Information Opinion Do you believe that men can have babies? Apple apparently does. Fox News reports: A “pregnant man” emoji and “pregnant person” emoji are coming to Apple iPhones with its latest update, iOS 15.4 sparking controversy. The pregnant emoji aren’t new for some, since they arrived as
Throughout history there have been tyrants. What they all have in common is that in some way they have all been defeated. Below is a list of tyrants and how they were defeated and the advantages and disadvantages of each method. If you happen to be under the rule of
Well, I’m shocked. According to a study reported in The Guardian, face masks actually make you make more attractive. There have been precious few positives during the Covid pandemic but British academics may have unearthed one: people look more attractive in protective masks. Researchers at Cardiff University were surprised
In the UK in the early 1990s, the rave culture was making incursions into licensed venues and young people were abandoning alcohol in favour of the “party drug” known as Ecstasy. In short, the UK alcohol market was shrinking. What was a poor but mega-rich alcohol industry to do?
Information Opinion Once again the New Zealander of the Year Awards are upon us and the semi-finalists have been announced. Despite Maori being 17% of the population six out of ten of the finalists are Maori. Also, all the nominations except one are about helping a bro – hungry bro,
Piers Morgan is livid that the sports world continues to allow men who claim to be women to compete in women’s sport. He’s absolutely right. British broadcaster Piers Morgan blasted transgender college swimmer Lia Thomas after she dominated earlier this week in collegiate meets, smashing records previously held
Let’s face it. The lockdown levels were awesome and the traffic light system looks set to be even awesomer. But I’ve come up with something that’s even better: five gold stars. Remember when you were at primary school how you got gold stars, ranging from one to
As this senator from Ireland argues, it’s the logical extension of current logic. A Senator in Ireland has said that the government should consider banning those without a vaccine passport from public transportation and supermarkets, in one of the most extreme Covid proposals to date. “Why not supermarkets? Why
History student and law graduate Hayden Thorne is worried that with the recent protests too much attention is being given to individual rights and more focus should be on the collective good. He opines: In recent days, as vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and teachers have come into effect, there’
Sarah Taylor from Blaze Media reports on what Jordan Peterson thinks about Covid mandates. In an interview with Dave Rubin, Peterson said that he believes the U.S. is quickly moving to a state of totalitarianism due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “The thing that surprised me the most, probably,
During the first lockdown. The then Minister of Health, David Clark, was caught riding his bike. The end result? He got to keep his job because, according to the PM, “we cannot afford massive disruption in the health sector or to our response.” Hundreds of Kiwis waited patiently to get
Jacinda Ardern has admitted that she is creating a two-tier society and she doesn’t care. Why? Because it’s about treating us all like kids to get us to do want she wants. Reclaim the Net has the details. The Prime Minister of New Zealand has admitted that
Let’s start with the classic definition of libertarianism in a nutshell. Basically, it’s you can do whatever you like so long as you cause no harm to others. Fairly simple, right? But note that under the classic definition “do” means actually doing something. That means I can refuse
Would it surprise you if I told you that the government’s response to Covid is being driven by modelling that has not been submitted for any kind of peer review? Kate MacNamara from the NZ Herald reports. The Government has now spent or contracted to spend more than $6
It may be hard to believe, well actually it’s not that difficult, but there was a time when smoking was cool. It wasn’t because of advertising or Hollywood but because, by smoking, you were sending the message “Yes, I know I’m doing something that can kill me
Reclaim the Net reports on the unvaccinated being banned from business premises. Australia’s often draconian measures in response to the epidemic continue to intensify, with reports now saying that one of its states, New South Wales (NSW) is threatening to jail unvaccinated people who try to enter business premises
