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Things That Make Me Go WTF!

Things That Make Me Go WTF!

History tells us that forcing part of our population to wear yellow labels thereby effectively turning them into lepers never ends well… #COVID1984: Doctor Recommends Children Wear Yellow Badges If They Haven’t Been #Vaccinated https://t.co/qkPd6xMXyg — Geopolitics & Empire (@Geopolitics_Emp) August 11, 2020

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Christchurch 1850

Christchurch 1850

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. Christchurch 1850 Christchurch was founded to be a colony in New Zealand (“the most Church of England country in the world”), as a partnership between

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Postcard from Canada: 11 August 2020

Postcard from Canada: 11 August 2020

Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays

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The Implosion of the Virus Hysteria Smells a Lot Like 1989

The Implosion of the Virus Hysteria Smells a Lot Like 1989

Bretigne Shaffer mises.org First published 17 April 2020 The weeks-long coronavirus lockdown is being exposed as, at best, a wild overreaction. Americans are starting to protest the destruction of their economy, the loss of their jobs, and the attacks on their basic constitutional rights. The walls of oppression built

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Postcard from Canada: 07 August 2020

Postcard from Canada: 07 August 2020

Geoff Corfield Geoffrey Corfield has been active in Conservative politics in Canada since 1976, both federally and provincially. But he won’t always write about politics because he has more experience with writing history and humour. He lives in London, Ontario, frequents used book shops, swims lengths, drinks beer, plays

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The British-Maori Wars 1840-1847

The British-Maori Wars 1840-1847

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. Peace comes (for the time being). ”This is the end of mine to you. It is finished, ” Hone Heke takes to “fire-water” and dies in

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Do We Need A New Public Holiday for Matariki?

Do We Need A New Public Holiday for Matariki?

Matariki. The Maori New Year. A time of renewal and celebration. Matariki is a time to gather with family and friends to reflect on the past, celebrate the present and plan for the future. It’s all due to the appearance of a certain constellation (Pleiades) in the night sky.

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Slavery – an African Institution

Slavery – an African Institution

According to the fantasy version of history invented by the left, slavery was invented by whip-cracking white men in 1619 and continues to be practised by wicked white men to this day. I wish I were being merely sardonic here, but as at least one university history lecturer has attested,

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The Myth of ‘Historic Arab East Jerusalem’

The Myth of ‘Historic Arab East Jerusalem’

Daniel Goldwater Eastern Jerusalem Jerusalem “…the city of gold, copper and light…” the beating heart of the Jewish people for more than three millennia and counting. The City of Peace (literal translation) founded by the Jewish King David, built upon by his son Jewish king Solomon who incidentally also wrote

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Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Lange v Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia is perhaps unique among Western nations in not having guaranteed freedom of speech. The United States is famous for its First Amendment, Great Britain has a common law right, even New Zealand has its Bill of Rights (which its government seems increasingly determined to ignore). But Australia? Nothing. Nothing,

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New Zealand History as You’ve Never Seen It Before!

New Zealand History as You’ve Never Seen It Before!

Short, easy to read, humorous but factual, suitable for young readers. An innovative presentation of New Zealand History. 101 drawings, 61 pages. Rejected as unsuitable by The University of Otago, but really liked by The BFD! Available on Amazon as an e-book or in paperback directly from the author in

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1906: Nelson’s 1906 Darwin Awards

1906: Nelson’s 1906 Darwin Awards

Rick Giles ahnz.anarkiwi.co.nz Without the State who would accidentally commit suicide by blowing up privately-funded monuments? This month in history on the 28 July, 1906, two Government employees did just that in Nelson. From 1880, Nelson had a very nice drinking fountain that also lit the corner

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The First Round of the British-Maori Wars 1840-1847

The First Round of the British-Maori Wars 1840-1847

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. Britain sends some 11,000 soldiers to New Zealand from 1840-1872. Although casualties are small (total British-Maori killed – 3,000), there are many engagements off

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Clash of Civilisations Claims the Hagia Sophia

Clash of Civilisations Claims the Hagia Sophia

One half of my family originates from the Mediterranean island state of Malta. Strategically located between Africa and Southern Europe, Malta is an island that has, like its last colonial ruler, Britain, been invaded and colonised many times in its history. That history of colonisation – from the Phoenicians and Romans

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