Covid-19
Victoria: Here We Go Again. Again. Again. Again.
Here we go again. Again. Again. Again. It’s getting so that I could just re-schedule these posts every couple of months: Victoria is in lockdown again. For all Daniel Andrews’s bragging about “superior standards” and sniping at Gladys Berejiklian, Victoria has the dismal distinction of being Australia’s
Are Louisiana Hospitals Really Overwhelmed?
One of the great fear-mongering bugaboos of the Covid-19 pandemic has been “hospitals overwhelmed!” Except that, as we’ve too often seen, that’s just not the case. In fact, the Covid-19 pandemic would not, on a strict reading of case numbers and fatalities, likely be ranked that highly among
The Purple Circle
Tiger Tiger, a tenacious, surprisingly well-educated animal, living and working in the real world. Having to come up with staff wages every week sharpens the senses. The elites in the ancient Roman empire valued the colour purple, on account of the rarity (and price) of the vivid purple dye. Sumptuary
Vaccine Passport Is the End of Liberty
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First Australian Company Pushes Forced Vaccines
Well, that’s another conspiracy theory that bites the dust. Not because it’s been disproven – quite the opposite. Because conspiracy theories – in the pejorative sense – thrive on lack of proof. Conspiracy theorists likewise thrive on seeing themselves as custodians of secrets known only to a few. The last thing
New Zealand Hasn’t Ordered Any Extra Pfizer Doses
While the rest of the world orders hundreds of millions of extra Pfizer doses for 2022 and 2023 to be used as ‘booster’ shots, New Zealand hasn’t bothered, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Answers to written questions reveal that ‘decisions are yet to be made’ regarding whether
The ABC’s Own Anti-Vax Efforts
If we were to believe the mainstream media – and who would, especially Australia’s taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda network – so-called “anti-vaxxers” are wall-to-wall wicked righties. Apparently, the only time the right take time out from eating babies is to gibber “far-right conspiracy theories” about the Covid vaccine. But just because the
COVID Fat Cats Get the Cream in Dandrewstan
“We are all in this together” has been the mantra of the Covid dictators. But while ordinary Australians have resorted to plundering their retirement savings to survive, the public service are doing very nicely indeed. In Victoria, the state which has suffered most under five – so far – lockdowns, the very
How Far Should Compulsory Proof of Vaccination Go — and What Rights Do New Zealanders Have?
Claire Breen University of Waikato Dr Claire Breen holds a BCL from the National University of Ireland (University College Cork). She also holds an LLM (International Law) and a PhD from the University of Nottingham. Her research focuses on international human rights law with a specific interest in children’s
Waiting List Blowout Nothing to Do with COVID
Health Minister Andrew Little can’t blame Covid for the shocking number of Kiwis overdue for specialist medical assessment and treatment because these wait lists had already blown out well before 2020, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti. We have targets to make sure Kiwis are receiving their first
Cuomo Is Being Hung Out to Dry for the Wrong Reasons
In his classic The Prince, Macchiavelli has some advice for leaders: get someone else to do your dirty work and then ostentatiously hang them out to dry. That way, you’ll not only avoid being blamed for the repression, but celebrated as a saviour. This is the plot of the
Vaccines: Give Us Straight Talk, Not Propaganda
So, “vaccine hesitancy” is the latest witch being hunted by the global Ministry of Truth. For the past few years, we’ve been treated to an endless cavalcade of hysterical campaigns against every Goldstein imaginable, from “white supremacy”, to “denialists”, to “Covidiots”. But, if the media-political elite really want to
‘State of Fear’: Are We Being Manipulated by Behavioural Scientists?
Anna Farrow mercatornet.com Anna Farrow is Executive Director of the English Speaking Catholic Council, a lay organization which acts as a coordinating forum for English-speaking Catholics in Quebec. Long before David Attenborough brought his soothing voice to the explication of animal behaviour for the BBC Life series, the North
Death from Starvation and COVID or Death from Revolution?
Death from starvation and Covid or death from revolution? That is the stark choice facing many Burmese citizens. The sense of despair is getting so strong, especially in the non-metropolitan regions, amongst the young that they are declaring that it is better to die in action against the Junta than