During a campaign rally, Hillary Clinton talked about Donald Trump’s refusal to say whether he will accept the election results, saying by doing that he is “threatening our democracy.”
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Clark and Brash have spent years insisting we must never upset China. They treat any criticism of Beijing as dangerous. Peters said out loud what many New Zealanders think.
Do you think that New York Mayor Mamdani’s socialist government grocery stores will work like those in capitalist countries or like those in the defunct Soviet Union?
As Milton Friedman once said, “There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
The lesson from this interview is neither to minimise climate risks nor to exaggerate them. It is to use climate science responsibly. Communities deserve planning that is scientifically robust, legally defensible and fair.
When the theory fails the test of reality, it’s reality that’s at fault, stupid.
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Clark and Brash have spent years insisting we must never upset China. They treat any criticism of Beijing as dangerous. Peters said out loud what many New Zealanders think.
