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Bagging LINOs Way Out West

Bagging LINOs Way Out West

Oh no! Another wet LINO has been shot down, and the establishment shills aren’t happy. A LINO is the Australian equivalent of the American RINO. New Zealanders might call them NINOs. They’re the dripping-wet, wannabe Greens who’ve infested supposedly conservative parties in the West, posing as “moderates”

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Tasmania Should Scrap Its Gay Conversion Bill

James Parker James Parker is a former gay activist and abuse survivor who supports people and their loved ones around sexuality, gender and identity. mercatornet.com Tasmania could follow Queensland, the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Victoria in banning conversion therapy – which includes therapeutic or spiritual interventions linked to sexuality

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The Freedom People Were Right Again

The Freedom People Were Right Again

It was Mahatma Ghandi who said that throughout history, there have always been tyrants, “and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall”. Which is true enough, but too often the falling is a long time coming, and without a due accounting. Think of

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The Health System That Failed Us

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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The Real New Zealand…

Forty years ago, almost to the day, we moved to Southland where we spent several pleasant years I remember very fondly. In those days the local newspaper The Southland Times, along with the two radio stations, took an editorial stance that reflected the general viewpoint of their audience. This was

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Are Non-Google AI Models Any Less Woke?

The Ponderer The Brave web browser has recently introduced an AI assistant called “Leo”, to help with various types of queries. Given the widely reported problems with AI tools from major internet companies like Google being programmed to give biased answers and push a particular political agenda (i.e. be

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NZ

How State Care Fails NZ’s Young People

Jennifer Montgomery Faculty of Health Research Associate Clive Aspin Associate Professor of Health Victoria University of Wellington Recent reports by the Chief Ombudsman, the Independent Children’s Monitor and the Auditor General have detailed the grim state of affairs for children and whanau in Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) care.

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Replay Radio: The Crunch
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Replay Radio: The Crunch

Here is the replay of The Crunch from this week. My guests this week were Ani O’Brien and Shane Jones, and of course, we have the Buddies… Enjoy! SHANE JONES: Ministers And The Media, The War On Wokeism And Gangs NZ First MP Shane Jones drops in for his

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Courts Slap Down Climate Policies – Again

Courts Slap Down Climate Policies – Again

cfact.org Last week, there were more victories for the rule of law over the rule of climate bureaucrats and activists when the judiciary reversed a lower court ruling on a federal coal moratorium and rejected a bogus class-action lawsuit on emissions. These were encouraging steps, but the larger threat

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Don’t Ask, They Won’t Tell You

Don’t Ask, They Won’t Tell You

Boy, there’s all sorts of stuff going on in Australia, right now. If only we were allowed to know about it. First, there were the charges against She Who Cannot Be Named of They Who Must Remain Secret, for kidnapping and torturing a man for Reasons We Cannot Discuss.

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UK Lock IS Poster Girl Out of the Country

Elizabeth Pearson Programme Lead MSc Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies, Royal Holloway University of London Shamima Begum is not coming home. The Islamic State (IS) poster girl lost her latest appeal against the British government’s 2019 decision to strip her of her citizenship on grounds of national security. The ruling

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Narrowing It Down

Narrowing It Down

Gordon Lightfoot whakatakitimes.nz Local thief and former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman has allegedly been asked by police to cooperate in a time saving exercise, as an attempt to clear up this whole mess she’s gotten herself into. ‘The Ponsonby Pincher’, who now has a fourth charge of shoplifting

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Lemme Guess: Whitey Made Them Do It?

Lemme Guess: Whitey Made Them Do It?

C. S. Lewis had a number of things to say about “humanitarian” theories of crime and punishment, as they stood in his day. His remarks stand the test of time admirably. After all, who couldn’t read the opening words of The Silver Chair, with its description of “modern” school,

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