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  here's what happens to your money when you get scammed...
Posted by: king1 - 21-05-2025, 11:57 AM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (5)

He must have known what he was doing...

Quote:A respected JP who allegedly used his bank accounts to help offshore criminals steal nearly $1.8 million from 12 investment scam victims has lost suppression and can finally be named.

Suren Sharma is a Karaka accountant and registered IRD tax agent who is also the director and shareholder of multiple companies.

The 73-year-old pensioner has been a Justice of the Peace since the 1980s when he was recommended for the position by former Manurewa MP Sir Roger Douglas.

Sharma has been fighting to keep his name secret since his arrest on money laundering charges in January last year, arguing his reputation and accountancy business would both be destroyed if he was identified.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-j...W7G7JGTVI/

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  ACT - vindictive streak?
Posted by: Lilith7 - 21-05-2025, 11:25 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (14)

Thiose Delightful People in parliament are at it again.


ACT asked for information on the range of punishments for the Treaty Principles Haka in parliament last year - including imprisonment. Which says everything about that particular party.

It seems that despite their claims to the contrary, if it involves The Maori Party then ACT isn't all that keen on peaceful protest... Dodgy

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/561...prisonment

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  Devious b 'stards; patients paying over $200 to visit after hpurs
Posted by: Lilith7 - 19-05-2025, 04:12 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (19)

Up to $260 for a private consultation in Palmerston North. If these evil Neo Liberal prickles contionue down this road, then we'll end up being as bad as America. 
Despite this govts weasel words, we now have three charity hospitals. Three fgs!

Is this still NZ...???

"Waiting times of four hours or more, wating rooms bursting at the seams & horrendous cost"

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5614...ston-north

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  Oh dear - the Herald stuffed up big time
Posted by: Praktica - 19-05-2025, 09:15 AM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (1)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-media-c...4H2SCNDNA/

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  Palm Springs fertility clinic 'terrorism'
Posted by: Lilith7 - 18-05-2025, 04:01 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - No Replies

According to the FBI

Luckily, ther only person killed is believed to be the terrorist; the clinic was closed at the time.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/18/palm-...orism-fbi/

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  A Story
Posted by: zqwerty - 18-05-2025, 03:11 PM - Forum: General Discussion - Replies (1)

The Story of the Mexican Fisherman

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied, “only a little while.” The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs. The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, and stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The American scoffed. “I have an MBA from Harvard, and can help you,” he said. “You should spend more time fishing, and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, and eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middle-man, you could sell directly to the processor, eventually opening up your own cannery. You could control the product, processing, and distribution,” he said. “Of course, you would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then Los Angeles, and eventually to New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.” The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”
To which the American replied, “Oh, 15 to 20 years or so.”
“But what then?” asked the Mexican.
The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part. When the time was right, you would announce an IPO, and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions!”
“Millions – then what?”
The American said, “Then you could retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you could sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, and stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play guitar with your amigos.”

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  Comey Surrenders to Secret Service Over ‘Assassination’ Post
Posted by: zqwerty - 18-05-2025, 12:40 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (9)

WATCH: Comey Surrenders to Secret Service Over ‘Assassination’ Post

https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-come...tion-post/

86  47

86 ----- Driven 80 Miles out of town,  Put 6 feet under

47 ----- Trump 47th President

Furthermore

How do you feel about an iconic American like Bruce Springsteen calling the Trump Administration "corrupt, incompetent and treasonous" and describing them as authoritarian?

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comme...ican_like/

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  Loathe thy neighbour
Posted by: Lilith7 - 18-05-2025, 10:58 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (19)

Interesting article about how 'empathy is a parasitic plague'.
Apparently even Christians are adopting this view - I've no idea how the hell they reconcile this vicious view with their bible, which I think tells them to 'love thy neighbour'.


I'm extremely grateful not to be living in America.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...dium=email

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  Mining. 50 million tonnes, every year. For 30 years.
Posted by: Lilith7 - 17-05-2025, 03:35 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (15)

Our short sighted,greed crazed govt does it again. The delightful people pretending to represent us all have decided that its perfectly fine to stuff up the seabed for an entire 30 years.
Never mind the species its likely to kill, there's money to be made. Angry


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5613...ck-process

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  'The opposite of Autism'
Posted by: Lilith7 - 16-05-2025, 03:50 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (3)

First I've heard of this. Williams syndrome, people who are too friendly, they don't fear or mistrust,strangers.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250...o-friendly

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