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Comment: What is that word that starts with “C” and ends with “orruption”?
Written By: Fran Hazid - Date published: 2:50 pm, May 26th, 2024
I agree with you đŻ %, they need to be honest about their affiliations!Comment: Are Road User Charges for every vehicle actually fair?
Written By: Fran - Date published: 7:05 am, January 24th, 2024
Just 1 thing. Batteries don't have to be replaced every 5-10years. There are many leafs driving around with batteries 12+years and they have the worst drop in health. Hyundai ioniqs, the original 28khw model, are now pushing 6-8 years and aren't showing ...Comment: Open mike 13/07/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 2:38 pm, July 13th, 2022
The graphs were good because they were worked out as per 100,000 rather than straight percentages so we were comparing apples with apples.Comment: Open mike 13/07/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 2:34 pm, July 13th, 2022
[deleted] Even more sad is the sheer number of people who have had serious adverse reactions and are being gaslit or declined exemptions. We have a young friend who ended up in hospital with heart issues, it was acknowledged by her doctors and medsafe that ...Comment: Open mike 05/06/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 12:47 pm, June 7th, 2022
Perhaps it would be useful for you to look at the actual NZ data for hospitalisations with covid. Rnz publish these regularly. You are more likely to need hospital care if you have had all the shots. The rationale for pushing these shots is very broken and ...Comment: Open mike 05/06/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 4:58 pm, June 6th, 2022
Thank you Rosemary, you nailed it. Those people who keep holding onto the idea that the injections worked are not looking at the science or the data. This life long leftie despairs at the division this government has caused and no longer has any faith in ...Comment: Convoy protest 19/2/22
Written By: Fran - Date published: 1:29 pm, February 19th, 2022
That is not an open-air toilet. Fake news and outrage. It is a cleaning crew cleaning chalk messages off the cenotaph because the protesters themselves thought it was disrespectful to write on the cenotaph. Get a grip on the outrage and find out the facts ...Comment: Open mike 13/02/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 1:14 pm, February 13th, 2022
Nebulous comments from the Guardian do not actually show what is happening. What is happening is that people are saying "enough". There is no funding from shadowy groups in America (Bombers "American Dark Money") or overarching world, organisation. That is ...Comment: Open mike 13/02/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 11:20 am, February 13th, 2022
Micky I think you need to have another look at what is happening worldwide, there are anti mandate protests everywhere. The people there are not Q anon, whatever that is now, they are teachers, nurses, farmers, plumbers, builders, etc. They are ordinary ...Comment: Open mike 11/02/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 12:01 pm, February 11th, 2022
There are a lot of lefties there, people who voted Labour. It is a mistake to mark this as a left wing/right wing thing. It is an anti mandate thing.Comment: Open mike 10/02/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 12:54 pm, February 10th, 2022
If you had bothered to do some research you would know that the organisers were very clear about their purpose and have stayed on message. If you are only getting your information from the mainstream media then of course you would not know that.Comment: Open mike 10/02/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:01 am, February 10th, 2022
No, their demands are not incoherent, they want an end to the mandates and reinstatement of the Bill of Rights. That is it. This is reasonable given that omicron evades the vaccine. This is the first Labour Government to deliberately put people out of work ...Comment: Going cold turkey on Spotify
Written By: Fran - Date published: 11:52 am, January 31st, 2022
Wow, what a nasty hit piece. If that is the sum total of your investigation into Malone then your views are fully understood. Have read recently that he actually holds the patent to the base mRNA technique that the vaccines are based on which kind of ...Comment: Going cold turkey on Spotify
Written By: Fran - Date published: 8:32 am, January 30th, 2022
Ok, I listened to the podcast that caused the issue. Rogan had a conversation with a senior vaccinologist (who still works for various Govt. agencies around the world) who has a contrary view of the current covid vaccines. Where is the problem? Why are we ...Comment: Open mike 25/01/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:46 am, January 25th, 2022
Quick search and Peter Doshi is an associate professor of pharmaceutical health services research in the School of Pharmacy and associate editor at The BMJ. His research focuses on policies related to drug safety and effectiveness evaluation in the context ...Comment: Open mike 15/01/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 12:14 pm, January 15th, 2022
Weird analogy. Not even in the same ball park, but thank you for the laugh.Comment: Open mike 15/01/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:52 am, January 15th, 2022
Again wow. Where are you getting this from. Worldwide children are not dieing of covid. The Danish, German and UK data tells us this. Why would we put children at a known risk of heart etc. issues when only those with comorbidities are in any way at risk ...Comment: Open mike 15/01/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:38 am, January 15th, 2022
Again wow. You are aware of the heart issues surely. The MOH has put out an advisary letter about them. These people are turning up in our hospitals. In this case correlation does equal causation. Do we want this for our children?Comment: Open mike 15/01/2022
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:09 am, January 15th, 2022
Wow. Just wow, only a few adverse reactions? Look at the medsafe data, which they themselves say is only about 5% of what actually happens. I too would love to see the data that medsafe used as the trial for the children's version was small and only for a ...Comment: New Year. Good News.
Written By: Fran - Date published: 9:19 pm, January 2nd, 2022
Thanks for this post Bill, finally some real sanity in this mess. I have been really disappointed at the shutting down of discussion about covid and the govt. response on this site. As a left wing site the acceptance of and often the cheerleading for the ...Comment: Open mike 09/11/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 5:07 pm, November 9th, 2021
What rubbish. Peaceful protest about govt mandates and control. Nothing like Jan 6. It is scary that there is a need to demonise or minimise people who disagree with the populist thinking. If your vaccine works then there is nothing to be afraid of. What ...Comment: Open mike 09/11/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 4:11 pm, November 9th, 2021
So about 15000 people in NZ protested today about mandates and govt over reach. Nothing like Jan 6 in America. Politians over reacted and Whipped up fear about over running parliament. Who is crazy, the peaceful protesters or the fear mongers? Get a grip, ...Comment: Open mike 12/10/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 9:35 am, October 12th, 2021
Isn't anyone here worried about the human rights implications of these mandates? Whatever you believe about the vaccines the walking over of the bill of rights is terrifying. What comes next? I think the focus is in the wrong place here. When this pandemic ...Comment: Open mike 12/09/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 5:01 pm, September 12th, 2021
It is interesting that you dismiss concerns about the risks of the vaccine for children. In order to protect the children you immediately render some expendable for the greater good. Until we know why, and how many children will react then we should ...Comment: Daily review 26/08/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 11:25 pm, August 27th, 2021
So you are incapable of looking up CARM or listening to the briefing or reading the stuff article which outlines all this. Again talk to the subject which you introduced. VEARS reporting is, according to the article you posted, unreliable. This is why it ...Comment: Daily review 26/08/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:52 pm, August 27th, 2021
You are very rude and are not actually addressing the subject. Your replies smack of MaCarthyism, anyone questioning the line must be derided and obliterated. I assume this is a fear reaction which has suspended critical thought. You say play the ball not ...Comment: Daily review 26/08/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 7:32 am, August 27th, 2021
Your reply highlights one of the major issues with this. We don't have good data yet. Most countries, ours included, have voluntary reporting systems for drug reactions which are badly under utilised. A comprehensive look at Vaers about 15 years ago by ...Comment: Daily review 26/08/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 10:14 pm, August 26th, 2021
Well I guess this is why it was announced today that 10 percent of those vaccinated will be contacted with a survey about their reactions. Medsafe, CDC, and the EU are issuing warnings about heart issues and the EU are investigating endocrine issues ...Comment: Open mike 24/08/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 2:12 pm, August 24th, 2021
I like the vision here.ay it come to fruition.Comment: Open mike 14/08/2021
Written By: Fran - Date published: 6:57 pm, August 14th, 2021
Many thanks Francesca. I have been reading and hearing about this for a while now. This is a well presented look at what we know and what we don't. Again, thank you.
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jeremy Pressman, Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut Protesters parade through the Marigny neighborhood of New Orleans as part of the nationwide No Kings protest against President Donald Trump, on June 14, 2025. Patt Little/Anadolu via Getty Images At the ...10 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute If you have cancer, a disease such as diabetes or dementia, or need to manage other complex health conditions, you often need expert care from a specialist doctor. But as our ...10 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Colette Southam, Associate Professor of Finance, Bond University The federal government wants to boost Australiaâs productivity levels â as a matter of national priority. Itâs impossible to have that conversation without also talking about innovation. We can be proud of (and perhaps ...10 hours ago
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The prime minister has hinted changes to the law could be coming. ...10 hours ago
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Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Deepika Mathur, Senior Research Fellow, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University tolobalaguer.com, Shutterstock Australiaâs rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the growing problem of solar panel waste. Only about 10% of panels are currently ...11 hours ago
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The governmentâs focus on elective surgery wait times has driven thousands of outsourced operations â and fresh warnings about the risks of draining public sector expertise, writes Catherine McGregor in todayâs extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. Health targets to be enshrined ...12 hours ago
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Despite being presented with an evidence-based solution and widespread public support, the Select Committee concluded: âthe issue is complex, and we do not consider there is an immediate solution to it.â ...12 hours ago
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