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They’re Softening Us Up for a Lockdown Again

They’re Softening Us Up for a Lockdown Again

The government has moved from hushed whispers to out loud warnings that we will all be locked down again if there is just a single case of the much-hyped Delta variant in New Zealand: New Zealand will move into a “short, sharp” alert level 4 lockdown if the highly

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If You Want to Jail Your Critics, You’re Not a Scientist

If You Want to Jail Your Critics, You’re Not a Scientist

A famous quote attributed to Winston Churchill says that, “The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists”. Despite the almost certainty that Churchill never said it, it remains a useful quote. Too often, those decrying some evil are themselves equally guilty of it. As Churchill did say, “Nazism

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Vaccinate, Vaccinate, Vaccinate

There is one clear message from the release of the Skegg report – it is imperative we vaccinate as many as people as possible, as quickly as possible, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “New Zealand is the slowest in the OECD in rolling-out the COVID-19 vaccine, and

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COVID Treatment Discovered Right Here in Australia — Why Aren’t We Using It?

COVID Treatment Discovered Right Here in Australia — Why Aren’t We Using It?

In today’s Australian, Adam Creighton argues that Covid Derangement Syndrome, or “Covid Dumb”, creates “a shocking decline in critical faculties among intelligent people when Covid-19 is being discussed”. CDS is endemic among the political and “intellectual” elites. “Its sufferers,” says Creighton astutely, “assert and do things that are

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Government Blocks Bloomfield Recall, Again

Government Blocks Bloomfield Recall, Again

The Government continues to block transparency around its response to Covid-19, National’s Covid-19 spokesperson Chris Bishop says. Government members voted against a motion to recall Dr Ashley Bloomfield to Health Select Committee so he could explain his incorrect statements over the Covid-19 infected UN worker who

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COVID Death and Cover-Up in New York’s Nursing Homes

New York governor Andrew Cuomo is being set up to fall by his own party. But, as I recently wrote, Cuomo is being hung out to dry for the wrong reasons. The Democrat machine is subjecting Cuomo to a show-trial on allegations of the sort of sexual shenanigans that

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Health Research Council Waste Millions on Woke Nonsense
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Health Research Council Waste Millions on Woke Nonsense

Taxpayers’ Union The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is challenging the value of the latest round of research grants funded by the Health Research Council. Comparing to last year’s grants, we’ve noticed a big shift towards ‘wellbeing’-centred research that is often, frankly, woke nonsense. Research in the hard

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Is That It?

Is That It?

David Seymour ACT Leader The Skegg reports tells us the Government should reopen the border in stages, proportional to risk, using better technology, but we can’t yet due to low vaccination rates, and variants might undermine the vaccine. All of this was in ACT’s COVID 2.0 report

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Daniel Andrews Could Be In for Some ‘Shock and Orr’

Daniel Andrews Could Be In for Some ‘Shock and Orr’

The wheels of justice turn slow, it is said, but they grind exceedingly small. But bad laws throw a spanner in the works – at least, that’s what bad lawmakers hope. Victoria’s Occupational Health and Safety Act is very bad law. It was enacted by former Labor premier, Steve

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Chronic Shovel Shortage World-Wide

Chronic Shovel Shortage World-Wide

Information Satire Labour Government Explainer Editor The Minister of Shovels, Michael Wood, speaking from Jacinda Ardern’s Facebook bunker in a Zoom briefing to media heads, explained the reason for the lack of progress on major shovel-ready infrastructure projects. “You might not have noticed,” he said, “to speed things

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