Bruce Moon We Have Just one True History: Part One And so we come to the Rangiaowhia affray (10) about which probably more flagrant lies have been touted than any other event in our history.[…] “Cameron, with commendable humanitarianism (our emphasis), wanted to avoid a set piece military confrontation because
Clint Witchalls The Conversation The year had barely begun when stories started to emerge of a worrying number of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China, caused by a mysterious new “coronavirus”. The Conversation published its first story on the outbreak on January 13. At that point, it was spreading in China,
Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Carbon-capture-and-storage (CCS) tops the list of silly schemes ‘to reduce man-made global warming’. The idea is to capture carbon dioxide from power stations and cement plants, separate it, compress it, pump it long distances and force it underground, hoping it will never
Alwyn Poole Before going into education I got myself a degree in Economics. People in that profession are often mocked for their lack of accuracy, assertions based on assumptions and 20/20 vision in the rear view mirror. Many times the criticism is deserved. Occasionally though they need to be
Bruce L I fear the fantastical woke paradise might well be upon us. It will be wall-to-wall human rights very soon if the latter day Liberals have their way. “Everyone will be accorded full protection of their rights.” Except for those still in the womb because they are
McBlog bobmccoskrie.com There were three specific amendments to the abortion legislation that were voted on Tuesday night. All three were designed to make the bill less extreme, and to balance the law just a small amount towards the unborn child. They were: 1.‘care of a child born’ – a
Dave Pine The beautiful state of Colorado is known to be a Millennial Greenie hipster’s paradise. Their environmental policies are usually a good indication of which direction the rest of the US will head. “Wind turbine blades won’t be buried in the Logan County landfill any longer. Although
David Theobald Pragmatism vs ideology. We are certainly ‘ruled’ here in New Zealand by the latter. Our Government is ideologically driven in virtually all it does. I have long thought that those at the levers of power start behind the eight ball on account of their lack of intellectual horsepower.
Information Satirical content Honky Donky As part of the ongoing efforts by the New Zealand government to reduce gang crime and the workload it puts on the NZ police they have recommended decriminalizing crime. The Coalition government has recommended rushing this through parliament, stating: “It will free up more police
Johnandali Some years ago, we used to have mental hospitals in New Zealand. They treated people with mental problems, and the hospitals were kept secure so that patients could not escape and cause problems. From what I have been told, these hospitals served our country well. They kept people with
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign Parliament was back last week, and despite the Government originally having the Arms Legislation Bill at the top of the Parliamentary Order Paper (that is the official agenda of Parliament) it kept being pushed back and delayed. This Stuff headline may sum it
Ross Mckitrick wattsupwiththat.com Start learning the deep details of the science and economics instead of letting extremists dictate what you’re allowed to think or say Last year was the year the climate issue took a sharp turn towards extremism. Let’s hope 2020 is the year sanity makes
Alana Piper University of Technology Sydney In the first decade of the 20th century, Australians were focused on the future. It was the dawn of a new century, and of a newly formed nation. Perhaps this forward outlook was part of why fortune-telling was being heralded as the latest
Francis Forde Title: The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity Author: Douglas Murray Published: 2019 Pages: 288 Douglas Murray’s book The Madness of Crowds is a much-needed social commentary in this time of great unreason. Bearing the subtitle ‘gender, race, and identity’ his book undertakes some very
ByteDance, which owns TikTok, is the first Chinese tech company with a serious chance when it comes to competing with the American social media giants such as Facebook and Instagram. CKGSB Knowledge Fair Observer TikTok’s latest viral challenge has the world’s teens gluing up their top lips with
Bruce Moon In the “Listener” for 25th February 2017, Vincent O’Malley wrote a contorted opinion piece on a significant event in New Zealand’s history – the tribal rebellion in the Waikato. “Middle New Zealand” readers of the “Listener” should not allow themselves to be misled by this story. It
