: 6:22 pm, March 20th, 2024How many bloody useless ministers can one government produce in just under 200 days. Quite a few it seems. Have we ever had a government with level of incompetence, so early? Have we ever had a government so quick to pass the buck? Have we ever had a ...
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Comment:Daily review 19/03/2024
Date published: 11:08 pm, March 19th, 2024I asked the band to sue peters over his misuse.
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Comment:Daily review 19/03/2024
Date published: 5:42 pm, March 19th, 2024So a week ago, we started to get serious reports that the IDF and Prison services in Israel - were torturing people to make a link between UNRWA and Hamas. https://peoplesdispatch.org/2024/03/11/israel-tortured-palestinian-detainees-forced-them-to-make-...
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Comment:Open mike 25/02/2024
Date published: 9:17 pm, February 25th, 2024Hows your small penis? [Three weeks off for counter-flaming – Incognito]
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Comment:About the promoters electoral returns
Date published: 1:37 pm, February 25th, 2024Isn't the money all about division, creating division and mistrust. Personally think they wasted their money, as most people thought the last labour government were a bag of overbearing dicks, who could do nothing but move a millimeter even when inflation,...
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Comment:What’s Left?
Date published: 1:25 pm, February 25th, 2024Labour will remain at a low ebb while they fail to make inroads into the NZFirst Maori vote or the Maori seats they used to bank on. Well that will happen when you don't keep your word.
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Comment:Open mike 24/02/2024
Date published: 12:04 pm, February 24th, 2024Gotta laugh at how far to the right labour party has become. It's one of the worst parts of the early 21 century, how once proud working class parties are now the handmaidens for far right racist governments. The door which through all sorts of bat shit ...
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Comment:Go well Grant Robertson
Date published: 3:35 am, February 22nd, 2024Can I just say without a link because I don't want to promote the slime ball. That mike hosking on Grant's retirement is a sanctimonious lying prick. What a sick little corporate cocksucker hosking is, how vial can the low life get? Dishonest small minded ...
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Comment:Open mike 21/02/2024
Date published: 4:51 pm, February 21st, 2024Just has to wait until after I do a meet this afternoon so that my mind is clear Good plan, look forward to the read.
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Comment:Open mike 21/02/2024
Date published: 4:50 pm, February 21st, 2024Only good for me today is knowing Jesus just got one of the Good ones. Our Father in heaven, Lo matou Tamä e, oi le lagi, hallowed be thy name. ia paia lou suafa Thy kingdom come. Ia o’o mai lou malo Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Ia faia ...
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Comment:Bene bashing 6.0
Date published: 9:43 pm, February 20th, 2024This is what happens when you let those who listern to Mammon grab the handles of power. If you need an example try 130 Mill rd Whangārei, it suppose to a church, not a den of fear and misogyny.
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- Seymour fronts up on Snapchats with school kids
There is no suggestion the contents of Seymour’s messages were inappropriate, but some of his former correspondents say the interactions shouldn’t have happened The post Seymour fronts up on Snapchats with school kids appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago - Book of the Week: Everyone is wrong about Ans Westra except Talia MarshallNever fear! The rogue Māori is here! To be honest I’m pretty fūcken peeved at having to join the chorus, late, of witless Pākehā who have thoughts on Paul Moon’s book Ans Westra: A Life In Photography. Steve Braunias is all right, we are friends, but I wasn’t happy about ...1 week ago
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- Bishop’s house price comments show the mood is shifting. Will we see actual change?A housing minister willing to publicly discuss house price falls is encouraging, but true affordability is likely to remain a long way off, writes Max Rashbrooke. House prices must always rise. For as long as I can recall, this has been one of the core assumptions of Kiwi politics. It ...1 week ago
- Live updates: 16/7/84, one of the wildest days in New Zealand politicsLange and Muldoon clash, two days after the election. Our live updates editor is on the case. In a ranking of the most dramatic, unhinged days in New Zealand politics, July 16, 1984 would be right up there. David Lange would later call the day “perhaps the most extraordinary of ...1 week ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 20 JuneLoading…(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){var ql=document.querySelectorAll('A,DIV,A[data-quiz],DIV[data-quiz]'); if(ql){if(ql.length){for(var k=0;k<ql.length;k++){ql[k].id='quiz-embed-'+k;ql[k].href="javascript:var i=document.getElementById('quiz-embed-"+k+"');try{qz.startQuiz(i)}catch(e){i.start=1;i.style.cursor='wait';i.style.opacity='0.5'};void(0);"}}};i['QP']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,'script','https://take.quiz-maker.com/3012/CDN/quiz-embed-v1.js','qp'); Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. The post Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 20 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
- Time for a multi-party focus on Working for FamiliesOpinion: Most of us know that getting old is not for the faint-hearted, but readers may not know that older New Zealanders who aren’t well-off are better provided for than children growing up in poor families. To our shame, at least 150,000 children live below the lowest poverty line ...1 week ago
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- No hard data to back up fees-free final year changeThe Government is trying to incentivise tertiary completion rates by shifting fees free to the final year, but hasn’t based this decision on any hard evidence The post No hard data to back up fees-free final year change appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
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- Who got Budget cash and who lost itHealth and education saw the biggest increases in spending after tax cuts in the Budget, with housing and tertiary education facing the largest cuts The post Who got Budget cash and who lost it appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
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- Erica Stanford lays out timeline for new curriculumThe education minister outlines plan for her new curriculum rollout, while educators question the fundamentals underpinning the overhaul The post Erica Stanford lays out timeline for new curriculum appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
- Daily crossword, Thursday 20 JuneThe post Daily crossword, Thursday 20 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...1 week ago
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- How the tino rangatiratanga flag ended up in Charles Barkley’s handsFormer NBA MVP and one of the world’s highest-paid sports announcers Charles Barkley proudly waved the tino rangatiratanga flag after game four of the NBA finals. How did it get there? Millions of people around the world had just witnessed the third largest blowout in NBA finals history, with the ...1 week ago
- Labour fires back at Christopher Luxon's 'c-list' delegation commentsThe Prime Minister has come under fire after describing previous business delegations as tag-alongs. ...1 week ago
- Government looks to speed up acquisition of private land"All the resource and money and crown dollars get sucked up in litigation and process that would be better spent actually compensating these land owners," Chris Penk says. ...1 week ago
- Luxon defends ‘c-list’ faux pas, but business leaders reportedly unimpressedIt’s not the first time the PM has been accused of disrespecting New Zealand businesses while overseas, writes Stewart Sowman-Lund in this extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. ...1 week ago
- Change of tune from the PM on need for new 757sChristopher Luxon now appears to be more open to replacing the country's aging 757s, saying it can't be put off much longer. ...1 week ago
- White people writing brownAll the white dudes carry the news. A new biography of photographer Ans Westra, who documented Māori life in the 1960s and 70s, poses a challenge, a confrontation, about the ways Pākehā see and record Māori; and, even more tone-deaf in old age (literally deaf! I can’t leave the house ...1 week ago
- Education Ministry job cuts paused after legal challengeThe Education Ministry has paused major staff cuts, saying a legal challenge could force it to start all over again. ...2 weeks ago
- What are social supermarkets, and do they really enhance people’s dignity?They’ve been touted as an alternative to food banks that provide more choice and dignity to people struggling to afford food. Eda Tang investigates whether these claims stack up. If you’ve heard about social supermarkets at all, it’s probably because you saw them on the news. In reports about the ...2 weeks ago
- Unpacking MBIE’s bad romance with a US-Israeli surveillance-for-hire firmThe Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has called it quits with shady spyware peddlers Cobwebs Technologies, but is now in the market for another data-harvesting cyber mercenary match. Violet Blue explains. Last week’s announcement that Aotearoa’s Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment ended its contract with Israeli-US surveillance-for-hire “cyber ...2 weeks ago
- The UK shows the need for a culture of candourOpinion: It can take just one person to stand up against injustice, but it requires a culture of inquiry to ensure the truth comes out The post The UK shows the need for a culture of candour appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 19 JuneLoading…(function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){var ql=document.querySelectorAll('A,DIV,A[data-quiz],DIV[data-quiz]'); if(ql){if(ql.length){for(var k=0;k<ql.length;k++){ql[k].id='quiz-embed-'+k;ql[k].href="javascript:var i=document.getElementById('quiz-embed-"+k+"');try{qz.startQuiz(i)}catch(e){i.start=1;i.style.cursor='wait';i.style.opacity='0.5'};void(0);"}}};i['QP']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){(i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o),m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m)})(window,document,'script','https://take.quiz-maker.com/3012/CDN/quiz-embed-v1.js','qp'); Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. The post Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 19 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Daily crossword, Wednesday 19 JuneThe post Daily crossword, Wednesday 19 June appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Act’s top three front as spending scrutiny heats up at ParliamentMinister for Regulation David Seymour and chief executive Grainne Moss have fronted together for the first time since the creation of the ministry. Finance and expenditure committee members took turns to flesh out exactly what the role of the new ministry would be and how it would interact with other ...2 weeks ago
- Back to school for the Govt’s new speed limit policyOpinion: The Government recently released the draft Land Transport Rule – Setting of Speed Limits 2024, which would force councils to raise many urban 30kph speed limits to 50kph, as well as removing permanent low-speed zones around schools. The latest attack by the Government on city speed limits is a ...2 weeks ago
- Northland’s railway to nowhereA plan to rebuild a railway line north of Whangārei has been put on hold again – years after it was deemed uneconomical in the first place. The on-again, off-again plans have raised questions over whether the Government’s regional investment cash is going to the right projects. Today’s episode of ...2 weeks ago
- More to the granny flat proposal than meets the eyeIf you’re able to build a granny flat in your backyard, your case to build a garage will be a fair bit stronger The post More to the granny flat proposal than meets the eye appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Former secretary for justice not allowed to present fast-track submissionColin Keating’s scathing review will not be heard in person, despite offering a clear alternative to a Bill he described as ‘authoritarian’ and ‘dangerously radical’ The post Former secretary for justice not allowed to present fast-track submission appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- Conservation minister says saving every species may be too expensiveOpposition MPs were gobsmacked by Tama Potaka’s suggestion that it may be more cost-effective to let species go extinct The post Conservation minister says saving every species may be too expensive appeared first on Newsroom. ...2 weeks ago
- How NZ’s health and safety performance keeps falling shortComment: Eleven years ago, fresh in the memory of Pike River, an independent Taskforce on Workplace Health and Safety identified three key failures with this country’s health and safety system: Legislation had been poorly implemented with insufficient follow-through. The primary regulator was under-resourced. There was poor alignment and coordination ...2 weeks ago
- Christopher Luxon in Tokyo: Rockets deals, sushi and tiny dogsThe Prime Minister went on a whirlwind trip around Tokyo today, attending events ranging from space deals to export produce to tiny fashion dogs. ...2 weeks ago
- PM in Tokyo: Rockets deals, NZ produce and tiny dogsThe Prime Minister went on a whirlwind trip around Tokyo today, attending events ranging from space deals to export produce to tiny fashion dogs. ...2 weeks ago
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- Conservation Minister Slammed For Branding Marine Protection Commitments “An Aspiration, Not An Ob...The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) New Zealand has hit back at Conservation Minister Tama Potaka’s outrageous claim that protecting 30% of the ocean by 2030 is purely “an aspiration”. ...2 weeks ago
- Health Minister Shane Reti defends Budget backtrack over cancer drug fundingShane Reti has admitted the government should have communicated its backtracked plans to fund 13 new cancer drugs better. ...2 weeks ago
- Housing Minister highlights accommodation supplement amid review of housing supportsHousing Minister Chris Bishop has highlighted the Accommodation Supplement as a costly form of housing support, as the government reviews its programmes. ...2 weeks ago
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- Bonuses For Public Sector Mediocrity Need To Be Taken Off The TableWhile views are similar across ages and ethnicities, levels of concern over potential harm versus the right to freedom of expression differ markedly according to people’s comfort levels with gender diversity. ...2 weeks ago
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