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Wednesday, 14 October 2026

'The British Empire, we can observe that it contained its fair share of errors, failures, and evils—both innocently inadvertent and culpable. But that is only half the story.'

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"[ T ]HE BRITISH EMPIRE ... CONTAINED ITS FAIR share of errors, failures, and evils—both innocently inadvertent and culpable. That shou...

"The highest praise I can give to any politician...'

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" A nd he is, after all, a politician, so I will give him the highest praise I give to any politician: I’m really looking forward to fi...

"What sort of wowsers have we become"

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S ince I've called out John Key for asking today's politicians to create another housing bubble , it's only fair I praise him wh...
Tuesday, 13 October 2026

Ukraine just destroyed a Russian bot farm. You won't believe what happened next!

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  Y es, a US president just announced an "energy ceasefire" in Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Unfortunately, he forgot to tell ...

"If you wish to know what a man really is, give him power."

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" N othing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if...
Monday, 12 October 2026

"What could the government do to make things more affordable? Start by getting out of the way."

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"' A ffordability' is in the news. People left and right want the government to 'do something.' ... Populist policies ...

A gentle reminder...

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  [Hat tip Mary Ruwart ] PS: "Why?" ... "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard, the wrong lizard might get in..."
Friday, 9 October 2026

You know it's a close election when it's time to demonise the unemployed [update]

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Y ou know it's a close election when it's time to demonise the unemployed. On Wednesday, welfare campaigner Lindsay Mitchell pointed...

Chronic welfare dependence "is markedly missing from 2026 election campaign issues."

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" W elfare is markedly missing from 2026 election campaign issues. ... "Super isn't sustainable. "But what of working-age...
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Thursday, 8 October 2026

“It is Treaty principles that have allowed the treaty document to move from an historical text into enforceable modern legislation."

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" T he report finds that 115 [Waitangi] settlements have now been made, with the total financial redress paid by taxpayers amounting t...

"This book directs a similar challenge to atheists, to reject a final baseless posit of religion..."

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“ R ichard Dawkins has popularised the idea that most people have no trouble denying the existence of gods for which there is no evidence…. ...
Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Hope

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"Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, dissident, and first president of democratic Czechoslovakia Václav Havel would have been 90...

Horror [updated]

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Yes, that's Boy George, reminding you not to forget: 'We Will Dance Again' UPDATE: "I can’t stop thinking about them: the w...
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Tuesday, 6 October 2026

The hostility to factual truth...

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  “ F actual truth, if it happens to oppose a given group’s profit or pleasure, is greeted today with greater hostility than ever before.” ~...