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Crybaby of the Week

Crybaby of the Week

A European in China made an online fast food order with his profile name in English letters not Chinese characters. The confused Chinese woman (who clearly couldn’t read or write in English) wrote gwailou in Chinese which is a common Cantonese slang term for Westerners. A rough translation is

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Election Today Would Result in a COL Landslide

Election Today Would Result in a COL Landslide

I’ve never been a supporter of polls nor do I place too much credibility in them these days especially given the grief people get for admitting what they believe in – if it happens not to coincide with what the masses want you to believe in. Of course, many of

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Media Council Rules Against Waatea News

Media Council Rules Against Waatea News

A complaint against Waatea News by Rob Paterson has been upheld. Waatea News published an article on August 9, 2019 headlined Hobson’s Pledge tries to roll Tauranga land return. It reported Tauranga historian Buddy Mikaere saying that the local council needed to stand up to a campaign by Don

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TOP Ten Posts From the Past Week

TOP Ten Posts From the Past Week

https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/matthew-hooton-simon-bridges-will-be-pm/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/simon-bridges-liar-liar-dads-pants-on-fire/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/brian-henry-puts-bridges-smith-on-notice/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/why-would-anyone-want-

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United Nations Directive IGNORED by CoL

United Nations Directive IGNORED by CoL

According to an article by RNZ, the UN should be dictating our immigration policy, but to our government’s credit, they ignored the United Nations directive to increase African refugees showing that in this case at least, the UN is not yet in charge of our immigration policies. Cabinet papers

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Things That Make Me Go Hmm

The media, too, has been complicit in spreading hatred and fear of Muslims. A 2017 study (pdf) of more than 16,000 New Zealanders linked news consumption directly with Islamophobia. New Zealanders—whether liberal or conservative—show both increased anger and reduced warmth towards Muslims if they are more avid

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TOP Ten Posts From the Past Week

TOP Ten Posts From the Past Week

https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/matthew-hooton-simon-bridges-will-be-pm/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/simon-bridges-liar-liar-dads-pants-on-fire/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/brian-henry-puts-bridges-smith-on-notice/ https://thebfd.co.nz/2019/11/why-would-anyone-want-

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It’s Hard Work Being a Candidate

It’s Hard Work Being a Candidate

National’s parachute candidate Chris Luxon in Botany is feeling the strain already, nodding off at a public meeting Saturday at the Buddhist Temple in Botany. Either that or he was praying for it all to go away. Or was he was collecting some Chinese donation money? (just kidding) Then

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Hong Kong – Free Speech – Unarmed Citizens

Hong Kong – Free Speech – Unarmed Citizens

This is what happens when a nation’s citizens are disarmed, and the government decides what you can say in private and public. Imagine if these real Journalists at the Epoch times had handguns. Notice the police in drag brazenly walk in and not even hide the fact that they

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New Muslim-led ‘Human Rights’ Organisation Launched

New Muslim-led ‘Human Rights’ Organisation Launched

The Foundation Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR) according to its press release is a newly formed NZ-based independent Muslim human rights advocacy organisation. Instead of just being against racism, however, it is against Islamophobia and racism, which indicates that they see race as separate from religion. This is reasonable,

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