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Simon O'Neill

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Green-leaning and living, Rottie lover, rural dwelling Aotearoan.. ...until I left the Air Force for DOC after 28 years in the military, most if not all of my career decisions had been shaped by the Airfix and Revell catalogues from the 1970s...

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Good explainer here if you are still on FB:

www.facebook.com/share/p/1EN7...

07.03.2026 02:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Actually, i just like bombing villages. Unless there's a random girls' school.... "

07.03.2026 02:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

PM considers options.
#NZPOL #MostMockedPM

07.03.2026 00:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...and only fermented ones after sunset...

07.03.2026 00:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

luxonburger - Maccas biggest mistake...

06.03.2026 23:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did she seriously expect anything than a resounding silence to this analogy...?

Was 'Get a House Next to the Settling Ponds' already taken...?

06.03.2026 23:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Latest polls show Lettuce is 54% preferred PM.

06.03.2026 23:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

EV owners: beep beep!

06.03.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

...or maybe they did...?

06.03.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The "rich and sorted" already have it or think they don't need it...

06.03.2026 21:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#MostMockedPM #Ever

06.03.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A new take on "there's no 'I' in team"...

There's no luxon either...

06.03.2026 21:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Either of these too...

06.03.2026 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In one plant.

In a war zone...

06.03.2026 20:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

But, but, but....(road) user pays...

06.03.2026 20:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"back him" into a corner....

06.03.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Has anyone done the maths on what would happen if we did away with non-commercial RUCs and adjusted taxes to cover non-commercial road use?

Bonus points for including the financial effects of charging commercial users the actual cost of heavy transport road use.

06.03.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Israel would never f*ck up like this*. **

*it bombs schools deliberately.

** is what happens when you rely on AI for targeting?

06.03.2026 19:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TLDR: just dismal

06.03.2026 08:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's the thing about numbers.

They don't really GAF whether you agree with them or not...

06.03.2026 02:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yep, the mirror universe barrier has been breached again...

06.03.2026 02:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The number is zero....

06.03.2026 02:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Could they get an inflatable John Key from Temu?

Probs the most palatable solution for everyone...

06.03.2026 02:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Under chris luxon and the klowns (not even a good band name), our great dairy-producing nation now has to import butter...

#nzpol #Election26 #OneTermGovernment

05.03.2026 22:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

F16, F18, F15 based on fleet size and customer base.

F14 was primarily air to air until very late in its service.

05.03.2026 21:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Buying @2bil of naval helicopters didn't do it so unlikely buying US butter will but not counting on a great deal of coherence or logic from the current US administration...

05.03.2026 21:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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That would be a first. #nzpol

05.03.2026 09:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very possibly simar to what we have sent to be ready to extract Kiwis from the area...

05.03.2026 06:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Except images of USAF F15Es spiralling into the ground after being own goaled by a Kuwait F18.

Not even AI could make that up...

05.03.2026 06:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I wonder how much of the Mainland sellout will go into dairy solar...?

05.03.2026 06:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0