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If You Were a Man…
Capitalist Information Opinion Sylvia Miles was a wonderful actress. Her acting career was not particularly prolific but the roles she had were always memorable, such as in Midnight Cowboy and Wall Street, and her characters always seemed to get hilarious one-liners (often what viewers remember about the movie). She
Don’t Like Woke Business? What Are You Going to Do?
It wasn’t that long ago that I wrote an article regarding the culture war in the entertainment industry. I would like to follow that up with another way to fight the culture war. That is in the business world. I’m sure that I’m not alone in thinking
Open Letter to David Seymour
Colin Parkinson First up I would like to acknowledge that you appear to be standing out as a voice of reason in parliament. While there are issues that I strongly disagree with you on, I would like to give you credit for asking some very excellent questions and raising some
Time to Clear Up the ‘Bottom-Feeder’ Thing!
The Parlermaid I can also be found at Twitter, Gab, or on my blog. “I’ve got to be honest to all of your listeners. This is a fantastic country. This is the best country on planet Earth, but we have to determine we want to realise our maximum potential
Freedom: This Door Swings Both Ways
These past two years have been tough. I have fought to challenge the prevailing narrative, knowing deep in my heart that I would be proved right. There have been many people who expect me to fight for them and their freedoms. They’d email and say that we should do
Face of the Day
Ashley Bloomfield: We remember him well… “Dr Bloomfield always wanted to stay until New Zealand was in a good place with coronavirus. That time is now.” NZ Herald Read more here. Discuss it on The BFD. If you would like to access exclusive Member content or just remove the ads
Labour and Liberal Mud Slingers Dig Deep
In perhaps the clearest sign yet that the imminent Australian election is closer than polls suggest, things are getting ugly before it’s even called. PM Scott Morrison hasn’t even been to see the Governor-General and already the low blows are being dealt. Especially the race card. In
Greedy Grant Guards His Treasure
David Seymour ACT Party Leader The Government’s books show Grant Robertson is profiteering from record inflation as he refuses to give any money back to New Zealand taxpayers. ACT can reveal the Government has taken in a massive $14 billion more in income tax revenue than expected, but Robertson
Nothing to Celebrate on Te Huia’s First Birthday
The Te Huia train today marks its first birthday with news that it has spent more time off the tracks than on them, National’s Transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There is not a lot to celebrate about this service which has failed from day one. “Not only has the
Govt Doesn’t Want Any Sunlight Shone on Mental Health Report
In another abuse of power, Labour has blocked a request for a briefing from the Ministry of Health into their response to the Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission’s monitoring report, National’s Mental Health and Suicide Prevention spokesperson Matt Doocey says. “The report was damning of Labour’s performance
Just Who Is Ardern Fooling Besides Herself?
Jacinda Ardern claimed in 2017 that she never told a lie in politics. Either she lied about that, or she’s just so stupid that she actually believes the demonstrably untrue things she so often says. I’ve written before that there are three kinds of liars in politics: liars,
Musk Slams Woke Corporate ESG Standards
Jeffrey Clark newsbusters.org Jeffrey Clark currently serves as a staff writer and researcher for the Media Research Center’s Business Division. Billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk slammed woke corporate policies as “the Devil Incarnate” on Twitter. Is the world’s richest man, worth $298 billion according to Forbes,
How’s That ‘Zero COVID’ Thing Looking, Now?
Sometimes, declarations of victory are, like rumours of Mark Twain’s death, not just greatly exaggerated but ludicrously premature. Who can forget George W. Bush triumphantly declaring “Mission accomplished!” in 2003 — when 18 years of grinding insurgency, including the rise of ISIS, lay ahead? Then there’s the Chicago Daily
The Govt’s Tourism ‘Slush Fund’
Bryce Edwards democracyproject.nz Was political corruption involved in the dishing out of millions of dollars by government ministers to tourism businesses? We can’t know, because the Government didn’t keep sufficient records or have proper processes for the handouts. That’s the obvious question arising from a scathing
It Is Better to Be Feared than Loved
The polls are showing that people don’t love the tyrant any more. People now openly despise her and there are even banners being flown around the skies of Auckland telling the tyrant we don’t love her anymore. What is a tyrant to do when the populace won’t