Impeachment ain’t what it used to be. Like most of the great Republic founded by the extraordinary genius of the Founding Fathers, the process of impeachment has been bastardised and demeaned by grubby politics. What was once the ultimate and most extraordinary function allowed to the legislature has degenerated
Turns out the youth crime wave we've been hearing about all year looks a bit different if you take a step back. 2016 was bad though. https://t.co/bzXP8Ix3Zm pic.twitter.com/0MU3jJxngy — Russell Brown (@publicaddress) December 5, 2022 Next minute… We spent 40 minutes getting noodles
Anyone who’s ever been a responsible parent knows that you don’t indulge tantrum-throwing toddlers. Even the most progressive child psychologists are clear: “Be consistent about not giving in to demands. This will help your child learn that tantrums don’t help them get what they want.” Others also
Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz Online retail owners Suzy and David Lee were surprised to receive a visit from two detectives investigating a complaint of a possible ‘hate crime’ related to their sale of dog toys. “We’ve been importing pet accessories from China for many years and selling them
[…] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta were at odds on Tuesday morning over who deserved the blame for Labour’s decision to vote in favour of entrenching part of the Three Waters legislation. […] Mahuta made it clear that some junior Labour MPs would have been
David Seymour ACT Party Leader Labour’s bumbling approach to crime is continuing to have real consequences for Kiwis. With Epsom and West Auckland resembling Johannesburg this morning during a police helicopter chase after an attempted gunpoint carjacking in Epsom. New Zealanders deserve to feel safe in their communities, somehow
As the Australian Greens have been learning the hard way, when you employ crazies in order to rack up intersectional brownie points, you’re also racking up a world of trouble. Because, well, if someone looks and acts as crazy as a shithouse rat… they probably are. The Biden Administration
The most explosive court case in recent Australian history has ended with a spectacular squib from the accuser. All charges against the accused have been dropped, essentially because the accuser is refusing to return to court to give evidence. This follows the failure of rushed attempts to change the law
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How much payola has NewstalkZB been gifted from the Labour bribery fund PIJF? Apparently, it wasn’t enough. But then, that’s the trap of paying bribes: you invariably have to pay more to keep buying silence – or the silence ends. And some at NewstalkZB are suddenly very vocal about
There are times when criticising the PM becomes spontaneous. Her very presence, addressing any issue, can leave one thinking how this country could be so unfortunate as to be lumbered with such a lamentable simpleton, but there have been a number of occasions when her true character is indisputably exposed.
After the violent murder of Janak Patel in Sandringham, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who lives in that community, decided to go ahead with plans to travel to the Chatham Islands. She copped some flak from other parties for her decision and others occupied the space left empty. What to do?
Adam Dick ronpaulinstitute.org Fifty-nine years ago this week, President John F Kennedy was assassinated. These many years later, the United States government continues to hold in secret piles of information related to the assassination. After the popular theatrical run of director Oliver Stone’s movie JFK that dramatically challenged
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com Political historian Michael Bassett CNZM is the author of 15 books, was a regular columnist for the Fairfax newspapers and a former minister in the 1984-1990 governments. When I was young, kids appeared before a magistrate (a district court judge before 1978) sufficiently rarely that questions
Jacinda Ardern normally rushes for the costume shop as she seeks to curry favour in the aftermath of a tragedy. But after the cruel slaying of an Indian dairy worker, all of a sudden she seems rather coy about playing dress-ups and rushed off to the Chatham Islands on Air
Some years ago, I read an account of what it was like to be a Facebook moderator. This was, of course, back in the day when they spent less time policing WrongThink and actually tried, at least, to contain the sewer of graphic violence and child abuse. It was a
