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“Ardern told media this morning ‘we have to make decisions quickly,’ – quickly would have been months ago… Canada got the Afghan people who helped them out last month.” […] Leader David Seymour said Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi in July should not have rejected applications from Afghan people if they assisted the

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Leading Medical Journal Praises China’s Reproductive Policies

Leading Medical Journal Praises China’s Reproductive Policies

RightToLife News righttolife.org.uk Reports published by “The Lancet”, the world’s oldest and best-known peer-reviewed medical journal, has praised China’s ‘one-child’ policy and ignored decades of forced abortion, sterilisation, and coercive family planning. One paper, titled “A Lancet Commission on 70 years of women’s reproductive, maternal,

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4yr Olds Can Change Gender

Family First familyfirst.org.nz Children as young as four will be able to change their gender at school without their parents’ consent under guidance introduced in Scotland. Any pupil who decides they want to switch gender must be supported by teachers following recommendations given by the Scottish Government. Primary

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View from Your Window
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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was the view from a kitchen window in Richardson Road, Mt Roskill with Mt Albert in the background. Editor Note: The BFD

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Why did Faafoi reject Afghan applications?
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Why did Faafoi reject Afghan applications?

David Seymour ACT Leader Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi should tell New Zealanders on what grounds he rejected the applications from a group of Afghan people who helped New Zealand’s military. A group of Afghan people who assisted New Zealand in the Afghanistan conflict had their applications declined by Kris

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Heartbreaking… https://t.co/BJ4gVFiJKc — Elliot Page (@ElliotIkilei) August 14, 2021 Read the article in full here. Comment on it on The BFD.

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Lockdowns and COVID Deaths

Lockdowns and COVID Deaths

BFD commentators are a smart bunch. Recently a commentator made the fair point that the UK’s sudden reduction in Covid cases after removing restrictions could be explained by people having fewer tests. As I say, that’s a fair call. But it’s pretty difficult to use the same

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was of Lake Ohakuri which at 12 km², is the largest artificial lake of the Waikato river system in New Zealand. It

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Europe’s ‘Unprecedented Man-Made Floods’

Paul Driessen cfact.org Paul Driessen is senior policy advisor for CFACT and author of Cracking Big Green and Eco-Imperialism: Green Power – Black Death. Deadly floods in Germany and Belgium have put climate change back in the news in time for the COP-26 climate gabfest in Glasgow. Not surprisingly, government

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s photo was of Picton Marina. Editor Note: The BFD needs more views from your window. We particularly need challenging views that contain enough

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USA Offers $50,000,000 in Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar.

USA Offers $50,000,000 in Humanitarian Aid to Myanmar.

13th August 2021 In a surprising move, the USA disclosed that their UN ambassador has held discussions with a well-known pro-bono medical expert in Myanmar. The funding will be supplied to NGOs to disburse in the Thai-Myanmar border areas. This is a clever move, as it will reduce the pressure

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**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this photo? Yesterday’s competition photo was of Palac Lubiechowa – Lubiechowa Palace in South West Poland. Dating from the 1300’s it was originally a hunting lodge.

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Competition View from Your Window

**If readers want this series to continue please send your original photos to window@thebfd.co.nz What can you tell me about this competition photo? Yesterday’s photo was taken from the window of my rental car and is of the beautiful Lake Oahu, taken the day before the

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China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Has Arrived in America

China’s ‘Social Credit’ System Has Arrived in America

Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is the Founder of Sovereign Man. He is an international investor, entrepreneur, and a free man. His daily e-letter, Notes from the Field, draws on his life, business and travel experiences to help readers gain more freedom,

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