The Pacific Games were held in Samoa this month. A biological man stood above two Pacific Island women on the podium. “With their silver and bronze medals, they were stony-faced. Feagaiga Stowers and Iuniarra Sipaia should have worn gold and silver.” Missing from the photo was Charisma Amoa Tarrant. Rightfully
Staffers for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) have drafted a letter […] complaining that they are making “poverty wages,” and demanding he pay them a $15 per hour minimum wage. […]A draft letter union members earlier had prepared […] said that the field organizers “cannot be expected to build the largest
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When Donald Trump was elected in 2016, the political left wasted no time gibbering about a “return to the 1930s”. In one sense, they were right: for the first time since the 1930s, black-masked paramilitaries are enacting a reign of violent terror in the streets. Even worse, anti-Semitism is on
Where do you think today’s photo was taken? Please put View From My Window in the subject line Yesterday’s view was taken from the Caldera Pizza restaurant in Jackson, Wyoming. There’s a webcam permanently transmitting on YouTube and whilst I was laid up I became fixated on
After a holiday lasting nearly eight weeks; enjoying the wonders of Spain and the United Kingdom, absorbing history, culture and current affairs like a sponge and conversing with a variety of people, we returned to New Zealand last Sunday. I brought back with me an appreciation that many countries are
Among my lesser achievements, one I can now notch up on my resume is that I once had a lengthy Facebook argument with an American presidential candidate. This was long before Trump started getting into Twitter fights, so I lay claim that my online barney with a presidential hopeful was
The media in Samoa have not been infected with the PC virus that our NZ media have. Reading their take on Hubbard winning gold against a Samoan weight lifter was hilarious if only for its refreshing honesty. Hubbard moment the biggest and most blatant injustice in Samoa XVI Pacific Games
Latin American governments by political leaning (Red=Left, Blue=Right) Dark red = Far left, often Marxist, socialist, left-wing populist, pan-Latin-Americanist, Bolivarian Examples: Nicolás Maduro, Evo Morales, Lula da Silva Light red = Centre left, typically moderate socialist or social democrat. Examples: Tabaré Vázquez, Lenín Moreno, Michelle Bachelet (before 2010) Light blue
According to police, Van Spronsen, 69, was armed with a rifle and an incendiary device when he approached the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Washington on Saturday and started hurling “lit objects” at cars in the parking lot, setting one vehicle alight. The authorities believe that his ultimate goal was
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 of the Mississippi River Bridge. New Orleans, La. NOTE: We prefer photos to be from a window with preferably part of the window
Golriz Ghahraman often gets her next attention seeking tweet content from American politicians and activists like “The Squad” and Linda Sarsour. Squad member Ilhan Omar true to her anti-Semitic and anti-Israel roots has this week introduced a resolution to support the Palestinian led BDS. Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says
