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150,000 Reasons to Go to Level 1 Today

150,000 Reasons to Go to Level 1 Today

Press Release: ACT Party “Labour doesn’t want the COVID-19 crisis to end, but it has 150,000 reasons to move to Level 1 when Cabinet meets,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “New Zealanders have been receiving a daily political broadcast from Ardern and her team throughout the COVID-

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Killing Us With Kindness?
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Killing Us With Kindness?

Information Satire Words of wisdom from eighty-year-old toilet attendant and political commentator, Ken Bottie. I meet a lot of men in lavatories. Let me rephrase that. In my profession as a lavatory attendant I have had the pleasure of meeting gentlemen from all walks of life. You cannot

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Dr Lance O’Sullivan, Violent Brick Chucking Window Smasher…

Dr Lance O’Sullivan, Violent Brick Chucking Window Smasher…

Dr. Lance O’Sullivan used to be an up and coming star, not only in the medical world, but in the political world too. He was being considered as a potential leader of the Maori Party. He even had discussions with Act and possibly National but really liked The Opportunities

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DHB Funding Decisions Create Resentment and Division

DHB Funding Decisions Create Resentment and Division

Press Release: ACT Party “A report that half of district health boards could prioritise Maori and Pasifika patients for some elective surgeries shows just how skewed the Government’s health priorities are,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We’re in the middle of a public health crisis and the Labour

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The New Zealand Race Riots of 2025

It should have been routine. A police caution for a broken tail light. A ‘get off the road and get it fixed’ situation. Until something went very wrong. The I-phone 11 didn’t appear and start filming until Lee Ropata was on the ground bleeding from a blow to

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When Did It All Go Wrong?
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When Did It All Go Wrong?

Source: Facebook The problem with times of crisis is that political bias clouds objectivity. Pragmatism is lost and support and opposition become personal, not logical. Traditional Labour supporters will support Labour policies or actions and oppose National policies regardless of the situation and this is reciprocated by National supporters when

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Tall Todd’s Tales

Information Satire God give me strength! Just when I thought I had put the the Maga hat behind me, that teacher from a private school (probably Catholic) had his hat torn off and burnt during during that illegal Black Lives Matter march in Auckland. Shades of that Catholic kid in

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Yes, We’ve Been Had

Yes, We’ve Been Had

Are you angry yet? As readers of the BFD know, not only have lockdowns not made a difference, but there is now one rule for some and another rule for others. Just this past week a bunch of people marched in “solidarity” with looters and rioters peaceful protestors in the

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Alinsky Writes the Ardern Agenda

Alinsky Writes the Ardern Agenda

Editors Note: It has been brought to my attention that Reuters Fact checked the claim about Alinsky and declared it to be false. On May 30 on Backchat, Jeff posted an article headed HOW TO CREATE A SOCIALIST STATE by Saul Alinsky. The article began by stating there are eight

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Entertainment Weakly
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Entertainment Weakly

Information Satire Prof Worzel It was a while ago that Bill Shakespeare wrote that “All the worlds a stage and we are but players on it”. Perhaps this has never been truer than it is today. During the national effort to hide away from the world because, so we were

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Prime Minister Declares:  “THE ECONOMY IS BACK”

Prime Minister Declares: “THE ECONOMY IS BACK”

Of course it is, Jacinda. You have declared it so and so it shall be. Except, like so many other things you and your pathetically inept colleagues have managed to do to this country of ours, you couldn’t be more wrong and you’ve been drinking too much of

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

National Party deputy leader Nikki Kaye says she helped to roll Simon Bridges as leader of the party because she had a “moral obligation” to do so.

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Fairy Dust #1
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Fairy Dust #1

Information A Fairy Tale Lightindarkplaces The magical shield that kept reality at bay shimmered protectively around the happy kingdom. On the other side of it Fairy Dust and her entourage were trying their best to make a decision. “The plague makers from yon east deny everything,” said the intelligence fairy.

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