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Many of you will have been following our daily extract from National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country and some of you may already have purchased a copy. This weekend we are giving away one of three signed copies to a lucky BFD subscriber. On Sunday we will
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. “Elimination” nation No word sums up the government’s misplaced sense of self-congratulation as much as “elimination”. Let’s start with this perfectly reasonable observation about a certain
Once upon a time warfare was mainly boots on the ground, powerful guns and blowing stuff up by cunning and strategy, but in comparison, information warfare is subtle. It is defined as “the manipulation of information trusted by a target without the target’s awareness so that the target will
Information Satire Some of the Wild COVID gang have escaped from The lock-up in Missie Ardern’s Saloon. Some of them have been rounded up but not all. Apparently there were earlier escapes as well. My Marshall Woodhouse has revealed this to the townspeople but they are still very
Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com New Zealand’s COVID-19 free status was short-lived. The team of 5 million is being badly let down by government incompetence at the borders. While bureaucratic ineptitude is nothing new, given the personal sacrifices that everyone was required to make during the lockdown,
A NSW Labor MP has been suspended from his party after raids of his house as part of an ASIO investigation into possible Chinese Communist Party influence. NSW Labor MP Shaoquett Moselmane has been suspended from the party after his properties were raided by federal agents as part of an
Don’t be fooled by the hysterical fear-mongering from the media and governments. The spike in COVID-19 cases in Victoria is a concern, but it’s nowhere near the feared “second wave” we keep getting threatened with. The panic-mongering from Daniel Andrews is particularly hypocritical. Victorian Premier
IINZ News israelinstitute.nz Welcome to the Israel Institute of New Zealand 2020 Voters’ Guide. Our first guide was in 2017 and this one was also compiled after we wrote to all MPs asking for their and their party positions on Israel. Selected MPs Alfred Ngaro re-started the New
Chris Penk The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Lessons learnt? The stresses and strains on New Zealand’s teaching fraternity must have been enormous. As always, I take my hat off to those working hard in our
Welcome to the Israel Institute of New Zealand 2020 Voters’ Guide. Our first guide was in 2017 and this one was also compiled after we wrote to all MPs asking for their and their party positions on Israel. Opposes NZ funding extremism New Conservatives have committed to NZ withdrawing funding
IINZ News israelinstitute.nz Much has been written and opined about the expected announcement on July 1st about Israel applying Israeli civilian law to parts of the disputed territories. Here are some facts that are worth keeping in mind. 1. No one really knows what will be proposed yet 2.
The Government is planning on a second media handout “Support package” before the election. Mainstream media, like businesses everywhere in New Zealand, have lost a huge amount of revenue. However, mainstream media, unlike every other small or large business, are being given government money to help make up for that
The performance of the Speaker Trevor Mallard on Thursday was beyond the pale. The man was never suited to the job from the time he punched another MP in the House some years ago. He got the job as a sop, not on suitability, and he has demonstrated this on
