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Show Me the Logic!
Press Release: New Conservative News came out this week that a shearer was given a 16-month prison sentence for killing a lamb because it frustrated him while shearing it. Christopher Tredinnick received the sentence in Cromwell this week, according to the New Zealand Herald. Meanwhile, only a few months
The Labour Party’s Cosmetic Surgery
“Labour now has more women MPs than men. The new intake is 16 women and six men, and there are no straight white males amongst them. Of the new faces only half are Pakeha.” Audrey Young – HZH 24 Oct. Audrey has highlighted the interesting development that the Labour Party now
A Snapshot of ACT’s Ten MPs
Act as of the present time has ten Members of Parliament. Having attended the Act Party election launch I had the privilege of hearing the top seven speak. They were all very impressive. I thought a bit of background on all of them might be helpful. David Seymour, the Leader,
Face of the Day
Source: https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/art/paintings/portrait/oil/listing Election Painting – Saint Jacinda Original oil-painting & charity auction Original oil-painting on linen, 300mm x 400mm (unframed). This is a portrait of current Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern by emerging and award-winning artist Victoria Miles.
Victorian Lockdown Blamed for Infant Deaths
It was way back in May when I described state responses to the Wuhan pandemic as “the Moloch Option”. The cult of lockdown and restriction that has gripped Western governments is effectively sacrificing the young to save a small minority of the very old and very, very unhealthy. I was
NY Times Shares Liberal Trauma & Horror
Clay Waters New York Times reporter at large Sarah Lyall has pivoted from mocking the Brexit movement and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to commiserating with U.S. Democrats in mortifying fashion, as they fear a replay of their 2016 Election Night nightmare: “For Democrats, Horror Never Ends – Replaying 2016
It’s Not a Lockdown It Is a “Firebreak”
Croeso I Cymru: 23rd October 2020 As from 6 pm tonight (23rd October), Wales goes into a 17-day “firebreak”. It is important to note that this is not a lockdown, but something totally different. How it differs no one has explained, just PR rephrasing at work to make it
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Jacinda Ardern Walks on Water (Again)
Having been highly critical of mainstream media and “fake news”, and often announcing “the polls are useless”, I was left doing some serious introspective navel-gazing after the election. Despite number-crunching previous election results and working through as much logic as possible, it turns out that I couldn’t
The Common Purpose behind the Political Bloodsport
Rowan Light maxim.org.nz It’s as reliable as the pub chats following a Bledisloe Cup match. After any general election: the deluge of post-election analysis and commentary, as pundits dissect the results, and (more dangerously), what they might mean. Much of this will no doubt focus on