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Where Did All This Come From?
How did the left become such vicious anti-Semites? They just stopped pretending.
Where Did All This Come From?
How did the left become such vicious anti-Semites? They just stopped pretending.
No Place for Love in a Mean Season
If National’s leading liberals want to be loved, then they should each go out and buy themselves a dog.
Harris Leads, Can Trump Catch Up?
Based on that analysis of polling trends in the toss-up states, I think Trump will have the momentum to whittle down Harris’ shrinking margins in Nevada, Wisconsin and Michigan.
What’s in Auckland Uni’s Compulsory Treaty Course?
I have managed to obtain a copy of the final exam.
We Deserve Better than This Gutless Rabble
What did Australia do to deserve this craven, venal, rabble?
“Iwi versus Peewee”: A Good, Old-Fashioned Debate
It is the particular tragedy of contemporary New Zealand politics that, with the noble exception of Bradbury’s Working Group, the critical cultural, political and constitutional issues raised by the Treaty Principles Bill will not be fairly, frankly or fearlessly debated anywhere else.
If Argentina Can, NZ Should Too
While NZ’s National Government uses the cost-of-living crisis as justification to continue spending more than it takes in tax revenue, Argentina has a much more serious cost-of-living crisis that is fuelling President Milei’s determination to slash state spending to surplus levels within one year.
Why We Hate the News
Basically because they are bent, biased and no longer relevant. But the academics think it’s because right wingers hate the news.
Mehrtens Free After Long Hostage Ordeal
According to the local police, Mehrtens was freed and picked up by a joint team in Nduga Regency.
Sarah Is a World Champion at Disc Golf
“Despite the challenges, Sarah ended up winning the tournament by 18 shots. While it sounds like a significant lead, it doesn’t fully capture how hard she worked to achieve it,” her mum said.
RefuGeeGee Loses Appeal
The forlorn hope of her appeal has failed: her convictions stand. Justice Venning was having none of her womble excuses.
Checking out the BEV Kool-Aid Acid Test
All in all, those who long ago drank the battery-electric Kool-Aid may hope they are not living in Jonestown.
Trump Deserves to Win... Again
Trump’s presidency was historic for many reasons but it became clear that he truly would do great things for his country and have the 24/7 media machine telling the world how terrible those same things were.
Why Does She Still Have a Job?
In a classic case of a tone-deaf civil servant who thinks she knows best, Solicitor-General Una Jagose issued and then retracted a sentencing guidance document that gave Māori a literal get-out-of-jail-free card based entirely on ethnicity.
1News Poll Steady as She Goes, but Average News for Luxon
1News released their Verian Poll over Monday and Tuesday this week, and it echoes what I have been saying for quite sometime.
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The Good Oil World News Quiz
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The Good Oil News Quiz
Are you an avid reader of The Good Oil? Take our News quiz to find out how much information you can recall from our articles published this week.
The Good Oil Sports Quiz
Are you a sports fan? Test your knowledge by taking our BFD Sports quiz.
The Good Oil World News Quiz
Have you been paying attention to what has been happening in the world this week? Take our World News Quiz and find out.
The Decline of Frog City
In this case, the frogs are the people of Wellington who allowed a clique of barmy activists to take over their once-proud city.
‘The Mood’ of NZ’s Weak Boardrooms
This reflects on their own ineffectiveness, which has cut productivity, not on our MPs’ quality.
The Sad Story at 1News
Staff at 1News are part of the problem, but they could also be part of the solution if they presented the news in an objective, non-partisan manner. Then some viewers and advertisers might return and aid the company’s balance sheet
It Is Not the Prime Minister...
The biggest capital gains-wanna-be-tax-dodgers in NZ are Labour and Greens own MPs.
The Largest Study on UBI Was Just Conducted
The results are disappointing for advocates. What did people do with the extra time they got from working less? In short, the answer is, they relaxed.
‘Green Hydrogen’ Just Another Climate Scam
There’s nothing so obviously ludicrous that the Climate Cult won’t waste billions on it.
The Big Lie of ‘Installed Capacity’
On average, the windmills output less than one-third of their capacity. In other words, ‘wind droughts’ are a near-constant.
Big Batteries, Big Fires, Big Deal
If you think an e-scooter fire is bad, wait till the ‘big batteries’ go up.
Councils Slugged Billions for Dam Upgrades
Billions in ‘upgrades’ – and not a drop more water to drink.
First Hint of a Energy Squeeze
Big Tech drops the wind and solar purity and launches into nuclear.
Running More Numbers They Don’t Want to See
Better stock up on candles and gas bottles, folks.
‘Keeping Ourselves Safe’ Programmes in Schools
Concerning (political) ideology has seeped into far too many places in education. This is a compelling conversation with a mum who looked into the NZ Police ‘safety’ course. Some teaching resources have been updated and we recommend diving in and looking.
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The Fault Lines from Washington Are Felt around the World
From free speech to NZ politics, events in Washington are reverberating around the world.
Back to the Basement for Joe
Looks like it’s back to the basement for Senile Joe. The presidential incumbent and Democrat candidate for this year’s election has ducked out of a campaign visit to a battleground state, after testing positive for Covid. Which is odd, because Biden is fully boosted with the Covid vaccination,