The GB Thinker - Issue 51, 10th July, 2024

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“THERE CAN BE NO FAITH IN GOVERNMENT IF OUR HIGHEST OFFICES ARE EXCUSED FROM SCRUTINY - THEY SHOULD BE SETTING THE EXAMPLE FOR TRANSPARENCY.” ~EDWARD SNOWDEN, WHISTLEBLOWER

ISSUE 51, 10 JULY 2024

New Inquiry, new terms - Govt takes harder line on Covid response investigation.

It’s been nearly a year since we brought you The GB Thinker.

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 highlevel inquiry fell alarmingly short for critics of our pandemic 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 health authorities or clinicians during the pandemic.

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 ‘freedom vote’, Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters made a point of reaching independent media to get the word out, because our mainstream media visibly blindsided the big change: “Phase 2” of the new Inquiry will do what they didn’t - digging much deeper. Find out how on Page 2.

The Thinker Quiz 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?

1) $710 million 2) Texas, Utah, Kansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana 3) Christchurch City Council 4)survived failed assassination attempts in 2024 5) they refused to contract with the WHO to purchase COVID injections and were assassinated between June 2020 and July 2021.

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 learned all that we can to avoid a repeat of the devastation and settle the facts - which New Zealand demonstrably no longer trusts the mainstream media to do - according to the latest annual Trust in News Report by Auckland University of Technology (Page 3).

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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 Voices for Freedom) The use of vaccines during the pandemic Vaccine mandates Vaccine safety Vaccine approval; and The monitoring and reporting of adverse reactions to the vaccines.

Social impacts The effect of social division and isolation; and The extent of disruption to New Zealanders' health and education systems Economic impacts and disruption to business The effect on inflation, debt, and economic activity The effect of extended lockdowns in Auckland and Northland; and The Government's utilisation of partnerships with business and professional groups.

Government decision making Whether the rules set by the Government appropriately balanced Covid-19 elimination with other goals; and The Government's responsiveness to utilising new technology, methods, and effective international practices.

How could any sincere inquiry be conducted without these items?

A sad story of local censorship do better, GB Weekly!

Part of the original GB Thinker plan was to print letters that were being rejected by Golden Bay’s weekly newspaper. This happened again recently to our local GP Dr Bruce Dooley.

His letter was on time and acknowledged by GB Weekly editor Jo Richards... but it never appeared in print. Dr Dooley says “without a peep or explanation from Jo, he made a unilateral decision to not print my letter. That's my definition of censorship.

Could there possibly be a link behind the weekly full page and sometimes 2 full page advertisements by [Government Health Agency] Te Whatu Ora?” Read Dr Dooley’s censored letter below: A very interesting study (Science Advances, Volume 10, Issue 23 Jun 2024) was published last week by two researchers looking into the pandemic policy response around the world. Drs Eran Bendavid and Chirag Patel of 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, spread vaccine injury and death, and otherwise shattered liberties and laws the world over, not to mention leading to frightening levels of political instability.

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 manipulation and looking at every conceivable policy and outcome, the researchers reluctantly come to an incredible conclusion. They conclude that nothing that governments did had any effect. There was only immeasurable cost with no benefit.

Everywhere in the world. Please just let that sink in.

Bruce Dooley

Want to say “NO” to digital ID?

New report targets CBDC’s and Digital ID

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

The democratic risks of CBDC’s (Central Bank Digital Currencies) coupled with Digital ID is another lifealtering topic left mostly to the shadows - but sociologist Jodie Bruning from NZ’s Physicians and Scientists for Global Responsibility (PSGR) has put it under some bright lights in a 90-page report, calling ultimately for a six-year moratorium on the plans.

Bruning says “no-one outside the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is discussing this, and the RBNZ is problem framing in a way that suits its’ objectives. There’s no independent advice anywhere.”

“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 decisionmaking processes and authorities will be difficult to track and assess, should something go wrong... It is impossible to ‘put a finger’ on how and when harm - including to human rights and freedoms – might arise.

“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/

Kiwis’ trust in news plunges again - study Auckland University of Technology’s annual Trust in News Aotearoa report came out... and the results weren’t pretty.

Trust in news plummeted faster last year than it did the three years previously, with just one third of respondents suggesting they trust the news at all... and 75% of respondents saying they actively avoid it.

“Journalism has lost its authority as the main source of news and information. In general, people distrust the information they see, and they are increasingly checking their ‘facts’ themselves. This phenomenon is highly problematic” says Dr Merja Myllylahti, co-author of the report. The giant drop in trust means New Zealand’s faith in their media falls lower than the world average measured by Reuters this year holding steady at 40%.

MARK HUME SUPPORTS FREEDOM OF CHOICE

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