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What Does ‘Far-Right’ Mean, Exactly?
It’s the media’s favourite phrase, but what does it mean?
NZ Politics Daily: 30 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards KIINGI TUHEITIA HAS DIED RNZ: Live updates: Māori King Kiingi Tūheitia dies Joseph Los’e (Herald): Tributes flow for Māori Kiing Tūheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII Stuff: Māori King Tūheitia dies aged 69 RNZ: Obituary: Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, Māori King, dies at
This Is Fun, Order More Popcorn
The Greens’ clown show and circus act staggers on for a few more weeks. Reports show supermarkets are having a run on popcorn.
People All Over Are Already Eating Bugs
It won’t be too long before bug parts are in most of our processed foods, and they aren’t even trying to hide what they have planned.
Technofascism: the Govt and the Tech Companies
Eventually, as Orwell predicted, telling the truth will become a revolutionary act. If the government can control speech, it can control thought and, in turn, it can control the minds of the citizenry.
The Terminator Warned About the Temptations of Freedom
Too many women are choosing perfect freedom and that is their prerogative. Yet no one will remember their names. They will fade into anonymity.
Is Costello Fit to Be a Minister?
It’s possibly just a coincidence that the reforms that the new minister has now implemented are the same as the various lobbying documents advocate, but there’s plenty of room to reasonably speculate about the linkages.
NZ Politics Daily: 29 August 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GREENS Herald: Law expert Andrew Geddis discusses Darleen Tana’s decision to take the Green Party to court Bridie Witton (Stuff): Former Green MP Darleen Tana takes last stand with legal challenge Thomas Couglan (Herald): Darleen Tana saga: Greens head to court over the
Mate, You Don’t Even Know What a Woman Is
Chris Hipkins doesn’t know what a woman is but apparently he DOES know for sure that Māori didn’t cede sovereignty.
The Joy of Black Humour
My eight-plus decades have taught me one salient lesson about humour, whether black or otherwise, and that is it bears a close relationship with intelligence.
Attempting to Depoliticise the Fast Track Bill?
The power to send applications to the expert panel will now be concentrated in the Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Chris Bishop. Regional Development Minister Shane Jones and Transport Minister Simeon Brown will lose their power.