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And the Prize for the Most Read Blog Goes to …
A year has zipped by since we last looked at the Alexa rankings for various sites in New Zealand. The last report was when The BFD was a reasonably new site, so how are things going, one year later? A quick recap for the new readers: Google.com has an
Of Course He’s Coming Back
Winston Peters yesterday announced the bleeding obvious, that he is going to attempt a resurrection of Lazarus’ comeback…again. And he has launched an attack against the fairy princess and her government while he is at it: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has given no hint of any intention
The Man Who Wouldn’t Take It Any More
The hit movie Joker was not just great cinema, it was often eerily familiar to those of us of a certain age. The film draws heavily on the milieu of late 70s and early 80s New York, when the pre-Giuliani city was a wasteland of crime and dereliction. Martin Scorcese’
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We are essentially a lone voice in a sea of left-wing voices. Do you really want us to disappear or would you rather we powered up our voice? Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’
myBFD Apple Mobile App Now Live
After several months’ development the native myBFD app is now approved and live on the Apple App Store. The app for Android devices is already available on Google Play. The development of this app for members has been a long time coming and now turns myBFD into a fully-fledged social
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We are essentially a lone voice in a sea of left-wing voices. Do you really want us to disappear or would you rather we powered up our voice? Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’
The Wrong Path
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Last year Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared a “climate emergency” in New Zealand. Now, in response to the Climate Commission’s report outlining how New Zealand should reduce greenhouse gas emissions to meet its United Nations Paris Accord targets, she’s claiming climate change is
Would You Do the BFD a Favour?
The BFD‘s Affiliate Programme is just fantastic and its potential is unlimited. To take it to the next level we need organisations with large e-mail lists to promote The BFD using a simple affiliate link in their e-mails out to their readers. What they will gain is a recurring
Someone Tell Stuff ‘Explaining Is Losing’
Stuff‘s Editor in Chief, Patrick Crewdson, has written a classic ‘explaining is losing’ editorial about why Stuff‘s editorial integrity is intact despite taking millions in state subsidies: If you want an example of the independence of Stuff’s journalism, you’ll find it in Stuff Circuit’s documentary
Why Are JAG and Wood Still Pushing the Bike Bridge When It Has a Crap BCR?
Julie Anne Genter loves using the term BCR, especially when talking about why roads shouldn’t be built. Here’s an example: She genuinely thinks, and I happen to agree with her, that a project with a BCR of less than 1 is a waste of money. Except Julie Anne
The BFD Stuff Up of the YEAR
Today’s Stuff up is an award winning stuff up from the NZ Herald. Here is what they were supposed to publish on the front page of their website. This is what they actually published… Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.