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Would this mean no valedictory speech from Luxon? Sa-weet! 😁

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Kinzinger: Trump’s ‘biggest mistake’ in Iran war is ‘not preparing the American people for it’ | CNN Politics

Kinzinger gets a pass from many and is glazed because he's anti-Trump. Yet, he still says stupid shit like Trump's biggest mistake regarding Iran is not preparing the American people. Death, war crimes and global economic chaos could have been handled by better PR? edition.cnn.com/2026/03/15/p...

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CNN Senior Political Commentator Adam Kinzinger, CNN Political Commentators Karen Finney and Brad Todd, and former New York Times Tehran correspondent Nazila Fathi discuss the next steps in the Iran w...

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Kinzinger: Trump’s ‘biggest mistake’ in Iran war is ‘not preparing the American people for it’ | CNN Politics

Adam Kinzinger is often glazed as a sane anti-Trump Republican. Yet, Kinzinger has opined that Trump's biggest mistake is not preparing the American people for war with Iran. Death and mayhem is fine if you have good PR? That's insane. Kinzinger can get in the bin. edition.cnn.com/2026/03/15/p...

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Of course. Trump, Netanyahu, Putin and others are crooks who want to avoid accountability and judicial oversight.

jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"The whipping will continue until morale improves." Louise Upston, probably.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These billionaires will still be richer because that's the way the system is set up. bsky.app/profile/sant...

Cam Bennett @cambennett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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Red Flag alert

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Maybe Hipkin's milquetoast answer could have been, "With great wealth comes great responsibility. Yada yada yada." Weak, I know, but better than either answer last night. It was really about wealth inequality. Hipkins fumbled it. Everyone knows where Luxon stands. He's a c-suite guy.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That's equal to 243 of Seymour's slop lunches per centimeter. One metre of roading would be $10k more than the base pay of a new teachers.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Deliberately set on fire? It may have self combusted from all the "liar liar pants on fire" rhetoric from National Party.

ACT's billboards are here and there in Christchurch and often have been improved by the addition of Hitler mustaches, dunce caps, and devil horns. On one I saw someone had written their opinion by spray painting in extra large letters "COCK" on the sign. Fair reckon. 😃

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Fear and bigotry are the Republicans' only selling points.

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For the life of me I can't imagine the mind that is so wedded to racism and hate that they'd wear such a ridiculous costume. The KKK can get in the bin.

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm an overseas Florida voter and I'm off to the post shop to send off my ballot. Hell yeah, I filled in the bubble next to Angie Nixon's name.

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Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Our own Coalition of Clods sing from the same song sheet.

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This image of “rustic cottage pie” which doesn’t look like any cottage pie I have ever seen. The watery potatoes represent Luxon’s personality and the talent of his ministers. The muck on the side is Winston’s racism and Jones’ bombastic guffs. That “sauce” suggests that ACT says “fuck those kids.”

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Ivan Sirko @ivan-sirko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Because so many large companies are staking their survival on the AI boom becoming real. "We put AI in your tea kettle!" "I hate that. Why do I need this? I put the kettle on the range, it makes hot water. Why AI?" "Because we're putting AI in your range!" "No!" "Just take the AI!"

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Arrested Development: Gob & Michael Bluth

ALT: Arrested Development: Gob & Michael Bluth

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The ADL? 😄 The Musk apologist organisation. 🤣 FFS...

jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

That's certainly the case in New Zealand with the current government. Their austerity policies have driven tens of thousands of workers and young people to jump over the ditch to Australia (which has its own issues) for a better chance at making a life.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Airlines do this all of the time. You go to confirm your booking, and hang on, there's a $30-$60 credit card processing fee. They know once you've got that far in the booking you'll go ahead and confirm and then you'll forget about it. Grr...

Make it a two-fer and include that wee shit Marco Rubio.

Damn, that was a frustrating watch. The moderators were awful. Instead of a conducting a serious job interview, which elections really are, they dumbed the whole thing down to the equivalent of a lightweight brunch chat.

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Man, that was that ever badly moderated.

I’m sorry, but Key can fuck all the off. I’m bloody weary of the media starting anything with, “Sir John Key says...” as if he has some godlike insight. Fuck Key. The bastard never did a damn thing good for this country. Apologies. Rant over.

Replace heart with arse in love song lyrics. Owner of a lonely arse Owner of a lonely arse (Much better than an) Owner of a broken arse Owner of a lonely arse

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Today, while addressing the 58 deaths that have occurred in ICE custody, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the conditions of immigration detention centers by stating, "We’re not providing Holiday Inns." Indeed, they are not.

Image of a severely overcrowded immigration detention center.

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I'm not surprised with Greens, Te Pāti Māori and Labour as my top three. National is the cellar dweller with NZ1st and ACT as also rans.

Standings how much I agree with different parties in AoNZ. Greens, TPM, and Labour lead the pack with the current Coalition trailing badly.

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They'd be back as lobbyists. Yuck, I know.

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My one two three were Greens, Te Pāti Māori, and Labour. I'd be happy with this as a winning result on election night even if not in this order. What would be the cherry on top would be NZ1st, ACT, and Opportunity under 5%. Yeah, I'm dreaming.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I can imagine Uncle Roger saying, "Niece and nephew. Why you use when you have knife? Ai-yoh!"

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I have no idea who this Peter Mortlock fella is. Does he have much influence? Most people I know aren't religious at all or weddings and funeral attendees at most.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Whoever is supplying frozen carrot cubes must be doing well.

jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Maybe they're Fetterman Democrats... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

People have to pay to listen to these two? 😳

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We only have mobile phones, tablets, a laptop, and no TV. Sure, all of these subscriptions services can be accessed on our portable devices, but nobody in the house is interested in paying for them.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Cold comfort, but Newsom is on his way out as Governor. Good.

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jpenner 🍉 🫒 @jpenner1956.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Somebody check on Renata Hakiwai. He may have fallen on his head and scrambled his brain. That, or he has taken an all expenses paid "study" trip to Israel and had a few convenient "revelations." Same same. www.teaonews.co.nz/2026/09/22/m...

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Māori delegates defend controversial trips to Israel

Te Ao with Moana spoke with those who were part of the controversial Israel trips.