WHALE OIL ON THE MONEY

Whale oil appeared to have been distracted over the wee scrap in Gaza but we were mistaken. He was still hunting arsewipes. And today the Herald on Sunday has a pic of Winston's crown supplied car being taken back. The only bit we don't get is how the Herald swallowed the weasel words of Internal Affairs over the ins and outs of the vehicles return. We don't want weasel words from government departments.

Well done Whale.

Update - and the story is the lead in the Sunday Star Times. At least they acknowledge the story appeared first on the blogs.

YUCK

This in from Jafaprawn

Which defeated Labour Cabinet Minister is said to have used taxpayer money to fly his taxpayer-paid and supposedly nonpartisan portfolio private secretaries to fly to Auckland to hand out Labour Party propaganda around his electorate and provide other advice and assistance to his campaign?

Hint: It’s the same defeated Labour Cabinet Minister who, as part of his electorate office’s work in assisting people to enrol to vote, is said to have destroyed voter enrolment forms from people suspected of being likely to vote National, and only forwarded the enrolment forms to the Electoral Commission if he thought the potential voter was a Labourite.

Another hint: It’s the same defeated Labour Cabinet Minister who used his taxpayer-paid staff to write creepy congratulations letters to every kid in his electorate who won a prize at their school prizegivings. And we’re not just talking secondary-school kids. Come third in chess at your local primary school in his electorate and you could expect to get a personally signed letter from your local MP – with handwritten “PSs” to the parents. Yuk.

WINSTON GIVING UP?

Winston appears to be giving up according to Radio NZ

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters appears to be cutting his losses in the battle for the Tauranga seat.

Despite planning to spend the rest of his campaign in the city, he has suddenly flown to Wellington to join his MP, Ron Mark, who is campaigning for the Rimutaka seat.

Radio New Zealand's political reporter in Tauranga says no clear reason was given.

Mr Peters was due to spend rest of the week in Tauranga, where he has been fighting to regain the seat he lost in 2005 to Bob Clarkson.

He needs to win it to secure New Zealand First's political survival, unless the party can make it over the 5% threshold in the party vote.

CLARKS A HYPOCRITE -TV3 TAPE

First Clark sez the tapes a cracker then she denies that she knows anything about it.

Its a lame tape but Bill needs a slap for being a mouthy dork. He needs to be tied to a post and John Key should be allowed to chuck kinas at him.

But the reality is his comments are hardly earth shattering.

Labour might not have more but maybe we do.

NZ FIRST GIVES TAXPAYERS MONEY TO SMALL CHARITIES

Phil Kitchin has a roundup of which charities benefited from Winston handing out money that belonged to taxpayers. Some charities have been asked by NZ First not to talk about the money they received. We want to know why - after all the money belongs to all New Zealanders.

ANDERTON ELBOWS WINSTON OUT OF WAY TO SECURE ELDERLY VOTE

Anderton is a wily old fox and as he sees Winston on his way down he is happy to step on him to ensure he picks up a few more votes from Grey Power.

His attack on Winston is blatant - We say go for it Jim. Better you than the Creep.

Audrey Young from the Herald has the story.

MEDIA SMELL BLOOD - WINSTON AFFAIRS DOMINATES TODAYS MEDIA

Finally the media have got their teeth into this issue. And it doesn't look like they are going to let go. Apart from that weasel Brent Edwards.

Excellent - Its about time they treated this seriously - its corruption at its worst.
and Clark is up to her eyeballs in this as well.

She has always tried to keep the foul stench of Winstons corruption at arms length but the release of these documents by the Ombudsman means she has just been doused in a shower of shit that she is not going to be able to wash off easily.

She knew what Winston was up to and she should have sacked him on the spot but she let him keep his job so she could continue to be PM.

That is just as corrupt and venal as Winston.

Read more in Stuff here

WILL SOME MAINSTREAM JOURNO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS?

Big News has some more info about the Susan Couch Trust... Seems she knows bugger all about the Trust - that is absolutely no surprise.

Winston must be held to account for this.

Nice one Big News

MINOR PARTIES CANNOT HOLD THE COUNTRY TO RANSOM

I agree with lots of what was said by almost everyone tonight except for Winston -

Its all feel good - hot button issue stuff.

But the idea of a government with the Creep Winston, the Greens, and Anderton and the Maori Party tagging along with Helen is appalling - they could not work together.. The Labour - Hydra is a cluster fuck.

We need stability - we need focus on the big issues that are facing this nation in a world that is tettering on shifting sand. So we cannot have a government that is reliant on giving in to some needy minor parties who want a goody bag of inconsequential and take us no where policies.


That being said - Tariana Turia is sha;ping up to be the politician of the election - she is a very wily old biddy..

And she and Hone Key get on VERY well and among Maoridom her loathing of Helen Clark is legend.

HOOTON CALLS PETERS A CROOK

We would like to call Winston a Creepy C***t but our mums would be really upset.

Hooton has an excellent summary of what crooked Winston Peters the Creep has done so far.

Read here

WINSTONS MATES MATES - MORE CREEPS

More information about the crowd that Winstons legal henchmen hang around with.

This is from Kiwiblogs analysis of the Susan Couch Trust

which includes this

The settlor is Kevin Gillespie, an Auckland Accountant. Gillespie,
Henry and Gates are all Directors of Goldman Henry Capital Management and in business
together. They had some problems with the Securities Commission in 2004
incidentally, after the Commission found their prospectus did not comply with
securities law and omitted a material particular. The investment statement was
also found “likely to deceive, mislead, or confuse with regard to particulars
that are material to the offer of securities”.

We here at Roar prawn have uncovered a bit more to add to Kiwiblog working out that these boys did have some problems here in NZ - Mr Goldman has had a bit of bother on the other side of the Tasman as well .

This from the Australian Securities and investment Commission website

02/408 New Zealand director pleads guilty Wednesday 13 November 2002Mr Alan Goldman, sole director of the New Zealand company Mauer-Swisse Securities Limited (Mauer-Swisse), has pleaded guilty to four charges laid following an investigation by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).Mr Goldman was convicted and sentenced to a $1,000 personal recognisance bond to be of good behaviour for two years.On 9 August 2002, Mr Goldman was charged with two counts of providing a financial service in Australia, on behalf of Mauer-Swisse, when neither he nor his company were licensed to do so under Australian law. He was charged with two further counts on 12 November 2002.On Monday 11 November 2002, Mr Goldman was permanently restrained by Justice Barrett in the Supreme Court of New South Wales, from offering securities or carrying on a financial services business contrary to the Corporations Act 2001.Mr Goldman consented to the orders. Mauer-Swisse held a sharebroker’s licence in New Zealand and operated a financial services business. On 18 October 2002 the company was put into liquidation.BackgroundBetween April and July 2002, Mr Goldman provided financial product advice to Australian investors in relation to shares, including shares in a US-based company called Orbit E-Commerce Inc, or New Hilarity Inc.The investors purchased their shares in Orbit E-Commerce Inc or New Hilarity Inc through Dreyfus Securities Limited, a Bangkok-based company identified on ASIC’s consumer protection website at www.fido.asic.gov.au as a company involved in unlicensed overseas cold-calling.On 30 July 2002, ASIC obtained orders from the Supreme Court of New South Wales prohibiting Mr Goldman or Mauer-Swisse from sending property out of Australia, and restraining either party from carrying on a financial services business.Mr Goldman and Mauer-Swisse were also restrained from accepting documents of title or money relating to securities from Australian residents.ASIC acknowledges the co-operation of the New Zealand Securities Commission in this matter.


Really nice people - not.

SOME INVESTIGATIVE WORK BY FARRAR LEADS TO MORE SUSPICION ABOUT COUCH TRUST

Everyone needs to read this here

David Farrar has done some Stirling work on the nature timing and who's in charge of the Susan Couch Trust.

It is time to for someone to front Winston and ask him so very pointed questions about this Trust.


This is a deplorable use of Susan Couch by Winston, who is really is the worst creep in politics today.

WINSTON IS A SELF SERVING CREEP

The more we think about Winston giving money that wasn't his, to someone who really does deserve it - the angrier we get. We know Winston is a complete dirtbag. If he had any shred of decency - at the longest stretch, he could have given the money to Susan Couch and shut up. Then his magnanimity would have been about her.

Instead he goes public, telling the world about his largess with the taxpayers money, so the whole issue is about him. How very narcissistic.
Its about him convincing the public, that he is big hearted. Its all about Winston.
We remain convinced he is corrupt.
But in what we think will be the final twist, we reckon the public of New Zealand will judge Winston harshly over this donation to Couch. It is simply too cynical.
It is quite simply the ugliest, most manipulative political play that this country has probably ever seen. We think this is the bridge too far, for good and honest and true New Zealanders. Using a woman who has suffered so much, just to improve his status with the voters of New Zealand will , we believe, be the one thing that turns the tide of public sentiment.

Kiwis hate braggarts, they hate liars and they hate manipulators and Winston has shown he is undoubtedly the master of all these vices. The public of New Zealand are more sophisticated than Winston has given them credit for and they will punish him come November the 8, not for being a liar, nor a manipulating bastard but just for being an unmitigated creep.