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Today in Rock History
Today in Rock History is a music orientated segment where we would like to encourage readers to share their thoughts and tastes in music and discuss the various aspects of any music topic. This post is not limited to rock music. You are encouraged to bring anything music-related along
We Must Avert an Intellectual Dark Age
One of the greatest risks of AI technology may be a degradation of the learning process itself, and thus a new intellectual dark age. It is up to teachers and teaching institutions to do all they can to avert such a catastrophic outcome.
Which Side Is Labor On?
It’s an open question which side Labor would take in a US-China war.
Tuam Dig to Address Decades-Old Mystery
As the Tuam excavation unfolds, it offers a chance for truth, healing, and justice for the nearly 800 children lost to history, illuminating a painful chapter of Ireland’s past.
Big Brother Lives Next Door
The UK claims to be part of the free West, yet we have more CCTV cameras than anywhere else in the world. Completely enamoured of surveillance, even our bloody doorbells are filming us
Final Cases Put to Jurors in ‘Mushroom Lady’ Trial
Prosecution, defence make closing addresses.
PM Netanyahu Has Two Aims
To destroy Iran’s nuclear program and regime change. Are either achievable?
This Strike Was Proportionate and Necessary
The world now faces a simple test: will it recognise the legitimacy of a democratic nation defending itself – when the cost of inaction was too high to bear?
Far Left Radicals Kill Innocent Bystander
Here’s what the mainstream media in NZ don’t want you to know.
More Concerns With Euthanasia in New Zealand
The author argues that presenting euthanasia as a compassionate option is misleading when basic end-of-life care is so unevenly distributed.
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Let’s Make New Zealand Secular
Or keep playing this two-tier tribal game until the entire country’s run like a mana-based Monopoly board.
The Pro Ana Link
If nothing else, Farrier’s story successfully exposes the tactics of the gender zealots. Ideology trumps reality and, in this case, compassion.