Covid-19
We Will Always Be at War with Pandemica
In Orwell’s classic parable of authoritarianism, 1984, Ingsoc, the all-powerful Party maintains Oceania in a constant state of war-against-all. “War”, Ingsoc’s motto runs, “is Peace”. Freedom, likewise, is slavery. Today’s ruling Party has gone one better than 1984’s Ingsoc, though. Rather than having to constantly find
‘Jackboot’ Jacinda’s Loose Lips Smear Another Minimum Wage Worker
It looks like Jacinda Ardern‘s loose lips in Parliament have smeared yet another minimum wage worker: First Security says the Government has misrepresented its efforts to ensure its managed isolation workers are getting regular Covid-19 surveillance tests. The company, contracted to provide security guards to some managed isolation and
We Are Now Entering Full-Blown Tyranny in the Western World
Michael Snyder endoftheamericandream.com If we accept what they are doing to us now, they are just going to keep pushing the envelope. Over the past 12 months, authorities throughout the western world have used the pandemic as an excuse to impose Orwellian measures that we never would have accepted
‘A Gift to Anti-vaxxers’: Bojo Angers Brits after Claiming Lockdown Not Vaccinations Reduced COVID Cases
rt.com Boris Johnson is facing heavy criticism after telling weary Brits that the reduction in Covid-19 cases and deaths was not due to the UK’s massive vaccination program, but the restrictive lockdowns endured for months. Speaking on Tuesday – the day after England’s shops and pubs reopened as
They’re Never Going to Let Us Go
Just face it, people: they are never going to let go. Authoritarians never give up an ounce of power voluntarily. The Wuhan plague has gifted absolute power to an army of Little Hitlers. Having got used to ordering entire populations about on a whim, they’re not about to be
ëLarm Trial Shouldn’t Have Taken Ten Months
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour ACT Leader David Seymour has welcomed the Government’s decision to trial Datamine’s ëlarm with border workers. “We’ve been urging the Government to adopt ëlarm for 314 days now,” says Mr Seymour. “It shouldn’t have taken ten months for the Government
Government Infantilises the COVID Tracing App
We are all sick of this Government infantilising issues and speaking to us all like children. They’ve gone full retard now in releasing a new update for their snitch app: The NZ COVID Tracer app has a number of new features, including national statistics, a flashlight for scanning, and
National Calls for Epidemic Response Committee to Return
Parliament’s Epidemic Response Committee must return to allow proper scrutiny of the Government’s Covid-19 Response, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop say. “The Government-controlled Health Select Committee has proven itself ill-equipped and ill-suited to the task of properly examining the
Not Even a Vaccine Will Set Us Free
Remember “two weeks to flatten the curve”? Eighteen months later, we’re still being locked down, travel-restricted, mandatorily-masked and spied upon. Not even the large-scale roll-out of vaccines has done much to prise loose the claws of a panopticon state. This, we are endlessly told, is the “new normal”. In
David Seymour Gives up His Liberal Credentials
Any pretence that both the ACT Party and David Seymour had for being classic liberals has been shattered by just one public statement: Act leader David Seymour said waiting that long was unacceptable, given the risk of another community outbreak. He said the Government should use the powers afforded to
Jacinda Put New Zealanders’ Health and Wellbeing Second
Eliora A Taiwan Health Command Centre versus an Election Risk in NZ Taiwan’s politicians gave the responsibility for COVID-19 to a specialised management team. In contrast, the response to COVID-19 in New Zealand was controlled essentially by the PM. Jacinda Ardern took charge in early 2020. She used the
Vaccination Botch up Needs Urgent Fix
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s unacceptable the Government won’t play hardball with unions and force those employees unwilling to get a COVID vaccine to vacate MIQ premises for another 18 days,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stop pussyfooting about and take the necessary steps to protect
Telling the Truth
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com To the best of my knowledge this Blog alone in New Zealand has in recent months hammered the cold hard, brutal reality that Health Minister Hipkins, not once but twice, gave assurances six months ago, that we’re at the head of the queue for