A NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) is someone who pays a lower price or rent for a property in an area because it is next to a chicken farm or an airport, has a train running across the back of it or is under power lines. They then complain
Israel Folau is faced with the equivalent of a lifetime ban from professional sport if his contract is terminated. He is facing this extreme punishment because he published a social media post that contained his own summary of the Bible verse 1 Corinthians 6: 9-10. Let’s contrast Folau’s
Shit a brick, we are all in the shit now. Facebook’s artificial intelligence has decided that the word “shit” is all that is required for an advertisement to be banned from their platform. Now when the shit hits the fan, Facebook will turn the fan off. When it comes
At the moment certain words in the English language are being ruthlessly redefined by activists determined to change or stretch the meanings of words to accommodate their rhetoric. To show you what I mean, imagine if the term barber had always had a negative connotation but the word hairdresser had
https://www.thebfd.co.nz/2019/05/if-a-general-election-were-held-tomorrow/ Recently we published a poll from Pollme I have since learned the following: * The website was created and registered by Will Fourie. * Will Fourie is a data analyst who stood for The Conservative Party in 2017. * The website’s “About Us” does
Facebook is going to have to decide if it is a publisher or a platform. Currently it is acting like a publisher but is being treated by politicians as a platform. It cannot be both, and if it is a publisher then it has responsibility for EVERYTHING that is published
The two men with the most power and ability to affect change at Facebook have chosen not to join Ardern and Macron at their little ‘We will tell social media giants what to do’ talkfest in Paris that has been named the “Christchurch Call Summit”. In my opinion, President Trump’
Suraj Kandath Girijashanker migrated to New Zealand with his family when he was ten. He is now a specialist in international refugee law and has previously worked as a Legal and Research Advisor with the Immigration and Protection Tribunal in New Zealand. He has also held roles with UNHCR in
Information This is a repeat of yesterday’s poll so please only do it if you didn’t do it yesterday. We are keen to have a look at our demographics and see how they compare to a similar poll a few years ago. THANKS :) [interaction id=”5cd4ea96d21f5433ec347523″]
To advise her on Social Media Jacinda Ardern has “digital and media experts” from: * The biggest newspaper * The biggest ISP * A former Labour candidate * Lizzie, oh and her own social media company Where is the representative from New Zealand’s biggest blog? […] this has the look of a panel of
I am getting sooooo sick of the fact-free smears being pushed by the media about Israel Folau. His message was for sinners to repent so that they would not go to hell which is a place that he genuinely believes exists. His social media post included a whole list of
Al Nisbet is a very well known New Zealand cartoonist and recently he was approached by someone involved in producing a new New Zealand web series called Two Sketches. They explained that the new show was headed by the Spinoff’s cartoonist Toby Morris. The premise of the show is
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Finally, they have admitted the truth. All Palestinian terrorists who have murdered Israeli men, women and children were sent to murder them by Abbas and the Palestinian Authority who consider them soldiers of Palestine. quote. As Israel mourned its fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism, top Palestinian Authority officials explained
