If there’s one thing we know for certain about the Wuhan plague, it’s that China has lied and continues to lie through its teeth. Did the virus arise as a random zoonosis in a filthy live animal market, did it escape from a lab or was it deliberately
Finally, one Australian government at least has learned something from its COVID stuff-ups. While Dan Andrews in Victoria continues to lie like a Beijing Party official about the disastrous hotel quarantine scheme, the South Australian government has quickly moved to overhaul the obvious idiocy of the policy. Burned badly
Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com The pack of big Pharma Companies are jostling one another for a position of global preeminence during the Pandemic panic like a mob of underprepared horses at the starting line for the grand steeplechase. We are being flooded with media reports about the predicted
Housing Daniel Dunkley (Stuff): Could Boomer Tax be a glimpse of the future and help solve generational inequality? Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Adrian Orr puts tax back on the table in affordable housing debate Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Housing Blame rests with Labour Miriam Bell (Stuff): House sellers cashing
If there’s one thing that’s characterised the Wuhan plague, it’s the astonishing incompetence of so many governments and bureaucracies. Despite their conceit that it’s their place to run our lives to the level of ruling just how many people we’re allowed to have at weddings
Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Why Grant Robertson’s letter to Adrian Orr is a big deal and what happens next Richard Harman: Robertson considering crackdown on property investors Luke Malpass (Stuff): The reason for Grant Robertson’s RBNZ letter: House price inflation creates intergenerational unfairness Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Grant Robertson
National Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): National Party to examine election campaign and candidate selection process in review of devastating election loss Herald: National Party review of disastrous election result announced Zane Small and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Exit polling, campaign staff feedback and social media to be scrutinised in National
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Editorial Director for the American Institute for Economic Research. He is the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and nine books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of
covidplanb.co.nz Only two days after the New Zealand government announced mandatory mask-wearing rules the much-awaited Danish mask study was published, and it is conclusive; masks give no statistically significant protection from COVID-19. Here’s the study: acpjournals.org Results: A total of 3030 participants were
National Party Richard Harman: Goodfellow beats off challenge and calls for unity Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Sir John Key’s speech a chilling glimpse into the future for National Claire Trevett (Herald): ‘Reflective’ National Party meets for first time since election drubbing Claire Trevett (Herald): Sir John Key slams in the
When the shop girl who works in A-Z Fashions tested positive for COVID-19 last week, the first the other tenants knew of it was when the TV cameras parked up outside on High Street, with reporters asking how they felt about sharing facilities, such as bathrooms, with a
Trump and Biden are chalk and cheese on many issues of public interest but the top priority for Trump when he took office was national health. On his COVID-19 election, Biden warned of a “dark winter ahead.” Biden endorses mandatory face masks but is torn about lockdown simply because
A hapless Auckland commuter says she was accosted not once, not twice but three times (by five different people) for not wearing a face mask inside the Britomart train station. The use of masks or face coverings is mandatory for: * people travelling on public transport services in, into and out
Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com On the weekend I read two cleverly written articles by New Zealand’s Pandemic Guru Siouxsie Wiles – “The astonishing, life-saving power of immunisation” and “Koch’s postulates, Covid, and misinformation rabbit holes.” To her credit, she appears to know her stuff, but I
Housing Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Meeting the overwhelming quantum of need – A modest proposal for ending New Zealand’s housing crisis Richard Harman: “This crisis is too big; we cannot wait any longer” Zane Small (Newshub): Green MP Julie Anne Genter questions Jacinda Ardern ruling out capital gains tax while
