Well, welcome to our readers here in New Zealand, & around the world, I'm Whetu Ngapo & you're tuning in to my KiwiAvenger blog here on blogger, but first the latest in the Super Rugby in round 2 such as the Hurricanes (Who lost first five Brett Cameron for what looks to be a serious injury, even though he could be ruled out of the season just like Harry Godfrey whose season is already over after sustaining an injury during practice last year for Hawke's Bay when the NPC was held during that time) began their campaign with a thrashing over Moana Pasifika in Wellington while the NSW Waratahs ended up winning against the Fijian Drua in Sydney with Max Jorgensen being the standout of the Waratahs players when the Drua struggled, followed by the Chiefs remain undefeated in the competition as they dealt with of beating the Highlanders in Dunedin by 3 points, as well as the Blues who had a win over the Western Force (Who had the Blues 3 try bonus point being taken away at that point) in Joondalup & then the ACT Brumbies who have their most standout player of Charlie Cale (A Wallaby in waiting who made a difference of securing a win over the Force in the opening round) as they pulverized the defending champion Crusaders side in Christchurch to register their first win in more than quarter of a century ago (And their Brumbies coach of Stephen Larkham has been ruled out of contention of applying for the AB's head coach job thinking that he declared that Australia has always been his home, & forever shall be).
And secondly in the gaming department that I have 4 fave video games to play every day as of today such as Gran Turismo 7 (My favourite racing game in the modern era (Which came out in 2022 therefore that it's been 4 years since the release of the game on the 4th of March in that year (Same year that Argentina won their 3rd Football/Soccer men's World Cup title in Qatar following their win against the defending World Cup holders at the time of France on spot kicks that marked the first & long-awaited World Cup win for Argentina's inspirational captain, Lionel Messi, & their first since 1986 when Messi's idol growing up of the late Diego Maradona, hoisted the trophy aloft in Mexico, followed by that dreadful invasion by that country who started it on Ukraine for which is still going as of today, the passing of Her late Majesty the Queen happened in September that year due to natural causes over in Scotland for which was emotional indeed, then there is the global emergence of the COVID restrictions, as well as global inflation being soared relating to that terrible conflict & the war on abortion in America got underway since the overturning of Roe against Wade according to the US Supreme Court), & if not since the days of V8 Supercars 3 (Known as TOCA Race Driver 3 worldwide except Australia, Benelux, Germany & New Zealand, & DTM Race Driver 3 in Germany & Benelux) on the PS5, then V8SC3 (My fave racing car game back in the day when I got it for my 16th birthday back in 2007, then I owned it until 2010 when I traded in my PlayStation 2 at EB Games for my PS3 which I used to have) on the PlayStation 2, as well as Grand Theft Auto IV (My favourite shooting game since Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 (Also has been by far, my fave Star Wars game since I first played it 16 years ago back in 2010) on the Xbox Series X console via backwards compatibility, & Star Wars Battlefront II 2005 (My favourite shooting game from the past) also on the PS2, while the reason why is because of me reliving the glory days from the past for which I'm having my moment of joy as well as the modern era like now playing these games that I literally enjoy since I purchased that PS2 slim at Cash Converters (For what appeared to be my fave shop since EB closed down in January this year) in December last year (And the loading times on the PlayStation 2 seemed to be longer than current generation consoles with their loading times on both the PS5 & Xbox Series X/S are in fact, drastically shorter than gaming consoles from the past like the PlayStation 2), well I'm always a follower of Star Wars, GTA, motor racing (Well, I might even be a petrolhead, needless to say), & rugby (I'm always a footy fanatic, but I sometimes like ice hockey for that is a fast paced version of rugby) as a matter of fact.
And thirdly that there is one word that I extremely hate at the moment, & that is autocracy which is a system of government by a single person with absolute power meaning that the legislations on dissent have been tightened, just like the United States under that dreadful American leader (Who I label him as a vindictive, shameless president who is like a bully), then the country who launched that shocking invasion since 2022, as well as nationalist Germany during the 1930s to 40s period, & the fictional Galactic Empire in the Star Wars original trilogy which is inspired by nationalist Germany (And I don't know whether South Africa during apartheid wasn't an autocratic country, therefore it was held under an authoritarian regime), but what happens if New Zealand becomes an autocratic country? Is that the pro right wing conservative National party takes full control by stamping out on dissent just like during World War II where most Kiwis cannot voice their disapproval about the Second World War (And this is like the war on online abuse such as foul language, racism, homophobia, islamophobia & antisemitism, & cyberbullying (For which the 2 such as online abuse & cyberbullying are non-existent) in fact that the online safety measures have been strengthened since then that they can't do now as of today (And if they do, they'll be caught & slapped with punishments &/or sanctions being all over the place) where they now report of alerting it to the authorities who detect it if there is anyone being abused online or have been cyberbullied), but there has been an update as the Iranian leader has been assassinated by a joint American-Israeli effort when a large scale assault such as an air strike had pulverised the girls school building which resulted being blown up or exploded I should say in that the Iranian president survived the impact of the rubble with injuries according to Dad (Well, I miss living with him since I moved in with Pops to be my living companion 9 years ago back in 2017 when I took over from the late Nan who passed a decade ago also back in January 2016 (A year until we used to have a beagle mastiff cross dog named Buck until he unfortunately got put down for both separate dog biting incidents in 2021, but we still got a wooden dog in honor & memory of him that the dog used to watch the rugby with us) by taking her place, unlike Luke who chose to remain good of not killing his dad of Darth Vader during the Return of the Jedi movie for which the Emperor was infuriated with as he chose to murder Luke for his refusal of becoming evil by request of executing him with force lightning, until Vader intervened that he embraced the light side of tossing Darth Sidious to the reactor shaft as Palpatine fell to his original death, therefore rescuing his son from getting killed (Compared to Mace Windu during Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith that he had his arm sliced by a blue coloured lightsaber in the hands of Anakin (The one that he defeated Count Dooku in a duel on the Invisible Hand, before executing him instantly after originally convinced of not murdering him so badly) who became evil, therefore stopping him from killing Chancellor Palpatine who revealed as Sidious as he really murdered Windu with force lightning) who alluded to me on the 1st of March meaning that the regime change could be in effect immediately (Although reports of the supreme leader who got terminated had been confirmed by that dreadful American leader (Who survived an assassination attempt the year before during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania) as one of the most villains in history according to the Truth Social Post forum, as the people of Iran celebrate the Iranian Ayatollah who had been wiped out, had ruled the nation for nearly 40 years, therefore ending decades of anti-American beliefs, & regional proxy warfare, for which I'm stoked about it (And what was my reaction? I was like holy hell that I reacted about the news of the Iranian leader getting neutralized for which was the greatest triumphs I have ever seen because of him being destroyed in an air strike (And the US President must say that the Iranian leader was at the girls school sooner than expected) once, & for all (Because he has control of the country & the government as he is too dangerous to be left alive, dreadful eh? That is terrible & shocking as Pops once described it) is like the AB's winning the men's Rugby World Cup according to the comment from Dad that I literally remember, but the day is theirs such as the Americans & Israelis, well done gentlemen), but let's say that Iran doesn't remain as an autocratic state (And I watched it on CNN for the first time since February 25th about the news report of the 4th anniversary of that dreadful invasion that began since 2022 which was the largest scale invasion happened in Europe since World War II), but the latest as the US & Israel's invasion of Iran & their ally, Hezbollah, has begun as a war had been issued after the assassination of that Iranian leader (Just like when World War I began in the aftermath of Archbishop Duke Franz Ferdinand got assassinated on June 1914 that caused Austria & Hungary to launch their invasion on Serbia, as the assassination triggered a chain reaction of alliances and ultimatums), as the death toll surpasses more than 550 including US service men who were reservists while US jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwait (And many predicted that they fear about that both Israel (Who invaded Lebanon again for the first time since the year before during the height of the Gaza invasion) & the US (Their armed forces were unable to shoot down those Shahed drones due to that it is bullet resistant, while the Americans are asking war-torn Ukraine to provide drones in order to eliminate these Iranian troops) might lose that war against Iran & their ally Hezbollah (A terrorist group from Lebanon) according to most estimates such as a news report being circulated around throughout, while the Iranian football/soccer team's participation in the football/soccer men's World Cup is in limbo due to that certain conflict between Israel & the United States (Who barred Iranian citizens from completely entering that country, along with Haitians), against Iran & Hezbollah, & I fear that it is going to be World War III that might get started, but our Ngapo family are safe here, especially in New Zealand where it is our most peaceful country (And if we were involved in such wars, we would be targeted by being attacked), & the safest along with Argentina, Indonesia & South Africa even if the Third World War breaks out potentially, and I'm demanding that both invasions such as that dreadful conflict since 2022 (Who I label that leader who started that shocking invasion is a scumbag, & of course that dreadful American leader) & in Iran, must end right here, right now! But this ends now! Or else it must be stopped. But they can't now as they won't both wars to keep going throughout (And the 2020s decade must've been a problem such as first COVID, then that dreadful invasion since 2022, then they used to have the Gaza one, as well as the US becoming an autocratic country dominated by white supremacy, & now Iran for which has been a huge issue going on there for which I label it as my watershed moment for which I'm getting so sick & tired of these damn conflicts needing for a peaceful end to these wars, not only due to the fact that I'm infuriated about it that terrible conflict since 2022 (Where they are trying to bring it as a sustainable peace settlement (And I'm not supporting either these countries because of them showing intense hostility between the 2 countries, (Booooo! Same old hell! Change the channel! Boring!) along with the country who started that shocking conflict meaning that I only go for Ukraine in support & solidarity towards them, especially the people), & I mean, well, there you go, that is a disgrace to the propaganda (Also another word that I extremely hate along with autocracy for these words that I label, have gone too far) because it's cynical, & it's all lies, but they'll be serious ramifications resulted from that, not least they'll be couple of millions of non-supporters of the US President (Whom I'm booing him again just like last year for starting a war known as that dreadful American leader's war for good abuse (Just like South African born New Zealand cricketer Neil 'Wags' Wagner who got jeered by a hostile Central Districts crowd who never appreciated him when the Northern Districts cricket team played in Palmerston North some years ago) are pretty filthy for which is a furore in that the United Nations (Formed since the end of WWII) is on a brink of collapse by July, even if they run out of money in the middle of a political backlash (Mainly due to multiple geopolitical tensions that surrounded around the world, especially on climate change, but I'm not happy about both invasions that rocked the world on planet earth), & I mean, damn it! This is ridiculous! That is BS, utter BS at the moment (And I'm absolutely brassed off at the moment), but they actually think that the two wars are a sabotage, stop!) because these could last forever, maybe in 20 or 30 years, or even a century if they don't sort something out, unlike Reconquista for which is known as the Iberian religious invasions that lasted about 781 years as the most lengthy but prolonged war in history which began in 711, & lasted until about 1492 (But there hasn't been a global war for 81 years since World War II ended in 1945 (2 years prior to the Cold War which began in 1947 with the doctrine provided by the late US President Harry Truman who announced it as a result of the formal adoption of an American guideline of containment against Soviet expansion, & lasted until 1991 (The year of my birth on June 7th) with the fall of the Soviet Union) with the atomic bombs being dropped by the US Air Force in Japan in cities like Hiroshima & Nagasaki that turned into post-apocalyptic scenery according to the previous story that I did on my blog before).
And finally that in the music related news as the American rockers of the Foo Fighters announce a new album called Your Favourite Toy (A follow-up to the album that came out in 2023 called But Here We Are) which is due for release on the 24th of April (Same month that the new One New Zealand Stadium (AKA Te Kaha or more likely, Canterbury Multi-use Arena for that is going to host league games including both the NRL game between the Warriors against the Cowboys in front of a sell-out crowd in June (Just like the AB's-France test takes place on July 4th as part of the historic first match of the new Nations Championship), & a men's League World Cup match being staged between New Zealand & the Cook Islands due in October) in Christchurch is due to open with the Super Round for that will be their first since the year before in Melbourne where all but one teams gather in Christchurch to participate in a match at a single venue just like the NRL having Magic Round where 16 out of the 17 teams take part at one venue at Suncorp Stadium (Lang Park for which will host the final of this year's edition of the men's League World Cup just like in both 2008 & 2017) in Brisbane) this year (3 years after previous album, But Here We Are came out in 2023 a year after Taylor Hawkins took his own life in Colombia whilst the band were having a world tour over there in 2022) whilst they announced a world tour that gets underway in the middle of 2026 in June with a Stadium tour across the UK & Europe, then the US right until September in support of the album (Which features the single, 'Asking for a Friend' that came out in October last year for that will serve as the closing track of the album) for which is the first to have Ilan Rubin involved on drums as he took over from Josh Freese who got fired from the band as Rubin, who joined the group after touring line-up changes following Hawkins' passing.
So that is my 683rd blog of the year 2026 (MMXXVI) & my 35th of this year, viva Ukraine.
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