Also on this day the Spanish Armada was sighted off the English coast. But, it was never a real threat of invasion as the large number of troops that had been assembled would never have been able to board the ships as they were never able to get past the smaller Dutch ships which would have prevented it in shallower waters. Even so, it was a remarkable success and allowed Queen Elizabeth to later give her stirring speech at Tillbury.
"My loving people, we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes for fear of treachery; but, I do assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself, that under God I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and goodwill of my subjects; and, therefore, I am come amongst you as you see at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of battle, to live or die amongst you all – to lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour and my blood even in the dust. I know I have the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king – and of a King of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm; to which, rather than any dishonour should grow by me, I myself will take up arms – I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness, you have deserved rewards and crowns, and, we do assure you, on the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people"Mark Antony had had success at the Battle of Alexandria, 30 BC, against Octavion, but instead of a stirring speech to his men, he committed suicide. One can learn a lot by studying Elizabeth Rex. Antony's example is less glorious.
Today is another of infamy for anti semitism. In 1492 the Alhambra Decree took effect, kicking all Jews out of Spain, five years after the Spanish King had instigated the Spanish Inquisition. In 1932 the NAZI Party won 38% of the vote. One can only guess what the 38% wanted of them, their activity was evident from the beginning. Brutal and ugly. In 1941, Hitler instructed Hermann Göring to give orders to SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
In 1201, John Komnenos the Fat failed to usurp the Byzantine empire. In 1498 on his third voyage, Christopher Columbus discovered Trinidad. In 1658 Aurangzeb took control of India, ending secular administration and putting in place Islamic rule, his administration was to mark the downfall of Islamic leaders in India. In 1715, 12 Spanish treasure galleons set sail from Havana, eleven sank in a storm, allowing their treasure to be claimed centuries later. In 1763, Chief Pontiac defeated British in the Battle of Bloody Run. In 1777, the US Second continental Congress gave Lafayette an honorary rank of Major General of US forces. In 1790, US granted a patent for Potash. In 1856, Christchurch became a city. In 1913, the Balkan states signed an armistice. In 1919, Germany adopted the Weimar constitution. In 1930, radio program The Shadow first aired. In 1931 the future TV WCBS first broadcasted. In 1938, archaeologists discovered gold and silver plates from Darius the Great at Persepolis. In 1945, Pierre Laval, former socialist turned fascist leader of Vichy France, surrendered to allies in Austria.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
===1917 – First World War: The Battle of Passchendaele began near Ypres in West Flanders, Belgium, with the Allied Powers aiming to force German troops to withdraw from the Channel Ports.
1941 – The Holocaust: Under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Hermann Göring ordered SS General Reinhard Heydrich to handle "the final solution of the Jewish question".
1975 – The Troubles: In a botched paramilitary attack, three members of the popular Miami Showband and two Ulster Volunteer Force gunmen were killed in County Down, Northern Ireland.
1991 – Soviet Special Purpose Police Unit troops killed seven Lithuanian customs officials in Medininkai in the most serious attack of their campaign against Lithuanian border posts. Avoid seditious libel that will get you pilloried. Also, avoid big battles. Try and solve problems without hurting people. Or you may become a joke. Sometimes, it might be best to turn a blind eye .. and just have fun.
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- 30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
- 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
- 1201 – Attempted usurpation of John Komnenos the Fat.
- 1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – the French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the riverYonne.
- 1492 – The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
- 1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island ofTrinidad.
- 1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
- 1655 – Russo-Polish War (1654–67): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
- 1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India.
- 1667 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict.
- 1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- 1715 – A Spanish treasure fleet seven days after 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
- 1763 – Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
- 1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
- 1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- 1856 – Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
- 1865 – The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
- 1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
- 1919 – German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
- 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
- 1931 – New York, New York experimental television station W2XAB (now known as WCBS) begins broadcasts.
- 1932 – The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- 1938 – Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
- 1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
- 1948 – USS Nevada (BB-36) is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
- 1956 – Jim Laker becomes the first man to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings as he returns figures of 10/53 in the Australian 2nd innings. This combined with his 9/37 in the first innings gave him match figures of 19/90 in the 4th Test at Old Trafford.
- 1961 – At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in Major League Baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
- 1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
- 1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
- 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
- 1972 – The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village ofClaudy.
- 1991 – The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
- 1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector – NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.
- 2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro.
- 2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
- 2009 – Three members of the popular South Korean group TVXQ, (Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu, and Park Yoochun), filed lawsuit against their Korean managementS.M. Entertainment.
- 2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics.
- 1143 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
- 1396 – Philip the Good, French son of John the Fearless (d. 1467)
- 1704 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1752)
- 1718 – John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
- 1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
- 1796 – Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846)
- 1800 – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist (d. 1882)
- 1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish engineer, co-designed the Novelty Locomotive (d. 1889)
- 1847 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)
- 1867 – S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966)
- 1880 – Premchand, Indian author (d. 1936)
- 1886 – Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (d. 1965)
- 1892 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986)
- 1911 – George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)
- 1912 – Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)
- 1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
- 1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)
- 1918 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998)
- 1921 – Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)
- 1929 – José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer, coach, and manager
- 1939 – France Nuyen, French actress
- 1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
- 1947 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)
- 1953 – Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria
- 1962 – Wesley Snipes, American martial artist, actor, and producer
- 1964 – Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Corrs)
- 1965 – J. K. Rowling, English author
- 1966 – Tatsuya Ishihara, Japanese animator and director
- 1967 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (d. 2005)
- 1974 – Emilia Fox, English actress
- 1982 – Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1989 – Jessica Williams, American actress
- 1992 – Lizzy, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (After School and Orange Caramel)
- 1998 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor
- 54 BC – Aurelia Cotta, Roman wife of Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC)
- 450 – Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380)
- 1358 – Étienne Marcel, French rebel leader (b. 1302)
- 1508 – Na'od, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1494)
- 1556 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest and theologian, founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1491)
- 1784 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (b. 1713)
- 1886 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
- 1943 – Hedley Verity, English cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1953 – Robert Taft, American politician (b. 1889)
All we are saying, is give war a chance
Piers Akerman – Thursday, July 31, 2014 (6:57pm)
THE real message coming from the Gazan conflict is give war a chance. That’s right. All peace-loving people should be demonstrating in the streets and singing, “All we are saying, is give war a chance”.
Continue reading 'All we are saying, is give war a chance'SARAH CAUSE-EFFECT
Tim Blair – Thursday, July 31, 2014 (5:08am)
As Labor has learned, Greens bring trouble:
An internal report provided to the Immigration Department has warned that, when Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young turns up at a detention centre, there is a corresponding spike in “incidents” involving asylum seekers.The operational brief provided by the security company Serco to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection claimed “high profile” visits to detention centres sparked an increase in reportable “incidents” and “adverse behaviour” among detainees.
Greens also cause “accidents" and “tragedies”.
ISLAM IMITATES COMEDY
Tim Blair – Thursday, July 31, 2014 (4:58am)
Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc:
Women should not laugh out loud in public, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc has said while complaining about “moral corruption” in Turkey …“[The woman] will know what is haram and not haram. She will not laugh in public. She will not be inviting in her attitudes and will protect her chasteness,” Arinc said.
Excellent US sitcom Parks and Recreation:
(Via Miss Piggy)
(Via Miss Piggy)
UPDATE. A laughter rebellion!
CRATE OF ORIGIN
Tim Blair – Thursday, July 31, 2014 (2:43am)
An interstate crate dispute has broken out over Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s plans to install $9.3 million worth of public art throughout inner Sydney.
Just one day after Moore’s plans were announced to widespread ridicule, Melbourne artist Jarrad Kennedy claimed that he was the first to design and build a giant milk crate.
Victoria vs NSW: state against state, crate against crate
A similar giant crate, named Pavilion and designed by Sydney artist Hany Armanious, is a key feature of Moore’s proposed art project.
Victoria vs NSW: state against state, crate against crate
A similar giant crate, named Pavilion and designed by Sydney artist Hany Armanious, is a key feature of Moore’s proposed art project.
Continue reading 'CRATE OF ORIGIN'Hamas to the children: shoot Jews. UPDATE: Sydney protest: “jihad is the answer”
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (6:10pm)
What does Hamas care that Palestinian children die in the war it started
and will not stop? After all, it’s been recruiting them for years for
jihad.
What kind of culture broadcasts this filth?
UPDATE
Filmed on the streets of Lakemba, this protest, with young men chanting:
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Filmed on the streets of Lakemba, this protest, with young men chanting:
Philistine philistine (Arabic for Palestine),(Thanks to readers Philip and Robyn, with help from Mariane.)
Allah hedik Israel (God destroy you Israel)
Palestine is Muslim land
With the Umma we will stand
Palestine is Muslim land
The solution is Jihad
Palestine is Muslim land
Your oppression will not stand
You can never stop Islam
From Australia to al Sham (Syria)
One umma hand in hand
From Lakemba to Gaza
Gaza debate tells us to scrap laws against free speech
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (1:00pm)
Reader Graham Hyde, a solicitor and barrister, says the Gaza debate shows why our hate speech laws must be repealed:
===The debate over Israel’s military action in Gaza shows why section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be fully repealed and replaced with a Federal Freedom of Expression Act or a guarantee of free expression in the Federal Constitution.Graham adds:
Presently, Jewish activists could complain to numerous Human Rights Commissions that former Ambassador Ross Burns (‘Israel may not have a way back‘, 31/7/14) has breached s.18C or other censorship laws as in the Kazak case. They may argue that he accuses Israel of cruelty, apartheid, ethnic discrimination and cleansing, and encaging, blockading, and sending tanks through Gaza’s population like the ‘Sudetenland’ (comparing Israelis to Hitler?) thus committing war crimes.
Jews may find this offensive, insulting, humiliating, vilifying, or bigoted, or think it incites racial hatred. Given the Holocaust, and recent attacks on Jews in Europe and elsewhere, some may even think it is intimidating, or incites violence or even genocide.
I strongly disagree with Mr Burns, but support his right to free expression, as I believe the vast majority of Australians do. ’
Note: In the case of Kazak v John Fairfax Publications Limited [2000] NSWADT 77 on very similar facts a complaint against journalist Tom Switzer was upheld. He said among other things: ‘...the Palestinians cannot be trusted in the peace process..the Palestinians are the true culprits in derailing efforts to reach an agreement over Gaza and the West Bank…the Palestinians remain vicious thugs who show no serious willingness to comply with agreements….’. Note also the use of the term ‘Israelis’ (joint reference to the people of Israel?) in Mr Burns’s opening paragraph and his repeated use of the term Israel and see paras 78 to 83 of the Kazak judgement). [That judgment was later overturned on appeal.]
The recent case of Clarke v Nationwide News Pty Ltd trading as The Sunday Times [2012] FCA 307, demonstrates that the publisher of offensive material (eg The Australian newspaper in respect of Mr Burns’s article) could be held liable for the simple act of publication.
Embedded with Islamists. So be wary of their reports
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (11:32am)
How free are the reporters embedded with Hamas terrorists in Gaza free to see and to report?
===HAMAS is not just targeting Israeli civilians, threatening Gazans and using them as humans shields.Then there’s the double-counting of Palestinian victims, many of whom aren’t as innocent as usually portrayed:
It has another terror tactic: intimidating foreign journalists…
Reporter Peter Stefanovic, of the Nine Network’s news, stationed in Gaza, received a surge of abuse and threats when he tweeted that he had seen rockets fired into Israel from near his hotel, in a civilian area…
John Reed, a reporter for Britain’s Financial Times, tweeted about seeing “two rockets fired toward Israel from near al-Shifa hospital (the largest in Gaza), even as more bombing victims were brought in”. He was also subject to threats and abuse.
The Wall Street Journal’s reporter Nick Casey fell foul of Hamas by reporting that Shifa hospital was Hamas’s control centre. On July 21, Casey posted a photo on Twitter of a chief Hamas spokesman being interviewed from a room in Shifa hospital in front of a makeshift backdrop of a photo of a destroyed house… Almost immediately, Casey received a flood of online threats. Two days later, the tweet was deleted…
French-Palestinian journalist Radjaa Abu Dagga wrote that he was forcibly blocked from leaving Gaza and detained and interrogated by members of Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigade at a room in Shifa hospital next to the emergency room. His account of his treatment, in the French newspaper Liberation, also has since been taken down from the paper’s website at Dagga’s request…
Italian reporter Gabriele Barbati tweeted on Tuesday: “Out of #Gaza far from #Hamas retaliation: misfired rocket killed children today in Shati. Witness: militants rushed and cleared debris.”
He was referring to a strike on Monday at al-Shati refugee camp which, together with a near-simultaneous hit on Shifa hospital, killed 10 people, including a number of children.
Israel vehemently denied responsibility and said it had proof via photos and radar that misfired Islamic Jihad rockets had caused the deaths.
In his tweet, Barbati backed up the Israeli version (the fast clean-up suggests a cover-up) — and implied that he would not have been free to say this had he been in Gaza.
According to the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Centre, out of 775 fatalities analysed (as of July 23), 229 were militants or terrorists, 267 were civilians, and 279 could not yet be classified.
The Meir Amit centre examines each reported casualty’s background on Palestinian websites and looks for details about their funerals to determine their occupation and to confirm or rule out any affiliation with terror groups, giving much greater accuracy about whether the person was a civilian.
Back off, Big Brother
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (9:52am)
Too much Big Brother?
What’s it to you if I decide to eat only baked beans so I can spend some
of my dole on a nice bottle of champagne for Christmas, just to feel
rich for a day?
But to the disabled, too? And the sick? Their carers?
===ABOUT 2.5 million welfare recipients on “working-age payments”, including disability support pensioners and carers, would be forced into a cashless world where 100 per cent of their payments were income managed and they were banned from purchasing “prohibited” goods.But, yes, I agree that pension payments for children should come with strings attached. Even payments to the unemployed.
The radical proposal is contained in mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s blueprint for indigenous welfare and employment, which he has delivered to the Abbott government…
Mr Forrest also wants all families receiving family tax benefits to have access to the money directly linked to school attendance of their children.
But to the disabled, too? And the sick? Their carers?
Scrap this useless tax and the spending it was meant to pay for
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (9:21am)
Judith Sloan is right. The mining tax must go - along with the mad welfare spending it was stupidly meant to fund:
===It has been a fiasco from the start. The first version was a form of institutionalised theft which would have meant every global mining company leaving Australia in due course. The second version, which was designed by the big mining companies themselves, is much less harmful in terms of discouraging investment, but it doesn’t really raise any revenue…
The net effect ... has been to produce a mere $600,000 in net revenue to the federal government in the June quarter…
Recall that the Gillard government, under the stewardship of treasurer Wayne Swan, expected to raise $300 million this financial year and a total of $26.5 billion over the period 2013-14 to 2016-17.
If the dribble of revenue is not bad enough, the Labor government’s decision to link a whole lot of poor quality spending to the revenue from the mining tax has been calamitous…
But here’s the thing: the mining tax is unlikely to raise serious revenue and the spending commitments amount to some $17bn over this year and the next three years. Something has to give — the expenditure has to be abandoned along with the tax.
Once again. The Jew-haters return
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (8:32am)
A PUTRID Jew-hatred has returned to the West, fed by mass immigration and stoked by the Left.
Do not mistake this anti-Semitism for mere anger at Israel over the war in Gaza. That war is just the calculated pretext for a month of menace that has terrified many Jews — as well as those of us who prize civilisation over barbaric tribalism.
France now has more than six million Muslims and two weeks ago Arab protesters — some chanting “death to Jews” — attacked synagogues, torched cars and burned Jewish shops in Sarcelles, a suburb of Paris dubbed “Little Jerusalem”.
Germany now has four million Muslims. Arab and Turkish protesters were this month filmed shouting “Gas the Jews” and other Jew-hating slogans and a Berlin imam, Sheik Abu Bilal Ismail, was filmed at his mosque preaching: “Oh Allah, destroy the Zionist Jews ... Count them and kill them to the very last one. Don’t spare a single one of them.” Two Jews wearing yarmulkes were attacked in Berlin.
(Read full article here.)
There is no “root cause” to discuss with such animals
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (8:15am)
I hear ABC presenters
forever talking about negotiating with various Islamist extremists -
this time Hamas - about addressing “root causes” of their anger.
And then the Islamic State releases a video showing how gleefully it slaughters unarmed civilians (CAUTION -GRAPHIC) and demonstrating that there is no root cause that can be addressed that doesn’t involve Jews and other unbelievers dying. There is nothing to talk about with such people, and the only rational response is to shoot them before they shoot you:
===And then the Islamic State releases a video showing how gleefully it slaughters unarmed civilians (CAUTION -GRAPHIC) and demonstrating that there is no root cause that can be addressed that doesn’t involve Jews and other unbelievers dying. There is nothing to talk about with such people, and the only rational response is to shoot them before they shoot you:
You think I talk too brutally? I sound too harsh? Then tell me how exactly what settlement you’d expect to reach with animals that do this - and CAUTION - GROSS SCENES OF BEHEADED SYRIANS:
There is an evil. Israel is on the front line in fighting it.
Abbott must lead us back home
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (7:42am)
TONY Abbott has led well, but his crusade for justice for the victims of MH17 looks increasingly likely to fail.
Even more reason, then, for his switch back to domestic politics this week — and for managing some expectations.
The 230 police and soldiers sent by the Prime Minister to search the Ukrainian fields where MH17 was shot down have been blocked for days from even visiting the site, let along conducting a methodical search. Remains will inevitably be lost and evidence destroyed.
The problem is that there is something even stronger than Abbott’s will: Russian power and Ukraine’s self-interest.
(Read full article here.)
===Even more reason, then, for his switch back to domestic politics this week — and for managing some expectations.
The 230 police and soldiers sent by the Prime Minister to search the Ukrainian fields where MH17 was shot down have been blocked for days from even visiting the site, let along conducting a methodical search. Remains will inevitably be lost and evidence destroyed.
The problem is that there is something even stronger than Abbott’s will: Russian power and Ukraine’s self-interest.
(Read full article here.)
The warming pause is 13 years and four months
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (7:30am)
Christopher Monckton checks all five of the main measures of global warming and works out the mean. Conclusion:
... the Great Pause has endured for 160 months – i.e., 13 years 4 months.And the rise in temperatures we’re seen since 1950 has been at the non-catastrophic rate of no more than 1.55 degrees per century:
Who wouldn’t feel bad after a visit from Hanson-Young?
Andrew Bolt July 31 2014 (7:06am)
Sarah Hanson-Young makes me feel depressed and angry, too, so I fully understand:
===AN internal report provided to the Immigration Department has warned that, when Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young turns up at a detention centre, there is a corresponding spike in “incidents” involving asylum seekers.I’m sure Hanson-Young does not wish or intend harm, but there is no question that reports of trouble in detention centres is useful to the cause of “refugee” advocates. I suspect detainees know this, and are also made by supporters to feel like victims rather than queue-jumpers.
The operational brief provided by the security company Serco to the Department of Immigration and Border Protection claimed “high profile” visits to detention centres sparked an increase in reportable “incidents” and “adverse behaviour” among detainees…
The Serco report, however, revealed that, during a visit by the Senator to Christmas Island between January 24 to 28 this year, the number of incidents more than doubled to 15 from an average of around six.
An accompanying graph showed the number of incidents peaked at 15 on the second day of her visit. It did not specify the types of incidents but claimed the visits caused “anxiety” and “elevated levels of adverse behaviour”.
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"That they have been able to live out their lives enjoying the freedoms of this country, after depriving others of freedom and life itself, is an affront to the memory of those who perished," said Paul Shapiro, director of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
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Here's a pic from New Years Eve. The overlook was windy, wet, and freezing, plus the Island security was threatening to throw us out, but we made our case and they looked the other way. Trespassing fun on a San Francisco night!
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The truth came out and it only took one day of peace negotiations to hear it.
Those advocating for apartheid are from the Arab side. Their goal: A Middle East "judenrein" -- with no Jews in it.
Evidence: This statement from Abbas, and the history of Jewish displacement from Arab lands over the last 70 years:https://www.facebook.com/
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Wayne Matey Mattner.
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Andrea Tantaros unimpressed by Left’s ‘binder full of weiners’ ==> http://twitchy.com/2013/
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Sarah Palin was criticized for the telling the "biggest lie of the year" about ObamaCare in 2009. Now, the former head of the Democratic Party suggests she was right all along.
How will this affect you? Plus, hear Palin's reaction on tonight's Hannity! Watch: http://tinyurl.com/lxyoury
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Australian test batsmen are wearing too much wool .. - ed
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If I started a workout business it would be called Pecasaurus Pty LTD, and all the workout programs would be dinosaur based puns like BICEPatops, TRAPasaurus Rex, and instead of reps you take on REPtors#reasonswhynooneasksmeforhelp #awesomebusinessideas #dinobots
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The Coalition will take strong action to ensure trade unions are more transparent and accountable – you can read our policy here:http://lbr.al/4kju
We will ensure that elected officers of trade unions operate to the highest standards.
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Well initially this might look to you like any normal girl being treated by a doctor,the girl in the photo is not any normal living girl but the mummy of a 15 year old child who has been dead for about 500 years.
She was found in 1999 near Llullaillaco's 6739 meter summit. An Argentine-Peruvian expedition found the perfectly preserved body and she was nicknamed "La doncella" which means “The maiden”. According to the Inca she was chosen to go and live with the gods. But in reality she was a sacrifice to the Inca Gods and had been brutally killed in the name of religion.
Scientists say that her organs are intact and its as if she had died just a few weeks ago. From testing the samples of her hair they could determine the type of diet she was on before her death. This lead to the discovery that the Incan fattened their children before killing them. Months or even years before the sacrifice pilgrimage these children were given diets which were those of the elite, consisting of maize and animal proteins.
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Someone asked a well known novelist, how do you write a novel.
The answer - every day.
If you write every day, not only do the words quickly mount, but the story and characters stay alive in your imagination.
This is one of the great pleasures of fiction.
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Problem: Warren reads 20 pages in 30 minutes. At this rate how long will it take him to read 66 pages?
That was a question in the Australian Mathematics Competition a couple of years ago. Tomorrow ACT students will join 500,000 kids in a giant multi-country maths test.
A lot of them would probably work that brain teaser out in seconds, maybe minutes.
Do you know the answer?
Adam Shirley will reveal it on air after 4pm today.
Photo by doviende, Creative Commons
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Maltese underwater statue of Jesus Christ
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. – 1 John 4:18
#god #holy #digitalbible #bible #holybible #love#jesus #prayer #power #fearless #soul #fear#anxiety
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Stars can't shine without darkness
Joy has no value without sadness.
There is no many without a few
There is no life without you
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July 31: Ka Hae Hawai'i Day (Flag Day) in Hawaii
- 1201 – John Komnenos the Fat briefly seized the throne of the Byzantine Empire fromAlexios III Angelos, but he was soon caught and executed.
- 1423 – Hundred Years' War: The English and their Burgundianallies were victorious over the French at the Battle of Cravantnear Auxerre, France.
- 1948 – New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airportwas dedicated as New York International Airport.
- 1954 – A team of Italian climbers led by Ardito Desio became the first to reach the summit of K2 (pictured), the world's second-highest mountain.
- 2006 – Following intestinal surgery, Fidel Castro provisionallytransferred the duties of the Cuban presidency to his brotherRaúl.
Events[edit]
- 30 BC – Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian's forces, but most of his army subsequently deserts, leading to his suicide.
- 781 – The oldest recorded eruption of Mount Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781).
- 1009 – Pope Sergius IV becomes the 142nd pope, succeeding Pope John XVIII.
- 1201 – Attempted usurpation of John Komnenos the Fat.
- 1423 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant – the French army is defeated by the English at Cravant on the banks of the riverYonne.
- 1451 – Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
- 1492 – The Jews are expelled from Spain when the Alhambra Decree takes effect.
- 1498 – On his third voyage to the Western Hemisphere, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover the island ofTrinidad.
- 1588 – The Spanish Armada is spotted off the coast of England.
- 1655 – Russo-Polish War (1654–67): the Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
- 1658 – Aurangzeb is proclaimed Moghul emperor of India.
- 1667 – Second Anglo-Dutch War: Treaty of Breda ends the conflict.
- 1703 – Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.
- 1715 – A Spanish treasure fleet seven days after 12 ships left Havana, Cuba for Spain, 11 of them sink in a storm off the coast of Florida. A few centuries later, treasure is salvaged from these wrecks.
- 1741 – Charles Albert of Bavaria invades Upper Austria and Bohemia.
- 1763 – Odawa Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at the Battle of Bloody Run during Pontiac's War.
- 1777 – The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
- 1790 – The first U.S. patent is issued, to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process.
- 1856 – Christchurch, New Zealand is chartered as a city.
- 1865 – The first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Queensland, Australia.
- 1913 – The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
- 1919 – German national assembly adopts the Weimar Constitution, which comes into force on August 14.
- 1930 – The radio mystery program The Shadow airs for the first time.
- 1931 – New York, New York experimental television station W2XAB (now known as WCBS) begins broadcasts.
- 1932 – The NSDAP (Nazi Party) wins more than 38% of the vote in German elections.
- 1938 – Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
- 1938 – Archaeologists discover engraved gold and silver plates from King Darius the Great in Persepolis.
- 1941 – The Holocaust: under instructions from Adolf Hitler, Nazi official Hermann Göring, orders SS General Reinhard Heydrich to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired Final Solution of the Jewish question."
- 1945 – Pierre Laval, the fugitive former leader of Vichy France, surrenders to Allied soldiers in Austria.
- 1948 – At Idlewild Field in New York, New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) is dedicated.
- 1948 – USS Nevada (BB-36) is sunk by an aerial torpedo after surviving hits from two atomic bombs (as part of post-war tests) and being used for target practice by three other ships.
- 1954 – First ascent of K2, by an Italian expedition led by Ardito Desio.
- 1956 – Jim Laker becomes the first man to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings as he returns figures of 10/53 in the Australian 2nd innings. This combined with his 9/37 in the first innings gave him match figures of 19/90 in the 4th Test at Old Trafford.
- 1961 – At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, the first All-Star Game tie in Major League Baseball history occurs when the game is stopped in the 9th inning because of rain.
- 1964 – Ranger program: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.
- 1970 – Black Tot Day: The last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy.
- 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
- 1972 – The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy.
- 1988 – 32 people are killed and 1,674 injured when a bridge at the Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal collapses in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia.
- 1991 – The United States and Soviet Union both sign the START I Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the first to reduce (with verification) both countries' stockpiles.
- 1992 – Georgia joins the United Nations.
- 1999 – Discovery Program: Lunar Prospector – NASA intentionally crashes the spacecraft into the Moon, thus ending its mission to detect frozen water on the moon's surface.
- 2006 – Fidel Castro hands over power to brother Raúl Castro.
- 2007 – Operation Banner, the presence of the British Army in Northern Ireland, and the longest-running British Army operation ever, comes to an end.
- 2009 – Three members of the popular South Korean group TVXQ, (Kim Jaejoong, Kim Junsu, and Park Yoochun), filed lawsuit against their Korean management S.M. Entertainment.
- 2012 – Michael Phelps breaks the record set in 1964 by Larisa Latynina for the greatest number of medals won at the Olympics.
Births[edit]
- 1143 – Emperor Nijō of Japan (d. 1165)
- 1396 – Philip the Good, French son of John the Fearless (d. 1467)
- 1527 – Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1576)
- 1598 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (d. 1654)
- 1702 – Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768)
- 1704 – Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician (d. 1752)
- 1718 – John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772)
- 1724 – Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer (d. 1801)
- 1737 – Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
- 1777 – Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician (d. 1849)
- 1796 – Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime (d. 1846)
- 1800 – Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist (d. 1882)
- 1803 – John Ericsson, Swedish engineer, co-designed the Novelty Locomotive (d. 1889)
- 1816 – George Henry Thomas, American general (d. 1870)
- 1825 – William S. Clark, American colonel and politician (d. 1886)
- 1835 – Henri Brisson, French politician, 50th Prime Minister of France (d. 1912)
- 1835 – Paul du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and explorer (d. 1903)
- 1837 – William Quantrill, American captain (d. 1865)
- 1839 – Ignacio Andrade, Venezuelan politician, 25th President of Venezuela (d. 1925)
- 1843 – Peter Rosegger, Austrian poet (d. 1918)
- 1847 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1905)
- 1854 – José Canalejas, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1912)
- 1858 – Richard Dixon Oldham, English seismologist and geologist (d. 1936)
- 1860 – Mary Vaux Walcott, American painter (d. 1940)
- 1867 – S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (d. 1966)
- 1877 – Auguste Daumain, French cyclist
- 1880 – Premchand, Indian author (d. 1936)
- 1883 – Ramón Fonst, Cuban fencer (d. 1959)
- 1884 – Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Polish-German economist and politician (d. 1945)
- 1886 – Salvatore Maranzano, Italian-American mobster (d. 1931)
- 1886 – Fred Quimby, American animator and producer (d. 1965)
- 1886 – Harry Tate, American soccer player (d. 1954)
- 1887 – Hans Freyer, German sociologist (d. 1969)
- 1892 – Herbert W. Armstrong, American evangelist and publisher, founded Worldwide Church of God (d. 1986)
- 1892 – Joseph Charbonneau, Canadian archbishop (d. 1959)
- 1894 – Fred Keenor, Welsh footballer (d. 1972)
- 1901 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (d. 1985)
- 1904 – Brett Halliday, American author (d. 1977)
- 1907 – Roy Milton, American singer, drummer, and bandleader (d. 1983)
- 1909 – Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Austrian theorist and author (d. 1999)
- 1911 – George Liberace, American violinist (d. 1983)
- 1912 – Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (d. 2008)
- 1912 – Milton Friedman, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2006)
- 1912 – Irv Kupcinet, American journalist (d. 2003)
- 1913 – Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1984)
- 1914 – Paul J. Christiansen, American conductor and composer (d. 1997)
- 1914 – Louis de Funès, French actor and screenwriter (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (d. 1986)
- 1916 – Billy Hitchcock, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2006)
- 1916 – Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1979)
- 1917 – Jini Dellaccio, American photographer (d. 2014)
- 1918 – Paul D. Boyer, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1918 – Hank Jones, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 2010)
- 1918 – Frank Renouf, New Zealand businessman and financier (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Curt Gowdy, American sportscaster (d. 2006)
- 1919 – Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (d. 1987)
- 1920 – James E. Faust, American religious leader, lawyer, and politician (d. 2007)
- 1920 – Percy Herbert, English actor (d. 1992)
- 1921 – Peter Benenson, English lawyer and activist, founded Amnesty International (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Donald Malarkey, American sergeant
- 1921 – Whitney Young, American activist (d. 1971)
- 1922 – Hank Bauer, American baseball player and manager (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Ahmet Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer, founded Atlantic Records (d. 2006)
- 1923 – Jimmy Evert, American tennis player and coach
- 1923 – Stephanie Kwolek, American chemist and engineer (d. 2014)
- 1926 – Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist
- 1927 – Peter Nichols, English playwright
- 1929 – Lynne Reid Banks, English author
- 1929 – Gilles Carle, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Don Murray, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1929 – Lynne Reid Banks, English author
- 1929 – José Santamaría, Uruguayan footballer, coach, and manager
- 1930 – Oleg Popov, Russian clown
- 1931 – Nick Bollettieri, American tennis player and coach
- 1931 – Kenny Burrell, American guitarist
- 1931 – Ivan Rebroff, German singer (d. 2008)
- 1932 – Ted Cassidy, American actor (d. 1979)
- 1932 – John Searle, American philosopher
- 1933 – Cees Nooteboom, Dutch journalist, author, and poet
- 1935 – Yvon Deschamps, Canadian comedian, actor, and producer
- 1935 – Geoffrey Lewis, American actor and screenwriter
- 1935 – Anthony Scrivener, English barrister
- 1936 – Vic Davalillo, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1939 – Steuart Bedford, English conductor and pianist
- 1939 – France Nuyen, French actress
- 1940 – Carol J. Clover, American academic and author
- 1940 – Roy Walker, Irish comedian, actor, and game show host
- 1941 – Amarsinh Chaudhary, Indian politician, 8th Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 2004)
- 1943 – Lobo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1943 – William Bennett, American politician, 3rd United States Secretary of Education
- 1943 – Susan Flannery, American actress and director
- 1943 – Sab Shimono, American actor
- 1944 – Geraldine Chaplin, American actress
- 1944 – Jonathan Dimbleby, English journalist
- 1944 – Sherry Lansing, American actress and studio executive
- 1944 – Robert C. Merton, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 – Gary Lewis, American singer and drummer (Gary Lewis & the Playboys)
- 1945 – William Weld, American politician, 68th Governor of Massachusetts
- 1946 – Karen Zerby, American cult leader
- 1947 – Richard Griffiths, English actor (d. 2013)
- 1947 – Hubert Védrine, French politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France
- 1949 – Alan Meale, English politician
- 1950 – Richard Berry, French actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1950 – Lane Davies, American actor
- 1950 – Derek Thompson, English commentator on horse racing
- 1951 – Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Australian tennis player
- 1951 – Werner Novak, German footballer
- 1951 – Barry Van Dyke, American actor
- 1952 – Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
- 1952 – Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
- 1952 – Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
- 1952 – João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic
- 1952 – Faye Kellerman, American author
- 1953 – Ted Baillieu, Australian architect and politician, 46th Premier of Victoria
- 1953 – Jimmy Cook, South African cricketer and coach
- 1953 – James Read, American actor
- 1953 – Tōru Furuya, Japanese voice actor
- 1954 – Manivannan, Indian actor and director (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Derek Smith, Canadian-American ice hockey player
- 1955 – Jakie Quartz, French singer
- 1956 – Michael Biehn, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Bill Callahan, American football player and coach
- 1956 – Ron Kuby, American lawyer and radio host
- 1956 – Deval Patrick, American politician, 71st Governor of Massachusetts
- 1956 – Lynne Rae Perkins, American author and illustrator
- 1956 – Mark Arden, English comedian and actor
- 1957 – Daniel Ash, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, and Tones on Tail)
- 1957 – Jane Bennett, American political theorist
- 1957 – Dirk Blocker, American actor
- 1957 – Leon Durham, American baseball player
- 1957 – Mark Thompson, English media executive
- 1958 – Bill Berry, American singer-songwriter and drummer (R.E.M. and Hindu Love Gods)
- 1958 – Mark Cuban, American businessman
- 1958 – Wally Kurth, American actor and singer
- 1959 – Penny Hughes, British businesswoman
- 1959 – Stanley Jordan, American guitarist and songwriter
- 1959 – Andrew Marr, Scottish journalist
- 1960 – Dale Hunter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1960 – Duncan Lewis Jowitt, English musician, songwriter and singer (UFX)
- 1960 – Malcolm Ross, Scottish guitarist
- 1961 – Frank Gardner, English journalist and correspondent
- 1962 – John Chiang, American politician, 31st California State Controller
- 1962 – Kevin Greene, American football player and coach
- 1962 – Wesley Snipes, American martial artist, actor, and producer
- 1963 – Fergus Henderson, English chef
- 1963 – Brian Skrudland, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 – Jim Corr, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Corrs)
- 1964 – Urmas Hepner, Estonian footballer
- 1965 – Scott Brooks, American basketball player and coach
- 1965 – Pat Finn, American actor
- 1965 – John Laurinaitis, American wrestler and producer
- 1965 – Najwa Najjar, Palestinian filmmaker
- 1965 – Julian Richards, Welsh director and producer
- 1965 – J. K. Rowling, English author
- 1966 – Dean Cain, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1966 – Tatsuya Ishihara, Japanese animator and director
- 1966 – Kevin Martin, Canadian curler
- 1967 – Minako Honda, Japanese singer and actress (d. 2005)
- 1967 – Mitsuo Iwata, Japanese voice actor
- 1967 – Tony Massenburg, American basketball player
- 1967 – Peter Rono, Kenyan runner
- 1967 – Tim Wright, Welsh composer
- 1968 – Saeed-Al-Saffar, Emirati cricketer
- 1969 – Loren Dean, American actor
- 1969 – Kid Kash, American wrestler
- 1969 – Kenneth D. Schisler, American politician
- 1970 – Ahmad Akbarpour, Iranian author
- 1970 – Ben Chaplin, English actor
- 1970 – Andrzej Kobylański, Polish footballer and manager
- 1970 – Giorgos Sigalas, Greek basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1970 – Amanda Stepto, Canadian actress
- 1970 – Dave Wedge, American journalist
- 1971 – Christina Cox, Canadian movie and television actress and stuntwoman
- 1971 – John 5, American guitarist and songwriter (2wo, Loser, and Red Square Black)
- 1971 – Gus Frerotte, American football player and coach
- 1972 – Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek actor and screenwriter
- 1973 – Wail al-Shehri, Saudi Arabian terrorist, hijacker of American Airlines Flight 11 (d. 2001)
- 1973 – Nathan Brown, Australian rugby player and coach
- 1973 – Fabulous Flournoy, American basketball player and coach
- 1974 – Emilia Fox, English actress
- 1974 – Leona Naess, English singer-songwriter
- 1974 – Jonathan Ogden, American football player
- 1975 – Randy Flores, American baseball player
- 1975 – Andrew Hall, South African cricketer
- 1975 – Simon Hirst, English radio host
- 1975 – Gabe Kapler, American baseball player and manager
- 1975 – Ruben Patterson, American basketball player
- 1975 – Allan von Schenkel, American bassist and composer
- 1976 – Joshua Cain, American guitarist and producer (Motion City Soundtrack)
- 1976 – Paulo Wanchope, Costa Rican footballer
- 1977 – Tim Couch, American football player
- 1978 – Will Champion, English drummer and singer (Coldplay)
- 1978 – Zeta Makripoulia, Greek model and actress
- 1978 – Nick Sorensen, American football player and sportscaster
- 1978 – Justin Wilson, English race car driver
- 1979 – Jaco Erasmus, South African-Italian rugby player
- 1979 – J. J. Furmaniak, American baseball player
- 1979 – Per Krøldrup, Danish footballer
- 1979 – Jade Kwan, Hong Kong singer
- 1979 – Carlos Marchena, Spanish footballer
- 1979 – B. J. Novak, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1980 – Rina Aiuchi, Japanese singer
- 1980 – Mikko Hirvonen, Finnish race car driver
- 1980 – Mils Muliaina, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Titus Bramble, English footballer
- 1981 – Vernon Carey, American football player
- 1981 – J.Son Dinant, American comedian and actor
- 1981 – Eric Lively, American actor
- 1981 – Ira Losco, Maltese singer
- 1981 – M. Shadows, American singer-songwriter (Avenged Sevenfold)
- 1982 – Jeff DaRosa, American singer and banjo player (Dropkick Murphys and The Exit)
- 1982 – Jack Korpela, American sportscaster
- 1982 – Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1982 – Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spanish tennis player
- 1982 – Raymond Pickard, English actor
- 1982 – DeMarcus Ware, American football player
- 1983 – Rebecca Atkinson, English actress
- 1984 – Joseph Benavidez, American mixed martial artist
- 1984 – Felipe dal Belo, Brazilian footballer
- 1985 – Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer
- 1985 – Shannon Curfman, American singer and guitarist
- 1985 – Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist
- 1986 – Evgeni Malkin, Russian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Brian Orakpo, American football player
- 1987 – Michael Bradley, American soccer player
- 1987 – Brittany Byrnes, Australian actress
- 1988 – Charlie Carver, American actor
- 1988 – A. J. Green, American football player
- 1988 – Krystal Meyers, American singer-songwriter
- 1989 – Victoria Azarenka, Belarusian tennis player
- 1989 – Alexis Knapp, American actress and singer
- 1989 – Joey Richter, American actor and singer
- 1989 – Jessica Williams, American actress
- 1989 – Zelda Williams, American actress
- 1990 – Mirela, Spanish singer
- 1990 – Besart Abdurahimi, Croatian footballer
- 1991 – Réka-Luca Jani, Hungarian tennis player
- 1992 – Lizzy, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress (After School and Orange Caramel)
- 1992 – José Fernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1992 – Kyle Larson, American race car driver
- 1993 – Christian Byers, Australian actor
- 1996 – Blake Michael, American actor
- 1997 – Barbie Forteza, Filipino actress
- 1998 – Rico Rodriguez, American actor
Deaths[edit]
- 54 BC – Aurelia Cotta, Roman wife of Gaius Julius Caesar (b. 120 BC)
- 450 – Peter Chrysologus, Italian bishop and saint (b. 380)
- 1358 – Étienne Marcel, French rebel leader (b. 1302)
- 1396 – William Courtenay, English archbishop (b. 1342)
- 1508 – Na'od, Ethiopian emperor (b. 1494)
- 1556 – Ignatius of Loyola, Spanish priest and theologian, founded the Society of Jesus (b. 1491)
- 1653 – Thomas Dudley, English-American politician, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
- 1726 – Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
- 1750 – John V of Portugal (b. 1689)
- 1762 – Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla Spanish commander (b. 1711)
- 1784 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (b. 1713)
- 1805 – Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
- 1864 – Louis Christophe François Hachette, French publisher (b. 1800)
- 1875 – Andrew Johnson, American politician, 17th President of the United States (b. 1808)
- 1884 – Kien Phuc, Vietnamese emperor (d. 1869)
- 1886 – Franz Liszt, Hungarian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
- 1914 – Jean Jaurès, French journalist and politician (d. 1859)
- 1917 – Francis Ledwidge, Irish soldier and poet (b. 1881)
- 1917 – Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (b. 1887)
- 1920 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat and philosopher (b. 1878)
- 1940 – Udham Singh, Indian activist (b. 1899)
- 1943 – Hedley Verity, English cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1944 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and poet (b. 1900)
- 1953 – Robert Taft, American politician (b. 1889)
- 1953 – Georg Zacharias, German swimmer (b. 1884)
- 1954 – Onofre Marimón, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1923)
- 1963 – Sir Robert Chapman, 1st Baronet, English soldier and politician (b. 1880)
- 1964 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (b. 1923)
- 1966 – Bud Powell, American pianist (b. 1924)
- 1970 – Walter Briggs, Jr., American businessman (b. 1912)
- 1971 – Walter P. Carter, American activist (b. 1923)
- 1972 – Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1899)
- 1973 – Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (b. 1921)
- 1979 – Beatrix Lehmann, English actress, theatre director and author (b. 1903)
- 1980 – Pascual Jordan, German physicist (b. 1902)
- 1980 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian singer (b. 1924)
- 1981 – Omar Torrijos, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1929)
- 1985 – Eugene Carson Blake, American religious leader (b. 1906)
- 1986 – Chiune Sugihara, Japanese diplomat (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Teddy Wilson, American pianist (b. 1912)
- 1987 – Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
- 1988 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (b. 1950)
- 1990 – Albert Leduc, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1902)
- 1992 – Leonard Cheshire, English pilot and captain (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Baudouin of Belgium (b. 1930)
- 2000 – William Keepers Maxwell, Jr., American author (b. 1908)
- 2001 – Poul Anderson, American author (b. 1926)
- 2001 – Francisco da Costa Gomes, Portuguese general and politician, 15th President of Portugal (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1910)
- 2003 – Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1933)
- 2004 – Laura Betti, Italian actress and singer (b. 1927)
- 2004 – Virginia Grey, American actress and singer (b. 1917)
- 2005 – Wim Duisenberg, Dutch economist and politician, 1st President of the European Central Bank (b. 1935)
- 2006 – Paul Eells, American sportscaster (b. 1935)
- 2009 – Bobby Robson, English footballer and manager (b. 1933)
- 2009 – Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1920)
- 2012 – César Amaro, Uruguayan guitarist (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Roy Bryce-Laporte, Panamanian-American sociologist (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Mollie Hunter, Scottish author (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Curt Levine, American lawyer and politician (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Abdi Jeylani Malaq Marshale, Somalian journalist (b. 1969)
- 2012 – Lucio Quarantotto, Italian songwriter (b. 1957)
- 2012 – Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Tony Sly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (No Use for a Name and Scorpios) (b. 1970)
- 2012 – Gore Vidal, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Michael Ansara, Syrian-American actor (b. 1922)
- 2013 – Michel Donnet, English-Belgian general and pilot (b. 1917)
- 2013 – John Graves, American author (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Jean Madiran, French author (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Gerald W. Thomas, American academic (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Alvis Wayne, American singer (b. 1937)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- End of the Trinity term (sitting of the High Court of Justice of England)
- Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day, a Flag Day. (Hawaii)
““You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14,16 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"And when he thought thereon, he wept."Mark 14:72
It has been thought by some that as long as Peter lived, the fountain of his tears began to flow whenever he remembered his denying his Lord. It is not unlikely that it was so, for his sin was very great, and grace in him had afterwards a perfect work. This same experience is common to all the redeemed family according to the degree in which the Spirit of God has removed the natural heart of stone. We, like Peter, remember our boastful promise: "Though all men shall forsake thee, yet will not I." We eat our own words with the bitter herbs of repentance. When we think of what we vowed we would be, and of what we have been, we may weep whole showers of grief. He thought on his denying his Lord. The place in which he did it, the little cause which led him into such heinous sin, the oaths and blasphemies with which he sought to confirm his falsehood, and the dreadful hardness of heart which drove him to do so again and yet again. Can we, when we are reminded of our sins, and their exceeding sinfulness, remain stolid and stubborn? Will we not make our house a Bochim, and cry unto the Lord for renewed assurances of pardoning love? May we never take a dry-eyed look at sin, lest ere long we have a tongue parched in the flames of hell. Peter also thought upon his Master's look of love. The Lord followed up the cock's warning voice with an admonitory look of sorrow, pity, and love. That glance was never out of Peter's mind so long as he lived. It was far more effectual than ten thousand sermons would have been without the Spirit. The penitent apostle would be sure to weep when he recollected the Saviour's full forgiveness, which restored him to his former place. To think that we have offended so kind and good a Lord is more than sufficient reason for being constant weepers. Lord, smite our rocky hearts, and make the waters flow.
Evening
"Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."John 6:37
No limit is set to the duration of this promise. It does not merely say, "I will not cast out a sinner at his first coming," but, "I will in no wise cast out." The original reads, "I will not, not cast out," or "I will never, never cast out." The text means, that Christ will not at first reject a believer; and that as he will not do it at first, so he will not to the last.
But suppose the believer sins after coming? "If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." But suppose that believers backslide? "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him." But believers may fall under temptation! "God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." But the believer may fall into sin as David did! Yes, but he will "Purge them with hyssop, and they shall be clean; he will wash them and they shall be whiter than snow"; "From all their iniquities will I cleanse them."
"Once in Christ, in Christ forever,
Nothing from his love can sever."
"I give unto my sheep," saith he, "eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand." What sayest thou to this, O trembling feeble mind? Is not this a precious mercy, that coming to Christ, thou dost not come to One who will treat thee well for a little while, and then send thee about thy business, but he will receive thee and make thee his bride, and thou shalt be his forever? Receive no longer the spirit of bondage again to fear, but the spirit of adoption whereby thou shalt cry, Abba, Father! Oh! the grace of these words: "I will in no wise cast out."
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Today's reading: Psalm 51-53, Romans 2 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Psalm 51-53
1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place....
and my sin is always before me.
4 Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5 Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6 Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place....
Today's New Testament reading: Romans 2
God's Righteous Judgment
1 You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the same things. 2 Now we know that God's judgment against those who do such things is based on truth. 3 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God's judgment? 4Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
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