Hamidur's head teacher with responsibility for welfare, boys, had instructed staff who had run out of rewards for kids to use items from the canteen, like peanut butter. The same officer was later told in 2001 that Hamidur had a serious peanut allergy. He instructed the person advising him of that fact not to discuss it publicly, on the promise staff would be informed. His boss, a deputy principal, said the same. In 2002, on camp, a teacher found he didn't have normal rewards for kids, and got peanut butter from the school in accordance with school direction. Hamidur had done an activity well, and so, as a reward, the teacher challenged him to lick peanut butter from a spoon. He died in seconds.
If the Head Teacher or Deputy Principal had been asked about this at the time, they may have lied or told the truth. If they were asked today, they could say they have forgotten. Worth thinking about as Australia's parliament discusses a carbon tax. Already, the ALP has delayed the introduction of the bill repealing the carbon tax (a misnomer, it is a tax on Carbon Dioxide, a colourless, odourless gas that is normally present in the atmosphere and feeds plants). Australians have never voted to have one. They were explicitly promised one would not be introduced prior to the '10 election. When it was introduced, Australians voted for a party promising to repeal it. Liars have claimed that the recent storm to hit the Philipines was the worst in history. It wasn't. It was terrible, but not in the top 37 storms known. When next there is an election, if those who voted in support of the tax are asked, what will they say about why they supported it? Some people are comfortable being lied to.
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Happy birthday and many happy returns Tony Nguyen, Ruby Bulatao Madera, Misay Lim and 오사렘. Born on the same day, across the years, along with
- 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop and theologian (d. 430)
- 1760 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
- 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author and poet (d. 1894)
- 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor
- 1996 – Austin Williams, American actor
Matches
- 1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
- 1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
- 1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
- 1901 – The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
- 1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
- 1947 – The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
- 1954 – Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 1956 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1974 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
Despatches
- 867 – Pope Nicholas I (b. 800)
Let us forget … Paul Keating
Miranda Devine – Tuesday, November 12, 2013 (7:27pm)
HOW dare Paul Keating abuse the great privilege of delivering the Remembrance Day address at the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier.
The divisive former prime minister has patronised the World War I Digger whose remains are in that tomb at the War Memorial in Canberra, as well as all the Anzacs he represents, by calling them witless “cannon fodder” who had “little or no choice” about going to war.
As the granddaughter of a World War I soldier awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for “conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty” in Noreuil in 1917, I am well aware of the tragic waste of that war.
But my grandfather, Jack Magee, an Irish Catholic just like Keating, freely made the choice to go to war. First in 1915 when he was underage at 17, and his mother dragged him home, and again when he turned 18.
He spurned a hero’s welcome and refused to talk of his experiences after returning to the family farm in the West Australian wheatbelt.
He hated killing, and forever mourned the mates lost on the battlefields of Pozieres and Villers-Bretonneux. But when World War II broke out he volunteered again, because it was his duty.
It is simplistic and insulting to rewrite history to portray these soldiers of the past as somehow fools and ignorant bumpkins enslaved by the British Empire, especially as Australians in those days did feel an affinity to Britain.
Dismissing them as mere “cannon fodder” dehumanises and objectifies them, which is the opposite of what we try to do on Remembrance Day.
It was bad enough that Prime Minister Tony Abbott had to stop the Australian War Memorial from removing the historic inscription “Known Unto God” from the Unknown Soldier’s tomb in order to add quotes from Keating’s unremarkable 1993 speech at the site.
But for the War Memorial to give Keating free rein to indulge his pet hatreds just adds insult to injury. War Memorial boss Brendan Nelson must be ruing the day he dreamed up the invitation.
Remembrance Day is supposed to be about honouring our war dead. Full stop. It is not an opportunity to push particular hatreds of imperial Britain or an aggressively secular re-interpretation of history. It’s not an opportunity to bang on about the futility of the sacrifice of war.
Do that somewhere else, but don’t hijack the Tomb of The Unknown Australian Soldier on November 11.
Australia was the only volunteer force in World War I, apart from South Africa. It was Billy Hughes, leader of Keating’s beloved Labor Party, who tried to introduce conscription, twice, during World War I with referendums in 1916 and 1917.
Perhaps the former PM forgot that both times the Australian people voted against conscription, the second time more decisively than the first. Our Diggers chose to volunteer.
Keating also claimed young Australians today were smarter than their forebears.
“Young Australians … can no longer be dragooned en masse into military enterprises of the former imperial variety on the whim of so-called statesmen. They are fortunately too wise to the world to be cannon fodder of the kind their young forebears became: young innocents who had little or no choice.”
Young Australians have been dying on the battlefields of Afghanistan. Is Keating saying they were dupes too? Really.
Back in Mother England, Keating’s brand of revisionist history is all the rage, too.
In London this week, Remembrance Day was hijacked by aggressive secularists trying to delete Christian prayers from the commemorations.
The effrontery of those who would impose today’s sensibilities on the war dead of the past is intolerable.
A judge shouldn’t be so careless with the facts of climate change
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (5:35pm)
It is disturbing that a judge should have so little regard for evidence - and that the Sydney Morning Herald does not bother to fact-check his claims:
Tony Abbott’s stance on climate change has been criticised by an eminent judge speaking from a Pacific island that is being devastated by the effects of rising tides.Double standards? It’s “absurd” that people “damage” the environment by driving SUVs, but perfectly fine for a judge to fly to Kiribati for a holiday?
District court judge Michael Finnane spoke during a self-financed fact-finding visit to Kiribati, where seawater has broken into fresh water reserves, flooded houses and in the future is likely to force an exodus of islanders…
Judge Finnane said: “If [Mr Abbott] came here and saw the things over here that I have seen, I think he would have a different view. If he looked at them and didn’t walk around with shut eyes he would see there is something very significant happening here…
“My gut feeling is that there’s a huge problem with fresh water here. They are taking measures to hold back the waves but ultimately this island, and there are 33 other islands, are going to become less and less habitable...”
He also said it was “absurd” that people in Sydney drove large four-wheel-drive vehicles or SUVs and didn’t realise the damage they were doing to the environment.
But to the facts - rather than to a judge’s “gut feeling”.
Fact: Kiribati’s most populous atoll which Finnane visited, is is actually growing, not shrinking. As even a warmist journalist admitted after I pointed this out to him:
...the most populous atoll of Kiribati – the tiny islet of Betio, Kiribati’s commercial heart [on South Tarawa] – had increased in size by more than 36 hectares over the past 60-odd years. That’s an increase in land area of 30 per cent… (It) is also true, as the scientific paper concluded, the land masses of the low-lying islands and atolls the researchers studied have remained largely stable or even increased over the decades.
Yes, Kiribati’s water supply is in trouble, but because of over-population, not global warming. A Kiribati climate adaptation expert explains:
We want people to be healthy and have healthy drinking water. That’s why it is important to stop people toileting on the land, and pigs and other livestock using the land because that can introduce potentially very harmful bacteria. Agricultural activities, such as growing of vegetables, can also introduce harmful chemicals such as nitrates… Given that the population density of South Tarawa is so high, and polluting activities take place on almost all the land of South Tarawa, the water lens underlying South Tarawa is extremely polluted and is not suitable for human consumption, probably even after boiling. There used to be water reserves at Betio and Teaoreareke as well as Buota and Bonriki, but the first two had to be abandoned due to population growth.The population growth has been falsely blamed by some alarmists on refugees from outer islands fleeing rising seas but in fact it’s due to a high birth rate, job-seekers drifting to the big town, and more children being sent from outer islands for a schooling.
Another fact - sea level does not easily intrude into an atoll’s fresh water:
So the second claim, that a sea level rise can cause the sea water to intrude into the fresh water lens, is not true either. The fresh water lens floats on the sea water below. A rise in the sea level merely moves the lens upwards. It does not cause salt water to intrude into the lens.And one more fact - atolls tend to grow with rising seas:
Regarding atolls and sea level rise, the most important fact was discovered by none other than Charles Darwin. He realized that coral atolls essentially “float” on the surface of the sea. When the sea rises, the atoll rises with it. They are not solid, like a rock island. They are a pile of sand and rubble. There is always material added and material being lost. Atolls exist in a delicate balance between new sand and coral rubble being added from the reef, and atoll sand and rubble being eroded by wind and wave back into the sea or into the lagoon. As sea level rises, the balance tips in favor of sand and rubble being added to the atoll. The result is that the atoll rises with the sea level.A recent peer-reviewed study confirms most atoll islands in the central Pacific have either grown in area or stayed stable:
Darwin’s discovery also explained why coral atolls occur in rings as in Fig. 2 above. They started as a circular inshore coral reef around a volcanic rock island. As the sea level rose, flooding more and more of the island, the coral grew upwards. Eventually the island was drowned by the rising sea levels, and all that is left is the ring of reef and coral atolls.
Low-lying atoll islands are widely perceived to erode in response to measured and future sea level rise. Using historical aerial photography and satellite images this study presents the first quantitative analysis of physical changes in 27 atoll islands in the central Pacific over a 19 to 61 year period. This period of analysis corresponds with instrumental records that show a rate of sea level rise of 2.0 mm.y-1 in the Pacific.
Results show that 86% of islands remained stable (43%) or increased in area (43%) over the timeframe of analysis. Largest decadal rates of increase in island area range between 0.1 to 5.6 hectares. Only 14% of study islands exhibited a net reduction in island area.
I don’t like to say this of a judge of whom there is a lot to like and admire, but when it comes to global warming, is Finnane himself the one walking around with his eyes wide shut?
UPDATE
Professor Ian Plimer has more:
In 1842, Darwin floated his idea of coral atolls. This was an expansion of the ideas of Lyell a decade earlier. These ideas were tested by Professor Sir Edgeworth David in the 1890s by drilling into the atoll at Tuvalu. This drilling went through 1000 ft of coralline limestone. This drilling was funded by the NSW government (when they had money). Surface material was sand and rubble which consolidates with depth and time to solid coralline limestone.
It was not until the French drilled Bikini Atoll that Darwin was proven correct. Darwin suggested that atolls grow on top of a volcano and, because the volcano had vented magma, it subsided and the coral kept growing upwards during subsidence. In the Bahamas, coral atolls grew faster than the post glacial sea level rise and, at Bikini Atoll, coral atolls had grown more than 1000 metres upwards (hence this could not be only due to sea level rise).
Although coral atoll growth rate is faster than past sea level changes, the principal reason for the SW Pacific atolls is the subsidence of the basement basalt volcanoes as per Darwin. Those volcanoes that subside faster than coral rate growth (guyots) are commonly in very deep water and capped with surficial coralline limestone. Those that rise (e.g. Vanuatu) have perched dead coral atolls. Again, if we are to talk about sea level change we need to know what the local land level changes are otherwise we only have 50% of the story.
Basaltic volcanoes emit huge amounts carbon dioxide. There are more than 3.5 million known basalt volcanoes in the ocean. Very little of this carbon dioxide is vented to the atmosphere, most of it dissolves in deep oceanic waters to be exhaled thousands of years later. Considering that the IPCC claim that only 3% of annual emissions are human (i.e. 97% from oceanic exhalation, hot springs, animal respiration etc), the measured increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide may well be a measure of increased oceanic carbon dioxide exhalation resulting from post-Maunder Minimum warming. Tom Quirk has a lot to say on this.
Notwithstanding, His Honour is a dope.
THERE WILL BE NO CARBON TAX
Tim Blair – Wednesday, November 13, 2013 (1:36pm)
Three years, two months and 28 days after Julia Gillard vowed that there “will be no carbon tax”, Prime Minister Tony Abbott sets out to make those words true:
“We have said what we mean, and will do what we say. The carbon tax goes,” Abbott told the House of Representatives. “Repealing the carbon tax should be the first economic reform of this parliament.”
It’s as much a moral victory as a political one. Naturally, there is screaming:
Sky News reports at least eight people were ejected from the public gallery, including a former Greens Party staffer.
Sod off, swampies.
Everything the Greens claim about this typhoon is wrong
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (9:06am)
The Greens are despicable. They are enemies of reason, and the question is whether their sin is ignorance or deceit.
Here is deputy Greens leader Adam Bandt today:
Fact check.
Adam Bandt has ignored all the science and all reason to slur Abbott. He shames himself. This is ignorance posing as virtue.
===Here is deputy Greens leader Adam Bandt today:
Well, I think if the Prime Minister is out there referring to the Leader of the Opposition as ‘Electricity’ Bill, then he can be expected to be referred to as Typhoon Tony himself. The head in the sand approach to global warming in the face of the leaders of the Philippines themselves saying this is what we are in store for unless we get global warming under control makes Australia an international pariah and shows that really at the end of the day Tony Abbott does not believe the science.Here is Greens leader Christine Milne yesterday:
In our region Typhoon Haiyan and 10,000 people if not more dead in the Phillipines from a storm with such intensity there is now debate whether it is the strongest typhoon ever. Prof Steffen, one our leading scientists, is out saying that it is the warming of the oceans off the eastern Philippines that has led to the intensity of the typhoon.Almost everything both Greens have said is false, baseless or misleading.
Fact check.
Was this typhoon the strongest ever? No. Typhoon Reming, which struck the Philippines seven years ago, was stronger, says the Philippine Met Agency.This was an incredibly strong typhoon, and it has caused a terrible loss of life. But there is no global warming signal here. Nor would anything Tony Abbott did - or failed to do - make cyclones more or less likely.
Was this typhoon the deadliest ever? No. The death toll, now estimated by the Philippines president at 2000 to 2500, is dwarfed by death tolls of 300,000 or even more from past typhoons and cyclones. The deadliest 35 cyclones in history all killed more than 12,000 people.
Does data show we’re getting more or worse cyclones? No, says the latest IPCC report.
Did this typhoon pass over seas made warmer than usual, thanks to global warming? No. Sea temperatures in the typhoon’s path were at the 30 year average.
Have more cyclones struck the Philippines over recent decades? No, say experts.
Adam Bandt has ignored all the science and all reason to slur Abbott. He shames himself. This is ignorance posing as virtue.
The Age is the mirror of what it complained Murdoch papers were
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (6:29am)
Last week The Age
hyped a report claiming News Corp papers had been biased against the
Rudd Government. Typically, that report (circled in red) was flagged in
an Age home page stuffed with anti-Abbott Government reports (purple):
===The Age’s hysterical attacks on Tony Abbott and his Government now daily swamp its election coverage. Today, for instance, is typical and by no means the most blatant example:
Or take its diet of opinion pieces, almost unremittingly hostile - but for the occasional contributions of former Liberal minister Amanda Vanstone:
Fourth boat in a week
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (6:17am)
The boats have resumed after a three-week break and the government faces the biggest challenge of its resolve:
===A BOAT carrying asylum seekers has reportedly arrived at Darwin… The Guardian said the passengers were thought to be from Somalia and included children.
Labor now fine with witch jokes
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (6:09am)
And if a Liberal had likened Julia Gillard to a witch, would we have heard the end of it?
===Manager of Opposition Business Tony Burke said the elevation [of Brownwyn Bishop as Speaker] was “reminiscent of the Harry Potter novel” in which the villainous Dolores Umbridge is made headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.Once we had a female Prime Minister who claimed to see a sexist insult even in Tony Abbott consulting his watch. But adults are back in charge:
”When they all return to Hogwarts, Dumbledore is gone and Dolores Umbridge is now in charge of the school,” he said.
Bishop declined to take umbrage...
The Renewable Energy Target: useless, expensive, mad
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (5:35am)
The Renewable Energy Target forces power companies to supply 20 per cent of our power from wind, solar, hydro and other “renewable” sources by 2020.
The trouble:
How useful would it be to have also scrapped the renewable energy target by then, to further drive down power prices?
Sure, there would be deafening screams from green activists, ABC and Fairfax journalists and the renewable energy rent-seekers. But Janet Albrechtsen says Germany shows the green power dream is turning into a nightmare:
How is this remotely rational?
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- building dams is now almost politically impossible, and many of the best sites already taken.Then there is this political question for the Abbott Government. Next year, it hopes, it will have scrapped the carbon tax, but if power prices fail to fall as promised the public might feel conned and cross. The Government will be desperate to do all it can to drive power bills even lower to extract maximum credit - and to deliver the maximum effect on an economy that could be struggling.
- wind is expensive and when the winds don’t blow the power doesn’t flow, and backup sources are needed.
- solar is very expensive, and when the sun goes down or is hidden behind clouds ...
- none of this will actually make any measurable difference to world temperatures.
- meanwhile our power bills soar.
How useful would it be to have also scrapped the renewable energy target by then, to further drive down power prices?
Sure, there would be deafening screams from green activists, ABC and Fairfax journalists and the renewable energy rent-seekers. But Janet Albrechtsen says Germany shows the green power dream is turning into a nightmare:
An article in Der Spiegel last month summed up the reasons Germany provides a critical lesson about a green energy utopia. Headlined “How Electricity Became a Luxury Good”, it blows the whistle on the bogus nature of the green dream as Germans pay the highest electricity costs in Europe…It strikes me as little short of insane that we insist on using forms of power that costs more than some can afford and ruin some our best views, yet have zero effect on any global warming.
“This year, German consumers will be forced to pay €20 billion ($26bn) for electricity from solar, wind and biogas plants - electricity with a market price of just over €3bn.
“Even the figure of €20bn is disputable if you include all the unintended costs and collateral damage associated with the project. Solar panels and wind turbines at times generate huge amounts of electricity, and sometimes none at all. Depending on the weather and the time of day, the country can face absurd states of energy surplus or deficit.”
And Germans are discovering that their warm embrace of green policies is leaving the most vulnerable citizens out in the cold - quite literally. Charities call it “energy poverty”. Rising electricity bills, in large part due to Germany’s renewable energy surcharges, have seen power cut off to more than 300,000 households a year because of unpaid bills.
As Stefan Becker from Catholic charity Caritas in Berlin told Der Spiegel, “People here have to decide between spending money on an expensive energy-saving bulb or a hot meal."…
The same crunch is happening in Britain where Prime Minister David Cameron once declared his government would be the “greenest government ever”. Cameron now admits that green levies for renewable energy are causing “energy poverty” for 2.4 million British households.
The lessons from Germany and Britain should be high in the minds of the Abbott government… Last year the NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal found that green schemes in Australia will add $316 to the average power bill, the carbon tax adding $168 and the renewable energy schemes another $148. The Productivity Commission and the Institute of Public Affairs have warned that renewable energy policies in Australia defy reality with increased electricity bills delivering no environment benefit…
Rather than mandate a 20 per cent renewable energy target by 2020, why not let the market decide?
How is this remotely rational?
Can Chris Bowen please grow up?
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (5:27am)
Please, please, please, let us have adult debates once more:
===WARRNAMBOOL Cheese and Butter has recommended its shareholders accept a takeover by Canadian firm Saputo after Joe Hockey approved the company to bid for the Australian dairy asset in his first major foreign investment decision.Terry McCrann:
The Treasurer announced his decision in a statement today, after Tony Abbott yesterday said he would prefer the company to be purchased by an Australian buyer…
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen says Mr Hockey’s decision is at odds with the comments of Mr Abbott who indicated Australians would prefer either Bega or Murray-Goulburn to win the bid.
“This is a government that continues to be at war with itself over foreign investment,’’ he said ...
That statement by Abbott triggered exaggerated and really just plain stupid claims from the opposition treasurer Chris Bowen that Abbott and Hockey were at odds…
The only thing that Bowen revealed, was his own one-track and, one has to say, pretty simple mindset.
Earth to Bowen: You can be in favour of an Australian company winning a takeover battle while fully prepared to allow a foreign company to participate in the battle. To let the best bid win.
It would seem Bowen can’t shake himself of his NSW Labor Right roots; he wants the government to play favourites; choose one or the other.
In the process, neatly demonstrating he would be totally unfit to ever be treasurer, required to make these foreign investment approval decisions in the national interest, not the private interest of one player, classic NSW Right-style.
A battle I won’t mind Abbott losing to hypocrites of the Left
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (5:17am)
So let’s see more cuts and more slashing of costs - not least of those imposed by the renewable energy target:
Labor and the Greens as deficit hawks. Who’d have thought, after the past six years?
===National debt will continue to balloon throughout the first term of the Coalition government, despite harsh spending cuts to be identified by a Commission of Audit, a crackdown on public service jobs, and a promise that government would be smaller.Perhaps this is one battle it would do the Government good to lose:
The revelation came from Prime Minister Tony Abbott on the first day of Parliament as he piled pressure on Labor to pass an extraordinary $200 billion lift in the debt ceiling, comparing it to obstructionist Tea Party conservatives who have crippled the US government in recent times.
Mr Abbott confirmed debt would continue to grow past the $400 billion mark from its current cap of $300 billion, peaking ‘’in 2016’’.
JOE Hockey has accused Labor of playing economic “Russian roulette” with a fully loaded gun as Australia faces a stand-off over the federal government debt ceiling, with the opposition demanding the government cut its requested new limit of $500 billion to $400bn…There is something most appealing about Labor and Greens - albeit from sheer political expediency - acting as an Australian Tea Party, resisting increases in the debt ceiling.
Mr Hockey says the debt ceiling issue needs to be addressed “urgently” and the advice to government is that Labor’s $400bn compromise would be “inadequate"…
“Through Labor’s own mismanagement, the current $300bn cap was never going to be sufficient to cover the deficits they have created; moreover, the ceiling will be breached by the 12th of December,” Mr Hockey says.
Labor and the Greens as deficit hawks. Who’d have thought, after the past six years?
The Greens should be on my side on this. They are next
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (4:55am)
Judge’s associate Daniel Ward warns the Greens they could be next if they don’t back the repeal of the laws used to muzzle me:
I am told by Jewish leaders not to worry about such attempts and others that I face, even now, to silence or punish me for certain opinions. Never mind that even a respectable academic such as Don Aitken has had to fight a complaint brought against him under the same RDA provisions and on the same grounds. Too silly to succeed, they assure me.
They do not properly appreciate the costs involved in simply defending yourself even from preposterous complaints – the money, the time, the worry, the damage to reputation. Many media bosses, pinched for time and money and worried about their “brand”, would prefer their journalists simply avoid the trouble – and the subject.
Nor do supporters of such laws properly appreciate the risk faced by people with unfashionable ideas of facing a very unsympathetic activist judge.
The chill factor is very, very high. And the breach of our right to speak freely is, of course, a sin.
The Greens would be more aware of this danger to their own right to speak out if one Greens-leaning academic explained how the RDA was used against him, too. I abhor his odious cause, but would prefer it be fought by argument and not by censorship.
This case, for instance, is as much a disgrace as the BDS campaign itself:
===ON Sunday, Greens leader Christine Milne declared her party’s opposition to the Coalition’s proposed repeal of the notorious “Andrew Bolt law”, section 18C of the Commonwealth Racial Discrimination Act 1975.Jewish community leaders may say this only further justifies their backing for this unjust law, so dangerous to our right to free speech. But I’ve already had to fight attempts by activists using other laws to punish me for likening uglier BDS protests to Nazi demonstrations against Jewish shops, and wonder how much longer Jewish groups can be sure these laws won’t be used against them.
The provision makes it unlawful to perform any act on the basis of someone’s race, ethnicity, nationality and the like, if that act is reasonably likely to offend the person or group of people in question…
Consider the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel. The Greens boast more prominent defenders of BDS than perhaps any other mainstream (or quasi-mainstream) Australian political party, among them Lee Rhiannon and David Shoebridge.
The BDS campaign targets Israeli goods, services, academics, cultural activities - anything, it seems, with the faintest soupcon of an Israeli connection - on the basis that they are, well, Israeli.
...it’s a fair bet that some will find the public pronouncements and actions of BDS campaigners such as [Jack] Lynch offensive. And that makes these campaigners, including prominent Greens, vulnerable to precisely the type of lawsuit that silenced Bolt on the issue of fair-skinned Aborigines…
It would be reasonable to be offended by that, especially where the implication is that you’re somehow complicit in war crimes and nuclear proliferation merely by virtue of your national origin. Section 18C looms large…
The fact is that those supporting the BDS campaign, Greens prominent among them, are potential targets for anyone wishing to avail themselves of section 18C and capitalise on the “politics of indignation”.
I am told by Jewish leaders not to worry about such attempts and others that I face, even now, to silence or punish me for certain opinions. Never mind that even a respectable academic such as Don Aitken has had to fight a complaint brought against him under the same RDA provisions and on the same grounds. Too silly to succeed, they assure me.
They do not properly appreciate the costs involved in simply defending yourself even from preposterous complaints – the money, the time, the worry, the damage to reputation. Many media bosses, pinched for time and money and worried about their “brand”, would prefer their journalists simply avoid the trouble – and the subject.
Nor do supporters of such laws properly appreciate the risk faced by people with unfashionable ideas of facing a very unsympathetic activist judge.
The chill factor is very, very high. And the breach of our right to speak freely is, of course, a sin.
The Greens would be more aware of this danger to their own right to speak out if one Greens-leaning academic explained how the RDA was used against him, too. I abhor his odious cause, but would prefer it be fought by argument and not by censorship.
This case, for instance, is as much a disgrace as the BDS campaign itself:
SYDNEY University academics have vowed to fight a Federal Court action brought by an Israeli-based organisation which claims their support for the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign against Israel is racist and discriminatory.
The Tel Aviv-based Shurat HaDin Israel Law Centre has launched the action against Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies director Jake Lynch.
Shurat HaDin alleges the support of Associate Professor Lynch for the BDS movement, which promotes the Palestinian cause and claims Israel is engaged in illegal and immoral actions against it, violates [section 9 of] the Racial Discrimination Act.
Are Palmer’s pollies ready for Clive’s control?
Andrew Bolt November 13 2013 (4:49am)
With these alleged management skills, Clive Palmer’s leadership of a team of politicians will be a hoot:
===SECRET crisis talks among senior and junior employees at Clive Palmer’s dinosaur park and tourism resort on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast have led to a plea for workplace regulators to investigate claims that staff are at risk from unusual levels of “constant stress and abuse” and the wrongful stripping of their entitlements.
Ten current and former employees who separately contacted The Australian yesterday claimed the workplace had become intolerable and unhealthy. ...
Mr Palmer, a political campaigner for job creation and economic revival who had more than 650 staff when he bought the resort in 2011, denied that he was a “job destroyer” and insisted he still had more than 150 employees at Coolum.
A manager yesterday described to The Australian a recent meeting in which “we were told by Clive we are a bunch of thieving c . . ts and (we would) close the resort”.
He said two fellow managers “were sent off site . . . as they dared to tell Clive that his rantings and language were unacceptable, especially as women were present”.
“The level of disrespect and abuse towards everyone around him . . . is truly disgusting,” he said.... “Creditors are calling . . . as they have not been paid. (Mr Palmer) micro-manages everything and blames everyone but himself… Personally we don’t fear being sacked for speaking out but do fear the dozens of lawyers Clive hires...”
President Obama has pledged to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America has Israel’s “back.” Who knew he had a knife? An agreement that trusts Iran’s promises and allows it to surreptitiously complete development of nuclear missiles would stab Israel in the back.
North Korea promised former President Jimmy Carter during his 1994 visit to Pyongyang it would close a nuclear reactor at Yongbyon in exchange for food and humanitarian aid. The reactor was subsequently re-opened. Memo to the Obama administration: tyrants lie.
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WORRY IS WORTHLESS. It doesn't work! It can't change the past and it can't control the future. It only makes you miserable now.
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If you are a veteran or currently serving, we want to honor you today in all our services.
If you know a veteran, please bring them with you to any Saddleback campus in the USA so we can thank them and honor them today. Jesus gave his highest compliment to someone serving in the military -Matthew 8:8-10. (An earlier post gave the wrong chapter in Matthew)
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Saddleback Church says Happy 238th Birthday to the#Marines especially to our members serving at Camp Pendleton. @PendletonScout @USMC Jesus gave his highest compliment to someone serving in the military (Matthew 8:8-10)
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“If our minds are ruled by selfish desires,we die. But if our minds are ruled by the Spirit, we have life and peace.” Rom. 8:6
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Madu Odiokwu Pastorvin
Father, I come to You today giving You my hurts and questions. Help me to forgive and release the past. Heal my heart and restore my soul. Show me the good plan You have for my future as I keep my mind stayed on You in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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I do not count myself to have apprehended; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and reaching forward to those things which are ahead.
(Philippians 3:13, NKJV)
There is power in letting go of the past and the frustration of trying to figure everything out. When you release your questions, you are saying, “God, You are in control. I trust You.” And when you put your hope in God, that’s when He can heal your heart and lead you forward into victory.God bless you.
(Philippians 3:13, NKJV)
There is power in letting go of the past and the frustration of trying to figure everything out. When you release your questions, you are saying, “God, You are in control. I trust You.” And when you put your hope in God, that’s when He can heal your heart and lead you forward into victory.God bless you.
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"Nothing in My Hands I Bring Only to Thy Cross I Cling"
There is a beautiful, and amazing place called grace, at the foot of the cross of Christ.
It is called grace, because it can never be deserved or earned. While the price of God's grace is free to us, it cost Jesus everything, including His very life.
"Come cling to the cross and live. Fall on the cross and live.
With your final heart beat, kiss this old world good by, and fly to Jesus and live"
"I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown..."
"But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When He was hung on the cross, He took upon Himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree" (Galatians, 3:13).
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace" (Ephesians, 1:7).
While we could never begin to thank Jesus enough for dying in our place, we freely accept His amazing grace.
In His Name, Amen...!!!!!
There is a beautiful, and amazing place called grace, at the foot of the cross of Christ.
It is called grace, because it can never be deserved or earned. While the price of God's grace is free to us, it cost Jesus everything, including His very life.
"Come cling to the cross and live. Fall on the cross and live.
With your final heart beat, kiss this old world good by, and fly to Jesus and live"
"I will cling to the old rugged cross, and exchange it someday for a crown..."
"But Christ has rescued us from the curse pronounced by the law. When He was hung on the cross, He took upon Himself the curse for our wrongdoing. For it is written in the Scriptures, “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree" (Galatians, 3:13).
"In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace" (Ephesians, 1:7).
While we could never begin to thank Jesus enough for dying in our place, we freely accept His amazing grace.
In His Name, Amen...!!!!!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-13/new-daily-launches/5087940
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Great news!
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/tony-abbott-stifling-australias-climate-change-ambitions-20131113-2xfm3.html
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I have none - ed
You have to admire the adherence to stoicism - ed
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/green-dreams-on-kibbutz-track/story-e6frg7bo-1226758522223#mm-register
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Priorities .. but there can be only one .. ed
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I met Hamidur a year before he died. He told me of his allergy and I immediately acted to alert his supervising teacher, HT welfare, and their boss, the Deputy Principal. The school was in a petty power play with me, and they dismissed me shortly after. They had assured me twice that staff would be alerted of the issue (Hamidur had insisted on that, saying that staff did not seem to know). I was not present when Mr Wall made his ignorant mistake. But this issue reminds me, banning is not working. The issue is too broad to be effectively managed by banning. Children have not been protected by banning, but given a false sense of protection. In fact, the idea behind the ban was not to protect children, but to protect the Department from lawsuits for its negligence. The best way to serve these children at risk is vigilance and awareness. Peanuts are not the sole risky food item. - ed===
Election of Speaker of the House of Reps
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Aprille Love
Looking for #australian or #sydney businesses to#donate #money to victims of #typhoon#yolandaph I will be holding a #charity event in sydney during the last week of #november please show your support. Looking at getting @timomatictheone and fellow #filipino@kateceberano to help out and perform and raise funds and awareness. #kateceberano
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http://www.news.com.au/national/emotional-kevin-rudd-resigns-from-parliament/story-fncynjr2-1226759294219
===<So I just got polled by Galaxy Research pollster on the phone. One of the questions was, Is Tony Abbott's government doing a good job. What, why are they asking that now, for all intents and purposes today is the first proper sitting day of parliament as yesterday was taken up with opening formalities. I smell a rat with this research or at least who is behind it. I suspect some push polling on this one, either Labor or the unions making mischief. A lot of the questions seemed to have been ideologically driven with a particular answer in mind. I gave fullsome answers and not simple yes no answers.>
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http://www.idfblog.com/2013/11/13/live-updates-idfinphilippines-rescue-mission/
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===The Russians are coming The Russians are coming !!!
Only goes to prove that what is in your DNA stays in your DNA courtesy of Pogroms Anonymous
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/173926#.UoKF-nC8C9h
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http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Editorials/Pollards-fate-331098
===Remember it is always darkest before the dawn. Despite the fact that the naysayers kept insisting that America is a lost cause, we now have Obama on the ropes. With Obamacare in shambles and his foreign policy about to implode, we must not miss the opportunity to close the curtain on his failed presidency. ..
Stanley Zir
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Families of terror victims suing state owned Chinese bank for allegedly funding Palestinian terror groups through its US branch
http://www.timesofisrael.com/bank-of-china-anti-terrorism-case-makes-waves-in-us-israel/
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Earlier today I introduced into Parliament the Carbon Tax Repeal Bill.
The Carbon Tax Repeal Bill is a central part of the Coalition’s plan to build a stronger economy and help address cost-of-living pressures on families.
By scrapping the Carbon Tax, households will be on average $550 better off in 2014-15 alone.
The 2013 election was a referendum on the Carbon Tax. The Australian people have already voted to repeal the Carbon Tax – the time has come for the Parliament to do the same.
The new Labor leader has already said that Labor will vote to keep the Carbon Tax. Bill Shorten’s actions demonstrate that Labor hasn’t changed and doesn’t understand the impact of the Carbon Tax on household budgets.
Repealing the Carbon Tax will help families, strengthen the economy and remove a burden off our country.
My colleagues and I are already working to keep our commitments and build the stronger Australia that we all want.
Regards,
Tony Abbott
Prime Minister
Click here to read my speech to Repeal the Carbon Tax.
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- 1841 – Scottish surgeon James Braid first observed the operation ofanimal magnetism, which led to his study of the subject he eventually called hypnotism.
- 1966 – The Israeli military conducted a large cross-border assault on the Jordanian-controlled West Bankvillage of Samu in response to an al-Fatah land mine incident two days earlier near the West Bank border.
- 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial (pictured) was dedicated in Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C.
- 1989 – Hans-Adam II, reigning Prince of Liechtenstein, took the throne upon the death of his father.
- 1992 – The High Court of Australia ruled in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
Events[edit]
- 1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre.
- 1160 – Louis VII of France marries Adele of Champagne.
- 1642 – First English Civil War: Battle of Turnham Green – the Royalist forces withdraw in the face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London.
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot revolutionary forces under Gen. Richard Montgomeryoccupy Montreal, Quebec.
- 1841 – James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
- 1851 – The Denny Party lands at Alki Point, before moving to the other side of Elliott Bay to what would become Seattle, Washington.
- 1864 – The new Constitution of Greece is adopted.
- 1887 – Bloody Sunday clashes in central London.
- 1901 – The 1901 Caister Lifeboat Disaster.
- 1914 – Zaian War: Berber tribesmen inflict the heaviest defeat of French forces in Morocco at the Battle of El Herri.
- 1916 – Prime Minister of Australia Billy Hughes is expelled from the Labor Party over his support for conscription.
- 1918 – Allied troops occupy Constantinople, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.
- 1927 – The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.
- 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed by U-81, sinking the following day.
- 1942 – World War II: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal – U.S. and Japanese ships engage in an intense, close-quarters surface naval engagement during the Battle of Guadalcanal.
- 1947 – The Soviet Union completes development of the AK-47, one of the first proper assault rifles.
- 1950 – General Carlos Delgado Chalbaud, President of Venezuela, is assassinated in Caracas.
- 1954 – Great Britain defeats France to capture the first ever Rugby League World Cup in Paris in front of around 30,000 spectators.
- 1956 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal, thus ending the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
- 1965 – The SS Yarmouth Castle burns and sinks 60 miles off Nassau with the loss of 90 lives.
- 1966 – In response to Fatah raids against Israelis near the West Bank border, Israel launches an attack on the village of As-Samu.
- 1969 – Vietnam War: Anti-war protesters in Washington, D.C. stage a symbolic March Against Death.
- 1970 – Bhola cyclone: A 150-mph tropical cyclone hits the densely populated Ganges Delta region of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), killing an estimated 500,000 people in one night. This is regarded as the 20th century's worst natural disaster.
- 1974 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
- 1982 – Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport.
- 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam Warveterans.
- 1985 – The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.
- 1985 – Xavier Suarez is sworn in as Miami, Florida's first Cuban-born mayor.
- 1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
- 1988 – Mulugeta Seraw, an Ethiopian law student in Portland, Oregon is beaten to death by members of the Neo-Nazi group East Side White Pride.
- 1989 – Hans-Adam II, the present Prince of Liechtenstein, begins his reign on the death of his father.
- 1990 – In Aramoana, New Zealand, David Gray shoots dead 13 people, in what becomes known as the Aramoana Massacre.
- 1992 – The High Court of Australia rules in Dietrich v The Queen that although there is no absolute right to have publicly funded counsel, in most circumstances a judge should grant any request for an adjournment or stay when an accused is unrepresented.
- 1994 – In a referendum voters in Sweden decide to join the European Union.
- 1995 – A truck-bomb explodes outside of a US-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americansand two Indians. A group called the Islamic Movement for Change claims responsibility.
- 2000 – Philippine House Speaker Manny Villar passes the articles of impeachment against Philippine President Joseph Estrada.
- 2001 – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowingmilitary tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States.
- 2002 – Iraq disarmament crisis: Iraq agrees to the terms of the UN Security Council Resolution 1441.
- 2002 – The oil tanker Prestige sinks off the Galician coast and causes a huge oil spill.
- 2007 – Russia officially withdraws from the Soviet-era Batumi military base, Georgia.
Births[edit]
- 354 – Augustine of Hippo, Algerian bishop and theologian (d. 430)
- 1312 – Edward III of England (d. 1377)
- 1486 – Johann Eck, German theologian (d. 1543)
- 1504 – Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1567)
- 1572 – Cyril Lucaris, Greek patriarch and theologian (d. 1638)
- 1699 – Jan Zach, Czech composer, violinist, and organist (d. 1773)
- 1710 – Charles Simon Favart, French playwright (d. 1792)
- 1714 – William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763)
- 1715 – Dorothea Erxleben, German doctor (d. 1762)
- 1732 – John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
- 1760 – Jiaqing Emperor of China (d. 1820)
- 1761 – John Moore, English general (d. 1809)
- 1782 – Esaias Tegnér, Swedish bishop and educator (d. 1846)
- 1780 – Ranjit Singh, Indian founder of the Sikh Empire (d. 1839)
- 1801 – Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (d. 1877)
- 1801 – Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria (d. 1873)
- 1809 – John A. Dahlgren, American admiral (d. 1870)
- 1813 – Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, Montenegrin statesman, religious leader and poet (d. 1851)
- 1814 – Joseph Hooker, American general (d. 1879)
- 1833 – Edwin Booth, American actor (d. 1893)
- 1837 – James T. Rapier, American politician (d. 1883)
- 1838 – Joseph F. Smith, American religious leader, 6th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918)
- 1841 – Edward Burd Grubb, Jr., American general (d. 1913)
- 1848 – Albert I, Prince of Monaco (d. 1922)
- 1850 – Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish author and poet (d. 1894)
- 1853 – John Drew Jr., American actor (d. 1927)
- 1854 – George Whitefield Chadwick, American composer (d. 1931)
- 1856 – Louis Brandeis, American jurist (d. 1941)
- 1866 – Abraham Flexner, American educator, founded the Institute for Advanced Study (d. 1959)
- 1869 – Helene Stöcker, German author and activist (d. 1943)
- 1869 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian activist, journalist, and politician (d. 1962)
- 1872 – Leon Leonwood Bean, American businessman and author founded L.L.Bean (d. 1967)
- 1878 – Max Dehn, German-American mathematician (d. 1952)
- 1879 – John Grieb, American gymnast (d. 1939)
- 1881 – Carl Schenstrøm, Danish actor (d. 1942)
- 1883 – Oscar Brockmeyer, American soccer player (d. 1954)
- 1883 – Leo Goodwin, American swimmer, diver, and water polo player (d. 1957)
- 1886 – Mary Wigman, German dancer and choreographer (d. 1973)
- 1893 – Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
- 1894 – Arthur Nebe, German SS officer (d. 1945)
- 1897 – Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (d. 1975)
- 1899 – Iskander Mirza, Pakistani politician, 1st President of Pakistan (d. 1969)
- 1900 – Edward Buzzell, American director (d. 1985)
- 1904 – H. C. Potter, American director and producer (d. 1977)
- 1906 – Hermione Baddeley, English actress (d. 1986)
- 1906 – A. W. Mailvaganam, Sri Lankan Tamil physicist and academic (d. 1987)
- 1906 – Eva Zeisel, Hungarian-American designer (d. 2011)
- 1907 – Giovanna of Italy (d. 2000)
- 1908 – C. Vann Woodward, American historian (d. 1999)
- 1910 – William Bradford Huie, American journalist and author (d. 1986)
- 1910 – Pat Reid, Indian-English army officer (d. 1990)
- 1911 – Buck O'Neil, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1913 – V. Appapillai, Sri Lankan Tamil physicist and academic (d. 2001)
- 1913 – Jack Dyer, Australian footballer (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Helen Mack, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1913 – Lon Nol, Cambodian general and politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia (d. 1985)
- 1913 – Alexander Scourby, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Alberto Lattuada, Italian director (d. 2005)
- 1917 – Vasantdada Patil, Indian politician, 5th Chief Minister of Maharashtra (d. 1989)
- 1917 – Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1918 – George Grant, Canadian philosopher (d. 1988)
- 1920 – Edward Hughes, American bishop (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Chabua Amirejibi, Georgian author
- 1922 – Jack Narz, American game show host (d. 2008)
- 1922 – Oskar Werner, Austrian actor (d. 1984)
- 1924 – Linda Christian, Mexican-American actress (d. 2011)
- 1924 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist (d. 1994)
- 1926 – Harry Hughes, American politician, 57th Governor of Maryland
- 1927 – Billy Klüver, Swedish-American engineer, co-founded Experiments in Art and Technology (d. 2004)
- 1928 – Steve Bilko, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- 1928 – Helena Carroll, Scottish-American actress (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Robert Bonnaud, French historian (d. 2013)
- 1929 – Fred Phelps, American pastor
- 1929 – Asashio Tarō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 46th Yokozuna (d. 1988)
- 1930 – Adrienne Corri, Scottish actress
- 1931 – Andrée Lachapelle, Canadian actress
- 1932 – Willie Edwards, American murder victim (d. 1957)
- 1932 – Richard Mulligan, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1934 – Peter Arnett, New Zealand-American journalist
- 1934 – Jimmy Fontana, Italian singer-songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Garry Marshall, American actor, director, and producer
- 1935 – Tom Atkins, American actor
- 1935 – George Carey, English archbishop
- 1935 – P. Susheela, Indian singer
- 1938 – Gérald Godin, Canadian poet and politician (d. 1994)
- 1938 – Jean Seberg, American actress (d. 1979)
- 1939 – Karel Brückner, Czech football coach
- 1939 – Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer
- 1940 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher
- 1940 – Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
- 1940 – William Taubman, American political scientist and biographer
- 1941 – Eberhard Diepgen, German politician
- 1941 – David Green, American businessman, founded Hobby Lobby
- 1941 – Dack Rambo, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1941 – Mel Stottlemyre, American baseball player and coach
- 1942 – John P. Hammond, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 – Roberto Boninsegna, Italian footballer
- 1943 – André-Gilles Fortin, Canadian politician (d. 1977)
- 1943 – Jay Sigel, American golfer
- 1943 – Howard Wilkinson, English soccer player and manager
- 1944 – Timmy Thomas, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1945 – Masahiro Hasemi, Japanese race car driver
- 1945 – Bobby Manuel, American guitarist
- 1947 – Toy Caldwell, American guitarist and songwriter (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 1993)
- 1947 – Gene Garber, American baseball player
- 1947 – Amory Lovins, American physicist
- 1947 – Joe Mantegna, American actor
- 1948 – Humayun Ahmed, Bangladeshi author, screenwriter, and director (d. 2012)
- 1949 – Yoshimi Ishibashi, Japanese race car driver
- 1949 – Terry Reid, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1950 – Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer
- 1950 – Gilbert Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1951 – Pini Gershon, Israeli basketball player and coach
- 1952 – Art Malik, Pakistani-English actor
- 1953 – Frances Conroy, American actress
- 1953 – Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician
- 1953 – Stephen Paul, American physicist (d. 2012)
- 1953 – Andrew Ranken, English drummer (The Pogues)
- 1953 – Tracy Scoggins, American actress
- 1954 – Scott McNealy, American businessman, co-founded Sun Microsystems
- 1954 – Chris Noth, American actor
- 1955 – Whoopi Goldberg, American actress, singer, and talk show host
- 1956 – Ginger Alden, American actress
- 1956 – Cynthia Carroll, American businesswoman
- 1956 – David Cesarani, English historian and biographer
- 1956 – Rex Linn, American actor
- 1956 – Anna Verouli, Greek javelin thrower
- 1957 – Nick Baines, English Anglican Bishop of Bradford
- 1957 – Stephen Baxter, English author
- 1957 – Roger Ingram, American trumpet player and author
- 1958 – Alexandra Shulman, English journalist, editor of English Vogue magazine
- 1959 – Caroline Goodall, English actress
- 1959 – Emil Urbel, Estonian architect
- 1960 – Neil Flynn, American actor
- 1960 – Teodora Ungureanu, Romanian gymnast
- 1963 – Vinny Testaverde, American football player
- 1964 – Timo Rautiainen, Finnish rally co-driver
- 1967 – Juhi Chawla, Indian actress
- 1967 – Jimmy Kimmel, American comedian, actor, and talk show host
- 1967 – Steve Zahn, American actor
- 1968 – Pat Hentgen, American baseball player
- 1969 – Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch politician and author
- 1969 – Lori Berenson, American political activist
- 1969 – Gerard Butler, Scottish actor
- 1969 – Nico Motchebon, German runner
- 1971 – Noah Hathaway, American actor
- 1971 – Buddy Zabala, Filipino bass player (Eraserheads, The Dawn, and Cambio)
- 1972 – Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP)
- 1973 – Ari Hoenig, American drummer and composer
- 1974 – Indrek Zelinski, Estonian football player and manager
- 1975 – Quim, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 – Tom Compernolle, Belgian runner (d. 2008)
- 1975 – Alain Digbeu, French basketball player
- 1975 – Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballer
- 1975 – Toivo Suursoo, Estonian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Kelly Sotherton, English sprinter
- 1976 – Hiroshi Tanahashi, Japanese wrestler
- 1977 – Chanel Cole, Australian singer
- 1977 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
- 1978 – Nikolai Fraiture, American bass player (The Strokes and Nickel Eye)
- 1979 – Subliminal, Israeli rapper and producer
- 1979 – Metta World Peace, American basketball player
- 1980 – Monique Coleman, American actress
- 1980 – Sara Del Rey, professional wrestler
- 1980 – François-Louis Tremblay, Canadian speed skater
- 1981 – Rivkah, American illustrator
- 1981 – Ryan Bertin, American amateur wrestler
- 1981 – Mark Cardona, Filipino basketball player
- 1981 – Shawn Yue, Hong Kong actor and singer
- 1982 – Michael Copon, American actor and singer
- 1982 – Samkon Gado, Nigerian-American football player
- 1982 – Koda Kumi, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1983 – Claudia Balderrama, Bolivian race walker
- 1983 – Kalle Kriit, Estonian cyclist
- 1983 – Maleli Kunavore, Fijian rugby player (d. 2012)
- 1984 – Lucas Barrios, Paraguayan footballer
- 1984 – Kurt Morath, Tongan rugby player
- 1985 – Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1986 – Kevin Bridges, Scottish stand-up comedian
- 1987 – Dana Vollmer, American swimmer
- 1990 – Kathleen Herles, American voice actress
- 1991 – Devon Bostick, Canadian actor
- 1991 – Matt Bennett, American actor and singer
- 1996 – Austin Williams, American actor
Deaths[edit]
- 867 – Pope Nicholas I (b. 800)
- 1004 – Abbo of Fleury, French monk (b. 945)
- 1093 – Malcolm III of Scotland (b. 1041)
- 1143 – Fulk, King of Jerusalem (b. 1089)
- 1170 – Albert the Bear, German son of Otto, Count of Ballenstedt (b. 1100)
- 1345 – Constance of Peñafiel (b. 1323)
- 1359 – Ivan II of Russia (b. 1326)
- 1460 – Henry the Navigator, Portuguese son of John I of Portugal (b. 1394)
- 1606 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b. 1530)
- 1619 – Ludovico Carracci, Italian painter (b. 1555)
- 1650 – Thomas May, English poet and historian (b. 1595)
- 1726 – Sophia Dorothea of Celle (b. 1666)
- 1770 – George Grenville, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1712)
- 1771 – Konrad Ernst Ackermann, German actor (b. 1712)
- 1777 – William Bowyer, English printer (b. 1699)
- 1862 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (b. 1787)
- 1867 – Adolphe Napoleon Didron, French archaeologist (b. 1806)
- 1868 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (b. 1792)
- 1883 – James Marion Sims, American physician (b. 1813)
- 1903 – Camille Pissarro, French painter (b. 1830)
- 1916 – Saki, Burmese author and playwright (b. 1870)
- 1929 – Princess Viktoria of Prussia (b. 1866)
- 1942 – Daniel J. Callaghan, American navy officer (b. 1890)
- 1952 – Margaret Wise Brown, American author (b. 1910)
- 1954 – Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, German field marshal (b. 1881)
- 1955 – Bernard DeVoto, American historian and author (b. 1897)
- 1961 – Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle, Jr., American general and diplomat (b. 1897)
- 1963 – Margaret Murray, English anthropologist (b. 1863)
- 1967 – Harriet Cohen, English pianist (b. 1895)
- 1973 – Lila Lee, American actress (b. 1901)
- 1973 – Bruno Maderna, Italian-German conductor and composer (b. 1920)
- 1974 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian director (b. 1901)
- 1974 – Karen Silkwood, American activist (b. 1946)
- 1975 – Olga Berggolts, Russian poet (b. 1910)
- 1979 – Dimitris Psathas, Greek playwright (b. 1907)
- 1982 – Hugues Lapointe, Canadian politician, 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1911)
- 1983 – Henry Jamison Handy, American swimmer and water polo player (b. 1886)
- 1983 – Junior Samples, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
- 1985 – George Robert Vincent, American engineer (b. 1898)
- 1986 – Thierry Le Luron, French comedian (b. 1952)
- 1988 – Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor and composer (b. 1906)
- 1988 – Jaromír Vejvoda, Czech composer (b. 1902)
- 1989 – Victor Davis, Canadian swimmer (b. 1964)
- 1989 – Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (b. 1906)
- 1990 – Stewart Guthrie, New Zealand police officer (b. 1948)
- 1991 – Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian archbishop (b. 1904)
- 1993 – Rufus R. Jones, American wrestler (b. 1933)
- 1994 – Motoo Kimura, Japanese biologist (b. 1924)
- 1996 – Bill Doggett, American pianist (b. 1916)
- 1996 – Swami Rama, Indian yogi (b. 1925)
- 1997 – André Boucourechliev, French composer (b. 1925)
- 1997 – Dawud M. Mu'Min, American murderer (b. 1953)
- 1998 – Edwige Feuillère, French actress (b. 1907)
- 1998 – Valerie Hobson, Irish-English actress (b. 1917)
- 1998 – Red Holzman, American basketball coach (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Michel Trudeau, Canadian son of Pierre Trudeau (b. 1975)
- 1999 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Peggy Mount, English actress (b. 1915)
- 2002 – Juan Alberto Schiaffino, Uruguayan footballer (b. 1925)
- 2002 – Rishikesh Shaha, Nepalese politician (b. 1925)
- 2003 – Kellie Waymire, American actress (b. 1967)
- 2004 – John Balance, English singer-songwriter (Coil) (b. 1962)
- 2004 – Ol' Dirty Bastard, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan) (b. 1968)
- 2004 – Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician (b. 1928)
- 2005 – Eddie Guerrero, American wrestler (b. 1967)
- 2005 – Vine Deloria, Jr., American author, theologian, historian, and activist (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Wahab Akbar, Filipino politician (b. 1960)
- 2007 – John Doherty, English footballer (b. 1935)
- 2007 – Kazuhisa Inao, Japanese baseball player (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Monty Westmore, American make-up artist (b. 1923)
- 2008 – Jules Archer, American author (b. 1915)
- 2010 – Luis García Berlanga, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
- 2010 – Ken Iman, American football player (b. 1939)
- 2010 – Allan Sandage, American astronomer (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Murray Arnold, American basketball coach (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Will Barnet, American painter (b. 1911)
- 2012 – Erazm Ciołek, Polish photographer (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Kenneth Cragg, English priest and scholar (b. 1913)
- 2012 – Yao Defen, Chinese giant (b. 1972)
- 2012 – Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, English politician (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Manuel Peña Escontrela, Spanish footballer (b. 1965)
- 2012 – John Sheridan, English rugby player (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Ray Zone, American historian, author, and illustrator (b. 1947)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Earliest day on which National Day of Mourning or Volkstrauertag can fall, observed two Sundays before the first of Advent. (Germany)
- Feast of Feronia, celebrated on the Ides of November (Roman Empire)
- World Kindness Day
“For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all the wisdom and understanding that the Spirit gives,”Colossians 1:9NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"The trial of your faith."
1 Peter 1:7
1 Peter 1:7
Faith untried may be true faith, but it is sure to be little faith, and it is likely to remain dwarfish so long as it is without trials. Faith never prospers so well as when all things are against her: tempests are her trainers, and lightnings are her illuminators. When a calm reigns on the sea, spread the sails as you will, the ship moves not to its harbour; for on a slumbering ocean the keel sleeps too. Let the winds rush howling forth, and let the waters lift up themselves, then, though the vessel may rock, and her deck may be washed with waves, and her mast may creak under the pressure of the full and swelling sail, it is then that she makes headway towards her desired haven. No flowers wear so lovely a blue as those which grow at the foot of the frozen glacier; no stars gleam so brightly as those which glisten in the polar sky; no water tastes so sweet as that which springs amid the desert sand; and no faith is so precious as that which lives and triumphs in adversity. Tried faith brings experience. You could not have believed your own weakness had you not been compelled to pass through the rivers; and you would never have known God's strength had you not been supported amid the water-floods. Faith increases in solidity, assurance, and intensity, the more it is exercised with tribulation. Faith is precious, and its trial is precious too.
Let not this, however, discourage those who are young in faith. You will have trials enough without seeking them: the full portion will be measured out to you in due season. Meanwhile, if you cannot yet claim the result of long experience, thank God for what grace you have; praise him for that degree of holy confidence whereunto you have attained: walk according to that rule, and you shall yet have more and more of the blessing of God, till your faith shall remove mountains and conquer impossibilities.
Evening
"And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God."
Luke 6:12
Luke 6:12
If ever one of woman born might have lived without prayer, it was our spotless, perfect Lord, and yet none was ever so much in supplication as he! Such was his love to his Father, that he loved much to be in communion with him: such his love for his people, that he desired to be much in intercession for them. The fact of this eminent prayerfulness of Jesus is a lesson for us--he hath given us an example that we may follow in his steps. The time he chose was admirable, it was the hour of silence, when the crowd would not disturb him; the time of inaction, when all but himself had ceased to labour; and the season when slumber made men forget their woes, and cease their applications to him for relief. While others found rest in sleep, he refreshed himself with prayer. The place was also well selected. He was alone where none would intrude, where none could observe: thus was he free from Pharisaic ostentation and vulgar interruption. Those dark and silent hills were a fit oratory for the Son of God. Heaven and earth in midnight stillness heard the groans and sighs of the mysterious Being in whom both worlds were blended. The continuance of his pleadings is remarkable; the long watches were not too long; the cold wind did not chill his devotions; the grim darkness did not darken his faith, or loneliness check his importunity. We cannot watch with him one hour, but he watched for us whole nights. The occasion for this prayer is notable; it was after his enemies had been enraged--prayer was his refuge and solace; it was before he sent forth the twelve apostles--prayer was the gate of his enterprise, the herald of his new work. Should we not learn from Jesus to resort to special prayer when we are under peculiar trial, or contemplate fresh endeavours for the Master's glory? Lord Jesus, teach us to pray.
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Today's reading: Jeremiah 51-52, Hebrews 9 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Jeremiah 51-52
1 This is what the LORD says:
“See, I will stir up the spirit of a destroyer
against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
2 I will send foreigners to Babylon
to winnow her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
in the day of her disaster.
3 Let not the archer string his bow,
nor let him put on his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
completely destroy her army.
4 They will fall down slain in Babylon,
fatally wounded in her streets.
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the LORD Almighty,
though their land is full of guilt
before the Holy One of Israel.
against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
2 I will send foreigners to Babylon
to winnow her and to devastate her land;
they will oppose her on every side
in the day of her disaster.
3 Let not the archer string his bow,
nor let him put on his armor.
Do not spare her young men;
completely destroy her army.
4 They will fall down slain in Babylon,
fatally wounded in her streets.
5 For Israel and Judah have not been forsaken
by their God, the LORD Almighty,
though their land is full of guilt
before the Holy One of Israel.
6 “Flee from Babylon!
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins.
It is time for the LORD’s vengeance;
he will repay her what she deserves.
7 Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD’s hand;
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
8 Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken.
Wail over her!
Get balm for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed....
Run for your lives!
Do not be destroyed because of her sins.
It is time for the LORD’s vengeance;
he will repay her what she deserves.
7 Babylon was a gold cup in the LORD’s hand;
she made the whole earth drunk.
The nations drank her wine;
therefore they have now gone mad.
8 Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken.
Wail over her!
Get balm for her pain;
perhaps she can be healed....
Today's New Testament reading: Hebrews 9
Worship in the Earthly Tabernacle
1 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2 A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4 which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. 5Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6 When everything had been arranged like this, the priests entered regularly into the outer room to carry on their ministry. 7But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.8 The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. 9 This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.10 They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings—external regulations applying until the time of the new order....
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