World Politics
The Great Divide
Eliora “Now the time has come to return to a normal daily life,” says the Prime Minister of Norway. Left Photo by KAL VISUALS. The BFD. Right Photo by David Rodrigues. The BFD. On Saturday 25 September at 4pm, Erna Solberg, Norway’s PM, lifted all Covid-19 restrictions. Going back
Lebanon’s Crisis Has Gone from Bad to Worse. But Is Anyone Listening?
Tony Walker mercatornet.com Tony Walker is a vice chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe University. He is a columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. He is a dual Walkley Award winner for commentary, and recipient of the Paul Lyneham Award for Excellence in Press Gallery Journalism.
Eight Ways to Get along with Our Chinese Overlords
John Black stuffednz.net Information Satire With the U.S obsessed with identitarian proctology, the U.K fighting off a looming political splintering and Australia treating us like Alcatraz Island, perhaps there really is nothing to stop domination by China. So here are eight tips for making nice with the
Prince Charles’s Chinese Charm Offensive Ignores Human Rights
Ann Farmer mercatornet.com Ann Farmer lives in the UK. She is the author of By Their Fruits: Eugenics, Population Control, and the Abortion Campaign (CUAP, 2008); The Language of Life: Christians Facing the Abortion Challenge (St Pauls, 1995), and Prophets & Priests: the Hidden Face of the Birth Control
Danish Bill Aims to Deport 35,000 Migrants
As I wrote recently, New Zealand’s mainstream media love to draw comparisons between Jacinda Ardern and Denmark’s Mette Frederiksen. Both, Stuff would have us believe, are “are wunderkinds of the liberal international media; progressive female leaders”. Except that it’s obvious that either Stuff hasn’t looked to
When a Jab Becomes a Knockout Punch
Worzel As a young teen, I drank a few glasses of what turned out to be a knockout punch. It pays to make sure you know what you’re putting into your body before you do so. It was clear from the start of what is known as ‘The Covid
The Great New Normal Purge
CJ Hopkins consentfactory.org So, the Great New Normal Purge has begun … right on cue, right by the numbers. As we “paranoid conspiracy theorists” have been warning would happen for the past 18 months, people who refuse to convert to the new official ideology are now being segregated, stripped of
Petition Launched to Bring Our Afghan Kiwis Home
Mark Mitchell is National’s Spokesperson for Counter Terrorism as well as former Defence Minister. Prior to entering Parliament, he worked in Iraq helping to establish a security and risk management programme for the interim Government. He went on to establish a security and risk management company focused on supply
Taiwan Is Becoming a Flashpoint for China and the West – How Does New Zealand Respond?
Alexander Gillespie University of Waikato Alexander Gillespie works primarily in international law, with specialties in international environmental; and the laws of war/international humanitarian law. The political temperature is rising in the South China Sea, and its effects will be felt in the South Pacific before long. Recent incursions by
Chinese Army Practices Beach Landing Amid Mounting Tensions with Taiwan
rt.com Amid the escalating war of words between Beijing and Taipei, the Chinese military posted a video of its troops practising beach landings and building beachheads, in “recent” drills conducted right across the straits from Taiwan. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Daily posted a video on its Weibo
Brave General Min Aung Hlaing Visits Yangon
11th October 2021 In an attempt to boost the morale of the troops and government employees, General Min Aung Hlaing emerged from his high-security enclave in the capital, Nay Pyi Daw and paid a visit to Yangon. The purpose of the visit was a morale booster and also to demonstrate
NZ Begins Kindness Exports to Taliban
John Black stuffednz.net Information Satire Finance Minister Grant Robertson has announced that we will begin exporting kindness to the Taliban. “New Zealand kindness is some of the best kindness in the world. We know the Taliban is in need of some as they begin to rebuild their country.” “I