Friday, February 26, 2021

Fri 26th February 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Mon 15th Feb

Former Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja had understood Machiavelli and knew a concept encapsulated by the Prince which many were getting wrong in the late 1990’s. So applying all her mental powers, she went on radio and told people how to get it right. Machiavelli, she declared, was pronounced ‘Match-i-ah-velli.’ The senator despaired at people misrepresenting the Prince. After all, Hitler had had the book on his bed side table for inspiration and late-night reading. He had needed to improve his mind. There are many examples, provided by Charles and Andrew to name two, of Princes who fail the bedside table test. 


It was with delight I happened on Delderfield’s story of a horseman, Paul Craddock, who purchased a farm. 


Dr Maureen O’Keefe talking to 14 yo Ikey (Delderfield’s Horseman riding by)

“Ikey,” she said, “There’s a word you wouldn’t have heard yet that just about describes you so remember it and you can recognise yourself later on! You’re Machiavellian! Remember that – Mack-i-ah-vellian”

“What does it mean?” he asked, and she said, gesticulating, “It’s having an instinctive understanding of people and how their minds work and it’s a priceless quality to possess, particularly if you are ever thinking of going into business.”

“I’ll not do that,” he said, scornfully, “I’m going to join the cavalry!”

“Ah,” she said, “Then I’m afraid it won’t be of much use to you. Still, it’s nice to have and I daresay it’ll help you get along with the ladies!”


The former senator never really explained her clarification. She is a left wing loony and the press would never have dared ask it. But, what was it her clarification addressed? Was the senator addressing a mid 90’s man drought after too many eligible bachelors had bought into a hipster form of feminism? Had she approved of Hitler’s late night reading? We could ask her, but we may never know. 



Editorial Sun 21st February Current Affairs

Sixteen days without internet access. Lockdown meant my zoom meetings were conducted, over 8 hours, using phone data which emptied my bandwidth for the month. What had happened was a storm on the 5th of February took out cable access but left the wifi running without carrying a connection We could see the router was active, but there was no internet access. We contacted the estate agent who said they had contacted the landlord after coming over to turn the router on and off to no affect. Not knowing which ISP held the actual account, I searched online (using phone data) and found that NBN was down and slated to be fixed after the weekend. 


During the weekend, I noticed the NBN fault had been fixed, but we still did not have internet, so I pointed out to the estate agent that no fault was reported for this address. They yelled at me, saying it was not their job to stay on the phone of an ISP and wait hours, but they had told the landlord who had promised to fix it. I pointed out the landlord might need to be told to report the issue to the ISP to fix it. They said they got my point, but had already told the landlord. “Have a good day sir!” they yelled before hanging up. 


I contacted radio 3AW to report the issue. Neil Mitchell had me waiting forty minutes before not listening to me, or following up. 


One other member of the household noticed our landlord had not collected their mail from Optus, an ISP, and opened it, discovering that our share house was due to have internet cancelled because NBN did not want to compete with Optus Cable. But the cancellation was for the 15th of February or later, and should not have happened yet. The information was relayed to the estate agent who passed it on to the landlord. I contacted 3AW to provide an update by email. Still no reply from 3AW. 


The estate agent tasked an employee to wait on premises until Optus sent a technician. But, Optus claimed they had sent a technician a day before and they had not got on premises when everyone in the household was here during lockdown. They claimed to have rung the bell and made commotion, but they had not noticed the Menulog and DoorDasher employees delivering food without issue. The estate agent spent all day on the premises and Optus did not show up. Finally, on 19th of February, two weeks after the internet had gone down, Optus showed, and an estate agent was on hand. The fault was fixed, it having been established that Cable provision would be ongoing until a planned changeover to NBN. 


My software upgraded and at 1am on 20th February while Melbourne had had an overnight 26 degree centigrade evening, the wifi router stopped working. I contacted the agent about 7:30 am and sent a picture of my WiFi reception showing our address router was not functioning. They did not even bother sending someone to turn it on and off. Maybe Monday? 



In Defence of Conservative Values via It’s a Wonderful Life (1946 Capra)

The scene has three conservatives talking over dinner. One conservative is the father who wants his son to follow him in business. Another conservative is the son who wants to make a name for himself in the world. Another conservative is the servant whose relationship to those she serves is positive for all of them. 


The three are not agreeing with each other, but there is none of the shaming, blaming and rancour one finds when arguing with a left winger. The father listens to his son, and argues on point, convincingly. The son hears his father’s arguments and lets him know he still loves him. The servant reinforces core conservative values. Note, these are not social conservative values, which judges and shames. These are values embraced by modern economic conservatives.


The conservatism is not from a lost time in America. President Donald Trump is not a conservative, neither is he known for conservatism, but his Vice President, Mike Pence is. The greatness of Trump’s Presidency was enhanced by the demeanour and prosecution of Pence as Vice President. One hopes Trump runs and wins again in 2024. Not only will Trump be the first President acquitted of an impeachment twice, he could be the first President elected three times without resorting to corruption. 

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In this episode, I discuss the two things we MUST do to turn the tide on the left. These two things should be the centerpiece of every conservative campaign.

News Picks:

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Dear Friends, 
 
Tonight, as we begin to celebrate the festival of Purim  we recall the episode in ancient Persia where a diabolical villain singled out our people, falsely accused us of baseless crimes and plotted our destruction. Joyfully we will celebrate yet another miraculous escape from the persecution of our relentless enemies.

Yet in every generation new threats continue to arise. At this time, Shurat HaDin is working to confront the modern day Hamans at the International Criminal Court who once again brandish a multitude of blood libels against Israel and the IDF. 
 
We are proud to present you with a comprehensive legal backgrounder on the recent decision by the ICC to proceed with their investigation of Israel. The brief clearly sets out the main procedural developments and the issues involved. It provides an analysis of the biased and inaccurate majority opinion and the surprisingly supportive minority dissent. Moreover, it explains how Shurat HaDin is planning to tackle this dangerous dilemma.    
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Dem Party Leaders Panic Over Gov. Newsom Recall Momentum

Capitol Hill
Jennifer Granholm Confirmed as Energy Secretary
Leading Liberal Women Refuse to Comment on Gov. Cuomo Sexual Harassment Allegations
Lindsey Graham Promotes “Waffle House” Minimum Wage Plan
Lara Trump Gives a Preview of Donald Trump’s CPAC Speech
Dems Use Identity Politics to Shield Indefensible Biden Nominees
Rand Paul Introduces National Right to Work Act
Tucker: Biden Is Lying About the Number of Illegal Immigrants in the U.S.
USPS Inspector General Says USPS Spent Nearly $110 Million Dealing With Misrouted Mail in Seven Months
Dems Transgender Bill Faces Wide-Ranging Opposition
Widow of Rep. Ron Wright Announces Congressional Run to Fill His Seat
Trump Announces First Endorsement Since Leaving Office
Biden’s Choice to Lead HHS Refused to Support Free Elections in Cuba
House Dems Ask Biden to Give Up Sole Authority to Launch Nuclear Weapons

Culture War
I Regret to Inform You That Mr. Potato Head Has Been Cancelled
Twitter Adds Warning to Links to CPAC
Poll Finds Republicans Care About Issues, Democrats Care About Power
Harvard Club Cancels Event Featuring Expert on Cancel Culture
Networks Ignore Sexual Harassment Claims Against Gov. Cuomo
Planned Parenthood Annual Report Shows Abortion Rising, Prenatal Care Services Declining
South Carolina Seeks to Resume Executions After 10 Years
Five Oregon Counties Could Vote on Joining Idaho
Poll Finds Major Increase in Young Americans Who Identify as LGBT
Washington State Appeals Court Unanimously Strikes Down Local Gun-Control Law
Oklahoma Bill Would Ban Schools From Teaching Critical Race Theory
Senators Demand Explanation From Amazon After It Removes Book Critical of Transgender Ideology

Economy
Newt Gingrich: Jerry McGuire and the $1.9 Trillion Rip Off
Australia Passes Law Making Facebook and Google Pay for News Content
Weekly Jobless Claims Total 730k
Dems’ Immigration and Minimum Wage Plans Hurt the Poor the Most
Is Inflation Around the Corner?
Nuclear Power Offers a Solution to the Texas Power Grid Failure
Multiple States Pass Coronavirus Relief Without Congress
Verizon the Top Bidder on 5G Spectrum
GameStop: Here We Go Again
AT&T Accused of Lobbying Against Sanctions on China Owned Telecom Company
Major Auto Insurers Face Class Action Lawsuits Over Rates During Pandemic
Federal Reserve’s System That Allows Banks to Send Money Back and Forth Goes Down

Swamp Watch
Manhattan Prosecutor Obtains Copies of Trump Tax Records
Hunter Biden Was in Relationship With Brother’s Widow and Married Sister
The Black Lives Matter Foundation Raked in $90 Million Last Year
Dems’ “Very Fine People” Hoax Fact Checked During Hearing
Why Not: School Board Member Compares Reopening Schools to Slavery and White Supremacy
Why Weren’t John Kerry’s Meetings With Iran Treated Like Michael Flynn’s With Russian Officials?
Biden HHS Pick Commits to Collecting Health Data by Race
Once-Secret Reports Prove FBI Spying on Trump Campaign Was More Widespread Than Previously Disclosed
Republicans Want Cuomo Subpoenaed Over Nursing Home Scandal
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https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/google-australia-facebook/2021/02/25/id/1011535/?oRef=mixi
Biden Presidency
Grover Norquist: Biden's Tax Hike Plans Moving in Wrong Direction
Sen. Lee: 'Weird' That Dems Want to Remove Biden Sole Control of Nuclear Football
Psaki: White House 'Fighting' for Tanden
House Republicans Warn of 'Danger' if Trump Immigration Order Scrapped
Grassley to Oppose Tanden's Nomination as Budget Chief
Former Michigan Gov. Granholm Confirmed as Energy Secretary
VP Harris Urges Black Community to Get COVID Vaccines |


Newsfront
A Mister No More: Mr. Potato Head Goes Gender Neutral
Mr. Potato Head is no longer a mister.Hasbro, the company that's made the potato-shaped plastic toy for nearly 70 years, is giving the spud a gender neutral new name: Potato Head. The change will appear on boxes this year. Many toymakers have been updating their classic...... [Full Story]

Rep. Issa to Newsmax TV: Democrats' COVID Relief Bill Delays Economic Recovery
The COVID-19 relief package Democrats plan to pass without any [Full Story]

Wall Street Closes Sharply Down, Tech Selloff Drags as Bond Yields Climb
Wall Street's main indexes ended sharply lower on Thursday, with the [Full Story]

Real-World Study: Pfizer Vaccine 94% Effective
A study of over half a million inoculated people found that two doses [Full Story]
Related
WHO Urges Actions for 'Long COVID' Sufferers
Dr. Fauci: 'Good News' Expected on Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
Pfizer-BioNTech Testing COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
COVID-19 Vaccines Block Disease, but Do They Stop Infection?
Backlogged Cases Push California COVID-19 Deaths Past 50,000
China Denies Subjecting US Diplomats to COVID-19 Anal Tests
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Here is a video I madeLaugh Out Loud Corp 

Laugh Out Loud Corp aim to please .. made on iCompositions some years ago. Comedy. I'm trying to find all those who helped make this piece.
Yohmar made the track .. his music is at http://www.icompositions.com/artists/yosLove
https://rumble.com/ve68cf-laugh-out-loud-corp.html

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=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Matthew Guy has released more policy regarding what he will do if elected in November. Guy will spend a million dollars on supporting a victims of crime network. In contrast, Dan Andrews will continue to exploit them for all he can squeeze, and then leave them for dead. ALP are fighting over which useless suit should be Lord Mayor of Melbourne after they ditched the best Lord Mayor Melbourne has had. A token ALP female wants it, but other ALP members want other tokens. California Governor signed a law preventing teachers from defending themselves with guns. If they can push the cowering deputies out of the closets, teachers are expected to hide. 
=== from 2017 ===
There are big differences between the ALP and the Liberal Party. There are similarities too. Both have awful leaders at federal level. Kudos to the limited Shorten who has not got good policy, but blows dog whistles to attract ALP members who left her in disgust after the Rudd Gillard years. But the ALP has not reformed either. She has lost old members and finds it hard to attract new ones. But Shorten doesn't have to worry because the Libs have Turnbull and Julie Bishop. Turnbull and Bishop used the Clinton Foundation to turf Tony Abbott as PM, making false representations to bodies like the IPA that they would support free speech.  They didn't. It isn't that the Libs have bad policy. Under Turnbull, they have awful politics. The Libs cannot pass free speech measures, cut spending or do much with a recalcitrant senate. But before the Libs booted Abbott, they had plans that would work wearing down the senate and informing the public of issues. Turnbull will never achieve free speech because he isn't trying. But recalcitrant and defensive Liberal members have not yet bitten the bullet. The Libs are not corrupt like the ALP. The Libs are not stealing money from the tax payer as ALP frequently do. But, with Turnbull in the lead, an inept, unreformed ALP looks similar. NSW Liberals have demonstrated any good politician can be an effective leader. They can make good decisions. hard decisions, get rolled, and someone else good is there to run with the ball. Turnbull has to go. 

I am reading a research article by Matthew C. MacWilliams , University of Massachusetts Amherst, a PhD student. The article was popular among #FakeNewsMedia. Matthew writes 
"The results of the survey support the first hypothesis that authoritarians are more likely to support Donald Trump than other Republican candidates. A multivariate analysis of data from this survey finds that authoritarianism is one of only two variables that is a statistically and substantively significant predictor of Trump support among likely Republican primary voters. The other statistically significant variable in the model is fear of personal threat from terrorism (table 1).

Other independent variables in the model were standard demographics including gender, age, education, ideology, evangelicalism, church attendance, race, and income. Since the model sample only included likely Republican primary voters, partisan identification was not an independent variable"
The results of the survey support the view that people who raised their children well and were concerned for their future, and their children, supported Trump. 

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Not written as I was working to secure accommodation. 
=== from 2015 ===
History began on this day, according to Ptolemy, in 747 BC. This was the beginning of the reign of Nabû-nāṣir. Not much is known about the King of Babylon who ruled from 747 to 734. He provided precise historical records according to time and this impressed Ptolemy. In 1815, Napoleon escaped from Elba. Within a year he lost at Waterloo and forever. In 1909, Kinemacolor was the first colour motion picture process, shown at the Palace Theatre London. In 1917, The Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded the first Jazz album for the Victor Talking Machine Company. It started Jazz. In 1935, Hitler broke the treaty of Versailles by ordering the building of the Luftwaffe. On the same day in 1935,  Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration near Daventry which led directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom. A year later, in 1936, some young Japanese officers attempted a coup. In 1993, a car bomb was detonated to take out the Twin Towers. It was beneath the North tower, killed six and injured a thousand. Years later, a perpetrator flying over NYC with a federal agent, the agent told the perpetrator that that was the tower he tried to take down. The perpetrator said if he had had more money he would have been successful. 

Today is the day some backbenchers have claimed that they could remove Mr Abbott from the Prime Minister's position and install a vain and foolish Malcolm Turnbull. This is a tragedy for NSW voters so close to the NSW election. It is not yet noticed, but the ALP in Cabramatta are engaged in placing signs inappropriately on State Rail property. They have done so in previous elections too, with impunity. But that doesn't concern the ambitious and ambivalent Malcolm Turnbull. 
From 2014
Everything changes. I will continue with my columns, but the look and feel will be different. I intend to sell up some time in April, so I have an opportunity to do something substantive and creative. I have ended my campaigns, and only have a petition for the NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell to remedy my whistle blower situation. I was going to cut back on Face Book, but somebody beat me to it, making false complaints to get me banned from posting for a time. I would like to thank my hard working team, Mandy, Stephanie, John and Phil .. and also Jenny who has moved on, but will always be part of the team. Also thanks to Dean who proposed this format. I'm working on a sequel to my autobiography, Thief! which I finished in '04 and which I now need to update with a new look. I had added on extra material, but my view now is very different to what it was then. I can't post aspects of it, as I will sell it through Amazon .. and because I released elements last time, they won't credit it as a new original work. Also many thanks to my brother in Christ Timothy Ly. Tim has embarked on his new project a mini series of martial arts made in Australia by Australians. He was the brains behind Maximum Choppage round 2 and Rumble Pictures. Due for release in 2015. Also, many thanks to Daniel and the team at Caroline Glick. It is a privilege to be your friend. Also J-Fo. I can't say why, but if you are lucky, you will see Gillard in the dock, and J-Fo asking questions of her dad .. it'll never happen outside of an Alan Jones Speech at a luncheon.

On this day in 1995, a brilliant young Mexican American performer entranced a crowd of some 65000. I provided a few youtube offerings after historical 'Matches.' Her name was Selena. She had been performing since she was 11 years old. Days after this concert, she was dead. She had been shot by a President of her fan club. It might be argued that the fan hadn't meant to kill her. It was a shot in the shoulder which severed an artery. But it is stupid to think you could shoot someone and not expect death to follow. The President had been embezzling money and had been fired for it. They had agreed to hand over essential documents to Selena. And so, a 23 yo woman with so much promise was eliminated by someone they had trusted.

On another year, but on this day, 2012, a thug whom Obama would later describe as someone who "Could have been my son" died after beating up an armed man. In the rush to prosecute the victim, courts ignored and compromised evidence Trayvon had been involved with a substantial number of break and enters. One certainty is Trayvon never did that after this day in 2012.

It is hard to imagine how Conroy could have put in a worse performance in the senate without hurting a puppy in front of a camera. But Shorten still views Conroy as front bench material. It all seems very confusing for the ALP, but the short story is the conservatives have stopped the boats when the ALP had started them. I don't mind the 50k people who have come to Australia after they were vetted by the UN. I'd rather have had 50k refugees. But the 1400 or so deaths is 1400 too many. It isn't compassionate to drown people. Jason Clare said that.
Historical perspective on this day
In 747 BC, Epoch (origin) of Ptolemy's Nabonassar Era. 364, Valentinian I was proclaimed Roman Emperor. 1233,  Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols capture Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty, after besieging it for months. 1266, Battle of Benevento: An army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeated a combined German and Sicilian force led by Manfred, King of Sicily. Manfred was killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invested Charles as king of Sicilyand Naples. 1794, the first Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen burned down. 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from Elba. 1876, Japan and Korea signed a treatygranting Japanese citizens extraterritoriality rights, opening three ports to Japanese trade, and ending Korea's status as a tributary state of Qing dynasty China.

In 1909.  Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, was first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London. 1914, HMHS Britannic, sister to the RMS Titanic, was launched at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. 1917, the Original Dixieland Jass Band recorded the first jazz record, for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act of the U.S. Congress establishing most of the Grand Canyon as a United States National Park - the Grand Canyon National Park. 1929, President Calvin Coolidge signed an Executive Order establishing the 96,000 acre Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.

In 1935, Adolf Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. Also 1935, Robert Watson-Watt carried out a demonstration near Daventry which led directly to the development of radar in the United Kingdom. 1936, in the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempted to stage a coup against the government. 1946, Finnish observers reported the first of many thousands of sightings of ghost rockets. 1952, Vincent Massey was sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor General of Canada. 1960, a New York-bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery in Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. 1966, Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket Also 1966, Vietnam War: The ROK Capital Division of the South Korean Army massacres 380 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam.

In 1971, U.N. Secretary General U Thant signed United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. 1972, the Buffalo Creek Flood caused by a burst dam killed 125 in West Virginia. 1980, Egypt and Israel established full diplomatic relations. 1987, Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebuked President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. 1991, Gulf War: United States Army forces captured the town of Al Busayyah. 1992, Nagorno-Karabakh War: Khojaly Massacre: Armenian armed forces opened fire on Azeri civilians at a military post outside the town of Khojaly leaving hundreds dead. 1993, World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing six and injuring over a thousand. 1995, the United Kingdom's oldest investment banking institute, Barings Bank, collapsed after securities broker Nick Leeson, lost $1.4 billion by speculating on the Singapore International Monetary Exchange using futures contracts. 2012, a train derailed in Burlington, Ontario, Canada killing at least three people and injuring 45. 2013, a hot air balloon crashed near Luxor, Egypt, killing 19 people.

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Today's reading: Numbers 9-11, Mark 5:1-20 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Numbers 9-11

The Passover
1 The LORD spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said, 2 "Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time. 3 Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations...."

Today's New Testament reading: Mark 5:1-20

Jesus Restores a Demon-Possessed Man
1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes.2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue him. 5 Night and day among the tombs and in the hills he would cry out and cut himself with stones...

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February 25: Morning
"The wrath to come." - Matthew 3:7
It is pleasant to pass over a country after a storm has spent itself; to smell the freshness of the herbs after the rain has passed away, and to note the drops while they glisten like purest diamonds in the sunlight. That is the position of a Christian. He is going through a land where the storm has spent itself upon his Saviour's head, and if there be a few drops of sorrow falling, they distil from clouds of mercy, and Jesus cheers him by the assurance that they are not for his destruction. But how terrible is it to witness the approach of a tempest: to note the forewarnings of the storm; to mark the birds of heaven as they droop their wings; to see the cattle as they lay their heads low in terror; to discern the face of the sky as it groweth black, and look to the sun which shineth not, and the heavens which are angry and frowning! How terrible to await the dread advance of a hurricane--such as occurs, sometimes, in the tropics--to wait in terrible apprehension till the wind shall rush forth in fury, tearing up trees from their roots, forcing rocks from their pedestals, and hurling down all the dwelling-places of man! And yet, sinner, this is your present position. No hot drops have as yet fallen, but a shower of fire is coming. No terrible winds howl around you, but God's tempest is gathering its dread artillery. As yet the water-floods are dammed up by mercy, but the flood-gates shall soon be opened: the thunderbolts of God are yet in his storehouse, but lo! the tempest hastens, and how awful shall that moment be when God, robed in vengeance, shall march forth in fury! Where, where, where, O sinner, wilt thou hide thy head, or whither wilt thou flee? O that the hand of mercy may now lead you to Christ! He is freely set before you in the gospel: his riven side is the rock of shelter. Thou knowest thy need of him; believe in him, cast thyself upon him, and then the fury shall be overpast forever.
Evening
"But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa." - Jonah 1:3
Instead of going to Nineveh to preach the Word, as God bade him, Jonah disliked the work, and went down to Joppa to escape from it. There are occasions when God's servants shrink from duty. But what is the consequence? What did Jonah lose by his conduct? He lost the presence and comfortable enjoyment of God's love. When we serve our Lord Jesus as believers should do, our God is with us; and though we have the whole world against us, if we have God with us, what does it matter? But the moment we start back, and seek our own inventions, we are at sea without a pilot. Then may we bitterly lament and groan out, "O my God, where hast thou gone? How could I have been so foolish as to shun thy service, and in this way to lose all the bright shinings of thy face? This is a price too high. Let me return to my allegiance, that I may rejoice in thy presence." In the next place, Jonah lost all peace of mind. Sin soon destroys a believer's comfort. It is the poisonous upas tree, from whose leaves distil deadly drops which destroy the life of joy and peace. Jonah lost everything upon which he might have drawn for comfort in any other case. He could not plead the promise of divine protection, for he was not in God's ways; he could not say, "Lord, I meet with these difficulties in the discharge of my duty, therefore help me through them." He was reaping his own deeds; he was filled with his own ways. Christian, do not play the Jonah, unless you wish to have all the waves and the billows rolling over your head. You will find in the long run that it is far harder to shun the work and will of God than to at once yield yourself to it. Jonah lost his time, for he had to go to Nineveh after all. It is hard to contend with God; let us yield ourselves at once.

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=== Message ===

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I am a decent man and don't care for the abuse given me. I created a video raising awareness of anti police feeling among western communities. I chose the senseless killing of Nicola Cotton, a Louisiana policewoman who joined post Katrina, to highlight the issue. I did this in order to get an income after having been illegally blacklisted from work in NSW for being a whistleblower. I have not done anything wrong. Local council appointees refused to endorse my work, so I did it for free. Youtube's Adsence refused to allow me to profit from their marketing it. Meanwhile, I am hostage to abysmal political leadership and hopeless journalists. My shopfront has opened on Facebook.

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I am publishing a book called Bread of Life: January.

Bread of Life is a daily bible quote with a layman's understanding of the meaning. I give one quote for each day, and also a series of personal stories illustrating key concepts eg Who is God? What is a miracle? Why is there tragedy?


January is the first of the anticipated year-long work of thirteen books. One for each month and the whole year. It costs to publish. It (Kindle version) should retail at about $2US online, but the paperback version would cost more, according to production cost.If you have a heart for giving, I fundraise at gofund.me/27tkwuc (Gofundme finished the fund raiser, 2017)

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Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August, September, October, or at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows a free kindle version.


The Amazon Author Page for David Ball

UK .. http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B01683ZOWG

French .. http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B01683ZOWG

Japan .. http://www.amazon.co.jp/-/e/B01683ZOWG

German .. http://www.amazon.de/-/e/B01683ZOWG

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Other Stuff

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I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship

https://www.magabook.com/register?invite=11673951025fadd3f055eca4.00045664

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I'm looking for former students to endorse me

https://www.superprof.com.au/write-recommendation-13371374-1cc2cf0f56166c9b04ad4097fc7d0b67.html

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