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Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn mises.org Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn (1909-1999) was an Austrian nobleman and socio-political theorist who described himself as an enemy of all forms of totalitarianism and as an “extreme conservative arch-liberal” or “liberal of the extreme right.” Described as “A Walking Book of
Oh dear, Joe Biden has had another “senior moment”. No, he’s not wandering, bewildered, around Cornwall, or forgetting why he even ran for president. No, this time it’s another of his “grandpa moment” tall tales. It’s harmless enough stuff – except that it tells us everything we need
Here we go again. Again. Again. Again. It’s getting so that I could just re-schedule these posts every couple of months: Victoria is in lockdown again. For all Daniel Andrews’s bragging about “superior standards” and sniping at Gladys Berejiklian, Victoria has the dismal distinction of being Australia’
One of the great fear-mongering bugaboos of the Covid-19 pandemic has been “hospitals overwhelmed!” Except that, as we’ve too often seen, that’s just not the case. In fact, the Covid-19 pandemic would not, on a strict reading of case numbers and fatalities, likely be ranked
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Karl du Fresne karldufresne.blogspot.com I received an email the other day from a friend, a retired journalist and self-described bleeding-heart lefty (most journalists lean to the left, though the good ones don’t let it influence their work), who complained that political correctness was sucking all
You know something’s up when the media obsess over the government’s obsession with the word ‘Aotearoa’. Judith and her (once invisible) MP, Kaikoura’s Stuart Smith caused a stir by cleverly questioning the use of the word ‘Aotearoa’ in government documents and the media and demanding a referendum.
Tiger Tiger, a tenacious, surprisingly well-educated animal, living and working in the real world. Having to come up with staff wages every week sharpens the senses. The elites in the ancient Roman empire valued the colour purple, on account of the rarity (and price) of the vivid purple dye.
Jacinda Ardern has made much of the support of local police in the Hawkes Bay for her personal approval of $2.75 million to a Mongrel Mob affiliated organisation run by 47 year Mob veteran Harry Tam. She repeats the line often, especially in Parliament, that local police were in
ACT Party Parliament was back this week and there was a lot to cover after a three-week break. Damien Smith had the luck of the Irish with his Member’s Bill drawn from the Ballot. The latest Poll saw ACT continue to soar and Labour back-pedalled on its
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader The Government needs to answer why Google billionaire Larry Page was able to get residency so quickly when skilled workers are being turned away. Media are reporting that Page was given residency under the ‘Investor Plus’ category after he came into New Zealand with
All councils should urgently hold a binding referendum of the residents and ratepayers they were elected to represent, to ask whether they want their assets transferred to central government without adequate compensation so that control of water can be passed to iwi.
Whether you sit on the left or right you need to stand up for free speech. When you have those on both the ‘liberal left’ and the ‘conservative right’ agreeing on an issue you know it is something we should ALL fight for. www.savefreespeech.co.nz Sign the petition
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