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Skarlett Starr's avatar

I try some days to put a positive lens on all of this…

My eyes were (further) opened to the rotten sludge we call government in this country - I was banned from Fakebook (never returned - no regrets) I know heaps more about the pharmaceutical industrial complex.

A passionate observer of humanity I was stunned to see how structures of power and control revealed themselves.

But I always believed there would be justice…

My faith in that is shot to buggery…

I despise and detest Adern, Hipkins (we will find you wherever you are) and Baker and the pink haired idiot…

Penfold, Hannah…experts not experts.

Met some very cool humans during that time…

But I’m scarred and I’m resentful of authority more than ever.

I dont trust medical people AT ALL.

It was a lesson in humanity I didn’t think I needed.

The wound is still raw and I have personally lost family and friends to “safe and effective” gene therapy…

How do we heal?

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Matua Kahurangi's avatar

I was banned from Facebook too and never bothered coming back - great minds think alike. That said, I still keep an account for business purposes. Unfortunately, Facebook Ads are still one of the most effective marketing tools available.

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

Yip and marketplace is useful - but I’m a stubborn git…

I just use my sons account 😅

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Karin's avatar

The signs were there but 2020 really brought them to the fore!! I have in no way come to any sort of terms with what happened to us, and is still happening at an escalating rate. Yes, some people have had their eyes opened but so many are just stumbling along, living life through their screens and paying no attention to reality. I am in equal parts, hopeful and despairing, with a great dollop of grief mixed in.

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

🤗

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Aroha's avatar

Sadly I have to put a tick against every one of your points above. And the saddest thing of all is that all those who sleep-walk through the contrarian evidence, the sky-rocketing increase in unusual cancers etc, still can't understand why we just can't get over it and are quite (wilfully?) oblivious to the damage inflicted on the fabric of our society. I was expressing my belief that the constraints on the current phase of the covid enquiry mean that there may well be no outcome consistent with justice and that, getting on for 80, I was probably not going to see any in my lifetime. She reminded me that whatever the report holds, the commissioners cannot un-hear or un-see the evidence presented and that it took 30 years, but justice and acknowledgement was finally given to the thalidomide victims. So I really do need to take the long view! The sun is still shining (sometimes), there are kereu in the ribbon-woods and the daffodils are coming out; these are balm to my sad heart.

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

What a beautiful comment Aroha! I am with you there! Tūī and piwakawaka abound - the low sun is peeking through and I have much to be grateful for. Have a wonderful day and yes…we will trust that justice is served. 🙏🤗

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Just Boris's avatar

Well opined. Yes, Ardern’s legacy is not a good one at all. And shame indeed on all those who played her game. Drunk on power & fame, they used their ‘status’ to reinforce an improper narrative. Like modern-day Kapos, they were happy to whip their own countrymen and shut down even the slightest whiff of contrary opinion. “Lest we forget” should be her political epitaph, and not for reasons of bravery & sacrifice we usually associate these words with, but for the self-serving fascism that reared its ugly head.

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Matua Kahurangi's avatar

I honestly can't think of anyone in this country I dislike more than Jacinda Ardern.

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Aroha's avatar

Hipkins?

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Charlie Hadenuff's avatar

There are too many in our communities who to this day will not apologize for their role in this attempt at tyranny. They are grifters and opportunists taking advantage of any incentive financial or otherwise to feather their own nests, not only did they do that, they publicly shamed and ridiculed those few ( I was one) who called this out for what it was from the start.

They protest " oh that was the previous government!" They'd do it all again if they were incentivised to do so.

As I travel I reflect on the massive fault New Zealanders in general have.

They are too trusting and naive, too sleepy and gullible. They should stop watching coronation st, learn some history, learn to question and push back on " authority" don't be such wimps! Tough guys on the rugby field but in real life are weak minded sycophants.

Learn that freedom bares responsibility, take responsibility for your own health decisions, your own financial well-being.

Lindsay Perigo referred to them as the " government worshippers in our midst" he also said...way back in the 90s, that NZ, being such a small population, could turn on a dime. Maybe this is our moment.

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KATHAZEL's avatar

These people should be investigated. The amounts they were paid by government, pharmaceutical companies and media to attack and denigrate their fellow citizens should be revealed. Kate with her ludicrous claims against everyday people who baked and knitted. Shaun with his mathematical modelling dramatics suggesting 80,000 were going to die, Siouxsie encouraging mask hysteria while heading out to the beach with friends, Michael constantly popping up to spread fear and blame the unvaccinated. The whole lot of them should look back at their actions and feel shame and acute embarrassment.

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Aroha's avatar

Take them out and shoot the lot of them! At nearly 80 I'm getting militant, because logic and reason don't make a dent in their self-satisfaction and they seem to have no understanding of applying some compassion.

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Murray L Johnson's avatar

A name often overlooked when considering the role Ardern and her acolytes played over the covid outbreak is that of Brook Barrington who served as chief executive of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

DPMC often coordinate and lead government responses to large crises like earthquakes, the March 15 attack, and Covid-19.

Barrington became the head of the Ardern DPMC in 2019 as part of a series of high-profile transfers between government departments.

Ardern resigned 19 January 2023.

Barrington took family leave from DPMC from March 2023.

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Skarlett Starr's avatar

Fascinating…

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Joanne Bedford's avatar

Wow- that’s a different kind of power, and weren’t the people duped by the spin!

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Aroha's avatar

Sadly, they were!

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Dennis Brown's avatar

Again, well done Matua. Judging by the excellent reaction, you have hit a nerve. We await in eager anticipation for the results from the royal Enquiry.

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nw's avatar

They are being investigated. Luxon is looking into how to emulate Comrade/Dame Ardern even now. What, exactly, have we learned?

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Charlie Hadenuff's avatar

We've learned that we..the people of good righteous and truthful intent need to up our game.

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Jo's avatar

If the Royal Commission follows nothing else, they should be following the money. That will lead to the truth in all of this.

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Aroha's avatar

The list of people I'd like to take out and shoot grows ever longer. O'Reilly is a worthy addition. Her "performance" in last week's covid hearing was a masterpiece of waffling incompetence.

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Charlie Hadenuff's avatar

I dont think you'll need to shoot anyone. They'll start shooting themselves soon. Expect a rise in suicides. They've been caught red- handed. Not for stealing candy! Not less than un-lawful egregious crimes against their fellow man! All the theatrics and continuance of lies are in vain. It is obvious to all with eyes open the dramatic drop in birth rates worldwide and the sudden onset cancers etc. The plan worked too well. The attempt to justify removal of human rights based on a fictitious deadly " virus" was a bridge too far. I still want to know what happened to flu deaths in 2020? Why a person was not classified as vaccinated until the 14th day after receiving the second injection? How dying " with" or "from" covid was acceptable as data for " covid deaths"?

I have many more questions.

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Aroha's avatar

You're not the only one with more questions and I'm not hopeful that the enquiry will bring them out.

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Charlie Hadenuff's avatar

The inquiry will not bring out anything that answers any valid questions of concern. It is theatre. But ask the questions anyway. I for one will never stop asking. I ask random strangers. Most shrug their shoulders. I'm 63. Im an ex vaxxer. I have had all childhood vaccines vaccines for work in Healthcare in the 90s, vaccines when I've been in hospital after accidents, I've had 15 or more flu vaccines. I've had anaphylaxis twice following flu vaccines. I stopped all injections in 2012, have had neither bad/long flu or anaphylaxis since. The most deadly virulent " novel virus" comes along in 2020 and missed me entirely. Is there a big pHarma dr monitoring this thread that can explain this to me please? Stay strong Aroha.

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Aroha's avatar

I'm nearly 80 and, like you, did not have the covid injection, have never had a flu injection, and have never had covid. Go figure.

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Charlie Hadenuff's avatar

I envy you because I'm paying the price for all that poison. But the body is amazing. I'll live to 80 and beyond. Thanks for the reply.

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