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John Tamny brownstone.org John Tamny is Senior Scholar of the Brownstone institute, editor of RealClearMarkets, and Vice President at FreedomWorks “COVID Has Killed One of Every 100 Older Americans.” The previous headline made the front page of the New York Times in mid-December of 2021. In the subhead
As the classic 80s ad catchphrase went, “It’s your money, Ralph!” Ah, the Victorian State Bank… if only they’d made investment decisions as well as they made ads… there might still be a Victorian State Bank. The collapse of the Victorian State Bank was just one of the
Brownstone Institute brownstone.org The Brownstone Institute for Social and Economic Research is a nonprofit organization conceived of in May 2021 in support of a society that minimizes the role of violence in public life. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has held another roundtable on Covid and the vaccination with a
When Joe Biden was propped up, à la Weekend at Bernie’s, and wheeled into the Oval Office, the media-political elite lit their cigars (or, in Hunter’s case, crack pipes) with hundred dollar bills supplied by Ukrainian energy companies, and heartily slapped each other on the backs. They’
A BFD Transcript Leighton: Rodney Hide, a parliamentarian for 15 years, some would say a successful one, others might argue. “He left his mark”, is probably the most important point, and he continues to do so, albeit that he is retired from politics. He has moved into a part of
So, exactly how many people have actually died of covid? Of covid, mind you. Not “with” covid. Not “covid-related”. Of covid, and nothing else? Um… look! Over there! A war in Eastern Europe! (Are they distracted, yet? Okay, let’s just slide out the new data and hope everyone’
ACT Party ACT is calling on the Government to move on from divisive vaccine mandates immediately and tell its departments to stop sacking workers. MSD has begun sacking up to 220 unvaccinated staff despite receiving advice to pause terminations. “This is the most divisive government in a generation. Sacking workers
Bryce Edwards Victoria University Of Wellington – Te Herenga Waka democracyproject.nz The Government’s Three Waters reform programme is still in crisis, despite the supposed fix coming in yesterday with the release of yet another report with recommendations for improvements. The Government seems determined to push through a deeply unpopular
A BFD Transcript Leighton Smith: Rodney Hide, ex-politician in parliament for 15 years, leader of the ACT party for a number of those. He falls into the group of people with whom I love to have conversation. Rebellion or protest, call it what you want, support or otherwise, it
Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio,tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under
There are many different forms of corruption: graft, bribery, lobbying, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, patronage, influence peddling, and embezzlement. Most of our politicians would not consider themselves to be corrupt, but they definitely fit many of the types of corruption, particularly patronage, influence peddling and lobbying. They do these things to
‘My business, nobody else’s’: Mayor to remain unvaxxed despite Novavax claims https://t.co/lJh6lhaqPN pic.twitter.com/fJzIJVXr19 — nzherald (@nzherald) March 9, 2022 Face of the Day If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable
As recently reported by The BFD, Facebook has temporarily lifted its ban on posting praise of the “Azov Battalion”. Just who are the Azov Battalion, and why were they blacklisted by Facebook, under its Dangerous Individuals and Organizations policy? Long story short: they’re a neo-Nazi militia founded by
