Thursday, March 11, 2021

Thu 11th March 2021 Current Affairs

In 2018 I posted a video I'd made for FB, titled 'a moving heart.' I'd posted over a hundred personal videos there, thousands of personal pictures and memorials for friends past, as well as hopes for the future. Soon after January 6th, Facebook blocked me and so now I cannot access any of my personal items. I cannot use the FB app to access any other app that uses it as ID. FB has given me no specific reason as to why they blocked me, saying that my previous 'transgressions' they had clocked meant I was not a good FB citizen. I'm not a bad citizen. I'm gracious and kind. I'm not given to profanity or abuse. However, I vigorously oppose AGW alarmism, and that transgresses some FB political 'facts'. Similarly, I oppose irrational COVID statements which also transgress FB's political position. FB are not supposed to censor me for politics. I'm conservative, not radical. I don't endorse violence. 

However, FB endorses violence for political reasons. FB has no problem cheering illegal immigrants to death as weak borders claim hundreds of thousands of lives of the poor and desperate. FB endorses racism and violence surrounding race. They allow extremist right wing and left wing groups to espouse hatred, including anti semitism.  FB has claimed such abuse is within their community standard. FB allows and promotes sexual degradation. They allow an exposed breast, but not a baby feeding. FB was part of a cabal promoting Biden for President from his garage, and cheating the 2020 Presidential election. I was blocked from Twitter circa 2015 for writing that Obama should face justice and be hanged. Need I point to the threats Twitter has posted regarding Trump, since? Note well, I did not call for any violence against Obama. In a fair world, neither FB nor Twitter would have blocked me. 

Remember when progressives opposed racism? 

Bill Leak was hounded to death

Now, racism is promoted by FB

Important Things from It’s a Wonderful Life
Every life has important things. Things we want to achieve. For me, it was the privilege of being around as two fine young people grew up. Or being needed by my daughter to help with her education needs. But also I need job satisfaction, to live within my means, to point to God using scripture. I have lots of ambition, but sometimes, I’m humbled when something really important happens. Just like George Bailey.

Further to the Pope Francis question posted the other day, I ask, who was Phil Haney and why is he dead? Haney was critical of aspects of Pope Francis' spearheading an Abrahamic Faith initiative. As with much touched by the Pope and other globalists, the worthy concept is a shell for distracting the Muslim Brotherhoods terrorist activity from exposure as domestic terrorism from BLM gets called conservative terrorism as a red herring. Why is the Pope going to bat for terrorists? Haney questions the inclusion of terrorist faith as representative of Islamic faith. It had been a mistake of the Obama administration which Haney had resigned from DHS over such issues. But a week after Haney tells a colleague to keep digging, he is thought to have suicided. Yet Haney was near completing a book and risk averse, avoiding flying because he felt it was dangerous. Yet the FBI treated the death as if Hunter had pulled the trigger. 

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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Should Dan Andrews accept euthanasia treatment? 

Doctors have decided Daniel Andrews will not require major spinal surgery, but the Victorian Premier still faces a long time on the sidelines as he recovers from a fall.

A government spokesperson on Wednesday night said: “On the advice of clinicians at The Alfred, there are no immediate plans for surgery”.

While the Alfred hospital’s ICU director associate professor Steve McGloughlin confirmed the Premier was in a stable condition.

“Mr Andrews is comfortable and his pain is well-controlled,” he said.

“A multidisciplinary team including intensive care, trauma and orthopaedic specialists has developed a treatment plan, together with the Andrews family.

“Mr Andrews has sustained some serious injuries, and his condition is being monitored closely. At this stage there is no immediate plan for surgery.”
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In this episode, I discuss a powerful video which can change your life, and motivate you to fight back against cancerous cancel culture.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Merrick Garland Confirmed as Attorney General

Mexican Officials Concerned Biden Policies Are Incentivizing Human Smuggling, Gang Activity

Biden Admin Wants More Money to Fund Migrants in Their Home Countries

Trump Blasts Biden’s Border Crisis: “Our Country Is Being Destroyed”

Pentagon Keeping 2,300 National Guards Troops in D.C. for Another Two Months

Biden Admin Reportedly Planning Retaliatory Cyber Attacks Against Russia

Capitol Hill
Ted Cruz Grills Biden’s Far-Left DOJ Nominee
House Passes Sweeping Pro-Union Bill 225-206
New DCCC CTO Said She Wants People to “Burn Every Cop Precinct To The Ground” If Police Kill Her
Sixth Gov. Cuomo Accuser Comes Forward
The Kabuki Theater At the Capitol Is About to Get Worse
Biden Associate AG Nominee Grilled by Senate Republicans
Psaki Refuses to Disclose Number of Migrant Children at U.S.-Mexico Border
Reps. Jordan and Gaetz Request Hearing on Conservatorships
Biden DOJ Civil Rights Nominee Promoted Jussie Smollett Hoax
Biden’s Dogs Have Been Kicked Out of the White House
Psaki Refuses to Call Border Crisis a Border Crisis Because She “Rejects New Labels”

Culture War
Oh No: 47 Huffington Post Employees Laid Off, HuffPo Canada Shut Down
Wokeness Is Taking Over Prep Schools
Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Banning Nearly All Abortions in State
Sacha Baron Cohen Falls Victim to His Own Brand of Satire
Amazon Joins the Ranks of the Book Burners
In the Future, Everyone Will be Accused of Racism for Fifteen Minutes
Poll Shows 50 Percent of Americans Question Biden’s Physical, Mental Fitness for Office
Assembling a Jury for the Derek Chauvin Trial Proving to be a Challenge
Cancelled: Unilever Drops the Obviously Offensive Term “Normal” From Its Branding
Newsmax Now the Second-Most Watched Television News Channel By Republicans

Economy
GameStop Stock Falls 40% in 25 Minutes Amid Continuing Mania
Goldman Sachs: Unemployment to Fall to 4.1% by End of Year
Regulators Mull New Rules for Options, Short Selling
Lawmakers Propose Giving USPS $6 Billion for Electric Vehicles
Many Tech Stocks Are Down 20%+ This Year
These States Have the Highest and Lowest Tax Rates
Kia Recalls Nearly 380k Cars
Maximum Facts About the Minimum Wage
Biden Just Endorsed a Law That Endangers 57 Million Jobs
“Large Majority” of Stimulus Checks Expected to Be Deposited by End of Month

Swamp Watch
Biden’s Asia Czar Spoke At The CCP’s Confucius Institute Propaganda Conference
Texas Dem Rep. Closes Chinese Bank Account After Breitbart Reported on It
TX Gov Abbott Launches “Operation Lone Star” in Response to Illegal Migrant Crisis
100,000 Migrants Have Flooded the U.S. Border in Only Four Weeks
After Socialists Win Leadership Roles in Party, Entire Staff of Nevada’s Democratic Party Resigns
Another Group of Vulnerable People Besides Nursing Home Residents Was Put in Danger by Cuomo
NY Times Journo Cries “Harassment” After Being Busted for False Allegation
Congress is Using Personal Protective Equipment…From China
Despite Falling Test Scores, Baltimore School Officials Earning More Than $100K Per Year
=== Newsmax headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Senate Confirms Merrick Garland as US Attorney General
US-China to Meet at Senior Level in Alaska Next Week
Senate Confirms Fudge as HUD Secretary
Blinken Sets First Meeting With China Counterparts in Alaska
Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick: Border Situation a 'Full-Blown Disaster'
Tom Homan: Biden Administration 'Created' Crisis at the Border
Biden to Order 100 Million More J&J Doses, Boosting Stockpile

Newsfront
McConnell Criticizes Capitol Security as Overreaction
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that he is "extremely uncomfortable" with the continued high level of security at the U.S. Capitol, noting that there are currently no serious threats against Congress. "With all this razor wire around the complex, it...... [Full Story]

Trump Position Against Transgender Athletes Draws Broad Support
Former President Donald Trump's position against allowing transgender [Full Story]

Poll: Newsmax Is 2nd Most Watched by GOP, Now Beating CNN, ABC, NBC
Newsmax TV is the second-most watched television news channel for [Full Story]
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GOP Hits House Democrats, Demands Newsmax, Networks on Capitol TVs |

Alaska Opens Vaccine Resident Age 16 and Up as More States Reopen
Alaska, one of the most successful U.S. states in inoculating its [Full Story]
Related
Sen. Rand Paul: 'Trash Your Mask' After Getting Vaccine
Why AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Is Not Yet Available in US
Dr. Fauci: Make 'Judgment Call' On Travel When Risk Evidence Lacks
Dr. Fauci: High School Students Will Be Vaccinated, Back in School in Fall

These Are the GOP's Rising Stars
As several fixtures of the Republican Party have announced they won't [Full Story] |
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=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. There is an often repeated lie that left wingers commit atrocities for a reason. For example, the terrorist outfit the Black Panthers had a positive agenda they sought to prosecute while they involved themselves with drug running, extortion and sometimes mere civil disobedience. But while the movement may have had lofty aims, they never sought to achieve them. Their defenders say "At least they tried" but the obvious reality is it was never any aim other than criminal enterprise. But the same cannot be said of those from the same era who deserve to be lauded because they tried and made strides against strong adversity: Like Martin Luther King and Billy Graham. So how do we evaluate the admission of former NYT executive editor Jill Abramson she carries a plastic doll of Obama in her purse, for when she feels down? Obama in 8 years does not compare well with Trump or Carter. Or Clinton. Trump looks closer that any, since Clinton tasked Nixon to negotiate with China and NK, of settling NK. Trump looks like settling the Middle East. Trump is improving the US economy. And race is not the divisive issue Obama made it. When one sees the waste of Obama years, one has to repeat a lie to take positives from it. Which clearly would comfort that former NYT executive editor. 
=== from 2017 ===
Australian Cartoonist Bill Leak 1956 to 2017 died. We need to disband HRC. Leak may not like it being said that the HRC killed him. The HRC were worse than Daesh Death Cult forcing Leak to stay away from his home. No one deserves the oppression HRC brought to bear on Leak. Who is more dead, Leak or HRC? The dead bureaucratic hand of HRC was willing to canvas for complaints and lie about the cartoonist's defence to the authority. There is no free speech while such run that body. And it is shameful that Malcolm Turnbull, who made promises to secure the PM's position that he would fight for free speech, has not. We need change. We need to drain the corrupt swamp. We need a capable PM. We need people like Leak. People willing to stand for what they believe in. People willing to argue rationally. 

Negative reporting has savaged Pauline Hanson's party as part of an attempt to remove WA's Liberal government from power. Hanson earned some of the criticism, but none of the vitriol given her by journalists who take partisan positions. Take for example Hanson's praise for Putin. Hanson has not defended herself well over it, even the PM has made an asymmetric swing at her. However, the Ukraine has never addressed questions as to why they were involving civilians in their conflict with Russian separatists. Putin has acted responsibly by allowing a cold war to play out so as to force smaller nations to run for cover and protection. It was Obama's foreign policy initiative to restart the cold war. It solved Obama's problem of having created a power vacuum. Cold war is ugly, and the situation in Ukraine is ugly, but hardly Putin's fault. Hanson is right to praise him. He is a strong leader who clearly knows right from wrong and acts in Russia's interests. Malcolm Turnbull made it sound as if Putin ordered a hit on Malaysia Airlines. While there is no doubt that Russian separatists shot down the plane, why was Ukraine painting it as a target? Why had Ukraine painted other planes as targets? 
=== from 2016 ===
As the impending election looks increasingly like being called, the opposition is working very hard to not have a policy but be appealing to their rusted on supporters. ALP suit Bill Shorten has spent the day on the eastern seaboard pointing to the Liberal Party's achievements under Mr Abbott. Di Natale for the Greens refused to rule out a deal with the LNP by claiming it was unthinkable. Tony Windsor has discovered he can still damage his electorate if they let him. Meanwhile, Julie Bishop shows she needs direction from a good leader, or she will deal with Iran by caving into their pressure. No LNP minister is defending the former PM's secretary from shameful abuse. 
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
A friend of a friend has died, early twenties, from cancer, and they leave so many questions. Too young. Too soon. They didn't tell anyone as once it was discovered it was too late. Such a heavy burden for them and their family. And their loved ones. And it doesn't matter who or where, what does one say? How does one feel. It matters nothing what choices we make, the world moves forward. All the wonderful things they might have been leaves an ache on the heart, and one finds themselves returning to some point in the past, and it brings laughter and tears in turn. It isn't a teaching moment, although we learn from it. Sit shiv 'ah and recount our memories for seven days, finally, tear the head cover in keriah. Or annually mourn, preparing food for the spirits and laying it on an altar. Pilgrimage? Or give thanks to God for the life that was shared. 

Friends never listen. They never hear you. They hang together with friends and they amuse, irritate, annoy, outrage and bring joy. But they never listen. One worries for them and warns them, out of love, but still they do what they do. Like dying of cancer. Only it wasn't their choice to die of cancer, but I really wish they had listened and not done it. Friends die. Friends die all the time. Sometimes in car accidents. Sometimes in terrorist attacks or domestic abuse. But they don't really die. One just worries for them. And mainly one sees them again soon and they didn't die, it was only worry. Until one does die and it isn't worry, but real, and so worry means more friends die. If only there was something strong and eternal. A rock on which to place faith and hope. To stand on firm ground and know they will not die, but live. 

It is ok to die old and blessed. But it is ok to die young too. But make sure they were blessed. Make the memory and the legacy bound to the eternal. Love is never lost, although the lover passes. Hold your friends and loved ones. Don't get snared by the irritating and immediate worry, but reach for the eternal. You might name a child after them, but it isn't advisable to name a pet after them, and definitely not a guinea pig or hamster. 
From 2014
It is hard to like simple bigotry. Hard to forgive it. Hard to address it when you wish to show respect to the dignity of a thinking person, but are not given much to work with. Hating is caustic and causes mistakes when people need cool judgement. That is something that Tasmanians must address when they face election on this weekend. The Hare Clarke voting system Tasmanians use mean it is very hard for a conservative government to form. Last election, the conservative party had the largest size, but were denied the opportunity to form government by the governor, which is improper, but realistically a recognition of reality. It isn't enough for the conservatives to merely win the election, they need to win well. And they deserve to win. They have policies which could grow Tasmania, while the ALP and Greens merely want to increase spending. They are a badly run, small state. But the media are working very hard to even the vote by being pro Green ALP .. hence being 'balanced.' It is hatred of the conservatives that needs to be faced. Not through anger, but through cool judgement and even handedness. A conservative government would administer for all Tasmanians, and not merely those who profit from bad government. 

Such hatred is not limited to Tasmania. Sarah Palin has been verbal-ed again by the media. I have read her writing, and seen her speak. She is capable as an administrator and smart. She has been reported as saying that she would nuke Russia. She did not say that. It is very hard for those who think of her with hatred, borne from the venom of the media. Years ago, Palin was right about engaging with Russia over Georgia, and she is right now. But you will need to read what she has said to know what she is right about .. and not the misleading headline. Conservatism is a big tent with many diverse views. The left tend to converge on a view, while conservatives tend to converge on a leader. 

But hatred is no way to run a group. Australian Defence League was founded as a brother organisation to the English Defence League (EDL). I get it that there are soldier types who like to keep their ties with friends in an organised way after leaving the military or police. However, the leadership of these groups is seriously bad. No sensible politician would antagonise a constituency for no reason, but these idiots do just that. One example the bigots are using is the issue of terrorism and the ties to Islam. There are good reasons why decent Islamic peoples have been compromised by these ties. It is a good policy to denounce the idiots who are terrorists and try to separate the mainstream from those who abuse them. But the bigots aren't doing that. Instead they point a finger of blame at all Islamic peoples .. and others who don't say what they want to hear. It is true that in in some Islamic nations, and around the world, terrible things are done in the name of Islam by terrorists and their sympathisers. This includes genital mutilation of girls, killing gays, killing poets, writers, artists, poor and oppressed. But, were the ADL leadership prescription followed, it would be the victims hurt first .. again. Seriously stupid. They are apparently, argumentative drunks who claim to value their lifestyle. One good reason not to ban speech, is to allow those bigots to speak .. and judge for yourself. If someone from those organisations feel they are being misrepresented, I would like to hear how. ADL has spawned the Australian Tea Party (nothing like the US brand) and now, apparently, there is a group calling themselves The Patriots Defence League. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 222, Emperor Elagabalus was assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guardduring a revolt. Their mutilated bodies were dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber. 1387, Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood led Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona. 1641, Guaraní forces living in the Jesuit reductions defeated bandeirantes loyal to the Portuguese Empire at the Battle of Mbororé in present-day Panambí, Argentina. 1649, the Frondeurs and the French signed the Peace of Rueil. 1702, The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper was published for the first time. 1708, Queen Anne withheld Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoed legislation. 1784, the signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brought the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.

In 1811, during André Masséna's retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fought off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape. 1824, the United States Department of War created the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 1845, Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chopped down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drove settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand. 1848, Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin became the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government. 

In 1851, the first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi took place in Venice. 1861, American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America was adopted. 1864, the Great Sheffield Flood killed 238 people in Sheffield, England. 1867, the first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi took place in Paris. 1872, construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, began; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain. 1879, Shō Tai formally abdicated his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom. 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.

In 1916, USS Nevada (BB-36) was commissioned as the first US Navy "super-dreadnought". 1917, World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad fell to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude. 1918, the first case of Spanish flu occurred, the start of a devastating worldwide pandemic. 1927, in New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opened the Roxy Theatre. 1931, Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, was introduced in the Soviet Union. 1932, Booming Ben, the last heath hen was seen for the final time. 1933, Ground breaking musical film 42nd Street was released.

In 1941, World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. 1942, World War II: General Douglas MacArthurfled Corregidor. 1945, World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempted a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2. 1945, World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, was established with Bảo Đại as its ruler. 1946, Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, was captured by British troops.

In 1975, Vietnam War: North Vietnamese and Viet Cong guerrilla forces established control over Ban Me Thuotcommune from the South Vietnamese army. 1977, the 1977 Hanafi Siege: More than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims were set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations joined negotiations. 1978, Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 were killed and more than 70 were wounded when Fatahhijacked an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litany. 1983, Pakistan successfully conducted a cold test of a nuclear weapon. 1990, Lithuania declared itself independent from the Soviet Union. 1990, Patricio Aylin was sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970. 1993, Janet Reno was confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States. 1999, Infosys became the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

In 2004, Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, killed 191 people. 2006, Michelle Bachelet was inaugurated as first female president of Chile. 2007, Georgia claimed Russian helicopters attacked the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denied later. 2009, Winnenden school shooting: Sixteen were killed and 11 were injured before recent-graduate Tim Kretschmer shot and killed himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany. 2010, Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera was sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro province, hit central Chile during the ceremony. 2011, an earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude struck 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale. 2012, a U.S. soldier killed 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.

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Today's reading: Deuteronomy 10-12, Mark 12:1-27 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Deuteronomy 10-12

Tablets Like the First Ones
1 At that time the LORD said to me, "Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.2 I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark."

3 So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands....

Today's New Testament reading: Mark 12:1-27

The Parable of the Tenants
1 Jesus then began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place. 2 At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed. 4 Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully. 5 He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed....

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"In my prosperity I said I shall never be moved." - Psalm 30:6
"Moab settled on his lees, he hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel." Give a man wealth; let his ships bring home continually rich freights; let the winds and waves appear to be his servants to bear his vessels across the bosom of the mighty deep; let his lands yield abundantly: let the weather be propitious to his crops; let uninterrupted success attend him; let him stand among men as a successful merchant; let him enjoy continued health; allow him with braced nerve and brilliant eye to march through the world, and live happily; give him the buoyant spirit; let him have the song perpetually on his lips; let his eye be ever sparkling with joy--and the natural consequence of such an easy state to any man, let him be the best Christian who ever breathed, will be presumption; even David said, "I shall never be moved;" and we are not better than David, nor half so good. Brother, beware of the smooth places of the way; if you are treading them, or if the way be rough, thank God for it. If God should always rock us in the cradle of prosperity; if we were always dandled on the knees of fortune; if we had not some stain on the alabaster pillar; if there were not a few clouds in the sky; if we had not some bitter drops in the wine of this life, we should become intoxicated with pleasure, we should dream "we stand;" and stand we should, but it would be upon a pinnacle; like the man asleep upon the mast, each moment we should be in jeopardy.

We bless God, then, for our afflictions; we thank him for our changes; we extol his name for losses of property; for we feel that had he not chastened us thus, we might have become too secure. Continued worldly prosperity is a fiery trial.

"Afflictions, though they seem severe,
In mercy oft are sent."
Evening
"Man ... is of few days, and full of trouble." - Job 14:1
It may be of great service to us, before we fall asleep, to remember this mournful fact, for it may lead us to set loose by earthly things. There is nothing very pleasant in the recollection that we are not above the shafts of adversity, but it may humble us and prevent our boasting like the Psalmist in our morning's portion. "My mountain standeth firm: I shall never be moved." It may stay us from taking too deep root in this soil from which we are so soon to be transplanted into the heavenly garden. Let us recollect the frail tenure upon which we hold our temporal mercies. If we would remember that all the trees of earth are marked for the woodman's axe, we should not be so ready to build our nests in them. We should love, but we should love with the love which expects death, and which reckons upon separations. Our dear relations are but loaned to us, and the hour when we must return them to the lender's hand may be even at the door. The like is certainly true of our worldly goods. Do not riches take to themselves wings and fly away? Our health is equally precarious. Frail flowers of the field, we must not reckon upon blooming forever. There is a time appointed for weakness and sickness, when we shall have to glorify God by suffering, and not by earnest activity. There is no single point in which we can hope to escape from the sharp arrows of affliction; out of our few days there is not one secure from sorrow. Man's life is a cask full of bitter wine; he who looks for joy in it had better seek for honey in an ocean of brine. Beloved reader, set not your affections upon things of earth: but seek those things which are above, for here the moth devoureth, and the thief breaketh through, but there all joys are perpetual and eternal. The path of trouble is the way home. Lord, make this thought a pillow for many a weary head!

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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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I'm looking for former students to endorse me

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