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This is not a strong opposition , this is a pretty good idea of how far the left are divorced from reality. While you might not be enjoying it maybe they need to implode and actually start to ask themselves what they stand for and represent .<br><br>
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/79430239/Zionism-and-Hitler-A-guide-to-the-anti-Semitism-scandal-rocking-Britains-left'>http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/79430239/Zionism-and-Hitler-A-guide-to-the-anti-Semitism-scandal-rocking-Britains-left</a><br><br>
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<p>Jegga, they really are a fucking shambles at the moment and I can only see this getting worse. This is a problem for us as the Conservative lot are pretty piss-poor too and as blindly arrogant as can be. We need a strong opposition to keep things in check but we've got this bunch of unelectable mongtards.</p>
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<p>God help us.</p>
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<p>Problem is, opposition leaders know they can just be attack dogs, and only pull out a policy at election time. Until then, being adversarial is easy because the media love that shit.</p> -
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<p>Problem is, opposition leaders know they can just be attack dogs, and only pull out a policy at election time. Until then, being adversarial is easy because the media love that shit.</p>
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<p>They think that, but they dont 'know' that. Mainly as it is bollox in many cases. The NZ opposition have been trying that stunt for 7 years.... hasnt made a blind bit of difference.</p>
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<p>As for the media... you are right they do love that shot. Great eexample on TV this morning. Some fuckwit Green MP having a bitch about the PM's lawyer having better access to the PM than a climate change activist.. no shit... </p>
<p>The obvious question to ask this bint ...'And if the Greens got in power.. would you treat the NZ CEO of Greenpeace (and ex Green leader) the same way exactly as Key's Lawyer?'... no, you stupid cow..</p> -
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<p>They think that, but they dont 'know' that. </p>
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<p>Depends on your perspective
Conspiracy theorists "know" things too - and like a lot of politicians, they're not close friends with reality.</p>
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<p>The apparent difference between NZ and Australia right now is that no-one seems to be able to hang onto power very long at the top here. It isn't necessarily a weak opposition, either - just that good opposition leaders seem to be having a hard time once they get the job, then slowly have their reputation eroded because of flip-flopping and general lack of unity in their own party.</p> -
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.curiousgnu.com/reddit-godwin'>http://www.curiousgnu.com/reddit-godwin</a></p>
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<p>What do you reckon it would be here? 4000 posts is 133 pages, i reckon it would be the same. Someone will be called a nazi waaaaay before that, even if the thread was started about a heart warming and positive topic. </p>
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<p>What do you reckon it would be here? 4000 posts is 133 pages, i reckon it would be the same. Someone will be called a nazi waaaaay before that, even if the thread was started about a heart warming and positive topic. </p>
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<p>topics here never veer!</p> -
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that data is a bit biased tho as it doesn't examine context....the phrase "grammar nazi" is pretty common and would get used in long threads, and picked up in that screening, but isn't actually satisfying the Godwin's Law criteria<br><br>
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<p>Yeah, the guy says that in his blog post:</p>
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As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.</pre>
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<p>The next step would be to implement sophisticated text mining techniques to identify comments which use Nazi analogies in a way as described by Godwin. Unfortunately due to time constraints and the complexity of this problem, I was not able to try for this blog post.</p>
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<p>Credit where credits due, legendary behaviour here</p>
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<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/05/05/syrian-refugees-give-back-to-fort-mcmurray-evacuees.html'>http://www.metronews.ca/news/calgary/2016/05/05/syrian-refugees-give-back-to-fort-mcmurray-evacuees.html</a></p> -
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A Guardian classic from November 2013:<br><br><a class="bbc_url" href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/nov/07/venezuela-not-greece-latin-america-oil-poverty">Sorry, Venezuela haters: this economy is not the Greece of Latin America</a></p></blockquote>
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Hahahahaha ( inhale deeply) hahahahaha ( and again ) hahahahaha hahahahaha. <br><br>
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<p>In defence of the Grauniad and its leftard readers, the article was written 30 months ago and is clearly marked as an opinion piece.</p>
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<p>The author</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrot/'>Mark Weisbrot</a> is co-director of the <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cepr.net/'>Centre for Economic and Policy Research</a> in Washington DC. He is also president of <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/'>Just Foreign Policy</a>. He co-wrote Oliver Stone's documentary <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://southoftheborderdoc.com/'>South of the Border</a>.</p>
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<p>The comments are great , I see Brazil's leftard workers party has caused their economy to contract for the fourth consecutive quarter.<br><br>
The twat that wrote the article Tim linked to has some link to Oliver Stone, his history of America docos are so badly biased and dishonest they are almost comedy.</p> -
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<p>In defence of the Grauniad and its leftard readers, the article was written 30 months ago and is clearly marked as an opinion piece.</p>
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<p>The author</p>
<p><a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cepr.net/index.php/mark-weisbrot/'>Mark Weisbrot</a> is co-director of the <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.cepr.net/'>Centre for Economic and Policy Research</a> in Washington DC. He is also president of <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/'>Just Foreign Policy</a>. He co-wrote Oliver Stone's documentary <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://southoftheborderdoc.com/'>South of the Border</a>.</p>
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<p>is well known as a Chavez fan-bois and the readers comments all lampoon his article </p>
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<p>My favourite comment </p>
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<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Sans Web', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">I admire your work, but you must be new to Weisbrot's writings. The Venezuelan government could be charging around Caracas igniting rogue cats and dogs with kerosene and he would praise it as a bold approach to controlling rabies which the US could learn from, if it weren't such a big bully.</p>
<p style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:'Guardian Text Sans Web', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">Washington's relationship with Latin America has historically been poor but in Weisbrot's world anyone who occasionally tries to poke a finger in the eye of Washington gets a pass and any gentle criticism of these countries is nothing but neocolonial imperialism.</p> -
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/05/venezuela-is-falling-apart/481755/?utm_source=atltw'>http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/05/venezuela-is-falling-apart/481755/?utm_source=atltw</a><br><br>
Jesus , Venezuelas going to take years to recover from the leftards reign . -
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<p><a class="bbc_url" href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-court-bans-public-recital-anti-erdogan-poem-200856645.html?ref=gs">German court bans public recital of anti-Erdogan poem</a><br><br>
The most stupid of countries.</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.en.kolobok.us/smiles/artists/cherna/Cherna-facepalm.gif" alt="Cherna-facepalm.gif"> Ffs, add this to list of fuckwitted things <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='https://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/cologne-attacks-on-women?utm_term=.cl1J0R2o#.cxpBw75P'>https://www.buzzfeed.com/jinamoore/cologne-attacks-on-women?utm_term=.cl1J0R2o#.cxpBw75P</a></p> -
<a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/80612886/The-Dalai-Lama-apparently-says-too-many-refugees-are-going-to-Europe'>http://i.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/80612886/The-Dalai-Lama-apparently-says-too-many-refugees-are-going-to-Europe</a><br><br>
Snigger. That's a nice comeback next time a Prius owner accuses you of being heartless for not wanting to open the nations door to Muslim ferals.
