Helen Clark says that ex-criminals should be allowed to sell cannabis. What a stunning idea. After all, we did legalise prostitution so that the government could become a pimp and tax their earnings. What else could we apply this novel idea to I wonder? * Ex-bigamists should be allowed
Not long ago, Germany’s car industry was a driving force of innovation. Today, it’s struggling to keep up. Its hesitant embrace of electric vehicles could prove an existential mistake. Because around the world, the market for e-cars has picked up speed. Not long ago, Germany’s car
I want to make it clear that I do not disagree with making our waterways cleaner and safer. Yes, once there was a time when we could swim in all the rivers here, but I have also swum at beaches in Hong Kong in the 1980s where faeces were floating
The Long March through the institutions is almost certainly the most successful strategy the Cultural Marxists have ever adopted. Academia surrendered without a whimper in the 70s and 80s, the mainstream media and public service came next. Now business, the very foundation of capitalism, is under assault, and the surrender
If you ever feel, like I do, that the world is going completely mad, then this article will tell you that it is not… not completely anyway. You may remember that a cafe opened in Melbourne a couple of years ago. Run by lesbians (which is not a problem in
From recycled plastic botTles to high-performance fiber for yoga gear and car interiors- This is how the magic happens. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
You really do have to wonder with this government if the left hand knows what the right hand is doing. They axed our lucrative oil and gas industries, citing the fact that they want to concentrate entirely on renewable energy sources. New Zealand is already a great place for this,
The wets in the National party will hate me describing their policy as following in Trump’s deregulation footsteps, but that is exactly what they are doing with their announcement that “National will light a regulations bonfire.” President Donald Trump promised he’d get rid of bad rules. “Remove the
Barack and Michelle Obama debut their first Higher Ground Production for Netflix, a documentary about the underbelly of the alleged Trump prosperity — American Factory. The new doc looks at a former GM plant, taken over by a Chinese auto glass firm, where workers make less money, and struggle to adapt
Anyone who works in pretty much any type of business knows just how silly the Health and Safety plan requirements are becoming. Temporary fencing around a building site so trespassers don’t fall in a hole, site safety boxes, fall-proof nets and of course copious amounts of scaffolding all
Never mind carbon dioxide; the biggest threat to our children’s future is the cluster of economic arsonists creeping through our halls of power, their claws clutching shabby virtue like the awful Tricoteuses of Paris clutched knitting-needles in their crusted fingers while delightfully anticipating Madame Guillotine’s newest victim,
Some people make the world a better place and today’s faces of the day are two men who do exactly that. Two men are trying increase the employment rate for disabled people by baking cookies. The Cookie Project is the only baking company that employs only people with disabilities.
Our government is busily decriminalising abortion while in California Planned Parenthood is busy harvesting and selling foetal body parts for profit. It is no surprise to find the Planned Parenthood website misleading. It describes itself as a non-profit organisation with the following mission statement. “Planned Parenthood is a trusted
ACT Party: Last week, the prime minister was on the international stage and in the glare of global media where she normally excels. But she seriously stumbled by lecturing our friend and closest ally, Australia, about their climate change record. (This follows her earlier criticism of Australia’s immigration laws.
Duncan Garner has written one of the silliest and most patronising articles of all time. At a time when the OCR has reached an all-time low, and everyone knows it cannot mean happy times ahead, Garner has bought into the myth that, as business hates Labour governments, all that
Is Silicon Valley killing the American cowboy? And what does a $100 chicken nugget taste like? He crosses the US to find answers, meeting the cattlemen, lawmakers and Silicon Valley up-starts who are locked in a high stakes battle over the future of our food. Craig Reucassel reports on
