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exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Zephonith posted:

Like, say, people who give money to ACT.

[snip]

Judging by his Campbell Live interview he's legitimately mentally ill. :stare:

# ¿ May 21, 2012 08:08

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# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 00:40

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

http://tvnz.co.nz/back-benches/s8-ep18-video-4928685

"The aging workforce is a manufactured crisis"
~Paul Goldsmith

:catstare:

# ¿ Jun 16, 2012 08:01

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Yeah the letter spacing is too wide, and the font is different:

There's no need to make poo poo up, especially when there's equally reprehensible stuff from the time (albeit less overtly racist).

Speaking of that link, I can't find any more of those '75 election ads, except for ofc the dancing Cossacks one. There were apparently four that ran at the same time.

# ¿ Jul 10, 2012 13:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Brighter Future
:smugdog:

# ¿ Jul 24, 2012 08:33

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Wibbleman posted:

Also what a fantastic white trash name "Latika".

It's actually an Indian name, which makes their "not our culture :argh:

" bullshit even funnier.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2012 08:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

But more importantly, John Key has revealed that his favourite TV programmes are The Big Bang Theory and My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding!

Whyyy is he so loving milquetoast?

# ¿ Aug 9, 2012 06:09

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

^, Anne Tolley's Anne Tolley-ness...
It's pretty depressing really

klen dool posted:

Then there was John Keys rant from way back in the early 2000's about why we should send troops to Iraq (Hint: he wants to trade brown peoples lives for money).

Christ. Got a link to this?

# ¿ Aug 24, 2012 03:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Thanks

Did anyone catch the Media³ (Formerly Media⁷) on Saturday? Talked about our involvement in Bamiyan and the fact that we really have no idea what NZ is doing over there. Eerily prescient too.

# ¿ Aug 24, 2012 05:13

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Breakdown.

Banksy voted for?

# ¿ Aug 29, 2012 12:09

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

He's loving irrelevant :argh:

All I can think about when he's mentioned is his closing election ad, where he stood creepily on the edge of a cliff as he monologued.

That Fucker vs. Louisa Wall

# ¿ Sep 1, 2012 15:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Lemonus posted:

Should I leak something here?

Yeah

# ¿ Sep 6, 2012 01:17

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

A guy I went to school with literally thought that most people on the benefit were dole bludgers :psyduck:

# ¿ Sep 17, 2012 07:33

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

John Key: "Leading the charge for gay marriage".

p.s. Guy Williams' twitter is pretty good.

# ¿ Nov 5, 2012 10:39

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

OLIVIAS WILDE RIDER posted:

Actually watched the news tonight, Neither Prime News nor Three News seemed to care about the Palestinian side of the story, instead focusing on the "hundreds of rockets being sent from Gaza"

Good to see our Media being just as hosed up as most of the rest of the world I guess.

Yeah I was actually a bit surprised at 3 last night. And I'm pretty sure the Dom Post was the same.

# ¿ Nov 18, 2012 11:22

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Ratios and Tendency posted:

I saw a comment on one of the blogs that made an analogy between George W Bush and Helen Clark, in that Labour have yet to "own up" to the disasterous Clark years.

?

Can someone explain this to me?

For the same reason there are comments calling Labour Marxist I suppose.

It's a real pity Shearer gets so flustered in interviews; his humanitarian record's pretty fantastic.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2012 12:29

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

I'll do you one better

# ¿ Jan 10, 2013 04:01

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

The weird combination of tall-poppy and smug "yeah, we're different from America" makes me cringe all the time.

So, are we getting a new thread or have any politics been happening or what.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2013 10:41

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

newtestleper posted:

Chris Hipkin's a little bulldog, especially for someone who looks like young Ron Howard.

I've been seeing a fair bit of him lately on the news etc., seems to be doing some good poo poo.

P.S I hope John Key dies
E: Paul Holmes too, come to think of it.

exmarx fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Jan 18, 2013

# ¿ Jan 18, 2013 11:45

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
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Law posted:

My god, the nerve of John Key to accuse the Greens of racism.

Winston though :sigh:

# ¿ Jan 28, 2013 06:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

R.I.P. you old bastard

# ¿ Feb 1, 2013 00:15

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Lemonus posted:

I am trying to find some cool primary source material relating to New Zealand and the Sea - an editor at Lapham's Quarterly is all ears.

1. A high quality image of an artwork of Maui pulling up the North Island out of the sea
and/or

Searching right now but no luck yet

Children's picture books maybe?

Googled a bit:

[same artist]

# ¿ Feb 5, 2013 08:10

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/key-slams-protesters-during-peaceful-waitangi-celebrations-5334477

quote:

Key said a small but vocal few are apparently unable to see the world through any lens other than that of Maori disadvantage and seem to be "permanently aggrieved and rarely constructive".

# ¿ Feb 6, 2013 06:24

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Afghans aren't actually Afghanis.

It's a common mistake to conflate people and currency.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2013 22:34

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Miguel Angel Face posted:

This is the New Zealand mega thread.

You may be surprised to learn that in New Zealand, we call the biscuit an Afghan. Eating an Afghani would be cannibalism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_biscuit

Are you money

# ¿ Feb 11, 2013 01:22

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

News said they'd send any asylum seekers who arrive here by boat to be ~~tortured~~ processed on Nauru/Manus Island :thumbsup:

# ¿ Feb 11, 2013 06:20

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

quote:

"I will not stand by while [his daughters'] rights and freedoms of other New Zealanders and Westerners, are denigrated by a sorry pack of misogynist troglodytes from Wogistan.

quote:

Wogistan.

No loving way.

Also, learned from Gareth Hughes' twitter that SBW is a Muslim :monocle:

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 03:02

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

John Campbell :wow:

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 07:15

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Miguel Angel Face posted:

Hone is one of the worst racist shitheads that our country has produced.

I doubt that he even eats white bread.

The institutional bigotry against the White Man is probably the greatest societal problem we have facing our country today, imo.

Who did you vote for, Miguel Angel Face?

But seriously, John Cambell v Winston last night was really good. Didn't let him dodge anything. And it's kind of entertaining to see the Kiwiblog commentators struggle between their hate for NZ First and their inherent racism.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 23:44

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

What is your definition for "villain"?

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 00:40

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Miguel Angel Face posted:

But that is because I believe that Malcolm X was not a hero. He was a hateful racist gently caress.

Malcolm X was a pretty swell guy and whatever prejudices he had were completely understandable, being the product of, y'know, Jim Crow laws. And again, black-on-white and Maori-on-white racism is nothing compared to the reverse.

Varkk posted:

...usage of 'moslem'...

He's an Islamophobe :ssh:

E: How old are you Miguel? Did you support the Springbok Tour?

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 02:17

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Ratios and Tendency posted:

Why are people responding to Miguel?

There's not many politics happening v :shobon:

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 06:22

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

From watching Parata get grilled on QT this week, I think the way it was meant to work is that Novopay was to be rolled out in parallel with the old system, to work out the kinks. But nope, let's just ignore that advice :downs:

E:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGMymgozKs

exmarx fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Feb 14, 2013

# ¿ Feb 14, 2013 23:08

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Miguel Angel Face posted:

If the NZEI or PPTA unions actually demonstrated that they wanted to improve educational outcomes for children, I would be happy to back them.

The problem is that they don't.

Their primary purpose is to keep existing teachers employed regardless of their teaching ability. This is why they are a bunch of dicks.

Yeah, why is the group which was explicitly formed to protect teachers' rights making sure teachers can't be fired at a whim, instead of _________???

# ¿ Feb 15, 2013 10:53

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

gently caress I wish we could do more than one thing at once. Maybe even create different groups to focus on different things? Oh well, a guy can dream.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2013 11:01

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Advertising is a pretty powerful tool. In Australia smokers have been complaining that they taste different post-change, even though they're exactly the same.

Also http://www.plainpacks.org.nz/the-evidence/

Besides, it doesn't really matter whether there's a significant effect because gently caress the tobacco industry :v:

# ¿ Feb 18, 2013 06:26

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2013 11:29

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

I'm really glad that such credible sources as the Torygraph support the idea that our enormous Muslim population of 37,000 people is going to rise up and overthrow whitey(incidentally, those UK Muslims know what's up, it is stupid to do menial busy work from 9 till 5 everyday).

Seriously, "Hate preacher talks to 30[!!!] people".
:laffo:

Holy poo poo whaleoil is revolting. And funnily enough has plenty of reposted Telegraph stories.

In politics news, apparently Charles Chauvel has quit to work at the UN.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 01:59

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

Miguel Angel Face posted:

When a hateful preacher publicly says "that David Cameron, Barack Obama and the leaders of Pakistan and Egypt were the devil (shaitan) and should be killed" then he deserves to be jailed.

Freedom of speech doesn't allow people to agitate for murder.

The quote speaks for itself. The man is a piece of living garbage.

I'm pretty sure that no one here supports him, and I'm pretty sure that the UK has hate speech laws. The problem is that sensationalist reporting like this by right-wing news sources is only trying to whip up more islamophobic, paranoid, hatred.

Miguel Angel Face posted:

Hah. Another Labour MP that doesn't want to pay tax on his earnings.

UN salaries are - of course - tax free.

Yeah, that must be the reason :jerkbag:

that's why we see all those National MPs going off to work for humanitarian causes.

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 02:22

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

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BeanTaco posted:

So I'm thinking maybe I'll send off for a couple thousand pamphlets.

I was thinking the same. These are paid for by Colin Craig by the way; 200,000 of them have cost $55000 so far :getin:

# ¿ Feb 19, 2013 05:08

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