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Tweet of the Day

Tweet of the Day

A Twitter/X user has been researching international charities and entities and their responses to Hamas’ attack on Israel and calling for the release of hostages. He says more will be added to the list. Some notable silences include UNICEF, WHO’s Tedros Ghebreyesus, ICRC (Red Cross), Amnesty International, Save

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No Sparkling in This Grave

No Sparkling in This Grave

When we hear the word vampire, an almost automatic image springs to mind: aristocratic, suave, beautiful, etc. Even the sparkly vampires of the much-derided Twilight series are wealthy, aristocratic and achingly beautiful (hey, I’ll admit to a thing for Alice Cullen). But all that is very much a modern

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You Won’t See That as Pre-Game Entertainment

You Won’t See That as Pre-Game Entertainment

Imagine if they preceded the opening of Australia’s peak science body with a mass led by a Pentecostal preacher. The collective shrieking of the chattering classes would be deafening. But, put on a bit of oogabooga mysticism, and suddenly, everyone comes over all solemn and worshipful. That’s what

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On the 50th Anniversary of the DPB

lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The Domestic Purposes Benefit has been variously described as a “disaster” (David McLoughlin 1995), an “economic lifeline” (Jane Kelsey 1995) and “an unfortunate experiment” (Muriel Newman 2009). Its effect on family formation can never be definitively ascertained. But the growth of the sole-parent family dependent on welfare

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Are We Ready to Admit It’s Done?

Are We Ready to Admit It’s Done?

Are we ready yet to admit that Multiculturalism has failed the West? Not just failed, but white-anted Western civilisation to the point of near collapse. I’m talking, of course, about “Capital-M” Multiculturalism, rather than small-m multiculturalism. The latter is merely the commonplace reality of cultural exchange, a process that

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Bullies of the Day

Bullies of the Day

Auckland Women’s Corrections Officer Anika Perese chipped a bone in her ankle at work. “She fell to the floor, landed on her back and called for help.” But that help wasn’t offered. A nurse said the ankle was probably sprained and for her to elevate it. Corrections did

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More ‘Theories’ Have Been Confirmed

Michael My name is Michael and my brand new book entitled Chaos is now available in paperback and for the Kindle on Amazon.com.  In addition to my new book I have written seven other books that are available on Amazon.com including 7 Year Apocalypse, Lost Prophecies Of The

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Workplace Ageism and the Best Age to “Retire”

Workplace Ageism and the Best Age to “Retire”

familyfirst.org.nz A third of the New Zealand workforce is over the age of 55, and the proportion working past retirement age has risen steadily. Despite current labour shortages, ageism is still alive and well. Older workers in New Zealand believe ageism has grown more prevalent in workplaces in

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A Warehouse Full of Gold Bars

One of the peculiarities about my business organisation is the absence of staff turnover: nobody ever leaves except to retire. I pride myself on having never read a CV or other nonsense and having an ability to look people over and decide whether they are suitable or not. My success

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This Is Cringe

Michael Bassett 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 bassettbrashandhide.com Yesterday Graham Adams’ column referred to Michael Bassett’s now ‘infamous’ piece which earned him a lifetime ban from

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Top 7 Presentations to Watch

bobmccoskrie.com Last week I joined 1,500 delegates from 72 countries in London for perhaps the largest gathering of social conservatives & centre-right leaders in recent times – the ARC (Alliance for Responsible Citizenship) inaugural conference. As ex-Deputy PM of Australia, the speaker at our Gala Dinner recently, and member

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Banishing Ghosts after the Past Three Years

Charles Krblich Chuck Krblich works in the insurance and reinsurance industries as a catastrophe manager. brownstone.org My wonderful wife handles all of the Halloween planning for our family. She arranges the costumes, the candy, puts up the decorations, and manages the inevitable costume parties. This year my wife chose

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Numbers of MAID Are Increasing

Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator mercatornet.com In 2022, 13,241 Canadians died through Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) – 4.1 per cent of all deaths. The advance of MAID has been astonishing. Since euthanasia and assisted suicide were legalised in 2016, there have been 44,958

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The Real Villain in the Shawshank Redemption

The Real Villain in the Shawshank Redemption

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org In a 2016 interview, Stephen King was asked if he had “a personal favorite” film adaptation of one of his stories. The first movie out of the bestselling author’s

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We’re Witnessing the Fall of Wokism

We’re Witnessing the Fall of Wokism

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Megyn Kelly has a personal gripe with the woke mob. It essentially ended her broadcast career in 2018. Kelly, then working with NBC News, downplayed outrage over children dressing in blackface in ways that enraged the social justice warriors of that time. “Truly, you do get

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Should MMP and Maori Seats Go?

Should MMP and Maori Seats Go?

A controversial headline, perhaps, but designed to spark debate. I will attempt to justify it with some facts, both positive and negative; however, the negatives outweigh the positives by some margin. The 2023 election is of course a true result of an election run under the MMP system, but I

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