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China Plunges the World Into COVID Poverty

China Plunges the World Into COVID Poverty

As has been said, communism promises heaven-on-earth, but in reality delivers mass graves. But beyond its hundred-million-plus dead lie hundreds of millions more lives blighted and impoverished by communism. The Chinese Communist Party has done more than its share of piling up the bodies on the altar of Marx, from

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The Science of Disease

The Science of Disease

Chris Sellars Scientific Method – the system of advancing knowledge by formulating a question, collecting data about it through observation and experiment, and testing a hypothetical answer. Over a century ago there was rivalry between two French research scientists who apparently had too much time on their hands. The first was

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Border Staff Testing Plan Revealed in New Government Documents

Border Staff Testing Plan Revealed in New Government Documents

Editorial Note: I  wonder if this is why Ardern wanted people to vote early, and labour ops were busy on twitter trying to discredit National this week? Did they know this dump of documents was coming? Newly released documents show 500 out of an estimated 7000 border and managed isolation

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Daily News Roundup – 9 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 9 October 2020

1News Colmar Brunton poll 1News: 1 News Colmar Brunton poll: With time running out, National fails to close gap on Labour 1News: Greens down in latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll, NZ First sees small rise 1News: Analysis: As election looms, National needs to ‘give everything they have’ to close

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Debt Reality Is About to Whack Australia [Updated]

Debt Reality Is About to Whack Australia [Updated]

Forget the media lies about President Donald Trump telling Americans to inject bleach and other such Trump-deranged fake news. The biggest delusions, exaggerations and outright bullshit about the Wuhan Plague have been peddled by the so-called “experts”: scientists, public health bureaucrats and supposedly sober and responsible politicians. Even the Morrison

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The Pandemic That Killed Debate

Stacey Rudin aier.org Carl Sagan famously said, “the cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.” This wisdom has been sadly forsaken during the COVID-19 pandemic, when one powerful narrative has taken not only the public but the scientific community, by storm. The

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Daily News Roundup – 8 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 8 October 2020

National Thomas Manch (Stuff): A terrible day on the campaign trail for Judith Collins RNZ: Party leaders reject accusations of planted supporters 1News: National’s staged walkabout in Auckland ‘cheeky and clumsy’ says 1 News political reporter Ben McKay (AAP): Judith Collins faces indignity of National losing jellybean election poll

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Trump’s Much-Derided Tweets Set the National Conversation

Trump’s Much-Derided Tweets Set the National Conversation

President Donald Trump’s relentless use of Twitter dismays his enemies and even some of his fans. Even conservative media star Ben Shapiro begged Trump to “STOP TWEETING”. On the contrary, I’ve long regarded Trump’s Twitter usage as a master stroke of modern political communication. “Trump Tweets” are

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So Much for Jacinda’s Travel Bubble

So Much for Jacinda’s Travel Bubble

Jacinda Ardern dangled the prospect of an Australia-NZ travel bubble “before Christmas” as an apparent pre-election carrot. But two Australian states have gazumped her by already offering quarantine-free travel however Ardern seems rather less-than-eager to reciprocate. As a result – and no doubt also due to higher fares than previously – New

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