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New Inquiry, new terms - Govt takes harder line on Covid response investigation.
It’sbeennearlyayearsincewebroughtyouTheGBThinker.
This bonus issue celebrates people power, resulting in two exciting developments last week Not only was longtime exiled journalist Julian Assange freed, but the coalition Government announced it will deepen the Royal Commission of Inquiry into our Covid-19 response, spearheaded by a nationwide vaccine drive and mandates The Labour Government’s terms of reference for the highlevelinquiryfellalarminglyshortforcriticsofourpandemic handling - notably not even mentioning any review of vaccine safety, leaving vaccine efficacy out of scope, along with any analysis of particular decisions made by public healthauthoritiesorcliniciansduringthepandemic
Despite the fatigue hanging over the subject, can anyone truly say we should just leave the lockdowns, the mandates and the division in the dust? With the sixth wave of Covid19 apparently rampant, and the conversation on ice for many, the issue remains unresolved. Surely strong leadership would be meticulous in making sure we’ve learnedallthatwecantoavoidarepeatofthedevastationand settle the facts - which New Zealand demonstrably no longertruststhemainstreammediatodo-accordingtothe latest annual Trust in News Report by Auckland University ofTechnology(Page3).
The media’s unfortunate bias is clear if you use this latest development on the Royal Commission of Inquiry as a case study: stories from both Newshub and Radio New Zealand focused on the politics, not the facts Sticking to his election promises where he was touted to have won the ‘freedomvote’,DeputyPrimeMinisterWinstonPetersmade a point of reaching independent media to get the word out, because our mainstream media visibly blindsided the big change:“Phase2”ofthenewInquirywilldowhattheydidn’t -diggingmuchdeeper FindouthowonPage2
1) What was the dollar value in ‘royalties’ collected by the US NIH (National Institute of Health) run by Anthony Fauci in the Covid vaccine years of 2021-2023?
2) Which five US States are taking legal action against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer for deceptive peddling of their Covid vaccine?
3) Which council was the latest to pull out of Local Government NZ following Auckland’s move?
4) What do the President of Madagascar, PM of Slovakia and the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia have in common?
5) What do former presidents of Haiti, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, and Swaziland have in common?
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Previous issues found here:
New Terms for Covid response Investigation
Brand new Commissioners and braver scrutiny will take over from Labour’s initial attempt at inquiry, where the following items will now be investigated (summarised by VoicesforFreedom)
Theuseofvaccinesduringthepandemic Vaccinemandates Vaccinesafety Vaccineapproval;and
Themonitoringandreportingofadversereactionsto thevaccines.
Socialimpacts
Theeffectofsocialdivisionandisolation;and
The extent of disruption to New Zealanders' health andeducationsystems
Economicimpactsanddisruptiontobusiness
Theeffectoninflation,debt,andeconomicactivity
The effect of extended lockdowns in Auckland and Northland;and
The Government's utilisation of partnerships with businessandprofessionalgroups.
Governmentdecisionmaking
Whether the rules set by the Government appropriately balanced Covid-19 elimination with othergoals;and
The Government's responsiveness to utilising new technology, methods, and effective international practices.
How could any sincere inquiry be conducted without these items?
Asadstoryof localcensorshipdobetter,GBWeekly!
Part of the original GB Thinker plan was to print letters that were being rejected by Golden Bay’s weekly newspaper. ThishappenedagainrecentlytoourlocalGP Dr Bruce Dooley. His letter was on time and acknowledged by GB Weekly editor Jo Richards... but it neverappearedinprint DrDooleysays“withoutapeep or explanation from Jo, he made a unilateral decision to not print my letter. That's my definition of censorship. Couldtherepossiblybealinkbehindtheweeklyfullpage and sometimes 2 full page advertisements by [GovernmentHealthAgency]TeWhatuOra?”
ReadDrDooley’scensoredletterbelow:
Averyinterestingstudy(ScienceAdvances,Volume10, Issue 23 Jun 2024) was published last week by two researchers looking into the pandemic policy response aroundtheworld DrsEranBendavidandChiragPatelof Stanford and Harvard, wanted to examine the effects of government policy on the virus. Said policies destroyed countless small businesses, ruined a generation in learning losses, spread ill health with substance abuse, wrecked churches that could not hold holiday services, broke trade, unleashed inflation, provoked new forms of online censorship, built government power in a way without precedent, led to new levels of surveillance, spreadvaccineinjuryanddeath,andotherwiseshattered libertiesandlawstheworldover,nottomentionleading tofrighteninglevelsofpoliticalinstability.
So, Bendavid and Patel assembled and reassembled all existing data in every conceivable way, running fully 100,000 possible combinations of tests After vast data manipulationandlookingateveryconceivablepolicyand outcome, the researchers reluctantly come to an incredible conclusion They conclude that nothing that governments did had any effect There was only immeasurablecostwithnobenefit. Everywhereintheworld. Pleasejustletthatsinkin. BruceDooley
New report targets CBDC’s and Digital ID
The democratic risks of CBDC’s (Central Bank Digital Currencies) coupled with Digital ID is another lifealteringtopicleftmostlytotheshadows-butsociologist
Jodie Bruning from NZ’s Physicians and Scientists for GlobalResponsibility(PSGR)hasputitundersomebright lightsina90-pagereport,callingultimatelyforasix-year moratoriumontheplans
Bruning says “no-one outside the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is discussing this, and the RBNZ is problemframinginawaythatsuitsits’objectives There’s noindependentadviceanywhere.”
“There is compelling evidence that power and interoperability of the digital infrastructure will not only enhance government control and surveillance, but that it presents a real risk to civil, constitutional and human rights This tech is scalable, and it is out-of-sight Because of the mixture of interests involved, from the RBNZ, to allied government agencies, to the Fintech sector and RBNZ’s Central bank colleagues, the decisionmakingprocessesandauthoritieswillbedifficulttotrack and assess, should something go wrong... It is impossible to ‘put a finger’ on how and when harm - including to humanrightsandfreedoms–mightarise.
“CBDCs have not been pushed into policy-space by the citizens of nations... but by the big global Central banks and the Fintech industry.”
“Early CBDC trials in Nigeria and China reveal that citizens do not trust, and instead resist using the reserve bank currency.” www.newstalkzb.co.nz/podcasts/theleighton-smith-podcast/leighton-smith-podcast-244june-19th-2024-jodie-bruning/
Wanttosay“NO”to digitalID?
The Digital ID Trust Framework law actually came into force on July 1st... but a petition lodged by Tracey Coxhead on Parliament’s website is fighting for its repeal, citing the lack of transparency or any kind of public awareness campaign. Sign the petition here: www.petitions.parliament.nz/ be79f174-3143-4455-bed5-08dc890a778f (or Google it!)
And have your say on ‘digital cash’ as touted by the Reserve Bank here: www.rbnz.govt.nz/money-and-cash/digital-cash
Kiwis’trustinnews plungesagain-study
Auckland University of Technology’s annual Trust in News
Aotearoa report came out... and the results weren’t pretty. Trustinnewsplummetedfasterlastyearthanitdidthethree years previously, with just one third of respondents suggesting they trust the news at all and 75% of respondentssayingtheyactivelyavoidit.
“Journalismhaslostitsauthorityasthemainsourceofnews and information In general, people distrust the information they see, and they are increasingly checking their ‘facts’ themselves.Thisphenomenonishighlyproblematic”saysDr MerjaMyllylahti,co-authorofthereport Thegiantdropin trust means New Zealand’s faith in their media falls lower than the world average measured by Reuters this year holdingsteadyat40%.
Did You Know...... about fluoridation?
In 2018 the NZ Supreme Court ruled fluoridation was a compulsory medical treatment that violates Section 11 of the Bill of Rights – our right to refuse to undergo medical treatment.
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Recent studies show 0.3 ppm of fluoride in the water is enough to affect brain development. 0.7ppm –1.0 ppm is used in NZ. There are now 10 US Government funded studies that show fluoride damages the brains of children exposed to fluoride at exposure levels caused by fluoridation.
Recent major studies (LOTUS and CATFISH) funded by the UK government has found fluoridation has very little benefit to teeth and is not cost effective. fluoridefree.org.nz
