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Bill Gates, Last of the Legendary Roman Plutocrats?

Bill Gates, Last of the Legendary Roman Plutocrats?

Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet In the wake of the announcement of Bill and Melinda Gates’s divorce, rumours have been seeping out about Bill’s private life which do him no credit. However, it’s not reports of infidelity which bother me – there,

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New Biography Reveals Thomas Sowell’s One-Of-a-Kind Career

New Biography Reveals Thomas Sowell’s One-Of-a-Kind Career

Jack Elbaum fee.org Jack Elbaum is a Hazlitt Writing Fellow at FEE and an incoming sophomore at George Washington University. His writing has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, The New York Post, and the Washington Examiner. Thomas Sowell is a one-of-a-kind thinker, scholar,

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COVID Origins: A Timeline of Theories – Part 2

COVID Origins: A Timeline of Theories – Part 2

Kelli Ballard libertynation.com National Correspondent at LibertyNation.com. Kelli Ballard is an author, editor, and publisher. Her writing interests span many genres including a former crime/government reporter, fiction novelist, and playwright. Originally a Central California girl, Kelli now resides in the Seattle area. Editor’s note: More than

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Weather Eye with John Maunder

Weather Eye with John Maunder

John Maunder Some of the answers to the complexities of the climate system are given in my recently published book Fifteen shades of climate… the fall of the weather dice and the butterfly effect. The following are extracts are from pages 197-201. The Greenlandic Vikings’ Apogee The Greenlandic Vikings’

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How ‘Tiger Farms’ Have Turned a Wild Animal into a Species Worth More Dead Than Alive

Simon Evans Anglia Ruskin University Simon is Director of International Partnerships in the Lord Ashcroft International Business School. He’s also a Principal Lecturer specialising in tourism and environmental issues, with research interests including ecotourism and tiger conservation. Tigers could once be found across much of Asia, from eastern Turkey

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Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women

Transcript of Interview with Speak up for Women

David Cumin fsu.nz TRANSCRIPT: Free Speech Union Podcast interview with Beth Johnson, Spokeswoman for Speak Up For Women, June 7 2021 David: Welcome everyone to the Free Speech Union Podcast. It’s David Cumin here as host, and I have with me Beth from Speak Up for Women. Welcome,

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A New Zealand Embassy in Israel

Pastor Nigel Woodley Ph.D. Dear Friends & Supporters of Israel, I have launched a petition on the Parliamentary website calling for a New Zealand Embassy to be established within the State of Israel. Israel, in good faith, has had an Embassy in our country now for many years and

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Wuhan Lab Leak Theory: Why Is This Even a Controversial Statement?

Wuhan Lab Leak Theory: Why Is This Even a Controversial Statement?

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more

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Electric Power Fantasies Are Lining Up

Electric Power Fantasies Are Lining Up

David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Seems like every big policy gun wants to take a shot at fantasizing the decarbonization and electrification of the energy system. No doubt that is where the government policy

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‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders Given to People with Mental Illness and Learning Disabilities during Pandemic

‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Orders Given to People with Mental Illness and Learning Disabilities during Pandemic

righttolife.org.uk An investigation has found that medics gave ‘do not resuscitate’ (DNAR) orders to people with mental illness and learning disabilities throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The notices stop doctors attempting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to restart a patient’s heart. In March 2020, NHS England wrote to medics

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Joint Statement by Friends of the New Zealand Jewish Community

Joint Statement by Friends of the New Zealand Jewish Community

IINZ israelinstitute.nz We are deeply concerned at the response by audience members to statements made by Juliet Moses on behalf of the Jewish Council at the Hui on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in New Zealand. We are also disappointed by the distortion of facts by mainstream media. It

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The Increase in Ransomware Attacks during the COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to a New Internet

The Increase in Ransomware Attacks during the COVID-19 Pandemic May Lead to a New Internet

Michael Parent Simon Fraser University David R. Beatty University of Toronto An internationally-recognized expert in corporate governance, focusing on information technology and cybersecurity for Boards, Directors and CEOs. Michael Parent is a Fellow at the David and Sharon Johnston Centre for Corporate Governance, Rotman School of Management, University of

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Hugs and Hot Mugs of Milo Won’t Stop Prisoners Bashing Guards

Darroch Ball Co-leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust. Apparently, Newshub had the jump on everybody this week when they ‘revealed’ statistics that showed a massive increase in the number of inmates bashing corrections officers.  The problem is that the numbers and data they reported on showing the dramatic increase are

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Pacific Seasonal Workers to New Zealand: Slow Progress

Charlotte Bedford devpolicy.org Charlotte Bedford is a Research Fellow with the Development Policy Centre and is based in New Zealand. In early May, the New Zealand government announced a second border exception (which I refer to as BE2.0) for Pacific seasonal workers under the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE)

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Power Prices Will Soon Increase

Power Prices Will Soon Increase

Bryan Leyland Bryan Leyland MSc, DistFEngNZ, FIMechE, FIEE(rtd) is a Power Systems engineer with 60 years of experience in the industry in New Zealand and overseas. He and his wife are majority owners of a small hydropower station. Up until May 2020 wholesale prices for electricity on the spot

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