Justice in NZ

‘Convicted double murderer Scott Watson will have his case investigated by an initiative set up to challenge suspected miscarriages of justice.
The New Zealand Public Interest Panel (NZPIP) will launch on June 13, as a joint initiative between the University of Canterbury and a high-powered panel of experts.
…Justice Minister Amy Adams was critical of the NZPIP and its members, saying self-initiated review groups were “no substitute for an impartial judicial-level review and its findings carry no legal weight”.  (bold mine kg)
“I note that many of the people involved in the panel have been advocates for the defence in many high-profile cases, which could lead to perceptions that the panel reviews may not be impartial,” she said.
She had confidence in the system’s ability to rectify miscarriages of justice.’

Well, Amy Adams, we’d all like to have “confidence in the system’s ability to rectify miscarriages of justice”.  But very many of us have no confidence in the system’s ability to deliver justice in the first place, let alone rectify the results of cock-ups and corruption and cronyism.
And to get to your “impartial judicial-level review” we first need impartial judicial-level justice.

May,18,1980

Hard to believe it’s been 35 years since Mt St Helens erupted.In less than 5 minutes 33 million cubic yards of rock and soil were displaced in a massive landslide killing 57 people and extinguishing all life for an area of 270 square miles.The force of the resulting eruption was equivalent to 27,000 Hiroshima sized Atomic bombs releasing an estimated cubic mile of pulverized rock and volcanic ash.-

When Mother Nature decides to redecorate she goes big.

Prog scum corruption knows no bounds:

‘The Queensland Government feathers more union nests

The Courier-Mail revealed public service managers have been ordered to recruit staff to unions in an extraordinary deal signed in secret by the Palaszczuk Government.
The pact means the State Government will in effect become a recruiting arm of the union movement, with union delegates granted a free run of agencies.
Union delegates will be given taxpayer-subsidised office space, telephones, computers, noticeboards and other facilities – and allowed to recruit members and conduct union business during office hours.
The deal includes a plan to subsidise unionists to study industrial relations at uni in work hours. The pact even links the running of government agencies to unions.
“As part of this commitment the government will encourage the establishment of joint union and employer consultative committees at a central and agency level,” it says.
Astonishing. The public’s taxes, the unions’ profit.’

The war on Christianity:

‘Air Force general who spoke of God in talk should be court-martialed, group says
An Air Force general who recently spoke about how God has guided his career should be court-martialed, a civil liberties group is saying.
In a speech at a National Day of Prayer Task Force event on May 7, Maj. Gen. Craig Olson credits God for his accomplishments in the military, and refers to himself as a “redeemed believer in Christ.”
The Air Force Times reports that the Military Religious Freedom Foundation has taken issue with Olson’s remarks, is calling for the two-star general to be court-martialed and “aggressively and very visibly brought to justice for his unforgivable crimes and transgressions.”
While politicians and the Pentagon go out of their way to make the military a “muslim-friendly” environment…
Illegal immigrants and muslim filth welcome. Christians, not so much.

‘..as close to perfection as a GT gets’

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‘Each gear spins it to the 8700rpm redline in the blink of an eye. The next gear is then selected much quicker than that, accompanied by five shift indicator lights flashing sequentially F1-style on top of the steering wheel. You’re awe-struck, speechless and pinned to your seat when you still have four gears to go. The acceleration is beyond brutal, endless and treacherously addictive…
…The F12berlinetta takes GT to new extremes, into the realm of supercar performance and dynamics. It is, surely, as close to perfection in a road car as I will ever drive, or some other lucky, lucky bastard will ever buy.’      Link

On tolerance:

‘..White pride is the only sort of ethnic identity whose expression is all but legally forbidden. It’s certainly the biggest cultural sin you can currently commit.
…We live in a creepy and insane era where people make bomb threats in the name of tolerance..’
The Other White Meat