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BFD Transcript: Ardern on Axing the West Coast Dam and $300M Christchurch Funding
https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.30.00-S.mp3https://weekondemand.newstalkzb.co.nz/WeekOnDemand/ZB/auckland/2019.09.03-07.45.00-S.mp3 NewstalkZB Transcript first recording starts at 14:40 Mike: David Parker, when he turned down this West coast dam,
Leaked KiwiBuild ‘speech’ Reveals New Housing Plan
ACT party Press release: Information Satirical content “The Beehive is leaking like a sieve, with a KiwiBuild reset ‘speech’ the latest document to be released prematurely”, ACT Leader David Seymour says. “The policy details of KiwiBuild 2.0 will surprise many people, but not those who understand the fundamental problems
Optimistic Compliance Rate For Gun Confiscation 13-20%
By Dieuwe de Boer Right Minds The government is remaining tight-lipped on how well the gun confiscation programme is going. They released the total number of firearms and parts purchased to date, including the number of licensed owners taking part — but don’t give us much more to go
Troughing & Theft in the Auckland Mayoralty Race
Some indicators of terminal troughers emerged this week in the race for the Auckland mayoralty. Call me naïve, but it amazes me when politicians insist on telling others how to spend their own money. At the AUT mayoral debate this week, Phil Goff was chuffed to announce he has introduced
Wednesday Nightcap
Steve Bannon and Kyle Bass discuss America’s current geopolitical landscape regarding China. Bannon and Bass take a deep dive into Chinese infiltration in U.S. institutions, China’s aggressiveness in the South China sea, and the potential for global conflict in the next few years. Filmed on October 5,
Bolsonaro ‘Doesn’t Accept the Global Warming Hoax’
Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro has earned the ire of the European Union because he does not accept the ‘global warming hoax’ according to scholar Augusto Zimmermann. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Things That Make Me Go Hmm
Yasser Arafat was a notorious Egyptian-born terrorist, responsible for some of the worst aircraft hijackings in history. Arafat also created Black September, the notorious terrorist group responsible for the kidnapping and massacre of Israeli athletes during the Munich Olympics. labourscandals.blogspot.com/2005/02/phil-goff-photographed-holding-yasser
Politics in Full Sentences: Ihumatao, Property Rights, Kiwibuild Reset and More
ACT Party: Ihumatao Jacinda Ardern has created a mess at Ihumatao. Rather than standing up for the property rights of the owners of the land, she waded in, halted development, and conferred legitimacy on the protestors. Now we’ve seen the protest group march on her Auckland office, and then
Even Those Nice Canadians are Succumbing to Leftist Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism is a creeping cancer on the left. It has all but consumed Britain’s Labour party under the leadership of the odious terror sympathiser, Jeremy Corbyn. In America, the Democrats are not just tolerating, but defending, and even championing anti-Semites in their ranks. In Australia and New
At Least One CEO Isn’t Ready to Get Woke and Go Broke
The Long March through the institutions is almost certainly the most successful strategy the Cultural Marxists have ever adopted. Academia surrendered without a whimper in the 70s and 80s, the mainstream media and public service came next. Now business, the very foundation of capitalism, is under assault, and the surrender
Fly on the Wall: Auckland City Council Litigation
I have just listened to the podcast made during the court lunch break on Monday of the proceedings against Auckland Council and Mayor Phil Goff for their de-platforming of two controversial speakers from Council-owned venues last year. I was present for the proceedings which the podcast summarises well.
Victim Blaming and the Booze Made Me Do it
The Young Labour Camp sexual assault trial contains all the usual defences for the alleged actions of the accused. He was very drunk and cannot recall his actions, is one defence ie the booze made me do it. The next defence is the tried and true one of victim-blaming.
Blind Ideology is No Recipe for Success
I am truly afraid of blind ideology. We all have ideas. In my time, I have had lots of them, but the realty is that ideology and reality often don’t collide. Try telling that to this government though. It seems that they simply have no idea. The problem with
Warning: Verbal Vomitus
Phil Quin’s opinion piece in Stuff should have a written warning to alert the reader to the verbal vomitus hazard. Stand back reader! Avoid Phil’s regurgitated stinky stuff all over your shoes. Feeling better now, Phil? “Why is it so hard for us to say out loud the