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Morning, off to the Memorial shortly for the 7.00 am Dawn Service. Forecast fine day – 21, 6 at the moment so that’s all good..
In this District with the lowest Maori % in New Zealand will see how many platitudes can be spoken during the 20 minute service.
We will remember them.
My father was in WW2. He joined the airforce on his 17th birthday and went to pretty much every hell hole in the Pacific. Was wounded several times and never really spoke much about it.
Likewise T, my Dad joined the Army at an early age, surged to the lofty rank of Gunner Norm W, shipped off to Crete, then North Africa, where he developed a bit of a dislike for the WOG’s who still inhabit the place, got injured at El Alamein, shipped back here to recover, then up to Guadalcanal, Vella Lavella and onto the Green Island also known as Nissan Island which he said was the worst part of WW2 that he encountered.
A great man, a serial smoker and like your Father, seldom spoke of what shit he saw or went through.
My old man was also a gunner, in the 7th field regiment. Went to the same places as yours. Ended up at Cassino before coming home. Started as a pvt and ended up as RSM 11. I wonder if they knew each other?
Could well have done Mr Ed, as you know my name is not common, so he may well have.
I remember meeting many of my Dad’s friends that survived the War with him, most did not survive past the end of the 1960’s but were all, the most decent of men.
While I have all my Dad’s medals, I also have many Medals from other close relatives who fought in WW1. But in particular, I have all the Medals from my Great Uncle, one Alfred E. Little 2/1445, who fought in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force both the Great War (WW1) and then the mad man went on to join up and fought in WW2 in North Africa with my Dad.
I do not think there were many who fought for New Zealand in both Wars.
Did your dad go to any reunions. My brother and I saw most of the country whenever he went to every reunion. Just one big piss up, but after what they went through, who can blame them.
I have a brother who was in the Vietnam war, and he never misses a reunion.
No, for some reason he never went to any Reunion, nor did he frequent the RSA much, for some reason he had a bit of a dislike to the RSA.
As a youngster many of the people around were all returned from overseas. Many of the men knew one another from their adventures. Some talked and some didn’t.
My late wife’s dad was a POW, got grabbed in Greece, got out and had another go. Was a photographer along the way, so they have a lot of pics. Photo of him and others talking to Rommel in the desert.
My own Dad was a baker and the only war pic that I have of him is one with a group of guys who had baked a Xmas Cake somewhere. Found that just by chance.
Good yarn V2.
ah there are lots of times that I think it would be good to have written down some of that stuff, but it wasn’t a thing.
I think that they either got on with their life, which my Dad did as he had bought a small business as soon as he returned.
It seems many never went the RSA route.
Lots of others went to work in factories that bloomed in the Hutt.
When I was quite young, I went to work with him, and then when I left school went to work full-time.
The thing that I sometimes think about is the men who had come back from the war and the way they were. Some were quite damaged in a lot of ways, mentally, especially. Some had lost so many from their families, and of course, many were injured in some way.
Some were bloody hard bastards as well. Which is why places like the Nae Nae pub and 6 o’clock closing were not nice places to be. There were others.
One of the interesting observations was the camaraderie in the Hutt as all these men were also involved with the office types that travelled into Wellington daily.
The other thing that came from their tripping overseas was that they learned to drive anything, and in Wellington and the valley, there were many who bought their own trucks to do carrying work.
The motivation to go wasn’t to help Britain but was a way to see the world for nothing. They truly believed the war would be over in no time.
Well, that didn’t happen, and the reality was way worse, but being ingenious, they did all sorts of things.
There have been many books written about their journeys.
My dad was in Fleet Air Arm. Was the first in squadron to get his wings. Fortunately for him was recruited as instructor so didn’t really see a lot of active service. I recall one night a documentary on the Pacific war when I had dad around for dinner in his elderly years. He burst into tears as they mentioned someone he knew whom had been in prisoner of war camp. That was about the only time I recall a conversation about the war.
Lefties don’t like it up em
https://x.com/vladtheinflator/status/2047693369032470773?s=46
Back again – wow – in the 12 years I have been going to this it has really grown. From about 50 or so there was over 200 there this morning. A great little service, 20 minutes long, started and finished with two pipers playing.
The Mayor read out a message from the Prime Minister regarding the new ANZAC 2026 Act changing the membership to include all those who have served New Zealand in any area such as under the UN and members of Police etc.
For what ever reason the last line of the Maori Battalion hymn? was included somewhere , we all said the Lords Prayer, sung the first verse of God Save the King and went home.
Might cook some bacon and eggs now.
If that is all you got, not too bad…
“last line of the Maori Battalion hymn?”
? ‘AU-E!, ake ake kia kaha e!’
For God! For King! And for country!
“AU – E! Forever and ever be strong!”
In my district their are no maori names on the cenotaph, but in recent years everything takes a maori song, let alone the tranlated verses for others.
I have some respect for the 28th Maori Battalion, and even the local marae, but that respect has been dying in this century, having been infiltrated with Te Toitu Treaty concepts
Toitū te Tiriti translates to “Honor the Treaty” or “Keep the Treaty Permanent,” all becoming a hardline cogovernance collective elitist ideology
Anzac Day honours those who served & died under the NZ flag in wars that were for whatever reason sanctioned by the government of the time.
As such the mana of the 28th Maori Battalion should be honoured for what they did at the time they did it in. Today the shenanigans & duplicity of their descendants are irrelevant.
They have a great little museum in Gisborne, anytime you are there.
Thanks for the tip. I may pay it a visit next time we’re up there.
Interestingly since most Maori regarded non tribal members as tauiwi or a food source the Maori Battalion was made up of five companies. The Ngati Porou though not great in number & from a relatively small area of the NI had their own…..Company C.
Went there a few years back. Over the other side of the river. Had a great conversation with the men who were there. Well worth the time. Very respectful.
After Covid, I point blank will not stand alongside people who allowed or even encouraged tyranny, at a remembrance service for those who fought against it.
Good morning.
In brown opeople being racist to each other news:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/593371/te-matatini-stage-used-as-a-racist-weapon-group-claims-as-new-translations-of-haka-emerge
lyrics such as “hoki atu rā ki tō kāinga ake, ki nui whenua, ki nui pōhara, ki nui raruraru!”,
“Return to your own home, to vast land, to great poverty, to many problems”.
It was accompanied by choreography drawing on Indian cultural and religious elements such as kaihaka pressing their thumb into the centre of their forehead where the traditional bindi is worn by Hindu, Jain and Buddhist women, and sitting cross legged with hands in the prayer position
I looked last night, through a large number of links, to find an actual video clip of that haka, & as a number of others commented, “where is it?”, “link please”? & “it seems to have been taken down…”
Not even face book could deliver on this.
But the platitudes that it is not intended to be against Indian culture, but aimed at the ACT MP & in particular that she deserved it, for questioning Maori culture.
That is right, the maori way, to be called out, mocked etc..
Funny as that seems to be a “one way street”, to a locked gate..
The real issue is that so many “take an offence” but locks the gate.
Billy T James:—- “Hey Billy, someone is stealing your gate bro! Aren’t you going to stop him?” “Nah. He might take a fence!”
What else do you expect from Che Wilson SA, common decency, civility, politeness?
And no doubt the kind Taxpayers of this country coughed up to fund this racist garbage.
Will not be long now. Iran is getting desperate
JUST IN: Iran just pulled a thirty-year-old empty supertanker out of retirement and began towing it toward Kharg Island. She is moving so slowly that a voyage that should take a day and a half is taking four days.
Her name is NASHA. IMO 9079107. Built 1996. A two-million-barrel very large crude carrier that has been anchored empty off Kharg for years. TankerTrackers confirmed her reactivation yesterday. Gulf News, Iran International, and Fox News all picked it up within hours.
The reason she is moving at all is that Iran is running out of places to put the oil.
Kharg Island handles roughly ninety percent of Iran’s crude exports. Its onshore tanks had about thirteen million barrels of spare capacity when the US blockade began on April 13. Net inflow since has been running at one million to one point one million barrels per day because exports have collapsed to single digits of vessels while upstream production continues. The math is mechanical. Roughly twelve days of spare capacity. The calendar says that window closes this week.
NASHA is not a strategy. NASHA is what you do when you have run out of strategy.
A two-million-barrel floating storage vessel buys Iran approximately forty-eight hours of continued upstream production. After that, either the wells get shut in or the crude goes somewhere else. The parallel options being pursued, ship-to-ship transfers in the Riau Archipelago, AIS-dark transits, sanctioned VLCCs returning home through the blockade line, are not enough. Lloyd’s List Intelligence has tracked roughly twenty-six Iran-linked vessels evading since April 13. That cannot absorb a million barrels a day.
The wells will shut in. The question is which wells, for how long, and whether they come back.
The Asmari and Bangestan carbonate formations that sit under most of Iran’s giant southern fields are high-permeability, strong-water-drive systems. The Society of Petroleum Engineers literature on this specific reservoir class is unambiguous. Remove continuous pressure support for a prolonged shut-in and four damage mechanisms activate simultaneously: water coning upward through the fracture network, fines migration into pore throats, formation compaction under increased effective stress, and clay swelling under altered salinity and pH. The damage is not theoretical. It is documented. And it is measured in months to years of recoverable production capacity, not days.
Maleki and Gordon estimate three hundred to five hundred thousand barrels per day of permanent capacity loss if the current shut-in trajectory completes. That is a directional estimate, not a lab measurement, but the direction is not in dispute.
NASHA is the archaeological signature of the clock.
When a country with the world’s third-largest oil reserves reactivates a thirty-year-old retired tanker to float on top of its main export terminal and buy forty-eight hours of time, the institutional systems designed to absorb shocks have already failed. The insurance market, the shadow fleet, the diplomatic channels, and the reservoir physics are all converging on the same conclusion at different speeds, and NASHA is the one that shows up on satellite.
The market is pricing a ceasefire.
The Pentagon is pricing six months of mine clearance.
Iran just pulled a corpse out of the Persian Gulf and asked it to buy two days.
That is not how a reversible crisis looks. That is how a regime tells you, operationally, that it has run out of options between the blockade and the shut-in. The reservoir does not
tbh im suprised iran havent sent out a suicide bomb ship to be seized.
a clapped out old tanker could do big fireworks display
Just for our resident TDS sufferer
https://x.com/AviKaner/status/2047684707463168070?s=20
Pauline is back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xDLO1SrkKI
What Trump has been saying for several weeks now.
What the press has failed to understand.
That Nash tanker built in ninet six, so not very old.
Why parked up, for years?
What’s the matter with the engine?
Bad engineering for the size IIRC.
Morning, great sleep in.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360969691/where-kiwis-and-aussies-first-fought-together-overseas-cradle-anzac-story
Beginning of the story for Alfred Shout VC.
Remembering Alfred John Shout VC –
A Wellington and ANZAC Hero.
Have you ever noticed the green silhouette captured in the pedestrian signals on Taranaki St and Karo Drive by Pukeahu – the National War Memorial?
They acknowledge the service and life of Captain Alfred Shout, who was born in our city and later served as an ANZAC in the Australian forces.
Born in Wellington in 1881, Alfred John Shout grew up like so many Kiwi boys – curious, spirited, and full of promise. He trained as a carpenter and joiner, working with his hands and building a life here in our city before fate led him down a path few would ever walk.
As a young man, he volunteered to serve in the Second Boer War, and it was there that he began to show a rare and fearless bravery. But it was during World War I, at Gallipoli, that Alfred’s name would be etched into the pages of history.
On 9 August, 1915, during the fierce battle for Lone Pine, Captain Alfred Shout became a symbol of selfless courage. Amid brutal trench warfare, he led a series of daring attacks against entrenched Ottoman forces. Armed with grenades and an unshakable will, he repeatedly charged into the narrow trenches, pushing the enemy back and securing vital ground for the Allied forces.
Time and again, he exposed himself to enemy fire to protect his men – smiling, encouraging, utterly fearless. Even after sustaining serious wounds to his hand and face, he refused to retreat. In a final act of gallantry, he was fatally injured while throwing a bomb during one of these assaults.
He died the next day aboard a hospital ship, far from home but never alone in the hearts of those who served with him.
For his extraordinary bravery, he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross – one of only two New Zealanders in the Gallipoli campaign to receive it.
Alfred John Shout left behind a wife and young daughter, and a legacy of courage that Wellington will always be proud of.
We remember him not just as a soldier, but as one of our own. A man who grew up in Wellington’s streets and gave his life so others might live.
Of course, there is more to his story that I have known as long as I can remember. My grandmother was his youngest sister, one ot twins.
Got a bit carried away with the adrenaline and instead of sticking to throwing 2 of their hand bombs, lit 3, and the third one went off before he heaved it.
Always remained a Kiwi even though he went to Sydney to live after returning from South Africa.
The last new Barracks at Linton are named after him.
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.
It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.”
― Charles M Province
HMM, depends on the soldiers’ masters.
To make all that so, you would have to define who a soldier is.
For example, were the ladies who were suffragettes soldiers?
After all, they gained emancipation for women. i.e., freedom for women.
Now they came from many of those occupations and more.
Well, that comment just ruined a beautiful, thoughtful ANZAC day poem.
In essence, it wasn’t thoughtful at all.
Soldiers, as used in that context, meant someone in a military context.
There are more “soldiers” in the world than them
The sallies called their people Soldiers of the Lord.
If you changed the word solder to Freedom Fighter, then that would be closer to the truth.
Being correct wasn’t the point of my comment.
It was inappropriate timing.
Thank you Pinky1 for the ANZAC poem.
Trump’s Treasury Hammer Drops on Iran: $344 Million in Regime Crypto Frozen
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is delivering maximum pressure on the Iranian regime, freezing $344 million in USDT cryptocurrency tied to Tehran officials on the Tron network with full cooperation from Tether.
This strike comes as Iran scrambles to move assets out of the country amid economic collapse and regional fallout from its own aggressive blunders.
Bessent made it crystal clear: “Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is sanctioning multiple wallets tied to Iran — resulting in the freeze of $344 million in cryptocurrency.”
He added, “We will follow the money that Tehran is desperately attempting to move outside of the country and target all financial lifelines tied to the regime.”
The move leverages a smart opening from Iran’s fatal error. Bessent explained at the White House: “What may prove to be FATAL mistakes the Iranians made was bombing their [Gulf] NEIGHBORS.”
“Who are now willing to be much more transparent in terms of the funds, or do a deeper dive in investigating the funds that are held within their banking systems.”
No more hiding behind crypto or friendly banks. Under President Trump, America’s financial warriors are cutting off the mullahs’ oxygen. This is how you win without endless wars — by choking terror funding at the source. Bessent is proving to be one of the most effective economic assassins in the administration.
Be very interesting to follow the trail of the billions of taxpayers money Obuma gave Iran. How much found its way back to the USA?
How much was paid back to Obuma, I wonder?
Obuma’s pallet of cash was paid instead of going to war, unlike President Trump who agreed with Thomas Jefferson – FAFO 🔥
Thomas Jefferson asked the ambassador why the Barbary pirates kept attacking the US ships and taking sailors as slaves despite the US not being a threat. The ambassador informed Thomas Jefferson of the muslim option to pay the tribute tax’.
“The threat posed by the Barbary pirates significantly impacted early American foreign policy, leading President Thomas Jefferson to refuse tribute payments and launch the First Barbary War (1801–1805) and later the Second Barbary War (1815).”
I see lefty media questioning whether trump has dementia , they never questioned biden is that because they knew the answer so didn’t want to ask the question . Im not a trump fan but the hypocrisy is deep.
Even when Biden said “I am the first black president”, they should have realised that Biden was not playing with a full deck.
Cash is King for a reason.
https://x.com/sciencegirl/status/2047600936059625631?s=20
The government backs the banking systems, to be a system of no choice,, as they also figure in raising the various forms of GST, VAT etc., that they too will start losing out on their divvy % of collection.
Sort of like how much total cigarette tax is collected, when it is not the smoking going down, but less tax on vapes for now; another version of EUA, even if supposedly unproven but called “safe & effective” so is healthy, as per health officialdom.
Then the uncounted black market in untaxed tobacco products which are now classed as illegal.
So how can all their statistics, those numbers based on supposed guesses, like the vaccines deteriorating “% effective” which meant something completely different from what officials & the public understood.
You didn’t mention illegal drugs, which we spend inordinate amounts of money trying to stop, when actually allowing people to choose some of the less harmful for themselves would change the market.
Much like Ivermectin.
We now all should know the benefits of that but the cash changing hands in the medicine chest prevents the propper use.
Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims pretending to be gay or atheists to avoid deportation from the UK:
https://www.frontpagemag.com/pakistani-migrants-in-uk-told-to-pretend-theyre-gay-atheists/
Put them in the can with a couple of big black monsters and see what happens.
Barry Soper has written a book. Looking at the blurb looks like it will be an interesting read.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/barry-soper-memoir-veteran-political-journalist-calls-jacinda-ardern-an-imposter/premium/OI6VQ257FVEMFIFFOI3WXR7MAA/
Veteran political journalist calls Dame Jacinda Ardern an ‘imposter’Newstalk ZB’s Heather du Plessis Allan, his girlfriend at the time and now his wife, was working in another office in the parliamentary Press Gallery and rushed out to see if the big bins at Parliament had been emptied. But the content had already been taken to the dump.
“I said to the person who destroyed them: ‘What on earth were you thinking about?’ And, the person said to me: ‘Well, I thought, oh, this is old stuff. Nobody would be interested in that.”
That is about to be put to the test with Soper’s first book, One Last Question, Prime Minister.
FJA…x2
There was a fella, and he had a pet dog, and he used to walk his dog around, every now and again.
Anyway, well, it was a hot summer day and he walkin’ his dog. And he thought he’d stop off at the bar and have himself a beer. And he did just that, he walked into the bar, and he put his change on the bar, and he said to the bartender, “I’d like a glass of beer”
Bartender said, “Certainly, sir, comin’ right up” Meanwhile, while he was waitin’ for his beer, he looked down the bar and there was this fella sittin’ down the bar with a big black slick mean-lookin’ dog. Now the fella down the other side of the bar with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog, said nothin’.
But the guy with the big black slick mean-looking dog looked down the bar at the guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog, and said, uh”Hey, that sure is an ugly little dog you got there, mister, all short fat squat ugly and yellow”
Well, the guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said to the guy with the big black sleek mean-lookin’ dog said”Yeah, well he may be ugly but he sure can fight” And the guy with the big black slick mean-lookin’ dog said to the guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog, said “Yeah?”
The guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said, “Yeah”. So they decided they’d take ’em both out back behind the bar and let ’em fight it out. “I’ll put a five on mine, you put a five on yours, winner take home the bucks” They figured that was a good idea and they did just that. They took ’em out the back and they let ’em fight it out
And the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog just kicked the shit outta the black slick mean-lookin’ dog. And when the fight was over and the big black slick mean-lookin’ dog was over in the corner lickin’ his wounds, the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog was hoppin’ around just happy as could be.
The guy with the big black slick mean-lookin’ dog said, “Yeah, the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog sure can fight, but I never seen a dog look like that before, all short fat squat ugly and yellow. What kinda dog is that anyway?”The guy with the short fat squat ugly little yellow dog said to the guy with the big black slick mean-lookin’ dog, said “Yeah, well he used to be an alligator ‘fore I cut his tail off and painted him yellow”
FFS. LOL
Tennessee Strikes Back: No More Waiting While Criminals Trash Your Stuff
Tennessee lawmakers just did what so many red states should: they passed a tough new bill giving citizens the clear right to use deadly force to protect their property from burglars, thieves, arsonists, and livestock attackers.
No more forcing law-abiding Tennesseans to stand by helplessly while some thug breaks in, steals what you’ve worked for, or burns it down. The bill makes it simple—if you reasonably believe there’s no other way to stop the crime and a real threat exists, you can defend what’s yours. Your home is your castle, and now the law backs it up without the hesitation Democrats love to demand.
Sponsored by strong conservatives like Rep. Kip Capley and Sen. Joey Hensley, the measure sailed through both chambers on party-line votes and heads to the governor’s desk. It kicks in July 1 if signed.
Critics on the left whined about “shoot first” risks during heated floor debates, but that’s the same tired nonsense that lets criminals run wild while good people second-guess every move. This isn’t about vigilantes—it’s about ending the soft-on-crime mindset that treats property like it’s disposable and victims like they must cower until police finally show up.
Common sense wins again in Tennessee. Criminals, take note: mess with a Tennessean’s property at your own risk. Every state should follow suit and put citizens first.
𝐉𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐒 𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐕𝐈 𝐈𝐅 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐀𝐍 “𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋𝐈 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐓” — 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐌 𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐓
“𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘭𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘮.”
— “𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘐𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.”
— “𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦.”
— “𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞.”
𝐀 𝐣𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢 𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐢 𝐩𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐭. 𝐏𝐚𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝟐,𝟓𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 — 𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐈𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐠𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐇𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞.
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1531873015164345&set=a.501955888156068
Here V2 is on fairly solid ground. The Jews are an ethnoreligious group of who the Book of Bullshit states “predominately originate from the tribe of Judah, who were descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob.” Like the Roman inspired diaspora circa 70AD which saw Jews expelled from Israel settle in Russia & Europe an earlier event, the Babylonian diaspora of the 6th Century BC resulted in Jewish settlements in Persia.
Here they stayed, tolerated if not embraced, for 2700 years.
As of today maybe 10,000 Jews remain in Iran out of an estimated 100,000 before the 1979 Islamic revolution.
BSA going forward with complaint against The Platform. Aotea Radio not included despite broadcasting same comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZeAWh0tvho
illaine Heather: Unpacking Sean Plunket vs Broadcasting Standards Stoush
Duncan Garner Podcast
BSA, Sean Plunket, Duncan Garner, Jillaine Heather, Free Speech Union, social media ban, NZ politics, broadcasting standards, internet regulation, under 16 ban – it’s all go on the podcast today!
F BSA
Don’t think anyone could not log in yesterday. I could not all day.
I was here. It was a bit quiet. I put it down to being a long weekend.
The site was down yesterday – I got an error message when I tried to open it. What happened, Mr Editor?
I had same issue.
Nothing to do with ysb. It was working for those who commented yesterday.
Try clearing your cache occasionally might help?
how do ya do that? Im retarded.
Might have been a bit more to it Boss. When I couldn’t access YSB normally I checked https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/ a few times during the day & the message was server down, not responding. Came back up about 8pm.
Same here Sooty. Server down or unreachable until late last night.
I was concerned that the Mad Queen’s cultists had taken the Boss captive & were removing his fingernails or making him listen to reruns of the news from the Podium of Truth in order to break his resolve. 🙂
Fuck off. it would take much more than that feeble suggestion to break the unbreakable.
Or worse making him watch “Prime Minister” on a continuous loop.
Interestingly Air NZ had the “movie” as an option on the flight from Tokyo. Should I file a complaint.
Yes. Preferably under the Geneva Conventions of 1949 which state that, No pressure or propaganda which aims at securing voluntary enlistment is permitted.
My friendly AI says this about the “movie”-
“The film has received generally favorable reviews, holding a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6.8/10 score on IMDb.”
Surely such a resourceful group as ysb commentators can do something to change those ratings.
“An Indifferent Killer by a ‘Prime Monster’ ” as shown by FJA’s quotes.
I wonder if it includes the clip of her, “Yip, yip, that’s what it is.” smirking reply to the question about vaccine passes creating two classes of people. That’s a rhetorical question, of course.
That moment more than anything – where she couldn’t hide her glee, should disabuse even the least intelligent of the notion that Ardern is a “kind” person.
Won’t watch it to find out but I’m betting not in there.
And yet, here you are today. Good on ya mate!
Still trying to work out that when I finally was able to get on, last evening, that it appeared there had been various postings made through the day.
I got lonely!
Been marked as absent from class. Erica and David will get the stats.
Lol.
What is a Government administrator? I see chief justice Winkleman is called that on the reports about anzac day on Teev1
Huntys secret exposed.
Now, naaska,
you will enjoy this when you open your Facebook.
A painfully honest rundown of the subtle red flags some Thai girls show in dating situations, and how men ignore them because it feels good in the moment. It explains how emotional manipulation, money dynamics, and wishful thinking can turn a “special connection” into a costly lesson.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/2011472643582313
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Why am I not surprised?
In any case it won’t have bugger all to do with “how emotional manipulation, money dynamics, and wishful thinking can turn a “special connection” into a costly lesson”.
It’s more that Hunty’s a sick fuck who likes to give a reach around when he’s on the job. 🙂
So it wasn’t any funny business by our Ed 😉 😆