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My Covid Action Plan

My Covid Action Plan

Tim Ordei Information Opinion As far as my political leanings go… I have no idea – I think I’m left, but I tend to disagree with everyone. I guess in the current political climate I would probably describe myself as feeling more comfortable with those on the right. But only

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Rarotongan Vaxhole Bans Unclean Unvaxxed from Resorts

In a bizarre move, The Rarotongan Resort General Manager Tata Crocombe has deemed all unvaccinated persons to be unclean and banned them from his various premises! You might think that, for a small island nation that relies almost exclusively on tourism for their livelihood, banning a large chunk of your

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A Message for the More Mature Men

A Message for the More Mature Men

Warning The advice given in this article is anecdotal and makes no claim of clinically proven medical benefits. There are certain characteristics in men that change as we get older and one of them is to do with the prostate gland. Every one of us stale males should be having

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Great Time to Try: Knitting Your First Woolly Scarf

Emily Brayshaw University of Technology Sydney Dr Emily Brayshaw is a PhD from UTS, Australia in the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building. Her thesis topic is the influence of indigenous feathered ceremonial wear, ethnographic exhibitions, and the “primitivist” art movement on the design of showgirl costumes on the Broadway

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Groundswell NZ Protests

Groundswell NZ Protests

The BFD staff attended as many of the protests on Friday as possible. We ran and updated this post continually throughout the day in order to keep those that couldn’t be there informed in order to highlight the magnitude of unrest around the country, and also to provide a

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Groundswell NZ Protests. Here’s What You Need to Know.

Groundswell NZ Protests. Here’s What You Need to Know.

The BFD is very supportive of the fledgling Groundswell NZ protest movement and we encourage everyone who supports our Farmers, Growers and Tradies to put in an appearance if possible. As an amateur movement in its infancy, info has been a little slow in coming out but there is now

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Ok Boomer, Pay Up

Ok Boomer, Pay Up

As we’ve recently learned, for all their skiting at today’s youngsters, it’s the Boomers who are the most narcissistic generation of snowflakes. Are they also the greediest? Comedian George Carlin (born before the Boomers) certainly thought so: whiny, narcissistic, self-indulgent people with a simple philosophy: “GIMME IT,

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In Praise of Video Games

I suspect that not many BFD readers are avid gamers. After all, The BFD’s readership skews older, and video games are (seen as, anyway) a young person’s thing (though not that young, as we shall see). Video games mostly get a pretty bad rap in the media: when

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Will AI Kill Us with Convenience?

Will AI Kill Us with Convenience?

Freedom of Choice is what you got. Freedom from Choice is what you want. Devo From the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution, humans have fretted that the machines of our own inventions would also spell our extinction. First, weaving mills were going to make workers redundant. Then robots were going

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Cornhuskers vs the Weed Eaters

Cornhuskers vs the Weed Eaters

Sometimes, the heroes you need are the heroes you didn’t know you needed. Whether it’s the anti-vaxxer challenging dictatorial lockdowns in court, or sleazy porn kings defending freedom of speech. Or US states that are usually only remembered as punch-lines. It’s said that when Custer faced his

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Duck Shooting Season in Doubt for Many This Year

Many hunters and farmers will miss out on this year’s duck shooting season because the Police are failing to address a backlog of firearms licence applications, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There are 10,000 applications waiting to be processed with 3000 of those just licence renewals.

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Progressive Sexual Ethics Are the Problem, Christian Values Are the Cure

Dave Pellowe goodsauce.news DAISY Turnbull, the daughter of one of Australia’s most infamous, once-closeted ‘progressives’, wrote an opinion piece titled, “Parents must talk to their sons about consent.” The Good Sauce · Dave Pellowe | “Progressive Sexual Ethics Are The Problem, Christian Values Are The Cure” It occurs to me

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The Truth about Cats

I want to thank all those who congratulated me on our 52nd wedding anniversary on Monday. It was a very pleasant day. As some of you know I’m ill and just waiting to board the final train. But in the meantime I’m enjoying life as much as possible.

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Letter to the Editor: Conversion Therapy

Letter to the Editor: Conversion Therapy

Dear Editor Regarding the reaction to so called Conversion Therapy, we seem to have created a society where one person’s bad experience dictates the response to all. The Greens seem to have an ideology that leaves people without hope of change by normalising their current state, and not just

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