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Who Is Conning Whom?
The prime minister’s attention was caught by David Seymour: “Prime minister, I think I have a solution to the crime problem.”
It Was Asking for Big Trouble
Are you wondering ‘how is this possible and how is this happening?’
Takeaways From the US Election
Dan Bongino said recently there are 1000 evil people who want to impose tyranny. Unleash the full power of US law upon these 1000 lunatics and save mankind.
Not the Brightest Move Dotcom
He should have retained the best US criminal lawyer he could find and cut a deal – a quick guilty plea in return for, say, seven years, $10 million in fines and restitution and been out of prison in 2019. But he didn’t and so his US legal problems are just beginning.
There’s Plenty of Silver...
It isn’t their money being used: it is yours and you get to wear the day of reckoning.
Consider Investing in Government Bonds
Government bonds are designed to be ‘safe’, not complicated, but stick to places run by people like us.
Designated Loser
It is only Harris herself who doesn't realise what her role is this year.
Do You Think Ardern Actually Failed?
At the weekend I read a rather amusing post on a friend’s Facebook. It was titled “World’s Shortest Books”, intended to be jokesy, and included such ‘titles’ as “Hawaii: a travel guide” by Captain Cook and “Maori Parliament: The Early Years” by Rawiri Waititi. One of the joke
Leopards Don’t Change Their Spots…
One of the oddities about New Zealand is how swift the country is to reward failure, yet highly reluctant to view success with the same level of approbation. I call it “The New Zealand Disease” and find it amusing. Add in a dollop or two of wokeness and you have
485 Broadway, New York
Last week I gave a rebuttal of the advice from the financial advisors Sean Plunket has on his radio station. Since then several folks have asked me to clarify some points I made. What particularly doesn’t seem to compute (perhaps due to a lifetime of exposure to buzzwords from
The Bruce and Bernie Show
I have never liked Bruce Springsteen. He has written just one song which keeps getting repeated time and again – you’re a victim of “the man”, nothing in your life is your fault, the world is stacked against you; oh and it’s perfectly OK to abandon your wife and
The Death of a Nation
The fuss which has exploded throughout the land over the cancellation of the Sunday television show has been greeted by New Zealand’s ‘thinking’ people (i.e. pretty much just me) with quizzical incomprehension. Sunday was always just the usual left-wing prime-time show designed to push commie viewpoints or to
And It Is Labour to Blame, Again
Although not a great fan of popular music and culture, I do occasionally respect certain talented people: Mott the Hoople (of course), Paul French (history’s most underrated songwriter) and Don Walker (the brains behind the Australian band Cold Chisel) immediately spring to mind. Walker once wrote a song “Telephone
Why We Build New Prisons
Wokeness is something we regulars on this website all detest; you know the sort of thing – political correctness, Marxist dogma, concerns about causing “offence” to weak, feeble people, shouting down others’ opinions. Capitalism is something we all support; you know the sort of thing – profit-making undertakings. Throw in some other