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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to No Quarter on last edited by
    #159

    @No-Quarter problem is there are some Churches that do genuine work and deserve the tax breaks, however some, like Destiny and a couple of others heavily involved in Businesses seem to use thier church status to avoid paying taxes like other normal businesses

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    replied to taniwharugby on last edited by
    #160

    @taniwharugby said in Earthquake:

    @No-Quarter problem is there are some Churches that do genuine work and deserve the tax breaks, however some, like Destiny and a couple of others heavily involved in Businesses seem to use their church status to avoid paying taxes like other normal businesses

    Yeah, most churches live on the bones of their ass and still have good people who do good work in the community. I have no problem with them.

    Brian fuckstick Tamaki can go get rooted by a mutant robot. Everything about him is revolting. His self-given Bishop title. The houses and cars and lavish overseas trips. He is a fucking fluffybunny of a person who does deserve to rot in hell.

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    replied to Mokey on last edited by
    #161

    @Mokey this one?

    0_1479369811744_upload-630c1802-7987-4526-9027-5d00f31d811d

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  • MokeyM Offline
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    replied to taniwharugby on last edited by
    #162

    @taniwharugby Nah, I'd prefer more spikes, barbed wire and random acid sprays.

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  • DonsteppaD Offline
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    #163

    I would happily see self-anointed Bishop Brian Tamaki lose tax-free charity status.

    I would be very unhappy to see some other Churches that I know of - who do a huge amount of (almost all non-evangelising, if that bothers you) social work in poor communities and live on the proverbial bones of their backsides - lose their tax-free charity status.

    As usual, the trick is where to draw the dividing line...

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  • taniwharugbyT Offline
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    #164

    @Mokey that was the best I could do without turning the safe search mode off...

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  • CrucialC Offline
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    @Donsteppa said in Earthquake:

    I would happily see self-anointed Bishop Brian Tamaki lose tax-free charity status.

    I would be very unhappy to see some other Churches that I know of - who do a huge amount of (almost all non-evangelising, if that bothers you) social work in poor communities and live on the proverbial bones of their backsides - lose their tax-free charity status.

    As usual, the trick is where to draw the dividing line...

    Surely the best way would be to set an assessment level of income to social expenditure and a reasonable ratio of expenses.

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    #166

    Tamaki is a charlatan of the highest order. Sadly these types of swindlers seem to be doing a good job of attracting followers of late

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    @canefan said in Earthquake:

    Tamaki is a charlatan of the highest order. Sadly these types of swindlers seem to be doing a good job of attracting followers of late

    He's probably got company, but I can't think of a bigger jerk to have come from TA. There is no way that church deserves tax-free status.

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    #168

    Much respect to the guys working through the past couple of nights cleaning up and trying to shore up the houses that have been undermined, looks like 90% of it looks pretty much done now.

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  • jeggaJ Offline
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    #169

    Back to opportunistic arseholes Labour is shamelessly trying to add to its database again, its done this before but this is a disgrace.

    http://www.labour.org.nz/geonet?recruiter_id=398100

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  • NTAN Offline
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    #170

    7.3 off the coast of Japan - Fukushima apparently.

    Tsunami warning issued.

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  • TimT Away
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    #171

    New Zealand’s Tectonic Dragon Awakens

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  • No QuarterN Offline
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    #172

    Thanks @Tim, good article that puts into layman's terms just our unstable and dynamic the earth beneath NZ really is. Sheesh.

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  • gt12G Offline
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    #173

    @NTA

    Big looong shake here in Tokyo on the 24th floor. A few small tsunamis, but so far not much to get too excited about.

    @Samurai-Jack, you guys ok up your way?

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  • S Offline
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    #174

    Aye, all good here.

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  • PaekakboyzP Offline
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    wrote on last edited by Paekakboyz
    #175

    Good to hear our Japanese TSF crew are all good.

    24th floor, gulp!

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  • gt12G Offline
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    @Paekakboyz said in Earthquake:

    Good to hear our Japanese TSF crew are all good.

    24th floor, gulp!

    Didn't even get out of bed 🙂

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  • canefanC Offline
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    #177

    If I could be anywhere during an earthquake I'd pick Tokyo. Everything in the centre looks super solid

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  • gt12G Offline
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    replied to canefan on last edited by
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    @canefan

    Me too. If I had to choose, defo JP - buildings and systems are really really well done.

    Having said that, I'd probably shit my pants if I were home during a 9.0 quake. We are relatively high and the building really gets a sway on..

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