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Gordon Bennett

Exactly. Rugby has spent 25 years locked away from the masses behind pay tv. Whole generation of kiwis have grown up not being exposed to much rugby on tv on a regular weekly basis and consequently not caring too much about the sport. That’s going to cost NZ rugby in the long-term if it isn’t alrea...

Gordon Bennett

Is there much transference of players from South African club level to Namibia based on family history? Certainly for the Namibian cricket team this seems a key pathway (e.g. Ruben Trumpelmann, Jan Frylinck, Karl Birkenstock). I would have thought there'd be some reasonable flow of players given the...

Gordon Bennett

This article worries me. DOC have always been a political football and, in some regions, deeply unpopular. Still, it'll be a disaster for NZ if any concernment lets the infrastructure collapse here. Already, the recreation network is contracting and I don't see any plans from any of the parties to i...

Gordon Bennett

Get the popcorn ready guys. 8 Russian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani forces https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1704544073682493551?s=61&t=ryympBdVdBwuKxT0Vszm9w What do you think Russia are going to do to Azerbaijan? Nothing. The Azeris are well protected by Turkiye and there's no chance Russia ...

Gordon Bennett

What is the top-of-the-range Russian artillery set that Ukraine would be especially glad to see the back of? I know nothing about this, but those TOS things seem to be a big deal when one gets blown to smithereens.

Gordon Bennett

Obviously its time for NZ to get on board. Not gonna happen. I went to every game in Wellington when St Kilda played a few here and whilst the attendances were okay, they dropped every year. Plus, the Cake Tin is about the only stadium in NZ that's the right shape and it was shit for AFL. I think o...

Gordon Bennett

It's just one tax replacing another. I cannot see the point. EVs are not currently taxed at all, so there’s that, plus they’re not extending the exemption, with the ever increasing amount appearing on our roads this way is the fairest for all. Problem with RUC for all vehicles on an equal basis is ...

Gordon Bennett

WarMonitor🇺🇦 @WarMonitor3 · 3h Noticeably Russian forces are moving their self propelled artillery units closer to the frontlines due to inability to replace worn barrels. Drones are having a field day on the southern frontline. Russia must be losing artillery at a faster rate than it can be replac...

Gordon Bennett

Two intercepts are really giving this a flattering look for Wellington.

Gordon Bennett

Wellington have missed tons of tackles too. Hard to believe they’re up by 10.

Gordon Bennett

In the Waikato to watch tonight’s match. If any lonely bugger’s around and has late interest in the game, I’ve got a ticket going spare.

Gordon Bennett

Interesting development https://x.com/visegrad24/status/1699528911158231383?s=46&t=hahx9CseQw_Ts1igZokqEQ Russia have sold Armenia down the river mainly as a consequence of the 'Special Military Operation'. Next elections are in 2026. Hard to know what those might hold, or how each of the parties v...

Gordon Bennett

Keep an eye on Slovakia. Looks like they will pivot towards Russia after elections coming up. Robert Fico expected to win. We have another Orban coming up Quite different to Hungary as things stand. The Slovakian assembly is voted for under PR. Fico may be in the polling lead, but still only with a...

Gordon Bennett

ACT also want to bring back in the PPPs for the road building schemes and other infrastructure investment which worked oh-so-well for Transmission Gully. They also oppose regulation of cats. Given the importance of the inviolability of private property to ACT, I assume that they'll also be deregulat...

Gordon Bennett

So is National's policy actually mean spirited and will is make life harder for those people as claimed by the advocates in that story? National give with one hand and take with the other. The removal of the discount for children on public transport (https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/08/30/national-to-c...

Gordon Bennett

As a public sector worker, the most I've had in the last 5 years is 2%. Two years there was no pay rise at all. Fairly standard in the private sector as well. I'm sure. Which makes me wonder where all of these wage rises are coming from - presumably from people changing jobs - which is the best opp...

Gordon Bennett

As a public sector worker, the most I've had in the last 5 years is 2%. Two years there was no pay rise at all.

Gordon Bennett

Skiaddict wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 10:12 am https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1 ... 86212?s=20

Big news that, assuming it's true.

Gordon Bennett

National are much closer to Labour than they are to ACT. Particularly Hipkins' Labour Party. I'm hearing a lot from Luxon at the moment about all the ACT policies he isn't supportive of. Really, for ideological reasons and in the interests of maintaining the status quo, National and Labour should co...

Gordon Bennett

National seem to be spending a lot of air time rejecting ACT policy. Really, it seems to be that they should be looking elsewhere for coalition partners. I thought it was quite an interesting/inspirational valedictory from Todd Muller this week. A number of them have countered the confrontational/cu...

Gordon Bennett

You’re fighting against gravity my learned friend. I’d love for TOP to be in parliament. Unfortunately unless the threshold is brought down to 3%, voters won’t take the risk. It’s disappointing but it is what it is. For those who are disillusioned with the main parties and don't like the smell of A...

Gordon Bennett

I could manage the Sunday arvo on the 15th.

Gordon Bennett

Fat Old Git wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:04 pm What unpleasant language could be used to describe Ardern that wouldn't draw an accusation of misogyny?

Useless, vacuous, a void, deficient, couldn't run a piss-up in a brewery, more soundbite than substance. Plenty of options I'd think.

Gordon Bennett

As Bimbo suggested, get a movement sensor that goes under the baby's mattress and detects breathing patterns. There is a history of SIDS in my family, so it was important for my peace of mind to have something to have that. Both kids slept in a bassinet next to our bed for the first couple of weeks,...

Gordon Bennett

If you've been drinking something punchier, a weaker standard beer often tastes all over the place. Don't get me wrong, I prefer craft 99% of the time, but if I'm forced to drink from the big boys, it will be Speight's. I can't drink any DB shit like Draught, Bitter or Tui. Sweet, banana-ery crap. ...

Gordon Bennett

Cabal thread: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=105518

Gordon Bennett

Election date's 14th October. That's a Saturday. I take the valid points about election night, so perhaps as an alternative, the following Saturday (21st). I'm happy with either. Just let me know which of those dates would work and we can sort things out. Depending on who's in, we could opt for Peto...

Gordon Bennett

Freedumb party doing their thing. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/132776440/the-political-divide-drowns-out-chris-hipkins-splits-families-in-tara Normally when a Labour leader visits South Auckland’s markets, they bring with them a festival-like atmosphere – but that didn’t happen when Ch...

Gordon Bennett

Election date's 14th October. If we were thinking of having it on election day to chew over the results as they come in, that'd have to be the date.

Gordon Bennett

I know this is PR n'all, but it'd be fantastic if - despite our collective cynicism - we could aim to be better than that.

On a less cynical topic, it might be time for a Wellington Election Cabal. Ted? Tehui? RB? Wignu?

Gordon Bennett

I know you're being satirical here, but it really isn't fair on front line workers. Let's not forget, it hasn't been all that long (2016) since WINZ workers were shot and killed. Those people at the public-facing level of public departments don't deserve this shit. Nor do shop keepers et al, I thin...

Gordon Bennett

I know you're being satirical here, but it really isn't fair on front line workers. Let's not forget, it hasn't been all that long (2016) since WINZ workers were shot and killed. Those people at the public-facing level of public departments don't deserve this shit.

Gordon Bennett

Slight correction. On money in the bank you pay tax on interest earned. On shares you pay tax on dividends received. On property you pay tax on rental income received. So yes whilst the capital gain on shares and property is untaxed it's not quite correct to make the statement that property investm...

Gordon Bennett

Slight correction. On money in the bank you pay tax on interest earned. On shares you pay tax on dividends received. On property you pay tax on rental income received. So yes whilst the capital gain on shares and property is untaxed it's not quite correct to make the statement that property investm...

Gordon Bennett

With CGT the main economic reason to have one is the distorting effect that not having one has on where people are likely to invest. Why not invest in property when housing and land values are generally increasing at a rate higher than inflation and you pay no tax on the gain. Compare this with, say...

Gordon Bennett

As an example, the tax rate on that gain in the UK is 18%. The gain is also indexed, not on the raw figure, so the $200k would be reduced by the indexed inflation rate over that period. Let's say, that reduces the taxable gain to $150k. So, the tax liable is $27k. That isn't going to put you off bu...

Gordon Bennett

'Mass shooters are typically white men, who tend not to have visible criminal pasts. In fact, mass shooters fly under the radar because they aren’t usually surveilled by law enforcement': Sara Salman https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1690450502289608704/0d816b56?format=webp&name=medium https://twitter...

Gordon Bennett

Tehui wrote: ↑Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:53 am I'll just have to vote for the party that's the least disagreeable.

Really struggling with this myself.

Gordon Bennett

The Newshub-Reid research poll has just been released, not good reading for the centre left, it also has very different numbers for TOP NZF TPM etc https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/08/newshub-reid-research-poll-results-labour-in-downward-spiral-as-public-sends-party-decisive-message-aft...

Gordon Bennett

Absolutely room for both. So why does this plan concentrate overwhelmingly on road solutions and not a more shared distribution? Our public transport has to go through these long lulls of no investment or treating public transport like it's an investment whilst we only see roads as a financial bene...

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