Iranian Navy Requests Advice on Ships as Tourist Attractions
Iranian officials confirmed they are now studying the New Zealand model carefully. “If we cannot float the ships,” Admiral Abooat said, “we may simply lean into the scuba tourism angle.”
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More Propaganda: What This Podcast Tells Us
Part 1 of a series, looking at “Quarantine Nation”, Stuff’s new podcast series.
What Delayed Motherhood Really Means
To celebrate delayed motherhood as empowerment without acknowledging its costs is to perpetuate a lie.
They Need Saving From Themselves
They want your sympathy, they want your welfare, but they don’t want to change.
A Look at the Disappearing Marxists
Whether the cultural Marxists are ‘real’ Marxists or not is beside the point. The more important concern is the threat posed by those who draw upon theories derived from Marxism to justify their destructionism.
Detangling the Air Battle Over Iran
With hundreds of missions, how is all kept straight?
They Track Every Dollar You Move
Yet, they ignored $378 million of Epstein’s. The entire Know Your Customer regime, the Currency Transaction Reports, the Suspicious Activity Reports, FATCA, the anti-structuring laws – all of it functions perfectly. Against you.
The Politics of Analysing Crises
The fact that the legacy media still appears to be in a state of denial over this – clinging to a fictitious world view where they are the righteous gatekeepers of truth – explains, at least in part, why they remain a dying industry.
Māori Elite Have Never Given Up
Tukaki repeatedly blurs the line between belief and governance. He treats spiritual attachment as if it were a constitutional credential. It is not.
Would the Real National Party Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe…which way will the Nats go?
How To Keep Your Privacy and Stay in Control Online in 2026
Put on your best progressive’s voice and repeat: in our lived experience ‘Linux user’ is a protected characteristic, and anyone who disagrees is actually, like, performing an illegal operation and making us feel memory-unsafe right now!
Then Comes the Day After
If the terrorist government capitulates, what are the possible outcomes?
The Good but Misplaced Intentions of Modern Slavery Laws
Proponents of such laws mean well. But, in my view, many policy makers in rich nations have little understanding of working conditions in poor countries or how humans respond to incentives. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.