Face of the Day
Eligible today, booked online in less than 2 minutes, jabbed in 3 days time. For our community. pic.twitter.com/4DrSb2jJTI — Clarke Gayford (@NZClarke) August 18, 2021 Read the article in full here. Comment on it on The BFD.
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Joe Pags Interviews President Donald J. Trump
The Joe Pags Show is a nationally syndicated talk radio show broadcast on stations all over the USA with an audience of around 5 million. Here in New Zealand you can listen on iHeart radio or as I prefer to do, view it on Twitch TV. The show is on
More Questions Than Answers from 1pm Presser
David Seymour ACT Leader The Prime Minister’s 1 pm announcement brought good news about the situation but also questions about the Government’s response. For the most part tests are negative, and genomic sequencing points to only one cluster, while contacts traced so far are mainly in Auckland. We
Court Challenge to Victoria’s Police State
Days ago, a Victorian Supreme Court challenge against that state’s lockdown laws was dismissed. While that case is headed for appeal, a second challenge to the iron rule of Premier Daniel Andrews is headed for court. This time, against the shocking decision to impose yet another dusk-to-dawn
What Is the True Vaccine Breakthrough Rate? The CDC Doesn’t Want You to Know
Jonathan Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Over a recent 12-day period the Milwaukee Brewers had nine players test
Labour Must Stop Flooding Rural NZ with Pointless and Onerous Regulation
Labour’s latest regulatory hurdle for rural water schemes shows it is deeply out of touch with provincial New Zealand, National’s Rural Communities spokesperson Barbara Kuriger and Local Government spokesperson Christopher Luxon say. “As it stands, the Water Services Bill would expose tens of thousands of rural water schemes
What Kiwis Need to Know about the Vaccine Roll-Out
We are in lockdown for two reasons; because the border has failed and because nearly 80 per cent of the country has still not been fully vaccinated, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “The Labour Government claimed last year we were ‘at the front of the queue’. Given what
Why Not Trust the Team of Five Million?
Kevin Stitt Chair New Conservative New Conservative recognises the need for caution and the focus on containing this virus in the fastest and best possible way, but we are concerned that the people of New Zealand are not being trusted by this government to join them in treating this seriously.
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Lockdowns, Masks and the Illusion of Control
Brian Mcglinchey ronpaulinstitute.org In the early 11th century, King Canute—while at the peak of his power—set out to demonstrate to his fawning courtiers the limited power of royal edicts. After having his throne placed by the sea’s edge, he sat down and commanded the tide to
Sheriff Ardern Has Lost the Rings
Information Satire Sheriff Ardern left her horse ‘Marx’ outside and stumbled into the Saloon on Karangahape Rd gasping to the bar person “I’ll have a shot of RED-EYE (whisky). We’ve lost “The Lord of the Rings”. “I’ve been bagged by Bilbo Baggins. The Amazon gang have
Sounds Off
Floating around in the alphabet soup, T suddenly let out a huge sigh, followed by a wail of despair. K kicked himself upright and peered at T questioningly. “What’s up, T? Why so glum?” “Ohhh!” replied T, miserably, “I’m just SO fed up being ignored by the leader,
America Is Back
There always seems to me to be something particularly cowardly about socialist leaders. Think of Jacinda who is still blaming the last government for things that are going wrong today. There is never any question that either she, or anyone in her government, should be held responsible for anything. They
Govt PR Campaign versus Reality
Mr & Mrs It is not appropriate to direct people to a website that does not work properly. During the morning of 19 August 2021, we attempted to book our second vaccination. After entering the date of the first dose, the website directed us to a date 6 weeks later.