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Outsiders may have been excused for wondering just what was going on in Tasmania when our state passed its “transgender reforms” last year. The simple fact is that Tasmanians never voted on the laws and were given almost no say in them. Many were justifiably outraged that such laws were
UPDATE (Nov. 9, 2020) This map is updated as legal challenges and recounts are resolved or new ones are announced. For states where lawsuits, recounts, or other challenges are pending, the state is not designated to a specific candidate but rather marked gray. The Status of Michigan and Nevada were
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20 A commenter wrote of my previous article on the influence of Marxism – cultural, academic and otherwise – on New Zealand
Simon Black Sovereign Valley Farm, Chile sovereignman.com On September 18 of the year 96 AD, a fairly obscure and elderly politician named Marcus Cocceius Nerva was proclaimed Emperor of Rome by the Senate. Rome was in chaos at the time; the empire had suffered from years of turmoil, economic
The fallout from the announcement of the lockdown continues. Today, the Chief Scientific Advisor, Sir Patrick Vallance and the Chief Medical Officer, Professor Chris Whitty appeared before the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee. Labour MP Graham Stringer asked Sir Patrick if he believed he had frightened people with
Incumbent US President Donald Trump is undoubtedly on the political ropes, battling to survive to a second term. But, despite left-media triumphalism, Trump is down but far from out. Like Democrat Al Gore in 2000, Trump is obviously planning to fight for weeks, if not months, to beat what
Owen Cleverton As a younger man, and even now, I had an interest in the works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. His monumental three-part book, “The Gulag Archipelago”, somehow seemed to encapsulate the human condition in all it’s evil and all its virtue. I’ve read it more than once.
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I’ve always loved American politics, even if purely for the entertainment factor. On November 3rd, President Trump won the legal vote by a huge margin, the Republicans picked up half a dozen House seats, held on to the Senate, picked up a state legislature and governorship, and saw greater
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
In the modern age, we have instant information at our fingertips. No need to rely on the biased mainstream media for information, one can go straight to the source. The eyes of the world are on Pennsylvania at present so the factual results, rather than the media calls on the
The chortling from the left field of politics has extended from Wellington’s beltway now to the deep state of Washington DC with the apparent election of 77-year-old Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States. At this stage, I have to say “apparent” to guard against
Despite the left-media’s obsession that it is the only issue that matters, a succession of Australian governments have crashed on the rocks of climate policy. Successive surveys show that voters consistently rank climate as a fifth or tenth-order policy, well behind the bread-and-butter issues of
National Party Jo Moir (RNZ): Judith Collins set to announce National Party shadow cabinet Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Does National’s new deputy Shane Reti have his eyes on the bigger prize? Luke Malpass (Stuff): Dr Shane Reti’s promotion to deputy good first move from National Claire Trevett (Herald)
