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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

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Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas Is No More

Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas Is No More

“Oh, Despinda,” sighed Despinda’s Mummy.  “How many times have I told you that if you can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all.” “But,” whined her daughter, “then I would have to be udderly silent, and gosh, how would that work? I mean to say,

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What’s up the WHO’s Sleeve
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What’s up the WHO’s Sleeve

The Doctor Recently I wrote about how “magic tricks” are being used to distract us from the important things that are happening right now. And I wondered what the Three Waters spectacle was distracting us from. James Roguski has the answer. He reports that the WHO has been secretly working

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How to Gift Someone a BFD Membership This Christmas

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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Ardern Lied About Lifting the Vaccine Mandates

Ardern Lied About Lifting the Vaccine Mandates

Someone once said that if you tell a lie often enough people will believe it, particularly if the lie is a big one. Make no mistake, the Covid vaccination lie is a very big one. How does she explain the current guidelines for overseas nursing recruitment? Likewise, NZ hospitals still

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Nurses for Freedom NZ Update

Nurses for Freedom NZ Update

Nurses for Freedom NZ Dear Friends and Colleagues Thank you for supporting Nurses for Freedom NZ during 2022; we appreciate each and everyone of you!  Thank you especially to all those who have supported us financially, with kind words and prayers. I thought I would take this opportunity to give

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Telling Tales – Playing With ChatGPT

Telling Tales – Playing With ChatGPT

OpenAI has trained a model called ChatGPT to interact in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer follow-up questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises and reject inappropriate requests. ChatGPT is a sibling model to InstructGPT, which is trained to follow an instruction

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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My New Zealanders of the Year List

My New Zealanders of the Year List

Many commentators and pundits like making lists of best that or worst this, announcing “winners” and “losers”. I thought I’d do something different and give a list of New Zealanders of the Year. This list won’t be some woke travesty that is as perverse as it is diverse.

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Was Our NZ Director of Health Gullible or Just Lazy?

Was Our NZ Director of Health Gullible or Just Lazy?

Was Bloomfield our NZ Director of Health gullible or just straight-out lazy?  The lead-up to and during the first lockdown he was far too trusting of the information he was receiving from The World Health Organization and The NIH. During the first lockdown and afterwards very interesting research

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You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

You Asked For It and Now It Is Possible

We have GREAT news. For many years readers have asked us for the ability to give a BFD membership as a present but we didn’t have the technology to do it. This Christmas we finally have what you have all been asking for. Gifting Our new system allows us

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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz
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Take Our Daily Trivia Quiz

Test your trivia knowledge – Select from seven subject categories. General knowledge, Dictionary, Entertainment, History, Food & Drink, Geography, Science & Nature. To Enjoy Our Other Puzzles Become a Bronze Member

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 24 12 Don’t excuse yourself by saying, “Look, we didn’t know.”    For God understands all hearts, and he sees you. He who guards your soul knows you knew.    He will repay all people as their actions deserve. If you enjoyed this BFD Daily Proverb please consider sharing

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The BFD Nightcap
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The BFD Nightcap

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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

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Why Kids Genuinely Can’t Wait until Christmas

Andrew Trounson psychlopaedia.org A child’s developing memory makes the world wondrous and slow, but an adult’s reliance on routine speeds everything up I remember Christmas Day as torture. My younger brother and I would roll around in agony, impatient to open the pile of presents under the

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