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Dr. Lance O’Sullivan used to be an up and coming star, not only in the medical world, but in the political world too. He was being considered as a potential leader of the Maori Party. He even had discussions with Act and possibly National but really liked The Opportunities
Press Release: ACT Party “A report that half of district health boards could prioritise Maori and Pasifika patients for some elective surgeries shows just how skewed the Government’s health priorities are,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “We’re in the middle of a public health crisis and the Labour
It should have been routine. A police caution for a broken tail light. A ‘get off the road and get it fixed’ situation. Until something went very wrong. The I-phone 11 didn’t appear and start filming until Lee Ropata was on the ground bleeding from a blow to
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Source: Facebook The problem with times of crisis is that political bias clouds objectivity. Pragmatism is lost and support and opposition become personal, not logical. Traditional Labour supporters will support Labour policies or actions and oppose National policies regardless of the situation and this is reciprocated by National supporters when
Information Satire God give me strength! Just when I thought I had put the the Maga hat behind me, that teacher from a private school (probably Catholic) had his hat torn off and burnt during during that illegal Black Lives Matter march in Auckland. Shades of that Catholic kid in
Are you angry yet? As readers of the BFD know, not only have lockdowns not made a difference, but there is now one rule for some and another rule for others. Just this past week a bunch of people marched in “solidarity” with looters and rioters peaceful protestors in the
My dear friend I applaud your heart as a teacher knowing that you’re trying to change the world by teaching kids that racism is not ok. And I see you’re trying your best to be a good person, to be inclusive of others regardless of their race and
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Olivia Pierson oliviapierson.org In the Leighton Smith Podcast this week, released on Wednesday June 3rd, Leighton interviewed George Friedman of Geopolitical Futures and the subject of President Trump came up. Friedman, who is a conservative, has often supported the president but this time he offered some fairly vague criticisms
Editors Note: It has been brought to my attention that Reuters Fact checked the claim about Alinsky and declared it to be false. On May 30 on Backchat, Jeff posted an article headed HOW TO CREATE A SOCIALIST STATE by Saul Alinsky. The article began by stating there are eight
Information Satire Prof Worzel It was a while ago that Bill Shakespeare wrote that “All the worlds a stage and we are but players on it”. Perhaps this has never been truer than it is today. During the national effort to hide away from the world because, so we were
Of course it is, Jacinda. You have declared it so and so it shall be. Except, like so many other things you and your pathetically inept colleagues have managed to do to this country of ours, you couldn’t be more wrong and you’ve been drinking too much of
National Party deputy leader Nikki Kaye says she helped to roll Simon Bridges as leader of the party because she had a “moral obligation” to do so.
