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Cultural Sensitivity Goes Two Ways

Cultural Sensitivity Goes Two Ways

There has been a bit of a furore this week about the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nanaia Mahuta, having a moko, otherwise known as a facial tattoo. The usual suspects have crawled out of the woodwork and claimed that anyone who doesn’t like this decision is ‘raaacist…’, even

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Face of the Day

Face of the Day

I can’t see a path to victory for Joe Biden. There aren’t enough states in play for him. He’s absolutely dreamin’ in claiming Wisconsin and Michigan. He’s 270k votes behind Trump in MI. Biden would have to win 90% of the remaining votes in WI to

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US Election – Discussion Post

US Election – Discussion Post

Now the results are flowing it is time for a discussion post to discuss today’s US Election results. Key links: Townhall Results page RealClearPolitics results page Fox News Results page PJ Media Live blog Breitbart live updates This truck is owned by a mate of mine, seen in Birkenhead:

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Dan’s $2m Man Another Labor Mate

Dan’s $2m Man Another Labor Mate

There’s no end to the gravy train for Labor mates in Victoria. Including $2m awarded without competitive tender to a firm run by a former Labor candidate, to run a secretive spin doctor program while Victorians were under virtual house arrest. A Labor strategist who boasts that “public opinion

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“Fair Pay” Agreements Take Us Back to the 1970s

“Fair Pay” Agreements Take Us Back to the 1970s

ACT Party “Labour’s so-called ‘Fair Pay’ Agreements will take industrial relations back to the 1970s”, says ACT’s Workplace Relations and Safety spokesperson Chris Baillie. New Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Michael Wood said this morning that Labour will press ahead will FPAs. “Labour claims FPAs will help

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A Cabinet of Clowns

A Cabinet of Clowns

It is interesting to see the portfolios handed out by the ringmaster, or should that be mistress, and which clowns got what. 1. Jacinda Ardern – Minister of Poverty Reduction.  A laugh first off. The word reduction is a complete misnomer. 2. Grant Robertson – Minister for Racing. Has to be horses

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Mexico Isn’t Sending Their Best
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Mexico Isn’t Sending Their Best

The Green party always seems to pick the weirdest and worst examples of immigrants as MPs. They’ve really outdone themselves this time with Ricardo Menendez, a Hispanic hailing from Mexico whose father paid for him to leave that horrible place for a better life in New Zealand. Ricardo is

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Tweet of the Day

Tweet of the Day

The Amish are not playing around today pic.twitter.com/S3vIy3oMYR — Barstool News Network (@BarstoolNewsN) November 3, 2020

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Massey Professor Labels  Opposition Parties  “Irrelevant”
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Massey Professor Labels Opposition Parties “Irrelevant”

Well, that’s that then, according to Newshub. By that train of communication the message is necessarily suspect, as that mob definitely are given to mangling quotes beyond all original meaning; but if it does contain a grain of truth, it appears a Professor, if one can call him that

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Letter from the North

Letter from the North

2 November 2020 The leak that wasn’t continues. As the search for the leaker(s) progresses there are more denials than from a Daniel Andrews government. It appears there were 15 people in the know. This includes the four ministers, Johnson, Gove, Sunak and Hancock, science advisors and the

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The Road to Hell
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The Road to Hell

The only certain things are death, taxes, and council budget blow-outs. Why does this always happen? Here is a typical example to explain why. Hamilton City Council is planning several new roads to open up farm land south of the city for a new suburb. Nobody questions the need,

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BFD Daily Opinion Poll

BFD Daily Opinion Poll

Take our Daily Opinion Poll and see how your views compare to other readers and then share the poll on social media. By sharing the poll you will help even more readers to discover The BFD. If you enjoyed this BFD poll please share it.

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Hacking Reveals Pulped Fiction

Hacking Reveals Pulped Fiction

Information Satire Yesterday, our assistant cub reporter retrieved a flash drive from a skip overflowing with filled disposable nappies. The skip had been parked outside Premier House for months. The Woke Examiner is now in possession of a trove of emails – allegedly hacked – thought to belong to an international super-

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Be Careful What You Voted for – You Might Just Get It!

Be Careful What You Voted for – You Might Just Get It!

The cross-over voters who joined diehard Labour voters in giving Jacinda Ardern’s incoming Labour Government the first-ever single-party majority since we saddled ourselves with MMP in 1996 may live to regret their short-sighted impetuosity. They may well get more than they bargained for. The 9-

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