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newsletter #58 for Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

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Fact check 2.0 – Excess deaths Part 2

Excess deaths in children and working age adults reported globally, although not in NZ. Rising insurance claims are occurring overseas despite declining COVID deaths. Vaccine supporters mention disease, lifestyle, care reduction, but sceptics aren’t sure. Sceptics point to the timing of excess deaths and vaccine rollouts. Research on post-viral complications in COVID survivors needed.

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Will removal of the clean car discount by this new government really result in carnage?

Lou Wickham, representing Emission Impossible, is urging reconsideration of the clean car discount She references research, asserting vehicle emissions in NZ cause thousands of deaths, hospitalizations and billions in other costs, yearly. Our opinion is these cited figures are unknowable, wild guesses, and ridiculously high.

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The Treaty Genie is out of the bottle

After the government’s coalition deal to review Treaty ‘principles,’ protests and acts of vandalism occurred. Te Pāti Māori endorsed some of these actions. Left-wing media focused on specific incidents, but generally ignored extremism among co-governance advocates. NZ needs a modern governance framework to avoid racial disharmony while acknowledging changes in society over the last two centuries.

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The DEI debate: Musk, Cuban, and the common problem of what are they really saying?

Elon Musk and Mark Cuban’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) debate shows how slogans can have a range of meanings. DEI can be just colour blind common-sense business practices to ensure there is no discrimination. But once you get the “experts” in, you may find the DEI label has been used as a trojan horse for something more radical than you expected.

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newsletter #58 for Wednesday, January 17th, 2024

Fact check 2.0 – Excess deaths Part 2

Will removal of the clean car discount by this new government really result in carnage?

The Treaty Genie is out of the bottle

The DEI debate: Musk, Cuban, and the common problem of what are they really saying?

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