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  Tommy Robinson
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  @Snowy said in Tommy Robinson: @jegga Absolutely, lock the fluffybunny up. Somewhere in Whangarei there is a bloke incensed with rage. Thought that I would get a Dad joke reprimand from you for "footage" but obviously too annoyed about portrait mode. I’m incandescent with rage
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  Brexit
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  @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Brexit: No doubt she'd be totally fine with far-left politicians getting milkshaked. Hypocritical nutcase. http://www.arts.auckland.ac.nz/people/ncur286 Some gender assumption there @Rancid-Schnitzel ? *"My last book entitled Idiotism" Teaching | Current MEDIA 222 Comics and Visual Narrative* Can probably leave it there.
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  British Politics
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  Unsurprising but definitely reassuring, most people in the UK believe even milkshake related assaults are unacceptable. Nearly 3/4s of even Lib Dem & Labour supporters are against it...so why does Guardian/Independent/Huffpo celebrate it? https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/05/21/one-five-brits-think-throwing-milkshakes-acceptabl
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  US Politics
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  "IC leaders aren’t used to being held to account by the Justice Department, and their oversight by Congress generally is mild. Theirs is a comfortable world, obfuscated and kept mysterious by the liberal use of their classified-information shield. The demonization of Attorney General Barr has begun — a sign that he is probably on the right track. And the IC leaders are on notice." https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/444802-ag-barr-puts-former-intel-bosses-on-notice
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  Aussie Politics
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  That functional retard Palachook was out and about with the hard hat and hi-vis vest shamelessly crapping on about how frustrated she is about Adani and how she wants the process finalised. What complete bs. Her govt has done everything to stop it and now the election has freaked her out. At some stage Labor will have to decide if they actually want to continue to be a party that represents the worker or a party that indulges the whims of inner city lefties. It can't be both anymore.
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  NZ Politics
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  @MN5 said in NZ Politics: I pity the poor misguided moron who gives this fluffybunny 10% of their hard earned wages each week. probably be bumped up to 12.5% to fund his electoral campaign.
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  The Folau Factor
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  @canefan said in The Folau Factor: @MN5 said in The Folau Factor: @Rembrandt said in The Folau Factor: Should have just glassed his girlfriend or shat in a hallway, pissed in his own mouth or maybe some sort of gang sexcapade like those much better role models out there. In other words a typical Saturdee night when Craig Gower was playing Foolah didn't mention bestiality. So Mitchell Pearce is in the clear right? Oh wait, he was intoxicated when it happened..... Sorry Mitch
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  Julian Assange arrested
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  Sweden files Assange arrest request to UK authorities https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/may/20/julian-assange-sweden-files-request-arrest-rape-allegation
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  Harvey Weinstein
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  @antipodean said in Harvey Weinstein: @jegga said in Harvey Weinstein: This should be interesting to follow, he has very powerful friends and Buzzfeed are dirty smear merchants https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/janebradley/tony-robbins-self-help-secrets Robbins is a charlatan peddling nonsense. That he's become spectacularly wealthy is testament to the saying a fool and his money are soon parted. Totally agree but as the article mentions he has friends like Oprah . Edit $85000 to get to the top tier of the Robbins cult? Ffs what are these people on ? Reminds me of that local loser who resembled an extra in a Star war bar scene that recently went broke
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  Free Speech: Online platforms and Laws/Regulations
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  @Rembrandt said in Free Speech: Online platforms and Laws/Regulations: https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/digital-charter-trudeau-1.5138194 Trudeau warns of 'meaningful financial consequences' for social media giants that don't combat hate speech Women don't have a penis Learn to code It's ok to be white All lives matter Mohammed was a paedophile It's bad enough when a private company decides what is hate speech..but having your government involved as well is extremely concerning. This deal is going to be about shutting down political dissent because in the eyes of Macron, Trudeau and Ardern dissent against their view of the world must be hate speech. Is that all stuff they want banned from social media? Surprised there’s not an npc mention
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  Cannabis referendum
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  @jegga aren't Labour going to put a very detailed moot on the referendum? I thought that was the case. If so then sure its not binding and will go through a sub-committee process but it will be much harder to ignore a yes vote than if it is a broad "Should cannabis be legalised" I think if the referendum comes back in favour then Nats will fall into line. At this stage I think they've let Paula Bennett off the leash to gauge public opinion but they will go with the majority. It's a bit of a can of worms really - anti-smoking, home grow etc. All manner of factors to consider other than just should you risk a conviction for something most of the population has tried at some stage (allegedly).
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  Jussie "MAGA Country" Smollett
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  Sad. ‘Empire’ To End After Upcoming Season 6; Still “No Plans” For Jussie Smollett Return https://deadline.com/2019/05/empire-canceled-jussie-smollett-scandal-fox-upfronts-lee-daniels-1202613350/
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  Christchurch Gunman in Mosque
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  It would be great to know what the criteria for a visit is. Legally purchase a gun and publicly criticise an extremist ideology? Will Jacinda's working group to save us from social media extend on this?...I'm sure it's all just keeping us safe.
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  Canadian Politics
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  @Rancid-Schnitzel said in Canadian Politics: Damn. If Trump had done that it would have been front page news and apparently caused irreparable damage to a vital alliance. Give him a break, at least he didn't dress up as a Geisha for the meeting as is his usual fare.
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  Sri Lanka bombs
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  @Rembrandt I'm all for freedom of expression, but the fact is it is mainly the Salafis that mandate the burqa or niqab so it is a good indicator of fundamental Islam. The ban is really just attacking a symptom rather than the cause though.
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  Your favourite conspiracy theories
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  @jegga said in Your favourite conspiracy theories: Huge black cats are the Uk and NZ version of bigfoot, no bodies no skeletons , none ever run over by a car, if they are ever photograped its by the shittiest cameras in existence etc etc etc . Also what kind of parents call their kid Juliearna? Probably largish feral cats as hinted at. Recall someone actually caught/captured/shot one in the Victorian highlands a few years back where rumoured "panthers" lived. Might have only had its tail, or some other appendage. Anyway testing it was a feral "domestic" puddy tat. They tend to grow quite large in the wild.
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  Should the Crusaders change their name?
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  @booboo said in Should the Crusaders change their name?: @sparky said in Should the Crusaders change their name?: Anyone able to name any NZ-born Hindus, Jains or Buddhists ? FIFY I have family who are Buddhist and have worked with a few Hindu. My sisters middle name is Jayne.
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  Climate Change #3 & Other Environmental Issues
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  @No-Quarter said in Climate Change #3 & Other Environmental Issues: I don't think this is giving climate change campaigners the credibility they think it does... I only read the headline ... ... d'oh
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  Notre Dame
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  @photo-fox [...] A spokesman for the scaffolding company said Thursday: “Workers might have smoked at the work site outside, and we regret it.’’ The spokesman added, however, that the workers “did not go into the attic on the day of the fire.’’ ‘‘A cigarette could not have caused the fire,’’ he insisted. [...] (Unless then custodian accidentally mopped a floor with petrol and accidentally spilled the bucket on a few support beams and a co-worker accidentally flicked his lit cigarette onto the floor... damn, wrong thread again.)