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Should the Govt Shut Down Free Speech?
A new survey has found two thirds of Kiwis are worried about the extent of misinformation being peddled online. Is it time for Parliament to stop pretending deliberate and provably wrong disinformation is legitimate free speech and instead recognise it as harmful and take action against it? Stuff ** The below
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Searching for the Truth about Omicron
From original reports, the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is a considerably milder disease than the previous Delta. This, combined with its high transmissibility has encouraged some researchers to suggest this is good news and signals the end of the pandemic. However, we are starting to see more deaths in
Our Good Race Relations Are under Threat
Stuart Smith National MP Kaikoura We have prided ourselves in New Zealand on our inclusiveness and generally easy going nature, if you want a go, you can have a go. But in the last few years things have changed and generally good race relations are being threatened by, of all
From the Horse’s Mouth
One of the things that The BFD offers you that the MSM does not is unfiltered, unspun Political news straight from the horse’s mouth. 1. Political Party Press releases: The MSM re-write them and only publish the bits they want their audience to read. They filter the content
We Need a Better Understanding of the Limits of Expertise
Ananish Chaudhuri is Professor of Experimental Economics at the University of Auckland and the author of “Nudged into lockdown? Behavioural Economics, Uncertainty and Covid-19”. The views expressed are his own. I saw recently that a media-friendly scientist has taken to commenting about sailing. I presume this was to
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Read this internal communication from the Waitemata DHB carefully. We have seen the firing of all staff members who made an informed decision not to take the Covid jab. This was apparently due to a desire to reduce the risk to patients and other staff. We have seen that the
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Stupid Rules Make No Sense at All
The nonsensical, illogical and ridiculous rules just keep piling in. The regime has now decided that because the hospitals are being overrun with sick vaccinated and boosted people, they can now allow Covid positive health workers to return to work. Critical healthcare workers who have Covid-19 can now return
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