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Michael Cullen Is Going to Be Sitting on the Naughty Step

Michael Cullen Is Going to Be Sitting on the Naughty Step

Michael Cullen is going to be getting a finger-wagging, talking to from Jacinda Ardern. He’s not staying in his lane. Check out these pearls of wisdom on public transport: A possible scenario for the future is that electric vehicles will be adopted more rapidly, which could increase congestion.

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COVID Policies Are Sheer Lunacy

COVID Policies Are Sheer Lunacy

The unrelenting catch-cries of the pandemic authoritarians and bootlickers, after “Save lives!”, have been “Follow the science!” and “The experts have said…!” Except that we know the first is a lie: if the “precautionary principle” dictators and their lickspittles really cared about saving lives at any cost, they’d

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Australian Kids Can’t Read, Thanks to Marx

There are some things, Orwell said, that are so stupid that only an intellectual could believe them. But “intellectuals” ain’t what they used to be: increasingly, universities are turning out graduates who can barely read or do basic high school maths. And that’s just the Teaching graduates. Naturally,

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She’s Had Her Run (Ardern)

She’s Had Her Run (Ardern)

Is some of the Fairy Dust coming off our ‘Princess’? Facebook is usually where Our Dear Leader cements her popularity but not after the “Howl of Protest” up and down the country on Friday 16 July when Ardern presented Live. For the first time, there were plenty of “angry faces”

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Antarctica Melts – We All Drown

Antarctica Melts – We All Drown

As we are so often told, sea level rise will inundate vast areas of coastline. Especially once the tipping point is reached and the positive feedback climate loop kicks in causing runaway melting of the ice caps. Melting the ice in Antarctica will cause 6m of sea level rise, the

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Convicted Sex Offenders ‘Coming for Your Kids’

Convicted Sex Offenders ‘Coming for Your Kids’

In news that should surprise absolutely no one, at least four of a chorus of gay men singing “We’re coming for your children” appear to be convicted sex offenders. Imagine. My. Shock. I mean, it’s not like Drag Queen Story Hour or even Reddit have been found to

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How Bruce Fenton Changed His Mind about COVID

“When the facts change, I change my mind – what do you do, sir?” is the famous saying from John Maynard Keynes. But, as we’ve seen over the past 18 months, a great many people – especially in government and public health bureaucracy – will never, ever change their minds, facts be

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View from the Palace

View from the Palace

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There Are Already Limits on Our Speech

There Are Already Limits on Our Speech

familyfirst.org.nz “Free-speech is my right to say what you don’t want to hear” – George Orwell You can view and download the full Hate Speech fact sheet here. MAKE A SUBMISSION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE by 6 August 2021 There are many things we are not

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‘Armed Response Teams’ Won’t Stop Another Eli Epiha

‘Armed Response Teams’ Won’t Stop Another Eli Epiha

Darroch Ball Co-leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. Armed Response Teams (ARTs) are a no-brainer. They provide a ready, well-trained, well-equipped, tactical team able to rapidly respond to dangerous firearms incidents in our communities. They also provide a very important presence in our community which allows our communities

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Labour’s Sacrificing of the Poor
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Labour’s Sacrificing of the Poor

Dr Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson like to think of themselves as left-wing politicians. So why aren’t they prioritising and championing the vulnerable

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Facebook Is Watching Your Friends

Facebook Is Watching Your Friends

Karl D. Stephan mercatornet.com Karl D. Stephan received the B. S. in Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1976, a Master of Engineering degree in 1977 and was employed by Motorola, Inc. and Scientific-Atlanta as an RF development engineer. Suppose you went to a party with

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Hate Speech Laws: Let’s Get the Message Out

Jonathan Ayling Free Speech Union www.fsu.nz Time is running out – and the groups who want these anti-speech laws are mobilising support for the hate speech laws. I’m writing to ask for your help to get the message out and recruit like-minded New Zealanders who believe

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Why the Government Will Fall in 2023

Why the Government Will Fall in 2023

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I’m old enough to vividly remember every election since 1949, which ushered in the first National government. I’d just turned ten and still recall my child’s shock on Sunday morning (the votes having been counted overnight) at the sight of my father’

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