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- Tue Apr 16, 2024 12:15 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Yes, you would think supply infrastructure would be a higher priority. It's not a North vs South thing. It's needs for businesses all over NZ to get their goods to customers, and / or receive the raw materials they need for their manufacturing.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:29 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
The language they're using about there being a response at a time of their choosing is eerily similar to that used by Hamas prior to the horrible Oct 7th attack.
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:15 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Meanwhile…..in the South Island, no ferry planning, a stuffed rail bridge on the Rangitata, one way bridges on all our major highways, collapsing water and sewerage systems, West Coast roads need upgrading, flood wall for Westport, and dolphins in the Lyttleton Port waters. I suppose NActNZ have lo...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Making references to post WW2 protocols were made for a reason and the protocols written as such. Literally no grasp of the subject matter have you ? And the mandates have already caused problems across many other vaccine programs and the return of diseases many countries had lost. Exactly as warne...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:03 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
You can't make Nazi comparisons people. Those need to be saved for true horrors against humanity such as public heath restrictions and vaccine mandates. Making references to post WW2 protocols were made for a reason and the protocols written as such. Literally no grasp of the subject matter have yo...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:43 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Pie Makers of Auckland
- Replies: 152
- Views: 11955
Re: Pie Makers of Auckland
Copenhagen bakery here in Christchurch used to make an awesome butter chicken pie. Sadly discontinued. I suspect they sourced authentic filling from a local restaurant. One of the local Indian places used to do an even more awesome version, but it disappeared when they changed owners. So I'm more th...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:17 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
You can't make Nazi comparisons people. Those need to be saved for true horrors against humanity such as public heath restrictions and vaccine mandates. Cheers FOG. Agree, can we keep some of the emotions and abuse in check please guys. Not sure if you're joking or not. Are you? I was having a go a...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 306
- Views: 3550
Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
I'm old enough to remember when Australia was in procession of the Bled and benefited from a number of 1 all series "wins". We finally thought we had reclaimed it only to have the ref play about 2 hours of extra time before awarding a penalty for that utter cnut* John Eales to kick over to break ou...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
You can't make Nazi comparisons people. Those need to be saved for true horrors against humanity such as public heath restrictions and vaccine mandates.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
All looks like a bit of staged face saving. No damage done, Iran saying they consider the matter closed, US not backing a response. Staged face saving? Firing deadly missiles and drones at another nation is a staged face saving activity? Imagine China did that to Taiwan, or Japan? Or if Scotland di...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 306
- Views: 3550
Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
The ref having final say over when fulltime is, is nothing new. As Mr B mentioned the Crusaders only have themselves to blame after the players made a series of 4 ridiculous fundamental errors. I'm old enough to remember when Australia was in procession of the Bled and benefited from a number of 1 ...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:01 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
They'd be cleared out by security for not having bought a ticket to the game. Either that or the fence would be 3 times the height.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:21 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
https://www.health.com/thmb/UDKjvny-R1c2CswGIZzHrpuXOCw=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/IISC_EqualityEquity-b19db87d63d1464192a8d5b508fd7237.png While I generally agree with the sentiment, in the real world there's often a tall guy sitting on a chair demanding...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:56 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Isreal and Iran. The poster children of Western interference in the region.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 11:58 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Iranian drones heading towards Israel - AND IT’S LIVE
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1173
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
What's the likelihood that every armed group and nutjob near Israel with access the rockets will start firing them at Israel once the drones get into air defence range?
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
- Replies: 2956
- Views: 402495
Re: Favorite beers (for when the rugby is on) - Official thread
I was impressed by Emerson's Little bird. Definitely reminded me of it's big brother. And I could quite easily have had more than one.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:13 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 306
- Views: 3550
Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
I'm starting to doubt that we will do the 8peat.
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:09 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Come off it, we've gone so far beyond 'fire control' and 'fire discipline' or any of those other phrases... They hunted down three clearly marked aid vehicles they knew were there and made sure to kill the survivors as they tried to escape into more clearly marked aid vehicles... They've entered 'k...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 1:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
- Replies: 306
- Views: 3550
Re: Waratahs vs Crusaders Match Thread
I don't really engage in social media now days but it seems to me that there are people on this forum suggesting that there are dicks on social media and even dicks on the bored at times. It's not a good place to make judgements on the real world. Search for any opinion or reaction you want to see ...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 11:50 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Well, it's offcial: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/04/oceans-and-fisheries-minister-shane-jones-scraps-sea-lion-safeguard-amid-declining-population.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter and yet dolphins continue to be treated like they are something special. Smug bastards. Smug l...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
How many of the 13000 Plus children killed so far would be classed as "the aggressor"?
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:35 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
It would be nice if Hamas were prosecuted for the war crime of using civilians as human shields. Would also be preferred for the last sentence below to move from "debated" to "codified". Asymmetric warfare is here to stay. I am interested to know why the Rome Statute has not been ammended to close ...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 1:47 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
It's great just being able to blame the inherent evil of anti-Semitism as the root cause of all these troubles. A wonderful excuse to never ever have to consider any other root causes or address any grievances. The terrorist's are all just inherently evil and didn't at all start out looking like thi...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:24 am
- 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 ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Cheers fellas. Booji, I celebrated the interest deductibility by setting up the tax payments for the 22/23 financial year for the "profit" that all went to the bank. I'll get to do the sane this time next year fir the 23/24 financial year before perhaps getting a year off in 2026 just in time for a ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 7:19 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
I'd say I now know how fans of other teams feel, but let's be honest. I'd need another 20 years or so of failure to truely be able to understand that...
Hurrifan. Yes, occasionally. Some of them very interesting and informative.
Hurrifan. Yes, occasionally. Some of them very interesting and informative.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:35 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
For want of the better place, he's not posted for awhile so does anyone know what FOG is up to? Last post 31/12/23 but last lurking visit today. I think his inactivity is a New Year's resolution when he got to a round figure of posts. If you're reading this FOG, and if (when) the Sadists win, you h...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 10:31 pm
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Jesus Jammy what on earth is wrong with you ? What an absolutely meaningless waste of time post, how about highlighting the bits of what I’ve said you disagree with, then we can have a discussion. Not his style. FOG will give it a go but he also lives in a land where they have magic bombs and bulle...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:10 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
- Replies: 18299
- Views: 861394
Re: U.S. politics thread and Joe Biden-the Ronan O'Gara of U.S. Presidents
Should also be noted that Biden saying he will implement some of the Republican demands on border control in exchange for continued support for Ukraine as frightened a lot of people into coming now for fear the situation will change in the near future and they'll miss their chance. So a surge isn't ...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
FFS jammy, I even gave you some examples. I'm not going to keep repeating myself or rehash the entire discussion because you don't want to believe the answers. You can look up the answers to most of those quite frankly bimbo level questions yourself. Your "outside of Hollywood" comment really was th...
- Sat Dec 30, 2023 4:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Except plans have been put forward multiple times, and have included things like. - treat Hamas as a criminal organisation and go after them using suitable tactics for that. Think the US and drug cartels for example, or the UK vs the IRA. - Using appropriate munitions and tactics to genuinely minimi...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:39 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
We'd look really sensible if you were further away from us...
- Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:00 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Bimbot can see Gaza from the basement of his mum's flat in London don't you know. It's only about 3600km away after all.
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 3:25 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Nothing to hide. No siree... The Committee to Protect Journalists has accused the Israeli military of targeting journalists and their families in Gaza amid the highest death toll of media workers in any recent conflict. The New York-based CPJ said at least 68 journalists and other media workers had ...
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 2:14 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: NZ Politics Thread
- Replies: 52652
- Views: 3536133
Re: NZ Politics Thread
Have a great Saturnalia one and all!
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 8:41 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
Do you really think Israel feel an existential threat from the Palestinians? And are afraid of being wiped out? They have one of the most powerful militaries in the region, are backed by the world's most powerful super power, and are strongly rumoured to have nukes themselves. Covid killed far more ...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 7:05 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
How can you be sure they aren’t sympathisers to the cause? You talked earlier about giving control back to the Palestinians, what, in your honest opinion, would be the end result of that control and why do you think the Israelis maintain such tight control, is it because they’re control freaks? Are...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 5:27 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
I am coming to the conclusion that some of those 10,000 km from the Mid East are just seriously missing actual history and context, this isn’t really even a criticism anymore , just a bit sad, I think this the second time you've mentioned the distance to NZ as if it means something. This may come a...
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 4:57 am
- Forum: Rugby Forum
- Topic: Israel declares state of war
- Replies: 9380
- Views: 310465
Re: Israel declares state of war
"Do you really think the vast majority of Palestinians don't want a genuine opportunity for themselves and their children to enjoy the same freedoms and opportunities for prosperity that most of the rest of us to get to enjoy? That they see revenge for their grievances and the destruction of Israel...