Ruth Littlewood

@willfromnz @matt_horncastle Prohibition isn’t working. Classic example of doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. Time for a different approach. Time to look at successful examples around the world.

@RuLittlewood @matt_horncastle They already do that with prohibition.

Drugs. This is one of my more controversial opinions, and it is a complicated one. So let me say something clearly first. I am not pro drugs. Drugs destroy lives. Drug addiction is not rational. It does not respond to logic or love. It chews through families and futures and leaves wreckage behind. I am not cheering for drugs. I am thinking honestly about how a society should deal with them. And I land somewhere a lot of people will disagree with. I do not believe any drugs should be illegal. I do not believe the government should decide what a free adult puts in their own body. Hear me out. When you make a class of product illegal, the demand does not disappear. The consumer always finds it. So what you create is a product bought mostly by the poorest people, at massively inflated prices, manufactured entirely in the criminal world. No taxation. No regulation. No quality control. No company to hold accountable. Just violence, abuse, and gangs. We invented the worst possible market and act surprised it produces the worst outcomes. Now imagine the alternative. Drugs sold by companies that pay tax. Companies you can sue when their product harms you. Proper dosages and warnings on the label. Age restrictions, like we do for alcohol. The criminal industry collapses overnight. The violence goes with it. The state collects revenue instead of spending billions chasing people. Let me be fair to the other side. I have a lot of respect for the Singapore model. Death penalty for trafficking. Almost no drug problem. A clean, safe, prosperous society. They made a hard call and the results speak for themselves. So you have two extremes that both make sense. Total freedom, or total prohibition with real teeth. What does not work is what most of the West does now. Half illegal, half tolerated. No deterrent. No regulation. No tax. The criminal world keeps the industry. The poorest pay the highest price. When I weigh the two extremes honestly, I land on freedom. Not because drugs are good. But because individual freedom is the most important thing a country can protect. Nobody should decide what an adult puts in their body. Especially not the government. And here is where I draw the line. If you take drugs and hurt someone. If you take drugs and commit a crime. You should be prosecuted to the full force of the law. No excuses. But if you consume something, in your own home, and hurt nobody. That is your choice. Not the government's. That is what freedom means.

Yep. Nailed It!!

@Maga4liberty How many have there been?

Who exactly was polled to rank Chelsea Clinton as one of the most beautiful first daughters in U.S. history?🤣

@2ETEKA @MikeNewZ_ @chrisluxonmp Just one?

@chrisluxonmp We have a lunatic in charge.

🇮🇳 We want to attract and retain skilled migrants to drive economic growth. We’re introducing a new five-year multiple entry visitor visa for parents of NZ citizens and residents – The Parent Boost Visa.

POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION? - Then the question must be asked; Is the government a proactive defender of our individual rights, or a silent witness to their decay?.....> nominister.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/pos…

@Huseinalfdl @PamelaEthorb Could we have her as World President please?

ماذا نسمي مثل هؤلاء الأشخاص⁉️ 👇 رئيسة كرواتيا التي خطبت في شعبها قائلة : لن نقترض من البنك الدولي ولو متنا جوعا. _ قامت ببيع (الطائرة الرئاسية) الخاصة _ و بيع عدد ( 35 ) سيارة نوع (مرسيدس) لنقل الوزراء _ و أودعت عوائدها لخزانة الدولة " و رفضت بيع وتخصيص مؤسسات القطاع العام الاستراتيجية _وخفضت راتبها الى( 30% ) ليتساوى مع متوسط مرتبات عامة الناس _ و ألغت الضرائب على محدودي الدخل _ و حاربت الفساد في كل دوائر الدولة " وألغت العلاوات والحوافز للوزراء والسلك الدبلوماسي في الدولة _ و قلصت (سفارات /وقنصليات/ وممثليات ) بلادها في الخارج للحد من الاسراف وتوفير العملة الصعبة _ و عندما تسافر في مهامها الخارجية تحجز في رحلات الطائرات العادية ؟

@saltyreigns Who was the artist? A genuine Picasso might be worth it….

To be fair - that sounds like pocket change when it comes to councils’ mis allocation of our hard earned money

@theo_jil If you’re still in your 20s, 30s, 40s or even older: Put half of every wage rise into an investment account. Don’t touch it for 50, 40 or 30 years. Make money while you sleep.

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I'm 55. If you're in your 30s or 40s, read this: 1. Marriage won’t fix loneliness. Neither will kids, money, or sex.

On FB today. Read and understand how our government, our media and our education system is being hijacked here in New Zealand.

“Most people who read ‘The Communist Manifesto’ probably have no idea that it was written by a couple of young men who had never worked a day in their lives, and who nevertheless spoke boldly in the name of ‘the workers.’” — Thomas Sowell

Another view of NZ - Auckland

Think 🤔…

“Being hated by idiots is the price you pay for not being one of them.” - Jean Cocteau

Thought for today…

@fwBen_ No - his daughter should have been taught better manners. HE should have defended his wife. A 20 year old ungrateful entitled brat deserves a sharp life lesson.

My new husband’s daughter disrespected me right in front of my family. When I finally spoke up, he shut me down: “She’s not your daughter. Don’t try to parent her.”
I just smiled… and the next morning, I quietly removed every bit of support ,tuition, the car, and everything else…..

The problem is not people being uneducated. The problem is that people are educated just enough to believe what they have been taught, and not educated enough to question anything from what they have been taught. —Professor Richard Feynman

Excerpt from Judy Gill on FB today - just a small section highlighting how settler history has been ignored, redacted and marginalised in the education system today. This from a descendant of first settlers who arrived in 1807.

@kiwiken012 @matt_horncastle @moahunter Good point. Vote for any of them and you’d get the lot.

@matt_horncastle @moahunter Labour, because they're both of those things.

Who is worse on a moral level? Greens or Māori party? Like the greens are communists… Māori are racist… It’s a tough call…

@LynHaye72192347 @matt_horncastle @moahunter Asking? Demanding money with menaces is extortion.

@matt_horncastle @moahunter I say Maori party as they also keep taking taxpayer's money and ask for more