Sunday, March 07, 2021

Sun 7th March 2021 Current Affairs

Pope calls violence in the name of God the greatest blaspheme. Couldn't he have just said it was bad? Poor King David, Moses, Joshua, and Joseph all come acropper on this one. Maybe if Francis had called it the worst Blaspheme we'd have a better sense of his intent? He is saying it is bad, right?
https://rumble.com/veegh9-in-iraq-pope-condemns-violence-in-name-of-god.html

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How does one celebrate Redemption? 


Not me, mind you, I’m asking for a friend. My friend has really missed out on life. Very early in their professional career they witnessed a bungled pedophile investigation that went sideways, resulting in the negligence death of a public school boy, covered up by a coroner keen to protect a political party they were beholden to. Coroner blamed the parents and shafted a whistleblower witness. The whistleblower was fat and lost their public service job and had no recourse but move state where they were still unemployable. Nearly thirty years have passed, their life is nearing an end and they have nothing to show for it, except the depraved indifference of bureaucrats which left wing loonies are keen to imbue with more power. 


However, my friend is thankful for God in his life. Sure he has no actual family who’d stand by him. His friends are terrified he is too needy and might ask for help. Big tech companies boot him about because they don’t like his politics supporting economic conservatism and MAGA Trump ideals. So he is booted off FB and Messenger for life, and cannot access decade old emails, photographs, videos or memories he made online. He cannot connect with apps which allow him to connect via FB. And FB sends him messages suggesting he join up, but they won’t accept him. 


It is a Wonderful life, made by Frank Capra in 1946 and is relevant today. Because it illustrates redemption. But, what is redemption for my friend? When McConnell can diss everything my friend has stood for, and spits on him, as he claims another six more years of a snout in the trough lifestyle while a stand up guy is beaten up. How does one celebrate redemption? 

https://rumble.com/vebebz-how-does-one-celebrate-redemption.html

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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Thursday, and underscored the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to the U.S.-Israel partnership, according to a statement by the White House.

The Vice President, the statement continued, emphasized the United States’ unwavering commitment to Israel’s security. She expressed strong support for Israel’s recent groundbreaking normalization agreements with countries in the Arab and Muslim world, and stressed the importance of advancing peace, security, and prosperity for Israelis and Palestinians alike.

The Vice President and Prime Minister agreed on the importance of continuing close cooperation and partnership on regional security issues, including Iran’s nuclear program and the regime’s dangerous regional behavior.

They discussed the importance of advancing scientific cooperation between our two countries and efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. They also noted their respective governments’ opposition to the International Criminal Court’s attempts to exercise its jurisdiction over Israeli personnel.

According to a statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu, the two talked about the successful vaccine rollout in Israel, joint research and development in the areas of fighting the Coronavirus, water, green energy, and other fields. Netanyahu said Harris expressed her objection to the ICC decision.

Netanyahu said he told Harris that they will continue to strengthen their joint intelligence activities, and that as the Prime Minister of Israel he is obligated to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons intended to destroy Israel.

The two seem to have held slightly different conversations with one another.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Hyperinflation Forces Venezuela to Print 1,000,000-Bolivar Bills… Worth 53 Cents

Pope Meets With Top Shiite Cleric in Iraq

White House Admits Their Policies Are Causing the Border Crisis

Dems Sneak Billion Dollar Tax Hike on Workers Into Their “Relief” Bill

Obama Reportedly Said Pete Buttigieg Couldn’t Be Elected President Because “He’s Gay” and “Short”

Biden’s CDC to Allow Migrant Children to Be Housed in “Cages” at 100% Capacity Despite Coronavirus Concerns

Capitol Hill
Child Migrants Could Be Sent To Virginia Military Base Amid Record Surge at Border
Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Legality of Trump’s Order Defunding Sanctuary Cities
Psaki Refuses To Say if Biden Supports Allowing an “Unlimited Number” of Unaccompanied Minors To Enter U.S.
He Was Right: New Book Says Obama Feared Biden Would Embarrass Himself During 2020 Run
YouTube Removes Trump CPAC Speech
House Minority Leader McCarthy Demands Meeting With Biden on Growing Border Crisis
The MAGA Bench Is Deep For 2024
Trump Endorses Three Candidates Through “Save America” PAC
Manchin Disagreement Over Unemployment “Bonuses” in Coronavirus Bill Leads to Nine-Hour Delay in Senate

Culture War
The Media’s Most Embarrassing Pro-Cuomo Tweets
Joe Biden Offers Up Another Awkward Gaffe, This Time About Indian-Americans
Arizona State Dean Says Grading Writing Based On Quality Promotes “White Language Supremacy”
Gov. Abbott Announces Legislation To Ban Social Media Censorship in Texas
Progressive Arizona Lawmaker Says Stricter Punishment of Child Sex Predators Would Harm People of Color
Why Blue-Collar Workers Are Going Red
How Baltimore Became One of the Most Dangerous Cities in America
D.C.’s Endless Security Lockdown Shows No Sign of Ending
Dr. Seuss Books Dominate Amazon After the Author Became Latest Target of Cancel Culture

Economy
Big Tech Getting Big Discount To Hire Foreign Workers Instead of Americans
Prices Surge With 200,000 Fewer Homes on the Market
Dems Proposed Financial Transaction Tax Would Reduce American Competitiveness
Volkswagen Predicts That Half of U.S. Sales by 2030 Will Be Electric Vehicles
Mall Values Plunge 60%
Former President of Shell Says Biden Policies Will Increase Gas Prices
The Prices of Scotch Whisky and English Cheese Could Fall as Tariffs Are Lifted
Cannabis Stocks Slump as U.S. Legalization Hopes Fade
John McAfee Indicted for Fraud, Money Laundering

Around the World
Forces in Myanmar Fire Tear Gas, Stun Grenades on Protesters As UN Envoy Calls for Action
Six Houthi Drones Shot Down Attacking Saudi Arabia
Italy Extends Pandemic Restrictions Amid Surge in Coronavirus Cases
U.N. Security Council To Meet on Myanmar Crisis
Britons Must Carry Exemption Papers to Leave the Country
Twenty Killed in Somalia Suicide Bombing
Missiles Hit Oil Refineries in Northern Syria
Saudi Arabia Keeps Oil Output Cuts in Place Despite Increasing Prices
Pope Francis Tells Iraqi Catholics To Be Strong Even in the Midst of Suffering
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Biden Says $1,400 Payments Can Start to Go out This Month
Grover Norquist to Newsmax TV: Dems Bring Back 'Corruption, Earmarks' |
WH's Psaki: We Don't Take Trump Advice on Immigration
Trump Rips Biden Over Border
Report: Biden WH Tells Facilities Housing Migrant Children to Expand Operations
Migrant Wave: 100,000 Detained at Southern Border in February
Ex-CBP Head Mark Morgan: Biden's Fast Moves on Immigration Surprising
Republicans Demand Hearings on Border ‘Crisis’

Newsfront
Analysis: Vaccines Alone Could Bring Herd Immunity by Summer
Herd immunity against the coronavirus could be reached in the United States by the end of summer through vaccines alone and potentially even sooner when natural immunity is added in, according to a CNN analysis.... [Full Story]

Related Stories
Merck Oral COVID Treatment Yields Promising Trial Data
Gallup Poll: Majority Say Coronavirus Situation Improving
NY's US-High COVID-19 Rates Complicate Reopening
52 Percent of Voters Have Favorable View of Dr. Fauci
Dalai Lama Receives Coronavirus Vaccine

Cuomo Accuser Charlotte Bennett: He Asked to Find Him 'a Girlfriend'
Charlotte Bennett, one of the three women accusing New York Gov. [Full Story]
Related
NY Lawmakers Pass Bill to Limit Cuomo's Emergency Power
Cuomo Told By New York AG to Save Documents For Harassment Probe
Cuomo Team Rewrote Nursing Home Report to Conceal Death Toll
NY Senate Leader: Cuomo Should Quit If 1 More Accuser Comes Forward
Ex-Cuomo Aide Tells CBS She Was 'Groomed' for Sex
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Here is a video I made Big Heart

Big Heart is two stories, originally titled 'Beating Heart' and 'Broken Heart.'
Sam is 14 years old, and dreams of making it big in the world. Only thing is, he gets no respect at school or at home. He has friends that deal in drugs, and he thinks he might make a success of it, but then people begin to die and Sam needs to work fast to escape the hole he has dug himself.
David Daniel Ball, wrote and narrated this story. It was originally published in the 'Werewolves of Wynyard' collection.

text version at
http://oddballsstories.blogspot.com/2007/12/big-heart.html

David Daniel Ball


=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Two related things I wish to write about are the death of Andrew Bolt's Dad and the inspiring testimony on love, and bullying at schools. They might not seem related because bullying is a terrible thing that should never happen. Father's dying are an ordinary tragedy. A tragedy because a loved one has died. Ordinary because that is the order of things, it is more tragic when a parent survives a child. It is ok to die old and blessed, surrounded by loved ones. Life happened to Bolt's dad, and there was tragedy to it. But there was great love too. And love is eternal, even though the loved one passes. It is too soon yet for Andrew Bolt, but I'm sure he will still recall conversations he had with his father, and continue them. That happens. I find it a blessing from God, but that is me. 

Andrew Bolt's testimony on love had the example of gardening, something Andrew seems to enjoy. And it is true, falling in love is the easy bit. Maintaining it is the rewarding life long work. And like a garden, love needs to be maintained. To enjoy the fruit, one needs to water in the dry times, stake in the windy times, and feed when the supply is lacking. That is true of bullying too. In order to address bullying, kids need to not bully. But we are giving kids explicit instructions on how to bully, without giving them directions and activity. Kids need to be active, intellectually and physically. Any competent teacher can recognise classes that are well taught and those that are dysfunctional. Dysfunctional classrooms produce bullies. Functional directed classrooms produce good citizens. Programs like Safe Schools which highlight sexuality and gender do not address bullying but promote circumstances for children to square off against each other. Australia, and the Western world, are facing a bullying epidemic thanks mainly to a reduced focus on schooling in favour of individualised instruction. Replacement bullying programs to Safe Schools are not needed, but a focus on effective schooling. Fewer teachers. More routines. Kids given instructions they can pass or fail. It is ok to fail a few times, if one learns the direction for 'up.' Many give me tragic tales of bullying, supposedly to exemplify why anti bullying is needed. But that is the wrong approach. 
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Children are not sex objects. Children are perfectly capable of using *anything* in their world for speech, mockery and play. The pervasive hyped up sex dialog of so called adults is reflected in things kids say. But the things kids say is not sexual. Not in an adult way. Kids may long for closeness and interaction with an ideal partner. That is not sex. Children may dream of french kissing. But any adult that involves themselves with a child is exploiting that child, not benefiting the child in any way. Yet supposedly responsible people seem to feel the urge to preach about sexuality to children. One awful program has been called 'Safe Schools' but it isn't. It claims to raise issues of gender in age appropriate ways. But it doesn't. The issue is so heated at the moment, that Australia's most socialist government, Victoria, is considering changing street lights to show male and female characters. Why limit it it to two? Why spend time and money on the issue? Even were it an issue, how is it ever a high priority issue? Will Dan Andrews really use a lady-boy to stop traffic?   
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 For the Liberal Party to stop Turnbull's damaging undermining, the only course of action was to promote him. They probably did not consider killing him. Turnbull now has what he wanted, a badly divided and poorly led Liberal Government. Turnbull has not the acumen to unite an effective government. The powers that put Turnbull in position have to defend themselves. But how do they defend a bad call? Clearly Turnbull is not as was advertised, a leader with great communication skills. So now, the powers that got Turnbull into position have to go back to the destabilising attacks they powerfully used to upend an effective government. So Savva posts a self serving book with ridiculous claims that deserve to be pulped. Naturally, hate media have swung behind the Abbott affair with Credlin claims. Savva is just spreading rumour, not even thought to be fact. 

For some at the moment, the sex party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
ABC's pollster Jonathan Green laments the choice of Australian peoples not to dump Mr Abbott. However, reality is there wasn't a spill neither was there an opponent and the one most touted as an opponent hasn't the numbers. The attempts to destabilise the government by the ABC have weakened the attempt to prevent executions of the 2 Bali 9 leaders. Also a poll put up by the ABC asked for responders to say if they supported executing drug dealers or not. The majority said that executions were appropriate. Naturally Media Watch (an ABC program) said the poll should not have been published. The ABC have very refined tastes and like censorship. 

Another ABC campaign is to blame plant food for global warming. Only the world hasn't warmed as they claimed. Or as the New York Times claimed in '85. The science is settled.

Mike Carlton reports book sales figures that vastly inflate actual figures. It is sad when broadcasters lie. 

From all the distractions the media offer, there is an important issue being debated in parliament. National debt. The previous dismal ALP government have left Australia with a projected debt of 37% GDP by 2055. Or, following Liberal policy, will limit the debt to 25.9% of GDP. The cost to our children is $trillions before they do anything. The ALP policy will mean that important infrastructure will have to be cut. This means less hospital care, less money for education, less police, less military, fewer roads and services. It is the kind of genius marketing like that which attracts young females to join ISIL when they see cross dressing men holding rifles and hear of child brides and domestic rape.
From 2014
Administration works best when you aren't aware of it. I am not referring to the terrible feeling when you need to report something and no one is there. I mean that when people are aware of their roles and can make informed choices. Administration has to be obvious when making mechanical decisions. So, when someone posts profanity or dumb abuse and gets it deleted or is booted then Admin is obvious. But when debate or community flourishes admin is irrelevant. That being said, it is wonderful seeing some of the political ideology debates posted by Mandy. I deeply appreciate the contributions Stephanie, John and Phil make too. 

Recently we have had to be more obvious in our admin duties, deleting posts and fielding complaints. I don't mind doing that, but some people are confused as to etiquette. Linking me to arbitrate someone you don't like is likely to get you booted. It doesn't matter to me if someone is so ugly their mother does not love them. But, if you see something that is wrong, and you link me to it, I will deal with it. Keep in mind I work an unpaid 12 hour day every day. It is ok to be friendly, but I'm not here to be friends. 

Admins might make a mistake, but if you post profanity, or abuse, it was probably deleted because of that, and not by mistake. Posts don't disappear. If they weren't deleted, then you were probably blocked by people that don't like you. That is ok. It has nothing to do with administration. Please don't block admins, or they will boot you for it. 

Some have been asking for specific rules, so they know where they stand. I don't have time for point scoring, or money for lawyers. The point of the group is to discuss political issues. Everyone is welcome. We aim for a family friendly atmosphere .. I am aware politics is boring to children. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 161 Emperor Antoninus Pius died and was succeeded by his adoptive sons Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus238 Roman subjects in the province of Africa revolted against Maximinus Thrax and elect Gordian I as emperor. 321 Emperor Constantine I decreed that the dies Solis Invicti (sun-day) is the day of rest in the Empire. 1277Stephen Tempier, bishop of Paris, condemned 219 philosophical and theological theses. 1573 a peace treaty was signed between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, ending the Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73) and leaving Cyprus in Ottoman hands. 1799 Napoleon BonapartecaptureJaffa in Palestine and his troops proceeded to kill more than 2,000 Albanian captives.

In 1814 Emperor Napoleon I of France won the Battle of Craonne1827 Brazilian marines unsuccessfully attacked the temporary naval base of Carmen de PatagonesArgentina. 1827 Shrigley abduction: Ellen Turner was abducted by Edward Gibbon Wakefield, a future politician in colonial New Zealand. 1850 Senator Daniel Webster gave his "Seventh of March" speech endorsing the Compromise of 1850 in order to prevent a possible civil war1862 American Civil WarUnion forces defeated Confederate troops at the Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas1876 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".

In 1900 – The German liner SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grossebecame the first ship to send wireless signals to shore. 1902Second Boer WarBoers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflicted the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch1914 Prince William of Wied arrived in Albaniato begin his reign as King. 1936 prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupied the Rhineland1945 World War II: American troops seized the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhineriver at Remagen.

In 1950 Cold War: The Soviet Union issued a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy. 1951 Korean WarOperation RipperUnited Nations troops led by GeneralMatthew Ridgway began an assault against Chinese forces. 1965 Bloody Sunday: a group of 600 civil rights marchers were brutally attacked by state and local police in Selma, Alabama1967 Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Sementara (MPRS), Indonesian provisional parliament, revoked Sukarno's mandate as President of Indonesia1968Vietnam War: The United States and South Vietnamese military began Operation Truong Cong Dinh to root out Viet Cong forces from the area surrounding Mỹ Tho1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his historic speech at Suhrawardy Udyan.

In 1985 the song "We Are the World" received its international release. 1986 Challenger Disaster: Divers from the USS Preserver located the crew cabin of Challenger on the ocean floor. 1987 Lieyu massacreTaiwanese military massacred 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees at Donggang, Lieyu, Kinmen1989 Iran and the United Kingdom broke diplomatic relations after a row over Salman Rushdie and his controversial novel, The Satanic Verses2006 the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba coordinated a series of bombings in Varanasi, India. 2007 the British House of Commons voted to make the upper chamber, the House of Lords, 100% elected. 2009 the Real Irish Republican Armykilled two British soldiers and injured two other soldiers and two civilians at Massereene Barracks, the first British military deaths in Northern Ireland since the end of The Troubles.

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Today's reading: Numbers 35-36, Mark 10:1-31 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Numbers 35-36


Towns for the Levites
On the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho, the LORD said to Moses, 2 "Command the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. And give them pasturelands around the towns. 3 Then they will have towns to live in and pasturelands for the cattle they own and all their other animals....

Today's New Testament reading: Mark 10:1-31

Divorce
1 Jesus then left that place and went into the region of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds of people came to him, and as was his custom, he taught them.
2 Some Pharisees came and tested him by asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?"
3 "What did Moses command you?" he replied.
4 They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away...."

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March 6: Morning
"Ye must be born again." - John 3:7
Regeneration is a subject which lies at the very basis of salvation, and we should be very diligent to take heed that we really are "born again," for there are many who fancy they are, who are not. Be assured that the name of a Christian is not the nature of a Christian; and that being born in a Christian land, and being recognized as professing the Christian religion is of no avail whatever, unless there be something more added to it--the being "born again," is a matter so mysterious, that human words cannot describe it. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Nevertheless, it is a change which is known and felt: known by works of holiness, and felt by a gracious experience. This great work is supernatural. It is not an operation which a man performs for himself: a new principle is infused, which works in the heart, renews the soul, and affects the entire man. It is not a change of my name, but a renewal of my nature, so that I am not the man I used to be, but a new man in Christ Jesus. To wash and dress a corpse is a far different thing from making it alive: man can do the one, God alone can do the other. If you have then, been "born again," your acknowledgment will be, "O Lord Jesus, the everlasting Father, thou art my spiritual Parent; unless thy Spirit had breathed into me the breath of a new, holy, and spiritual life, I had been to this day dead in trespasses and sins.' My heavenly life is wholly derived from thee, to thee I ascribe it. My life is hid with Christ in God.' It is no longer I who live, but Christ who liveth in me." May the Lord enable us to be well assured on this vital point, for to be unregenerate is to be unsaved, unpardoned, without God, and without hope.
Evening
"Before destruction the heart of man is haughty." - Proverbs 18:12
It is an old and common saying, that "coming events cast their shadows before them;" the wise man teaches us that a haughty heart is the prophetic prelude of evil. Pride is as safely the sign of destruction as the change of mercury in the weather-glass is the sign of rain; and far more infallibly so than that. When men have ridden the high horse, destruction has always overtaken them. Let David's aching heart show that there is an eclipse of a man's glory when he dotes upon his own greatness. 2 Sam. 24:10. See Nebuchadnezzar, the mighty builder of Babylon, creeping on the earth, devouring grass like oxen, until his nails had grown like bird's claws, and his hair like eagle's feathers. Dan. 4:33. Pride made the boaster a beast, as once before it made an angel a devil. God hates high looks, and never fails to bring them down. All the arrows of God are aimed at proud hearts. O Christian, is thine heart haughty this evening? For pride can get into the Christian's heart as well as into the sinner's; it can delude him into dreaming that he is "rich and increased in goods, and hath need of nothing." Art thou glorying in thy graces or thy talents? Art thou proud of thyself, that thou hast had holy frames and sweet experiences? Mark thee, reader, there is a destruction coming to thee also. Thy flaunting poppies of self-conceit will be pulled up by the roots, thy mushroom graces will wither in the burning heat, and thy self-sufficiency shall become as straw for the dunghill. If we forget to live at the foot of the cross in deepest lowliness of spirit, God will not forget to make us smart under his rod. A destruction will come to thee, O unduly exalted believer, the destruction of thy joys and of thy comforts, though there can be no destruction of thy soul. Wherefore, "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."

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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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