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A Response to Dan Bongino

A Response to Dan Bongino

Andrew Torba CEO, Gab.com Jesus is King Friday I was flooded with messages about Dan Bongino’s ten minute meltdown on his show calling me a “fraud” and a “clown.” I watched the clip and was amused by Dan’s highly emotional outburst attacking me for simply stating a

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Overseer Not Fit for Purpose

Dr Samuel Dennis grounded.nz You may have noticed the recent headlines regarding the Overseer model (used by regional councils to determine farmer compliance with environmental regulation) being severely criticised in a recent independent review. “Major tool for managing farm pollution gets a fail from reviewers”, “Report finds shortcomings in

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Get Woke, Go Broke: Footlong Version

Get Woke, Go Broke: Footlong Version

You’d think corporations would have got the memo by now. Gilette, Nike, Coca-Cola. From the biggest (Disney) to small companies (Black Rifle Coffee, Handsome Her Cafe), and Hollywood (Ghostbusters 2016, Ocean’s 8). The lesson should be clear: Get Woke, Go Broke. But there’s always another company lining

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Minister’s Blunder Costs New Zealand $4.5 Billion

Minister’s Blunder Costs New Zealand $4.5 Billion

Economic Development Minister Stuart Nash has fumbled negotiations with Amazon and now the billions of dollars that would’ve been spent in New Zealand will now go to the UK economy, National’s Economic Development spokesperson Todd McClay says. The extra 5 per cent rebate paid to production companies is

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China Accused of Deliberately Bankrupting Australian Company

China Accused of Deliberately Bankrupting Australian Company

In his book Silent Invasion, Clive Hamilton paints an alarming picture of a Communist China determined to dominate the world – including Australia – by any and all means it can. Hamilton outlines China’s multi-pronged strategy: everything from plain old spying, to using international students and “Confucius Institutes” to influence universities,

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Bureaucratic Lunacy

Bureaucratic Lunacy

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com If you think New Zealand’s bureaucracy is over the top, trust me, by Australian standards we’re mere apprentices. Both in New Zealand and Australia the worst of bureaucratic busy-bodism is not at central government level but is a local government phenomenon. My Sydney

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China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Has Arrived in America

China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Has Arrived in America

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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Getting Educated

Getting Educated

Rodney Hide bassettbrashandhide.com Rodney Hide is former ACT Party leader, and Minister in the National-ACT Government from 2008 to 2011 In hindsight the best education I got was driving trucks. I did it for the money and thought education was what happened at school and university. But looking back

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Government Should Explore Retaining Marsden Point

Government Should Explore Retaining Marsden Point

A National Government would look to future proof Marsden Point for the benefit of all New Zealanders, National’s Energy and Resources spokesperson Barbara Kuriger says. “National sees Marsden Point as a strategic asset for New Zealand’s energy security. We would be exploring ways to keep the refinery in

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What Is the Metaverse? A High-Tech Plan to Facebookify the World

Nick Kelly Queensland University of Technology Dr Nick Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design in the School of Design at QUT. His research addresses design cognition (how designers think), interaction design (how we design interactions within a sociocultural context), and teacher education (how we can better support high

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The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Revealed That Global Supply Chains Are a Huge House of Cards

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Revealed That Global Supply Chains Are a Huge House of Cards

Glenn McGillivray Western University Glenn McGillivray is Managing Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction. An institute of Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, ICLR is the oldest university-based disaster risk reduction/climate change adaptation research institute in Canada. COVID-19 has laid bare many uncomfortable truths regarding society’s overall

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Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Turn Facebook into a ‘Metaverse Company’ – What Does That Mean?

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Turn Facebook into a ‘Metaverse Company’ – What Does That Mean?

Daniel Broby University of Strathclyde Daniel Broby is a leading academic in the field of Financial Technology (Fintech). His research interests focus on crypto-currencies, market operational efficiency and the timestamping of blockchain financial instructions Mark Zuckerberg wants to reinvent Facebook. He has been telling analysts and journalists that he wants

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