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Masks Are Useless — That’s It

Is there any grimmer sight than some clown sitting in their own car, all alone, wearing a mask? Well, yes: a parent dragging their children through the streets, their little faces all obediently muzzled. I have even, I kid you not, seen a person wearing a mask while tramping in

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Stick a Fork in Her, She’s Done

Stick a Fork in Her, She’s Done

Two years of Covid mandates teeter on a knife edge after the balance of power shifted from Jacinda Ardern into the hands of the Wellington protesters. Globally, countries are dropping Covid mandates and abandoning the pretence that mandates are sustainable, admitting they did not achieve what was promised. Wellington protesters

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Are They Finally Admitting Natural Immunity?

Are They Finally Admitting Natural Immunity?

Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of

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All Hail the Brat Pack

All Hail the Brat Pack

It is interesting to observe the behaviour of three of the youngest and most heralded leaders in the world. These three were exalted when they first came to power but they are roundly hated by the voters of their respective countries now. All were elected at about the same time,

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Would the MSM Lie to You?

Would the MSM Lie to You?

Just to show how even-handed they are and to provide in-depth background on the End-the-Mandates protest, Thomas Coughlan penned an article answering ‘your protest questions‘. It included this gem: Brent M: Why isn’t Ardern showing voters respect and talking to them? They may not be

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Mallard and the Incompetents “Leading” NZ

Ex-journo The oafish behaviour of Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard in his treatment of protesters at parliamentary grounds should not be a surprise. Turning on sprinklers and booming out crass music are just two of the latest examples in his long history of being a pompous ass. Before

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A Day at the Protest

A Day at the Protest

Early yesterday three mates and I jumped in a private plane and flew to Wellington to attend the protest. It was a beautiful day for flying and we made very good time to Paraparaumu. Another mate picked us up and drove us in to Wellington, where I was expecting traffic

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Self-Isolation Rules for Travellers to New Zealand Released

Self-Isolation Rules for Travellers to New Zealand Released

So, at last, the guidelines to let our citizens return have been released by Dear Leader and the good doctor.  Well! Whoopy Doo!  What a load of idiotic nonsense. From the end of March, a New Zealand Traveller Declaration will require travellers to complete an online declaration prior to travel

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Open Letter from the Children’s COVID Vaccines Advisory Group (CCVAG) To the JCVI: Pause Vaccines for Children Pending Urgent Review

Open Letter from the Children’s COVID Vaccines Advisory Group (CCVAG) To the JCVI: Pause Vaccines for Children Pending Urgent Review

CCVAG hartgroup.org Thursday, 10th February 2022, updated 13th February 2022 To: Professor Wei, JCVI Professor Sir Chris Whitty, CMO Rt Hon Sajid Javid, Secretary of State, DHSC CC Rt Hon Boris Johnson, Prime Minister Dear Professor Wei, Professor Whitty and Mr Javid, We wrote to you and also the

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The Confusion of the Elites

The Confusion of the Elites

The protest in Wellington is confusing the elites of the media and the politicians. They are arrogantly trying their best to ignore, belittle, denigrate and destroy the protest. Between the Police, the media the Wellington City Council, the political parties and Parliament they have tried their very best to make

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Who Is to Blame for Vaccine Hesitancy?

Who Is to Blame for Vaccine Hesitancy?

Donald Boudreaux brownstone.org Donald J. Boudreaux is a senior fellow with Brownstone Institute and with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; a Mercatus Center Board Member; and a professor of economics and former economics-

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What Happens When Cases Go Up?

Vinay Prasad     brownstone.org Vinay Prasad MD MPH is a hematologist-oncologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco. He runs the VKPrasad lab at UCSF, which studies cancer drugs, health policy, clinical trials and better decision making. He is

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

Information Opinion In March 2021 the letter copied below was printed in the Howick and Pakuranga Times. Now let that sink in. The letter you read was penned almost a year ago! Long before the current protests taking place in Wellington! Also, consider that the letter was copied widely – including

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NZ Has Crossed a Rubicon

Matt Judd Information Opinion We crossed a Rubicon a few years back. What year? I can’t really say. Maybe it happened gradually. Maybe it just happened all at once, while we were watching Australian Married At First Sight, or British Big Brother or something equally voyeuristic and empty. But

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