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Heads Up, Don’t Bullshit Us
Memory can be a fickle thing. Coupled with the intense urge of many young folk these days for fame – what for is irrelevant: fame is the end in itself – memory quickly becomes whatever it has to be. “It’s not a lie if you believe it,” as Seinfeld’s George
Daily News Roundup – 21 July 2020
National Party Herald: Second sex-text allegation: Judith Collins wants National MP Andrew Falloon out of parliament now Henry Cooke (Stuff): Andrew Falloon sent sexually explicit photos to another young woman RNZ: Judith Collins: National MP Andrew Falloon should resign today 1News: Text scandal: Judith Collins calls for National MP
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Fake News Posing as “Fact-Checking”
“Just because a scientific paper is peer-reviewed does not mean it is correct. The peer-reviewed scientific literature is full of papers that contradict each other so they can’t all be right. Peer review does not stop bad science being published. Scientific theories live or die on evidence,
Daily News Roundup – 20 July 2020
National Party Matt McCarten (E-Tangata): Red meat is back on the table Andrea Vance (Stuff): Better the devil you know: the inside story of how Judith Collins became National’s leader Audrey Young (Herald): Judith Collins v Jacinda Ardern means election 2020 rethink (paywalled) 1News: Q+A: This generation’
Face of the Day
Mr Peters appeared on Q+A this morning in a heated interview with host Jack Tame, where he was asked about Ihumatao, a trans-Tasman bubble, coalition partners, cameras on fishing boats, his party’s policies, and stimulating the economy. […] “I’m opposed to busting Treaty of Waitangi settlements so
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What is “organised Yang”? “In January, Stuff revealed that former National Party leader Simon Bridges’ controversial China visit was organised Yang.” If you enjoyed this BFD Stuff up of the day please consider sharing it with your friends.
The Grooming Happening in Your Living Room
The saying that “Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man” has been variously attributed to Aristotle and the Jesuits, but it is dictatorships who seem to treat it as an iron rule. From the Hitler Youth to the Communist Youth League, totalitarian
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Twitter Is the New Hanging Tree
As I wrote recently, lynchings are a brutal display of power. Once, they were symbolic of white racism. The new lynchings are symbolic of the growing power of the violent, anti-white racist movement dubbed Black Lives Matter. Lynching is a form of group violence, often performed to punish or
On Stuff’s Purchase for $1
Terry Dunleavy Hon Secretary, New Zealand Climate Science Coalition I have just finished reading Five Things Judith Collins has said on Climate Change on Stuff, and my message for its new CEO Sinead Boucher is that if this is an example of journalistic standards of accuracy, enlightenment and fairness, then
