Unelected Technocrats Are Now the Chief Executives
Her “base” is the technocracy itself. Under these conditions, Harris is likely to do as she is told, and that’s just how the deep state likes it.
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The Cost of a Hoax
This is yet another cost of perpetuating an official narrative without evidence.
Degrowth Is Antihuman and Its Advocates Are Fine With That
Economic growth is slowing in Western countries to the chagrin of societies, so serious politicians must outline a road map for growth instead of entertaining the inanities of delusional activists.
The Shocking Decline in Mainstream Journalism
This all goes to illustrate the misleading content of much mainstream journalism these days.
The Button-Down Mind Set Free: RIP Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart, the accountant whose comedy career spanned five decades, has passed away.
No Hate Speech in NZ
Let terms like white supremacy, extermination and genocide remain where they lie buried – long ago and far away.
Donald Trump’s Big Week of Miracles
A week that could have been unimaginable disaster just gets better and better for Donald Trump. By literally dodging a bullet in Pennsylvania, Trump came up with the campaign photo for the ages. A bloodied Trump, fist raised in defiance against a backdrop of blue sky and American flag, has
Goodbye to a Rag
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com When Stuff announced the closure of The Sunday News, I was stunned to learn it was still in existence. In its heyday decades back, it was famed for its pervading sleaziness, beatups over trivia and fictious sensationalism, for which evidently there was a market. Because
The Left and Media Need to Change
Evil forces are at work and have been for decades. These forces are largely led by the political left. They take the form of so-called progressive policies that are aimed at destroying society as we know it. Their aim is to cause divisiveness and unrest among the population at large.
During the Crisis, Free Speech Worked Brilliantly
Jeffrey Tucker Jeffrey Tucker is founder, author and president at Brownstone Institute. There is only one major social media platform that is relatively free of censorship. That is X, once known as Twitter, and owned by Elon Musk, who has preached free speech for years and sacrificed billions in advertising
Going on Gut Reactions
Chris Trotter Democracy Project As angry Trump supporters filed out of the Butler showgrounds, many paused to hurl abuse at the media pack. As they vented their anger upon the assembled “mainstream” journalists, I couldn’t help recalling the behaviour of an even angrier crowd as it filed out of
Oh, Give It a Rest, You Hypocrites
Spare us the hypocritical pearl-clutching of the elites. Yesterday, it was ABC journalist Patricia Karvelas finger-wagging about “misinformation” – even as she peddled gross misinformation of her own. Today, it’s the lefty politicians’ turn. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has warned that democracy in Australia is under attack from
The Media Need a Bigger Mirror
Self-reflection, it must be said, is not one of the mainstream media’s strong points. They clutch their bodices when subscriptions and public trust in media go into free-fall. But, like Principal Skinner from The Simpsons, they refuse to countenance that the problem might be them. No, it’s the
Now Where From Here?
Simon O’Connor Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. An enormous amount of ink is going to be used to discuss [the] assassination attempt on Donald Trump. This is
The Left’s Rhetoric against Trump
DTNZ Before he was shot at a campaign rally, former US President Donald Trump faced a barrage of threats from Leftist ‘liberals’, including state broadcaster TVNZ. While the attempted assassination of Donald Trump has been roundly condemned by his political opponents, liberal politicians and pundits have – implicitly and explicitly – called
Lying Media Don’t Make Your Nutty Theories True
The phenomenon known as “Gell-Mann Amnesia” is named after physicist Murray Gell-Mann. One day, Gell-Mann read an article on particle physics in a mainstream news publication and was aghast at how wrong it was about a subject he knew intimately. He was reading another article, on foreign affairs (which he