The BFD Stuff Up of the Day
Check out the latest media stuff ups both locally and around the world.
Keep readingLaughter Is the Best Medicine
This regular daily post is the place to joke and banish negative thoughts.
Keep readingWell, Doesn’t That Just Ooze Sincerity?
After years of excoriating her former boss, suddenly Brittany Higgins is all grovelling apologies.
Keep readingGreens Against Reliable, Safe, and Clean Technologies
Despite its commitment to “no more gas, oil, or coal,” Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign against one of the nation’s “greenest” governors, California’s Gavin Newsom.
Keep readingReporters Hostile to Trump Not Happy With Push Back
Charlotte Klein at Vanity Fair was upset that the Trump campaign is “cutting off access” to reporters who are extremely hostile to Trump, including Brian Stelter (also of Vanity Fair) and Washington Post reporter Isaac Arnsdorf, whose new book is titled Finish What We Started: The MAGA Movement’s Ground War to End Democracy.
Keep readingThe BFD General Debate
Good morning, welcome to our daily General Debate. On General debate, you are encouraged as a commenter to share your own stories, discuss other news, bring NEW news, catch up with friends or make new friends with other commenters. To participate you’ll need to sign up for a Disqus account which is free, quick, and…
Keep readingSome Genocides Are More Equal Than Others
Thirty years after the tragic 1994 mass killings in Rwanda, when mobs of ethnic majority Hutus slaughtered between 500,000 and 800,000 ethnic minority Tutsis with machetes, the idea of genocide is once again in the air – but not in the way you might expect.
Keep readingThree Ministers Will Have Absolute Power
Many commentators are drawing parallels between the new Fast Track legislation and the National Development Act 1979, which then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon used to push through the creation of the Clyde Dam.
Keep readingNZ’s New Rules Won’t Help Low-Skilled Migrant Workers
The New Zealand government claims its recently announced changes to visa rules will address exploitation and unsustainable migration. In reality, the new rules are likely to…
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Keep readingMore About AUKUS
A few days ago, I posted a short article entitled “Why not AUKUS”. Unsurprisingly, it prompted a range of reactions.
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Keep readingOperation Good Oil Post-refinery Report 2024
A new independent report into the closure of the Marsden Point Oil Refinery refutes the claims used by the refinery company’s board of directors that led to the…
Keep readingThe More Things Stay the Same
Sunday morning, the Wellington High Court heard a judicial review brought by Hon. Karen Chhour, the Minister for Children, against a decision of the Waitangi Tribunal. This is…
Keep readingAt Last, It’s Coming Back to Bite Them in the Bum
As Bob McCoskrie says, the house of cards is crumbling.
Keep readingMaori Push for Parallel Govt Structures
If you think there is a move afoot by the radical Maori fringe of New Zealand society to create a parallel system of government to the one that…
Keep readingAll At Sea For Labour
Peter Dunne writes at Newsroom about the problems facing Labour. They are plentiful but can be summed up into two main categories, nastiness, and incompetence.
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