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If you are like me you will be saving a small fortune now that business after business is discriminating against you. Every week the value of a brunch for two is no longer being spent in my favourite local cafes. Every month the value of our date night entrees, main

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Comply Your Way Out of Tyranny?

Comply Your Way Out of Tyranny?

Many people went and got vaxxed for the sole reason of wanting to travel. Others believed the lying words of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, that lining up to get vaccinated would give you back the freedoms that they had snatched away. You’ve all been had. Worse still, I told

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Disqus Hints and Tips
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Disqus Hints and Tips

Hints: 1. Disqus is a completely separate business from The BFD. 2. Don’t confuse your FREE Disqus commenting account with your paid for BFD membership. They are not the same thing. 3. If you want to start commenting on The BFD sign up for a FREE Disqus account here.

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Lindsay Perigo on 1984 in 2021

Lindsay Perigo on 1984 in 2021

John Ansell channels the inspiringly forthright Lindsay Perigo on the prescience of Ayn Rand, the arrival of 1984, and his disdain for weasel-worders and Mengelian Marxists. (Perigo applauding Cam Slater’s account of the only PM he has ever judged evil.) If you enjoyed this audio please share it

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Corrections Head Office Staff Numbers and Salaries Balloon

Darroch Ball Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust “Official information data shows Corrections Head Office numbers and salaries have ballooned since 2017 while the frontline is still fighting for a pay rise and battling staff shortages,” says Darroch Ball Leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “The total number employed by Corrections Head

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Member Account Access

If you want to update your credit card details click here. **To select Stripe as your payment platform select credit/debit card To upgrade or change your membership click here. You can easily upgrade between membership levels at any time by visiting your account page. When upgrading your membership, it

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

Lorde confirmed on Wednesday that, “by some stroke of good fortune”, she has returned home to New Zealand for Christmas and a much-needed summer break. Stuff In completely unrelated news ( I’m sure) Lorde is booked to sing at PM Jacinda Ardern’s upcoming wedding. Read the article in

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 23 23 Get the truth and never sell it;    also get wisdom, discipline, and good judgment. If you enjoyed this BFD daily proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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Why You Should Write for the BFD

Harry Hunt If you’re like the rest of us, you are sick and tired of reading the same load of self-congratulatory drivel every day that you open social media. If you are a professionally-minded writer this could be your opportunity to get your voice heard. With audience

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Ardern Should Listen to Truss
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Ardern Should Listen to Truss

I have just read an article regarding a speech the British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, gave at the Chatham House think tank. She was setting out her vision for future foreign policy. The speech was full of realism and positivity. Truss warned that “woke” attacks on British history are a

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The Amazing Treaty of Waitangi

The Amazing Treaty of Waitangi

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com This totally redundant treaty, applying to circumstances nearly two centuries ago, has spawned a truly astonishing “industry” in claims as to what it meant, despite never actually saying as much. The latest and most absurd comes from something called the Health Coalition Aotearoa, specifically, (lie

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Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Connected (Online+)

Mt Hobson Academy Alwyn Poole Firstly let me say – this is a wonderful project and I am loving the work. I am fully available during the holiday period for families and potential staff. Please don’t hesitate if there is anything that you need to know. Contact alwyn.poole@gmail.

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SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas
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SPOIL Yourself with a BFD Membership this Christmas

Spoil yourself with a present that will be the gift that keeps on giving all year. TREAT yourself a subscription to The BFD It will be a present to The BFD as well as your gift to yourself and it will help ensure that we will be around next year

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View from Your Window
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View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken while driving home after a hard day selling drench and gumboots to cockeys, about to go over the Memorial Ave/

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The Cost of Government Tyranny
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The Cost of Government Tyranny

Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Propaganda works. It really does. For near enough to two years, we have had covid (deliberately non-capitalised against grammatical conventions, as I do not deign to give it a capital as if it is some kind of deity) splashed across our screens non-stop

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