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The Full Story: Man Assaulted by Police for Shopping with His Own Partner
Watch as a Police Officer assaults a man in his car for the ‘crime’ of shopping with his partner: The man in the video has contacted The BFD to give more context to the story. He has stated that the Police officer didn’t quite knock his phone to the
Resist! Small Acts of Non-compliance Every Day
Rene Rene is an owner of a small business with delightful staff and an appreciation of the beautiful things in life. One of these beautiful things, The Fallen Madonna, hangs on the wall and is a symbol of the resistance. Rene is an organiser who continually manages to stay one
Kiwis Left in the Dark over Interest Deductibility Rules
The new rules relating to mortgage interest deductibility, cunningly renamed the Interest Limitation Rules, are due to come into force on 1 October without a proper explanation of how they will even work in practice, National’s Shadow Treasurer Andrew Bayly says. “Over the past year the only information shared
Further Resurgence Payment ‘Under Consideration’
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister yesterday told Parliament that an extended Resurgence Payment is “under consideration,” showing how removed she is from small business. The ACT Party strongly supports an extended Resurgence Payment, but again the Government is totally out of touch, having the issue “under consideration.” Here’
How Many Close and Casual Contacts at Middlemore?
Despite questions in Parliament Tuesday, intense media interest in the matter yesterday, and advanced notice that I was going to return to the issue yesterday, Minister of Health Andrew Little still hasn’t bothered to find out the most important details about the Covid-positive patient at Middlemore Hospital, National’
Government Must Apologise for Costly Pre-departure Screw Up
David Seymour ACT Leader The ACT Party yesterday called on the Government to apologise for the mistake that most likely caused the current lockdown – cancelling pre-departure testing from COVID hotspot New South Wales. The Government was always wrong and now by reinstating pre-departure testing from New South Wales,
New Zealander of the Year Siouxsie Wiles – Unmasked
Siouxsie Wiles is everywhere in the media at the moment. The Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year and The Spinoff contributor is used by almost every media outlet to push her health messaging. Indeed, that is why she won the Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year award. But it turns
Robertson Has Emptied the COVID Piggy Bank
Confirmation yesterday that the Government has sought authorisation to spend a whopping $41 billion over and above Budget 2021 is proof that the Finance Minister is once again using the cover of Covid-19 to spend taxpayer funds on pet projects that have little to do with New Zealand’s
Misleading Headline of the Day
The Stuff headline claimed that Judith Collins said that venues should be able to bar unvaccinated people from entering. This headline gives the impression that Judith Collins: a) thinks that venues should have the right to discriminate and b) is suggesting that venues should discriminate against unvaccinated people. Here are
Roe V Wade at Risk after SCOTUS Declines to Block Texas Heartbeat Bill
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. The US Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to a Texas law which bans abortions after a foetal heartbeat is detected. This has effectively closed abortion clinics in Texas, as a heartbeat can be detected at about
Union Stands Up for Its Members for Once
Well, now we can add another phrase to the lexicon of authoritarianism: ‘‘medical retirement’’. This is the Orwellian phrase coined by the CEO of a mega-corporation to justify forcing medical procedures on its employees. CEOs have a knack for spinning snazzy euphemisms for vile behaviours: “downsizing”, “unallocated”, “normal involuntary
Authoritarianism Pandemic Is the Real Threat
Ron Paul ronpaulinstitute.org Cook County, Illinois, Judge James Shapiro reached a new low in covid tyranny by forbidding Rebecca Firlit from seeing her 11-year-old son until she receives a covid vaccine. Judge Shapiro is not alone in abusing judicial power to force individuals to get vaccinated. Judges
Victoria, Australia Will ‘Lock Out’ Unvaccinated People from Its Economy
rt.com The Australian state of Victoria will “lock out” unvaccinated people from participating in the economy, Premier Dan Andrews has announced. Victoria is currently under draconian lockdown restrictions, with residents of Melbourne – who make up the vast majority of the state’s population – living under a 9pm to 5am