The NEW British Empire
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Dogs Really Are Our Closest Animal Friends
I have often argued that scientists and philosophers of the mind who turn to the great apes to compare with human minds are making a fundamental error. While the apes are genetically related to us, our evolutionary paths have diverged for millions of years. Millions of years in which apes
New Zealand History as You’ve Never Seen It Before!
Rejected as unsuitable for publication by the University of Otago Press, but really liked by The BFD. Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author in Canada. $25NZ (includes postage) Contact: corfieldwg@gmail.com
Was Karl Marx a Practising Satanist?
Thornton Blackmore Those who are familiar with history will well be aware that Karl Marx and other pioneers of socialism and communism have reserved no place for religion in their designs for the world. As Marx famously wrote in his Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right: Religion is the
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Once upon a time, all customers expected from Yellow was their advertising expertise. A bemused ex Yellow customer sent us this screenshot from Yellow’s latest newsletter to their customers. If you enjoyed this BFD article please share it.
John Snow vs The Lancet
John Snow was an English physician, born in 1813, who is considered the father of epidemiology. He traced a cholera outbreak in London in 1854 to a specific water source and convinced the local council to remove the water pump’s handle. The people who passed for scientists in John
Yes… Nazis Are Socialists!
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Chapter Seven: Maori Religions
You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. Maori Religions Also mixed up in this period of unarmed warfare over land and dogs, is religion. The Maori never stop inventing new religions. The
New Zealand History as You’ve Never Seen It Before!
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Chapter Seven: Making a Country Called New Zealand
You can purchase Nieuw Zeeland An English-Speaking Polynesian Country With A Dutch Name: A Humorous History of New Zealand by Geoffrey Corfield from Amazon today. After 1872 there is no more armed warfare with the Maori (except one small gun battle in 1916). There is however still unarmed warfare. And
China Has Never Said Sorry, Ever!
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How Space Weather Helped Sink the Titanic
More than a century after it went to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, the Titanic continues to fascinate. You might think that by now there was nothing left to mine in the story of the world’s most famous shipwreck. But research continues to uncover tantalising new details. Space
The Strange Career of the Ouija Board
The Ouija board as a channel for demonic forces has become one of the great cliches of horror movies, yet one that refuses to go away. Even the hugely popular Paranormal Activity series featured a Ouija board bursting into flames at the invisible behest of its demonic antagonist. All that