While many of us felt the world wide response to Covid-19 was grossly exaggerated, we were probably willing to cut the authorities a reasonable amount of slack. Taking it too lightly was always going to be a hiding to nowhere if it all went bad. Just witness the garbage that’
From the reactions we’ve seen across most MSM, you’d think Paul Goldsmith had taken it upon himself, out of the blue, to issue a statement about the benefits of colonisation to Maori. In fact, the whole story goes back to an opinion piece written by Mr Goldsmith in
The fact that Donald J Trump is such a polarising figure speaks volumes for several very important human psychological conditions, the most recent of which has been affectionately named Trump Derangement Syndrome. Can anybody recall ever in history, anybody having such a huge effect on people flung far and wide
Our world will never be the same again. We have survived world wars, international conflicts, plagues, pestilence, natural disaster including climate change: Face it – the climate has changed every minute of every day for as long as this planet has existed – and will continue to do so regardless of well
Some time ago I wrote an article for the BFD headlined “Jacinda Ardern Walks on Water”. Little did I know at the time that not only does she evidently walk on water, she also has a direct line to the deity. What is it with her and the Deus? Every
Joe Biden, current (acting) President of the United States, for the first time in the history of the USA, has publicly called for an economic boycott of a member State of the Union because the properly elected legislature of that state, following proper, constitutionally legal and appropriate democratic procedures, passed
Last week I wrote that Covid Is Not What We Thought It Was/Is. I had previously written a comment on the last lockdown in Auckland and across the country wondering why, if Covid is the fearsome spreader and killer it’s purported to be, the authorities, having discovered the
When Covid-19 struck in early 2020, we knew very little about it, but we (meaning the world) reacted on the basis of information we were fed by the “authorities”. We put our trust in the WHO, scientists, medics, analysts and politicians. A year later, we know much more. The target
Over the past year, the government has unilaterally changed significant legislation to give itself pretty much unlimited powers. We have allowed this to happen because of fear. Fear of a virus that highly flawed computer modelling predicted would kill hundreds of millions across the world and up to eighty-five thousand
Across the entire planet, free speech has surreptitiously been under attack for many years. Slowly but surely, one small chip at a time, the thin end of the wedge has chiseled the tiniest of cracks into a chasm of Grand Canyon proportions where we perch on the edge, pushing back
Our Prime Minister showed the unparalleled power of “optics” when she donned a hijab after the tragic mosque shootings in Christchurch and embarked on a hug fest. I’m not questioning the sincerity of her feelings: merely pointing out how hugely important appearances are. So this week, when she berated
Is that the going price for violence against children? In a society that has more than its fair share of violence against children, 9 months home detention seems a pretty inconsequential sentence for a guy who has pled guilty to abusing a child; keeping in mind that the broken leg
Healthy children should live in the weird and wonderful world of make believe as and when they wish. It’s part of being a child to pretend to be whatever your little mind wants you to be and, if during playtime you fancy being of the opposite sex, so be
Having been highly critical of mainstream media and “fake news”, and often announcing “the polls are useless”, I was left doing some serious introspective navel-gazing after the election. Despite number-crunching previous election results and working through as much logic as possible, it turns out that I couldn’t have been
It can be enjoyable watching a good game of rugby between two good teams who play the game well, and these days, many of us choose to sit in the lounge and watch in some semblance of comfort, rather than suffer the indignity of some of the antisocial unpleasantness that
There are not many things in life these days that irritate me enough to warrant the energy that irritation takes but occasionally, I find a little irritation is a good thing. It reminds me that there is real red blood coursing through my veins and being alive means being able
