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Media’s Contempt for the Office and Title of the President
Kerry Grant banana-boat-boy.com I hail from the Naki and when I first left school, after a brief stint as the bog boy in a car sales yard’s chop shop, I came into the employ of one of the local cow cockies. He was a third-generation
Taranaki Civic Leaders Play Politics with Democracy
Paul C This Wednesday, the Taranaki Daily News ran two items: “Forum seeks ward law change” and “Nothing Democratic about Race-based wards” The first is a report that the three Taranaki mayors, and the Regional Council Chairman have written to the Prime Minister stating: “We are deeply concerned that
Chinese Takeover of Major Australian Builder Thwarted
For years, Australians have watched in helpless fury as more and more of the Aussie “farm” was sold off to China-based entities. From wineries to Australia’s oldest company, from strategic ports to entire islands, China has been gobbling up more of Australia’s land and critical infrastructure, while
Daily News Roundup – 15 January 2021
Tiwai Point Smelter deal Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Aluminium smelter deal – who caved? Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Power play: Meridian Energy reaches deal with Rio Tinto over Tiwai Point Smelter Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Tiwai Point negotiations continuing despite breakthrough on smelter RNZ: Locals ‘absolutely thrilled’ about Tiwai Point’s revival Evan
Judith Collins and David Seymour’s Misstep
I am both an ACT supporter and a fan of both Judith Collins and David Seymour but they both have made a misstep in withdrawing their support for New Zealander Chris Liddell. Liddell has had the privilege of advising President Donald Trump for the past four years and the President
As I Was Saying …
Robert Hutchinson mercatornet.com Robert J. Hutchinson is the author, most recently, of What Really Happened: The Death of Hitler. In 1933, the newly-elected Nazi Party used a firebomb attack on the German parliament building, the Reichstag, as an excuse to push through what was called the Reichstag Fire
Frydenberg Pisses China Off Again. Good!
Australia has blocked a Chinese military-linked company from taking over a major construction company – and China is not happy. Like any bully who gets a long-deserved punch in the nose, Beijing is lashing out. China has accused Australia of “weaponising the concept of national security’’ after a $300
Can We Keep “Big Mac” as PM?
Can we keep Michael McCormack as Acting Prime Minister? In just two days, Big Mac has done more to take the fight up to the left than Scott Morrison has done in nearly three years. First, McCormack got the left’s knickers in a twist by attacking Twitter’s ban
The ‘War on Terror’ Comes Home
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Last week’s massive social media purges – starting with President Trump’s permanent ban from Twitter and other outlets – was shocking and chilling, particularly to those of us who value free expression and the free exchange of ideas. The justifications given for the silencing of wide
This Is an Obvious Double Standard
Simon Black sovereignman.com I imagine that every single one of us has had a huge argument with a loved one at some point in our lives. Sometimes it’s because of some issue that’s deeply personal to us. But the other person just doesn’t get it. We’
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Ten seconds later… Twitter, like other media platforms, claims to aim at keeping people safe. In fact, it simply doesn’t see hate speech or harassment from those on its own political wavelength. Thus the account which produced this obnoxious screed – which seeks to dehumanise anyone not voting for Democrat
Will the Real Racists in America Raise Their Hands?
Star Parker papundits.wordpress.com Star Parker is a columnist for The Daily Signal at The Heritage Foundation and she is the president of CURE, Coalition on Urban Renewal and Education. While sitting in the Delta lounge in the Atlanta airport waiting for my flight back to Washington, a white