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Coerced and Not Fully Informed

Coerced and Not Fully Informed

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Dr Muriel Newman established the New Zealand Centre for Political Research as a public policy think tank in 2005 after nine years as a Member of Parliament. A former Chamber of Commerce President, her background is in business and education. The coroner’s inquest into

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Have You Visited MyBFD Yet?

MyBFD  is a second platform that was created to extend the BFD community and to make it easier for members to interact easily with other members away from the public glare of General Debate and Backchat. Our new community at MyBFD is available to members with Bronze membership and above.

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Yesterday’s Five Most Popular Articles

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Yesterday You Wore a Mask, Today You Don’t…what’s Changed?

Yesterday some of you were still wearing masks, today you will finally play catch up with where some of us have been for three years. What’s changed?  Well, nothing actually, except the polling the Government undertakes, which must be showing that we have tired of the charade. Those of

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The Dom-Post Taking the Piss on Its Readers

Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com The Dominion-Post has been running an entertaining series of interviews with diverse purported artistic types of no perceivable accomplishment. A recent one was a delight, being an interview with a photographer, a long-haired bloke called Cody. In the course of it Cody revealed

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Disqus Hints and Tips
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Disqus Hints and Tips

Hints: 1. Disqus is a completely separate business from The BFD. 2. Don’t confuse your FREE Disqus commenting account with your paid for BFD membership. They are not the same thing. 3. If you want to start commenting on The BFD sign up for a FREE Disqus account here.

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Top Ten Most Popular Articles from the past Week

Top Ten Most Popular Articles from the past Week

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Member Account Access

If you want to update your credit card details click here. **To select Stripe as your payment platform select credit/debit card To upgrade or change your membership click here. You can easily upgrade between membership levels at any time by visiting your account page. When upgrading your membership, it

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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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Secret Meeting of the Day

Secret Meeting of the Day

After suffering through a 90-minute audio recorded during a “Workshop” of the Disinformation Project, at which Sanjana Hattotuwa was the speaker, I have made the following summary. Please note that the audio was extremely hard to hear, no doubt a result of it being from a concealed recording device

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The BFD Daily Proverb
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The BFD Daily Proverb

Proverbs 13 13 People who despise advice are asking for trouble;    those who respect a command will succeed. 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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The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

The BFD Stuff Up of the Day

We need to take this direct quote from NewstalkZB inside a BFD article with a “grain” of salt. 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 Member content or just

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The Perfect Hobby

The Perfect Hobby

The BFD is seeking citizen journalists to write news articles for us in a voluntary capacity. Writing for us as a citizen journalist is not only a perfect hobby to keep your mind active and your wits sharp but you also get bragging rights when sharing links to your published

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Heat Waves and Rolling Blackouts… EVs?

Kelli Ballard libertynation.com National correspondent at LibertyNation.com. Kelli Ballard is an author, editor and publisher. Her writing interests span many genres including a former crime/government reporter, fiction novelist and playwright. Originally a Central California girl, Kelli now resides in the Seattle area. The Gold Rush era, California

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