The Pandemic Planners Come for Hoof and Hen… and Us Again
The vaccine is the intellectual property of those who created the bioweapon, and it is worth a fortune once the weapon has been unleashed. It is as simple as that.
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It’s the Holiday Season, No One Cares
Labour sticking their nose into people’s business since forever.
The Freedom Fog
Maybe it is time to lower the walls of our ideological purity, drop the intellectual piety and pick our battles more carefully.
Tesla’s Ability to Track the Cybertruck Bomber
This points to an Orwellian future for motorists.
NZ Politics Daily: 6 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TARIANA TURIA Audrey Young (Herald): How Dame Tariana Turia influenced NZ politics (paywalled) Virginia Fallon (Post): ‘She could scare you’: Remembering Dame Tariana Turia (paywalled) RNZ: Obit: Dame Tariana Turia has died 1News: 'Significant legacy': Tributes paid to Dame Tariana Turia Peter
New Laws in Ireland Came Into Force on December 31st
The legislation faced opposition from Sinn Féin and others. It was ultimately passed with 78 votes in favour and 52 against.
NZ Politics Daily: 3 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): NZ report card 2024: How the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings Post: The Post's political predictions for 2025 (paywalled) Spinoff: Ten wild political predictions for 2025 Brent Edwards
Pfizer and the Other Sociopaths
In response to doubts about the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer injections, Reuters has presented ‘rebuttals’ in a series of ‘fact checks’. There’s just one problem – Reuters chairman is a major Pfizer investor and board member.
A Mere Blip in History?
The Covid-19 spectacle. Going into 2025, we must not forget: we must think about it and demand answers and accountability.
Pregnant Woman Billboard Deemed ‘Too Controversial’
How has Canada has gotten to a state where the beauty and excitement of pregnancy is deemed controversial?
NZ Politics Daily: 31 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Dave Armstrong (Post): The sweet, the exotic, the fragrant and the bruised: the 2024 Basil Awards (paywalled) Harriette Boucher (Post): A brief history of 2024’s political brouhaha (paywalled) David Farrar: Kiwiblog’s 2025 predictions Post political
Nothing Worth Doing Is Easy
It’s expecting other people to fix things that got us here. Grow your own food, treat your own health and raise your own children.
NZ Politics Daily: 30 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. 2024 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters on NZ First: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ Kelly Dennett (Post): Nicola Willis: Relentless optimist, trying not to be perfect all the time (paywalled) Herald Editorial:
NZ Politics Daily: 27 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Laura Walters (Newsroom): Seymour takes aim at politics, the media, and economic recovery Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Shane Jones wants coal in his stocking Brent Edwards (NBR): Chlöe Swarbrick’s nerdy interest in democracy (paywalled) RNZ: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
National Decline In 2024
New Zealanders lack confidence in Christopher Luxon to lead us through these challenges. His own caucus sounds increasingly sceptical. New Zealand politics could look very different by the end of next year.
