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Handsomedan
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  #3480324 13-Apr-2026 08:59
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It makes me smile when you go to the supermarket the day of the storm, which never really came for our part of the country, and you find all the really healthy choices missing from the shelves and freezers: 
Instant Noodles, Baked Beans and canned spaghetti, hash browns, frozen chips, toilet paper, white bread, milk (thankfully nobody likes to pay through the nose for my choice of milk - A2), any and all kinds of rice and pasta and instant packet foods, like macaroni cheese, cake mix etc. 

 

What were people stocking up for? The Great Convenience Food Shortage of 2026? 
Plenty of vegetables and fruit left, and grainy breads, low fat and low sugar options galore - emergencies are obviously best served with a healthy slice of heart disease and obesity. 

 

Made me smile. I wanted Vogels, A2, Bananas, Lettuce and tomatoes, eggs and other things that were all readily available. Good times indeed. 





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  #3480362 13-Apr-2026 11:01
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Victor Orban has been ousted as president of Hungary after 16 years. 

 

He’s the Hungarian Trump and had JD Vance come and campaign for him. He’s also aligned with Putin and has blocked a lot of EU initiatives  

 

It does show that, despite the current wave of populism around the world, it won’t be forever 

 

Good riddance. 


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  #3480366 13-Apr-2026 11:09
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Handle9:

 

Victor Orban has been ousted as president of Hungary after 16 years. 

 

He’s the Hungarian Trump and had JD Vance come and campaign for him. He’s also aligned with Putin and has blocked a lot of EU initiatives  

 

It does show that, despite the current wave of populism around the world, it won’t be forever 

 

Good riddance. 

 

 

Politics thread

 

 





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  #3480411 13-Apr-2026 13:13
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Handle9:

 

Victor Orban has been ousted as president of Hungary after 16 years. 

 

He’s the Hungarian Trump and had JD Vance come and campaign for him. He’s also aligned with Putin and has blocked a lot of EU initiatives  

 

It does show that, despite the current wave of populism around the world, it won’t be forever 

 

Good riddance. 

 

 

On a related note: the infamous "Bjelkemander" worked for about 2 decades. Until it didn't.





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  #3480495 13-Apr-2026 14:44
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@Rikkitic:

 

Handle9:

 

Victor Orban has been ousted as president of Hungary after 16 years. 

 

He’s the Hungarian Trump and had JD Vance come and campaign for him. He’s also aligned with Putin and has blocked a lot of EU initiatives  

 

It does show that, despite the current wave of populism around the world, it won’t be forever 

 

Good riddance. 

 

 

Politics thread

 

 

 

 

here is the link

 

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=184 


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  #3480736 14-Apr-2026 10:07
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Got an email this morning from Amazon. I sent my brother in the USA a shirt for his birthday. 

 

“We noticed your recent delivery from Amazon was delivered late, so we've issued a $10.81 gift card to your account for the shipping charges.”

 

 

 

 Imagine how quickly couriers in NZ would go bust if they had to do that…!






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