Minister Hipkins Must Be Held to Account
Labour leader and former education minister Hipkins made maths mistakes and was dishonest about the economic implications of population ageing.
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The Curious Case of Mark Zuckerberg
If Zuckerberg believes suppressing the story was wrong, why keep Gleicher in such a senior role? If he knew of Gleicher’s participation in the Aspen exercise, why didn’t he blow the whistle at the time? Instead, he places all the blame at the foot of the federal government.
US Round Up: Deadly Negligence and More
A majority of agents assigned to Trump’s security detail for the Butler rally were not from the Secret Service; top aide Linda Sun is charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act because she was acting as an agent of the Chinese Communist Party; and more on fascists and the msm.
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 3
Federations are the best way to govern a large and diverse country like Australia and far better than the alternative, centralism – power and law making centralised in one place.
Disease X and the Rolling Revenue
Healthy social conditions and an end to dangerous gain of function research are the best ways to protect against infectious diseases.
Here’s the Supermarket Duopoly Defamation Threat Letter
I thought it wise to get the story straight from the horse’s mouth, so asked Hazledine what had gone on. He says he was passed the lawyers’ letter and considers the defamation claim to be ridiculous – an attempt to “chill discussion” of the Foodstuff merger.
Is NZ’s Food Safety Authority Failing the Impartiality Test?
This second call for submissions opened a month ago, yet neither Australian nor New Zealand MSM have covered it.
This Is Takeover by Stealth
The reality is that He Puapua is alive and well in local government and in spite of the coalition pledge to ‘Stop all work on He Puapua’, it is now so rampant that it is threatening to take over the sector entirely, with very significant consequences for ratepayers.
Resisting Centralist Power – Part 2
The balance of the States’ financial requirements is met through Commonwealth grants. This gives the Commonwealth enormous economic power and influence, and is inefficient and inequitable.
Pro-Putin Movement Expands Across Former Soviet Bloc
All these changes are signs of an unsettled European and global security order. When and how the war in Ukraine ends will determine what kind of new order is likely to settle in.
Epstein Client List ‘Will Be’ Made Public
The Republican candidate for US president dropped a hint in a podcast interview.
Desire, Scapegoats and Death: Girard
Girard would talk of such tiers being ‘the community’ and the ‘scapegoat’ – the latter to have all the sins of society placed upon them and then be removed.
Paying With Your Face
What will convince consumers to use facial recognition payment technology?
Grocery Report Paints ‘Concerning Picture’
The commission supports reviewing the Fair Trading Act to impose stricter penalties for pricing inaccuracies, aiming to protect consumer rights and improve market competition.
The War Against the Lab Leak Hypothesis
Which side was censored at the behest of the Federal Government by social media platforms during the pandemic? Which side would a ban on “gain-of-function” research hurt the most? The answers to these questions are obvious to anyone paying attention.