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Don’t Forget LBJ’s Election Theft

Don’t Forget LBJ’s Election Theft

Jacob G. Hornberger mises.org The mainstream pro-Biden media is poking fun at Donald Trump’s suggestion that there could be fraud involved in the post-election receipt of mail-in ballots. Apparently, they’re not familiar with the election-theft case of Lyndon Johnson, who would go on

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TV Series Mrs. America Maligns Those Who Refused to Walk with Feminists

TV Series Mrs. America Maligns Those Who Refused to Walk with Feminists

James Bradshaw James Bradshaw works for an international consulting firm based in Dublin, and has a background in journalism and public policy. Outside of work, he writes for a number of publications, on topics including politics, history, culture, film and literature. The Mrs. America historical drama series — broadcast on Ireland’

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COVID-19 Elimination Strategy Almost Abandoned

COVID-19 Elimination Strategy Almost Abandoned

covidplanb.co.nz Covid Plan B has welcomed the Government’s decision not to over-react to cases of people testing positive to COVID-19 by starting another lockdown. Simon Thornley, spokesperson for the group, says the Government appears to finally be adapting its strategy to new information about ineffectiveness

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll
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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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A Very Expensive Road to Nowhere
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A Very Expensive Road to Nowhere

In 2007 Hamilton City Council began public consultation on a new subdivision, known after the local farming family who owned large tracts of the land as the Peacocke Growth Cell. The process begins with a “structure plan” to show the general development zones and principal infrastructure. My feedback at the

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The Changing Philosophy of Jacinda Ardern
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The Changing Philosophy of Jacinda Ardern

It is interesting to reflect on the changing philosophy of Jacinda Ardern. I guess a good place to start is early 2008 when she was elected as the President of the International Union of Socialist Youth. This is the organisation Ardern was addressing when the managed to utter the infamous

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If Referendums Aren’t Binding What Is the Point?

If Referendums Aren’t Binding What Is the Point?

Call me cynical, but it seems to me that our political history has shown us that referendums are nothing more than a tool in a government’s toolbox. If the will of the people matches the intentions of the government then they can claim they are giving the public what

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Comrade Herr Hartwich and the Anti-NZ Initiative

Comrade Herr Hartwich and the Anti-NZ Initiative

Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com There’s not much of New Zealand in NZ Initiative. Its staff are mostly imported, and its Executive Director, Oliver Hartwich, is German; his English remains, in spite of my best efforts, unintelligibly, robotically Germanic in the manner of a John Cleese spoof. Ordinarily, as a

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Daily News Roundup – 16 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 16 November 2020

Housing Henry Cooke (Stuff): If it wants to fix housing, Labour needs to get out of its defensive crouch Bernard Hickey (Stuff): Millennials suffer as old generals fight the previous war Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What happens when the only way for housing seems to be up? Steven Joyce (Herald): It’

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Greens Call for Wealth Taxes

Greens Call for Wealth Taxes

Now that they are not an actual coalition partner in the new government, the Greens are using this opportunity to become unmuzzled. They have decided to go back to the idea of wealth taxes. Perhaps James Shaw is blowing his wealth tax horn because of his massive gaffe over the

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