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Wakey, wakey, rise and shine…..
‘Tis time my fellow YSB-ers, for all good men (And, indeed, women) to come to the aid of ‘Something’; to boldly arise and to do battle with whomever your chosen enemy of the day might be, be it work, the ‘Gummint, age, the dog or even, perhaps, the cat… (Not that you’ll ever win against the latter).
Now that you’re awake, and even if you have ‘nowt in mind (A painful affliction I’m told), have a great day, wherever you might be…
Gun laws: The Mark Mitchell-shaped mountain Nicole McKee has to climb
THREE KEY FACT
Firearms Minister Nicole McKee wants to scrap some of the firearms registry and widen access to military-style semi-automatics (MSSAs) under strict conditions.
Opposition parties are against loosening gun laws, so McKee will need the support of both National and NZ First to make the changes she wants.
Police Minister Mark Mitchell is an unapologetic backer of police, which wants to keep the registry and the current ban on MSSAs.
There’s a Mark Mitchell-shaped mountain standing between Nicole McKee and the changes she wants to make to firearms laws.
It’s not that the Police Minister and the Associate Justice Minister are adversaries on course for a duel at high noon. They’re actually mutually respectful Cabinet colleagues who are on the same page in terms of wanting to improve public safety.
It’s more that police oppose McKee’s wishes for firearms law reform, which includes greater access to military-style semi-automatic firearms (MSSAs) under strict criteria, and scrapping some of the firearms registry. And the Police Minister is such a staunch advocate for police that he isn’t likely to roll over so McKee can have her way.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/gun-laws-the-mark-mitchell-shaped-mountain-nicole-mckee-has-to-climb/PF4LYYA6HNA2DE65HTXRZZCMK4/
Nats being nats all over again.
They never sleep like creeping jesus.
Jacinda, would have conipitions if someone dared to plzy around with her gaun laws.
You just wait her aunty will burst into print anytime about now!
More Nats. stuff.
The Government has tasked NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) with considering two potential options for an additional Waitematā Harbour crossing in Auckland, with technical work expected to begin in the coming months.
But an investment decision isn’t expected to be considered by the Government until mid-2026, which Labour says is disappointing.
It’s the first significant update from the Government in months about a second crossing. Upon taking office, Transport Minister Simeon Brown was critical of the $56 billion option preferred by the previous Labour Government, which included two tunnels for cars and one for light rail, calling it “unachievable”.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/second-auckland-harbour-crossing-next-steps-revealed-technical-work-to-begin-soon/4VSLTUM7XVGPTFNESXOAHBEQIM/
With the planed new transport link they are going to use one lane of the presnt bridge for cycling.
I hope they mean a shared path for cycling and walking in that one lane.
You realise that on the downhill section of both sides of the bridge there will have to be judder bars built into the surface to stop cyclist from speeding and endangering themselves and pedestrians.
They have inficted judder bars on motorists, so it’s only fair they get them in return. It’s for their own safety after all!!!
The way cycle lanes have been abused by councils – all started by that traitor prick johnny keys- the cyclists – under current methods would get half the current bridge.
some facts
-It is very steep – as you point out- going up; and going down.
Will the bikes need a WOF and brakes check before using it ??
-The bridge is in a gap that cops lots of wind – air movement in the least point of resistance so will be windy up there
-The bridges sway a lot anyway -as per design- and more with trucks and cars
Be alert ACC
Future trauma claims coming up.
If they are allowed up there the moaning from the cray cray genter lycra thugs when they experience a touch of reality will be heard on Raoul Island .
To be fair to John Key–his idea on cycleways was for the those out in country so cyclists (esp. tourists) could safely bike around the country enjoying the scenery.
Along with spending money on fancy latta and fancy food. overnight accommodation, not pitching a tent in the cockies paddock!
Morning all, should be an interesting week. First up the Melbourne cup which I am an expert at losing money on and then hopefully Trump wins the presidency bigly. I can’t imagine our world with Kamala in charge of anything more taxing than a lemonade stand.
Tues 5 Nov
US- election
AU – some horses running
NZ – Guy Fawkes – celebrate blowing up parliament – I’m in !!
US results likely to flow about 2 pm Wed in ao tear zooland
Can they stop the count at midnight and stuff the ballot boxes ?
Perhaps nude nut should have offered to send some count observers – like US has done to other countries after they have backed dictators, overthrown govts and changed results. All around the world. Yay CIA.
They finally got to rigging their own elections.
and, after the fiasco of 2000 when dumbo bush was competing with Carb$n Cred$t$ Gore they should have done reform.
Do we have enough people in NZ that are capable of counting to be able to supervise?
Interesting point. As my time at secondary school was spent in an “Ag” class, where we were considered free labour on the college farm & our education consisted of being caned regularly to prevent from eating ourselves, my advanced mathematical skills vary between atrocious & non existent.
Yet in a fairly successful working life I never needed more than arithmetic & basic geometry. The ability to calculate what 5% off something represented, the tonnage of lime/fertiliser required & how to lay out fencing were vital. Calculus & trigonometry less so.
Today the average school leaver is struck innumerate without a calculator. They know only of which button to press……not how the answer is arrived at.
What do they need a calculator for?
Maori got along fine with fingers and toes!
ill join ya in losing money T i got 1k there with the TABs name on it, my once a year punt.
on that playing with aussie, theme.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=883582290580684&set=a.420323120239939
A young man excitedly tells his mother he’s fallen in love and is going to get married. He says, “Just for fun, mum, I’m going to bring over three women and you try and guess which one I’m going to marry.” The mother agrees. The next day, he brings three beautiful women into the house and sits them down on the couch and they chat for a while. He then says, “OK, guess which one I’m going to marry.” She immediately replies, “The one in the middle.”
“That’s amazing, mum. You’re right. How did you know?” His mum replies, “I don’t like her.”
This was vid from the Australian comedian Jimmy Rees was too good not to to share:
‘How US Political System Was Invented!’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PG_UTeVSEJo
https://rumble.com/v5kwy7h-pfizer-knew-theyd-be-killing-babies-bombshell-docs-expose-vax-big-pharma-fd.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
“Pfizer KNEW They’d Be KILLING BABIES!” BOMBSHELL Docs Expose Vax, Big Pharma, FDA & Govt – SF482
Russell Brand
Naomi Woolf, we’re living in a different reality.
The way tp treat royals
Yep yep, I’m anti royal.
No worries.
Why should critters get the top job just because of who their parents are.
Ultimate nepotism.
Toff talking twats.
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Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia have endured being pelted with mud and objects by anguished locals as they tried to calm tensions in the aftermath of the deadly floods in Valencia.
The monarchs had mud and objects like drink cans thrown at them by angry survivors of the floods that killed more than 200 people as they walked through the muddy streets in Paiporta, one of the hardest-hit towns on the outskirts of Valencia.
Queen Letizia could be seen with mud speckled over her face, while one of the bodyguards escorting the royals in Paiporta had seemingly been hit by an object as he had a cut on his forehead, which caused blood to run down his face.
The crowd shouted ‘murderers’ and other insults at the royals and government officials like Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during the visit on Sunday.
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Way to go. They are just unelected politicians.
I say line up Hazza and Randy any. Put them in stocks on the street.
Oh and has Chuck Saxe-Coburg & Gotha – oh sorry- fake name Windsor now – met up with Tim Walz?
They both have a fondness for tampons.
to be fair ; at least he Spaniards got out on the streets woith the people . A better show than we saw in USA after the hurricanes.
……”at least he Spaniards got out on the streets woith the people”…….
Mixing with the hoi polloi has always had attendant risks. In WW2 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth (better known in NZ as the Queen Mother) frequently toured areas of London bombed by Germany during the Blitz. As noted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_The_Queen_Mother their visits were not initially popular.
# “Elizabeth visited troops, hospitals, factories, and parts of Britain that were targeted by the German Luftwaffe, in particular the East End near London’s docks. Her visits initially provoked hostility; rubbish was thrown at her and the crowds jeered, in part because she wore expensive clothes that served to alienate her from people suffering the deprivations of war.[5] She explained that if the public came to see her they would wear their best clothes, so she should reciprocate in kind”
As it turned out it was one of the best PR campaigns the British royalty ever took part in.
I think we should stump up together and buy Fruity Farrar a substantial gift when Trump Wins.
I’m in.
Anyone got any ideas for a gift for the prat ?
a big trump flag, maga hat and maybe a trump garbage truck to hold his views and stupid voice.
Crotchless panties and some concrete pills?
Damn that Simeon Brown
Damn him I say
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Bike Auckland launched the ‘Save our Safe Speeds’ campaign in opposition to Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s Speed Rule. The Speed Rule (which will come into force in October 2024) imposes blanket speed limit increases on our communities, making streets near schools more dangerous for our tamariki – and anyone else traveling along them.
7 of 10 New Zealanders are supportive of lowering speeds around schools to increase road safety. But Minister Brown would prefer to ignore the overwhelming evidence that deaths and serious injuries are highly expensive for our economy and to raise speeds, causing 55 more Aucklanders to be killed and seriously injured on the road over the next two years
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7 out of 10
more fake polls.
We have got to the point fake polls by media have wrecked statistics.
When would one ever believe them now ?
From the fake news idiots at Bike Auckland
https://www.bikeauckland.org.nz/save-our-safe-speeds/
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We believe strongly in the beautiful vision of a Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland that is people-friendly, accessible, and safe.
When tamariki (children) are laughing as they walk and cycle to kura (school) on the 30km/hr streets, it can almost feel real. And, with the approval of Katoa Ka Ora, Auckland’s Speed Management Plan, committing to more safety for local kura, marae, and residential streets, for a moment it really felt like this vision could soon be our reality.
But this wonderful progress towards people-friendly streets has been unceremoniously stalled by Transport Minister Simeon Brown’s proposed new “Land Transport Rule: Setting of Speed Limits Rule 2024”. The speed rule will impose blanket speed limit increases
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more lies from these munters
It is merely restoring speeds to pre 2020 levels.
You know they are on some pretty powerful juju when they say
” When tamariki (children) are laughing as they walk and cycle to kura (school) on the 30km/hr streets, ”
I want some of what they are smoking, to be sure !
Good thing they are not driving ///
Wankers!
Knobs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bqog6xJtOVI
This Was My Wake-Up Call About the Dangers of the Left | Jillian Michaels
Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Jillian Michaels about her transition from fitness to political discussions; her wake-up call about the politicization of health
It was so nonsensical
An email I received recently from the Free speech Union tells the sorry, yet ultimately triumphant, tale of one Paul Burns who was persecuted/prosecuted for “standing on Lampton Quay one Sunday in March holding a sign that said, ‘$100 to the 1st person who proves that slavery is more evil than abortion’ with $100 worth of notes taped to the sign.”
Regardless of your feelings on the subject of abortion (I’m ambivalent) nothing the man did or said warranted charges of “offensive language” that were upgraded to “disorderly behaviour”.
Ultimately his case was withdrawn at the 11th hour after the FSU became involved but the entire charade shows up a real problem that seems more prevalent now than it ever has been. That is using process to deter unwanted actions.
Worth considering that to all intents & purposes the resources of the State are infinite whereas the individual can be bankrupted, made unemployed, have their relationships ruined & their social standing destroyed all without stepping into a court room.
It’s a slippery slope. Those who would use legal process to punish should be kept under careful observation.
Cops are scum – example number 110, 939, 462 and counting….
You missed this bit. It was not holding the sign that got him arrested. Either way well out of line by the Police.
“Anyway, on this particular day, I was approached by a group of young people prepared to engage with me.
One of them proposed an argument: ‘Overpopulation is a problem, so abortion is justified.’
With that, I replied as any debater would and challenged their own logic: “If you think that the world is overpopulated, then why don’t you kill yourself?”
Well, I was handcuffed, taken to Police cells, and charged under section 1(4)(b) of the Summary Offences Act for, ‘offensive language’.”
A good lawyer knows not to ask a witness too many questions- a bad lawyer does not.
A lawyer was defending his client on a charge of biting a man’s ear off in a fight.
He asked a prosecution witness “It is alleged that my client bit the other man’s ear off in the fight. Did you see my client bite the man’s ear off?”
“No. I did not see him bite the man’s ear off.”
The bad lawyer felt he asked to ask just one more question.
“Then how do you know he bit the man’s ear off?”
“I saw him spit it out”.
DOC
I haven’t seen the details but hear DOC want to innoculate native birds against a new strain of bird flu.
This has to be insane.?
Thinking it through doesn’t take long to understand that this idea is fraught with problems. Where does one start ?
Why the hell doesn’t the Minister tell them to desist?
Will they force them to wear masks?
Madness.
With a new “vaccine” every few months as the virus mutates?
Which vaccine manufacturer will get the contract to develop the newer vaccines?
Into whose pockets do the profits get divided?
wiseowl… its not “want” to vax they already have.
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350445417/doc-trialling-bird-flu-vaccine-native-birds
Safe & efficacious ….. yeah right …..
Stop catching the disease. ?
Stop transmission. ?
Become the human guinea pig / bird in the next phase 3 of this experimental trial.
A hospital pit stop? or :—
A Hospital death bed being the last stop.?
Let’s hope it gets into the DOC staff.
Maybe we could burn it down then and start again.
If the bird vax is as good as the other one, they will kill all the birds. Then where will we be?
My thought exactly. All those expensive Kakapo, etc. Amazing birds. Utter disaster if the birds turn their toes up or become infertile.
Eggless!
VaXXXine mandates for birds.
oh Yay.
///
Hipkins will come on with
“we will hunt them down …….”
He could hardly chase down birds, since he does not know what a woman is !!
Where will the resistance hide ?
…in the rafters
…in the roof inset at Pak N Save
will DOC be chucking out bird crumbs then netting the birds
Oi Oi OI ‘ave you got a VaXXXine certificate then.
no Certificate, no food for you.
Would not put that past DOC
They are totally unhinged.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/about-nz-herald-the-home-of-honest-impartial-and-independent-journalism/V7247WBR5BFWHM4ENZDM5OSTHU/
Haha….we have all been wrong!
From BTB’s link:
…..”The NZ Herald is the country’s pre-eminent news organisation, dating back to its first newspaper publication on Friday, November 13, 1863.”……
So about 161 years. A virtual chocolate fish for the commenter who can pinpoint when it all turned to custard.
HHHHHHHAAAAAAAAA, that’s funny, who would believe that bullshite!!! Just as well they told us, otherwise we wouldn’t believe it.
So Mathew ridge is a meth head and reckons that all past and present warriors are all tits including coaches and here I was thinking all he was is a pretentious fucking wanker. Ideal companion for fishboy!
He’s a knob.
I was watching the new Warehouse Christmas ad last night. It was total low budget crap, but then I suppose the way their profit margins are going they have to make cuts somewhere so fair enough. Then came the New world one, Christ it was appalling! An incredibly super sad extremely woke story about a nurse of colour not being able to make it to dinner because she had to work a double shift! No worries, dad who is also of colour made dinner and served it to her complete with Christmas decorations in the car park. My only questions are, How did he get a car park right outside the door and why didn’t she morph into Florence Nightingale? After that I was too busy vomiting.
And your excuse for watching those ads is….?
I have a very sad life. Exhibit A my avatar. Need I say more.
Yes. . . . . . . .you’re a knob.
I’m a bit worried about you Saggy ….. you seem to have a bit of a thing for knobs!
He lives in Auckland! 🙂
Nope I’ve left Dorkland. And I couldn’t be happier.
Where are you now Saggs?
Hour further Nth. Still Auckland region but out of the smoke. Can’t be too precise as you might all want to drop in.
Wellsford. Ruawai is in Northland.
Honduras?
Ruawai? 🙂
Sad. The nurse of colour probably only made the grade because of race quotas & an artificial emphasis on cultural safety. The dad of colour probably cut the electronic tracker off his leg & bought dinner at the KFC drive through before going home to finish off any SOCKs still hanging around.
See, we can do racist interpretations for non racial events too!
Stolen from The Good Oil and o so true.
Jonesy fires back at accusations by the left over water policies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYc8gK4F_Cw
Shane Jones: If you join a gang, you’ve engaged in criminality & you forsake the rights of Maoridom
New Zealand First
Still only words
Now this is interesting, and a cause of concern.
https://www.joannenova.com.au/2024/11/hmm-the-historic-archive-of-the-internet-is-hacked-out-of-action-in-these-critical-weeks/
and more skullduggery by the BOM
https://www.joannenova.com.au/2024/11/seven-years-to-go-extremely-bad-science-is-the-new-normal-for-the-climate/
The AU BOM is a corrupted outfit.
I wont say organisation.
It is as bad as NIWA (now taken over the NZ Met Service for whom I have no rating as not trusted them for decades,
And NASA
Plenty of waaay better private weather outfits .
All corrupt outfits using public funds to terrorise, yes terrorise, the the public themselves
They are evil .
eg
https://howickweather.co.nz/history-yearly
Now 15 years of recorded (local) statistical information.
No drama. Just facts..
something goo-mints don’t do.
Nothing to do with those cringey tweets then.
Cam Slater
@kaiviti_cam
Tell me this isn’t true… the tipline is humming that just after Christopher Luxon has lost his chief press secretary, he’s now lost his chief of staff Cameron Burrows.
Perhaps it might be time to rethink the micro-management and the comic sans fonts in the office.
Javier Milei when confronted about being offensive towards socialists
https://x.com/LibertarianDuty/status/1853027213387432130
Well said Javier Milei
– – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
“I don’t give a shit ….
…. “Socialism is bullshit …..
…. “applied at its purest form ….
….. an economic failure ….
….. a social failure …..
….. a cultural failure ….
….. took the lives of 150, 000,000 human beings. …..
…. when a socialist, or a communist, or a shitty leftie have something to say
….. I shove it up my [sic] arse ….”
– – – — – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
The little lefty ways of beguiling pathways of good intentions, with dollops of supposed well being, & kindness with no accountability or responsibility so their control becomes absolute, leads to destruction & death of many others.
What a guy,
Who ever thought an economist could be useful ?? !!
It is more than the 100,000 million killed either by starvation, deprivation, torture, purges, or whatever
it was over a Billion people in a living hell
In China, on the breadline for decades (rice line ?)
The fear and control in East Germany under German efficiency.
“Vee Vill make this the best communist system vee can. Bugger the people. ”
It was fear ,control , exclusion, favouritism , nastiness and a lot more….
We experienced it for 2+ years under adern.
It was not nice.
Worth fighting to the death over.
New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union
@TaxpayersUnion
The pay packets of most public sector bosses have been quietly boosted by thousands.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbhR4mjbUAAVjl9?format=jpg&name=medium
This is Kemi Badenoch the new leader of UKs Conservative Party along side that guy from NZ.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbZi1Y5a4AASc8A?format=png&name=small
So she will say what many will want to hear.
Will it be Make Britain Great Again; Britain First?
So is Kemi Badenoch a Nigerian First, so ok with the Migration rackets?
As that is part of the UN Global Migration Pact, and the UN’s partner WEF.
allowing for Wikipedia inbuilt bias
Direct extract
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Badenoch is an “anti-woke” politician,[11] and she aligns with the right wing.[12]
On race, she rebukes the left’s stance on systemic racism and opposes teaching critical race theory in schools.[13]
Regarding immigration, Badenoch advocates integration centred on British culture.
On the UK’s colonial legacy, she argues there were both negative and positive aspects.[14] Badenoch is also a gender-critical feminist, maintaining single-sex spaces and opposing self-ID laws for trans individuals.
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Quite frankly there are are NO ”right wing ” politicians in mainstream parties in the western sphere.
The system simply does not allow it .
Is in fact Pauline Hanson right wing ?
I see her as a proud nationalist who cares for her country and the people in it.
More than I can say for most politicians in 2024.
She is the opposite to left wingers who want to wreck the country on behalf of the existing people in it.
Does not make one right wing, just sensible and decent.
The bias is brought in by the left wing media filth. (the majority of MSM)
Shes toeing the line.
New Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says Partygate was ‘overblown’, faces backlash from Covid bereaved
https://www.firstpost.com/world/new-tory-leader-kemi-badenoch-says-partygate-was-overblown-faces-backlash-from-covid-bereaved-13831639.html
Kamala Harris, looking to be all things to all people.
…. This clip from CNN explains Kamala perfectly.
She’s playing pro Palestine ads in one state where there’s more Muslims and pro Israel ads in a state where there’s more Jews.
She just lies for votes. ….
https://twitter.com/i/status/1852961978819441133
3 mins 10 secs :
So it is achieved in the editing.
A true 2 face cow.
A ‘joyful’ way of squeezing the bull shit out of a Harris & Walz voter 🙂
…. Thank you for supporting Kamala! We are so appreciative of you putting out a yard sign. But now we need your continued help.
.
We will be moving a family of 2 from the country of NICARAGUA into your home on 10/30/2024.
.
They will need food, toiletries, and transportation. Thank you.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/11/people-harris-signs-panic-after-receiving-letters-postcards/
A welcome meal could be “cat alfredo” and “chili dog” ? All to accept the new culture
“Eating the dogs, eating the cats, ”
https://youtu.be/EbWGeC5Zfc0
2 mins 11 secs
Alinsky’s Rule #4) Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.
Playing for “keeps” & their home.
So good of them to become “sanctuary homes” too. 🙂
That is rather mean on cows.
Cows are useful.
They produce milk and meat.
They have mothering instincts and herd loyalty.
They don’t fart as much as lefties claim- in fact the lefties produce more smelly and toxic hot air.
If anything Harris is a bull.
Full of it.
Squeeze the bullshit out of Harris and you will be left with 1.7 kg of wrinkly darkish skin.
Glasgow City Council IT staff are being forced to train Indian workers to do their jobs before their roles are moved to Asia.
Around 90 highly skilled workers have been offered early retirement or redeployment after the “knowledge transfer” has been completed.
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-city-council-axed-staff-34024092?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar
All those office work jobs that became work at home jobs, are now proven to be in the category to be possibly or soon to be transferred overseas.
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
Quincy Jones, the multi-talented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic Thriller album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.
Jones’ publicist, Arnold Robinson, says he died on Sunday night at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles, surrounded by his family.
“Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones’ passing,” the family said in a statement.
“And although this is an incredible loss for our family, we celebrate the great life that he lived and know there will never be another like him.”
https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360475056/quincy-jones-music-titan-who-worked-everyone-frank-sinatra-michael-jackson-dies