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Dear Editor “Why have a minister for women, but not for men?” Regardless of who asked it, Tory MP Ben Bradley or ACT Leader David Seymour, the intense abuse and feedback to that very question show why the question was justified and the need is real. The level of personal
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A hard-hitting letter written by Prince Philip providing a withering critique of New Zealand following the 1954 state visit has recently been auctioned in England. The letter was expected to fetch £300. It sold for twelve times that, reaching £3,600. The comments in the letter made for interesting
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Bespectacled, besuited Maori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi made his debut in Parliament on Wednesday. He has a full face tattoo, waved a Maori club and wore a stetson. The clear message; an attention-seeking buffoon in the eyes of 99% of the population. Parliament
Below are the two complaints filed by Sidney Powell AKA the Kraken on behalf of Georgia and Michigan. Complaint Cj Pearson v. Kemp 11.25.2020 by Juana Atkins on Scribd Michigan Complaint by Juana Atkins on Scribd Attorney Sidney Powell filed a federal lawsuit late Wednesday alleging “massive election
Opening of new Parliament Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Parliament brings old debates as Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern fail to shift dial on first day back Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Zealand’s first African MP Ibrahim Omer recounts harrowing journey to Parliament as a refugee in maiden speech Amelia Wade
Information Satire Kamal Harris was declared President for life after Joe Biden ‘resigned’ in embarrassment. He had wandered out onto a huge outdoor stage in front of the White House to address the world’s press, trouserless, saying, “Where am I? Look at my hairy legs” and then sniffed the
Martyn Bradbury and his sidekick Matt McCarten are establishing an employer bullying scheme where they intend to essentially blackmail employers into behaving the way they want them to; otherwise, they will get smeared all over Martyn Bradbury’s website. It’s a serene, sunny Sunday summer’s morning in the
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James Higham Hazel Tucker University of Otago Raise your hand if you’ve ever travelled for weeks or months as a backpacker on a limited daily budget. Keep your hand up if you were made welcome in the places you visited on your OE, enjoyed chance encounters and experienced the
If there’s one thing we know for certain about the Wuhan plague, it’s that China has lied and continues to lie through its teeth. Did the virus arise as a random zoonosis in a filthy live animal market, did it escape from a lab or was it deliberately
A Murdoch cartoon that’s on the money. I’ve been critical of her in the past, but this time she’s right. What were/are National thinking, for heaven’s sake? The BFD. Cartoon credit Sharon Murdoch Please share this BFD article so others can discover The BFD.
One of the most damaging consequences of the growing alienation of voters of different persuasions is that each increasingly inhabit completely separate cognitive worlds. Much of this is the fault of social media, which explicitly encourages echo-chambers – among journalists perhaps more than anyone else. Journalists rely less and less
