World Politics
Afghan Allies Must Not Be Left behind Following Kabul Terror Attack
New Zealand must urgently step up plans to evacuate our Afghan allies from Afghanistan following the deadly terror attack at Kabul’s international airport, says Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins. “The Defence Force has ended efforts to evacuate New Zealanders and their families from Afghanistan but there are still
I Don’t Think They’re Listening, Jacinda
As BFD readers will be aware, PM Jacinda Ardern recently implored the Taliban to respect women. Her government also forked out a cool few million in taxpayers’ money to Afghanistan. But it seems that the Taliban are likely to give up their misogynistic cruelty some time after another beneficiary of
Israel PM’s National Plan to Fight Delta
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett appealed to the public on his Facebook page and detailed in a press release the national plan to fight the Delta wave. Good evening. I would like to share with you our national plan to fight the Delta wave that is engulfing the world. I will
The Taliban May Have Access to the Biometric Data of Civilians Who Helped the U.S. Military
Lucia Nalbandian Ryerson University Lucia is a passionate public servant and a curious researcher. By day, Lucia spends her time with the brilliant minds at the Policy Innovation Hub. Positioned in the Ontario Cabinet Office, the Hub has four practice areas, focused on strategy and strategic foresight, systemic design and
The Army in Myanmar Is Getting Nervous
23rd August 2021 The action taken by the PDF and the ethnic armies is beginning to take effect. The junta have instructed all its troops to be combat ready as a direct result of increased ambushes and urban attacks. The regime’s crackdown on its opponents is expected to intensify
Know Them by the Company They Keep
Remember when a former Klan leader endorsed Donald Trump for president? The media went ballistic: here was proof positive, they said, that Trump was a racist. After all, why else would the leader of a racist group praise him? (Never mind that a current Klan leader also endorsed Hillary Clinton.
IPCC Proposed Banishment of Fossil Fuels Would Place Most of the World’s Population at Risk
Ronald Stein cfact.org Ron Stein is an engineer who, drawing upon 25 years of project management and business development experience, launched PTS Advance in 1995. He is an author, engineer, and energy expert who writes frequently on issues of energy and economics. The AR6 Climate Change 2021Report just released
Israel in Jeopardy: A Consequence of Biden’s Afghan Bungling
Dave Patterson libertynation.com Dave Patterson is a retired US Air Force pilot and the former Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller. In addition to Liberty Nation, his articles have also appeared in The Federalist. As the U.S. retreats from Afghanistan, scrambling to get the remnants of American
How Big Tech Is Helping the Taliban
Donald Trump is banned from Twitter — the Taliban is not. Think on that: since a famously “progressive” Big Tech company refuses a platform to an American president, but happily plays host to one of America’s most deadly enemies. A prescribed terrorist organisation notorious for its violently non-“progressive” stance
The Fall of Afghanistan
New Conservative New Conservative agrees that what the world has witnessed in Afghanistan is a tragedy. Twenty years of Western investment – time, money and most significantly life – has been undone in just three weeks. The ability of the Taliban to regain control of the whole country so quickly appears to
Walter Duranty Lives! (In China’s Pocket)
Walter Duranty is one of the most infamous names in the history of fake news. Duranty’s notoriety primarily stems from his incessant praise of the Soviet Union, and Stalin in particular, in the 1930s. Most notoriously, Duranty emphatically denied the widespread famine in the Soviet Union, even as some
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
Biden Hits the Bunker Again as Planes Leave Kabul Empty
Our lumbering old C130 is still puttering its way to Afghanistan, but by the time it gets there it is highly unlikely that there will be anyone left to pick up. Meanwhile President Joe Biden, who has copped a shellacking in recent days for his ill-considered and heartless interviews
Delusional Ardern
They are raping women and girls, murdering adults, selling 12-year-olds as sex slaves – and they are only just getting re-started. These international calls from Ardern for “restraint, human rights and peaceful transition” are beyond delusional and actually insulting…