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We Know They’re Lying, They Know We Know They’re Lying

We Know They’re Lying, They Know We Know They’re Lying

Police have announced, well nothing. They can’t work out what sort of substance they say was thrown at Police on February 9 in Wellington. But we all know what that substance was, their own pepper spray, yet the Police double down on their lies by now blaming protestors for

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

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Craig Lord Campaign video 

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The Grand Theatre and Promotion of War

The Grand Theatre and Promotion of War

Hannah Cox fee.org Hannah Cox is the Content Manager and Brand Ambassador for the Foundation for Economic Education. “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth.” George Washington wrote that about war in a letter in 1785, and unfortunately, 200 plus years later,

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Moving on from Andrew Breitbart

Moving on from Andrew Breitbart

It’s been a decade since Andrew Breitbart shufffled off this mortal coil, but he left behind an enormous legacy on the right side of politics. As one of his former colleagues, David Cole, argues, while there is still much of Breitbart’s legacy that’s a positive, there’s

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YouTube Removes Trump Interview

YouTube Removes Trump Interview

Autumn Johnson newsbusters.org Autumn is a practicing attorney licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia. When not working, Autumn enjoys reading, writing, playing video games, and spending time with her cats. YouTube removed an interview with former President Donald Trump for election “misinformation.” Fortune magazine

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Vaccines Used to Be Trusted. What Went Wrong?
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Vaccines Used to Be Trusted. What Went Wrong?

Jayanta Bhattacharya Martin Kulldorff brownstone.org Jay Bhattacharya, Senior Scholar of Brownstone Institute, is a Professor of Medicine at Stanford University. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economics Research, a senior fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and at the Stanford Freeman Spogli

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The Hidden Cost of “Public Interest Journalism”

Darryl Betts darryllrbetts.wordpress.com Darryl is a businessman and a post-graduate student in Philosophy at the University of Auckland, with particular interests in the philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, epistemology, logic, and AI. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a BA in Philosophy, Logic and

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Simon Bridges Bows Out of Politics

Simon Bridges Bows Out of Politics

Simon Bridges is announcing he is retiring from politics and will leave Parliament in the coming weeks. Mr Bridges is currently the MP for Tauranga and National’s Finance spokesperson. “It’s been a privilege to be MP for Tauranga since 2008, a senior Minister and Leader of the Opposition.

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From the Desk of a Male Pale and Stale

Justin Trudeau senses a slippage in democracy towards authoritarianism. “…Countries turning towards slightly more authoritarian leaders – countries allowing increasing misinformation and disinformation to be shared on social media turning people against the values and the principles of democracies that are so strong,” he said. skynews.com.au/world-news/global-

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COVID Testing Best Left to Private Enterprise

COVID Testing Best Left to Private Enterprise

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura As we get used to living with widespread Covid, microbiologiest Siouxsie Wiles is calling for a new way to track how much of the virus is in the community and what variants. She says in the UK they regularly test a representative sample of people,

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Oh, Dear, Someone Has a Short Memory

Oh, Dear, Someone Has a Short Memory

Matt King, political wannabe and ex National MP for Northland clearly has a short memory for things that happen up North. And as an ex Detective, his detection skills are somewhat lacking.  (Matt, there’s a thing called Internet search.) Matt has posted on Facebook: Nanaia Mahuta’s decision to

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A Brazen Plan For Maori

A Brazen Plan For Maori

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura I was shocked by the Ngai Tahu representative Liz Brown’s evidence to the Maori Affairs Select Committee hearing on the Canterbury Regional Council (Ngai Tahu Representation) Bill, last week. During her evidence, she stated that Ngai Tahu’s ultimate goal was co-governance (ECAN)

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Maintaining Control

Maintaining Control

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The Only Game in Town
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The Only Game in Town

A close friend of mine was most unwell last week.  “Ah ha,” she thought, “I’ve got Covid.” Several days of negative RATs later she was still sure she had Covid, and that the results were incorrect. She didn’t trust the RATs. She did everything she has been told

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