Volodymyr Zelensky with his pithy one-liners seems to be more Bruce Willis than Bruce Willis from the Die Hard films. When asked by Biden if he wanted to escape from Ukraine, his comment was, “I don’t need a lift, I need some weapons.” Bruce Willis played the part
On the 23rd of March 2022, New Zealand’s Tyrant Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed the nation via her usual ‘Podium of Truth’: a propaganda vessel that she has been happy to captain since she announced the initial responses to the unfolding Covid ‘pandemic‘ back in early 2020. At this
During my travels around the world working in countries with various systems of government, it became apparent that in countries with conflict zones there has been a rise in “Ethnic Entrepreneurs” (EE). Contrary to logic, these aren’t people from an ethnic minority who have become business people and entrepreneurs
In itself, the pandemic did not cause inflation, but the corresponding supply chain problems certainly contributed. Remember the Ever Given, the ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal for 6 days, wedged across the waterway like a giant log one year ago? This is generally seen as the start
Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Warning Long read. 2087 words. My local supermarket plays a recorded announcement every 10 minutes or so which literally begins with “Our number one priority is keeping the community safe” (or very similar words to that effect). Call me old-fashioned but I thought the
Simon Court ACT Environment and Climate Change spokesperson The Government’s plan to force retailers in to using biofuels will pump up the price of fuel and is pointless when the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) can help us meet our targets anyway. MBIE have warned the Government that their mandate
New Conservative Helen Houghton BTchLn Co-leader New Conservative Education Spokeswoman New Conservative is very concerned that this government is about to unleash an over complicated thoughtless reaction to what is a simple problem to solve. Additional, ‘new assessment tools for measuring kids’ abilities? Exactly what is the Labour government’
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Rod There is a growing number of us who want not only this corrupt government gone but also all of the incumbent MPs. We want them gone as well because, not only did they fail to oppose the government’s increasingly authoritarian actions that stomped all over voters’ rights and
Andrea Vance, Senior Journalist at Stuff has penned an opinion piece entitled “The culture of nastiness: insults have replaced arguments in political debate“. Andrea suggests that this needs to change and says, quite rightly, that being rude does not help: In my small way, I am breaking the cycle. Being
Capitalist Information Opinion There has been a lot of discussion about the recent opinion polls. There has been lots of pontificating about the reasons for the collapse in support for the Labour Government. So-called political experts have mused as to whether it can be turned around. I think they
If there was an industry that we needed not to suffer as a result of the pandemic, that would be the construction industry. After the Kiwibuild debacle, rising house prices and extremely high demand, the government should have tried to protect those that are trying to tackle these issues. A
Kevin Bird Are you irked like me concerning the New Zealand political landscape? Do you feel politically homeless? Do you feel betrayed by those in power so much that you don’t want to align yourself with ANY of the parties? Perhaps you feel strangely free? A bit like me?
If you wandered around over the weekend shaking your head in amazement at people wearing masks outdoors and trying with bewilderment to scan in at places, you can wonder no more as to why that is: 1 News has obtained figures under the Official Information Act showing $35,097,479
