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Meet the New Michael Cullen
I was both relieved and very impressed when David Parker, Attorney General announced last week that he believed that the Rotorua Council Representation Bill could not go ahead because it is undemocratic. As it stands, it would have given Maori voters in Rotorua more valuable voting rights than non-Maori, and
This Should Not Be Happening
nzdsos.com Information Opinion Last week, on Monday, a mother I have treated for a number of years started telling me about her 9 years old son complaining of chest pains, breathlessness, constant tiredness and his heart feeling funny. He was undergoing multiple tests from the doctor and hospital, including
Two Tweets from Hamish Keith
Twitter is an awful place, mostly filled with bullying, nasty lefty liberal elite tossers, intent on hating anyone with a differing opinion from theirs. They love to incite mobs to destroy anyone they find offensive. One of these liberal elite tossers is Hamish Keith, a Ponsonby arts luvvie who has
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Want to show everyone you love The BFD as your ‘one source of truth’? Well, now you can. This year we launched The BFD Merch store. We have t-shirts, sportswear, polo shirts, hats, jackets, shorts, sweatshirts, mugs and Sonovamin and Boomslang wall art, shopping bags and accessories. We do not
Face of the Day
Elon Musk has been successful in his bid to buy Twitter for $44 billion Live shot of Twitter HQ at this very moment pic.twitter.com/XceYVa0VLl — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 25, 2022 Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content
Giddy up It’s Time to Join Us
Cancel culture makes people and organisations vulnerable. Activists go after organisations’ ad revenue by complaining to their advertisers. They go after individual’s jobs by complaining to their employers. Last year a Youtuber in New Zealand lost his job after a concerted effort by activists including Maori Party co-leader Debbie
All Media, Experts, GPs and MPs Need to Read This Article
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Warning Long Read. 1412 words. In
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?
Answer: To become a member of The BFD. The BFD’s MOST popular membership level is Silver. However, our Bronze level membership is the lifeblood of The BFD. We really could not exist if it weren’t for Bronze level members who pay us $10 a month. That is ONLY
Where Are the Coffins?
Gary Moller garymoller.com Gary is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance rather than just treating the symptoms. Information Opinion Warning Long read. 2064 words. As I write, the rescue helicopter flies past our home yet again on its
A Govt Obsessed With Controlling the Narrative
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. Warning Long Read. 2105 words.
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Psst Want a Free Taste of Silver Membership?
If you don’t have a Silver level membership yet you are missing out on our Insight Politics articles. Today is a FREE taste of an Insight Politics article by writer Stephen Berry. What These Polls Tell Us The Roy Morgan poll is frequently written off as being too volatile
The Dart Guns of Social Media
Earlier I wrote about the corrosive nature of social media against democracy and trust. Today I want to explore the poison dart guns of social media and how they are instrumental in the poisoning and polarisation of society. Social media gives the ‘weak’ a powerful poison dart with which they