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Julius Ruechel brownstone.org Julius Ruechel is an independent writer focused on providing perspective on topics essential to the healthy functioning of science and democracy. You can see more of his writing at JuliusRuechel.com The ongoing Truckers for Freedom convoy in Ottawa has triggered a shockwave that is reaching
Information Opinion In March 2021 the letter copied below was printed in the Howick and Pakuranga Times. Now let that sink in. The letter you read was penned almost a year ago! Long before the current protests taking place in Wellington! Also, consider that the letter was copied widely – including
Winston Peters NZ First Media “It’s long since time to remove these unnecessarily damaging mandates and give kiwis back their right to work,” says Winston Peters Leader of New Zealand First. “There needs to be an end to scaremongering and despotic enforcement, and a return of common sense and
Cindy The Fink We'll drink a drink, a drink To Cindy the fink, the fink, the fink The tyrant of the Kiwi race For she imposed the ridiculous mandates Most disastrous in every case. Mr Mallard had little man syndrome And it made him a bully boy So
Ted Johnston BSc BA LLB Co-leader New Conservative “This is a time to show true positive leadership. To not further divide the people, like she has already done by making many of them second class citizens with very restricted rights” says Ted Johnston New Conservative Co-leader. The protestors
Matt Judd Information Opinion We crossed a Rubicon a few years back. What year? I can’t really say. Maybe it happened gradually. Maybe it just happened all at once, while we were watching Australian Married At First Sight, or British Big Brother or something equally voyeuristic and empty. But
Trevor Mallard has single-handedly made a right duck of himself. People with his type of personality rarely get any given situation correct. They are unable to think in a measured way. Their first instinct is to go for the jugular to, metaphorically speaking, beat your opponent up. Although, if
Cindy de Villiers The words came with such equanimity that the overwhelmingly serious implications for all New Zealanders were not immediately apparent. However, on reflection of the day’s events, it is clear to me that when individuals are no longer permitted to engage with their whanau, New Zealand is
On February 7th, Stuff decided to run an article comparing the current COVID outbreak with the Spanish Flu of 1919. Here is the most interesting part: As the coronavirus pandemic creeps into its third year, and the death toll in the United States reaches 900,000, the 1918 influenza pandemic
Jack thecommoner.substack.com Tune in to the local news channel every night at six o’clock and one may well find themselves left with the impression that in New Zealand, despite the best efforts of those horribly backwards “far-right anti-vaxxers” who seem to care a little too
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche makes his remark about the abyss (in Beyond Good and Evil) just after cautioning the reader that
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HR Volunteer Reporter The BFD Sunday I went to the protest at Parliament. My reasons for going were numerous. None of these vaccine or mask mandates have sat well with me. I am vaccinated, mainly for business purposes, but to say I was unwilling to get the jabs is an
