Everything about politics
Economic growth is slowing in Western countries to the chagrin of societies, so serious politicians must outline a road map for growth instead of entertaining the inanities of delusional activists.
If there is to be any hope of restoring our freedoms and reclaiming control over our government, it will rest not with the politicians but with the people themselves.
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.
It’s worth asking how seriously Te Pāti Māori takes corruption issues and the untoward influence of big money in politics.
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:
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.
Had the old system been in place this year, there’s a chance that the Democrats might have avoided their current predicament.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
Neither Beijing Bob Carr nor Chumbawamba have followed through on their legal threats against Winston Peters
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
