And What of Our Future?

I’m afraid that what we are witnessing is the continuation of the conflict that started with the first world war in 1914 and which after a 20-year lull was reignited again as WWII in 1939.

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The Way Things Were

Back in those post-war blue-collar days, any white collar and suit-wearing job, of which there were few, automatically commanded prestige.

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Simon Wilson Well Wide of the Mark

A strong leader will engender respect but a dictator will engender hate. To call Ardern a strong leader is nothing more than a sick joke. That hate remains today.

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The BFD General Debate

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The BFD Nightcap

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Cyst Saturday

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The BFD Daily Roundup

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Today in Rock History

Today in Rock History is a music orientated segment where we would like to encourage readers to share their thoughts and tastes in music and discuss the various…

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Why Karl Marx Desperately Needed Jordan Peterson’s Advice

More than anyone else in history, Karl Marx exemplified trying to fix the world while neglecting to clean one’s own room first.

As I make my way through Paul Kengor’s wonderful book The Devil and Karl Marx, numerous things stand out about the father of communism. It’s not an exaggeration to…

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The BFD Backchat

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A Digital Dark Age

Governments – the world’s worst peddlers of false information

They were wrong on lockdowns. They were wrong on border closures. They were wrong on school closures. They were wrong on masking. They were wrong about vaccines. 

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The BFD News Quiz

Are you an avid reader of The BFD? Take our News quiz to find out how much information you can recall from our articles published this week.

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The Increase in Cancer Deaths

Whilst reduced cancer screening and care due to lockdown may explain increased cancer deaths, clearly it does not explain why six specific types of cancer increased with statistical significance in 2021, and even further in 2022. These were ovarian cancer, leukemia, prostate, lip/oral/pharyngeal, pancreatic, and breast cancer.

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Becoming an Orphan as an Adult

The finality of losing a parent is difficult to comprehend. Your parents (or parent) have always been there; a part of your life. Your Dad and/or your Mum have been alive and present in the living world since you can recall your first memory.

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Luxon Needs to Wake Up

Both Melissa Lee and Penny Simmonds have been stitched up by officials whispering in the ear of the Prime Minister, who naively assumes people are telling him the truth.

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Make Your Mind up Willie

Willie Jackson is a motor mouth with a poor memory. Just a few weeks ago he was attacking Melissa Lee and calling her ‘useless’, ‘stupid’ and ‘incompetent’, and yesterday he was waxing lyrical about her skill set after Christopher Luxon sacked her as Broadcasting Minister. Make your mind up Willie!

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The 1950s Queen St Parking Protest

An Audio of the Best of the Week From Radio Mountainside FM 88.3

By 8 am Auckland was in gridlock. At 9 am when most retailers would open, Queen St was in turmoil without those parking spaces. Most motorists were blaming the motorcyclists, as this deliberate move to bring Auckland CBD to its knees was kept reasonably quiet so no media warning of this protest parking strategy had…

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Faces of the Day

A supermarket built to plug the “massive hole” in one of the most deprived communities in Hamilton is nearly set to open its doors.

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