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Protesters Claim Italian Authorities Tampered with ‘Live Webcam’ to Show Empty Square Instead of Huge Anti-vaccine-Passport Rally

rt.com Protesters in Italy have claimed that the authorities rigged a supposedly live webcam to show an empty square in Trieste’s city center while it was packed with demonstrators against the vaccine passport mandate. On Monday evening, crowds gathered in the Piazza Unita d’Italia in Trieste to

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Leftist Karens and Their Selective Memories

Leftist Karens and Their Selective Memories

Have you ever noticed just how utterly bourgie the left are? Despite their claiming to champion the proles, it’s glaringly obvious that the ranks of the left are solidly middle-class. From the posh private-school-blazers at School Climate Strikes to the XR protesters shouting in decidedly posh

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We Got the Jab — Now Let Us Go

We Got the Jab — Now Let Us Go

As BFD writer Christie recently asked, I’m double vaccinated, along with approximately 70% of other kiwis. Why are we still in lockdown? Tasmanians and Victorians might well be asking themselves the same question. Scott Morrison has confirmed that both Victoria and Tasmania hit a 70 per cent double vaccination

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Collins’ Comments

Collins’ Comments

Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Shock and sadness after death of British MP I am sure we were all shocked and saddened to hear of the death of British Conservative MP Sir David Amess last week. It is a sobering reminder that we live in times where there

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China’s Hypersonic Missile Test Is Another Obvious Warning Sign…

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more

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The Strange Cult of RBG

The Strange Cult of RBG

For a mob who disdain religion – well, Christianity, anyway – “progressives” can be as cult-like as any bunch of nutbars singing the praises of Jesus, Allah, Elvis, or Mr Spock. One of the weirder outbursts of progressive fanaticism over the last few years was the Cult of RGB. Beaks, even

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Labour Cancels Christmas with Incoherent Plan

Labour Cancels Christmas with Incoherent Plan

The announcement today of a hurdle of 90 per cent vaccination for each and every DHB in New Zealand condemns every Kiwi to months of more lockdowns and uncertainty, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. Millions of New Zealanders have done the smart thing and gone out and got

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New Poll Reveals Opposition To Shaw’s Glasgow Trip

New Poll Reveals Opposition To Shaw’s Glasgow Trip

Nztu Media taxpayers.org.nz The Minister, accompanied by 14 staff, will fly to Glasgow where daily COVID-19 cases currently exceed 400. On his return, Shaw and nine of his staff will occupy 10 MIQ spots. The Taxpayers’ Union Curia Poll asked whether New Zealanders believed the Minister and

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Increase to Resurgence Support Payment Welcome, but Why the Delay?

Increase to Resurgence Support Payment Welcome, but Why the Delay?

The business support package announced today by the Minister of Finance comes too late for many businesses, says National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly. We have seen no immediate action to give cash to struggling businesses now. The increase the Resurgence Support Payment is welcome, but will come too late

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Govern Me Harder Aunty Cindy

Govern Me Harder Aunty Cindy

E L Bloomfield I can’t wear a mask – well, I can, but after about five minutes of breathing in my own filth, my atrophied, pneumonia prone lungs become angry. I end up ripping the damn thing off, gasping for air in front of perplexed people and trying to hide

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Like Freedom Day, but Held to Ransom

Like Freedom Day, but Held to Ransom

David Seymour ACT Leader The Government has given an impossibly complicated version of the Freedom Day that ACT, and later National, have advocated. We hoped that the Government would admit its errors and give a clear way forward based on building resilience against endemic COVID. That has been half delivered

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Red Queen to Bishop

Red Queen to Bishop

“Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?” These words were said in anger by Henry II at his castle in Normandy in 1170 about his friend Thomas Beckett, who had been Chancellor but was now Archbishop of Canterbury. Four knights crossed the channel and dispatched the ‘turbulent priest’

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Sheep, Wolves and a Swiss Shepherd

Gregory Sharp Taxpayers’ Union take note: there is only one system of government in the world that allows citizens to rein in runaway government expenditure. It is not representative democracy. On September 27, 2020, the voters of Switzerland were given a binding choice to approve or reject Armasuisse’s latest

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