Covid-19
The Media Said Europe “Beat Back” COVID
Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. He has degrees in economics and political science from the University of Colorado and was a housing economist for the State of Colorado. He is the author of Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in
A COVID Election
According to the “Fisherman’s Friend” Jacinda Ardern, and in the language of the supremely arrogant at the Labour campaign launch on Saturday: “When people ask, is this a COVID election, my answer is: Yes, it is.” The epitome of the Yorkshire adage ‘Where there’s muck, there’s brass’
What Is New Zealand’s Coronavirus End Game?
Jeremy Harris Jeremy Harris is a businessman and investor from Auckland, New Zealand. As we emerge bleary-eyed from hiding behind our couches and under our beds, into the level-1 sun (or rain), with the fear subsiding we are now able to appraise objectively where we find ourselves as a nation.
What the Government Doesn’t Want You to Know About COVID Treatment & Prevention
The government is sitting on its hands waiting for a vaccine before opening our borders but even if a marketable product is produced the vaccine will protect for only 3-6 months. What are you going to do when the vaccine wears off and you contract the disease? Our government has
Daily News Roundup – 11 August 2020
Auckland Central Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Senior National Party figure accused of using secret alter ego ‘Merv’ to derail Auckland Central candidate RIchard Harman (Politik): “Merv” upsets Nats’ Auckland Central selection Luke Kirkness (Herald): National Party’s Roger Bridge accused of using ‘Merv’ alter ego to derail candidate Nuwanthie Samarakone
Reefer + Endum
Brian Rogers sunlive.co.nz Scary but true. Rogers Rabbits is back, for a limited time only. But I promise you, readers, you’ll be wishing for a hasty return of Hutch by the time I’ve finished this page. Page 2 has been in such good hands lately that
Know Us By Our Deeds – Flu Vaccinations
The Prime Minister has said we would know them by their deeds. Last week I looked at the debacle in housing. Now we can look at another debacle, this time with flu vaccinations. TVNZ has now revealed that the Ministry of Health, led by Dr Ashley Bloomfield has misled everyone
Face of the Day
Today’s face of the day is our very own “COVID Karen” who has told us that it is going to be a “COVID election”
Take Politics Out of COVID & What’s Left?
According to a Swedish doctor Sebastian Rushworth, COVID kills fewer people than seasonal flu. He says COVID has disappeared from the emergency room of the large hospital in Stockholm after four months burning through the Swedish population. Sweden took a non-aggressive approach to the pandemic. “Non-essential businesses have remained open,
Daily News Roundup – 10 August 2020
Labour Party Henry Cooke (Stuff): Labour launch an extremely centrist campaign Audrey Young (Herald) Labour launch is a deliberately understated affair from Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s decision to ditch Labour manifesto carries risk (paywalled) Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Labour planning to revisit coalition Government policy casualties
Sad! Cuomo Begs the Rich to Return to State He Ruined!
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