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by Eugenius
Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:29 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

And some of those helping others are extremely successful, whether materially or practically. Piss off Sonny . I’m not arguing that some not need to succeed do that others might have a chance , I’m arguing that it’s not Utopian to care for others . As a social Democrat I really don’t see the contra...
by Eugenius
Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Certainly its ideology is more ‘caring’ and was intended by Christian capitalists to be a more ‘realistic’ attempt at socialism. I do active works - that what makes me more ‘caring’ whatever the hell that means , that satisfies what passes as my personal ideology. 10’s of thousands are far more dedi...
by Eugenius
Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

And some of those helping others are extremely successful, whether materially or practically. Piss off Sonny . I’m not arguing that some not need to succeed so that others might have a chance , I’m arguing that it’s not Utopian to care for others . Neither am I insisting that all can or even should ...
by Eugenius
Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:53 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

It’s aspirational surely , always with the absolutism you . Just calling it what it is, human nature does not allow for that kind of aspiration to flourish, otherwise it would have. You like to live in a fantasy world I am happy to deal with reality. It’s not a fantasy world to work with the homele...
by Eugenius
Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

It’s aspirational surely , always with the absolutism you .
by Eugenius
Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:45 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9311
Views: 290911

Re: Israel declares state of war

It’s hard to not see this as a deliberate act to escalate by Israel .

Netanyahu’s survival extended but at what cost .
by Eugenius
Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Not ya mum - just most that hook up with a businessman.

It’s like the subject that private school girls take when not overly ambitious for anything but marriage.

I dumped it pretty quick and did history, it doesn’t help much.
by Eugenius
Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Lots of people change their political views either through a new focus or influence of changing values and priorities . I’m not sure University study had much to do with it . The worse Righties in my family were my uncle Alan ( BNZ ) and now brother in law . Ghastly unfeeling dishonest and completel...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:17 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I don’t think she’ll give a shit frankly , psychiatrists tend to be able to say pretty much anything .

( worse, people believe them )

I imagine the union meeting with the new minister is going to be an absolute doozie this year .
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:14 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9311
Views: 290911

Re: Israel declares state of war

No lessons learned? A West Australian former reporter now working for the United Nations Children’s Fund is lucky to be alive after being shot at in Gaza. Tess Ingram, who worked for the Australian Financial Review’s Perth bureau and then this masthead before moving to New York to work for the Unit...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 10:01 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

:lol: If there wasn’t coffee being spluttered over monitors and keyboards before, there most definitely is now. :lol: Hang on, my parents met at Canty. :x She fine arts, he engineering.... I hope he opened with “You sure are a Fineeee Arts student”. That was a recurring pattern with the first partn...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:57 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

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...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:19 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3387

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

jdogscoop wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:48 pm
Eugenius wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:35 pm That last line out throw ?

I honestly don’t think I’ve seen a worse one .

Well done Tahs - deserved .
I have no confidence in any of the Saders hookers. Core skills are wank.
Taylor’s fine .

Bells getting there .
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:50 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

I still maintain that the majority of reporters and such are left leaning, you have done nothing to persuade me otherwise, apart from asking me who owns the newspapers, which actually answers nothing. I have, however said that the audience is also biased, as you show every time you post, so our per...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
Replies: 306
Views: 3387

Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread

That last line out throw ?

I honestly don’t think I’ve seen a worse one .

Well done Tahs - deserved .
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

On the journalists swallowing their bias and doing the job. I think the perfect example is Hosking, every election there was a storm about him hosting debates, and every year he was absolutely fine and shelved his ZB shock persona Good example , can’t stand the guy but he always did a bang up job .
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:45 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

No idea, are they the ones going out of business? I thought we were discussing Newshub being pulled Media !! You were insisting that A - it was leftist biased. B - that journalist just by the nature ‘of the profession’ are left orientated . Utter poohs and nonsense bordering on the paranoid . I sti...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:52 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: OJ gone....
Replies: 107
Views: 2890

Re: OJ gone....

eldanielfire wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:52 pm
Monk Zombie wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:15 pm The less about this prick the better
OJ is historic, he proved that in America not just the white and rich escape justice, but the black and rich can to. A seminal moment in US race relations.
Especially if you only hang with rich whites .
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

“TVNZ, Newshub and RNZ were all sycophants, fawning over Jacinda et al, who do you think was responsible for the creation of Ja,Cindy mania.“ That’s utter nonsense, in fact all three networks were just as aggressive going after labour especially after Covid as they have been National . How did all ...
by Eugenius
Fri Apr 12, 2024 12:43 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Rats !!
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

“TVNZ, Newshub and RNZ were all sycophants, fawning over Jacinda et al, who do you think was responsible for the creation of Ja,Cindy mania.“ That’s utter nonsense, in fact all three networks were just as aggressive going after labour especially after Covid as they have been National . How did all t...
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:26 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Why are journalists by the ‘very nature of their profession’ left biased ? There are plenty of right wing journalists and shock jocks , frankly that bias creates more income , especially on radio. Is it your opinion that the press is not left leaning? It is . Who owns the newspapers ? When Labour w...
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:21 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Lemmie guess you think it favours the left ? Which is extremely strange given the objections of both ACT and NZ First especially. Both sides accuse it of bias , which frankly is how it should be . What are ACT and NZF’s objections? I’m talking some nonsense , and far too distracted watching a DVD ....
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:16 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Why are journalists by the ‘very nature of their profession’ left biased ?

There are plenty of right wing journalists and shock jocks , frankly that bias creates more income , especially on radio.
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 6:57 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Lemmie guess you think it favours the left ?

Which is extremely strange given the objections of both ACT and NZ First especially.

Both sides accuse it of bias , which frankly is how it should be .
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:23 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/05/act-leader-david-seymour-admits-he-s-a-beneficiary-of-property-holding-trusts-after-years-of-saying-he-couldn-t-afford-to-buy.html?fbclid=IwAR0xu11e3ocscXScmvCtz4-nZemp6mEfVxrgpAYDJuXEp9OEFC4Ob_vfHb0_aem_Abz8VDInsAPl5_QmhenbtMmqWDD-O4XXv6LbAQBtfE4EHTMA...
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:22 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Māori television has its moments .

I watch the commercial news for the sport .
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 5:19 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Israel declares state of war
Replies: 9311
Views: 290911

Re: Israel declares state of war

Even when that belief is indirectly the cause of this whole shite? It's not though really, is it? The cause of all the shit is humans. Sometimes they're being religious, sometimes not. More like Fanaticism and insane nationalism. Religion might be on occasion an excuse or even justification but rea...
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:36 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The Crusaders 2024 Thread
Replies: 815
Views: 70224

Re: The Crusaders 2024 Thread

Gosh Williams has made a good recovery !
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:32 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Bulldog Memorial Cup: Masters 2024
Replies: 77
Views: 1531

Re: Bulldog Memorial Cup: Masters 2024

USA - Scheffler, Scottie (1)
GB&I - Hatton, Tyrrell (19)
Europe - Rahm, Jon (3)
Africa - Bezuidenhout, Christiaan (56)
Aus/NZ - Day, Jason (21)
RoW - Matsuyama, Hideki (12)
Wildcard - Fox, Ryan (54)
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 2:28 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Yeah that’s history.
by Eugenius
Thu Apr 11, 2024 1:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Let's get something done about this mess. 3 key decisions that will determine how bad the future is for NZ media https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350241728/3-key-decisions-will-determine-how-bad-future-nz-media What would that be? They are victims of their own inadequacies and biases. People no lon...
by Eugenius
Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:12 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Shane Jones is simply another industry stooge .
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:25 pm
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan
Replies: 116
Views: 9914

Re: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan

Well, it's official, Blackthorne is a side character in his own show. Him and the Portuguese and barely in the show at all. Not surprising as the actor really is where charisma goes to die. He has not grown on me at all and can't fathom how Mariko would fall for this version of Blackthorne, at leas...
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:33 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The new but now old Christchurch Stadium
Replies: 412
Views: 44215

Re: The new but now old Christchurch Stadium

Nah never got on the cranes .

Heavy machinery yes but - that stuff is serious.
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:42 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: The new but now old Christchurch Stadium
Replies: 412
Views: 44215

Re: The new but now old Christchurch Stadium

Its location is great .

Can walk there easily !
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:18 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan
Replies: 116
Views: 9914

Re: Shogun - A Miniseries of Japan

LandOTurk wrote: Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:16 pm
ticketlessinseattle wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:08 pm but you'd be wrong....
its Mariko......who cares.....
Having studied this in more depth, I agree with you.

I’m besotted - :blush:
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:17 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Shit , science research should be the last thing you’d think they’d cut .

Even historically National pretty much left it alone , this is serious Austerity alright .
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:09 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

Embarrassing
by Eugenius
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:03 am
Forum: Rugby Forum
Topic: NZ Politics Thread
Replies: 52609
Views: 3504048

Re: NZ Politics Thread

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-won-t-acknowledge-link-between-israel-gaza-conflict-and-houthi-red-sea-attacks.html?fbclid=IwAR1A8nn1jQuHvDatyyCkb1awfopiQKscouuGKD1OoWL_bdKJE8YhjVmjC5g_aem_AYtJafOgValekhSy7BtmuwGKUFHnEv9LkziDQPdmidgNxYdu_OFyMi29_T6PMt...