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Low Expectations, Low Results

At the time of writing this, we remain in level 4 lockdown, thanks to the COVID-19 virus. It looks like, however, there’s a chance we could go from level 4 to level 3. What does this mean? It means we can start getting takeaways again (yay!), provided it’s

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Why a UBI is a Bad Idea

Why a UBI is a Bad Idea

You may have noticed on social media calls for a universal basic income or UBI. Possibly it’s something to do with the wage subsidies etc the government is handing out; I don’t know. In any case, whatever the reasons, a UBI is a really bad idea. Firstly, it

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Chinese Government Playing Us for Fools

Chinese Government Playing Us for Fools

Editors note: Due to technical issues yesterday that prevented our articles from being viewed by most of our audience I have made the decision to republish them today. The Chinese government has been playing the West for fools. First, they plundered all our personal protective equipment items, knowing full well

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Chinese Government Playing Us for Fools

Chinese Government Playing Us for Fools

The Chinese government has been playing the West for fools. First, they plundered all our personal protective equipment items, knowing full well we were going to need them. Then they turned around and offered to send us PPE. But wait. Not the PPE they plundered from us, the crappy stuff

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Time to Ban China

Time to Ban China

In light of yet another China virus outbreak, It’s time to ban China. As RealClearScience reports: The Asian Flu in 1956 killed between one and four million people worldwide. SARS in 2002 infected 8,098 and killed 774 in seventeen counties. H7N9 emerged ten years later to strike at

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Panic Buying: Blame Lack of Connection Not Individualism

Panic Buying: Blame Lack of Connection Not Individualism

British author Oliver Murphy talks about stockpiling and the reasons behind panic buying. It was last week when Isabel had come out of major surgery to remove a brain tumour. Now convalescing at home, Isabel (not her real name) is only able to take paracetamol to manage what she describes

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Woke Virus Strikes the Wombles
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Woke Virus Strikes the Wombles

I’m sad to say that the woke virus has hit again. This time it has infected the Wombles. The Telegraph reports. The Wombles of Wimbledon Common have always enjoyed a quiet life, picking up litter, recycling, and trying to make the world a greener place. Yep, remember them well.

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How One Virus Brings Out the Worst in People

How One Virus Brings Out the Worst in People

Mark Longley, digital manager at Newshub, gives a well thought out opinion on the public’s reaction to the coronavirus OPINION: It doesn’t take much for the thin veneer of decency to slip for many people. Given the whiff of a potential threat to mankind and humanity goes flying

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Lizzie Confuses Reputation with Free Speech

Lizzie Confuses Reputation with Free Speech

When Renae Maihi went to court, I couldn’t help but wonder where Don Brash, David Seymour and the free speech brigade were. Given that Brash and his “Free Speech Coalition” quickly rushed to court to defend Lauren Southern and what’s-his-face Molyneux’s right to free speech, I waited

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Irresponsible Media and Vaping

Irresponsible Media and Vaping

95% less harmful than traditional smoking, vaping is the very definition of harm reduction. Yet the media has gone all out to disparage it. Filter.mag dismantles one of the most recent attacks. New York Magazine ran an article this month—in its “Intelligencer” vertical, of all places—with the

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Don’t Blame Wilson, Kate. Blame AT.
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Don’t Blame Wilson, Kate. Blame AT.

Kate Hawkesby opines on Wilson Parking. Is there a more repugnant business than Wilson Parking? […]Their pricing is daylight robbery and their carparks are policed so ferociously you have to wonder whether the attendants are on either brilliant commissions or under threats of death if they don’t ticket as

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Go Woke, Go Broke: TARDIS Crashes and Burns

Go Woke, Go Broke: TARDIS Crashes and Burns

Wow, who would have thought? Dr Who gets replaced by a chick and suddenly ratings drop like a malfunctioning TARDIS. Comic book news explains. Viewers continue dropping Doctor Who in droves as the latest numbers are in which sees a drop of near one million viewers for the season. Sunday’

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Zero Diplomacy as PM Rebuffs Aussie PM

Zero Diplomacy as PM Rebuffs Aussie PM

You’d think that even running a fish and chip shop would teach you a little diplomacy. You know, simple stuff like don’t be rude to customers and especially the regular ones that spend the most. Newshub reports. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been caught awkwardly ignoring a call

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Chinese Virus Outbreak. Only Surprise Is It Didn’t Happen Sooner.

Chinese Virus Outbreak. Only Surprise Is It Didn’t Happen Sooner.

Not content with poisoning America with fentanyl, China has decided to move it up a whole new level and start “poisoning” its own people. Of course, I’m talking about the latest virus epidemic. ZeroHedge explains. Now that not one but seven Chinese cities – including Wuhan, ground zero of the

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War on Drugs Becomes War on Guns
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War on Drugs Becomes War on Guns

The War on Drugs is sputtering to the end as governments wake up to the fact that spending billions on something that doesn’t work and creates vast criminal enterprises, simply isn’t worth it. In the US in State after State, laws outlawing cannabis are falling like dominoes. In

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MIT Tech Review Catches the Climate Alarmism Disease

MIT Tech Review Catches the Climate Alarmism Disease

James Temple, senior editor for energy at MIT Technology Review, blames climate change for the Aussie bush fires. Tens of thousands of Australians are fleeing their homes as hundreds of fires rage across the continent’s southeast coast. And yes, climate change is almost certainly to blame for the extent

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