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‘We’re All in This Together’ They Said as We Were Mandated Apart

NewZealandDoc Philadelphia-born psychoanalyst, psychiatrist and author who emigrated to New Zealand in 2006. He retired from psychiatric practice in 2021, refusing to be inoculated, after working in the public sector in New Zealand. newzealanddoc.substack.com On the occasion of the first nationwide lockdown imposed by the Ardern government,

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Watch Out for the Spin

Watch Out for the Spin

Lyn F Having been an editor for over a decade, including subediting newspapers, I’m astounded at the state of New Zealand’s current mainstream media. Have reporters forgotten the creed of their craft? Are they not taught what true reporting is now? I’m beginning to think not. The

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No, I Don’t Trust the News Either

bobmccoskrie.com In the weekend media coverage of Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” comments and Winston Peter’s “Nazi Germany” comments, they were misrepresented. They weren’t given with appropriate context. And the outrage to both comments has been inconsistent from the media. If the media were consistently calling out both

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The Costs and Impacts of Lockdown Decisions
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The Costs and Impacts of Lockdown Decisions

Al Johnson A few days ago a letter to the Chair of the UK Covid inquiry (led by Great Barrington Declaration author, Sunetra Gupta, of the University of Oxford) relayed their concerns on what they saw as biases in the inquiry and that key assumptions were being taken for granted

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New Govt Scores 4.6 Out of 10
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New Govt Scores 4.6 Out of 10

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com It’s been a tumultuous time in politics in recent months, as the new National-led Government has driven through its “First 100 Day programme”. During this period there’

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Dear Royal Commission of Inquiry (3)

Tani Newton There are only a few days left if you’re planning to make a submission to the Royal Commission of Enquiry on that thing. I’ve got mine done at last. For your information or encouragement, here is my reply to the second question: What should you learn

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If You Want to Be Happy Don’t Be Woke

If You Want to Be Happy Don’t Be Woke

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there

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Google Has Interfered 41 Times in US Elections Since 2008

Google Has Interfered 41 Times in US Elections Since 2008

Gabriela Pariseau Gabriela is an Assistant Editor in the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She is a graduate of Christendom College where she earned a B.A. in History. Gabriela has also contributed to The Catholic Register, Arlington Catholic Herald, Students For Life of America and Iowa

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Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Both Courts Should Protect Victims

Carrie Leonetti Associate Professor of Law, University of Auckland Victims who experience family violence in New Zealand are treated differently, depending on which part of the justice system they turn to for help. But a new member’s bill before parliament could change all that. Currently, our law guarantees special

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The Transgender Agenda Is Built on Sand

bobmccoskrie.com It was a good week for biology, the medical profession and children with gender dysphoria last week. The narrative that children can change their sex with the aid of social transitioning, puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, chest binders and tucking is exploding before our eyes. Around the world,

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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?
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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com NOTE: Since this column was first published, Simon Bridges has clarified that he resigned immediately from the National Road Carriers and the Northern Infrastructure Forum when he was appointed

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Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

TRANSCRIBER B transcriberb.dreamwidth.org Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. Transcriber B’s Substack provides updates to and spotlights on the List of Transcriptions (2021-2023) by Transcriber B. I make no apologies for bias. This is part of the historical record. You can view the

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How Not to Spoil Kids

Thomas Lickona Thomas Lickona, PhD, is a developmental psychologist, former SUNY Cortland education professor, and blogger for Psychology Today. mercatornet.com A single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they

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A Step Towards a Borg Future?

A Step Towards a Borg Future?

Simon Marvin Director, Urban Institute, University of Sheffield Allan McCay Academic Fellow, University of Sydney Law School, University of Sydney Elon Musk’s company called Neuralink, launched in 2016, aims to implant a piece of technology in people’s brains that would allow them to control a computer or phone

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New York Times’ Trump Derangement Syndrome

New York Times’ Trump Derangement Syndrome

Jeffrey Lord Lord is a former White House political director in the Reagan White House and aide to  HUD Secretary Jack Kemp. After graduating from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania he went on to work for the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Leader, then going on to serve on

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What Google’s AI Failure Shows

What Google’s AI Failure Shows

Bret Swanson Bret Swanson is president of the technology research firm Entropy Economics LLC, a nonresident senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, and writes the Infonomena Substack. brownstone.org When the stock markets opened last Monday morning, February 26, Google shares promptly fell 4%, by Wednesday were down nearly

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