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well turns out hunty is the star of a rejected kids book…
https://youtu.be/YofvtawFUwI?si=OyCmMkEc8uGFpV0f
farking hilarious, google the author brad gosse and see all the other ones hes created. imagine some well meaning granny buying something like that for the grandkids without checking it!
Aahhh SB! Is not the English Language and are childrens books not wonderful? Who can forget great classics like Captain Pugwash where these characters were the lead role.
Master Bates.
Seaman Stains.
Roger, the Cabin Boy.
And nobody questioned them.
Yeah, nah.
Captain Horatio Pugwash – sails the high seas in his ship called the Black Pig, assisted by cabin boy Tom, pirates Willy and Barnabas, and Master Mate. His mortal enemy is Cut-Throat Jake, captain of the Flying Dustman.
Oh good Lord, I aways had the image of you as Captain Pugwash.
Oh so sorry.AH
I will have to change that image now and see you as a Roman Captain with a bunch of slaves and throwing a whip around their ears.
I’m waiting for the movie version of Mike Hunt, smelling like fish! It’s Thailand after all!
im pretty sure you could find many movies of the sort on pornhub or xvideos 🙂
Yes, but how many star our M Hunty?
Andrew Bayley resigning for touching the upper arm of a they/them. We always knew they are sensitive, but this is ridiculous.
On a serious note, I know of people working in minister officers over the years, and it’s not in unusual to have ministers yelling at the staff. Some are reportedly worse ministers than others and you can tell by the staff turnover for them.
Did Tau Henare resign from his post when he punched the Wainui Leprechaun?
No, but the willy party can’t stand a bit of push and shove.
They will reap the rewards of their cowardice.
It’s nothing to what has gone on in the past.
I suspect Bayly was ultimately pissed off with the nats lack of ambition to make a change. He should quit the Nats. and join ACT.
Got some toughies in that line up.
i dont think act should or would take on any ex nats, if theyre in the nats and remain silent and cucked then theyre not gunna be a good fit for act are they?
the whole nat party needs gutting, the president and those who do the selecting need gutted and replaced too.
the nat party of 2025 is probably the same or more left then helen clarks govt of the early 2000s… cullen may have left the cupboard bare but willis is continuing robos agenda and is fast filling said cupboard with IOUs for our kids and grankids to repay
helen at least had balls, a spine and the will to stand up to the maoris.
If he had done that in Auckland Airport guess he would have been arrested.
I heard Ardern was a screamer.
And that was not just in bed, either.
Ah fark. AH, that’s not an image I need in my head!!!
Nah, that’s fishboy sçreaming trying to protect himself from them teeth!
The thing is Sooty, if Fishboy saw those teeth coming towards him, he would be convinced she was going to Ring Bark his Todger. He therefore would have every right to scream in fear.
Is it true that the NZ submarine skipper is now going to try and turn the canterbury into one as well.
Dougal, yes you are correct, took over as Captain of the HMNZS Canterbury from 13th January. Fuck me! Obviously the Navy have no concerns for the welfare and welbeing of their vessels.
Guess she is not going to face a Court of Enquiry or a Court Martial.
I doubt it! Well hope so.
She should not be in charge of a rowboat in a sandpit!
How is it the Mormon church have built and completed a impressive and substantial temple in Manukau city in only 5 years, while we haven’t started on Dunedin hospital, rebuilt Christchurch cathedral, built Wellingtons second tunnel etc.?
Because they deny financial assistance to help members when they need it, that’s how.
They’re really fucking weird. Read about Mormons, soaking and jumpers. I couldn’t believe it.
…How is it the Mormon church have built and completed.…
They are a massively Rich MONEY church with vast financial resources from 170 years of tithing and regular inward cashflow from, yes, again, tithing.
and exploit their own free labour., like the other churches.
They are a bit more honest about that gig than most churches
It is ALL about money
and control over people to that end.
The sneaky catholics love to go on about poverdy and missions while they land bank and acquire riches.
Is that pope fulla dead yet?
will just be replaced by another hypocrite.
The catholics are so tight with their money they wont even pay the priests and further, won’t allow them to get married like other religions because it would mean using their precious money to pay for a wife and family.
Not really very family oriented .
Which heavily contributes to why they get sexual perverts as priests, in high proportion.
I remember a mate in school days. His parents marriage was in trouble and they were getting counselling from their priest.
We were both WTF. What would he know ?
Probably a mummy’s boy and bullied by women to be where he is.
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The CHC cathedral does not need to be replaced.
It is not like is was hundreds of years old like say Notre Dame or other churches in Europe.
If they are not going to celebrate 170 years of Whyte settlement….
Anyhow, the truth is the cathedral was damaged 3 times in the last 20 years of the 1800s from earthquakes so lets get honest here.
It was a cute short lived project from a recent time, now passed.
and Anderton the catholic is dead, so STFU.
When will Bolger join him?
The Mormons are also tight. Missionaries have to pay their own way to do their missions.
If you’re a guy who’s done a mission, you’re more desirable to the women because you’re seen as having had the financial means to have done so.
Off my prayer list… ( although I’d probably battle to counter many of your arguments easily. Bugger)
I sense your wavering of faith, My Son
Say three rosaries in the next week
and for penance.
Wear a hair shirt for a week
If you can’t come by these, not easy. then a merino top will do!
Bless you.
You left out the part where they thrash themselves until they bleed. Have never understood why they do that.
Most don’t understand that either. I for one am not into that kind of stuff. Maybe I am just a very bad Catholic….
Mormons don’t drink even coffee. No wonder they thrash themselves. //
Thank you Howi for looking after ROL’s spiritual needs, you truly are a humble and most blessed man my Brother. May the Pope’s Hard Drive be with you, always.
They obviously want it!
Where as the others get more pay for dragging it out years!
It is possible that the Latter Day Saints didn’t engage any consultants or cultural advisors.
Very high proportion of Polynesian and maori in the Mormon church
including Bishop Sid Going (deceased) and his brothers.
Or fixed the bloody roads.
The builders are an Amercian company and you guessed, it they are part of the ruling class of the Morman church.
read about sometime back I think on the Herald site or Stuff maybe.
Good morning. Here is the latest brain fart from Chris Bishop – file under “know your enemy”:
https://x.com/TheRedbaiter/status/1893470930091085920
Authoritarian city planner wet dream. Wellington boy talking about Wellington where at least they have public transport. Not so easy outside the cities. Piss off Bishop.
Agree, Quickly. Twat.
“So we can get to work and back quickly and be ready for the same routine the next day”
Tell that to the Washington workers.
It’s estimated that at least 2/3 of all workers are not going to work every day.
Given the traffic jams that exist why would they? Much better working from home.
…..”Pope hovering between life and death.”…..
Schrodinger’s Catholic?
Can we put him in a box now and check back in a month?
He will be out in three days
He has arisen.
Ah crap, that was the other bloke.
the one who looked like a 1960s Oregon Hippy.
Long hair and a beard; muslin robes.
Not to be confused with the Argie Dago !! 🙂
The Muslims will be most unhappy when he carks it.
If the census commission was paying a hundred bucks for completion and returning of census forms, what will they be paying for the next one, with inflation?
I want to be paid too, or you will get the stupid answers you normally get!
What, they were paying?
I didn’t fill it in and no one offered me money.
zero, there be no more census now in nz.
there was quite the backlash esp due to the pandering to the rainbow crowd aswell as many of antivax anti govt folk gave the middle finger to it for fucking us over.
Makes sense to have no more.
The stats are there elsewhere now.
It is a 2000 year old way of collecting data and the Stats Dept has been heavily compromised since 2018
They fucked up the census then, and again in 2023.
I had a number of live links to stat sites that were all pulled in 2018 as part of the liebour suppression of facts campaign.
If there is another census I will treat it the way these woke wet wankers of wellywood have in recent times- like toilet paper.
De Santis is onto it. wants to remove Property taxes in Florida
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=647390281158946&set=a.266328272598484
Property taxes can be very high in US .
Compared to NZ.
I stayed circa 2000 with an old university friend in LA.
Her house was a 3 bedroom California bungalow .
between inner and outer suburbs. Middling.
The annual property tax then 25 years ago was $7000 per annum.
It can be high.
In US you are paying taxes to run 4 levels of bureaucracy.
Federal, State, County, City/town
They are all vying for revenue.
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In Australia it is 3 levels with Federal, State, town/city.
States made sense in Australia 150 years ago
… but now with modern instant comms and flying from one State capital to another in a bit over an hour vastly reduces the need for this second layer .
Especially when it is noted that at Federation in 1901 there were only 2 functions for Federal AU Govt. Defense and External affairs AFAIR.
Then Canberra replicated everything that States had incl Dept of Health and of Education.
So
either devolve back to States or centralise.
The thought of centralising to the out of touch greedy bureaucrats in Canberra is hideous, there they grow themselves faster than the economy – like a virus
They need DOGEing.
Their property tax is our Rates – does anyone know how it compares?
for those who can be bothered listening to hoskings my workmate informs me luxon got a good serving this morning and told why hes so shit.
How is hoskings TDS
Is he seeking help?
By the by since I don’t do radio
Does Heather DuplesisA have TDS
What about her daddyo, Barely Sober ?
No, she likes Trump and is currently having another grandfather baby.
About the same age difference as Trumpy and his lady.
Now you too can catch one like that if you are keen and can find one willing.
New name I heard the other day for Luxy. Elmer Fudd.
A good fit I think.
Young boyfriend and girlfriend are sitting on the bench in the park. An elderly man sits on the bench nearby. He moves on his seat trying to find a comfortable position.
GIRL: my neck hurts
BOY: let me kiss it, babe. Is it better now?
GIRL: (giggles) Yes. But now my cheek hurts
BOY: let me kiss it, my love. How about now?
intrigued, An elderly man, in some clear physical discomfort, keeps looking at the young couple.
GIRL: it’s better. But now my eye hurts.
BOY: Let me kiss it, my honey. How does it feel now?
GIRL (coyly) it’s so much better, but now my lips hurt.
At this point the old man already got up and approached the couple.
BOY Let me kiss it, my bunny…
ELDERLY MAN ( in a wheezing voice)
pardon me, Young man, but do you by chance heal hemorrhoids ?
Yesterday I had a meeting with my MP.
Had a few issues I wanted to clarify and she was OK to discuss with and showed some understanding . Mainly relating to the aftermath of the flood.
Unfortunately only had half an hour so was unable to get through my list.
Did take note and held off on a topic she brought up. Blue Greens. She had been to that meeting in the weekend and was all enthusiastic about their blue green policy.
I now have some points to follow up on so will see how things progress .
Was horrified to learn the Regional Council now has over 500 staff. Bloody outrageous . She said the Minister is to make some announcements soon regarding Local Government and its role.
I had been pointing out some issues with the Regional Council and she then told me she was meeting with them in the afternoon so maybe that was opportune.
If all the Nat MPs are part of the blue/green=teals is it really a thing or is it just the teal/nat party
You should demonstrate visually
turn up with a jar…. with leeches inside.
Say
I don’t need council
I have my own bloodsucking leeches to bleed me dry thanks.
Council is just duplication.
Just for Stupidboy
BREAKING: Insurance Data Reveals U.S. Mortality Crisis Persists—Mass COVID-19 “Vaccination” Likely to BlameSharp rises in young cardiac, neurological, and cancer-related deaths persist in the wake of the mass COVID-19 mRNA injection campaign.
https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-insurance-data-reveals-us?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=1119676&post_id=157816364&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=127oyu&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Yes I know it says “likely”
Funeral of the 51 y.o. sudden death today, that’s is actually the second person in their 50’s that has died suddenly in two years that I know in my quiet little corner of the world.
one of my long time mates that drifted apart passed away mid last year he was 35, another mate in our circle of friends passed just before xmas, he was 41. both massive heart attacks, both unjabbed, 1 very overweight (samoan) the other very atheletic. one of wifeys rellies passed last year too, 25yrs old she went to bed with headache and never woke up. she lost her teaching job due to mandates so doubt jab played any role in that either.
shit happens mate, look at all the shit in our food, water, air and chemicals we’re exposed to in our everyday lives.
add to that high levels of stress, mens reluctance to go doctor etc and of course we’re gunna notice more folk tipping up.
you can blame jabby jab all you fucking like but tbh unless its within a few weeks of getting jabbed i highly doubt its the cause, it could contribute yeah sure but nothing can be proven.
we dont even have any data comparing vax vs unvax health, illness, mortality. you cant draw any conclusions without it, you lot only notice or search for stuff that aligns with your biases and neglect most of what contradicts your views.
go look at the mortality tool i posted the other day, even i was suprised and was proven wrong. curious may remember what it was or what day i posted it but it showed no increase in young ppl dying after the jab hysteria, infact it stayed steady or dropped soit shits all over the crap spurted on here near daily for several years.
rightoverlabour
7 hours ago
Just for Stupidboy
There is so much deceit and conspiracy over WuFlu that it isn’t hard to see it everywhere.
IMO people are right to be doubtful about what they’re getting told, but you’re quite right that both sides have become as bad as each other.
We’re going to need another Julian Assange to get it all sorted out.
I looked at that data link you provided and concur that it didn’t seem to show any signals. The data was old but did show 2021 & 2022. What I find interesting is that the signals show up in other countries data and in the insurance data.
Someone is not telling the truth or someone is hiding data.
…..”What I find interesting is that the signals show up in other countries data and in the insurance data.”…..
Collecting useful information is dependant on asking the right question(s). In this instance I’m surmising that X number of people aged Y to Z died between 2021 & 2022 those who did the reporting neglected to advise how or what from.
In 2021 we like much of the planet were locked down & isolated. The usual leading causes of death amongst young adults are unintentional injuries such as road traffic accidents,
drowning & violence which in their absence may have been replaced with vaccine related fatalities.
Same number…..different causes.
There is no truth-telling anywhere in connection to WuFlu. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AYbl8mMnw
Pity this guy doesn’t bring receipts.
Insurance data is likely to be more accurate than govt data imo.
FAFO time. Time to clean up Dodge.
https://rumble.com/v6oqs46–new-fbi-deputy-director-dan-bongino-speaking-live-right-now-after-shock-tr.html?e9s=src_v1_ucp
🚨 New FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino Speaking LIVE Right Now After SHOCK Trump, Kash Appointment
Benny Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGzacuMwgj0
Mike Hosking talks to PM Christopher Luxon
What a weak slippery Weasel. Can’t answer a simple direct straight question.
Not my Prime Minister.
what a nutsack, why the fuck is the bald pos so scared to answer a very simple trivial question. he cant even make up his mind and just sits on the fence about that so its no fucking wonder he struggles to do anything else.
luxcinda sitting on that fence.
He/she lies things up them arse.
Dai Henwood says he’s a comedian,
I would say he’s one step above Guy Williams,
Who is trying to be a journalist and failing miserably.
NZ’s worst comedian and someone hired him as a journalist
when they are laying off journalists.
If I was a journalist, I would take the offered redundancy, because your employer thinks you are shit!
This morning, at 72 years old, I found myself in the McDonald’s drive-thru, taking my time with my order. Suddenly, the young woman behind me got impatient, honked her horn, and started mouthing words at me. Clearly frustrated. 😡
Instead of letting it ruin my morning, I decided to respond with kindness. When I reached the first window, I paid for both my order and hers. The cashier must’ve told her because as I drove off, I saw her lean out of her window, wave, and mouth, “Thank you”—looking just a little embarrassed. 😅
But here’s where it gets good—when I reached the second window, I showed them both receipts and took her food too! Now, she had to go all the way back to the end of the line and start over. 😂
Moral of the story: Don’t honk at older folks. We’ve been around long enough to know how to teach a lesson with a smile — and a little humor!
Must try that sometime…..
Glenn Beck asks ‘Grok 3’ how AI measures time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY9Jjz6qI0o
Elon Musk’s ‘Grok 3’ AI Chatbot Gives SHOCKING Insights into Future
BlazeTV
And in news to hand every household in New Zealand is to have five bins to separate different kinds of waste & recycling.
Nothing to do with the environment. National have decided that the fines imposed for getting them mixed up is their one chance to grow the economy.
Got three already! Not that I use them all!
This morning’s RCR Bites points out the chasm between Bishop Tamaki’s “Man Up” group & the collection of motley & diseased shirt lifters trying to normalise perversion in the minds of our kids & grandkids. They contrast Red Radio’s support for the sodomites vs Bishop Brians defence of his church members.
As expected RNZ’s waffle concentrates on feelz while the Good Bishop fires facts. Facts such as the Labour leader’s inability to provide a definition of a woman & the small detail ignored by those calling for Destiny’s charity status to be withdrawn. Apparently that will be an uphill battle as they “already operate without it to stay free of government control”.
I really loathe the LGBTQ+ community. Not only are they trying to brainwash the next generation but they have forced this atheist to back an ardent Godbotherer.
1) https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/542759/domestic-violence-groups-slam-dangerous-man-up-programme
vs
2) https://x.com/briantamakinz/status/1892986456735654085
“but they have forced this atheist to back an ardent Godbotherer” You will get over it… Actually I have a lot of time for Tamaki in many issues. But I am not joining his church.
…………..But I am not joining his church.…….
Probably more honest that the Romans
ah
Probablymore honest that the Romans…..”But I am not joining his church”……
You could at least make inquiries. If you change agencies you might get your soul saved, eternal life AND a Happy Meal ! 🙂
I’ll see if he offers group discounts and whether or not he gets Noddy points for saving an Atheist…
You know Noddy was an Lbtq don’t you?
You want more of those points.
Chinese navy Captains overheard on radio after sighting NZ navy ship on the horizon.
“It’s a NZ ship with a DEI Captain. Let’s get the fruck outta here before she accidentally rams us.”
NZ Frigate scooting along
Captain announces
Scotty, descend to 10 fathoms
Scotty: But Capn we are not a submarine ,
Captain
We are a Trans-vessel
We can convert to a submarine with a few cuts and tucks
Dive Dive Dive !
So depressed at the state of our parliament ..
Greens are nutters
Maori are corrupt nutters
Labour are just losers who broke NZ
National lied to Kiwis to get in
Act still supporting Ukraine …
NZF just not able to fight all the above
We are so fucked …
My assessment and first time abstinence in 2023.
They are just so shit.
Winston First is all yak
No real action except the provincial slush fund.
and they did put in adern which has amplified most curent aggravation issues.
Had They gone with Blinglish (purely theoretical of course) then Blinglish would have been Dr do little like luxcinda
but this …
against a more benign and less debt laden background.
That’s it in a nutshell though you missed ACT also support more fucking around with our genes.
Careful. you’ll trigger someone here who takes no criticism of his beloved Act…. What Ed has said is depressingly true. However, not many other countries worth going to….
…who takes no criticism of his beloved Act…
Still not as bad as the ones that supported King Matt and his futile burst of 6000 votes nationwide in 2023.
Some still not facing reality.
Look at what you missed out on.
You might be embarrassed enough to at least pull ya head in after admitting you never voted and that all the others are losers. That you wanted to vote for Matts’s party but you were just too lazy to even bother.
And that’s the truth isn’t it.
Still unhinged about King Matt
a bloke who is not even in politics now
and his new, temporary party imploded 10 weeks before the only election it existed for .
and the former cop had an electoral record similar to Alamein Kopu
i.e. one term as an opposition MP
downtick me for facts, such is your delusion.
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public service announcement:-
Kids, don’t take drugs .
Be as unreasonable as you like you cannot escape that they had a well-thought-out policy and had at one point a reasonable following but an uphill battle made worse because the first 5 who were standing quit when they couldn’t control the narrative.
as did Bob Jones way back and one of the key things about the NZ Party was that they were developing a constitution, which, had it been completed and implemented, would have removed from possibility all the crap we have these days. I have a friend, who is quite old and sadly dying, who was involved in the process.
So, we are still going backwards because Jones and the NZ Party with its huge vote at the time didn’t get into Parliament. It was first past the post days. ( Incidentally, that was what bought about MMP, Bolger version).
We have a choice, support a party that accepts that individual rights matter all the time, not when it suits Mr Seymour or others who can’t be bothered even considering that we do have some rights to our individuality and choice and our property rights, which incidentally are the same thing as our rights as a person.
Now you are complaining about the blue greens. see below). I wonder who would have been a better mp outside of the mob of losers you all voted for?
Just when you thought he couldn’t get any worse
Luxon triples down on the Paris Agreement.
Nationals “Blue Greens” advisory group is a group of progressive (which is nearly all of National) MP’s within the party that lobby National for woke rubbish policy.
On their website National proudly states the “Blue Greens is the most active Advisory group within the party” and is Chaired by Northland MP Grant McCullum – The Northland electorate voted for this guy over Shane Jones FFS https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f926-200d-2642-fe0f.svg
If Russia wasn’t so bloody cold,could be worth a crack!
There are mumblings of Snowden getting a pardon
If I was him, even with that I would not return to USA
Some vindictive bugger will take him out.
and the deep state will not be scrubbed out by any means.
Best friends
https://x.com/PapaBobz/status/1894094079832535419
You’ve hit on a gold mine there boss. Scroll down & have a look at “how gay is my dog”. 🙂
https://x.com/papabobz
ffs
Just when you thought he couldn’t get any worse
Luxon triples down on the Paris Agreement.
Nationals “Blue Greens” advisory group is a group of progressive (which is nearly all of National) MP’s within the party that lobby National for woke rubbish policy.
On their website National proudly states the “Blue Greens is the most active Advisory group within the party” and is Chaired by Northland MP Grant McCullum – The Northland electorate voted for this guy over Shane Jones FFS https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f926-200d-2642-fe0f.svg
Here’s a clip of Luxon at the Blue Greens conference, here he reaffirms National’s commitment to the climate change hoax and the party’s commitment to Paris and net zero is “NON NEGOTIABLE” even if it’s politically difficult . He even admits he is guided by environmental NGO’s…
He refers to “populist infrastructure ideas” code word for Marsden Point/ Oil and Gas as not sustainable nor viable.
He claims that NZ leading the way and showing the world how bloody stupid and woke we are by committing economic suicide it will influence other countries to join the death cult https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/svg/1f974.svg
I particularly like how he ends his speech with claiming it’s the people! they want the action on climate change! they want the ridiculous unworkable and mega expensive globalist con game! It’s the politicians who need to catch up to the people’s demands!” So is he saying the Paris agreement and net zero is populist ?
This little clown needs to get on his trike and get outta the tent.
Watch his David Brent impersonation at the start.
Blue Greens link : http://national.org.nz/sig-bluegreens
I wonder who would have made a better MP.
https://www.electionresults.govt.nz/electionresults_2023/electorate-details-32.html
luxcinda and the teals are traitors
Should be hung for that.
High Treason.
plus willyless, bishop, potaka, doocey watts goldensmith at al
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luxcinda, willyless, and brainless-boosted bishop are the teal troika of traitors .
…..”He refers to “populist infrastructure ideas” code word for Marsden Point/ Oil and Gas as not sustainable nor viable. “…..
In the manner of a broken clock he may have got one thing right:
“New Zealand First minister Shane Jones admits the Crown cannot afford to reopen or build a new oil refinery, with a report released showing it would cost up to $7.3 billion.”
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/shane-jones-wants-marsden-point-economic-zone-admits-govt-cant-afford-oil-refinery/TPDAVAIDW5F33J3HUX3GY4JLLA/
Wonder how much it would have cost to keep operating!
Wonder how much the Marsden Refinery owners received selling bits and pieces.
Scrap value?
Thanks hipkins!
It could have been saved at “relatively little” cost. It is common practice in the O&G industry for a company that owns a producing well, for example, to on sell at the cost (or less) of decommissioning the well. A very large company may decide the well is at the end or near the end of it’s producing life but a small company with lower management/corporate overheads can realistically think they can squeeze a few more profitable years out of it so they buy the well at very discounted price (ie. much less than it would to set it up).
The Government could have said it was strategy national asset and offered to buy it off the owners at the discounted price. The owners would have made money (simply by not spending money on decommissioning it) and Government would have got the bargain of the century.
But there was no one in Government with any commercial brains , including those in the Opposition (esp. the Nats leader).
A couple of the guys who were involved in the protest (outside the gates of the refinery) did a deep dive into the figures, the world wide refinery business etc.
Their report is on their website http://www.operationgoodoil.co.nz
They don’t pretend to know all the answers but they made quite a good case for it’s continued operation if someone had got in really early. Too late now, though.
Nutters who think Elon wants to scam their comparatively tiny income
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sov9m3-lJ7o
The DOGE findings didn’t scare me until I saw this..
| Joe Rogan
Trump endorses email checking Do You Exist?
“Sponge Bob Square Pants” replies (meme)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW4U-Pvzlsk
The Five’: Elon Musk sends a ‘pulse check’ to the swamp
‘The Five’ co-hosts discuss DOGE’s email ultimatum to federal worker
AN EARLY WHITE FLAG, AGAIN
Meridian and New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter have agreed that NZAS will provide 50MW per hour of demand response for winter 2025. In other words, NZAS will be reducing their power use over the coming months to help with conserving New Zealand’s hydro storage. It’s a continuation of demand response arrangements that NZAS and Meridian have successfully cooperated on for some time. Essentially it means we don’t generate enough power to keep the country running over winter. Even today prices are relatively high because generation is relatively low.
BELOW AVERAGE
Auckland’s water storage dams are 68.6% full. Normal for this time of year is 79.2%.
When was the most recent water storage dam in Auckland built? How has the population of Auckland changed since that time?
UNDERWHELMED, COMING UP SHORT
Yesterday we reported that Ryman (RYM, #17) was seeking $1 bln from shareholders and new equity to pay down debt. Today we can report they ‘only’ raised $719 mln through its $313 mln underwritten institutional placement, and the institutional component of its $688 mln entitlement offer. When trading resumed, their equity prices fell -19.6% (and down *-27% in a week), and that dragged the market sharply lower. RYM has lost more than $800 mln of value over the past week. It’s been a huge week of value destruction given Spark lost more than $1 bln earlier.
CLEANUP UNDERWAY
The shareholders of Northport, the port at Whangarei, are moving to clean up it ownership structure. When completed, Northport will be owned 50% by the Port of Tauranga, 42% by the Northland District Council, and 7% by Tupu Tonu, a Crown-owned investment company tasked with acquiring and building a portfolio of commercial assets that can be offered in future Treaty settlement negotiations with Ngāpuhi.
Covid Inquiry hit by top level resignations
The executive director and two legal counsel at the Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry have quit, raising serious questions over the status of the Inquiry and the way it is being run.
Executive director Helen Potiki and legal counsel Kristy McDonald KC and Nick Whittington, have yet to publicly announce their resignations or the reasons they are leaving but Stuff understands the trio have quit due to concerns about processes at the Inquiry.
Potiki had only been in the role since October 2024.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360593610/covid-inquiry-hit-top-level-resignations
There is a poll at the end of the link asking whether we need another covid enquiry. Currently 64% yes.
Thanks Curious : After 10:00pm
65 % Yes
31 % No
04 % Do Not Know
Going back to Erebus 45 years ago there has not been an honest and fair INQUIRY – Royal or any other bullshit term- in that time.
These are blood letting, controlled operations whose output is mumbo jumbo. Reams of paper that Polsci students can get a Masters or PhD on.
Otherwise, it is kindling.
No difference to the output, whether it has 10 x KCs or 10 monkeys.
Couldn’t agree more.
Worse now since that shrieking harridan girlfriend of yours who was promoted to speaker, what was her name, was also Attorney General and removed our option of going to the privacy council with the help of the nasty bitch Clark.
7000 year ago
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jW4GJRa0bzo
The Cataclysmic Impact That Changed History
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The world gets better and better. Die MSM Die!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHj0347EIS8
‘Go f–k yourself’: Don Lemon erupts at Megyn Kelly after Joy Reid was fired from MSNBC
A war has erupted between two heavyweight political commentators in the wake of Joy Reid’s shock firing from MSNBC after the network suffered a string of ratings disasters and money woes.
Lemon is that thick he couldn’t even think up his own slag off. He copied Elon when he described the advertisers that stopped using X
Trump’s federal departments not going to allow the msm to run their propaganda agenda. Pete Hegseth sets the record straight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acXDsXxMkIQ
Trump’s Defense Secretary Sure Doesn’t F*ck Around
Fascinating read about AI and the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY9Jjz6qI0o