Thursday, February 04, 2021

Thu 4th February 2021 Current Affairs

Biden ran on the sole promise he was not President Trump. Mind you, Biden lied often about what Trump did and so understanding what Biden said he wouldn't do, and reconciling it with what Trump was, makes predicting Biden's path hard. Biden said Trump ruled through executive orders and President Biden would not do that. The facts are, in his first twelve days in office, Biden has issued four proclamations, ten presidential memos and 25 executive orders. Far more than any President since FDR, with other presidents taking nearly two months to match. There is no need for Biden to do such, he has legislative support which few have ever had. Except, Biden does not want questions asked of his activity? 

The legislative route involves discussion. Trump was wrongly denounced as not willing to justify his decisions. Here we see Biden using the same methods which saw him avoid unpleasant questioning over his role on the shoot down of Malaysian airlines MH17 over Ukraine in 17th July 2014. The war crime has been pinned on Russia, which wasn't even involved. What had happened was Ukraine, whose military flights had been shot down by Russian separatists supplied by Moscow (nb, Hunter has also been receiving from Moscow), decided to use radio identifiers to paint their military aircraft as civilian. That is a war crime. The inevitable happened when the Russian separatists shot down MH17 by mistake. Signals intelligence possessed only by USA among concerned parties traced the Russian separatists call to Moscow to advise Putin of their mistake. And a compliant media held Russia to account for the sting. Imagine had Trump ever been involved in a war crime how the media would have behaved? But, here we see quid pro Joe, fresh from forcing a Ukrainian prosecutor to be fired for investigating his son, then claiming the lives of 298 people, to make a political point.

We do not know what Biden is not telling us. But, we can make informed decisions. We can be confident that the corruption behind Comey's tenure as FBI chief will not be brought to book. Biden had said on campaign that executive orders were for dictators, and he would use due process. So, was Biden lying then, in October 2020, or is he lying now? Or, is it the case Biden does not tell the truth? 

The Cabal is big. Too big. It must grow to keep discipline. Election 2020 fraud was only possible including too much middle management. Post office clerks willing to back date mail. Machine operators willing to turn a blind eye. Polling station observers allowing corruption. Politicians facilitating the corrupt. Big tech executives usurping political power and acting as enforcers. Journalists lying about facts. Healthcare workers killing innocent people to facilitate terror. The broad purpose being to end the Trump Presidency and facilitate racism, gender dysphoria and social reform. But, what happens when the ends are achieved? How does the Department of Justice reset from endorsing corruption to protective policing? 

One unquestioned aspect of Biden's Presidency is he never launched a campaign saying what he would do. He isn't Trump. And, because Biden had not actually achieved the support he claims, he hasn't got full community support for decisions he makes. Biden, and Harris, will have to make decisions. They don't have the talent of Malcolm Turnbull who had the super power of dithering when most would do the right thing. Biden and Harris have got powerful levers of power with Congress, which they stole. They have big tech support which is fragile. But they can only keep discipline by upping the ante. What happens when the minority supports fractures? When Black activists turn on Native Indians or Mexicans? When Europe and China don't agree? When Venezuela feels she isn't getting value for money? I am a Trump supporter and a GOP supporter. I've already been disenfranchised, had my life's work seized by Facebook and my Parler account removed by big tech. I'm expecting more loss. But, I'm in it for the delayed gratification of watching the Cabal fall apart. I won't employ violence to achieve my ends. But I know the murderous Cabal will employ it, as they have. 

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In this episode, I discuss the ferocious response by Trump’s attorneys to the impeachment hoax. I also address the dumbest “study” I’ve seen in years. The study concluded that big tech bias against conservatives is a myth.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
GOP Lawmakers Begin Effort to Remove Ilhan Omar From Committee Assignments

Capitol Hill
Biden and Congressional Leaders Pay Respects to Officer Who Died From Injuries at Capitol Riot
Republicans Expected to Net Two Seats From Redistricting
House Republicans to Gather to Debate Standing of Reps. Cheney and Taylor Greene
House Lawmakers to Face Fines If They Don’t Go Through Security Screenings Prior to Entering Chamber
Manchin Says He Won’t Vote for Any Coronavirus Relief Bill That Isn’t Bipartisan
Senate Narrowly Confirms Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security
Homeland Security Committee Republicans Ask White House for “Definitive Clarity” on Strategy to Counter CCP Threat
Insiders Describe Biden Response to Myanmar Coup as “Chaos”
State Dept Official: U.S. Urging China to Cease Military, Diplomatic, Economic Pressure Against Taiwan

Culture War
Press Sec Psaki Slammed for Homophobic Tweet About Lindsey Graham
In Act of Insanity, Canada Designates Proud Boys a Terror Group
Red States Are Resisting Biden’s Executive Orders
Mike Cernovich Announces He Will Challenge Gov. Newsom if Recall Is Successful
Poll: Voters Split on if Coronavirus Restrictions Are Only Being Relaxed Now That Trump Is Out of Office
Portland Becomes One of the Least Desirable Cities to Live in After Months of Rioting
NY Times Recommends Biden Appoint a “Reality Czar”
Florida Gov. DeSantis Launches Crackdown on Big Tech
Trump’s OMB Chief Launches “Center for American Restoration” Think Tank
Fox News Ends 2020 as Most-Watched Cable News Network for 19 Straight Years
January 2021 Shattered Previous All-Time-High for Firearm Background Checks

Economy
Oil Prices Hover Near Highest Levels in a Year
ADP Report: Private Companies Added 174k Jobs in January
California “Hero Pay” Ordinance Puts Grocers Out of Business
Google’s Cloud Business Loses $5.6 Billion on $13 Billion in Revenue
Janet Yellen Summons Regulators to Review Reddit Trading Frenzy
Mortgage Refinancing Surges While Home Purchases Stall
This Is the Average Household Net Worth by Age in America
Economists Question Efficiency of Paycheck Protection Program
Amazon Will Pay $61.7 Million for Allegedly Withholding Tips From Delivery Drivers
Buttigieg Walks Back Comment About Raising Gas Tax
Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO
Eurozone Contracts 6.8% in 2020

Swamp Watch
Of Course: Biden Blames Missing 20 Million Vaccine Doses on Trump
A Surge of Unaccompanied Minors Is Heading for the U.S. – Mexico Border
Dems Falsely Call Capitol Riot a “Coup”, Refuse to Call Myanmar Coup a “Coup”
Prosecution of Comey Unlikely After Durham Investigation
Tucker Carlson Discusses the Media’s Obsession With Marjorie Taylor Greene
Adam Schiff Reportedly Lobbying Gov. Newsom to Become California’s Next AG
CNN Legal Analyst Argues There’s No First Amendment Right to Lie
Bail Fund Backed by Kamala Harris Freed Same Rioter Twice – And He Was Just Charged Again
Many Biden Advisers Have Deep Ties to China
McConnell Backs Liz Cheney
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
US Needs Confirmed Ambassador to UN to Hold China to Account: State Dept.
Justice Dept. Drops Trump's Yale Admissions Discrimination Lawsuit
Biden Admin Didn't Extend Parental Leave for Trump Staffers
Yellen Summons Regulators to Discuss Financial Market Volatility
Blinken: US Extends New START Treaty With Russia for 5 Years
3 More Biden Orders Reverse Trump Immigration Policies |
Deeply Divided Senate Takes First Grudging Steps Toward Massive Virus Stimulus

Newsfront
China Tells Secretary Blinken to Butt Out of Hong Kong
China is firing back at Secretary of State Antony Blinken's comments [Full Story]

Study: Oxford/AstraZeneca Vaccine Cuts Virus Transmission
The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine significantly reduces virus [Full Story]
Related
Study: Adults Age 20 to 49 Are COVID-19 Super Spreaders
Biden Boosting Vaccine Allotments, Financing for Virus Costs
UK Virus Variant Develops Concerning New Mutation
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=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. James Ricketson has been arrested in Cambodia and is charged with espionage. Born in 1949 James is a film maker. He has made a film about Cambodia before (Sleeping with Cambodia, 1997). He also does documentaries. In June 2017, James was at a rally in Phnom Penh where he flew a drone. Drones are often used these days to capture overviews of crowds. It seems like James is being persecuted as a shakedown for money from corrupt officials. But James has the bad luck that Julie Bishop is Foreign Minister and Malcolm Turnbull is PM and both know James does not have much money or influence. 

ALP denounce a son of a refugee as being a foreign citizen. Jason Falinski's dad was Jewish and he came to Australia having survived the holocaust. ALP got legal advice from lawyers regarding the Polish passport, but it is not the same as with others and their legal advice is often found to be self serving and wrong. Polish history regarding Jews is not as bad as I once thought. Pogroms against Jews were committed in the former Russian Empire, but Poland was Jewish friendly from the twelfth century. Nazis left a bloodbath and Soviets did not improve things, but Poland as a nation has had clean hands. One might point to when Poland attempted to regulate and prevent circumcision of males and the sale of Kosher food, but that was under a more socialist democratic government. The more conservative current government is not that antisemitic. There is an outcry over labelling surrounding the Polish government's wish to label Nazi death camps as Nazi ones, even those placed in Poland. 

Snopes is upset a Dr Dean Lorich, who was critical of the US's Haiti rescue which took place as Clinton was Secretary of State and the Clinton Foundation diverted huge amounts of aid money from victims, suicided. Dr Lorich had worked with Bono and was a highly respected member of the medical fraternity. Dr Lorich had an 11 year old daughter. Snopes does not like a news article which reported the facts. Snopes is uncomfortable with the inference. Snopes wants readers to know the good doctor was not killed by Clinton. Or Harambe? 
Here is a video I made Picking Cotton 3 Macquarie Fields

CuntClanHD2 years ago
Scott, you might possibly the most ignorant, blatantly idiotic person iv'e come across on youtube. That's saying something! "Geto Fuckwits?" Hardly, educate yourself and learn how to spell before dribbling that shit out of your mouth! :D
David Ball3 years ago
Scott, the series crosses nationalities .. the first was to do with a US cop, Nicola Cotton, hence the series name. 
scott connolly3 years ago
Should never had been riots...fucking geto fuckwits 
scott connolly3 years ago
Why the hell have we got pictures of American Police...fucking Aussie muppet
From the other day on Bolt report in reply to first video. 
Phillip Dryer Self praise is no recommendation (obviously)

Bernie O'Neill I personally find Mr Ball's writings somewhat baffling, a tad opaque and always poorly written. He must learn the simple skill of paragraphing if he want's a future in writing. (Mr Ball stated recently on this page that he wants to write 12 novels).
Horace G. Williams I liked you historical perspective.
Bernie O'Neill ' Local council appointees refused to endorse my work'. Could you expand on this comment please? I don't understand it - thanks.
David Daniel Ball Council grants of $5k are given to community members working to present cultural items, or address community needs. For example, hat dances during Tet at Cabramatta or anti smoking messages for school kids. Presentations can be done in any medium, including video. The $5 k is to go towards the production, and time and effort can be deducted as salary. I proposed my piece less than a decade after the killing of David Carty, but the people who run the joint felt that youth and police relations in Cabramatta and Fairfield did not need to be addressed. Instead they wanted a life story segment for refugees another person was doing.
Bernie O'Neill  David Daniel Ball Mate, I've been writing funding submissions for half my professional life. You win some, you lose some . My own experience submitting applications to Commonwealth and state governments, and registered charities, is that they can guide you through the submission process. Nothing personal David but as alluded to above, the presentation is all important. I've also had the dubious professional pleasure of assessing funding applications. I refer to that sentence in your reply where you state: ' Instead they wanted a life story segment for refugees another person was doing'. David, you were rejected but keep going. Once I learnt the art of submission writing the success rate improved.
Gail Thompson I am sure you are a nice person with good intentions, if you are determined, you need to persevere, and rise above abuse... Everyone has a different opinion, instead of stating that people tend to abuse, that happens to all of us... Good luck with your endeavours...

I'm sure Thompson and O'Neill mean well, but their words here are ghoulish. And probably spiteful. Gail, where have I succumbed to abuse? O'Neill, I have published thirteen books, and am ready for another fourteen once I get the funds. If you seriously believe that groups like writers festivals and ALP dominated councils are even handed in supporting arts you are wrong. But please point me to where there is an instance you are aware of which suggests I'm wrong. After all you have the experience writing such things. 

=== from 2017 ===
Barrister and Journalist Louise Clegg posts on political change in Australia. I disagree on many levels with her take. I am reminded of Miranda Devine cogently listing issues, and then finishing with 'the answer is Turnbull.' In this instance, it seems like 'the answer is Libertarians.' Only they haven't provided answers. Only a conservative can cut spending, and that is not Turnbull. It needs Abbott to restart things. People will point to things that are trumped up to sideline the need for conservatives to make cuts. For example the rationalising of local governments in NSW. That is merely a battle ground where self interested parties are looking to make good on public inertia. We don't need our garbage collectors to be liked. Or to fund sister city arrangements with so called Palestine. But Clegg connects the dots and misses the obvious. We need cuts to spending, and only conservatives can do it. In all likelihood, had Abbott not been rolled, he would have owned Shorten and gotten a favourable senate. That is what overseas results suggest in their despatching of insiders like Turnbull.
=== from 2016 ===
Memes against Ted Cruz are being released. According to some, Cruz was instrumental in denying Al Gore the Presidency. But the truth is the American People did that at election. Gore risked fracturing the union in a way that patriot Nixon refused to do. Thank you Gore for making Nixon look good. Another meme has it that Cruz is, like Obama, not born in the US. And this time they won't turn a blind eye. Only Cruz qualifies to run as President. Cruz has not cultivated friends among terrorists, neither domestic nor international. 

Memes continue against Trump. Orange skin. Orange hair. They declare Trump does not deserve a peace prize, and they admit neither did Obama. Only Obama did deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, for exactly the same reasons Yassir Arafat did. They both fought for peace by paying terrorists and supporting them. They have both ordered around Israel and they both have armed Israel's enemies. 

Those releasing these memes don't argue on policy. They argue against the man. They are tribal, ignoring principle and focusing on image. 

For some at the moment, they have less credibility than the sex party. 
=== from 2015 ===
  Criticism of Mr Abbott is overstated. The federal government has performed admirably under difficult circumstances with notable successes the ALP could never achieve. These include successes like turning back people smuggler boats and saving lives of refugees and preventing their exploitation by pirates. Ending the Carbon Tax and Mineral Rents tax which were serious imposts to business and consumers. Not only would the ALP never have removed them despite promising to do so, they promise to reinstate them if they are elected. Also the conservatives have not wasted throwing tax payer dollars on supporting failing businesses as the ALP have done. The nightmare for the Conservative government is in not being able to pass important budget measures. Also, they cannot pass important legal reform like modifications to 18C. Also, they cannot impose measures like removing the climate fraudsters, or paid parental leave they have campaigned on. The failures are not Mr Abbott's fault, neither has he given up on getting the measures passed. The juggernaut that is Palmer United Party has fractured and become as dysfunctional as Palmer. With the damage done to the LNP in Queensland, Palmer has lost an important friend to industry and an effective government. 

Mr Abbott has made good choices, like Knighting the Duke of Edinburgh for his life long philanthropy. Gillard did not like the policy, saying she firmly believed that such awards should only ever go to Australians. Yet Gillard had awarded India's Sachin Tendulkar an OAM in 2012. Tendulkar was also deserving of the award. It is Gillard who is a partisan liar. The criticism of Mr Abbott by many, conservative or not, is unwarranted on the issue of the Knighthood. Mr Abbott had the right to bestow it. The Duke is worthy of the honour. The criticism of it not being to an Australian Citizen is absurd. In terms of cultural assets, nothing has been lost, No Australian has missed out. No money has been spent on the undeserving. The outrage is confected to take peoples eyes off Bill Shorten, who is a waste of tax payer dollars and detracts from parliament through a mixture of corruption and hedonism unbecoming of a parliamentarian. Mr Abbott has been given no alternative than admitting it was a mistake. But that is not true, it was not a mistake. It was a sound call. And the outrage of the left is evidence of their lack of balance and fairness. As with the granting of a literary award, the criticism is from over indulged leftists wishing they had their way and that a conservative government had not been elected. But opportunists masquerading as Libertarians are also overstating things, claiming erroneously that Knighthoods have no place in the modern world. But such stupidity is pernicious. There needs to be cultural assets which are protected and grown. A Knighthood does that. It is cheap and builds the community. One outraged conservative has claimed the Knighthood cost Campbell Newman government in Queensland. That is not true either. Lies from the media cost Queensland effective government. And those cowards attacking the cultural asset now endorsed the fake narrative. 

The fake narrative marches on. Channel 9 journalists interview each other and suggest two paths which favour the ALP and offer nothing in support of QLD's LNP. One says that the ALP offered more, but noted it wouldn't be able to deliver on it. The other suggested that LNP had not effectively communicated, ignoring the fact media gatekeepers had lied to mute any message. It is a culture war, and the voter deserves better than the media are offering. So it is risible when Liberal Dr Dennis Jensen makes vapid statements of loyalty and support when he is offering neither. Jensen is not alone, but exactly who or what remains hidden at the moment. Dr Jensen has lost my support. The obvious reality has hit home in Victoria with Dan Andrews choosing to throw away many hundreds of millions of dollars rather than build a needed road. Andrews promised what he could not deliver, just as the ALP in Queensland. Meanwhile the ABC decry the loss of trust people have for politicians and the suggest the future model should be Clive Palmer? There is infighting among conservative ranks in the Northern Territory. 

UTS builds ugly buildings at tax payer cost. 

ISIL death cult burns alive Jordanian pilot but demands that a suicide bomber be released. In retaliation, Jordan executed the female and another. Imagine a world where law and order were respected, and it wouldn't be ISIL.  
From 2014
Frustration today as a partnership I suggested was smoked by a nice guy without a clue. It is really important that people are able to say 'no' when putting across a business concept. There are hurdles to anything and they need to be crossed the right way. I wanted to involve Woolworths with an email subscription service. I want to create a local film production studio. So I wanted local Woolworths to partner me. I have the right material and target audience, what I want from Woolworths is for them to sign up my email from their subscription service which they run .. giving me very quick exposure and giving them targeted advertising to people that read articles, not the prepubescent kids who watch tv today who aren't yet allowed on the 'net .. noting modern kids don't watch much tv these days. The issues are my production standards .. can I produce material which doesn't harm the Woolworths name by association? Can I be independent and be seen to be independent of Woolworths? Part of my answer to those questions is to do with my name and history. But the Woolworths guy I spoke with today wasn't willing to allow me to extend to answering those doubts. He wasn't the right person to approach, although he was in the right position had he been the right person. 

Modern story telling/writing is vastly improved on twenty years ago. Babylon 5 introduced story arcs in a very sophisticated way. They covered all five seasons, as well as some which were peculiar to a single episode. Often, an episode has two separate threads which are likely opposites (thesis, antithesis leads to synthesis). Blue Bloods Episode 65 "Devil's Breath" has one thread which caused me to laugh. A prostitute and lap dancer was targeting out of town (NYC is the setting) visitors with scopolamine (aka "Devil's Breath") which caused her victims to forget things after following her suggestions to give her their money and credit cards. It was stressed victims lost their short term memory. What made me laugh a lot, was that she worked at a venue called 'Scores.' Kevin Rudd may forget things, but he will never be forgotten. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 211, Roman Emperor Septimius Severus died at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. He left the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons. 634, Battle of Dathin: Rashidun forces under Yazid ibn Abi Sufyandefeated the Christian Arabs around Gaza (Palestine). 960, the coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiated the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries. 1169, a strong earthquake struck the Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of thousands of injuries and deaths, especially in Catania.

In 1454, in the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sent a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. 1703, in Edo (now Tokyo), 46 of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death. 1758, Macapá, Brazil was founded. 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States by the U.S. Electoral College. 1794, the French legislature abolished slavery throughout all territories of the French Republic. It would be reestablished in the French West Indies in 1802. 1797, the Riobamba earthquakestruck Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.

In 1801, John Marshall was sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States. 1810, the Royal Navy seized Guadeloupe. 1820, the Chilean Navy under the command of Lord Cochranecompleted the 2-day long Capture of Valdivia with just 300 men and 2 ships. 1825, the Ohio Legislature authorised the construction of the Ohio and Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie Canal. 1846, the first Mormon pioneers made their exodus from Nauvoo, Illinois, westward towards Salt Lake Valley. 1859, the Codex Sinaiticus was discovered in Egypt. 1861, American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six break-away U.S. states met and formed the Confederate States of America. 1899, the Philippine–American War began with the Battle of Manila.

In 1932, Second Sino-Japanese War: Harbin, Manchuria, fell to Japan. 1936, Radium became the first radioactive element to be made synthetically. 1941, the United Service Organisation(USO) was created to entertain American troops. 1945, World War II: Santo Tomas Internment Camp was liberated from Japanese authority. Also 1945, World War II: The Yalta Conferencebetween the "Big Three" (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) opened at the Livadia Palace in the Crimea. Also 1945, World War II: The British Indian Army and Imperial Japanese Armybegan a series of battles known as the Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations. 1948, Ceylon (later renamed Sri Lanka) became independent within the British Commonwealth.

In 1966, All Nippon Airways Flight 60 plunged into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. 1967, Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifted off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft. 1969, Yasser Arafattook over as chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation. 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. Also 1974, M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians were killed. 1975, Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. 1976, in Guatemala and Honduras an earthquake kills more than 22,000. 1977, a Chicago Transit Authority elevated train rear-ended another and derailed, killing 11 and injuring 180, the worst accident in the agency's history. 1980, AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.

In 1992, a coup d'état was led by Hugo Chávez against Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez. 1996, major snowstorm paralysed Midwestern United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsinand tied all-time record low temperature at −26 °F (−32.2 °C) 1997, En route to Lebanon, two Israeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport helicopters collided in mid-air over northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. Also 1997, after at first contesting the results, Serbian President Slobodan Milošević recognised opposition victories in the November 1996 elections. 1998, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale in northeast Afghanistan killed more than 5,000. 1999, unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo was shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. 2003, the Bengali Hindus declared the independence of the Republic of Bangabhumi from Bangladesh. Also 2003, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was officially renamed Serbia and Montenegro and adopted a new constitution. 2004, Facebook, a mainstream online social networking site, was founded by Mark Zuckerberg. 2006, a stampede occurred in the ULTRA Stadium near Manila killing 71.

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Today's reading: Exodus 31-33, Matthew 22:1-22 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Exodus 31-32

Bezalel and Oholiab

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 "See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, with wisdom, with understanding, with knowledge and with all kinds of skills-- 4 to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver and bronze, 5 to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts....

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

The Parable of the Wedding Banquet
1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but they refused to come.
4 "Then he sent some more servants and said, 'Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner: My oxen and fattened cattle have been butchered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet....'

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February 3: Morning
"Therefore, brethren, we are debtors." - Romans 8:12
As God's creatures, we are all debtors to him: to obey him with all our body, and soul, and strength. Having broken his commandments, as we all have, we are debtors to his justice, and we owe to him a vast amount which we are not able to pay. But of the Christian it can be said that he does not owe God's justice anything, for Christ has paid the debt his people owed; for this reason the believer owes the more to love. I am a debtor to God's grace and forgiving mercy; but I am no debtor to his justice, for he will never accuse me of a debt already paid. Christ said, "It is finished!" and by that he meant, that whatever his people owed was wiped away forever from the book of remembrance. Christ, to the uttermost, has satisfied divine justice; the account is settled; the handwriting is nailed to the cross; the receipt is given, and we are debtors to God's justice no longer. But then, because we are not debtors to our Lord in that sense, we become ten times more debtors to God than we should have been otherwise. Christian, pause and ponder for a moment. What a debtor thou art to divine sovereignty! How much thou owest to his disinterested love, for he gave his own Son that he might die for thee. Consider how much you owe to his forgiving grace, that after ten thousand affronts he loves you as infinitely as ever. Consider what you owe to his power; how he has raised you from your death in sin; how he has preserved your spiritual life; how he has kept you from falling; and how, though a thousand enemies have beset your path, you have been able to hold on your way. Consider what you owe to his immutability. Though you have changed a thousand times, he has not changed once. Thou art as deep in debt as thou canst be to every attribute of God. To God thou owest thyself, and all thou hast--yield thyself as a living sacrifice, it is but thy reasonable service.
Evening
"Tell me ... where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon." - Song of Solomon 1:7
These words express the desire of the believer after Christ, and his longing for present communion with him. Where doest thou feed thy flock? In thy house? I will go, if I may find thee there. In private prayer? Then I will pray without ceasing. In the Word? Then I will read it diligently. In thine ordinances? Then I will walk in them with all my heart. Tell me where thou feedest, for wherever thou standest as the Shepherd, there will I lie down as a sheep; for none but thyself can supply my need. I cannot be satisfied to be apart from thee. My soul hungers and thirsts for the refreshment of thy presence. "Where dost thou make thy flock to rest at noon?" for whether at dawn or at noon, my only rest must be where thou art and thy beloved flock. My soul's rest must be a grace-given rest, and can only be found in thee. Where is the shadow of that rock? Why should I not repose beneath it? "Why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?" Thou hast companions--why should I not be one? Satan tells me I am unworthy; but I always was unworthy, and yet thou hast long loved me; and therefore my unworthiness cannot be a bar to my having fellowship with thee now. It is true I am weak in faith, and prone to fall, but my very feebleness is the reason why I should always be where thou feedest thy flock, that I may be strengthened, and preserved in safety beside the still waters. Why should I turn aside? There is no reason why I should, but there are a thousand reasons why I should not, for Jesus beckons me to come. If he withdrew himself a little, it is but to make me prize his presence more. Now that I am grieved and distressed at being away from him, he will lead me yet again to that sheltered nook where the lambs of his fold are sheltered from the burning sun.

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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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