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Dr Duncan du Bois The significance of the baleful and gleeful reactions of many in response to Trump being arrested and booked in Fulton County, Georgia reflects the degree to which the mainstream media have effected thought control in America and elsewhere – including some who read this website. Repetition of
Nazare Surf Pixie At midnight on Friday 25 August the right to protest peacefully was removed from New Zealanders who oppose abortion. An amendment to the Contraception, Abortion and Sterilisation Act allows for pro-life supporters to be arrested and fined if they are visible inside newly created “safe areas”
Even after almost $2 billion of extra spending, Labour has managed to deliver fewer psychiatrists in six years, National’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “According to data from March this year, there are 94 full time equivalent psychiatrist vacancies – a staggering increase of 130 per
Nicholas Khoo University of Otago theconversation.com As the general election nears, the campaign focus so far has been almost exclusively on domestic issues. And yet, over the past two months, no fewer than five government documents have been released outlining the significant defence and security challenges the country now
Everyone, including Blind Freddy, knows that our economy is in the dunny. The only ones who think everything is grand are Grant Robertson and the other useless idiots in the governing parties. Even the IMF knows that we are in dire shape: New Zealand is at risk of falling into
Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard was put on the spot while giving a talk at Government House in Adelaide, South Australia when asked to give the definition of a woman. “What is a woman?” audience member and women’s rights activist Biddy O’Loughlin asked the former Labor Party leader
Rich Noyes Rich Noyes was Research Director at the Media Research Center from 2003 to 2021. Previously, he directed the MRC’s Free Market Project (1999 to 2003) and served as Director of Media Analysis for the MRC (2001 to 2003). From 1987 to 1999, he was Political Studies Director
You know you live in an authoritarian regime when you’re not only forbidden from uttering a word of criticism about designated groups, but ordered to celebrate them. If a regime decks public spaces with its banners and flags, and punishes any who desist, that’s authoritarianism. If even the
Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young adult pastor.
Peter Imanuelsen petersweden.substack.com First a word of warning. This story you are about to read is WORSE than you think. I did not believe this could happen in a democracy. This should not ever happen in a democracy. But then again, I am beginning to ask myself if
It’s time for New Conservative Leader Helen Houghton to bring a personal, historical battle to light. Due to family breakdown, Helen started drinking alcohol at age 14 and by 16, was in the spiralling habit of late bar sessions and consumption of spirits. Now, living free from addictions is
The Ponderer When thinking about who to vote for, we usually focus on policies – and policy is obviously very important. However, there is another very important consideration we can often overlook, one that is becoming particularly serious right now. International geopolitics are currently very tense. Tensions are rising between the
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com A reporter in the field took one for the team and listened bravely to Sean Plunket. She reports at this link. Dr Michael Baker was interviewed on Tuesday after the government announced the dropping of all covid restrictions. I commented on
In case anyone is in any doubt, the PC stands for Police Constables and not Politically Correct. Thanks to this Labour Government there are probably too many of the latter already. I’m not suggesting police want to be PC but I am somewhat suspicious of the guidelines under which
Remember 28 days ago when Winston Peters claimed that there was a $20 billion hole in Government accounts and that public sector bosses were being called in for serious and secret talks about how to save money in their departments? Former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has alleged there is
Mathew Otieno Mathew Otieno is a Kenyan writer, blogger and dilettante farmer. Until 2022, he was a research communications coordinator at a university in Nairobi, Kenya. He now lives in rural western Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, from where he’s pursuing a career as a full-time
