While I definitely agree that preferred pronouns should not be compelled speech, he should should've been smarter than to respond in the manner he did. Mind you, intelligence was never a prerequisite for a career in politics.
Forum whore
While I definitely agree that preferred pronouns should not be compelled speech, he should should've been smarter than to respond in the manner he did. Mind you, intelligence was never a prerequisite for a career in politics.
Geriatric hoon
Interesting clip I saw this morning. The Brit equivalent of our Tax Payers Union claimed that the British government had wasted 8 Billion pounds on "woke" projects. A fact checking organisation looked at the figure and spotted an error. They weren't interested in questioning which projects were woke and which weren't, just a very large mathematical error. The actual amount spent on the woke projects was ten million pounds.
The spokesnman for the fact checking orgniataion said that people have trouble grasping the significance of large sums of money. He said it helps to change the money to units off time such as seconds. He said ten million seconds is 4 months. Eight billion seconds is 250 years.
That's one Hell of an error.
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Good god. I posted a link from facebook a couple days ago about the so called bio labs in the South Island. I won't go into any detail but the person who shared it on their facebook page posted another today, and curiousity got the better of me. Wow....just wow. I dare you to look at some of the comments. Once again, no need to log in to see this.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BVcYy6Ybm/
I watched frame by frame, many times. From memory i found over 100 discrepancies.
I also know it was done by 3 people, mossad was involved, as was the clinton foundation.
My conclusion is by far more believable than the official one, put hundreds of hours into ivestigating.
Rasta Ratskins
That is pretty fucked up. Hopefully they will go full public with that and get prosecuted. Sadly tho, that will only convince them more. Cunts like this should have a cow dropped on them from height.
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
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The Air Force have been doing that for years for target practice, it is cheaper than dummy bombs.
The farmers try and complain as they lose so much stock but Fonterra are actually an SIS front so their dairy payout drops if they talk too much. If they keep stirring then false flag rumours of foot and mouth get dropped to the media and eventually they are forced out of the industry.
It's all out there if you read between the lines.
Apparently they sound like a Stuka when they pass through 1,500 feet.
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
A bunch of nz university students are upset at getting AI presented lectures instead of a real professor.
Of course none of them have ever used chatGPT to finish an assignment hehe
What they are missing though is they are on the wrong course. If AI knows enough about a subject to teach the human, the humans knowledge is worthless by the time they enter the workforce as the real world AI will have updated itself far more than the human could.
Time to re enrol into a subject that needs human interaction in its final delivery in the workforce
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
Geriatric hoon
Originally Posted by onearmedbandit
Incredible. Some time back I learned that there were people on Telegram who were discussing 'executing' NZ politicians and journalists that had displeased them. I was unaware that there was so much insanity on Facebook. Out in the open, for all to see.
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Rasta Ratskins
I am ashamed now for my suggestion of dropping a cow on someone. I need to rethink my life…
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
Embracing mediocrity
To be fair, there are some who are deserving of bovine intervention.
Death threats to people just because they made a decision or published something you didn't like is a completely different herd of cattle.
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Geriatric hoon
This clip is about a town hall meeting in Idaho. A predominantly Republican area, they don't want Californians bring in their lefty woke ideas. The guy with the mic and the sheriff are both from California though. The sheriff is the guy in the baseball cap.
Following the fracas in which a woman, who has run for political office as a Democrat is dragged out, there were consequences for some. She was charged but the charges were dropped. The security company that supplied their staff, who wore no unidentification, lost its licence to operate. The sheriff who instigated events? Crickets. Until now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJAj4hsJQs
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Geriatric hoon
Strange times we live in. Yesterday I found myself defending RFK jr online. He wants to eliminate chemical food colourings in the US. Most Americans know RFK JR is insane so they have tended to assume this is just another of his idiot schemes. I’ve attempted to convince them it is not. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
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Geriatric hoon
This is a new problem locally. There used to be just the one rough sleeper. He could often be could be seen sitting in the library near a sunny window in the morning.
Now we have multiples and they are building cardboard constructions in the street? How many of these people are teens doing this as a 'lifestyle choice' I don't know, but the city needs to move quickly and find these people a better arrangement. Councils though do not tend to be light on their feet.
In Cologne there was a new modern art museum built which incorporated a lengthy verandah. Perfect for the homeless and the intravenous drug users, not all of whom were overly concerned about disposal of their personal waste. Every morning at sparrow fart the Fire Department arrives and hoses the area down. The various nightly visitors still use the place but at least it's spic and span when the tourists arrive to visit the adjacent cathedral.
Something like that might work here?
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3606...eing-impounded
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Well, this is awkward...
I've been passing by a local homeless person on my daily walks, he's usually pushing a trolley along and acting in a way which implies he's not all there for whatever reason, but he's not abusive that I've seen. Watched him crossing Mt Eden Rd last night (one of the main arterials in Central Auckland) and all the traffic gave him plenty of room but he was clearly annoyed by them and kicking out with one foot while pushing the trolley (he picked one of the steepest bits so gravity was slowing him down a bit).
No groups so far in my suburb, but I've regularly seen individuals sleeping in local parks and in the doorways of local shops. I also drive regularly into the CBD and along Federal St which has the City Mission building backing on to it, there's a lot of rough looking people around there too but they look as though they're getting some support. Interestingly there's some kind of Police presence there as well, I think in the long run that's where the new Central Police Station is going.
Hard to see why anyone would choose that lifestyle but I guess everyone has their own story.
Moe: Well, I'm better than dirt. Well, most kinds of dirt. I mean not that fancy store bought dirt. That stuffs loaded with nutrients. I...I can't compete with that stuff.- The Simpsons
Kruger-Dunning Parts n Service
It’s easy to forget in short history our population has near doubled while costs of living are off the chart and housing availability plummeting due to policies by all govts.
I buy one of the older chaps a pie and a cold drink now and then as he has decency to say a polite hello to people rather than demand stuff.its good karma too as it could be easier than you think to end up in that position.
We have dozens in bay that sleep on beach or in their cars, they don’t cause anyone a problem.
Yes the odd one or two prob could just “ go get a job” but for ones that have trouble dealing with the system or getting a bank account etc the services to help them are lacking in ease of access.
It will get exponentially worse before govt ever comes up with a meaningful solution as automation and AI take away more traditional jobs.
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
The Majestic Metal Wizard
Most habitually homeless people have a history of undiagnosed mental illness and a lot try to self-medicate with substances.
There are a few 'regulars' around here.
Most are harmless enough, on their good days.
The problem is on their bad days. One gentleman will sit and yell incoherently, whilst whacking his head - and it can be quite scary, because you don't know what is going on up there and whether or not someone else could be the target of whatever is troubling them.
As such, it is not so much that they choose that lifestyle, it is that they lack the necessary pre-requisites to live in a house.
Do we chuck them in an early 90s era Insane Asylum and leave them to rot, possibly subject to well-intentioned, but in hindsight horrific medical procedures?
Do we leave them be to live their lives as they see fit?
In Pritch's post there is a line that I feel needs to be emphasized:
That is a big reason for why many people see the Homeless as a problem or nuissance. I don't want to walk along streets smelling like Piss and shit... and I especially don't want my children walking in areas covered in human piss and shit.not all of whom were overly concerned about disposal of their personal waste
It is a tricky issue with no good options.
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