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Trump Advisor Describes How Zelensky Kicked Out
Mike Waltz recounted how he and Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered Trump’s sentiments to Zelensky’s team.
What Are Global Temperatures Really Doing?
NIWA says January 2025 was the coolest January since 2017 and the coldest January on record for six locations.
Neither Pharmac’s CEO, nor Chair, Can Prescribe Drugs in NZ
It’s not the small fish in NZ who are problem: it’s the big fish who should’ve never got the jobs they’re sitting in and won’t go.
A Steadily Deranged World Makes Lushy a Malcontent
Dispatches from the edge of a temporarily unbalanced Aussie mind.
Fight
The hearing is set down for three days starting 10 March. It’s one of many small steps on the way to ensuring we never so readily slip into tyranny again.
News Briefing: 4 March 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELLINGTON WATER, INFRASTRUCTURE Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Wellington Water – A Case Study in Infrastructure Failure and Incompetence Andrea Vance (Post): Why ratepayers are paying the price for Wellington Water failings (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): Reports light a bomb under Wellington Water, city and
Hey Bish, Did You Bother to Ask Aucklanders About Your Plans?
It’s hard to take anyone who wears brown shoes with blue suits seriously.
Good Oil General Debate
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Face of the Day
To win the tournament Peake needed to drain a 10-foot putt on the 72nd hole to prevent a play-off. He nailed it. The 31-year-old became the first left-hander to win the tournament since New Zealander Sir Bob Charles in 1973.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… audition (noun, verb): noun 1: the power or sense of hearing 2: the act of hearing 3: a trial performance to appraise an entertainer's merits transitive verb : to test or try out especially in an audition intransitive verb : to give a trial performance
The Good Oil Daily Proverb
I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in straight paths.