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You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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The Year of the Gaslighter
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The Year of the Gaslighter

CJ Hopkins cjhopkins.substack.com Novelist, playwright, political satirist Well, it has been quite a year, 2022. I’m officially dubbing it “The Year of the Gaslighter.” I was going to dub it “The Year of the Mother of All Mindfucking Global-Capitalist Gaslighters,” but that seemed like a mouthful,

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Govt at Last Being ‘Open and Transparent’

Govt at Last Being ‘Open and Transparent’

Kay O’Lacey wokejoke.nz At a Press conference at the Beehive this morning Prime Minister Ardern released the new cabinet and ministerial line-up for next year. “As we expect that this will be the last Labour Government for at least the next 30 years, or perhaps ever, we’

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Merry Baldmas Klouse

Klouse (the K is silent) Swab sat at his gold-plated computer monitor, viewing the morning’s emails. As Dictator of the WEF (Wicked Eugenicist Fascists), and aspiring ruler of the world, the Doctor Evil look-alike lacked only a large white cat on his lap to complete the image.

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What They Are Not Telling You about Our Prisons

What They Are Not Telling You about Our Prisons

Lindsay Mitchell lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under

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Ongoing Attempts to Divide Team New Zealand
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Ongoing Attempts to Divide Team New Zealand

Chris Wood Conserve New Zealand blog.gracefool.com Only 28% of Kiwis think the country is headed in the right direction – a record low. Only 18% think economic conditions will be better in a year. There are many reasons why; such as the rapidly increasing cost of living and major

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Frontline Staff Make a Difference
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Frontline Staff Make a Difference

Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura Below is Stuart Smith’s response. Vulnerable New Zealand children need a strong, unconstrained voice that can fight for them. That is the role of Oranga Tamariki, and sadly, they are failing our children. The death of Malachi Subecz is heart wrenching and tragic. He

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Telling Tales – Playing With ChatGPT

Telling Tales – Playing With ChatGPT

OpenAI has trained a model called ChatGPT to interact in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction

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Out of Control? And Whose Fault Is That, Pray Tell?

Out of Control? And Whose Fault Is That, Pray Tell?

You have to really wonder just what Waikato Police Area Commander, Superintendent Bruce Bird was thinking when he admitted that youth crime is “out of control”. Police were allegedly fired at from a passing vehicle in the wake of youth arrests linked to a string of overnight ramraids and burglaries

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Dumb Wellington Council Decision
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Dumb Wellington Council Decision

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The capital’s current mayor (the city has justifiably dumped them at the first opportunity ever since Dame Kerry Prendergast pulled stumps) excitedly announced the introduction of e-bikes. This is fine for the suburbs but a terrible idea for the CBD. Here’s why.

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You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Dr Ashley Bloomfield’s next career move has been revealed – and he’s making a jump to academia. The University of Auckland says the former Director-General of Health has been appointed a professor at its School of Population Health. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you

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The Cult That Is Tikanga
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The Cult That Is Tikanga

Phil Green The political atmosphere has heated up recently, with events in Kaipara attracting the attention of both the MSM and political columnists trying to bring some sense and propaganda into the debate over ‘How much are we owned by Maori interests’. Quite a lot actually, if the sabre-rattling

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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Like Rats Deserting the Sinking Ship
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Like Rats Deserting the Sinking Ship

Jacinda Ardern has announced that six Labour MPs are retiring from parliament…at the next election, which is 10 or 11 months away. Why is she doing this now? This makes no sense to me, and I cannot recall any time when another prime minister has had to do this.

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