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Black Lives Matter describe themselves as “trained Marxists” — but, here’s the thing: even Marx’n’Engels argued that any ideology should be judged by its results, not its intentions (oh, the historical irony!). On that metric, then, BLM is not just an egregious failure, it’s an evil ideology
FARM farmemissions.co.nz Any scheme that proposes farmers pay taxes for their methane emissions is an unjust scheme because of the science of these methane emissions. The sad thing is that farmers did not need to fight the Government on the science because the Government and the Climate Commission
The idiom “foxes in the henhouse” goes back at least as far as the 1580s. It describes a set of circumstances in which someone who should not be trusted has been chosen to protect someone or oversee a situation. The choice involves someone directly unsuitable for the task, such as
We have come to the end of another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are two signed, hardback copies of Nudged into Lockdown? Behavioral Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 by BFD author Ananish Chaudhuri. Utilizing extensive research in economics, psychology, political science, neuroscience and evolutionary theory, Ananish Chaudhuri provides
Information Opinion You will have noticed that on many occasions I have dismissed socialists in New Zealand as ‘ignorant’. I do this with some justification as time and again they demonstrate they know nothing of history, are intellectually shallow, and follow ideology and dogma no matter how ludicrous. It’s
How embarrassing for the Police and also for Jacinda Ardern when, after defending the proposed gun register in Parliament on Tuesday, Police have admitted that they left firearms licence holder information in their former Auckland Headquarters and that this has subsequently been stolen. Firearms licensing information was among stolen property
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson How are we meant to trust Poto Williams with an entire firearms register when she’s already failing to look after licensed firearm owners’ information? When questioned in Parliament, the Minister revealed she has known since 26 May that criminals obtained the private details of
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com 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
Should we be surprised at anything that comes out of Democrat-run America, any more? Pizzas are a vegetable, women have penises… and bees are fish. Yes, you read that right: bees are now legally considered fish in California. Where else, but California? The head-scratching decision by the California
Less than three weeks after delivering the Budget, the Minister of Finance is refusing to commit to its spending limits for next year, National’s Finance spokesperson Nicola Willis says. During his appearance at the Finance and Expenditure Committee this morning, the Minister of Finance, Grant Robertson, refused to commit
Simon Court ACT Local Government spokesperson The Government needs to scrap its anti-democratic bill that would add unelected representatives to the Canterbury Regional Council based on their race. The Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill gives Ngai Tahu the ability to appoint two un-elected representatives to council.
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Mallard hunting season came to an end last weekend but there’s one more Mallard that still needs to go. Parliament is too important an institution to have someone leading it who New Zealanders don’t trust. A 1News poll last night shows New
Well, that was fast. Just two weeks in office and the wheels are already falling off the Albanese government. Suddenly, Albo is finding out government involves a lot harder work than just sniping at everything the other guy does, and when you keep telling people you have a plan to
Information Opinion US election night 2024. President-elect Ron DeSantis gives a rousing victory speech to his supporters from the steps of the Governor’s Mansion in Tallahassee promising that abolishing laws, regulations and other measures which have advanced tyranny over the years will be his top priority, along with
For a bloke that so few Australians actually voted for, Anthony Albanese sure has tickets on himself all of a sudden. Remember, twice as many Australians voted against as for Labor at the election. The party recorded its lowest primary vote in 100 years — nearly in its entire history. In
