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[Rick O’Shay]

You’ll look like a seal going through shark all

You’ll look like a seal going through shark alley

I wish, more like a humpback whale.

 

[Noitall]

I wish, more like a humpback whale.

Don’t be like that Rick. I bet you patrol the beach like Hasselhoff on baywatch

 

[Worried2Death]

Don’t be like that Rick. I bet you patrol the beach like Hasselhoff on baywatch

He's lucky he hasn't been harpooned by Japanese "scientists"

 

[MrFrankWhite]

The radical left and also the far right who they use to liquidate the radical left and who are then put against the wall themselves because they know too much.

I feel like you’ve added a group that Yuri didn’t mention.

 

[MaybeTop8]

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Kinda tired old tropes of the left being communist etc. It's been bollocks for years.

 

[Worried2Death]

I feel like you’ve added a group that Yuri didn’t mention.

Pretty sure he did, that's how it's usually done. Blackshirts, brownshirts, they all get purged after their usefulness has expired.

 

[Noitall]

He's lucky he hasn't been harpooned by Japanese "scientists"

I think Rick is just putting it on. Can imagine him darting around the sugarloafs

 

[Worried2Death]

Thank Christ for that. I'm sick of having to put my wetsuit on to swim at Back Beach in the middle of summer.

Do you think New Plymouth could be the GC of NZ if it warms up a bit.? Some real cheap property here if you think it's a go.

Asking for a friend

Bloody 'ell Moby, wait'll Greta hears about this, she might put a fatwa on you

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Don’t be like that Rick. I bet you patrol the beach like Hasselhoff on baywatch

Funny that. I went as Hasselhoff many years to a company fancy dress function. Forgot that it was July and standing at the cab rank 0200hrs with the Baywatch gear on wasn't conducive to getting home quietly

 

[Worried2Death]

Funny that. I went as Hasselhoff many years to a company fancy dress function. Forgot that it was July and standing at the cab rank 0200hrs with the Baywatch gear on wasn't conducive to getting home quietly

Should have gone as Pamela Anderson, you could have floated home.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Bloody 'ell Moby, wait'll Greta hears about this, she might put fatwa on you

I know, pity she's not a looker otherwise she would be welcome here to discuss why she's not supporting and protesting about what is going on in the Sudan and plus why we continue to kill our most vulnerable.
Gaza is/was a basket case. More pressing issues at home Chloe, oh and by the way Chloe, what do you think of the Trump ceasefire.

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Should have gone as Pamela Anderson, you could have floated home.

Jesus wept. I would have wrapped myself in those magnificent Mammeries and gone to heaven

 

[John Nick]

Jesus wept. I would have wrapped myself in those magnificent Mammeries and gone to heaven

Let's know if they have duty-free up there please Rick

 

[Worried2Death]

Jesus wept. I would have wrapped myself in those magnificent Mammeries and gone to heaven

Next best thing to the Rapture

 

[MaybeTop8]

What a complete shitshow costing nz hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars.

Well done National and Nicola WIllis


View: https://bsky.app/profile/robdickinson.bsky.social/post/3m34pk7ikok2f

 

[MaybeTop8]

And this shitshow too

A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade

The government’s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.

theconversation.com

 

[Rick O’Shay]

Public executions after Trump leaves Hamas in control of Gaza as Israeli forces pull-out

Donald Trump said he gave Hamas ‘approval’ to take control after the pull-out.

www.nzherald.co.nz

And so it begins

 

[defensivebomb]

What a complete shitshow costing nz hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars.

Well done National and Nicola WIllis


View: https://bsky.app/profile/robdickinson.bsky.social/post/3m34pk7ikok2f

A few numbers are getting bandied about on this project, and various parties are making hay with it. Here's what I understand:

• $671m was spent on the original project, now canned. This project was canned as it was tracking towards $3b total, due to required infrastracture improvements
• $222m was paid to Hyundai for progress payments and a cancellation fee
• The remaining $450m was paid to consultants
• The ferries would have cost around $500m, but other funds (presumably $2.5b including the $450m spent) were required to make them work with our existing infrastructure
• Instead, we are getting some different ferries from China. Some infrastructure spend is required, but not as much as the original project

That's as much as I care to understand. I don't think the original plan was a slam dunk. The new plan won't be perfect, but sounds like someone that knows a bit more about these things thinks it is the lesser of the two evils despite the cancellation fee

I'd put $2b of the original project's costs in the same category as the new hospital in Dunedin. As in (from Labour's perspective) - "yes we are doing it. But we haven't fully costed nor budgeted it yet. We'll do that later"

 

[MrFrankWhite]

Public executions after Trump leaves Hamas in control of Gaza as Israeli forces pull-out

Donald Trump said he gave Hamas ‘approval’ to take control after the pull-out.

www.nzherald.co.nz

And so it begins

Jolani has been carrying out executions for months in Syria. No one actually cares enough to do anything.

 

[Lord Gnome of Mooloolaba]

A few numbers are getting bandied about on this project, and various parties are making hay with it. Here's what I understand:

• $671m was spent on the original project, now canned. This project was canned as it was tracking towards $3b total, due to required infrastracture improvements
• $222m was paid to Hyundai for progress payments and a cancellation fee
• The remaining $450m was paid to consultants
• The ferries would have cost around $500m, but other funds (presumably $2.5b including the $450m spent) were required to make them work with our existing infrastructure
• Instead, we are getting some different ferries from China. Some infrastructure spend is required, but not as much as the original project

That's as much as I care to understand. I don't think the original plan was a slam dunk. The new plan won't be perfect, but sounds like someone that knows a bit more about these things thinks it is the lesser of the two evils despite the cancellation fee

I'd put $2b of the original project's costs in the same category as the new hospital in Dunedin. As in (from Labour's perspective) - "yes we are doing it. But we haven't fully costed nor budgeted it yet. We'll do that later"

The $450m was mainly to contractors for breaking their construction contracts, a much smaller portion was to the design consultants.