The ‘Covid Queen’ started her political career as the ‘Crisis Queen’, rising to international stardom on lucky breaks provided by the politically motivated exploitation of cyclical weather changes (initially named global warming then renamed climate change), the Christchurch killings and then the White Island eruption. All attracted global media attention.
I’ve previously accused Jacinda Ardern of using her child or letters to children as weapons of mass distraction. However, chatting with a few people over the weekend, we thought that there was another reason for her use of her child and letters to children. So I thought I’d
Apparently, it is okay now for media to call someone a “dick”, as TVNZ Breakfast host John Campbell was not censured for calling Donald Trump’s son “a total dick” Today’s heartless “Dick” of the day is Labour MP Damien O’Connor for saying that Covid-19 has taught
When Donald Trump kept the execrable Hillary Clinton out of the White House, the American left were apoplectic. Mostly because they were cheated of what they had decided was theirs by right. Trump put a four-year pause on the Democrats’ Long March ambition to fundamentally remake America into a
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On Monday the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. Her Ministers don’t appear to
The vaccine rollout is faster overseas than here, but that might not be a bad thing because one expert wants more debate on the relationship with the vaccine and achieving herd immunity. Geert Vanden Bossche, DVM, Ph.D., argues that a prophylactic vaccine should be used BEFORE a pandemic – not
Dear Prime Minister On 1 January 2021 I emailed an Open Letter to you, which was also sent to the Minister for Climate Change and also to every member of the Climate Change Commission. The title of that Open Letter was “An Open Letter to the Prime Minister regarding the
Major Strawberry Grower Perrys Berrys Calls It Quits Amid Labour Shortage Francie Perry, a stalwart of New Zealand horticulture and an outspoken critic of the Government’s inflexible Covid-19 border policy for foreign workers, is throwing in the towel after 40 years of strawberry growing. Perrys Berrys is among
We are running another fantastic giveaway for our subscribers. The prizes are copies of Alexander Logan’s latest novel The Reluctant Assassin. On the 13th of April, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD subscribers. We will use an online random number generator to select the winners
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We are running another yet fantastic book giveaway for our subscribers. The prizes are copies of Keith Mexsom’s latest book Gas Pedal to Back-Pedal – The Second Century of Auckland Transport which is Part Two of a planned trilogy that builds on the founding and development of Auckland’s
When Covid-19 struck in early 2020, we knew very little about it, but we (meaning the world) reacted on the basis of information we were fed by the “authorities”. We put our trust in the WHO, scientists, medics, analysts and politicians. A year later, we know much more. The
Many of you will have been following Dr John Maunder’s guest posts on The BFD and some of you may already have purchased a copy of his book Fifteen Shades of Climate. On the 27th of March, we are giving away a signed copy valued at $US 69.95
Housing the homeless is big business for the motel owners taking the risk of their property being trashed or small goods stolen along with their reputations when the public discover they might be sleeping next door to relatives and friends of gang members. But business savvy motel owners are making
