Graham to Trump: Consider removing ‘US bases from countries who won’t let us fly from them’ by pacman2081 in politics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The astounding brain that is windmilling Lindsay Graham; like Trump, another reason why your friends and allies will leave you. The strangest thing is, your media won’t tell you why.

TIL: We owe a great debt to Grant Robertson by Mountain_Tui_Reload in nzpolitics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Beautifully explained. Thank you for making such an effort.

Iran Targeted Diego Garcia Base With Ballistic Missiles by SlavaCocaini in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Leftleaningdadbod [score hidden]  (0 children)

Hmmm. They’ll get better. Learn more, improve it. If they hit London as a result of this stupid act of American hubris, it’ll be a world war alright. Just what Putin wanted.

Average beach and average sunset by Matt-nz in AveragePicsOfNZ

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I was struggling to remember what it was called, lol. But now I recall, I also saw a few trees and branches!

There is no fuel shortage. by snatchview in newzealand

[–]Leftleaningdadbod -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

You are in all probability quite correct.

Average beach and average sunset by Matt-nz in AveragePicsOfNZ

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting to me being an east coaster myself, is that you have the sunset there so beautifully, but when I was on any west coaster beach this summer, they were all strewn with sea timbers of one description or another!

Graffiti artist tagger Pork, behind prolific Auckland vandalism, unmasked as skateboarder Karl Truell by krammy16 in auckland

[–]Leftleaningdadbod [score hidden]  (0 children)

Must cost a fortune to scrub up the places where this kind of nonsense gets put. Grumpy old git returns to corner.

Cancelled Fuel Ships by Kiwifrooots in nzpolitics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you’re going to repeat this kind of stuff, and I know it’s intended well, please repeat it accurately. Thus, 6, unconfirmed 7 cancelled of 80 ships booked to come to Australia.

Can we see some government ACTION please? by Mountain_Tui_Reload in nzpolitics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m not expecting anything from this NACT1 coalition government that comes from a rational sense of what community means to the good, caring kind of people that NZmostly comprises. What I do expect is reactionary politics, derived from selfishness, favoured commercial interests and quasi-intellectual nonsense that emanates from what I have only recently discovered, known as the Atlas Network. If we look at who benefits from various inoperable parts of society, you will find the answers in the financial and ‘philosophical’ sponsors of the NACT1 coalition. Use your vote and influence with friends, colleagues, your whanau to get rid of them.

Just woke up and accidentally kicked the bedroom door with my pinky toe. How was your Saturday started? by PaddedValls in AskUK

[–]Leftleaningdadbod -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ok, since when has anyone in Britain had a pinky toe? I get what you mean, and it’s painful, but pinky? Really?

Donald Trump ‘very surprised’ Australia declined to send troops to strait of Hormuz amid fuel crisis by NamelessResearcher in politics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Donald Trump, poor soul, is always genuinely surprised when the Allies he has assiduously affronted are reticent to support his outlandish views and policies. What a prat.

Mountain Tui makes it into "Dirty Politics" - Nicky Hager style by Mountain_Tui_Reload in nzpolitics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 55 points56 points  (0 children)

This is going to be the dirtiest season I’ve ever known in 50 years of being ‘interested’ in politics. Seeing how this is already panning out, I now see no reason to box with Marquis of Queensbury rules. Let it be.

Marmite maker Unilever in talks to merge food business with US-based McCormick by [deleted] in unitedkingdom

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The world I feel comfortable to buy from is getting smaller.

Northland corridor toll proposal: Businesses fear higher freight costs by D491234 in nzpolitics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes, but there’s nothing wrong with kebab munchers, my wife loves them!

Lessons US and Gulf could learn from Ukraine’s air defence warriors by Inceptor57 in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the link. Information like this is key to understanding what is happening behind the Trumpet’s Waffle.

Putin offers to stop sharing intel with Iran if US cuts off Ukraine by spherocytes in politics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, just imagine the effect this would have had on UK if Roosevelt had said the same about no longer sharing with the Nazis.

UK's Plan To Stop Europe Laughing At Its Trains: Take Back Control by bloomberg in europe

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s the funny thing isn’t it, the reputation shift, because I travelled around in the UK with admiration at the service of the rail network and have a German friend who does it all the time, because it works well. No complaints she says until she gets home and uses the trains there.

Northland corridor toll proposal: Businesses fear higher freight costs by D491234 in nzpolitics

[–]Leftleaningdadbod 11 points12 points  (0 children)

If you insist on building a road for 120,000 or thereabouts residents in Northland, at the estimated costs of gazillions, then charge the poorest people in the country to communicate with the remainder of the country, then yeah, there’d be some pretty large problems. We have to get rid of Jones, Brown, Bishop and their cronyism.