Just got a letter from the Greens asking for $100 that will be matched by a donor up to $100k
OTOH, and I know it's not 1:1, but look at the disparity in spends and outcomes in US bye-elections in the last year, including today in NH
PS, SOMEBODY wants Seymour entombed in power don't they?
11.03.2026 06:17
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In a sane political environment, the iReX debacle would have the current government unelectable this November.
In a term chocka block with monumental cock ups, this has be pretty much in the no. 1 position. #nzpol
11.03.2026 03:41
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"freight industry warns"
They don't get a word in till I see how much they each gave to stop IREX
And every damned failed or late delivery needs to come with an apology for FAFO
11.03.2026 06:01
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Remember the plan was to save $2bn !
So all they have to do is deliver it at the cost of minus $1.5bn..
11.03.2026 05:47
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It's a wash, but in either case, IO would pay to watch Luxon walking out of Parliament Grounds carrying his teddy bear, because there is no fuel for a limo and the $100k Beamer has a flat battery from Nicola doing victory donuts
11.03.2026 05:57
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While the pathetic grifters are whining about Labour 'ignoring advice' regarding COVID, here's a quick reminder #nzpol
Advice ignored
- Smokefree Legislation
- Emissions Targets, etc
- MΔori Health Authority
- Fast-track Bill
- School Lunches
- iReX
- Landlord Tax Breaks
- Significant Natural Areas
11.03.2026 01:49
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Does my memory correctly serve that there are two US Carrier groups inside the Gulf?
To what degree are they now trapped there?
Being nukes the carriers are good for fuel, what about the rest of the group?
And the aircraft?
11.03.2026 05:49
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Gentle reminder that COVID-related hospitalisations and deaths are up here in Aotearoa New, so if you're not masking in enclosed public spaces and getting your boosters (recently updated!), now is a good time to do so.
We may not be #FiveMillionStrong anymore, but the more the better. π
11.03.2026 01:33
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Now will you PLEASE stop platforming these lying assholes and when you have no choice, START with the fact that they are lying
Because you have some actual goddamned responsibility for them being there in the first place
You MIGHT get one more chance to atone
Do it as if your life depends on it
11.03.2026 03:34
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Exactly
I have adapted already, I stick to 90 max on the motorway and am SO glad so many roads are now 80kph
I might drive 100km in a day but I'll be noticeab;y tired now
I have driven stock cars and carts and used to have a TM125
I KNOW how a smash feels
Never again thanks
11.03.2026 03:31
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Hello, My name is Inigo Montoya....
YouTube video by Clare Elaine
Hello, my name is Mojtaba Khamenei
You killed my father
and my mother
and my wife
and my child
What do YOU think is going to happen next?
11.03.2026 03:27
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Tautoko
I just had my license renewed at 75
All I needed was the medical, which TBF was reasonably complete
BUT there is no actual road test unless the Dr thinks you may have cognitive or physical impairments, the issue is more "how much impairment is there, on the road?
AND, it is good till I'm 80
11.03.2026 03:14
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On the plus side, splitting the shrinking pool of RW voters may not be wholly bad
Just hoping the oppo gets the clue and starts referring to the "porn-funded ACT/NZF/Nat parties"
11.03.2026 03:00
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Except that US refineries can't use straight US oil, they need Canadian heavy crude blended with US light crude feedstock
They MIGHT be able to substitute Venezuelan tar, but they would have to be retuned for it
11.03.2026 02:31
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As well as the actual energy, large quantities of Nitrogen and ammonia are also made out of natural gas in the Gulf, then shipped around the world to make synthetic fertilisers and many applications can't use anything else
This is also a food crisis
11.03.2026 02:29
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... in 2 weeks
11.03.2026 02:27
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NZ First calls for Covid-19 inquiry focused on vaccine injuries
That comes after the second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry released its findings on Tuesday.
They had their goddamned chance to turn up in their droves with the names of all the family members who died or were permanently harmed by the goddamned vaccines
They didn't
Because they aren't fucking well there
NO Winston
Your fucking fantasy is just that, not even smoke
Rumours of smoke
Fuck off
11.03.2026 01:54
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Thank goodness, I was starting to doubt my self, also, myself, which is very rare.
If a 50% cut only knocks 1% off, it suggests we can run 99% of the economy on half of the FF?
At what point does it make a real difference?
10.03.2026 23:30
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This might be the politest heckler ever π | James Acaster: Hecklers Welcome
YouTube video by Sky TV
Here's the clip
10.03.2026 23:15
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Vegetarian diet lowers risk of cancer, Oxford study finds
The new study - led by University of Oxford researchers - is the largest ever of its kind.
I'm all for minimising risk of various cancers, though I can't for the life of me get why a vego diet would increase the chance of oesophageal cancers
10.03.2026 23:13
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Elegant
10.03.2026 19:27
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See my reply to Dr Cussons
10.03.2026 19:24
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Replacing farm workers will be the hardest part of it, working in the open air, in all weathers will be the challenge
By that time, they will have solved for manufacturing, warehousing, transport, food processing, all indoors under controlled conditions
Start there
10.03.2026 19:23
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She has the time, but unlike the tower of Pisa, absolutely no inclination
10.03.2026 08:53
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August 1989 German friends told me "there are 2 Germanies, get over it"
December 1989, 1 Germany had disappeared
The Egyptian dynasties started 5,000 years ago, which dynasty are we in now?
The Incas, Aztecs, Olmecs and others believed they had the mandate of heaven
Then there was the 1,000yr Reich
10.03.2026 08:51
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Good luck trying to tell her anything
10.03.2026 06:18
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Bahahaha the end. #nzpol
10.03.2026 01:49
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An actual oil exporter, drawing on it's pandemic response to get ahead of the game
10.03.2026 06:04
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