In defence of Bill de Blasio. Some have said that de Blasio caused the deaths of two policemen murdered by a crazed gunman eager to give 'pigs wings' in response to a death de Blasio commented on. de Blasio had as much control over the crazed gunman as he had of his own tongue or surface thoughts. The crazed gunman may have seized on de Blasio's thought bubble that blamed NYC police for the death of a man resisting arrest. Of course the guy did not have to resist arrest. And after wrestling with many police, it is understandable that nobody tried to get close to him while he was unconscious But many others have commented on the death too, and why would anyone care what the New York Mayor thought? He is only the first Democrat Mayor since 1993. Back then, NYC was a basket case that was generally accepted as unfixable. And it was, while ever a Democrat is mayor.
“At this point, given it was extremely bad weather, the chances of this being some sort of terrorist activity are very small because most terrorist activities take place in good weather.”Australian terrorists fighting for ISIL remain stable in number, not character, as the number killed in fighting roughly matches the number of new arrivals.
Missing plane automatic locator beacon failed. Maybe no one paid for the option on their tickets?
2013
The left answer good argument with abuse. Miranda Devine illustrates this with detail in her column. But there are examples that extend further and appear closer. When Gillard gave thanks to the Rudd government she killed, she listed achievements, but failed to mention Rudd's ones. I didn't feel that any of them were worthy of the description of 'achievement' but .. Gillard's behaviour was small and petty and intrinsically abusive. I was reminded of this when I was invited to list my business activity on a FB chat page, and the page's owner listed all the businesses but my mine in their thank you. Petty, and typically left wing. Also the anti semitic comments some post in answer to pro Israeli comments. I would be more open to them if they were substantive. But typically, the most substantive that abusers get is to refer to UN complaints on events that did not happen or misrepresent situations. I similarly don't like the anti Islamic sentiment. I appreciate the nature of the terrorism pervasive in terrorist culture and the assertions of Islamo fascists that they are Islamic, which Islamic authorities rarely deny. But, it is stupid to enlarge the enemy - that is what terrorists want. There are decent Islamic peoples .. I know a few (no need to name them). Argument through abuse won't be rewarded by me. Australia has improved in the business outlook since Abbott was elected PM. I'm told by numerous merchants that business is .. busier. Part of that could be the weaker dollar. Mr Abbott has much work to do to change things. A $5 copayment for medicare is being discussed. Naturally, opposition to it is strong and vocal. It wouldn't be the only cost of having had six years of a federal ALP government. In NSW, it is the first time since '72 that we have had a conservative government federally and statewide. The last time that happened, the long delayed Opera House was built and Snowy Mountain scheme completed. I want them to be as ambitious.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1170, Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, was assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently became a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church. 1427, army of Ming dynasty started withdrawing from Hanoi, putting an end to the domination of Đại Việt. 1508, Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attacked Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul. 1778, American Revolutionary War: 3,000 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant ColonelArchibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia. 1786, French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables was convened. In 1812, the USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Java off the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle. 1835, the Treaty of New Echota was signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States. 1845, in accordance with International Boundary delimitation, United States annexed the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destiny doctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, was thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state. 1851, the first American YMCA opened in Boston, Massachusetts. 1860, the first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior was launched. 1876, the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster occurred, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio. 1890, Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
In 1911, Mongolia gained independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia. Also 1911, Sun Yat-sen became the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally took office on January 1, 1912. 1914, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, was serialized in The Egoist. 1930, Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduced the two-nation theory and outlined a vision for the creation of Pakistan. 1934, Japan renounced the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930. 1937, the Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution. 1939, first flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
1940, World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombed London, England, UK, killing almost 200 civilians. 1949, KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut became the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule. 1959, physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology. Also 1959, the Lisbon Metro began operation. 1972, an Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashed on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101. 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
In 1989, riots broke-out after Hong Kong decided to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees. 1992, Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tried to resign amidst corruption charges, but was then impeached. 1996, Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity signed a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war. 1997, Hong Kong began to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain. 1998, leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologised for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives. 2001, a fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, killed at least 291. 2003, the last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct. 2006, UK settled its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt. 2012, a Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashed in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured. 2013, a suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd killed at least 18 people and wounded 40 others.
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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
Or the US President at
https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or http://wh.gov/ilXYR
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.
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- 765 – Ali Al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of the Twelve Imams (d. 818)
- 1721 – Madame de Pompadour, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
- 1800 – Charles Goodyear, American inventor (d. 1860)
- 1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
- 1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
- 1938 – Jon Voight, American actor
- 1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer
- 1966 – Martin Offiah, English rugby player
- 1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer
- 1972 – Jude Law, English actor, director, and producer
- 1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino
- 1998 – Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
- 1835 – The United States signed the Treaty of New Echota with leaders of a minority Cherokee faction, which became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears.
- 1891 – Physical education teacher James Naismith introduced a game in Springfield, Massachusetts, with thirteen rules and nine players on each team that he called "Basket Ball".
- 1911 – Sun Yat-sen (pictured) was elected in Nanjing as the Provisional President of the Republic of China.
- 1937 – The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.
- 1992 – President of Brazil Fernando Collor de Mello resigned in an attempt to stop his impeachment proceedings from continuing, but the Senate of Brazil continued anyway, finding him guilty.
Matches
- 1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Catholic Church.
- 1427 – Army of Ming dynasty started withdrawing from Hanoi, put an end to the domination of Đại Việt.
- 1508 – Portuguese forces under the command of Francisco de Almeida attack Khambhat at the Battle of Dabul.
- 1778 – American Revolutionary War: 3,000 British soldiers under the command of Lieutenant ColonelArchibald Campbell capture Savannah, Georgia.
- 1786 – French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.
- 1812 – The USS Constitution under the command of Captain William Bainbridge, captures the HMS Javaoff the coast of Brazil after a three hour battle.
- 1835 – The Treaty of New Echota is signed, ceding all the lands of the Cherokee east of the Mississippi River to the United States.
- 1845 – In accordance with International Boundary delimitation, United States annexes the Republic of Texas, following the manifest destinydoctrine. The Republic of Texas, which had been independent since the Texas Revolution of 1836, is thereupon admitted as the 28th U.S. state.
- 1851 – The first American YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 1860 – The first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior is launched.
- 1876 – The Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster occurs, leaving 64 injured and 92 dead at Ashtabula, Ohio.
- 1890 – Wounded Knee Massacre on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 300 Lakota killed by the United States 7th Cavalry Regiment.
- 1911 – Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty, enthroning 9th Jebtsundamba Khutughtu as Khagan of Mongolia.
- 1911 – Sun Yat-sen becomes the provisional President of the Republic of China; he formally takes office on January 1, 1912.
- 1914 – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, the first novel by James Joyce, is serialized in The Egoist.
- 1930 – Sir Muhammad Iqbal's presidential address in Allahabad introduces the two-nation theory and outlines a vision for the creation of Pakistan.
- 1934 – Japan renounces the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and the London Naval Treaty of 1930.
- 1937 – The Irish Free State is replaced by a new state called Ireland with the adoption of a new constitution.
- 1939 – First flight of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
- 1940 – World War II: In the Second Great Fire of London, the Luftwaffe fire-bombs London, England, UK, killing almost 200 civilians.
- 1949 – KC2XAK of Bridgeport, Connecticut becomes the first Ultra high frequency (UHF) television station to operate a daily schedule.
- 1959 – Physicist Richard Feynman gives a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom", which is regarded as the birth of nanotechnology.
- 1959 – The Lisbon Metro begins operation.
- 1972 – An Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 (a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar) crashes on approach to Miami International Airport, Florida, killing 101.
- 1975 – A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.
- 1989 – Riots break-out after Hong Kong decides to forcibly repatriate Vietnamese refugees.
- 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.
- 1996 – Guatemala and leaders of Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity sign a peace accord ending a 36-year civil war.
- 1997 – Hong Kong begins to kill all the nation's 1.25 million chickens to stop the spread of a potentially deadly influenza strain.
- 1998 – Leaders of the Khmer Rouge apologize for the 1970s genocide in Cambodia that claimed over one million lives.
- 2001 – A fire at the Mesa Redonda shopping center in Lima, Peru, kills at least 291.
- 2003 – The last known speaker of Akkala Sami dies, rendering the language extinct.
- 2006 – UK settles its Anglo-American loan, post-WWII loan debt.
- 2012 – A Tupolev Tu-204 airliner crashes in a ditch between the airport fence and the M3 highway after overshooting a runway at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia, killing five people and leaving three others critically injured.
- 2013 – A suicide bomb attack at the Volgograd-1 railway station in the southern Russian city of Volgograd kills at least 18 people and wounds 40 others.
Hatches
- 765 – Ali al-Ridha, Saudi Arabian 8th of the Twelve Imams (d. 818)
- 1709 – Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
- 1721 – Madame de Pompadour, French mistress of Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
- 1796 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (d. 1877)
- 1800 – Charles Goodyear, American engineer (d. 1860)
- 1808 – Andrew Johnson, American general and politician, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
- 1809 – William Ewart Gladstone, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1898)
- 1816 – Carl Ludwig, German physician and physiologist (d. 1895)
- 1843 – Elisabeth of Wied (d. 1916)
- 1855 – August Kitzberg, Estonian author and poet (d. 1927)
- 1856 – Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, Dutch-French mathematician and academic (d. 1894)
- 1874 – François Brandt, Dutch rower (d. 1949)
- 1876 – Pablo Casals, Catalan cellist and conductor (d. 1973)
- 1877 – Max Hess, American gymnast (d. 1969)
- 1879 – Billy Mitchell, American general (d. 1936)
- 1881 – Scott Leary, American swimmer (d. 1958)
- 1881 – Jess Willard, American boxer (d. 1968)
- 1885 – Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Austrian-Russian general (d. 1921)
- 1886 – Norman Hallows, English middle-distance runner (d. 1968)
- 1895 – Oswald Freisler, German lawyer (d. 1939)
- 1896 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (d. 1974)
- 1899 – Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (d. 1992)
- 1902 – Nels Stewart, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1957)
- 1904 – Kuvempu, Indian author and poet (d. 1994)
- 1908 – Helmut Gollwitzer, German theologian and author (d. 1993)
- 1908 – Magnus Pyke, British Scientist, Author and TV Presenter (1992)
- 1910 – Ronald Coase, English-American economist, author, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
- 1911 – Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and spy (d. 1988)
- 1914 – Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter (d. 1976)
- 1914 – Billy Tipton, American pianist and saxophonist (d. 1989)
- 1914 – Albert Tucker, Australian painter (d. 1999)
- 1915 – Bill Osmanski, American football player and coach (d. 1996)
- 1915 – Robert Ruark, American hunter and author (d. 1965)
- 1917 – Tom Bradley, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 38th Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1917 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian director and producer (d. 2005)
- 1919 – Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Roman Vlad, Italian pianist and composer (d. 2013)
- 1920 – Viveca Lindfors, Swedish actress and singer (d. 1995)
- 1921 – Robert C. Baker, American chef, invented the chicken nugget (d. 2006)
- 1921 – Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Little Joe Cook, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
- 1922 – William Gaddis, American author and academic (d. 1998)
- 1923 – Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegalese historian, anthropologist, and physicist (d. 1986)
- 1923 – Shlomo Venezia, Greek-Italian holocaust survivor and author (d. 2012)
- 1924 – Joe Allbritton, American businessman and publisher, founded the Allbritton Communications Company (d. 2012)
- 1925 – Pete Dye, American golf course designer
- 1927 – Andy Stanfield, American sprinter (d. 1985)
- 1928 – Bernard Cribbins, English actor, singer, and director
- 1929 – Matt Murphy, American guitarist (The Blues Brothers)
- 1931 – Yi Gu, Japanese-American son of Bangja, Crown Princess Euimin of Korea (d. 2005)
- 1931 – Stasys Stonkus, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
- 1932 – Inga Swenson, American actress
- 1933 – Samuel Brittan, English journalist and author
- 1934 – Ed Flanders, American actor (d. 1995)
- 1935 – Virgil Johnson, American singer (The Velvets) (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Mary Tyler Moore, American actress and singer
- 1936 – Ray Nitschke, American football player (d. 1998)
- 1937 – Wayne Huizenga, American businessman, founded AutoNation
- 1937 – Barbara Steele, English actress and producer
- 1938 – Harvey Smith, English horse rider
- 1938 – Jon Voight, American actor and producer
- 1940 – Fred Hansen, American pole vaulter
- 1941 – Ray Thomas, English singer-songwriter and flute player (The Moody Blues)
- 1942 – Dinah Christie, English-Canadian actress and singer
- 1942 – Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Band) (d. 1999)
- 1942 – Rajesh Khanna, Indian actor, singer, and producer (d. 2012)
- 1942 – Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Honduran cardinal
- 1943 – Bill Aucoin, American talent manager (d. 2010)
- 1943 – Molly Bang, American author and illustrator
- 1946 – Marianne Faithfull, English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1947 – Richard Crandall, American physicist and computer scientist (d. 2012)
- 1947 – Ted Danson, American actor and producer
- 1947 – Leonhard Lapin, Estonian architect and poet
- 1947 – Cozy Powell, English drummer, songwriter, and producer (Emerson, Lake & Powell, The Jeff Beck Group, Rainbow, Whitesnake, and Black Sabbath) (d. 1998)
- 1947 – David Tanner, English rower and coach
- 1947 – Vincent Winter, Scottish actor, director, and production manager (d. 1998)
- 1948 – Peter Robinson, Irish politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland
- 1949 – Syed Kirmani, Indian cricketer
- 1949 – David Topliss, English rugby player and coach (d. 2008)
- 1950 – Jon Polito, American actor
- 1951 – Yvonne Elliman, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1951 – Georges Thurston, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
- 1952 – Gelsey Kirkland, American ballerina and choreographer
- 1953 – Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
- 1953 – Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
- 1953 – Kate Schmidt, American javelin thrower
- 1953 – Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)
- 1954 – Albrecht Böttcher, German mathematician and author
- 1954 – Norihito, Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
- 1954 – Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)
- 1956 – Fred MacAulay, Scottish comedian and radio host
- 1957 – Brad Grey, American screenwriter and producer
- 1957 – Oliver Hirschbiegel, German actor, director, and producer
- 1957 – Iain Paxton, Scottish rugby player and coach
- 1957 – Paul Rudnick, American author and screenwriter
- 1958 – Nancy J. Currie, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut
- 1959 – Keith Crossan, Irish rugby player
- 1959 – Patricia Clarkson, American actress
- 1959 – Ann Demeulemeester, Belgian fashion designer
- 1959 – Martin Moran, American actor
- 1959 – Milton Ottey, Canadian high jumper
- 1959 – Paula Poundstone, American comedian, actress, and author
- 1960 – David Boon, Australian cricketer
- 1960 – Katerina Didaskalou, Greek actress
- 1960 – Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Congolese militia leader, founded the Union of Congolese Patriots
- 1961 – Kevin Granata, American engineer and academic (d. 2007)
- 1961 – Jim Reid, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Jesus and Mary Chain and Freeheat)
- 1961 – Richard Horton, English physician and journalist
- 1962 – Devon White, Jamaican-American baseball player
- 1963 – Francisco Bustamante, Filipino Pool player
- 1963 – Des Foy, English rugby player
- 1963 – Dave McKean, English illustrator, photographer, director, and pianist
- 1963 – Sean Payton, American football player and coach
- 1963 – Liisa Savijarvi, Canadian skier
- 1965 – Dexter Holland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Offspring)
- 1966 – Laurent Boudouani French boxer
- 1966 – Stefano Eranio, Italian footballer and coach
- 1966 – Martin Offiah, English rugby player and sportscaster
- 1967 – Ashleigh Banfield, Canadian-American journalist
- 1967 – Chris Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Six Feet Under, Cannibal Corpse, and Torture Killer)
- 1967 – Evan Seinfeld, American bass player, actor, and director (Biohazard and Damnocracy)
- 1969 – Jennifer Ehle, American-English actress
- 1969 – Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver
- 1969 – José Antonio Noriega, Mexican footballer
- 1970 – Aled Jones, Welsh singer and television host
- 1970 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada, Japanese race car driver
- 1970 – Glen Phillips, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Toad the Wet Sprocket and Works Progress Administration)
- 1970 – Kevin Weisman, American actor
- 1971 – Um Sang-hyun, South Korean voice actor
- 1971 – Margot Thien, American swimmer
- 1972 – Asheru, American rapper
- 1972 – Jason Kreis, American soccer player and manager
- 1972 – Jude Law, English actor, director, and producer
- 1972 – Leonor Varela, Chilean-American actress
- 1973 – Pimp C, American rapper and producer (UGK) (d. 2007)
- 1973 – Theo Epstein, American businessman
- 1974 – Twinkle Khanna, Indian actress and producer
- 1974 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor and producer
- 1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player
- 1974 – Ryan Shore, Canadian composer and producer
- 1975 – Shawn Hatosy, American actor
- 1975 – Jaret Wright, American baseball player
- 1976 – Filip Kuba, Czech ice hockey player
- 1976 – Danny McBride, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1977 – Jimmy Journell, American baseball player
- 1977 – Katherine Moennig, American actress
- 1978 – Alexis Amore, Peruvian-American porn actress
- 1978 – Jake Berry, English lawyer and politician
- 1978 – Matthew Carr, Australian footballer
- 1978 – Pierre Dagenais, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1978 – Kieron Dyer, English footballer
- 1978 – Danny Higginbotham, English footballer
- 1978 – Steve Kemp, English drummer (Hard-Fi)
- 1978 – LaToya London, American singer and actress
- 1978 – Angelo Taylor, American hurdler and sprinter
- 1979 – Mitsuhiro Ishida, Japanese mixed martial artist
- 1979 – Diego Luna, Mexican actor, director, and producer
- 1979 – Ariel Schrag, American cartoonist and screenwriter
- 1981 – Shizuka Arakawa, Japanese figure skater
- 1981 – Shaun Suisham, American football player
- 1981 – Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko, Estonian footballer
- 1982 – Alison Brie, American actress
- 1982 – Gabrielle Destroismaisons, Canadian singer
- 1982 – Brian Hill, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
- 1982 – Dale Morris, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Jessica Andrews, American singer-songwriter
- 1983 – James Kelly, Australian footballer
- 1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean actor (d. 2009)
- 1984 – Reimo Tamm, Estonian basketball player
- 1985 – Alexa Ray Joel, American singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1985 – Wang Ji-hye, South Korean actress
- 1986 – Joe Anyon, English footballer
- 1986 – Kim Ok-bin, South Korean actress and singer
- 1987 – Yuhi Sekiguchi, Japanese race car driver
- 1988 – Eric Berry, American football player
- 1988 – Ágnes Szávay, Hungarian tennis player
- 1989 – Left Brain, American rapper and producer (Odd Future and MellowHype)
- 1989 – Jane Levy, American actress
- 1989 – Kei Nishikori, Japanese tennis player
- 1990 – Allen Kim, South Korean singer, dancer, and actor (U-KISS and Xing)
- 1994 – Princess Kako of Akishino
- 1995 – Rina Ikoma, Japanese singer (Nogizaka46 and AKB48)
- 1995 – Ross Lynch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (R5)
- 1998 – Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, American actor
Despatches
- 721 – Empress Genmei of Japan (b. 660)
- 1170 – Thomas Becket, English archbishop (b. 1118)
- 1563 – Sebastian Castellio, French preacher and theologian (b. 1515)
- 1565 – Queen Munjeong of Korea (b. 1501)
- 1634 – John Albert Vasa, Polish cardinal (b. 1612)
- 1661 – Antoine Girard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
- 1689 – Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)
- 1731 – Brook Taylor, English mathematician (b. 1685)
- 1737 – Joseph Saurin, French minister and mathematician (b. 1659)
- 1785 – Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian-Danish poet and playwright (b. 1742)
- 1825 – Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (b. 1748)
- 1887 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Estonian-Russian linguist and botanist (b. 1805)
- 1891 – Leopold Kronecker, Polish-German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
- 1894 – Christina Rossetti, English poet and hymn-writer (b. 1830)
- 1896 – Jacob ben Moses Bachrach, Polish apologist (b. 1824)
- 1897 – William James Linton, English-American painter, author, and activist (b. 1812)
- 1910 – Reginald Doherty, English tennis player (b. 1872)
- 1924 – Carl Spitteler, Swiss poet, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)
- 1926 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian author and poet (b. 1875)
- 1929 – Wilhelm Maybach, German engineer and businessman, founded Maybach (b. 1846)
- 1934 – Alma Tell, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1937 – Don Marquis, American journalist, author, and playwright (b. 1878)
- 1941 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician and scholar (b. 1873)
- 1949 – Tyler Dennett, American historian and author (b. 1883)
- 1952 – Fletcher Henderson, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1897)
- 1953 – Violet MacMillan, American actress (b. 1887)
- 1959 – Robin Milford, English composer (b. 1903)
- 1960 – Eden Phillpotts, English author and poet (b. 1862)
- 1967 – Paul Whiteman, American violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Austin Farrer, English theologian and philosopher (b. 1904)
- 1970 – Marie Menken, American director and painter (b. 1909)
- 1972 – Chrysostomos Papasarantopoulos, Greek priest and missionary (b. 1903)
- 1976 – Ivo Van Damme, Belgian runner (b. 1954)
- 1980 – Tim Hardin, American singer-songwriter (b. 1941)
- 1980 – Nadezhda Mandelstam, Russian author and educator (b. 1899)
- 1981 – Miroslav Krleža, Croatian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1893)
- 1984 – Indus Arthur, American actress (b. 1941)
- 1986 – Harold Macmillan, English captain and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
- 1986 – Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian director and screenwriter (b. 1932)
- 1988 – Mike Beuttler, Egyptian race car driver (b. 1940)
- 1993 – Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Armenian actor (b. 1930)
- 1995 – Lita Grey, American actress (b. 1908)
- 1996 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1906)
- 1998 – Jean-Claude Forest, French author and illustrator (b. 1930)
- 1999 – Leon Radzinowicz, Polish-English criminologist and academic (b. 1906)
- 2001 – Takashi Asahina, Japanese conductor (b. 1908)
- 2001 – Cássia Eller, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1962)
- 2002 – Ralph Clanton, American actor (d. 1914)
- 2003 – Earl Hindman, American actor (b. 1942)
- 2003 – Dinsdale Landen, English actor (b. 1932)
- 2003 – Bob Monkhouse, English comedian, actor, and game show host (b. 1928)
- 2004 – Julius Axelrod, American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
- 2004 – Ken Burkhart, American baseball player and umpire (b. 1915)
- 2004 – Liddy Holloway, New Zealand actress and screenwriter (b. 1947)
- 2005 – Gerda Boyesen, Norwegian-English psychotherapist and author (b. 1922)
- 2007 – Kevin Greening, English radio host (b. 1962)
- 2007 – Phil O'Donnell, Scottish footballer (b. 1972)
- 2008 – Freddie Hubbard, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1938)
- 2009 – Akmal Shaikh, Pakistani-English businessman and drug trafficker (b. 1956)
- 2009 – "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, American football player and wrestler (b. 1960)
- 2010 – Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2011 – Tyron Perez, Filipino model and actor (b. 1985)
- 2012 – Mike Auldridge, American singer and guitarist (The Seldom Scene and Chesapeake) (b. 1938)
- 2012 – Tony Greig, South African-Australian cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1946)
- 2012 – Edward Meneeley, American painter and sculptor (b. 1927)
- 2012 – Ben Overton, American jurist (b. 1926)
- 2012 – William Rees-Mogg, English journalist (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Salvador Reyes Monteón, Mexican footballer and manager (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Paulo Rocha, Portuguese director and screenwriter (b. 1935)
- 2012 – Bruce Stark, American cartoonist (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Ignacy Tokarczuk, Polish archbishop (b. 1918)
- 2012 – Roland Griffiths-Marsh, Malaysian-Australian soldier and author (b. 1923)
- 2013 – C. T. Hsia, Chinese-American critic and scholar (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Paul Comstive, English footballer (b. 1961)
- 2013 – Benjamin Curtis, American guitarist, drummer, and songwriter (Secret Machines, School of Seven Bells, Tripping Daisy, and UFOFU) (b. 1978)
- 2013 – Connie Dierking, American basketball player (b. 1936)
- 2013 – Wojciech Kilar, Polish composer (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Besik Kudukhov, Russian wrestler (b. 1986)
- 2013 – Jagadish Mohanty, Indian author (b. 1951)
- 2013 – Mike O'Connor, German-American journalist (b. 1946)
- 2013 – Paul Sally, American mathematician and academic (b. 1933)
2014
- Christian feast day:
- David, King and prophet (Catholic, Lutheran)
- Thomas Becket
- Trophimus of Arles
- December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Ireland)
- Independence Day (Mongolia)
- The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)
THEY LIKE THE SUN
Tim Blair – Monday, December 29, 2014 (12:45pm)
CNN aviation analyst Mary Schiavo considers the possible fate of missing Air Asia flight QZ8501:
“At this point, given it was extremely bad weather, the chances of this being some sort of terrorist activity are very small because most terrorist activities take place in good weather.”
DEAD’S ARMY
Tim Blair – Monday, December 29, 2014 (4:23am)
To a certain extent, Australia’s jihadist contribution to the Islamic State cause in Syria and Iraq is a self-solving problem. Our brave soldiers of Allah are evidently such incompetent warriors that they are being killed at almost the same rate as they arrive.
“The overall number of Australians currently fighting with or supporting Islamic extremist groups in Syria and Iraq has remained consistent over recent months,” ASIO deputy director-general Kerri Hartland told a Senate hearing earlier this month.
“However, this does not reflect a reduction in the number of Australian travellers. Instead it reflects the relatively high casualty rate for Australians, with the numbers of new arrivals roughly keeping pace with the fatalities.”
Continue reading 'DEAD’S ARMY'MR MANNERS
Tim Blair – Monday, December 29, 2014 (3:39am)
Step aside, June Dally-Watkins. While your excellent advice on manners is always valuable, there are a few modern circumstances you don’t quite cover.
Continue reading 'MR MANNERS'
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Conservatives acknowledge the achievements of previous generations. They are realists. They see what works and doesn’t work @SenatorBobDay
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Post by Daniel Bogo.
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Brandis is worth much more http://t.co/7Vhd4jJYbD
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Jihad bride spouts hate on social media http://t.co/tf4KHD78o7 via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Another ALP welcome .. Hundreds stranded in Melbourne City Loop after power failure http://t.co/OGqI76S66m via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Rosie Batty leads praise for outgoing Police Commissioner Ken Lay http://t.co/1CYYoBxitw via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Global Warming spokesperson gets debunked on Australian TV http://t.co/g5G7YPLoEY via @sharethis
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Photo: Nixon’s principle .. if two wrongs don’t make a right, try three http://t.co/apLFPmuFoL
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Comfort dogs? http://t.co/VFbsCXBmgv via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Nobody bought that option? Aviation expert asks why AirAsia transmitter failed to activate on QZ8501 http://t.co/O0svFR4z58 via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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The Radicalism of Bill de Blasio http://t.co/CDTdQtAzlr via @NRO
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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He wasn't elected to incite violence .. The picture that could change New York http://t.co/oUt1Vx4zDu via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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I refuse to be manipulated that way. I won't buy it .. or .. oh! you mean I can watch it and choose to dislike it? http://t.co/axquS912BW
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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And yet their opposition to Scott Morrison failed .. People power always wins the day http://t.co/TnE1qEiSno via @smh
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Photo: FB standards are low if people blurting out “Death to Israel” is adequate http://t.co/9sKTqKCWiV
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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Tourists abusing strangers’ charity to fund trips http://t.co/Kjbv0Cr6j7
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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ROTFL .. Next time win your war ..Argentina's fury at statue of Margaret Thatcher on Falkland Islands http://t.co/f5JYpHeyAv via @MailOnline
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 29, 2014
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False advertising on Tinder .. App Of The Week: Facetune Brings Photoshop To The Masses http://t.co/HMwto9hQl9 via @sharethis
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 28, 2014
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Abbott must upset Left’s gravy train
Piers Akerman – Sunday, December 29, 2013 (8:45am)
ENJOY the last days of 2013 as the new year will be tough.
The Abbott government must address harsh realities and introduce long overdue reforms to stabilise the economy and restore optimism and certainty in the future.
Over six years of Labor misgovernment, the economy has haemorrhaged. The surplus left by the Howard-Costello team evaporated. Wayne Swan and Kevin Rudd panicked when the GFC struck and overspent on mickey mouse programs with no long-term benefit and set the pace for skyrocketing national debt.
Pitifully, they tried to claim the nation was in great shape by using some of the worst international basket cases as comparisons. Telling their followers that Australia was better off than Greece or Portugal when those countries were on their knees was insulting.
Australia also has a cultural problem that has its roots in the handout mentality beloved of Labor and the trade union movement. The car manufacturing industry and its supplicants are a case in point.
After billions of dollars in subsidies, Australia faces the reality its signature carmaker Holden has been making cars Australians did not want to buy and were too expensive for the foreign market.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten and South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill say taxpayers should throw more money at the problem. Absolute hogwash. Throwing more money at the problem would have been adding to Labor’s waste and pandering to the featherbedding trade unions.
The Leftist commentators at the national broadcaster, all enjoying their own taxpayer-funded incomes, lapped up the ludicrous criticism of the newish conservative federal government unquestioningly.
For many years, it has been obvious Australia should play to its natural strengths and harness its considerable natural advantages. These are the vast mineral and energy reserves that should cushion the nation through the worst of times and prepare future generations for the best of times. It was heartening to see one of the brightest Australians, Andrew Liveris, the Darwin-born international president, chairman and chief executive of Dow Chemicals, singing from the same song sheet in The Australian on Friday.
“We must play to our strengths,” he wrote. “Manufacturing industry debate is about fitness for competition. Focus is critical.”
Liveris said today’s options for countries like Australia are in high-value, high-technology manufacturing; yet we expend huge amounts of effort on debates that simply are not relevant. He pointed out we cannot, for example, compete on wages, but we can compete on skills and energy and we do well on the first of those.
To compete and win, Liveris says we must have what sports coaches call an “X-factor” player on the team, something the others don’t have and can’t get and Australia’s “X-factor” is energy. But as far as new investments go, our primary sources of natural gas and electricity are now or will soon become negatives in any comparative calculation.
“Average prices of electricity have doubled in most states in recent years and the unprecedented contraction in consumption as the Grattan Institute has pointed out threatens a ‘death spiral’ in which falling consumption pushes up prices even further, causing further falls in consumption. This is a nightmare for industries with high electricity dependency,” he said.
“Equally troubling is the scandalous mismanagement of natural gas. This is a feedstock beyond its energy value that sustains highly valuable technology applications fundamental to global needs.”
The potential to expand our energy supply is only comparable with the US yet domestic prices are soaring. New investments based on Australian gas have already gone elsewhere in at least one case Liveris is aware, to the US. Existing users face a huge competitive handicap and, in some cases, doubts about available supply.
In less than a decade, the US has reversed its near-terminal manufacturing decline as new energy resources are tapped. The X-factor in the US turnaround in Liveris’ opinion is low-cost gas.
Unfortunately, the Australian mining industry has failed to articulate the argument for the need for aggressive expansion of the energy industry and particularly the gas industry; and the huge potential of Australia’s nuclear industry remains virtually untapped.
Merely by providing a safe repository for spent uranium which was originally mined here another multi-billion-dollar industry could be created in extremely short order. The vast and nonproductive environmental industry needs to start working cooperatively with miners to create wealth for the future and the union movement needs to understand that the gravy train has been derailed if we are going to beat the competition
The Goodes the bad and the ugly from 2013
Miranda Devine – Saturday, December 28, 2013 (11:05pm)
This year ended as it began, with furious readers flaming my email inbox. “As usual your column turns my stomach,” wrote Marie about a column criticising Tony Abbott for appointing Natasha Stott Despoja as Ambassador for Women and Girls. “Natasha is worth 100 of you.”
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Holly Sarah Nguyen
When I was a child I felt so alone, when I was a teenager I felt out of place, I rebelled and I still do to a certain extent, but now my rebellion is against things that are wrong and unjust, and towards people that try and bring me down to, who pretend they're superior..as I grew I felt I never quite fit in, always watching and observing..through my life I've experienced many things, both really good and really bad..its brought me to this point that I've not figured things out, but understand my experiences have brought me to a level I never thought existed..I'm thankful for the good experiences and even more grateful for the bad ones, for they've both brought me great knowledge and wisdom...and i know there's so much more to learn, and much more to experience, so even on the days that are challenging , I can find peace knowing its shaping me and giving me more so that I can give back in return..
You are a child of God. I thank you, when I was desperate, you offered me a home. I didn't need it, but I richly appreciated the offer. - ed
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A Prison that WORKS!
For those not familiar with Joe Arpio, he is the County Sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona. He keeps getting re-elected over and over again.
These are some of the reasons why:
Sheriff Joe Arpaio created the "tent city jail" to save Arizona from spending tens of millions of dollars on another expensive prison complex. Inmates sleep in tents!
He has jail meals down to 20 cents a serving and charges the inmates for them.
He banned smoking and pornographic magazines in the jails, and took away their weightlifting equipment and cut off all but "G" movies. He says: "They're in jail to pay a debt to society not to build muscles so they can assault innocent people when they leave."
He started chain gangs to use the inmates to do free work on county and city projects and save taxpayer's money. Men work in Pink "Clean and Sober" Shirts. Their underwear is also Pink!
Then he started chain gangs for women so he wouldn't get sued for discrimination.
He took away cable TV until he found out there was a federal court order that required cable TV for jails. So he hooked up the cable TV again but only allows the Disney channel and the weather channel.
When asked why the weather channel, he replied: "So these morons will know how hot it's gonna be while they are working on my chain gangs."
He cut off coffee because it has zero nutritional value and is therefore a waste of taxpayer money. When the inmates complained, he told them, "This isn't the Ritz/Carlton. If you don't like it, don't come back."
He also bought the Newt Gingrich lecture series on US history that he pipes into the jails. When asked by a reporter if he had any lecture series by a Democrat, he replied that a democratic lecture series that actually tells the truth for a change would be welcome and that it might even explain why 95% of the inmates were in his jails in the first place.
With temperatures being even hotter than usual in Phoenix (116 degrees just set a new record for June 2nd 2009), the Associated Press reported: About 2,000 inmates living in a barbed wire surrounded tent encampment at the Maricopa County Jail have been given permission to strip down to their government-issued pink boxer shorts.
On the Wednesday, hundreds of men wearing pink boxer shorts were overheard chatting in the tents, where temperatures reached 128 degrees. “This is hell. It feels like we live in a furnace," said Ernesto Gonzales, an inmate for 2 years with 10 more to go. "It's inhumane."
Joe Arpaio, who makes his prisoners wear pink, and eat bologna sandwiches, is not one bit sympathetic. "Criminals should be punished for their crimes - not live in luxury until it's time for parole, only to go out and commit more crimes so they can come back in to live on taxpayers money and enjoy things many taxpayers can't afford to have for themselves."
The same day he told all the inmates who were complaining of the heat in the tents: "It's between 120 to 130 degrees in Iraq and our soldiers are living in tents there too, and they have to walk all day in that sun, wearing full battle gear and getting shot at, and THEY have not committed any crimes, so shut your damned mouths!"
Sheriff Joe was just re-elected for the fourteenth time as Sheriff in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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““Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"The life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God."
Galatians 2:20
Galatians 2:20
When the Lord in mercy passed by and saw us in our blood, he first of all said, "Live;" and this he did first, because life is one of the absolutely essential things in spiritual matters, and until it be bestowed we are incapable of partaking in the things of the kingdom. Now the life which grace confers upon the saints at the moment of their quickening is none other than the life of Christ, which, like the sap from the stem, runs into us, the branches, and establishes a living connection between our souls and Jesus. Faith is the grace which perceives this union, having proceeded from it as its firstfruit. It is the neck which joins the body of the Church to its all-glorious Head.
"Oh Faith! thou bond of union with the Lord,
Is not this office thine? and thy fit name,
In the economy of gospel types,
And symbols apposite--the Church's neck;
Identifying her in will and work
With him ascended?"
Faith lays hold upon the Lord Jesus with a firm and determined grasp. She knows his excellence and worth, and no temptation can induce her to repose her trust elsewhere; and Christ Jesus is so delighted with this heavenly grace, that he never ceases to strengthen and sustain her by the loving embrace and all-sufficient support of his eternal arms. Here, then, is established a living, sensible, and delightful union which casts forth streams of love, confidence, sympathy, complacency, and joy, whereof both the bride and bridegroom love to drink. When the soul can evidently perceive this oneness between itself and Christ, the pulse may be felt as beating for both, and the one blood as flowing through the veins of each. Then is the heart as near heaven as it can be on earth, and is prepared for the enjoyment of the most sublime and spiritual kind of fellowship.
Evening
"I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword."
Matthew 10:34
Matthew 10:34
The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will count it but a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be yet more friendly, and reveal himself to him more graciously than ever. O ye who have taken up his cross, know ye not what your Master said? "I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother; and a man's foes shall be they of his own household." Christ is the great Peacemaker; but before peace, he brings war. Where the light cometh, the darkness must retire. Where truth is, the lie must flee; or, if it abideth, there must be a stern conflict, for the truth cannot and will not lower its standard, and the lie must be trodden under foot. If you follow Christ, you shall have all the dogs of the world yelping at your heels. If you would live so as to stand the test of the last tribunal, depend upon it the world will not speak well of you. He who has the friendship of the world is an enemy to God; but if you are true and faithful to the Most High, men will resent your unflinching fidelity, since it is a testimony against their iniquities. Fearless of all consequences, you must do the right. You will need the courage of a lion unhesitatingly to pursue a course which shall turn your best friend into your fiercest foe; but for the love of Jesus you must thus be courageous. For the truth's sake to hazard reputation and affection, is such a deed that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle which only the Spirit of God can work in you; yet turn not your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow right manfully in your Master's steps, for he has traversed this rough way before you. Better a brief warfare and eternal rest, than false peace and everlasting torment.
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Today's reading: Zechariah 5-8, Revelation 19 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Zechariah 5-8
The Flying Scroll
1 I looked again, and there before me was a flying scroll.
2 He asked me, “What do you see?”
I answered, “I see a flying scroll, twenty cubits long and ten cubits wide.”
3 And he said to me, “This is the curse that is going out over the whole land; for according to what it says on one side, every thief will be banished, and according to what it says on the other, everyone who swears falsely will be banished. 4The LORD Almighty declares, ‘I will send it out, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of anyone who swears falsely by my name. It will remain in that house and destroy it completely, both its timbers and its stones.’”
The Woman in a Basket
5 Then the angel who was speaking to me came forward and said to me, “Look up and see what is appearing.”
6 I asked, “What is it?”
He replied, “It is a basket.” And he added, “This is the iniquity of the people throughout the land....”
Today's New Testament reading: Revelation 19
Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon’s Fall
1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:
“Hallelujah!
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
2 for true and just are his judgments.
He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
2 for true and just are his judgments.
He has condemned the great prostitute
who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.
He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.”
3 And again they shouted:
“Hallelujah!
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever....”
The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever....”
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Elimelech [Ĕlĭm'elĕch]—god is king.The husband of Naomi and father of Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem-judah (Ruth 1:2, 3; 2:1, 3;4:3-9; 1 Sam. 17:12).
The Man Whose Ways Contradicted His Name
It is one thing to have a good name, but a different matter altogether to have a life corresponding to that name. Elimelech’s name implies that God is King, an expressive name given him by godly parents when the nation followed the Lord. But Elimelech belied the name he bore, for had he truly believed that God was King, he would have stayed in Bethlehem in spite of the prevailing famine.
But one might argue that it was a wise thing to do to leave a famine-stricken land for another land where there was plenty of food for his family. Surely that was a journey any father would undertake to save his dear ones from starvation. But Elimelech was a Jew and as such had the promise, “In the days of famine ye shall be satisfied.” Had he firmly believed in the sovereignty of God, Elimelech would have remained in Bethlehem, knowing that need can never throttle God. Had he not declared that bread and water for His own would be sure? Alas, however, Elimelech did not live up to his wonderful name! In going down to Moab, he stepped out of the will of God, who had forbidden His people to have any association with the Moabites. In Moab, Elimelech and his two sons found graves. Yet such a wrong move was overruled by God, for as the result of it, Ruth the Moabitess returned to Bethlehem with Naomi, who was to become the ancestress of our blessed Lord.
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