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Invasion of the Skeptics from Outer Space!
Science is not a popularity contest. Scientific truth is not determined by a popular vote or by the fame of those who make an assertion. A ‘consensus’ is when people have conceded agreement about something most of them don’t actually fully believe. So in that respect, it’s no
Stuff Up of the Day
Today’s Stuff up is from Stuff for a confusing sentence that means the opposite of what the journalist intended it to mean. “Robb damaged her credibility by denying she didn’t have a We Chat account when there were “records on the tenant’s phone which are quite clearly
FSC Podcast: The Importance of Allowing Satire to be Published
Patrick of the Free Speech Coalition speaks with well known New Zealand political cartoonist and painter, Garrick Tremain. Garrick has had over thirty years of experience as a political cartoonist and he shares his insight not only on the nature of the role, but the importance of allowing satire to
Where Do We Stand on the Iran Missile Launch?
Our PM slunk off for five days’ R&R despite having just enjoyed a three week parliamentary break, so she isn’t around to comment. However, she was highly critical of Trump’s decision in May to withdraw from the 2015 Iranian nuclear accord which he said was “defective
Dying Legacy Media is all Snitches & Hit-Jobs
The legacy media is fast degenerating into a dying morass of hacks who mistake activism for journalism, and vicious social media snitches. Enter Buzzfeed’s Joe Bernstein. When Bernstein interviewed comedian Sam Hyde, his first question accused Hyde of being “alt-right”. Hyde’s responded with bewilderment (“Is that some kind
It’s Okay to Be Racist If You’re Coloured
It’s okay to be racist if you’re coloured because people are victimised by aggressors who are apparently usually white people. Representative for Minnesota, Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar, should be regretting a 2018 interview that recently resurfaced. “She said: ‘I would say our country should be more fearful of
The KKK Love Ilhan Omar
It’s common knowledge that the Ku Klux Klan was founded by Democrats, and their unholy alliance continued for over a century. But just to show how deep continuing Klan-Democrat ties ran, Bill Clinton launched his inaugural Presidential campaign at Stone Mountain – the founding-place and “the sacred site” for the
Our Favourite Cheeses Gone on the Summer Bries
Roman poet Virgil warned us to “beware of Greeks bearing gifts”, but Greeks today might well warn everyone else to be wary of the EU bearing gifts. The British can also tell us a thing or two about Brussels’s overbearing arrogance. Australian farmers are justifiably concerned that they’re
New Tassie Politician Defends Freedom of Thought
I often describe Tasmanian politics as a cross between a small-town Rotary Club and a special school. We make the shenanigans of the kidults in the Beehive look like the acme of cosmopolitan sophistication, by contrast. Worse, thanks to an electoral system every bit as arcane as New Zealand’s
Keystone Cops Bungle Again
I love the New Zealand police I really do and I have great respect for them as a whole. However, there have been a few bungles of note lately that have revealed that not everything is shipshape and Bristol fashion in cop world. Police are condemning the release of footage
Hooton’s Burning Bridges
Matthew Hooton seems to have finally run out of patience with Simon Bridges. At least he gave him a fair chance, unlike Tova O’Brien, who appears to have a personal grudge against Bridges. The thing is, as the weeks go by and we get closer to next year’s