In the media question time following Ardern’s humiliating back-down over her favourite campaign plank, Capital Gains Tax, Ardern explained it away by claiming that she was a “pragmatic idealist”. One would expect that someone with a communications degree would understand that such a statement is an oxymoron, but no,
**Satire (unfortunately) Following the announcement that the NZ First led coalition government would not be instituting a capital gains tax, Green party co-leader James Shaw has released a statement: I am a man of my word. I realise that this is a rare characteristic amongst politicians, but as you all
After an academic career of more than 30 years, physics Professor Peter Ridd was fired from James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville, Australia. His crime? Daring to believe in free speech. And, what was worse – Peter had used his free speech to speak against the accepted orthodoxy that climate change
Dr John Battersby is a Teaching Fellow in the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University and a specialist on terrorism and counter-terrorism. He makes some very valid points in this article. Quote. Overseas experience warns that a number of repeated and common errors occur in the aftermath
Henry Cooke’s latest piece suggests that the National Party is currently characterized by a great deal of nervous excitement or energy. Are they excited? Are they nervous? No doubt, some will be worried for having hitched their wagon to the wrong star. Quote. It is a febrile time within
Unfortunately, what with visitors on Saturday and relatives from other parts arriving Sunday, there simply was not time to put on a roast this week, so I had to pop down to Burger King. https://www.thebfd.co.nz/2019/04/burger-king-pulls-offensive-adverts/ Poor little snowflake Maria Mo got her chopsticks
There seems to be some confusion over the wellbeingness of us all. With great fanfare, the prime minister announced that the Government was setting new priorities and instituting new indicators to measure them. Quote The Government is committed to putting people’s wellbeing and the environment at the heart of
In a stoush in the house between coalition partners Green and Red, Gareth Hughes had a go at Labour. It appears that Labour had the effrontery to honour an existing legal contract and this upset poor little Gareth. Quote. GARETH HUGHES (Green) to the Minister of Energy and Resources: Does
Martyn Bradbury can sometimes be a source of amusement with his posts, but he has nailed it this time when pointing out the hypocrisy of the ‘woke’. Lizzie said, “The man is living according to his faith and conscience. It’s no one else’s place to judge.” Naturally, she
Okay, okay, sometimes it is really hard to tell things apart. There can be such subtle differences that an expert on the subject is required to differentiate between exemplars. So we should not be too hard on Ms Ardern. She has a country to run, virtue to signal, a baby
After all his years as an “expert” in wildlife, one would expect that David Attenborough would know that wild things kill other wild things for food. It is called Nature. But, oh no, he of the hushed voice-over blames it on climate change. Quote. Netflix?s acclaimed Our Planet series
What a bunch of geniuses we have running the country. One cannot pose a mathematically based question properly. Someone else wilfully misinterprets it so another can bat it away. I despair. Bridges was trying to make a valid point that rents went up $12 a week on average each year
Satire – obviously! As a New Zealander, not represented by any of the racial backgrounds in the Z photo, I am appalled that a modern, progressive, socially aware, New Zealand based company could promote a picture so racially divisive as this. Unless there is an official announcement from Z to acknowledge
We males surely are a hopeless case. There is, apparently, nothing that toxic masculinity is not responsible for. It was therefore only a matter of time before a learned study found a causal link between toxic masculinity and climate change. Quote. In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Mark Steyn discussed
Is this really what you want, Captain’s Call Comrade? Is this really what you want James Shaw? The short video below illustrates what life will be like without petroleum-based products. Just think, though: without ink which comes from petroleum, we would not have the print versions of the NZ
As you are aware Cam’s unexpected, unfortunate, unhelpful and unscheduled ‘sabbatical’ due to the nasty stroke which requires enforced rest and no stress means he cannot contribute to Whaleoil. This has been the situation for a few months now so are the rumours true? Is Whaleoil a spent force?
