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Stepping Down for Health Reasons

Stepping Down for Health Reasons

For a moment, let us put aside our dislike of Ashley Bloomfield. Being a Wellingtonian, I know a number of people who have worked with him and all say that he is a good guy. For me, he became too politicised, and that was his downfall. But look at the

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Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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Your mask is as useless as Jacinda

It’s Not in the Air!

Warning Opinion If you’re anything like me, you’ll look at people wearing masks when walking down the street or driving in their cars and wonder why they are doing it. Well, I have the answer for you. It’s because they genuinely believe that Covid is “in the

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How to Brace for a Tough Time Ahead

psychlopaedia.org Difficult days, challenging conversations and awkward situations can be neutralised with these simple psychological tips, according to Dr Lyn O’Grady MAPS. 1. Anticipate that tough times can be upsetting. We often know when challenges are approaching and the anticipation of the event or the situation can trigger

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$21 Million Worth of Vaccines Down the Drain

$21 Million Worth of Vaccines Down the Drain

Health Minister Andrew Little is failing to protect New Zealanders after allowing $21 million worth of vaccines to expire, National’s Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says. “In the last few weeks Health Minister Andrew Little has been exposed for allowing a large amount of vaccines to expire: $8 million

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Banning Fizzy Drinks Will Fix Education, Jacinda and Chris

Banning Fizzy Drinks Will Fix Education, Jacinda and Chris

OR: The Root(beer) Cause of the Housing Crisis, the Crime Stats, Oranga Tamariki, Our Lack of Productivity, Growth of Prison Population, oh, and Our Significant Education Decline … Is a Lack of Oat Milk. Alwyn Poole alwynpoole.substack.com Alwyn Founded and was the head of Mt Hobson Middle School

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Rich Vampires Feed off Poor Zombies

Rich Vampires Feed off Poor Zombies

As a teenager, I was quite a fan of Lin Carter’s Thongor books: sword and sorcery novels mashing together the Conan and Barsoom mythos in the lost continent of Lemuria. In the first book the titular barbarian hero faces off against the vampire-king Xothun. The vampire-king is a disgusting,

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Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

Your Chance to Win a Copy of a Jab in the Dark

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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Nanny Chippy Is Very Cross with You

Nanny Chippy Is Very Cross with You

History is not without irony, it seems: a government whose leader’s only job prior to politics was selling junk food now sees fit to finger-wag New Zealanders about junk food. But it shouldn’t really surprise anyone. It’s just another excrescence of the same arrogant bureaucratic class and

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There’s Nothing Fantastic about This Plastic

There’s Nothing Fantastic about This Plastic

Julia Conley commondreams.org Less than two weeks after scientists discovered microplastics in human blood, a team of researchers in the U.K. said Wednesday that the tiny particles have also been detected in people’s lungs. Researchers at the University of Hull and Hull York Medical School analyzed lung

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Lose Your Unfounded Biases against the Unvaccinated

Lose Your Unfounded Biases against the Unvaccinated

Debbie Lerman brownstone.org Debbie Lerman has a degree in English from Harvard. She is a retired science writer and a practicing artist in Philadelphia, PA. When the Covid vaccines first came out, I thought everyone should get at least one shot. My belief was based on evidence that the

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Open Letter to David Seymour

Open Letter to David Seymour

Colin Parkinson First up I would like to acknowledge that you appear to be standing out as a voice of reason in parliament. While there are issues that I strongly disagree with you on, I would like to give you credit for asking some very excellent questions and raising some

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We Have Three Copies of  A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We Have Three Copies of A Jab in the Dark to Give Away

We are running another fantastic giveaway for our members. The prizes are three copies of A Jab in the Dark: Covid Vaccines and the new Health Dictatorship by Ron Asher. On the 1st of May, we will give away three copies to three lucky BFD members. We will use an

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Ashley Bloomfield: We remember him well… “Dr Bloomfield always wanted to stay until New Zealand was in a good place with coronavirus. That time is now.” NZ Herald Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads

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What Covid Measures Have Cost Cancer Patients

Timothy P Hanna Queen’s University, Ontario Dr. Timothy Hanna is a radiation oncologist and associate professor of Oncology and Public Health Sciences based in the Queen’s University Cancer Research Institute (QCRI) Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (CCE). Unlike the COVID-19 pandemic, the cancer pandemic has raged on

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