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But that was not always the case.</p> <p><a class="button-primary" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2024/06/06/the-accidental-engagement/">Continue reading →</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="featured-content-secondary"> <article id="post-154443" class="post-154443 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all-blacks category-rugby category-rugby-world-cup tag-all-blacks tag-rugby tag-rugby-world-cup"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2023/10/31/abs-stripped-of-2011-title-after-try-disallowed/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="9424" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2014/11/21/read-out-xi-in-as-hansen-makes-late-change-to-all-blacks-team/if-blank-featured-ball/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png" data-orig-size="554,370" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IF blank featured ball" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=554" /></a> <span class="entry-thumbnail-category"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/all-blacks/" rel="category tag">All Blacks</a> / <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/rugby/" rel="category tag">rugby</a> / <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/rugby-world-cup/" rel="category tag">Rugby World Cup</a></span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2023/10/31/abs-stripped-of-2011-title-after-try-disallowed/" rel="bookmark">ABs stripped of 2011 title after try disallowed</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The All Blacks were today stripped of their 2011 Rugby World Cup title, after a TMO review disallowed a critical try.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-61194" class="post-61194 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nazis tag-nazis"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2023/03/21/stop-calling-us-nazis/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="61199" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2023/03/21/stop-calling-us-nazis/nuremberg/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg" data-orig-size="1110,624" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="nuremberg" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/nuremberg.jpeg?w=700" /></a> <span class="entry-thumbnail-category"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/nazis/" rel="category tag">Nazis</a></span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2023/03/21/stop-calling-us-nazis/" rel="bookmark">Stop calling us Nazis</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>What have we done to deserve this label? And don鈥檛 even mention the invasion of Poland. Granted, a few excitable men may have crossed the border firing their weapons. But are you going to damn an entire movement over the actions of a mere million and a half soldiers?</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-47013" class="post-47013 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ice-cream tag-ice-cream tag-tip-top"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/11/07/tip-top-cancelling-goody-goody-gumdrops-a-threat-to-our-democracy/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="47015" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/11/07/tip-top-cancelling-goody-goody-gumdrops-a-threat-to-our-democracy/icecream/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png" data-orig-size="1072,1072" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="icecream" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/icecream.png?w=700" /></a> <span class="entry-thumbnail-category"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/ice-cream/" rel="category tag">Ice cream</a></span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/11/07/tip-top-cancelling-goody-goody-gumdrops-a-threat-to-our-democracy/" rel="bookmark">Tip Top cancelling Goody Goody Gumdrops: a threat to our democracy</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>With threats to democracy seemingly everywhere and the spread of misinformation rampant, this is not the time for Tip Top to abandon some of our favourite ice cream flavours.</p> </div> </article> <article id="post-45117" class="post-45117 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-liz-truss category-politics tag-liz-truss tag-politics"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/21/liz-truss-must-be-the-next-british-pm/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="45119" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/21/liz-truss-must-be-the-next-british-pm/truss/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg" data-orig-size="800,1110" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"22\/09\/2022. London, United Kingdom. Official Portrait of Prime Minister Liz Truss in No10 Downing Street. 10 Downing Street. Picture by Simon Dawson \/ No 10 Downing Street","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="truss" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="<p>22/09/2022. London, United Kingdom. Official Portrait of Prime Minister Liz Truss in No10 Downing Street. 10 Downing Street. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street</p> " data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=216" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/truss.jpg?w=700" /></a> <span class="entry-thumbnail-category"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/liz-truss/" rel="category tag">Liz Truss</a> / <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/politics/" rel="category tag">politics</a></span> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/21/liz-truss-must-be-the-next-british-pm/" rel="bookmark">Liz Truss must be the next British PM</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Britain is looking for another Prime Minister. Thankfully, there is a candidate waiting in the wings with all the right credentials. </p> </div> </article> </div> <div id="primary" class="content-area"> <div id="content" class="site-content" role="main"> <article id="post-44934" class="post-44934 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-auckland-council tag-auckland-council tag-wayne-brown"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/19/dear-sirs/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="44945" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/19/dear-sirs/auckland/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg" data-orig-size="1024,352" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="auckland" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/auckland.jpeg?w=700" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/19/dear-sirs/" rel="bookmark">Dear Sirs</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>In which one adopts a certain mayoral style.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/19/dear-sirs/">19 October, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/auckland-council/" rel="category tag">Auckland Council</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-44346" class="post-44346 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-nuclear-war tag-nuclear-war tag-russia tag-ukraine"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/14/nuclear-war-maybe-but-it-might-not-be-all-bad/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="44362" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/14/nuclear-war-maybe-but-it-might-not-be-all-bad/mushroom-cloud/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg" data-orig-size="1600,1139" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="mushroom-cloud" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/mushroom-cloud.jpg?w=700" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/14/nuclear-war-maybe-but-it-might-not-be-all-bad/" rel="bookmark">Nuclear war? Maybe, but it might not be all bad</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Putin’s threat to use nukes is horrifying, but a detonation would also really annoy the libs.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/10/14/nuclear-war-maybe-but-it-might-not-be-all-bad/">14 October, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/nuclear-war/" rel="category tag">Nuclear war</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-38510" class="post-38510 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-donald-trump tag-donald-trump"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/08/dont-worry-about-donald-trump/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="38521" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/08/dont-worry-about-donald-trump/trump1-1/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="2560,1707" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"shealah_craighead","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"official_white_house_photo","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="trump1-1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/trump1-1.jpeg?w=700" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/08/dont-worry-about-donald-trump/" rel="bookmark">Don鈥檛 worry about Donald Trump</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>There’s nothing to worry about. Don’t trouble yourself over his future. He’ll be just fine.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/08/dont-worry-about-donald-trump/">8 September, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/donald-trump/" rel="category tag">Donald Trump</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37843" class="post-37843 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sport tag-sport"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/02/big-changes-at-low-performance-sport-new-zealand/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="37846" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/02/big-changes-at-low-performance-sport-new-zealand/failure/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png" data-orig-size="1160,874" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="failure" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/failure.png?w=700" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/02/big-changes-at-low-performance-sport-new-zealand/" rel="bookmark">Big Changes at Low Performance Sport New Zealand</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Some exciting board news!</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/02/big-changes-at-low-performance-sport-new-zealand/">2 September, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/sport/" rel="category tag">sport</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37727" class="post-37727 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all-blacks category-rugby tag-all-blacks tag-rugby"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/01/the-tactical-genius-of-ian-foster/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="9424" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2014/11/21/read-out-xi-in-as-hansen-makes-late-change-to-all-blacks-team/if-blank-featured-ball/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png" data-orig-size="554,370" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="IF blank featured ball" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/if-blank-featured-ball.png?w=554" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/01/the-tactical-genius-of-ian-foster/" rel="bookmark">The tactical genius of Ian Foster</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Ian Foster has named an unchanged starting All Blacks XV. It鈥檚 a shrewd move by the coach, one that will have confused the opposition. </p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/09/01/the-tactical-genius-of-ian-foster/">1 September, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/all-blacks/" rel="category tag">All Blacks</a>, <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/rugby/" rel="category tag">rugby</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37392" class="post-37392 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-fascism tag-fascism"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/how-to-fight-fascism/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="37404" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/how-to-fight-fascism/winston/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg" data-orig-size="590,350" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="winston" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/winston.jpeg?w=590" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/how-to-fight-fascism/" rel="bookmark">How to fight fascism</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>“We shall debate on the beaches, we shall debate on the landing grounds…”</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/how-to-fight-fascism/">31 August, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/fascism/" rel="category tag">fascism</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37488" class="post-37488 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics tag-politics"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/a-day-in-the-life-of-dr-gaurav-sharma/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="9104" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2014/10/21/a-new-left-leaning-blog/featured-image-9103/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png" data-orig-size="560,373" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":""}" data-image-title="Featured Image — 9103" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/if-logo-blue-white-featured.png?w=560" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/a-day-in-the-life-of-dr-gaurav-sharma/" rel="bookmark">A day in the life of Dr Gaurav Sharma</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>9:23am: The printer ran out of paper this morning. This is the second time this week. I immediately called Parliamentary Services to demand an independent investigation</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/31/a-day-in-the-life-of-dr-gaurav-sharma/">31 August, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/politics/" rel="category tag">politics</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37369" class="post-37369 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-law category-sovereign-citizen-movement tag-law-2 tag-sovereign-citizen-movement"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/30/your-guide-to-legal-impunity/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="37370" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/30/your-guide-to-legal-impunity/sovereign-citizen-notice/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg" data-orig-size="595,842" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sovereign-citizen-notice" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=212" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/sovereign-citizen-notice.jpg?w=595" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/30/your-guide-to-legal-impunity/" rel="bookmark">Your guide to legal impunity</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>The Sovereign Citizen movement has finally made public what we lawyers have known for decades. You don鈥檛 have to pay your taxes or stick to the speeding limit.</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/30/your-guide-to-legal-impunity/">30 August, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/law/" rel="category tag">Law</a>, <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/sovereign-citizen-movement/" rel="category tag">Sovereign Citizen Movement</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37224" class="post-37224 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-crime tag-crime"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/we-must-change-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=440&h=252&crop=1 440w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="37231" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/we-must-change-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility/makeit2/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg" data-orig-size="1032,1070" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="makeit2" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=289" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/makeit2.jpg?w=700" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/we-must-change-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility/" rel="bookmark">We must change the age of criminal responsibility</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>Did you know that in New Zealand a ten-year-old can be found guilty of murder</p> </div> <footer class="entry-meta"> <a class="entry-date" href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/we-must-change-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility/">29 August, 2022</a> in <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/category/crime/" rel="category tag">crime</a>. </footer> </article> <article id="post-37176" class="post-37176 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-all-blacks tag-all-blacks"> <div class="entry-thumbnail"> <a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/in-defence-of-ian-foster/"><img width="220" height="126" src="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg?w=220&h=126&crop=1 220w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg?w=150&h=86&crop=1 150w, https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg?w=300&h=172&crop=1 300w" sizes="(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px" data-attachment-id="37180" data-permalink="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/in-defence-of-ian-foster/logo1/" data-orig-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg" data-orig-size="400,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="logo1" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg?w=300" data-large-file="https://imperatorfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/logo1.jpeg?w=400" /></a> </div> <header class="entry-header"> <h1 class="entry-title"><a href="https://imperatorfish.com/2022/08/29/in-defence-of-ian-foster/" rel="bookmark">In defence of Ian Foster</a></h1> </header> <div class="entry-summary"> <p>A lot of rugby fans want Ian Foster sacked as All Blacks coach. 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