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Lightspeed · 17th February 2015, 19:51

Now what is all this bullshit?

Labour acted unlawfully over security committee spot - Greens

Ab · 17th February 2015, 20:32

Greens expect to be treated as partners by Labour, get fucked over, in other news sky found to be blue

spigalau · 17th February 2015, 21:09

Subtext: Greens fail to reach bar for Intelligence.

crocos · 17th February 2015, 21:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by spigalau

Subtext: Greens fail to reach bar for Intelligence.

Alternate interpretation: Green Party leadership acts like entitled children that just got smacked by reality.

Ab · 18th February 2015, 20:58

Quote:

During a debate in the House this afternoon on the membership of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Green MP Mojo Mathers said she was "dismayed" by comments made by Leader of the Opposition Andrew Little.

"He said that he did not invite our co-leader Metiria Turei to be on the committee because he wanted someone with ... 'skills, understanding and experience' ... implying that Metiria did not have these qualities, which is so far from the truth as to be farcical."

Mr Little angered the Greens by nominating his foreign affairs spokesman David Shearer for the committee without consultation with other parties -- a breach of the laws governing the committee.

Ms Mathers said it was hard to escape the feeling that "male privilege" played a role in Mr Little's dismissal of Ms Turei.

"I would like to be generous and give Little -- a privileged male who has been a Member of Parliament for just three years and a leader for just two months -- the benefit of doubt, and assume that he made these comments without thinking.

Feel that Andrew Little? You just got a taste of DEF MOJO.

CCS · 18th February 2015, 21:16

Andrew Little is right, though. David Shearer does have the experience on account of having been on the committee in the past as well as his UN work. What in Turei's background makes her suitable?

Quote:

Metiria was a founding member of the Random Trollops performance art troupe.
She was a candidate for the McGillicuddy Serious Party in the 1993 election and for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party in the 1996 election.

According to her bio, she graduated law school in 1999 and entered parliament in 2002, so she's had 5 minutes experience as a rookie lawyer.

Aside from the Greens constantly trying to meddle in and undermine the Intelligence and Security apparatus of New Zealand, she really doesn't have the necessary "skills, understanding and experience". Not when you compare her to David Shearer.

None of which excuses Little's ineptitude in handling the whole thing. This is behind-the-scenes shit which isn't supposed to be aired in public.

Ab · 18th February 2015, 21:25

Little looks like a cunt throwing his weight around, Greens look like whiny bitches who don't like to be told 'no'.

CCS · 18th February 2015, 21:27

Which, IMO, is how it should be. Labour should be cunting around telling the Greens who the boss really is.

madmaxii · 18th February 2015, 22:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCS

Which, IMO, is how it should be. Labour should be cunting around telling the Greens who the boss really is.

John Key?

fixed_truth · 25th February 2015, 08:42

The whole hating on foreign drivers thing is blowing up in NZ. I'd like to see tourists accident rate per capita compared to NZ citizen rates first.

Also the sending of troops to Iraq thing seems to be splitting opinion 50/50. I would have liked to at least seen parliament have a vote and a real discussion about whether this type of deployment is the right course of action for NZ. Instead we have the false narrative of "Get some guts and join the right side"

Lightspeed · 25th February 2015, 09:10

Meh, the foreign driver accidents thing is like dog attacks IMO. They happen regularly with the media periodically picking out certain cases to whip up emotion, offering little new information or insight.

The thing that drives me bonkers about the situation in the ME is what is happening is the predicted outcome of the previous international coalition committing far less than the required resources to stablise the region the last time we were stomping around there.

blynk · 25th February 2015, 11:07

I agree with the tourist thing, but you can spin the stats however you like. A tourist is only here for a week driving. A NZ is here for a year driving, does that mean if 1 tourist has an accident, thats the same as 1 NZ having 52 accidents.
And yep, its the latest thing that the Media has got hold of. If anything, I would prefer NZ to undergo resitting of licenses every 10 years.

blynk · 25th February 2015, 11:09

For Isis. So if there there is an attack on NZ;
The Against - we told you sending troops would make us a target
The For - we told you that we are part of this "war" and needed to be involved.

crocos · 25th February 2015, 11:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by blynk

For Isis. So if there there is an attack on NZ;
The Against - we told you sending troops would make us a target
The For - we told you that we are part of this "war" and needed to be involved.

Yeah, thing is if we keep out of their back yard, they've got no reason to even think of wandering over, so if we DON'T send troops, we can't lose (except maybe having our Dick Tracy Jr club membership revoked).

We go to this unnecessary, US-provoked conflict with a regime caused by other US-started conflicts, and we set ourselves up as targets and start actually needing US protection.

Lightspeed · 25th February 2015, 11:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

(except maybe having our Dick Tracy Jr club membership revoked).

lolz

pxpx · 25th February 2015, 12:15

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/...-wants/384980/

We are enemies of ISIS by default.

crocos · 25th February 2015, 17:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by pxpx

http://www.theatlantic.com/features/...-wants/384980/

We are enemies of ISIS by default.

Which misses the whole fucking point that it's the actions of the US and their ilk that CAUSED ISIS/ISIL/whatever the fuck it's called today. US actions have legitimised what we privileged Westerners call the extremists by being just as extreme, just with government backing. This war? It's going to make things worse for everyone that gets involved, with maybe the exceptions of the likes of Halliburton et al.

spigalau · 25th February 2015, 18:31

Rofl

Ab · 26th February 2015, 19:18

Quote:

Mr Cunliffe said the phone was on "hands-free" mode and he "didn't realise it was an offence", though he clarified that he was holding the phone with one hand.

wut

crocos · 26th February 2015, 19:28

Seriously? It's in the name: Hands free.

Labour Party is MUCH better off without Cunliffe, but that's not saying there's not oh so many idiots that are just as bad.

CCS · 26th February 2015, 23:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by crocos

Seriously? It's in the name: Hands free.

Shyeah. He voted for the law, I guess he wasn't paying attention when they were talking about it?

Also:

Quote:

"I do not believe I was driving erratically at any point."

Fuck off. You're about as slimy as John Key (if not more so). Don't bullshit the public.

leadinjector · 27th February 2015, 15:49

yeah im sure people were just reporting him to the cops for spaz driving by coincidence

CCS · 27th February 2015, 15:55

They reported him because they're Tory scum!

MadMax · 1st March 2015, 18:52

Chasing Aussie student loan holders for payment. Crikey. These people will be paying hundreds of dollars a month for the rest of their lives.

CCS · 2nd March 2015, 16:38

http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/politi...-donation-list

Quote:

In his return to the Electoral Commission Mr Harawira declared he received $105,000 in donations and spent just under $23,000.

Lol. What a fucken bludger. Kim DotSugarDaddy makin' it rain and there's Hone, front and centre with both hands out.

Lightspeed · 20th March 2015, 15:34

The Wireless are going from strength to strength:
Flagpole blues

Lightspeed · 26th March 2015, 15:45

Deloitte reports corruption growing in NZ business.

lolz, unsurprising in the current political climate, both in Aus and NZ.

Ab · 26th March 2015, 16:02

Pffft complaining about corruption in Australian politics is like complaining about traffic in Auckland.

pxpx · 26th March 2015, 17:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Deloitte reports corruption growing in NZ business.

lolz, unsurprising in the current political climate, both in Aus and NZ.

Please explain, how the current political climate encourages "undisclosed conflicts of interest, supplier kickbacks and personal favours", in the business world.

Points awarded for answering the question directly and not deflecting.

Cyberbob · 26th March 2015, 17:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lightspeed

Deloitte reports corruption growing in NZ business.

lolz, unsurprising in the current political climate, both in Aus and NZ.

Thanks Obama.

crocos · 26th March 2015, 21:48

In other news, TPP still set to screw NZ's autonomy in favour of corporations.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO150...nder-to-us.htm

Lightspeed · 27th March 2015, 00:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by pxpx

Please explain, how the current political climate encourages "undisclosed conflicts of interest, supplier kickbacks and personal favours", in the business world.

Points awarded for answering the question directly and not deflecting.

Is it deflecting to point to the repeated problems with National MPs getting into trouble because they've been demonstrated to be engaging in behaviour that looks far too much like just those things?

Lightspeed · 30th March 2015, 13:23

I'm not sure what will hit National hardest this week - losing Northland or losing the World Cup.

Golden Teapot · 2nd April 2015, 19:37

I finally have a confirmed reservation at http://www.sushi-jiro.jp/ for a couple of weeks time. I used the Visa Concierge service for the first time to organise this. They said "You do realise it's very hard to get a reservation here?" to which I answered "That's why I'm asking you to organise it".

This is the place of "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" fame. They have a branch for Westerners but I'm after the authentic experience.

My wife hates seafood and so it's me and the ten year old going. The seven year old does not reliably eat this sort of thing yet so can eat with mum.

Yum yum.

crocos · 2nd April 2015, 22:50

And that relates to this thread.... how? Or is this some kind of bizarre link-back to TPPA?

madmaxii · 2nd April 2015, 23:08

It's far better than most of the posts in this thread

Lightspeed · 3rd April 2015, 00:08

It's far better than your posts in this thread.

I thought maybe GT was banned from OD? Hahah.

Fucking bastard though... motherfucking... gloating... can't deny the awesome... sonofa... sheeeit.

plaz0r · 3rd April 2015, 17:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Golden Teapot

I finally have a confirmed reservation at http://www.sushi-jiro.jp/ for a couple of weeks time. I used the Visa Concierge service for the first time to organise this. They said "You do realise it's very hard to get a reservation here?" to which I answered "That's why I'm asking you to organise it".

This is the place of "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" fame. They have a branch for Westerners but I'm after the authentic experience.

My wife hates seafood and so it's me and the ten year old going. The seven year old does not reliably eat this sort of thing yet so can eat with mum.

Yum yum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHo2pXO_XAI

Golden Teapot · 3rd April 2015, 19:14

10 - 1 = 9? I think that's about right.

Lightspeed · 6th April 2015, 13:31

Police shut 30 stations in effort to combat budget cuts

Rock star economy indeed.

18th February 2015, 21:27	#3008
CCS Stunt Pants	Which, IMO, is how it should be. Labour should be cunting around telling the Greens who the boss really is. __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

27th February 2015, 15:55	#3023
CCS Stunt Pants	They reported him because they're Tory scum! __________________ I just want to understand this, sir. Every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the owner?

1st March 2015, 18:52	#3024
MadMax Stuff	Chasing Aussie student loan holders for payment. Crikey. These people will be paying hundreds of dollars a month for the rest of their lives. __________________ My degree of sarcasm depends on your degree of stupidity.

17th February 2015, 19:51	#3001
Lightspeed	Now what is all this bullshit? Labour acted unlawfully over security committee spot - Greens __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

17th February 2015, 20:32	#3002
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Greens expect to be treated as partners by Labour, get fucked over, in other news sky found to be blue

17th February 2015, 21:09	#3003
spigalau	Subtext: Greens fail to reach bar for Intelligence. __________________ Spig.

18th February 2015, 21:25	#3007
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Little looks like a cunt throwing his weight around, Greens look like whiny bitches who don't like to be told 'no'.

25th February 2015, 08:42	#3010
fixed_truth	The whole hating on foreign drivers thing is blowing up in NZ. I'd like to see tourists accident rate per capita compared to NZ citizen rates first. Also the sending of troops to Iraq thing seems to be splitting opinion 50/50. I would have liked to at least seen parliament have a vote and a real discussion about whether this type of deployment is the right course of action for NZ. Instead we have the false narrative of "Get some guts and join the right side" __________________ Protecting your peace is way more important than proving your point. Some people aren't open to cultivating their views. Just let them be wrong.

25th February 2015, 09:10	#3011
Lightspeed	Meh, the foreign driver accidents thing is like dog attacks IMO. They happen regularly with the media periodically picking out certain cases to whip up emotion, offering little new information or insight. The thing that drives me bonkers about the situation in the ME is what is happening is the predicted outcome of the previous international coalition committing far less than the required resources to stablise the region the last time we were stomping around there. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

25th February 2015, 11:07	#3012
blynk	I agree with the tourist thing, but you can spin the stats however you like. A tourist is only here for a week driving. A NZ is here for a year driving, does that mean if 1 tourist has an accident, thats the same as 1 NZ having 52 accidents. And yep, its the latest thing that the Media has got hold of. If anything, I would prefer NZ to undergo resitting of licenses every 10 years.

25th February 2015, 11:09	#3013
blynk	For Isis. So if there there is an attack on NZ; The Against - we told you sending troops would make us a target The For - we told you that we are part of this "war" and needed to be involved.

25th February 2015, 12:15	#3016
pxpx	http://www.theatlantic.com/features/...-wants/384980/ We are enemies of ISIS by default.

25th February 2015, 18:31	#3018
spigalau	Rofl __________________ Spig.

26th February 2015, 19:28	#3020
crocos	Seriously? It's in the name: Hands free. Labour Party is MUCH better off without Cunliffe, but that's not saying there's not oh so many idiots that are just as bad. __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

27th February 2015, 15:49	#3022
leadinjector	yeah im sure people were just reporting him to the cops for spaz driving by coincidence

20th March 2015, 15:34	#3026
Lightspeed	The Wireless are going from strength to strength: Flagpole blues __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

26th March 2015, 15:45	#3027
Lightspeed	Deloitte reports corruption growing in NZ business. lolz, unsurprising in the current political climate, both in Aus and NZ. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

26th March 2015, 16:02	#3028
Ab A mariachi ogre snorkel	Pffft complaining about corruption in Australian politics is like complaining about traffic in Auckland.

26th March 2015, 21:48	#3031
crocos	In other news, TPP still set to screw NZ's autonomy in favour of corporations. http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO150...nder-to-us.htm __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

30th March 2015, 13:23	#3033
Lightspeed	I'm not sure what will hit National hardest this week - losing Northland or losing the World Cup. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

2nd April 2015, 19:37	#3034
Golden Teapot Love, Actuary	I finally have a confirmed reservation at http://www.sushi-jiro.jp/ for a couple of weeks time. I used the Visa Concierge service for the first time to organise this. They said "You do realise it's very hard to get a reservation here?" to which I answered "That's why I'm asking you to organise it". This is the place of "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" fame. They have a branch for Westerners but I'm after the authentic experience. My wife hates seafood and so it's me and the ten year old going. The seven year old does not reliably eat this sort of thing yet so can eat with mum. Yum yum.

2nd April 2015, 22:50	#3035
crocos	And that relates to this thread.... how? Or is this some kind of bizarre link-back to TPPA? __________________ Ξ √ Ω L U T ↑ ☼ N وكل يوم كنت تعيش في العبودية

2nd April 2015, 23:08	#3036
madmaxii	It's far better than most of the posts in this thread __________________ Carpe Diem

3rd April 2015, 00:08	#3037
Lightspeed	It's far better than your posts in this thread. I thought maybe GT was banned from OD? Hahah. Fucking bastard though... motherfucking... gloating... can't deny the awesome... sonofa... sheeeit. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.

3rd April 2015, 19:14	#3039
Golden Teapot Love, Actuary	10 - 1 = 9? I think that's about right.

6th April 2015, 13:31	#3040
Lightspeed	Police shut 30 stations in effort to combat budget cuts Rock star economy indeed. __________________ Stay shook. No sook.