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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Election 2020: Todd Muller faces MPs, members, in first major party meeting since disastrous defeat Former National leader Todd Muller will face party members this weekend at a meeting of its Central North Island council. He’ll come face-to-face with MPs who have recently lost their seats, including

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Wanna Place to Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name?

Wanna Place to Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name?

The BFD welcomes ALL subscribers Bronze level and above to our members-only service for your exclusive use. We have called it MyBFD Making your way in the world today Takes everything you got Taking a break from all your worries It sure would help a lot Wouldn't

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Crybaby of the Week

Crybaby of the Week

Today’s crybaby Sir Stevo Timothy ( A popular woke comedian) really does have something worth crying about. Crybaby Stevo didn’t care about censorship or freedom of speech until he was censored and his freedom of speech was taken away. In fact, he didn’t believe those who were warning

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Tech Talk: Improve Your Home WiFi

Tech Talk: Improve Your Home WiFi

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

* Mail-in ballots have been found discarded in a dumpster in New Jersey leading to charges against a mail carrier. * Military ballots – all cast for Trump – have been found dumped in Pennsylvania. Now under investigation by the FBI. * There are Video recordings of Ilhan Omar‘s staff allegedly harvesting absentee

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Daily News Roundup – 6 November 2020

Daily News Roundup – 6 November 2020

New Government Colin James (Democracy Project): ‘Beyond Jacinda’ Max Rashbrooke (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern must use her mandate to tackle child poverty in New Zealand Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern reaches out to business (paywalled) Richard Harman: Ardern turns to business Jo Moir (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern reveals top economic priorities government

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Doofus of the Day

Doofus of the Day

[…] Westminster JPs heard he had been hostile and aggressive and enjoyed the attention as a crowd egged him on at the London war memorial. Sang told cops in June: “I didn’t rip it. I tried to set fire to it.” Read the full article here then comment on The

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Raelene Castle Floats to the Top Again

Raelene Castle Floats to the Top Again

It’s long been said that certain things and people just keep floating to the top. Controversial former Rugby Australia boss Raelene Castle has been appointed to the most senior sports administration role New Zealand. Australia’s gain is certain to be New Zealand’s loss. Castle utterly bollixed her

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Pssst, Wanna FREE Taste of Insight Politics?

Pssst, Wanna FREE Taste of Insight Politics?

If you don’t have a Silver level subscription yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by David Farrar that was first published 31st October 2020. Who Voted For and Against in the Cannabis Referendum Curia has

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Kim Dot Gone?

Kim Dot Gone?

The Supreme Court has finally made its decision on the prolonged legal wrangling over the extradition of Kim Dotcom. They said that he can be extradited. Kim Dotcom can be extradited to the United States to face 12 criminal copyright-related charges, the Supreme Court has ruled after a marathon

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Cultural Sensitivity Goes Two Ways

Cultural Sensitivity Goes Two Ways

There has been a bit of a furore this week about the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, having a moko, otherwise known as a facial tattoo. The usual suspects have crawled out of the woodwork and claimed that anyone who doesn’t like this decision is ‘raaacist…’, even

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