If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles and politicasts. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. Cancel Culture Is No Joke I haven’t previously watched any of Dave Chappelle’s
Ananish Chaudhuri Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics University of Auckland ananishchaudhuri.com Author of: Nudge into lockdown? Behavioural Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19 The goal of achieving 90% vaccination, if achieved at all, will not happen any time soon. Very few countries in the world have achieved this target and
HR Hi everyone. The BFD is humming even more than usual with 1.7 million or so people being in lockdown until recently and highly likely to be locked down again. The hot topics are, of course, covid, the government and the media. Emotions are high and commenters obviously want
An estimated crowd of up to 5000 people has marched through central Auckland streets brandishing freedom signs and flags and blocking traffic. Police officers and vehicles were on Khyber Pass Rd, Newmarket, trying to safely escort the massive crowd of chanting, anti-lockdown protesters, some using megaphones. […] The crowd marched down
Left: The BFD. Photoshopped image credit Boondecker Right: Cruella. Cartoon credit geodon. The BFD. Cruella De Vil appears in Dodie Smith’s 1956 novel “101 Dalmatians”. The name was actually a pun on the words Cruel and Devil. If the name fits wear it. The book was made into a
I wrote a previous article about turning the tide of voting support among long-term, committed Labour voters. The following letter has been reprinted with the author’s permission. This man is a dear friend. Over many years, we have exchanged good-natured rivalry about our different political standpoints. He is now
John Minto has got it almost completely right — in a Daily Blog post. No, BFD readers: no need to nip outside to see if the sun has turned as black as sackcloth. Nor have I been moving up from red wine to spirits before lunchtime (again). I can assure you
So you’ve made the ‘right’ decision. You’ve been ‘vaccinated’ for the good of your nation, for the health of your family and loved ones. You’ve dutifully signed up to the active persecution of the new Untermenschen (unvaccinated) and started actively preventing the unvaccinated from associating with you,
Many vaccinated people are concerned about the prospect of mixing with unvaccinated people. […] despite vaccination providing excellent protection against severe disease, a small proportion of vaccinated people still require ICU care. Therefore, some vaccinated people may have a strong preference to mix primarily with other vaccinated people. […] Recent reports from
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Public Interest Journalism Propaganda has received an $18m boost with the announcement of funding for an additional 110 journalists across New Zealand with “a specific mandate to produce stories that keep New Zealanders informed and engaged, and support a healthy democracy”. Don’t you just love the Newspeak? War is
Scott Kennedy sojournal.co.nz It’s been over a week now since I went public with the article “My Line in the Sand”. What a rollercoaster ride! In this time I’ve been inundated with messages both supporting my line in the sand, some suggesting I smooth over the
We are being bombarded with Government propaganda about how vaccines are our ticket to freedom. It is a false claim that I have explored before, which is why it is propaganda. You are being lied to. Another way you are being lied to is the claim that the jab will
