I Got It Wrong...
I thought Biden would hold on despite all the issues. A few quick reflections - in these early hours - on what has happened and what may happen.
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Te Pāti Māori Scandal Gets Worse
It’s worth asking how seriously Te Pāti Māori takes corruption issues and the untoward influence of big money in politics.
NZ Politics Daily: 24 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH BASED CARE, ORANGA TAMARIKI Aaron Smale (1News): State care has key role in creating violent gang members – submission Elizabeth Stanley (Newsroom): The least we should expect from final abuse in care report Stephen Winter (The Conversation): Tragedy and hope:
The People’s Court of New Normal Germany
This is how it works in New Normal Germany if you are a critic of the authorities and refuse to meekly accept whatever punishment they want to summarily dish out for whatever they deem to be your thoughtcrimes.
Presidential Candidates Used to Be Picked by Party Conventions
Had the old system been in place this year, there’s a chance that the Democrats might have avoided their current predicament.
Might the Target of the Left Be Christianity Itself?
The hatred of God (nearly always wrapped in a panoply of pretend virtue) is indeed a most interesting phenomenon and, itself, not at all what it seems.
Must the World Go to War?
It would be nice if there was a war and nobody came. But it doesn’t look as if that can happen in the modern world.
Dealing With Today’s Small Māori Fringe
We can count ourselves lucky that the Māori Party fetches only three per cent of the total vote at election time and that, overwhelmingly, a majority of New Zealanders possessing some Māori ancestry give them a wide berth.
NZ Politics Daily: 23 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Te Whatu Ora unable to confirm which hospital departments are safely staffed Rachel Thomas (Post): Is Health NZ overspending or underfunded? (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘I have never known morale so low’: Senior doctors, nurses push back on plans to
The ‘Acceptable’ Hatred of Jews
We need to make clear that antisemitic views are not acceptable and that those who hold them are going to be stigmatised by society. And that starts with you.
NZ Politics Daily: 22 July 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy Stuff: Watch: Professor ‘flabbergasted’ over Govt cutting excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products Nick Rockel: Tobacco First Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really
All Mouth and No Trousers
Neither Beijing Bob Carr nor Chumbawamba have followed through on their legal threats against Winston Peters
The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards For the first time ever, New Zealand has just reduced taxes on tobacco products – in this case a 50 per cent reduction in the health taxes on “heated tobacco products”. The move came in very quietly at the start of the month and is
The Coming Populist Revolt in Australia
Gary Johns Gary Johns is Chairman of Close the Gap Research Populism occurs when the masses revolt against the elites’ view of the world. Elite opinion does not often deal directly with popular opinion, that is, with the people who have to pay for elite opinion. When elites get it
Fluoride in Water: Protect Your Health and Environment
NZDSOS Understanding the Issue Brushing teeth and using tap water are daily routines. But did you know that the very authorities responsible for fluoridating our water wear hazmat suits to handle the chemicals? If fluoride can’t be safely disposed of in natural waterways, why is it added to our