Oh. I forgot to put money in the parking meter. I forgot what the speed limit was. I forgot to pay for the petrol before I drove away with the nozzle from the petrol pump still in my tank which I forgot to remove.
I stood on a hilltop in Cincinnati nearly 30 years ago and looked out upon row upon row of deserted derelict factories which seemed to stretch for miles, as far as the eye could see. Westinghouse, General Electric, Pratt and Whitney, Procter and Gamble, the list went on and on. As far as I can recall, the list rattled out from my host seemed encompass most of the big names of American industry. All of these companies still exist in America. Only the jobs have gone.The Americans have been doing this to themselves for decades. It is facile and fatuous to blame this on Mexico or China or anyone but America. American Boardrooms emptied these factories. Nobody else.
As a long term (ex) landlord, with some landlord friends still in the game, I can report that long term wealth and peace of mind comes from treating every tenant as a friend, catering to their every (reasonable) need, and being ahead of the game when it comes to keeping your rental in tip top condition. What goes around, comes around. If your rental is a tip, you are inviting rats to become your tenants, and they may or may not pay their rent. I for one, would not blame them if they didnt.I fully support the new initiatives to improve tenants rights and enforce enhanced accommodation standards. They are only just catching up with my own self imposed standards as a landlord.
I agree with Trump. The climate probably will revert to something approaching last centurys climate in about a million years. Actually that may be a bit pessimistic. Maybe a 100,000 years. 100,000 years after mankind has gone extinct.
I cant but a house or a flat in China. Unless I bribe somebody.In fact there are lots of countries where I cant buy property.This isnt a China issue. It is an issue of preventing thoughtless, greedy, speculation in one of lifes necessities - four walls and a roof.
Greed is good. The select few now own just about everything. If less than 1% of the worlds population now own in excess of 99% of everything then what could possibly be wrong with this picture? Heck, they even own the picture, the frame and the hook in the wall. Rich listers think that they should also own the politicians. All of them, not just some of them. No limits? That just means I want more. And that wont be enough. I want it ALL.
I read (and listen to) media from many countries around the world. Some of these are even in English. But dont let that stop you reading other media in French or Italian or Russian or any other language you can understand. I can report that a dispassionate widely read multi lingual observer would find very little positive news in any of these disparate sources about the great sainted one.Clearly there are only two possible conclusions:1. ALL of the worlds media are completely biased against the Greatest Ever President of ALL TIME anywhere.2. Apart from the poor deluded fools that think El Trumpo should be dictator for life (Fox, Breitbart, et al) there is nothing, absolutely nothing, positive to say about the Moron-in-Chief.Those with brains may be able to solve this conundrum. Those incapable of coming to the correct conclusion should continue with their use of mind altering substances. No further damage will result.
I use the occasional Te Reo phrase. Every other day. Part of being a kiwi. What I object to is the invention of new Maori words which are often little more than alliterations of English words. Maori never had a word for week so where did wiki come from? Heaps of other examples. Crazy and inexcusable. The epitome of social engineering. Cultural imperialism at its worst.
Once again Saint Donald the Duplicitous stands before the people of the world showing himself to be the most deluded president ever. His despicable contempt for the rule of law, for truth, for the US Constitution are quite simply despicable and contemptible. And the US Congress are complicit in this. In the name of democracy the people of the US need to act at the mid terms. If they dont, they give the lie to everything Lincoln said at Gettysburg. The US experiment with their version of democracy will indeed have been in vain.
A thinking person not knowing the meaning of trivial could have had a stab at its meaning from the JC quote. The opposite of importance? Oh wait. Thats a big word too? Dang.The JC quote is of course an early realisation of the so-called butterfly effect. I have my own version. A little bit of dumbing down goes a long way towards creating a nation of morons.
What is he going to toss to the crowds when he visits his next disaster zone? I hear you lost your baby in the flood? Here! Ill toss you another one. What an utter tosser!
When you look at those comments below decrying yet another anti trump story, it is strange to observe that whatever media sources one follows, in country after country, where there is any vestige of a free press, there is an overwhelming view that trump is a moron, a negative influence, an egotistical maniac and much more besides. Yet the one exception is the US itself, where a small section of the media are slavishly fawning over the great sainted one, and are calling all other media sources fake. An independent observer might be tempted to conclude that at least some of these media sources in many many countries are completely deluded? Which ones I wonder? (Spoiler alert. Rhetorical wonderment.)Astute readers may have noted that I have not used uppercase t in places where convention would normally dictate that the lowercase t was inappropriate. This is 1. From now on I will henceforth refer to the inappropriate president as trump.
My fellow Americans. In this hour of need when many of you have lost your homes and paper towels, I want you to know that the the thoughts and prayers of all patriotic Americans are with you. Except Demorcats of course. For those of you who have lost family members, like babies, I want you to know that I will visit the disaster area when it is safe to do so, and my bones spurs are feeling better, to show my support. We will be having a baby shower. I will personally toss replacement babies to the crowds of adoring voters. Except for Democrats of course. That should ensure complete recovery. Because youll get bugger all else from me. DJT - your presiDUNCE.
Where are employers going to find wage slaves if that are obliged to pay a living wage?In the good old days of slavery, the slave owners had to feed, clothe and house their slaves.Nowadays employers can rely on the state to top up the minimum wage so the wage slave class can feed, clothe and house themselves.Apparently big business thinks that social welfare is just fine. For them. HOPE-less.
The Trump phenomenon is nothing more and nothing less than a serial assault on the truth.Sorry. Correction.. The Trump phenomenon is a literal nothing burger.Thanks goodness we have the free and unfettered fourth estate to save us from this buffoon.Normal service will be resumed just as soon as possible.
ALL nations have a responsibility to other nations not to mess with them. Except the USA of course. They can, and do, mess with anyone they chose.Evidence? 47 wars since WW2. Dipping out of TPPA, NAFTA, Paris Accord, Iran Nuclear Pact. Dumping on NATO, WTO. And many many more.
There is absolutely no legitimate reason for selling our land to foreign owners. Except for the greed of the current owners. Thats ok then.It is a total myth that selling our land is somehow good for investment. Total BS.
One of the interesting things in this whole sorry saga is that there is a tradition that a President cannot be indicted for a crime. As far as I can see, there is no actual law or constitutional provision to back this up. Contrary citations welcome.However Congress has the power to impeach the President for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. This is where it gets political. The politicians get to decide what constitutes a crime. With a Republican dominated Congress there seems little prospect of any agreement on the nature of any crime. If perchance such agreement is reached, the Senate then gets to conduct an Impeachment trial. It appears from past experience that this could be a whole new circus in itself. Clinton felt that his misdemeanors were minor, and eventually the Senate agreed. Nixon knew he was guilty, and ran for cover with a pardon from Ford to keep him warm.Interesting times.
The current hypocrisy surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation is all we need to know to show that the Republicans and their naked emperor are utterly and completely amoral. There is absolutuly no both sides to this presidency. To pretend otherwise is pure chicanery. Trump is without a shadow of doubt the most despicable president ever. His supporters are sadly delusional.
One of five potential scenarios. One that could arise if we stick our heads in the sand. A scenario developed so that we can see a possible future we can avoid. But only if we want to.The ignorance displayed in some of the comments is quite simply deplorable.
Big crowd? Small crowd? What a load if irrelevant twaddle. I have it on good authority that at least three of the crowd were there to feed the pigeons, one was looking for Forest Gump and another was a bum looking for a park bench to sleep on.When it comes to size, what concerns me most about the Great Enlightened One with the very small hands is his itsy bitsy tinsy winsy tiny wee brain. Oooh. And his very very very short fuse.
Winston Churchill once claimed that History will be kind to me for I intend to write it..In Trumps case, we already know that will not be 1 because he has already tweeted that history.
Show me anybody doing anything that is error-free and you will see somebody who is not trying hard enough, who is not trying new things, and is doomed to fail when they meet the real trier.
Let me list the things I like about trump.There. Finished.Let me list the great things that trump has done.There. Finished.That was easy. We dont need anybody to write a history of the trump presidency. Ive just done it. See above.
2020 will be a 1 test of American grit. Can they bring themselves to do what most of the rest of the world considers the only sane and sensible thing to do? Dump the Trump.
It is interesting because anybody that has a world view that extends beyond their own parochial and provincial interests should be deeply concerned about the threats that Trump and his ilk represent. Threats to the environment, world peace and global trade.
Mr Despicable is once again proving just how despicable he is.These are US citizens. They are suffering. He is doing sweet Fanny Adams. Great. Again.Blaming the Democrats? How weak is that Donny? YOU are the president arent you? What an abject failure.
Foodstuffs should try what the White Moose Cafe in Dublin did. For all those customers whose feelings have been hurt by this policy, offer them free bandages. In three sizes, small, medium and large, depending on how much of a #%@&!*& idiot they are.
NZ survives by trading globally. We have had some really good wins out of our advocacy to the WTO. The ill-informed kiwi supporters of Trump have no idea of where NZs best interests lie.
The Trumpaholic logic that he can do no wrong reminds me of that well thought out slogan from the US in the 50s and 60s Id rather be dead than red. No further debate required. Im off to teach the cat how to beat the dog at playing chess. Should be a breeze.
Ive done a bit of contracting in my time. Defence, civil construction, transport engineering. 80% of the effort in preparing the bid always went into the variations boilerplate. If we won the bid, we always employed a project manager who understood the variations game and how to play it well. Fixed Price contracting is for fools.
When Machiavelli wrote The Prince he had the Medicis in mind. His general thesis was that the aims of princes (and Presidents?) can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends. Fast forward 5 centuries and voilá! A brand new star student to give the word Machiavellian a whole new currency.
Play more golf Trumpy. Your approval will improve. While you are out on the golf course, you arent doing anything bad. Except for cheating at golf of course. But that doesnt really count as bad does it?
Warning. Egomanic at work.Ive got to have the biggLIEest yugest parade EVAH.Ive got to have the cheapest parade.With the saving I make we can buy more fighters. About um err ah one F35.
The greatest ever leader of the greatest ever nation that ever was that will be great again one day will make the greatest ever leader of any union ever and get the greatest deal for workers. Great. I find that so easy to believe. Why doesnt everybody else see that this is a good and great thing? Saint Donald has tweeted it so it must be 1? Right? Yeah? Nah.
The worry is that we are slowly becoming inured to the all pervading malignancy that infects this presidency. This is dangerous territory if we start to accept the erratic, tempestuous, incompetent and corrupt behaviour of Donald Trump as being somehow normal. Watch out planet Earth. This is definitely not ok.
The really interesting thing here is whether or not a Democrat dominated House should impeach DJT.If they do, the trial will be conducted by the Senate. A likely Republican dominated Senate is most unlikely to convict. The bunfight will be an ongoing entertainment. Saint Donald the Duplicitous will lie and bully and bluster. Republicans will quiver and quake as they try to justify supporting the Moron-in-Chief. Democrats will run around like headless chooks as they each try to make a name for themselves as a credible candidate for 2020.Meanwhile on Main Street, Mr and Mrs Average Joe fret about the price of gas. America! The greatest nation on Earth. Yeah? Nah!
Build business confidence. Check.Build consumer confidence. Check.Enhance relationships with major trading partners. Check.Who eats soya beans anyway? Check.File that claim for storm damage to Trump Tower caused by Florence. Check.Christine should have let Brett get all the way to home base. Check.All is well in Trump world. Check.Somethings wrong with this picture? Oh, heck. Time for another round of golf.
Machiavelli has some delightful quotes:One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.and:The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.Thats enough for today. I will resist quoting further gems. I expect to fail.
When slavery was abolished, the capitalists simply created the wage slave class. Easy as. They had to feed, clothe and house the slaves anyway. At a minimalist level of course. Now it is quite simple.. Pay the slaves to do that for them. Minimum wage of course. And the government can tax them as well. Talk about win-win. Except for the losers of course.
And the Russians too. Mind you, if the debt becomes large enough, both the Saudis and Russians might start to worry about a . . . err . . um . . . ah . . . default. A war could usefully obscure a default could it not?
Yes I confess. A culture that celebrates the oppression of half of the population. A culture that celebrates self aggrandisement over concern for ones fellows. A culture where blatant corruption and bribery are taken as normal. Yes. If condemning such a culture is racist, then I am a racist. However I believe that I an simply a moral person who will condemn evil however it dresses. With or without a towel on its head.
Yep. I hate him. For what he is doing to the environment. For what he is doing to world trade. For his pervasive threat to world peace. Is that enough reason to hate him already? But wait. Theres more.
If you recall the so-called Pentagon Papers you will start to understand what can and cant be believed. Robert McNamara authorised the creation of these papers so that historians would know the truth about the American failure in Vietnam, while at the same time lying to the American people and the world at large. While Trump apologists will cry foul and fake, history will be the judge. Corroboration of Woodwards work will not necessarily be immediate. But it will come. All those that know the real truth will eventually overcome their fear and speak openly.Deep Throat took 3 decades to be revealed as Mark Felt. Truth will out.
Bollocks. If I know a coeliac is coming to dinner, I cook gluten free. It is actually very, very easy. But only if you care. If you dont care, then that is your problem.
My American mate Jim, who prefers to be called James, is an ardent Trump supporter. No question of his loyalty. Completely incoherent though when you start talking actual policies and actual facts. What we get is fake news, Mueller is a criminal and other info wars nonsense. Sad.
Money grubbing council will drive off paying customers from small businesses and cafes in the central city. These small businesses will go bust or move to the burbs. Councils rates income will decrease by more than the the gains from parking. Hooray! More short term policy stupidity from our council. Idiots. Vote them out. Ive started a list.
What does Donny actually do?Cheats at golf. Check.Gropes womens whatevers. Check.Cozies up to dictators. Check.Insults his allies. Check.Nominates repressive right-wing Rethuglicans to the Supreme Court. Check.Abrogates sundry international agreements. Do your own research. Check.Tells three or four lies every day. Check.Abuses and insults anyone who disagrees with him. Check.Fails to RAP ObamaCare. Check.Fails to build the wall. Check.Fails to get the FBI to lock her up. Check.The list goes on and on and on. MegalomaniacAbsurdGrotesqueAbomination
Ill use like a real pen in my small hands to write like real words. Some of them will be really really big words. Some of these words will make actual like sentences. Some of these sentences will like actually mean stuff. Like. It will be the greatest book of all time.
No one ever seems to mention that the right wing of the so called liberal party seems to be dominated by repressive Catholic values which are certainly not the values one would expect from a progressive political party.
US President Donald Trump threatens to withdraw United States from WTO
What a winner. Soon America will be trading with itself alone. Then it will be number one. In its own little bubble.
North Canterburys shame on you parking warrior comes forward
Oh. I forgot to put money in the parking meter. I forgot what the speed limit was. I forgot to pay for the petrol before I drove away with the nozzle from the petrol pump still in my tank which I forgot to remove.
China studies 'White Trash' book to help understand what drives Donald Trump
I stood on a hilltop in Cincinnati nearly 30 years ago and looked out upon row upon row of deserted derelict factories which seemed to stretch for miles, as far as the eye could see. Westinghouse, General Electric, Pratt and Whitney, Procter and Gamble, the list went on and on. As far as I can recall, the list rattled out from my host seemed encompass most of the big names of American industry. All of these companies still exist in America. Only the jobs have gone.The Americans have been doing this to themselves for decades. It is facile and fatuous to blame this on Mexico or China or anyone but America. American Boardrooms emptied these factories. Nobody else.
National Enquirer hid damaging stories about US President Donald Trump in a safe
This stroy, if 1, just emphasises how corrupt US politics is. Very sad. So sad it cant possibly be 1? Yeah. Nah.
'Degrading' adverts that outraged renters are shown the door
As a long term (ex) landlord, with some landlord friends still in the game, I can report that long term wealth and peace of mind comes from treating every tenant as a friend, catering to their every (reasonable) need, and being ahead of the game when it comes to keeping your rental in tip top condition. What goes around, comes around. If your rental is a tip, you are inviting rats to become your tenants, and they may or may not pay their rent. I for one, would not blame them if they didnt.I fully support the new initiatives to improve tenants rights and enforce enhanced accommodation standards. They are only just catching up with my own self imposed standards as a landlord.
Donald Trump turns John McCain's death into another political firestorm about him
The most insecure nefarious duplicitous President ever stuffs up a very simple act of acknowledgement and sympathy. What a winner!
"Trump says climate change not a hoax, but he's not sure of its source",
I agree with Trump. The climate probably will revert to something approaching last centurys climate in about a million years. Actually that may be a bit pessimistic. Maybe a 100,000 years. 100,000 years after mankind has gone extinct.
Chinese investors spooked by foreign buyer ban, says website
I cant but a house or a flat in China. Unless I bribe somebody.In fact there are lots of countries where I cant buy property.This isnt a China issue. It is an issue of preventing thoughtless, greedy, speculation in one of lifes necessities - four walls and a roof.
Converted washing machine provides free power to 'Angry Ram' blogger
Get a harness on Rambo and get him running in circles. Another free energy source.
Millionaire Craig Heatley rates Jacinda Ardern at book launch shared with John Key
Greed is good. The select few now own just about everything. If less than 1% of the worlds population now own in excess of 99% of everything then what could possibly be wrong with this picture? Heck, they even own the picture, the frame and the hook in the wall. Rich listers think that they should also own the politicians. All of them, not just some of them. No limits? That just means I want more. And that wont be enough. I want it ALL.
Donald Trump and the NZ media: A one-sided story?
I read (and listen to) media from many countries around the world. Some of these are even in English. But dont let that stop you reading other media in French or Italian or Russian or any other language you can understand. I can report that a dispassionate widely read multi lingual observer would find very little positive news in any of these disparate sources about the great sainted one.Clearly there are only two possible conclusions:1. ALL of the worlds media are completely biased against the Greatest Ever President of ALL TIME anywhere.2. Apart from the poor deluded fools that think El Trumpo should be dictator for life (Fox, Breitbart, et al) there is nothing, absolutely nothing, positive to say about the Moron-in-Chief.Those with brains may be able to solve this conundrum. Those incapable of coming to the correct conclusion should continue with their use of mind altering substances. No further damage will result.
Why we need to chill out about te reo and start wearing red suits
I use the occasional Te Reo phrase. Every other day. Part of being a kiwi. What I object to is the invention of new Maori words which are often little more than alliterations of English words. Maori never had a word for week so where did wiki come from? Heaps of other examples. Crazy and inexcusable. The epitome of social engineering. Cultural imperialism at its worst.
Bank predicts foreign buyer ban will add further chill to property market
Bad for property speculators tho. Such a shame.
Significant disruption expected for Wellington bus services during driver strike
Lets see. Cut drivers pay and conditions. Shouldnt be any problems. What could possibly go wrong? Hmmm? That worked out well then didnt it?
Donald Trump: The illegitimate US president
Once again Saint Donald the Duplicitous stands before the people of the world showing himself to be the most deluded president ever. His despicable contempt for the rule of law, for truth, for the US Constitution are quite simply despicable and contemptible. And the US Congress are complicit in this. In the name of democracy the people of the US need to act at the mid terms. If they dont, they give the lie to everything Lincoln said at Gettysburg. The US experiment with their version of democracy will indeed have been in vain.
The education of students is not a trivial pursuit
A thinking person not knowing the meaning of trivial could have had a stab at its meaning from the JC quote. The opposite of importance? Oh wait. Thats a big word too? Dang.The JC quote is of course an early realisation of the so-called butterfly effect. I have my own version. A little bit of dumbing down goes a long way towards creating a nation of morons.
Mystery surrounds secret Kiwi survival bunker claims
I see that the garage has parking for four cars. So they can pop down to the local dairy for the milk like?
Donald Trump's paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico continues to haunt him
What is he going to toss to the crowds when he visits his next disaster zone? I hear you lost your baby in the flood? Here! Ill toss you another one. What an utter tosser!
President Trump is unfit for office - Bob Woodward's 'Fear' confirms it
The mere thought of it caused me to spill my covfefe all over my going out pants.
Inside Donald Trumps Paris temper, election woes and staff upheaval
When you look at those comments below decrying yet another anti trump story, it is strange to observe that whatever media sources one follows, in country after country, where there is any vestige of a free press, there is an overwhelming view that trump is a moron, a negative influence, an egotistical maniac and much more besides. Yet the one exception is the US itself, where a small section of the media are slavishly fawning over the great sainted one, and are calling all other media sources fake. An independent observer might be tempted to conclude that at least some of these media sources in many many countries are completely deluded? Which ones I wonder? (Spoiler alert. Rhetorical wonderment.)Astute readers may have noted that I have not used uppercase t in places where convention would normally dictate that the lowercase t was inappropriate. This is 1. From now on I will henceforth refer to the inappropriate president as trump.
Florence isn't the only storm in town for Donald Trump
My fellow Americans. In this hour of need when many of you have lost your homes and paper towels, I want you to know that the the thoughts and prayers of all patriotic Americans are with you. Except Demorcats of course. For those of you who have lost family members, like babies, I want you to know that I will visit the disaster area when it is safe to do so, and my bones spurs are feeling better, to show my support. We will be having a baby shower. I will personally toss replacement babies to the crowds of adoring voters. Except for Democrats of course. That should ensure complete recovery. Because youll get bugger all else from me. DJT - your presiDUNCE.
New Zealander of the year Kristine Bartlett left 'ropeable' by labour law campaign
Where are employers going to find wage slaves if that are obliged to pay a living wage?In the good old days of slavery, the slave owners had to feed, clothe and house their slaves.Nowadays employers can rely on the state to top up the minimum wage so the wage slave class can feed, clothe and house themselves.Apparently big business thinks that social welfare is just fine. For them. HOPE-less.
Photos of Donald Trump inauguration were changed to make crowd look bigger
The Trump phenomenon is nothing more and nothing less than a serial assault on the truth.Sorry. Correction.. The Trump phenomenon is a literal nothing burger.Thanks goodness we have the free and unfettered fourth estate to save us from this buffoon.Normal service will be resumed just as soon as possible.
Donald Trump's paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico continues to haunt him
Of course not. He will have one of his apprentices do it for him. And then fire them when the the excreta hits the turbulator.
Trump at a precarious moment in his presidency: Privately brooding and publicly roaring
Ah! The incisive and persuasive rapier of name calling. That should persuade lots of folk as to the merit of your views.
Trump lashes out at Warren over DNA test, calls her 'phony!'
Hey Donny. The Earth is really a flat disc resting on the back of a giant turtle. Watch out for the elephants when you fall off the edge.
Donald Trump and the NZ media: A one-sided story?
ALL nations have a responsibility to other nations not to mess with them. Except the USA of course. They can, and do, mess with anyone they chose.Evidence? 47 wars since WW2. Dipping out of TPPA, NAFTA, Paris Accord, Iran Nuclear Pact. Dumping on NATO, WTO. And many many more.
Chinese owner fights access to NZ farm, says would harm NZ image
There is simply no rational reason for allowing foreign ownership of ANY land in New Zealand. Except of course for the greed of the current owners.
Prince's estate asks President Trump to stop using Purple Rain
Im waiting for the Golden Rain to be played. With or without subtitles. Heck. We wont even need the sound track.
Donald Trump's paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico continues to haunt him
MonstrousAbsurdGrotesqueAbomination
Bank predicts foreign buyer ban will add further chill to property market
House bubble not inflating? Sounds like good news to me.
Matt Lauer row: We've sold off our slice of paradise
There is absolutely no legitimate reason for selling our land to foreign owners. Except for the greed of the current owners. Thats ok then.It is a total myth that selling our land is somehow good for investment. Total BS.
Donald Trump: The illegitimate US president
One of the interesting things in this whole sorry saga is that there is a tradition that a President cannot be indicted for a crime. As far as I can see, there is no actual law or constitutional provision to back this up. Contrary citations welcome.However Congress has the power to impeach the President for High Crimes and Misdemeanors. This is where it gets political. The politicians get to decide what constitutes a crime. With a Republican dominated Congress there seems little prospect of any agreement on the nature of any crime. If perchance such agreement is reached, the Senate then gets to conduct an Impeachment trial. It appears from past experience that this could be a whole new circus in itself. Clinton felt that his misdemeanors were minor, and eventually the Senate agreed. Nixon knew he was guilty, and ran for cover with a pardon from Ford to keep him warm.Interesting times.
Donald Trump and the NZ media: A one-sided story?
The current hypocrisy surrounding the Kavanaugh confirmation is all we need to know to show that the Republicans and their naked emperor are utterly and completely amoral. There is absolutuly no both sides to this presidency. To pretend otherwise is pure chicanery. Trump is without a shadow of doubt the most despicable president ever. His supporters are sadly delusional.
Auckland 2050: Council report paints dystopian future for the city
One of five potential scenarios. One that could arise if we stick our heads in the sand. A scenario developed so that we can see a possible future we can avoid. But only if we want to.The ignorance displayed in some of the comments is quite simply deplorable.
Martina Navratilova says Serena Williams was partly right but mostly wrong
Nice!
Inside the White House's tumultuous stretch of walk backs
With the ever so subtle difference that none of them were complete and utter morons.
Photos of Donald Trump inauguration were changed to make crowd look bigger
Big crowd? Small crowd? What a load if irrelevant twaddle. I have it on good authority that at least three of the crowd were there to feed the pigeons, one was looking for Forest Gump and another was a bum looking for a park bench to sleep on.When it comes to size, what concerns me most about the Great Enlightened One with the very small hands is his itsy bitsy tinsy winsy tiny wee brain. Oooh. And his very very very short fuse.
Donald Trump threatens to punish Harley-Davidson for move
Let me get this straight? Trump is about to punish an iconic American brand beloved by his support base. Hmmm? That should go down really really well. Or am I missing something here? Help me out please. ©(°!°)®
Donald Trump 'churlish' over McCain death
Winston Churchill once claimed that History will be kind to me for I intend to write it..In Trumps case, we already know that will not be 1 because he has already tweeted that history.
Nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism: Macron lectures Trump
Well old Trumpy sure as heck isnt going to pass any history test. One way or the other.
All Blacks 'almost unbeatable' for next year's World Cup, writes top UK critic
Show me anybody doing anything that is error-free and you will see somebody who is not trying hard enough, who is not trying new things, and is doomed to fail when they meet the real trier.
Trump ends Thanksgiving break by patting himself on the back
Yep. A lot of people gave trump credit and he paid them back by bankrupting his companies. What a guy! Nothing due there now.
Photos of Donald Trump inauguration were changed to make crowd look bigger
And were still counting . . . .
Trump ends Thanksgiving break by patting himself on the back
Let me list the things I like about trump.There. Finished.Let me list the great things that trump has done.There. Finished.That was easy. We dont need anybody to write a history of the trump presidency. Ive just done it. See above.
Inside Donald Trumps Paris temper, election woes and staff upheaval
Verifiable French and British sources.
Trump acknowledges, defends 2016 meeting between son, Kremlin-aligned lawyer
The script for this show is so outrageous that even Monty Python would have canned it.
Trump says he will run for re-election in 2020, discusses Brexit with The Queen
2020 will be a 1 test of American grit. Can they bring themselves to do what most of the rest of the world considers the only sane and sensible thing to do? Dump the Trump.
Trump attacks union leader on Labour Day
It is interesting because anybody that has a world view that extends beyond their own parochial and provincial interests should be deeply concerned about the threats that Trump and his ilk represent. Threats to the environment, world peace and global trade.
Donald Trump falsely says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll
Mr Despicable is once again proving just how despicable he is.These are US citizens. They are suffering. He is doing sweet Fanny Adams. Great. Again.Blaming the Democrats? How weak is that Donny? YOU are the president arent you? What an abject failure.
New World warned customers it would fine them for eating unpaid items
Foodstuffs should try what the White Moose Cafe in Dublin did. For all those customers whose feelings have been hurt by this policy, offer them free bandages. In three sizes, small, medium and large, depending on how much of a #%@&!*& idiot they are.
Putin's football ball gift for Trump has transmitter chip, logo indicates
Now that story is truly silly and lacking in all credibility.
US police find drug tunnel running from old KFC in Arizona to Mexican house
Build that wall. Oh wait. Dig that moat.
US President Donald Trump threatens to withdraw United States from WTO
NZ survives by trading globally. We have had some really good wins out of our advocacy to the WTO. The ill-informed kiwi supporters of Trump have no idea of where NZs best interests lie.
How big is the GOP's Trump-can-shoot-a-guy-on-Fifth-Avenue caucus?
The Trumpaholic logic that he can do no wrong reminds me of that well thought out slogan from the US in the 50s and 60s Id rather be dead than red. No further debate required. Im off to teach the cat how to beat the dog at playing chess. Should be a breeze.
Sir Bob Jones' wooden office tower is 'absurdly delayed' by construction industry woes
Ive done a bit of contracting in my time. Defence, civil construction, transport engineering. 80% of the effort in preparing the bid always went into the variations boilerplate. If we won the bid, we always employed a project manager who understood the variations game and how to play it well. Fixed Price contracting is for fools.
President Trump is unfit for office - Bob Woodward's 'Fear' confirms it
When Machiavelli wrote The Prince he had the Medicis in mind. His general thesis was that the aims of princes (and Presidents?) can justify the use of immoral means to achieve those ends. Fast forward 5 centuries and voilá! A brand new star student to give the word Machiavellian a whole new currency.
Poll: Record-high 60 per cent disapprove of Trump
Play more golf Trumpy. Your approval will improve. While you are out on the golf course, you arent doing anything bad. Except for cheating at golf of course. But that doesnt really count as bad does it?
Trump nixes $139m military parade, blames DC for high cost
Warning. Egomanic at work.Ive got to have the biggLIEest yugest parade EVAH.Ive got to have the cheapest parade.With the saving I make we can buy more fighters. About um err ah one F35.
Donald Trump: The illegitimate US president
Funny how the only defence ever offered by the Mendacious one and his adoring acolytes is name calling and but Clinton. Sad.
Trump attacks union leader on Labour Day
The greatest ever leader of the greatest ever nation that ever was that will be great again one day will make the greatest ever leader of any union ever and get the greatest deal for workers. Great. I find that so easy to believe. Why doesnt everybody else see that this is a good and great thing? Saint Donald has tweeted it so it must be 1? Right? Yeah? Nah.
Chelsea Clinton: Trump 'degrades what it means to be an American'
The worry is that we are slowly becoming inured to the all pervading malignancy that infects this presidency. This is dangerous territory if we start to accept the erratic, tempestuous, incompetent and corrupt behaviour of Donald Trump as being somehow normal. Watch out planet Earth. This is definitely not ok.
Donald Trump's paper towel tossing in Puerto Rico continues to haunt him
@ MDR62 - no he cant. You cant prove that something exists when it doesnt exist.
Election loss - and potentially impeachment - looms for Trump
The really interesting thing here is whether or not a Democrat dominated House should impeach DJT.If they do, the trial will be conducted by the Senate. A likely Republican dominated Senate is most unlikely to convict. The bunfight will be an ongoing entertainment. Saint Donald the Duplicitous will lie and bully and bluster. Republicans will quiver and quake as they try to justify supporting the Moron-in-Chief. Democrats will run around like headless chooks as they each try to make a name for themselves as a credible candidate for 2020.Meanwhile on Main Street, Mr and Mrs Average Joe fret about the price of gas. America! The greatest nation on Earth. Yeah? Nah!
Trump blames the vicious world for Khashoggis death
I thought I had reached that point sometime last year. But nooooooooo . . . .
Donald Trump suggests Californians can rake their forests to prevent wildfires
Really really bigly rakes to get up all those really steep hills and really tight canyons. Really?
"Donald Trump: 'Severe' consequences if Saudis murdered Jamal Khashoggi",
All I can say is that Donny seems to be a bit slooooooow.
Donald Trump steps up trade war with US$200 billion tariffs on Chinese goods
Build business confidence. Check.Build consumer confidence. Check.Enhance relationships with major trading partners. Check.Who eats soya beans anyway? Check.File that claim for storm damage to Trump Tower caused by Florence. Check.Christine should have let Brett get all the way to home base. Check.All is well in Trump world. Check.Somethings wrong with this picture? Oh, heck. Time for another round of golf.
Donald Trump threatens to punish Harley-Davidson for move
Tee hee.
US President Donald Trump 'livid' at staffer's claims of a 'resistance' against him
Machiavelli has some delightful quotes:One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.and:The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.Thats enough for today. I will resist quoting further gems. I expect to fail.
Donald Trump: The illegitimate US president
A prosecution needs E-V-I-D-E-N-C-E.
Trump blames the vicious world for Khashoggis death
I blame the dinosaurs. If they hadnt let themselves go extinct, trump would not have evolved from a swamp creature.
Pence outlines plan for creation of 'Space Force' by 2020
Budget neutral is code for we have no idea what we are doing and no idea how much it will cost.
It's time for business to take responsibility for low wages
When slavery was abolished, the capitalists simply created the wage slave class. Easy as. They had to feed, clothe and house the slaves anyway. At a minimalist level of course. Now it is quite simple.. Pay the slaves to do that for them. Minimum wage of course. And the government can tax them as well. Talk about win-win. Except for the losers of course.
Jared Kushner now faces a reckoning for Trump's bet on the Saudi heir
And the Russians too. Mind you, if the debt becomes large enough, both the Saudis and Russians might start to worry about a . . . err . . um . . . ah . . . default. A war could usefully obscure a default could it not?
Jared Kushner now faces a reckoning for Trump's bet on the Saudi heir
Yes I confess. A culture that celebrates the oppression of half of the population. A culture that celebrates self aggrandisement over concern for ones fellows. A culture where blatant corruption and bribery are taken as normal. Yes. If condemning such a culture is racist, then I am a racist. However I believe that I an simply a moral person who will condemn evil however it dresses. With or without a towel on its head.
Chelsea Clinton: Trump 'degrades what it means to be an American'
It isnt rubbish. It is real. And if we ignore it, we will see the rise of the Fourth Reich. In America.
"US budget deficit blows out to 6-year high in Donald Trump's second year",
Bigliest surprise ever. Bigger than any other surprise.
Trump attacks union leader on Labour Day
Yep. I hate him. For what he is doing to the environment. For what he is doing to world trade. For his pervasive threat to world peace. Is that enough reason to hate him already? But wait. Theres more.
Former Trump campaign manager Manafort pleads guilty, will cooperate with special counsel
But but but he wasnt going to break? Or was he? Im confused? Has Trump tweeted yet to clear things up?
President Trump is unfit for office - Bob Woodward's 'Fear' confirms it
If you recall the so-called Pentagon Papers you will start to understand what can and cant be believed. Robert McNamara authorised the creation of these papers so that historians would know the truth about the American failure in Vietnam, while at the same time lying to the American people and the world at large. While Trump apologists will cry foul and fake, history will be the judge. Corroboration of Woodwards work will not necessarily be immediate. But it will come. All those that know the real truth will eventually overcome their fear and speak openly.Deep Throat took 3 decades to be revealed as Mark Felt. Truth will out.
Trump's bad week: A growing list of allies turn against him
Mmmmm. Swamp creatures. Mmmmmmm. Smell the stench. Trumpys very own swamp. Full of slimy swampy things. Mmmmmmm.
US President Donald Trump rips LeBron James' smarts hours before rally
When does calling someone stupid pass as Presidential? Oh wait . . . .
President Trump is unfit for office - Bob Woodward's 'Fear' confirms it
I see that Trump has managed to get NIKE and Colin Kaepernick back on page 1. What a winner. Great. Again.
Living with Coeliac Disease: Dont you dare tell me its a fad
Bollocks. If I know a coeliac is coming to dinner, I cook gluten free. It is actually very, very easy. But only if you care. If you dont care, then that is your problem.
US President Donald Trump threatens to withdraw United States from WTO
I founded and ran three companies. Not one went broke.
Kanye West silent when US talk show host asks why he thinks Trump cares about black people
My American mate Jim, who prefers to be called James, is an ardent Trump supporter. No question of his loyalty. Completely incoherent though when you start talking actual policies and actual facts. What we get is fake news, Mueller is a criminal and other info wars nonsense. Sad.
Donald Trump and the NZ media: A one-sided story?
But why does the biased media have to report this? (Warning! Rhetorical.)
Miss America contestant calls Donald Trump the 'biggest issue facing our country today'
You jest of course. At least I hope you are jiving?
Couple building dream home discover large power transformer in front of their main window
I can lend them my hanky until the tears stop. But I want it washed before they give it back.
Inside Donald Trumps Paris temper, election woes and staff upheaval
Verifiable French and British sources. Doh!
Trump cancels Pompeo's North Korea trip, cites lack of 'sufficient progress'
And this folks is why the greatest deal make ever is making the greatest deals ever. Yeah. Nah.
Donald Trump: The illegitimate US president
Actually apart from lying about ML, they had nothing on Bill. Nada. Nil. Zero. Zip.
Photos of Donald Trump inauguration were changed to make crowd look bigger
Bingo!
Churches lose out in close vote that ended Wellington's free weekend parking
Money grubbing council will drive off paying customers from small businesses and cafes in the central city. These small businesses will go bust or move to the burbs. Councils rates income will decrease by more than the the gains from parking. Hooray! More short term policy stupidity from our council. Idiots. Vote them out. Ive started a list.
At UN, unrepentant Donald Trump set to rattle foes, friends alike
What does Donny actually do?Cheats at golf. Check.Gropes womens whatevers. Check.Cozies up to dictators. Check.Insults his allies. Check.Nominates repressive right-wing Rethuglicans to the Supreme Court. Check.Abrogates sundry international agreements. Do your own research. Check.Tells three or four lies every day. Check.Abuses and insults anyone who disagrees with him. Check.Fails to RAP ObamaCare. Check.Fails to build the wall. Check.Fails to get the FBI to lock her up. Check.The list goes on and on and on. MegalomaniacAbsurdGrotesqueAbomination
The ark, the algorithm and our conservation conundrum
There is nothing like total ignorance to inform the opinions of the ignorant.
Trump promises a 'real book' on his White House
Ill use like a real pen in my small hands to write like real words. Some of them will be really really big words. Some of these words will make actual like sentences. Some of these sentences will like actually mean stuff. Like. It will be the greatest book of all time.
Did you really just say that? Julie Bishop to Winston Peters
No one ever seems to mention that the right wing of the so called liberal party seems to be dominated by repressive Catholic values which are certainly not the values one would expect from a progressive political party.
How big is the GOP's Trump-can-shoot-a-guy-on-Fifth-Avenue caucus?
That rock is clean burning coal. That star is a brown dwarf. No discernible intelligence in that system.