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Harris’s Fake Reminiscence on a Fake Holiday

Harris’s Fake Reminiscence on a Fake Holiday

Remember Politico’s “Trump Lies Database”? Aside from the irony that most of it was blatant lies about Trump supposedly lying, it’s notable that they’re not running a similar hit-job on Joe Biden. In fact, they’ve outright said that they won’t. They certainly aren’t

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Denying the Facts? Yeah Right

Denying the Facts? Yeah Right

‘Correlation Does Not Imply Causation‘. What does that well-known phrase actually mean and how is it relevant to the above tweet? The phrase refers to the inability to legitimately deduce a cause-and-effect relationship between two events or variables solely on the basis of an observed association or

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Air Base Attacked

Air Base Attacked

29th April 2021 Cash is in increasingly short supply and few ATMs are open and withdrawals are limited to a few dollars. There were four bomb blasts in Hakha, Chin State around 4 am this morning. Locals said that the incidents happened near the house of the Chin state military

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‘El Woko Loco’ Wants to Fix the System That He Exploited

‘El Woko Loco’ Wants to Fix the System That He Exploited

‘El Woko Loco’, ‘Tricky Ricky’ Menendez March and the Green party are wanting to reform the immigration system, that they say is broken: The Green Party is calling for an overhaul of the immigration system, which they say treats “migrant workers as cheap labour and second-class citizens” and discriminates

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Threatening Our Future
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Threatening Our Future

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com “The splintering of New Zealand from Five Eyes on the question of how to address China is a sad consequence of Beijing’s enduring strategy to coerce and undermine the vital partnerships between liberal democratic states… It is appropriate we debate this in the wake

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Daily News Roundup – 30 April 2021

Daily News Roundup – 30 April 2021

Housing crisis Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government’s fix for its housing problems are just a game of whack-a-mole (paywalled) Amelia Wade (Newshub): Even if house prices fell 20 percent, three-quarters of renters still couldn’t afford one Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Govt crunches numbers to reveal property investors’

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Nicola Willis – Officials Doubtful Labour’s Housing Package Would Work
NZ

Nicola Willis – Officials Doubtful Labour’s Housing Package Would Work

Officials cast serious doubt over the effectiveness of the Government’s housing package in the months before its announcement, questioning whether it would increase the supply of housing and outlined its dire impact on the lives of renters, National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “The advice from officials shows

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UK Govt Tenders Suggest London Could Secretly Be Preparing for Lockdowns to Last until at Least 2022

UK Govt Tenders Suggest London Could Secretly Be Preparing for Lockdowns to Last until at Least 2022

Kit Klarenberg rt.com Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. UK citizens are prepared for a “great British summer” due to the progress of the UK’s vaccination program. However, quietly-published government contracts reveal the promised roadmap out of

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What If Scott Morrison Was Muslim?

What If Scott Morrison Was Muslim?

Scott Morrison should convert to Islam. Of course I jest, but just as a thought experiment, it’s a delicious prospect. The left continually vilify Morrison for his religious beliefs (conveniently ignoring the number of Catholics on the Labor benches), while viciously attacking anyone who dares criticise, say, Mehreen Faruqi’

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Housing Loans Will Fuel Crisis
NZ

Housing Loans Will Fuel Crisis

Brooke van Velden ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Labour’s changes to housing loan schemes ignore basic economics and will further fuel the housing crisis. The Government’s proposals to increase price caps and funding through the First Home Grant and First Home Loan schemes are not only likely to be

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New Taxes and Compulsory Land Acquisition Aren’t the Answers
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New Taxes and Compulsory Land Acquisition Aren’t the Answers

Brooke van Velden ACT’s Housing spokesperson A new ‘stamp duty’ proposed by Treasury is not the answer to the housing crisis. A briefing to the Minister of Housing says from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development shows that Treasury is considering introducing stamp duty in New Zealand. Taxing

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