COVID-19
China Loses 21 Million Mobile Users
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Lockdown – Masks
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Beware the Axe Grinding, Knife Wielding Haters Under Cover of Covid-19
Lockdown means we are stuck at home, some alone with only the television for company. We are all at the mercy of axe-grinding, knife-wielding media and celebrities. These scum of the earth loom larger than ever in a crisis. John Campbell perfected the art of exploiting unfortunates until
The BFD Community Noticeboard
This post is a place to: 1. Notify others of COVID-19 related news in their areas 2. Arrange for help for those unable to go out to get food or medicine 3. Ask for help If you are needing help the Friends in need group may be able to
We Made This Mistake
China just killed the first New Zealander today. I’d like to say it differently, but that would just be polite. Truth is, the lady who died over on the West Coast would still be alive if it weren’t for Chinese people eating pangolins, then the CCP covering the
COVID-19 Update: 30 March 2020
We are at Level 4 of New Zealand’s four-level COVID-19 alert system. It is likely Level 4 measures will stay in place for a number of weeks. More information on alert levels. * Everyone must now stay home, except those providing essential services. * Only make physical contact with
Our Weapons in this Phoney War
I guess I had expected any apocalypse that I live through to be more about zombies and pestilence rather than all this… silence. Actually, we do have the pestilence, but as it is populated by those ‘invisible little beasties’ that invade your body and immune system, it doesn’t feel
Covid-19 Crisis or CovidGate?
I’m suffering from SIS – Severe Indecision Syndrome. Most unlike me. I’m usually overopinionated rather than under but right now, on one hand, I get this overwhelming feeling that lockdown might well be the only way we’re going to survive this Covid-19 virus. On the other hand,
Where Did SARS-CoV-2 Come From?
Lushington D Brady, writing for the BFD’s Insight Politics, traces the CCP’s “litany of lies” in their unsuccessful attempt to cover up SARS-CoV-2 and its lethal spread of Covid-19. But how did Wuhan get the virus in the first place? There are two schools of
What Am I Missing?
Alwyn Poole I once heard a New Zealand politician (Graeme Lee – father of current MP Denise) explain that government in a free democracy and economy had two key responsibilities 1) To defend the nation from external threats. 2) To take care of the needy – the poor, the elderly, the infirm
Commentators Going Easy on Ardern in Life or Death Crisis
In A Newspaper, Matthew Hooton informs us that Jacinda will get us through. Chris Trotter gets poetic with his ‘the incredible lightness of being Jacinda’, appearing to have taken leave of his senses. And then Paul Little’s warm and fuzzy ‘I’m glad Jacinda’s got our backs for
Face of the Day
Press Release: ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour is asking the public to submit and vote on the questions it would like answered by the Government on its response to COVID-19. “Keeping our democracy strong through the COVID-19 crisis will be vital”, says Mr Seymour. “Parliament has been