Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. He lives in Sydney, Australia. In October last year, the Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern told the United Nations General Assembly that what the world needs is less free speech. Well, not exactly that, but close enough.
The penalty system would include on-the-spot fines, alongside other punishments of performing community services such as picking up litter, cleaning graffiti or volunteering at a community group, or working in the effected store. While monetary penalties for young people might not be affective, they could be required to
Fentanyl seems to have a strange grip on the public mind these days, as breathless (often questionable) narratives around this drug are everywhere. According to the news media, this mysterious substance is appearing on shopping cart handles, in children’s Halloween candy, in baby formula and even poisoning police officers
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Gary Moller garymoller.com I made this video nine months ago, which is as relevant as ever. Just one thing: We thought the fine for making unapproved health claims was to be $50,000. I was wrong. It is $200,000 or five years in jail – This is not punitive
The most remarkable of the retiring leader’s staff is surely her comms team. There’s a large number of them, to be fair, but they still warrant credit for their efficiency in manipulating the messaging around her every doing, or undoing, and for their ability to disinfect, or poison,
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Should New Zealand have a snap election? That’s one of the questions arising out of the chaos of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s shock
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Jacinda Ardern’s resignation was not the shock that the world’s media screams, nor really a surprise – more of a surprise would have been her continuing her “kind” (will she EVER give that lie a rest?) control until the now-announced election. This is her John Key moment. The
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Someone has put up a certain building for lease on Trade Me. Wit ensued. The advert was still up as of last evening and the link is provided below. Here is a selection of questions and answers, in case the post doesn’t survive. By midnight, the bidding was getting
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Simon Angelo Editor, Wealth Morning wealthmorning.com I had cause recently to sit in a wine bar with a real estate agent. Not just any real estate agent. The owner of two branch offices, overseeing many agents. He will remain nameless. But what he said, I found startling. Even though
