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Europe’s Diversity Follies Intensify

Europe’s Diversity Follies Intensify

Europe is reaping ever more benefits of the vibrant multiculturalism unleashed by Angela Merkel’s unilateral decision to throw the continent’s gates wide open to a tsunami of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa and the Muslim Middle East. “Diversity Nacht”, when thousands of women in cities across Germany were sexually

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View From Your Window
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View From Your Window

Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view was a cool shot of Mt Cook Apr 30th. The Pilot descended early down to 18,000ft so we could all get a sweet

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Why Would They Even Bother?

Why Would They Even Bother?

In the classic Seinfeld episode “The Sponge”, Kramer causes a riot when he takes part in an AIDS Walk but, in opposition to “ribbon bullies”, refuses to wear an AIDS ribbon. The scene was in fact based on a real-life controversy: in 1993, actress Deidre Hall made a point of

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View From Your Window

Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view: Beautiful autumn colours driving through Centennial Park (The Tree Trust) in Rotorua. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part

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Latest Countries to Withdraw UNRWA Funding
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Latest Countries to Withdraw UNRWA Funding

Following accusations of senior management engaging in “misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority, for personal gain, to suppress legitimate dissent and to otherwise achieve their person objectives” in a leaked internal report, the Netherlands and Switzerland have followed Trump in withdrawing funding for Palestinian refugees. “In a

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Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view was taken from a window at our friends holiday house located at Perranporth Cornwall. Shades of Poldark and Doc Martin. NOTE: We prefer photos

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Map of the Day: Maori Land Holdings.

Map of the Day: Maori Land Holdings.

These maps illustrate the gradual alienation of M?ori land in the North Island. In 1860, M?ori still held onto most of their land, except for a few areas, particularly Wellington, Wairarapa, Hawke’s Bay and parts of Northland. The 1860s saw confiscations of huge areas by the government

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The Left Need Imaginary Racism

The Left Need Imaginary Racism

In 2016, American documentary film-maker Ami Horowitz conducted an interesting experiment. First, he visited ultra-left-wing UC Berkeley and asked its white liberal passers-by about voter ID laws. All of them agreed that voter ID discriminated against black people, citing reasons that people on the streets of black Harlem agreed were

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Where do you think today’s photo was taken? window@thebfd.co.nz Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view was taken from Black Rock shopping centre. Bayside suburb, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with

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