Sat 6th February 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Sun Feb 7^th 2021

 

On Friday, at work in the adjacent suburb of Hallam, a lightning storm resulted in power going down across Hallam. Children at the tutorial centre at 8pm were forced to work from fading daylight across summer of Melbourne. Lights returned fifteen minutes later. Work was done and children got a new appreciation of Zeus. When I got back home, I found the internet was down from wifi, but I had phone data operative. I searched for internet failure and found nothing. I waited until next morning, and found a report of NBN failure the night before. I went to work in the morning. At work I was called by my estate agent who had tried to reset the modem in the share accommodation, without success. I told them of the NBN outage report, with the news that the anticipated recovery was on Monday at 6pm, the fourth day from the failure. 

I went home and checked the internet again. Still down, I checked the outage reports, and there were none. Not even at my address. Clearly, the estate agent had not got the landlord to raise the issue with the ISP. There is no reason to believe the internet will be restored on even the fourth day if no one is looking at the issue. 

What has caused this outage? Internet gets slow whenever there is a thunderstorm. I live in Dandenong, a suburb of Melbourne. There is no excuse for such poor service. 

https://rumble.com/ve29fx-editorial-sun-feb-7th-2021.html 

Editorial Thursday 11^th February 2021

Having reported the outage to my landlord’s agent, I queried them as to why no fault was reported on the address a day later, two days later, three days later and four days later. The estate agent raised their voice to me “It is not my job to sit by a phone for a telecommunications company hours on end. I’ve alerted the landlord.” 

 

“Yes, but the telecommunications company needs to know there is a fault or they cannot address it.”

 

“I take your point but I have told you I have alerted the landlord.”

 

“Have you advised them to report the fault?”

 

“They said they will fix it. If they haven’t fixed by the end of working day tomorrow I will see to it. Have a good day, sir”

 

It wasn’t working on day five, but another member of the share household found mail addressed to the landlord from the telecommunications company and opened it. It said that the company was sending a final warning before cancellation. The company was forced to close their cable service and link to NBN instead. The cancellation was to take place on the 15^th February, ten days after they in fact cancelled it. Had the company been called when the ‘fault’ was detected, the problem could have been addressed immediately. The agent has still not apologised to me. Neither is the internet connected after seven days. 

 

My oldest sister sent me a near fifty year old school photo of me. I told her that I had lost all my photos when FB booted me. I have no place for such memories, but I’m thankful she thought of me. I had been booted from FB after Jan 6^th for not being a good citizen, as I endorsed Donald Trump for President. I am not uncivilised  and never condone violence or racism, but FB booted me. My sister, a left wing loony, said I should go somewhere else where I’m accepted. She suggested I use the library to access the internet. She was taunting me. That is how they behave. 

https://rumble.com/ve29oj-editorial-thursday-11th-february-2021.html

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Here is a video I made for Clare Oliver with her campaign against sun beds. 

Enjoy, dance, delight
But not too close to the light.
Icarus fell, but he lived and flew
Who'd deny him his wish .. you?
His father's advice, your mother warned
But who listened? Who saw?
All those excuses denied you:
My mother gave me drugs
I didn't know it was so long
I'm singing everybody's song
If it feels good it isn't wrong.

Grin, burst, flash
But not too close to the lamp
Icarus fell, but he lived and flew
Who'd deny him his wish .. you?
The desire to live. The desire to fly.
The desire to be all you can buy.
All those excuses denied you:
If it gets bad I'll quit
I don't know who gave it, or why
When you feel down it helps you fly
I didn't think I would die.

Pain, resolve, despair
But not so close as to be seen
Icarus fell, but he lived and flew
Who'd deny him his wish .. you?
A pain in the head. A pain in the neck.
The pain that lodged inside your heart.
All those excuses you denied.
It was all your fault.
The others had tried.
The dream was lost
And so you died.

http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com.au/2007/09/my-tribute-to-clare-oliver.html

Ziur - Music, composition, keyboards, guitar, voices.
RuiDernaz - Bass guitar, guitars.
Pioneer - Drums.

ddball - Lyrics.

David Ball7 years ago
I found images from my own library, or from Google Image search. This one was found on google image search for another project .. but I recycle. It affirms the idea of people celebrating irresponsibly.

AlienFirefox7 years ago
she was so white cause she hadnt used one for 2 years

David Ball8 years ago
You have an agenda, which is why you are so free with bandying words like 'lie.' Your 'detective work' is a lie, or a gross exaggeration. Have another puff on a cigar and make up another story .. going somewhere else to tell it.

columbo1698 years ago
is this meant to be sad or informative , if she used solariums so often then how come she was so white ? she lied and she knew it about solariums , that is uncovered in my detective work and presented in my you tube clip. some people will do anything for money

David Ball8 years ago
I disagree. She knew it wasn't about the solarium industry, and said so, but she made some valid points too. Lobby groups are rarely true to their foundations. She was a normal person, with normal hopes and desires. The entire situation was an appalling tragedy. Have you followed the lyric?

imfromtambunan8 years ago
:( thats so sad

David Ball8 years ago
Yes, she went to the local fun park with friends and family. They had some cake.

imfromtambunan8 years ago
hey just wondrin, did she get to see her 26th bday? :/

David Ball8 years ago
Thank you.

David Ball8 years ago
I made a promise to her that I would make a tribute. I never told her, I don't know her, but I read her story in the paper and was touched. Thank you for listening.

sassy3048 years ago
RIP Clare!She was a beautiful and brave young woman.

=== From 2018 ===

Don't give up on hope. Issue of FBI corruption needs to be addressed. Comey lied to a court to get an investigation started which was not legal? The US people deserve to know that their public service is impartial. Trump approval rating jumps ten points. Imagine what it would be if the swamp did not swamp the public with #FakeNews ?

Senator Jim Molan attacked for videos he has posted. Britain First is not a credible organisation. However, the videos are real. Anyone can post a good idea, not merely partisan left wing media. Britain First also posts a lot of rubbish. Molan did not post the rubbish. A so called Sudanese community leader seems to be an ALP affiliated member whose opinion is related to whatever the ALP wants it to be. Matthew Guy has released a new policy of placing police in some schools. It has been a great policy in the past and in other states and nations. I know of several instances in dysfunctional schools where a police presence would have limited crime. But extreme left wing school bureaucrats would not like it. 

It would now be easy to create a block register tracking guns and ammunition. Guns are overly regulated in Australia. Why not loosen gun regulation but include ammunition? It would make policing easier. 

=== from 2017 ===

Culture is important. Cultural assets need to be protected. A great Australian Cricket Team led by Ian Chappell in the early seventies was torn apart in a dispute between cricket authorities and media elite. The result was great players still played for Australia, but the culture that supported it had been shredded. It was not until Bobby Simpson re linked the past to the next generation of players that Australia rose again. Great players can make more great players, or they can starve oxygen to up and coming players. The way for great players to bring on others is the cultural assets which supported greatness. It is another reason why Australian Rugby is so prone to being also rans. It isn't the players or the coaches, but the culture. For example, the lesson learned in 1948 when Keith Miller had a late night out despite orders to the contrary by team captain Donald Bradman. Miller met Bradman exercising on the back steps going up to the hotel late next morning. Bradman said nothing. During game play, Bradman won the toss and elected to bowl. Forcing Miller to open the bowling. Miller bowled the entire session unchanged. England were only one down at lunch. After lunch, Miller bowled again, and realised that Bradman would keep him bowling until England was out. England was bowled out before tea. One has to work hard to not be perfect. 

On this day in 1958, the pride of English football met tragedy in Munich. An air disaster claimed the lives of a great Manchester United club team. Fifty nine years later, the loss of the cultural asset, more than the loss of the players and coaches, have deprived England of her due. The world has moved on and there are other teams supported by cultural assets that have been preserved. Note Maradona did lots of damage, despite glory, with his 'hand of God' action. And whenever a cultural asset is lost, there is pain, even if it is not recognised. Malcolm Turnbull has damaged the Liberal Party's cultural assets for his own ambition. 

=== from 2016 ===

On this day last year, rumours abounded regarding a challenge for the Liberal leadership. Prime Minister Abbott had been undermined by Turnbull and others for a long time. The challenge would fizzle, and the saboteurs put Mr Abbott on notice, saying they supported him. Interesting is the claim of Mr Bolt that one back stabber, Mr Pyne, was a key Abbott supporter. Which in retrospect was grossly misleading. Mr Pyne was definitely key. Further, Mr Pyne was not supportive, but claimed he was. Julie Bishop played a similar game. And the analysis which could have called out the duo wasn't there. Instead, commentators obfuscated over the developments in the conservative government, denying the public their right to be informed and act on that information. The public were told that so called grumbles within the party were mere rumour. Smirk. 

The Liberal Party needed to stop the damaging backstabbing of Malcolm Turnbull. It had cost them Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and threatened them federally too. The act is done. And the doubting, incompetent and indecisive back stabber is PM. And if there is any policy change, it is for the worse. 

For some at the moment, the sex party has more credibility. 

=== from 2015 ===

On Bolt Report an ongoing policy is that any Islam post can only be on the pinned leader. Normal rules apply in that if it is merely foul and abusive it will be deleted. Otherwise comments are welcome.  
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NBC trusted journalist Brian Williams, confesses to lying for years and often about being on a helicopter which survived an RPG attack. There is still no evidence he is a conservative and so he might not get fired.

Two WA back benchers, Luke Simpkins and Don Randall, have declared they will nominate a spill motion for the leadership of the Liberal Party on Tuesday 10/2/15. In all likelihood the spill will elect Mr Abbott unopposed. It is possible another might choose to run against Mr Abbott. The leaks and undermining is not tenable for long term party survival in government. In 2007, such leaks as came from Costello and allegedly Turnbull, brought down the Howard government. It was, as Mr Howard later acknowledged, a mistake which Mr Howard made. But the Howard and Costello leadership tangle is very far from the Liberal Party's issues at the moment. There is a lot of front bench talent and back bench, but the problem the party has is getting legislation past the economic vandals of the Senate. In fact the government has done well, but for that issue, and have even successfully got key measures through the Senate. Although Mr Abbott has been put into a position of claiming Knighting the Duke of Edinburgh as a mistake, it wasn't, it was a healthy choice. The confected outrage shields the incompetent and corrupt Shorten from criticism.

There will always be some division in the conservative party, it is how it is constructed. Not all conservatives agree on everything all the time. However, the current levels of division are deliberate and the aim is to destabilise the leadership. Mr Turnbull was not a good leader of the party in the past. He had the loyalty of the party in being dedicated to conservative issues, but he didn't do that, embracing the carbon tax and faux excuse of anthropogenic global warming. The timing of it is abysmal for the Liberal Party, and it is likely to cruel election hopes in NSW as it did in Queensland and Victoria. Victoria's issues were partly self inflicted. The timing of it suggests it might not be Mr Turnbull behind it, but rather the partisan media inflating routine issues. It is never hard for a Liberal to be heard on any issue, all they need do is criticise the Liberal Party.

On this day in 1649, following the beheading of his dad, Charles I, Charles II was declared king by the parliament of Scotland, but not England or Ireland. England was to become a 'protectorate' for ten years. In 1685, Charles died and his brother James II became king on this day. In 1815, NJ gave the first railroad charter to inventor John Stevens. Stevens had fought under Washington before becoming an inventor who made the first steam locomotive and helped influence US Patent law. In 1819, Raffles founded Singapore. In 1820, former slaves, African Americans, 86 in number, were sent from NY to Liberia. In 1840, the signing of the treaty of Waitangi began NZ. In 1843, the first minstrel show began in the US. In 1851, Australia hosted the largest bush fires in history in a populous region (Victoria). In 1862, US Grant gave Union forces their first victory of the Civil War at Fort Henry Tennessee. In 1899, The treaty of Paris made peace between the US and Spain and called for the Hague to host an international arbitration court the next year. In 1918, British women over thirty years old, got the vote, thus denying it to all who had lied about their age. In 1952, following the death of her father, Elizabeth II became Queen Regnant at a tree house in Kenya (nine years later, Obama was born). In 1978, the Blizzard of 78 dumped snow on New England. In 1988, Michael Jordan inspired Air Jordan with a slam dunk. 

From 2014

The massacre of My Lai was raised by Ray Martin recently on Q&A in the context of reporting stories. According to Ray, if the ABC were not biased, then such incidents would not be reported. So it is worth looking at what happened then, and how it was reported by the biased press of the day. It is worth remembering that the then President of the US was Democrat Lyndon Baines Johnson. Johnson was more incompetent than Kennedy had been. As President, he disliked and distrusted the military. He once ordered a secret service agent to stand in the shower, and then urinated on him. It was apparently an accident by the secret service which had killed Kennedy. Press were keen to support Democrats and amplified the peace movement to let the President know 'what was really going on' in Vietnam. Johnson was keen to hold off Bobby Kennedy as President, but when Bobby was assassinated, LBJ retired after one term and one year. But as of Feb '68, LBJ was President and determined to keep the job and that meant resolving the fighting in Vietnam.

In Vietnam, the failed Tet Offensive had ruined the North's capacity to wage standing battles. But covert operations were still damaging. The guerrilla tactics included women and children and US troops were poorly equipped to handle the vagaries of civil war. A few villages were identified as being targets and orders were given which were ambiguous, but interpreted by some officers on the ground as 'kill everyone.' Some soldiers refused to follow orders, and attempted to hide some of the women and children, but failed. 

Following the massacre, Democrat Congressmen Mendel Rivers, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, denounced the soldiers who had tried to save women and children as traitors. However, soldiers continued to protest the action and an investigation was held. The action was held on March 16th. On March 28th a report labelled it a success. Six months later, a soldier wrote to a general of their concern at the casual killing of civilians. Colin Powell was then appointed to investigate. It is claimed he attempted to whitewash it. 

In March of '69, after LBJ had retired and Nixon was President, GOP Barry Goldwater urged the house armed services committee to investigate a letter he'd received from one of the soldiers who had been present at the massacre. Only after a report was tabled in November '69 was the incident reported. So why does Ray Martin believe that the bias of the ABC was essential for reporting on the massacre? Was it for covering up the massacre until a Republican was President? 

Historical perspective on this day

In 1649, the claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland was declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland. This move was not followed by the Parliament of England nor the Parliament of Ireland. 1685, James II of England and VII of Scotlandbecame King upon the death of his brother Charles II. 1778, American Revolutionary War: In Paris the Treaty of Alliance and the Treaty of Amity and Commerce were signed by the United States and France signaling official recognition of the new republic. 1788, Massachusettsbecame the sixth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

In 1806, Battle of San Domingo: British naval victory against the French in the Caribbean. 1815, New Jersey granted the first American railroad charter to John Stevens. 1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles founded Singapore. 1820, the first 86 African American immigrants sponsored by the American Colonization Society departed New York to start a settlement in present-day Liberia. 1833, Otto became the first modern King of Greece. 1840, signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, established New Zealand as a British colony. 1843, the first minstrel showin the United States, The Virginia Minstrels, opened (Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City). 1851, the largest Australian bushfires in a populous region in recorded history took place in the state of Victoria. 1862, American Civil War: forces under the command of Ulysses S. Grant and Andrew H. Foote gave the Union its first victory of the war, capturing Fort Henry, Tennessee in the Battle of Fort Henry. 1899, Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris, a peace treaty between the United States and Spain, was ratified by the United States Senate.

In 1900, the international arbitration court at The Hague was created when the Senate of the Netherlands ratified an 1899 peace conference decree. 1914, the Bondetåget, a peasant uprising in support of the monarchy, took place in Sweden 1918, British women over the age of 30 got the right to vote. 1919, the five-day Seattle General Strike began. 1922, the Washington Naval Treaty was signed in Washington, D.C., limiting the naval armaments of United States, Britain, Japan, France, and Italy. 1934, Far-right leagues rally in front of the Palais Bourbon in an attempted coup against the French Third Republic, created a political crisis in France. 1942, World War II: The United Kingdom declared war on Thailand.

In 1951, the Broker, a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train derailed near Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. The accident killed 85 people and injured over 500 more. The wreck was one of the worst rail disasters in American history. 1952, Elizabeth II became queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. 1958, eight Manchester United F.C. players and 15 other passengers were killed in the Munich air disaster. 1959, Jack Kilby of Texas Instruments filed the first patent for an integrated circuit. Also 1959, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the first successful test firing of a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile was accomplished. 1975, a crucial by-election was held in Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka. 1976, in testimony before a United States Senatesubcommittee, Lockheed Corporation president Carl Kotchian admitted that the company had paid out approximately $3 million in bribes to the office of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. 1978, the Blizzard of 1978, one of the worst Nor'easters in New England history, hit the region, with sustained winds of 65 mph and snowfall of 4" an hour.

In 1981, the National Resistance Army of Uganda launched an attack on a Ugandan Armyinstallation in the central Mubende District to begin the Ugandan Bush War. 1987, justice Mary Gaudron was appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed. 1988, Michael Jordan made his signature slam dunk from the free throw line inspiring Air Jordan and the Jumpman logo. 1989, the Round Table Talks started in Poland, thus marking the beginning of overthrow of communism in Eastern Europe. 1996, Willamette Valley Flood of 1996: Floods in the Willamette Valley of Oregon, United States, caused over US$500 million in property damage throughout the Pacific Northwest. Also 1996, Birgenair Flight 301 crashed off the coast of the Dominican Republic, and all 189 people inside the airplane were killed. This was the worst accident/incident involving a Boeing 757. 1998, Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport. 2000, Second Chechen War: Russia captured Grozny, Chechnya, forcing the separatist Chechen Republic of Ichkeria government into exile. 2012, a 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit near the central Philippines off the coast of Negros Island causing at least 51 deaths and injuring 112 others.

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Today's reading: Exodus 36-38, Matthew 23:1-22 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Exodus 36-38

¹ So Bezalel, Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD has given skill and ability to know how to carry out all the work of constructing the sanctuary are to do the work just as the LORD has commanded."

² Then Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person to whom the LORD had given ability and who was willing to come and do the work. ³ They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. ⁴ So all the skilled workers who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left what they were doing ⁵ and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done...."

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 23:1-22

A Warning Against Hypocrisy

¹ Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: ² "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. ³ So you must be careful to do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach. ⁴They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put them on other people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them..."

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

=== Morning and Evening ===

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February 5: Morning

"The Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world." - 1 John 4:14

It is a sweet thought that Jesus Christ did not come forth without his Father's permission, authority, consent, and assistance. He was sent of the Father, that he might be the Saviour of men. We are too apt to forget that, while there are distinctions as to the persons in the Trinity, there are no distinctions of honour. We too frequently ascribe the honour of our salvation, or at least the depths of its benevolence, more to Jesus Christ than we do the Father. This is a very great mistake. What if Jesus came? Did not his Father send him? If he spake wondrously, did not his Father pour grace into his lips, that he might be an able minister of the new covenant? He who knoweth the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost as he should know them, never setteth one before another in his love; he sees them at Bethlehem, at Gethsemane, and on Calvary, all equally engaged in the work of salvation. O Christian, hast thou put thy confidence in the Man Christ Jesus? Hast thou placed thy reliance solely on him? And art thou united with him? Then believe that thou art united unto the God of heaven. Since to the Man Christ Jesus thou art brother, and holdest closest fellowship, thou art linked thereby with God the Eternal, and "the Ancient of days" is thy Father and thy friend. Didst thou ever consider the depth of love in the heart of Jehovah, when God the Father equipped his Son for the great enterprise of mercy? If not, be this thy day's meditation. The Father sent him! Contemplate that subject. Think how Jesus works what the Father wills. In the wounds of the dying Saviour see the love of the great I AM. Let every thought of Jesus be also connected with the Eternal, ever-blessed God, for "It pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief."

Evening

"At that time Jesus answered." - Matthew 11:25

This is a singular way in which to commence a verse--"At that time Jesus answered." If you will look at the context you will not perceive that any person had asked him a question, or that he was in conversation with any human being. Yet it is written, "Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father." When a man answers, he answers a person who has been speaking to him. Who, then, had spoken to Christ? his Father. Yet there is no record of it; and this should teach us that Jesus had constant fellowship with his Father, and that God spake into his heart so often, so continually, that it was not a circumstance singular enough to be recorded. It was the habit and life of Jesus to talk with God. Even as Jesus was, in this world, so are we; let us therefore learn the lesson which this simple statement concerning him teaches us. May we likewise have silent fellowship with the Father, so that often we may answer him, and though the world wotteth not to whom we speak, may we be responding to that secret voice unheard of any other ear, which our own ear, opened by the Spirit of God, recognizes with joy. God has spoken to us, let us speak to God--either to set our seal that God is true and faithful to his promise, or to confess the sin of which the Spirit of God has convinced us, or to acknowledge the mercy which God's providence has given, or to express assent to the great truths which God the Holy Ghost has opened to our understanding. What a privilege is intimate communion with the Father of our spirits! It is a secret hidden from the world, a joy with which even the nearest friend intermeddleth not. If we would hear the whispers of God's love, our ear must be purged and fitted to listen to his voice. This very evening may our hearts be in such a state, that when God speaks to us, we, like Jesus, may be prepared at once to answer him.

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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.

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I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship

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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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