When news broke of the College Admissions Scandal in the US, many of us will have sat back knowingly and smiled thinking: “spoilt, privileged, rich brats getting yet more advantage by virtue of having been born into rich, movie star families. When actress Felicity Huffman was sentenced to a token
I have a few simple questions for you all dear readers: * What happens when you break the law and get caught? * What happens when you break a written contract and get caught? * If your decision to return to the country where you broke the law or broke a contract leads
Only in Trump’s America could such a heinous event occur. But wait – there’s more: WZZM13 reports from Grand Rapids, Michigan. A convicted sex offender who says he identifies as an eight-year-old girl will spend at least a decade in prison for dozens of images of child
Nicole McKee Spokesperson Fair and Reasonable Campaign It appears our worst fears are playing out. Earlier in the week, the Police began executing search warrants to find newly banned firearms and, as you will see, among those they are targeting are lawful, responsible firearms owners. Have a read of this
We have just witnessed an example of socialist group think from our collective media. The BFD broke the news that one of its authors, Dieuwe de Boer had been raided by approximately a dozen jack-booted, armed Police in search of a rifle that was described in the search warrant
Over on the website Politikiwi they are tracking the government’s election promises. The website was launched eight months ago and its existence was announced on Reddit. It began as a personal project for 19-year-old software engineer Robert Calvert’s portfolio. Introducing Politikiwi – A polling aggregation and politician
BFD writer JC writes that National MP Tim Macindoe’s idea is a good one but he thinks that the punishment should be at the front end of the punishment, not the back end. I have some enthusiasm for a Member’s Bill that the National MP for Hamilton West,
Over on the website Politikiwi they are tracking the government’s election promises. The website was launched eight months ago and its existence was announced on Reddit. It began as a personal project for 19-year-old software engineer Robert Calvert’s portfolio. Introducing Politikiwi – A polling aggregation and politician
By Jolie McCullough The Texas Tribune “He spent a month in Texas jail accused of hauling 3,350 pounds of marijuana. But lab results say it was legal hemp.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public
It’s bad enough that, as Australia’s bushfire crisis rolls on, we have to put up with green vultures swooping to exploit the tragedy for both political and monetary gain. But, the most truly disgusting human jackals are arsonists and looters. Police arrested 183 people for lighting bushfires across
New York’s hipsters just love retro stuff. So much so, that they seem hell-bent on re-living the 1970s, when “Fear City” was a degenerate wasteland of crime. The number of murders rose in 2019 to 318, the most since 2016, the New York Police Department said in
I hope my esteemed colleague, Lushington Brady, will not mind me invading his patch just this once, but I really felt impelled to comment on the awful situation in Australia at the moment. As our closest neighbours, and the nation that is always first to come to our aid in
I want to tell you a story of how New Zealand is, with the best of intentions, failing its own people. Five days ago I was contacted in the early hours by “Mary”, a girl I fostered 6 years ago when she was 15. She was distressed so I went
Ben Waimata In the mid to late 1980s, there were over 60,000 SKS and SKK rifles imported to New Zealand from China. I had one of these rifles, they were cheap and effective, and most of them will be still serviceable. This one half-decade of imported rifles 30
Before Stu Nash became a minister he consulted widely on matters. He gave the impression that he cared to listen, and that he cared about what voters thought. He often went out of his way to show that by posting promotional videos showing him being down with the voters. Since
Something is seriously wrong with our justice system when a brutal child rapist is released into the community after serving just seven years of his light ten year sentence despite an assessment of his likelihood of re-offending being described as “a high risk of violent offending and a moderate
