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    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    Adding "Taekwondo Grand Master" to the list of ranks which are now meaningless. Sorry, you trained all your life to be good enough at Taekwondo to gain the highest rank? It doesn't mean anything since any idiot can get it awarded to them.
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    Campaign Texts Archive

    Didn't he already launch a social media platform? Is he doing another one?
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    Conspiracy lunatic thread - people who believe in absurd nonsense are dangerous

    In good news: Alex Jones liable for damages over Sandy Hook shooting claims, judge rules Hopefully he will have to pay a lot.
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    P&R Funnies!

    Bannon Caught Fleeing U.S. Disguised as Man Who Recently Took Shower
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    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    It looks like the Canadian one is pretty much the same as the NZ one, as both countries just reused the UK version. I actually prefer the US version - at least you're pledging allegiance to a country and not a small group of people which currently includes one alleged sex criminal.
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    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    New Zealand has an Oath of Allegiance which goes "I, insert name here, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God." (src) Admittedly I had to look this up and I don't recall ever...
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    Campaign Texts Archive

    They're not going to win many friends sending texts at that hour. That sort of thing is why I have my phone set to turn on DND at night automatically.
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    Conspiracy lunatic thread - people who believe in absurd nonsense are dangerous

    Big anti-vax protests today here in New Zealand. Parliament is in high security mode. Some of the protestors are waving Trump flags. Leaked chat from a Telegram group shows people talking about a Jan 6 style invasion of Parliament...
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    Timey Wimey Business- a thread for Doctor Who

    Sara Powell, who played Seacole, was born in Jamaica according to IMDB. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694310/
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    Timey Wimey Business- a thread for Doctor Who

    He's apparently called "Swarm".
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/exclusive-jan-6-organizers-met-congress-white-house-1245289/ A number of high-profile Republicans were actively conspiring with Jan 6 organizers and even promising them presidential pardons.
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    A true professional would have done it in the form of a riddle!
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    Let's see what Matt Gaetz is up to: Matt Gaetz claims 'someone may be trying to kill me' in House floor speech Sounds legit.
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    UK politics thread – meet the new boss, same as the old boss

    A couple of days ago, New Zealand and the UK came to agreement over a new free trade deal. What I didn't see reported on the TV news is that the free trade deal includes NZ extending copyright terms by another 20 years, which is something that we've been resisting doing until now...
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    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    If my doctor did not believe the part of their medical education dealing with vaccines, I would have to wonder what other parts of their medical training they treated as optional.
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    What stupid thing did the GOP say or do this time? Episode 3!

    Matt Gaetz's pal Joel Greenberg is giving up so much dirt, they had to delay his sentencing twice.
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    Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

    Trump actually testified in a case: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/donald-trump-deposition-2015-case/index.html Uh huh.
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    Transformers Hall of Fame 2021

    Someday they'll have a Hall of Fame vote that Sky-Byte is eligible in. In the meantime, I voted for Rhinox because he's not in yet and he's been on my list of "should be in the HOF" characters for years.
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    The COVID Vaccination Thread

    I got my second jab yesterday and it's definitely rougher than the first one, though I'm not doing too badly. NZ is going to have a 6 hour "Vax-a-thon" on Saturday to try to get the vaccination levels up.
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    Conspiracy lunatic thread - people who believe in absurd nonsense are dangerous

    It was a result of Wikileaks publishing a collection of John Podesta's emails that had been obtained via hacking, and people frantically looking through said emails for evidence that the Clintons were up to something. Thanks, Wikileaks!


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