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Capitalism 101: Adapt and Survive

Capitalism 101: Adapt and Survive

Socialists may be celebrating the economic havoc caused by the Chinese virus, but if anything, it’s highlighting the failures of socialism and the robustness of capitalism. In the first place, this pandemic is entirely the work of a repressive communist regime (I apologise for the tautology). The economic devastation

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COVID-19 Update: 26 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: 26 April 2020

We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with

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A Nation of Sheep

A Nation of Sheep

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Colmar Brunton survey showing a sizeable majority of support for the government’s totally unnecessary lockdown excesses, came as no surprise. But come election time with 25% unemployment and general despair and there will be a markedly different reaction. The fact is, right now,

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Why The Attacks on Simon Bridges?

Why The Attacks on Simon Bridges?

Nobody could call Simon Bridges a great leader of the opposition. It is the worst position in politics, with him becoming leader straight after an election loss. No one wants to go there, but there he is. He is a smart man, but he doesn’t have great communication skills,

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Don’t Panic; End the Lockdown

Don’t Panic; End the Lockdown

Our leaders should examine accumulated data to see what has actually happened, not what the models predicted. Look at empirical evidence and the fundamental principles of biology and then get the economy going again. Level 3 (or Level 4 with KFC as Judith Collins labelled it) has been generously dangled

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Ardern Struggles to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

Ardern Struggles to Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time

The four alert levels were introduced by the government to deal with the impending coronavirus crisis, which at the time worked. They are not a ‘thing’, just an invention which has outgrown its usefulness. Ardern’s daily media stand-ups, or to quote Andrea Vance’s ‘How Jacinda Ardern is

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Foodbank Usage Quadruples

Foodbank Usage Quadruples

It is interesting how, now that we have a Labour government, the reports on people living in their cars have completely dried up, and yet the housing crisis is worse than ever. Now, with the government’s generous wage subsidy package, we could all be forgiven for thinking that Jacinda

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COVID-19 Update: 25 April 2020

COVID-19 Update: 25 April 2020

We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with

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Is SARS-CoV-2 a Weapon in the US-China Trade War?

Is SARS-CoV-2 a Weapon in the US-China Trade War?

Trump making America great again could be the reason China turned a blind eye to the spread of the Wuhan virus or possibly encouraged its release into the US as reprisal for Trump tanking their economy. It also makes sense that China wasn’t unhappy about scoring a bonus hit

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The Covid-19 Witches Brew

The Covid-19 Witches Brew

Bubble bubble toil and trouble, the witches brew beckonedWe jumped right in and we stayed there to rotAlthough corpses eighty-eight thousand would not be our lotHow fast we did move, how quick we did leapThe government was on it, Covid death we’d not reapThe WHO had us worked

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