A wikipedia article on Al Quds claims to be about the arabic word for Jerusalem. Al Quds day was instituted by the terrorist cleric Khomeini, to be on the last day of Ramadan and allow Iran to fund riots against Israeli government. It is a celebration of Iran sponsoring terrorism, and it has existed for almost ten years. It is a protected article with many terrorist sympathisers resisting balance being brought to the article. A major rewrite is needed for the article, or deletion. The article was placed on the daily summary bulletin as being an international day. It is an example of what is produced by hate.
On this day, the FBI was given personnel in 1908. The CIA was signed into law in 1947. Fidel Castro began the Cuban revolution in 1953. On the same day in 1953, Arizona opposed polygamy. In Vietnam in 1968, the opposition leader was sentenced to five years hard labour for advocating a coalition government to end the war. In 2008, Ahmedabad India was bombed by terrorists. In 2009, Boko Haram attacked Nigerian police. Also on this day, 1989, a guy was indicted for creating a worm on the internet. Winston Churchill was booted from government by the Labour Party in 1945. Passing on this day were Sam Houston (1863), Eva Perón (1952), Mary Wells (1992) and Mary Tamm (2012). Born on this day Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart (1791), George Bernard Shaw (1856), Carl Jung (1875), Aldous Huxley (1894), Gracie Allen (1895), Stanley Kubrick (1928), John Howard (1939) Sandra Bullock (1964) and Kate Beckinsale (1973)
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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.
===1581 – Representatives of the States-General of the Netherlands signed the Act of Abjuration, declaring the independence of the Dutch Low Countries from King Philip II of Spain.
1908 – Unable to use U.S. Secret Service agents as investigators, U.S. Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte established what is now the Federal Bureau of Investigation as his own staff of special agents.
1953 – In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.
1968 – After coming second to Nguyen Van Thieu in a rigged presidential election in 1967, Truong Dinh Dzu was jailed by a military court for illicit currency transactions. Your remarkable day continues. Try not to lose the whole army. Stay away from Spain .. stand on your own two feet. Don't use the Secret Service. be responsible for your own decisions. You won't be arrested for polygamy if you keep to one wife .. your own. And it is ok to come second, but try not to engage in corruption trying to come first.
Matches
- 1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
- 1469 – Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those ofEdward IV of England, takes place.
- 1509 – The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king,Philip II.
- 1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
- 1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
- 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
- 1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
- 1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
- 1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- 1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed theFederal Bureau of Investigation).
- 1936 – The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
- 1941 – World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
- 1944 – World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
- 1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom.
- 1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
- 1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
- 1945 – The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
- 1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport
- 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency,United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
- 1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
- 1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date:26th of July Movement
- 1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
- 1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
- 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
- 1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
- 1963 – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
- 1971 – Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
- 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
- 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
- 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George Bush.
- 2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
- 2008 – Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India.
- 2009 – The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
Hatches
- 1030 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1079)
- 1711 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (d. 1778)
- 1782 – John Field, Irish pianist and composer (d. 1837)
- 1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1844)
- 1819 – Justin Holland American musician and civil rights activist
- 1844 – Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish scientist, engineer, and journalist (d. 1938)
- 1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
- 1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)
- 1892 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
- 1894 – Aldous Huxley, English author (d. 1963)
- 1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and singer (d. 1964)
- 1919 – James Lovelock, English environmentalist
- 1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1999)
- 1929 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager, father of the Jackson family
- 1939 – John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1940 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
- 1940 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American secretary and educator (d. 1969)
- 1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy)
- 1945 – Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter
- 1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
- 1949 – Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1949 – Roger Taylor, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Queen, The Cross, and Smile)
- 1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
- 1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
- 1961 – Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah, and Hurtsmile)
- 1972 – Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
- 1973 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- 1978 – Eve Myles, Welsh actress
- 1983 – Zara, Russian singer and actress
- 1985 – Natsuki Katō, Japanese model and actress
- 1988 – Sayaka Akimoto, Japanese singer, actress, and dancer (AKB48 and Diva)
- 1996 – Tatjana Vorobjova, Estonian tennis player
Despatches
- 342 – Emperor Cheng of Jin (b. 321)
- 1863 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
- 1952 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress and politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
- 1992 – Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1994 – James Luther Adams, American theologian and educator (b. 1901)
- 2012 – Mary Tamm, English actress (b. 1950)
ONLY TEN?
Tim Blair – Saturday, July 26, 2014 (4:48pm)
Danusha V. Goska: Ten Reasons Why I Am No Longer a Leftist.
YOU GO, GIRF
Tim Blair – Saturday, July 26, 2014 (12:41pm)
CHANGE RESISTED
Tim Blair – Saturday, July 26, 2014 (11:27am)
Good hygiene is important, even if you’re an airborne splodey-dope:
Umar Abdulmutallab sent shockwaves through US intelligence when he successfully smuggled a bomb onto a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas day three years ago.The British-educated Nigerian was able to light the bomb but it failed to explode, causing minor burns to the would-be bomber but sparing his fellow passengers.John Pistole, the head of the Transportation Security Administration said on Thursday that the bomb did not detonate because Abdulmutallab had been wearing the same underwear for more than two weeks.
(Via A. R. M. Jones)
BURNOUTS AND BULLETS
Tim Blair – Saturday, July 26, 2014 (11:21am)
Darwin is a different place.
The Bolt Report tomorrow
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (1:34pm)
On Channel 10 at 10am and 4pm…
Editorial: How far will Tony Abbott push Russia, the nuclear superpower?
My guest: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
The panel: Grahame Morris and Cassandra Wilkinson - on Joe Hockey’s book, Jacqui Lambie’s shame, Tanya Plibersek’s problem and the boat that got through.
NewsWatch: The great Rowan Dean. On his menu - why is the ABC TV showing us two hours a day of the news service of a Middle Eastern regime?
Plus a lot more, including why are the nicest political leaders in TV dramas of the Left? And, sigh, why can’t the lovely Asher Keddie play a conservative instead?:
===Editorial: How far will Tony Abbott push Russia, the nuclear superpower?
My guest: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
The panel: Grahame Morris and Cassandra Wilkinson - on Joe Hockey’s book, Jacqui Lambie’s shame, Tanya Plibersek’s problem and the boat that got through.
NewsWatch: The great Rowan Dean. On his menu - why is the ABC TV showing us two hours a day of the news service of a Middle Eastern regime?
Plus a lot more, including why are the nicest political leaders in TV dramas of the Left? And, sigh, why can’t the lovely Asher Keddie play a conservative instead?:
The videos of the shows appear here.
Joan Rivers gets it said for Israel
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (11:49am)
(Thanks to readers Gordon and Docker.)
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Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (11:33am)
The real Tony Abbott has become too apparent for the Left’s caricature to now stick.
Greg Sheridan:
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For the first time since the end of World War II, a big European power has used force to take the territory of a sovereign neighbour…Peter Hartcher:
The Prime Minister ... and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop have been central in providing leadership in response to the Russian outrage…
Of course, Australia is not going to get into a knock-down, drag-out fight with Russia. But Abbott has special standing for three specific reasons — the deaths of the Australians on this plane, the clarity and force of his response, and his chairmanship of the Group of 20 major economies, the leaders of which will meet in Brisbane later this year…
Putin is determined to push on with his strategy in eastern Ukraine. US intelligence sees Russia sending more heavy weapons and equipment across the border. The Ukrainian government accuses Russia of firing on its forces from within Russia itself…
Putin feels he has the West’s measure… Having annexed Crimea, there is every chance he will annex a large part of eastern Ukraine… Most likely, there will be no effective European response. Nor does it seem that the Americans will arm-twist the Europeans into greater vigour…
Whatever sanctions the West finally decides on, Abbott has a significant voice in the emerging debate, much of it in private, among national leaders he has dealt with extensively over this issue already. There is another broader consequence as well. Abbott builds up diplomatic money in the bank through this crisis. The international system comes to understand that the Australian government can get complex, difficult tasks done. It becomes very familiar with dealing with the Abbott government.
Australia has so far kept its crash response pretty much separate from geopolitics, but this cannot last. After recovery, the process moves to investigation and then to the final phase. As Abbott put it, “then, of course, we have to punish the guilty”.Paul Kelly:
At that point, there can be no avoiding geopolitics.
When Abbott committed to the fullest possible pursuit of MH17, he did not realise just how hard it would be to get workable access to the crash site. But he did realise that this course ultimately could bring him, depending on the trail of evidence, into direct conflict with the President of Russia. Abbott could have set out a more limited goal, and that way been surer of success. He has not chosen the politically safe route.
He has taken the risk to defend fully the rights of Australians, and the rights of civilians everywhere, to travel unmolested by war. He is now set upon a big and difficult enterprise in a worthy cause.
THE nation is seeing a new Tony Abbott — the Prime Minister as crisis manager. It is a time when more people than usual focus on their leader and the leader, in turn, operates as principal mourner, chief diplomat and security guardian.Abbott’s virtue — so far — is the sense of control he brings to the crisis. He is measured yet firm, not overwhelmed by events yet adapting and changing as the situation changes. He has been active, not passive, yet working with others, notably the Dutch and the Malaysians.(Thanks to reader Peter of Bellevue Hill.)
Warmist Moylan excused real punishment
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (11:21am)
Huge disruption caused, and possibly losses to some investors. But Jonathan Moylan gets an extremely light sentence:
===An environmental activist who temporarily wiped $300 million off Whitehaven Coal’s value by issuing a hoax press release was given a suspended jail sentence.No need for rehabilitation? Where is the evidence in today’s article by Moylan that he is truly repentant and unlikely again to trample on the rights of others to further his green ideology and warmist alarmism?
Jonathan Moylan was sentenced to one year and eight months in jail before immediately being released on Friday on the condition of good behaviour bond for two years and $1000 security.
The 26-year-old from Newcastle issued a hoax press release in January last year stating Australia and New Zealand Banking Group was withdrawing a $1.2 billion loan from Whitehaven’s flagship Maules Creek open-cut coalmine due to volatility in the global coal markets, expected cost blowouts and corporate responsibility…
In sentencing Moylan, judge David Davies at the NSW Supreme Court said “he is not a criminal in the classic sense of one who needs rehabilitation”.
For the record, I was not trying to crash the market. I was trying to highlight the fact that ANZ are funding the biggest open cut coal mine currently being constructed in Australia. Today I bear the consequences of that decision.(Thanks to reader hlr.)
But rural communities across the eastern states who are living with mine proposals hanging over their heads have never done anything to deserve their fate. Think of people in Bangladesh and Pacific Island nations who are bearing the brunt of both poverty and the effects of climate change. Think of generations yet to be born who, depending on the choices we make today, will pay for our obsession for fast money by suffering through rising tides, extreme weather and crop failures.
...when our politicians continue to break their election promises and cosy up to coal interests, our eclectic mix of citizens – men and women willing to engage in civil disobedience – are the best hope we have for the future.
Iran’s top cleric: “Israel must be destroyed”
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (11:10am)
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, proves why the West cannot afford to let Iran build a nuclear weapon:
(Thanks to reader Kasey.)
===“As said by Imam Khomeini [the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran] Israel must be destroyed…However, until that time with the help of God for this cruel and murderous regime to be destroyed, strong confrontation with steadfast armed resistance is the only solution against this destructive regime.”At some stage the Left must grasp that Israel’s enemies truly want it destroyed and millions of Jews once more killed. Which side of that battle are you on?
(Thanks to reader Kasey.)
Labor should have “lost control” like this
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (8:42am)
The Age gloats:
===The Abbott government’s claim to have ‘’stopped the boats’’ has dramatically unravelled, as 157 asylum seekers who have been held captive on the high seas for almost a month will be brought to the mainland on Saturday.The Australian reports:
The humiliating backdown came after Immigration Minister Scott Morrison told Parliament this month that ‘’on every occasion that may present, we will apply all of the policies we have to ensure that no venture successfully reaches Australia’’.
Mr Morrison, who has refused to acknowledge the existence of the boat for weeks, confirmed the asylum seekers would be transferred to the mainland, where they will be interviewed by Indian officials.
AUSTRALIA has offered more help to India to disrupt people-smuggling from its shores and to fight transnational crime, after the "generous offer” to consider taking back most of the 157 asylum-seekers who have been detained at sea for a month.Labor and the Greens jeer:
Fending off claims of policy failure on “stopping the boats”, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott have declared none of the 157 who left India by boat to seek asylum in Australia would be allowed to settle here. “Don’t get on a boat to come illegally to Australia,” the Prime Minister said yesterday. “Because even if you get here, you won’t stay here. You will not become a permanent resident of Australia.’’
Labor’s acting immigration spokeswoman, Michelle Rowland, said: “What we saw today was an admission from Scott Morrison that he has lost control of his portfolio."…Labor and the Greens forget:
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said Mr Morrison was a “spectacular failure” and that the issue was making Australia an international disgrace.
...the chaotic situation we had under the Labor Party, where first of all we saw the policy flip-flopping back and forth, but secondly we saw some 50,000 boat arrivals, people arriving without a visa, and we saw some 1,200 deaths at sea.An example of that rigid absolutism that marks the Left - if not all then none. If one then all.
How Kevin Rudd’s whisper campaign worked
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (7:36am)
Charming bloke, that Rudd. Greg Combet tells how he was paid back for resisting Kevin Rudd‘s campaign to take back the leadership:
The line:
===The next day payback was administered in the form of a nasty and untrue Telegraph story attacking me, stating that I had been prepared to switch my support to Rudd if he made me treasurer. This was a story that had been peddled to the Press Gallery for two years, but that no one else would publish because it was false. Its origin was in a one-on-one conversation I had with Kevin in late 2011, following a discussion about the international climate change negotiations. At that time I thought he looked in terrible shape, suffering badly from what had happened to him more than a year before. As a human being, I was concerned for him. Kevin produced a couple of glasses of whiskey, over which I expressed my concern for him personally, discussed what had happened, and responded honestly to his questions about my own ambition for my time in the parliament. This was naive on my part. I said that I had not come into parliament with the ambition of becoming leader, but if I had the opportunity one day I thought Treasury was the best job in government.But how vicious is the Sydney Morning Herald? It takes just two short lines in this except - of Sophie Mirabella telling a well-meaning joke - which twists into evidence of heartlessness and a headline on an article actually about the bastardry of Rudd.
There was no discussion, no hint or suggestion of a deal or of any switch in my support from Gillard, or Wayne Swan for that matter. I would simply never do that. I left pleased that we could relax, have a drink and talk. And yet before too long I was fielding calls from journalists. I immediately called Wayne Swan and Julia to let them know. Wayne simply said, ‘It’s OK, that’s exactly how Rudd operates.’
The line:
One day before the 2010 election, I was in parliament experiencing a terrible pain in my leg. I went to see Mal Washer, the Liberal MP and doctor, who arranged for me to be taken to hospital in a wheelchair. As I was waiting at the lift, the doors opened and there was my sparring partner Sophie Mirabella. ‘You’ll do anything to get media,’ she huffed.The treatment:
Australia’s latest export: Muslim beheaders
Andrew Bolt July 26 2014 (7:02am)
I doubt mass immigration from Lebanon has - on the whole, and despite many success stories - benefited Australia enough. Nor do I think Islam is as benign as immigration bureaucrats have assumed:
Sydney born boxer Mohamed Elomar casually poses with the severed heads in photos posted on Twitter by his friend, convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf…(Thanks to reader Peter H and others.)
Elomar and Sharrouf, who spent time in jail for his part in a foiled plot to blow up targets in Sydney and Melbourne, are believed to be fighting with terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)…
Sharrouf, also a former Sydney resident, last week taunted Australian police via his social media account, boasting that he would ‘slaughter’ Australians…
On July 14, Sharrouf fired off a tweet to the AFP and Australians, saying… ‘Australia belongs to the muslims not infidels like you’ as well as boasting of his evasion of police.
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Life is meant to be enjoyed, not merely endured. "...God richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." 1 Timothy 6:17
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Miss Vietnam World pageant. Tough gig. #lol
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Marcus war falsch über die Welt. Sie kümmert sich! Sie liebt es, auf süße Träume, Hoffnungen, Wünsche knabbern. Aber sie nicht belohnen die indolenten. - ed
Engagement rings.
Which one do you fancy ? — with Daniel Frank Katz at Diamond Imports.
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Black folks in Detroit that continue to vote for Democrats is proof positive that brainwashing is real. Brainwashing by definition causes people to act against their own best interest.
How else can you explain how people can drive past the ruins of DETROIT everyday, and vote for more of the same? How can Black folks leave Detroit, come to a more conservative area and vote for what they had in Detroit?
Brainwashing:
Systematic effort to destroy an individual's former loyalties and beliefs and to substitute loyalty to a new ideology or power. It has been used by religious cults as well as by radical political groups. The techniques of brainwashing usually involve isolation from former associates and sources of information; an exacting regimen calling for absolute obedience and humility; strong social pressures and rewards for cooperation; physical and psychological punishments for noncooperation, including social ostracism and criticism, and constant reinforcement. Its effects are sometimes reversed through deprogramming, which combines confrontation and intensive psychotherapy.
Welcome to the Harris Clinic.
Here is a great video on how it is has been done:
http://www.youtube.com/
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An X-Ray diagnosis of all Green Labor supporters recently revealed an improvement in Tony Abbott's popularity due to an increase by one single peanut.
In the past there was nothing there.
The report has yet to be confirmed but we here at The Bolt Report Supporters Group have been privileged to preview the promising recovery prior to the announcement of the election. — at The Mental Institution Hospital.
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Being weighed. But I don't believe the result. The machine said I was 160 cm tall, not 179. Or 5'3", not 5'10" suggesting I'd shrunk recently. It said my BMI was/is 572.6 when its own measures suggested 85. In fact it is more 67. 53.7% fat is 116.9 kg. total mass is 217.7kg. I don't entirely believe it, but it is a starting point and next month will be less .. really. — at Fairfield Leisure Centre
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Another fractured fairy tale~~~
Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town.
As they walk, they come across a sign:
" Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world."
" I am entering" said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, " Well, how did you do? "
" First Place " said Snow White.
They continue walking and they see a sign:
" Contest for the strongest man in the world. "
" I'm entering, " says Superman.
After half an hour he returns and they ask him, " How did you make out? "
" First Place" answers Superman. " Did you even have a doubt? "
They continue walking when they see a sign:
" Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world? "
Pinocchio says " This is mine. "
Half an hour later, he returns with tears in his eyes.
" What happened? " they asked.
" Who the hell is Kevin Rudd ? " he asked.
— atThe Mental Institution Hospital.Pinocchio, Snow White, and Superman are out for a stroll in town.
As they walk, they come across a sign:
" Beauty contest for the most beautiful woman in the world."
" I am entering" said Snow White.
After half an hour she comes out and they ask her, " Well, how did you do? "
" First Place " said Snow White.
They continue walking and they see a sign:
" Contest for the strongest man in the world. "
" I'm entering, " says Superman.
After half an hour he returns and they ask him, " How did you make out? "
" First Place" answers Superman. " Did you even have a doubt? "
They continue walking when they see a sign:
" Contest! Who is the greatest liar in the world? "
Pinocchio says " This is mine. "
Half an hour later, he returns with tears in his eyes.
" What happened? " they asked.
" Who the hell is Kevin Rudd ? " he asked.
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Aye, there is much more to life than that poster stamp thought. But I think it is a House (vis rude) way of saying you can't please everyone and be good. - ed
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TONY ABBOTT THE FUTURE CONSERVATIVE PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA.
Why so serious?
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Today in 1960, the Woolworth lunch counter inGreensboro, North Carolina was finally desegregated after 6 months of sit-in protests.
Read more, from our National Museum of American History, where a section of this counter now resides: http://s.si.edu/15MyKq1
You can also bios and clips of the Greensboro 4 on the Smithsonian Channel's website:http://s.si.edu/19kXBXj
Photo courtesy of Greensboro News & Record
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Comedienne who once threatened to kick Michelle Malkin ‘in the nuts’ tells conservatives to be civil ==>http://twitchy.com/2013/07/25/
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There are so many words in the English language that it’s not surprising that the definitions for some of them have gotten mixed up over the years. It’s possible that you’ve gone your entire life without realizing your mistakes. I’m sure people have noticed. One day, you were probably walking down the street, casually chatting with an old friend, and one of these words slipped out of your mouth. Before you can move on to your story about how Mufasa would actually make a very attractive human, your friend stops to correct your error, and suddenly, your whole life starts to feel like one giant lie. How long have you been using that word incorrectly, you wonder? How many angry Facebook rants have you ruined with your improper grammar? While I can’t give you an answer to those questions, I can at least provide you with a list of other tricky words so that you may never have to suffer from this embarrassment ever again:
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- 1509 – Krishnadevaraya, who would become the most powerful of all the Hindu rulers of India, ascended to the throne of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1882 – Boer mercenaries declared their independence from the Transvaal Republic and established the Republic of Stellaland.
- 1936 – The Canadian National Vimy Memorial (pictured), a memorial site near Vimy, Pas-de-Calais, France, dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed during the First World War, was unveiled.
- 1990 – U.S. President George H. W. Bush signed into law theAmericans with Disabilities Act, a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.
- 2009 – The militant Islamist sect Boko Haram launched an attackon a Nigeria Police Force station, sparking violence across several states in northeastern Nigeria, leaving over 1,000 people dead.
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- 657 – First Fitna: in the Battle of Siffin, troops led by Ali ibn Abu Talib clash with those led by Muawiyah I.
- 811 – Battle of Pliska: Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros I I is killed and his heir Staurakios is seriously wounded.
- 920 – Rout of an alliance of Christian troops from Navarre and Léon against the Muslims at Pamplona.
- 1309 – Henry VII is recognized King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
- 1469 – Wars of the Roses: the Battle of Edgecote Moor, pitting the forces of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick against those ofEdward IV of England, takes place.
- 1509 – The Emperor Krishnadeva Raya ascends to the throne, marking the beginning of the regeneration of the Vijayanagara Empire.
- 1581 – Plakkaat van Verlatinghe (Act of Abjuration): the northern Low Countries declare their independence from the Spanish king,Philip II.
- 1745 – The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
- 1758 – French and Indian War: the Siege of Louisbourg ends with British forces defeating the French and taking control of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.
- 1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
- 1788 – New York ratifies the United States Constitution and becomes the 11th state of the United States.
- 1803 – The Surrey Iron Railway, arguably the world's first public railway, opens in south London, United Kingdom.
- 1822 – José de San Martín arrives in Guayaquil, Ecuador, to meet with Simón Bolívar.
- 1822 – First day of the three-day Battle of Dervenakia, between the Ottoman Empire force led by Mahmud Dramali Pasha and the Greek Revolutionary force led by Theodoros Kolokotronis.
- 1847 – Liberia declares its independence.
- 1861 – American Civil War: George B. McClellan assumes command of the Army of the Potomac following a disastrous Union defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Morgan's Raid ends; At Salineville, Ohio, Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and 360 of his volunteers are captured by Union forces.
- 1882 – Premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal at Bayreuth.
- 1882 – The Republic of Stellaland is founded in Southern Africa.
- 1887 – Publication of the Unua Libro, founding the Esperanto movement.
- 1890 – In Buenos Aires, Argentina the Revolución del Parque takes place, forcing President Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman's resignation.
- 1891 – France annexes Tahiti.
- 1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of theNorth West Frontier Province of India.
- 1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issues an order to immediately staff the Office of the Chief Examiner (later renamed theFederal Bureau of Investigation).
- 1914 – Serbia and Bulgaria interrupt diplomatic relationship.
- 1936 – The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1936 – King Edward VIII, in one of his few official duties before he abdicates the thrоne, officially unveils the Canadian National Vimy Memorial.
- 1937 – End of the Battle of Brunete in the Spanish Civil War.
- 1941 – World War II: in response to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.
- 1944 – World War II: the Soviet Army enters Lviv, a major city in western Ukraine, capturing it from the Nazis. Only 300 Jews survive out of 160,000 living in Lviv prior to occupation.
- 1944 – The first German V-2 rocket hits the United Kingdom.
- 1945 – The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election of July 5 by a landslide, removing Winston Churchill from power.
- 1945 – The Potsdam Declaration is signed in Potsdam, Germany.
- 1945 – HMS Vestal is the last British Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the Second World War
- 1945 – The US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
- 1946 – Aloha Airlines begins service from Honolulu International Airport
- 1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency,United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
- 1948 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs Executive Order 9981 desegregating the military of the United States.
- 1951 – Walt Disney's 13th animated film, Alice in Wonderland, premieres in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1952 – King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
- 1953 – Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date:26th of July Movement
- 1953 – Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
- 1956 – Following the World Bank's refusal to fund building the Aswan Dam, Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal, sparking international condemnation.
- 1957 – Carlos Castillo Armas, dictator of Guatemala, is assassinated.
- 1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
- 1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
- 1963 – An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
- 1963 – The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development votes to admit Japan.
- 1965 – Full independence is granted to the Maldives.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: South Vietnamese opposition leader Truong Dinh Dzu is sentenced to five years hard labor for advocating the formation of a coalition government as a way to move toward an end to the war.
- 1971 – Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
- 1974 – Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
- 1977 – The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
- 1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
- 1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is signed into law by President George Bush.
- 2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.
- 2005 – Mumbai, India receives 99.5cm of rain (39.17 inches) within 24 hours, bringing the city to a halt for over two days.
- 2007 – Shambo, a black cow in Wales that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, is slaughtered due to a bovine tuberculosis infection, causing widespread controversy.
- 2008 – Fifty-six people are killed and over 200 people are injured in 21 bomb blasts in Ahmedabad bombing in India.
- 2009 – The militant Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram attacks a police station in Bauchi, leading to reprisals by the Nigeria Police Force and four days of violence across multiple cities.
Births[edit]
- 1030 – Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Polish bishop and saint (d. 1079)
- 1678 – Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1711)
- 1711 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (d. 1778)
- 1739 – George Clinton, American general and politician, 4th Vice President of the United States (d. 1812)
- 1782 – John Field, Irish pianist and composer (d. 1837)
- 1791 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1844)
- 1802 – Mariano Arista, Mexican politician, 42nd President of Mexico (d. 1855)
- 1819 – Justin Holland American musician and civil rights activist
- 1829 – Auguste Marie François Beernaert, Belgian politician, 14th Prime Minister of Belgium, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1912)
- 1841 – Carl Robert Jakobson, Estonian politician, journalist and teacher (d. 1882)
- 1842 – Alfred Marshall, English economist (d. 1924)
- 1844 – Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish scientist, engineer, and journalist (d. 1938)
- 1846 – Texas Jack Omohundro, American actor (d. 1880)
- 1854 – Philippe Gaucher, French dermatologist (d. 1918)
- 1855 – Ferdinand Tönnies, German sociologist and philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1856 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
- 1858 – Tom Garrett, Australian cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1865 – Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1939)
- 1865 – Rajanikanta Sen, Indian poet and composer (d. 1910)
- 1872 – John Gourlay, Canadian soccer player (d. 1949)
- 1874 – Serge Koussevitzky, Russian-American bassist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)
- 1875 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)
- 1875 – Antonio Machado, Spanish poet (d. 1939)
- 1878 – Ernst Hoppenberg, German swimmer and water polo player (d. 1937)
- 1879 – Shunroku Hata, Japanese field marshal (d. 1962)
- 1880 – Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Ukrainian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Ukrainian People's Republic (d. 1951)
- 1885 – André Maurois, French author (d. 1967)
- 1886 – Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965)
- 1888 – Reginald Hands, South African cricketer (d. 1918)
- 1890 – Daniel J. Callaghan, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
- 1892 – Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player (d. 1966)
- 1893 – George Grosz, German painter (d. 1959)
- 1894 – Aldous Huxley, English author (d. 1963)
- 1895 – Gracie Allen, American actress and singer (d. 1964)
- 1895 – Jane Bunford, English giant (d. 1922)
- 1896 – Tim Birkin, English race car driver (d. 1933)
- 1897 – Paul Gallico, American author (d. 1976)
- 1897 – Harold D. Cooley, American politician (d. 1974)
- 1900 – Pat Walshe, American actor and animal impersonator (d. 1991)
- 1903 – Estes Kefauver, American politician (d. 1963)
- 1906 – Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (d. 1943)
- 1908 – Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (d. 2002)
- 1909 – Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1994)
- 1909 – Vivian Vance, American actress and singer (d. 1979)
- 1911 – John Pierotti, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
- 1913 – Kan Yuet-keung, Hong Kong banker, lawyer, and politician (d. 2012)
- 1914 – C. Farris Bryant, American politician, 34th Governor of Florida (d. 2002)
- 1914 – Erskine Hawkins, American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1993)
- 1914 – Ellis Kinder, American baseball player (d. 1968)
- 1916 – Dean Brooks, American physician and actor (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Jaime Luiz Coelho, Brazilian archbishop (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Herbert Norkus, German Hitler Youth member (d. 1932)
- 1918 – Marjorie Lord, American actress
- 1919 – Virginia Gilmore, American actress and singer (d. 1986)
- 1919 – James Lovelock, English environmentalist
- 1920 – Nilton Pacheco, Brazilian basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Bob Waterfield, American football player and coach (d. 1983)
- 1921 – Tom Saffell, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
- 1921 – Jean Shepherd, American radio host, actor, and screenwriter (d. 1999)
- 1922 – Blake Edwards, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
- 1922 – Jim Foglesong, American record producer (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Jason Robards, American actor and singer (d. 2000)
- 1923 – Jan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
- 1923 – Biff Elliot, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1923 – Hoyt Wilhelm, American baseball player and coach (d. 2002)
- 1925 – Jerzy Einhorn, Polish-Swedish doctor and politician (d. 2000)
- 1925 – Ana María Matute, Spanish author (d. 2014)
- 1926 – James Best, American actor and singer
- 1927 – Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (d. 2003)
- 1928 – Don Beauman, English race car driver (d. 1955)
- 1928 – Francesco Cossiga, Italian politician, 8th President of Italy (d. 2010)
- 1928 – Ibn-e-Safi, Indian-Pakistani author and poet (d. 1980)
- 1928 – Elliott Erwitt, French-American photographer
- 1928 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer (d. 1999)
- 1928 – Peter Lougheed, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Alberta (d. 2012)
- 1928 – Sally Oppenheim-Barnes, British politician
- 1928 – Bernice Rubens, Welsh author (d. 2004)
- 1929 – Marc Lalonde, Canadian lawyer and politician
- 1929 – Joe Jackson, American talent manager, father of the Jackson family
- 1929 – Alexis Weissenberg, Bulgarian-French pianist (d. 2012)
- 1930 – Plínio de Arruda Sampaio, Brazilian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1930 – Barbara Jefford, English actress
- 1931 – Robert Colbert, American actor
- 1931 – Takashi Ono, Japanese gymnast
- 1931 – Telê Santana, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2006)
- 1933 – Lance Percival, English comedian and actor
- 1933 – Igor Plechanov, Russian motorcycle racer (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Yale Summers, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Yomo Toro, Puerto Rican guitarist and composer (d. 2012)
- 1934 – Tommy McDonald, American football player
- 1936 – Tsutomu Koyama, Japanese volleyball player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1936 – Lawrie McMenemy, English football manager
- 1936 – Mary Millar, English actress and singer (d. 1998)
- 1936 – Keith Peters, Welsh physician
- 1939 – Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (d. 2011)
- 1939 – John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1939 – Bob Lilly, American football player and photographer
- 1939 – Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (d. 2013)
- 1940 – Dobie Gray, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2011)
- 1940 – Mary Jo Kopechne, American secretary and educator (d. 1969)
- 1940 – Brian Mawhinney, British politician
- 1940 – Bobby Rousseau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1940 – Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer-songwriter and actor
- 1941 – Jean Baubérot, French historian and sociologist
- 1941 – Bobby Hebb, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
- 1941 – Darlene Love, American singer and actress
- 1941 – Brenton Wood, American singer-songwriter
- 1942 – Vladimír Mečiar, Slovak politician, 1st Prime Minister of Slovakia
- 1942 – Teddy Pilette, Belgian racing driver
- 1943 – Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
- 1943 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (The Rolling Stones and SuperHeavy)
- 1944 – Kiel Martin, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1945 – Betty Davis, American singer-songwriter
- 1945 – Helen Mirren, English actress
- 1946 – Emilio de Villota, Spanish racing driver
- 1946 – Anne Wright, British academic
- 1948 – Luboš Andršt, Czech guitarist and songwriter (Energit and Framus Five)
- 1948 – Herbert Wiesinger, German figure skater
- 1949 – Thaksin Shinawatra, Thai businessman and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Thailand
- 1949 – Roger Taylor, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Queen, The Cross, and Smile)
- 1950 – Nelinho, Brazilian footballer
- 1950 – Nicholas Evans, English journalist, screenwriter, and producer
- 1950 – Anne Rafferty, English Lord Justice of Appeal
- 1950 – Susan George, English actress and producer
- 1950 – Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990)
- 1951 – Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1952 – Glynis Breakwell, English psychologist
- 1953 – Felix Magath, German footballer and manager
- 1953 – Edie Mirman, American voice actress
- 1953 – Robert Phillips, American guitarist
- 1954 – Vitas Gerulaitis, American tennis player (d. 1994)
- 1955 – Aleksandrs Starkovs, Latvian footballer and coach
- 1955 – Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistani politician, 11th President of Pakistan
- 1956 – Peter Fincham, British television producer
- 1956 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater
- 1956 – Tommy Rich, American wrestler
- 1956 – Tim Tremlett, English cricketer
- 1957 – Norman Baker, British politician
- 1957 – Yuen Biao, Hong Kong actor and martial artist
- 1957 – Hart Hanson, American screenwriter and producer
- 1957 – Nana Visitor, American actress
- 1958 – Monti Davis, American basketball player (d. 2013)
- 1958 – Angela Hewitt, Canadian pianist
- 1958 – Thierry Gilardi, French sportscaster (d. 2008)
- 1959 – Rick Bragg, American author and journalist
- 1959 – Tom McGowan, American actor
- 1959 – Michael Bruce Ross, American serial killer (d. 2005)
- 1959 – Kevin Spacey, American actor, singer, and producer
- 1961 – Gary Cherone, American singer-songwriter (Extreme, Van Halen, Tribe of Judah, and Hurtsmile)
- 1961 – Andy Connell, English keyboard player and songwriter (Swing Out Sister and A Certain Ratio)
- 1961 – Felix Dexter, Caribbean-English comedian and actor (d. 2013)
- 1961 – Dimitris Saravakos, Greek footballer
- 1962 – Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh, Irish singer and fiddler (Altan, T with the Maggies, and String Sisters)
- 1963 – Jeff Stoughton, Canadian curler
- 1964 – Sandra Bullock, American actress and producer
- 1964 – Ralf Metzenmacher, German painter and designer
- 1964 – Anne Provoost, Belgian author
- 1964 – Danny Woodburn, American actor
- 1965 – Jeremy Piven, American actor and producer
- 1967 – Martin Baker, English organist and choral conductor
- 1967 – Anthony Durante, American wrestler (d. 2003)
- 1967 – Tim Schafer, American computer game designer, founded Double Fine Productions
- 1968 – Frédéric Diefenthal, French actor and director
- 1968 – Olivia Williams, English actress
- 1969 – Greg Colbrunn, American baseball player and coach
- 1969 – Tanni Grey-Thompson, Welsh wheelchair racer and politician
- 1970 – Joan Wasser, American singer-songwriter and violinist (The Dambuilders, Those Bastard Souls, and Antony and the Johnsons)
- 1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer and coach
- 1972 – Nathan Buckley, Australian footballer and coach
- 1972 – Indrek Sei, Estonian swimmer
- 1972 – Wayne Wonder, Jamaican singer-songwriter
- 1973 – Vaniity, Mexican-American porn actress
- 1973 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress
- 1973 – Lenka Kotková, Czech astronomer
- 1973 – Chris Pirillo, American television host, author, and blogger
- 1973 – Mariano Raffo, Argentinian director and producer
- 1974 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- 1974 – Dean Sturridge, English footballer
- 1975 – Ingo Schultz, German sprinter
- 1975 – Joe Smith, American basketball player
- 1975 – Elizabeth Truss, English politician
- 1976 – Elena Kustarova, Russian ice dancer and coach
- 1977 – Joaquín Benoit, Dominican baseball player
- 1977 – Martin Laursen, Danish footballer and manager
- 1977 – Rebecca St. James, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actress
- 1977 – Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
- 1978 – Eve Myles, Welsh actress
- 1979 – Friedrich Michau, German rugby player
- 1979 – Derek Paravicini, English pianist
- 1979 – Peter Sarno, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Mageina Tovah, American actress
- 1979 – Erik Westrum, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Dave Baksh, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Sum 41, Brown Brigade, and Organ Thieves)
- 1980 – Lee Dong-gun, South Korean actor and singer
- 1980 – Robert Gallery, American football player
- 1980 – Ellen Hamilton Latzen, American actress
- 1980 – Liliane Klein, American actress and singer
- 1980 – Mugdha Godse, Indian model and actress
- 1981 – Vildan Atasever, Turkish actress
- 1981 – Abe Forsythe, Australian actor, director, and screenwriter
- 1981 – Maicon Sisenando, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 – Kalimba, Mexican singer and actor
- 1982 – Christopher Kane, Scottish fashion designer
- 1982 – Gilad Hochman, Israeli composer
- 1982 – Chez Starbuck, American actor
- 1983 – Zara, Russian singer and actress
- 1983 – Hila Bronstein, Israeli-German singer-songwriter (Bro'Sis)
- 1983 – Kelly Clark, American snowboarder
- 1983 – Stephen Makinwa, Nigerian footballer
- 1983 – Roderick Strong, American wrestler
- 1983 – Naomi van As, Dutch field hockey player
- 1983 – Delonte West, American basketball player
- 1984 – Kristina Dörfer, German actress and singer
- 1984 – Kyriakos Ioannou, Cypriot high jumper
- 1984 – Benjamin Kayser, French rugby player
- 1984 – Leigh Lezark, American DJ and model (The Misshapes)
- 1984 – Melissa Marty, Puerto Rician model, Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008
- 1984 – Alex Parks, English singer-songwriter
- 1984 – Sabri Sarıoğlu, Turkish footballer
- 1985 – Marcus Benard, American football player
- 1985 – Zhou Bichang, Chinese singer-songwriter and actress
- 1985 – Gaël Clichy, French footballer
- 1985 – Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1985 – Mat Gamel, American baseball player
- 1985 – Natsuki Katō, Japanese model and actress
- 1985 – Jasmine Lennard, English model
- 1985 – Matt Riddlehoover, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1985 – Georgina Sherrington, English actress
- 1986 – Leo Hallerstam, Swedish actor
- 1986 – Monica Raymund, American actress
- 1986 – John White, English footballer
- 1987 – Alec Martinez, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 – Miriam McDonald, Canadian actress and dancer
- 1987 – Fredy Montero, Colombian footballer
- 1987 – Panagiotis Kone, Greek footballer
- 1988 – Sayaka Akimoto, Japanese singer, actress, and dancer (AKB48 and Diva)
- 1988 – Francia Raisa, American actress
- 1989 – Areti Ketime, Greek singer and musician
- 1989 – Ivian Sarcos, Venezuelan model, Miss World 2011
- 1993 – Elizabeth Gillies, American actress and singer
- 1993 – Taylor Momsen, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (The Pretty Reckless)
- 1994 – Ella Leivo, Finnish tennis player
- 1995 – Holly Bodimeade, English actress
- 1996 – Olivia Breen, English sprinter
- 1996 – Tatjana Vorobjova, Estonian tennis player
Deaths[edit]
- 342 – Emperor Cheng of Jin (b. 321)
- 432 – Pope Celestine I
- 796 – Offa of Mercia
- 811 – Nikephoros I, Byzantine emperor
- 1380 – Emperor Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1322)
- 1471 – Pope Paul II (b. 1417)
- 1592 – Armand de Gontaut, baron de Biron, French soldier (b. 1524)
- 1605 – Miguel de Benavides, Spanish clergyman and sinologist (b. 1552)
- 1611 – Horio Yoshiharu, Japanese daimyo (b. 1542)
- 1680 – John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, English poet and courtier (b. 1647)
- 1684 – Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Italian philosopher (b. 1646)
- 1712 – Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, English politician (b. 1631)
- 1723 – Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician (b. 1660)
- 1801 – Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria (b. 1756)
- 1863 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 7th Governor of Texas (b. 1793)
- 1867 – Otto, King of Greece (b. 1815)
- 1915 – James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist (b. 1837)
- 1919 – Edward Poynter, English painter (b. 1836)
- 1925 – Antonio Ascari, Italian race car driver (b. 1888)
- 1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848)
- 1925 – William Jennings Bryan, American lawyer and politician, 41st United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
- 1926 – Robert Todd Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, 35th United States Secretary of War (b. 1843)
- 1930 – Pavlos Karolidis, Greek historian (b. 1849)
- 1932 – Fred Duesenberg, German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Company (b. 1876)
- 1934 – Winsor McCay, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
- 1938 – Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (b. 1861)
- 1941 – Henri Lebesgue, French mathematician (b. 1875)
- 1942 – Roberto Arlt, Argentinian author and playwright (b. 1900)
- 1952 – Eva Perón, Argentinian actress and politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)
- 1953 – Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician, 135th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1883)
- 1960 – Cedric Gibbons, Irish-American art director and production designer (b. 1893)
- 1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian biochemist (b. 1879)
- 1964 – Francis Curzon, 5th Earl Howe, English race car driver and politician (b. 1884)
- 1970 – Robert Taschereau, Canadian jurist, 11th Chief Justice of Canada (b. 1896)
- 1971 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 1980 – Ibn-e-Safi, Pakistani author and poet (b. 1928)
- 1984 – George Gallup, American statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
- 1984 – Ed Gein, American murderer (b. 1906)
- 1986 – W. Averell Harriman, American politician and diplomat, 11th United States Secretary of Commerce (b. 1891)
- 1988 – Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani scholar (b. 1919)
- 1990 – Brent Mydland, German-American keyboard player and songwriter (Grateful Dead, Bobby and the Midnites, and Silver) (b. 1952)
- 1992 – Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (b. 1943)
- 1993 – Matthew Ridgway, American general (b. 1895)
- 1994 – James Luther Adams, American theologian and educator (b. 1901)
- 1994 – Christy Henrich, American gymnast (b. 1972)
- 1994 – Tonia Marketaki, Greek director and screenwriter (b. 1942)
- 1994 – Terry Scott, English actor (b. 1927)
- 1995 – Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1917)
- 1995 – Raymond Mailloux, Canadian politician (b. 1918)
- 1995 – George W. Romney, American businessman and politician, 43rd Governor of Michigan (b. 1907)
- 1999 – Walter Jackson Bate, American author and critic (b. 1918)
- 1999 – Phaedon Gizikis, Greek general and politician (b. 1917)
- 2000 – John Tukey, American mathematician (b. 1915)
- 2001 – Rex T. Barber, American colonel and pilot (b. 1917)
- 2001 – Peter von Zahn, German journalist and author (b. 1913)
- 2004 – William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
- 2005 – Betty Astell, English actress (b. 1912)
- 2005 – Alexander Golitzen, Russian-American production designer (b. 1908)
- 2005 – Jack Hirshleifer, American economist and educator (b. 1925)
- 2005 – Gilles Marotte, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1945)
- 2007 – Lars Forssell, Swedish author, poet, and playwright (b. 1928)
- 2007 – John Normington, English actor (b. 1937)
- 2007 – Skip Prosser, American basketball player and coach (b. 1950)
- 2009 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1919)
- 2009 – Marcey Jacobson, American-Mexican photographer (b. 1911)
- 2010 – Sivakant Tiwari, Indian-Singaporean politician (b. 1945)
- 2011 – Richard Harris, American-Canadian football player and coach (b. 1948)
- 2011 – Sakyo Komatsu, Japanese author (b. 1931)
- 2011 – Margaret Olley, Australian painter (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Don Bagley, American bassist and composer (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Miriam Ben-Porat, Russian-Israeli jurist (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Karl Benjamin, American painter (b. 1925)
- 2012 – Lupe Ontiveros, American actress (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Pat Porter, American runner (b. 1959)
- 2012 – Neil Reed, American basketball player and coach (b. 1976)
- 2012 – Ralph Slatyer, Australian biologist (b. 1929)
- 2012 – Mary Tamm, English actress (b. 1950)
- 2012 – James D. Watkins, American admiral and politician, 6th United States Secretary of Energy (b. 1927)
- 2013 – JJ Cale, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Leathercoated Minds) (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Luther F. Cole, American lawyer and politician (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Harley Flanders, American mathematician (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Leighton Gage, American author (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Sung Jae-ki, South Korean activist (b. 1967)
- 2013 – Lafif Lakhdar, Tunisian journalist and author (b. 1934)
- 2013 – George P. Mitchell, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Bob Savage, American baseball player (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Obaid Siddiqi, Indian biologist and academic (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Unbridled's Song, American race horse (b. 1993)
Holidays and observances[edit]
- Christian Feast Day:
- Day of the National Rebellion (Cuba)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Liberia in 1847.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Maldives from the United Kingdom in 1965.
- Kargil Victory Day or Kargil Vijay Diwas (India)
“I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands.”Psalm 119:60 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"He left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out."
Genesis 39:12
Genesis 39:12
In contending with certain sins there remains no mode of victory but by flight. The ancient naturalists wrote much of basilisks, whose eyes fascinated their victims and rendered them easy victims; so the mere gaze of wickedness puts us in solemn danger. He who would be safe from acts of evil must haste away from occasions of it. A covenant must be made with our eyes not even to look upon the cause of temptation, for such sins only need a spark to begin with and a blaze follows in an instant. Who would wantonly enter the leper's prison and sleep amid its horrible corruption? He only who desires to be leprous himself would thus court contagion. If the mariner knew how to avoid a storm, he would do anything rather than run the risk of weathering it. Cautious pilots have no desire to try how near the quicksand they can sail, or how often they may touch a rock without springing a leak; their aim is to keep as nearly as possible in the midst of a safe channel.
This day I may be exposed to great peril, let me have the serpent's wisdom to keep out of it and avoid it. The wings of a dove may be of more use to me today than the jaws of a lion. It is true I may be an apparent loser by declining evil company, but I had better leave my cloak than lose my character; it is not needful that I should be rich, but it is imperative upon me to be pure. No ties of friendship, no chains of beauty, no flashings of talent, no shafts of ridicule must turn me from the wise resolve to flee from sin. The devil I am to resist and he will flee from me, but the lusts of the flesh, I must flee, or they will surely overcome me. O God of holiness preserve thy Josephs, that Madam Bubble bewitch them not with her vile suggestions. May the horrible trinity of the world, the flesh, and the devil, never overcome us!
Evening
"In their affliction they will seek me early."
Hosea 5:15
Hosea 5:15
Losses and adversities are frequently the means which the great Shepherd uses to fetch home his wandering sheep; like fierce dogs they worry the wanderers back to the fold. There is no making lions tame if they are too well fed; they must be brought down from their great strength, and their stomachs must be lowered, and then they will submit to the tamer's hand; and often have we seen the Christian rendered obedient to the Lord's will by straitness of bread and hard labour. When rich and increased in goods many professors carry their heads much too loftily, and speak exceeding boastfully. Like David, they flatter themselves, "My mountain standeth fast; I shall never be moved." When the Christian groweth wealthy, is in good repute, hath good health, and a happy family, he too often admits Mr. Carnal Security to feast at his table, and then if he be a true child of God there is a rod preparing for him. Wait awhile, and it may be you will see his substance melt away as a dream. There goes a portion of his estate--how soon the acres change hands. That debt, that dishonoured bill--how fast his losses roll in, where will they end? It is a blessed sign of divine life if when these embarrassments occur one after another he begins to be distressed about his backslidings, and betakes himself to his God. Blessed are the waves that wash the mariner upon the rock of salvation! Losses in business are often sanctified to our soul's enriching. If the chosen soul will not come to the Lord full-handed, it shall come empty. If God, in his grace, findeth no other means of making us honour him among men, he will cast us into the deep; if we fail to honour him on the pinnacle of riches, he will bring us into the valley of poverty. Yet faint not, heir of sorrow, when thou art thus rebuked, rather recognize the loving hand which chastens, and say, "I will arise, and go unto my Father."
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Today's reading: Psalm 37-39, Acts 26 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Psalm 37-39
Of David.
1 Do not fret because of those who are evil
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
or be envious of those who do wrong;
2 for like the grass they will soon wither,
like green plants they will soon die away.
3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Take delight in the LORD,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
5 Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
trust in him and he will do this:
6 He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,
your vindication like the noonday sun.
Today's New Testament reading: Acts 26
1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself."
So Paul motioned with his hand and began his defense: 2 "King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,3 and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently....
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Lydia
The Woman Who Was Diligent in Business
Scripture References: Acts 16:12-15, 40; Philippians 1:1-10
Name Meaning: Lydia, who was an Asiatic, derived her name from the country on the borders of which her native city, Thyatira, was situated. It was not an original Greek name, but probably Phoenician, and a common name meaning "bending." Readers of Horace will be familiar with Lydia as a popular name for women. There are those writers who think that it means "The Lydian," seeing Thyatira was a city of Lydia, and that her personal name is unknown.
Family Connections: Scripture does not supply us with any information regarding Lydia's background apart from the fact that she lived in Thyatira which was one of the Macedonian colonies. From names discovered on monuments it is evident that the city was the melting pot of many nations, and that the chief object of worship was Apollo, who was worshiped as the sun-god under the name of Tyrinnus. There was also a strong Jewish element in the city maintaining faith in Jehovah. Lydia, one of the prominent women of Thyatira, is presented to us in various ways, namely:
As a Business Woman
Thyatira was conspicuous for its many guilds which were united by common pursuits and religious rites. One of these guilds was that of dyers. The water of the area was so well-adapted for dyeing, that no other place could produce the scarlet cloth out of which fezzes were so brilliantly and so permanently dyed. This unique purple dye brought the city universal renown. Lydia was a well-known seller of this product (Acts 16:14 ), and typifies a successful business woman in a prosperous city. Ability, enthusiasm, singleness of purpose and mental acumen were hers, and she prospered greatly in an honorable and extensive calling of "selling purple." Lydia was an example of the comparatively independent position some women attained to in Asia Minor. That she became prosperous in business is seen in that she owned a spacious home, and had servants to care for her.
As a Devout Woman
While it is not certain whether Lydia was of Jewish descent it is evident that she was a Jewish proselyte. "She worshipped God," we are told. Often business people are so engrossed in their affairs as to have no time for religion. But Lydia, in spite of all her secular obligations, found time to worship according to the Jewish faith. Daily she made her way to the riverside where prayer was wont to be made. She knew that in order to successfuly meet the stiff competition of the Philippian traders, she needed grace as well as knowledge. At that riverside prayer meeting perhaps she met other Jewish dyers, and with them eagerly waited upon the ministry of Paul and his companions.
As a Seeking Woman
Although sincerely religious, Lydia was not a Christian. She did, however, have a hunger for a deeper spiritual experience. The mind is closed against the full truth either from ignorance or prejudice and cannot discern it, or from pride and perversity and will not admit it. Ignorance was responsible for Lydia's closed mind, but as she attended to the truth of Christ which Paul spoke of in conversational style in that small seated Jewish gathering, the light dawned, and her heart opened to receive that Christ as her Saviour. As Chrysostom puts it, "To open is the part of God, and to pay attention that of the woman." Her faith was born through hearing the Word of God (Psalm 119:18, 130; Luke 24:45).
As a Christian Woman
As an evidence of her surrender to the claims of Christ she was baptized, "the waters of Europe then first being sacramentally used to seal her faith and God's forgiveness in Christ." Her conversion was declared by a public confession, and such was her enthusiasm that she immediately told her household what had happened, and all within it likewise believed and were baptized as disciples of the same Saviour. Thus Lydia had the honor of being Paul's first European convert--the forerunner of a mighty host to honor the Lord. Becoming a Christian did not make her less of a successful business woman. Now she had Christ as her Senior Partner and with Him we can imagine that trade remained good and that much of her profit was used to assist His servants in the work of the Gospel.
As a Hospitable Woman
Lydia's transformation of life was evidenced by her eagerness to give missionaries the hospitality of her fine home. Truth in her heart was manifested in kindness to each other--as they ought to be! "Be ye kind one to another." First came Lydia's faith, then the winning of her servants to Christ, then her love in gracious hospitality, and finally her reception of Paul and Silas into her home after their discharge from prison, bruised and battered though they were. She was not ashamed of the Lord's prisoners (see 1 Timothy 5:10; Hebrews 13:2 ;1 Peter 4:9). While benefiting from Lydia's generous hospitality Paul warned all present of the terrible trials before them, and then parting from godly Lydia, praised God for all she had meant to him and his companions.
As a Consecrated Woman
Lydia always had "open house" for the saints of God and her home became a center of Christian fellowship in Philippi with perhaps the first Christian church being formed therein. When Paul came to write his letter to the Philippians, we can rest assured that Lydia was included in all the saints at Philippi to whom he sent his salutations (Philippians 1:1-7); and was also in his mind as one of those women who labored with him in the Gospel (Philippians 4:3). William Ramsay thinks that Lydia may have been either Euodia or Syntyche (Philippians 4:2).
When Paul penned the triple exhortation--"Not slothful in business, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord" (Romans 12:11), we do not know whether he had his hospitable convert, Lydia, in mind. She certainly exemplified these three virtues, and grace can be ours to emulate them.
"Not slothful in business"
If our business is honorable and we are diligent in it, and if we are the Lord's, we have the assurance that if we honor Him in all transactions, He will honor us. He places no premium upon idleness or indolence. Did not Paul say that if we are not willing to work we have no right to eat?
"Fervent in spirit"
Moffatt's translation is suggestive here. He expresses it, "Maintain the spiritual glow," which, by God's grace Lydia was able to do as she cared for her business interests and pursuits which were no bar to her spirituality. Too often, we allow the secular to rob us of our glow. Our affection becomes too set on things below.
"Serving the Lord"
Lydia not only sold her dyes--she served her Saviour. She stayed in business that she might have the money to help God's servants in their ministry. How her generous care of Paul and Silas, and of many others, must have cheered their hearts. Lydia was, first of all, a consecrated Christian, then a conscientious business woman who continued to sell her purple dyes for the glory of God. When we reach heaven, we shall find this "seller of purple" wearing more superior garments, robes not stained even with the notable dye of Thyatira, but "washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb."
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David
[Dā'vid] - beloved. The youngest son of the eight sons of Jesse the Bethlehemite, the second and greatest of Israel's kings, the eloquent poet and one of the most prominent figures in the history of the world (Ruth 4:17, 22; 1 Sam. 16:13).
[Dā'vid] - beloved. The youngest son of the eight sons of Jesse the Bethlehemite, the second and greatest of Israel's kings, the eloquent poet and one of the most prominent figures in the history of the world (Ruth 4:17, 22; 1 Sam. 16:13).
The Man After God's Own Heart
Volumes have been written on the trials and triumphs of David, a mountain peak among Bible characters, who was carefully chosen as Israel's second king by God Himself. David's father, Jesse, was a man of no great rank who lived in the little town of Bethlehem. In his youth David was trained to tend his father's sheep. Being the youngest of the family he was not brought into public notice, yet it pleased God to raise him from a low estate and set him upon the throne. He was overlooked by the prophet Samuel, but the prophet obeyed when God said, "Arise anoint him, this is he." All we can do in this study is to offer a brief sketch of David's eventful life. We view him as:
I. A Warrior. David was courageous as a champion and a great soldier (1 Sam. 17:40; 2 Sam. 5:7). His fight with Goliath the giant made him a marked man. He had not the training of a soldier. As yet he had not reached the years of manhood. Dressed like a poor country shepherd lad, he had no weapons save his sling. Never were two warriors more unequally matched, but when David was victorious over Goliath there was no empty boasting, no reliance upon his own powers. God gave the victory and David gave Him all the glory. He became a man of war and because of that was not allowed to build the Temple ( 1 Chron. 28:3).
II. As a Musician. Because he was a skilful player on the harp he found himself in the presence of the wretched king, Saul, who could only be soothed by David's music. Poetic genius made him the sweet psalmist of Israel, and no poet has been so constantly used and quoted through the ages. His majestic psalms are the masterpiece of spiritual literature.
III. As a Saint. David was accepted as a child of God. The general trend of his life was spiritual (1 Sam. 13:14; 1 Kings 15:5 ). What other man has had the reputation of being known as a man after God's own heart? Such an expression does not refer to any remarkable goodness in David, but to him as one whom God had chosen to be the ruler of His people. He was the man according to God's special choice. His psalms of praise, worship and meditation indicate the God-ward direction of his life.
IV. As a Sinner. David violated a divine law (Deut. 17:17; 2 Sam. 5:13), yielded to his gross sin in a period of ease (2 Sam. 11) and was rebuked by the prophet Nathan ( 2 Sam. 12). David stained his character by his sin against Uriah and by the deceitful way he gained this gallant soldier's wife as his own. Such a grievous sin brought the bitterest anguish of heart. David's confession was not a cold, formal acknowledgment of guilt, but a true and heartfelt humbling of himself before God and a deep cry for pardon and restoration to divine favor as psalms thirty-two and fifty-one clearly prove.
V. As a Prophet. David had a prophetic gift given to few. He was one of those holy men of old moved by the Holy Spirit to set forth many glorious truths related to Christ as Saviour and Messiah. When we come to the New Testament we find the Psalms quoted from more often than any other part of the Old Testament.
VI. As a Type. Not only did David prophesy about Christ, he resembled Him in many ways. For example:
Both were born in the humble town of Bethlehem.
Both were of low estate on earth, having no rank to boast of, no wealth to recommend them to the world.
Both were shepherds - the one caring for sheep, the other for souls.
Both were sorely oppressed and persecuted but opened not their mouths.
Both came to kingship. David subdued his foes and had a kingdom stretching from shore to shore. Jesus was born a King, and is to have an everlasting Kingdom.
VII. As a Star. Does not the children's hymn urge us to be "a star in someone's sky?" David has lighted many a spiritual traveler on the way to heaven. Glory alone will reveal what his psalms meant to Christ and to His followers in all ages. Yet he is nothing compared to the Sun of Righteousness Himself. None can compare to David's greater son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who died and rose again to become our Saviour, Friend and King.
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