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Lessons We Can Learn from Fictional Outlaws

Lessons We Can Learn from Fictional Outlaws

Jeff Rhodes fee.org Jeff Rhodes is the managing editor for the Freedom Foundation, a Pacific Northwest-based free-market think tank whose legal team has submitted two amicus briefs in support of the plaintiffs in Janus v. AFSCME. Robin Hood may well be the most beloved rogue in all of literature.

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Why I Can No Longer Trust the NZ Police to Keep Me Safe

Why I Can No Longer Trust the NZ Police to Keep Me Safe

Jane Morgan FreeNZ freenz.org Information Opinion I have always had the utmost respect for the New Zealand police. The men and women of the force who have sworn to serve and protect us, uphold the Law, assist in matters of justice, and keep us safe so we may sleep

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… accede (verb): accede usually appears with addition ‘to’ – he accedes to….. 1 formal a : to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand b : to become a party to something (such as an agreement) 2 formal : to enter upon an office

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They’re Recharging EVs with Fossil Fuels

They’re Recharging EVs with Fossil Fuels

cfact.org CFACT’s Marc Morano, editor of Climate Depot, appeared on Fox and Friends to challenge many of the misconceptions behind electric cars. Watch the segment here. Morano: “When you go and plug in your electric car and you pat yourself on the back for being nice and green,

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Freedom Camp Plants a Flag for the Truth

Freedom Camp Plants a Flag for the Truth

Dr. Matt Shelton nzdsos.com Warning Long Read. 2288 words. This has been a very hard post to write, but now a few tears have been shed and I can type again. Who knew a non-writer could suffer a creative block? Maybe that makes one a writer after all. On

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… banshee (noun): : a female spirit in Gaelic folklore whose appearance or wailing warns a family that one of them will soon die Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In Irish folklore, a bean sídhe (literally “woman of fairyland”) was not a welcome guest. When she was seen

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… juggernaut (noun): 1 : a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path 2 chiefly British : a large heavy truck Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : In the early 14th century, Franciscan missionary Friar Odoric brought to Europe the story of an

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… opine (verb): : to express opinions: to state as an opinion Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Opine is not a back-formation of opinion. Both words come from Middle French opiner, meaning “to express one’s opinion,” and Latin opinari, “to have in mind” or “to think.” And

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NZ Housing Is Not Great for Tenant or Landlord

NZ Housing Is Not Great for Tenant or Landlord

Simon Angelo wealthmorning.com Simon is the Chief Executive Officer and Publisher at Wealth Morning. He has been investing in the markets since he was 17. He recently spent a couple of years working in the hedge-fund industry in Europe. Radio and social media are littered with an alluring promise.

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… erudite (adjective): : having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Erudite derives from Latin eruditus, the past participle of the verb erudire, meaning “to instruct.” A closer look at that verb shows that it is formed

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Of Freud and Critical Race Theory

Of Freud and Critical Race Theory

There are some things that are so foolish, as Orwell said, that only an intellectual could believe them. There’s been no shortage of intellectual fads, from phrenonology and Social Darwinism, to Behaviourism and eugenics. Most fade away, but not before inflicting a great deal of damage. The fad for

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… derring-do (noun): : daring action Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Derring-do is a quirky holdover from Middle English that came to occupy its present place in the language by a series of mistakes and misunderstandings. In Middle English, dorring don meant simply “daring to do.” The phrase

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The Kids Arent as Gay as You’re Told

The Kids Arent as Gay as You’re Told

If you were to believe the media, well, more fool you. But among the things you’d believe, if you took the legacy media, Hollywood and the political elite at their word, is that the Young People™ are wall-to-wall flaming queens, flouncing off into a rainbow fairyland of ladymen, soyboys

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A Culture of Howling Brats

A Culture of Howling Brats

I recently picked up a second-hand copy of Theodore Dalrymple’s Spoiled Rotten. Like almost anything by the good doctor, it’s as disheartening as it is a ripping read. Drawing, as he so often does, on his experience dealing with the refuse of Britain’s criminal and welfare systems

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The Spellbinding History of Cheese and Witchcraft

The Spellbinding History of Cheese and Witchcraft

Tabitha Stanmore theconversation.com As I was scrolling through Twitter recently, a viral tweet caught my attention. It was an image from a book of spells claiming that: “You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.” The spell comes from Kathryn Paulsen’s 1971 book, The

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What in the World Is Winthropping?

Michelle Wheeler particle.scitech.org.au Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle.

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