How To Invent a Pandemic
The WHO now says it did not endorse lockdowns. The record suggests otherwise – and points to a deeper pattern in how pandemics are framed.
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Saying the Quiet Part Out Loud
By their own words, it’s not ‘radical Islam’: which makes it just ‘Islam’.
The RMA Reforms
The new laws must apply equally to all New Zealanders, without privilege or veto powers based on race.
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A Small but Loud Circle
How a compact network of activists, media, institutions and politicians shape the left-liberal agenda in New Zealand.
Democracy Must Have a Neutral Ground
Local government exists to serve everyone – and that requires neutral ground.
This Is a Diabolical Manifesto
That’s the problem with the Devil’s great ideas – they’re the Devil’s great ideas.
Luxon Returns to Waitangi: A Pointless Exercise in Political Masochism
If Luxon truly wanted to connect, he would commit fully or stay away altogether. Instead, we get this half-baked plan that satisfies no one.
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The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… amortize (verb) - 1: to pay off (an obligation, such as a mortgage) gradually usually by periodic payments of principal and interest or by payments to a sinking fund 2: to gradually reduce or write off the cost or value of (something, such as an
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: