Women lose again

Giggle for Girls and its owner Sall Grover have lost the case in which they were accused of discrimination. Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle has won a novel gender identity case brought against a women’s-only social media app and its owner after she was excluded her from the platform. Federal Court Justice Robert Bromwich found Giggle for Girls and […]

Women lose again

Guest Post: Criticising Cuba

A guest post by Lucy Rogers: Today (as of the time of writing) I saw Associate Professor Michael Mawson of the theology faculty at Auckland University advertise on Facebook an event hosting Professor Miguel De La Torre, a Cuban academic specialising in liberation theology. The event is to be held at the Maclaurin Chapel at […]

Guest Post: Criticising Cuba

“Keyboard Warrior”: British Crackdown Results in Three-Year Sentence Over Anti-Migrant Postings

Three years ago, we discussed the conviction of a British man for “toxic ideologies,” under the draconian laws criminalizing inciteful or dangerous speech. The erosion of free speech appears to have only accelerated in the UK. As is often the case, the attacks on free speech increase during periods of unrest, anger or fear. With […]

“Keyboard Warrior”: British Crackdown Results in Three-Year Sentence Over Anti-Migrant Postings

The six month rule

An excellent article in the NZ Herald on the review of the End of Life Choice Act: She met most of the criteria, Johns said. The requirements include having a terminal illness, being in an advanced state of irreversible decline, experiencing unbearable suffering that cannot be relieved to a tolerable level, and being competent enough […]

The six month rule

Globe-Trotting Climate Activist Fined 100,000 Euros After Blocking Frankfurt Airport

If NGOs or collection campaigns don’t help out, the climate-blocking criminal could end up in prison as a substitute. How many years would that amount to?

Globe-Trotting Climate Activist Fined 100,000 Euros After Blocking Frankfurt Airport

Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

For over a year, Special Counsel Jack Smith has made one element the overriding priority in his prosecution of former president Donald Trump: speed. Smith repeatedly moved to curtail Trump’s appellate rights and demand expedited appeals to try to secure a conviction before the election. In that effort, he found an equally motivated judge in […]

Smith is No Longer in a Hurry: Special Counsel Moves To Slow Down District Court Judge

The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself in California

Special Counsel David Weiss appears to have finally made the long-awaited case exposing years of concealment and political corruption. No, it is not the case against Hunter Biden. The allegations of tax fraud in California are obvious and unavoidable. Weiss just made the case against the Justice Department and himself in protecting Hunter Biden from […]

The Justice Department Makes The Case Against Hunter Biden . . . and Itself in California

The Unpredictability of Joseph Mengele

I had planned to write a blog on Menegele’s experiments on children, especially on twins, but as before, I couldn’t. I had to stop; the children’s eyes haunted me. Joseph Mengele, often referred to as the “Angel of Death,” is one of the most infamous figures associated with the Holocaust due to his brutal medical […]

The Unpredictability of Joseph Mengele

Jurisdiction Stripping or Court Killing? The “No Kings Act” is a Decapitation of the Constitution

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) has introduced the “No Kings Act” with great fanfare and the support of most of his Democratic colleagues. Liberal groups have heralded the measure to legislatively reverse the ruling in Trump v. United States. It is obviously popular with the press and pundits. It is also entirely unconstitutional in […]

Jurisdiction Stripping or Court Killing? The “No Kings Act” is a Decapitation of the Constitution

Police use National’s 2005 billboard slogan as an example of hate speech!

Stuff reports: A transphobic post on social media, racist taunts, and a slogan from New Zealand’s largest neo-Nazi group are among a number of scenarios in police’s hate crime training. … Some examples of hate speech used as part of the training include racist remarks, a transphobic post on social media as well as a […]

Police use National’s 2005 billboard slogan as an example of hate speech!

How Politicians Should Debate: Kemi Badenoch

She’s been one of the rising stars of the British Conservative Party for some time now, and I’ve covered stories about her before (Would be nice if a US Democrat said this about Critical Race Theory and A Tory warning for the National Party of 2032), but I’ve finally decided to add Kemi Badenoch as a tag […]

How Politicians Should Debate: Kemi Badenoch

Communism still doing well in Cuba

The Miami Herald reports: A stunning 10% of Cuba’s population — more than a million people — left the island between 2022 and 2023, the head of the country’s national statistics office said during a National Assembly session Friday, the largest migration wave in Cuban history. Isn’t it such a weird coincidence that the queue […]

Communism still doing well in Cuba

Men less self-controlled than dogs?

A taxi driver in Sydney told us he was fasting for Ramadan and it was harder in the southern hemisphere when it was summer when the time between sunrise and sunset was longer. Discussion continued on what was required of a good Muslim and got on to why women are required to cover up. He […]

Men less self-controlled than dogs?

RODNEY HIDE: Endless repetition makes lies truth

The Ardern years continue to blight the nation. It’s not just the destructive policies and debilitating debt but the lasting dysfunctional governance both public and private that routinely lies to us and infantilises us.  The legacy media are gone. They are now pimps for government and corporate propaganda.  Endless repetition makes lies truth, with dissent…

RODNEY HIDE: Endless repetition makes lies truth

Will Israel Collect The Reward?

After all, the Yanks were offering one, $5 million, for the Hizballah opertive Fuad Shukr (also known as Hajj Mohsin) because he was connected to the 1983 Beirut bombing that killed 241 people, mainly US Marines as it targeted their barracks. And now the Israelis have taken him out because he’d ordered a drone attack […]

Will Israel Collect The Reward?

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