Environment
The Politician and the Fictionist – Who Is Right?
When a Tasmanian conservative politician dares criticise the darling of the local media-elite, the resultant indignant screeching on social media is as predictable as it is moronic. How dare a wicked conservative disagree with a green-left idol? The only problem for the social media peanut gallery is that
Firies: Don’t Blame Climate Change
Tim Flannery’s climate muppet show of retired, city-based fire chiefs might be dutifully chirping along from the alarmist hymn sheet, but the people actually fighting the fires see it differently. The environmental lobby is desperately denying that “green tape” led directly to the catastrophic build-up of vegetation
The BFD Video: The Truth About the Australian Bushfires
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Mother Nature at her Fiery Worst
Terry Dunleavy climatescience.org.nz Did legendary Australian poet Henry Lawson call his country’s bushfires climate change? He most certainly did not. It’s nothing more than Mother Nature at her fiery worst. Tragic as it may well be, it’s happened before and it will happen again. It’
Green Vultures Swoop Pt. 2 – Scamming for Money
As already reported in The BFD, the political jackals of the green-left are pouncing on Australia’s bushfire crisis before the ashes are even cool. First, there was Tim Flannery’s climate muppet show, the “Emergency Leaders for Climate Action”. There being no show without Punch, GetUp have quickly
Human Jackals Pillage Bushfire Communities
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
ENVIRONMENT: Politikiwi Election Promises Tracker
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
Pacific Person of the Year
I have never known of a person who does so little and yet gets so many accolades. Jacinda Ardern, our laziest and most ineffective prime minister of all time has now been given yet another award. She has been named ‘Pacific Person of the Year’… although exactly what she has
The Green Vultures Swoop Pt. 1 – A Firestorm of Astroturf
It’s true that disasters bring out the best in some people – and they also bring out the worst. Where’s there’s a disaster, there are always looters and other opportunistic scum. Then there are the green vultures who swoop on the first whiff of smoke. Bullying left-wing
Ricky Gervais Blasts Hollywood
I never watch the awards shows nowadays. I used to love them. The glamour, the emotion, the suspense, wondering if your favourite movie will win ‘Best Picture’ – it all used to be a fascinating part of the entertainment industry. I particularly loved the gowns. No ordinary person would ever dream
Unfriendly Fires
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
This is NOT the First Time That Australian Smoke Has Reached NZ
Australian bushfires are seasonal and as predictable as the sun rising in the east given favourable climatic conditions. The bushfire season in New South Wales and South Australia peaks in summer and autumn, meaning the worst may be yet to come. “The greatest danger occurs after the dry winter and
Are People Really This Thick?
We all know there are some very unintelligent people roaming this earth. I mean we have a Labour-led coalition for goodness sake so that’s proof positive that there is at least a discernible lack of joined-up thinking going on amongst a large portion of the people we
Green Civil War in Germany?
David Wojick, Ph.D. PA Pundits – International The stage is set for a big fight between two green Titans — the Green Party of Germany and Greenpeace Germany. They sound similar and used to be so, but no longer. When it comes to climate change, Greenpeace is a leading Action Now!
Put Foresters Back in the Forests
Viv Forbes Executive Director, The Saltbush Club Viv Forbes has been an explorer and pastoralist in Queensland and NT for most of his long life. He has lit fires (accidentally and deliberately), and he and his wife have fought fires and had their camps, fences and pastures wiped out by