Over the years, I have done a large number of applications to IRD on behalf of clients for payment arrangements for unpaid tax. IRD would inevitably ask for copies of bank statements (3 months, or even 6 months), even though we had filled in an application form, giving details of
Vera Stanton Vera wrote this article after learning of the treatment of MIQ detainees and interviewing a former Paremoremo prison guard who passed through MIQ and said that max security prisoners received more outside time and less solitary confinement than MIQ detainees. Mandatory Covid quarantines are the largest experiment of
The word for today is… steadfast (adjective): 1a : firmly fixed in place : immovable b : not subject to change 2 : firm in belief, determination, or adherence Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Steadfast has held its ground in English for many centuries. Its Old English predecessor, stedefæst, combined stede (meaning “place” or “stead”
Mike Roberts fee.org Mike Roberts is a process engineer at Intel with a Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering and a Master’s in Mechanical Engineering. He is also a life-long advocate of free markets and free ideas. Over the past half decade, there has been a growing trend
The word for today is… bevy (noun): 1 : a large group or collection 2 : a group of animals and especially quail Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : What do you call a group of crows? Or swine? Or leopards? Well-educated members of the medieval gentry seem to have been expected to
Joyce Kamen rescue.substack.com Joyce Kamen is the VP of public information at the Frontline Covid19 Critical Care Alliance (flccc.net). She is an Emmy award-winning writer, publicist, journalist, columnist, and producer of documentary films. Information Opinion Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you
The word for today is… truncate (verb, adjective): verb 1 : to shorten by or as if by cutting off 2 : to replace (an edge or corner of a crystal) by a plane adjective : having the end square or even Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Truncate descends from the Latin verb truncare,
The word for today is… demagogue (noun): 1 : a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power 2 : a leader championing the cause of the common people in ancient times Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : When the ancient Greeks used demagogos (from
I must admit that I haven’t watched the Joe Rogan/Robert Malone podcast (I’ve barely watched Rogan at all, in fact), but that hasn’t stopped me noticing one of the biggest take-homes most people seem to have gleaned from it: “mass formation psychosis” (MFP). Malone, stepping
The word for today is… soporific (adjective, noun): adjective 1a : causing or tending to cause sleep b : tending to dull awareness or alertness 2 : of, relating to, or marked by sleepiness or lethargy noun : a soporific agent Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : “It is said that the effect of eating too
Jared McBrady brownstone.org Jared McBrady is an Assistant Professor in the History Department at SUNY Cortland. In my teaching, I prepare undergraduate students to become high school history teachers. In one course, teacher candidates prepare and deliver mock lessons. Their peers play the role of high school students, and
Alice Martin The following Opinion piece was published in the NZ Herald on the 24th of Dec 2021: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/dr-noelyn-hung-data-indicates-covid-100-times-riskier-than-jab/IZX4DLSHRCMVPKCEQHBU4D6MWE/ It was written by Dr Noelyn Hung, the pathologist who conducted the autopsy on
The word for today is… propitiate (verb): : to gain or regain the favour or goodwill of Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Like its synonym “appease,” propitiate means “to ease the anger or disturbance of,” but there are subtle differences between the two terms as well. “Appease” usually implies quieting insistent demands
Elizabeth C. Tippett University of Oregon Charlotte Alexander Georgia State University Professor Tippett writes about ethics, employment law, and the intersection of law and technology. Charlotte S. Alexander holds the Connie D. and Ken McDaniel WomenLead Chair as an Associate Professor of Law and Analytics at the Colleges of Business
The word for today is… camaraderie (noun): : a spirit of friendly good-fellowship Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Camaraderie made its first appearance in English in the middle of the 19th century. It comes from camarade, the French word whose Middle French ancestor was also the source for our word comrade.
The word for today is… lenient (adjective): 1 : of mild and tolerant disposition or effect : not harsh, severe, or strict 2 : exerting a soothing or easing influence Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Lenient is a word with a soothing history. It derives from the Latin verb lenire, meaning “to soothe” or
