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To Lighten Your Day

To Lighten Your Day

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Going through my files I came across a letter dating back to last December which will brighten your days in these gloomy times. I’ve blocked out the names of the parties. A self-employed mate of mine was going to Auckland for a week. For

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Why My Party Vote Will Be Going to ACT

Why My Party Vote Will Be Going to ACT

Don Brash Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006 bassettbrashandhide.com I don’t suppose anybody will be terribly surprised when I say that my party vote will be going to ACT on 14 October. I was a proud

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Foreign Policy and Why It Matters

In the leaders’ debate there was a single question on foreign policy – about AUKUS. I am a US citizen and one of the true oddities of being an American abroad is the astonishing similarities to being a ‘made man’ in cosa nostra. Let me explain. In 1986 the US Congress

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BFD October 2023 Political Poll
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BFD October 2023 Political Poll

Take our Monthly Political Poll and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. If you enjoyed this poll please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would

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Sunday Sermon

Logan Hagoort Minister at Covenant Presbyterian Church Editor of Founded in Grace

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 1 29 For they hated knowledge    and chose not to fear the Lord. 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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The BFD Nightcap

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Good News from the World Championships!

Gary Moller Gary Moller is a Health Practitioner who is focused on addressing the root causes of ill health or poor performance by making use of a key forensic tool – Hair Tissue Mineral Analysis – and administering healthy, natural and sustainable therapies. garymoller.com The conversation unfolded like this: “Rider passing,

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

NZ Herald gets their Northbound and Southbound confused – the car in the picture is definitely on the southbound side of the motorway If you enjoyed this Stuff up please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive

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They Hid the Truth About Millions of Breathing Machines

By Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica; Michael D. Sallah, Michael Korsh and Evan Robinson-Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette; and Monica Sager, Northwestern University ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Series: With Every Breath:Millions of Breathing Machines. One Dangerous Defect Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect

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Random Thoughts After a Week Away
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Random Thoughts After a Week Away

Peter Allan Williams Writer and broadcaster for half a century. Now watching from the sidelines although verbalising thoughts on www.reality check.radio three days a week peterallanwilliams.substack.com London in the autumn is decidedly pleasant. Despite almost annual trips to the British capital from the late nineties till

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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 us about this View from Your Window? Yesterday’s photo was taken inside the Cavern Bar, Sanur. Bali. ** We need more photos please folks, so grab your camera or

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More Voters Signal Support for Smaller Parties

More Voters Signal Support for Smaller Parties

Adrian Beaumont The University of Melbourne Yesterday’s 1News-Verian poll, and the Newshub-Reid Research poll reported earlier in the week, both show flattening trend lines – but they are still moving to the right of the political spectrum. For the purposes of this analysis, the National and ACT parties

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The BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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The Freedom Vote 2023

The Freedom Vote 2023

Dear freedom fighter We are now edging closer to election 2023 which for all New Zealanders is likely to be the most important election they will participate in.  We are staring over the precipice and with less than three weeks to go until October 14th, we must put our country

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The Problem With Their Narrative About Maori

lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com The heavily promoted narrative, which has ramped up over the last six years, is that Maori somehow have special vulnerabilities which arise from outside forces they cannot control; that contemporary society fails to meet their needs. They are not receptive to messages and opportunities in the same

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