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Myanmar in Trouble– And So It Starts

Myanmar in Trouble– And So It Starts

10th February 2021 The demonstrations have yet to become an uprising, but it is becoming clear that events are following the 8888 uprising which resulted in wholesale slaughter, illegal imprisonment, and many deaths in prison. The Military was hoping that the usual political adage that most protests fade after 7

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Daily News Roundup – 11 February 2021

Daily News Roundup – 11 February 2021

Parliament’s tie-wearing rules Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Speaker rules tie requirement to be dropped from Parliament Scott Palmer (Newshub): Ties no longer required in Parliament as ‘appropriate business attire’ – Speaker Trevor Mallard Claire Trevett (Herald): Parliament’s great tie-breaker and why Rawiri Waititi got no support from Labour’

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walks like a duck

Barry Soper Smacks Mallard and Jacinda in the Face. With a Chair.

Barry Soper justifiably calls out both Trevor Mallard and his enabler Jacinda Ardern over their lack of kindness regarding a staffer falsely smeared by Mallard: Jacinda Ardern preaches about it time and again: How we should all be kind to each other and to look after our wellbeing. Well, the

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Tuesday afternoon Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi was removed from Parliament after a dress code infraction. Speaker Trevor Mallard told him to leave because he was not wearing a tie. Waititi responded by referring to a tie as a “colonial noose.” Late last year, Waititi was warned that he

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Incitement of Violence

Incitement of Violence

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Keep the Virus Panic Going at All Costs

Keep the Virus Panic Going at All Costs

Governments across Australia are facing a crisis at the moment. How do they hang on to dictatorial emergency powers when there’s no actual emergency? Easy: keep the fear whipped up to panic level by any means necessary. There are bugger-all Chinese virus cases in Australia right now, certainly

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Reserve Bank Patch-Up Effort Inevitable
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Reserve Bank Patch-Up Effort Inevitable

ACT Party “Reintroducing loan-to-value ratios (LVR) was as inevitable a move from the Reserve Bank as night following day, but it won’t make much difference to the fundamental reasons house prices continue to rise disproportionately to other asset classes,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “That house prices

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Trump Didn’t Incite the Capitol Riot and the FBI Knew It All Along

Trump Didn’t Incite the Capitol Riot and the FBI Knew It All Along

The  Capitol riot on January 6th is justly compared to Germany’s 1933 Reichstag fire, not in terms of the actual damage done, but by the cloud of unhinged hysteria it has unleashed. The American left are Chicken-Little screeching that it was an “insurrection” and “attempted coup” and are

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Indigenous Woman Sues Taxpayer-Funded Broadcaster

Indigenous Woman Sues Taxpayer-Funded Broadcaster

It’s said that you can judge a person by their enemies. Jacinta Price has made some very powerful – and very telling – enemies, not least the leech-like Aboriginal industry which sucks away at the $30 billion of taxpayers’ money poured every year into “indigenous spending”. Price is also loathed

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Oral Questions – 10 February 2021

Oral Questions – 10 February 2021

Questions to Ministers 1. BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: What reports has he seen on how New Zealand’s economic recovery has been influenced by the Government’s approach to COVID-19? 2. DAVID SEYMOUR to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by the declaration of a climate

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A Free Taste of an Insight Politics Article

A Free Taste of an Insight Politics Article

Today Non- Subscribers get a FREE taste of what they are missing out on. Have a read of this Insight Politics article then decide whether or not you would like to subscribe to a Silver subscription or upgrade your existing Basic or Bronze level Subscription to Silver. The Dangerous Silliness

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UN Calls for Sanctions against US

UN Calls for Sanctions against US

Information Satire UN correspondent: The UN has condemned the recent change of government in the US as a coup, voting for comprehensive sanctions until the US holds fair and corruption-free elections. China was the only country to abstain, saying President Biden was a good friend, the US was an

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There’s a Word for This – Dictatorship

There’s a Word for This – Dictatorship

Until this year, for me at least, Waitangi Day has been a time for reflection on the history of our land and its people. But this year it’s been more worrying about where we are heading in the future. Sadly, what I “C” (see) is a concerning and complicated

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