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Mark Hubbard's blogDamien's education op-ed in this week's HOS![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sun, 2012-04-22 00:04
Our education industry has become a sheltered workshop for useless teachers ... Recent Comments: time for tea — by Damien Grant on Mon, 2012-04-23 00:50 Freudian slip? — by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-04-23 00:38 Liberals in high places — by Damien Grant on Sun, 2012-04-22 23:52
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Here's the problem (again): this social scientist.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-04-17 00:17
Look at this dreadful tosh by academic Darrin Hodgetts regarding NZ's 'new growth industry - poverty': http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato... Recent Comments: OK, you've tackled it already — by gregster on Fri, 2012-04-20 10:03 Greg... — by Damien Grant on Fri, 2012-04-20 09:51 SOLO needs a style guide like this one... — by Marcus on Fri, 2012-04-20 08:55
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Rodney Hide can stop writing now ...![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sat, 2012-04-14 02:38
... he'll never do better than this opinion piece on how tax legislation is the legislation of the police state: Recent Comments: Hide had his chance — by Sam Pierson on Sun, 2012-04-15 04:25 He betrayed his carbon trading pledge too — by Marcus on Sat, 2012-04-14 07:31 Ha! — by Lindsay Perigo on Sat, 2012-04-14 03:21
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These National Socialists Love Their Doublespeak: Privacy = Information Sharing.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-04-09 23:21
Another piece where I need say little other than shine the torch of liberty down the new tunnel being built to the Police State: http://www.stuff.co.nz/technol... Recent Comments: Are they — by Shane Pleasance on Tue, 2012-04-10 23:05 Great quote from Cafe Hayek: — by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-04-10 22:52 Yes. Democracy, our tyranny — by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-04-10 20:34
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My final thoughts before getting in my car and going off .... The death of freedom in New Zealand![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sun, 2012-04-01 00:00
This is simply my last post to Lindsay Mitchell's great blog: http://www.lindsaymitchell.blo... Recent Comments: By the way, regarding Kim Jong Hickey's evil — by Mark Hubbard on Sun, 2012-04-01 01:04 ( categories: )
Mr and Mrs Hubbard are going on holiday ...![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Thu, 2012-03-29 21:23
... and trying to have a decent one, for once: six weeks. Will pop back in when I can, which won't be much, as I'll be fighting socialists in all the wineries I find them in ... Recent Comments: Yes, having a good time. — by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-04-10 20:29 post cards — by Damien Grant on Tue, 2012-04-10 10:36 I'm glad ... — by Lindsay Perigo on Tue, 2012-04-10 05:26
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Salman Rushdie to Judith Collins - Freedom of Speech![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-27 19:11
Here's a very good speech about the freedom of expression delivered by writer Salman Rushdie to the 'India Today Conclave 2012'; an event in which cricketer, turned politician, now scumbag, Imran Khan, refused to appear due to Rushdie's presence, because this would be an "immeasurable hurt" to Islam. Recent Comments: If it died... — by Marcus on Wed, 2012-03-28 12:51 The light of free speech is — by Richard Wiig on Wed, 2012-03-28 10:35 the right of a journalist to — by gregster on Tue, 2012-03-27 23:12
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The President you can't trust - Traders are noble, except when they're trading your freedoms:![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-27 04:48
Politicians trade with your freedoms: that's what they do. That's all they do. Recent Comments: Does him damage... — by Marcus on Tue, 2012-03-27 09:02 Nah! — by Lindsay Perigo on Tue, 2012-03-27 08:57 Yes. And this must, surely, — by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-27 08:47
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Search & Surveillance Act: Keeping us safe or over-surveiled?![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-27 02:34
So asks Penny Pepperell from the NBR -(Paid content): http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/s... To which I reply:
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No one owns property in the play-pit Kim Jong Hickey lives.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-03-26 05:15
Kim Jong Hickey is so far out on the Left now, he has not the slightest notion of property rights, and crosses over into advocacy of theft so quickly it takes your breath away. Recent Comments: Gareth did — by Damien Grant on Mon, 2012-03-26 20:34 Damien — by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-03-26 19:26 debunked — by Damien Grant on Mon, 2012-03-26 18:53
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More Hypocrisy at The (standardless) Standard![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sat, 2012-03-24 01:49
I see my ban on posting to The (standardless) Standard is still in place, so in response to their current post on information thuggery, and at the risk of becoming a broken record on this topic: http: Recent Comments: Well ... — by Lindsay Perigo on Mon, 2012-03-26 04:17 Stardardless Standard's reply to my last comment ... — by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-03-26 01:25 Try one more time. — by Mark Hubbard on Sat, 2012-03-24 22:34
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Free Press: My freedom has gone missing inside the empty heads of voters.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-23 03:27
On the NBR thread 'Undemocratic' Search and Surveillance Bill made law, concerned with how this Recent Comments: Is it conspiracy? — by 0 on Sat, 2012-03-24 05:18 Marcus — by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-23 22:58 Is this one real Mark... — by Marcus on Fri, 2012-03-23 13:05
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The Entitlement Mentality: New York Edition![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Wed, 2012-03-21 23:16
Hat-tip someone ...
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Heads up: John Ansell disses the lovely Deborah Coddington.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-20 08:32
What is this all about then? Recent Comments: I look forward to seeing Ansell's campaign... — by Marcus on Tue, 2012-03-20 11:30 Twat — by Damien Grant on Tue, 2012-03-20 10:42 Damien... — by Marcus on Tue, 2012-03-20 10:27
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It's about privacy, Mr Barron. Bugger off please, you're not helping ...![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-03-19 20:11
(Hat tip Lindsay Mitchell) Recent Comments: "-a state that will do — by 0 on Sat, 2012-03-24 05:27 ... and often they are — by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-20 05:44 Granny — by Damien Grant on Tue, 2012-03-20 05:21
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The distance between New Zealand and China: Income Inequality.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-16 22:00
It's interesting to ponder the temporal distance between New Zealand, well on its way to arbitrary government, and China, a country run on arbitrary
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Re-defining Canadian Conservatism.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Thu, 2012-03-15 04:10
This is not only relevant to Canada. (Qualification: I'm a libertarian, not conservative). Recent Comments: Yes! — by Jules Troy on Thu, 2012-03-15 10:19 Didn't the current Canadian Conservatives... — by Marcus on Thu, 2012-03-15 09:59 I saw... — by Marcus on Thu, 2012-03-15 09:55
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Financial Markets Authority (FMA) To Take Over all Private Investment in New Zealand![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Wed, 2012-03-14 22:25
From: http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/f... (Paid NRB content so you'll need to buy a subscription): Quoting a portion: Recent Comments: Not that they are credible... — by Marcus on Fri, 2012-03-16 22:52 Marcu, Marcus, Marcus — by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-16 21:18 Taking over "all" investment? — by Marcus on Fri, 2012-03-16 18:30
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Euthanasia: The Dishonesty of Right for Life.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-13 00:11
My letter of this lunch-time to the Press: Recent Comments: Atta boy — by Jules Troy on Tue, 2012-03-20 02:15 JT — by Damien Grant on Tue, 2012-03-20 01:48 "But what if someone wants to — by 0 on Mon, 2012-03-19 13:56
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Never Forget This: Collectivist Politics is Always About Compulsion and Violence.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-03-12 04:50
From: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/busi... Willie Jackson comes off as a 'nice bloke', but in the cold heart of every Lefty there is always the brute thug:
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Shearer has to be the silliest Labour leader I've seen yet.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sun, 2012-03-11 02:48
For the first time since becoming leader of the Labour party he made some decisions on Q&A this morning ... and they were all the wrong ones.
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Kim Jong Hickey and Jesus Morgan will be ecstatic with this story ...![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sat, 2012-03-10 03:52
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A Pat on the Back for David Parker: Labour - The Search and Surveillance Bill![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-09 23:22
Almost as good as my own piece regarding the attack the National Socialists are making on the free press, and showing my satire was closer to reality than not, David Parker has written a very good piece on the access the State wants to ensure for itself, by immoral law, to a journalist's sources. Recent Comments: New Zealand has now legislated (read pissed) away freedom of ... — by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-23 04:40 ( categories: )
Reminder to Self: Summation of every single header-post I've made to SOLO.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-09 21:48
All I've said is this, though it's never been said so well as the first time: Recent Comments: Beautiful — by Jules Troy on Fri, 2012-03-09 23:51 ( categories: )
Breaking News: In Night of the Short Prick, SFO Successful in Power Grab![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Wed, 2012-03-07 19:38
I was first tipped onto this story by a source that does not want to be named ... Wait! Wait a jack booting minute.
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Maritime Union and Reality: Two Ships Passing in the Night![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-06 22:48
“We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality” Ayn Rand *** Maritime Union national president Garry Parsloe: Recent Comments: The problem with unions — by Jules Troy on Wed, 2012-03-07 01:59 The Replacements — by Cornell on Wed, 2012-03-07 00:39
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Damn, Freedom Lost a Good Guy Today - Owen McShane.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-06 10:23
Died suddenly today: http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2012... Always enjoyed Owen's comments around the blogs. I'll miss him. Recent Comments: NBR still managing to avoid — by Mark Hubbard on Tue, 2012-03-06 19:16 Sounds like a substancial — by Cornell on Tue, 2012-03-06 14:35
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Police State Alert: Code Orange for life behind the IRon Drape - Free Press under Attack in New Zealand![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Mon, 2012-03-05 08:39
Recent Comments: There's something — by Cornell on Wed, 2012-03-07 06:30 Quote of the Day — by Richard Goode on Wed, 2012-03-07 06:13 That's — by Cornell on Wed, 2012-03-07 06:05
Why capitalism is a beautiful thing ...![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Sun, 2012-03-04 22:34
Here's how capitalism and private charity can do more for a kid's future than any benefit from the welfare state. Recent Comments: A new way to watch Atlas on Blu-Ray? — by Marcus on Mon, 2012-03-05 16:09 That's pretty great. What an — by Cornell on Mon, 2012-03-05 00:54
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Dotcom's Campbell Interview - I disagree with him on one point.![]() Submitted by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-02 01:20
A half hour interview with Dotcom well worth watching: http://ondemand.tv3.co.nz/Camp... Recent Comments: Matthew 18:7 — by Richard Goode on Fri, 2012-03-02 07:29 Oh, I'm American. I'm — by Cornell on Fri, 2012-03-02 02:13 Cornell — by Mark Hubbard on Fri, 2012-03-02 02:05
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