The Lost Art of Getting Frustrated
The real engine of progress must be a population that spends its days grappling with imperfect machines and frustrating activities. That is where the ideas are born, and ideas are the only way to solve any problem.
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When You Drop Your Stash off at the Op Shop
Dropping off the wrong bag was just the start of their misfortunes.
The Pravda Post
The paper propagandising for a New Zealand neo-Marxist government in waiting.
Luxon Fails Miserably: National Stuck With ‘Less Shit Than Labour’ Slogan
Voters are going to go into the election with National doing the same as it always does. They will tell voters that they are less shit than Labour. But are they?
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Face of the Day
Lisa Marie Edmondson committed serious misconduct over several years, where she capitalised on her position to create explicit content for personal gain. The tribunal cancelled her registration. Edmondson is now a Women’s Health Specialist.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… vacuous (adjective) - 1: emptied of or lacking content 2: marked by lack of ideas or intelligence : stupid, inane 3: devoid of serious occupation : idle Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : As you might have guessed, "vacuous" shares the same root as "vacuum"-the
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened
Wednesday Weapons
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David Farrar Explains The Differences Between Various Polling Agencies
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'No One Likes Him!': Luxon Under Pressure As Poll Fallout Grows
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Christopher Luxon's 28% Disaster: Is The PM The New Andrew Little?
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DEI May Be Gone in Name, but the Enforcers Still Hold the Power
Bureaucracies do not abandon governing philosophies: they preserve them. Winning the policy war is not enough. Lasting reform requires restructuring who decides – not simply rewriting what is declared.