“Papers!” The heel-clicking functionary barking demands to see the official papers of terrified citizens is a stock image of WWII movies. As is the desperate scramble to get official travel documents. But this is the reality of 2020 for many Australians. Melbournians are not only under curfew for the
I’ve said it more times than I wish I had to, but the grim fact is that Jacinda Ardern has, for the foreseeable future, locked New Zealand into a bleak cycle of infections and lockdowns. The plain fact is that SARS-CoV-2, the Wuhan virus, is not going
Prof Worzel Information Satire It has been said that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. It may be true, but in my own defence, I would posit that any form of wit is worthwhile in an increasingly witless world. With that in mind, I would offer you my Diary
It has started up again! Nastiness is back. It has only taken a day or so of level two restrictions for nasty behaviour between people to start again. Ardern’s plea for Kiwis to be kind is not working. On Saturday, only a few days into level two, there was
Information Satire Broadcasting from her Facebook bunker, the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced today that as a protective measure due to the recent lockdown, tinfoil hats are to be compulsory. A tinfoil hat manufacturing complex has been set up. A grave and concerned Jacinda said, “Fellow covid hysterions, the other
As New Zealand moved to “Level 3” (the first time around), clutching our shiny new elimination strategy, it was apparent to me, and a disconcertingly small number of others, that this government had made a Faustian bargain. We had gained a temporary reprieve from the virus, sweetened by a large
Gilbert Berdine, MD mises.org Gilbert Berdine is an associate professor of medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and an affiliate of the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University. Figure 1 illustrates the daily mortality attributed to COVID-19 in Sweden, New York, Illinois, and Texas. The
I haven’t watched New Zealand TV for months. With the election coming up, I thought I’d try just once more to watch this apology for current affairs called Q & A. I’ll post my thoughts later but for now maybe you will have some. JT Why do
Border Michael Morrah (Newshub): Senior quarantine whistleblower says staff were refused regular testing programme despite pleas Derek Cheng (Herald): Horrible sense of déjà vu over Government border blunders (paywalled) Jenna Lynch (Newshub): As officials hunt for the source of Auckland’s COVID-19 cluster, there’s also a search for
I’ve written about this so many times that I’m about as sick of saying it as long-suffering BFD followers are of reading, but let’s have one last try, for the slow kids in the Beehive: Lockdowns do not work. But governments don’t want to hear
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is copping a load of flak right now after more border cock-ups have been revealed. You know there is nothing but bad news because she’s making poor Chris Hipkins and the hapless Megan Woods front the press conferences. She doesn’t do bad news,
WHO told him to wear a mask. I don’t know. Who told him to wear a mask? WHO told him to wear a mask. I don’t know who told him to wear a mask! Why don’t you tell me who told him to wear a mask? Sigh…
Dear Prime Minister, You have well and truly blown it. There is now a palpable sense of anger in the country, particularly in Auckland. You might not be aware of it, living as you do in your own little global celebrity bubble, but the silent majority of people are well
Oh, to have a leader like Jacinda Ardern! Oh, hell, no, thank you very much. The New Zealand prime minister, already a rock star amongst that tiny, incredibly privileged sliver of humanity that is the left-elite, sent her tiny legion of adoring fans into fresh paroxysms with her self-
Jeffrey A. Tucker aier.org Nine-hundred years ago, the English historian Henry of Huntingdon wrote down an older Anglo-Saxon story/myth of King Canute who claimed the throne of England in 1016. The story was of appalling arrogance. It resonated in this land where the idea of limited
I hope Mr Hipkins doen’t tell me off, but some things about our ‘South Auckland family’ don’t add up. Is it alright to talk about it? After all, the repercussions are destroying the livelihoods of many of our Auckland friends and costing the country billions, so everything should
