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Do They Have Rocks in Their Head?

Do They Have Rocks in Their Head?

Media NZDSOS In its response to the high C-19 case numbers, the New Zealand government has doubled down on mask-wearing. Is this because it is aware that any other covid-19 measures it would consider, would be opposed by New Zealanders? Lockdowns hurt the economy and the Covid-

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NZ First Cleared of All Charges

NZ First Cleared of All Charges

New Zealand First Media From the moment these spurious allegations were first raised and then perpetuated by many in the media, day after day, and month after month, I maintained that there had been no wrongdoing.  Today the High Court confirmed that no crime had been committed and New Zealand

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Sri Lanka Crisis Reveals the Dangers of Green Utopianism

Chelsea Follett Malcolm Cochran fee.org Chelsea Follet works at the Cato Institute as a Researcher and Managing Editor of HumanProgress.org. Malcolm Cochran is a research associate at HumanProgress.org Last week, a group of Sri Lankan protestors took a refreshing dip in President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s pool. It

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There’s No Free BRI Lunch

There’s No Free BRI Lunch

As William S. Burroughs once said, beware of whores who say they don’t want money. The hell they don’t. What they mean is that they want more money; much more, these are the most expensive whores what can be got. Burroughs added, above all, avoid confirmed criminals. Xi

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Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss: How Their Prospects Compare

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss: How Their Prospects Compare

Victoria Honeyman University of Leeds Since completing her PhD at the University of Leeds in 2005, Victoria Honeyman has taught on a wide range of modules. Her primary specialism is British Politics, with a particular specialism in British foreign policy. Conservative MPs in the UK parliament have selected former chancellor

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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

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Why We Need a New Law to Protect Our First Responders

Why We Need a New Law to Protect Our First Responders

Darroch Ball Leader Sensible Sentencing Trust Information Opinion There are very few professions where, every day, one puts oneself directly in harm’s way for the sole purpose of serving and protecting others. There is a need for a law that protects a group of people who fall into that

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You Told Me to Do It!

You Told Me to Do It!

No one gets a free pass in the vaccination blame game. Ultimately vaccination is a personal choice, regardless of who advised, coerced or pressured you about it, one way or the other. This isn’t the first time a medically endorsed product went horribly wrong and it won’t be

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The Orwellian Road to Nowhere; 2+2=5

New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com “Are We Stupid? Or Are We Just Being Treated As If We’re Stupid?” Which Is It?” Asks Neil Oliver Maurice McGrath PhD The inimitable Neil Oliver, an incisive commentator so ably articulates the insanity we suspect, feel and experience daily.

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Plastic Free July for Zealots

Plastic Free July for Zealots

Those of you who were readers of Whaleoil may remember that four years ago I was writing a lot of articles about the removal of ‘single use’ plastic bags from supermarkets. They were not actually ‘removed’ from supermarkets, of course; they were just no longer given out for free. Supermarket

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You Can’t Polish a Turd

How tarnished is the gloss on Jacinda Ardern‘s premiership? Pretty tarnished is the answer, and the sheen has come off overseas now too. They say you can’t polish a turd, but you can whack some big teeth on it, dress it up in a sack and some Allbirds

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Dan Didn’t Do Nuthin! He Swears!

Dan Didn’t Do Nuthin! He Swears!

Any parent is familiar with the sort of surly apology-not-apology of which kids are masters. “Sor-reee!” Most of us grow out of that sort of blatant insincerity. Those who don’t, often become politicians. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has apologised for what he has described as “absolutely

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Hope for Mainstream British Politics, Yet

Hope for Mainstream British Politics, Yet

Is the British mainstream of politics edging back from the abyss of Wokeism? For years, under the thumb of extremists like Stonewall, BLM and Extinction Rebellion, virtually no mainstream British politician has dared do anything but take the knee and pretend that men in dresses are as female as any

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$179M Committed to Help Build Thousands of New Homes

Kainga Ora Critical infrastructure projects to enable seven large housing projects around the country will receive a share of almost $179m in funding to enable thousands more homes, Housing Minister Megan Woods announced today. Rotorua, Omokoroa, Kaikoura, Otaki, Napier, Gisborne and New Plymouth will all receive a portion of the

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