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Faces of the Day

The Green Party will hold the following portfolios outside of Cabinet: a.    Marama Davidson will be appointed to the position of Minister for the Prevention of Family and Sexual Violence and Associate Minister of Housing (Homelessness). b.    Hon James Shaw will be appointed to the position of Minister of Climate

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A Thousand-Year Night Falls on Europe’s Jews

A Thousand-Year Night Falls on Europe’s Jews

Somewhere in Hell, Hitler must be laughing. The EU has achieved what the Third Reich couldn’t: the virtual elimination of the Jews of Europe. Pre-War, there were about 9.5 million Jews in Europe. After the Nazis, there were about 3.5 million left. Today, that population has been

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Maybe if We Don’t Talk About It, It Won’t Come for Us

Maybe if We Don’t Talk About It, It Won’t Come for Us

In J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books, almost all the characters avoid saying the name of the series’ arch-villain, Voldemort. No matter whether they’re good or evil, all but a couple of characters refuse to name him out of fear. Voldemort’s own followers call him “the Dark

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We Did It
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We Did It

ACT Party Yesterday, the Electoral Commission announced the preliminary result for the End of Life Choice Act referendum. The result is: Yes: 65.2% No: 33.8% The special votes are still to come, but we can be confident that this is a resounding victory. It is a victory for

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The Day the Truth Died

The Day the Truth Died

The journalist that risked everything to break the Edward Snowden story, Glenn Greenwald, has just resigned from the United States news outlet The Intercept. This is astonishing because he founded The Intercept after the challenges of getting Snowden’s message out into the public eye. The sole purpose of The

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“Some People Did Something”

“Some People Did Something”

Why Muslims don’t address the possibility, however remote, of Muslim extremists infiltrating NZ mosques surprises me. Overseas terrorism does not allay fears, it inflames them. NZ Muslim organisations should be distancing themselves and providing reassurance instead of treating public fear as a personal insult and lobbying for “hate speech”

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Daily News Roundup – 30 October 2020

Daily News Roundup – 30 October 2020

New Labour Government Thomas Manch (Stuff): A Cabinet to fill: Who will take the top jobs in the new Labour Government? Matthew Hooton (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s line on the Greens – and the Cabinet Minister she must remove (paywalled) Maori TV: Maori-Labour caucus will get top cabinet jobs – political analyst

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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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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Warning – contains graphic content The toddler found dead in the estuary at Little Waihi had been subjected to at least eight – and maybe as many as 20 – blows to the head before being left to drown. That is according to forensic pathologist Dr Rexson Tse, who was giving evidence at

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Disinformation by Popular Demand

Disinformation by Popular Demand

Jonathan Turley ronpaulinstitute.org This week, former Vice President Joe Biden was again insisting that the scandal involving Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian disinformation despite the direct refutation of that claim by the FBI. No mainstream reporter bothered to ask the simple question of whether this was his son’

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