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On Incompetence, Kelvin Davis, Hansard & Transcripts

On Incompetence, Kelvin Davis, Hansard & Transcripts

Every now and again I will tune into Parliament TV when there is nothing else on worth viewing. Invariably I last about ten seconds before I get bored and tune right out again. But last week I stumbled upon a wee gem involving none other than Diversity Placement No.1,

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Good Kiwi Blokes
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Good Kiwi Blokes

Christchurch is blessed with a couple of good kiwi blokes, city councillors Phil Mauger and James Daniels. Local residents have been frustrated by flooding on Pages Road since the earthquake. Every time it rains, the footpath ends up underwater. The council has had enough time and money to build itself

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Take Politics Out of COVID & What’s Left?

Take Politics Out of COVID & What’s Left?

According to a Swedish doctor Sebastian Rushworth, COVID kills fewer people than seasonal flu. He says COVID has disappeared from the emergency room of the large hospital in Stockholm after four months burning through the Swedish population. Sweden took a non-aggressive approach to the pandemic. “Non-essential businesses have

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Opinion: Out of the Mouths of Babes

Opinion: Out of the Mouths of Babes

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Our Prime Minister entered parliament vowing to make New Zealand, “…the best place in the world to raise children.” Even before COVID she had over two years to advance this goal. She said she devised a plan to reduce child poverty on a flatmate’s

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The Modus Operandi of Bullies

The Modus Operandi of Bullies

This Government, after three years in office and virtually nothing to show for it, have, as a result, decided to fight this election on a platform of fear. This is cowardice in its worst form. This is the modus operandi of bullies. The only ammunition they have in their arsenal

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clown fish on coral reef

How to Sterilise the Barrier Reef

Viv Forbes saltbushclub.com Viv Forbes is a geologist, financial analyst and weather watcher with long experience in Australian rural and mining industries. Pure and Sterile Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef is once again the excuse for extending Green control of all land and waters. Their current scare concerns the

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Voting Fraud Is Real

Voting Fraud Is Real

Philip Giraldo strategic-culture.org The United States national election is now only three months away and it should be expected that the out-and-out lies emanating from both parties will increase geometrically as the polling date nears. One of the more interesting claims regarding the election itself is

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The Implosion of the Virus Hysteria Smells a Lot Like 1989

The Implosion of the Virus Hysteria Smells a Lot Like 1989

Bretigne Shaffer mises.org First published 17 April 2020 The weeks-long coronavirus lockdown is being exposed as, at best, a wild overreaction. Americans are starting to protest the destruction of their economy, the loss of their jobs, and the attacks on their basic constitutional rights. The walls of oppression

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Election 2020 Positive vs Negative

Election 2020 Positive vs Negative

Leading into the election the lyrics to this song are sounding more pertinent than ever. You’ve got to accentuate the positive Eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmative Don’t mess with Mister In-Between Listening to the leaders of both major parties it is becoming increasingly obvious

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Election 2020: Snake Oil

Election 2020: Snake Oil

Corruption manifests itself in many ways. The most common, of course, is the dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power. There is material corruption and emotional corruption. Emotional corruption was demonstrated through the melodramatic methods of snake oil salesmen of old. Without their cure-all potion, you were doomed.

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