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Nine More Firearms Now in the Wrong Hands?
New Zealand police were quick to tell us that the recent stolen firearms debacle in Palmerston North was a one-off. Well, it looks like the NZ Police have been failing to look after handed-in firearms for a while now. The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found multiple failings in respect
No More Appeals: It Is Time to Pay Up
Some court cases really should be sorted in one day because the vindictiveness of one of the participants is blatantly obvious. Right from the start of this legal case, I was firmly on the side of the people whose neighbour used a loophole in the council rules to enable him
Read the Top Five Posts from Yesterday
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Face of the Day
There’s a red warning sticker on the front of Trevor Bentley’s latest book. Prepare to be offended. Trevor Bentley, who has a PhD in history, is the first NZ historian to have a book red-stickered. His newly published work ‘Pakeha Slaves, Maori Masters: The Forgotten Story of New
London’s Holy Turf War
This video was made by Vice so there is a clear bias. They call the Muslim group just Muslim not far-left not far-right not supremacist but they call the Christian group Far-right so bear that in mind while watching. Over the last year a quasi-religious turf war has sprung up
Putin: Trump is a Talented Man
On the eve of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Russian president Vladimir Putin spoke with The Financial Times Editor Lionel Barber and Moscow Bureau Chief Henry Foy. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Greece Turns to the Nationalist Right!
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Things that Make Me Go Hmm
Someone with a sense of humour has been sharing on Social media a photoshopped version of the original tweet.
I Left Facebook Yesterday & I Feel Great
I have been wanting to leave Facebook for ages but two things stopped me. Firstly, the fact that I had more than a decade’s worth of photos stored on it, and secondly, because I use it to communicate with people for work. Yesterday, however, my friend showed me how
Dementia: The Theft of a Mind
Is that what our governments have in store for us? Do they wish to steal our minds? If not, they are doing a pretty good job of making me fear that this is the case. As some posters may know, I build websites in my ‘spare time’. ‘Spare time’ is
Read the Top Five Posts from Yesterday
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Intro to Aristotle’s Ethics | Lecture 1: The Good
This video lecture on Aristotle’s ethics is amazing, I signed up immediately and have done two lectures today, with tests and rudimentary qualifications. It’s a free Philosophy course hosted by Hillsdale College with an option to donate. But there seem to be many other free courses. If the
Dalai Lama on ‘Keeping Europe for Europeans’
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