Search Results » @author Mercurio
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
Well reasoned and expressed, AB.
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
It feels as though he wants to… Surely he’s not that foolish?? Imagining that Luxon might behave differently if “given another chance” is delusional.
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
To me, the critical aspect of hyper data centres is they cannot be shut down temporarily, no matter what the circumstance. If they won’t “give” at all, something else has to; the network, the co-users of that network, the environment. The aluminium smelter …
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
Truly browned off, he is. The Government is a sham.
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
Today’s piece by Sir Ian Taylor will injure ACT significantly, imo and an unpleasant response from Seymour is sure to surface during the day; his boil’s been lanced.
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
Bomber is often daft when it comes to the Greens.
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Comment on Open Mike 27/08/2026
Regulatory relief, aka, regulatory taking is evil and issued forth from Seymour as you expect it might. It is very good to read Brooking’s pledge. It’s vital that this Government is extinguished at this election.
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Comment on Open Mike 26/08/2026
That’s right – same as it ever was.
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Comment on Open Mike 26/08/2026
That surely will change…
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Comment on Daily review 26/08/2026
“”I have listened to farmers wonder aloud about whether volunteer rural fire brigades will be there to defend unmanaged forests planted by distant owners on behalf of equally distant emitters.”” Especially if the volunteer fire-fighters are also farmers …
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Comment on Daily review 26/08/2026
“Remember that $60 million taxpayer-funded grant for Golden Bay Cement? One month later its corporate parent announced hundreds of millions in profit. So, why were taxpayers charged for this grant? How can it be justified? We don’t know, but Nicola Willis …
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Comment on Open Mike 26/08/2026
Will we be able to grow low THC hemp in our gardens this coming season? https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/1133265/industrial-hemp-sector-wants-more-seed-in-the-ground-across-new-zealand “It’s a simple email, then getting the seed and putting it in the …
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Comment on Open Mike 26/08/2026
Erica Stanford’s exclamation in the House today. Nut-case.
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Comment on Open Mike 26/08/2026
“79 ridiculous questions” Let’s see how that flies!
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Comment on Open Mike 26/08/2026
Thanks, Steven.
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Comment on Daily review 25/08/2026
Orcs. “The government’s decision to delay Waikato Regional Plan Change 1 until 2032 has been slammed by Waikato-Tainui chair Tukoroirangi Morgan, who said it puts politics ahead of freshwater health and undermines Treaty settlement commitments. It is …
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Comment on Open Mike 25/08/2026
Correct Ed1. But the general public are going to love sticking it to their local council.
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Comment on Open Mike 25/08/2026
Yes they will. They’ve chosen a strong, simple attack that even the dimmest of their MPs can fire off at any time.
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Comment on Open Mike 25/08/2026
Watts is a dumbarse! “Presented with the criticism, Watts was insistent that councils will be able to make it work.” Watts was insistent…Watts was insistent…Watts was insistent… https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361024446/government-moves-ahead-cap- …
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Comment on Open Mike 25/08/2026
Hipkins might have said, “There are many things that influence voters at this point in the cycle, so it’s understandable, however, one significant influence comes from the lies that National are broadcasting through social media that I referred to earlier. …
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Comment on Open Mike 25/08/2026
Well, yes, bwaghorn, this is normal enough and I don’t think it’s right to say we’re “screaming”anything, however, I do think Hipkins should have been straighter and not done a “Luxon”.
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Comment on Open Mike 25/08/2026
Hey, aj. Did you listen through to the end? Up until John Campbell’s final question, which he had to ask 3 times! Hipkins did pretty well, but when asked why Labour are polling so poorly, he avoided answering by rolling out his party-political broadcast! I …
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Comment on Open Mike 24/08/2026
Thanks, mikesh – they, eh!
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Comment on Open Mike 24/08/2026
Bye bye, alwyn – thanks!
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Comment on Open Mike 24/08/2026
Do you think we can do Luxon “damage”?
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Comment on Open Mike 24/08/2026
“Police found the child in a critical condition after being called to a house on Basingstoke Street just before 5pm on Friday. They later died at the scene.” Tragic! Our brave boys in blue. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/1005049/mps-shocked- …
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Comment on Open Mike 21/08/2026
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Comment on Open Mike 19/08/2026
Lacking the courage to say out-loud that he’s anti-Green, The Chairman seeks to minimalise, to the point of “having no value”, the Greens.
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Comment on Open Mike 19/08/2026
Ha! Do you know the “Lindworm”? Shed a shift, slough a skin? Very Stanford/Luxon, Willis/Luxon. https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/Norwegian_folktale
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Comment on Open Mike 19/08/2026
Took hand-washing lessons from Lady Macbeth.