Despite the awful social and economic polies of the Democrats which have made it very expensive, it’s still a great state to visit.

Check out the berms on Poppy Avenue, Corona del Mar at 1:15 hrs!

It’s obvious why the Leftist Establishment don’t want her.

For the English subtitles, click ‘Watch on YouTube’ then the CC button (which will give you the German words) then the Rose button, select captions and autotranslate – English.

It’s hard to imagine even the Greens doing this in NZ.

by Geoffrey Churchman

Yesterday afternoon on a 13-C grey day in Waikanae Beach I went to this choral concert by a Porirua based group of singers, and a few instrument players — pianio and violin — that took place in St Michael’s Anglican Church.

The theme above of this year’s song collection (last year’s was Love’) didn’t sound cherry but reflected the mood I was still in from the KCDC meeting two days earlier. Actually there was a mix of song styles with different dispositions: whimsical like ‘Carol Brown’ by NZ duo Flight of the Conchords to dark like ‘The Worst Betrayal’ which was actually written by a choir member, Kyle Owen, a part time student at Victoria University.

There is solace in knowing that others have experienced the things that were sung about, and in fact it would be hard to go through life without experiencing at least some of them. I certainly have: being strung along, dumped, deceived, taken advantage of and so on. Meeting others in the same boat helps to deal with it, and listening to songs that you can identify with does too.

The full list of songs sung was:

Act One

I heard it through the Grapevine (by Marvin Gaye)

All by Myself (by Sergei Rachmaninoff)

Yesterday (by Lennon/McCartney)

Liebeslieder Waltzes 2,5,18 (Johannes Brahams)

You don’t bring me Flowers (by Neil Diamond) sung as a duet

Cry me a River (by Arthur Hamilton)

On my Own (music by Claude-Michael Schonberg)

I dreamed a Dream (ditto) from Les Miserables

The Worst Betrayal (by Kyle Owen)

Act Two

Mamma Mia (by Abba)

Someone Like You (by Adele and Day Wilson)

Crying (by Jeramine Clement and Bret McKenzie)

Carol Brown (Jermaine Clement and Bret McKenzie)

Four Strong Winds (by Ian Tyson)

Time to Say Goodbye

Wherever he Ain’t (by Jerry Herman)

Respect (with the letters sung separately) (by Otis Redding)

I will Survive/Survivor (a medley of the original song matched to the song from the stage show Glee)

The musical Director, Eric Sedoti, is from Canada which he mentioned in introducing the song ‘Four Strong Winds’. He commented, ‘In the end we sing about hope for a better future even while we mourn the loss recently suffered.’

While individual singers may or may not have impressed Simon Cowell, collectively they impressed the audience who were most appreciative.

I sat next to the vicar, Tim Mapplebeck, and his wife and he said he was keen to have more concerts like it, particularly at Christmas time. I mentioned the planned ukeluke orchestra in the beach zone nine years ago, see the post linked below, and he was interested in knowing what became of it too.

and now… The Waikanae Beach Ukulele Orchestra

It’s always the ordinary people, mostly the people at the bottom, who suffer from Warmongering Politicians. The EU/Nato’s war against Russia via Ukraine has had a devasting impact on the ordinary people of Ukraine, in the case of Russia not so much.

We wondered if there’s any real way of helping them, short of encouraging them to emigrate. For men the answer is no, they all have to enlist in the military (unless they can bribe the authorities which isn’t that hard, but they need to have the money) and we all know what their expected longevity is once they go the front. How many women have lost boyfriends and husbands?

For women, maybe, but don’t get deceived by websites that lead you to or are a front for this:

When our political-media establishment chant "stand with Ukraine", it means boycotting diplomacy and finance the kidnapping of Ukrainian men to use them in a campaign to weaken Russia as a strategic rival. If the majority of Ukrainians had a say, there would not have been a… pic.twitter.com/Qm8B4XTZys

— Glenn Diesen (@Glenn_Diesen) June 13, 2026

The surveillance grid expands

Vague new rules will allow UK regulators to pressure platforms over “legal but harmful” content whenever government ministers declare a crisis, while the same government ploughs ahead with mandatory phone scanning, digital ID lockdowns, and jail threats for tech bosses who refuse to spy on every device.

The latest move from Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn makes explicit what privacy campaigners have long warned: the Online Safety Act is being weaponised far beyond any child-protection claim.

Benn confirmed that the internet regulator will now wield enhanced powers to tackle “false information” online during “times of crisis,” directly tying the recent Belfast unrest to this framework. The regulator has already contacted platforms, with ministers asserting that violence “appears to have been incited online.”

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Deep State lies and gain-of-function risks laid bare

from modernity.news

Tulsi Gabbard has delivered a direct blow to years of official denial and suppression. As she prepares to leave her post as Director of National Intelligence, she dropped newly declassified evidence showing long-standing U.S. government funding for more than 120 biolabs across over 30 countries — including Ukraine.

The intelligence confirms what the Biden administration, media outlets, and figures like Anthony Fauci worked overtime to dismiss as Russian disinformation or fringe conspiracy. 

Taxpayer dollars supported facilities handling hazardous and highly contagious pathogens, with some engaged in dangerous gain-of-function research under minimal oversight.

Today, I’m releasing never before seen intelligence revealing new evidence of past US government funding for more than 120 biolabs in over 30 countries, including Ukraine.

In support of President Trump‘s Executive Order to end federal funding of dangerous gain of function… pic.twitter.com/RkPHnAbka9

— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) June 12, 2026

In a recorded statement, Gabbard urged that “despite the obvious potential for catastrophic global impact research on dangerous pathogens in biolabs can have, politicians, so-called health professionals like Dr. Fauci, and entities within the Biden administration’s national security team lied to the American people about the existence of U.S.-funded and supported biolabs, and threatened those who attempted to expose the truth.”

She added that ODNI will keep working across the government to map every lab, identify every pathogen, and end the risky experiments that threaten Americans and people worldwide. 

The evidence was intentionally withheld. Powerful interests claimed the labs did not exist and smeared anyone who said otherwise as foreign assets or traitors. 

In 2022 Jen Psaki was asked about claims that we were operating biolabs in Ukraine. She denied the existence of "bioweapons" programs and then called the whole thing Russian disinformation. pic.twitter.com/LZYUJ6oxbj

— MAZE (@mazemoore) June 12, 2026

In 2022 Jen Psaki was asked about claims that we were operating biolabs in Ukraine. She denied the existence of “bioweapons” programs and then called the whole thing Russian disinformation. pic.twitter.com/LZYUJ6oxbj— MAZE (@mazemoore) June 12, 2026

Gabbard’s move aligns directly with President Trump’s May 2025 Executive Order ending federal funding for gain-of-function research globally.

🚨 BOOM — DNI TULSI GABBARD JUST INFURIATED THE DEEP STATE: She exposed 120+ TAX-FUNDED "biolabs" across 30 countries, SPECIFICALLY calls out Anthony Fauci and "gain of function research"

GABBARD: "It has been INTENTIONALLY covered up." 🤯

"Politicians and so-called health… pic.twitter.com/FduxenPOpv

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) June 12, 2026

Declassified materials detail more than 40 U.S.-supported labs in Ukraine alone. These facilities stored and researched Soviet-era pathogens including anthrax, Ebola, Marburg, plague, Lassa fever, tularemia, and others. U.S. contractors and agencies helped build, upgrade, and train staff at high-containment sites.

Intelligence assessments had already flagged at least one U.S.-funded Ukrainian lab as likely housing dangerous pathogens and highly vulnerable to Russian attack, seizure, or damage amid the ongoing conflict. 

Gabbard noted these labs operated with “very little visibility or oversight.” Clinical trials and genome research on high-risk viruses continued under the same opaque system.

This is Tulsi Gabbard’s Swan Song— She just exposed them ALL!

🚨 Declassified Report Maps out the Extensive Secret U.S. Network Behind Ukrainian Biolabs and Dangerous Gain of Function and Pathogen Research 🦠

This document shows many U.S. government agencies, universities, and… https://t.co/dAOEa2N9OV pic.twitter.com/Bi68Q1a3Qo

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) June 12, 2026

Similar concerns have surfaced inside American facilities. The Department of Health and Human Services previously halted certain deadly disease research at Fort Detrick’s BSL-4 biolab over safety issues.

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