> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Your Daily Ten@10 - 2026/150 - URL: https://goodoil.news/your-daily-ten-10-2026-150/ - Published: 2026-08-18T22:00:35.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-18T22:00:34.000Z - Description: 10 News Stories They Chose Not to Tell You - Author: Cam Slater - Tags: Ten@10, NZ Politics, World Politics, Media Bias, MMP **This is edition 2026/150 of the *Ten@10* newsletter.** Hi all, This is the Ten@10, where I collate and summarise ten news items you generally won't see in the mainstream media. Enjoy! --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/8e5a8aa0-4c69-4eba-bfb0-418d8011c35c_1032x615.webp) ## 1\. No More Experiments in the Social Laboratory *Chris Trotter* - 🔬 Once “social laboratory of the world” (suffrage, Social Security, ACC). 1980s flipped white coats → lab rats: Rogernomics/Ruthanasia without mandate; “TINA” killed party membership as transmission belt. - 📋 MMP lists reward docility; neoliberal critique unsayable even when crises expose failures. Nat+Lab \~59% combined. Hipkins Captain’s Call killed Robertson/Parker fiscal break — Clark/Cullen 2000 lesson: deviate and get mauled. - 📺 TOP at 8% (Verian) for “transformation”; Tame’s fiscal fusillade on *Q+A* \= orthodoxy’s reflex. Uniparty spars over who colours inside the lines. - 🎯 Takeaway: if nobody moves, nobody in the top 1% gets hurt. (First on Interest.co.nz.) [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=4057098&post%5Fid=211627693&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNjI3NjkzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODcwMDM1OTYsImV4cCI6MTc4OTU5NTU5NiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQwNTcwOTgiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.lJ6jNhZLa0ZoJKJIMB%5FYx6hV7qxlz7hFqPNwT9ujEcM&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/d5142735-b3ea-4b81-8968-ab9d8b968e3b_1698x1100.webp) ## 2\. Opportunity: What Does TOP Really Stand For? *Grant Duncan — Politics Happens* - 📊 Four polls over 5%, peak 8%. Will work across House but approach largest party first; C&S not necessarily Cabinet. Nat: won’t work with them — policy gulf. - 👥 First ten candidates: 6W/4M, env/sustainability heavy, young, “none career politicians” = zero parliamentary experience. “Evidence-based,” rebuild trust, escape left/right boxing. - 💰 Tax reset: LVT + citizen’s income “fiscally positive” (\~$4b net) — then $60b infra borrow / 10yrs, interest $2.5–3.5b pa swallows surplus and more. Not small-target. - 🎯 Takeaway: look at the list, not just Wong. How it all adds up is the unpaid half. (Paid after paywall.) [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1343614&post%5Fid=210975831&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjEwOTc1ODMxLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY5ODk4MDAsImV4cCI6MTc4OTU4MTgwMCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTEzNDM2MTQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.ErZ9LS7Zzu99Zt-H86bZVB-koUDO8vL-3ELAJ4UXZLc&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/1c9e5f66-7598-4c7f-9442-21469c0f0850_300x322.webp) ## 3\. The Lesotho Option *Liam Hehir — The Blue Review* - 🗳 TPM campaign launch: chase electorate votes; soft-pedal party vote → possible overhang (keep extra electorates, Parliament expands). Not mere Epsom/Coromandel insurance — “give party vote to friends.” - 🇱🇸 Lesotho 2007: LCD+NIP deal → \~50% votes → \~70% seats → violence, SADC intervention, eventual one-ballot reform. Temporary advantage, poison the well. - ⚠ Hehir (supports Māori seats as mild tradition): if gambit decides who governs, ACT/NZF abolition case explodes; millions see reserved seats as weapon vs popular will. Overreach may kill the feature TPM needs. - 🎯 Takeaway: squeeze MMP balloon, it pops elsewhere. NZ has been tolerant — limits exist. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=478996&post%5Fid=211513065&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNTEzMDY1LCJpYXQiOjE3ODY5NDY5NjEsImV4cCI6MTc4OTUzODk2MSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTQ3ODk5NiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.GMg8ZPgz9g79jSoYx88OfO9wBAgXGTiT9IJpjbd6qFU&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/9Tzi8ywRz924XE3uHaD6DZ3Ef-IdbOiYlvIROR5vlqUeRrexTocZGobKRJ9od_gnk3B_CeKTmTAsIjj6Q0YaYRAXhrSx4X9bbkey8Mw6SyrFWY_NmACjn6FdYA-7dY4ckqNkQd5wGrnZwX8IRcPpRFkbAhSNpgRSoIjYZXsXu4N0Aik5g64mN_0MKHkM0mrwN-xbeupksxmK4qalRw8JaM1Bt_FahJn80BbQm2yRwp0LCa7.jpeg) ## 4\. Should Nats Follow the TPM Method? *Peter Allan Williams* - 📺 TPM \~3% and falling: electorate-only push logical (maybe 4 seats ≈ party share). Tell supporters party-vote Lab/Green for “right” Māori MPs. - 🔢 Nat \~29–31% → \~36 MPs in 120\. Hold 44 electorates (5 list). Average polls ≈29.9%. Lose ≤8 seats → still \~electorate-only House. Worst/best: −10/+3 = 37 → overhang 1; Willis/Bishop list risk. - 🎯 Brash/Williamson line: dump “two ticks blue”; electorate Nat + party ACT/NZF. Not pure MMP spirit — “needs must” vs “terrifying” alternatives. - 🎯 Takeaway: leaders won’t say it; smart voters already can. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1788933&post%5Fid=211512362&isFreemail=true&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNTEyMzYyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY5NDQyNDMsImV4cCI6MTc4OTUzNjI0MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTE3ODg5MzMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.T8O0yVRAYdjBZH0hR5n5c6KRw0yNIFtwp8A6ZjkDFIc&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/file-2rdcrntdabqtqig4hsyybx5879847906196258410.webp) ## 5\. The Architecture of Belief *Rodney Hide — Brash & Mitchell* - 🧒 Child atheist/materialist → science needs unprovable order (Popper’s metaphysical programmes). Green church: Ehrlich/Club of Rome failures never revise the anti-industry conclusion → economics exile after free-market heresy. - 🏛 Parliament: moral accusation > evidence. Rupture = gender theory in primaries — “wrong body” vs every cell sexed. Critical theory: power only currency; dissent = oppression proof. - 🙏 “Evil” forced the question materialism can’t answer. Grace at dinner → church → baptism. Everyone worships something; gender ideology = rival religion (privilege as original sin, heresy tests). - 🎯 Takeaway: dispute isn’t biology — what is a human, and what are we for? [Read More](https://www.brashandmitchell.com/post/rodney-hide-the-architecture-of-belief?utm%5Fcampaign=bae52d35-0dbd-4511-a0b6-6265e3cad6fa&utm%5Fsource=so&utm%5Fmedium=mail&utm%5Fcontent=1b32a282-ba7d-4ff8-b6f9-dde4b877cab6&configurationId=1e868109-7e9f-4852-82bf-5cd5dcb47468&actionId=923601ea-11e6-975b-c01e-42db2a0af372&cid=39daa79b-294e-4bc5-9457-02b1d5857d3c) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/5ea19a9c-fe38-4c40-aaf0-fb4b6c12efab_5760x3840.webp) ## 6\. Cynical Coverage of the USS Abraham Lincoln *Elliot Ackerman — The Free Press* - 🚢 Carrier 260+ days underway (record), \~40 in combat; sailor overboard (recovered); more attempts reported. BBC/NYT wall-to-wall; CENTCOM debunks rumours; Blumenthal/Gallego demand answers. - 🪖 Marine vet: 2006 Iwo Jima suicide after Lebanon ops — strain is endemic, not Trump-Iran novelty. 470–525 active suicides/year; 17 vets/day. Surge 15-month Army tours dwarfed this deployment. - 🎯 Valid Iran criticism: no post-decapitation strategy, Hormuz hostage economy, munitions drawdown. Using one sailor’s darkest hour as partisan ammo is vulgar — same word critics pin on Trump. - 🎯 Takeaway: war is hell under every president. Cover it always, or admit the outrage is timed. [Read More](https://substack.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.2G3C33qM5zmhFPZE%5F61ugZwQra0HjnhGYB4eBE55Jh8?ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/a23af591-d5cb-4d70-ae10-cd58ae5e67f0_4134x2757.webp) ## 7\. The Tragedy of Jason Arday *Douglas Murray — The Free Press* - 🕯 Dead Friday after plagiarism + memoir fabulism storm. Sadiq Khan: “pernicious public shaming.” Zarah Sultana: white middle-class academic wouldn’t face it. Kendi: “media lynched” him. - ⚔ Murray: Stock, Tim Hunt hounded without this sympathy. Blame racism; dodge true cause of collapse. (Full paywalled after open.) - 🎯 Takeaway: defenders should admit what brought him down — not rewrite it as a race crime by the press. [Read More](https://substack.com/redirect/e160903b-cdd2-43f8-847c-fbfce24e3292?j=eyJ1IjoiZzduMGQifQ.hRs3Wbe%5FUGXeTATNIzBOwrYipdDMx5dwhcJ30RjmW6Q&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/1b89d1df-7626-41ab-a017-ce4a5491b380_1946x1128.webp) ## 8\. No, Jason Arday Wasn’t the Media’s Fault *Matt Taibbi — Racket News* - 📜 30k-sign Good Law letter wants inquiry into “relentless harassment.” Al Jazeera “institutional murder”; Kendi “lynched.” Bollocks: should have been a one-day story if Cambridge hadn’t called scrutiny a “vile campaign.” - 🏫 School knew \~year; THE killed Sept exposé after lawyer letter; Met probed reporter Jack Grove four months. “Playbook” speech: media scrutiny of black academics = cancer. Wagon-circle: Baron-Cohen letter, equalities minister meeting, S&S “integrity.” - 🍎 Story isn’t race first — institutional rejection of reality (Newton’s apple can freeze mid-air if ordered). They made him a symbol; then gravity applied. OK to be flawed Clapham dude — too late after selling Flash/Christ memoir. - 🎯 Takeaway: you can’t remake reality without casualties. More of these if we keep saying what goes up need not come down. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1042&post%5Fid=211539292&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNTM5MjkyLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY5ODIyMTcsImV4cCI6MTc4OTU3NDIxNywiaXNzIjoicHViLTEwNDIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.OFW4cXsNzq6AKhEn9sGYfn6BurgdFuGYwCCnLGljDd4&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/53886704-a035-4bc4-908e-a5a055f7f1f3_2996x994.webp) ## 9\. FBI Manufactured Trump-Russia While Soft-Pedalling Swalwell, Clinton, Biden *Michael Shellenberger — Public* - 📁 New files: 2014 Swalwell probe aimed to indict him + Christine Fang (parents “known MSS”). He admitted physical relations; Fang straw donations + interns. Feb 2017: drop Swalwell, keep Fang only. Defensive briefing → he cut ties. - ⚖️ Double standard: Crossfire Hurricane, no defensive brief for Trump/Page; Steele dossier warrants; Durham/Horowitz catalogue. Clinton: slow-walk FISA on foreign donor plan; close email case. Biden: laptop real Dec 2019 → Round River red-flag as Russian disinfo; “shadow government” Floris daily to Wray. - 🎯 Master frame: evidence vs Trump = Russian influence; evidence vs Dems = Russian disinfo. Same narrative weapon, opposite ends. - 🎯 Takeaway: partisans in the Bureau used one story the audience already believed — from 2015 on. [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=279400&post%5Fid=211615003&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNjE1MDAzLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY5OTk5ODMsImV4cCI6MTc4OTU5MTk4MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTI3OTQwMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.4oKIJ6tSlhqDmczKczytQOrzexbPDJksBZzSmHixvTw&ref=goodoil.news) --- ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/31/f4/31f4e20a-0315-499e-83ff-139e8eab53bf/content/images/2026/08/file-2rdcrntdabqtqig4hsyybx5879847906196258410-1.webp) ## 10\. Why Does Everyone Hate Data Centers? *Nate Silver — Silver Bulletin* - 💬 Chat with Jasmine Sun: data-center backlash as midterms issue; Silicon Valley caught flat-footed; side dish on why Claude can be so weird. - 🏭 Local power, water, noise, land fights collide with national AI build-out. Politics is catching the industrial footprint of “the cloud.” - 🎯 Takeaway: the server farm is no longer invisible infrastructure — it’s a ballot-box neighbour. (Politics section, Silver Bulletin.) [Read More](https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication%5Fid=1198116&post%5Fid=211555961&isFreemail=false&r=g7n0d&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNzIzMDI2OSwicG9zdF9pZCI6MjExNTU1OTYxLCJpYXQiOjE3ODY5ODc1NzgsImV4cCI6MTc4OTU3OTU3OCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTExOTgxMTYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.lHewHVJwyi06835F6rRrvpCyAkCBLMkw3XgpXmYiz5M&ref=goodoil.news) --- ## What our members are saying about Ten@10 **Elizabeth** These articles are compulsory reading for me and the perfect addition to the usual list of Goodoil items! **Lynne** Absolutely brilliant to receive these current and thought provoking articles. **Jonathan** Just wanted to let you know that I’m loving this new 10@10\. Much appreciated from someone who chooses to read/watch almost NO mainstream media. **Murray** Cam, relish your output as the newspaper in Christchurch is so intent on non news. Thankyou **Fred** Thanks for Ten @ Ten, really enjoy reading it.Keep it up. All the best, keep healthy. **Jocko** Wonderful info not otherwise available in NZ. More power to your elbow! Thanks.