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Let Them Eat Bugs! The Latest from the UN Biodiversity Conference

Let Them Eat Bugs! The Latest from the UN Biodiversity Conference

Adam Houser cfact.org Adam Houser coordinates student leaders for CFACT’s collegians program and writes on issues of climate and energy. “Let them eat bugs!” That seems to be the rallying cry for environmental organizations of late, as many groups called for the international community to restrict both meat

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Swiss Say “Nein” to Face Coverings

Swiss Say “Nein” to Face Coverings

What has been most notable about the encroachment of open borders and capital-M Multiculturalism across the Western world is how often it is done, not just without asking but very often in clear defiance of what the people actually want. Numerous surveys have shown that large majorities of people in

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Death Toll Rises, Many Arrested

Death Toll Rises, Many Arrested

11th March 2021 The Infamous Insein Prison, Yangon Insein prison was cleared of many prisoners early in the coup to make way for the arrest of protesters later. It is well known for torture, brutality, and poor treatment of prisoners, many of whom are not recorded. Protesters Arrested in North

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Look Who’s Missing from the Quad Squad
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Look Who’s Missing from the Quad Squad

ACT Party ACT Foreign Affairs spokesperson Brooke van Velden “It’s hard to believe New Zealand wouldn’t have been welcome at today’s historic virtual ‘Quad’ talks taking place between the leaders of the United States, Japan, India and Australia, but our absence perhaps says a lot of about

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NZ Super Fund Undermines NZ’s Reputation as a Fair Actor
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NZ Super Fund Undermines NZ’s Reputation as a Fair Actor

The Advocate IINZ Newsletter David Cumin It has been quite a fortnight. And the actions – or lack thereof – of New Zealand leaders on a number of issues is deeply concerning. In chronological order, the International Criminal Court has decided that the most pressing issue they have to decide upon is

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The Opposition Takes Many Forms

The Opposition Takes Many Forms

10th March 2021 Well, the situation is getting interesting. The BBC carried a report today and an interview with members of the Myanmar police force who had crossed the border and sought asylum in India as they didn’t agree with killing innocent people. Following on from my report about

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The Murky Trade in Arms

The Murky Trade in Arms

9th March 2021 Many of you may have seen and read of the attack on an ambulance and the brutal treatment of the medical staff recently, if not on The BFD then the MSM did carry a report. The window was shot out by a shotgun. Where did the cartridges

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‘Shoot Me Instead’ Nun Tells Police

‘Shoot Me Instead’ Nun Tells Police

9th March 2021 Kneeling before them in the dust of a northern Myanmar city, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng begged a group of heavily armed police officers to spare “the children” and take her life instead. The image of the Catholic nun in a simple white habit, her hands spread,

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The Great Reopening

Edward Peter Stringham aier.org Edward Peter Stringham is President of the American Institute for Economic Research,  Davis Professor of Economic Organizations and Innovation at Trinity College, and Editor of the Journal of Private Enterprise. He is editor of two books and author of more than 70 journal articles, book

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China’s Role in Global Lockdowns: The Smoking Gun

China’s Role in Global Lockdowns: The Smoking Gun

AIER Staff aier.org Founded in 1933, the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER) is one of the oldest and most respected nonpartisan economic research and advocacy organizations in the country. With a global reach and influence, AIER is dedicated to developing and promoting the ideas of pure freedom and

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Direct Action on the Cards

Direct Action on the Cards

8th March 2021 As things progress in Myanmar with the same routine of a few deaths, a lot of beatings and pictures of violence and mayhem I will try and report on matters that the MSM miss or ignore. Of course, if there is unusual brutality or a change in

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The Elusive Chimaera of “Peaceful Islam”

The Elusive Chimaera of “Peaceful Islam”

Many moons ago, I wrote of the difficulty of actually identifying the “moderate”, “peaceful Muslims” we’re constantly assured are the “vast majority”. If they are, it often seems, they’re keeping their heads down. This is not to deny that there are peaceful and moderate Muslims. They may well

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Open Letter to the Leader of the Opposition

Open Letter to the Leader of the Opposition

John Rofe Dear Leader of The Opposition, I favour the use of technology and a re-emphasis on renewable energy as the best means to a sustainable future for New Zealand’s children and grandchildren. I deplore the conspiracies of those who are party to the UN IPCC climate fraud, together

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Behind the Scenes

Behind the Scenes

7th March 2021 Today I was fortunate enough to contact a couple of my sources in Myanmar who are well placed in the civil service. What I am going to comment on is uncorroborated and probably won’t appear in the MSM. In the days leading up to the coup

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Life Goes on as Normal (According to Some)

Life Goes on as Normal (According to Some)

Despite the GNLM reports, all is not well in Myanmar as the economy continues to tank. In a continuation of its policy of pretending that life in Myanmar is carrying on as normal, the Global New Light of Myanmar carried this as its main story today. I.S.P.E

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China’s India Cyber-Attack a Stark Warning for NZ

China’s India Cyber-Attack a Stark Warning for NZ

As I’ve reported before, New Zealand is in dire risk of being isolated as the only of the Five Eyes partners to leave its critical infrastructure open to the Chinese Communist Party, by allowing Chinese telco Huawei to participate in building its 5G network. This is no small matter.

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