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The Fightback Starts

The Fightback Starts

25th March 2021 Armed resistance to the coup regime is building. The Kachin Independence Army have started to engage the Tatmadaw in limited actions. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA), a major ethnic armed group based in Kachin State, has occupied a strategically important hill in Bhamo District held by Myanmar’

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Daily News Roundup – 26 March 2021

Daily News Roundup – 26 March 2021

Housing: Rental market Stuff: Editorial – Renters could be ‘lost generation’ in New Zealand’s housing crisis 1News: ‘I want them to have a future’ – Concerns renters have been overlooked in housing package 1News: Megan Woods challenged by John Campbell on consideration given to renters in housing package 1News: Rents will

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Not the Face of a White Christian Terrorist

Not the Face of a White Christian Terrorist

Even though he’s from Syria and has been identified as a Muslim Twitter has ruled that labelling  Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa a “white Christian terrorist” doesn’t violate its misinformation policies.

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Pillage, Thuggery, Vandalism and Barbie

Pillage, Thuggery, Vandalism and Barbie

24th March 2021 It takes a lot to leave me speechless, but today, words fail me. Troops and police raided a house in Mandalay and deliberately opened fire, killing a 7-year-old girl sitting on her father’s lap having a cuddle.  Unfortunately, this is now typical of the

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Daily News Roundup – 25 March 2021

Daily News Roundup – 25 March 2021

Housing: Rental market Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Forget first-home buyers, the metric of success in the housing crisis is rental prices Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): New Zealanders react after Finance Minister Grant Robertson says tenants will ‘go looking elsewhere’ if landlords hike rents Rachel Sadler (Newshub): Housing crisis: Social media users

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Are You a Retired Journalist?

Are You a Retired Journalist?

The BFD is seeking journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. We are looking for News stories without spin, just the facts. The BFD is a Conservative site opinion wise but real news shouldn’t have a political view, its job is to inform not to

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Pillage, Thuggery and Vandalism

Pillage, Thuggery and Vandalism

23rd March 2021 Below is the latest tally of deaths recorded in Myanmar. The real death toll is actually much more than this due to the new tactics employed by the police and the Tatmadaw. Where possible, they are dragging the bodies away and disposing of them, not reporting back

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Daily News Roundup – 24 March 2021

Daily News Roundup – 24 March 2021

Housing announcement Bryce Edwards (The Guardian): Targeting New Zealand’s property speculators is popular, but won’t fix the housing crisis Henry Cooke (Stuff): The bets the Government is making with its sprawling housing package Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour takes its first big majority gambles on housing changes Bernard Hickey:

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Australians Detained

Australians Detained

22nd March 2021 We start today with a T-shirt that has been designed to be worn, initially in private, but in public once the protestors win. Optimistic I know, but it makes its point. Below are some of the weapons employed against the civilians involved in the protest movement.

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Daily News Roundup – 23 March 2021

Daily News Roundup – 23 March 2021

Housing Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): D-day for the Government’s plan to fix housing, with few easy options Rachel Sadler (Newshub): ‘Radical’ change needed to tackle New Zealand’s severe housing deprivation – political commentator David Hargreaves (Interest): Govt housing changes ‘won’t address the central problem in the housing crisis’

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Are You a Retired Journalist?

Are You a Retired Journalist?

The BFD is seeking journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. We are looking for News stories without spin, just the facts. The BFD is a Conservative site opinion wise but real news shouldn’t have a political view, its job is to inform not to

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Just… Wow. Social Justice on Full Tilt

Simon Black sovereignman.com James (aka Simon Black) is an international investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Sovereign Man. His free daily e-letter Notes from the Field is about using the experiences from his life and travels to help you achieve more freedom, make more money, keep more of it,

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Daily News Roundup – 22 March 2021

Daily News Roundup – 22 March 2021

Housing Jason Walls (Herald): Remedies for the hot housing market: What does Grant Robertson have up his sleeve? (paywalled) Jenee Tibshraeny (Interest): Treasury defends pace of Govt response to soaring house prices Michael Reddell (BusinessDesk): Revealed: The real cause of high house prices Richard Klipin (Herald): We need to change

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The Week in Review

The Week in Review

On Monday the Prime Minister had a chance to do the right thing and announce a date when the trans-Tasman safe travel bubble will be open. She chose not to. Instead, she announced that she will soon announce an announcement of a date. Her Ministers don’t appear to

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