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Mr Mike

or as it would be characterized here in the US, France has a 14 week national ban? Sorry, too subtle for man with my level of English and my lack of culture. Need you to help me interpret that please. Don’t apologize, the debate is deliberately framed in misleading and confusing terms here. What is...

Mr Mike

The text protects the right to women to abortion, and states that the law defines the conditions under which they have access to that eight. Today, it is 14 weeks in France. So it could be reduced to say 0.1 week by law, in theory at least? And citizens didn't get a say, ftaod. They did, through th...

Mr Mike

Unintended consequences of American politics abroad. https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/04/europe/france-abortion-constitution-intl/index.html Any limits on when said abortion can take place? Did the citizens get a say? The text protects the right to women to abortion, and states that the law defines the ...

Mr Mike

IIRC that argument is set down for Thursday. I’m not convinced by the argument that it captures the President and VP so there is a potential off ramp there for Unanimity (or near to it) but leaving at least three to pick up the theoretically moot question of whether he was involved in an insurrecti...

Mr Mike

mrbrownstone wrote: ↑Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:38 pm Amy concerns at 0-2, or are we basically happy to write off this season as rebuilding with so many injuries and youngsters?

After the worst start to a season since 2023, Crusader fans will need to show some resilience and patience.

Mr Mike

I've just ground my way through the NZ Rail 2024 half year results. 2024 half year results? Do you have next week’s lotto numbers also? https://www.kiwirail.co.nz/assets/Uploads/documents/Annual-reports/2024/Half-Year-Report-KiwiRail-Holdings-Limited-2024.pdf Yes, I was laughing at that peculiarly ...

Mr Mike

Tbf, the ferries are effectively State Highway 1 and are vastly more important than the similar cost Petone to Granada road that National seem to be prioritising, for example. The cost of the ferries should be put into the mix with all of those roading projects and prioritised accordingly, at which...

Mr Mike

And sooner or later government house will have to be fixed up , but it’s hardly unliveable now . Just like the many school buildings that are now waiting in vain, but are in far worse state . Or ferries that are going to be replaced by second hand junk , which will soon undoubtedly be needing fixin...

Mr Mike

Jay Cee Gee wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:32 am It does show a real lack of political nous. He could live at Premier House and would probably get at least $1K a week for that apartment anyway. He wouldn't actually be losing any money on it.

Snap.

Mr Mike

This episode highlights again the exact weakness of Luxon that Ted and I discussed a while back. He defaults to his business mindset and doesn’t intuitively appreciate the political risk of doing that, nor the political value of relatively small gestures. The other more worrying aspect is that the d...

Mr Mike

Should have stayed at the office, managed to lose 3 wickets on the drive home. All my fault.

Mr Mike

I would rarely open a link. I would't want the bother of an algorithm thinking I wanted any related content. And today is the day after leg day, I'm not having a good day, I might miss a simple single entendre Fair call, and that was the first link that came up on google, so no quality control at a...

Mr Mike

Looks like it's simply part of the delay strategy. Of course why on earth the various prosecutors waited so long is also perplexing, but with this corrupt supremes stepping up to the fray and the Cannon able to set a date, and then push that back, an awful lot could grind to a halt soon. I don’t th...

Mr Mike

Luxon claiming $50K to live in an apartment he owns mortgage free is a terrible look considering all the cuts and austerity rhetoric, but hardly surprising. Should rightly be hauled over the coals for it. Indeed, terrible look. Standby for a statement that the spokesperson’s comment were misunderst...

Mr Mike

If most of the country is as set as the those in North Carolina, there's no hope, but hopefully the likes of De Niro speaking out will make a difference. https://twitter.com/CalltoActivism/status/1762630973319942495 Not to be a killjoy but De Niro's been highly vocal about his disdain for Trump fro...

Mr Mike

:lol: I think that is more a tactical filing than anything else. They are using it to lay the groundwork to demonstrate the purported unreasonableness of some of the restrictions. I’m assuming it wasn’t drafted by Alina Hubba Hubba. He can't appeal unless he posts the bond so I doubt it's tactical....

Mr Mike

Flockwitt wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:57 amLook, Mr. Mike and I may have both survived the Battle of Blenheim,

Lets not refer to ourselves as the Beasts of Blenheim…

Mr Mike

Looks like it's simply part of the delay strategy. Of course why on earth the various prosecutors waited so long is also perplexing, but with this corrupt supremes stepping up to the fray and the Cannon able to set a date, and then push that back, an awful lot could grind to a halt soon. I don’t th...

Mr Mike

some may even have looked like Nancy Pelosi :lol: SCOTUS to hear Trump's immunity case. I'm hoping that they just want to put their stamp of approval on the already, in my opinion, well written opinion from the lower appeals court. Shirely... :uhoh: Wow. Was not expecting that. Will be interesting ...

Mr Mike

I wonder if it is more shoplifting driving up costs than climate but in either case, squarely an issue for the Greens.

Mr Mike

:lol: I think that is more a tactical filing than anything else. They are using it to lay the groundwork to demonstrate the purported unreasonableness of some of the restrictions. I’m assuming it wasn’t drafted by Alina Hubba Hubba. You suck the fun right out of fat, orange, schadenfreude - you kno...

Mr Mike

Short Man Syndrome wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:18 pm
sorCrer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 5:40 pm Trump can't post bond in his fraud case.

I think that is more a tactical filing than anything else. They are using it to lay the groundwork to demonstrate the purported unreasonableness of some of the restrictions.

I’m assuming it wasn’t drafted by Alina Hubba Hubba.

Mr Mike

"One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to move on to life’s next chapter,"

Mr Mike

I hate you. You don't want to know what passes for "pies" in Texas. Savages. Barbarians. Vandals. Uncouth heathens. There is hope once you escape excessively liberal soy sipping hell holes like Austin. https://2phatbastardpies.com/ That looks amazing. I haven't had a pie in five years :( HEB actual...

Mr Mike

Mr Mike: "Any increased cash in the “economic churn” should be offset by lower Government spending and annual incomes don’t change in gross terms as a result, only net incomes for some." Really? It's ok to lock wage and salary growth.........and let the "market" pass costs of doing business on, whi...

Mr Mike

I’ll repeat my own ringing endorsement from four years back. A befuddled but benign President and a split Congress isn’t a bad outcome. The Republicans deserved to be thoroughly trounced given the lack of principle that they have shown, but by keeping Biden I think the Dems may lose a generational ...

Mr Mike

I’ll repeat my own ringing endorsement from four years back. I think Joe will get emotional, remind the audience that Obama sent him to face down Stalin and that he ended the Cold War by calling on Saddam to tear down the Great Wall of China before he wanders out and sniffs the hair of every woman i...

Mr Mike

Enzedder wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:06 am If Nash wanted to do something, it became very obvious to all that the proper cause of action was the opposite.

Given it is you, Walter or Stuart?

Mr Mike

Enzedder wrote: ↑Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:31 am
The gangs and beneficiaries stuff is window dressing.
I prefer to call it what it is - a smoke screen.

Do you see a difference?

Mr Mike

Is it possible that tax cuts are being pushed by Government because……. * Joe Public receive an increase in take home weekly cash * That this increase puts more cash into the economic churn * That this increase is paid for by ourselves, rather than increases in salaries & wages * That this increase ...

Mr Mike

I find it amusing that people even call this program tax cuts. It shows how long the frogs have been in the boiling water. Even if National was inclined to revisit tax policy on which they campaigned (and they aren’t), they have the small issue of the coalition agreements. Some people apparently eve...

Mr Mike

Women initiate the majority of divorces. A good traditional woman will get married and stick to her wedding vows. A modern leftist woman will likely get "bored" of the man especially if he's a nice guy who let's her get away with behaving badly. She'll then move on to another man, wanting a nice tr...

Mr Mike

Didn’t see this thread.

Mr Mike

https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/02/23/big-coal-company-bought-west-coast-election-campaign/ What is your point This almost put me off my macchiato. Patrick Phelps told West Coast voters that only an independent could counter political narratives and policies dreamed up in universities and comfortable c...

Mr Mike

Part of the issue is those who can leave, do. And they tend to be the best with the most transferable skills. And that leaves a big void. That’s one of the biggest challenges in executing the process. You can simply say “no” to individual expressions of interest but that usually has a significant a...

Mr Mike

Indeed, they had a lot of good people with a LOT of knowledge leave because of the way they were treated and/or didn't get their positions back, when I finish last December they were still struggling to get good people back and were employing a lot of dross. I see where Mike is coming from but it a...

Mr Mike

As far as I remember it wasn't being sold as a redundancy exercise but a cost cutting one and in the back room no less, therefore one would think if redundancies were to be offered it wouldn't be to front line staff. I know sure as hell when they were doing the night of the long knives at IR a few ...

Mr Mike

Mr Mike praises one poster for excellent use of the quote function, and then by the end of his post, his totally cocks up quoting somebody else. Go figure! Yes, his argument is completely invalidated by his inability to make sense of the boreds' cutting edge technological wizardry. :D I thought add...

Mr Mike

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Mr Mike

Brumbies looked impressive, great to see them and Rob Valetini continuing to set the standard for Australian rugby.

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