NZ Politics
Monkeypox Outbreak: Psyops, Gain of Function or Both?
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Warning Long read. 1703 words. Information Opinion Is the monkeypox outbreak genuinely concerning or is this a psyop (‘psychological operation’ designed to scare you and make you comply)? The place to look is the Mainstream Media. For context, see our previous
House Prices Out of Reach of First Home Buyers
Brooke van Velden ACT Housing spokesperson The steady decline in Kiwis securing First Home Grants shows the abject failure of Labour’s housing policy. There has been a 60 per cent drop in First Home Grant approvals in the first quarter of 2022, this is because the Government’s policies
Musings from the Front Porch
Temporary Australian Prime Minister Albo had to wait over 26 years to reach the top; John Howard and Paul Keating 22 years and Harold Holt over 30 years! In this country, Sir Keith had to wait 25 years, English 26 years and Bolger and Clark 18 years. All seems quite
Take a Concrete Pill to Harden Your Heart
Have you wondered how MPs harden their hearts against the obvious plight of the poor, the needy people whose lives they promised to improve when we gave them a shot at government? They got that opportunity and the results are in: the poor are worse off after fuel and cost
Our Body, the Govt’s Choice
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com For a full and detailed assessment of the court case, see this post. The full judgement can be found here. A Short Review of the Court Case New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out with Science (NZDSOS) and New Zealand Teachers Speaking Out
Will a Cabinet Reshuffle Help?
Richard Prebble, writing in the Herald yesterday, pondered that Labour will be trying to find a way to create an electoral crisis in order to call a snap election. Could Jacinda Ardern’s pending cabinet reshuffle deliver that crisis? By October it will be clear whether inflation is falling. Even
No Support, No Leadership, and No Plan
New Zealand First Media “A letter which outlines in detail a clear crisis that is unfolding within corrections and the system failing at keeping guards safe has been sent from the union to the department’s chief executive,” says Rt Hon Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “The Minister
Govt Is Doing This to Farmers Because They Can
FARM farmemissions.co.nz Any scheme that proposes farmers pay taxes for their methane emissions is an unjust scheme because of the science of these methane emissions. The sad thing is that farmers did not need to fight the Government on the science because the Government and the Climate Commission
Maori Caucus = Foxes in the Henhouse
The idiom “foxes in the henhouse” goes back at least as far as the 1580s. It describes a set of circumstances in which someone who should not be trusted has been chosen to protect someone or oversee a situation. The choice involves someone directly unsuitable for the task, such as
The Winners of a signed Hardback Copy of “Nudged into Lockdown?” are…
We have come to the end of another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are two signed, hardback copies of Nudged into Lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 by BFD author Ananish Chaudhuri. Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides
Could We Really Be So Lucky?
Information Opinion You will have noticed that on many occasions I have dismissed socialists in New Zealand as ‘ignorant’. I do this with some justification as time and again they demonstrate they know nothing of history, are intellectually shallow, and follow ideology and dogma no matter how ludicrous. It’s
At Least the Gun Register Will Be Safe
How embarrassing for the Police and also for Jacinda Ardern when, after defending the proposed gun register in Parliament on Tuesday, Police have admitted that they left firearms licence holder information in their former Auckland Headquarters and that this has subsequently been stolen. Firearms licensing information was among stolen property
Face of the Day
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson How are we meant to trust Poto Williams with an entire firearms register when she’s already failing to look after licensed firearm owners’ information? When questioned in Parliament, the Minister revealed she has known since 26 May that criminals obtained the private details of