... A plane just missed the Sky Tower and crashed at St Heliers. Apparently someone threatened an attack on the tower and stole the plane from Ardmore airbase.

More news as it comes - but Jesus Christ dudes! I used to wonder about something like that happening...

Scary shit.

It livens up an election night okay, just in case everyone isn't gnawing at their furniture already.

It'll be interesting to see how the special votes pan out but everyone has said that usually they dont make any difference at all (part from the Greens).

But i'm glad that Labour is ahead.

Labour has clearly won. Some coalition that somehow consists of NZ First, United Future, the Maori Party and/or the Greens (plus Jim Anderton) will govern NZ for the next three years!

Factual corrections. The plan crashed on Kohi beach. I could find no trace of wreckage, police or anything on my way home.

The guy is clearly off his sock and should be neutered. Nuff said.

WE GOT A MENTION ON AL JAZEERA!

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/420...B46FDF9B3AA.htm

Crap, I was hoping that either of the major parties would get enough seats that they wouldn't need the shitty little parties. I guess there was never really much chance of that happening though, now Helen's going to have to babysit those freaks.

Oh yeah, and it would have been cool if that guy had hit the tower.

I think that posts of this mature should be hereafter referred to as 'pulling an oob'

I concur.

So who do we invade in order to avenge this attack on the liberty of freedom loving New Zealanders?

I blame the Christmas Islands...

Bloody Asian Drivers of course. They must've driven the man nuts!

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with regards to the election outcome, the next government will be pretty fucking unstable. Assuming that NZF will not be in coalition, Labour needs United Future, Greens, Big Jim, and Maori. UF won't want to work with Greens, Maori probly don't want to work with Labour nor UF (and vice versa), everything will be fukt and we'll have another election within a year. Possibly. The end is nigh? I fucking hope so. Down to the motha fukin system

My friends and I joked about how the pilot could be a Labour voter who got pissed off at all the predictions of a National victory. As for my own views towards National losing, the Chinese caption in that pic pretty much sums it up:

http://www.sinodefence.com/army/artillery/...ype85_122_2.jpg

Bah! Three more years of hell!

No need to be that grim, Aaron. Those parties have a lot in common.

The guy's likely to be insane since he's middle aged and ain't got shit on his criminal record. This is a frightening reminder of what happened three months after 9/11 when high schooler Charles Bishop (who was intending to become a USAF pilot) later expressed sympathy for bin Laden and flew his single engine training plane into a Florida apartment (damage minimal). I think the Sky Tower wouldn't suffer much if it did crash.


Anyway, since it's another Labour victory, I think revelations on the pilot's motives will be more interesting.

If the pilot isn't insane, what sort of charges and sentence will he get?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cf...jectID=10346140

Flying school instructor?! That just makes it 10x more interesting! Last night's breaking news segments contradicted subsequent reports of whether he missed the Sky Tower by chance. There's also no news on why and how he crashed?

In other news Peter Dunne is a big cock.

Dunne has adopted the old NZ 1st stance of sitting on the fence. If it was a National victory, he'll run towards Brash faster than an Ethiopian with a MacDonald's voucher.

I bet the temptation of being in government will make him join with Labour. If he's indeed the bastion of right in a sea of Red, why didn't he go with the opposition in the last election? If Dunne's party gets rejected by both the Nats and the Reds, he'll feel a lot like an indepedent.

Overall, I think the biggest loser of the election would be Tamahere, as he has to find a job these days.


Unrelated: A whole bunch of gamblers across the Ditch were betting on a National victory. I'm glad I don't gamble!

Dunne's going to overcome his scruples and go with Labour and the Greens, as far as I can guess. If Winston breaks the habit of a lifetime and keeps his promises, though, that might not be necessary. Too early to tell...

I feel that this government is going to be so similar to the past six years that I'm actually more interested in that guy's terrorist threat on the Sky Tower than the actual coalition.

They should also arrest the woman who wouldn't put out for him.

I suddenly like Peter Dunne a lot more than I used to.

It would be funny if the following scenario happened:

Greens to Labour: You're too far right for us!
United Future to Labour: You're too far left for us!
Labour to UF and Greens: Ok, let's split the difference by staying exactly where we are

I always see Dunne as a power whore. If National won, he'll be even happier to go with them, instead of all this pissing and moaning.

The news is going to be on in 1/2 hour, I can't wait to get updated on the crash.

I'm just amused that they were chasing the plane with the police helicopter.

You missed the bit that said he thought the Greens immigration policies encouraged terrorism.

Who makes claims like that?

I hate Dunne with the fire of a thousand suns.

Allow me to clarify: I like Peter Dunne more than I used to, but that doesn't mean I like Peter Dunne.

I.e you hate him less.

It's not like we had, oh I don't know, a figher jet to shoot it down.

Maybe as well as being love-torn he was also making a stinging political comment on the state of our airforce.

Uh, yeah.

It would be nice if we had a fighter jet. You know, just one, so we don't completely suck.

It would be more viable for air defence if we have proper SAMs as opposed to Mistral MANPADS. Missiles cost less require less maintainance.

Manpads... I'm probably going to need those when I'm 80.

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Manpads, you know, Man Portable Air Defense Systems.

That's what I meant. From the way this country is going, by the time I'm 80 I'm going to need one of those to blow the shit out of the commies infesting this country.

Why, what were you thinking?

I thought you were making that old joke about Manpads being adult-sized diapers that old folks who can't control their bladders may need to use.

I don't exactly see the new leftist threat as reminescent of the Stalinist style of communist dictatorship, but through the saccharines of degeneracy in what they deem as "progressive", the breakdown of culture, values and decency is looming. I am concerned that our beloved nation shall descent into anarchy where the only law of the land becomes the law of the gun. Having too much of the good stuff is damaging; too much civil rights and there will be no country.

we do, a farmer down south somewhere has an airworthy F-16, but the government won't let him fly it because that would be totally embarassing. I was thinking that they could hire him freelance for emergencies like this one - he could be our Batman!! :helen:

By the time it takes for his F-16 to get to Auckland, that crazy pilot would have crashed into the target. The best defense is through indigenous developments as it costs much less than foreign purchases and stir up jealously amongst other nations. It was a pity that the genius named Simpson who built a cruise missile in his backyard with No. 8 fencing wire skills was given a cold shoulder and warning from the government. I personally have doubts about the GPS' guidance ability and what's he got for the TERCOM.

Oh yeah, those too.

Depends on your condition. There are many 80-year-olds that are quite active.

and many who need old people diapers...especially those who drunk a tad too much through their youth...

aye'm lazy now and aye'm in the prime of my youth, aye can't imagine how lazy aye'll be when aye'm 80.

Not my problem, aye haven't drank in 10 years and aye'm keeping this straight for the record.