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You Can Relive Your Hippy Days
So instead of reaching for your morning cup of Earl Grey, reach for your morning cup of… what’s it called again?
Apartheid Funded by the Taxpayer, Run Like a Family Business
Whānau Ora should be dismantled. This isn’t empowerment: it is exploitation of the system by those lucky enough to sit at the top. The people it was meant to help never see the benefit. The insiders make sure of that.
So They Set Brushfires
What chance do the “progressive forces” have of prevailing in the battle for the future if they are forced to admit, if only to themselves, that the left is losing to the right in a fair fight?
Who Relies Most on Welfare?
Chinese people had the lowest dependency rate at 2.4 per cent. The highest rate is for Māori at 23 per cent.
The Local Electoral Act Hole
The possibilities are endless, provided you have the money and the intestinal fortitude to tell the truth about some ratbag local government candidate.
News Briefing: 7 July 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): There are no rules any more. The political pendulum is now a wrecking ball (paywalled) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Is NZ politics having a MAGA moment? Peter Dunne: When symbolism trumps substance Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour offers National a
Time to Lock Up the Ratbags: Goldsmith’s Mandatory Sentencing Push Is What New Zealand Needs
Give Kiwis a justice system they can trust, and a reason to vote for you in 2026. The scumbags have had their run. It’s time to lock them up and let decent folks sleep easy.
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Face of the Day
The judge expressed optimism that, with the help and guidance from probation, Dykstra could find work and get some much-needed independence from his parents.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… Herculean (adjective): 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of Hercules 2 often not capitalised : of extraordinary power, extent, intensity, or difficulty Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The hero Hercules, son of the god Zeus by a human mother, was famous for his superhuman strength. As penance
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever.
Standup Sunday
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