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I would like to share with you a subject that might have been quite relevant for some or most of us over the Christmas/New Year period, as we consumed bounteous amounts of rich food and alcohol. And that is FLATULENCE or in common parlance, FARTING. Now I’m not
Danyl Mclauchlan democracyproject.nz Danyl McLauchlan works at the Victoria University of Wellington School of Biology. He is an author, and a regular writer and commentator on politics and public life. By the end of 2019, Jacinda Ardern was a political superstar heading towards an election defeat. She was an
Last week I wrote about how the Reserve Bank has got it wrong by reducing interest rates to close to zero, and then pushing them up at a rate of knots when inflation, that they created, started to hit. Some of you disagreed with that opinion, and in particular some
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Dr Bryce Edwards is Political Analyst in Residence at Victoria University of Wellington. He is the director of the Democracy Project. The days of the Labour Government being associated with middle-class social liberalism look to be numbered. Soon-to-be Prime Minister Chris Hipkins and
Labour’s worst-ever leader, David Cunliffe, says that Chris Hipkins is going to have to burn a fair bit of policy to the ground in the coming months in order to have any glimmer of hope at the coming election. At his press conference, Chris Hipkins has been quick
The Labour Party are currently fundraising on Trademe by putting up for auction new Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ cap and sunnies. One funny commenter asked if they had been used in a ramraid. Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org President Bush said last week that, “Any election [in Ukraine], if there is one, ought to be free from any foreign influence.” I agree with the president wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, it seems that several US government agencies saw things differently and sent US taxpayer dollars into Ukraine
The Human Action Podcast mises.org Jeff Deist is president of the Mises Institute. He previously worked as chief of staff to Congressman Ron Paul and as an attorney for private equity clients. Contact: email; Twitter. Robert P Murphy is a senior fellow with the Mises Institute. He is the
Joanne Nova cfact.org A prize-winning science graduate in molecular biology. She has given keynotes about the medical revolution, gene technology and aging at conferences. She hosted a children’s TV series on Channel Nine, and has done over 200 radio interviews, many on the Australian ABC. She was
There seems to be something about the medical profession that makes it draws more than its fair share of power-trippers. Even The Lancet is awake to the problem. Just as the engineering profession turns out more jihadis than any other, medicine is disproportionately associated with dictatorial bullies. Beyond the
Julian Adorney Fee.org Julian is a former political op-ed writer and current nonprofit marketer. His work has been featured in FEE, National Review, Playboy and Lawrence Reed’s economics anthology Excuse Me, Professor. Free speech used to be held up as one of the core American institutions. It
The BFD’s Cam Slater often says, “Between a conspiracy and a stuff-up, it’s the stuff-up every time”. This is almost certainly true of the Covid pandemic, at every level. Xi Xinping didn’t have to deliberately seed a bio-weapon to weaken the West: all it
Dr Guy David Hatchard hatchardreport.com Guy is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. He was formerly a senior manager
As already noted by idbkiwi, the issue of misogyny has become part of the discussion around the resignation of Jacinda Ardern. It has become a catch cry for those who believe that the criticism and increasing dislike and distrust of her was down to a dislike of, contempt for, or
Grant Duncan Associate Professor, School of People, Environment and Planning Massey University Following the surprise resignation of Jacinda Ardern on January 19, the New Zealand Labour Party already has a new leader: Chris Hipkins. The handover from Ardern to Hipkins has been achieved with the same efficiency as the handover
