A place where escape goats go to play
https://notplanetrugby.com/
Oh look I just love rugby...uncertain speech - corrects self … rugby is ace.ManhoodObesity wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 8:28 am Was it just me or did one of Todd Mullers cronies get jacked off on live tv? (probably by Todd Muller)
Wisdom of Fred Dagg confirmed once again
Tracy Hicks14:09, Jul 03 2020
OPINION: As a baby boomer, born in the early 1950s, I have often reflected on just how fortunate I have been to be born at that time and into this place.
As Fred Dagg was wont to say “We don’t know how lucky we are, mate”. The past few months have only served to re-enforce the sense of serendipity around this time and place.
The wonders of technology have made the global community smaller and more connected than ever before. This has both its ups and downs for us as a nation.
Certainly, as an individual technology has opened up a whole new perspective and sense of immediacy of world events and, of course, the individuals who shape those events.
All of this confirms for me the wisdom of Fred Dagg. Yet I wonder, in the splendid geographical isolation of the south west Pacific, are we as a nation generally happy about our lot?
I have to say the answer to that question would have to be ‘No’ if the hourly news bulletins and the half hourly updates are the way we stay informed about how we are travelling as a country.
Or, heaven forbid, if a regular diet of radio talk back or social media is our main medium for seeking truth, justice and life’s balance.
For both good and bad, Covid-19 has given us all, as individuals, a unique opportunity to reflect and recalibrate our priorities.
It has given me the rare opportunity to step off the treadmill, even for a short while, and spend time with those important to me.
I know for some people this has been a confronting and painful experience, but for me it’s been great.
I guess the definition of happiness will be as varied as there are individuals to define it. Nevertheless, I do think everyone should at least take a little time to reflect on what it means for you.
Covid-19 has also given us Zoom. As someone who thought they were reasonably up with the play technology-wise prior to Covid-19, I had never used Zoom and, to be frank, didn’t really trust it.
Now there isn’t a day goes by that I don’t use the technology. It is still just a tool and has its limitations, but not having to travel to meetings certainly allows a bit more life-work balance.
It’s almost impossible to escape the reality we are on the eve of a general election, and all the hype that goes with the process.
Given the ready access we have to global events, one thing I have learned over lockdown is the almost slavish adherence to party politics many of us seem to follow, can be foolish and deliver chaos.
As much as I admire the enterprise and endeavour of the United States and its citizens, I can’t help but shake my head in amazement at the chaos infecting that country. Sadly, there appears to be no end in sight. Let’s hope that particular virus stays well away from these shores.
Again, the wisdom of Fred Dagg comes to mind.
One of the privileges of being a mayor is I get to see up close how the main players in the game that is politics conduct themselves. I have to say that across the board, irrespective of party dogma, most are highly intelligent, eloquent, hardworking individuals trying to do the best they can to leave New Zealand a better place than the one they inherited.
However, there are some I wouldn’t trust as far as I could kick them … and that’s not far.
Fortunately, that’s the exception rather than the rule.
It’s easy to take democracy for granted and to forget it is a hard won right many around the world don’t get to share. So don’t forget to use your two votes thoughtfully.
Tracy Hicks is the Gore district mayor.
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Yeah, they look like a complete bunch of chumpcunts. And credit to the media... two thumbs, in the upwards vernacular.Wild Beef wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:16 am And the media didn’t release any details. Kudos to them. This is really bad for the nats though. Actively undermining the covid effort.
Yep, credit where its due.Shanky’s mate wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:29 amYeah, they look like a complete bunch of chumpcunts. And credit to the media... two thumbs, in the upwards vernacular.Wild Beef wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:16 am And the media didn’t release any details. Kudos to them. This is really bad for the nats though. Actively undermining the covid effort.
He's already stripped Walker of his portfolios. Other than the party moving to expel Walker from the party, there's not much they can do, other than apply internal pressure. He's already been selected as the National candidate for Southland a few months back, so it's either up to him to step aside, or or the voters to do the job (which in rural Southland is highly bloody unlikely).Gumboot wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:33 amYep, credit where its due.Shanky’s mate wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:29 amYeah, they look like a complete bunch of chumpcunts. And credit to the media... two thumbs, in the upwards vernacular.Wild Beef wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:16 am And the media didn’t release any details. Kudos to them. This is really bad for the nats though. Actively undermining the covid effort.
As for those feckless tory cunts, it'll be interesting to see how Herr Muller handles this.
Hopefully a privacy lawyer will shed some light on that in the media at some point.Enzedder wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:52 am Can Boag be prosecuted for breaching the Privacy Act or is her resignation all that happens to her?
She got it as part of her job as acting CEO of the helicopter rescue trust. She's the one being rightfully strung upMuttonbird wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:25 am I regularly have to sign documents saying I'll be sued for USD1M if I break confidentiality. And that's TV, make-believe.
Whoever sent this to Boag needs to be strung up.
That is absolutely disgraceful,Enzedder wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:27 amShe got it as part of her job as acting CEO of the helicopter rescue trust. She's the one being rightfully strung upMuttonbird wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:25 am I regularly have to sign documents saying I'll be sued for USD1M if I break confidentiality. And that's TV, make-believe.
Whoever sent this to Boag needs to be strung up.
I don't believe that at all. I think a RW agitator in the ministry of health sent it to her privately.Enzedder wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:27 amShe got it as part of her job as acting CEO of the helicopter rescue trust. She's the one being rightfully strung upMuttonbird wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 7:25 am I regularly have to sign documents saying I'll be sued for USD1M if I break confidentiality. And that's TV, make-believe.
Whoever sent this to Boag needs to be strung up.
That's what I'm surprised about as much as anything. And the astronomical lack of judgement from Boag is a bit of a surprise.Ghost-Of-Nepia wrote: Tue Jul 07, 2020 6:42 am
I'm more surprised that Boag was in contact with Walker more than the fact that he released it without thinking.
Nash was hinting this morning that there is more of this to come. Could be fun to watchMuttonbird wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:03 am How are the Nats able to claim 'rogue MP' yet again when the largest part of this privacy breach was Michelle Boag who has been basically been National Party central command for the last 40 years?
And the media have calmly rolled over and let them do it.
This .... i would be pretty fucking furious if I worked at that supermarketEnzedder wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:32 amGumboot wrote: Sun Jul 05, 2020 6:23 am Pissed off with this woman doing a runner from isolation in the Pullman Hotel in Auckland, scaling a couple of fences in the process. Selfish cow. Lock her up! Lock her up!
I think that there have to be consequences to put off other attempts.
Yeah, reports that he's had a breakdown. Very tough for him and his family. Hope he'll be OK.
National will go up. The chances of Labour governing alone just evaporated. Collins is the Anti-Jacinda and this election suddenly became very entertaining.Jb1981 wrote: Tue Jul 14, 2020 9:50 am So, what are the predictions- will National go up, down or this won’t make any difference?
She's a cartoonist's delight. Much more interesting features than Herr Muller.
