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Economic Nationalism, Bitcoin and SEZs
If the power for the North Island were produced from geothermal plants with Bitcoin mining as the guaranteed buyer, there would be no limit to how much energy we could produce to bring prices down and boost other heavy industry.
James Lindsay: Climate change agenda is a communist tool for economic control
“Even if what they’re saying is true about the climate, it’s not going to work."
More arrests over Destiny Church-linked protest at Auckland Pride event
Seven members of Destiny Church arrested so far.
‘It’s a numbers game’–Former Māori ward councillor predicts defeat
Ex-Māori ward councillor insists Māori wards are ‘for all New Zealanders’—but won’t say if she’ll stand in a general ward.
ACT’s Mark Cameron tells The Platform: Reserve Bank policies are crippling farmers
Farmers are being forced to pay for capital expenses with their overdraft accounts.
Wood chopped! Grenon cuts down Michael Wood’s ‘clumsy deception’ on NZME board shake-up
Michael Wood tries to swing—but Grenon cuts him down to size.
International students forced to pay thousands for compulsory Treaty course at Auckland University
“It’s no wonder Auckland University is slipping down the international rankings,”
Hard News Photos and the People Who Took Them
Reporters are expected to take their own pictures. Some do their best, but it’s not the same. There are still a handful of skilled and dedicated news photographers around, but they are pitifully few.
A Defence of Musk and Masculine Virtues
The importance of traffic cones at the top of trees.
In Two Minds and Out of Both of Them
The sheer humbug of transgenderism’s unexamined catchwords.
Trump and the US Gravitational Pull
A determined American president does not need to retreat before the angry objections of globalisation’s defenders: not when he commands the economic and military resources of the world’s most powerful nation state.
How to Improve School Lunches
If the state must usurp parental duties and feed the nation’s children, it should at least try and retain an educational flavour. Below is a list of menu options that would be guaranteed to teach the kids something.
A Steadily Deranged World Makes Lushy a Malcontent
Dispatches from the edge of a temporarily unbalanced Aussie mind.
These Are Just Impossible Things
The collective memory of the average Kiwi voter warns them that although the promise of a good life for everybody sounds wonderful, the Greens would never entrust the ordinary people of New Zealand with the power to make it happen – and neither would their bosses.
This is Tougher on Crime
What is now a simple snatch and grab for crooks will soon make them fair game for any good man willing and able to do his duty. The risk will now be firmly on the side of organised criminals and petty thieves.
Change of Government Won’t Bring Government of Change
If you view the election as an opportunity for a change of direction, you’ll be incredibly disappointed, because both major parties are committed to continuing the big tax, spend and borrow policies that they’ve always done.
The Difference Between the Left and the Right Regarding NZME
One seeks ownership, the other seeks control without ownership.
‘You Can’t Make This Up’
Pfizer has been named one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” by the Ethisphere Institute for the fourth year in a row, sparking criticism due to the company’s history of corporate fraud and legal violations.
Where There Are Smokes, There Is Crime
There is nothing in this puritanical list of new restrictions that will deter people from continuing to smoke tobacco or switch to illegal vapes. It will send them away from legal retailers that comply with tobacco laws to illegal, gang-controlled retailers.
Could Nicola Willis replace Luxon?
Obviously Nicola Willis does not want to make a coat out of Dalmatians or dress as well as Miranda, but Labour cannot see this, any more than they cannot see that Willis is far more presentable and politically adept than Luxon.
Does Chippy Know Trump’s a Fighter and a Winner?
Chris Hipkins’ attack on Winston Peters makes him look like a fool and a political retard.
Hysterics Do Nothing for the Peace Cause
Trump would be almost justified in leaving them to it.
Five Years Later, We Remember the Tyranny
Dupont Circle was home to many of DC’s best-educated residents. The more graduate degrees they amassed, the more submissive they became. But it was a different story in Anacostia, the poorest part of the city, where one of the unsung heroes of the pandemic emerged.
When Reformist Regimes Act Too Slow
There is a long history of reformist governments failing to act fast enough to quell public demand for change.
The Left’s War on Tesla is Backfiring in Multiple Ways
A large number of Tesla owners almost certainly vote Democrat. They now find themselves attacked, vilified, and even threatened by their own side. The haters are missing the unintended negative consequences to their own cause.
The Demolition Derby of the USAID
USAID is better in the waste bin and demolition derbies are exciting, but nuance can get lost in the frenzy and targets missed as a result.
Tokyo Firebombing Survivors Ask for Recognition
Japan’s culture of forgetting neglects even its own.
We’re Sparking a the Conversation
The Rainbow Mafia is real. They doxx, threaten and get people fired for their beliefs.
Te Pāti Māori’s Gravy Train Exposed – And They’re Spitting Tacks
We are one people, one vote, one law and one flag.
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How High Did the Grooming Cover Up Go?
UK PM implicated in Muslim child-rape gang scandal.
Most of the Covid Tyrants Are Gone, What Next?
Ardern, Biden and Trudeau are now gone. But where to from here?
Continued Contempt of Parliament from Te Pāti Māori
If they don’t like the institution of parliament and its standing orders, then they can always go back to the mat.