Yasser Arafat was a notorious Egyptian-born terrorist, responsible for some of the worst aircraft hijackings in history. Arafat also created Black September, the notorious terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping and massacre of Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics. labourscandals.blogspot.com/2005/02/phil-goff-photographed-holding-yasser Before Paul Hunt became the
The Young Labour Camp sexual assault trial contains all the usual defences for the alleged actions of the accused. He was very drunk and cannot recall his actions, is one defence ie the booze made me do it. The next defence is the tried and true one of victim-blaming. A
Simon Bridges is visiting both India and China at the moment “to strengthen trade ties and diplomatic relationships.” Sources tell us that in China he has only been able to secure meetings with Provincial Mayors because they do not rate him highly in China. Bridges’ comment about the value of
Alliteration in a headline is always good and if you can pull it off inside a post as well it’s even better. I was reading Bob Jones’ blog post More Bogus Racist Claims yesterday when I almost spilt my cup of tea over my keyboard. His summing up of
On the 28th of August, the BFD published my article National Follows in Trump’s Deregulation Footsteps where I made a connection between the National Party’s new policy to a new policy of the Republicans under President Donald Trump. The wets in the National party will hate me describing
The trial of a now 21-year-old charged with five counts of indecent assault against four complainants, two male and two female began yesterday. Media has described the alleged victims as “two men and two women” which obscures the fact that they were all only 16 years old when the alleged
The best comedy is funny because it is based at least in part on truth. Stereotypes while politically incorrect are funny if part of what is said in jest reflects reality. When I was much younger, I read at least one of comedian Raybon Kan’s books and thoroughly enjoyed
Before we have a look at the court case let’s first refresh our memories. There were ‘allegedly’ sexual assaults on four underaged youth who were supplied with copious amounts of alcohol and left unsupervised at the Labour party Summer Youth Camp. The Sex Scandal Timeline: * 9/02/18 Day
Work sometimes sucks but I don’t think that was the message that the NZ Herald reporter was trying to convey on the 14 August 2019
I would imagine that Judith Collins’s arm is currently being torn off by a lineup of publishers. Her book will be based on facts, not supposition or half-truths, and will be her opportunity to set the record straight away from the negative spin of the media and other vested
At 10am today the Moncrief-Spittle & Cumin v Regional Facilities Auckland Ltd & Ors will begin at the Auckland High Court before Justice Jagose. The Free Speech Coalition has received a lot of questions about the proceedings so they have provided the following detail for those who are following the
You are part of the silent majority dear readers. And today is the day that you can make a decision to support the BFD so that it will be your champion primed, fit and ready for an exciting election year in 2020. We have already improved on our speed and
Our very own Keystone Cops have struck again, taking the diversity mantra one step too far by recruiting the daughter of a senior Hells Angels gang member. The young woman declared the family ties to her father – it is believed she claimed to be estranged from him – during the application
Last weeks most read post was Jacinda’s Popularity in Freefall by Christie so Jacinda is, therefore, the subject of this Sunday’s political roast. https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/08/jacindas-popularity-in-freefall/ LesleyNZ started the roast by blaming Ardern’s freefall on Winston Peters. And she is taking NZ along
A guest post by Graham Sharpe on Kiwiblog on Friday looked at a possible alternative to MMP. While many of us long for the good old days of first past the post, Graham suggests that our choice for change is not a binary situation and that Supplementary Member (SM) should
The Christchurch Muslim community are feeling sidelined by the government inquiry into the terror attack. Their side of the story has been told by the New York Times in an article with the headline New Zealand Vowed to Listen to Muslims After Christchurch. It’s Failing, They Say. WELLINGTON, New
