WE PREDICT NIKKI KAYE WILL TAKE AUCKLAND

The young ones get strategic voting - and Nikki will do well out of that .

The Herald reckons the electorate still favours Tizard.

TRANSTASMAN HAS A GOOD TAKE ON SOME OF THE WEEKS BIGGER ISSUES

Transtasman

Winston Peters claims he has been “cleared” by three separate, independent investigations. But, let’s face it, NZ First filed false returns in 2005, 2007, and probably 2006, Peters filed false pecuniary interests returns in 2006, and 2007, he was found not to have told the truth, and personally benefited by $140,000 through private donations, and may have sold policy for cash. So is that vindication?…

We agree - its not vindication - we still say he is a corrupt prick.

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TV3 was being disingenuous this week when it tried to justify running new excerpts from conversations covertly taped at a National party social function in August. It said the tapes had been passed to it “exclusively,” and it had a duty to publish them. But did it test whether the tapes were authentic or doctored, give the context, or even name the source, which has been all over the blogs? Media’s claim to objectivity is undermined when it’s seen to be acting as a tool of political interests trying to damage their opponents. If something was obtained under false pretences, doesn’t re-broadcasting it extend the false pretence? No wonder people distrust this kind of shoddy journalism…

Yip - it was very lame journalism and we expected more from TV3 - we were deeply disappointed in the way they handled this story. It has been the blogs who have gone the extra mile to find out who the taper was.
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And was the PM being just as disingenuous when she described the latest tape as a “cracker,” and then later said she had no knowledge of how it was obtained……The normally garrulous Labour Party President Mike Williams who trawled through Court documents in Melbourne to uncover what was going to the neutron bomb demolishing National’s John Key has been remarkably silent this week. Has he been gagged, or just lost his cell-phone? There’s been speculation in Wellington about how lo

ng he will retain his various lucrative Govt appointments if there is a change of Govt……
not long - not long at all - but then he's old and tired so retirement probably looks good.

PRAWNS SWIM IN CHAMAPGNE.

Today is the day Roarprawn and Bustedblonde hoped would come. We got word late last night that Phil Kitchin was to break the Winston - Vela donation scandal wide open. We posted the picture of Euminedes at midnight.

There is nothing in the stories that surprises us. We knew all along what had happened, we just never had enough documentation.

Years ago, one of the Prawns had a conversation with Philip Vela about working with politicians and making sure that they did their best for the Seafood industry.
Velas comments were chilling.
He said simply - "Dont worry about Winston - I own him."

We never forgot it and, as the years past , like so many others, we saw Winston for what he was - corrupt.

Congratulations to Phil Kitchin .

Now I just hope that every branch of Grey Power get out there and says to its members to think very carefully before they vote.
Our country is largely corruption free and if Winston is not returned to parliament it will remain so.

Read the the full stories here

HOOTON HAS THE GOOD OIL - WINSTON IS NOT IN THE CLEAR

We were astounded when we heard the breaking news on RNZ this morning . It put BB off her Vogels. And we were deeply suspicious. We got more suspicious when we read the statement and now Hooton's analysis is clear - Winston has not been exonerated. Ann Martin has been exonerated. Some journos and commentators will be feeling a little bit sick about now. Winston has hoodwinked them again and they used the State Broadcaster to do it - No wonder Plunket is looking for cleaner pastures.

WHAT HAS WISHART GOT?

We will know later this evening, it wont be pretty ,but it will be interesting... I subscribe so will post when it comes out.

NZ DOESNT TAKE BRIBES

From STUFF

What do you think of Labour's universal student allowance pledge?

It's a wise and much-needed policy (959 votes, 15.6%)
It's a cynical bribe (3732 votes, 60.5%)
I just wish they'd done it earlier (1476 votes, 23.9%)

Stuff polls are not scientific and reflect the opinions of only those internet users who have chosen to participate

NATIONAL HAS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR VIOLENT OFFENDERS

This from the Herald

A life sentence will literally mean life for murderers who already have violent records, says the National Party's policy on parole, to be announced today.

This is great news. It will come at at cost financially but there are some violent criminals who should never see the light of day - remember BB spent 4 years working in a a corrections facility.

National will abolish parole for the worst repeat violent offenders.

And it says this will require a new $314 million prison to hold them and an extra $43 million a year to keep them there.

Under the policy, repeat violent offenders will have to serve every day of a sentence if they have previously been convicted of a violent crime and sentenced to five years or more in prison.

This will mean a murderer with a violent record will stay in prison until they die.

This is a much better option than having innocent people die if they are released

If a criminal sentenced to seven years for an aggravated robbery already has a serious violence conviction, they will serve the full seven years.

The "life means life" sentence would have applied to high-profile offenders such as prison-van basher George Charlie Baker, RSA triple-killer William Duane Bell and samurai sword assailant and killer Antonie Dixon.

Good examples - no one in their right mind would ever want to see these men living in their neighbourhood.

All have been sentenced to lengthy non-parole periods and may not be released anyway, but National's policy would deny people like them any chance of being free again.

It is understood National's research shows that of the 144 offenders convicted of murder since 2002, 10 would be in this category.

Preventive detention - a jail sentence with no release date set - can be imposed on serious or repeat offenders.

But parole is still available and National says that since 2002, five offenders sentenced to preventive detention have been released.

I think that this is outrageous. no-one on preventive detention should ever be allowed to see the light of day. But BB is pretty staunch on this issue - to the point that she believes that the death penalty should also be considered in extreme cases.

The policy would have a big effect on the full spectrum of violent crime. Repeat robbers, repeat rapists and those who repeatedly commit violence within the home would not get parole.

Those denied parole under this category would also be monitored for a fixed term when they were released, "rather than being left to their own devices".

Excellent idea.

National's policy says "parole is not a right for prisoners, it is a privilege".

Offences that will lose an offender the right to parole if they offend again would also include attempted murder, kidnapping, rape, grievous bodily harm and some serious assaults.

National leader Key promised this year that one of the first things he would do if he became prime minister would be to toughen parole, bail and sentencing laws.

Good on them - what we also want to see is more resource put into first time offenders - its the only other time that society can make a real difference.

OLD MAORI FELLAS VERY POPULAR.

Why?

Well they are the votes most wanted by NZ First, National and Labour.. Better watch out for any signs of treating......

Muck files - deep and dirty shite

Oh hell if it is gonna get rough the Blonde and the other Growlers ( Get Rid Of Winston and Labour ) soldiers will the be last standing - we have piles of poop!



from the Hive and talk of Neutron Bombs

Not content with riddles, Whaleoil is now onto neutron bombs.This all seems pretty old hat to me, though the version being relayed seems to be a merging of two stories/speculations and combining them into one.If it is true that Labour are about to associate themselves with this rumour, then we wish them great luck. We can't see how it can help them at all. No doubt Brent Edwards will try and make a big thing of it.We thought that this election was all about trust, not about muck. But if they want to start throwing muck then it will be very interesting to see where the much settles. Just off to open our muck files. Some of our stuff is REALLY good.
Posted by Queen Bee at 2:24 PM

And from the Whale


Labour are desperate, you can almost smell the fear and you can certainly see it in their actions, words, and planning.
Helen Clark has this morning told us she doesn’t believe in fairies or in opinion polls that have National above 50%. One thing is for sure, the tooth fairy sure as hell doesn’t exist for her.
Labour and the left have a general meme that National can’t get 50% because nowhere else in the world with MMP has anyone ever got more than 50%. Than of course doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t happen it just means that it hasn’t happened yet. it may well yet happen, but that is up to the people.
Meanwhile as the polls confirm national has more than 50% support from the electorate, and that is more than 50 polls btw, Labour is getting ready to drop its “neutron bomb”. For months in the house they have alluded to it, now with the paarlous state of the polls that Clark doesn’t believe in they are set to launch.



Bring on the bomb we say - go on Bring. It. On!

The VRWC is ready to chuck and biff and tell stuff!

National wimps on the ETS

Whale oil
This from the Blue whale who is suddenly changing colour.



I was reading stories to my kids when I was called by a friend, a long-serving MP, who told me that the National Party had voted to support the Emissions Trading Scam (ETS) by stopping it from going back to Select Committee.
Obviously this can’t be true, but I thought I would tell you what my source told me anyway.
Apparently, some parties in parliament thought that the Bill involves very significant Treaty of Waitangi issues that should be considered by the Select Committee, but which haven’t been so far.
I think they are right. The ETS will destroy at least $2 billion of Maori wealth, and even more of Pakeha wealth.
But my source told me the National Party didn’t care about this. Apparently, the National Party VOTED WITH LABOUR, against the Maori, ACT and Green parties, to push through the legislation tonight. If National had voted with the Maori, ACT and Green parties, the legislation would have failed.
According to my source, the National Party’s residual Don-Brash-perspective on the Treaty of Waitangi issues means they would prefer to vote with Labour, in favour of the ETS, rather than vote with other parties, like the Maori Party, to stop the ETS. Bashing Maoris is more important than protecting our economy from Labour/Green madness.
Surely this is not true. If it is, then fuck them. It would mean National was even worse than Labour and that we should all vote ACT. Right now, I still plan to vote for my local National candidate but I am not voting for a party that supports the ongoing taxation of people based on dodgy un-proven science and the support of a corrupt, morally bankrupt party lead by a proven liar.


shame on the nats.... I suggested today that the National party today had a chance to create a point of difference...

They didnt - Im not sure if I am angry or sad but I want some answers....

Election date

kiwiblog has got a date for the election and its the 8th November -- its what Bustedblonde has said all along and she remembers a very good bet for another bottle of champagne coming from SPAZ if it is!