Editorial Myth of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Aboriginal deaths in custody has been a substantial political issue for over thirty years. Press have campaigned for ALP on the issue, raising the issue of deaths in custody under conservative administrations, while giving free passes to ALP over the issue. Kevin Rudd was lauded for 'saying sorry' and for ending the intervention. Kevin Rudd was given a free pass over the Heiner Affair. But with all the mud being thrown, the basic truth that Aboriginal peoples are less likely to die behind bars than anyone else exposes the lie.
Deaths in custody are not common anyway. They shouldn't be. The lie about Aboriginal deaths in custody being the result of Australian racism has claimed lives, like those of TJ Hickie who ran from police who weren't pursuing him and died as a result of an accident. I covered that in my Picking Cotton series.
How many have escaped justice because of the myth of Aboriginal Deaths in Custody? What has been the cost in addressing the non issue? How can we address the naked racism involved in promoting the myth? Should we expect the media who were wrong to apologise for it? Will they say 'sorry?'
Editorial Tuesday 13th April Media confused by math?
The headline "Maths professor stumped by seven year old's difficult homework" is believable and sad.
The activity that stumped the professor was a concrete block exercise. The task was to divide a reservoir of blocks depicting hundreds, tens and units into quantities matching a minimum
“a) Can she make two equal three-digit numbers? If so, draw the counters to show them.
“b) Can she make two equal three-digit numbers if she had to use all her counters? If so, draw the counters to show them.”
Because the counters are physical, they are different to abstract numbers. The number 486 can be divided equally, but the physical blocks cannot. Two physical expressions of 188 is possible. But what of 243? The constitution of 243 would be different (2x100, 4X10, 3X1 vs 1x100, 13X10, 13X1) but the number achievable. More impressive is the children (parents?) having to draw the blocks.
Editorial Monday 12th April Bad dad myth takes lives
There are terrible, murderous fathers who seemingly act with impunity. There are also upstanding, decent fathers whose acts of love are denigrated and despised by popular press and activists. The result is preventable tragedy.
John Edwards had been a bad dad. He killed two of his children before killing himself in 2018, but he was a bad dad before that. He had had a 24 year history of domestic violence over seven partners and ten children. He only had had one apprehended violence order against his name, but a number of times came close to more. On one occasion, in 2016, the mother of two children who would be killed by Edwards went to police after a violent episode. It had followed Edwards receiving weekend custody and the inexperienced officer taking the complaint wrote that the complaint might have been an ambit claim against the custody. A lot of focus is on how Edwards obtained a gun legally. Not much has been focused on how Edwards tracked his estranged children illegally before killing them. It is apparent he tracked his daughter from her school.
But what about good men who raise their children right? What about men impugned for being .. male? Men denied sexual gratification because of political correctness, so that a sexual consent app is discussed in NSW parliament, and yet even such as that is declared not fool proof. Not all males tell off colour jokes, but is telling off colour jokes related to rape? Can a child be disciplined by a male parent? What if the parent is Boris Johnstone or Donald Trump? Can a single, conservative male have paid sex? Would it be different if they owned a social media company?
Was it the case Edwards got a free pass because, at other times, good men have been harangued?
The issue is particularly sensitive to me because I was badly raised by my father, who beat me until I begged my mother to remove his custody from me, and then he beat me some more. I told a teacher about him while I was in kindergarten and so he moved me to another school. On occasions when we were alone together I feared for my life. His second family had him named Father of the Year in NSW. In one of our last conversations, he asked "David, you do know how difficult it was to raise you?"
My father was not Edwards. I do not know Edwards, or what drove him. But I do understand parts of my father's problems with raising me. My mother was awful, and had wilfully removed cultural assets which promote family. None of her four children had children. Simply too damaged.
Cultural assets are under siege wherever totalitarian leftists rule, but they are also under siege where totalitarian leftist supporting media and complicit useful idiots work to overthrow good government.
How good was the parenting of Joe Biden? Hunter Biden?
===Don’t believe the media hype about the latest police shooting. In this episode, I break down the video and show why the media is gaslighting you. I also cover the latest effort by members of the intelligence community to destroy Donald Trump.
News Picks:
- CBS News accused of cropping bodycam video footage of the Adam Toledo shooting.
- An informative article about why police officers sometimes mistake their firearm for a taser.
- Major League Baseball’s favorability has collapsed with Republicans.
- These UFO videos are some of the most troubling we’ve ever seen.
- Master list of all of the debunked Russian “collusion” conspiracy theories.
- Republicans have a new plan to combat the big tech totalitarians.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Psaki Defends CCP Talking Points About “Racist America”Project Veritas Confronts CNN’s Brian Stelter
Russia Retaliates Against New U.S. Sanctions – Kicks 10 U.S. Diplomats Out, Blacklists More
Murders Rose 56% in Major U.S. Cities During “Defund the Police” Push
Chicago Braces for Riots After Video of Police Shooting of 13-Year-Old Is Released
House Intel Dems Went All In on Bogus “Russia Bounties” Story
Capitol Hill
House to Vote on DC Statehood Tuesday
Heavy Metal Guitarist the First to Plead Guilty in Connection With January 6 Capitol Incident
Iran Nuclear Talks in Vienna End
Biden Brings Obama’s Broadband Boondoggle Back to Life
The Danger of the Dems’ Court Packing Proposal
Dems Risk Majority to Ram Through Progressive Agenda
BLM Is Already Turning on Biden
Former California Mayor Who Advocated Defunding the Police Arrested for Child Sex Crimes
Sen. Cruz Grills Biden’s “Defund the Police” Supporting DOJ Nominee
Kamala Used to Say Child Migrant Facilities Were “Human Rights Abuses”
Biden’s Approval on Handling Border Crisis Lowest Among Hispanics
Fauci Admits Biden Admin Is Ignoring CDC Guidance in Border Facilities
Culture War
Marxist BLM Co-Founder Hilariously Attempts to Defend Multi-Million Dollar Home Purchases
YouTube Alternative Rumble Welcomes Florida Gov. DeSantis
The Rarity of Police Shootings
Oklahoma Advances Bill Granting Immunity for Running Down Rioters
“Woke Corporations” Are Unpopular
ACLU Sues to Block Release of Data on Number of Male-to-Female Prisoners
Texas Bill Allowing Handguns to Be Carried in Public Without a Permit Passes House
Facebook Blocks Users From Sharing NY Post Story About BLM Co-Founder’s Multiple Home Purchases
Twitter Suspends James O’Keefe Amid Series of Exposés on CNN – O’Keefe Announces He’s Suing Twitter
Dems Make Case for Expanding SCOTUS in Trainwreck Press Conference
Economy
Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Are Making It Harder for Firms to Hire
U.S. Housing Market Nearly 4 Million Homes Short of Demand
Delta Expects Profit Later This Year
Publicly Traded Company That Owns a Single NJ Deli Doing 35k in Sales Valued at $100 Million
Shares of Electric Truck Maker Nikola Erase Nearly All Gains Since Going Public
Wall Street Invested Record $2.9 in Political Contributions in 2019-2020
1.3 Million Are Still Owed Tax Refunds From 2017
“SALT Caucus” Aimed at Scrapping $10k Cap Launched
Retail Sales Explode in March Due to Stimulus Checks
Stocks Hit All Time Highs – Dow Tops 34k for First Time Ever
Swamp Watch
DOJ Urges SCOTUS Not to Accept Legal Challenge to All-Male Military Draft
Here’s What the Polls Show About Americans’ Stance on Court Packing
While Biden Blinks, Putin Closes Off Access to the Black Sea
Montana Gov Says No to Coronavirus Passports
Seattle School District: Out-of-Control Homeless Encampment on School Property Is a “Teachable Moment”
Voter Delusions, Left and Right
Biden’s U.N. Ambassador Is Deeply Un-American
Michael Flynn Says 2020 Election Fights in Arizona and Michigan “Tactically” Important
U.S. Intel Chief: China Attempting to Influence WHO
Union Workers Buy New Cars, Remodel Homes After Biden Pension Bailout
Simon and Shuster Backs Out of Distributing Book by Cop Involved in Breonna Taylor Shooting
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Interior Head Haaland Revokes Trump Orders on Energy
Sen. Ron Johnson: Biden Not Up to Challenge of China, 'Our Biggest Threat'
Pew Poll: Biden Job Approval Hits 59 Percent
Russia Expels 10 US Diplomats as Limits Sanctions Response
Biden Administration to Spend $1.7 Billion to Track Variants
Biden Pushes Gun Restrictions in Wake of Indianapolis Shooting
Biden Meets Japan's Leader to Boost China-Facing Alliances
Russia Closes Ukraine Access to Black Sea
Newsfront
'Black Panther' Director Won't Boycott Georgia for Superhero Sequel
"Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler said on Friday he would shoot the hit movie's sequel in Georgia as planned, despite his opposition to restrictions on voting rights in the state that have prompted calls by some for a boycott. Coogler said in a guest column for Hollywood...... [Full Story]
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Media Ignore Outrageous French Court Acquittal of Antisemitic Murderer
France's highest court has ruled that a man who savagely attacked and killed his Jewish neighbor by throwing her out of the window of her Paris flat will not stand trial as he had smoked a large amount of marijuana.
However, despite widespread outrage from the local and global Jewish community, virtually the entire media has elected to turn a blind eye to this grave injustice, with the result being zero mainstream coverage.
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you.
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1007112
https://rumble.com/vc27rr-for-the-fallen-by-robert-laurence-binyon.html
Pro Assad media point to rallies in support of him. One has said that the crowds are larger than Trump's inauguration. To be fair to Trump, wether or not one feels Assad gassed his own people, Trump hit production facilities of chemical weapons. Last year, Trump hit the alleged launch site. That is unarguably proportionate, controlled and responsible. We now are living in another Cold War initiated by Obama. Truth is a casualty of such things, and all one can do is pick sides or be victim. I choose US. I disagreed with Obama and want him jailed for crimes against humanity, but I still support the US.
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Paul was writing to Rome from Corinth. He had Tertius of Iconium write this while he dictated. Paul had established a number of churches around the Greek seas in the decade leading up to the letter. Rome was the then undisputed capital of the 'known world.'
Here, Paul shifts from the previous verses of government to our other responsibility, love. Government is temporal, but love is divine and eternal.
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Here is a video I made For the Fallen
Robert Laurence Binyon (10 August 1869 at Lancaster -- 10 March 1943 at Reading, Berkshire) was an English poet, dramatist, and art scholar. His most famous work, For the Fallen, is well known for being used in Remembrance Sunday services.
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you.
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1007112
https://rumble.com/vc27rr-for-the-fallen-by-robert-laurence-binyon.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Dr Jordan Peterson argues that it is the ethical responsibility of left leaning people to identify left wing extremism and distinguish themselves from it. Hating Israel and claiming one Jewish nominated state is too much, is that extreme left? Demanding compassion that results in the deaths of those wanting to migrate, is that extreme left? Damaging industry and forcing the poorest in the world to pay more for basic energy needs, is that extreme left? Because it looks like US Democrat and ALP policy. What about refusing to accept democratic election results? What about gutter denunciation of people that one disagrees with? What about modifying history to suit adopted double standards? Because otherwise charging FDR, Truman, Kennedy, LBJ, Carter, Clinton and Obama with war crimes and crimes against humanity might follow. It is ok to argue and disagree. To bicker, bait and troll are different things. If one argues, one puts forward a series of propositions that can be disputed, but which supports an argument. It isn't just saying "No it isn't." Thank you Monty Python.Pro Assad media point to rallies in support of him. One has said that the crowds are larger than Trump's inauguration. To be fair to Trump, wether or not one feels Assad gassed his own people, Trump hit production facilities of chemical weapons. Last year, Trump hit the alleged launch site. That is unarguably proportionate, controlled and responsible. We now are living in another Cold War initiated by Obama. Truth is a casualty of such things, and all one can do is pick sides or be victim. I choose US. I disagreed with Obama and want him jailed for crimes against humanity, but I still support the US.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Finding a competent journalist is something that should happen. Some years ago, campaigning federally for Paul Keating's old seat, I told a journalist over the phone the reasons for my campaigning, a social justice issue for which I'd been illegally blacklisted from work. I said my vision was for a big Australia, and I thought, given the right infrastructure development, including a Bradfield type scheme, Australia could have a population of 300 million in two hundred years. Only adrenaline made my tongue thick and I said twenty years, not two hundred. I corrected myself, and the journalist laughed and said "You said it" and printed the wrong figure. I have a dim view of journalists. Maybe if I found one who was independent, supported freedom of speech and stood behind the research they made I would feel differently. I respect some journalists, but all have sold me down river.
I was surprised to receive an email from a source connected to Haaretz, a left wing news source in Israel. They thought I might be interested in circulating a privacy item advising journalists on protecting their sources. They spread lots of wild conspiracy type memes. My issues are 'above the pay grade' of every journalist in Australia. They refuse to cover it and refuse to say why. I have reason to fear for my safety and I don't wish that on anyone else. But I don't think that it is the issue they face. They are not allowed to present a conservative viewpoint, too many interests prevent it. It shows how internationally, journalism is corrupt. I stand for an independent, strong Israel. I like their direction under Bibi. I do not support or endorse terrorism. I linked the article, which can be found at https://www.vpnmentor.com/journalist-privacy-guide.pdf
I was surprised to receive an email from a source connected to Haaretz, a left wing news source in Israel. They thought I might be interested in circulating a privacy item advising journalists on protecting their sources. They spread lots of wild conspiracy type memes. My issues are 'above the pay grade' of every journalist in Australia. They refuse to cover it and refuse to say why. I have reason to fear for my safety and I don't wish that on anyone else. But I don't think that it is the issue they face. They are not allowed to present a conservative viewpoint, too many interests prevent it. It shows how internationally, journalism is corrupt. I stand for an independent, strong Israel. I like their direction under Bibi. I do not support or endorse terrorism. I linked the article, which can be found at https://www.vpnmentor.com/journalist-privacy-guide.pdf
=== from 2016 ===
It seems obvious to some, but we don't know what a Palestinian is. There is no history of them. They did not exist before terrorists from Jordan called themselves that so as to confound the UN. But the terrorists are ethnically Jordanian, although they actually come from many other nations. They have no culture except that which sustains their impetus to fight, which has been hatred of Israel since they fled Jordan. At first, they camped in Lebanon and ruined the Paris of the Middle East. They perfected hostage taking on planes. They murderously ruined the Munich Olympics. And one of them, Sirhan Sirhan, was convicted on this day in 1969, of killing Bobby Kennedy. Interestingly for those who hate the religion, Sirhan is not Muslim. But he hates Israel and once claimed he shot Kennedy because Kennedy sent 50 bombers to Israel. The Romans called the area Palestine and recognised the indigenous Jews as Palestinians. The terrorists are merely messing with the public minds and are aided by anti-semitic press.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Dank has been cleared of 24 of 34 charges by AFL Anti Doping Tribunal. He isn't guilty of supplying to AFL players. Ten charges have been upheld related to trafficking and supply to AFL support staff at Essendon, Gold Coast, Carlton and in Baseball. The ten charges may be appealed because it appears to be an over reach to charge Dank with an offence unrelated to players of the sport. Considering what MLB did to A-Rod, one feels they can take care of themselves. But the entire situation has been manufactured by ASADA to protect the ALP desperate for a distraction over a year ago.
The missing 3 yo child, William Tyrrell, may have been taken by a pedophile ring. There seems to be no other explanation. He didn't wander off, he disappeared while under parental supervision. He lived in a remote country area. So any abductor was probably known by him. There can be nothing more heartbreaking for his parents.
Greens are claiming success for things they have obstructed or have no hand in. Just as when the ALP trumpeted success for ending the Pacific Solution and claiming they were more compassionate than the conservatives. It was not true, but still the claim is made despite all the evidence.
It is important to care for the environment. That is why home energy should be from coal, and cars should be powered by petrol. Because it is efficient. And if industry has a role in saving the environment, it will be because it was profitable.
In 1397, Geoffrey Chaucer, a writer and public servant, told his Canterbury Tales for the first time. It was an unfinished work, because Chaucer died before completing it, but he had written enough to show the scope of the work. The tales related to the then custom of visiting Canterbury Cathedral for similar reasons Islamic People go to Mecca. It was religious, but also a party. Canterbury Cathedral is where Thomas Becket was martyred. Thomas had resisted his friend's, the king's (Henry II), desire to do things which were a-religious. Some claimed Becket was greedy and spending church money on himself. An exasperated king asked aloud "Won't someone rid me of this meddlesome priest?" and some knights took it upon themselves to kill Becket. They did, in Canterbury Cathedral, but in cutting down the figure of Becket while he was praying to God, the discovery was made Becket wore a hair shirt. Nobody wore a hair shirt for comfort. It was a terrible material which was too warm and subject to lice. Called mortification of the flesh, Becket wore it without telling anyone so as to be devoted to God without bragging. He had been faithful to God, and murdered by order of his King and friend. The killers fled to Rome, and the Pope ordered they serve penance by serving in the Holy Land, thus forming the order of the Knights of St Thomas.
In 1492, Columbus signed an agreement to go to Asia and collect spices. He was diverted. In 1521, Martin Luther was asked to answer specific charges. He asked for time to consider them, and was given one night. In 1895, Japan and China signed for peace. Within fifty years, neither side had a government party to the signing. In 1897, the first UFO incident occurred, and the first hoax in Texas. In 1937, Daffy Duck first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt. In 1945, Brazilian forces liberated the Italian town called Montese from the NAZIS. In 1961, Bay of Pigs disaster in Cuba was made worse by JFK. In 1969, Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing Bobby Kennedy. In 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely. In 1973, George Lucas began writing a preparation for Star Wars. In 1984, a policeman in London was killed by a gun fired from a Libyan embassy.
The missing 3 yo child, William Tyrrell, may have been taken by a pedophile ring. There seems to be no other explanation. He didn't wander off, he disappeared while under parental supervision. He lived in a remote country area. So any abductor was probably known by him. There can be nothing more heartbreaking for his parents.
Greens are claiming success for things they have obstructed or have no hand in. Just as when the ALP trumpeted success for ending the Pacific Solution and claiming they were more compassionate than the conservatives. It was not true, but still the claim is made despite all the evidence.
It is important to care for the environment. That is why home energy should be from coal, and cars should be powered by petrol. Because it is efficient. And if industry has a role in saving the environment, it will be because it was profitable.
In 1397, Geoffrey Chaucer, a writer and public servant, told his Canterbury Tales for the first time. It was an unfinished work, because Chaucer died before completing it, but he had written enough to show the scope of the work. The tales related to the then custom of visiting Canterbury Cathedral for similar reasons Islamic People go to Mecca. It was religious, but also a party. Canterbury Cathedral is where Thomas Becket was martyred. Thomas had resisted his friend's, the king's (Henry II), desire to do things which were a-religious. Some claimed Becket was greedy and spending church money on himself. An exasperated king asked aloud "Won't someone rid me of this meddlesome priest?" and some knights took it upon themselves to kill Becket. They did, in Canterbury Cathedral, but in cutting down the figure of Becket while he was praying to God, the discovery was made Becket wore a hair shirt. Nobody wore a hair shirt for comfort. It was a terrible material which was too warm and subject to lice. Called mortification of the flesh, Becket wore it without telling anyone so as to be devoted to God without bragging. He had been faithful to God, and murdered by order of his King and friend. The killers fled to Rome, and the Pope ordered they serve penance by serving in the Holy Land, thus forming the order of the Knights of St Thomas.
In 1492, Columbus signed an agreement to go to Asia and collect spices. He was diverted. In 1521, Martin Luther was asked to answer specific charges. He asked for time to consider them, and was given one night. In 1895, Japan and China signed for peace. Within fifty years, neither side had a government party to the signing. In 1897, the first UFO incident occurred, and the first hoax in Texas. In 1937, Daffy Duck first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt. In 1945, Brazilian forces liberated the Italian town called Montese from the NAZIS. In 1961, Bay of Pigs disaster in Cuba was made worse by JFK. In 1969, Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of killing Bobby Kennedy. In 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely. In 1973, George Lucas began writing a preparation for Star Wars. In 1984, a policeman in London was killed by a gun fired from a Libyan embassy.
From 2014
I sent my petition to Mr Abbott's office yesterday after Barry O'Farrell resigned. I got an immediate reply which passed responsibility to the Australian Minister for Justice. So, I looked to get in touch with that department. I need to send them a fax. I will do it .. maybe on Good Friday. A reminder that my blog is every day of the year. I'm proud of that, although I don't profit from it yet. I once got three payments of $12 US in 2008 and so started a business with what the insane call encouragement of Centerlink. Mr O'Farrell is copping some criticism, but the truth is he ran an effective and clean government. Mr Baird has big shoes to fill, but I believe he can do it. The entire conservative team has more honour individually than the ALP collectively.
There is gathering impetus for those questioning the existence of the ICAC. We need them. We need them to be competent.
There is gathering impetus for those questioning the existence of the ICAC. We need them. We need them to be competent.
Historical perspective on this day
In 1080, the King of Denmark Harald III died and was succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonised. 1349, Fall of the Bavand dynasty, and rise of the Afrasiyab dynasty. 1397, Geoffrey Chaucer told The Canterbury Tales for the first time at the court of Richard II. Chaucer scholars have also identified this date (in 1387) as the start of the book's pilgrimage to Canterbury. 1492, Spain and Christopher Columbus signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe for his voyage to Asia to acquire spices. 1521, trial of Martin Lutherover his teachings began during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. Initially intimidated, he asked for time to reflect before answering and was given a stay of one day. 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York harbor. 1555, after 18 months of siege, Siena surrenders to the Florentine-Imperial army. The Republic of Siena was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Tuscany. 1797, Sir Ralph Abercromby attacked San Juan, Puerto Rico, in what would be one of the largest invasions of the Spanish territories in America. Also 1797, citizens of Verona, Italy, began an eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces, which would end unsuccessfully.
In 1861, the state of Virginia's secession convention voted to secede from the United States, becoming the 8th state to join the Confederate States of America. 1863, American Civil War: Grierson's Raid began – troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attacked central Mississippi. 1864, American Civil War: The Battle of Plymouth began – Confederate forces attacked Plymouth, North Carolina. 1895, the Treaty of Shimonoseki between Chinaand Japan was signed. This marked the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, and the defeated Qing Empire was forced to renounce its claims on Korea and to concede the southern portion of the Fengtien province, Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands to Japan. 1897, the Aurora, Texas UFO incident
In 1905, The Supreme Court of the United States decided Lochner v. New York, which held that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. 1907, the Ellis Island immigration centre processed 11,747 people, more than on any other day. 1912, Russian troops opened fire on striking goldfield workers in northeast Siberia, killing at least 150. 1937, Daffy Duck's first appearance, in Porky's Duck Hunt. 1941, World War II: The Kingdom of Yugoslavia surrendered to Germany. 1942, French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escaped from his castle prison in Festung Königstein. 1944, forces of the Communist-controlled Greek People's Liberation Army attacked the smaller National and Social Liberation resistance group, which surrendered. Its leader Dimitrios Psarros was murdered. 1945, World War II: Brazilian forces liberated the town of Montese, Italy, from Nazi forces. 1946, Syria obtained its independence from the French occupation. 1949, at midnight 26 Irish counties officially left the British Commonwealth. A 21-gun salute on O'Connell Bridge, Dublin, ushered in the Republic of Ireland.
In 1951, the Peak District became the United Kingdom's first National Park. 1961, Bay of Pigs Invasion: A group of Cuban exiles financed and trained by the CIA landed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba with the aim of ousting Fidel Castro. 1964, Jerrie Mock became the first woman to circumnavigate the world by air. Also 1964, Ford Mustang was introduced to the North American market. 1969, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating Robert F. Kennedy. Also 1969, Communist Party of Czechoslovakia chairman Alexander Dubček was deposed. 1970, Apollo program: The ill-fated Apollo 13 spacecraft returned to Earth safely. 1971, the People's Republic of Bangladesh formed, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor. 1973, George Lucas began writing the treatment for The Star Wars. 1975, the Cambodian Civil War ended. The Khmer Rouge captured the capital Phnom Penh and Cambodian government forces surrendered. 1978, Mir Akbar Khyber was assassinated, provoking a communist coup d'état in Afghanistan.
In 1982, Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. 1984, police Constable Yvonne Fletcher was killed by gunfire from the Libyan People's Bureau (Embassy) in London during a small demonstration outside the embassy. Ten others were wounded. The events led to an 11-day siege of the building. 1986, the Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly ended. Also 1986, Nezar Hindawi's attempt to detonate a bomb aboard an El Al flight from London to Tel Aviv was thwarted. 2006, Sami Hammad, a Palestinian suicide bomber, detonated an explosive device in Tel Aviv, killing 11 people and injuring 70. 2013, An explosion at a fertiliser plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people and injured 160 others. 2014, NASA's Kepler confirmed the discovery of the first Earth-size planet in the habitable zone of another star.
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Today's reading: 1 Samuel 30-31, Luke 13:23-35 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: 1 Samuel 30-31
David Destroys the Amalekites
1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it, 2 and had taken captive the women and everyone else in it, both young and old. They killed none of them, but carried them off as they went on their way.
3 When David and his men reached Ziklag, they found it destroyed by fire and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive. 4 So David and his men wept aloud until they had no strength left to weep. 5 David's two wives had been captured-Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel.6 David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God....
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 13:23-35
23 Someone asked him, "Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?"
He said to them, 24 "Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. 25Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, 'Sir, open the door for us.'
"But he will answer, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
26 "Then you will say, 'We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.'
27 "But he will reply, 'I don't know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!'
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Standing at the foot of the cross, we see hands, and feet, and side, all distilling crimson streams of precious blood. It is "precious" because of its redeeming and atoning efficacy. By it the sins of Christ's people are atoned for; they are redeemed from under the law; they are reconciled to God, made one with him. Christ's blood is also "precious" in its cleansing power; it "cleanseth from all sin." "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Through Jesus' blood there is not a spot left upon any believer, no wrinkle nor any such thing remains. O precious blood, which makes us clean, removing the stains of abundant iniquity, and permitting us to stand accepted in the Beloved, notwithstanding the many ways in which we have rebelled against our God. The blood of Christ is likewise "precious" in its preserving power. We are safe from the destroying angel under the sprinkled blood. Remember it is God's seeing the blood which is the true reason for our being spared. Here is comfort for us when the eye of faith is dim, for God's eye is still the same. The blood of Christ is "precious" also in its sanctifying influence. The same blood which justifies by taking away sin, does in its after-action, quicken the new nature and lead it onward to subdue sin and to follow out the commands of God. There is no motive for holiness so great as that which streams from the veins of Jesus. And "precious," unspeakably precious, is this blood, because it has an overcoming power. It is written, "They overcame through the blood of the Lamb." How could they do otherwise? He who fights with the precious blood of Jesus, fights with a weapon which cannot know defeat. The blood of Jesus! sin dies at its presence, death ceases to be death: heaven's gates are opened. The blood of Jesus! we shall march on, conquering and to conquer, so long as we can trust its power!
Evening
So mighty was the prayer of Moses, that all depended upon it. The petitions of Moses discomfited the enemy more than the fighting of Joshua. Yet both were needed. So, in the soul's conflict, force and fervour, decision and devotion, valour and vehemence, must join their forces, and all will be well. You must wrestle with your sin, but the major part of the wrestling must be done alone in private with God. Prayer, like Moses', holds up the token of the covenant before the Lord. The rod was the emblem of God's working with Moses, the symbol of God's government in Israel. Learn, O pleading saint, to hold up the promise and the oath of God before him. The Lord cannot deny his own declarations. Hold up the rod of promise, and have what you will.
Moses grew weary, and then his friends assisted him. When at any time your prayer flags, let faith support one hand, and let holy hope uplift the other, and prayer seating itself upon the stone of Israel, the rock of our salvation, will persevere and prevail. Beware of faintness in devotion; if Moses felt it, who can escape? It is far easier to fight with sin in public, than to pray against it in private. It is remarked that Joshua never grew weary in the fighting, but Moses did grow weary in the praying; the more spiritual an exercise, the more difficult it is for flesh and blood to maintain it. Let us cry, then, for special strength, and may the Spirit of God, who helpeth our infirmities, as he allowed help to Moses, enable us like him to continue with our hands steady "until the going down of the sun;" till the evening of life is over; till we shall come to the rising of a better sun in the land where prayer is swallowed up in praise.
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“Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.” - Romans 13:8=
Paul was writing to Rome from Corinth. He had Tertius of Iconium write this while he dictated. Paul had established a number of churches around the Greek seas in the decade leading up to the letter. Rome was the then undisputed capital of the 'known world.'
Here, Paul shifts from the previous verses of government to our other responsibility, love. Government is temporal, but love is divine and eternal.
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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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