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Massimo Introvigne mercatornet.com Massimo Introvigne is an Italian sociologist of religions. He is the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), an international network of scholars who study new religious movements. Finally, here we are. The party for the Party starts, and what
As we’ve recently learned, for all their skiting at today’s youngsters, it’s the Boomers who are the most narcissistic generation of snowflakes. Are they also the greediest? Comedian George Carlin (born before the Boomers) certainly thought so: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: “GIMME
How quick we have been to hand over our hard-won freedoms, out of fear. A hysterical global campaign of fear-mongering over what, by historical standards, is a pretty run-of-the-mill pandemic, has exposed the modern West for the snivelling poltroons that we are. The Chinese virus
Brooke van Velden ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson ACT’s petition to stop Labour’s interest deducibility change will be presented to Parliament today. Almost 16,000 people have gone to the ACT website to say they reject Labour’s proposed changes. ACT is listening and we’ll make
If a make of aeroplane crashed every time it flew, no matter who was at the controls or the weather conditions, it would be grounded forever. Yet when it comes to certain political ideologies, there are many, many people who would happily ignore the smoking wreckage and queue for tickets.
The Government has been told by its own independent expert advisory group that there is a ‘strong case for adopting saliva testing as the main method for testing in New Zealand’, yet it’s still done nothing about it, National’s Covid-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop says. New documents
Has Tova O’Brien taken on the character of “Lady Macbeth?” Tall dark and menacing and capable of coming in for the kill? Lady Macbeth was the instigator of the machinations behind the demise of King Duncan in Shakespeare’s play “Macbeth”. An interview with Tova O’Brien is like
Defence Minister Peeni Henare is slow to advocate for our troops, but has been quick to criticise one who has political opinions different to his own, National’s Defence spokesperson Chris Penk says. “The Minister of Defence has consistently failed to champion our Defence Force and national security needs. “Minister
Now for a boring little piece on tax… but bear with me. It will reveal the pettiness of this government, and how they really, really do despise farmers, tradies and almost anyone who actually works for a living. The Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) rules have 2 types of private vehicles:
Bruce Logan familyfirst.org.nz Bruce Logan is a board member of Family First NZ No matter how the government wants to spin it, hate speech legislation is hateful. It is the tool of the totalitarian who thinks he knows what is best for the rest of us. Hate speech
David Parker must be a special kind of stupid. After the Prime Minister passed moral judgement on ute owners by suggesting that many people who drove utes were doing so illegitimately, and after we’ve discovered that the Government’s punitive ute tax will punish over a hundred thousand owners
Dr James McDowall ACT Defence spokesperson The Defence Minister needs to explain whether he’s following the law when he interfered in a staff essay writing competition. “Peeni Henare contacted the Chief of Defence and demanded that an award-winning essay, that he hadn’t even read, be removed from
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi’s decision to lapse and refund 50,000 temporary visa applications is further evidence his Government has no plan to reopen New Zealand up to the world post-vaccination and isn’t listening to the desperate calls from businesses for international labour, National’s Immigration spokesperson
In a predictable but disappointing move Labour yesterday blocked an inquiry into the slow roll out of mental health facilities, National’s Mental Health spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “Both Labour and National have criticised how long it’s taking to get a shovel in the ground and build these 15
