Luxon Slams Jones as ‘Crass’ While Grovelling to Modi Over Doomed India FTA
Shane Jones is speaking for the forgotten Kiwis who are sick of being lectured and ignored. Luxon can keep bowing to Modi if he likes. The rest of us will watch his poll numbers do the same.
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How Government Works
In her article, there was a shortish analogy of how the government goes about doing something like this, and the way it was explained sort of simplified the whole process really... and, when you really think about it, isn’t this exactly how government works?
An Execution and Banning a Livestream
No one is forcing you to watch, listen or read. And if something you don’t like strays across your consciousness, close the book, change the channel or streamer or hit the off switch. Everyone has the power to be their own censor.
Quick Hit: Two Ticks Against Your Partner
Paul Goldsmith, sixth on National's list, is door-knocking Epsom for two ticks blue against David Seymour. National is polling with no list headroom and needs ACT's seats to govern.
Our Town Is Every Town
The machine cannot tolerate cogs that develop self-awareness. This is the very same machine that ran throughout the Covid years. Having built the technical infrastructure for the Great Barrington Declaration, I recognize the pattern of excommunication intimately.
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This Shouldn’t Be Normal
Endless illegal immigration, unaffordable energy, draconian speech policing – we're being conditioned to accept outrageous things as normal, says Nick Rendell. Now add to that economic crashes.
Evolution Is Far from Done with Us
We might think we’re masters of our own destiny, but natural selection never goes away.