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The Death of Democracy

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Unmitigated tosh was talked by diverse commentators, mostly with a personal employment interest in the matter, with advice that TV3 is to close its spasmodic news service, plus the ending of some TVNZ shows such as “Fair Go”. The death of democracy was the ridiculous common

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Govt Department Excesses Coneland

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com There’s no better example of an overstaffed government Department with time on its hands and thus becoming “creative”, than the Health and Safety mob and their ludicrous road cones excesses. Nowhere else in the world does this occur, nor was it ever deemed necessary

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Political Prophecies

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Nearly two years ago, in July 2021 when the Labour government was riding high in the polls and the nation had lost its head and was acclaiming Jacinda as the second coming, I wrote on this site the article reproduced below. Understandably it was treated

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Pour a Drink before Reading No! – Pour Several

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Six years ago my normally very healthy partner was suddenly struck down by pancreatic cancer. Before she died she closed her ASB Bank account. Ever since then numerous letters have arrived from the ASB over her alleged outstanding debt. I’ve done nothing about this,

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Government Department Excesses the Working From Home Fiction
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Government Department Excesses the Working From Home Fiction

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A week back I had lunch with two of the capital’s best known citizens. At one stage the subject turned to the working from home nonsense and we enjoyed ourselves citing examples we personally knew of various “working from home” shysters busy building a

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Books – My Great Passion

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A number of correspondents have suggested I write about my great passion, namely books, and in particular fiction. Sadly, fiction in New Zealand is mainly read by women (80%), probably due to the ironically mis-named smart phones, these the greatest dumbing down device ever invented.

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More Vile Behaviour from David Seymour

More Vile Behaviour from David Seymour

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Below, a typical Stuff story re David Seymour. Last week ACT leader David Seymour brutally shocked Stuff journalists at a press conference when he boldly declared, “one and one make two”. A female reporter promptly fainted while another vomited. Many male reporters present emerged ashen

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The Sam Kerr Absurdity

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When news of Australia’s most loved sportswoman Sam Kerr’s arrest broke, I could scarcely believe it. But not for the usual reason, namely the sheer absurdity of the ungrammatical “Racially Aggravated offense”, this occurring after a taxi fare row and Sam, who’s of

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Elections Azerbaijan Style

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com An announcement from the Azerbaijan government following last week’s Presidential election gave me cause to smile. The statement bragged about the government’s popularity, reflected by its 85% voter support. That’s an improvement on the previous Presidential election in which a half-witted official mistakenly

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A New Commercial Venture

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Reading the NZ Herald a couple of weeks back, I encountered a full page article under the heading “SMALL BUSINESS Q&A”. It included a large photo of two affable looking blokes, their shirts hanging out, both clad in blue jeans and with their

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The Wellington Mayoralty

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Wellington mayor and Council are the most criticised of any in New Zealand, and not without cause. Wellington last had a decent mayor twelve years back with Kerry Prendergast, now deservedly a Dame. She remains one of the busiest people I know, notwithstanding being

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Stuff Staff Stuff-up

Stuff Staff Stuff-up

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com A weekend Stuff website item read “Police seeks man considered very dangerous”. Under that heading was a photo of the fugitive with the caption, “Bryce Studd-Proctor was wanted by Police”. “Was”? – Presumably, contrary to the heading he was no longer wanted. This practise is not

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Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Herald reports Auckland University Associate Law Professor, a Carrie Leonetti, saying she’s never seen any evidence to suggest banning gang insignia and consorting had an impact on gang membership and violence. That’s about as logical as me saying I’ve never seen

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To Lighten Your Day

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com We constantly read of scams. They always amaze me vis a vis victim’s gullibility. They also greatly annoy me when the suckers don’t accept their stupidity was the problem and instead blame their banks for following their payment instructions. That said, news of a

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Is Stuff Stuffed?

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Reading Stuff’s principal newspaper, Wellington’s The Post, I now treat as a daily entertainment for its blunders. Worldwide, newspapers are going over like ninepins, sustained only because they’re a life-long habit by older generations. Most people under 35 have never as much held

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Unbelievable

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In today’s Post newspaper correspondence Michael Barnett, has come up with a brilliant idea re funding the City Council. Specifically, he suggests imposing taxes on city commercial sites. I’ll chip in my contribution and suggest we call this new tax “rates”. Reading these

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