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lurcher1948
/ 28th September 2020A question is Peter Wiliams,on Magic Radio the “Alan Jones” of NZ? or is there a more rightwing media person out there.
Gerrit
/ 28th September 2020Where is your problem? If you don’t like him, change to anyone on national radio. Is a commentator entitled to their opinion and are they free to express said opinion?
I would be more worried if I were you, with the Labour “hate speech” laws. Soon we wont be able to speak what we think. And that goes for the left as well as the right.
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020I can’t stand Patrick Gower (he’s even more annoying in the flesh, believe it or not)
Simple solution; I don’t watch him.
Blazer
/ 28th September 2020Thanks for..that.
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020Don’t mention it. I am glad to be of help.
Corky
/ 28th September 2020Poor old Lurchy. He’s a poster boy for the Left’s dirty little secret – they secretly love RIGHTwing media. They get to self flagellate. Have some excitment. And become offended.
You won’t get all three anywhere else.😄
lurcher1948
/ 28th September 2020Corky,I’m not a poster boy,im an old fart (pensioner) and i don’t really care about your dribble..lots of. dribble
David
/ 28th September 2020Interesting coirt filings in the General Flynn case regarding the FBI investigation. It was stopped in Novemeber because there was nothing there and when it was re opened by Biden the FBI agents went and got liability insurance, correspondence between agents was scathing of the political reasons for investigating where there was no evidence
Duker
/ 28th September 2020Thats not the case, he was given a soft plea deal because of his senior position as a military intelligence general, the evidence was a lot stronger than the plea deal indicated.
The real problem eventually when they went to court for sentence was the Judge who was unexpectedly hard nosed
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/08/852582068/mike-flynn-pleaded-guilty-why-is-the-justice-department-dropping-the-charges
David
/ 28th September 2020You may wish to update your database. The Federalist has a good summary and the text message details between FBI agents.
All filed last week to the court.
Duker
/ 28th September 2020FBI doesnt prosecute , thats up to the prosecutors who handle the case…chatter between agents doesnt mean anything
FarmerPete
/ 28th September 2020Sorry, but you are so far off the mark, I feel embarrassed for you. There has been a stream of revelations proving that Flynn did not lie but was coerced into pleading he had as the FBI threatened his son. Further disclosures in the last month reveal that the FBI knew they had no case against Flynn but ploughed ahead anyway in order to get Trump.
And by the way chatter between agents show motivation and bias.
There will be much more to come on this saga before it’s over.
David
/ 28th September 2020Biden has been off the campaign trail for 10 of the last 13 days.
Hidin his way to victory ?
Patzcuaro
/ 28th September 2020Or just being sensible in the age of COVID, Biden doesn’t want to unnecessarily expose his followers to risk of infection which can’t be said for the other candidate who doesn’t care about his followers.
Duker
/ 28th September 2020Biden won the democratic nomination the same way.
hes doing more events than David mentions.
And of course Trump got his message out last election on TWITTER…no appearances required
Alan Wilkinson
/ 28th September 2020Except that Trump campaigned in critical states harder and more often than Hillary, often to large rallies. You really do spout utter nonsense.
Duker
/ 28th September 2020Thats false. Wisconsin was only state that Clinton had lower than expected numbers, in critical others she did better than Obama
Trump bought out the ‘uneducated white vote’ overwhelming for him. Some rural areas that were never democratic territory anyway went from 60% Republican to 80%.
That was the small margin , and it was very very small that gave Trump victory.
Alan Wilkinson
/ 28th September 2020None of that had any relevance to my comment and its context.
Duker
/ 28th September 2020The counterfactual of campaigning in critical states harder doesnt stack up…. its a national campaign that he didnt expect to win. Only small numbers ‘see’ a candidate visiting the state, and its often just an afternoon…the voters make their minds up from the whole campaign experience.
Your hindsight makes everything Trump did ‘significant’
Duker
/ 28th September 2020the Chickens have come home to roost
“The financial pressure on him is increasing as hundreds of millions of dollars in loans he personally guaranteed are soon coming due”
David
/ 28th September 2020Ny Times, come on Duker
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 20203 news had an article about a survey; one question was about C19 being man-made..20% agreed, and even some people on the street believed it.
I don’t KNOW that it wasn’t made in a lab, but it seems extremely unlikely !!!
NOEL
/ 28th September 2020It’s between bad security at a lab studying the virus or a Chinese wet market.
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020Two PDTs must think that it’s true that it was made in a lab and released…possible, but highly improbable.
Enter rumour, painted full of tongues. Remember how the rumour mill had the market selling koalas for meat ? It didn’t occur to people to wonder how these protected animals got there from Australia. Even if they had been smuggled, they’d have been worth far more as pets than as meat. Some people will believe anything as long as it’s daft enough.
NOEL
/ 28th September 2020https://www.newscientist.com/term/coronavirus-come-lab/
NOEL
/ 28th September 2020https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-how-we-know-coronavirus-was-not-made-in-the-lab
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020Reason would (or should) indicate that the chances of its being a bioweapon were all but non-existent. It would be the own goal of the century as so many Chinese caught it and died. What would be the point, anyway ?
It was a real surprise that as many as 1 in 5 were gullible enough to believe this conspiracy theory.
Corky
/ 28th September 2020Meanwhile in the bowels of Labour HQ:
Trainer:
Jacinda, we have the media on our side. Paddy will be in our corner come the debate. But we will need more from you this time around. The consensus is you lost the last debate. You will need to find your ”inner bitch” and put that ‘Painted Tory Has-Been’ away, once and for all.
You have everything going for you: you are young and vibrant. The world loves you, New Zealand loves you. The animals love you. You have a groovy toddler with a cool name. And you have substance… ???!! OK, I need to be honest, prime minister – you don’t have a lot of substance. But that’s not important because…
Jacinda:
The average voter is as thick as pigshite?
Trainer: Bingo! Go get ’em gurl.
Duker
/ 28th September 2020First stage of grief : denial
Best if you get help for your looming loss, come election evening you may be overwhelmed . Take care and be kind
Corky
/ 28th September 2020Lol. the first stage of grief for you will be Labour winning the election.😄
Of course, I can’t talk for other Righties who may be upset. But as they watch events unfold, they will realize what I already know.
Blazer
/ 28th September 2020Talofa Corky…its not over,until its…over.
Corky
/ 28th September 2020Very true. Undecided votes. Last minute switch by voters from minor parties when they see their party doesn’t stand a chance.
Corky
/ 28th September 2020Crikey, you may be right, Blazer.
Blazer
/ 28th September 2020Tax is for…poor people…
read://https_www.stuff.co.nz/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stuff.co.nz%2Fworld%2Famericas%2F300118308%2Fnew-york-times-us-president-donald-trump-paid-750-in-us-income-taxes-in-2016-2017
Pete George
/ 28th September 2020Did you read the NY Times article?
https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-individual-statistical-tables-by-tax-rate-and-income-percentile
duperez
/ 28th September 2020All that proves is that he is a smart businessman and explains why everyone wants to be like him. That adulation will likely see his prospects rise. Do you think he’ll slash tax rates for the whole country to show that is the way the country can and should operate?
I wonder where the essential money for the essential projects will come from? I see. The poor people who want the wall he demanded are paying for it through their taxes while he hardly pays a brass razoo towards it? Yes, genius!
“Trump Administration Diverts $3.8 Billion In Pentagon Funding To Border Wall”
Appeals court: Trump wrongly diverted $2.5 billion in military construction funds for border wall
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/13/805796618/trump-administration-diverts-3-8-billion-in-pentagon-funding-to-border-wall
“Pentagon pulls money from overseas projects to pay for border wall”
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/28/pentagon-money-border-wall-216156
lurcher1948
/ 28th September 2020Trump wants Joe Biden to take a drug test before the debates,so i think its only fair that Trump shows his tax returns,i see he doesn’t pay taxes,that will go down like a bucket of cold sick with USA taxpayers…
Corky
/ 28th September 2020New Zealand is changing under the stress of Covid. While the maximum impact on the middclass and wealthy is still to arrive, the poor are already feeling the pressure.
Two observations:
Wandering through a poor suburb I was astounded to see the amount of cars parked on properties since I was last in that area. Given I doubt these folk have all won Lotto, it would fair to assume they have boarders or family staying. Overcrowding is nothing new in poor housing areas. But what I saw was a whole level. And given the lush energy payments end this week, I’m betting on a bleak violent filled Xmas break fo many of these folk.
At my supermarket, Monday morning now sees huge amounts of discounted meat that hasn’t sold. They have re ordered the shelves so one whole length of the supermarket wall now has shelving dedicated to potato chips and other similar items. No prizes as to what has taken the place of meat. The delicatessen has also be disestablished.
Corky
/ 28th September 2020* But what I saw was a whole new level
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020Most, if not all. supermarkets have walls of crisps and such things ! They probably all discount the unsold meat; when I bought meat, I often saw it marked down.
The delicatessens seemed to be closed at L3 & 4, but should be open again by now.
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020P & S’s ‘service delicatessens’ are open now.
Kitty Catkin
/ 28th September 2020So are Countdown’s.
duperez
/ 28th September 2020Well I never, New Zealand is changing under Covid.
Corky
/ 28th September 2020True..but not the way you think it is.
duperez
/ 28th September 2020I’ll await some oracle to tell me all about it. No doubt your friend Mike will help in that regard in a sort of ‘after match review.’ sort of style.
If the apoplexy about road cones and public transport don’t get him first. 😊
Corky
/ 28th September 2020If I was in your situation…I would have just kept quiet. But no, I guess you must be a Hive throw away.
You hang around now. You and Duker are to be my whipping boys.
ps- Lol
Kitty Catkin
/ 29th September 2020I am not sure that you know the meaning of that expression.