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A New Police State in Washington DC

A New Police State in Washington DC

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Move over Bill Cosby. Here Come the COVID Criminals

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A Lockdown Too Far?

A Lockdown Too Far?

How much longer will Victorians continue to #StandWithDan? In what can only be regarded as a mass-outbreak of Stockholm Syndrome, Victorians responded to being placed under virtual house-arrest, due entirely to the astonishing ineptitude of the Andrews government, by loudly cheering for the corrupt clowns who locked them

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Saint Jacinda the Lucky Dip

Saint Jacinda the Lucky Dip

Is Jacinda Ardern going to play Lucky Dip with her Climate Change Commision’s lunatic proposals, or is Ardern herself the luckiest dip of all? While the left-media in Australia particularly credit Ardern with everything short of walking across the Tasman Sea, the inconvenient truth is that Ardern is

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Oral Questions – 16 February 2021

Oral Questions – 16 February 2021

Questions to Ministers 1. DEBBIE NGAREWA-PACKER to the Minister for COVID-19 Response: Does he accept that Maori are a population group particularly vulnerable to COVID-19; if so, can he confirm that there is a specific vaccine roll-out plan for Maori? 2. Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the

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PM’s Performance Spin over Substance

PM’s Performance Spin over Substance

ACT Party “The Prime Minister’s post-Cabinet press conference yesterday was a nauseating stream of self-congratulation when what she should have been doing was apologising,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Make no mistake, our biggest city is in a three-day lockdown because someone who worked in close

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Why We Need Honest Conversations

Why We Need Honest Conversations

ACT Party The Politics of COVID has shown how desperately New Zealand needs honest conversations. The Prime Minister failed, requiring a third of the country to go under house arrest, and is reported as a hero. Here’s some real chutzpah: She triumphally announces that enough vaccine for 30,000

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Myanmar in Trouble – It Gets Murkier

Myanmar in Trouble – It Gets Murkier

15th February 2021 It is getting difficult to get a clear picture of what is happening in Myanmar. Both sides now seem to be engaging in a PR exercise and in the case of the Military regime their grubby tactics are getting grubbier. In fairness to the military, they are

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Well, That’s a Turn Off!

Well, That’s a Turn Off!

Many commenters here on The BFD have raised valid questions following the release of the recent Climate Change Commission report. This report suggests that the way forward for New Zealand is for everyone to switch to electric vehicles and for all gas cooking, gas water heating and gas home heating

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Govt Not Resourcing Police to Target Organised Crime

Govt Not Resourcing Police to Target Organised Crime

National Party Simeon Brown This soft-on-crime Government has only filled one-third of additional police positions focused on organised crime despite gang membership increasing at an alarming rate, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “Of the 700 promised positions focused on targeting organised crime, only 239 have

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Is Hone Harawira More Competent at Setting up Checkpoints?
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Is Hone Harawira More Competent at Setting up Checkpoints?

ACT Party “The Government needs to front up and reveal why Police have set up a key checkpoint between Auckland and Northland at Brynderwyn, which is in the Kaipara District, outside of Auckland’s level 3 boundary, and why,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “Schedules 4 and 5 of the

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Daily News Roundup – 16 February 2021

Daily News Roundup – 16 February 2021

Covid outbreak: Lockdown decisions Michael Morrah (Newshub): New Zealand’s new COVID-19 outbreak ‘detected later than it could’ve been’ – expert Audrey Young (Herald): Political focus turns to whether lockdown was caused by border failure (paywalled) Stuff: Editorial – Keeping the border secure is paramount RNZ: Lockdown could last weeks

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Political Theatre at Its Best

Political Theatre at Its Best

Seven o’clock on a Sunday night and there she was, Jacinda, looking suitably frowny faced and dressed in black. Always an ominous sign. She had had to forego one of the highlights of her year – the Big Gay Out. Three people, all from the same family, had been found

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What’s Good for the Goose…

What’s Good for the Goose…

The Democrats were always playing with fire with their ill-conceived impeachment proceedings against former President Donald Trump. Now they are being lined up for their own impeachment sagas. PJ Media reports: In the wake of the Democrat’s second failed attempt to impeach and remove President Trump, Lindsey Graham,

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