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The BFD Face of the Day: Mike Moore – One of NZ’s Real Statesmen
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The BFD Face of the Day: Mike Moore – One of NZ’s Real Statesmen

RIP Mike Moore – One of New Zealand’s Real Statesmen –  28 Jan, 1949 – Feb 02, 2020 Many New Zealanders will remember Mike Moore for his very short stint as Prime Minister from September to November 1990. Not unlike the present Prime Minister, who replaced a very low polling Andrew Little,

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Margaret Court – ‘Homophobe’ Honoured at Australian Open

Margaret Court – ‘Homophobe’ Honoured at Australian Open

Many years ago, Margaret Court set some tennis records and has a tennis arena in Melbourne named after her as a “legend” of the sport. This week, Tennis Australia honoured her at the Australian Open. “From one tennis legend to another, Rod Laver presented Margaret Court with a replica of

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Hayley Holt’s Baby’s Father Is None of My Business

Hayley Holt’s Baby’s Father Is None of My Business

The “Stuffed” headline reads: “Hayley Holt’s baby is so wanted, it’s none of your business who the father is” I had to scratch my head. Who is Hayley Holt? If I have no idea who she is, her baby’s father probably doesn’t feature on my radar

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Make Our Roads Safe – BAN Moving Vehicles
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Make Our Roads Safe – BAN Moving Vehicles

I can think of very few events in life that would be more painful than having to bury your own child (or children) and with that in mind, I offer my sincerest and heartfelt condolences to Jason Alexander in Christchurch, who lost both of his daughters, aged 15 and 17,

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Trump Impeachment – Some Inconvenient Truths

Trump Impeachment – Some Inconvenient Truths

While most BFD readers might already view the Trump impeachment as a farce, many all over the world (including so-called “media experts” and assorted “academics”) seem unable to focus exclusively on the facts but remain captive to the highly emotive rhetoric espoused by the Democrats and the MSM. The Democrats,

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Parents Need to Stop Dumping Their Own Baggage on Their Kids

Parents Need to Stop Dumping Their Own Baggage on Their Kids

When news broke of the College Admissions Scandal in the US, many of us will have sat back knowingly and smiled thinking: “spoilt, privileged, rich brats getting yet more advantage by virtue of having been born into rich, movie star families. When actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to a token

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Ardern’s Sloppiness With English Damages Our Society: Part 2

Ardern’s Sloppiness With English Damages Our Society: Part 2

In my previous post I made the observation that “If rules don’t matter enough to warrant following them, society as a whole evolves entirely by itself”. I was referring to the fact that sloppiness in the way we use our language (of which our prime minister is a master

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Aged, Infirm & Bewildered Don’t Belong in Politics

Aged, Infirm & Bewildered Don’t Belong in Politics

Wise, intelligent people who are self-aware, know when it’s time to “hang up the boots” and move on. Unfortunately, politicians too often don’t fall into the categories of wise, intelligent or self- aware and far too often, overstay their welcome. If nothing else, the Trump impeachment hearings, press

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Diversity and Inclusion – Meaningless, Pointless and Destructive

Diversity and Inclusion – Meaningless, Pointless and Destructive

American humourist Evan Esar is known for the famous quote: “All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with a mighty urge to become otherwise”. There’s nothing any of us can do that will change that basic driver of humankind despite what some political leadership might like

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Is Democracy in New Zealand at Risk?

Is Democracy in New Zealand at Risk?

This government has to be by far the worst government in the history of our nation. Just like those “chinky sounding names” made so famous by her incompetent MP’s in our present government, Dieuwe de Boer sounds very much as though it is of Afrikaans origin – you know, that

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Ardern’s Sloppiness with English is Damaging to Society

Ardern’s Sloppiness with English is Damaging to Society

Under this headline “Laziness, United States and our own prime minister to blame for regression of English language” Karl du Fresne wrote an opinion piece on Stuffed last week: “The year just passed was notable for the supplanting of the letter T by D in spoken English, so that we

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Sorry for Sticking to the Speed Limit

Sorry for Sticking to the Speed Limit

Let me be really clear: This is a headline from Stuffed. It is not my headline. It is, however, the sort of egregious nonsense, uttered by holier than thou idiots on our roads, that drives most of us to complete and utter despair. They usually turn out to be the

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Thank God it’s Over for Another Year
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Thank God it’s Over for Another Year

The arrival of November turns me into a grinchy bah-humbugger of epidemic proportions. It’s odd that a normally easy going, happy go lucky bloke like me, does a complete 180 and all because of the imminent arrival of Christmas. To be fair (to myself), by mid-November, we’re already

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(Labour’s) Sexual Abuse (Scandal) Justice

(Labour’s) Sexual Abuse (Scandal) Justice

My recent posts about this subject (here and here) have resulted in some fascinating comments from readers ranging from “If Grace Millane had survived her ordeal and laid a complaint, would she have been seen as a ‘woman scorned’? After all, she was in his room by choice, the sex

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Renting in New Zealand “An Extremely Stressful Way to Live”
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Renting in New Zealand “An Extremely Stressful Way to Live”

Um yeah – why don’t we put that to some people in Ethiopia or Somalia or some other genuinely underprivileged countries. There are always plenty of sad “people” stories that crop up around Christmas time and of course the MSM leaps at the opportunity to “pimp the poor” for commercial

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