Daily review 04/07/2019

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        1. 2.1.1.1

          First US Pres to step inside North Korea though, and gets along pretty well with Vlad too. Hopeful signs for the world.

          1. 2.1.1.1.1

            he's not cool – 120 years

            Ever since President William McKinley’s administration — which began in 1897 — every single occupant of the White House, save for Trump, has had a dog at some point.

            https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/02/12/trump-first-president-century-with-no-dog-explains-why-i-dont-have-any-time/?utm_term=.25d2e76b8f83

            this is why he doesn't

            “I don’t know, I don’t feel good,” he said. “Feels a little phony to me.” A lot of people had told him to get a dog because it would look good politically, he added, but he hadn’t felt the need because “that’s not the relationship I have with my people.”

            lol didn't need one politically – what a crooked stick he is

          2. 2.1.1.1.2

            First POTUS to legitimise a murderous thug and his regime's system of collective punishment that results in the intergenerational and often lifetime incarceration, forced hard labour, calculated starvation and torture of families percieved or otherwise to be enemies of the ruling clique.

            1. 2.1.1.1.2.1

              Too many CNN talking points possibly there Joe…

              You could have mentioned their green tech and decent public transport that functions under heavy sanctions, but that would be a whole lot less warmongering.



            2. 2.1.1.1.3.2

              It's just Trumpian farce. No-one who has been watching him objectively could think it was anything but. It may be to show Iran that if they would just abandon their plans for nuclear use they too could be sweet flavour of the month.

              1. 2.1.1.1.3.2.1

                The North Koreans being shown the pics on their side of the border don't necessarily know the orange one is a petulant manbaby.

                All many of them know is that the regime rattled sabres with the US and the US now recognises their regime. Helps keep the slave camps going for a bit longer.

      2. 2.1.2

        That's a pretty good list of arseholes. Didn't know about Clinton (the least arseholey of the lot). There was a pretty good scene in Trumbo where John Wayne gets bollocked for having avoided doing anything in WW2.

        Given that list was heavy with right wing fuckwits, I'm not sure you demonstrated any point of note. Got a similar list of lefties who refused service using paperwork shenanigans? Not conchies, who stood up and said "no" and took the consequences, but the dudes who sadly just missed out because of some convenient condition that hasn't stopped them leading full lives, or because their bosses just really needed them and only them as a law clerk?

        1. 2.1.2.1

          Wasn't really taking into consideration their political affiliations, as I just was pointing out it was a common thing for people with connections.

          But if you insist on going there

          Both Trump and Rudy would have been democrats at the time.

          Comments?

          1. 2.1.2.1.1

            I'm sure that the millionaire fraudster living in a golden mansion (that would make Louis IV make snide comments to Liberace about the tacky decor) and the hardline prosecutor would both have been regarded as "lefties", but I was thinking someone more conventionally "left", even for the US.

            Sanders was a conchy, and faced billyclubs anyway. Biden seems to be the closest bet, as far as I can see.

            1. 2.1.2.1.1.1

              People of all colours have been getting out of ugly work and risk since time immemorial.

              It is one of those things where "who is the worst" is a tad silly.

              The whole democrat/republican thing in the US is a tad silly anyway given everything kind of switched.

              Don't know why people bother so much talking about the idiot orange sexist twat or even US politics in general

                1. 2.1.2.1.1.1.1.1

                  No idea

                  I just googled famous people who avoided the draft and that came up

                  Feel free to do a "right", "left", "politicians", if it gives you a buzz

  3. 3

    Very excited.

    'scuse the male pale stale that follows.

    The Chills, Straitjacket Fits and The Blams (as well as a bunch of other artists), are playing The Others Way gig.

    K Road, August 30th from 10 am.

    Flying out.co.nz for tickets.

    I am stoked to see The Blams.

  4. 4

    The problem the world has with trump is not trump himself but the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been disenfranchised by previous administrations and think he is the second messiah because his go to phrase is “ put America first.” Don’t blame the clown preacher blame the dumb congregation.

      1. 4.1.1

        Preceded by this mob.

        The Native American Party, renamed the American Party in 1855 and commonly known as the Know Nothing movement, was an American nativist political party that operated nationally in the mid-1850s. It was primarily anti-Catholic, xenophobic, and hostile to immigration, starting originally as a secret society. The movement briefly emerged as a major political party in the form of the American Party. Adherents to the movement were to reply "I know nothing" when asked about its specifics by outsiders, thus providing the group with its common name.

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_Nothing

        1. 4.1.1.1

          Ah, so that's where Sergeant Schultz got his favourite saying from!

          "The Prime Minister sounded increasingly like Sergeant Schultz, his repeated “I know NOTHING” denials less and less credible or convincing as the interviews proceeded. He looked irritated and out of sorts, frustrated by the inability of these idiots to see his point of view that, though he was Minister for the SIS, he could not be held responsible for the actions of people in his department that impinged on the impartiality of the Service. It had nothing to do with him."

          https://www.nbr.co.nz/opinion/uncanny-resemblance-between-john-key-and-sergeant-schultz

    2. 4.2

      Blame them both New view. Cheap, crass, dim-witted, a thug and devoid of class. That's Trump for you and his supporters are no better.

      I listened to some of Trump's 4th July speech extolling the military – courageous and the mightiest soldiers in the world he said – or something like that. How would he know? He was a draft dodger.

      In the meantime the concentration camps are thriving in the South but not the inmates, they are dying. It's only a matter of time before the camps start appearing elsewhere.

  5. 5

    This is interesting. Aussie billionaire selling his property to himself for increased value.

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/113994687/aussie-billionaire-tim-roberts-sells-queenstown-property-for-top-price#comments

    The comments touch on a few interesting scenarios:

    • Jealousy from the reporter
    • Rich crooks flog properties among themselves to push up the price
    • A dodgy GST claim
    • Lack of CGT allows trickery (see point 2, perhaps)

    This is worth investigating.

    My theory: Poor misunderstood billionaire suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder flips house to an alternate personality state.

    1. 5.1

      Shades of 'I wasn't speaking as a Prime Minister at that moment.' Rich people can afford lots of hats.

    1. 6.1

      Ya wanna know where to go to overdose on them or you prefer to enjoy them one by one as micky trickles them out?

      1. 7.1.1

        There's some brilliant ones out there. I nearly had a wee accident the other night. Micky must show the 'allied landing' one. It's a classic.

    2. 7.2

      Thanks Anne and Andre (that's got a good ring about it …) will check them out.

      I tried to see some on an Indy100 link but that froze my computer so did not pursue that link or others.

      You two will also appreciate the link that Sabine put up at 6 on Open Mike – check it out if you haven't already. LOL.

      I suspect it is going to be another little sleep night tonight as I check out July 4 'celebrations' in my adopted US home town (Washington DC). I lived there for almost 7 years, aged 14 – 21, so it disgusts me what Trump is doing to some very important American traditions etc.

  9. 9

    There's an exciting fashion trend evident in leftist political thought: using code in brand names for political parties. This quote gives two examples: "The European Realistic Disobedience Front, or MeRA25, is a left-wing Greek political party founded in 2018. Its founder and secretary is former Syriza MP and Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. MeRa25 is part of the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (DiEM25), the European Spring and the Progressive International". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeRA25

    Decoding things, looks like democracy is intended to be introduced to Europe in 2025, and it will happen as the result of realistic disobedience. The code format seems to be derived from standard internet password format (upper & lower case letters mixed with numbers), to get younger generations aboard I guess.

  10. 10

    Top work those Westland Milk farmers who took the dividends for years, underinvested, hollowed the company with low product development, made the only choice to go for a for sale, cut its executives bonuses if they completed the sale, the sold it off the the Chinese.

    Pack of pricks.

    Really, really hard to see us getting ahead as a country when this is the long term attitude of milk farmers.

    1. 10.1

      They bring to mind some of the cockies of my youth.

      Dumb AF on their 60 acre rehab blocks with 40 cows, separators and pigs, yet they considered themselves landed gentry because could afford a new car every other year.

    2. 10.2

      I heard the chair of the board say he bears full responsibility, so that's ok.

      I wonder what full responsibility looks like?

      1. 10.2.1

        It looks like dressing up in traditional costume and sitting cross-legged on the floor, then taking your short sword and stabbing it deep into your abdomen before twisting it and slicing left, then right. Somehow I doubt that the board chair will genuinely take full responsibility.

    3. 10.3

      Somebody got annoyed with the West Coast intransigence about new ideas, new business and called them 'feral'.

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