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Turning Heroes into Victims

Turning Heroes into Victims

New Conservative Our congratulations and commiserations go out to our nation’s primary producers, those who make us a prosperous country, those on whom we depend in times of economic hardship, those who toil seven days a week, almost every day of the year, our farmers. Congratulations because recent thorough

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Daily News Roundup – 5 February 2021

Daily News Roundup – 5 February 2021

Waitangi Richard Harman: Waitangi; challenging sovereignty 1News: Ardern denies switching to ‘foundational change’ was because ‘transformational’ was too hard Claire Trevett (Herald): It takes a lot to keep Judith Collins quiet – but Waitangi tried (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): Political platitudes give way to change at Waitangi: Women will speak on

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One, Two – Bend over and Do the Kiwi Kowtow!

One, Two – Bend over and Do the Kiwi Kowtow!

The extraordinary intervention of the government of “New Xi-Land” (as one tabloid dubbed it) in China’s trade and diplomatic war assault on Australia has not gone unnoticed. As I wrote for The BFD, Jacinda Ardern and her government appear to have decided just whose side they’re on

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Veritas Leak: Facebook Execs Discuss Crushing Free Speech under Biden

Veritas Leak: Facebook Execs Discuss Crushing Free Speech under Biden

Alexander Hall newsbusters.org Facebook executives were caught describing their plans to work together with President Joe Biden on censoring free speech. Guerrilla journalism company Project Veritas released a devastating leak on Sunday showing Facebook leadership revealing their leftist ambitions under the new Biden administration. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fawned

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Victoria to Extend “State of Emergency” until 2022

Victoria to Extend “State of Emergency” until 2022

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Scanning the annals of history, it’s rather telling that a bare handful of dictators, left or right, have voluntarily ceded their power. Pinochet or King Juan Carlos I, for instance, or Daniel Ortega or Julius Nyerere. Further back, perhaps George Washington, or his

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A Busted Two-Bob Watch Is Almost Right

A Busted Two-Bob Watch Is Almost Right

Even a busted Labor party two-bob watch can be right at least once a day. Sadly, that’s about the best spin I can put on Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles’s attack on PM Scott Morrison over borders. Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles has accused Scott Morrison of

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OMG, Am I Agreeing with Chris Trotter?

OMG, Am I Agreeing with Chris Trotter?

Arthur I usually avoid Chris Trotter’s socialist wittering and firmly captured left-wing ideological views. Fortunately, my partner is made of sterner stuff and points out things to me from time to time from the left-wing swamp of our socialist Mordor including Mr Trotter’s works. Recently he

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Ideological Wars, Internment Camps, Imaginary Coups, And Other News

Ideological Wars, Internment Camps, Imaginary Coups, And Other News

CJ Hopkins The Consent Factory OK … I assume you’re wondering about that photo above. Let me tell you about that photo. It’s a photo of one of the new internment camps for “quarantine objectors” here in Germany, which officially opened for business yesterday. I’ve been writing about

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What Happened in Myanmar on the First Day of the Coup

What Happened in Myanmar on the First Day of the Coup

Mong Palatino globalvoices.org Myanmar’s newly elected parliament members were supposed to convene a session on February 1 to select the country’s president and vice president. Instead, the military seized power, imposed a year-long state of emergency, and detained key leaders of the National League for Democracy

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Meme of the Day

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New Virus Strain Not ‘More Deadly’

Covid Plan B covidplanb.co.nz In December Boris Johnson announced to UK citizens that a new strain of the Sars-Cov2 virus – B1.1.7 or the “kent” strain – was 70% more infectious and probably more deadly. His Government, including health bureaucrats, used this to justify more lockdowns. Around

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Pursuit of “Clean” Energy Ignores Unethical Mining Practices

Pursuit of “Clean” Energy Ignores Unethical Mining Practices

Ardern’s government said no to coal mining and oil and gas exploration in their pursuit of zero carbon, ignoring the hypocrisy attached to importing Indonesian coal and substandard overseas mining practices. Turning a blind eye to unethical mining means the poor – the workers and inhabitants of polluted land – are

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Former President Trump’s  Impeachment Response

Former President Trump’s Impeachment Response

The BFD believes you should have all the facts without the spin so we have republished Former President Trump’s answer below in full. It is his response to the single article of impeachment. In his official answer, he makes it clear that the trial is itself unconstitutional. 45th Presidents

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