Editorial for Easter Sunday
Miracles happen, unexpected, during times of great evil. And some miracles are underpinned by ordinary things. Jesus' resurrection was no ordinary thing. His killing was unwarranted, but carried out by the complicit world. Yet that very terrible, evil act, was the basis of God's victory over the Devil.
In a more modern context, great evil has been perpetrated on the US peoples with the 2020 election fraud. A complicit technocracy has facilitated worse to come. NYY's manager, Boon, has praised MLB for moving their all star game from Georgia as Georgia moved to protect voting rights for their constituents, so voter fraud like 2020 does not happen again. Thank you Mr Boon, we know where you stand on freedom and racism. Former President, Trump, has called for there to be a ban on MLB from MAGA supporters. I will watch and follow, but contribute nothing to MLB. Just as I despised the NYY team I follow last year when their star player, Judge, proudly announced he would take the knee in support of racism. NYY finished the year on their knees.
In Hollywood attacks on conservatives predate the invention of motion pictures. STAN, the streaming business in Australia, has two series worth comparing, Blue Bloods and City on a Hill. Blue Bloods harks back to the Giuliani years where a police force was effective and committed. The Reagan family and their nightly dinners show decent people fighting the good fight. City on a Hill is a name with religious overtones, suggestive of the light USA shines around the world to maintain freedom. It is narrated around the so called Boston Miracle where authorities limited young kids from killing each other with guns. 0.03% of people usually account for over half of all crime. The New York experience suggests only GOP will reduce crime. City on a Hill begins with race baiting and lying about what police are like, and how responsible adults behave. In their world, it is a free thinker that despises God, and has a hard bitten attitude to sex, drugs and crime. STAN, in Australia has shadow banned the clean cut Blue Bloods and promoted City on a Hill.
But, now for the ordinary miracle. Some will get upset and Ban MLB, or STAN. The majority of States will implement improvements to voting regulation. Disenchantment with Dem politics and antics will see GOP crush them in '22 and reverse the damage done. Hidden by the fraud, is the observation that those who supported Trump in '20, but not '16, some twelve million voters, were traditional Democrat supporters who liked Trump policy. Democrat support base is imploding, held up only by fraud where, were every voter who supported them to hold up two hands, they would not reach 82 million.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
GOP Senators Push to End MLB’s Antitrust ExemptionTrump Blasts Media for Biased Election Coverage – Adds “Other Than That, Happy Easter!”
“Neanderthal” Mississippi and Texas Not Seeing a Rise in Coronavirus Cases Since Dropping Mask Mandates
Biden Holds First Imperfect Phone Call With Ukrainian President
Georgia Dems Attempt to Stop Boycotts of State After Encouraging Them Via Lies About New Voting Bill
Nearly 5 Million Gun Background Checks in March – Breaking Single-Month Record
Capitol Hill
Pentagon Approves Third Military Base to House Migrant Children
Legislative Fatigue Could Derail Biden’s Big Spending Plans
Removal of Capitol Fencing Could Be Delayed Due to “Nation of Islam” Attacker
Sen. Cruz: We’ve Never Seen the Border Get This Bad
Some Lawmakers Pretend to be Concerned About National Debt as It Tops $85k/Person
Biden Fails to Condemn Nation of Islam Sympathizing Capitol Attacker
Matt Gaetz Defiant as Some Supporters Discuss Possible Special Election
Psaki Gets Angry at Reporter for Asking if Biden Will Pull Out of Beijing Olympics After Urging MLB Boycott of Georgia
“You’re Racist If You Oppose HR 1”: How Democrats Plan to Pass It
Culture War
“OUT – IMMEDIATELY!” – Pastor Shuts Down Attempt to End Church Service
Report: DC Teens Charged in Fatal Carjacking to Get Plea Deal
Biden Begins Defining Bills With No GOP Support as “Bipartisan”
Protests Begin in Canada to Get Biological Men Out of Women’s Prisons
Hackers Publish Phone Numbers and Personal Data of 533 Million Facebook Users
LA County DA Guts “Hardcore Gang” and “Major Narcotics” Units
CBS Gets Ripped for Advising How Companies Can Help Fight Georgia’s New Voting Law
Last Week in Campus Insanity
LOL: Politifact Brags Its “Fact-Checking Festival” in May Will Star Brian Stelter
Young People Are the Most Frightened of Coronavirus and the Least at Risk
Economy
Dems Attempt to Pitch Infrastructure Bill as Way to Catch Up With China
AOC’s Crazy Ideas Are Taking Over the Democrat Party
Tesla Files Petition Against U.S. National Labor Relations Board Order
Study: Giving McDonald’s Customers $5 of The Company’s Stock Drives 120% Increase in Spending
How Scammers Stole $36 Billion in Fraudulent Unemployment Payments
Coca-Cola Slams Georgia Voter ID Law – Themselves Required ID for 2020 Shareholder Meeting
Amazon Apologizes for Tweet Dismissing Claim About Employees Peeing in Bottles
Fed’s Low Interest Rates Subsidize Hedge Fund Gambling
Housing Inventory Remains Low, Fueling Price Growth
Semiconductor Shortage Could Last Through 2022
Swamp Watch
His Cheating Was an “Open Secret”: Inside Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo’s Split
Tucker Carlson: MLB Encouraging the Destruction of Democracy
Mazie Hirono Said Ruth Bader Ginsburg Should “Live Forever” After Confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Tucker Carlson, Brian Kemp Blast the Dems Over Their Objections to Georgia Election Law
Nation of Islam’s Long History of Bigotry and Antisemitism
You Can Probably Guess Who the Left Blamed for the Capitol Hill Attack
Rep Burgess Owens, Who Lived Through Jim Crow, Says It’s Demeaning to Compare Voter Id With Racism
Media Quickly Moves on From Man Who Killed Capitol Police Officer After Learning He Was a Louis Farrakhan Supporter
LA County Pays Some Taxpayer Funded Lifeguards More Than Cabinet Secretaries
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Chris Christie: Biden Is a 'Liar and a Hypocrite' for Election Law Rhetoric
Stephen Moore: Biden Plan Spends on 'Outrageous Boondoggles'
Barrasso Says Easiest Way To Get Into US Is 'Illegally'
AG Paxton Says Open Borders Cost Texas 'Billions of Dollars'
Gov. Reeves: Infrastructure Plan Is a 'Political Statement' Resembling Green New Deal
Sen. Blunt: Republicans Could Get Behind $615M Infrastructure Plan
Sen. Wicker: Biden Plan Raises Taxes on 'Job Creators'
Sen. Blunt Decries Infrastructure Bill's Lopsided Focus on Electric Vehicles
Buttigieg: Goal to Pass Infrastructure Bill by Memorial Day
Newsfront
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Dulce et Decorum Est is a poem written by poet Wilfred Owen in 1917, during the First World War, and published posthumously in 1920. Owen's poem is known for its horrific imagery and condemnation of war. It was drafted at Craiglockhart in the first half of October 1917 and later revised, probably at Scarborough but possibly Ripon, between January and March 1918. The earliest surviving manuscript is dated 8 October 1917 and addressed to his mother, Susan Owen, with the message "Here is a gas poem done yesterday, (which is not private, but not final)".
https://rumble.com/vbgwq5-dulce-et-decorum-est.html
Turnbull's green energy plans were dashed today as the wind did not blow. The result was Coal power stations provided baseload in Victoria and South Australia via remote. Coal power is cheap and reliable. Turnbull, the great communicator, is communicating dithering.
Greens intend to double Australia's welfare bill, but do not know how to pay for the one we have. We are half a trillion in debt and climbing. One day we will not be able to afford what we currently spend. Our children will be impoverished by our choices.
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Here is a video I made Dulce et Decorum Est
Dulce et Decorum Est is a poem written by poet Wilfred Owen in 1917, during the First World War, and published posthumously in 1920. Owen's poem is known for its horrific imagery and condemnation of war. It was drafted at Craiglockhart in the first half of October 1917 and later revised, probably at Scarborough but possibly Ripon, between January and March 1918. The earliest surviving manuscript is dated 8 October 1917 and addressed to his mother, Susan Owen, with the message "Here is a gas poem done yesterday, (which is not private, but not final)".
https://rumble.com/vbgwq5-dulce-et-decorum-est.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Apparently UFU Firefighters, who attacked my post on Craig Ondarchie's page where I thanked Craig for saving CFA, could not think of a single instance in which I was wrong. Rather than debate me, the multitude agreed not to reply. They had their chance again. The CFA needs to be independent of the union. CFA members need to know if they fight fires they won't be litigated against. Turnbull's green energy plans were dashed today as the wind did not blow. The result was Coal power stations provided baseload in Victoria and South Australia via remote. Coal power is cheap and reliable. Turnbull, the great communicator, is communicating dithering.
Greens intend to double Australia's welfare bill, but do not know how to pay for the one we have. We are half a trillion in debt and climbing. One day we will not be able to afford what we currently spend. Our children will be impoverished by our choices.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. The resignation of Tony Nutt, Liberal Party director who ran the 2016 campaign is one such thing. It closes badly what had been a stellar career. Mr Nutt has served the Liberal Party for 35 years. The resignation is days before the findings into the last campaign are tabled. But to be fair, it wasn't entirely his fault. The guy who should take responsibility and step aside is Turnbull. The longer that Turnbull stays in office the more he will take with him when he implodes. Julie Bishop is now unredeemable because of her association with Turnbull. If there are two sides to any argument, then Turnbull's side is the untalented one. Turnbull hesitates on important issues and is not fighting the culture wars which need to be fought to lift his party. Turnbull can bow and scrape to the press, but he will never have their respect while he leads conservatives. It doesn't matter that Turnbull supports ABC corruption, they will support Shorten on the day of the election.
Meanwhile in the US, the much maligned Donald Trump has been shown to have been right about Obama's administration spying on him when he was a candidate. It is as if someone has graffiti'd a Trump billboard "We won't be beaten on price" to say "We won't be eaten on rice"
Meanwhile in the US, the much maligned Donald Trump has been shown to have been right about Obama's administration spying on him when he was a candidate. It is as if someone has graffiti'd a Trump billboard "We won't be beaten on price" to say "We won't be eaten on rice"
=== from 2016 ===
It is evident that the terrible bastardly betrayal of Mr Abbott by his party will not be rewarded. Had they persevered with Mr Abbott, the election would have been a foregone conclusion, with Abbott probably securing senate control by holding the ALP to account for supporting corrupt unions and preventing responsible cuts to spending. Pyne would have saved his seat and many would have been rewarded. Instead, the self indulgent Turnbull gets to perform worse than Bligh did. Not only will the Liberals now lose senate control out right, they will more than likely not secure the lower house either. Turnbull undermining Libs was bad. Turnbull leading Libs is much worse. He has no idea how to govern effectively. He only knows how he wants to look. He won't even allow himself to be interviewed on 2GB. He won't attract ALP or Green votes for to the Liberal Party. He can only preen himself in front of ABC cameras as he pulls down the party he leads.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Dan Andrews is Premier of Victoria and very weak. He is run by the CFMEU and makes decisions that badly affect Victoria. One dumb decision is to close down a new private cancer ward. There needs to be private care if public care is to function right.
Miranda Devine conflates an accusation of domestic violence which is being badly handled in Queensland with a domestic violence case resulting in the death of a child. Domestic violence is a serious issue and difficult for police because victims usually don't know how to help themselves. The QLD ALP politicians may be innocent until proven guilty, but the party failed to vet them properly. Criticism of the alleged is appropriate as he is a public figure and the public has a right to do what the party should have done. Devine is also being highly critical of the government on something they haven't announced yet. The senate which is controlled by the ALP will not pass cuts. The government could raise taxes without the senate. So Devine is getting her criticism ready in advance, blaming the government for raising taxes when they are trying not to.
Bolt questions the allegations made against Essendon and all of Australia's sports which were championed by Jason Clare when he was Home Secretary. Clare's outrageous slurs were prosecuted so that innocent people were asked to plead guilty for lesser sentences. The abuse of power was facilitated by the media who are partisan for the ALP.
On this day in 1242, Crusaders who had targeted East European pagans and Orthodox Christians were defeated in a battle on ice of Lake Peipus by Alexander Nevsky fighting for Russia. In 1609, Shimazu Tadatsune of Satsuma successfully invaded Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa, although it was not formally annexed until after the Meiji Restoration in 1872. In 1614, Pocahontas married John Rolfe. She died aged 22 in March 1617. She had a son, and he survived to provide for many descendants. Her last words were reported as "all must die, but tis enough that her child liveth" In 1621, Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts for England. The ship was weighted with stones as ballast. Her crew was ravaged by disease. The journey had not gone to plan. In 1904, the first international Rugby League match was played between England and 'others' (Scottish and Welsh) in Central Park, Wigan. In 1932, Finland gave up Prohibition of Alcohol. The rise in crime rates saw it opposed by 70% at referendum. Finland had adopted the laws when she was independent of Russia in 1919. Earlier, the Tsar had stopped prohibition. In 1933, FDR signed a bill prohibiting the hoarding of Gold.
In 1942, Japan raided Colombo, sinking two royal navy cruisers. In 1944, Nazis killed two hundred and seventy Greek townsfolk. In 1949, Fireside Theatre debuted on tv. In 1951, the spies called Rosenbergs were executed after they stood by the Soviet Union to the end. In 1956, Fidel Castro declared war on Cuba. He really has that big an ego. In 1976, the Tiananman Incident occurred where the Gang of four managed to arrest thousands of protestors, some sixty of whom it was alleged were beheaded and cremated nearby. Those communists know how to party. In 1986, Libya bombed La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, killing three and wounding over 200. In retaliation, Reagan bombed Libya and accidentally killed a daughter of Gadaffi. He had aimed for the dad. In 1994, Kurt Cobain committed suicide. His music wasn't that bad. In 1999, two Libyans accused of bringing down a flight over Scotland in '88 were handed over.
Miranda Devine conflates an accusation of domestic violence which is being badly handled in Queensland with a domestic violence case resulting in the death of a child. Domestic violence is a serious issue and difficult for police because victims usually don't know how to help themselves. The QLD ALP politicians may be innocent until proven guilty, but the party failed to vet them properly. Criticism of the alleged is appropriate as he is a public figure and the public has a right to do what the party should have done. Devine is also being highly critical of the government on something they haven't announced yet. The senate which is controlled by the ALP will not pass cuts. The government could raise taxes without the senate. So Devine is getting her criticism ready in advance, blaming the government for raising taxes when they are trying not to.
Bolt questions the allegations made against Essendon and all of Australia's sports which were championed by Jason Clare when he was Home Secretary. Clare's outrageous slurs were prosecuted so that innocent people were asked to plead guilty for lesser sentences. The abuse of power was facilitated by the media who are partisan for the ALP.
On this day in 1242, Crusaders who had targeted East European pagans and Orthodox Christians were defeated in a battle on ice of Lake Peipus by Alexander Nevsky fighting for Russia. In 1609, Shimazu Tadatsune of Satsuma successfully invaded Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa, although it was not formally annexed until after the Meiji Restoration in 1872. In 1614, Pocahontas married John Rolfe. She died aged 22 in March 1617. She had a son, and he survived to provide for many descendants. Her last words were reported as "all must die, but tis enough that her child liveth" In 1621, Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts for England. The ship was weighted with stones as ballast. Her crew was ravaged by disease. The journey had not gone to plan. In 1904, the first international Rugby League match was played between England and 'others' (Scottish and Welsh) in Central Park, Wigan. In 1932, Finland gave up Prohibition of Alcohol. The rise in crime rates saw it opposed by 70% at referendum. Finland had adopted the laws when she was independent of Russia in 1919. Earlier, the Tsar had stopped prohibition. In 1933, FDR signed a bill prohibiting the hoarding of Gold.
In 1942, Japan raided Colombo, sinking two royal navy cruisers. In 1944, Nazis killed two hundred and seventy Greek townsfolk. In 1949, Fireside Theatre debuted on tv. In 1951, the spies called Rosenbergs were executed after they stood by the Soviet Union to the end. In 1956, Fidel Castro declared war on Cuba. He really has that big an ego. In 1976, the Tiananman Incident occurred where the Gang of four managed to arrest thousands of protestors, some sixty of whom it was alleged were beheaded and cremated nearby. Those communists know how to party. In 1986, Libya bombed La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin, killing three and wounding over 200. In retaliation, Reagan bombed Libya and accidentally killed a daughter of Gadaffi. He had aimed for the dad. In 1994, Kurt Cobain committed suicide. His music wasn't that bad. In 1999, two Libyans accused of bringing down a flight over Scotland in '88 were handed over.
From 2014
John Tran wrote
Quote from Tacitus: “the more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” Dear Members, If you are wondering if there are a list of rules on this site, I have found that there is not a list, but there are expectations of common behavioural standards. One such standard is that the admin of this page assume members are adults and should act like such. The other common standard is that we would like the discussion page to be family friendly, it doesn’t always happen, but the idea is to refine your expression so that an adult discussion can be followed. Similarly, goading others into personal character attacks, and claiming to be a victim of continuous attacks on one discussion thread may hold merit, but may also end up with the admin of this page seeing through such claims.Many thanks John. Also on this day in 1566, 200 Dutch nobleman led by the Big Beggar, Hendrik van Brederode, forced themselves onto the presence of the Governor of the Netherlands and presented a petition of compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. Whereupon it was suspended and a petition was sent to Spain. It is difficult to understand these things with modern sensibilities. One might hear a Monty Python take on the issue, but it was more serious than that. The issue was political and suggests a change of the guard during the eighty year war. Anyone wanting an insight into life of the time should check out the movie "The Last Valley" which is set in 1637.
Historical perspective on this day
In 823, Lothair I was crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. 1081, Alexios I Komnenos was crowned Byzantine emperor at Constantinople, bringing the Komnenian dynasty to full power. 1242, during a battle on the ice of Lake Peipus, Russian forces, led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuffed an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. 1536, Royal Entry of Charles V into Rome: The last Roman triumph. 1566, two-hundred Dutch noblemen, led by Hendrik van Brederode, forced themselves into the presence of Margaret of Parma and present the Petition of Compromise, denouncing the Spanish Inquisition in the Netherlands. The Inquisition was suspended and a delegation was sent to Spain to petition Philip II.
In 1609, Daimyo (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completed his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. 1614, in Virginia, Native American Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe. 1621, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. 1710, the Statute of Anne received the Royal Assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom. 1722, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island. 1792, U.S. President George Washington exercised his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power was used in the United States. 1804, High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland fell in Possil. 1818, in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, won a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. 1847, Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park in Britain, was opened in Birkenhead. 1862, American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktownbegan. 1879, Chile declared war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
In 1900, Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discovered a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B. 1904, the first international rugby leaguematch was played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. 1922, the American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, was incorporated. 1923, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began production of balloon-tires. 1932, alcohol prohibition in Finland ended. Alcohol sales began in Alko liquor stores. Also 1932, Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seized the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens. 1936, Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado killed 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In 1942, World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launched a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities were damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire were sunk southwest of the island. 1943, World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally caused more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometre from the residential area hit. 1944, World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura were executed by the Germans. 1945, Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Titosigned an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". 1946, Soviet troops left the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11-month occupation. 1949, Fireside Theater debuted on television. Also 1949, a fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, killed 77 people and led to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
In 1951, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. 1956, Fidel Castro declared himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. Also 1956, in Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna won the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was sworn in as the Prime Minister. 1957, in India, Communistswon the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad was sworn in as the first chief minister. 1958, Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrowsin Canada was destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. 1969, Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occurred in many U.S. cities. 1971, in Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launched a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. 1976, in the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement led to the Tiananmen incident. 1986, three people were killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany.
In 1991, an ASA EMB 120 crashed in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and Astronaut Sonny Carter. 1992, Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolved the Peruvian congress by military force. Also 1992, the Siege of Sarajevo began when Serbparamilitaries murdered peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge. 1994, American musician Kurt Cobain committed suicide. 1998, in Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opened to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. 1999, two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 were handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. 2009, North Korea launched its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks. 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
In 1609, Daimyo (Lord) Shimazu Tadatsune of the Satsuma Domain in southern Kyūshū, Japan, completed his successful invasion of the Ryūkyū Kingdom in Okinawa. 1614, in Virginia, Native American Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe. 1621, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, Massachusetts on a return trip to England. 1710, the Statute of Anne received the Royal Assent establishing the Copyright law of the United Kingdom. 1722, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovered Easter Island. 1792, U.S. President George Washington exercised his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power was used in the United States. 1804, High Possil Meteorite: The first recorded meteorite in Scotland fell in Possil. 1818, in the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, won a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead. 1847, Birkenhead Park, the first civic public park in Britain, was opened in Birkenhead. 1862, American Civil War: The Battle of Yorktownbegan. 1879, Chile declared war on Bolivia and Peru, starting the War of the Pacific.
In 1900, Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discovered a large cache of clay tablets with hieroglyphic writing in a script they call Linear B. 1904, the first international rugby leaguematch was played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh & Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England. 1922, the American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, was incorporated. 1923, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began production of balloon-tires. 1932, alcohol prohibition in Finland ended. Alcohol sales began in Alko liquor stores. Also 1932, Dominion of Newfoundland: Ten thousand rioters seized the Colonial Building leading to the end of self-government. 1933, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed two executive orders: 6101 to establish the Civilian Conservation Corps, and 6102 "forbidding the Hoarding of Gold Coin, Gold Bullion, and Gold Certificates" by U.S. citizens. 1936, Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado killed 233 in Tupelo, Mississippi.
In 1942, World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy launched a carrier-based air attack on Colombo, Ceylon during the Indian Ocean Raid. Port and civilian facilities were damaged and the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire were sunk southwest of the island. 1943, World War II: American bomber aircraft accidentally caused more than 900 civilian deaths, including 209 children, and 1,300 wounded among the civilian population of the Belgian town of Mortsel. Their target was the Erla factory one kilometre from the residential area hit. 1944, World War II: Two hundred seventy inhabitants of the Greek town of Kleisoura were executed by the Germans. 1945, Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Titosigned an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory". 1946, Soviet troops left the island of Bornholm, Denmark after an 11-month occupation. 1949, Fireside Theater debuted on television. Also 1949, a fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, killed 77 people and led to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
In 1951, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to death for spying for the Soviet Union. 1956, Fidel Castro declared himself at war with Cuban President Fulgencio Batista. Also 1956, in Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna won the general elections in a landslide and S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike was sworn in as the Prime Minister. 1957, in India, Communistswon the first elections in united Kerala and E.M.S. Namboodiripad was sworn in as the first chief minister. 1958, Ripple Rock, an underwater threat to navigation in the Seymour Narrowsin Canada was destroyed in one of the largest non-nuclear controlled explosions of the time. 1969, Vietnam War: Massive antiwar demonstrations occurred in many U.S. cities. 1971, in Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launched a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. 1976, in the People's Republic of China, the April Fifth Movement led to the Tiananmen incident. 1986, three people were killed in the bombing of the La Belle Discothèque in West Berlin, Germany.
In 1991, an ASA EMB 120 crashed in Brunswick, Georgia, killing all 23 aboard including Sen. John Tower and Astronaut Sonny Carter. 1992, Alberto Fujimori, president of Peru, dissolved the Peruvian congress by military force. Also 1992, the Siege of Sarajevo began when Serbparamilitaries murdered peace protesters Suada Dilberovic and Olga Sučić on the Vrbanja Bridge. 1994, American musician Kurt Cobain committed suicide. 1998, in Japan, the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge linking Awaji Island with Honshū and costing about $3.8 billion USD, opened to traffic, becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. 1999, two Libyans suspected of bringing down Pan Am flight 103 in 1988 were handed over for eventual trial in the Netherlands. 2009, North Korea launched its controversial Kwangmyŏngsŏng-2 rocket. The satellite passed over mainland Japan, which prompted an immediate reaction from the United Nations Security Council, as well as participating states of Six-party talks. 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia.
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Today's reading: Ruth 1-4, Luke 8:1-25 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Ruth 1-4
Naomi Loses Her Husband and Sons
1 In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. 2 The man's name was Elimelek, his wife's name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
3 Now Elimelek, Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4 They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, 5 both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 8:1-25
The Parable of the Sower
1 After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with him, 2 and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;3 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the manager of Herod's household; Susanna; and many others. These women were helping to support them out of their own means.
4 While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, he told this parable: 5 "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path; it was trampled on, and the birds ate it up. 6Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the plants withered because they had no moisture. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the plants. 8Still other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown...."
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"For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
2 Corinthians 5:21
2 Corinthians 5:21
Mourning Christian! why weepest thou? Art thou mourning over thine own corruptions? Look to thy perfect Lord, and remember, thou art complete in him; thou art in God's sight as perfect as if thou hadst never sinned; nay, more than that, the Lord our Righteousness hath put a divine garment upon thee, so that thou hast more than the righteousness of man--thou hast the righteousness of God. O thou who art mourning by reason of inbred sin and depravity, remember, none of thy sins can condemn thee. Thou hast learned to hate sin; but thou hast learned also to know that sin is not thine--it was laid upon Christ's head. Thy standing is not in thyself--it is in Christ; thine acceptance is not in thyself, but in thy Lord; thou art as much accepted of God today, with all thy sinfulness, as thou wilt be when thou standest before his throne, free from all corruption. O, I beseech thee, lay hold on this precious thought, perfection in Christ! For thou art "complete in him." With thy Saviour's garment on, thou art holy as the Holy one. "Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us." Christian, let thy heart rejoice, for thou art "accepted in the beloved"--what hast thou to fear? Let thy face ever wear a smile; live near thy Master; live in the suburbs of the Celestial City; for soon, when thy time has come, thou shalt rise up where thy Jesus sits, and reign at his right hand; and all this because the divine Lord "was made to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him."
Evening
It is exceedingly beneficial to our souls to mount above this present evil world to something nobler and better. The cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches are apt to choke everything good within us, and we grow fretful, desponding, perhaps proud and carnal. It is well for us to cut down these thorns and briers, for heavenly seed sown among them is not likely to yield a harvest; and where shall we find a better sickle with which to cut them down than communion with God and the things of the kingdom? In the valleys of Switzerland, many of the inhabitants are deformed, and all wear a sickly appearance, for the atmosphere is charged with miasma, and is close and stagnant; but up yonder, on the mountain, you find a hardy race, who breathe the clear fresh air as it blows from the virgin snows of the Alpine summits. It would be well if the dwellers in the valley could frequently leave their abodes among the marshes and the fever mists, and inhale the bracing element upon the hills. It is to such an exploit of climbing that I invite you this evening. May the Spirit of God assist us to leave the mists of fear and the fevers of anxiety, and all the ills which gather in this valley of earth, and to ascend the mountains of anticipated joy and blessedness. May God the Holy Spirit cut the cords that keep us here below, and assist us to mount! We sit too often like chained eagles fastened to the rock, only that, unlike the eagle, we begin to love our chain, and would, perhaps, if it came really to the test, be loath to have it snapped. May God now grant us grace, if we cannot escape from the chain as to our flesh, yet to do so as to our spirits; and leaving the body, like a servant, at the foot of the hill, may our soul, like Abraham, attain the top of the mountain, there to indulge in communion with the Most High.
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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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