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Life as a communist ain’t much fun without toilet paper

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:30:33 PDT

The commies in Venezuela have found a solution to their massive bog paper shortage. Massive borrowing and forcing the peasants to eat less. Venezuela’s lawmakers are rolling out plans to import toilet paper and allot a $79 million trade credit to help alleviate the country’s shortages on many basic goods. Last week, commerce minister Alejandro Fleming promised he’d import 50 million rolls of [...]

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Mental health break

Travis Poulson — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:00:02 PDT

Team IceRicers V-Log4: The Skislope from Redhouse media on Vimeo.

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Monckton to the Marlborough Express

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:38 PDT

We now know that the newsrooms of the nation are filled with flunkies of the political left…not many people get to hold them to account, but Monckton does. Here is his letter in response to a poorly written article in the paper: Your report of my recent climate talk in Blenheim was inaccurate ["Lord entertains, [...]

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Clearing some backlog

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:00:13 PDT

Spotted at Eastridge, Mission Bay yesterday. Alas, no parking tickets printed yet. Plenty of other examples were available, just not as bad as this one. Arsehole parking – Auckland, downtown. WO ticket left on windscreen ! Yay! Here is one from Wanaka Guy in the wheelchair couldn’t get to his vehicle due to dodgy parking. [...]

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Creating a nation of sooks

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:30:32 PDT

We are creating a nation of sooks where very soon w will have to send kids to school wrapped in bubblewrap. A misguided health and safety culture is threatening to render children’s play meaningless, early childhood providers are to be warned. The United Kingdom-based founder of Outdoor Play and Learning (Opal), Michael Follett, says a [...]

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Urban unrest growing

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 18:00:11 PDT

Len Brown’s unitary plan may well be the undoing of him, that is if someone can find some courage to stand against him. meanwhile grassroots unrest is now turning into an insurgency against Len Brown and his plans for Auckland. John Roughan in the Herald explains. I haven’t seen real suburban unrest before. This isn’t [...]

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Hey Nick, get stuffed

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:30:48 PDT

Nick Smith, already known and a greenie loon is fat becoming as unpopular as Len Brown in Auckland. Why on earth John Key has made him the minister and the oracle of all things Auckland when he lives mostly in Wellington and partly in Nelson is beyond me. But statements like this just makes us [...]

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Photo of the Day

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:28 PDT

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Cock tax nails dodgy Indian rooter

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:06 PDT

The old saying is never screw the crew, this Indian IT executive forgot that and now is suffering cock tax as a result: Phaneesh Murthy, the Indian chief executive of outsourcing firm iGATE, has been sacked “for not disclosing a relationship with a subordinate”. Mr Murthy had “violated iGATE policy” by failing to report this [...]

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Chinese PLA getting all chummy with business

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:00:48 PDT

The Chinese PLA is starting to get all chummy with business and are actively facilitating access now: Some of Australia’s most high flying business leaders were feted in China by an ”influence” platform of the People’s Liberation Army, a Fairfax investigation has revealed. Andrew Forrest, who touted his talks with Chinese business leaders last month [...]

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Caption contest

Travis Poulson — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:30:11 PDT

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Congrats to Leighton Smith

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 15:00:19 PDT

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Another Simon Power screw up

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:30:54 PDT

Yet another Simon Power screw up has been revealed, and once again it will have to be Judith Collins who has to repair the damage that FIGJAM rushed through in his final months. The courts will continue to operate with the current legal aid system for the timebeing despite the Court of Appeal ruling it [...]

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Saturday General Debate

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:56 PDT

Welcome to another Saturday. But of a quiet week, all told. Nice in a way, we can’t always be plotting to overthrow unions, getting revengeful people to resign or shining sunlight on those shady spots. So it is your turn today. Oh, and “Paris”.

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Some were worried about the gay onslaught, Winston is afraid of the Yellow Peril

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:30:09 PDT

Winston Peters is a shameful politician. He uses race to bait and especially against China. NZ First leader Winston Peters has launched an attack on immigration policy and questioned whether Auckland is becoming “the supercity of sin”, linking crime and other problems to immigration from China. In the speech to a North Shore Grey Power [...]

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Unwinding Len Brown’s spin cycle

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:43 PDT

Planning Parrot says: On Thursday WhaleOil exposed yet another lie from Len Brown where it concerns the cost of greenfields versus the costs of intensification. The Mayor and deputy Mayor have for some time insisted that the justification for a compact Auckland is that the cost of expansion on infrastructure is not sustainable. However this [...]

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Could Special K help with depression

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:30:58 PDT

Yesterday I blogged about my battle with depression with depression medications and the destruction those drugs, forced on me for a number of reasons, which will be explained fully in a book I am planning about the ongoing battle with depression, drugs, the medical and insurance system. I mentioned that not a single drug was [...]

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Why are Jews so smart?

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:41 PDT

Perhaps this is why Farrar’s outfit are so smart: During a speech on Tuesday in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told his audience that the Jews “have contributed greatly to America. No group has had such an outsized influence per capita,” inspiring the New York magazine headline, “Biden Praises Jews, Goes [...]

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Face of the day

Travis Poulson — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:30:15 PDT

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Daily Proverb

Whaleoil — Fri, 24 May 2013 11:00:10 PDT

Proverbs 25 14A person who promises a gift but doesn’t give it is like clouds and wind that bring no rain.

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Friday nightCap

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:30:09 PDT

Jump to 11m 30s if you would like to get to the business end. The first 11:30 are missable. When it repeats a segment, jump to 36m 45s.

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Amish IT

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:15 PDT

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Helping hands

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:30:50 PDT

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Today’s Trivia

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 01:00:12 PDT

Stairwells in medieval castles curved very narrowly and clockwise. Attackers coming up the stairs had sword hands (right hand) against the interior curve of the wall and made it very difficult to swing their swords. Defenders had their sword hands on the outside wall giving much room to swing. (source) Hydrangea flowers are a [...]

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In Pursuit of Happiness

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:30:02 PDT

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Korean Dr Evil eats last food on earth. Or something…

Pete — Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:48 PDT

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Is being incomprehensible a sales technique?

Pete — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:30:04 PDT

(If you haven’t seen it before…) See if you can figure this out before 55 seconds

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What unites us is stronger than what divides us

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 23:00:11 PDT

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Pizza Hut. Keeper of state secrets. Or something.

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:00:31 PDT

Via the tipline Hi Team Decided to call in some pizza after a hard week. Look at the confirmation email. That does seem a little over the top. Is this one of those Americanism that we just blindly add to our corporate emails, or would it actually have legal standing in a New Zealand court?

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Battle of the breakfast shows

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:45:16 PDT

These two tweets came out a few minutes apart this morning. Guess which channel is working hard, and which is phoning it in?

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When did Air NZ become our moral guardians?

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:30:19 PDT

The South China Morning Post reports Air New Zealand has followed Cathay Pacific’s example and stopped carrying shark fin after environmental campaigners discovered the airline was flying the cargo to Hong Kong. The airline – which prides itself on its image as an environmentally conscious carrier – took the step after admitting to bringing [...]

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Charter Schools allowing freedom in education, removing the tyranny of teacher unions

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:25 PDT

Charter Schools are big in the UK and offer all sorts of differing education methodologies, bringing freedom of choice to education, and removing control from under the thumb of the teacher unions. An unorthodox secondary school offering “cross-subject projects” rather than traditional classroom lessons, is among the latest tranche of free schools to be approved. XP school [...]

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What same-sex couples can teach straight couples about marriage and parenting

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:30 PDT

Research would certainly seem to indicate this, which finds that same-sex unions are happier than heterosexual marriages. What can gay and lesbian couples teach straight ones about living in harmony? It is more than a little ironic that gay marriage has emerged as the era’s defining civil-rights struggle even as marriage itself seems more endangered every day. [...]

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Mental health break

Travis Poulson — Thu, 23 May 2013 20:00:40 PDT

chat roulette from Casey Neistat on Vimeo.

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No surprises here

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:30:41 PDT

I’m not at all surprised by a study in Australia that shows a massive left-wing slant from journalists. Conducted between May 2012 and March this year, the University of the Sunshine Coast’s representative survey of 605 journalists around Australia found that more than half (51.0%) describe themselves as holding left-of-centre political views, compared with only [...]

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Caption contest

Travis Poulson — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:00:17 PDT

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Drone Wars – technology advances

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:41 PDT

Everyone is in race for drone technology…some of the developments are astonishing. Controlling drones is still labour intensive…but not anymore. For those who dream of force multiplication—military tacticians and nerdy loners alike—not much beats having a drone. Unless it’s having a whole fleet of coordinated drones. That vision has now come a little closer to reality. [...]

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How the mighty have fallen

Pete — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:30:24 PDT

Via the tipline Here’s the Whalemobile…

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Flossies Gay Ute [Poll]

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:09 PDT

via Facebook and the tipline Check out this ute…it is a Ford Ranger too…Just like Fossy’s gay ute, but the only mitigating feature is the non-gay roll bar. Oh and note the poor parking ability. Which gayer?

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Will John Key sell out Mark Mitchell in Rodney?

Whaleoil — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:47 PDT

Stephen Mills opinion piece on stuff talking about the combinations of parties and options that will keep John Key in power after 2014. John Key played the integrity card by ruling out New Zealand First as a coalition partner in 2008, but now he faces the unpleasant choices of courting New Zealand First and/or undertaking [...]

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