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Covid-19
Daily News Roundup – 14 October 2020
Wealth tax, Labour-Greens coalition negotiations Tim Watkin (Pundit): What Else Apart From A Wealth Tax? The Shape Of A Labour-Greens Coalition Audrey Young (Herald): It takes two to tango in talks says Green Party’s James Shaw over Ardern’s wealth tax comments Scott Palmer (Newshub): Chlöe Swarbrick says Labour
Ireland & Europe’s Viral Outlook – What Does the Latest Data Say?
Another excellent video from Ivor Cummins, using data to explain what has been happening in Ireland and other countries, and why lockdowns are not effective. Includes a recent statement from WHO also saying not to use lockdowns as a general preventative tool. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo
“Living Treasure” Spiked for Criticising “Dictator Dan”
The increasingly shrill defenders of Victorian premier Daniel Andrews are often particularly outraged by references to “Dictator Dan”. If you can criticise the premier on Facebook, they shriek, you’re not in a dictatorship! Except that, as we see, Victorians criticise the premier on Facebook at their peril. Zoe Bruhler,
Letter to the Editor: Election Considerations
Dear Editor When the Director of Health recommended that the Government go to Level 2 for 4 weeks, Ardern ignored his recommendation and went to Level 4. That is turning out to be a disastrous decision. So much for her assertion that she followed the science. That’s a straight
What’s the “COVID Queen” Going to Do Now?
What on earth is Jacinda I, the “Queen of the Pestilence” going to do now that WHO has come out and said that countries should not be using lockdowns as their primary control method? The UK’s envoy to the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) has condemned mass coronavirus
Volte-Face on Lockdown
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The World Health Organisation has, to its great credit, now reversed its position on lockdowns. “The only things lockdowns achieved was poverty. They make poor people even poorer,” WHO Dr David Nabarro said. I predicted this conclusion on this blog back in March, easy of
Daily News Roundup – 13 October 2020
Election Graeme Edgeler (Democracy Project): How to vote, and how to think about voting John Armstrong (1News): Pressure on Collins to lift National votes, even in defeat Jehan Cassinader (BusinessDesk): Dull old-school election campaign in the online era (paywalled) 1News: Ardern, Collins vying for votes in tight seats of ?h?
Trump vs COVID – Who Won?
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A COVID Election in More Ways Than One
Jacinda has called it a COVID election which means that this election in her view is all about a virus. She probably doesn’t realise it but it appears she has made it a virus election on more than one count. The word virus has a number of synonyms. One
God’s Gift to the Left
Just as a stopped clock displays the time correctly once every twelve hours, so a washed-up, silver-spooned, self-anointed, self-appointed ‘radical’ can be on the money with the occasional utterance. Thus it was with ‘Hanoi Jane’ Fonda last week: “I just think COVID is God’s gift to the left” [snigger]
Daily News Roundup – 12 October 202a
Maori TV-Curia Tamaki Makaurau poll, Maori electorates Maori TV: Tamaki Makaurau seat up for grabs? – Poll results Rachel Sadler (Newshub): John Tamihere in close second for T?maki Makaurau seat – poll Derek Cheng (Herald): New poll shows Maori Party’s John Tamihere in the race for Tamaki Makaurau Brad Flahive
Chinese Lies
The world went into lockdown following China’s lead. Now it appears that China has taken us all for a ride. Paul Joseph Watson writing on behalf of Summit News explains. Researcher and attorney Michael P. Senger suggests that the Chinese government launched an aggressive propaganda campaign to exaggerate the
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A Message from the President
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT! pic.twitter.com/uhLIcknAjT — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020 If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Lockdown: The New Totalitarianism
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Every political ideology has three elements: a vision of hell with an enemy that needs to be crushed, a vision of a more perfect world, and a plan for transitioning from one to the other. The means of transition usually involve the takeover and deployment