“…for reasons that really highlight our hypocrisy and inconsistency, we then go and get all exercised when it comes to sport.”
Category: Summaries
Economy
Steven Joyce calls for breaking up the “fat” and “cosy” banking oligopoly
“Competition is nearly always the best way to regulate markets and ensure that consumers win.”
Society
Increasing violence towards children worsens while Waitangi Tribunal resists making Oranga Tamariki “colour-blind” and “child-centric”
What exactly are we calling “progress” here?
Health
Fool me once… Study finds many healthcare workers feel vaccine mandates do more harm than good
If the pros don’t want it, why would anyone else?
Health
New chart shows NZ’s COVID deaths begin to exceed Oceania rates, with MSM radio silent
“Maybe much of our claimed ‘success’ was simply due to being an island far away from the rest of the world.”
Society
COVID blew apart the theory of the “Overton window”
“The excuse was that ‘the science changed’ but that is completely untrue and an obvious cover for what was really just a craven attempt to chase what the powerful were saying and doing.”
Health
New treaty means UK would have to hand 20% of vaccines to WHO during next pandemic
Good luck with that.
Other
Seinfeld, at 70, says ‘PC crap’ is ruining comedy
What’s up with that?
Politics
Edwards complains Paula Bennett’s “partisan activity” means she’s unfit to chair Pharmac board
“Jobs for the boys” so to speak.