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I have news for the news media. They are flogging a dead horse. Their favourite nag, the Labour Party, has broken down. It’ll be lucky to get near the starting gates, never mind start. The hurdle to jump, the election, is a jump too high. All bets are on
Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The increasingly desperate Labour leader is making a bloody fool of himself, announcing fresh unresearched policies on the hoof almost daily. Did he learn nothing from the fruit and vegetable GST fiasco, heavily condemned by every economist and his own colleagues (when it was mooted earlier
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Winston Peters just won himself at least a couple more percentage points in the election race after his speech in
Have you ever heard of doom scrolling or doom surfing? Wikipedia describes it as “the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of negative news online. In 2019, a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that doomscrolling can be linked to a decline in
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Dave Birnbaum Dave Birnbaum is the product director at Coinbits, where he leads a team that is making Bitcoin user-friendly for the next generation of Bitcoiners. fee.org Have you heard of “innovation economics?” This relatively new school of thought represents a shift away from traditional economic theories, and
As I wrote recently, Australia’s Nationals, unlike New Zealand’s National, are finally recovering some testicularity in the face of the Climate Cult. The Nationals, the old Country Party, are facing a grass-roots backlash from their constituents, over “Net Zero” policies in general, and “renewables” in particular. Because,
Winston Peters has truly thrown the cat among the pigeons by challenging the foundational myth of “Aotearoa-New Zealand”: magic Maoridom and “indigeneity”. New Zealand First leader Winston Peters told supporters at a public meeting in Nelson on Sunday that Maori are “not indigenous”. “Here’s the rub if you
Thomas Klassen York University, Canada theconversation.com The trial has begun for two major leaders of the Freedom Convoy that occupied parts of Canada’s capital in early 2022. Two organizers, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, are charged with mischief, obstructing police, counselling others to commit mischief and intimidation. At
Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com Christopher Luxon was in Queenstown on Thursday (September 7) and made a few announcements about tourism, as you would expect
I was considering voting for ACT at the election. Maybe I still will, but I have to admit, David Seymour’s recent antics have made me think twice. The election is now only a few weeks away. If voting mirrors the current polling in any way, we should have a
On Sunday Winston Peters said the unthinkable in New Zealand politics, daring to say that Maori are not indigenous. Maoris’ own oral history tells us they are not indigenous and in fact that they are fellow immigrants and may be the first colonisers. Christopher Luxon, who thinks he’s the
Following on from my recent letter the escapee from Wandsworth prison has been recaptured. He was charged off a bicycle near the canal in Northolt, west London by a plain clothes police officer, from the anti-terrorism unit. In the aftermath of the recapture two prison officers have been suspended
Kit Klarenberg ronpaulinstitute.org Years before emerging as Kiev’s top private weapons trafficker, ex-legislator Serhiy Pashinsky played a key role in the 2014 US-backed coup which toppled Ukraine’s democratically-elected president and set the stage for a devastating civil war. Though the notoriously corrupt former Ukrainian
Daniel Lacalle Daniel Lacalle, PhD, economist and fund manager, is the author of the bestselling books Freedom or Equality (2020), Escape from the Central Bank Trap (2017), The Energy World Is Flat? (2015), and Life in the Financial Markets (2014). mises.org The summit of the so-called BRICS (Brazil,
