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Manolo

The law of (un)intended consequences: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7749731/Wainuiomata-landfill-may-close-due-to-ETS

Way to go, green fifth-columnist Nick Smith.
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October 1, 2012 8:03am
Pete George

A Labour bench reshuffle is possible before the end of the year. How will all the Davids get on?

Labour’s David reshuffle.
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October 1, 2012 8:17am
Viking2

Bugger it’s Monday. where did the weekend go?

Get to work you lazy slobs.
Stop filling KB with religion.
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October 1, 2012 8:37am
Keeping Stock

@ Viking2 – it went an hour faster than normal, which is why you’re probably noticing it this morning 😀

But Alan Jones will be wishing that the weekend had passed him by completely. I have no truck for Julia Gillard and her government, but attacking her through her recently deceased father is stupid, offensive and way beyond the pale.

http://keepingstock.blogspot.co.nz/2012/10/well-beyond-pale.html
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October 1, 2012 8:40am
Ender

What a performance by the mighty Southland Stags on the weekend
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October 1, 2012 8:52am
KH

Korea sorts out the fishing companies. New Zealand couldn’t get off it’s butt to do so.
More evidence we are a banana republic.
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October 1, 2012 8:54am
Pete George

Southland have been very disappointing this year, not sure why that is.

Considering their circumstances Otago have been better than expected. They are struggling against the top section teams but have made good progress, with results and with the way they play.
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October 1, 2012 8:58am
HB

http://publicaddress.net/legalbeagle/dotcom-spying-crown-criminal-liability/

another interesting column by Graeme Edgeler about the dotcom spying fiasco
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October 1, 2012 9:28am
iMP

Ulp, are international taxes on the way? not that I’m a Billionaire. Dick Morris TV and the rise of Obama’s planned redistributionism.

http://conzervative.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/new-international-taxes
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October 1, 2012 9:41am
Fairfacts Media

By any chance are these facts related?

Man gets suspended prison sentence for using the term “darkies” on his website.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/brendanoneill2/100183130/darkies-is-a-disgusting-word-but-people-shouldnt-be-given-suspended-jail-sentences-for-saying-it/

Footballer John Terry fined STG 220,000 for allegedly using racist language by the Football Assiociation, despite being cleared of such charges in a criminal court/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19723020

Police cover-up the widescale abuse of muslim paedophiles preying on young British girls. One reason given is the police are frightened to be seen as racist.

http://islamversuseurope.blogspot.co.nz/2012/09/police-covered-up-muslim-sex-slavery.html

Even more muslims in court charged with child sex trade offences.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-19757460

I think we should be told!
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October 1, 2012 9:42am
Manolo

An interesting election on the other side of the world. Will the demented Chavez be defeated?
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/chavez-rattled-by-heartthrob-rival-8191056.html
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October 1, 2012 9:43am
James Stephenson

Footballer John Terry fined STG 220,000 for allegedly using racist language by the Football Assiociation, despite being cleared of such charges in a criminal court/

No “allegedly” about it, Terry admitted using the language. The reason he was found “not guilty” of the criminal charges was that the prosecution was unable to prove intent, however flimsy his “I was clarifying what he accused me of saying to him” defence was, it was reasonable doubt time again. The FA charges didn’t require that intent to be proved, merely that the words were spoken, it was a foregone conclusion that he’d be found guilty.
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October 1, 2012 10:05am
Scott Chris

What a performance by the mighty Southland Stags on the weekend

Apparently a castrated male pig is called a stag.
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October 1, 2012 10:48am
Fairfacts Media

Fair comment James.

My point is the matter of racism and political correctness.
We have two cases of people getting into much trouble over mere words.
The state is seen to severely crack down on ‘racist’ behaviour.
Such is the strength of this cracking down that the forces of law and order are too terrified to do their jobs properly, lest they be seen as racist.
Thus, young teenage girls pay the price of this and get raped by muslim paedophiles.
In the Sheffield cases we even saw the parents of such young girls get charged with racial harassment because they opposed their daughters being raped or groomed. One local council, in the spirit of multiciulturalism, even suggested a young victim learns to speak Urdu!
Thus, the obsession with political correctness and racism puts non-whites above the law and they can rape with near impunity, as we now see in Oxford.
How many more young girls will be raped now because of it?
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October 1, 2012 10:53am
Brian Smaller

When political correctness means that you let savages get away with raping your children rather than offend their ‘community’ then the world has lost all sense.
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October 1, 2012 10:57am
kowtow

fairfacts media

You raise a vitally important issue,one that alot of people seem happy to ignore.
The state is now penalising language that is deemed to be offensive. Most ,not all,of the penalising goes in one direction. The reaction of western govt’s to the Muslim cartoon rage is another example.Don’t be offensive ……to Muslims.

So called human rights,multiculturalism and mass immigration…..the death of western civilisation.
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October 1, 2012 11:14am
Colville

SC @ 10.48
A castrated pig is a barrow. You dont want to come up against one when hunting 🙂
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October 1, 2012 11:24am
tom hunter

And here we go again on media bias, and it seems to be getting worse as they descend from ideological to flat-out partisan bias.

This argument pivots off a Sunday TV talk-show discussion (held just hours ago US time) with some of the usual Washington D.C. talking heads. In the segment, Charles Krauthammer calls out his liberal colleagues, including Nina Totenberg and Mark Shields, to their faces, <a href="and Nina Totenberg literally chuckles it off.

That’s Nina Totenberg of NPR fame, applauded across the land by “thoughtful liberals” as a balanced reporter – not like that clown Chris Mathews on MSNBC that Jon Stewart and company laugh at (or regular US correspondent, Jack Hitt, on Nine To Noon.

As the blogger explains:

Let me explain why this is different than previous bias.

Previously, the press has been both biased in a partisan way and an in an ideological way, but usually the partisanship was driven by ideology. As you may have noticed, the press are great fans of gay marriage and abortion, and they shape their coverage to put the best possible face on these positions, and the worst possible face on opponents. (To the extent they feature contrary voices at all.)

That’s bias, of course. We’ve gotten used to that.

But in the Benghazi debacle, there is no possible ideological grounding to explain their bias. There is, I trust, no ideological movement that advocates for intelligence failures and the deaths of good-guy diplomats. There is no ideological movement in favor of reckless incompetence bordering on malice in providing security for consulates abroad (which, as a legal matter, are considered US territory).

There is no ideological movement – or at least there was not before – championing the government’s right to lie to the public about its failures in order to avoid accountability.

There is no room here where one can say, “Ah well, they can’t help but be pulled a bit to the left by their own beliefs.” Because no one champions the right of government to let people be murdered and then lie about it.

This isn’t ideological bias, then. This is pure advocacy for a political party. Obama’s embarrassment is not an ideological issue — or should not be. I hope we can all agree that a president should attend security briefings — especially as 9/11 approaches — and provide adequate warning and security for US government personnel. I hope we can all agree that the government does not suddenly gain a Right To Shamelessly Lie about its failures, simply because it finds it politically advantageous to do so.

But, as Nina Totenberg’s chuckle indicates, the press now in fact believes exactly these things — so long as the president we’re talking about is Democrat, and Obama in particular.

Pricks!
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October 1, 2012 11:52am
Pete George

Hmmm, if things shrink in a warm water wash….

Warming oceans ‘may cause fish to shrink’

Scientists are predicting that fish species around the world could shrink in size because of global warming, losing as much as a quarter of their bodyweight.

Writing in the journal Nature, the researchers said rising temperatures could have a serious effect on hundreds of species over the next few decades.

Researchers modelled the impact of rising temperatures on more than 600 species between 2001 and 2050, the BBC reports.

If we all had cold showers less warm water would get into our waterways and seas. Not peeing in the toilet may help too. Every little thing may help, even taking a piss.
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October 1, 2012 12:00pm
publicwatchdog

Good moaning Kiwibloggers 🙂

Seen this?

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1st October Press Release National Day of Action Sep 30 by againstwelfarereforms

National Day of Action Against Welfare Reforms, National Press Release

“If you are neutral in situations of injustice , you have chosen the side of the oppressor”.

Bishop Desmond Tutu

The aim of the National Day of Action against Welfare Reform on the 5th of oct 2012 is to hold The NZ National Party accountable for implementing detrimental welfare policies that stigmatise and vilify the poor also to expose the unethical tactics used to fast track legislation of these policies. In April 2012 Chief Human Rights Commissioner David Rutherford criticised the submissions process, saying “the constrained timeframe of just 11 working days undermined the principles of democracy”.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10800260

The ministry of justice has also admitted that the welfare reforms are discriminatory

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10800260

Because of this we believe they are in breach of the NZ Bill of Rights Act in May 23, this year Green MP Jan Logie made these comments

“It has been noted that the proposed welfare reforms will breach ICESCR (International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) articles 2,3,4,6,9,10,11 and 12 and concerns have been raised by the Human Rights Commission and many others noting breaches to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention of Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.”

http://blog.greens.org.nz/2012/05/23/government-on-the-way-to-making-human-rights-a-cliche/

New Zealand deserves integrity and honesty from its leaders. We request not only an enquiry but also more dialogue and transparency from NZ Government also that the Attorney General’s Report in to these matters be released to the public as we believe the Welfare Reform Bill to be invalid not only for human rights breaches

but also for the breach of Article 2 of the Treaty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tino_rangatiratanga

and the breach of the UNDRIP which was endorsed by government in 2010

http://posttreatysettlements.org.nz/long-standing-implications-the-undrip-and-nz/

We believe the National party has utilised beneficiaries as the scapegoats of NZ which is unfair considering the tax cuts that they gave to the rich and there is already subsidised contraception available at family planning clinics the only real solution to poverty is education not vilification. Studies have proven that raising children is the equivalent of having 2 fulltime jobs.

This day is not only about dignity for all New Zealand families whether rich or poor it is also about the challenge to save ethics and humanity in New Zealand.

The Peoples Collective NZ

The.Peoples.Collective.NZ@gmail.com
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Isn’t it high time for WAR on the ‘undeserving rich’ – who have been dependent upon ‘corporate welfare’ for years?

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1111/S00095/wheres-nationals-corporate-welfare-reform.htm

How about public monies being used for SOCIAL WELFARE (the needy public) instead of CORPORATE WELFARE (greedy corporates who have their snouts firmly in our public troughs – without any ‘cost-benefit’ analyses which PROVE that’s a more ‘cost-effective’ use of public monies than former ‘in-house’ service provision)?

Penny Bright
‘Anti-corruption campaigner’

http://www.dodgyjohnhasgone.com
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October 1, 2012 12:09pm
Manolo

Wasting money as if there is no tomorrow:
Projects the EU’s EuropeAid scheme has supported include an £800,000 water park in Morocco, £223,683 on a consultant to fight corruption in Jamaica and £20million to the Icelandic government prepare to join the EU.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210751/Europe-wasting-British-taxpayers-money-foreign-aid-stop-says-Tory-minister-charge-international-development.html
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October 1, 2012 12:13pm
kowtow

A consultant to fight corruption in Jamaica ……..good luck with that one. That place is shot through. At independance each side of the political spectrum allied themselves with criminal gangs and so the problems of crime and politics are deeply entrenched…..

I’m sensing it was Ross Kemp on gangs that I got that from…..
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October 1, 2012 12:36pm
Sofia

So what is the outcome of Bill English frantically running up and down the country holding urgent hui on the assets / water rights issue?
A week ago it was wall-to-wall news and concern.
Now have the hui, ended last Thursday, confirmed the Government’s intention to deal with individual iwi is right,
and the Maori Council and Waitangi Tribunal both wrong, or what?
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October 1, 2012 12:38pm
Akaroa

Hey, Kowtow at 1114, and Fairfacts Media at 1053.

As they say – Have you seen this?

“A Word to Rioting Muslims:”, on Liveleak.com.

Go have a look!!
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October 1, 2012 12:42pm
Manolo

Criminal acts possibly from Stone Age activists:
Young rowers face a bleak season after arriving at one of the country’s poorest clubs to find all but two of their boats smashed and strewn around the clubhouse.

The attack has come in the midst of what Horowhenua Rowing Club members describe as mounting abuse and threats from Maori activists over ownership of Lake Horowhenua, near Levin.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/7750112/Activists-suspected-in-rowing-club-vandalism
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October 1, 2012 12:45pm
Griff

Penny B how does the welfare reforms infringe on article 2 of the treaty?The tax payers money is not a treasure of the maori
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October 1, 2012 1:18pm
graham

Griff, what you must understand about Penny Bright is that she is so obsessed by the idea of “rich vs poor”, that she will go to ANY length to push her agenda.

This includes picketing a charity lunch that aims to raise money for a new children’s ward at Waitakere hospital. Solely to make some sort of point about John Key.

The fact that Penny Bright and Sue Bradford would put their own hatred of anybody who commits the crime of being wealthy ahead of a new children’s ward for a hospital is almost beyond belief.

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/09/general_debate_28_september_2012.html#comment-1027535
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October 1, 2012 1:36pm
Northland Wahine

To those who will be protesting outside winz offices, don’t forget your ID and verification of your last budgeting step in case you want to pop in for food assistance. And your latest med cert for your sickness benefit. (Insert snort icon here).
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October 1, 2012 1:40pm
Griff

We all know penny tarnish is as mad as a meat axe I just wondered if she could explain the link between our taxpayers money and IWI. I view social welfare to moari as more than recompense for any historic wrong doing and in fact believe that maori should pay NZ for the privilege of western society
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October 1, 2012 1:43pm
Manolo

The savages must be protected, so the appeasers will love this http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/visa-insult-a-betrayal-of-liberalism-20120930-26tk2.html#ixzz27ywS2i3m
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October 1, 2012 2:09pm
Manolo

Miss Dim hates money because she knows herself utterly incapable of earning any.
No skills, no talent, nothing. Just envy and bile towards those who work ward and strive to improve their lot.
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October 1, 2012 2:13pm
publicwatchdog

SEEN THESE KIWIBLOGGERS? 🙂

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz-government/news/image.cfm?c_id=144&gal_objectid=10837232&gallery_id=128188#9786224

Guess which one is my favourite?

😉

Penny Bright
‘Anti-corruption campaigner’

http://www.dodgyjohnhasgone.com
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October 1, 2012 2:37pm
graham

Look at these two lovebirds – so happy, so carefree.

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/YO56TaLlNBs/John+Banks+Len+Brown+Quized+Sale+Street+Brewery/GWnM2GLtzEJ/Penny+Bright

*sigh* Where did the love go …
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October 1, 2012 2:44pm
nasska

graham

Perhaps there’s more to the recent bust up at Banks’ office than meets the eye.

Keep digging! 🙂
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October 1, 2012 3:00pm
publicwatchdog

This National/ACT Government is extremely vulnerable on the matters concerning corruption, ‘white collar crime’ and ‘corporate welfare’ – in my considered opinion as an ‘Anti-corruption campaigner’.

Don’t you think that Murray McCully might put a little more effort into supporting a legislative framework for genuine TRANSPARENCY here in New Zealand (‘perceived’ to be the ‘least corrupt country in the world’ ) before pushing for New Zealand to have a seat on the UN Security Council?

http://www.3news.co.nz/Murray-McCully-criticises-Security-Council-at-United-Nations/tabid/1607/articleID/270987/Default.aspx

New Zealand hasn’t even ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption!

Want to know why?

We don’t yet have an ‘anti-corruption domestic legislative framework in place.

Read on ……………………

OCCUPY AUCKLAND (General Assembly 1/2/2012) SUPPORTS THE PRINCIPLE OF A DRAFT ACTION PLAN TO PREVENT CORRUPTION – ‘WHITE COLLAR’ CRIME & ‘CORPORATE WELFARE’ IN NEW ZEALAND [DRAFT DISCUSSION DOCUMENT ONLY]

1. Get our anti-corruption domestic legislative framework in place so NZ can ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption.

2. Set up an NZ independent anti-corruption body tasked with educating the public and PREVENTING corruption.

3. Change NZ laws to ensure genuine transparency in the funding of candidates for elected public office and political parties at central government level.

4. Legislate for an enforceable ‘Code of Conduct’ for NZ Members of Parliament (who make the rules for everyone else).

5. Make it an offence under the Local Government Act 2002 for NZ Local Government elected representatives to breach their ‘Code of Conduct’.

6. Make it a lawful requirement for a publicly-available ‘Register of Interests’ for NZ Local Government elected representatives.

7. Make it a lawful requirement for a publicly-available ‘Register of Interests’ for NZ Central Government staff responsible for property and procurement, (including the Ministry of Health), in order to help prevent ‘conflicts of interest’.

8. Make it a lawful requirement for a publicly-available ‘Register of Interests’ for NZ Local Government staff, and Directors and staff employed by ‘Council-Controlled Organisations (CCOs) responsible for property and procurement.

9. Make it a lawful requirement for details of ‘contracts issued’ – including the name of the contractor; scope, term and value of the contract to be published in NZ Central Government Public Sector, and Local Government (Council), and ‘Council-Controlled Organisation (CCO) Annual Reports so that they are available for public scrutiny.

10. Make it a lawful requirement that a ‘cost-benefit analysis’ of NZ Central Government, and Local Government public finances be undertaken to prove that private procurement of public services previously provided ‘in-house’ is cost-effective for the public majority. If not – then return public service provision to staff directly employed ‘in-house’ and cut out these private contractors who are effectively dependent on ‘corporate welfare’.

11. Legislate for a legally-enforcable ‘Code of Conduct’ for members of the NZ Judiciary, to ensure they are not ‘above the law’.

12. Ensure that ALL NZ Court proceedings are recorded, and audio records made available to parties who request them.

13. Make it a lawful requirement for a publicly-available NZ Judicial ‘Register of Interests’, to help prevent ‘conflicts of interest’.

14. Make it a lawful requirement for a publicly-available NZ ‘Register of Lobbyists’ at Central Government Ministerial level.

15. Make it a lawful requirement at NZ Central and Local Government level for a ‘post-separation employment quarantine’ period from the time officials leave the public service to take up a similar role in the private sector. (Help stop the ‘revolving door’).

16. Make it a lawful requirement that it is only a binding vote of the public majority that can determine whether public assets held at NZ Central or Local Government level are sold; or long-term leased via Public-Private –Partnerships (PPPs).

17. Make it unlawful for politicians to knowingly misrepresent their policies prior to election at central or local government
level.

18. Make laws to protect individuals, NGOs and community-based organisations who are ‘whistleblowing’ against ‘conflicts of interest’ and corrupt practices at central and local government level and within the judiciary.

19. Legislate to help stop ‘State Capture’, a form of ‘grand corruption’ arguably endemic in NZ – where vested interests get their way at the ‘policy level’ before legislation is passed which serves their interests.
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What’s your view on this issue ANONYMOUS ‘Manolo’?

Kind regards,

Penny Bright

http://www.dodgyjohnhasgone.com
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October 1, 2012 3:03pm
Manolo

My views on any issue raised by you Miss Dim cannot be expressed in this family-oriented, respectable blog.
You already know my opinion of you and your ilk.
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October 1, 2012 3:13pm
graham

Well, my view is this, Penny.

I, in fact, am in total agreement with two particular points of the Draft Action Plan. These points, specifically:

4. Legislate for an enforceable ‘Code of Conduct’ for NZ Members of Parliament (who make the rules for everyone else).

5. Make it an offence under the Local Government Act 2002 for NZ Local Government elected representatives to breach their ‘Code of Conduct’.

In all seriousness, I think the behaviour of some of our MPs over the past years has been quite disgusting. And I completely endorse the sentiment that those people who make the rules for everyone else, should be held accountable. I have found it quite bizarre that we allow people such as Hone Harawira into Parliament, when he openly states that he will not obey the laws of the land if he happens to disagree with them.

And I’m equally in agreement with the sentiment of point 5, extending this ‘Code of Conduct’ to Local Government elected representatives. So, presumably, somebody standing for public office who was found to have STOLEN water, encouraged others to STEAL water, STOLEN electricity (as part of the Occupy movement), would not be looked upon very favourably under this ‘Code of Conduct’. And as for somebody standing for public office who proceeded to VANDALISE AND DEFACE the billboards of her opponents during the campaign – that wouldn’t be very seemly, now would it?

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Here’s a question for you Penny (not that I have any confidence that you will be ‘open and transparent’ and actually, y’know, ANSWER a question) – if you run for a local body election again, such as Mayor of Auckland, will you commit to abide by the principles of points 4 and 5 fo the above-mentioned Draft Action Plan? In other words, will YOU, Penny Bright, happily sign up to a ‘Code of Conduct’?

If not – WHY not?
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October 1, 2012 3:18pm
publicwatchdog

Unless, Graham, you can provide EVIDENCE in the form of Court proceedings which PROVE that I was charged and convicted for ‘STEALING’ water or electricity, and/or having VANDALISING or DEFACING billboards of opponents during election campaigns – I suggest you cease forthwith making these highly defamatory statements.

Quit while you’re behind?

Once you give an assurance that you will cease forthwith making these highly defamatory statements – then I will consider replying to your question.

Kind regards,

Penny Bright

‘Anti-corruption campaigner’

http://www.dodgyjohnhasgone.com
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October 1, 2012 4:01pm
publicwatchdog

Thank you ‘Manolo’ for confirming your ‘ilk’.

I for one, don’t see much MAN in ‘Manolo’?

Meant of course in a caring way 🙂

Kind regards,

Penny Bright
‘Anti-corruption campaigner’

http://www.dodgyjohnhasgone.com
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October 1, 2012 4:04pm
graham

So Penny, what you’re saying is, unless someone has been charged and convicted of a crime, they haven’t actually committed that crime?

So I take it you will IMMEDIATELY stop accusing John Banks, John Key, and others of wrongdoings for which they have not been charged and convicted.

Penny Bright, open and transparent – yeah right.
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October 1, 2012 4:15pm
Longknives

“New Zealand hasn’t even ratified the UN Convention Against Corruption!
Want to know why?”

Because the League of Nations is a joke? And anyone with half a brain will pretend it doesn’t exist?

By the way, how pleasant it is going for a walk through Aotea Square these days? (without the smell of urine, cannabis and body odour and without discarded junkie needles lying on the ground..)
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October 1, 2012 4:17pm
Nostradamus

The publicwatchdog is all bark and no bite:

VIDEO: Hysterical scenes during arrest of Occupy protestor Penny Bright

Veteran protestor Penny Bright was at the centre of this morning’s crackdown on Occupy protestors, yelling at police and claiming brutality by officers.

Ms Bright was picked up in her tent and dragged towards a police van, while screaming hysterically.

She later stood up on the back of the van and gave an emotive speech about the protests.

The video is here.

This was a public service broadcast brought to you by many concerned ratepayers who believe in the rule of law – such as Graham (see 3:18pm comment above) 🙂
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October 1, 2012 4:20pm
graham

Incidentally, Penny, perhaps you should re-read my comment at 3:18 a bit more carefully. Nowhere I did accuse YOU of having carried out those actions. I merely posted some rhetorical questions, asking about ‘somebody’ standing for public office who was found to have STOLEN water … etc.

Surely you don’t feel this is aimed at YOU … do you?

🙂

Unlike ‘someone’ who has used banners to claim that John Banks is a “White Collar Criminal” (very carefully using a question mark to try and avoid legal issues).
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October 1, 2012 4:33pm
Reid

Anyone noticed how the media are salivating over Finland’s education system which doesn’t run National Standards yet still achieves at the top of the OECD? (A rep from Finland is at the education conference now running.)

I wonder if it’s going to occur to ANY of the media to ask the simple question about how Finland deals with learners at the bottom and what their analysis of the root causes of those learners is?

It’s just that all the Scandanavian countries are extremely homogenous, which generates entirely different attitudes in the population. For example, if a Swede goes on the dole, that’s no problem, it’s generous and available. But if a Swede makes a lifestyle out of it, she or he is excoriated by their relatives, their neighbours, the local shopkeepers and Uncle Tom Cobbly.

It just occurs to me that maybe, just maybe, Finland’s success is due not just to their classroom techniques but also, critically, to their having almost 100% uptake of motivated parents who actually, truly and really give a shit about their child’s education and take the appropriate action. Of course most parents here care, but we have many here who fail to assist their child to achieve and to understand the importance of the boring skool wurk. Caring isn’t enough, and I’d be real interested to hear from the media just precisely what Finland does to get parents into the right frame of reference. I suspect they don’t do much, because they don’t need to. We however do, but we don’t, possibly because that would be all judgy and lefties would scweam and pwotest and wend their clothes at the inhumanity of requiring parents to do the right thing for their children.
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October 1, 2012 6:34pm
wat dabney

Nostradamus,

It’s not clear what the elderly lady in the video is getting arrested for. She is babbling incoherently and seems to have trouble standing up. Is it for being being drunk and incapable perhaps? Does anyone know?
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October 1, 2012 6:50pm
bereal

Reid @ 6.34

A very good post.

One of your best.
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October 1, 2012 7:08pm
Reid

Thanks bereal, most appreciated. My best ones are normally made between the 2nd and 3rd beers of the night. It seems to go downhill after that although of course, I just think they’re getting better and better.
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October 1, 2012 7:16pm
Fletch

I saw Greenpeace outside my local Warehouse today fundraising because “all the polar bears will be gone in 10 years” 🙄
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October 1, 2012 7:19pm
nasska

Steve (North Shore)

The skipper of this boat could be in line for a DB. 🙂

Ref: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W36rDKl4T5s&feature=watch-vrec
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October 1, 2012 7:21pm
OneTrack

publicwatchdog – who, or what, is this “OCCUPY AUCKLAND” of which you speak. 1/2/2012 ? Maybe time for another meeting?
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October 1, 2012 7:23pm
Reid

They can’t really win these rebel groups, because they don’t have the support of even most of the anti-Assad forces. As I have mentioned, the main peaceful opposition group does not really support the strategy of the Free Syrian Army, does not support the Syrian National Council and in the key cities of Aleppo and Damascus, which is where more than half of the Syrian population live. Most of the population is behind the government, supports the government. A couple of weeks ago, a Free Syrian Army Officer admitted it himself, saying that ‘the problem for us here in Aleppo is that 70 per cent of the population supports Assad,’ and it has always been that way. So they can’t win with that lack of popular support.
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October 1, 2012 7:40pm
nasska

Reid

I second bereal’s comment….your 6.34pm is thought provoking stuff.

There is however another way in which we will outstrip all others in our race to the bottom of the education ladder. To the same extent that Finland sees fit to keep their country for their own we welcome with open arms every lazy, thick, religious, over breeding, pig ignorant immigrant we can scrape out of the shitholes of the ME. Education for these petals is optional & not necessary….neither is the desire to work, nor is there a need to speak English except for the phrases “I want”, “benefit” & “give me”.

Then we introduce the spawn of these no hopers to an over unionised pack of pedagogues determined that their way is the right way & that social engineering will always trump useful learning.

Bottom of the OECD….we should be so lucky.
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October 1, 2012 7:54pm
wat dabney

If NZ had all asian students it would be at the top of the tables.
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October 1, 2012 8:00pm
nasska

A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off.

“You look hot, my son,” said the cleric. “why don’t you rest a moment, and I’ll give you a hand.”

“No thanks,” said the young man. “My father wouldn’t like it.”

“Don’t be silly,” the minister said. “Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water.”

Again the young man protested that his father would be upset.

Losing his patience, the clergyman said, “Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I’ll give him a piece of my mind!”

“Well,” replied the young farmer, “he’s under the load of hay.”
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October 1, 2012 8:04pm
Reid

nasska thanks also for that compliment. Unfortunately I can’t comment on the rest of your post as a condition of my current employment which ends 26 Oct so perhaps I’ll take up those matters after that.

However for something completely different, how about a litany of US false flags, from a couple of lefties. Remember, just cos they’re lefties, doesn’t mean they’re wrong. Normally it does, but in this case, they may not be…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlnvSiUJsHU
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October 1, 2012 8:05pm
chiz

Buddhists attacked by Muslim mob.
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October 1, 2012 8:07pm
Reid

And on another note,

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2210759/Gaddafi-killed-French-secret-serviceman-orders-Nicolas-Sarkozy-sources-claim.html

so get this:

Gaddaffi gives Sarkozy millions in campaign funding. How embarrassing. [This has been mentioned many times BTW, it’s well known, at least in the world news I look at.]

ergo Sarkozy orders him killed before he talks.

then the boy who kills him is himself attacked and dies in France, just days ago.

Coincidence?

Of course it is.

In politics, if it happens, it was planned to happen.

And for all you Islamophobes:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-complete-idiots-guide-to-iran-and-the-bomb-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-facts-2012-9
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October 1, 2012 8:15pm
nasska

Here’s a tactful way to say it:

Ref: http://imgur.com/gallery/t8IHP
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October 1, 2012 8:30pm
hj

Penny Brights a Green Party member?
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October 1, 2012 8:46pm
big bruv

I am watching Ron Mark on TV right now, I have new found respect for the man.

Just a pity he ended up with Winston.
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October 1, 2012 9:30pm
Fletch

And for all you Islamophobes:

Opinion: Stop calling criticism of Islam ‘Islamophobia’

The English language needs a moratorium on the word Islamophobia, a term often used to describe bigotry against Muslims. Unfortunately, it is also used reflexively to denounce critics of Islam, who contribute to a valuable and ongoing debate concerning the relationship between the West and the worldwide Islamic community. This subject is important because several Western countries, such as Denmark, Great Britain, and the Netherlands, are being forced to reconsider their approaches to immigration and culture in light of deep clashes between the Muslim immigrants and the native population.

These tensions have captured much attention in recent weeks with the series of violent protests that have spread to over twenty countries, emanating from the controversial Innocence of Muslims film….But to accuse all opponents of Islam of harboring a deep-seated hatred, rooted in irrational fear, is a serious mistake, exemplified by the sweeping and liberal usage of Islamophobia. In fact, the only sentiment in this debate that could actually be described as phobic is the unconditional contempt among many Muslims for people who disagree with them. But one doubts that a formulation like “Infidelophobia” will gain traction anytime soon.

The strategic construction of “Islamophobia,” which is rooted in the word Islam and not Muslim, serves more than a mere lexical purpose. It is designed foremost to associate voluntary religious belief with involuntary skin color, appealing to widespread and legitimate revulsion to racial prejudice, and further to equate bigotry against Muslims with criticism of Islam, blurring any distinction between these two very different actions. While the prejudging of all Muslim citizens as suspicious and untrustworthy is indeed comparable with other forms of racial and religious bigotry, the study and refutation of Islam’s claims to moral and philosophical authority is a just and necessary enterprise, fully compatible with a pluralistic society that values religious liberty. This is because freedom of belief, if it is to have universal and consistent meaning, must include the freedom to criticize beliefs and believers — a concept that is foreign to the social and political world view of Islam….

http://life.nationalpost.com/2012/09/26/opinion-stop-calling-criticism-of-islam-islamophobia/
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October 1, 2012 9:33pm
Reid

Perhaps Fletch if you and others talked less about all Muslims as if they were a single homogeneous group who all thought the same and talked more about the fact it is a tiny subset of radicals, I wouldn’t have to keep preventing WWIII by introducing facts.

Of course you’ll probably dispute that the radicals in the muslim world are a minority, why look at the stats on all of those who fund those who take up arms and how come no Muslims dispute terrorist events, you’ll probably say.

All I can say is, fact is, Muslims DO dispute terrorist events if you look for it, fact is for some reason western MSM doesn’t think that’s a story worth covering (which should give thinking people like you pause for thought as to why that is). And as for the funders, I agree this is not good news. But if the west were really serious about preventing it, they’d be wise to stop selling arms, paying Afghan warlords for drugs and stop killing wedding parties, you’da thunk. After all, the funding issue is hearts and minds isn’t it. And how much attention does the west pay to that? If you were really serious about it, why does the west pretend that the only time marketing ever works is in the west and in Asia? How come they try to pretend that it would never ever work on the ragheads, cos they’re just primitive barbarians who will never respond to reason which is why we have to kill them all, all of the time?

Sorry to be so blunt, but that’s quite frankly the attitude. And once again, thinking people like yourself, might do well to consider just precisely who might have inculcated that attitude into the western mindset. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, isn’t it.
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October 1, 2012 9:56pm
Kevin

Penny has taken off the equality petition I placed in the comments on her website. Equality is not on her “agenda”.
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October 1, 2012 10:00pm
nasska

Kevin

Taking down a call for equality? There must be some mistake! Hard to believe that a veteran campaigner for openness would use the heavy hand of censorship thus.

We need an anti corruption warrior, someone at odds with reality to oppose this with all her might. Who do we know would fit the bill. 🙂
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October 1, 2012 10:10pm
Sofia

NEW YORK — As anti-American protests continue in Islamic nations against a U.S.-made film that mocks the Muslim prophet, the leader of the world’s largest Islamic organization met with United Nations leaders this week to condemn violence over the film and call for a ban on insulting the Prophet Muhammad.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/30/united-nations-organization-of-islamic-cooperation_n_1927166.html?utm_hp_ref=religion
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October 1, 2012 10:18pm
Manolo

The crisis deepens: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/9578762/Eurozone-unemployment-hits-record-high-and-reveals-two-speed-Europe.html
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October 2, 2012 6:36am
graham

So I asked Penny Bright a question yesterday, not really expecting her to answer it, because she very rarely answers questions put to her (although she’s all for ‘openness and transparency’ – just in other people, it seems).

My question was this: if Penny was to run for a local body election again, such as Mayor of Auckland or MP for Botany or Remuera, would she commit to abide by the principles of points 4 and 5 of the “Draft Action Plan” that she has often talked about, and Occupy Auckland’s General Assembly supports? The two points in question are:

4. Legislate for an enforceable ‘Code of Conduct’ for NZ Members of Parliament (who make the rules for everyone else).

5. Make it an offence under the Local Government Act 2002 for NZ Local Government elected representatives to breach their ‘Code of Conduct’.

In other words, will YOU, Penny Bright, happily sign up to a ‘Code of Conduct’?

If not – WHY not?

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Well, much to my surprise, Penny has said she will “consider” replying to my question – IF I give an assurance that I will stop making certain statements which she seems to feel are aimed at her (can’t imagine why, I only make these statments about “somebody” :)).

Now I’m genuinely fascinated to know what Penny’s response would be. Will Penny Bright actually sign up to a ‘Code of Conduct’ that she is demanding other representatives sign up to? So okay Penny, I accept. I will cease forthwith, as you put it, making the statements you have referred to in the below post, IF you answer these questions:

Will YOU, Penny Bright, happily sign up to a ‘Code of Conduct’?
If so, what will this ‘Code of Conduct’ look like? What will it bind you to?
If you will not sign up to it, why not?

http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012/10/general_debate_1_october_2012.html#comment-1028722

I await your response with anticipation. 🙂
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October 2, 2012 6:55am
Viking2

Why I went to Aussie
By Amelia Wade
5:30 AM Tuesday Oct 2, 2012

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The number of trades workers moving to Australia has increased. Photo / Supplied
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The number of trades workers moving to Australia has increased. Photo / Supplied

A tradesman was flown to Australia by his new employer two months ago for a job that is paying $12 an hour more than he earned in New Zealand.

Paul Holmes, a linesman, says he is one of several workmates from the same New Zealand employer to make the same move within a year.

“When I was training with five or six guys, everyone was planning to move once they got qualified,” said Mr Holmes

“And eventually, even the guys who trained me made the move.”
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Employment Minister Steven Joyce said the economy was doing well and creating jobs in all sectors.

Any claim of a jobs crisis was absolutely ludicrous.
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The trade drain

* Statistics New Zealand figures show that the number of technicians and trades workers moving across the Tasman has increased over the past 10 years.

* In the year to June, more than 17,600 aged between 20 and 29 moved to Australia – of those people, 14.4 per cent were technicians and trades workers and 11 per cent were professionals.
By Amelia Wade | Email Amelia

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So in planet key all is well.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10837795
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October 2, 2012 6:59am
Manolo

So in planet key all is well.

Of course it is. Just ask davinci and Adolf, chief cheerleader, for confirmation.
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