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The Autopsy of a Canary
What the Bondi Beach Chanukah massacre reveals about antisemitism today.
Hey Australia, You Can Have Jacinda, We Don’t Want Her
We are told she represents the best of us. For a large and growing number of Kiwis, she represents a period they would rather never repeat.
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The Greens Really Do ’Ave ’Em
Foul-mouthed rants defending murderous Islamic regimes… just another day for the Greens.
Blobudsman Shows His True Colours
New Zealand’s Chief Ombudsman unlawfully sides with the forces of opaqueness and censorship.
Rest in a Thousand Pieces Khamenei
The only sure thing is that the same critics will trot out the same arguments against any action on Iran stronger than cancelling the mullahs’ Swiss retirement visas, especially if it’s carried out by their least favourite orange-hued president.
What It Actually Costs To Live ‘Green’ Like Chris Hipkins
Forget ‘let them eat cake’, now it’s ‘let them have solar’.
Luxon’s Iran Flip-Flop: Faster Than a French Retreat
He hedged his bets and has now found himself on the wrong side of history, like the legacy media, the opposition politicians and Keir Starmer.
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Face of the Day
The IPCA was satisfied that each investigation was handled professionally.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… diaphanous (adjective) - 1: characterised by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through 2: characterised by extreme delicacy of form : ethereal 3: insubstantial, vague Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : What do the words diaphanous, epiphany, fancy, phenomenon, sycophant, emphasis, and phase all have in common?