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When are the female voter going to wake up if your son or daughter lied to you what do you do,if was anything like what happened with my two daughters they got punished so why are you sending a different message with our Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Politicians bend the truth but to lie your arse off over sexual assaults or rape is a step to far and shut down Journalists that suggest the perpetrator is from your office is beyond belief.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/video.cfm?c_id=280&gal_cid=280&gallery_id=210044
Here is her evading Barry Sopers Questionsand telling lies.
I can state that I have been identifying ardern as a liar since the day after her “appointment” by “what’s in it for wynston”. I have always been able to spot a bullshitter and she was that from day 1.
I totally agree.
All that moving around, head nodding, not looking people in the eye, not answering questions.
Her parents should have named her Bobbi!
She is a 75% level bullshitter.
That is high.
The media filth are massively complaint for allowing this to run on for the 2 years since she began as Labour Leader.
No surprises. Her first public lie was that gobshite about open and transparent and not lying. You just know when somebody is pointing out “I am not a crook!” there is a “but when I need to be”.
I enjoy every time JA makes an ass out of herself. She is dumbfounded when confronted with direct questions. Own your party you pathetic leftie coward! Face the music- remember transparency? Yeah right.
She was a light weight for all her time in parliament, but Labour selected her!
Why because there was no one else!
Or did Whinestone have plans even back then and wanted a complyant woman?
How any female can vote for JA and the Labour Party is beyond me.
Once again she shows she doesn’t give a toss that she is operating in a Party that tries to close down workers /employees/fellow citizens reporting abuse.
She could always call in her best bud Richie, He has some pretty strong views on Rape.
Bit of contra counselling could be in order.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bl7uiMRhQ9E/
I’m sure, when it’s part of his tribe, he’ll do an Ardern.
So if it matters, but is not an employment matter but a party matter.
Why is this not a police matter and getting full sunlight instead of being all hushed up.
Even her hushed primary teacher tone downplays what was a criminal act.
Is the poo stacked too high next to this dipshit PM?
An interesting array of videos and reports, 14 links to check on, where the black community seemed to fit right in and have no worry or fear about the police.
The one where it “jackie chan” is mentioned does not work.
Pretty well the same as in NZ? lol.
Not an easy job, and there does seem to be a system to make the job more difficult.
For something completely amazing and different watch this drone footage
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2019/08/incredible-drone-footage-shows-atlanta-in-a-completely-new-way.html
Professional drone pilot Steele Davis captured amazing footage showing his drone plunging off skyscrapers, flipping on itself several times and chasing cars flying through narrow gaps.
Barry Sopers thinks Jacinda Ardern is all mouth no substance in his latest column in NZ Herald.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/politics/news/article.cfm?c_id=280&objectid=12256255
This story could hurt the Coalition big time and let’s hope msm decides to do the right thing for those that were the subjects of these assaults.
“The law is for thee, not for me.”
– the all politician creed.
It’s interesting that the NZ media are no longer so willing to be charmed by Ardern after her Australian tour was a flop.
Ardern was Labour’s greatest asset. She may be turning into their greatest liability.
I spoke with a contact in the Media just the other day-There is definite ill feeling toward Ardern for barking orders at them and dictating what they can and can’t report.
My contact confirms though that Fairfax/Stuff will continue to gush over her as they are desperately hoping for a Govt bailout..
Excuse me but that should read “TAXPAYER” bailout.
It is a 100% Aussie owned company.
Let them sort their crap out
…and crap is what it is.
I’ve referenced your comment over on KB… as it explains why Stuff and AM aren’t running with this story… and why RNZ is being very coy about the details.
“She may be turning into their greatest liability”….. yeah nah…… Find one that isn’t a liability.
She transformed Labour from 20% and falling political party into one routinely in the 40%. I suspect before long she’ll return Labour back to those percentages: once the general public get cold feet not even a royal wedding will save her.
Until her blunder in Australia, it’s not a fall I had predicted.
Cindy is the Labour pardys hood ornament. ?
The boby head one!
I know, I will go to Austraildia. They will show me the same feelz I get here. That will show those Supremadiss bastards who weally loves me.
Yeah well we know how that went for her.
Talking to mates in Aussie the general feeling is that Ardern is not very well liked over there- Swanning in like the bloody Queen of Sheba and trying to pontificate to Australia how to do things…
The lipstick is now missing from the pig, the glitter is falling off the turd.
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!
All commies fail in western Govt. It’s that pesky thing called democracy and limited terms in power. The only good commie is a dead one.
These current commies are too young to remember the ‘Cold War’ and ‘Reds Under the Beds’ when communism was rightly despised and condemned. Pretending to be socially aware and progressive is just the latest front to disguise their true intent.
Seen it happening since the fall of the Berlin wall, then shortly afterwards the USSR took a dump and collapsed. The greens and labour are the same type of morons who actually think that “it just wasn’t done right- we are “woke” and know what’s best for you.” Yeah? Nah I think I know how to think for myself thanks!
The only good thing about politicians is that they are all only temporary. They get voted out, don’t get Crown cars any more, less pay often, and the best thing – forgotten. Roll on in this case.
Unfortunately they are like an escalator. You vote this lot out, the next lot steps on and are riding the rest of us to the top.
Eye opening map of NZ goes viral
Map of NZ overlaid on Europe to show how large NZ is
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12256098
Does Clark want everyone to know we have plenty of room for migrants?
Mate, we’re safe….. they called it aotearoa so that’ll confuse them for a while…..
NZ is about the size of Colorado, where I moved here from. It is hardly a small space. NZ just looks little in the vastness of the Pacific.
Topography needs to be considered, adding in seismic potential along with volcanic risk would have been a reasonable part of the point made by Ms Clarke. The country is short of potable water, has waste water disposal issues now and our infrastructure is not adequate. This country is not readily suitable for the equivalent of the invaders Europe has been subjected to by politicians.
Feminists have always had an inferiority complex with pretty women.
Miss Universe was a “meat market” until it was pointed out to them that women were the vast majority of viewers – not men.
Feminists have been trying to destroy the pretty women careers for decades. They have succeeded with the grid girls.
The most disappointing aspect was Formula One didn’t tell them to fuck off…
And the Femnazis won.
Andrew Little shows that he’s completely out of touch and in dreamworld.
This new abortion law was never even mentioned, and then he comes out with some major reforms!
I am no fan of Andrew Little but he has only done what Jacinda wanted as she promised it at the last Election. The NZ First spokesperson on Abortion gave Little the ok but people like you that have said they will vote NZ First at the 2020 election decided they want a referendum on the subject ,hence Winston pulled his support.
I only said I would vote NZF at the next election if things are very tight.
otherwise the left will go full on hard left.
That seemed a little confused……
Your comment ‘seemed a little confused’ illustrates the high level of commenters on this blog.
When we disagree with each other we almost invariably either do so either with humour or respectfully answering to illustrate our points and I don’t think I have ever read any insulting or belittling of each other here at all.
I would love to see some genuine left wing commenters join this blog and see them engaged in fact based* respectful debate. We might all learn from each other!
Cheers
*Oh sorry, I forgot, There are no such things as ‘facts’ any more are there? But you get my general thrust I’m sure ?
AMShow poll results: 56% against reforming the abortion laws. Oh dear Cindy, another unpopular law change by the accidential PM.
Not quite: Cindy signalled the change during the election debate:
Ardern says abortion shouldn’t be a crime
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/96494385/jacinda-ardern-abortion-shouldnt-be-a-crime
Ardern is getting a thrashing this week- Expect a cutesy Baby Neve story very,very soon!
Or maybe the Royal Wedding date will be announced?
Anything to deflect from the Prime Minister doing her actual job…
How about another babeeee!
I think that is quite likely.
Then the mediatards will back off.
Cant be mean to a pregnant women even an equal feminista.
She only has to announce then they will back off.
Then in 3-4 months she claims a miscarriage.
That would be in the Ardern playbook.
I suspect she will get a thrashing pretty much until the election. Hopefully it will highlight the weaknesses to the masses. She performs very badly under pressure, my observation – she is getting worse. Look at her last Mike Hosking interview, she may as well have not bothered to show up, didn’t answer any questions, lots of stammering, never seen a PM this bad with him before – ever.
I’ve never heard a Minister so inept at answering questions! Let alone Prime Minister….
Oh, She is waaay bedda than Kelvin
Kelvin Who you say.
Good question 🙂
A. A shady figure seldom seen but on $300k pa plus perks.
The Zorro of the Labour pardy!
Isn’t she on the front page of another glossy this month? That’s fix it all up !
Woman’s Day “feel good” photo shoot with altered photos to make her look like she’s 23? Wow are those teeth so white! That’s all it took for JA to sucker half the population.
I look forward to altering the images back to their natural state. I call it “reverse photoshop”
Let’s hope she doesn’t use the same tactics the Marxist DNC are using at present – activating sleepers to go on shooting rampages – to distract from the Epstein pedophilia revelations. How come all the shooters have “therapists”? How come there’s always reports of more than one shooter and that the ‘other’ shooters are always in SWAT gear?
That was a serious drop in the NZ stock exchange yesterday. Aussie’s drop was even more severe. Today’s trading will be interesting.
Loss of nerve to follow….. really soon maybe.
US market up 300+ points today, NZ currently up 85. The Aussie market opens soon. Looking good so far, nice rebound.
Not to late to buy a bit of gold and silver.
I bought some gold coins a few years ago and I predicted they would gain considerably (I forget the exact amount) over a year. They did so ($NZ1900 each to $NZ2340). Stupidly I didn’t sell and then they crashed big time and for years I was making a theoretical loss.
Now they have recovered again (NZ2168 buy price) and I’m enjoying watching the ride. It’s interesting when you have a little skin in the game.
New Talisman Gold. NTL on the NZ Sharemarket.
You’re welcome.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/114795210/teen-jailed-after-punching-student-nurse-in-head-10-times-as-she-walked-to-car-after-work
If this guy does not get a job really soon, he will out commiting crime again soon to get some money.
He needs to be monitored weekly till he gets a job.
Otherwise we should deport him to whatever island his family came from!
He’ll be fine….. angry andy will be able to put him on a cannabis prescription as he has a “health” issue and he’ll be able to spend his days legally stoned out of his trolley…… golf lessons later maybe.
With another dozen Labour women chucked on the heap with the other damaged sex aids the Party may need to hire replacements. To this end I’ve jotted down the outline of the likely advertisement.
WANTED TO HIRE
Women or trans (we’re not really fussy) to work in a team alongside sexual deviants committed to making democracy redundant. A willingness to be used, abused, fucked & felt up at whim is necessary.
Free booze, staff discount lawnmowers & a taxpayer funded salary.
Apply with recent CV & nude photograph.
Shit for a moment I thought that add was for the Catholic Church…
I wonder what the numbers are here. Can’t be sustainable, I suspect a lot more were contributing even in the USSR.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7326881/How-nearly-HALF-British-adults-pay-NO-income-tax-data-reveals-23-million-adults-exempt-PAYE.html
I think the figures would be similar here.
This “Who pays the tax” argument needs to be laid out clearly so that people can understand it and agree with the figures.
One of you should do the research and I will put it up as a guest post. Be interesting reading
Bill English did release some figures and graphs in 2016. That was resurrected after the Capital Gaims tax debate, see here.
Surprisingly, both on Stuff. Who’d have thought that possible?
The subject was covered in stuff in the last week.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/114628351/an-inconvenient-truth-about-tax-in-new-zealand
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/81429047/small-number-of-taxpayers-bear-the-brunt-of-new-zealand-tax-bill
They are. Bill English released a good piece on it in 2016 (iirc). There was a recent version as well, I will see if I can find it.
There was a recent opinion article on Get Stuffed from Deliotte that stated the same.
https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/heather-du-plessis-allan-unemployment-figures-arent-necessarily-a-good-thing/
Does anyone actually believe this? Ask how many people have gone onto long term “disability allowance”. My GP has been under pressure over the past year to “sign off” long term health issues which has “moved the problem”.
yes I see lots of neets around my area walking up and down and sitting outside drinking with nothing to do.
No one should get a disabilty allowance with out the approval of a four person committee made up of tradesmen, and factory workers – no doctors please.
Clarkenfuhrer’s reign typically moved people onto the sickness benefit to hide numbers along with the artist’s dole.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the figures are being similarly massaged.
14,000 people were moved onto “job-seeker” benefit in the year to June 2019.
(Q.4 – yesterday – https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/hansard-debates/rhr/combined/HansDeb_20190806_20190806_20)
And the typical politician dodge. Basically, pointing that out was negative and the questioner shouldn’t ask negative questions.
We have asinine idiots in the house. How does Peters keep getting away with interjecting such nonsense. He really is trying to white knight for Ardern.
I used to work with a young man who had Tourettes syndrome and the mental capacity of a 7-year old. He’d blurt out stuff like “F*ck you boss” 20 times a day, but he showed up on time every day, and worked his butt off doing the “custodial duties.” He was one of the most popular employees in the joint. If that guy could keep a steady job, anyone can.
Mama Bear comes from a poor family. Urban, impoverished Chinese level of poor – so a small apartment the whole family squeezes into, a bathroom shared with the building, coal rations for heating and meat is what you can catch outside or you get the fatty off-cuts the party leaders allow you to have. Her experiences growing up is frightening for how deprived they were of things we’d take for granted, all thanks to Socialism’s older brother.
Her parents both came from wealthy landowner families. Her maternal grandfather owned villages, factories and the land around them. But once Mao started in on the rich, they took the safest route and gifted it all to the Comrades (Hey Ardern!) and thus, poor family. Like so many others of the time.
She studied hard, worked hard and pulled herself out of that level of poverty and into a new life. Not a wealthy one, but a comfortable one she built for herself. I love that woman to bits for her strength and her character and yes, her obstinacy. And a lot of other reasons, but never mind.
So why the long story?
Last night on TV there was something on about either protesters, or land reclamation or something like that showcasing the great, unwashed poor again. And she snorted derisively next to me, making a comment to the effect of: “Useless people” My very much teenage daughter rolled her eyes at her stepmom when she heard that, but I called her on it and asked why. “Mama Bear is being rude, those people had no choice in where they were born”.
Let’s just say she got a very in-depth lecture about how it’s not where you were born. If people can rise above their circumstances in a screwed up, Communist oppressed state like China – what bloody excuse do they have in New Zealand where we have public healthcare, free education through to (almost) all of Tertiary level and so much (needless) government support?
They are, for the greater part, useless people.
It’s popular and acceptable to be useless.
Well said Pascal; when I was a kid many of the students at my school were Vietnamese and Koreans whose parents had been given asylum after those respective wars. They never clowned around in class, studied hard (their parents would have crucified them for bad grades) and were the top performers in every subject. Their families were well aware of how lucky they were to get a decent education in the States. Just imagine if Maori and Islanders had that sort of ethic? Nevermind.
yes its a pity we cant tell all Maori and PI kids to knuckle down or all else they will be sent to the middle east as refugees.
Maori’s seem to be the only tribe in the whole world that cannot learn in a western education environment.
Interesting story.
Of course Mao was from a comfortable middle class family.
It is always those that screw it up.
Not the downtrodden. They know better.
We see the current brigade from comfortable middle class like Ardern and Trudeau that try to change things and screw it up.
Other wanabees are the likes of Bill Shorten, Jeremy Corbyn and Killary Rodham Clinton.
A rising tide lifts all ships but they prefer a falling tide to drag all down.
Precisely.
John Key came from a State house and worked his way to wealth. Yet he’s derided by the Left. Jacinda Ardern who’s biggest achievements are working in a fish and chips shop and having a baby is lauded as the leader of the ages.
We should celebrate achievement, not mediocrity.
John Key ‘escaped’ from Labour’s pool of voters, raised by a single mother and lived in a state house. That is not allowed.
“If that guy could keep a steady job, anyone can.”
I have a friend who was severely brain damaged in an accident as a Teenager. He has been fully employed for the majority of his adult life. It’s bloody hard work and he needs help and guidance but he refuses to give up and go on a benefit….
That’s the sort of story that should be celebrated, not an additional 15,000 people on the dole when unemployment is at 3.9 %. Isn’t labour so nice to spend our money!
One of the guys who collects trolleys at our local supermarket us an inspiration in this regard. He is obviously brain damaged in some way or maybe retarded, but he is so efficient and hard working that it’s amazing to watch him. He’s simply wonderful.
Or just watch MotoGP 🙂
Femanazis were all pissed off because they were all butt ugly!
Yes, it came to my attention that this was the obvious point with a TEDx talk: where a feminist whined about “Every women knows where she is on the pretty girl hierarchy”.
It changed my perspective about how jealous feminists are over their (prettier) counterparts.
Simon Bridges says James Shaw is a Labour party member in his heart
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/james-shaw-actually-a-labour-party-member-in-his-heart-simon-bridges.html
“These guys are watermelons, we all know this, it’s got nothing to do with me. They were never, ever in their wildest dreams going to go with us.”
Don’t touch the Greens Simon! It was bad enough he got on the gun-grabbing train. I’ll have nothing to do with any party that sides with commies. Stick to your principles no matter what.
The media is already painting National as a party with no mates. The influencing of voter behavior is starting.
Political suicide if they even attempted talks do they think anyone with half a brain wants golly G & mad Marama anywhere near their party let alone that pathetic excuse for a man Shaw
The only thing “green” about shaw is his tie.
I thought it was because he was envious of the successful. After all, being green with envy is the raison d’être for the name of their political party.
Not sure why i find this hilarious maybe its the usual idiotic reactions did they think he was being led off for a good old fashioned lynchin and forgot their white hoods
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/114804622/us-police-officers-lead-handcuffed-black-man-by-rope-through-town
The story being told on American Police sites suggest that (Shock/Horror) this is a total Media beat up…
Well they did not have the noose around his neck!
What were they ment to do tie him on like a dead person?
This needs to be shared round (You can guarantee Stuff won’t run this story!)
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/08/ihumatao-protest-video-shows-protester-racially-abusing-police-officer.html?fbclid=IwAR1Irr1o05EUgOMX_OC0GpGCaxPhOf2rMUtU_dQ3QC928SF1UVJ2OQDCTUg
Nice. I once watched as a maori activist repeatedly spit at police without a single repercussion.
Yes Police Commander confirmed yesterday that her staff were being spat at.
There should be water cannons and mass arrests- PNHQ need to stop being scared of their own shadows and start looking after their frontline staff…
The southerly wind and rain has been doing it’s best to move them on. Another frigid blast next week. Just as well they have access to expensive puffer jackets to keep the cold at bay. ? The protesters are already complaining about the mud.
Ancient Maori puffer jackets from Fairydown.
Taonga 🙂
Skellerup gumboots from the Norse gods!
The Police are pretty brave when it comes to law abiding firearms owners though.
One sniper’s bullet would have those cockroaches scattering back to their shanties in Manurewa. Untold thousands of $$$ saved.
Most Police will have been vaccinated against Hep B, but Hep C or HIV is a problem. Each one spat at will need to be tested for both.
This is aggravated Assault.
Minto baton for you!
Yah, I just added another line to the poll.
What brand smart phone do you have, I added the none line.
Make you feelz good?
Can you add Windows XP to that list ?
And vynl
And cassettes
Yep. Learn something new!
…..”Learn something new”……
Good advice Sooty but brother……it’s a challenge. A couple of years ago one of my grandkids was heading off on her OE & wanted to offload her Mac laptop. I’ve had a gutsfull of Windows bug magnets that spend more time patching themselves & running malware programmes than they do working so I bit.
Problem was that the minute she boarded the plane I lost the last Apple expert in the family. It’s been a grim & ugly struggle for this poorly educated retired cocky. 🙂
I have only used Mac’s in all my computing life. Have got 3 laptops and an iMac. Never ever had a problem with them. What are you having trouble with?
Saving stuff to file. My hard dive is like a labyrinth……stuff goes there never to be found again. Then there’s downloading photos from a Samsung phone to photos on the Mac. The two system don’t talk to each other. Likewise attaching photos to email. Doesn’t work unless I save them to desktop as an interim measure.
Soon I’ll throw caution to the winds & buy an I Phone. That may improve things……or fuck them altogether.
In protonmail in your compose page, down the bottom left you will see a paper clip logo. Click on that and it brings up the attach window were you go and find the photo you want to send. select the photo (you might need to do a search for it, enter the name in the top right search field) Then click on open.(button down on the right, should be a blue highlighted button) This will upload the photo tp proton.
Yes it will be easier if you had an iPhone to upload photos. I have a icloud account linked to my iphone, laptop and imac. I take a photo with the phone and it is instantly available on my computers. You don’t need to do anything else once this is set up.
Thanks. I’ll give it a try.
To make your stuff easier to find use new folders. Command/Shift/N brings up new folders on your desktop. Rename them whatever you want. Then when you go to save your document or whatever, after you use command S, select the new folder you named and hit the blue button. (always in the bottom right of your save window. You can leave the folders you use the most on your desktop. You can put as many folders as you need. They can be folders in folders. The thing I like about using Mac’s is if you think you can do it,then go ahead and do it.
LOL. Admittedly in Aus and not NZ, when a senior cop gets caught incentivising road related fines, the police heads pretend it isn’t official police policy.
https://www.driven.co.nz/news/news/aussie-cop-caught-offering-supermarket-gift-cards-for-the-most-fines-handed-out/
They really should drop the pretence that they don’t have a quota system. We know it, they know it. All this denial does is foster mistrust.
Cambodia, former deputy leader of Khmer Rouge dies
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49228123
“After seizing control of Cambodia in 1975, the Maoist Khmer Rouge attempted to force the country back to the Middle Ages.
Millions died from starvation, disease, overwork and execution – almost a quarter of the population. Nuon Chea was one of the ideological architects of this Year Zero policy.”
“But that wasn’t real communism”.
Auckland Transport; another useless white elephant. 19 days where they change the timetable, but can’t update the Journey Planner or Mobile App?
Useless. Stop funding them.
And the only reason I know about it is because the school told us. That comms did not come from AT. And Genter wants people to use busses? Get the fuck off my lawn, you useless Greens.
This is apparently what passes as front page leading news on Stuffed thats a lot of exposure for someone that spends about an hour on our screens a week, they really do live in a fantasy world that no-one but themselves are overly interested in or give a flying fk about
https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/celebrities/114806826/jack-tame-boy-wonder-grows-up
Yes but how can we let them know that.
If I want to read about Jack Tane Tame I will buy a women’s magazine
Years ago he would be hanging around dirty men’s toilets
And Grant Robertson is lucky no one has called him sexist!
But then Get Stuffed might have to report the negative news about Saint Ardern…which might jeopardise their rumoured taxpayer funding bailout. (Watch the CoL make FalseFacts dance to their tune).
It’s much better to have fluff pieces…
Can I ask why the police have not been called in to investigate the claims of rape and sexual assault by the high level member of the Labour Party? Surely crimes of such concern cannot be dealt with in-house by the Labour Party? Does it need one of the many complainants to make a complaint directly to the police for them to begin a criminal investigation?
Because er um Ardern says that its not an employment issue.
Still doesn’t get rid of claims of rape and multiple claims of sexual abuse within the Labour party.
Reserve bank slashes OCR to 1%
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2019/08/reserve-banks-slashes-ocr-to-1-percent.html
We’re doomed!
Drastic move to stimulate the economy as the RBNZ paint themselves into a corner with their new group think. Meanwhile the NZ$ has slid to a new low even outdoing the previous low created by the COL.
Agree Kea.
It will be interesting to read Mike Reddells response to this latest move.
He is no fan of Orr.
Perhaps Australia managed to get all the houses built for the new citizens?
NZ will be sort of similiar, and it seems to be a way of politicians in seeking to hold power.
Doubt that improves the GDP per person?
A thought for the day.
Michael Spindler was the CEO of Apple (Computers) from Oct 1993 to Feb 1996.
An extract from his wiki:
On October 15, 1993, Spindler was chosen to take over as Apple’s CEO when John Sculley was ousted by the board of directors. Spindler presided over several successful projects, such as the introduction of the PowerPC, as well as some major failures, including the Newton and the Copland operating system.
Spindler was nicknamed “Diesel” due to his operational management inside Apple.
>>He was known to have frequent anxiety attacks and hide under his office desk while working, which did not bode well for Apple’s corporate environment.
Does this last sentence remind you of anyone ….like the SLG?
Apart from keeping work pressure to a minimum a huge mortgage is enough to affect anyone with a job on the line. Just as well the mortgage rates are so low.
Kiddie Jacinda: When I grow up I’m going to be a socialist.
Daddy Ardern: You can’t be both.
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/05/democratic-socialist-convention/
Note to Grant Robertson.
If the economy is doing so well…
Why did the Reserve Bank drop interest rates by so much?
“Debt notes”. Fraudulently imposed on us by the Ministry of Dorks.
10 arrested in meth bust across Auckland, Christchurch and Dunedin
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/114668684/ten-arrested-in-meth-busts-across-auckland-canterbury-southland
More arrests are likely
These are our Neets!
Sometimes the police arrest large numbers of people in raids.
Why are there so many?
Surley they should all get jobs at the Warehouse or in home care.
A “Maddale” is an Indian percussion instrument or drum.
An indication of the key ingredients origins perhaps?
Gratitude to the real police, for keeping that poison off our streets. Thank you.
There are already too many numpties getting free rehab… and a hug of course.
……”There are already too many numpties getting free rehab”……
If they genuinely want to get off the stuff then “free rehab” is exactly what they should be offered. The vast majority of low end suppliers are addicts themselves.
The human garbage the cops had arrested in WG’s link are the enablers spreading the misery. For them no punishment could be too harsh.
…..” Everyone who wants to use meth will continue to do so”……
Same as all addictions Kea. Until someone wants to give up no number or manner of interventions will make a blind bit of difference. Tobacco, alcohol, meth, heroin……all can be beaten depending on attitude.
I was a pisshead & it took me three admissions to rehab before I got on the wagon & stayed there. I’d hate to see others denied the same chance.
What about sex addiction?
Taking your hand off your cock for ten minutes might help. 🙂
I agree entirely. Better to use punitive action than costly treatment.
Get the guys importing it and cooking it and selling it.
twenty years jail for the first offence.
No parole.
Frederick II, the eighteenth-century king of Prussia, fancied
himself an enlightened monarch, and in some respects he
was. On one occasion he is supposed to have interested
himself in conditions in the Berlin prison and was escorted
through it so that he might speak to the prisoners. One after
the other, the prisoners fell to their knees before him,
bewailing their lot and, predictably, protesting their utter
innocence of all charges that had been brought against them.
Only one prisoner remained silent, and finally Frederick’s
curiosity was aroused.
“You,” he called. “You there.”
The prisoner looked up. “Yes, Your Majesty?”
“Why are you here?”
“Armed robbery, Your Majesty.”
“And are you guilty?”
“Entirely guilty, Your Majesty. I deserve my punishment.”
At this Frederick rapped his cane sharply on the ground and
said, “Warden, release this guilty wretch at once. I will not
have him here in jail, where, by example, he will corrupt
all the splendid innocent people who occupy it.”
Hysterical laughter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7rJpRqK-8E
Hah. Just learned Mama Bear is selling a house Muldoon live in. Apparently they got called by Stuff asking for details about the property.
Its only one week
Time for that judge to be sacked and re-pay his salary for the last year!
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/114821603/pedestrian-killed-by-fleeing-driver
perhaps the three of them were out doing their community service?
or looking for jobs?
Or doing communidy work
City Councillors claim Green Party agreement used as leverage to get agreement on Let’s Get Wellington Moving
Collette Devlin18:56, Aug 07 2019
The Green Party confidence and supply agreement would have been put in jeopardy if a watered down Let’s Get Wellington Moving wasn’t accepted, city councillors claim.
A number of Wellington City Councillors have revealed to Stuff the behind-the-scenes conversations that pushed the mass transport deal over the line in council chambers.
It comes as the Chief Ombudsman investigates Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter’s ongoing refusall to release a letter relating to Wellington’s transport plans.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/114828737/city-councillors-claim-green-party-agreement-used-as-leverage-to-get-agreement-on-lets-get-wellington-moving?fbclid=IwAR2u90V33Tc_hPl44xDOBiyqCPE28vB9_cSgGSEKt0VOQHZxqJYxCurP6c4
Yep in NZ history!
JAG refuses to release letter to Phil Twyford, minister of transport
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/08/julie-anne-genter-s-justification-for-refusing-to-release-letter-to-phil-twyford.html
“National MPs are calling for the release of the letter over concerns the Greens influenced a decision to delay the proposed second Mt Victoria tunnel.
Genter, a Green MP and the Associate Minister of Transport, has confirmed she wrote a letter to Transport Minister Phil Twyford on 26 March about the Let’s Get Wellington Moving (LGWM) transport package.”
“Obviously she and Phil Twyford have something to hide, otherwise they would have released the letter by now,” Willis said on Tuesday.