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New Zealand, amazingly, has gotten even more totalitarian about COVID
American Thinker ^ | 21 Feb, 2022 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 02/21/2022 4:36:34 AM PST by MtnClimber

From practically the first day that COVID appeared, New Zealand’s government was on the front line of totalitarianism in terms of trying to keep the virus off its shores. The country’s lockdown was total. With every fanatic rule, it was hard to imagine the government topping itself. And yet that’s exactly what the government is doing. The newest initiative is to fine people for refusing COVID tests—and, if they ignore the fine, destroying them financially and imprisoning them in fortress New Zealand.

Beginning in March 2020, New Zealand closed its borders to the world and put the country (and its economy) in almost complete lockdown, with only occasional intermittent breaks from these national prison conditions. And of course, the government-mandated vaccine passports, which are effectively vaccine mandates for those who wish to function in the country.

The latest initiative is, apparently, enforced COVID testing. Libs of TikTok tweeted out a Notice someone received for “COVID-19 Testing Non Compliance.” The fine is NZD $330, which is US $220. If the person fails to pay the fine, another NZD $102 (US $68) gets added to the fine.

But wait! There’s more!

That additional $102 fee seems to be intended to cover the costs of the more serious consequences for non-payment of the fine (and, presumably, the continued refusal to have that swab stuck up your nose):

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; coronafascism; newzealand
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1 posted on 02/21/2022 4:36:34 AM PST by MtnClimber
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Klaus Schwab World Economic Forum Young Leaders Trainees, Partial List

Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden

Crown Prince Haakon of Norway

Crown Prince Fredrik of Denmark

Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Netherlands

Princess Reema Bint Bandar Al-Saud, Ambassador for Saudi-Arabia in USA

Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister, New Zeeland

Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister, Belgium

Emmanuel Macron, President, France

Sanna Marin, Prime Minister, Finland

Carlos Alvarado Quesada, President, Costa Rica

Faisal Alibrahim, Minister of Economy and Planning, Saudi Arabia

Shauna Aminath, Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology, Maldives

Ida Auken, MP, former Minister of Environment, Denmark (author to the infamous article “Welcome To 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy And Life Has Never Been Better”)

Annalena Baerbock, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leader of Alliance 90/Die Grünen, Germany

Kamissa Camara, Minister of the Digital Economy and Planning, Mali

Ugyen Dorji, Minister of Domestic Affairs, Bhutan

Chrystia Freeland, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Canada

Martín Guzmán, Minister of Finance, Argentina

Muhammad Hammad Azhar, Minister of Energy, Pakistan

Paula Ingabire, Minister of Information and communications technology and Innovation, Rwanda

Ronald Lamola, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, South Africa

Birgitta Ohlson, Minister for European Union Affairs 2010–2014, Sweden

Mona Sahlin, Party Leader of the Social Democrats 2007–2011, Sweden

Stav Shaffir, Leader of the Green Party, Israel

Vera Daves de Sousa, Minister of Finance, Angola

Leonardo Di Caprio, actor and Climate Activist

Mattias Klum, photographer and Environmentalist

Jack Ma, Founder of Alibaba

Larry Page, Founder of Google

Ricken Patel, Founder of Avaaz

David de Rothschild, adventurer and Environmentalist

Jimmy Wale, Founder of Wikipedia

Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman of Investor

Niklas Zennström, Founder of Skype

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder of Facebook

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

2 posted on 02/21/2022 4:37:53 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

It is not about corvid never has been it is about communist’s sizing power and holding on to it.


3 posted on 02/21/2022 4:43:37 AM PST by riverrunner
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If you don’t pay or arrange payment the Court can:

Issue a warrant for your arrest

Suspend your driver’s license

Seize and sell your property, or take money from your income or bank account

Report your overdue fine as part of your credit reference check – meaning you may or may not be able to get a loan, credit card, or hire purchase

Restrict your ability to sell your property

Stop you from travelling overseas

...Right out of the Bible.

4 posted on 02/21/2022 4:46:25 AM PST by Baldwin77 (If you put anything into my body WITHOUT my consent, IT IS RAPE.)
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To: MtnClimber

Interesting list. Is it a complete list, or are there more names?


5 posted on 02/21/2022 4:49:01 AM PST by Baldwin77 (If you put anything into my body WITHOUT my consent, IT IS RAPE.)
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To: shaggy eel

Are you still being censored?


6 posted on 02/21/2022 5:16:36 AM PST by null and void (Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm climbing in the trees)
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To: Baldwin77

And I used to think the WEF was just a conspiracy theory. Well seems like whatever the left calls a conspiracy theory these days is something they are actually up to.


7 posted on 02/21/2022 5:20:11 AM PST by AndyJackson
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8 posted on 02/21/2022 5:32:20 AM PST by null and void (Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm climbing in the trees)
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To: Baldwin77

That is a partial list. I am trying to confirm more. If anyone can find if others are from Young Leaders training please let me know. Especially for the following: Governor Polis gov Colorado. Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper. Dan Crenshaw from Texas. Nimrata Haley.


9 posted on 02/21/2022 5:32:57 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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The cost of Australia’s Covid prisons is staggering.

Himmler got his camps much cheaper.


10 posted on 02/21/2022 5:34:16 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

Kountry klub fur tyranny


11 posted on 02/21/2022 5:38:35 AM PST by Brian Griffin
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Pretty clear that New Zealand, Austria, Germany and Australia are test beds for how far and how fast tyranny can be implemented in western democracies.


12 posted on 02/21/2022 5:48:34 AM PST by cld51860 (We’re doomed.)
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To: AndyJackson

The term “conspiracy theory” is a handy tool.

I think the general populaces conditioned response to these two words has been a designed psyop.

It’s very convenient to be able to entirely shut down a thought or concept by just calling it a conspiracy theory.


13 posted on 02/21/2022 6:14:07 AM PST by Sarcazmo
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To: MtnClimber

I saw Dan Crenshaw on a list one time. But I don’t remember where.


14 posted on 02/21/2022 6:15:08 AM PST by Sarcazmo
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To: MtnClimber

I think you’re over the target here.

I think these are the people running this show on the world.

They say conspiracies of this size cant exist. I’m not buying it. All communist revolutions have been large conspiracies between many to enslave and rob the majority.

Of course the Commie would try to get you to believe that no such conspiracy is possible!


15 posted on 02/21/2022 6:21:00 AM PST by Sarcazmo
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To: MtnClimber

Im not surprised ...


16 posted on 02/21/2022 6:22:21 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: MtnClimber

The ‘free world’ is getting a TASTE here of how Democrats will enforce gun control laws, should they manage to pass them (and they’re damn close to that point). And, while some RINOs have problems with gun rights, as a group, they are FAR BETTER on guns than, literally, ANY Democrat in DC, since, for starters, RINOs have never talked of killing the filibuster.

(something to think about for those wanting to sit out out elections to ‘teach the GOP a lesson’ - yes, it can get worse, far worse - as we’re seeing here)


17 posted on 02/21/2022 6:25:58 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart, I just don't tell anyone.)
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Meanwhile, the virus has finally reached them, as it inevitably would, despite all their Covid craziness.

Covid Cases New Zealand
18 posted on 02/21/2022 6:28:40 AM PST by Antoninus (Republicans are all honorable men.)
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To: Sarcazmo

Except when your own memes boomerang and start working against you.


19 posted on 02/21/2022 6:28:42 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: AndyJackson

Meme’s are another one. Ridicule, extremely hard to counter. Powerful tool.

And I concur, some theories turn out to have been just theories and not truth. They can be dismissed, much like man made climate change theory.

Lord knows, I have had my share of theories that didn’t quite pan out.


20 posted on 02/21/2022 6:44:27 AM PST by Sarcazmo
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