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I Bet No One Saw This Coming

I Bet No One Saw This Coming

Yesterday morning (as I wrote this) David Seymour was on TV 3’s AM show, where he said there was going to be a three-party coalition; instead of ACT being only in coalition with National, and Winston only being in coalition with National, ACT and Winston would be in

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Let’s Hope So
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Let’s Hope So

The woke wombles at Stuff are all enraged that the incoming Government may axe all the Maori names and use of Maori in communications. Chance’d be a fine thing, given how woke Christopher Luxon is. But if there are changes they are likely being driven by David Seymour and

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We Know What It Means

It’s my own fault. Watch one cat video and they’re in your feed for life. I don’t mind too much; everyone loves a bit of fun at a cat’s expense. One that popped up last night is a little piece of evil genius, a tech take

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When Govts Met Their Match

Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social

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Dressing Control Up as Freedom?

David Thunder David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer of political philosophy at the University of Navarra in Pamplona, Spain. mercatornet.com Last Wednesday, Thierry Breton, EU’s Internal Market Commissioner, proudly announced on Twitter/X that he had struck a deal with MEPs to create a European “digital identity

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Will This End the Internet Age?

Mark Angelides libertynation.com The Federal Communications Commission has adopted new rules […] that ban internet providers from discrimination in service coverage based on income level, race, and other protected classes. However, the November 15 decision is merely the opening salvo in a three-pronged attack on digital freedoms pushed by

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ACT Wants to Clarify, Not Rewrite

ACT Wants to Clarify, Not Rewrite

one headline says, “New era of Treaty politics looms”. Luxon vehemently opposed to referendum: it would be too divisive, goes the writer’s fearful narrative. This hot-potato issue has apparently been holding up negotiations for the new government. It is this and other emotive social issues, that NZ First

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Good Things Take Time

Philip Crump Founding editor of Newstalk ZB Plus and former lawyer, Philip Crump explores political, legal and cultural issues facing New Zealand. Sometimes known as Thomas Cranmer. cranmer.substack.com As the coalition talks continue largely away from public gaze, newsrooms have become frustrated at the endless number of ‘slow-

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Kirsch Takes Aim at NZ MoH
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Kirsch Takes Aim at NZ MoH

dailytelegraph.co.nz Reacting to claims by New Zealand’s Ministry of Health that only four deaths have been linked to the Covid gene therapy, Kirsch challenged them to release to the public what he called the ‘death-vax’ record data. A rise in excess death rates around the world

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Petulant Media Cop a Truth Bomb

Petulant Media Cop a Truth Bomb

Media petulance is growing as they demand to be told what is going on. But, to their credit, Christopher Luxon, Winston Peters and David Seymour are mostly staying mum on details…except for a few truth bombs: Peters was asked about the cost of hiring hotel rooms for negotiations since

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Tweet of the Day

Tweet of the Day

A Twitter/X user has been researching international charities and entities and their responses to Hamas’ attack on Israel and calling for the release of hostages. He says more will be added to the list. Some notable silences include UNICEF, WHO’s Tedros Ghebreyesus, ICRC (Red Cross), Amnesty International, Save

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Hamas – This is What They Were Thinking

Hamas – This is What They Were Thinking

Recently I posed the question Hamas : What were they thinking? We now know the answer. Evidence gleaned since Oct 7 shows Hamas militants prepared for a ‘second phase’ of assaults amid hopes of inspiring violence in the West Bank and beyond. […] In Beeri, a kibbutz town overrun by Hamas on

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Get Rid of Big Government

Get Rid of Big Government

familyfirst.org.nz Big Government is Back, according to a recent article in the Financial Times. The FT says “most Western countries are spending heavily on welfare and the ‘green transition’, and with debt levels already sky high, then taxes are certain to rise significantly.” This is bad news for

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Why Are Women’s Groups Backing Hamas?

Why Are Women’s Groups Backing Hamas?

Dr Yvette Alt Miller Dr Alt Miller lives with her family in Chicago, and has lectured internationally on Jewish topics. Her latest book Portraits of Valor: Heroic Jewish Women You Should Know describes the lives of 40 remarkable women who inhabited different eras and lands, giving a sense of the

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An Open Letter to Our MPs

An Open Letter to Our MPs

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 PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager

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