‘I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,’ said Alice a little timidly: ‘but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.’ – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll. Covid-era leaders refuse to Face the Music, but public says: that’s not good enough Crisis PR is now in…
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No use going back: a news digest from the new normal
TLGs take on the week’s biggest national and global stories. ‘I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,’ said Alice a little timidly: ‘but it’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.’ – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll. Israel to proceed with full military occupation of Gaza…
No use going back: a news digest from the new normal
The Looking Glass has been on a long hiatus but I’m still here. TLG is reviving the weekly news digest started back in 2022. This is my take of the week’s biggest national and global stories. ‘I could tell you my adventures—beginning from this morning,’ said Alice a little timidly: ‘but it’s no use going…
The People’s Terms: it’s a numbers game
RCR has created alternative Terms of References for the promised Covid Inquiry – ones that do look at the science, that will demand accountability and that will include the safety and efficacy of the Pfizer product, among many other things. These ToRs are fit for purpose and will do the job, but only if we can achieve a critical mass. Visit www.covidinquiry.co.nz to sign by March 24.
Do you want to tell your story?
Vaccine safety and efficacy petition moves up a notch, writes Keri Molloy.
When the “oppressed” becomes the oppressor
I republish the media release from Speak up for Women in full, sent out after the Let Women Speak event was sabotaged by an angry, violent, self-righteous mob this afternoon, who claimed to be about tolerance, inclusion and diversity – just not when it comes to women, apparently.
The Left and Covid – Part II: Outsourcing a better world to the WEF
This is the second part of an analysis provided by British writer Chris R on the failure of the Left to stand up to covid authoritarianism. In this part he examines some of the fundamentals of contemporary Left thinking that might explain why and how it failed to respond correctly to the covid challenge, including a horror of ‘conspiracy theories’, a pernicious anti-industrial mentality, and, amongst the intelligentsia, alienation from productive economic work.
Blackboxed: New Zealand’s expensive management consultants
Jodie Bruning exposes the millions of dollars the Government is spending on consultants, which she argues, are effectively delivering pre-packaged, locked and loaded policy that is oblivious to the concerns and interests of the public.
Setting the stage for ‘anti-vax’ violence
The scapegoating of ‘anti-vaxers’ reaches new heights.
‘I do not consent’: one nurse’s story of vaccine injury, state abuse and emotional trauma
Chloe, a dedicated nurse who loved her job, spent Christmas day last year in hospital suffering severe heart problems after her second Pfizer injection. Diagnosed with pericarditis and heart dysrhythmia resulting from the jab, she was denied an exemption for the booster. Instead of putting herself at risk of more harm, she chose to walk away from the career she loved.