The issue of race is serious in the US. Bigotry in present and unwarranted. But those opposed to such bigotry do their cause no good when they lay the finger of blame on issues that clearly do not match the criterion. And shame on de Blasio and BO for inciting the crowds.
A former SBS guest is behind bars. He allegedly planned guerrilla warfare in Sydney's Blue Mountains. That is the kind of behaviour that makes someone a celebrity on SBS. They view him as someone with an opinion that needs to be heard. Opinions do need to be heard, but threatening terrorism is not the same as arguing an opinion. The news follows the resignation of the NSW ALP leader who helped a jihadist in their campaign to take the children from a woman they eventually murdered. The left are insane.
2013
The HRC, which I feel is a biased and fatally compromised institution, is saying it cannot afford to be balanced. It seems as if laws are weighed against fair pay for a fair days work. Instead, judges will close industry rather than let the parasitical unions work with business for profit. It is Christmas, a time to celebrate. Many have profited from the religion who don't believe. Also, many have profited who are oppositional. ABC claim skepticism is a disorder. Legal recognition is granted for a historical act of helping children in need.One thing about Christianity, as opposed to atheism, is the great diversity of thought. Christians are not all the same. Some are smart, many aren't. Some are clearly blessed. Many aren't. They aren't perfect, but they are forgiven. There is debate in evangelical circles on the theological issue of miracles. It is said that the miracles of healing and the exercising of gifts of Christ's disciples in Acts died off with the disciples .. a difficult assertion to debate, because the idea that the times mould the man means that assertion is certainly true as far as it goes. Making Charismatics look more foolish than usual. However, my take on the issue involves three thoughts. One, miracles happen today, and are no less profound for being explained. And those miracles are not isolated to Christians. I cite one example of a Jewish woman who wanted children in the 1940's, couldn't conceive, adopted two and found they were her own flesh and blood .. truly miraculous. Secondly, God is so great that he works with broken vessels. He doesn't really have an alternative. And he is very good at it. If you feel that plastic, smiley preacher on tv is too good to be true, they certainly are. And yet God works through them as effectively as he did with Saul two thousand years ago. Thirdly, that failed preacher has probably strayed from God. God humbles those who get close to him. So those who claim the Charismatic movement as being led by failed preachers, point to those who aren't, please.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 640, Pope John IV was elected. 759, Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he was hosted by fellow poet Pei Di. 1144, the capital of the crusader County of Edessa fell to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo. 1294, Pope Boniface VIII was elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned. 1500, a joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captured the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia. 1777, Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, was discovered by James Cook. 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed ending the War of 1812. 1818, the first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria. 1826, the Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy began that night, wrapping up the following morning. 1851, Library of Congress burned. 1865, the Ku Klux Klan was formed. 1871, Aida opened in Cairo, Egypt.
In 1906, Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech. 1911, Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opened in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 1913, the Italian Hall disaster ("1913 Massacre") in Calumet, Michigan, resulted in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children. 1914, World War I: The "Christmas truce" began. 1924, Albania became a republic. 1929, Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen. 1939, World War II: Pope Pius XII made a Christmas Eve appeal for peace. 1941, World War II: Kuching was conquered by Japanese forces. 1942, World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinated Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria. 1943, World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
In 1951, Libya became independent from Italy. Idris I was proclaimed King of Libya. 1953, Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge was damaged by a lahar and collapsed beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people. 1955, NORAD Tracked Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition. 1964, Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital. 1966, a Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashed into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129. 1968, Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 entered into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history. 1969, Charles Manson was allowed to defend himself at the Tate–LaBianca murder trial. 1973, District of Columbia Home Rule Act was passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government. 1974, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin, Australia. 1979, the first European Ariane rocket was launched.
In 1980, witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell". 1994, Air France Flight 8969 was hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of 3 days 3 passengers were killed, as are all 4 terrorists. 1997, the Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria killed 50-100 people. 1999, Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India; aircraft eventually landed at Kandahar, Afghanistan. Ordeal ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (1 passenger killed). 2000, the Texas Seven held up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins was murdered during the robbery. 2003, the Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station. 2005, Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declared a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead. 2008, Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, began a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
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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
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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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Ah my love, have you found the game I sent you? No, not the turtle doves. No, not the Lords a-leaping or the maids a milking .. yes the game .. no .. not the partridge .. you ate the what? Pears are fruit, but the tree? .. The calling birds suggested it, I see .. ed
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We can go without much .. but not love. Merry Christmas. - ed
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I want to wish you a merry Christmas. Special thanks to Stephanie Ann,Mandy Mclean, John Tran for their support with Bolt report and everywhere else. Special shout out to Timothy Ly, who took me to Jesus Family Centre on Christmas 2007 .. you have a gift, mate and the Lord has blessed you. And many thanks to her, for whom I dream that He might make me young. I see in her the promise of new life .. ed
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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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Happy birthday and many happy returns to Trilo Bitetwo and those born on this day, across the years
- 3 BC – Galba, Roman emperor (d. 69)
- 1166 – John, King of England (d. 1216)
- 1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German composer, organist, and theorist (d. 1673)
- 1726 – Johann Hartmann, Danish composer (d. 1793)
- 1822 – Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (d. 1888)
- 1922 – Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1924 – Lee Dorsey, American singer (d. 1986)
- 1945 – Lemmy, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Head Cat, and The Rockin' Vickers)
- 1971 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor
- 2000 – Ethan Bortnick, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor
December 24: Christmas Eve (Gregorian calendar)
- 1777 – An expedition led by English explorer James Cook reached Christmas Island (pictured), the largest coral atoll in the world.
- 1814 – The Treaty of Ghent was signed in Ghent, in present-day Belgium, ending the War of 1812 between the United Kingdom and the United States.
- 1826 – More than one third of the cadets enrolled in the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, rioted over the smuggling of whiskey to make eggnog for a Christmas Day party.
- 1964 – The Viet Cong bombed the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, killing two US Army officers, raising fears of an escalation in the Vietnam War.
- 1974 – Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin, Australia, eventually destroying more than 70 percent of the city.
Matches
- 640 – Pope John IV is elected.
- 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengdu, where he is hosted by fellow poet Pei Di.
- 1144 – The capital of the crusader County of Edessa falls to Imad ad-Din Zengi, the atabeg of Mosul and Aleppo.
- 1294 – Pope Boniface VIII is elected, replacing St. Celestine V, who had resigned.
- 1500 – A joint Venetian–Spanish fleet captures the Castle of St. George on the island of Cephalonia.
- 1777 – Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.
- 1814 – The Treaty of Ghent is signed ending the War of 1812.
- 1818 – The first performance of "Silent Night" takes place in the church of St. Nikolaus in Oberndorf, Austria.
- 1826 – The Eggnog Riot at the United States Military Academy begins that night, wrapping up the following morning.
- 1851 – Library of Congress burns.
- 1865 – The Ku Klux Klan is formed.
- 1871 – Aida opens in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1906 – Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
- 1911 – Lackawanna Cut-Off railway line opens in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
- 1913 – The Italian Hall disaster ("1913 Massacre") in Calumet, Michigan, results in the death of 73 Christmas party goers held by striking mine workers, including 59 children.
- 1914 – World War I: The "Christmas truce" begins.
- 1924 – Albania becomes a republic.
- 1929 – Assassination attempt on Argentine President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
- 1939 – World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.
- 1941 – World War II: Kuching is conquered by Japanese forces.
- 1942 – World War II: French monarchist, Fernand Bonnier de La Chapelle, assassinates Vichy French Admiral François Darlan in Algiers, Algeria.
- 1943 – World War II: U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower is named Supreme Allied Commander for the Invasion of Normandy.
- 1951 – Libya becomes independent from Italy. Idris I is proclaimed King of Libya.
- 1953 – Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
- 1955 – NORAD Tracks Santa for the first time in what will become an annual Christmas Eve tradition.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: Viet Cong operatives bomb the Brinks Hotel in Saigon, South Vietnam to demonstrate they can strike an American installation in the heavily guarded capital.
- 1966 – A Canadair CL-44 chartered by the United States military crashes into a small village in South Vietnam, killing 129.
- 1968 – Apollo program: The crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10 lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
- 1969 – Charles Manson is allowed to defend himself at the Tate–LaBianca murder trial.
- 1973 – District of Columbia Home Rule Act is passed, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to elect their own local government.
- 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
- 1979 – The first European Ariane rocket is launched.
- 1980 – Witnesses report the first of several sightings of unexplained lights near RAF Woodbridge, in Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, an incident called "Britain's Roswell".
- 1994 – Air France Flight 8969 is hijacked on the ground at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers, Algeria. Over the course of 3 days 3 passengers are killed, as are all 4 terrorists.
- 1997 – The Sid El-Antri massacre (or Sidi Lamri) in Algeria kills 50-100 people.
- 1999 – Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacked in Indian airspace between Kathmandu, Nepal, and Delhi, India; aircraft eventually landed at Kandahar, Afghanistan. Ordeal ended on December 31 with the release of 190 survivors (1 passenger killed).
- 2000 – The Texas Seven hold up a sports store in Irving, Texas. Police officer Aubrey Hawkins is murdered during the robbery.
- 2003 – The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
- 2005 – Chad–Sudan relations: Chad declares a state of war against Sudan following a December 18 attack on Adré, which left about 100 people dead.
- 2008 – Lord's Resistance Army, a Ugandan rebel group, begins a series of attacks on Democratic Republic of the Congo, massacring more than 400.
Hatches
- 3 BC – Galba, Roman emperor (d. 69)
- 1166 – John, King of England (d. 1216)
- 1389 – John VI, Duke of Brittany (d. 1442)
- 1475 – Thomas Murner, German poet and translator (d. 1537)
- 1508 – Pietro Carnesecchi, Italian scholar (d. 1567)
- 1588 – Constance of Austria (d. 1631)
- 1609 – Philip Warwick, English politician (d. 1683)
- 1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German organist, composer, and theorist (d. 1673)
- 1635 – Mariana of Austria (d. 1696)
- 1679 – Domenico Sarro, Italian composer (d. 1744)
- 1698 – William Warburton, English bishop (d. 1779)
- 1724 – Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician (d. 1811)
- 1726 – Johann Hartmann, Danish composer (d. 1793)
- 1754 – George Crabbe, English surgeon, clergyman, and poet (d. 1832)
- 1761 – Selim III, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
- 1761 – Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (d. 1831)
- 1784 – Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia (d. 1803)
- 1798 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (d. 1855)
- 1809 – Kit Carson, American general (d. 1868)
- 1810 – Wilhelm Marstrand, Danish painter and illustrator (d. 1873)
- 1812 – Karl Eduard Zachariae von Lingenthal, German lawyer and jurist (d. 1894)
- 1818 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (d. 1889)
- 1822 – Matthew Arnold, English poet and critic (d. 1888)
- 1827 – Alexander von Oettingen, German theologian and statistician (d. 1905)
- 1837 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria (d. 1898)
- 1837 – Cosima Wagner, German daughter of Franz Liszt (d. 1930)
- 1843 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (d. 1886)
- 1845 – George I of Greece (d. 1913)
- 1868 – Emanuel Lasker, German chess player (d. 1941)
- 1869 – Henriette Roland Holst, Dutch poet, playwright, and politician (d. 1952)
- 1872 – Adam Gunn, Scottish-American decathlete (d. 1935)
- 1872 – Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (d. 1927)
- 1875 – Émile Wegelin, French rower (d. 1962)
- 1877 – Sigrid Schauman, Finnish painter and critic (d. 1979)
- 1879 – Otto Fickeisen, German rower (d. 1963)
- 1879 – Émile Nelligan, Canadian poet (d. 1941)
- 1879 – Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (d. 1952)
- 1880 – Johnny Gruelle, American author and illustrator (d. 1939)
- 1880 – Hermann Haller, Swiss sculptor (d. 1950)
- 1880 – Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya, Indian politician (d. 1959)
- 1881 – Charles Wakefield Cadman, American composer and critic (d. 1946)
- 1882 – Hans Rebane, Estonian journalist and politician, 8th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1961)
- 1885 – Paul Manship, American sculptor (d. 1966)
- 1886 – Michael Curtiz, Hungarian-American actor, director, and producer (d. 1962)
- 1887 – Louis Jouvet, French actor and producer (d. 1951)
- 1891 – Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian illustrator (d. 1970)
- 1893 – Ruth Chatterton, American actress and singer (d. 1961)
- 1893 – Harry Warren, American pianist and composer (d. 1981)
- 1894 – Georges Guynemer, French captain and pilot (d. 1917)
- 1894 – Jack Thayer, American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (d. 1945)
- 1895 – E. Roland Harriman, American financier and philanthropist (d. 1978)
- 1895 – Noel Streatfeild, English author (d. 1986)
- 1895 – Marguerite Williams, American geologist (d. ca. 1999)
- 1896 – Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands (d. 1920)
- 1897 – Koto Okubo, Japanese super-centenarian (d. 2013)
- 1897 – Ville Pörhölä, Finnish athlete (d. 1964)
- 1897 – Väinö Sipilä, Finnish long-distance runner (d. 1987)
- 1898 – Baby Dodds, American drummer (d. 1959)
- 1900 – Joey Smallwood, Canadian journalist and politician, 1st Premier of Newfoundland (d. 1991)
- 1903 – Ernst Krenkel, Polish-Russian geographer and explorer (d. 1971)
- 1903 – Ava Helen Pauling, American activist (d. 1981)
- 1904 – Joseph M. Juran, Romanian-American engineer and businessman (d. 2008)
- 1905 – Howard Hughes, American businessman, engineer, and pilot (d. 1976)
- 1906 – Frank DiPaolo, American politician (d. 2013)
- 1906 – Franz Waxman, German-American composer (d. 1967)
- 1907 – I. F. Stone, American journalist and author (d. 1989)
- 1910 – Ellen Braumüller, German athlete (d. 1991)
- 1910 – Fritz Leiber, American author and poet (d. 1992)
- 1910 – Max Miedinger, Swiss typeface designer, created Helvetica (d. 1980)
- 1913 – Ad Reinhardt, American painter (d. 1967)
- 1914 – Ralph Marterie, Italian-American trumpet player and bandleader (d. 1978)
- 1914 – Herbert Reinecker, German author and screenwriter (d. 2007)
- 1919 – Qateel Shifai, Pakistani poet and songwriter (d. 2001)
- 1920 – Franco Lucentini, Italian author and screenwriter (d. 2002)
- 1920 – Yevgeniya Rudneva, Ukrainian-Russian lieutenant and navigator (d. 1944)
- 1922 – Ava Gardner, American actress and singer (d. 1990)
- 1923 – Michael DiBiase, American wrestler (d. 1969)
- 1923 – George Patton IV, American general (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Lee Dorsey, American singer-songwriter (d. 1986)
- 1924 – Abdirizak Haji Hussein, Somalian politician, 4th Prime Minister of Somalia (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Mohammed Rafi, Indian actor and singer (d. 1980)
- 1924 – Norman Rossington, English actor (d. 1999)
- 1925 – Roy Hollis, English footballer (d. 1998)
- 1926 – Paul Buissonneau, French-Canadian singer and director
- 1927 – Mary Higgins Clark, American author
- 1928 – Lev Vlassenko, Georgian-Australian pianist and educator (d. 1996)
- 1929 – Philip Ziegler, English historian and author
- 1930 – Robert Joffrey, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1988)
- 1930 – John J. Kelley, American long-distance runner (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Ray Bryant, American pianist and composer (d. 2011)
- 1931 – Mauricio Kagel, Argentinian-German composer and scholar (d. 2008)
- 1933 – On Kawara, Japanese painter (d. 2014)
- 1934 – John Critchinson, English pianist and composer
- 1934 – Stjepan Mesić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of Croatia
- 1936 – Ivan Lawrence, English lawyer and politician
- 1937 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2012)
- 1937 – John Taylor, Baron Kilclooney, Irish politician
- 1938 – Bobby Henrich, American baseball player
- 1938 – Valentim Loureiro, Portuguese soldier and politician
- 1940 – Janet Carroll, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1941 – John Levene, English actor
- 1941 – David Arkin, American actor (d. 1991)
- 1941 – Mike Hazlewood, English songwriter and musician (d. 2001)
- 1942 – Jonathan Borofsky, American sculptor and painter
- 1942 – Đoàn Viết Hoạt, Vietnamese journalist, educator, and activist
- 1943 – Tarja Halonen, Finnish lawyer and politician, 11th President of Finland
- 1943 – Suzy Menkes, English journalist and critic
- 1944 – Barry Elliot, English actor and screenwriter
- 1944 – Mike Curb, American businessman and politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of California
- 1944 – Oswald Gracias, Indian cardinal
- 1944 – Daniel Johnson, Jr., Canadian lawyer and politician, 25th Premier of Quebec
- 1945 – Lemmy, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor (Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Head Cat, and The Rockin' Vickers)
- 1945 – Nicholas Meyer, American author, screenwriter, and director
- 1945 – Steve Smith, Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1946 – Jan Akkerman, Dutch guitarist (Focus and Brainbox)
- 1946 – Brenda Howard, American activist (d. 2005)
- 1946 – Jeff Sessions, American captain, lawyer, and politician
- 1947 – Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach
- 1948 – Frank Oliver, New Zealand rugby player and coach
- 1949 – Warwick Brown, Australian race car driver
- 1949 – Randy Neugebauer, American accountant and politician
- 1950 – Dana Gioia, American poet and critic
- 1951 – John D'Acquisto, American baseball player
- 1951 – Nick Kent, English-French journalist and author
- 1952 – Christopher Buckley, American journalist and author
- 1953 – Timothy Carhart, American actor
- 1953 – François Loos, French engineer and politician
- 1954 – Yves Debay, Congolese-French commander and journalist (d. 2013)
- 1954 – José María Figueres, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica
- 1954 – Helen Jones, English lawyer and politician
- 1955 – Grand L. Bush, American actor
- 1955 – Scott Fischer, American mountaineer and guide (d. 1996)
- 1955 – Clarence Gilyard, American actor and educator
- 1957 – Hamid Karzai, Afghan politician, 12th President of Afghanistan
- 1957 – Diane Tell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1958 – Lyse Doucet, Canadian journalist
- 1958 – Munetaka Higuchi, Japanese drummer and producer (Loudness, Sly, and Lazy) (d. 2008)
- 1958 – Paul Pressey, American basketball player and coach
- 1958 – Gene Sperling, American economist and politician
- 1959 – Chris Blackhurst, English journalist
- 1959 – Keith Deller, English darts player
- 1959 – Anil Kapoor, Indian actor, singer, and producer
- 1960 – Glenn McQueen, Canadian-American animator (d. 2002)
- 1960 – Carol Vorderman, English television host
- 1961 – Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijani politician, 4th President of Azerbaijan
- 1961 – Jay Wright, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 – Kate Spade, American fashion designer, co-founded Kate Spade New York
- 1962 – Darren Wharton, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Thin Lizzy and Dare)
- 1963 – Caroline Aherne, English actress, producer, and screenwriter
- 1963 – Jay Bilas, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Timo Jutila, Finnish ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1963 – Mary Ramsey, American singer-songwriter and violinist (10,000 Maniacs and John & Mary)
- 1963 – Neil Turbin, American singer-songwriter (Anthrax and Deathriders)
- 1964 – Mark Valley, American actor
- 1965 – Millard Powers, American bass player, songwriter, and producer (Counting Crows, The Semantics, and Majosha)
- 1966 – Diedrich Bader, American actor
- 1967 – Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker
- 1967 – Pernilla Wahlgren, Swedish singer and actress
- 1968 – Doyle Bramhall II, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Arc Angels)
- 1968 – Choi Jin-sil, South Korean actress (d. 2008)
- 1968 – Marleen Renders, Belgian runner
- 1969 – Brad Anderson, American wrestler
- 1969 – Sean Michael, South African actor and singer
- 1969 – Ed Miliband, British academic and politician, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party
- 1969 – Mark Millar, Scottish author
- 1969 – Michael Zucchet, American economist and politician, Mayor of San Diego
- 1970 – Adam Haslett, American author
- 1970 – Larissa Netšeporuk, Ukrainian-Estonian heptathlete
- 1970 – Amaury Nolasco, Puerto Rican-American actor
- 1970 – Will Oldham, American singer-songwriter and actor
- 1971 – Oro, Mexican wrestler (d. 1993)
- 1971 – Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer
- 1971 – Sascha Fischer, German rugby player
- 1971 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter and actor (Menudo)
- 1972 – Álvaro Mesén, Costa Rican footballer
- 1972 – Klaus Schnellenkamp, Chilean businessman and author
- 1973 – Liu Dong, Chinese middle-distance runner
- 1973 – Stephenie Meyer, American author and film producer
- 1973 – Eddie Pope, American soccer player
- 1973 – Ali Salem Tamek, Moroccan activist
- 1974 – Thure Lindhardt, Danish actor
- 1974 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- 1974 – Ryan Seacrest, American radio and television host
- 1976 – Yuri, South Korean singer (Girl Friends)
- 1976 – Linda Ferga, French hurdler
- 1977 – Gil Seong-joon, South Korean singer, rapper, comedian and music producer
- 1978 – Yıldıray Baştürk, German-Turkish footballer
- 1978 – Warren Tredrea, Australian footballer and sportscaster
- 1979 – Chris Hero, American wrestler
- 1980 – Stephen Appiah, Ghanaian footballer
- 1980 – Maarja-Liis Ilus, Estonian singer
- 1980 – Tomas Kalnoky, Czech-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Streetlight Manifesto, Catch 22, and Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution)
- 1980 – Jaanus Uudmäe, Estonian jumper
- 1981 – Dima Bilan, Russian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1981 – Shane Tuck, Australian footballer
- 1982 – Masaki Aiba, Japanese singer, dancer, and actor (Arashi)
- 1982 – Robert Coppola Schwartzman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Rooney)
- 1984 – Wallace Spearmon, American sprinter
- 1985 – Alexey Dmitriev, German ice hockey player
- 1985 – David Ragan, American race car driver
- 1986 – Tim Elliott, American mixed martial artist
- 1986 – Kyrylo Fesenko, Ukrainian basketball player
- 1986 – Satomi Ishihara, Japanese actress
- 1986 – Riyo Mori, Japanese model, Miss Universe 2007
- 1987 – Jane Summersett, American ice dancer
- 1988 – Stefanos Athanasiadis, Greek footballer
- 1988 – Simon Zenke, Nigerian footballer
- 1990 – Brigetta Barrett, American high jumper
- 1991 – Lara Michel, Swiss tennis player
- 1991 – Wasim Tareen, Pakistani footballer
- 1991 – Louis Tomlinson, English singer-songwriter and footballer (One Direction)
- 1992 – Melissa Suffield, English actress
- 1995 – Anett Kontaveit, Estonian tennis player
- 1997 – Marina Chan, Singaporean swimmer
- 2000 – Ethan Bortnick, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Despatches
- 427 – Archbishop Sisinnius I of Constantinople
- 1257 – John I, Count of Hainaut (b. 1218)
- 1453 – John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390)
- 1524 – Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer (b. 1469)
- 1635 – Hester Jonas, German midwife (b. 1570)
- 1660 – Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1631)
- 1707 – Noël Coypel, French painter (b. 1628)
- 1813 – Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1740)
- 1863 – William Makepeace Thackeray, English author and poet (b. 1811)
- 1865 – Charles Lock Eastlake, English painter and historian (b. 1793)
- 1868 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (b. 1802)
- 1872 – William John Macquorn Rankine, Scottish physician and engineer (b. 1820)
- 1873 – Johns Hopkins, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1795)
- 1889 – Jan Jakob Lodewijk ten Kate, Dutch clergyman and poet (b. 1819)
- 1898 – Charbel Makhluf, Lebanese priest and saint (b. 1828)
- 1914 – John Muir, Scottish-American geologist, botanist, and author, founded Sierra Club (b. 1838)
- 1920 – Stephen Mosher Wood, American politician (b. 1832)
- 1926 – Wesley Coe, American shot putter, hammer thrower, and discus thrower (b. 1879)
- 1935 – Alban Berg, Austrian composer (b. 1885)
- 1938 – Bruno Taut, German architect and urban planner (b. 1880)
- 1941 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (b. 1858)
- 1942 – François Darlan, French admiral and politician, 122nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1881)
- 1947 – Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (b. 1875)
- 1957 – Norma Talmadge, American actress and producer (b. 1893)
- 1961 – Robert Hillyer, American poet and academic (b. 1895)
- 1962 – Eveline Adelheid von Maydell, German illustrator (b. 1890)
- 1965 – John Black, English businessman (b. 1895)
- 1965 – William M. Branham, Christian minister (b. 1906)
- 1967 – Burt Baskin, American businessman, co-founded Baskin-Robbins (b. 1913)
- 1969 – Alfred B. Skar, Norwegian journalist and politician (b. 1896)
- 1969 – Seabury Quinn, American author (b. 1889)
- 1971 – Maria Koepcke, German-Peruvian ornithologist (b. 1924)
- 1971 – Dora Altmann, German actress (b. 1881)
- 1972 – Gisela Richter, English-American archaeologist and historian (b. 1882)
- 1972 – Melville Ruick, American actor (b. 1898)
- 1973 – Fritz Gause, German historian and author (b. 1893)
- 1975 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)
- 1976 – Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (b. 1907)
- 1977 – Samael Aun Weor, Colombian author and educator (b. 1917)
- 1980 – Karl Dönitz, German admiral and politician, President of Germany (b. 1891)
- 1980 – Siggie Nordstrom, American actress and singer (Nordstrom Sisters) (b. 1893)
- 1982 – Louis Aragon, French author and poet (b. 1897)
- 1984 – Peter Lawford, English-American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1923)
- 1985 – Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith, American lawyer (b. 1904)
- 1985 – Camille Tourville, Canadian-American wrestler and manager (b. 1927)
- 1986 – Gardner Fox, American author (b. 1911)
- 1987 – Joop den Uyl, Dutch journalist, economist, and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1919)
- 1987 – Betty Noyes, American singer and actress (b. 1912)
- 1987 – M. G. Ramachandran, Indian actor, producer, and politician (b. 1917)
- 1988 – Jainendra Kumar, Indian author (b. 1905)
- 1990 – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian author, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
- 1991 – Virginia Sorensen, American author (b. 1912)
- 1992 – Peyo, Belgian cartoonist, created The Smurfs (b. 1928)
- 1992 – Bobby LaKind, American singer-songwriter and conga player (b. 1945)
- 1993 – Norman Vincent Peale, American minister and author (b. 1898)
- 1994 – John Boswell, American historian, author, and academic (b. 1947)
- 1994 – Rossano Brazzi, Italian actor, singer, director, and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1997 – James Komack, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 1997 – Toshiro Mifune, Chinese-Japanese actor and producer (b. 1920)
- 1997 – Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman, founded Quebecor (b. 1925)
- 1998 – Syl Apps, Canadian ice hockey player and pole vaulter (b. 1915)
- 1999 – Bill Bowerman, American businessman, co-founded Nike, Inc. (b. 1911)
- 1999 – Maurice Couve de Murville, French politician, 152nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
- 1999 – João Figueiredo, Brazilian general and politician, 30th President of Brazil (b. 1918)
- 2000 – John Cooper, English businessman, co-founded the Cooper Car Company (b. 1923)
- 2000 – Nick Massi, American singer and bass player (The Four Seasons) (b. 1935)
- 2002 – Kjell Aukrust, Norwegian author and poet (b. 1920)
- 2002 – Jake Thackray, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1938)
- 2004 – Johnny Oates, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1946)
- 2005 – Michael Vale, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2006 – Braguinha, Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1907)
- 2006 – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet (b. 1961)
- 2006 – Frank Stanton, American businessman (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Nicholas Pumfrey, English lawyer and judge (b. 1951)
- 2007 – George Warrington, American businessman (d. 1952)
- 2008 – Harold Pinter, English actor, director, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1930)
- 2009 – Marcus Bakker, Dutch journalist and politician (b. 1923)
- 2009 – Rafael Caldera, Venezuelan lawyer and politician, 65th President of Venezuela (b. 1916)
- 2009 – George Michael, American sportscaster (b. 1939)
- 2009 – Gero von Wilpert, German author and academic (b. 1933)
- 2010 – Elisabeth Beresford, French-English journalist and author (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Frans de Munck, Dutch footballer and manager (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Orestes Quércia, Brazilian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 28th Governor of São Paulo State (b. 1938)
- 2010 – Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Johannes Heesters, Dutch-German actor and singer (b. 1903)
- 2012 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English-American composer and academic (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Ray Collins, American singer (The Mothers of Invention) (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Brad Corbett, American businessman (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Charles Durning, American actor and singer (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Jack Klugman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Xavier Mabille, Belgian political scientist and historian (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Dennis O'Driscoll, Irish poet and critic (b. 1954)
- 2012 – Capital Steez, American rapper (Pro Era) (b. 1993)
- 2013 – Rex Armistead, American police officer (b. 1930)
- 2013 – Frédéric Back, German-Canadian director, animator, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Ian Barbour, Chinese-American author and scholar (b. 1923)
- 2013 – André Dreiding, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Patrick Etolu, Ugandan high jumper (b. 1935)
- 2013 – John M. Goldman, English haematologist and oncologist (b. 1938)
- 2013 – Allan McKeown, English-American screenwriter and producer (b. 1946)
- 2013 – Walter Oi, American economist and academic (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Valter Santos, Brazilian actor (b. 1954)
- 2013 – Serghei Stroenco, Moldovan footballer and manager (b. 1967)
2014
- Christmas Eve (Christianity) and its related observances:
- Aðfangadagskvöld, the day when the 13th and the last Yule Lad arrives to towns. (Iceland)
- Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italy)
- Juleaften (Denmark)/Julaften (Norway)/Julafton (Sweden)
- Nittel Nacht (certain Orthodox Jewish denominations)
- Nochebuena (Spain and Spanish-speaking countries)
- The Declaration of Christmas Peace (Old Great Square of Turku, Finland's official Christmas City)
FROM INSIGHT TO IN JAIL
Tim Blair – Wednesday, December 24, 2014 (12:49pm)
A former SBS guest is now behind bars following anti-terrorism raids:
A man who made national headlines when he stormed off an Australian current affairs program after being questioned about the cancellation of his passport has been charged with terror-related offences.Sulayman Khalid was one of two men arrested yesterday as part of an ongoing counterterrorism investigation into the alleged planning of a terrorist attack on Australian soil.
Girl-features Khalid during a previous court appearance.
Khalid, also known as Abu Bakr, appeared earlier this year on SBS’s Insight wearing a jacket emblazoned with the Islamic State flag and abruptly stormed off the set when questioned about his support for IS fighters and the revelation his passport had been revoked due to fears he would head overseas to fight.The 20-year-old from Regents Park was charged with possession of documents designed to facilitate a terrorist attack.He appeared via videolink at Parramatta Local Court this morning dressed in a T-shirt.He was nonchalant and played with his shoulder length hair …
I say let him go to Syria. He’ll be very popular there.
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Beautiful, stunning. Like my wife's eyes after a late night ..
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Protesters flood New York City streets despite mayor's call for moratorium | http://t.co/zBF1gTdU35
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Free speech is precious. She's a fool. Woman arrested after damaging Satanic display at Florida Capitol | http://t.co/ZEVL56CC1f
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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She would. BO made it difficult for her. Parting Shot: Outgoing Arizona Gov. Brewer call Obama a ‘failed president’ | http://t.co/uZyLdZVwuG
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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LNP government works .. Qld on track for record low road toll http://t.co/TOrtKFs8oY via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Panda goes "Woof" .. Can you spot what’s wrong with this panda? http://t.co/8OahGL0CAn via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Why we do what we do at Christmas http://t.co/wdACLjnTyK via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Terror raids: Sulayman Khalid to spend Christmas behind bars http://t.co/kg5DsN9LZK via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Zano’s Micro-Drone Follows You To Capture HD Selfies From The Sky http://t.co/SmB4hFhw8G via @sharethis
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Old and blessed .. 'Allo 'Allo! Creator Jeremy Lloyd Dies Aged 84 http://t.co/yaKqxdAhIC
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Gunman Held In Cannes As Troops Deployed http://t.co/zZu71v4LqM
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Coffee Beans Blues: http://t.co/omGTbLAoeE via @YouTube
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Meeting him is the cure. He is kind and gracious .. The Abbott prejudice http://t.co/ncTWXP6ljj
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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The 'Korean wave' beyond 'Gangnam Style' http://t.co/xrfmacbC5t
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Last week, a man helped by ALP committed terror. Today raids nab terrorist helped by ABC http://t.co/q1TXciQJjN
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Why American Jews Eat Chinese Food on Christmas http://t.co/FuU8UkpNgC
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Photo: My chair http://t.co/Pr0QPXbRp3
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 24, 2014
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Photo: the revolution has begun .. http://t.co/w01DYMNLm7
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 23, 2014
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I liked a @YouTube video from @smtmlfc http://t.co/voyn1HBBNH Quitting the English Defence League: When Tommy Met Mo
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 23, 2014
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I liked a @YouTube video from @rabbimarksgolub http://t.co/glKApo3dTj L'Chayim: Muslim Zionist Kasim Hafeez Interview
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) December 23, 2014
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Triggs says she can’t find $320,000 for Tim Wilson - after paying $5.4 million more for staff
Andrew Bolt December 24 2013 (10:25am)
Attorney-General George Brandis calls out the hypocrites now running the Human Rights Commission - hypocrites who should resign in shame after smearing new freedom commissioner Tim Wilson as a threat to bullied children:
UPDATE
Professor Sinclair Davidson examines the annual report of a gravy train staffed largely by well-paid women:
===Commission president Gillian Triggs warned on Monday that Mr Wilson’s appointment as a commissioner to the AHRC - with a salary of about $320,000 a year - may have to come at the expense of programs on school bullying and education for older Australians.Triggs should publicly apologise to Wilson for antics which seem to me very close to workplace harassment and bullying. And if she’s so concerned that his wage will force her to scrap anti-bullying programs I’d suggest this wealthy woman either donate her own salary to make good the difference or, even better, resign.
That is because Mr Wilson’s appointment will not coincide with a boost in the commission’s annual budget of about $25 million…
But Mr Brandis says the commission should have no trouble coming up with the money. He has pointed to the commission’s annual reports, which show staffing costs have risen by $5.4 million over the past three years, representing an increase of nearly 50 per cent.
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Professor Sinclair Davidson examines the annual report of a gravy train staffed largely by well-paid women:
On page 150 we get to see the staffing profile – 143 employees (of whom only 38 are male) – and the salary rank those individuals earn. More than half of the Commission are on salaries above $72,900.
We must destroy the business to save the union
Andrew Bolt December 24 2013 (10:11am)
Judith Sloan on a recent decision of Justice Mordy Bromberg who, incidentally, did much legal work for unions, was vice president of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights and stood for Labor pre-selection before going to the bench:
===JUDGE Mordy Bromberg of the Federal Court is following a long tradition in Australian industrial relations - he has delivered an outcome more likely to see the workplace to close than allow common sense to prevail. The preservation of union-imposed wages and conditions is sacrosanct, even if it leads Toyota Australia to shut down its local operations.Bromberg has been criticised in a previous important case for allowing his values to wrongly influence his judgement:
In 1909, in the famous BHP Broken Hill mine case, the president of the commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Court, HB Higgins, made this famous remark: “I face the possibility of the mine remaining closed with all its grave consequences, but the fate of Australia is not dependent on the fate of any one mine, or on any one company, and if it is a calamity that this historical mine should close down it will be a still greater calamity that men should be underfed or degraded.” The mine was suspended for two years. More than a century later and the mindset of industrial relations regulators has not changed a jot: better for workers to be unemployed than allow a company to introduce cost-saving changes to work practices.
In an important recent case, the judges of the Full Bench had this to say about another decision by Bromberg, which had restricted the Victorian government’s ability to impose a mandatory construction code of conduct: ”Conclusions of this kind appear to us, with respect, to reflect value judgments rather than legal conclusions. In the circumstances of the present case, we do not agree that the state interfered with ‘free bargaining’.I can’t say I’m surprised.
Profitting from the birthday of the man they mock
Andrew Bolt December 24 2013 (10:07am)
Greg Craven, vice-chancellor of the Australian Catholic University, notes a certain double standard from some atheists at Christmas:
===Take hobby atheist Peter FitzSimons, best known for wearing a red pinafore on his head as a sign of rampant masculinity. The Fitz’s standard reaction to God rivals that of the demon in The Exorcist, but he ritually releases his pay-by-the-weight volumes in time to be advertised as the perfect Christmas gift.
Which they are, for a dad who doesn’t like to read but wants guiltlessly to discard an impressively large volume.
Minister and ABC producer declares scepticsm a “disorder”
Andrew Bolt December 24 2013 (9:43am)
Chris Mulherin has exactly the beliefs on global warming you’d expect from his profile, so closely does he (and the ABC) hew to the stereotype:
===Freelance writing & radio production, ABC Radio National 2010–presentIn fact, so convinced is he of the global warming faith - and so few sceptics has he apparently met as a minister, lecturer and ABC producer - that he considers scepticism not the product of reason but of sickness. Writing in The Melbourne Anglican:
Associate Minister, St Jude’s Anglican Church, Carlton 2007–present
Adjunct lecturer and tutor, University of Melbourne, Ridley Melbourne, Melbourne School of Theology, MCD University of Divinity 2007–present
What treatment would Mulherin suggest for my disorder - an exorcism, shock therapy or some needles? Is there a clinic that specialises in the treatment? Should some of the world’s great climate scientists - Professor Richard Lindzen, for instance - be forced to take treatment, too, and is Mulherin just the man to give it to them, his eyes bright with faith?
The myth exposed: another “stolen generations” case fails in court
Andrew Bolt December 24 2013 (8:16am)
Yet another “stolen generations” case is lost in court, this one brought in Western Australia by two parents and seven of their children claiming the state failed in its fiduciary care.
The case has familiar elements, including claimants who’d constructed a memory of being the largely blameless victims of nasty officials, when in fact contemporaneous documents reveal the children were removed not because they were simply Aboriginal but because they were in great need. Those officials first stepped in when one child was taken to hospital as a six month old weighing half a kilogram less than she had at birth. Those officials acted under the Child Welfare Act which applied to all children, and they had monitored this family repeatedly after finding it lived in a dirty humpy with beds for just three.
Said the judge:
No “stolen generations” case has ever succeeded in court. The one case that is sometimes claimed as an exception - that of Bruce Trevorrow - in fact establishes that in South Australia there was no law permitting the taking away of children just because they were Aboriginal. In that case, a female welfare worker secretly broke the law by giving away to a foster family a baby she thought had been half-starved and badly neglected by a father she’d falsely assumed was a “habitual drunkard” and a mother she’d heard had “gone walkabout” from her family and had not visited her baby in hospital.
As the judge in that case ruled:
The “stolen generations” are a dangerous myth. No one has yet identified even 10 children stolen just because they were Aborigines, but so powerful is this myth now that I can identify children who because of it have been left in terrible danger - only to be killed, raped and die of neglect.
(Thanks to reader Alan.)
===The case has familiar elements, including claimants who’d constructed a memory of being the largely blameless victims of nasty officials, when in fact contemporaneous documents reveal the children were removed not because they were simply Aboriginal but because they were in great need. Those officials first stepped in when one child was taken to hospital as a six month old weighing half a kilogram less than she had at birth. Those officials acted under the Child Welfare Act which applied to all children, and they had monitored this family repeatedly after finding it lived in a dirty humpy with beds for just three.
Said the judge:
The documents to which I have referred support three findings. First, Don and Sylvia’s living conditions, and their home environment relevant to the care of their children, were being monitored by officers of the Child Welfare Department in the years after the Siblings were removed from their care. Secondly, the observations made by those officers, or information provided to those officers, was to the effect that until approximately mid-1970, Don and Sylvia continued to live in the humpy in circumstances which were largely unchanged (as compared with when the Siblings became wards) that they engaged in heavy drinking and that their relationship was marred by domestic violence. Thirdly, that information was relied upon by officers of the Child Welfare Department in considering whether the Children should be permitted to return to live with Don and Sylvia.The parents are listed in documents as having admitted most of their children into care themselves after being threatened with being taken to court for neglect. The father agreed to pay maintenance.
No “stolen generations” case has ever succeeded in court. The one case that is sometimes claimed as an exception - that of Bruce Trevorrow - in fact establishes that in South Australia there was no law permitting the taking away of children just because they were Aboriginal. In that case, a female welfare worker secretly broke the law by giving away to a foster family a baby she thought had been half-starved and badly neglected by a father she’d falsely assumed was a “habitual drunkard” and a mother she’d heard had “gone walkabout” from her family and had not visited her baby in hospital.
As the judge in that case ruled:
Mrs Angas may have been well-intentioned ... but was well aware, or ought to have been aware, that the removal of the plaintiff from his family, and his placement with the Davies family, was undertaken in circumstances that were understood to be without legal authority, beyond power and contrary to authoritative legal advice.But had Trevorrow been left where he was...
The “stolen generations” are a dangerous myth. No one has yet identified even 10 children stolen just because they were Aborigines, but so powerful is this myth now that I can identify children who because of it have been left in terrible danger - only to be killed, raped and die of neglect.
(Thanks to reader Alan.)
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Ah my love, have you found the game I sent you? No, not the turtle doves. No, not the Lords a-leaping or the maids a milking .. yes the game .. no .. not the partridge .. you ate the what? Pears are fruit, but the tree? .. The calling birds suggested it, I see .. ed
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We can go without much .. but not love. Merry Christmas. - ed
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He knew what he was doing when he embraced Arafat. - ed
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I want to wish you a merry Christmas. Special thanks to Stephanie Ann,Mandy Mclean, John Tran for their support with Bolt report and everywhere else. Special shout out to Timothy Ly, who took me to Jesus Family Centre on Christmas 2007 .. you have a gift, mate and the Lord has blessed you. And many thanks to her, for whom I dream that He might make me young. I see in her the promise of new life .. ed
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“Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.”” Luke 2:11-14 NIV
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Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon
Morning
"Friend, go up higher."
Luke 14:10
Luke 14:10
When first the life of grace begins in the soul, we do indeed draw near to God, but it is with great fear and trembling. The soul conscious of guilt, and humbled thereby, is overawed with the solemnity of its position; it is cast to the earth by a sense of the grandeur of Jehovah, in whose presence it stands. With unfeigned bashfulness it takes the lowest room.
But, in after life, as the Christian grows in grace, although he will never forget the solemnity of his position, and will never lose that holy awe which must encompass a gracious man when he is in the presence of the God who can create or can destroy; yet his fear has all its terror taken out of it; it becomes a holy reverence, and no more an overshadowing dread. He is called up higher, to greater access to God in Christ Jesus. Then the man of God, walking amid the splendours of Deity, and veiling his face like the glorious cherubim, with those twin wings, the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ, will, reverent and bowed in spirit, approach the throne; and seeing there a God of love, of goodness, and of mercy, he will realize rather the covenant character of God than his absolute Deity. He will see in God rather his goodness than his greatness, and more of his love than of his majesty. Then will the soul, bowing still as humbly as aforetime, enjoy a more sacred liberty of intercession; for while prostrate before the glory of the Infinite God, it will be sustained by the refreshing consciousness of being in the presence of boundless mercy and infinite love, and by the realization of acceptance "in the Beloved." Thus the believer is bidden to come up higher, and is enabled to exercise the privilege of rejoicing in God, and drawing near to him in holy confidence, saying, "Abba, Father."
"So may we go from strength to strength,
And daily grow in grace,
Till in thine image raised at length,
We see thee face to face."
Evening
"The night also is thine."
Psalm 74:16
Psalm 74:16
Yes, Lord, thou dost not abdicate thy throne when the sun goeth down, nor dost thou leave the world all through these long wintry nights to be the prey of evil; thine eyes watch us as the stars, and thine arms surround us as the zodiac belts the sky. The dews of kindly sleep and all the influences of the moon are in thy hand, and the alarms and solemnities of night are equally with thee. This is very sweet to me when watching through the midnight hours, or tossing to and fro in anguish. There are precious fruits put forth by the moon as well as by the sun: may my Lord make me to be a favoured partaker in them.
The night of affliction is as much under the arrangement and control of the Lord of Love as the bright summer days when all is bliss. Jesus is in the tempest. His love wraps the night about itself as a mantle, but to the eye of faith the sable robe is scarce a disguise. From the first watch of the night even unto the break of day the eternal Watcher observes his saints, and overrules the shades and dews of midnight for his people's highest good. We believe in no rival deities of good and evil contending for the mastery, but we hear the voice of Jehovah saying, "I create light and I create darkness; I, the Lord, do all these things."
Gloomy seasons of religious indifference and social sin are not exempted from the divine purpose. When the altars of truth are defiled, and the ways of God forsaken, the Lord's servants weep with bitter sorrow, but they may not despair, for the darkest eras are governed by the Lord, and shall come to their end at his bidding. What may seem defeat to us may be victory to him.
"Though enwrapt in gloomy night,
We perceive no ray of light;
Since the Lord himself is here,
'Tis not meet that we should fear."
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Today's reading: Nahum 1-3, Revelation 14 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Nahum 1-3
1 A prophecy concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite.
The LORD’s Anger Against Nineveh
2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God;
the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The LORD takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
5 The mountains quake before him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.
6 Who can withstand his indignation?
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
the rocks are shattered before him....
the LORD takes vengeance and is filled with wrath.
The LORD takes vengeance on his foes
and vents his wrath against his enemies.
3 The LORD is slow to anger but great in power;
the LORD will not leave the guilty unpunished.
His way is in the whirlwind and the storm,
and clouds are the dust of his feet.
4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up;
he makes all the rivers run dry.
Bashan and Carmel wither
and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
5 The mountains quake before him
and the hills melt away.
The earth trembles at his presence,
the world and all who live in it.
6 Who can withstand his indignation?
Who can endure his fierce anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire;
the rocks are shattered before him....
Today's New Testament reading: Revelation 14
The Lamb and the 144,000
1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. 4 These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb. 5 No lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless....
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Ahio [Ăhī'ō]—fraternal or his brother.
- A son of Abinadab and brother of Uzzah. It was in Abinadab’s house that the Ark of God rested for twenty years after its return by the Philistines (2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chron. 13:7).
- A son of Elpaal, a Benjamite (1 Chron. 8:14).
- A son of Jehiel by his wife Maachah and an ancestor of Saul (1 Chron. 8:31; 9:37).
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