Thursday, April 22, 2021

Thu 22nd April 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Schools endorsing racism as activism

School children being the pawns of activists is not new. The sixties peace marches featured children vs tear gas as Soviet Russia exploited the peace movement for political gain. Marxists are still doing that. BLM leaders can afford mansions as they advocate activists facing dire consequences for actions. The truth is not on the side of those seeking to defund police. But as the trial of Derek Chauvin shows, the law is on the side of drug dealers and users against the thin blue line. 

As a policeman, Chauvin sought to protect and serve. As a congress woman, Waters seeks to exploit and divide. And in Lindfield, Sydney, NSW, Australia, we have a modern school where children post poster lies about police. Activists claim police hunt black people. The truth is black people are safer from rare events of police killing citizens than white people. However, mainstream news promotes lies told by radical left politicians. 

https://rumble.com/vfxh23-editorial-schools-endorsing-racism-as-activism.html
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The Chauvin verdict brought out the worst in the media commentary class. In this episode, I discuss the absolute worst takes on the Chauvin verdict and why this is just the beginning, not the end of this case.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Merrick Garland Announces DOJ Probe Into Minneapolis PD

While Maxine Waters Lives in $6 Million Mansion, Parts of Her District Still Have Scars From Previous Riots

Biden Admin Declares Support for DC Statehood

Arizona Governor Declares State of Emergency and Sends National Guard to Border

Columbus Police Release Video of Officer Fatally Shooting Girl Armed and Assaulting Others With Knife – Riots Break Out Anyway

Biden and Harris Say We Still Need to Reform “The System” After It Works Exactly How They Wanted

Capitol Hill
Psaki Says Biden Admin Supports Federal Decriminalization of Marijuana
PBS’ Yamiche Alcindor Doesn’t Understand Why the White House Isn’t Defending Maxine Waters’ Comments Inciting Violence
House Republicans Outline Stance on Climate Change and Clean Energy
California Foster Parents Asked to Take in Unaccompanied Minors
AOC Upset Biden’s $2 Trillion Job Plan Doesn’t “Match the Vision on Climate Change”
Biden Wants to Use Tax Dollars to Promote Critical Race Theory
Burgess Owens Schools Dems Comparing Voter ID to Jim Crow
Tucker Rips Maxine Waters for Constantly Inciting Violence Over the Years
RNC Sets Fundraising Record in March

Culture War
Politically Punking Hollywood
This Week in Insanity
CNN’s Brian Stelter Draws Smallest Audience of 2021
Hollywood Foreign Press President Faces Backlash After Circulating Article Calling BLM a “Racist Hate Movement”
America’s Top High School Pushes Racist SJW Activism on Students
Kids Cartoon “Bluey” Under Fire for Not Having “Disabled, Queer, Poor, Gender Diverse Or Dogs Of Color”
Nine Kids Shot at 12-Year-Old’s Birthday Party – None of 60 Attendees Provide Statement to Police
The Liberal Mental Health Crisis
Amy Coney Barrett Inks $2 Million Book Deal
Crazy Nancy Thanks George Floyd for “Sacrificing His Life for Justice”

Economy
MN State Senator Introduces Bill To Strip Criminal Protestors Of Food Stamps, Unemployment Benefits
Small Business Rejects Corporate America’s Leftward Drift
Demand for Home Cooking and Alcohol Fueled Global Grocery Sales in 2020
Dogecoin Price Falls on “DogeDay”
Venmo Launches Cryptocurrency Service
Biden “Family Recovery Plan” to Carry $1.5 Trillion Price Tag
Study: Unemployment Benefits Ended Prematurely for 300k Workers During Pandemic
Real Estate Bidding Wars Heat Up
Interest Rates Fall to Two-Month Low, Causing Weekly Mortgage Demand to Jump 8.6%
Netflix Sees Dramatic Slowdown in Subscribers

Swamp Watch
Candace Owens Slams Media Narrative Following Chauvin Trial Verdict
MSNBC Analyst Goes Off the Rails When He Gets Exactly the Chauvin Verdict That He Wanted
AOC Says George Floyd Verdict Isn’t Justice or “Full Accountability”
House Republicans Pressure Dems to Give Back Donations From AOC
Steve Scalise: Trump Used the Word “Peaceful” While Maxine Waters Did Not
Biden Showcased Businesses Tied to Energy Sec Granholm While Promoting Infrastructure Plan
Stacey Abrams Grilled Over Claims on Election Integrity Measures
U.S. Nonprofit Linked to Wuhan Lab has Received $1.5 Million in Taxpayer-Funded Bailout Loans
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/justice-department-george-floyd/2021/04/21/id/1018453/?oRef=mixi

Derek Chauvin Trial
McCarthy: Democrats 'Condoned' Waters, Weakened House, DOJ
Minnesota Gov. Walz: 'Gap' Between Black, White Opinions on Chauvin Conviction |
Dershowitz to Newsmax TV: Chauvin Conviction 'Should Be' Reversed on Appeal |
Pelosi Hit for Thanking Floyd for 'Sacrificing Your Life'
Dershowitz: Chauvin Guilty Verdict Product of Jury Fear, Not Due Process |
Verdict on Derek Chauvin Resonates in Sports World
Tension Lifts, Crowd Fills George Floyd Square to Cheer Verdict
Chauvin Likely to Appeal, Claiming Trial Tainted by Civil Settlement, Media Coverage
Floyd's Brother Has 'Tears of Joy' After Chauvin Verdict
Ex-Officer Chauvin Guilty of All 3 Charges in Death of Floyd
Minnesota AG: Chauvin Verdict '1st Step Toward Justice'

Biden Presidency
Biden: Chauvin Verdict Can Be 'Giant Step' Forward Toward Justice
Biden Sends Cabinet Members to Sell Infrastructure Plan
Biden to Pledge Halving Greenhouse Gases by 2030
Bill Gates, Dozens of World Leaders to Attend Climate Summit
WH Could Include Critical Race Theory in New Education Proposal
Biden, Reached Out to Floyd's Kin Post-Verdict
Biden to Set 'a Large Cap Soon' for Refugees
China's Xi Warns US on 'Unilateralism'
Sen. Angus King: Biden 'Genuinely Wants' Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Biden Administration Backs Bill to Make DC the 51st State

Newsfront
Arizona Gov. Ducey Declares State of Emergency
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has declared a state of emergency at the state's southwest border and has ordered 250 National Guard troops to the region to assist local law enforcement. "The U.S. Border Patrol is overwhelmed. Local law enforcement...... [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Going to see the Rabbit

A poem by Alan Brownjohn, a distant cousin by marriage between my uncle Jack Ball and his first wife, Peggy Brownjohn, dearly loved. We are Going to see the Rabbit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Brownjohn
http://learnenglishonline.yuku.com/topic/11111/To-See-the-Rabbit-by-Alan-Brownjohn#.T6c2qFo2ze7

David Ball4 years ago
The word I keep hearing is to persevere .. 

David Ball4 years ago
Lots of things lead up to it. I'd become a Christian in 1985, but hadn't embraced the spiritual aspect of God the father. I had no career, having blown the whistle on the death of a student by school neglect which was being covered up, and a bungled pedophile investigation. I had no family and few reliable friends. I had no money and was in danger of losing my unit where I live to the bank. I thought I should leave my worries in God's hands. The next day, my money worries were fixed ..
https://rumble.com/vbjtvp-going-to-see-the-rabbit.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. I can help schools improve academically and behaviourally across the board. It would end up saving the government and school authorities money, as they could cut awful dysfunctional programs to end school bullying. My program is straightforward and facilities already exist to implement it. It involves tracking progress and targeted remediation. The targeting is important, as not every student responds well to remediation. Some parents oppose it. Some students cannot learn everything. The students I target are the easiest to work with. They are the bottom students of the middle third in performance, relative to other students at any school. Not the bottom ranked students who may not be equipped to understand the work, due to motivation or academic ability. Those students already get a lot of wasted resources that don't address their learning needs. But the middle third low achievers have often missed out on a few cues and might be expected to excel if given the opportunity. A confident and achieving student from the middle third sometimes becomes a high achiever later. Also, such students tend to motivate others when they begin achieving. The results of my program is an improvement in performance on a school wide basis. Students who are achieving tend to not be sidelined into bullying. To not adopt my program is to encourage bullying. 

I can help universities too. Universities need to communicate better with their feeder high schools in Australia. Only universities often fail to effectively do this because their staff are correctly engaged in research, or sidelined by poor praxis. Staff cannot be expected to engage students at schools individually. Except they can, if an effective structure for engagement is in place. What universities need is a unit capable of coordinating with staff and creating multimedia material which sells the university by addressing questions put to it by feeder high schools. University staff may be required to provide one or two minute videos addressing their specialty on an ongoing basis. The job of the unit would be to maintain the media, provide a liaison filter with schools structuring the content and allowing personal contact with cooperating staff and monitoring input so staff are not sidelined indefinitely for being popular. It may be the unit creates fun fairs where schools can visit and hear lectures or have questions answered posed by students. With appropriate standards in place to prevent abuse e.g. Atheist lecturer addressing Islamic school students and not being secular professional. The unit is similar in concept to my digital cultural museum idea. Badging a university and making the content freely available and searchable online could garner international kudos. 

I am on partial disability, over 51 years old and 30% Australian Aboriginal by DNA (technically American Indian, but that is inexplicable, while Aboriginal is easily explained). So I should be able to get a job right? I want to work.  
=== from 2017 ===
IPA Review April 2017 has an article on Trumping Architecture by Darcy Allen on a speech by Patrik Schumacher, a world renowned architect. What Schumacher says of the need to deregulate planning is correct. Darcy's understanding of it is skew, in that he fails to identify the aspect of corruption which prevents effective planning. A case in point is Dandenong Council's pre election 2016 refusal to permit the building of a hundred medium density houses on land zoned for that purpose. The papers failed to report it until after the media blackout prevented election scrutiny. On the face of it, it is criminally absurd that a person may buy property in a land zoned for that purpose, only to have development denied for no reason beyond gut feelings it might not be appropriate. But council reasoning  may be politically strategically sound. Had council approved the planning, they would not have benefited from the bottom line cash flow prior to election, and the improved budget bottom line would have been attributed to the old council and not the incoming one. This way, the incoming council can look more effective on paper. Meanwhile owners are stiffed many thousands of dollars and their project is pushed back six months for no reason. Doesn't that make the Green and ALP council look good? The unnecessary cost feeds back into housing affordability. 

Some things should not happen, but they do. School children in Victoria face Safe Schools anti bullying program which promotes gender diversity at the expense of hetro-normative development. But what do children learn about functioning in society? Only one child in 80, across the ages of 13 to 17 was able to recognise the name of the state Premier, and none knew the name of the opposition leader in Victoria. A well raised 10 year old (later, at home) knew their names and their positions, but that child had not heard it from school. These days, a teacher can ask a child about masturbation experience, but cannot discuss political issues salient to the child. That is wrong. And when the child graduates, what will they say of themselves to their prospective employer if they cannot knowledgeably discuss politics on a surface level? 
=== from 2016 ===
Going home after a full work day, and I had no cash on hand. So I thought I'd do some shopping and get cash. I could go to Melbourne Central, but the trains home are full by then, so I thought to go from Flagstaff in the other direction, one station, to Southern Cross. I ask a guard "Which platform to Southern Cross" and the guard looks surprised. "None. No train goes to Southern Cross. If you want to go to Southern Cross you have to catch a train to North Richmond and change." "Ok" I sigh, "so I can still go to Melbourne Central, right?" "No trains go to Melbourne Central. After 1 pm they change directions on the lines." Now I'm confused "I can still go to Pakenham, right" "Yes platform 2 in nine minutes." I ignored the guard and went to Melbourne Central. But I was inconvenienced, standing up all the way home. 

It is the same with Malcolm Turnbull as the guard. "I want to cut spending" "No. You cannot cut spending. We will raise your taxes for you." "What if we are more efficient?" "There are no efficiencies in the economy anymore. We must tax something" Come election time, I will ignore him. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
In NSW the inept Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) has been told her pursuit of a magistrate was corrupt, and so the commission is asking for a change in law to allow it to continue the corrupt pursuit. The ICAC is begging to be wound up before it is forced to investigate corruption from the ALP that happened on its' watch. The judiciary in the ICAC is so biased it may never achieve that modest end. It is not dissimilar as to the corruption in the ALP in Queensland, where the Heiner enquiry was stymied not because the ALP was not corrupt, but because judges decided they weren't up to investigating it. The result is it becomes impossible to believe that anyone in the ALP is not corrupt, or the validity of any claims that a conservative is. It is a cancer at the heart of democracy in Australia. Former NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has resigned as premier without being guilty of anything. Former Premier Nick Greiner was forced to go and he never even got the wine.

Another similar appalling situation involves jihadism and Islam. It is clear that the jihadis of ISIL have nothing to do with Islam, but impotent Islamic leadership are giving endorsement to jihadis, confusing western media. So that a jihadis assault on Charlie Hebdo which is a terrorist assault without foundation of reason is legitimised by Islamic preachers who claim that Allah is so weak as to have been hurt by images. According to modern preachers of Islam, Allah is pathetic, thin skinned, vengeful and perpetually angry and disappointed with his followers unless they cross dress, commit sodomy, kill innocent people. rape, drink alcohol, view porn and bring Islam into disrepute. Impotent Islamic leaders endorse lying about their faith. They don't believe in youth, but dismiss serious crimes as youthful excess. They have as much right to claim their pale jihadist philosophy as a religion as Scientologists. Which isn't to say that there aren't faithful Scientologists.

Disaster from floods across the NSW Coast. So far three people have died inland at Dungog, which has fame for having raised Australian batting great Doug Walters. Some are behaving really silly. Some children were playing in flood waters at Manly Beach. Some trucks and cars drive through flooded roads. Cabramatta is hardly beach side, but local creeks and roads have flooded. And more rain is predicted to be coming. It is frustrating that the infrastructure to correctly deal with the flood water isn't available. ALP refuse to build it. Instead we have a multi billion dollar desalination plant in mothballs. And still the outback is starved of fresh water.

On this day in 238, the Roman Senate outlawed emperor Maximinus for his resemblance to Kevin Rudd. Maximinus was useless, except as a parasite, corruptly stealing from all of Rome, including the very rich. He showed no judgement, but if a person was accused, they were condemned. It began the year of six emperors for Rome. Maximinus had not been killed. An elderly senator, Gordian I (80 yo) was picked by the senate to be emperor. He insisted his son join him jointly. His son (Gordian II) died fighting in Carthage, and so Gordian I suicided. A desperate senate wanting to prevent Maximinus from seizing the throne again appointed Pupienus and Balbinus, but they were dysfunctional, expecting the other to poison for sole authority. Pupienus marched to face Maximinus. Maximinus was killed by his personal guard who were immediately pardoned. Meanwhile Rome had an uprising which Balbinus failed to put down. Balbinus and Pupienus bickered among each other and were killed by their personal guards, and Gordian III was made emperor at 13 years of age, governing through advisors from the senate.

On this day in 1836, in the Texas Revolution, after Sam Houston's forces were successful against Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto, Santa Anna was identified by one of his own men. The battle had been one sided. Houston was shot through the ankle and lost two horses in the fighting, but he had won a victory killing about 700 men, wounding 208 and imprisoning 730. Houston lost 9 men and thirty were wounded. They hadn't known they had captured Santa Anna until the prisoners began saluting him, calling him "El Presidente." In 1864, US Congress passed a coinage act, placing the words "In God We Trust" on their coins. In 1889, at high noon, thousands rushed to stake their claims in The Land Rush of 1889, founding the cities of Guthrie and Oklahoma overnight. In 1912, Pravda, the voice of the Soviet Party was founded in St Petersburg. It became a template for the Age and Sydney Morning Herald. In 1944, the 1st Commando Group first used Sikorsky Helicopters in combat in a Burma-India-China theatre. In 1945, Hitler stated there was nothing left for him to do but suicide. That had been true for decades. In 1954, McCarthy's interviews with communists was televised. In 1977, Optical Fibre was first used in telephone traffic. In 2000, Bill Clinton's goons seized a young boy and gave him to Cuba.
From 2014
Forty eight hours before challenging Rudd for leadership, Gillard wrote to him an email. It doesn't matter how she couched the words, but the issues she raised are salient. She titled the email to do with Climate change. She acknowledge the government was seen as being incompetent and out of control. She highlighted asylum seeker policy, a proposed internet filter and climate change. Soon after, on campaign, she promised there would be no Carbon tax. However, in government with independents, Gillard's leadership ensured no one was in control of government policy. It is hard to credit that what she did was not what she wanted to do, but through finesse rather than direct assertion. So that Carbon tax was implemented with her support, but against her expressed wishes. So that an anti semitic bigot was placed in charge of foreign policy. She claims she supports Israel. Press freedoms a free nation takes for granted were under assault. None of her proposed solutions to the appalling deaths from drowning of asylum seekers worked. The truth is, she never had a plan or policy that was worthwhile. Medicare Gold was a dud. A promise that would never have delivered benefits but which was very expensive. What people still fail to realise is that the bad policy of the six years of ALP government was not solely Rudd's or Gillards but the collective leadership of the ALP. That furniture has been retained. The empty promises, just like the ones delivered by Gillard regarding the Pacific Solution in '01, remain. 

Empty promises of the ALP still threaten good government when they are not in government. Pru Goward has made a good policy protecting the welfare of many children by allowing adoption to be cheaper and more possible. She is now being savagely attacked for that with the use of empty promises made by the ALP based on useless policy which they put forward to get support. Children die and are hurt by neglect, and good people do nothing. There is opposition to migration as a result of the injustice of the previous government policy. Again, empty promises have created a greater expectation than good policy delivers. The truth is that the Pacific Solution, including turning back boats, is the best policy that government has. 

One policy which needs to be addressed involves freedom of speech. The ALP promise of no one being offended is impossible, but the reality of, speech being limited, is real. There is no middle ground. The friends of the ALP will fight it (free speech), and use bad words. We cannot blink in our support of free speech. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 238, Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlawed emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominated two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne. 1500, Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed in Brazil. 1519, Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés established a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. 1529, Treaty of Zaragoza divided the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal along a line 297.5 leagues or 17° east of the Moluccas. 1622, the Capture of Ormuz by the East India Company ended Portuguese control of Hormuz Island.

In 1809, the second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army was defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France and driven over the Danube in Regensburg. 1836, Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston identified Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Annaamong the captives of the battle when one of his fellow captives mistakenly gave away his identity. 1864, the U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act of 1864 that mandated that the inscription In God We Trust be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. 1876, the first ever National League baseball game was played in Philadelphia. 1889, at high noon, thousands rushed to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie were formed with populations of at least 10,000. 1898, Spanish–American War: The USS Nashville captured a Spanish merchant ship.

In 1906, the 1906 Summer Olympics, not now recognised as part of the official Olympic Games, opened in Athens. 1911, Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, was founded. 1912, Pravda, the "voice" of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, began publication in Saint Petersburg. 1915, the use of poison gas in World War Iescalated when chlorine gas was released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres. 1930, the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States signed the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.

In 1944, the 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters staged the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China-Burma-India theater. 1944, World War II: Operation Persecution was initiated: Allied forces landed in the Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura) area of New Guinea. 1945, World War II: Prisoners at the Jasenovac concentration camp revolted. Five hundred twenty were killed and 80 escaped. Also 1945, World War II: Führerbunker: After learning that Soviet forces had taken Eberswalde without a fight, Adolf Hitler admitted defeat in his underground bunker and stated that suicide was his only recourse. 1948, Arab–Israeli War: Haifa, a major port of Israel, was captured from Arab forces.

In 1951, Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army began assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong. 1954, Red Scare: Witnesses began testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings began. 1964, the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair opened for its first season. 1969, British yachtsman Sir Robin Knox-Johnstonwon the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race and completed the first solo non-stop circumnavigation of the world.

In 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. 1972, Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompted anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. 1977, Optical fiber was first used to carry live telephone traffic. 1983, the German magazine Stern claimed that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries were subsequently revealed to be forgeries. 1992, in an explosion in Guadalajara, Mexico, 206 people were killed, nearly 500 injured and 15,000 left homeless. 1993, Version 1.0 of the Mosaic web browser was released. 1997, Haouch Khemisti massacre in Algeriawhere 93 villagers were killed. Also 1997, the Japanese embassy hostage crisis ended in Lima, Peru. 1998, Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

In 2000, in a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami. Also 2000, the Big Number Change took place in the United Kingdom. 2004, two fuel trains collided in Ryongchon, North Korea, killing up to 150 people. 2005, Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologised for Japan's war record. 2008, the United States Air Force retired the remaining F-117 Nighthawk aircraft in service. 2013, six people died in a shooting in Belgorod, Russia. Also 2013, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested and charged two men with plotting to disrupt a Toronto area train service in a plot claimed to be backed by Al-Qaeda elements. 2014, more than 60 people were killed and 80 were seriously injured in a train crash in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.

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Today's reading: 2 Samuel 12-13, Luke 16 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Samuel 12-13

Nathan Rebukes David
1 The LORD sent Nathan to David. When he came to him, he said, "There were two men in a certain town, one rich and the other poor. 2 The rich man had a very large number of sheep and cattle, 3 but the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food, drank from his cup and even slept in his arms. It was like a daughter to him.
4 "Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him."
5 David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan, "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this must die! 6 He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity...."

Today's New Testament reading: Luke 16


The Parable of the Shrewd Manager
1 Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions. 2 So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'
3 "The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg-- 4 I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
5 "So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
6 "'Nine hundred gallons of olive oil,' he replied.
"The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty....'

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"I know that my Redeemer liveth."
Job 19:25
The marrow of Job's comfort lies in that little word "My"--"My Redeemer," and in the fact that the Redeemer lives. Oh! to get hold of a living Christ. We must get a property in him before we can enjoy him. What is gold in the mine to me? Men are beggars in Peru, and beg their bread in California. It is gold in my purse which will satisfy my necessities, by purchasing the bread I need. So a Redeemer who does not redeem me, an avenger who will never stand up for my blood, of what avail were such? Rest not content until by faith you can say "Yes, I cast myself upon my living Lord; and he is mine." It may be you hold him with a feeble hand; you half think it presumption to say, "He lives as my Redeemer;" yet, remember if you have but faith as a grain of mustard seed, that little faith entitles you to say it. But there is also another word here, expressive of Job's strong confidence, "I know." To say, "I hope so, I trust so" is comfortable; and there are thousands in the fold of Jesus who hardly ever get much further. But to reach the essence of consolation you must say, "I know." Ifs, buts, and perhapses, are sure murderers of peace and comfort. Doubts are dreary things in times of sorrow. Like wasps they sting the soul! If I have any suspicion that Christ is not mine, then there is vinegar mingled with the gall of death; but if I know that Jesus lives for me, then darkness is not dark: even the night is light about me. Surely if Job, in those ages before the coming and advent of Christ, could say, "I know," we should not speak less positively. God forbid that our positiveness should be presumption. Let us see that our evidences are right, lest we build upon an ungrounded hope; and then let us not be satisfied with the mere foundation, for it is from the upper rooms that we get the widest prospect. A living Redeemer, truly mine, is joy unspeakable.

Evening

"Who is even at the right hand of God."
Romans 8:34
He who was once despised and rejected of men, now occupies the honourable position of a beloved and honoured Son. The right hand of God is the place of majesty and favour. Our Lord Jesus is his people's representative. When he died for them, they had rest; he rose again for them, they had liberty; when he sat down at his Father's right hand, they had favour, and honour, and dignity. The raising and elevation of Christ is the elevation, the acceptance, and enshrinement, the glorifying of all his people, for he is their head and representative. This sitting at the right hand of God, then, is to be viewed as the acceptance of the person of the Surety, the reception of the Representative, and therefore, the acceptance of our souls. O saint, see in this thy sure freedom from condemnation. "Who is he that condemneth?" Who shall condemn the men who are in Jesus at the right hand of God?
The right hand is the place of power. Christ at the right hand of God hath all power in heaven and in earth. Who shall fight against the people who have such power vested in their Captain? O my soul, what can destroy thee if Omnipotence be thy helper? If the aegis of the Almighty cover thee, what sword can smite thee? Rest thou secure. If Jesus is thine all-prevailing King, and hath trodden thine enemies beneath his feet; if sin, death, and hell are all vanquished by him, and thou art represented in him, by no possibility canst thou be destroyed.
"Jesu's tremendous name
Puts all our foes to flight:
Jesus, the meek, the angry Lamb,
A Lion is in fight.
"By all hell's host withstood;
We all hell's host o'erthrow;
And conquering them, through Jesu's blood
We still to conquer go."

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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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