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Simon Thornley covidplanb.co.nz Most New Zealanders believe now that we are in an exalted position on the COVID road. We are world leaders who have beaten a deadly virus thanks to a tough lockdown. Our only threat now remains from overseas travellers who are quarantined at the border.
A YouTube video was taken down within hours with the explanation “This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s community guidelines”. What was so dangerous that it had to be censored? A group of doctors meeting in Washington to share their experiences treating COVID-19. We have a lot
Managed isolation charges, escapees, border Audrey Young (Herald): Govt misstep on user-charges for coronavirus Covid-19 isolation (paywalled) ODT Editorial: Payment regime welcomed Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Quarantine charging is nothing more than tokenism Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Govt’s puerile isolation hotel charging system Luke Malpass
Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news Twitter, Facebook and YouTube/Google have unanimously agreed Americans are too stupid to filter the information presented on their platforms for themselves. Worse, they have subjectively decided a press conference of America’s Frontline Doctors held in front of the Supreme Court of the United States
Big Tech is censoring what you can find out about almost anything these days. The latest censorial masking is of a viral video of a press conference in D.C. held by the group America’s Frontline Doctors sharing their views and opinions on coronavirus and the medical response to
Election Richard Shaw (The Conversation): Rogue poll or not, all the signs point to a tectonic shift in New Zealand politics Claire Trevett (Herald): Leaders Unplugged – NZ First leader Winston Peters and the wild horses of worry (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): What NZ political parties are spending on Facebook amid
Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has perfected the Bart Simpson response: I didn’t do it. Nobody saw me do it. You can’t prove a thing. Andrews first tested this line during the Red Shirts scandal but has since made it a dark political art. Nowhere more so than in
National now has two extremely competent spokespeople in their new leader, outspoken Judith Collins and deputy leader, no-nonsense Gerry Brownlee, to call the government out on their bullshit on many issues. And to firmly declare National’s stance and plans going forward. Collins has done that this past week
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Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute, 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
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Welcome home – now here’s your invoice. The debate over whether New Zealand should charge arriving Kiwis for quarantine has divided opinion, but one thing is clear: citizens and permanent residents have the right to return home. However, like many other liberties, this right can
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Ryan McMaken mises.org Ryan McMaken is a senior editor at the Mises Institute. Ryan 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
