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They Mustn’t Think For Themselves

They Mustn’t Think For Themselves

A BFD Transcript Leighton Smith: Rodney Hide, ex-politician in parliament for 15 years, leader of the ACT party for a number of those. He falls into the group of people with whom I love to have conversation. Rebellion or protest, call it what you want, support or otherwise, it

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Should the Govt Shut Down Free Speech?

Should the Govt Shut Down Free Speech?

A new survey has found two thirds of Kiwis are worried about the extent of misinformation being peddled online. Is it time for Parliament to stop pretending deliberate and provably wrong disinformation is legitimate free speech and instead recognise it as harmful and take action against it? Stuff ** The below

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Offering Help May Soon Be a Crime in Spain

righttolife.org.uk Spanish legislators in the Congress of Deputies have approved legislation that will make offers of assistance, practical support and prayer outside abortion clinics punishable by imprisonment. The Congress of Deputies voted by 204 to 144 in favour of an amendment to the country’s penal code. The

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Attack Is the Best Means of Defence

Attack Is the Best Means of Defence

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. He was formerly a senior manager

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Stan ‘Tan’ Grant Enforces the Narrative

Stan ‘Tan’ Grant Enforces the Narrative

There are a couple of people I follow on Facebook whom I regard as barometers of “What the Karens are thinking”. They’re all very middle-class, middle-aged white women, who all read The Secret, post a stream of photos of what they’re eating and drinking in chic

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We’ve All Stopped Listening to Each Other

We’ve All Stopped Listening to Each Other

Many years ago, I had a friend who had a disconcerting habit of listening. Disconcerting? you are surely asking. Well, yes: in conversation, he would sit still, look you in the eye, and not say a thing until you’d finished talking. It was a disconcerting habit, as I say,

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Lessons for New Zealand

Lessons for New Zealand

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. The shock invasion of the

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Classic Stossel: The Birth of Cancel Culture

Classic Stossel: The Birth of Cancel Culture

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The BFD Nightcap

The BFD Nightcap

Rebel News spoke with Pastor Art over the phone from within the Calgary Remand Centre where he is being held. !function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m)

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Cancel Culture’s New Weapon of Choice

Annelise Butler papundits.wordpress.com Annelise Butler is a research associate in the Center for Technology Policy at The Heritage Foundation . Canada’s Trudeau administration said it will punish the truckers who participated in the anti-vaccine mandate “Freedom Convoy” by freezing their bank accounts. Although the United States government

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Some Consistency Would Be Nice

Some Consistency Would Be Nice

For some time now I have followed with great interest David Farrar’s ‘Kiwiblog’. I have found his posts to be both entertaining and providing a unique perspective about New Zealand politics. Mr Farrar is indeed an intelligent pundit with remarkable wit. That is why it pains me to disagree

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How the Concept of ‘Misinformation’ Has Been Weaponised to Silence Dissenting Voices

How the Concept of ‘Misinformation’ Has Been Weaponised to Silence Dissenting Voices

David Thunder mercatornet.com David Thunder is a researcher and lecturer at the University of Navarra’s Institute for Culture and Society. The concept of “misinformation,” or “misleading, false and/or harmful information,” has been repeatedly invoked by Big Tech media companies and governments to justify the suppression and invalidation

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Elite Lies Show How Scared They Are

Elite Lies Show How Scared They Are

Few things are as obvious as rank hypocrisy — especially from elites. Whether it’s the “eight or ten fat gentlemen” of the workhouse board who berate Oliver Twist for asking for more gruel, or the legion of sleek celebrities and billionaires who lecture us about the evils of CO2 from

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Bullies Don’t Make Good Negotiators

Bullies Don’t Make Good Negotiators

If Jacinda Ardern had paid attention to bad man orange’s skills negotiating with Kim Jong-Un and Putin, she might have picked up a few tips about better negotiating, such as starting from a position of strength rather than weakness. Getting your ducks lined up first is essential for

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New Laws Aren’t the Answer to Leftist Misogyny

New Laws Aren’t the Answer to Leftist Misogyny

I have great admiration for retiring South Australian Liberal MP Nicolle Flint. But I absolutely disagree with her proposal to outlaw offending women. Let’s be clear: Flint has put up with years of appalling abuse. Stalking, rape threats, death threats — on line and in person. That this tidal wive

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