A transgender woman has lost a bid for home detention after attacking her partner with a claw hammer, stating prison was unsuitable for her given her sexual identification. Jazz ‘Ra’ Rima-Samuels, named as David Rima-Samuels in court […] [Counsel Kerry Tustin] urged the judge not to send her client to jail
The Chinese Government is accused of an attempted kidnapping in Auckland of a Chinese man who was left hospitalised with serious injuries after he fought back. Liu “Michael” Quanzhou told his story to Stuff Circuit for the documentary The Long Game, an investigation into Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in
When she met Geoffrey Muir on Tinder, she never imagined that within two years he would have destroyed her family – abusing and raping her older daughter until her 12th birthday, then turning his attention to her 5-year-old. Muir was trusted with the girls. He was charming. She thought he was
More than 26 years ago, friends Ben Smart and Olivia Hope celebrated New Year’s Eve at Furneaux Lodge in the Marlborough Sounds. […] There’s been no trace of Ben and Olivia since the early hours of New Year’s Day. Their bodies and possessions have never been found. On
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. She served as an MRC Culture intern in Spring 2021 and became staff shortly there after. Her
Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Like many with an interest in politics and foreign affairs, I have been following the recent Trump court case in New York. I am now following what I suggest is a ‘counter case’, this time against Hunter Biden. For me, both cases highlight a
Every time a child disappears is an unspeakable tragedy. Unfortunately, it happens all too often. As a consequence, only some cases grab public attention – such as the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann. McCann’s disappearance without a trace from a Portuguese holiday resort dominated headlines for years afterward. Even today,
John G. Malcolm John G. Malcolm is the vice president for the Institute for Constitutional Government and also directs Heritage’s Meese and Simon centers at The Heritage Foundation . http://www.heritage.org/ PA Pundits – International papundits.wordpress.com Former President Donald Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts when
Newt Gingrich realclearwire.com Americans are now being forced to think through the first fake conviction in the history of presidential politics. As an historian, I am really bothered when I hear lawyers on television describe these proceedings as though they were somehow related to the rule of law and
Tierin-Rose Mandelburg newsbusters.org Paulette Harlow, 75, was arrested back in 2020 after praying outside of a Washington D.C. abortion clinic. Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly sentenced Harlow on May 31, deciding that she deserves to sit in jail for two full years. Harlow, visited the Washington Surgi-clinic with a group
Philip Wegmann realclearwire.com Shortly after 5:00 p.m. Thursday, a New York jury brought the country to an unprecedented brink by finding Donald Trump guilty of financial fraud, making the former president a convicted felon for now (unless or until the conviction is overturned on appeal) and making
James Hickman James Hickman (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it, and protect
If it’s not bad enough that Australia has to deal with the trail of poo left behind by Jacinda Ardern, now her weak, wet imitator is throwing a few handfuls of his own across the Tasman. I refer, of course, to the infamous “Direction 99” pushed through by the
There’s a phenomenon called “pathological altruism”. It refers to supposedly “helping” behavior that actually causes harm. It is caused by a combination of information deficiency, self-righteousness, and misdirected aims. Married to a closely-related psychopathology, virtue-signalling, the desire to be seen to be “doing good”, it’s a recipe for
Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com When I think of the various protest, or activist, movements of late one deeply troubling observation is becoming abundantly clear – there are those in New Zealand who genuinely believe that violence is acceptable when it comes to their cause. The classic, ‘the end justifies
Robin van der Sanden Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Health, SHORE & Whariki Research Centre, Massey University Chris Wilkins Associate Professor and leader of drug research team, Massey University Marta Rychert Senior Researcher in Drug Policy and Health Law, Massey University Monica Barratt Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, Social Equity Research
