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Covering NZ and global news without the bias. Free speech & guns rights advocate, Tesla and SpaceXSI fan/investor, Home of the Kiwi MAGA hat and MEME marathon.

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Ilhan Omar's ex-husband reveals he is gay, TMZ reports.
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Yes. Greta Thunberg has attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, multiple times.⁠CNN January 2019: She traveled there by train (about 32 hours from Sweden) and camped in a tent. She spoke at events and delivered her well-known “our house is on fire” remarks criticizing leaders for insufficient climate action.⁠CNN January 2020: She returned in person, addressed panels (including one co-hosted by The New York Times and the WEF), and joined a climate protest march in Davos on the final day.⁠Web.archive 2021: She participated in the virtual Davos Agenda event with a recorded message.⁠Weforum January 2023: She attended again in person and criticized the gathered elites for prioritizing “corporate greed” and fossil fuels over climate action.⁠Sky News These visits were widely reported by outlets including the New York Times, CNN, and others.
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Just imagine all the free range criminals.
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In late September 2026, senior Riley Williams (a biological male who identifies as a transgender girl and uses she/her pronouns) at Charles R. Drew High School in Clayton County, Georgia (near Atlanta), was barred from running for homecoming queen.⁠Atlantanewsfirst Williams had paid the dues and taken a headshot but was later told she could not run for queen and could instead run for homecoming king. Williams described this as invalidating her experience as a woman and launched a Change.org petition asking for policies based on gender identity rather than sex listed in school records.⁠Wsbtv District’s position Clayton County Public Schools stated it does not have a specific written policy on homecoming court participation by gender identity. It bases gender-specific roles (king/queen) on the birth sex in official educational records. The district cited its obligation to follow the current federal interpretation and enforcement of Title IX, which recognizes gender-based distinctions based on biological sex (a shift under the Trump administration from the prior Biden-era approach that incorporated gender identity).⁠Atlantanewsfirst
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Removed failing grades. The claims in the image are largely accurate, based on reporting about Boston Public Schools (BPS) policies and outcomes.⁠City-journal BPS reported a record-high four-year graduation rate of 81.3% for 2025 (up from 59.1% in 2006). Mayor Michelle Wu (shown in the image) publicly celebrated this as a success and stated the district was not lowering expectations.⁠Massdailynews Supporting policy details “Banned F’s”: Ahead of the 2021–22 school year, BPS barred teachers from giving “No Credit” (failing) grades. Students instead received “incomplete” marks, intended to allow recovery and “enable equitable learning recovery.” This aligns with broader “equitable grading” practices.⁠City-journal $120K equity grading consultants: In 2021–22, BPS spent at least $120,000 on Crescendo Education Group (led by Joe Feldman, author of Grading for Equity). The group promotes practices such as focusing grades on mastery, reducing penalties for late work or behavior, and sometimes minimum grade floors. This was part of district efforts to update grading for “equity.”⁠Thecentersquare Eliminated testing: A 2024 Massachusetts ballot initiative removed the requirement that students pass the MCAS (state exam) to graduate. The teachers’ union was a major supporter of the change.⁠City-journal
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Scathing report.
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NZ never needed those 480 houses. Site now owned by KiwiBuild who are very successful at not building houses.
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This. 👇
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Your ballot choices according to RNZ
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Huge congratulations to RNZ for its tireless work ensuring no New Zealander accidentally goes a full 2 days without a fresh update on the Opportunities Party. 7 Facebook posts, knife-edge polls, Coalition daydreams. Bottom lines. Ice cream. Even a post about National and Labour's health debate has a cheeky photo of Top's leader. You guys are fantastic!!
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Probably safer to just stick to the dating apps.
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Independent Senator Fatima Payman (Afghan-born, first hijab-wearing Muslim elected to the Australian Parliament) raised this in Senate Estimates around 29 October 2026. She questioned the cost and justification for the Australian Army’s 75 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks.⁠YouTube What she said She asked about the program cost (initially given as about $1.8 billion total; later clarified as roughly $1.2 billion for the tanks themselves). She noted the tanks have only been used for training and that Australia has not deployed tanks in combat since the Vietnam War. She suggested buying simulators instead (citing a figure around $280 million for 75) to save money. She asked: “What wars are we hoping to win?” and followed up that the tanks were bought “to win wars” but hadn’t been used that way in 50 years.⁠YouTube She later posted a clip of the exchange on X with the caption “Tanks but…no tanks.” Defence response Chief of Army Susan Coyle and other officials defended the purchase. They said tanks are a potent part of the Army’s capability to fight and win land battles and form part of deterrence under the National Defence Strategy (focused on strategic denial and avoiding war through capability). Coyle’s reply when Payman called the cost “a lot of money” was: “It’s a lot of armour, Senator.” Australia already uses advanced tank simulators for training (a ~$60 million investment in 16 units), but these are supplements for cost savings on fuel/ammo/maintenance during practice—not replacements for real combat vehicles.⁠Defence The exchange has circulated widely on social media and drawn significant criticism, with many arguing that real tanks are needed for deterrence and actual defence capability rather than relying solely on simulators.
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