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Like Teasing a Kitten With a Laser

Mr Peters used hyperbole: the N-word. He plays the media using rhetoric exactly as someone teases a kitten with a laser. My, oh my. They are so stupid. The kitten loses interest after five minutes, and the NZ press still can’t get a grip on themselves forty-eight hours later:

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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?
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Too Many Fingers in Too Many Pies?

Bryce Edwards Political Analyst in Residence, Director of the Democracy Project, School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington democracyproject.substack.com NOTE: Since this column was first published, Simon Bridges has clarified that he resigned immediately from the National Road Carriers and the Northern Infrastructure Forum when he was appointed

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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When the Media Lies, the Truth Dies
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When the Media Lies, the Truth Dies

The legacy media, echoing the false attack against Donald Trump with their “bloodbath” lies have done exactly the same thing to Winston Peters with their false and deceptive reporting of his State of the Union speech. Every single legacy media outlet ran deceptive headlines claiming that Winston Peters compared co-governance

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 20 11 Even children are known by the way they act,    whether their conduct is pure, and whether it is right If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing it with your friends.

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The BFD Nightcap

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Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

Transcript of an Excerpt From a Censored Video of 2022

TRANSCRIBER B transcriberb.dreamwidth.org Transcribing missed information for the historical record since 2021. Transcriber B’s Substack provides updates to and spotlights on the List of Transcriptions (2021-2023) by Transcriber B. I make no apologies for bias. This is part of the historical record. You can view the List

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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How Not to Spoil Kids

Thomas Lickona Thomas Lickona, PhD, is a developmental psychologist, former SUNY Cortland education professor, and blogger for Psychology Today. mercatornet.com A single mother who works full time says that when she gets home from work and asks her 16- and 14-year-old daughters for help with dinner, they respond, “That’

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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 us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken at the Mt Albert/Mt Roskill boundary, with Mt Albert in the background. A view from our

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Will China Be Treated as a Friend or Foe of New Zealand?

Will China Be Treated as a Friend or Foe of New Zealand?

Geoffrey Miller Geoffrey Miller is the Democracy Project’s geopolitical analyst and writes on current New Zealand foreign policy and related geopolitical issues. He has lived in Germany and the Middle East and is a learner of Arabic and Russian. He is currently working on a PhD at the University

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NZ Society Is Not Consistent When It Comes to Free Speech

NZ Society Is Not Consistent When It Comes to Free Speech

Simon O’Connor onpointnz.substack.com Husband, step-father, and longtime student of philosophy and history. Also happen to be a former politician, including chairing New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Committee. When it comes to free speech in New Zealand, the hypocrisy (or at best, inconsistency) of many

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