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They Don’t Care Over There

They Don’t Care Over There

Many of us have been highly entertained during the last couple of days by the story (which nobody in WA cares about, by the way; it’s not trending out there) of a Maori with facial tattoos being refused service in a Perth pub. The outrage on TV1 and RNZ

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Only in NZ

Only in NZ

Only in New Zealand are the media concerned about protecting the families of criminal gang members. Listen here then discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our

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Not the Moral Lessons the Movies Intended

Not the Moral Lessons the Movies Intended

In his excellent memoir-cum-how-to book on indie film-making, Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Films fame had strong words for his critics. Responding to sneers that his movies had no moral value, Kaufman agreed – and that that was the point. So what, he said, if Bloodsucking Freaks had no moral value? It

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History Has Nothing to do With It

History Has Nothing to do With It

Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, TV and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits

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‘I Almost Lost My Will to Live’

Chih-Ling Liu Lancaster University theconversation.com China has a gender crisis. The country has a huge surplus of men – around 722 million compared to 690 million women in 2022. This is largely because of sex-selective abortions linked to China’s one-child policy, which ended in 2015. Though popular belief is

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Dad Jokes and Their Role

Shane Rogers Edith Cowan University Marc Hye-Knudsen Aarhus University theconversation.com This Father’s Day you may be rolling out your best ‘dad jokes’ and watching your children laugh (or groan). Maybe you’ll hear your own father, partner or friend crack a dad joke or two. You know the

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Where Have All the Japanese Gone?

As even the CCP can’t hide any more, China’s population is in dramatic and apparently unstoppable decline. Not even a dramatic reversal of the country’s One Child Policy, with government propaganda exhorting Chinese to have more children, is helping. Official data — which, given Beijing’s propensity to

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A Tale of Two Fires

Lawrence W Reed Lawrence W Reed is FEE’s President Emeritus, Humphreys Family Senior Fellow, and Ron Manners Global Ambassador for Liberty, having served for nearly 11 years as FEE’s president (2008-2019). He is author of the 2020 book, Was Jesus a Socialist? as well as Real Heroes: Incredible

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Do We Want Democracy, or Division?

Do We Want Democracy, or Division?

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com Too many politicians at every level of government – central and local – are either ignorant about what the Treaty of Waitangi meant or are intimidated by those for whom

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The Great Game of Let’s Pretend

Jeffrey A Tucker Jeffrey A Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute. He is also Senior Economics Columnist for Epoch Times, author of 10 books, including Liberty or Lockdown, and thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press. He speaks widely on topics of economics, technology, social

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Denmark Takes Steps to Restrict Freedom of Speech

William Stehmann William Stehmann studies Social Studies and English literature at a college in Denmark. fee.org Denmark has historically had some of Europe’s most lenient laws regarding freedom of speech. But following backlash from a number of Middle Eastern nations, the new Social Democrat-led government in Copenhagen is

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In 5 Years, China’s Birth Rate Has Plunged 40%

In 5 Years, China’s Birth Rate Has Plunged 40%

Louis T. March Louis T. March has a background in government, business and philanthropy. A former talk show host, author and public speaker, he is a dedicated student of history and genealogy. Louis lives with his family in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. mercatornet.com China is in big

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Don’t Like Woke Comics, What Are You Going to Do about It?

Don’t Like Woke Comics, What Are You Going to Do about It?

I can’t be the only one that is sick of the wokeifying of our comic books. From turning our favourite superheroes gay, to superheroines becoming feminist girl bosses or the constant preaching of the woke agenda in the franchise. The breaking point for me was when Marvel released a

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Leader Says, ‘It’s Not My Voice’

mercatornet.com “The divisive Voice to Parliament is a project of inner city elite indigenous activists telling us mob what to do,” says Nyunggai Warren Mundine, the director of the Indigenous Forum at the Centre for Independent Studies. In this brief video he explains his vision of strong families and

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Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech

Woke Is Alive, Well and (Still) Crushing Free Speech

Christian Toto newsbusters.org Conservatives are cheering the Bud Light blowback and the success of Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town” and “Sound of Freedom.” The three pop culture “victories” suggest woke is on the run. Not so fast. The last few days have seen a woke

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