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The Buck Stops with Them

The Buck Stops with Them

Bryce Edwards Victoria University of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. It’s ordinary people who are suffering the most from the current cost of living crisis. In other

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The Committee of Public Fear Unmasked

The Committee of Public Fear Unmasked

Warning Satire “Order!” shouted Hellish Quark in stentorian tones. The rabble seated around the meeting table continued shouting at each other and ignored the command, thus forcing Hellish to produce a gavel the size of a young sledge-hammer and whack a metal gavel plate with it, producing a noise

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The Leadership Contest Reaches the Endgame

July 20th, 2022. Well, the last vote took place by the MPs and it will result in long-term resentment and festering antagonism that will take a long time to heal. Today’s results 20 JLY   19 JLY Rishi Sunak                    E                    137         118 Liz Truss                        F                     113           86 ELIMINATED Penny

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A New Mental Health Facility

A New Mental Health Facility

You may remember that, shortly after the current Government came into office, they allocated $1.9 billion to additional mental health services. It has to be said, at the time, that seemed like a hell of a lot of money, but now it seems paltry, such has been the chronic

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It Is a Media Magic Trick

It Is a Media Magic Trick

Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard 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. Information Opinion On July 14th Stuff

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The True Cost of Not Solving Homelessness

When this Government was elected one of their main promises was to address and rectify the housing market, including solving the claimed homelessness crisis. What no one knew back then was what that actually entailed. But now we do. The Government has hosed the thick end of a billion dollars

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What caused the Crisis in Sri Lanka?

What caused the Crisis in Sri Lanka?

Neil DeVotta Wake Forest University Neil DeVotta is a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. His research interests include South Asian security and politics, ethnicity and nationalism, ethnic conflict resolution, and democratic transition and consolidation. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa formally resigned on July 15, 2022,

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Hotel Paranoia
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Hotel Paranoia

A parody rewrite of the Eagles’ 1977 hit song, Hotel California, relevant to the current times, the times of pervasive paranoia and pandemics of fear. On the great reset highway, fools’ words in my ear Warm smell of infection, rising up through the fear Up ahead in the future, I

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Young Americans Are Too Soft to Serve

Young Americans Are Too Soft to Serve

When Russian and Chinese leadership look at the American government, do they see a formidable, confident threat to their global ambitions? When they see a demented old grifter, a slurring alcoholic grandma, and, further down the chain, an ugly old man in women’s clothing and an ugly young man

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Dear Leader Makes Glorious New Future
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Dear Leader Makes Glorious New Future

If someone had said to you forty, even ten years ago, that we would soon be living in a world where your face is stored on a central government computer and cameras and microphones built into your devices would be spying on everything you did and said, you’d have

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

But didn’t they say that the vaccines are safe and effective? If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading

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The Leadership Show Draws to a Close

July 19th, 2022. Due to an unexpected business trip to London, I missed the last round of voting, but here are the results of today’s vote. The trip to London was awful, 40c+ and resultingly horrible, the UK just can’t cope with odd weather. Yesterday’s round is

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Rich Bloke Tells Us Plebs to Save the Planet

Rich Bloke Tells Us Plebs to Save the Planet

Long before The Babylon Bee, or even The Onion, there was Viz. Viz started in the 80s, a “dead-tree” British comic that satirized old-school UK kids’ comics like The Beano. As well as comic strips, it also featured satirical news items that were often right up there with

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Jacinda Weather Vane

Jacinda Weather Vane

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Vaccine Effectiveness

Vaccine Effectiveness

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Can Jacinda’s Hands Get Any Grubbier?

If the Ardern government’s flirtatious two-step with the Chinese Communist Party hasn’t got its hands dirty enough, there’s no shortage of brutal, authoritarian regimes they can roll in the mud with for a few sweet bucks. Like Saudi Arabia. They’ve got lots of money! Joe

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