As you were

So an ultra-conservative ex-Hitler youth member (we are assured not an enthusiastic member) has been elected as pope on the day of Hitler’s birthday. Conspiracy? Co-incidence? I can feel a Mike Moore movie about to be made – oh that’s right president Bush is Hitler.

For Catholics then its even tighter doctrinarian rules and ridiculous situations. Aids will continue to spread in Africa, killing off the catholic churches largest support base – the irony is no lost on me there. And let’s not mention the kiddie fiddling, oh that’s right we weren’t.

Good luck to them, the pope is dead, long live the pope

Yeah Right

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IM: Is it true you're a lesbian?

HC: Heavens, no. It's obvious I'm asexual. That's why I married Peter. Well, actually I married Peter because I was standing for Parliament for the first time and the party bosses told me I would get more votes if I was married. I also started going to church around that time but thankfully I don't need to keep up that pretence any more. Ugh. Anyway, we've done focus groups that show men don't like voting for women, and women don't like voting for men. So that explains why I'm so popular.

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"I believe in the atmosphere" as well

*CO2 is increasing largely as a result of fossil-fuel burning
*CO2 is a greenhouse gas
*ergo: There must be SOME global ATMOSPHERIC warming -- ALL OTHER
THINGS BEING EQUAL
*But the most reliable data do not show any appreciable atmospheric warming.
*Climate models do.
*Whom should we believe? The atmosphere or the models?
*Many scientists believe in models and think there must be something wrong with the observations. Other scientists believe the atmospheric data and think models have left out some important negative feedbacks.
* I believe in the atmosphere.

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It's getting hot in here...So give me back my tax money

The autumn outlook is worse in the North Island - where people need to prepare for colder than usual temperatures - than on the Mainland, says the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

And lets not forget the UK is under a foot of snow as well . Kyoto = Rubbish

What and What

Firstly I can't believe that the guvament is actually considering this, but the reaction from those affected just makes me go what? I mean WHAT?

One member of the families involved warned that, if the reforms were passed, it would drive New Zealand's wealthy families into the National Party's arms.

"It would almost guarantee the National Party was the best funded at election time."

How can these people actually vote for those who would fleece them in the first place? Am I being a bit naïve? Or is everyone in this country sucking on the state tit?

KiwiBank turn a profit

The government has finally stated to make money out of the poor

New level of hate

I really hate labour. I mean seriously. They are a bunch of smug meddlers who walk about with a mightier than thou attitude. God they piss me off. Two things in the media this morning, “Prime Minister encourages Iraqis to vote” and the "PM rules out tax cuts."

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On the first, Iraqis probably don’t care what you think Helen, you did nothing before and are still doing nothing now. On the Tax cut issue, I believe that it’s another case of the finger and the pulse issue. To quote the excellent movie Jay and Silent bob strike back. “ here is your finger, here is your pulse, your finger is stuck so far up your arse”

<>Anywho I digress. I have this dream that one Sunday in November, or when ever the election is, Helen wakes up and mutters to herself “ooohb didn’t see that one coming”

Franky says

Sell the Bank, the TV station, the railway (again), the airline, the accident insurer. Then pass a memorandum to dissolve yourself and get the hell out of our lives.

Here it comes kids

This is where it starts.

“…Drinkers are being pulled out of Auckland bars to check if they are intoxicated as part of a new approach by police.”

Hey but you can’t say that you didn’t hear it all before.

A brace of cocks

Welcome to NZ.

No Smoking

No Noise

No Speeding

No Vacancy

No Anything

what a sad country we are about to become

Yushchenko Style

Finally NZ Politics is getting interesting









Cock

"Guardians of the Sounds spokesman Peter Beech, who headed the campaign to impose speed restrictions, said he was not aware of plans to scrap the Lynx, but was delighted at the prospect of one fewer ferry."

New Wosersland

This country is full of busy bodies and everyone stands by while this goes on. The Speedway issue in Auckland is just another example of how pathetic NZ society has become. And shame on all those who allow this kind of pettiness to continue.

And to the guy across the road who complained about our open fire, just wait till we get the permit, I got some tyres that need disposing.

Good

NZ soldiers kill the bad guys, Good. NZ soldiers get acknowledged for killing the bad guys, Good

Was that weird

Was Judy Bailey reading the headline news story about herself last night the weirdest piece of TV you have ever seen?

Until then

For those who are making a difference

Last orders called

11 December 2007

Drinkers in Wellington bars ordered their final round Thursday night with minimal protest.

At the stroke of midnight, the Alcohol safety Amendment Act 2006 came into force, banning the consumption of alcohol in restaurants, bars, casinos and sports clubs.

Although the new legislation had been lambasted by most of New Zealand Society, most bars put on a brave face as the bell for last orders rang for the last time.

A group of seven punters sharing a large bottle spirits at the Lounge Bar launched a small protest, simultaneously doing a line of shooters at midnight. But with Ministry of Health and City council officials supported by the police in attendance bar staff encouraged them to go home.

At Happy Go Lucky Bar in Cuba Mall, it wasn't the drinkers protesting - it was the bar.

Owner Sheldon Middleton said he disagreed with the new law and thought that the government had finally gone too far, so drinkers were allowed to drink until the bar was forced to close by police.

"It was a sad night, you can tell people don’t agree with the law but seem paralyzed to fight it" said Mr. Middleton yesterday.

In Auckland, Don Sing - the boss of Auckland strip club GoGo’s – handed out free beers from the back of his car.

Mr. Sing, a recovering alcoholic, thought alcohol consumption was a matter of “personal choice". Mr. Sing went on to say that his business will probably not last another month. The “valuable Asian businessman” clientele would no longer patronize strip clubs preferring for private functions run by gangs.

Mr. Sing feared for his girls, as there already had been reports of strippers taking drugs and physical abuse during such events. “The government has sent fun underground” Mr. Sing added.

Many bars have expressed Mr. Sing’s concerns that the ban will drive them out business. One Wellington bar owner who did not want to be named said “There’s no money in coffee and cake.”

At Wellington bar Handles yesterday, bar worker Jo Pearson said that though patrons didn't need to be reminded that it was last drinks, many of the regulars had not shown up for their usual in protest and disgust.

In Queenstown, New Zealand’s premier tourist destination, revelers thrown on the streets at midnight began to smash windows of nearby shops and restaurants. Mike Kendall a British backpacker was slightly bemused by the whole experience “This is just like back home in London, except I don’t have to catch the tube!” referring to the 11pm closing of pubs in England's capital. Mr. Kendall said he had one more day in New Zealand and looked forward to getting to Sydney for a fosters. He said he would think twice about recommending New Zealand to his friends as a place to go. “I can’t believe it” Mr. Kendall added, “You can’t even have a smoke anywhere.”

Tourism minister, and prime supporter of the bill Ron Chadwick, said that the cost to New Zealand society of alcohol had become too great and curtailing the ability to purchase alcohol except for use at home was long overdue.

Mr. Chadwick believed the move would encourage more families to venture out at night. "In five years time we will look back and think why did we ever need a drink?"

Mr. Chadwick said the aim of the act was health-focused.

"Alcohol doesn’t only affect those who drink it but those who drive on our roads and suffer abuse at the hands of the drinker”

Based loosely : Remember where you read this first!

A name change

Every morning a friend and I have a morning meeting. Increasingly topics of conversation swing to politics unfortunately we both leave to go to our respective offices mad and pissed of. On Thursday my friend commented, “Its quarter to nine and I’m mad already!” Thinking of changing the name of the blog to, “8:45am and mad already”

Well is it or isn't it?

Those of you who have been unlucky enough to stumble across this website previously will find the recurring theme of highlighting the doom merchants peddling the world is about to end story because everyone is driving a SUVe and using hair spray. These environmental Doom Sayers are the new lot, who took over from the last lot who said that the world was going to run out of everything about 20 years ago. - WRONG! : Another topic –

OK I admit there is climate change, but there always has been climate change. It is well documented through out the history of the world that the earth’s climate heats up and cools down every so often. Heck, in the 70’s scientists were saying that we were heading for an ice age, but now they are saying you will be able to row your boat right up to the 13^th story window when the polar caps melt.

What has happened is that the meddlers in conjunction with some dubious scientists – afraid of loosing their research grants - have used the fear mongering media to their own devices and whooped everyone into a frenzy about the impending disaster. And while everyone wasn’t looking they managed to slip in things like “carbon credits” or sustainable output performance hydrocarbon volumetric dispensation tax (I made that up). All of which will do didly squat to save the world. It will however give the moochers another line to your wallet.

What I’m getting to is that there was snow on the hills around Wellington last week (extremely rare for late November) and the NZ met service predicts a cold summer At the same time speakers at various conventions around the world predict a warming climate and mass extinction.

But as usual, just as summer starts, forecasters are hedging their bets. Dr Jim Salinger of the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, said he saw no reason to change Niwa's last long-range forecast for "average or near-average" temperatures in the North Island between November and January.

What is important here is that everything is a prediction, which is by definition something that may or my not happen. So if the predictions are wrong, like the run out of everything lot were, will we get out money back?