Olivia Pierson
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The Kiwi Covid Experience at its most raw.
Thank you Liz Gunn and FreeNZ for such a well-made documentary about the experience of far too many New Zealanders during this historically tragic atrocity.
It would be useful to know how many of the other studies that were used to prop up the continued rollout of the Covid-19 vaccines used the test-negative design.
David Morens has previously said that he would welcome time in prison provided he would be free “to speak out and write about what has been going on.” Prosecutors need to hold him to his pledge: “I won’t mince words.”
The Covid era was a reckoning. It showed us that rights – the basis of our democratic nations – only matter unless someone decides they don’t any more and the reasons for that decision can be side-stepped and not really talked about.
Dissecting emotional collapsology. Faced with contrary evidence, the response is not reconsideration but defensiveness: manoeuvring, bile, denunciation and the familiar attempts to exclude or silence those who refuse to conform.
Germany’s detailed 2025 figures provide a data-driven mirror and highlight the value of nationality-specific monitoring, targeted integration programs, and selective policies that prioritize skilled migrants with strong assimilation prospects.
The argument that marijuana is a gateway drug and causes psychosis, violence and crime has long been used to support its criminalisation, the war on drugs, and draconian control measures. In this article, I will argue why these claims are not based on reality.
