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Naomi Wolf, the Leftist Who Knows Fascism Is Here – Without Trump
Pennel Bird libertynation.com Pennel bird is a writer, educator, musician, husband, and father who currently lives in Glendale, CA. He likes Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. At some point in their education, students learn about the Venn Diagram – a graphic depiction of the similarities and differences
Another Day, Another Garbage Climate Study
If the climate change and Wuhan pandemic debacles have taught us anything, it’s that computer modelling is garbage. Shiny, high-tech garbage, but garbage still. Climate models have consistently failed to match the real-world – and they’re getting worse. Pandemic modelling is an embarrassing farce that regularly exaggerates
Tasmania’s Election Lurches from Farce to Facepalm
It’s not often that Tasmania’s state elections garner much attention. After all, as I often say, Tasmanian politics is a blend of local council and Special Needs school. But, as the documentary Rats in the Ranks showed, local council politics can be every bit as vicious as Washington
Fed Funding Fantasy: EV Charging
David Wojick cfact.org David Wojick, Ph.D. is an independent analyst working at the intersection of science, technology and policy. Biden wants the Federal Government to build 500,000 EV charging stations, at an estimated cost of around $178 billion. How might that work? No good way is how.
Counter-terrorism Legislation Bill Looks like a Fig Leaf for Failure
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s disheartening to see the Government changing the law in response to the March 15 murders in a way the Justice Minister readily admits wouldn’t have prevented the events of March 15,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “ACT thinks it’s important
Leftist Objections to Election Reform in West Virginia Seem like Self-Parodies
Hans von Spakovsky cnsnews.com Hans A. von Spakovsky is a Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies, where he manages the Election Law Reform Initiative. The Judiciary Committee of the West Virginia House of Representatives held a virtual hearing on an election
Tauranga Commissioners Impose Segregated Voting
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz The four commissioners who replaced Tauranga city councillors yesterday imposed a Maori ward there, ignoring the pleas of 6000 residents who petitioned for a vote. The move was set up to look like a democratic process, with the four commissioners voting after three submissions
Experts: Labour’s Housing Change a Renter’s Tax
ACT Party ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “The experts are in agreement: Labour’s proposed change to interest deductibility rules is a renter’s tax,” says ACT’s Housing Spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “A majority of economists, academics and property experts believe the impacts of the Government’s
Police Minister Must Intervene to Back Police Dogs
Labour have stated that they will not be supporting my straightforward member’s bill to increase the maximum prison term for killing a police dog from 2 years to 5 years in a move that will baffle most New Zealanders, National MP Matt Doocey says. The Ministry of Justice has
Jacinda Put New Zealanders’ Health and Wellbeing Second
Eliora A Taiwan Health Command Centre versus an Election Risk in NZ Taiwan’s politicians gave the responsibility for COVID-19 to a specialised management team. In contrast, the response to COVID-19 in New Zealand was controlled essentially by the PM. Jacinda Ardern took charge in early 2020. She
Vaccination Botch up Needs Urgent Fix
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour. “It’s unacceptable the Government won’t play hardball with unions and force those employees unwilling to get a COVID vaccine to vacate MIQ premises for another 18 days,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Stop pussyfooting about and take the necessary steps to protect
Interview with Retired US Ambassador: Part Three
12th April 2021 The bloodshed continues and in Bagon alone 83 civilians were killed by the junta using rifle grenades and machine guns. Bodies were loaded onto a dump truck and bodies were also deposited at a Buddhist pagoda. In an action not seen since the 1988 uprising, an Imam
Green MP Accepts Petition Written by Terror Affiliates and Underpinned by Flawed Report
IINZ israelinstitute.nz On 24 March, Green MP Golriz Ghahraman accepted a petition created by a group with ties to a terror organisation that is based on a flawed report. Anti-Israel activist group, Wellington Palestine, acknowledged the petition originates from Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP) – an organisation with
More on Housing
Don Brash bassettbrashandhide.com Two days after my recent piece highlighting the “Reddell solution” to cooling the ridiculously over-heated housing market, the Government came out with its housing policy announcement. It had three main features. First, it extended the “bright-line test” from five years to 10. Whatever the
Telling the Truth
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com To the best of my knowledge this Blog alone in New Zealand has in recent months hammered the cold hard, brutal reality that Health Minister Hipkins, not once but twice, gave assurances six months ago, that we’re at the head of the queue for