It is Easter, and a family member is coming to my rescue. I thank them. in the mean time, my computer is stuffed. Apple cannot help. the screen is cracked and would cost $800 to replace for a computer worth under $250. It may be my hard disc is stuffed (it is solid state!). The new operating system, Big Sur, won't allow me to run my own programs, like Final Cut Pro. Apple does not know why. When I buy a new computer, they expect to charge me for software I already own.
Editorial, an Easter Message
Nothing lasts forever. My time is nearly up. I have relied on a 2013 era laptop to get through my 28 published books and online work. My ERTAON keys are all faded to smears as opposed to letters, and I only recognise them by position. This morning, I dropped my computer and now the screen is partly obscured by crisscrossing bands. I'm taking it to maintenance, but have little hope it won't be expensive. A comparable modern computer would cost me over $8k Australian, without insurance. I need to upgrade my phone, my iPad, my refrigerator and my calculator too, to be of a work standard for school. I can do without the latter for a time, but the loss of my computer is a blow. I went to Centrelink to organise a loan. They could loan me $500. I can't get a loan from a bank. The end comes with a rush, and a little whimper. I am proud of what I have achieved. I believe I can still follow through with daily postings to complete my video projects of Bible Reading, Bible Quotes and Morning and Evening. I will leave behind my 28 books. I explain to my students that to tell the truth, one must sometimes lie. The truth is I love God. I understate my issues, so as to not detract from my message of love for God. But in understating my issues, I am lying. The fact that I will eventually fail, falling from my stage, does not mean God is not working powerfully in my life.
I tell people not to fight the Devil, but resist it. The Devil is fought by God, and has lost, The Devil has no future, but a black pit from which there is no escape. But, if one tries to fight the Devil, they can end up dancing to its' tune. It is not my job to be immortal. But it is my job to do my best. I thank Jesus for my life.
It is ok to fail, but better to be successful. MyHeritage had DNA linked me to a US based cousin. We have separate trees without common ancestors, but Ball is prominent in each. MyHeritage used generic trees to link us, providing me with a map. A common ancestor, it turned out, was the Potomac Ball line which includes George Washington. I immediately set about disproving the link in the hopes I would be unsuccessful. But I succeeded!
My family 'Ball' line goes to Salford, Manchester in the mid 1800's. We believe the line originated in County Cork, Ireland. However, Potomac Ball line originates in Manchester circa 1600. I'm confident, if I can research that far, I'll find a Potomac Ball before their migration to the New World as tobacco farmers. My Salford line includes a James Ball in mid 1800's whose father I've not yet found. It may have been a George Ball. The Potomac line includes a mid 1800 George Ball. However the Potomac George Ball would have been 9 years old when his first son was conceived. Unlikely. More likely is that my DNA linked cousin could not find their match and searched the Potomac way as a possible compromise.
My search continues for family.
The illegal immigration crisis at the border continues to explode. New pictures emerge which show the devastation at the border. In this episode, I discuss the crisis, and the growing scandal about the origins of the coronavirus.
News Picks:
- WHO investigator admits he took China’s word for it on the lab-leak theory.
- Governor Kristi Noem kills ban to ensure only women compete in women’s sports.
- Unsealed recordings capture the plot to ensnare Papa John’s CEO.
- The “Equality” Act is another salvo in the war on people of faith.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Unveils $2 Trillion Infrastructure and Tax Proposal – Trump Blasts “Radical” PlanJailed Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Starts Hunger Strike
Trump Says He’s Considering First Rally Since Leaving Office
SCOTUS Appears Sympathetic to College Athletes in NCAA Compensation Case
Wisconsin Supreme Court Strikes Down Mask Mandate
U.S. Military Raises Europe Threat Level to “Potential Imminent Crisis” Amid Russia-Ukraine Escalation
Capitol Hill
YouTube to Remove “Dislike” Feature as Biden White House Videos Get Overwhelmingly Negative Feedback
State Department to Set $2.5 Million on Fire by Creating “Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”
AOC Says the Phrase “Border Surge” Is “White Supremacist Thinking”
Buttigieg “Honored” to Appear With VA Gov. Northam Less Than Two Years After Calling for Him to Resign
Bipartisan Push in Congress Seeks to Rein in Biden’s War Powers
Many of Those Arrested for January 6 Capitol Incident Won’t Get Prison Time
Florida GOP Follows Georgia’s Lead, Considers Sweeping Elections Bill
Joe Biden’s Path Towards Fiscal Doom
Pentagon Diversity Chief Reassigned Amid Probe Into Social Media Posts
Susan Rice Put in Charge of Efforts to Expand Vote by Mail
Reporters Finally Allowed to Tour Biden’s “Kids in Cages” Facilities
Culture War
Biden Displays Transgender Flags at White House
Facebook Removes Video of Trump Interview With Daughter-in-Law Lara
CNN Avoids Covering Gov. Cuomo’s Ninth Accuser, Scandal Implicating Host Chris Cuomo
U.S. Olympic Committee Releases Protest Guidelines – Allows Athletes to Raise Fists, Kneel During Anthem
Rochester Mayor Proposes Marijuana-Funded Reparations
GoFundMe Removes Page for Parents Fighting Critical Race Theory Propaganda
The Battle for the Second Amendment Moves to the States
Nearly Two-Thirds of Americans Now See Cancel Culture as Threat to Their Freedom
Woke Media Hits Another Low
AP Editor Asks Staff Not to Call U.S.-Mexico Border Crisis a Crisis
CNN: It’s Impossible to Know a Person’s Gender Identity at Birth
Economy
Biden Quietly Extends Eviction Moratorium
Progressives Want Biden to Spend $10 Trillion on “Green Infrastructure” and Whatever “Climate Justice” Is
Treasuries Selloff as Investors Double Down on Economic Recovery Bets
More Regulatory Scrutiny Coming to Shadow Banks Following Archegos Meltdown
Biden Shelves Warren’s Wealth Tax Proposal, for Now
Consumer Confidence Hits One-Year-High
21 Dem Senators Push Biden to Implement Recurring Stimulus Checks
PPP Program for Small Businesses Extended Until May 31
Probe Into Suez Canal Blockage Begins
Dems Push for SALT Tax Repeal That Would Help the Wealthy While Calling for Higher Taxes on the Wealthy
Swamp Watch
92% of Central American Kids & Families Bypass Mexican Enforcement to Reach U.S.
Durham Reportedly Issuing Subpoenas and Interviewing Witnesses
Top Dems Lay Out Plans for Big Tech Antitrust Legislation
Cops Outraged That NYPD Cop-Killer Recruited to Help Design Police Reform in New York
WaPo Gives Biden “Four Pinocchios” for False Claim About Georgia Voting Law
An FBI So Corrupt That It Fails to Stop Mass Shooters Needs to Go
Buttigieg Decides to Issue an Update About His Proposed Mileage Tax
CNN’s Stelter Gets Schooled By ABC’s Jon Karl When He Tries to Sell the Border Narrative
CBS Evening News Devotes a Scant 23 Seconds to Ninth Cuomo Accuser
Matt Gaetz Tells Tucker Carlson He’s Being Extorted
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Biden's Infrastructure Plan: Raise Corporate Tax Rates
Trump Slams Biden Plan: 'Largest Tax Hike in American History'
Progressives Want Infrastructure Plan to Include $10T for Climate
Chamber Slams Tax Hikes in Infrastructure Proposal
Blinken Reaffirms Trump-Era Ruling on Hong Kong Autonomy
Biden's $2T Infrastructure Plan Targets Business With Tax Hikes
GOP Legislators Rip Reported Plan to Repeal Iran Sanctions
Reversing Trump, Pentagon to Release New Transgender Policy
Biden to Let Trump's H1-B Visa Ban Expire in Win for Big Tech
State, Local Deduction Is Coming Back, Top Democrats Say
Ex-ICE Director Homan: Biden Designed Surge to Open Borders
Newsfront
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Google Plans to Reopen Some US Offices Within the Next Month
Amazon to Bring Workers Back to Offices by Fall
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Here is a video I made Cosmic Evolution
Found on Space.com
By Dr Laurance Doyle
(with apologies to Langdon Smith's Evolution Poem)
audio available at
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=78334
When the Earth was young, and the Moon nearby, in a cometary sea, prokaryotic thoughts arose, what fun it is to be!
"Lets rust the world!" we all agreed, "until the iron's done. We'll use the oxygen we make! Come on, it will be fun!"
As huge salt mountains melted down to spice the saltless seas, the dosado tectonic dance of plate activities,
Trilobites now filled the sea, and oxygen the air, "What say we all crawl up on land? And have a picnic there!"
"We'll bring amphibians and trees, and Oh, it will be fun! And bring some extra ozone to protect us from the Sun."
So off we went, and partied on, from cynodont to 'saur. Time flies when one is having fun. Then from a distant shore,
We saw a comet hit the ground, the best I've ever seen. It turned the Moon a pretty blue, the Sun a shade of green.
"Now that's a party!" we all sang, and went to mammals be. The 'saurs became a little flock of ornithology.
The trees were great, but it was late, so onto two we strode. And chipped some stone and built some fires to warm the cave abode.
"Already the Holocene? My how the time does fly! Seems like t'was but yesterday, when the Moon was nearby."
Now here we are, upon the Moon. Next—to another sun! A galaxy to party in. I said it would be fun!
https://rumble.com/vaqscz-cosmic-evolution.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. It is Easter Sunday and April 1st. So an insane Australia First aficionado has published a column saying she was an AFP officer killed as Mossad has kidnapped Jim Saleam the leader of the organisation. Saleam is a National Socialist from way back. Apparently the University of Sydney gave him a PhD for his jail work on radicalism. What will that University do for my world history? I'm a conservative, not a radical. I don't wish Saleam ill, I just want to be able to discredit his bad ideas. I'm not Jewish, but the NAZIS would claim I am because of my family. Saleam's follower thinks it is funny to suggest Mossad act illegally and irrationally. I don't need BDS type rubbish in my feed. For the record, I view Israel as a Jewish homeland, but feel that Jews should be able to prosper everywhere in the world. I argue similarly for others who aren't terrorists. Jocelyn Newman, former Australian Senator for Tasmania, federal Minister, and, mum to Campbell Newman, has died aged 80 from complications related to Alzheimers. It is ok to die old and blessed. I would rather her ending had been sweeter, but that is no fault of hers. She gave generously and served well.
Craig Ondarchie has wished you well this Easter. He is one of two who took a parliamentary pair for Good Friday, and still showed to vote for CFA. The ALP government had attempted an underhanded vote when an unpaired conservative was not present. I thank Craig for standing up for CFA and Victoria to prevent the threat to peace in Victoria that that legislation would be if enabled. Craig is highly criticised for it, but he is in good company on Easter.
Eight years ago Robert H Richards IV was not given custodial detainment for raping his daughter. Robert is an heir to the du Pont family fortune. Attorney General Biden, son of the VP, rubber stamped the decision. Beau Biden died of Brain Cancer in '15 diagnosed in '10. The decision is inexplicable if corruption is not involved.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Triggs, chief of the Australian Human Rights Council, and very well remunerated, is a lousy advocate for human rights. Her latest well paid throw away line is to regret families having free speech around the dinner table. It is just so unregulated. If Triggs had her way, only Triggs approved phrases would be uttered. Which may be why South Australia is paying out to 350 people claiming to be from a stolen generation which South Australian courts say did not happen. The South Australian Government is begging people to take the money without asking questions. Just like their renewable energy policy which has seen state wide blackouts. Dan Andrews is jealous. He wants state wide blackouts too. And for traffic lights to accurately reflect gender. Suggesting Andrews has had Triggs over for dinner.
Meanwhile, the electorates where Greens profited most from the environmental scares regarding Coal Seam Gas are not the electorates where any CSG fracking is planned. But the new members will be able to tell electorates, where CSG can be safely and responsibly mined, that it isn't for them.
In 528, the first girl was made monarch in Chinese history. The next day she was deposed. In 1340, Niels Ebbesen entered the bedroom of Gerhard III of Holstein. Niels brought friends with him. He didn't like Gerhard. They cut off Gerhard's head and then beat a drum to let people know what they had done. They escaped across a bridge already weakened to be destroyed to prevent chase. Only one of the group of friends died in the escape. Denmark's interregnum was over. In 1826, the internal combustion engine was patented. In 1854, Charles Dickens serialised his novel Hard Times for a magazine. In 1867, Singapore became a British colony. In 1873, the worst maritime disaster of the nineteenth century had White Star's RMS Atlantic sink of Nova Scotia, killing 547. In 1891, the Wrigley Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois. In 1919, Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus school in Weimar. In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced for his Beer Hall Putsch. In 1933, Nazis organised a one day strike against Jewish companies. On the same day, Walter Hammond hit the then highest cricket score in Test Matches of 336 not out against New Zealand for England. In 1957, BBC did an April Fools hoax program of Spaghetti Trees being blighted. In 1970, President Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking act into law. In 1976, Apple was launched as a computer company. Also in 1976, British Astronomer Patrick Moore made the Jovian Pluto gravitational hoax. In 2004, Google released GMail.
=== from 2016 ===
Ronnie Corbett was a brilliant comedian and a beautiful man. He died old and blessed and has a lasting legacy of laughter and love. His off the cuff remarks were clean but sounded very naughty. I recall one time talking to Parkinson that he had been in a nightclub where many of the serving women wore only black gloves and black shoes. He said everywhere he looked he saw a five of spades. He also retained great flexibility for physical comedy. He illustrated bending over to tie a shoe, and in that position said at his age he also looked around to see if there were any more tasks to do while down there. He died just before April Fools. Clearly not wanting to spoil the joke.
Australia has a Prime Minister who is a bad joke. He promised to set the agenda, and explain better, why cuts needed to be made to improve the economy. He hasn't. Instead he has dithered between cuts and expenses and achieved nothing while explaining nothing.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
Australia has a Prime Minister who is a bad joke. He promised to set the agenda, and explain better, why cuts needed to be made to improve the economy. He hasn't. Instead he has dithered between cuts and expenses and achieved nothing while explaining nothing.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
NSW conservatives have had a hard fought win to get legislation through regulating Kings Cross pubs and clubs. Libertarians said it was an over reach. ALP have vested interests in alcohol distribution. And so with strong media opposition suggesting the world would end, people would stop visiting Sydney, and they would take their fights to Melbourne, the legislation was passed. And the results are strong, with crime down across the board and police able to concentrate on other things. And the result was contained, not released before or during the recent election campaign. It is Mike Baird's birthday and April Fool's day. But it is the media that is playing us for mugs. Where are the balanced journalists suggesting the world would end, retracting their statements?
Meanwhile, the electorates where Greens profited most from the environmental scares regarding Coal Seam Gas are not the electorates where any CSG fracking is planned. But the new members will be able to tell electorates, where CSG can be safely and responsibly mined, that it isn't for them.
In 528, the first girl was made monarch in Chinese history. The next day she was deposed. In 1340, Niels Ebbesen entered the bedroom of Gerhard III of Holstein. Niels brought friends with him. He didn't like Gerhard. They cut off Gerhard's head and then beat a drum to let people know what they had done. They escaped across a bridge already weakened to be destroyed to prevent chase. Only one of the group of friends died in the escape. Denmark's interregnum was over. In 1826, the internal combustion engine was patented. In 1854, Charles Dickens serialised his novel Hard Times for a magazine. In 1867, Singapore became a British colony. In 1873, the worst maritime disaster of the nineteenth century had White Star's RMS Atlantic sink of Nova Scotia, killing 547. In 1891, the Wrigley Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois. In 1919, Walter Gropius founded the Bauhaus school in Weimar. In 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced for his Beer Hall Putsch. In 1933, Nazis organised a one day strike against Jewish companies. On the same day, Walter Hammond hit the then highest cricket score in Test Matches of 336 not out against New Zealand for England. In 1957, BBC did an April Fools hoax program of Spaghetti Trees being blighted. In 1970, President Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking act into law. In 1976, Apple was launched as a computer company. Also in 1976, British Astronomer Patrick Moore made the Jovian Pluto gravitational hoax. In 2004, Google released GMail.
From 2014
I have an interest in new technology but I despise the hucksterism of Anthropogenic Global Warming belief. Channel 10 on Monday had programmed in the afternoon an episode on new technology in fuels of the future. I was curious. I saw the beginning, which was about, rampant global warming meaning people aren't evolving fast enough to survive, before I turned off feeling ripped off again. Their religion with little basis in reality spoils much. It is well remunerated for those on the gravy train. The global cost worldwide is more than a $trillion. And that is money that has been spent at the expense of the poorest peoples on the planet. Military isn't shrinking. No one is phasing out police. Or lawyers. But money which might have gone to employment or food production is gone. The cost of AGW extremism is poverty for many. Many die from deprivation. They can't evolve fast enough.
Julia Gillard was giving a talk in Ottawa Canada before April Fools Day. Speaking at a progress summit of her government's 'achievements.' She could have said that she implemented the tax after promising she wouldn't and then got booted for being unpopular by a person who proudly claimed he had ended the tax. Now the ALP are blocking attempts to repeal the tax they claimed they had ended after having been forced to implement what they had promised they wouldn't, by Greens. Instead, Gillard claimed pride in implementing the tax to her audience. She claims there is little resistance to it. She probably meant support. Words seem to confuse her, but she is a simple misandrist.
Julia Gillard was giving a talk in Ottawa Canada before April Fools Day. Speaking at a progress summit of her government's 'achievements.' She could have said that she implemented the tax after promising she wouldn't and then got booted for being unpopular by a person who proudly claimed he had ended the tax. Now the ALP are blocking attempts to repeal the tax they claimed they had ended after having been forced to implement what they had promised they wouldn't, by Greens. Instead, Gillard claimed pride in implementing the tax to her audience. She claims there is little resistance to it. She probably meant support. Words seem to confuse her, but she is a simple misandrist.
Historical perspective on this day
In 286, Emperor Diocletian elevated his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gave him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire. 325, Crown Prince Jin Chengdi, age 4, succeeded his father Jin Mingdi as emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. 457, Majorian was acclaimed emperor by the Roman army. 527, Byzantine EmperorJustin I named his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne. 528, the daughter of Emperor Xiaoming of Northern Wei was made the "Emperor" as a male heir of the late emperor by Empress Dowager Hu, deposed and replaced by Yuan Zhao the next day; she was the first female monarch in the History of China, but not widely recognised.
In 1293, Robert Winchelsey left England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. 1318, Berwick-upon-Tweed was captured by the Scottish from England. 1340, Niels Ebbesen killed Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark. 1545, Potosí was founded after the discovery of major silver deposits in the area. 1572, in the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen captured Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. 1625, a combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commenced the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War. 1789, in New York City, the United States House of Representatives held its first quorum and elected Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
In 1826, Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine. 1833, the Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, began in San Felipe de Austin 1854, Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times began serialisation in his magazine, Household Words. 1865, American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks. Union Army led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeated Confederate States Army led by George Pickett, leading to Breakthrough at Petersburg and Appomattox Campaign. 1867, Singapore became a British crown colony. 1871, the first stage of the Brill Tramway opens. 1873, the White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sank off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in the worst marine disaster of the 19th century. 1887, Mumbai Fire Brigade was established. 1891, the Wrigley Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1893, the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy was established.
In 1908, the Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) was formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. 1918, the Royal Air Force was created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. 1919, the Staatliches Bauhausschool was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. 1922, Six Irish Catholic civilians were shot and beaten to death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spent only nine months in jail, during which he wrote Mein Kampf. Also 1924, the Royal Canadian Air Force was formed. 1933, the recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicherorganise a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts. Also 1933, English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand. 1935, India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India was formed. 1936, Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal became a state in India. 1937, Aden became a British crown colony. Also 1937, Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain was bombed by Nazi forces. 1939, Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announced the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.
In 1941, Fântâna Albă massacre: between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians were killed by Soviet Border Guards. 1941 the Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy was instituted. Also 1941, a military coup in Iraq overthrew the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installed Rashid Alias Prime Minister. 1944, Navigation errors led to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. 1945, World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops landed on Okinawa in the last major campaign of the war. 1946, Aleutian Island earthquake: An 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands created a tsunami that struck the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo. Also 1946, formation of the Malayan Union. 1947, Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II. 1948, Cold War: Berlin Airlift — Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. Also 1948, Faroe Islandsgained autonomy from Denmark. 1949, Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Partyheld unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. Also 1949, the Government of Canada repealed Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. Also 1949, the 26 counties of the Irish Free State became Ireland.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorises the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. 1955, the EOKA rebellion against the British Empire began in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece. 1957, the BBC broadcast the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. 1959, Iakovos was enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America. 1960, the TIROS-1satellite transmits the first television picture from space. Also 1960, Dr. Martens released its first boot, the model 1460. 1967, the United States Department of Transportation began operation. 1969, the Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigaretteadvertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. 1971, Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh. 1973, Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, was launched in the Corbett National Park, India. 1974, in the United Kingdom, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties came into being. 1976, Apple Inc. was formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Also 1976, Conrail took over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.. Also 1976, the Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect, soon revealed as an April Fools' Day hoax, was first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore. 1978, the Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, became the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. 1979, Iran became an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah. 1986, Sector Kanda: Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attacked a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. 1989, Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), was introduced in Scotland. 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp was seen passing over perihelion. 1999, Nunavut was established as a Canadianterritory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
In 2001, an EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collided with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew made an emergency landing in Hainan, China and was detained. Also 2001, former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrendered to police special forces, to be tried on war crimescharges. Also 2001, Same-sex marriage became legal in the Netherlands, the firstcontemporary country to allow it. 2004, Google announced Gmail to the public. Also 2004, KTX was opened to traffic (Express:Seoul Station~Dongdaegu station, exclude Dongdaegu~Singyoungju~Ulsan~Busan) then, Tongil, which was the local train of Republic of Korea had retired. 2006, the Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", was created in the United Kingdom. 2009, Croatia and Albania joined NATO. 2011, after protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
In 1293, Robert Winchelsey left England for Rome, to be consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury. 1318, Berwick-upon-Tweed was captured by the Scottish from England. 1340, Niels Ebbesen killed Gerhard III of Holstein in his bedroom, ending the 1332-1340 interregnum in Denmark. 1545, Potosí was founded after the discovery of major silver deposits in the area. 1572, in the Eighty Years' War, the Watergeuzen captured Brielle from the Spaniards, gaining the first foothold on land for what would become the Dutch Republic. 1625, a combined Spanish and Portuguese fleet of 52 ships commenced the recapture of Bahia from the Dutch during the Dutch–Portuguese War. 1789, in New York City, the United States House of Representatives held its first quorum and elected Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.
In 1826, Samuel Morey patented the internal combustion engine. 1833, the Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas to help draft a series of petitions to the Mexican government, began in San Felipe de Austin 1854, Charles Dickens' novel Hard Times began serialisation in his magazine, Household Words. 1865, American Civil War: Battle of Five Forks. Union Army led by Philip Sheridan decisively defeated Confederate States Army led by George Pickett, leading to Breakthrough at Petersburg and Appomattox Campaign. 1867, Singapore became a British crown colony. 1871, the first stage of the Brill Tramway opens. 1873, the White Star steamer RMS Atlantic sank off Nova Scotia, killing 547 in the worst marine disaster of the 19th century. 1887, Mumbai Fire Brigade was established. 1891, the Wrigley Company was founded in Chicago, Illinois. 1893, the rank of Chief Petty Officer in the United States Navy was established.
In 1908, the Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) was formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army. 1918, the Royal Air Force was created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. 1919, the Staatliches Bauhausschool was founded by Walter Gropius in Weimar. 1922, Six Irish Catholic civilians were shot and beaten to death by a gang of policemen in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1924, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in jail for his participation in the "Beer Hall Putsch". However, he spent only nine months in jail, during which he wrote Mein Kampf. Also 1924, the Royal Canadian Air Force was formed. 1933, the recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicherorganise a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts. Also 1933, English cricketer Wally Hammond set a record for the highest individual Test innings of 336 not out, during a Test match against New Zealand. 1935, India's central banking institution, The Reserve Bank of India was formed. 1936, Odisha formerly known as Kalinga or Utkal became a state in India. 1937, Aden became a British crown colony. Also 1937, Spanish Civil War: Jaén, Spain was bombed by Nazi forces. 1939, Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announced the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrendered.
In 1941, Fântâna Albă massacre: between 200 and 2,000 Romanian civilians were killed by Soviet Border Guards. 1941 the Blockade Runner Badge for the German navy was instituted. Also 1941, a military coup in Iraq overthrew the regime of 'Abd al-Ilah and installed Rashid Alias Prime Minister. 1944, Navigation errors led to an accidental American bombing of the Swiss city of Schaffhausen. 1945, World War II: Operation Iceberg – United States troops landed on Okinawa in the last major campaign of the war. 1946, Aleutian Island earthquake: An 8.6 magnitude earthquake near the Aleutian Islands created a tsunami that struck the Hawaiian Islands killing 159, mostly in Hilo. Also 1946, formation of the Malayan Union. 1947, Paul becomes king of Greece, on the death of his childless elder brother, George II. 1948, Cold War: Berlin Airlift — Military forces, under direction of the Soviet-controlled government in East Germany, set-up a land blockade of West Berlin. Also 1948, Faroe Islandsgained autonomy from Denmark. 1949, Chinese Civil War: The Chinese Communist Partyheld unsuccessful peace talks with the Nationalist Party in Beijing, after three years of fighting. Also 1949, the Government of Canada repealed Japanese Canadian internment after seven years. Also 1949, the 26 counties of the Irish Free State became Ireland.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorises the creation of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. 1955, the EOKA rebellion against the British Empire began in Cyprus, with the goal of obtaining the desired unification ("enosis") with Greece. 1957, the BBC broadcast the spaghetti tree hoax on its current affairs programme Panorama. 1959, Iakovos was enthroned as Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America. 1960, the TIROS-1satellite transmits the first television picture from space. Also 1960, Dr. Martens released its first boot, the model 1460. 1967, the United States Department of Transportation began operation. 1969, the Hawker Siddeley Harrier enters service with the Royal Air Force.
In 1970, President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law, requiring the Surgeon General's warnings on tobacco products and banning cigaretteadvertisements on television and radio in the United States, starting on January 1, 1971. 1971, Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh. 1973, Project Tiger, a tiger conservation project, was launched in the Corbett National Park, India. 1974, in the United Kingdom, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties came into being. 1976, Apple Inc. was formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Also 1976, Conrail took over operations from six bankrupt railroads in the Northeastern U.S.. Also 1976, the Jovian–Plutonian gravitational effect, soon revealed as an April Fools' Day hoax, was first reported by British astronomer Patrick Moore. 1978, the Philippine College of Commerce, through a presidential decree, became the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. 1979, Iran became an Islamic republic by a 99% vote, officially overthrowing the Shah. 1986, Sector Kanda: Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) cadres attacked a number of police stations in Kathmandu, seeking to incite a popular rebellion. 1989, Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), was introduced in Scotland. 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp was seen passing over perihelion. 1999, Nunavut was established as a Canadianterritory carved out of the eastern part of the Northwest Territories.
In 2001, an EP-3E United States Navy surveillance aircraft collided with a Chinese People's Liberation Army Shenyang J-8 fighter jet. The Navy crew made an emergency landing in Hainan, China and was detained. Also 2001, former President of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Milošević surrendered to police special forces, to be tried on war crimescharges. Also 2001, Same-sex marriage became legal in the Netherlands, the firstcontemporary country to allow it. 2004, Google announced Gmail to the public. Also 2004, KTX was opened to traffic (Express:Seoul Station~Dongdaegu station, exclude Dongdaegu~Singyoungju~Ulsan~Busan) then, Tongil, which was the local train of Republic of Korea had retired. 2006, the Serious Organised Crime Agency, dubbed the "British FBI", was created in the United Kingdom. 2009, Croatia and Albania joined NATO. 2011, after protests against the burning of the Quran turned violent, a mob attacked a United Nations compound in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, resulting in the deaths of thirteen people, including eight foreign workers.
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Today's reading: Judges 11-12, Luke 6:1-26 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Judges 11-12
1 Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior. His father was Gilead; his mother was a prostitute. 2 Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when they were grown up, they drove Jephthah away. "You are not going to get any inheritance in our family," they said, "because you are the son of another woman." 3 So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where a gang of scoundrels gathered around him and followed him.
4 Some time later, when the Ammonites were fighting against Israel, 5 the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob. 6 "Come," they said, "be our commander, so we can fight the Ammonites."
7 Jephthah said to them, "Didn't you hate me and drive me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now, when you're in trouble?"
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 6:1-26
Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath
1 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and his disciples began to pick some heads of grain, rub them in their hands and eat the kernels. 2 Some of the Pharisees asked, "Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?"
3 Jesus answered them, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? 4 He entered the house of God, and taking the consecrated bread, he ate what is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions." 5 Then Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."
6 On another Sabbath he went into the synagogue and was teaching, and a man was there whose right hand was shriveled.7 The Pharisees and the teachers of the law were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath....
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Morning
Pilate delivered our Lord to the lictors to be scourged. The Roman scourge was a most dreadful instrument of torture. It was made of the sinews of oxen, and sharp bones were inter-twisted every here and there among the sinews; so that every time the lash came down these pieces of bone inflicted fearful laceration, and tore off the flesh from the bone. The Saviour was, no doubt, bound to the column, and thus beaten. He had been beaten before; but this of the Roman lictors was probably the most severe of his flagellations. My soul, stand here and weep over his poor stricken body.
Believer in Jesus, can you gaze upon him without tears, as he stands before you the mirror of agonizing love? He is at once fair as the lily for innocence, and red as the rose with the crimson of his own blood. As we feel the sure and blessed healing which his stripes have wrought in us, does not our heart melt at once with love and grief? If ever we have loved our Lord Jesus, surely we must feel that affection glowing now within our bosoms.
"See how the patient Jesus stands,
Insulted in his lowest case!
Sinners have bound the Almighty's hands,
And spit in their Creator's face.
With thorns his temples gor'd and gash'd
Send streams of blood from every part;
His back's with knotted scourges lash'd.
But sharper scourges tear his heart."
We would fain go to our chambers and weep; but since our business calls us away, we will first pray our Beloved to print the image of his bleeding self upon the tablets of our hearts all the day, and at nightfall we will return to commune with him, and sorrow that our sin should have cost him so dear.
Evening
"And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night."
2 Samuel 21:10
2 Samuel 21:10
If the love of a woman to her slain sons could make her prolong her mournful vigil for so long a period, shall we weary of considering the sufferings of our blessed Lord? She drove away the birds of prey, and shall not we chase from our meditations those worldly and sinful thoughts which defile both our minds and the sacred themes upon which we are occupied? Away, ye birds of evil wing! Leave ye the sacrifice alone! She bore the heats of summer, the night dews and the rains, unsheltered and alone. Sleep was chased from her weeping eyes: her heart was too full for slumber. Behold how she loved her children! Shall Rizpah thus endure, and shall we start at the first little inconvenience or trial? Are we such cowards that we cannot bear to suffer with our Lord? She chased away even the wild beasts, with courage unusual in her sex, and will not we be ready to encounter every foe for Jesus' sake? These her children were slain by other hands than hers, and yet she wept and watched: what ought we to do who have by our sins crucified our Lord? Our obligations are boundless, our love should be fervent and our repentance thorough. To watch with Jesus should be our business, to protect his honour our occupation, to abide by his cross our solace. Those ghastly corpses might well have affrighted Rizpah, especially by night, but in our Lord, at whose cross-foot we are sitting, there is nothing revolting, but everything attractive. Never was living beauty so enchanting as a dying Saviour. Jesus, we will watch with thee yet awhile, and do thou graciously unveil thyself to us; then shall we not sit beneath sackcloth, but in a royal pavilion.
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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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