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I Don’t Need This I WANT It!

I Don’t Need This I WANT It!

I first came across this retro technology at least 7 years ago if not longer and I was startled by the strength of my desire to own one of my very own. I still don’t own one because I am a bit like that Billy T James Joke… “I

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Aussie Climate Change Poem From the Early 1890s.

Aussie Climate Change Poem From the Early 1890s.

Editor notes: * “Rooned” is ruined in an Irish accent. * “the banks went broke” is a reference to the drought and banking crisis of the early 1890s. * “Banker” refers to a watercourse filled from bank to bank which is unusual in Australia as they are rarely or intermittently full. * “In God’

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Another Way to Profit from the Plastic Bag Scam.

Another Way to Profit from the Plastic Bag Scam.

Credi, where credit is due, Countdown have successfully turned lemons into lemonade, finding various ways to profit from the Government’s plastic bag ‘save the turtles’ scam. Their latest scheme is to counter all the naughty customers taking off with their plastic baskets by turning around and selling plastic baskets

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It’s OK to Commit a ‘Hate Crime’ if You Smoke Pot

It’s OK to Commit a ‘Hate Crime’ if You Smoke Pot

Consider this tale yet another reason why legalising cannabis for recreational use is a bad idea. Believe it or not, a court in France has accepted using cannabis as a defence for a brutal hate crime finding a Muslim man who murdered a Jewish woman while yelling ” Allahu akbar” not

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Tourism vs Tikanga: Local Iwi CLOSE Cycle trail

Tourism vs Tikanga: Local Iwi CLOSE Cycle trail

Cycle lanes as we all know are rarely used so when money is spent on creating a Mountain Biking Trail in 2018 for off-road cyclists that is wildly successful and popular you would think that it would be a cause for celebration. Not so it seems in the Bay of

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START the NEW Year with a BFD Subscription

START the NEW Year with a BFD Subscription

Happy New Year dear readers. Today is the day that you all can make a decision to support The BFD so that it will be fighting fit primed and ready for an exciting 2020 election year. Today I ask you one and all to subscribe to ensure that The BFD

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It’s Okay When National Does it

It’s Okay When National Does it

The Labour Party chose a female “age adjacent” leader for maximum woke points. National followed suit selecting an age adjacent leader who had the bonus of being Maori in order to compete in the Identity politics Olympics. As PM Ardern has been criticised for using her baby as a prop

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Enjoying The BFD Over Your Break

Enjoying The BFD Over Your Break

Dear Readers The BFD will still operate over the holiday period with General Debate and Backchat open for the community to use. It will be a great time to catch up on any articles that you missed over the past year. Our Bronze level subscribers will continue to have access

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Face of the Day
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Face of the Day

Black Pete controversy: Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon defends Christchurch festival’s use of blackface character Newshub Wow, is this the same Meng Foon who we have criticised a number of times on The BFD? Good on him for standing up for Dutch people’s culture although it appears that

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Lunch With a Millennial

Lunch With a Millennial

I had lunch with a Millennial the other day and we discussed American politics. Boy was it an eye-opener. The sole source of information for this millennial appeared to be Instagram and people she referred to as “Influencers.” These “influencers” were where she got all her political opinions from. If

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As I Predicted Here Come the Death Threats

As I Predicted Here Come the Death Threats

In my article on the man who came up with the harmless #TurnArdern protest, Man behind #TurnAdern Just Painted a HUGE Target on his back, I predicted that the journalist who interviewed him (David Fisher), would get two stories out of his subject. “Once for the original story and then

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