We've seen the great State House sell down under National before and they are unashamedly trying it again Fool me once, shame on you Fool me twice, shame on me #NZPol

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:htxesmibfctbeku53koxmtqn/post/3lsg2bmnam32h

Luxon opens the door to billions in taxpayer-funded oil field decommissioning costs www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre... #nzpol

Luxon opens the door to billio...

Article from Charlie Mitchell worth reading (unpaywalled link to Press below) - "The quiet campaign: Inside the freedom movement’s bid for council influence"

By "freedom" he means Voices for Freedom (VFF), the movement that rose to prominence protesting against Covid-19 restrictions before evolving into a wider hub for anti-establishment views. They're campaigning for election to NZ local government councils. Running as Council Watch with slick re-branding.
#NZpol
https://archive.ph/9PjNa

Yikes! Much like banning gang patches has just made it slightly harder to identify gang members (due to the most obvious markings no longer being present), it seems that VFF Cookers have re-organised + re-strategised to sound almost pedestrian-ly "sane" / not-rabid.

Sneaky.... very sneaky... 😒

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360770037/quiet-campaign-inside-freedom-movements-bid-council-influence

Thanks for the Mozart prompt @Theresacityinmymind

Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

https://youtu.be/cVikZ8Oe_XA

#JukeboxFridayNight
#SongsToMakeUsSmile

Mistakes were made. 😬

Grimace or smile?

Leo Moracchioli - Baby Shark (metal cover)

https://youtu.be/POdbe-_bYbs

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Spinal Tap - The Majesty Of Rock

https://youtu.be/RsOxgwF9LlM

and with a glimpse behind the facade of this (fake) hair metal group

Spinal Tap - Bitch School

(set at an All Girl School not a Tall Girl School)

https://youtu.be/Sq3YD7fNZTI

#JukeboxFridayNight
#SongsToMakeUsSmile

Spinal Tap ft. Elton John - Stonehenge

(odd mixture but it works, and I love Druids! )

https://youtu.be/2WWTzQ-mRFw

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Chaoseum - Smile Again

(bleaker than the name, this could have been in Heavy Metal Hard Rock list too)

https://youtu.be/9T6PXX7X2ro

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Hollywood Argyles - "Alley Oop" (1960)
https://youtu.be/vcNSGFeUIV0

covered by Sha Na Na - Alley Oop
https://youtu.be/P05FSbjgWyI

Sha Na Na were always fun

Sha Na Na - Rama Lama Ding Dong (1973)
https://youtu.be/eCB95WrqApk

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The Coasters - Along Came Jones

( Sue is in peril! But she's rescued, every episode of this TV show )

https://youtu.be/q51Y5U5EPck

#JukeboxFridayNight
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Monte Video And The Cassettes - Shoop Shoop Diddy Wop Cumma Cumma Wang Dang (1983)

https://youtu.be/myQ3eKcE-Fo

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Mental As Anything - If You Leave Me (Can I Come Too?) (1981)

https://youtu.be/tSGtg26-TpU

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#SongsToMakeUsSmile

Los Del Rio - Macarena (Bayside Boys Remix)

(sometimes the smile is a grimace of "oh no not this again 😬 )

https://youtu.be/zWaymcVmJ-A

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MrWeebl - Badger, badger, badger

https://youtu.be/EIyixC9NsLI

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Weezer - Pork and Beans

I'mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain't got a thing to prove to you

https://youtu.be/D9QgegXwd4Y

#JukeboxFridayNight
#SongsToMakeUsSmile

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis & Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us (Live on KEXP)

(made me smile for happy vibes and danceability)

https://youtu.be/bgjwAZ9TR3U

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Adam Lambert - Holding Out for a Hero

(the queer content made me smile)

https://youtu.be/dB7NsWHCQv4

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