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A Teenage Hero
Lindis Stuff have in my opinion very foolishly put up an item praising the 15-year-old climate activist from Wellington, Micah Geiringer. “climate rebel arrested at 15”. Wow how awesome Stuff! The journalist has elevated him to Greta heights by describing him as the ‘unlikely hero’ of the action, his heroic
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France: Yellow Vest protesters and Police Clash in Toulouse
Minor scuffles broke out between riot police and Yellow Vest protesters as the latter tried to enter Toulouse city centre on Saturday. Footage from outside the Capitole place, the historic city centre, shows a police woman falling on the ground and being hit by a protester who was later arrested.
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Face of the Day
‘She’s a mini sumo wrestler’: Australian woman gives birth to nearly 6kg baby Stuff
In Defence of Cyclists (Sort of)
It’s all-too-easy to get hacked off by cyclists. Whether its the hideous sight of flabby, middle-aged arses wobbling along in lycra, or a tangle of bicycles clogging up the footpath while their owners preen and pose at cafe tables, everything cyclists do seems calculated to raise the blood pressure
Big Brother Is Already Watching You
How often have you signed up to something online and actually read the terms and conditions? If you are like me the answer is probably rarely if at all. The fine print tends to be pages long and gives me a headache, so I usually skip it on the assumption
Stuck on Global Warming
Good morning fellow right-wing nut-jobs. I drop my fingers to the keyboard this morning to bring you news both frightening and exhilarating at the same time. Following Monday’s petulant performance-tantrum on the streets of Wellington: By way of Stuff’s live updates, I was horrified to learn of what
How Low Can We Go?
In an attempt to stimulate a flagging economy, Adrian Orr cut the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 percentage points in August, with a message to everyone to go out, borrow more money and spend up large. It is unclear why Orr thought a 50 point cut would stimulate the
Face of the Day
In the video, published online earlier this year, Robinson tells Sweeney: “You’re finished,” to which the journalist replied: “If you think I’m finished you’ve got another thing coming and I can give you that for free.” pressgazette.co.uk/john-sweeney-leaves-bbc-with-parting-shot-at-tommy-robinson It turns out that Tommy was right.
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