Everything about politics
It’s easy to be over-sensitive in sniffing out alleged anti-Semitism. For instance, I’ve been accused of “peddling anti-Semitic tropes”, when I wrote a post quoting a Jewish conservative writer who likened leftist American Jews’ funding of radical (and often very anti-Semitic) black groups to
Timing is everything in comedy — and in politics, too. There’s never a good time for a government to belt its most productive sector with what I call “puffy pants taxes”*. But there are definitely worse times to do so. Such as when said sector is on the brink of
CJ Hopkins cjhopkins.substack.com Novelist, playwright, political satirist Well, it has been quite a year, 2022. I’m officially dubbing it “The Year of the Gaslighter.” I was going to dub it “The Year of the Mother of All Mindfucking Global-Capitalist Gaslighters,” but that seemed like a mouthful,
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker, Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute, is an economist and author. He has written 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He writes a daily column on economics at The Epoch Times,
Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz At a Press conference at the Beehive this morning Prime Minister Ardern released the new cabinet and ministerial line-up for next year. “As we expect that this will be the last Labour Government for at least the next 30 years, or perhaps ever, we’
Klouse (the K is silent) Swab sat at his gold-plated computer monitor, viewing the morning’s emails. As Dictator of the WEF (Wicked Eugenicist Fascists), and aspiring ruler of the world, the Doctor Evil look-alike lacked only a large white cat on his lap to complete the image.
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
Chris Wood Conserve New Zealand blog.gracefool.com Only 28% of Kiwis think the country is headed in the right direction – a record low. Only 18% think economic conditions will be better in a year. There are many reasons why; such as the rapidly increasing cost of living and major
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Vulnerable New Zealand children need a strong, unconstrained voice that can fight for them. That is the role of Oranga Tamariki, and sadly, they are failing our children. The death of Malachi Subecz is heart wrenching and tragic. He
OpenAI has trained a model called ChatGPT to interact in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction
You have to really wonder just what Waikato Police Area Commander, Superintendent Bruce Bird was thinking when he admitted that youth crime is “out of control”. Police were allegedly fired at from a passing vehicle in the wake of youth arrests linked to a string of overnight ramraids and burglaries
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The capital’s current mayor (the city has justifiably dumped them at the first opportunity ever since Dame Kerry Prendergast pulled stumps) excitedly announced the introduction of e-bikes. This is fine for the suburbs but a terrible idea for the CBD. Here’s why.
Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s next career move has been revealed – and he’s making a jump to academia. The University of Auckland says the former Director-General of Health has been appointed a professor at its School of Population Health. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you
Michael Senger brownstone.org Michael P Senger is an attorney and author of Snake Oil: How Xi Jinping Shut Down the World. He has been researching the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on the world’s response to Covid-19 since March 2020 and previously authored China’s Global
William Hartung ronpaulinstitute.org William Hartung is a defence analyst and covers the economics of Pentagon spending. If Congress has its way, funding for the Department of Defense and related work on nuclear weapons at the Department of Energy will reach more than $850 billion in Fiscal Year 2023, far
