Such hatred is not limited to Tasmania. Sarah Palin has been verbal-ed again by the media. I have read her writing, and seen her speak. She is capable as an administrator and smart. She has been reported as saying that she would nuke Russia. She did not say that. It is very hard for those who think of her with hatred, borne from the venom of the media. Years ago, Palin was right about engaging with Russia over Georgia, and she is right now. But you will need to read what she has said to know what she is right about .. and not the misleading headline. Conservatism is a big tent with many diverse views. The left tend to converge on a view, while conservatives tend to converge on a leader.
But hatred is no way to run a group. Australian Defence League was founded as a brother organisation to the English Defence League (EDL). I get it that there are soldier types who like to keep their ties with friends in an organised way after leaving the military or police. However, the leadership of these groups is seriously bad. No sensible politician would antagonise a constituency for no reason, but these idiots do just that. One example the bigots are using is the issue of terrorism and the ties to Islam. There are good reasons why decent Islamic peoples have been compromised by these ties. It is a good policy to denounce the idiots who are terrorists and try to separate the mainstream from those who abuse them. But the bigots aren't doing that. Instead they point a finger of blame at all Islamic peoples .. and others who don't say what they want to hear. It is true that in in some Islamic nations, and around the world, terrible things are done in the name of Islam by terrorists and their sympathisers. This includes genital mutilation of girls, killing gays, killing poets, writers, artists, poor and oppressed. But, were the ADL leadership prescription followed, it would be the victims hurt first .. again. Seriously stupid. They are apparently, argumentative drunks who claim to value their lifestyle. One good reason not to ban speech, is to allow those bigots to speak .. and judge for yourself. If someone from those organisations feel they are being misrepresented, I would like to hear how. ADL has spawned the Australian Tea Party (nothing like the US brand) and now, apparently, there is a group calling themselves The Patriots Defence League.
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Happy birthday and many happy returnsEvangelist Sumbal Waseem, Keith Holgate, Teresa Limbu and Maria Nguyet Anh Nguyen. Born on the same day, across the years. Two mums and people I'm privileged to have met. Remember, birthdays are good for you. The Lord provides most for those who live longest.
- 1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462)
- 1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author and poet (d. 1857)
- 1839 – Dudley Buck, American organist and composer (d. 1909)
- 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
- 1867 – Hector Guimard, French-American architect, designed the La Bluette (d. 1942)
- 1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist (d. 1972)
- 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer (d. 1955)
- 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
- 1929 – Huey P. Meaux, American record producer, founded Tear Drop Records and Capri Records (d. 2011)
- 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and President of FIFA
- 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
- 1940 – Dean Torrence, American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean)
- 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- 1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter
- 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English actor and author
- 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
- 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American-Irish actress
- 1997 – Julia Barretto, Filipina Actress
- 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
Matches
- 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
- 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
- 1607 – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
- 1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
- 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States
- 1830 – The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
- 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
- 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
- 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
- 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
Despatches
- 483 – Pope Simplicius
- 1988 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer (b. 1958)
- 2005 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1936)
BUSWELL BREAKDOWN
Tim Blair – Monday, March 10, 2014 (1:43pm)
Erratic Western Australian Liberal Troy Buswell has resigned as treasurer following a mysterious car crash and subsequent admission to hospital. This is the second time Buswell has resigned.
COAL SCREAM
Tim Blair – Monday, March 10, 2014 (11:52am)
Greens and other simple people are excited by an inconsequential mining incident:
NSW Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said confirmation of aquifer contamination was ‘’game over for coal seam gas’’.
Perhaps not. Meanwhile, in the US:
Operators are putting new holes in the ground faster than ever.
Good. And in other Greens news:
Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim believes there’s a real chance he’ll become opposition leader after this week’s state election.Tasmania goes to the polls on Saturday. If the Greens gain more seats than Labor, Mr McKim could be the first opposition leader from his party in history.“You certainly couldn’t rule that out,” Mr McKim told ABC radio on Monday.
Tasmania should be handed over entirely to the Greens, so we can see how they run things. No federal funding, of course. Just leave them in charge and let the comedy begin.
AT LEAST THEIR SHOES WERE X-RAYED
Tim Blair – Monday, March 10, 2014 (10:57am)
Given the invasive security measures in place for international travel, it ought not be possible for a couple of men to simply rock up with stolen passports and board a flight – particularly when those stolen passports are listed with Interpol. Yet, in the case of Malaysian Airlines flight 370, that’s exactly what happened:
The Interpol statement said no checks of the stolen Austrian and Italian passports were made by any country between the time they were entered into Interpol’s database and the departure of the flight.“Whilst it is too soon to speculate about any connection between these stolen passports and the missing plane, it is clearly of great concern that any passenger was able to board an international flight using a stolen passport listed in Interpol’s databases,” said secretary-general Ronald Noble.“This is a situation we had hoped never to see,” he added.
No kidding. It’ll be interesting to eventually see images of “Christian” and “Luigi”, the two passengers who used those passports.
UPDATE. The New York Times:
Xu Ke, a lecturer at the Zhejiang Police College in eastern China who studies aviation safety and hijackings and has advised the Chinese authorities, said the two men might have been illegal migrants. “There are many cases of falsified and counterfeit passports and visas for illegal migration that our public security comes across, even several cases every day,” he said.But Steve Vickers, the chief executive of a Hong Kong-based security consulting company that specializes in risk mitigation and corporate intelligence in Asia, said the presence of at least two travelers with stolen passports aboard a single jet was rare and a potential clue.“It is fairly unusual to have more than one person flying on a flight with a stolen passport,” said Mr. Vickers, who publicly warned a month ago that stolen airport passes and other identity documents in Asia merited a crackdown. “The future of this investigation lies in who really checked in and what they looked like,” he added.
Quite so.
THE NARCISSIST
Tim Blair – Monday, March 10, 2014 (10:19am)
Driving to Los Angeles last week I detoured through the Mojave Desert city of Victorville. There I discovered the Apollo Restaurant, makers of possibly the finest hamburgers on earth.
Continue reading 'THE NARCISSIST'PROFESSIONAL CRYBABIES
Tim Blair – Monday, March 10, 2014 (9:57am)
Pat Condell on a certain easily-offended religious group:
Sick of being uncomfortable in your own country?
Sick of people thinking "liking" something on Facebook will change anything?
Get down to a casual club meeting near you, in the next month we have
-Melbourne
-South QLD
-Central QLD
-Perth
With more to follow.
So don't be shy get down grab a snag and a beer and see where our club is going.
After our last Sth QLD meeting, part of the Association management committee here were very pleased at the members vote to open a Chapter clubhouse.
Sick of people thinking "liking" something on Facebook will change anything?
Get down to a casual club meeting near you, in the next month we have
-Melbourne
-South QLD
-Central QLD
-Perth
With more to follow.
So don't be shy get down grab a snag and a beer and see where our club is going.
After our last Sth QLD meeting, part of the Association management committee here were very pleased at the members vote to open a Chapter clubhouse.
Flannery fibs excuses for his dud predictions
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (12:14pm)
The ABC promotes yet another soft-ball interview with alarmist Tim Flannery, this time a love-in conducted by Anne Summers. Why this propaganda? Summers isn’t even an ABC staffer and this is no real interview.
The closest Summers comes to asking the alarmist a hard question doesn’t occur until 36:50 minutes into the interview. Summers starts by calls me a “denier” and says she hesitates to ask “the Andrew Bolt question” because she doesn’t “want to give him the headline”.
But then even she is forced to ask Flannery the fundamental question that has been taboo for a decade: “by how much will temperatures decrease if we do everything...?”
Flannery fobs her off:
It’s going to take some time [to lower temperatures] ... Andrew Bolt is very cunning at asking politically charged questions. That one is the wrong question. The right question is what happens if we do nothing.What an astonishing evasion. By all means tell us what you think will happen if we do nothing. But then tell us what difference we will make if we do “something”. Is the pain worth that gain?
Summers asked the question, yes, but accepted the evasion without question.
But that was not the end of the deception in this interview – or the end of Summers allowing herself to be deceived.
Summers then asked Flannery to explain three of his more notorious global warming predictions: that our dams would not fill, Perth would become a “ghost metropolis” and we faced rapid global warming, when in fact, Summers admitted, atmospheric temperatures have not increased in 17 years.
(Note: Yes, give Summers a tiny bit of credit, but be aware she also failed to tackle Flannery about even more obvious dud warnings: notably that Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide could run out of water by ... oops, several years ago now.)
But to each of those three questions Flannery gave deceptive – if not downright false – answers. If Summers reads this post, she should wonder why she should believe another word Flannery every tells her.
Flannery on having predicted our dams and river systems will not fill:
Flannery on predicting Perth could be our “first ghost metropolis”:The thing about the dams never filling is a misquote, I was talking about evaporation rates in the Murray Darling system, saying that even if rainfall stays as it is with increased temperatures, with soils being warmer the water evaporates rather than getting into dams so we have declining water in our dams. So that’s just a misquote.Fact: No, it isn’t. Flannery is rewriting history – and his own prediction. Here is that original prediction in 2007, when much of Australia was in drought:
SALLY SARA: Professor Tim Flannery has warned climate change will impact on Australia to the point where Sydney can expect to receive 60 per cent less rainfall than it does at present. If that’s the case, what about the bush? ... What will it mean for Australian farmers if the predictions of climate change are correct and little is done to stop it? What will that mean for a farmer?Note: Flannery was then talking about rainfall in southern Australian generally, and multiple “river systems” and dams” – not just the Murray-Darling and the dams of the Snowy River scheme. Indeed, not once in the interview does Flannery single out the Murray-Darling specifically.
PROFESSOR TIM FLANNERY: ... We’re already seeing the initial impacts [of global warming] and they include a decline in the winter rainfall zone across southern Australia, which is clearly an impact of climate change, but also a decrease in run-off. Although we’re getting say a 20 per cent decrease in rainfall in some areas of Australia, that’s translating to a 60 per cent decrease in the run-off into the dams and rivers. That’s because the soil is warmer because of global warming and the plants are under more stress and therefore using more moisture. So even the rain that falls isn’t actually going to fill our dams and our river systems, and that’s a real worry for the people in the bush.
Flannery on the 17-year pause in warming of our atmosphere:The second thing about Perth is that it turns out I was right. I mean, Perth has now built two desalination plants and 30 per cent of its water comes from desal plants. And the water commissioner who was active at the time that these decisions were being made thanked me recently for raising the issue because it was difficult to get those plants built. If they hadn’t been built in time, Perth would have been in real trouble… If someone hadn’t raised they alarm we would have had big trouble.Fact: Flannery is once more rewriting history – and his own prediction. Here is Flannery’s original prediction, made in May, 2004:
Climate change would diminish the environment of Sydney and its hinterland, and it only had to look to Perth’s experience.Note: Flannery predicted Perth would become a ghost metropolis not so much because its dam would run dry, but because global warming would turn its farming hinterland to dust.
“I think there is a fair chance Perth will be the 21st century’s first ghost metropolis,” Dr Flannery said. “It’s whole primary production is in dire straits and the eastern states are only 30 years behind.”
Moreover, he defended his prediction in 2005:
“Perth is facing the possibility of a catastrophic failure of the city’s water supply,” says Tim Flannery… His next book, to be published in October, will feature the water crises faced by Perth and Sydney. “I’m personally more worried about Sydney than Perth,” Flannery told me. “Where does Sydney go for more water? At least Perth has a buffer of underground water sources. Sydney doesn’t have any backup. And while Perth is forging ahead with a desalination plant, Sydney doesn’t have any major scheme in place to bolster water. It also has nowhere to put the vast infrastructure of a desalination plant.”Note: When he claimed “Perth is facing the possibility of a catastrophic failure of the city’s water supply” Flannery was already factoring in the Perth desalination plant, which was approved in July 2004, with and construction started in May 2005.
Flannery was simply wrong, wrong, wrong. But don’t count on Anne Summers – or the ABC – to call him out. The scare is too useful. The scare-mongers, too.Basically they confound the atmosphere with the earth… Ninety per cent of the heat that is captured by the atmosphere goes directly into the sea… But the heat is still there, the earth is still warming and the heat will come back out of the ocean at some point.Fact: Flannery is again rewriting history. The warming pause is exactly what he didn’t predict, and his excuse (that the warming hiatus is simply explained by the heat going missing in the oceans) [url]is disputed by some true climate scientists.
Here is what Flannery originally predicted in 2007:
UN predictions of a rise in global temperatures would be a disaster for all life on earth, resulting in widespread extinction of many species, Australian of the Year Tim Flannery says.Note: Flannery did not then say the heat would just go into the sea, not warm the atmosphere. He was talking not of a 6 degree rise in sea temperatures but in atmospheric temperatures. Yet for 17 years we’ve seen close to zero such rise.
The respected scientist said the UN’s prediction of a three degree Celsius temperature rise was conservative and in fact could be double that figure resulting in “truly catastrophic” conditions for all life on earth…
“It could be worse than this - there’s a 10 per cent chance of truly catastrophic rises in temperatures, so we’re looking at six degrees or so,” Prof Flannery said.
PS:
(Incidentally, note that a woman in the audience says she was at the Parramatta meeting where Flannery and Summers earlier claimed crowds had chanted “Death to Flannery” - which, curiously, not one journalist at the event reported hearing. Flannery asks the woman, a believer, not whether she saw this apparent lynch mob, asking instead: “Did you see the penguin?”
Behold that penguin of death. Is Flannery’s memory again playing tricks?
Rowan Dean’s free advice to Mark Scott
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (10:19am)
Readers complained we didn’t have a video of yesterday’s NewsWatch segment with Rowan Dean. Here it is:
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To those artists who drove out Transfield: hand back your grants
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (8:03am)
Former arts adviser and Fairfax writer Nicholas Pickard said it first. Now investor and philanthropist Mark Carnegie attacks the hypocrites in the arts world
who forced the resignation of Luca Belgiorno-Nettis as Biennale
chairman on the grounds that his Transfield company, founding sponsor of
the Biennale, helps run detention centres:
===Carnegie said the artists campaigning against Transfield Holdings over its links to detention centres were hypocrites who should reject all money from the Abbott government…(Thanks to reader Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
“The artists that vetoed this need to understand that most arts funding in the country comes from the government, and the government are ones behind Manus Island,” Mr Carnegie said on Sunday.
“If these guys are honest about it, they should object to government funding as well as corporate funding. But instead, they take all the government funding they can, and pick on somebody who’s been incredibly philanthropic in Sydney over a long period of time. The Belgiorno-Nettis family is one of the most philanthropic in the nation."…
Transfield Holdings holds a minority 12 per cent stake in Transfield Services, which is under contract to the federal government to provide “garrison support services” and welfare services to the detention centres.
Howard wins again
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (7:57am)
The one most loathed in his time by media commentators is the one remembered most fondly by voters:
UPDATE
The likes of Kerry-Anne Walsh and Anne Summers have tried to deify Julia Gillard as the patron saint of victims of misogyny, portraying her as a great woman brought down only by wicked men, many in the wicked Murdoch press. But even women no longer buy that tired schtick:
===John Howard has been named Australia’s best prime minister of the past 40 years, followed by Bob Hawke, with Gough Whitlam and Kevin Rudd tying for third place.I suspect that Abbott, should he survive the next election, will do enough to be remembered much more fondly in retirement than, say, Whitlam. He, too, faces a pitiless media.
The poll, conducted last week by Essential Research and provided exclusively to The Australian, shows that 39 per cent of voters ranked Mr Howard, the Liberal prime minister from 1996 to 2007, as the best.
Labor’s Mr Hawke was rated as the best prime minister by 14 per cent of voters. A further 8 per cent of voters chose Mr Whitlam while another 8 per cent selected Mr Rudd.
Paul Keating was named best prime minister by 7 per cent, placing him fifth overall. In sixth and seventh place, respectively, were Julia Gillard (4 per cent) and Malcolm Fraser (3 per cent). Tony Abbott’s score tied with Mr Fraser.
UPDATE
The likes of Kerry-Anne Walsh and Anne Summers have tried to deify Julia Gillard as the patron saint of victims of misogyny, portraying her as a great woman brought down only by wicked men, many in the wicked Murdoch press. But even women no longer buy that tired schtick:
Rudd (8 per cent) is twice as popular as Gillard (4 per cent). Only 5 per cent of women picked Gillard as the best prime minister. Labor voters preferred Howard (15 per cent) to Gillard (8 per cent).(Thanks to reader Peter.)
If it’s good enough for the ABC, it should be for its competitors
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (7:39am)
Malcolm Turnbull mulls changes:
Moreover, the ABC has five radio stations in each market, when every other media outfit is limited to two.
The ABC, of course, famously refuses to hire conservative hosts for its main current affairs shows.
Says Turnbull:
===The Communications Minister also backed industry arguments for the repeal of the ownership cap that prevents anyone owning two of the three traditional outlets — TV, radio and print — in one market.But one massive media outlet, famous for its bias, already owns TV, radio and print (a digital newspaper) in one market. It’s the ABC.
Moreover, the ABC has five radio stations in each market, when every other media outfit is limited to two.
The ABC, of course, famously refuses to hire conservative hosts for its main current affairs shows.
Says Turnbull:
“My view is the arrival of the internet, and the additional diversity and avenues for competition that it brings, really says we should have less regulation and more freedom,” Mr Turnbull said yesterday on Sky News’s Australian Agenda.Also on the books, a change to the law that stops city and country TV networks merging:
The rule prevents Nine, Seven and Ten from merging with regional networks including listed companies Southern Cross and Prime Media Group and the WIN Network owned by Bruce Gordon.Country MPs will be very suspicious over what promises to be a reduction of diversity - at least of material - in country TV.
Mr Turnbull outlined a philosophical position that favoured fewer industry rules and a greater reliance on the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission to vet mergers. “Why is there a 75 per cent reach limitation? Why is there a rule that says today that you can’t own print, television and radio in the same market? You could be fair to say that I am very sympathetic about it.”
Why won’t other journalists tackle Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, too?
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (7:10am)
THE ABC was among the first to fall for it, of course. In 2002, it reported the Great Barrier Reef was as good as dead already.
Host Kerry O’Brien groaned that our “once-spectacular” reef was “threatened by global warming” and “up to 10 per cent of the reef has been lost to bleaching since 1998”, turning it “bone white”.
Up popped Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, a Queensland reef researcher with a natty patter, to warn us to “change our lifestyles” or the reef would go — killed by hotter seas.
My god, but journalists are suckers for warming scares.
It’s like they actually want to be fooled — or to fool you.
Hoegh-Guldberg is now arguably the world’s most influential reef scientist in global-warming circles, having got big government grants, chaired a $20 million World Bank study of warming, and worked as an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead author.
Last week, he bobbed up again, waving a report he’d just done for the WWF green group to help promote this month’s Earth Hour.
Again journalists lapped it up, not bothering to check how all Hoegh-Guldberg’s other warnings had panned out. (Answer: terrible, as you’ll see.)
(Read full article here.)
Meet the kind of candidate to explain why Tasmania is dying
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (7:00am)
Christian Kerr discovers the archetypal Tasmanian Greens politician - the kind to guarantee this Greens birthplace remains the poorest state in our land:
Strewth is much taken by Braddon contender Philip Nicholas, as summarised by the ABC’s Antony Green on his campaign website.UPDATE
“Nicholas grew up on the edge of Melbourne before moving to Tasmania to pursue a career in classical music, studying viola and classical guitar at the Tasmanian Conservatorium. In 1980 he moved to northwest Tasmania to teach violin, viola, cello and classical guitar and has directed several musical ensembles. With a keen interest in science and global warming, Nicholas lives with his family in a house built of mud bricks and stone, designed along solar principles. He also runs his diesel car on a substantial portion of waste vegetable oil, is quarter owner of Lucas Mill and has milled some of his own wind-fallen trees. During winter evenings he spins wool but prefers to knit while travelling.”
Check the Greens’ astonishing policies. Bear in mind that Tasmania is our poorest state with our highest unemployment. It is broke and depends heavily on subsidies from other states.
Yet the Greens seems to suggest the state is awash with free money, and there’s little need to work. Every single one of its policies involves spending more government money, handing out more welfare, helping public servants or restricting some business:
Even the one policy which promises to help business involves just more useless spending. “Helping small business and community organisations bring down power bills” is not a scheme for getting rid of the carbon tax, but for spending another $1 million to cut energy use and make no practical difference to global warming:
The Energy Efficiency Loan Scheme will provide no interest loans to assist eligible small businesses and community sector organisations to purchase and install energy efficiency upgrades to reduce their energy costs. The fund will be established with initial start up funding of one million dollars to provide no interest loans of up to $10’ 000 to eligible businesses.The only “industry” the Greens seem keen to help is the public service. “Investing in a Revitalised Public Sector” means spending more millions Tasmania doesn’t have on making public servants happy:
The Greens will not reduce the size of Tasmania’s public sector workforce…It is almost criminal that such a party thrives in the state it’s helped to beggar.
The Greens will invest $6,600,000 over three years in innovative, creative and flexible workplaces that improve morale, health and well-being of our public sector workers.
(Thanks to reader the Village Idiot (Reformed).)
The only way I want to save Qantas is by flying it
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (12:03am)
LABOR is worried. The public isn’t stupid, after all, and doesn’t believe governments can or should “save” jobs.
We’re all consumers now. If we want to save Qantas, we’ll fly it.
If we want to save our car industry, we’ll buy a Holden or Ford.
If we want to save SPC Ardmona, we’ll buy a tin of peaches.
And if we don’t buy that ticket, car or tin, the Government should get its hands out of our pockets. Don’t force us to donate to companies that didn’t earn our business.
We’ve seen what such crony capitalism leads to.
Car makers got $30 billion in subsidies over 15 years — mostly to help pay too-generous wages demanded by militant unions — and what’s happened? Money gone, and all four car makers going.
The public gets this. Labor hasn’t.
(Read full article here.)
===We’re all consumers now. If we want to save Qantas, we’ll fly it.
If we want to save our car industry, we’ll buy a Holden or Ford.
If we want to save SPC Ardmona, we’ll buy a tin of peaches.
And if we don’t buy that ticket, car or tin, the Government should get its hands out of our pockets. Don’t force us to donate to companies that didn’t earn our business.
We’ve seen what such crony capitalism leads to.
Car makers got $30 billion in subsidies over 15 years — mostly to help pay too-generous wages demanded by militant unions — and what’s happened? Money gone, and all four car makers going.
The public gets this. Labor hasn’t.
(Read full article here.)
Pardon me, Warren, but I should be free to disagree with you - and am not
Andrew Bolt March 10 2014 (12:01am)
Lawyer Justin Quill,
who defended me in my nightmare case, still has trouble believing we
have such draconian laws against free speech:
Eureka Street’s editor misrepresents my argument and I could prove it if a court had not ordered me not to republish what I wrote:
===The debate centres on whether the Federal Government should change the Racial Discrimination Act to take away the prohibition on speaking publicly about race in a way that “offends” people.Quill is also astonished by the advice the Prime Minister is getting from Warren Mundine, who is missing the point:
Yes, you read correctly. Presently our law says you can’t say something that will “offend” someone if it is based on race.
There are some defences available, but causing “offence” alone shouldn’t be prohibited in the first place.
Warren Mundine, the head of Tony Abbott’s Indigenous Council, has reportedly directly advised the Prime Minister not to make the proposed change and to leave the “causing offence” clause in the legislation.UPDATE
Mr Mundine is reported as saying: “None of us can see what the problem is with (the ‘causing offence’ clause).
“I do not believe this legislation has stopped freedom of speech. I speak quite freely.”
But I’m sorry, Mr Mundine, the test should not be whether you — or people who have the same views as you — are able to speak freely.
Eureka Street’s editor misrepresents my argument and I could prove it if a court had not ordered me not to republish what I wrote:
The pledge before the election was prompted by a court finding that journalist Andrew Bolt broke the law when he caused offence with his questioning of the ethnicity of particular fair-skinned Aboriginal persons.That is not quite what I did, but it is not safe to restate my real argument without hiring poor Justin to OK it first. But here’s what he allowed me to say just after the verdict against me. In this interview with the ABC I discuss some of the background to my thinking on identity.
Who were the two men with stolen passports on the missing plane?
Andrew Bolt March 09 2014 (9:01pm)
A very odd coincidence:
But terrorism against China simply cannot be ruled out, especially after this Islamist attack only a week ago:
===AS THE FBI joins the international search for answers to what downed missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, security experts say China may have been the intended target.Let me be clear: we don’t know what happened to the plane. Human error? Mechanical error? Terrorism? And if terrorism, by whom?
It has emerged that two of the four travellers being investigated for travelling with stolen passports were travelling together and had booked through China Southern Airlines…
Two European names - Austrian Christian Kozel and Luigi Maraldi of Italy - were listed on the passenger manifest but neither man boarded the plane to Beijing, officials said. Both had their passports stolen in Thailand over the past two years.
The BBC is reporting that the men falsely using these passports purchased tickets at the same time. They had consecutive ticket numbers and were both booked on the same onward plane from Beijing to Europe on Saturday, the BBC said.
But terrorism against China simply cannot be ruled out, especially after this Islamist attack only a week ago:
Last Saturday a group of assailants arrived at the train station, took out long knives and began stabbing passengers at random, killing 33 and wounding 143...Again, I am not saying the plane was brought down by terrorists. I’m certainly not assuming that if there were terrorists they were Chinese Muslims, especially given the two men traveling on the stolen passports were claiming to be Italian and Austrian. I simply make the point that terrorism is no stranger to China.
Those responsible were described by Chinese officials as “terrorists” from the far-western province of Xinjiang… [a] vast, predominantly Muslim province. Over the past year there has been an increasing number of these violent clashes reported inside Xinjiang, where many local ethnic Uighurs seek independence from China.
If these artists are serious, let them return their grants as well
Andrew Bolt March 09 2014 (8:58pm)
Nicholas Pickard, former government arts adviser and Fairfax arts writer, asks artists to be not just smug and punitive but consistent:
===The arts are the only loser in the Biennale of Sydney’s decision to sever ties with founding sponsor Transfield, and its chief executive Luca Belgiorno-Nettis’ resignation as Biennale chairman....What a powerful symbol of rejection that would be, for activist artists such as Alison Croggon and Benjamin Law to return their arts grants in protest. And what a favor they’d do the taxpayers.
The end result of the protest is the that contract for the Papua New Guinea and Nauru detention centres still exists and the arts have lost the support of a major sponsor, pushing aside a family that has done more for the arts in Sydney than anyone in the past 40 years…
It began as an open letter by an arts teacher in early February that condemned the Biennale’s association with the Transfield Foundation. The foundation’s parent company is Transfield Holdings, which is a shareholder in Transfield Services, a company with contracts to manage the detention centres in PNG and Nauru…
In none of the statements by activists did they condemn Transfield’s funding of the Australian Chamber Orchestra or the peak arts and disability organisation Accessible Arts.
Nor did they condemn the links between Transfield board members who also sit on arts boards across the country providing their services, expertise and support. They include David Gonski, who is chairman of the Sydney Theatre Company, Guido Belgiorno-Nettis, who is president of the Art Gallery of NSW Trust, and Nicholas James, who is a director for Gondwana Choirs.
If the activists really wanted to be consistent, they would ... also boycott companies that fund the Liberal-Nationals Coalition, which implements the detention policy. These companies include Santos, Woodside Energy, ANZ, Zip Industries, Macquarie Group, Herbert Smith Freehills and Westfield Group. They are also all active arts sponsors…
Should artists continue to accept funding from the Australian government’s arts funding body the Australia Council?
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MADU Odiokwu Pastorvin
He Is Unchangeable Changer.Overcome EVERY SITUATION In Your life.
There is no setback you can face in life that God doesn’t already have a comeback plan for.We’ve all made mistakes. We’ve said the wrong thing at the wrong time, or perhaps we did something that is just too difficult or painful to talk about. We’ve all had setbacks in our yesterdays. But your past doesn’t define your future.
Some people overcome their mistakes, leave them in the past and move on to the great things God has for them. But I’ve found that, unfortunately, some people don’t.
They get trapped in their mistake. They can’t get past it. The burden of what they’ve done wrong (or what’s been done wrong to them) often becomes so powerful that it dominates their past, their present and their future. I’m reaching out to you today with hope that you are hearing.God doesn’t want you to live this way. He created you to be an overcomer. If you will look for His comeback plan, there’s no mistake or setback that can keep you down.God wants to lift you up.
Here’s what the apostle Paul writes in Romans: “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2 NLT). I love this phrase: “.let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” That’s amazing. I wish you a fruitful week,Amen.
There is no setback you can face in life that God doesn’t already have a comeback plan for.We’ve all made mistakes. We’ve said the wrong thing at the wrong time, or perhaps we did something that is just too difficult or painful to talk about. We’ve all had setbacks in our yesterdays. But your past doesn’t define your future.
Some people overcome their mistakes, leave them in the past and move on to the great things God has for them. But I’ve found that, unfortunately, some people don’t.
They get trapped in their mistake. They can’t get past it. The burden of what they’ve done wrong (or what’s been done wrong to them) often becomes so powerful that it dominates their past, their present and their future. I’m reaching out to you today with hope that you are hearing.God doesn’t want you to live this way. He created you to be an overcomer. If you will look for His comeback plan, there’s no mistake or setback that can keep you down.God wants to lift you up.
Here’s what the apostle Paul writes in Romans: “Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect” (Romans 12:2 NLT). I love this phrase: “.let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.” That’s amazing. I wish you a fruitful week,Amen.
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I CAN'T THANK HIM ENOUGH.
I thank all of you who have being a blessing to this Ministry. I want you to know how grateful I am for you. Your generous support and faithful prayers has encourage me to be a voice of hope and encouragement around the world. You are special to me.Today I give thanks For my blessings As I pray for those in need.
I give thanks For my family and friends As I pray for those who are lonely.
I give thanks for our freedoms As I pray for those who are oppressed.
I give thanks for our good health As I pray for those who are ill.
I give thanks for our comfort and prosperity As we share our blessings with others.
May the love of God enfold us, The peace of God dwell within us And the joy of God uplift us in Jesus Mighty Name,Amen.
I thank all of you who have being a blessing to this Ministry. I want you to know how grateful I am for you. Your generous support and faithful prayers has encourage me to be a voice of hope and encouragement around the world. You are special to me.Today I give thanks For my blessings As I pray for those in need.
I give thanks For my family and friends As I pray for those who are lonely.
I give thanks for our freedoms As I pray for those who are oppressed.
I give thanks for our good health As I pray for those who are ill.
I give thanks for our comfort and prosperity As we share our blessings with others.
May the love of God enfold us, The peace of God dwell within us And the joy of God uplift us in Jesus Mighty Name,Amen.
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How can I walk in righteousness with God?
Simple,live a sinless life.A single sin will deprive you of getting to your destination. "Sin is the result of believing a lie,righteousness is the result of believing God" The choice is yours.Have a fruitful week.
Simple,live a sinless life.A single sin will deprive you of getting to your destination. "Sin is the result of believing a lie,righteousness is the result of believing God" The choice is yours.Have a fruitful week.
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Father God, today I choose to focus on You. I bless and praise You no matter what my circumstances look like. I know that You are on my side and I thank You for always leading me in the path of victory. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
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In the Bible, David had all kinds of challenges. People lied about him, accused him, and tried to kill him. In Psalm 59 he says, "My enemies are coming against me like vicious dogs trying to destroy me. But as for what am going to do? I will sing about Your power. And I will shout for joy for You are my refuge, my place of safety in my day of distress."
Do you need to change your song today? Instead of complaining and thinking about what you're not, start thanking God for what you are becoming. Just like David, stay in faith and sing to the Lord knowing that He's going to complete what He's started in you.Change Your Song.God bless you.
Do you need to change your song today? Instead of complaining and thinking about what you're not, start thanking God for what you are becoming. Just like David, stay in faith and sing to the Lord knowing that He's going to complete what He's started in you.Change Your Song.God bless you.
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An Encounter with Jesus Changes Everything!
When we confront the awful truth about our sin, we will see with new eyes the Savior who reaches down to lift us up.
When we confront the awful truth about our sin, we will see with new eyes the Savior who reaches down to lift us up.
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Father, I choose to put my trust in You. I choose to press forward and overcome fear. I believe You are with me; I believe You love me, and You are leading me in paths of righteousness all the days of my life in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.
(Proverbs 29:25, NIV)
Fear is one of the enemy’s favorite tools to keep us from going forward in our lives. As soon as we make a decision to step out in faith and do what God is telling us to do, immediately the enemy will bring fear. He’ll put thoughts in your mind like, “What if I fail? What will others think? Maybe I don’t have what it takes.” He’ll do his best to use fear to convince you to shrink back and just stay right where you are.
The Bible tells us that fear is a spirit. It affects your emotions. But when you choose to put your trust in the Lord, no matter how you are feeling, you are combating fear.Today I encourage you, don’t allow fear to trap you and hold you back. Instead, take a step of faith knowing that God is on your side. He is for you and with you, leading and guiding you in the path of victory all the days of your life.Amen.
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Fear is one of the enemy’s favorite tools to keep us from going forward in our lives. As soon as we make a decision to step out in faith and do what God is telling us to do, immediately the enemy will bring fear. He’ll put thoughts in your mind like, “What if I fail? What will others think? Maybe I don’t have what it takes.” He’ll do his best to use fear to convince you to shrink back and just stay right where you are.
The Bible tells us that fear is a spirit. It affects your emotions. But when you choose to put your trust in the Lord, no matter how you are feeling, you are combating fear.Today I encourage you, don’t allow fear to trap you and hold you back. Instead, take a step of faith knowing that God is on your side. He is for you and with you, leading and guiding you in the path of victory all the days of your life.Amen.
Pastor Rick Warren
This weekend Malcolm Gladwell teaches with me on David & Goliath Live now! "Facing Your Giants"http://bit.ly/ZvjGI9
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Workaholics: If you're burning the candle at both ends you're not as bright as you think.
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What’s the difference anyway?
Andrew BoltMARCH102013(10:13am)
Again on the ABC, this time on its coverage of the WA state election:
ABC host Kerry O’Brien: Hannah Beazley standing for the ABC…
Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop: You’ve done it again, Kerry.
O’Brien: Just wish those letters weren’t so similar.
Labor’s humiliation in WA could spell curtains for Gillard
Andrew BoltMARCH102013(5:05am)
A big swing against Labor in the WA state election devastates the party and adds to pressure on Julia Gillard:
With 56.7 per cent of the vote counted, the coalition had 58 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis, with Labor taking 42 per cent, accounting for a swing of 6.6 per cent to the government.
True, Premier Colin Barnett is a good performer with a good record and was never going to lose. But Defence Minister Stephen Smith, who holds one of Labor’s three remaining federal seats in Western Australia, is brutally frank:
We’ve had a tough time federally - you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work that out - and there’s no doubt we have been a drag on [Opposition Leader] Mark [McGowan] and there’s no doubt that we haven’t been helpful.
If he’s right, Labor’s three federal seats, held by Smith, Special Minister of State Gary Gray and Melissa Parke, could be slashed to one or none.
UPDATE
But the strongest response to the defeat came from [Alannah] MacTiernan, a former WA Labor infrastructure minister, who called on the federal party to dump Ms Gillard.
Asked directly if she believed the ALP must replace Ms Gillard as leader, Ms MacTiernan replied: “Absolutely, I’m sorry it is very clear”.
UPDATE
The biggest swing, though, was against the Greens.
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Reader Colin:
The biggest worry for federal Labor in the WA State election is that they’ve lost the seat of Perth with a swing to the Liberals of 10%. This seat is a crucial part of Stephen Smiths federal seat, and together with swings of 7% in other areas of Smith’s electorate, he is in serious trouble.
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Meanwhile a new Galaxy poll just adds to the pressure:
Asked who they’d vote for if a federal election were held today, 32 per cent of respondents opted for the Labor party, while 48 per cent chose the coalition…
On a two-party preferred basis, the coalition earned 55 per cent of the vote to the government’s 45 per cent.
Pink Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne, was released in the UK on this day in 1967. This picture was taken during the filming of the promotional clip released for this song.
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Ocean temperatures predicted to rise as WA Labor plummets into the sea ;)
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The Pacific Marine Layer
I went to shoot the PANSTARRS comet tonight and as soon as I got to the Grizzly Peak, I knew it wasn't going to happen. That wall of purple is a form of haze known as the marine layer and it's great for ruining sunsets, though as you can see it did no damage to tonight's. It did however obscure the close to the horizon comet. Tomorrow we're supposed to be under a nice high pressure system, which will introduce warmer weather and (I hope) less off shore misty foggy gunk. The comet will also be a bit higher, so that should help too.
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Sincere thanks Western Australia - we won't let you down. - Peter Collier
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There is a reason I shop at Max Brenners .. excellent chocolate .. but more .. I support the ethos. And for that reason, I wouldn't choose Starbucks when there is a Gloria Jeans. - ed
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Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
P.S.
I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?
Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH. - apocryphal - ed
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March 10: Commonwealth Day in the Commonwealth of Nations (2014); National Heroes and Benefactors Day in Belize (2014)
- 1607 – Susenyos defeated the combined armies of Yaqoband Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1830 – By royal decree, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army was established to be the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies.
- 1952 – Forbidden by law to seek re-election, former Cuban President Fulgencio Batista (pictured) staged a coup d'état to resume control.
- 1975 – Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.
- 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa, the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong, announced his resignation following widespread dissatisfaction with his leadership.
Events[edit]
- 241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
- 298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
- 1607 – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
- 1735 – An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
- 1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
- 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
- 1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
- 1816 – Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito.
- 1830 – The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
- 1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
- 1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
- 1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
- 1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
- 1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which become British protectorates.
- 1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines were incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
- 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
- 1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million in damage.
- 1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
- 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
- 1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
- 1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
- 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
- 1975 – Vietnam War: Ho Chi Minh Campaign - North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon on the final push for victory over South Vietnam.
- 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
- 1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
- 1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing.
- 1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
- 2000 – The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
- 2005 – Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
- 2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
Births[edit]
- 1415 – Vasily II of Moscow (d. 1462)
- 1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
- 1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
- 1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
- 1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
- 1709 – Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
- 1745 – John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
- 1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian poet and librettist of Mozart operas (d. 1838)
- 1769 – Joseph Williamson, English businessman and philanthropist (d. 1840)
- 1772 – Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1829)
- 1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1810)
- 1787 – Francisco de Paula Martínez de la Rosa y Berdejo, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1862)
- 1787 – William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
- 1788 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German author and poet (d. 1857)
- 1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
- 1839 – Dudley Buck, American organist and composer (d. 1909)
- 1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist and composer (d. 1908)
- 1845 – Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
- 1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
- 1847 – Kate Sheppard, English-New Zealand activist (d. 1934)
- 1848 – William Thompson, American archer (d. 1918)
- 1850 – Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
- 1852 – Léon Moreaux, French target shooter (d. 1921)
- 1867 – Hector Guimard, French-American architect, designed the La Bluette (d. 1942)
- 1875 – Alexander Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1961)
- 1876 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish assassin of Heikki Ritavuori (d. 1948)
- 1877 – Émile Sarrade, French rugby player (d. 1953)
- 1881 – Thomas Quinlan, English businessman (d. 1951)
- 1888 – Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
- 1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
- 1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese martial artist (d. 1972)
- 1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor and engineer (d. 1984)
- 1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-Swiss composer (d. 1955)
- 1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
- 1897 – Robert Meier, German soldier (d. 2007)
- 1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, Greek politician (d. 1943)
- 1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American pianist and composer (d. 1931)
- 1905 – Betty Amann, German-American actress (d. 1990)
- 1905 – Richard Haydn, English-American actor (d. 1985)
- 1906 – Lionel Bertrand, Canadian journalist and politician (d. 1979)
- 1908 – Kristjan Palusalu, Estonian wrestler (d. 1987)
- 1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (d. 1976)
- 1914 – K. P. Ratnam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. 2010)
- 1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian-American sculptor(d. 1978)
- 1915 – Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
- 1916 – Davie Fulton, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2000)
- 1917 – C. Balasingham, Ceylon Tamil civil servant (d. 2001)
- 1917 – Frank Perconte, American soldier (d. 2013)
- 1918 – Günther Rall, German pilot (d. 2009)
- 1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
- 1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founded Peet's Coffee & Tea (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Boris Vian, French author and playwright (d. 1959)
- 1923 – Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (d. 2013)
- 1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
- 1925 – Jean-Guy Cardinal, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
- 1926 – Jimmy McGill, Scottish footballer (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Jimmy Payne, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor (d. 2011)
- 1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer (d. 2013)
- 1928 – James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. (d. 1998)
- 1929 – Huey P. Meaux, American record producer, founded Tear Drop Records and Capri Records (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Sam Steiger, American journalist and politician (d. 2012)
- 1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian singer-songwriter and author (d. 2001)
- 1932 – Marcia Falkender, English politician
- 1932 – Udupi Ramachandra Rao, Indian Space Scientist
- 1933 – Ralph Emery, American television host
- 1934 – Fou Ts'ong, Chinese pianist
- 1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian footballer and coach
- 1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss businessman and President of FIFA
- 1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer-songwriter and journalist (d. 1989)
- 1937 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1938 – Norman Blake, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1938 – Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens
- 1939 – Asghar Ali Engineer, Indian activist and author (d. 2013)
- 1939 – Hugh Johnson, English writer and wine expert
- 1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
- 1940 – Dean Torrence, American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean)
- 1940 – David Rabe, American screenwriter
- 1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress
- 1945 – Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
- 1945 – Madhavrao Scindia, Indian Politician(d.2001)
- 1946 – Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese race car driver
- 1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator and director, founded Act3animation
- 1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball player and coach (d. 1993)
- 1947 – Lavinia Byrne, British writer and broadcaster
- 1947 – Kim Campbell, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
- 1947 – Paul Condon, Baron Condon, English police officer
- 1947 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino model and actress, Miss Universe 1969
- 1947 – Bob Greene, American journalist
- 1947 – Andrew Parrott, British conductor
- 1947 – Tom Scholz, American guitarist and songwriter (Boston)
- 1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player
- 1948 – Richard Park, Scottish broadcaster
- 1949 – Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist
- 1949 – Barbara Corcoran, American businesswoman and reality television star (Shark Tank)
- 1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
- 1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress
- 1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress, Miss Universe 1969
- 1952 – Johanna Lindsey, American author
- 1952 – Mike O'Donnell, English composer
- 1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
- 1953 – Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian runner
- 1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer
- 1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer-songwriter
- 1955 – Yousra, Egyptian actress and singer
- 1955 – Gary Louris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jayhawks and Golden Smog)
- 1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
- 1956 – Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor, director, and producer
- 1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English actor and author
- 1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Arabian terrorist, founded al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
- 1957 – Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player
- 1957 – Matt Knudsen, American actor
- 1957 – Hilary Devey, English businesswoman and philanthropist
- 1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian-American model and actress
- 1957 – Jim White, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer
- 1958 – Garth Crooks, English footballer and pundit
- 1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
- 1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress and producer
- 1960 – Lance Burton, American magician
- 1960 – Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German-American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Nena)
- 1960 – Gail Greenwood, American bass player (Belly and L7)
- 1960 – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish journalist
- 1961 – Laurel Clark, American physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
- 1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
- 1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
- 1961 – Bobby Petrino, American football player and coach
- 1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress, singer, and director
- 1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1963 – Jeff Ament, American bass player and songwriter (Pearl Jam, Green River, and Mother Love Bone)
- 1963 – Felipe Ramos, Mexican football referee
- 1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer, founded Def Jam Recordings
- 1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish singer-songwriter
- 1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
- 1964 – David Faber, American journalist
- 1964 – Nikola Mladenov, Macedonian journalist (d. 2013)
- 1965 – Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian football player and coach (d. 2004)
- 1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player
- 1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Heavy Circles and Edie Brickell & New Bohemians)
- 1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor
- 1966 – Gráinne Mulvey, Irish Composer
- 1966 – Phil X, Canadian musician known best as a session and touring guitarist
- 1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player
- 1966 – Andres Võsand, Estonian tennis player
- 1967 – Daichi Suzuki, Japanese swimmer
- 1967 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani-English poet and scholar
- 1968 – Felice Arena, Australian author
- 1968 – Thio Li-ann, Singaporean lawyer and educator
- 1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress
- 1969 – Walter Schreifels, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Youth of Today)
- 1970 – Matt Barlow, American singer-songwriter (Iced Earth and Pyramaze)
- 1970 – Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
- 1971 – Steve Arnold, English race car driver
- 1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor and director
- 1971 – Daryle Singletary, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 – Timbaland, American rapper and producer
- 1972 – Takashi Fujii, Japanese comedian and singer
- 1972 – Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
- 1972 – Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek jumper
- 1973 – Eva Herzigová, Czech model and actress
- 1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence, We Are the Fallen, Machina, and Mourningside)
- 1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer
- 1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish guitarist (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, Ribspreader, and Nightingale)
- 1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentinian footballer
- 1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean-American model and actor
- 1974 – Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
- 1975 – Lyne Bessette, Canadian cyclist
- 1975 – Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli basketball player
- 1976 – Kisaki, Japanese bass player, songwriter, and producer (Dir en grey, Phantasmagoria, and Anti Feminism)
- 1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
- 1977 – Jeff Branson, American actor
- 1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
- 1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast
- 1977 – Colin Murray, Irish radio and television host
- 1977 – Rita Simons, English actress and singer
- 1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1977 – Bree Turner, American actress
- 1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
- 1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Breaking Benjamin)
- 1978 – Camille, French singer
- 1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor
- 1979 – Edi Gathegi, Kenyan-American actor
- 1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
- 1981 – Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
- 1981 – Steven Reid, Irish footballer
- 1981 – Ángel López, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Gabriela Voleková, Slovak tennis player
- 1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
- 1982 – Keke Wyatt, American singer and actress
- 1983 – Che'Nelle, Malaysian-Australian singer-songwriter
- 1983 – Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player
- 1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor
- 1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1983 – Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
- 1984 – Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
- 1984 – Ben May, English footballer
- 1984 – Olivia Wilde, American-Irish actress
- 1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
- 1985 – Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino actor
- 1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
- 1987 – Sita Chan, Hong Kong singer and actress (d. 2013)
- 1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1987 – Emeli Sandé, English-Scottish singer-songwriter
- 1987 – Liu Shishi, Chinese actress
- 1988 – Christian Beck, German footballer
- 1988 – Michael Dunlop, Irish motorcycle racer
- 1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
- 1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer
- 1991 – Bahaa Al Farra, Palestinian runner
- 1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French footballer
- 1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
- 1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer
- 1993 – Jeffrey Scaperrotta, American actor
- 1993 – Nooa Takooa, Kiribati sprinter
- 1993 – Alfred Duncan, Ghanaian footballer
- 1995 – Sergey Mozgov, Russian ice dancer
- 1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player
- 1997 – Julia Barretto, Filipina Actress
Deaths[edit]
- 483 – Pope Simplicius
- 1315 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic (b. 1244)
- 1391 – Tvrtko I of Bosnia (b. 1338)
- 1510 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss priest (b. 1445)
- 1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
- 1584 – Thomas Norton, English lawyer and politician (b. 1532)
- 1585 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
- 1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss physician and scholar (b. 1533)
- 1669 – John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
- 1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
- 1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, and physician (b. 1641)
- 1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
- 1776 – Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
- 1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
- 1823 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Scottish admiral (d. 1746)
- 1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1752)
- 1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
- 1864 – Jack Slade, American superintendent (b. 1831)
- 1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian journalist and politician (b. 1805)
- 1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, French nun, founded the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
- 1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-French fashion designer (b. 1826)
- 1897 – Savitribai Phule, Indian Social Reformer(b.1831)
- 1910 – Karl Lueger, Austrian politician Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
- 1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor, and composer (b. 1824)
- 1913 – Harriet Tubman, American nurse and activist (b. 1820)
- 1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish-American jumper (b. 1878)
- 1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian author (b. 1884)
- 1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1891)
- 1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American author (b. 1900)
- 1948 – Jan Masaryk, Czech politician (b. 1886)
- 1949 – James Rector, American runner (b. 1884)
- 1950 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- 1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician, 44th Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
- 1961 – Richard Indreko, Estonian historian and archeologist (b. 1900)
- 1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
- 1967 – Yiorgos Batis, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1885)
- 1969 – Louis Menges, American soccer player (b. 1888)
- 1970 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
- 1973 – Bull Connor, American politician (b. 1897)
- 1976 – August Pikker, Estonian wrestler (b. 1889)
- 1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-American organist (b. 1906)
- 1982 – Minoru Shirota, Japanese scientist, invented Yakult (b. 1899)
- 1984 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
- 1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, Russian politician (b. 1911)
- 1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
- 1986 – Ray Milland, Welsh actor and director (b. 1905)
- 1988 – Andy Gibb, English-Australian singer (b. 1958)
- 1989 – Kermit Beahan, American lieutenant (b. 1918)
- 1990 – Otto Schuhart, German captain (b. 1901)
- 1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek bouzouki player and composer (b. 1925)
- 1993 – Dino Bravo, Italian-Canadian wrestler (b. 1949)
- 1994 – Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
- 1996 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)
- 1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer and actress (b. 1929)
- 1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
- 1999 – Valentino Mazzia, American anesthesiologist (b. 1922)
- 2001 – Christie Jayaratnam Eliezer, Ceylon Tamil mathematician and academic (b. 1918)
- 2001 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter and costume designer (b. 1923)
- 2001 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter (b. 1958)
- 2001 – Mati Nuude, Estonian weightlifter and singer (Apelsin) (b. 1941)
- 2003 – Barry Sheene, English motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
- 2004 – Renos Apostolidis, Greek writer and literary critic (b. 1924)
- 2004 – Dave Schulthise, American bass player (The Dead Milkmen) (b. 1956)
- 2005 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian and actor (b. 1936)
- 2005 – Danny Joe Brown, American singer-songwriter (Molly Hatchet and The Danny Joe Brown Band) (b. 1951)
- 2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano and actress (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Richard Jeni, American comedian and actor (b. 1957)
- 2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
- 2008 – Richard Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
- 2008 – Vangelis Kazan, Greek actor (b. 1936)
- 2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian-American actor (b. 1971)
- 2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian scholar (b. 1928)
- 2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American writer and illustrator (b. 1926)
- 2012 – Jean Giraud, French writer and illustrator (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Domna Samiou, Greek researcher and performer of Greek folk music (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Tan Boon Teik, Singaporean politician, Attorney-General of Singapore (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Nik Zoricic Canadian skier (b. 1983)
- 2013 – Edelmiro Amante, Filipino politician (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Jim Anderson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Brian Archer, Australian politician (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Geoff Braybrooke, New Zealand politician (b. 1925)
- 2013 – František Gregor, Czech ice hockey player (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (b. 1915)
- 2013 – Tony Mansfield, Irish hurler and manager (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Ian Munro Ross, English-American engineer (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Metin Serezli, Turkish actor (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Masao Yamaguchi, Japanese anthropologist (b. 1931)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Hote Matsuri (Shiogama, Japan)
- Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence supporters)
“He has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,” - 2 Timothy 1:9
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
March 9: Morning
"Yea, he is altogether lovely." - Song of Solomon 5:16
The superlative beauty of Jesus is all-attracting; it is not so much to be admired as to be loved. He is more than pleasant and fair, he is lovely. Surely the people of God can fully justify the use of this golden word, for he is the object of their warmest love, a love founded on the intrinsic excellence of his person, the complete perfection of his charms. Look, O disciples of Jesus, to your Master's lips, and say, "Are they not most sweet?" Do not his words cause your hearts to burn within you as he talks with you by the way? Ye worshippers of Immanuel, look up to his head of much fine gold, and tell me, are not his thoughts precious unto you? Is not your adoration sweetened with affection as ye humbly bow before that countenance which is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars? Is there not a charm in his every feature, and is not his whole person fragrant with such a savour of his good ointments, that therefore the virgins love him? Is there one member of his glorious body which is not attractive?--one portion of his person which is not a fresh lodestone to our souls?--one office which is not a strong cord to bind your heart? Our love is not as a seal set upon his heart of love alone; it is fastened upon his arm of power also; nor is there a single part of him upon which it does not fix itself. We anoint his whole person with the sweet spikenard of our fervent love. His whole life we would imitate; his whole character we would transcribe. In all other beings we see some lack, in him there is all perfection. The best even of his favoured saints have had blots upon their garments and wrinkles upon their brows; he is nothing but loveliness. All earthly suns have their spots: the fair world itself hath its wilderness; we cannot love the whole of the most lovely thing; but Christ Jesus is gold without alloy-light without darkness--glory without cloud--"Yea, he is altogether lovely."
Evening
"Abide in me." - John 15:4
Communion with Christ is a certain cure for every ill. Whether it be the wormwood of woe, or the cloying surfeit of earthly delight, close fellowship with the Lord Jesus will take bitterness from the one, and satiety from the other. Live near to Jesus, Christian, and it is a matter of secondary importance whether thou livest on the mountain of honour or in the valley of humiliation. Living near to Jesus, thou art covered with the wings of God, and underneath thee are the everlasting arms. Let nothing keep thee from that hallowed intercourse, which is the choice privilege of a soul wedded to the well-beloved. Be not content with an interview now and then, but seek always to retain his company, for only in his presence hast thou either comfort or safety. Jesus should not be unto us a friend who calls upon us now and then, but one with whom we walk evermore. Thou hast a difficult road before thee: see, O traveller to heaven, that thou go not without thy guide. Thou hast to pass through the fiery furnace; enter it not unless, like Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, thou hast the Son of God to be thy companion. Thou hast to storm the Jericho of thine own corruptions: attempt not the warfare until, like Joshua, thou hast seen the Captain of the Lord's host, with his sword drawn in his hand. Thou art to meet the Esau of thy many temptations: meet him not until at Jabbok's brook thou hast laid hold upon the angel, and prevailed. In every case, in every condition, thou wilt need Jesus; but most of all, when the iron gates of death shall open to thee. Keep thou close to thy soul's Husband, lean thy head upon his bosom, ask to be refreshed with the spiced wine of his pomegranate, and thou shalt be found of him at the last, without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Seeing thou hast lived with him, and lived in him here, thou shalt abide with him forever.
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Shem, Sem
[Shĕm, Sĕm] - renown, or name.
A son of Noah, and ancestor of Christ (Gen. 5:32).
From his name, it is to be inferred that Shem was a distinguished person. The men of Babel sought to make themselves a name (Gen. 11:4) and become, thereby, rivals of Shem. The greatness of Shem arose from the fact that he was a forerunner of Christ. Shem's name meaning "renown" foreshadowed the greater name "above every name" before which every knee shall bow (Luke 3:36). In offering praise to God, Noah said, "Blessed be the Lord God of Shem" (Gen. 9:26).
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Today's reading: Deuteronomy 7-9, Mark 11:19-33 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Deuteronomy 7-9
Driving Out the Nations
1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess and drives out before you many nations--the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you-- 2 and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you and you have defeated them, then you must destroy them totally. Make no treaty with them, and show them no mercy....Today's New Testament reading: Mark 11:19-33
19 When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city.
20 In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. 21 Peter remembered and said to Jesus, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered!"
22 "Have faith in God," Jesus answered. 23 "Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins...."
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Lent Devotional Reading Plan
Today's Lent reading: Matthew 1-3 (NIV)
View today's Lent reading on Bible GatewayThe Genealogy of Jesus the Messiah
1 This is the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah the son of David, the son of Abraham:
2 Abraham was the father of Isaac,
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David....
Isaac the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar,
Perez the father of Hezron,
Hezron the father of Ram,
4 Ram the father of Amminadab,
Amminadab the father of Nahshon,
Nahshon the father of Salmon,
5 Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab,
Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth,
Obed the father of Jesse,
6 and Jesse the father of King David....
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