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- Fri Apr 26, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Auckland CBD Stadium Official Match Thread
- Replies: 288
- Views: 29962
Re: Auckland CBD Stadium Official Match Thread
I for one welcome our new National Stadium. Perhaps an early test for the Fast-Track Approvals Act (once enacted).
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 9:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
You obviously have no concept of the impenetrable bubble that surrounds the NZ Judiciary since the advent of the High Court and the removal of access to the Privvy Council. Arguments put before the bench may well be based on ,and include significant parts of the Swiss proceedings but there is no le...
- Thu Apr 25, 2024 6:33 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Harvey Weinstein’s New York Rape Conviction Overturned on Appeal
- Replies: 20
- Views: 665
Re: Harvey Weinstein’s New York Rape Conviction Overturned on Appeal
Can someone who’s been following this explain what he actually did and why it’s been overturned? Technicality. Brought on by a desire to be excessively judicious. A sentiment they would never, ever extend to a black youth in a drugstore robbery case Looks to be very similar reasoning to the success...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:27 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 1:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Beating the Crusaders
- Replies: 51
- Views: 1192
Re: Beating the Crusaders
I assume he meant the original Crusaders.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 2610
Re: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
Prohibition would definately work in this instance.... :roll: Apart from the fact that the state should have absolutely nothing to say about what I can or cannot do to my body, I find the whole I idea of phasing it out over a many years deeply unfair and hypocritical. If it is so bad for society th...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I’m sure it’s not limited to only frontline staff , however Hillmorton is already in crisis and is desperately seeking some new frontline Dr’s . They certainly won’t be getting them now , and if overtime is chopped … 1/2 the beds will have to remain empty. From what I’ve heard general Pyschiarty is...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:39 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Listen to your body
- Replies: 122
- Views: 2974
Re: Listen to your body
Early Thursday morning, I had a mild heart attack, no massive pains or sweating or the like, but a general feeling of my chest being squeezed. So I drove to the ER and was shuffled straight into the operating room for a 2.5 hour op using catheter. They inserted three stents and I am able to sit up ...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 2610
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
If the issue is time-limited funding ending, then the question is isn’t the work stopping too? If funding was time-limited and agencies chose to hire permanently (as I have seen before), then they now need to manage within their allocation and have prioritisation choices. I don’t know the backgroun...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 114
- Views: 1834
Re: Force vs Crusaders Match Thread
Frustrating watch but very impressed with the focus the Force showed in defense. That and there discipline made the ask just too hard for the Saders.
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: SUPER 10
- Replies: 82
- Views: 1649
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:08 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
The big question will be whether the public is going to accept the changes. I think this lot really don't give two hoots what the public think . They're in now, therefore "have a mandate" to pretty much do as they please. Also, the damage could well and truly be done before the public get the chanc...
- Sat Apr 20, 2024 12:54 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Are they really operating in a deficit as the email referred to suggests (like the Ministry for the Disabled recently who without an in year top up would have run out of money) or is this solely referring to the savings required for next year? If it’s another Ministry running out of funding within ...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:02 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Assume he means Tussock on the Tahs Saders thread. Combination of confusion and auto errect.
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 12:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Robert Gabriel Mugabe (/mʊˈɡɑːbi/;[1] Shona: [muɡaɓe]; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Z...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
- Replies: 102
- Views: 2610
Re: Banning smoking - does it make sense?
The Biden administration has been grappling with when to ban menthol flavored tobacco products and it now looks like it will punt until after the election. A quaint remainder of when politics could aspire to simple craven cynicism and not the completely unhinged mess we see in the Republican ranks. ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:38 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Is this the place to pop this: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/350228141/can-tax-breaks-halt-our-runaway-rental-market The article appears to be quite negative about interest deducibility alone being sufficient to turn rents around, or rental inflation if we can use that term. WHat would work? Is ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 11:31 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Is linking tax brackets to inflation happening? Is that included as a "tax cut"? Yep that's coming. Ta. I'm guessing it's considered a tax cut despite the fact that not linking it never seemed to get referred to as a tax increase. Which would have been a more accurate description. Moving the bracke...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:19 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18299
- Views: 860229
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Well, Trump goes to trial tomorrow. At least 50 out of 96 prospective jurors fall at the first hurdle after Judge Merchan asked them if they could be fair and impartial. It's gonna be a tough ask. Is the pool solely from Manhattan? I would be a yeah, nah. You have to admire the hard core MAGA Manha...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:17 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
A big shout out to Enzedder for posting a picture that brought people out of the woodwork and generated all sorts of discussion on here (which is healthy, even if we disagree with others). You'll have to find a similar picture to generate discussion about the topic of 'prevention', as it's likely t...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18299
- Views: 860229
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
One thing for sure. Stuff is still going up in price. Another 50 cents / pie at the local :x Didn't the price of a Big Mac used to be the measure of inflation? A pie at you local pie shop is much more appropriate. :thumbup: No, because of their supposed universality, Big Macs are used to compare va...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:21 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I am a big fan of dabbling in the arts at Uni, great way to meet future partners while still having a prospect of making a proper living with your real qualification. Can’...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Luxons corporate jargon rightly irritates those with a decent arts education , they have been trained to seek out and reject specious argument and nonsensical gibberish. I expect there may be plenty of coffee being sputtered at monitors and phones over the concept of a “decent arts education” but I...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: OJ gone....
- Replies: 107
- Views: 2993
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 4:01 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: People you are surprised to learn are still alive
- Replies: 485
- Views: 57531
Re: People you are surprised to learn are still alive
What’s OJ up to?
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
In todays news, get it while you can. Our news organisation are either dropping like flies or rationalising. I guess some politicians are happy with that. I thought I caught a snippet on the radio today that the Mistier of Fisheries, or some such, is planning to drop the current reporting requireme...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
A bit of good news to cheer you lot up and distract you from the demise of our mainstream media. The Govt plans to resolve the housing crisis by making it easier for landlords to evict tenants. Government to make it easier to evict tenants, hopes to encourage more investment in rentals, officials u...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Apparently Willis has admitted the govt will need to borrow more. But the tax cuts are staying, AFAIK. From a reported Budget Policy Statement briefing to Finance and Expenditure Committee. It's not borrowing for tax cuts, we're just borrowing separately... https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/04/11/the-ma...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:24 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Funny Rugby names
- Replies: 24
- Views: 601
Re: Funny Rugby names
For those who were 80’s teenagers
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:58 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Super Rugby Rd 7 - Chiefs Vs Moana Pasifika
- Replies: 25
- Views: 473
Re: Super Rugby Rd 7 - Chiefs Vs Moana Pasifika
Yes but no.UncleFB wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:36 amYou prefer seeing the Chiefs pump the Cheetahs instead of MP?not_english wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:39 am God this is painful to watch. We really miss the south African teams
The hot mics on the Flosports feed can be amusing.
“Yeah, yeah, yeah, shit that was loud in my ears”.
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:34 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
An interesting read…… .https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/05/public-service-workers-will-struggle-to-find-work/ A difficult time for NZ families coming up…….. Anyone have a family member caught up in this? It seems odd that the only options left for these “highly skilled” individuals are teaching or go...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
- Replies: 815
- Views: 71056
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Quick poll. How many here ride a bike to work? Don't get me wrong, I love cycling but it's a recreational pursuit for me. No way cycling to and from work is convenient in any way shape or form for me. Let's hear from all you regular posters? I did in Singapore. https://expatliving.sg/wp-content/upl...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Hmmm, maybe if I send that article to Seymour & Luxon they'll throw their support behind cycle lanes everywhere. https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-20-2016/HBme8F.gif Of course the cycling men may be disproportionately in the 31%… “On an overall basis men are heavily in favour of the new National/ ACT/...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:52 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52650
- Views: 3534057
Re: NZ Politics Thread
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350232112/battle-bike-lanes-simeon-brown-v-cyclists I find the anti cycle way stuff so weird. I get why the high cost of some can put people off (that quoted figure for the Petone Melling one seems crazy in a vaccuum) but some of the talk about them is divorced from...