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Covid-19
COVID Poetry
Poem from Queenstown I'm normally a social girl I love to meet my mates But lately with the virus here We can't go out the gates. You see, we are the 'oldies' now We need to stay inside If they haven't seen
Trump Puts Unemployed Americans First
Fred Lucas papundits.wordpress.com Fred Lucas is the White House correspondent for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation and he is the co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast. “We have a solemn duty to make sure these unemployed Americans regain their jobs and their livelihoods.
Lockdowns Expose the Arrogance of the Elite
From Trump to Brexit, the shocked reactions of the media-elite class have all revolved around one common idea: Just why won’t those damned peasants do as we tell them? The left, who once at least pretended to champion the cause of the common people, are now unashamed elitists.
A Disaster Waiting to Happen?
LionRed The author is based in the UK at the moment (ex-pat Kiwi) and travels the world as a consultant in developing countries working on business development. As a result, he is totally cynical about NGOs, the UN and WHO etc. He is regularly exposed to contact with governments
Ardern Burned Down NZ’s House for No Benefit
Studying logic is a bit like owning a pair of the magic sunglasses from John Carpenter’s 80s science fiction/action classic They Live, only without being as cool and tough as Roddy Piper. But, like Piper’s character, once you see it, you can’t un-see it. “It”
Lessons From History
Simon Black Sovereignman.com Nearly seven centuries ago in the mid-1300s, the first major outbreak of the Bubonic Plague forced Europeans into some of the harshest social distancing measures in history. As Boccacio wrote in The Decameron in 1353, the hysteria was so extreme that “brother abandoned brother. . . fathers
COVID-19 Update: 23 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
Counting the Hidden Costs of Staying Home to Save Lives
Gerhard Sundborn covidplanb.co.nz Gerhard Sundborn, Senior Lecturer Population and Pacific Health, the University of Auckland, urges us to consider that while staying home may be saving some lives, it is causing death and devastation to many more. On Thursday 26th March in response to Covid-19, in an
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Not so Dolce Vita After All
While the legacy media would have us believe that Italians are welcoming being locked in their own homes and singing patriotic songs from their balconies in solidarity, things are rapidly deteriorating on the ground. Certainly, in the first week of lockdown, it might have seemed all fun and games and
Wonderful News
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Amidst all the gloom here’s some wonderful news to lift the nation’s spirits. Yesterday I received a phone call from prominent Lower Hutt lawyer, David Butler. But rather than the usual tirade of abuse about Wellington QC Hugh Rennie, David’s longtime rival
An End to Red Tape? Not On Your Life
Just before we went into lockdown, I heard how the Department of Health was recruiting retired health workers. Most of these people had allowed their registrations to lapse, but the Health Department was able to deal with that. It seemed that they were able to effect the re-registrations in
Epidemic Response Committee | NZ Parliament – 23 April 2020
Live meetings of the Epidemic Response Committee of the New Zealand Parliament. The Epidemic Response Committee was established on 25 March 2020 to consider and report to the House on matters relating to the Government’s management of the COVID-19 epidemic. Learn more about this committee and browse committee
The Jacinda Junta Kindly Bans Books
In a chilling scene in Chernobyl, soldiers tasked with shooting animals in the exclusion zone pause to take note of a communist propaganda banner drooping from a deserted building. “Our goal is the happiness of all mankind,” they read. They derisively remark on how happy they are – and go back