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Stop Trying to ‘Contain’ China

Jeremy Powell Jeremy Powell is a blogger on Substack. His X (formerly Twitter) handle is @jpowell145. mises.org It was a laughable moment when President Joe Biden said at a press conference during his visit to Hanoi that the United States wasn’t seeking to contain China. Despite efforts by

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People Are Dying in the ‘World’s Largest Arms Fair’

Caitlin Johnstone ronpaulinstitute.org There’s a heartbreaking graphic going around right now showing the almost microscopic changes that have occurred to the frontline of the war in Ukraine this year despite nonstop death and destruction of unfathomable horror the entire time. The graphic comes from a New York Times

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ACT Wants the Public to Set the Terms of Reference

ACT Wants the Public to Set the Terms of Reference

dailytelegraph.co.nz “ACT WILL TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION INTO THE GOVERNMENT’S COVID-19 RESPONSE BY ALLOWING ALL NEW ZEALANDERS TO HAVE THEIR SAY ON WHAT SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED THROUGH A NEW CROWDSOURCED TERMS OF REFERENCE,” SAYS ACT LEADER DAVID SEYMOUR. “There is always a tension

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Poppa Piccolino from Sunny Italy

Poppa Piccolino from Sunny Italy

Harry Palmer The metaphorical walls of the Catholic Church have fallen after the debacle of Vatican II in the 1960s. Perverts and shysters now overrun its ruins and the Pope kicked the last few true believers in the cojones when he finally and ruthlessly banned the Latin Mass. Does Pope

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BFD October 2023 Political Poll
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BFD October 2023 Political Poll

Take our Monthly Political Poll and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. If you enjoyed this poll please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would

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Good News from the World Championships!

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com The conversation unfolded like this: “Rider passing,

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Driverless Cars Could Be a Revolution for People With Disabilities

Driverless Cars Could Be a Revolution for People With Disabilities

Rohini Vijaygopal The Open University Rita Kottasz Roger Bennett Kingston University Like it or not, driverless cars will start to appear on our roads in the not too distant future. In theory, fully autonomous driverless vehicles will offer huge advantages to people with disabilities. Too often, people with disabilities face

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They Hid the Truth About Millions of Breathing Machines

By Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Michael Korsh and Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Monica Sager, Northwestern University ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Series: With Every Breath:Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing

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Random Thoughts After a Week Away
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Random Thoughts After a Week Away

Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com London in the autumn is decidedly pleasant. Despite almost annual trips to the British capital from the late nineties till

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More Voters Signal Support for Smaller Parties

More Voters Signal Support for Smaller Parties

Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne Yesterday’s 1News-Verian poll, and the Newshub-Reid Research poll reported earlier in the week, both show flattening trend lines – but they are still moving to the right of the political spectrum. For the purposes of this analysis, the National and ACT parties are counted

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How Can You Have a Fair Election if Your Search Engine Is Biased?

How Can You Have a Fair Election if Your Search Engine Is Biased?

Gabriela Pariseau Gabriela is an Assistant Editor in the Media Research Center’s Free Speech America division. She is a graduate of Christendom College where she earned a B.A. in History. Gabriela has also contributed to The Catholic Register, Arlington Catholic Herald, Students For Life of America and Iowa

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Cathedral Replaces Stained Glass Windows With BLM

Cathedral Replaces Stained Glass Windows With BLM

Tierin-Rose Mandelburg Tierin-Rose grew up in a large Christian family on the coast of Connecticut. After high school she moved to Alabama to dance with a professional ballet company while attending Liberty University. newsbusters.org The National Cathedral in Washington D.C. replaced its once-beautiful stained glass windows this week

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YouTube CEO Says Safety, Not Free Speech, His No. 1 Concern

YouTube CEO Says Safety, Not Free Speech, His No. 1 Concern

Catherine Salgado Catherine Salgado is a Staff Writer with Media Research Center’s NewsBusters’ Free Speech America. She also has a column, Washington’s Bayonette, on The Rogue Review and her own SubStack newsletter, Pro Deo et Libertate. Catherine previously wrote for The National Pulse and is a graduate of

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If You Are Feeling Under the Weather, You Need to Read This

If You Are Feeling Under the Weather, You Need to Read This

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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The Questions They Didn’t Ask

The Questions They Didn’t Ask

Rod Kane I have no idea who the winner was Wednesday night but it’s fairly obvious who the losers were: us. This wasn’t a debate, it was a badly choreographed yell fest. Hipkins came off the blocks shouting like an enraged parrot and he never really stopped until

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The Problem With Welfare ‘Loans’

The Problem With Welfare ‘Loans’

Hanna Wilberg University of Auckland The National Party’s pledge to apply sanctions to unemployed people receiving a welfare payment, if they are “persistently” failing to meet the criteria for receiving the benefit, has attracted plenty of comment and criticism. Less talked about has been the party’s promise to

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