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Mohamed AI Fayed

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I was surprised by how much generally favourable attention Mohamad AI Fayed received following his death at 94. I had an amusing exchange with him in the late 1980s. This followed a situation of my own making when I’d arrived in London on a Saturday

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If It Looks Like Debt, Let’s Treat It Like Debt

If It Looks Like Debt, Let’s Treat It Like Debt

Aaron Gilbert Ayesha Scott Auckland University of Technology There are few stores without an Afterpay logo displayed on the door, or that don’t offer Laybuy at their online checkout. And these schemes are particularly popular with younger consumers. But what price might these buyers be paying for the conveniences

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We Didn’t Lose Our Jobs We Were ‘Forced’ Out of Them

We Didn’t Lose Our Jobs We Were ‘Forced’ Out of Them

Al Al writes a substack based on OIAs and proactive releases looking back at the history of the New Zealand Covid response. nzcovidresponse.substack.com A video of current Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in a press conference has been doing the rounds for pulling a Trudeau, where he claims there

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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 looking south from my media room which is located in Minden, Tauranga. ** We need more photos please folks, so

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Strong Support for Age-Verification on Porn Sites – Poll

familyfirst.org.nz A new poll has found significant support for pornography sites to have age-verification requirements. In the independent polling commissioned by Family First NZ and carried out by Curia Market Research, 1,000 respondents were asked “Some people have proposed placing stricter age verification rules on pornography

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. Share this BFD Opinion poll so others can discover The BFD using the share

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New Zealand’s Nasties: Labour and the Unions

New Zealand’s Nasties: Labour and the Unions

The Labour Party and its union bosses have chosen, unsurprisingly, to show their nasty side. The unions are aware the politicians they support have turned out to be no more than a bunch of incompetent losers. Their answer is to attack. It’s not to attack in a constructive way,

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What Just Happened to New Zealand?

What Just Happened to New Zealand?

Dr. Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his Ph.D. in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior

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Woke Dictionary: The New Newspeak

Woke Dictionary: The New Newspeak

Donald Davis The Urban Dictionary is a (frequently NSFW) crowdsourced online glossary of slang words and phrases. In George Orwell’s 1984, the Ministry of Truth maintained a Newspeak Dictionary: the officially sanctioned vocabulary of Oceania. Only ‘specialists’ could truly write in Newspeak as some words had mutually contradicting definitions,

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Tech Talk: Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements
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Tech Talk: Remove Unwanted Web Page Elements

This series is designed to help people to understand modern technology, and become more confident in using computing devices. It is not designed to educate experts. The author is involved in tutoring older students at SeniorNet, a New Zealand wide organisation. SeniorNet hopes that students will feel more confident in

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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New Poll Shows Labour Is Doomed

New Poll Shows Labour Is Doomed

A new poll has been released at The Post. It is called The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll. They are an Australian polling company, so I am unsure of their track record. Nonetheless, the poll confirms the general direction of the recent Roy Morgan Poll. Labour’s support has plunged to

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Another Paul Moon Delight

Another Paul Moon Delight

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The most influential person in my life was a school-teacher, Guy Bliss, who back in 1956 preached to the school’s first 6th form (about 6 of us in his history class (the rest had fled at 15, then the school leaving age, mainly for

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 8 13 All who fear the Lord will hate evil.    Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance,    corruption and perverse speech. 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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