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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… zealot (noun) – 1 : a zealous person; especially a fanatical partisan 2 capitalized : a member of a fanatical sect arising in Judea during the first century a.d. and militantly opposing the Roman domination of Palestine Source : Merria-Webster Etymology : In the 1st century A.D., a

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Is Your Thinking Preventing You from Making Better Investments?

Is Your Thinking Preventing You from Making Better Investments?

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. Before this, he owned an award-winning professional-services business and online-learning

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Things That Make Me Go…

Things That Make Me Go…

It has been happening in America for a while and now it is happening in New Zealand. drag queens are not just men dressed as women. They’re men costumed as grossly insulting parodies of women, peddling hyper-sexualised innuendos and soft-core porn routines (there have been instances of drag queens

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Discrimination of the Day

Discrimination of the Day

Today’s alleged discrimination of the day was discovered in a recent petition on change.org The petition states: The signatories of this petition request that Rainbow Youth take a stand against racism by expelling Shaneel Lal from the organisation. If they refuse, then we request that all businesses donating

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… flotilla (noun) – 1 : a fleet of ships or boats; especially a navy organizational unit consisting of two or more squadrons of small warships 2 : an indefinite large number e.g. a flotilla of changes Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Flotilla comes from the diminutive form of

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

For 60 years, John Lilley says he has been bringing magic into people’s lives – and plans to continue doing so for as long as he can. At 78, Lilley is the last working film projectionist in New Zealand who has no plans of ending his career. “The world needs

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… execrable (adjective) – 1 : deserving to be execrated : detestable 2 : very bad : wretched Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : Execrable is a descendant of the Latin verb exsecrari, meaning “to put under a curse.” Since its earliest uses in English, beginning in the 14th century, execrable has meant

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There’s No ‘Gay Agenda’…

There’s No ‘Gay Agenda’…

Remember when activists sneered at the silly notion that there was any “gay agenda”? The very idea that gay activists were trying to recruit children was a crazy, right-wing conspiracy theory. And yet, here we are, watching a drag queen host a gay pride parade on a TV show for

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The Left Have Lost Touch With Their Roots

The Left Have Lost Touch With Their Roots

I have a good friend, who I refer to (not to her face) as a Born-Again Socialist. When questioned, she will tell anyone prepared to listen that she ‘used to vote National’, almost as if she were a recovering alcoholic. More likely, she is trying to tell everyone that she

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The BFD Word of the Day

The BFD Word of the Day

The word for today is… gadfly (noun) – 1 : any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock 2 : a person who stimulates or annoys other people especially by persistent criticism Source : Merriam -Webster Etymology : The history of gadfly starts with gad, which

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Jaws 3: Technology for People Who Can’t Stop Eating

Jaws 3: Technology for People Who Can’t Stop Eating

Carolyn Moynihan mercatornet.com Carolyn Moynihan is the former deputy editor of MercatorNet At first, I thought it must be something to do with the government’s proposed “hate speech” law. But no, the picture of a set of dentures locked together belonged to a story about controlling love – extreme

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COVID Weddings: Why Some Couples Got Unofficially Married during the Pandemic

Rajnaara C Akhtar De Montfort University Rebecca Probert University of Exeter Rajnaara is a socio-legal researcher with a focus on family law. In particular, her research centres on marriage formalities and legal treatment of non-state registered religious-only marriages. Her research into informal marriages looks at transitional relationship norms, normative influences,

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