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Gordon Bennett wrote:

Fat Old Git wrote:

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote:

Fat Old Git wrote:

Gordon Bennett wrote:
Similarly, I suspect National would be better off if Nick Smith f**ked off into retirement.

National certainly seem more effective at biffing their dead wood. Both parties have plenty of it to get rid of.

After the next election, all the MP's should be escorted into the beehive, shown their shiny new offices, and then the doors to the building should be locked. That way they will be safely contained for the next three years.

I've got good and bad news, FOG.

The bad news is that there's nowhere near enough room for 130 MPs and staff in the Beehive offices, which is why Bowen House and Parliament House are used.

The good news is that such a plan could create a Lord of the Flies situation. I'm all in on that.

We could live stream it. Would be at least as interesting as the big brother house.

Who would be last one standing? I'm betting on Judith Collins or Ron Mark.

I dunno, somehow, after the smoke had cleared and the camera pans around the room, there Winnie be sitting with a glass of something in hand going "I warned you"

jambanja wrote:

Gordon Bennett wrote:

Fat Old Git wrote:

Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote:

Fat Old Git wrote:
After the next election, all the MP's should be escorted into the beehive, shown their shiny new offices, and then the doors to the building should be locked. That way they will be safely contained for the next three years.

I've got good and bad news, FOG.

The bad news is that there's nowhere near enough room for 130 MPs and staff in the Beehive offices, which is why Bowen House and Parliament House are used.

The good news is that such a plan could create a Lord of the Flies situation. I'm all in on that.

We could live stream it. Would be at least as interesting as the big brother house.

Who would be last one standing? I'm betting on Judith Collins or Ron Mark.

I dunno, somehow, after the smoke had cleared and the camera pans around the room, there Winnie be sitting with a glass of something in hand going "I warned you"

Yep, Winnie is un-killable. Crusher Collins will clear the house for him but he'll take her out in the end.

I think she'll take Brudges out first before striking at the Labour MPs.

Damn, I really want to watch this show now.

Basically, you're saying that Winnie is the archetypal cockroach that would supposedly survive nuclear Armageddon.

I'd suspect there'd be a long list of people wanting to take him down first. He'd take a few out for sure, but he'd be overwhelmed by the numbers.

Gordon Bennett wrote:Basically, you're saying that Winnie is the archetypal cockroach that would supposedly survive nuclear Armageddon.

I'd suspect there'd be a long list of people wanting to take him down first. He'd take a few out for sure, but he'd be overwhelmed by the numbers.

Classic underrating of his ability to survive in stark contrast to your previous sentence.

UncleFB wrote:

Gordon Bennett wrote:Basically, you're saying that Winnie is the archetypal cockroach that would supposedly survive nuclear Armageddon.

I'd suspect there'd be a long list of people wanting to take him down first. He'd take a few out for sure, but he'd be overwhelmed by the numbers.

Classic underrating of his ability to survive in stark contrast to your previous sentence.

He'd be taken out... only to miraculously emerge once the numbers have been whittled down a bit more. How did he survive? Nourished somehow on short-wave radio broadcasts of horse racing and stashes of heavily buttered bread and single malt whisky.

Despite the lives they’ve led Bob Jones and Winston are going to outlive all of Keith Richards style , they probably all sold their souls to the devil at the same crossroads.

Winston says he will answer all questions about the NZ first foundation on Facebook live within the next 48 hours . Does anyone really think that will happen?

https://mobile.twitter.com/winstonpeter ... 8190194689

Just yesterday he was claiming he wasn’t involved in it at all

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/polit ... sfo-probe/

Harvey2.0 wrote:Winston says he will answer all questions about the NZ first foundation on Facebook live within the next 48 hours . Does anyone really think that will happen?

Well, interesting first session at parliament by the looks of the TV news soundbites. So much for relentless positivity was the intro.

Brabus wrote:

Harvey2.0 wrote:Winston says he will answer all questions about the NZ first foundation on Facebook live within the next 48 hours . Does anyone really think that will happen?

My predictions for the Top 3 answers:

1. Yeah nah get rooted

2. Get rooted yeah nah

3. Lick my d8

Jacinda is my ultimate survivor. The speed and strength of a thoroughbred. The ability to cloak herself in various garb, charm snakes and hypnotise with her expressive hands and beaming smile would make her a dangerous proposition. Factor in she is grossly underestimated because of her image as a dumb nag would see her conquer all.

Has National been bashing them with the sex scandal stuff, that the defendant is relation to a sitting MP ....and that the nothing to see here report into the rapey culture was done by micheal cullins wife.....most transparent government ever...

Kahu wrote:Jacinda is my ultimate survivor. The speed and strength of a thoroughbred. The ability to cloak herself in various garb, charm snakes and hypnotise with her expressive hands and beaming smile would make her a dangerous proposition. Factor in she is grossly underestimated because of her image as a dumb nag would see her conquer all.

I fear for your destination in the afterlife

jono45 wrote:Has National been bashing them with the sex scandal stuff, that the defendant is relation to a sitting MP ....and that the nothing to see here report into the rapey culture was done by micheal cullins wife.....most transparent government ever...

Cullins fingers are everywhere regarding Labours sex scandals . His brother in law was the judge in the summer camp groper case, the judges wife was a labour mp too.

Also the leaked report into the rapey former leader of young labour says they went out of their way to protect the accused and did very little to help his accusers.

But, but ,misleading ads etc.

I’m sorry, I didn’t realise you could do a bunch of bullshit advertisements if the opposition has issues around a sex scandal.

Wilderbeast wrote:I’m sorry, I didn’t realise you could do a bunch of bullshit advertisements if the opposition has issues around a sex scandal.

Its cool no need to apologise. A lot of people lose perspective about these sorts of things, personally I think having continual issues with young staff members being sexually assaulted should be a far more pressing issue than deliberately misleading ads but guess which one seems to be more of an issue to a lot of people? Seems odd to me how quickly Labours sleazy behaviour drops out of the news cycle.

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

Wilderbeast wrote:I’m sorry, I didn’t realise you could do a bunch of bullshit advertisements if the opposition has issues around a sex scandal.

Tbf, there aren't many political ads out there that don't contain a large amount of BS. Be they the "They're xxx" or the "we're xxx" kind.

Tehui wrote:

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

She's a velour tracksuit wearing slapper.

Tehui wrote:

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

I was going to offer mine but don't think my receding hairline could handle the pillow talk

Fat Old Git wrote:

Wilderbeast wrote:I’m sorry, I didn’t realise you could do a bunch of bullshit advertisements if the opposition has issues around a sex scandal.

Tbf, there aren't many political ads out there that don't contain a large amount of BS. Be they the "They're xxx" or the "we're xxx" kind.

Yep then theres stuff like "shit was running down the walls at Middlemore" which is a lie but our pm repeated twice it parliament today .

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/arti ... d=12036681

It's a good thing the health minister in the most open and transparent government ever didn't bully people to keep quiet or offer them jobs in return for their silence about the lies he was telling about Middlemore ......no wait he totally did that

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics ... emore.html

Kahu wrote:

Tehui wrote:

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

I was going to offer mine but don't think my receding hairline could handle the pillow talk

You're just her type based on that description. Be gentle on her.

Kahu wrote:

Tehui wrote:

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

I was going to offer mine but don't think my receding hairline could handle the pillow talk

I think there hasn't been enough appreciation for the fact she mocked him from head to toe.

Harvey2.0 wrote:

Kahu wrote:

Tehui wrote:

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

I was going to offer mine but don't think my receding hairline could handle the pillow talk

I think there hasn't been enough appreciation for the fact she mocked him from head to toe.

The Hallmark Card is worthy of one more review.

Before you interpret this as your usual narc self - don't. Interpret it as me - you are a F* ugly MF pig. Shave that F* tuft of hair off your F* front of skull head and own your baldness - you sweaty, fat, inturned mutant.

Tehui wrote:

Harvey2.0 wrote:

Kahu wrote:

Tehui wrote:

Kahu wrote:Sad to see the back of Sarah Dowie. Never one to shy away from the tough jobs. She always had her hands full and was never afraid to get down on her hands and knees and get dirty.

If she needs a shoulder to lean on, I'm only a phone call away.

I was going to offer mine but don't think my receding hairline could handle the pillow talk

I think there hasn't been enough appreciation for the fact she mocked him from head to toe.

The Hallmark Card is worthy of one more review.

Before you interpret this as your usual narc self - don't. Interpret it as me - you are a F* ugly MF pig. Shave that F* tuft of hair off your F* front of skull head and own your baldness - you sweaty, fat, inturned mutant.

There’s more isn’t there?

Pass.

Kahu wrote:Jacinda is my ultimate survivor. The face and teeth of a thoroughbred. The ability to cloak herself in various garb, charm snakes and hypnotise with her expressive hands and beaming smile would make her a dangerous proposition. Factor in she is grossly underestimated because of her image as a dumb nag would see her conquer all.

Corrected

booji boy wrote:

Ted wrote:

booji boy wrote: I've already been thanking him for the past year for vetoing Jacinda's Capital Gains Tax.

Most moronic, ham fisted, expedient move in NZ politics in recent memory.

Selfishness and the 3 year election cycle wins yet again.

I think Winston's views on CGT has been formed over a longer period than 3 years.

Sigh! I'm not just talking about Winny, obviously.

Ardern promises $300 million for the homeless. That’s odd because she promised to end homelessness by winter 2018 . Didn’t someone here say she was just joking about that?

Did anyone catch Winnies "explanation" and if so who's fault is it etc, can't see anything in the news

jambanja wrote:Did anyone catch Winnies "explanation" and if so who's fault is it etc, can't see anything in the news

It was just his usual bluster and obfuscation, https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mik ... oundation/

https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-02 ... -facebook/

Hopefully he stays polling at 3.8% or less come Election Day.

This Rio Tinto bullshit. Asking for government and local government to part fund disposing their toxic waste and then backing out of the agreement. That, and their constant threats to close Tiwai Point.

Just spit-balling here, as I haven't thought through the full consequences, but say the government called Rio Tinto's bluff and closed Tiwai Point, what would stop the government from nationalising the smelter? Do Rio Tinto own the bauxite trade and could prevent Tiwai receiving the raw materials?

Gordon Bennett wrote:This Rio Tinto bullshit. Asking for government and local government to part fund disposing their toxic waste and then backing out of the agreement. That, and their constant threats to close Tiwai Point.

Just spit-balling here, as I haven't thought through the full consequences, but say the government called Rio Tinto's bluff and closed Tiwai Point, what would stop the government from nationalising the smelter? Do Rio Tinto own the bauxite trade and could prevent Tiwai receiving the raw materials?

Do it!

That's what - 1000 jobs in Southland. For that reason RT know that they are in the box seat.

Some of the highest paid and most skilled jobs as well I believe.

Enzedder wrote:That's what - 1000 jobs in Southland. For that reason RT know that they are in the box seat.

800. Not sure about skill, but a lot would find it hard to get employment elsewhere. Still, a good old fashioned socialist nationalisation would be fun.

Ted. wrote:

Enzedder wrote:That's what - 1000 jobs in Southland. For that reason RT know that they are in the box seat.

800. Not sure about skill, but a lot would find it hard to get employment elsewhere. Still, a good old fashioned socialist nationalisation would be fun.

When was the last nationalisation? When the govt rescued Air NZ from near bankruptcy, or maybe something to do with rail since then rings a bell?

UncleFB wrote:

Ted. wrote:

Enzedder wrote:That's what - 1000 jobs in Southland. For that reason RT know that they are in the box seat.

800. Not sure about skill, but a lot would find it hard to get employment elsewhere. Still, a good old fashioned socialist nationalisation would be fun.

When was the last nationalisation? When the govt rescued Air NZ from near bankruptcy, or maybe something to do with rail since then rings a bell?

We bought NZ rail off Toll in 2008 .

The problem with nationalising it is likely to be the same as the oil industry in Venezuela, the people who run the technical side of the plant are likely to leave with Rio Tinto and the place could be offline for a while until replacements are found . Also where are we going to source Bauxite from ?

Doesn’t the plant take up something like 25% of the power generated in NZ?

Harvey2.0 wrote:

UncleFB wrote:

Ted. wrote:

Enzedder wrote:That's what - 1000 jobs in Southland. For that reason RT know that they are in the box seat.

800. Not sure about skill, but a lot would find it hard to get employment elsewhere. Still, a good old fashioned socialist nationalisation would be fun.

When was the last nationalisation? When the govt rescued Air NZ from near bankruptcy, or maybe something to do with rail since then rings a bell?

We bought NZ rail off Toll in 2008 .

The problem with nationalising it is likely to be the same as the oil industry in Venezuela, the people who run the technical side of the plant are likely to leave with Rio Tinto and the place could be offline for a while until replacements are found . Also where are we going to source Bauxite from ?

Doesn’t the plant take up something like 25% of the power generated in NZ?

Rio Tinto are the 2nd biggest bauxite producer in the world, so bauxite supply would definitely be an issue. I'd be wondering if one of their competitors might get a bit of joy from f**king Rio Tinto over though. Tiwai supposedly produces the highest quality Aluminium in the world and is one of only 2 smelters able to produce ultra-high quality Aluminium. This is why I think Rio Tinto's closure threats are bullshit. If it's being closed down, then the value of the site would catastrophically decline as it's probably a contaminated site. Hard for Rio Tinto to claim a significant 'sales price' in the event of closure.

Ted. wrote:

Enzedder wrote:That's what - 1000 jobs in Southland. For that reason RT know that they are in the box seat.

800. Not sure about skill, but a lot would find it hard to get employment elsewhere. Still, a good old fashioned socialist nationalisation would be fun.

My uncle recently retired from there.

Believe me there are some skilled jobs in the place.

The big issue is not that it employ 800.

It all the other jobs around the place and in Inver's itself associated with it that will be lost.