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What Are ‘Fact Checkers’ Lying about Today?
No doubt, being a more discerning group of media consumers than most, BFD readers already practise my Third Law of the Media: Always assume that ‘fact-checkers’ are trying to bullshit you. Especially when it’s a government-funded ‘fact-checker’. Especially when it’s Australia’s very own taxpayer-funded leftist propaganda unit.
Thank You for Smoking Facecrack
It was nearly two years ago that I dubbed social media companies the Big Tobacco of the 21st century. I was writing in response to leaked internal research from Facebook and Instagram parent company, Meta, which showed that they were well aware of the harmful effects their products have on
Burning Diesel to Save the Planet
Never mistake a Climate Cultist for someone who actually cares about the environment. After all, someone who genuinely cared about the environment wouldn’t be burying vast acres of rural landscape under deserts of aluminium and glass. Anyone who genuinely cared about wildlife wouldn’t be erecting vast fields of
Portugal’s Turn to Make the Media Cry
Half the world’s population are going to the polls over the next year or so – but only because the globalist elite have yet to figure out a way they can stop even pretending and do away with the annoyance of elections altogether. Because, when they do have to grit
What to See in the Sky This Year
There are some must-see events unfolding in our skies in 2024. Unfortunately, for those in the Southern Hemisphere, some of them won’t be seen, such as the upcoming total solar eclipse over North America. Still, there are a few night-sky spectaculars coming up for us southerners. If you’re
Get Woke, Go Broke, #193
They just won’t learn. Yet another multi-billion dollar corporation has shed a massive slice of its value, just to pander to creepy autogynephile men. Whether it’s Bud Light, Hershey, Gillette or Adidas, companies continue to pay more attention to their uselessly parastic ‘DEI officers’ and ignore their infuriated
The Left Are Fighting Again — Good
Grab the popcorn, the left are about to start fighting again. Once again, the in-fighting is brought on as a consequence of unions actually remembering to back the interests of workers rather than inner-city, laptop-class leftists. Major unions are pressing the federal government to reduce the ability of “clueless activists”
Nudgers Try to Slink Into the Shadows
Success, as they say, has many friends, while failure is an orphan. And when the grandiose schemes of the unelected elites go bung, they vanish faster than a black father who went to the store to buy cigarettes. Where, after all, have all those “experts” who showered their wisdom on
Just Lie Back and Think of Open Borders
As I wrote recently, the repeated insistence that illegal immigrants in the US are less likely to commit crimes than citizens is a myth based entirely on a handful of crank “studies” by a single pro-open borders activist. Nevertheless, by dint of endlessly repeating the lie, the left-media have erected
Rudd Better Buy Himself a Dog
The famous saying is: “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”. Kevin Rudd might want to start touring the animal shelters for a mate or two. The congressional Republicans most likely to come to Kevin Rudd’s defence after he endured sharp criticism from Donald Trump have
How’d Jacinda’s Happiness Budget Work Out, Then?
Remember when Jacinda Ardern wanted to make “happiness” the centrepiece of her achievements? First, there was the “wellbeing” budget, then “Gross National Happiness” — a measure, curiously, only elsewhere used in the Kingdom of Bhutan. More about that later. So, how did New Zealanders’ happiness fare, under the benevolent iron fist
Probably Best Not to Brag That Your Dad Tried to Kill Jews
You have to love it when the left eat their own. Not only is it invariably comedy gold, but some telling truths can inadvertently fall out. Imagine, for instance, if there was a debate on banning Nazi insignias and Eric Abetz weighed in on behalf of the National Socialists by
Has the Wave of Woke Broke?
Have we indeed reached Peak Woke? By which of course, I do not mean a peak of Wokeist drooling idiocy. Like all human stupidities, that one is a never-ending river of lunacy. No, what I mean is that we appear to have reached the end of the tether of normal
It’s Different When They Do It
If you’ve never been to Hobart’s Museum of Old and New Art (Mona), well… you’re not missing much. Well, that’s not entirely true: you’re missing an architecturally stunning building — filled with absolute, overpriced tat. I’ll give owner David Walsh credit for giving back to
Rudd and Labor Have Done It Again
At last, Donald Trump has finally said something that all Australians (minus one) can agree on! Donald Trump has declared Kevin Rudd “not the brightest bulb” and suggested the former Labor prime minister wouldn’t be welcome in Washington as ambassador under a second Trump presidency. In an interview with