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Australia, What Have We Become?
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles and politicasts. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Lushington D. Brady Australia, What Have We Become? Megalomania and Fear Are Tearing Us Apart. The images
Want to Do Something about Lockdown? Stop Getting Tested
Information Opinion By now it is clear that the government’s response to Covid is manifestly political. Although this government talks about “listening to experts” it does anything but. When you commit to listening to experts you need to honestly listen to all experts rather than cherry-picking those that
Gibberish from the PM
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Stuff’s Political writer Luke Malpass is one of our best. He’s always balanced, apolitical and intelligent. I treasure this extract from his article last week on the government’s abysmal covid vaccine record. However, it’s all very well laughing at this nonsensical
Pointing the Finger
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Resist! Small Acts of Non-compliance Every Day, Part 3
Rene Guest post by Rene, owner of a small business with delightful staff and an appreciation of the beautiful things in life. One of these beautiful things, The Fallen Madonna, hangs on the wall and is a symbol of the resistance. Rene is an organiser and continually manages to stay
National’s Position on 50:50 Power-Sharing with Maori Elites
Barbara McKenzie stovouno.org Barbara McKenzie has a PhD in in German Literature. At its 2021 Annual Conference in August, the NZ National Party voted to include as point two of its ‘Values’, ‘Recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi as the founding document of New Zealand’. The argument in favour
Why Siouxsie Wiles’s Hypocrisy Is Important
Siouxsie Wiles has enlisted the support of Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to cover for her appalling hypocrisy. And it is appalling hypocrisy. She’s been lecturing us all for 18 months about how we must all follow the rules. Hypocrites have the same problem that liars
Lockdown Extension the Final Straw for Many Battling Businesses
The Government’s decision to extend the Level 4 lockdown in Auckland and Level 2 restrictions elsewhere in the country without additional urgent support will be the end of many businesses, National’s Economic Development and Small Business spokesperson Todd McClay says. “The number of business casualties expected in the
If You Knew Siouxsie like I Know Siouxsie
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know. Having the ear of the Prime Minister, and her off-sider, Ashley, certainly makes it easier to get away with practically anything that a regular Joe, or Joess, ever could…right?
Free Press
Free Press ACT Party The Haps The virus appears to be outrunning the world’s toughest lockdown, which is no longer short, nor sharp, enough. If eradication cannot be achieved with four weeks of Alert Level 4, the Government is going to need an honest conversation about its strategy. Government
‘Short and Sharp’ Lockdown Will Be the Longest Ever
The Government had no choice but to extend the Auckland Level 4 Covid lockdown and ongoing restrictions elsewhere in the country because of its own ongoing failures, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop. “We must stamp out this current outbreak of Delta
Comment from Reddit: You Can’t Exercise Your Way Somewhere to Hang Out
I found this great comment on Reddit about the hypocrisy of Siouxsie Wiles after someone asked what all the fuss was about: It is because she was seen breaching the Alert Level 4 guidelines by travelling outside her house for something other than essential personal movement. You can exercise – but
The BFD Nightcap
Here’s the latest interview discussing the concept of democracy and the reality of a functioning Western democracy in our times. There are so many deep observations that explain much of what lies behind the mess western nations find themselves in – and the subtle shifts happening today.
