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‘We Didn’t Force You’

Kurt Mahlburg Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture mercatornet.com We didn’t force you; we just took away everything until you consented The Prime Ministers of Canada and, most recently, New Zealand, have assured their nation’s citizens that they had

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An Open Letter to the Freedom Party Leaders

Nurses For Freedom New Zealand If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Volunteer Writers Wanted
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Volunteer Writers Wanted

The BFD is seeking motivated, concise, reliable, and professionally-minded writers. Ideally, we prefer articles of 400-600 words in length. If you feel that the subject requires a longer post please keep it under 1000 words, (ideally under 800). Local news stories are as welcome as anything to do

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The News Media Need to Keep Up

The News Media Need to Keep Up

I have news for the news media. They are flogging a dead horse. Their favourite nag, the Labour Party, has broken down. It’ll be lucky to get near the starting gates, never mind start. The hurdle to jump, the election, is a jump too high. All bets are on

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The Increasingly Desperate Hipkins
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The Increasingly Desperate Hipkins

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The increasingly desperate Labour leader is making a bloody fool of himself, announcing fresh unresearched policies on the hoof almost daily. Did he learn nothing from the fruit and vegetable GST fiasco, heavily condemned by every economist and his own colleagues (when it was mooted earlier

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For the Want of a Tick

Mrs Korau Having celebrated a milestone birthday in May I had many outings and forms of entertainment to mark the occasion. However, the one thing that wasn’t as enjoyable was the fact that I had to renew my driver’s licence. At seventy-five, a medical certificate was required

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Winston Hits the Spot – Again

Winston Hits the Spot – Again

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 Winston Peters just won himself at least a couple more percentage points in the election race after his speech in

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Doom Polling, It’s a Thing

Doom Polling, It’s a Thing

Have you ever heard of doom scrolling or doom surfing? Wikipedia describes it as “the act of spending an excessive amount of time reading large quantities of negative news online. In 2019, a study by the National Academy of Sciences found that doomscrolling can be linked to a decline in

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BFD Caption Competition

BFD Caption Competition

Here are a few I prepared earlier… If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here

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Only in NZ

Only in NZ

Only in New Zealand are the media concerned about protecting the families of criminal gang members. Listen here then discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads to make your reading experience more enjoyable click here to browse our

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 13 20 Walk with the wise and become wise;    associate with fools and get in trouble. 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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