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[The Good Oil] July 2026 Political Poll
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Phillip released a statement announcing his father’s death at the age of 91. He told RNZ his dad had a dignified death.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… bacchanalian (adjective, noun) - adjective : of, relating to, or suggesting the ancient Roman religious rites marked by orgiastic revelry and drunkenness that were held in honor of Bacchus, the god of wine noun : a bacchanalian reveler Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : The Roman god of drama, wine,
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Te Pati Māori MP Invents Her Work History - So Where Are The MSM?
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The Māori Seats: Time To Go, Surely.
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Nicole McKee On Being Made The New Deputy Leader Of ACT
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The $20,000 Drone That Should Wake up the Pentagon
The Apache that went down over the Strait of Hormuz is not a story about one helicopter. It is a warning about the next war.
Get Ready for ‘Business Friendly Socialism’
The actual solution is embarrassingly simple. You are only “in hock to the bond market” if you borrow. This most certainly will not improve under a “business friendly” socialist.
Social Media Is Not Like Tobacco
Although it is reasonable to age-gate activities such as smoking, drinking and driving, to compare such restrictions to social media age restrictions is a false equivalency driven by far more insidious intentions.
We Should Read Between the Lines
Smuggling in a regime of pre-emptive speech control. The right response is therefore the simplest one. Support the deepfake amendment for exactly what it is – a narrow, sound, self-contained closing of a gap in the law – and refuse, flatly, to let the commission’s wider regime ride in on its back.