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Do You Trust Stuff?

Stuff likes to think they are better than everyone else. Their doctrinaire stance on climate change is a case in point. So too is their abject grovelling to Maori and their support of the ‘maorification’ of everything. They are propped up by millions of dollars of Government money and so

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Facebook’s War on Humour

Facebook’s War on Humour

Every joke is a tiny revolution. This point cannot be over-emphasised. If there’s one thing authoritarians are afraid of, it’s being laughed at. Shortly after coming to power, the Nazis banned mockery of their party or the Führer. Comedian Werner Finck was arrested twice for making fun of

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Two very different responses to the pandemic, Britain gives away 15 million luxury cars, New Zealand sells utes. Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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The BFD Is the Ultimate Political Focus Group

Dear NZ Politicians did you know that The BFD is the ultimate Focus Group? Writing for us puts your ideas in front of our substantial audience and the comment section provides you with feedback that you normally would have to pay big bucks for. Our readers are your existing or

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Revealed: Government Spends $183,000 Advertising ‘Clean Car Discount’

Revealed: Government Spends $183,000 Advertising ‘Clean Car Discount’

Louis Houlbrooke taxpayers.org.nz The New Zealand Transport Agency (Waka Kotahi) has spent $183,751 advertising its Clean Car Discount, reveals the New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union. An official information response shows the advertising campaign was developed by Clemenger BBDO and ran for most of July including print, radio, posters,

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This Is What You Get When the Media Choose the President

This Is What You Get When the Media Choose the President

Joe Biden should never have become the President. We all knew that before the latest catastrophe, but having gifted Afghanistan back to the Taliban, even those who backed him must be regretting it now. Many of those who voted for him must have wondered what possessed them, but there is

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Are We Told the Whole Truth?

Are We Told the Whole Truth?

Now that the vaccines have been around for some time there are a few more studies being published about their effectiveness.  Do these studies tell us what we really want to know?  Does having a vaccination reduce your chances of serious illness, hospitalisation or death? The first paper to look

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How Biased is The BFD?

How Biased is The BFD?

Last year a website was set up to measure media bias in New Zealand. Both Kiwiblog and The BFD  were mentioned and rated, as were left-wing blogs and all mainstream media. Back then Newshub was rated as the most biased (towards the left) of all the mainstream media. The BFD

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Time to Reset the World’s Ugliest Clock

Time to Reset the World’s Ugliest Clock

Another day, another step in the relentless march to normalise paedophilia. Wait, isn’t this just some QAnon nuttiness? I admit it sure sounds like it. The only problem is, it’s also just plain undeniable. If you think there isn’t a concerted push to normalise paedophilia from segments

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

Not sure if this is the reporter or the MPI, but ‘disrepair’ don’t you think? Or do our farms now have emotions? Please share this BFD Stuff up so others can discover The BFD.

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Comparing Apples with Apples: The Spinoff and The BFD

Comparing Apples with Apples: The Spinoff and The BFD

The Spinoff has the same size audience as The BFD but the similarities end there. The BFD is funded 95% by our one thousand plus members and 5% by our advertising revenue. The BFD serves a broad church of political views that includes libertarian, centre-right, and conservative readers of whom

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Trust Us, We Know What We’re Doing

Trust Us, We Know What We’re Doing

The government’s Covid-19 message this week fuelled anxiety and fear when the country was locked down at very short notice. Panic ensued, with people clinging to the government’s Covid-19 elimination strategy of masking, social distancing, contact tracing and testing mandates. The six o’clock news the previous night

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Cam’s Back on Insight!

Cam’s Back on Insight!

Cam is back on Insight Politics with a brand new format of video/podcast called Politicast. We’ve worked long and hard to bring you this new format and we are confident you will LOVE it! The financial support of our 1000+ members has made this level of production possible.

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Lockdown First, Foremost and Forever

Lockdown First, Foremost and Forever

The Telegraph UK has written a scathing opinion piece on Jacinda Ardern’s COVID strategy. Seeing that she has been, until now, the darling of the overseas media, it is a particularly savage piece. Read on and enjoy the turning of the worms, in all parts of the globe. Poetic

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Eligible today, booked online in less than 2 minutes, jabbed in 3 days time. For our community. pic.twitter.com/4DrSb2jJTI — Clarke Gayford (@NZClarke) August 18, 2021 Read the article in full here. Comment on it on The BFD.

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