GIve them a break

"Thirty-three staff at Auckland City Hospital have been punished for looking at X-rays and information on a man who had an eel stuck up his bottom.

Staff were sacked, given verbal warnings, written warnings and final written warnings after an investigation found there was no legitimate reason to access the patients records..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/8560745/Eel-X-ray-hospital-staff-disciplined

Come on- it's like driving past a nasty bit of road kill or a car smash. You just HAVE to take a peak!

Gun control madness

Reading comments on one of the MSM  'news' sites, I saw a stream of vitriol directed at the US citizens who dare to think their constitution actually means something. Especially Amendment Two.

They seem to actually REMEMBER their history and the tyranny of perfidious Albion has not been forgotten.

But one comment stood out in it's monumental stupidity. I can't quote verbatim, but it went like:

"...name ONE instance where a government official, acting on the orders of the government, killed somebody..."

One hell of a long list, actually.

Arbeit macht frei- ring any bells?

Correct

"Recently retired Detective Senior Sergeant Grant Coward has lifted the lid on why police officers are leaving in droves...

..Coward said officers were feeling disheartened with the dramatic changes that had taken place in the past 12 months.

"I think that the key word here is frustration - with budgets, the judiciary, new systems in place alienating the community and traffic taking precedence over everything," Coward said.

"It is a frustration shared by frontline staff."

Coward said he didn't want to sound disgruntled but believed the public had the right to know what was happening..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8549984/Patience-wears-thin-in-police-force/

We, the people paying for this, share your frustration, too.

At least, those of us without our heads up our arses- who have a world outside of television, do...

More academic cockwaffle

"Teen pregnancies may be frowned upon by society but they can ''enrich and enhance'' the lives of young Kiwi mums, a Canterbury University researcher has found..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/8548996/Teen-pregnancies-can-enhance-mums-lives

If by 'enrich', they mean provide an income stream by leeching of the taxpayers, then yes.

Otherwise- what colour is the sky on your friggin' planet?

Thinking of moving to NZ?

"Feilding police are investigating an early morning March 27 assault in which three boys, thought to be aged about 11, attacked a 52-year-old grandmother as she walked to work, taking her shoes before leaving her unconscious and bleeding at the bottom of a riverbank..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8547113/Elderly-angry-after-assault-by-children

No description of the young filth that did this, but do we really need a description of the Elephant in the room...

The Blame Game

"Charge against the formation leader of an Air Force Iroquois that crashed on Anzac Day, killing three men, changed after two days of evidence.

Flight Lieutenant Daniel John Pezaro, 30, was charged with negligently failing to perform a duty, after failing to abort the mission when weather conditions deteriorated so much that visibility was lost..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8542743/Formation-leader-negligent-hearing-told

I'm betting that is he HAD aborted the fight, he would have been dragged over the coals for doing so. I'm sure the conversation would have gone along the lines 'So do you expect a war to stop because you don't feel safe flying in the rain?' 

One word:

Scapegoat.

Another tale of two tyrants

http://theferalirishman.blogspot.co.nz/2013/04/oh-crap.html

Splash over, fire for effect!

BAD choice of words

"Arthur Allan Thomas, pardoned of the Crewe murders, has retaliated against a eulogy in which Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Bush described officer as having "integrity beyond reproach.."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8532112/Arthur-Allan-Thomas-hits-back-at-eulogy

For those who don't know-

"A Royal Commission of Inquiry in 1980 found Hutton and one of his detectives, Len Johnston, faked evidence against Thomas by planting a cartridge case from Thomas' rifle at the murder scene." (from the above link)

If 'integrity beyond reproach' includes planting evidence- well- what can I say....

Which act is more offensive?

"Three nephews of MP Hone Harawira, accused of beating up a 12-year-old boy, appeared in court this afternoon.

Mau Toa Harawira, 30, Enesi Zane Brooks Taito, 25, and Tohora Harawira, 22 - sons of anti-violence campaigner Hinewhare Harawira - are on bail after the alleged assault..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/8528102/Beating-victim-followed-inside-court-told

"A commercial pilot was today fined $3750 for the "gravely offensive" act of hovering a helicopter over the summit of Aoraki/Mt Cook on Christmas Eve in 2011..."

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8527878/Hovering-helicopter-gravely-offensive/

I guess we will have to wait for the outcome of the first story to be settled in court, but if there were any true justice in this country, slapping around a little kid would carry a WAY bigger penalty than upsetting a mountain's mojo!

Chickenshit, weak government

http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/8519948/US-delays-missile-test-to-avoid-stoking-tensions

This is why the norms are playing up. The US cinc is a chickenshit arse.

When the useful idiots are of no further use...

http://www.theospark.net/2013/04/not-if-but-whyfrom-rico.html

Although it would also be an opportune time to round up any 'troublemakers'...

Twin Tyrants

Hat tip: http://ogdaa.blogspot.co.nz

Ngawha Springs

Spent the day at the hot pools today. It was great to see something rough and ready- not overdeveloped for the delicate sensitivities of the tourist market. Wooden sides to the pools and real mud and sand in them! Nothing matched or was pretty and it had the DIY appeal of the classic NZ bach- before they were torn down and replaced by million dollar McMansions.

$4 for adults and a buck each for the boys.

We will return. This is the first time in many years that I have been pain-free while being totally sober!

And I must say I prefer smelling of sulfur to smelling of chlorine by-products...

How is the drought working out for you?

Not so good, probably.

It's going to get worse.

So ask yourself- where are all the dams that could be storing water for drinking and irrigation?

Thats right- they haven't been built- thanks to the RMA and greenie appeasement.

So when you get told you can't water your garden, have gotten shit prices for the stock you must thin out or you can't flush the crapper- you know who to blame.

So stop voting for parties that are into greenie appeasement.

And physically punish the next greenie that opens their mouth and that included to draw breath!

Some animals are more equal than others

"The police officer who shot at the great white pointer shark which killed swimmer Adam Strange off Muriwai Beach is in hiding for fear he will be hounded by animal rights activists.

Angry comments about the officer's actions have already peppered social media sites and talkback radio. He's been called "gung ho" and "over-eager" by some, said Rodney police area commander, Senior Sergeant Scott Webb..."

Feckin' incredible! A shark kills a man and the cop who shoots at it has now offended the 'animals are more important than us' loons!

As for the SPCA- they have gone from crazy cat-worshiping single women to just plain barking mad, with the following statement from the chief fish-hugger:

"...most people understood the risks of swimming at sea, and killing a shark for its actions was unnecessary..."

I do wonder what is REALLY in those drums of chemicals I put in the water...

Who will you believe?

Less likely to happen than Time Travel

Every five years or so, we are compelled to fill out census forms.

OR ELSE.

Strikes me that for the price of a few pages more, they could actually achieve something from this exercise in compulsion.

Like a couple of pages of referenda questions every five years. Theoretically voted on by all, not just those who voluntarily get of their arses to do so. To get on the pages, they would have to meet the current criteria and we would be saved the enormous expense of having a  referendum for a particular issue.

Tis idea should get about as far as a tissue-paper cat being chased through Hell by an asbestos dog....

Knee jerks

'We need a law against carrying knives!"

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8314626/Quick-thinking-cop-saves-sight-after-stabbing

Carrying an offensive weapon (that's a knife, retards at the MSM)
 IS illegal.

No need for 'a new law'.

Move along- next class at your 'special' school starts shortly...

For troglodytes and liberals

Islam is NOT A RACE*

it is an ideology.

So disliking Islam cannot be RACISM.

If you cretins persist in shrilly crying this overused word, then you must call yourselves RACISTS every time you take a dig at Catholicism or any other western religious creed.

Sauce for the goose...




* Actually, it's more of a Death March

Same Deal

Pinched from Wirecutter's Blog