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?
===We all know the radical Democrats are looking to destroy America. But what if we had their battle plan for doing it? Would we be able to better respond? In this episode, I discuss an incredibly informative article that lays out the liberal plan to ruin the country.
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- Yes. Trump was good for the GOP. This is the article discussed in the show citing David Shor.
- The federal deficit is exploding.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
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Dems: On Second Thought, Maybe Trump Did Have Some Good Immigration Policies
Minnesota Cop Who Accidentally Fatally Shot Motorist and Police Chief Resign
Project Veritas Video Shows CNN Director Admitting Network Spreads “Propaganda” and “Speculation”
Slain Capitol Police Officer William Evans Lies in Honor in Capitol Rotunda
Capitol Hill
Gov. DeSantis Brings in Huge Fundraising Hall for 2022
Sen. Hawley Outlines Case to Break Up Big Tech
“Border Czar” Kamala Goes 20 Days Without a News Conference
After Eight Weeks, Biden Repeal of Trump Immigration Rules Still Pending
Nikki Haley Now Says She’ll Support Trump If He Decides to Run Again
Sens. Cornyn and Cruz Question Whether Biden Is Really in Charge
Herschel Walker Considers Run for Georgia Senate
Crazy “Squad” Rep. Tlaib Calls for End to Policing
Trump: “Politically Correct” SCOTUS Would Get What It Deserves With Court Packing
South Carolina Gov. Issues Executive Order Prohibiting Biden From Bringing Unaccompanied Children From Border to His State
Arizona AG Sues Biden Admin Over Immigration Executive Orders
Culture War
Dan Bongino and Geraldo Rivera Have Heated Exchange on Minneapolis Police Shooting
NCAA Declares Support for Transgender Student Athletes
Tucker Carlson Shreds Critics in Epic Opening Monologue
Walmart, Foot Locker Donated $300 Million to Racial Justice Causes — and Get Looted During BLM Riot
Some GOP Controlled State Legislatures Move to Ban Abortion Bills by Mail
“Squad” Rep. Pressley Informs Us That We’re Racist If We Don’t Support Cancelling Student Debt
When “Listen to the Science” = “Follow Our Plan”
BLM Co-Founder’s Consulting Firm Website Goes Offline Amid Reports of Her Multi-Million Dollar Home Buying Spree
Seattle Activists Riot and Loot in Solidarity With Minnesota Rioters and Looters
Gov. DeSantis Accuses Big Tech of Hiding Harm From Coronavirus Restrictions
Economy
CPI Increases 0.6% in March vs. 0.5% Expected
Egypt Demands $1 Billion to Free Ship That Caused Suez Canal Blockage
Mike Rowe Debunks Case for $15 Minimum Wage
GameStop Searches for a New CEO After Retail Driven Stock Surge
Biden to Revive Obama Plan to Federalize Suburban Zoning Regulations
McDonalds to Close Hundreds of Restaurants Inside Walmart Stores
West Virginia Offers Remote Workers $12k to Move There
Coinbase to IPO as First Publicly Traded Crypto Company
Trump Didn’t Profit From the Market Boom He Created
Ride-Hailing Giant “Grab” to Go Public in World’s Largest SPAC Merger
U.S. Budget Deficit Rises to $1.7 Trillion This Year
Swamp Watch
Crime and No Punishment in Minneapolis
Rural Republicans Already Live in the Safe, Tolerant Utopia Leftists Claim to Want
Body Cam Footage of Police Officer Shooting of Daunte Wright Released
Here’s How Minnesota’s Dem Gov Responded to Latest Round of Riots in the State
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Gov. Cuomo Shut Down Indian Point Nuclear Reactor, Now Electricity It Produced Comes From Fossil Fuels
Georgia Sen. Warnock Admits Email He Signed Had False Information About Georgia Voting Law
Biden’s Deputy Energy Sec Spoke at CCP-Sponsored Energy Conference
John Durham Scrutinizes Steele Dossier Source
Georgia Probe of Stacey Abrams-Linked Group Continues With Fight Over Subpoenaed Documents
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Here is a video I made Fear No More the Heat o the Sun
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
Ema9Zack4 years ago
Great reading! Thank you for your effort.
https://rumble.com/vbigfz-fear-no-more-the-heat-o-the-sun.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. The Cold War Obama restarted to solve his foreign policy shortfall is claiming lots of innocent victims. I support Donald Trump and understand his hit on Syria in Cold War terms, even though I believe Russia is being stung by her enemies, like the Ukraine. Dumb, stupid and cruel things happen in a cold war. Unfair things. I have no love for Assad or his cronies, but in a cold war, one can only choose a side. The first cold war was only ended when there was a confluence of great conservative leadership in the world with Reagan, Thatcher, Kohl and Pope John Paul II on one side and Gorbachev on the other. But forget those leaders. Someone used poison gas on citizens of Syria, and that should concern the world. Assad has stockpiles of such gas as do his enemies. That is not tolerable. Can anyone explain how Assad's stash of chemical weapons could be accessed by third parties? For that matter, can anyone explain how it could possibly be locked down anyway? Even if the UN approves, Syria, Iran and other axis of evil nations should never have WMD. And it is a terrible injustice Obama has freedom when the body count of his victims keep rising. === from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Reports circulate how President Trump will be impeached because of some nebulous thing not fully expressed. The reports come from Rupert Murdoch's News.com.au as well as other networks. However, Trump has had a magnificent week in politics. Trump has got China to disown NK's appallingly bad behaviour. US and China's interests are stronger than NK's insanity. Trump has dropped a big bomb on a terrorist network, and hit an empty Syrian airfield. By way of contrast, Obama would have had a lot of collateral damage. But then Obama was not opposed to extremist Islam. Russia has been strong armed by Trump but clearly has a good space to engage peacefully with the US. So why are press circulating doom and gloom? Because Trump has been effective and is draining the swamp, doing things the swamp said was impossible, and the swamp has to fight to survive. By lying. Meanwhile ABC (Australian version) has reported about baggage handlers' working conditions, by taking unverified statements from an unemployed baggage handler. After publication, the #fakenews site discovered the report was wrong in fact. The swamp is awash with incompetents.
Dan Andrews made many promises in coming to government, but achieved government without substantial policies. Some have been complicit with corruption which has police hamstrung, judges showing poor judgement, waste and corruption rampant. Most who supported Andrews were betrayed by Andrews. Andrews does not have a plan for Victoria to grow and develop over the next thirty years. Liberals do, under Mathew Guy. But the Liberal plan will need to be circulated and developed with local groups, like local councils. The corruption of local councils is a serious concern for such planning. Everywhere will need to develop and grow. It needs to be to allow the lifestyle that Victorians have taken for granted. Hysterical Green opposition to growth will see a failed plan like the NSW ALP one which failed to include cemeteries. Anyway, an ALP plan would only highlight where pork-barrels would be grown.
Dan Andrews made many promises in coming to government, but achieved government without substantial policies. Some have been complicit with corruption which has police hamstrung, judges showing poor judgement, waste and corruption rampant. Most who supported Andrews were betrayed by Andrews. Andrews does not have a plan for Victoria to grow and develop over the next thirty years. Liberals do, under Mathew Guy. But the Liberal plan will need to be circulated and developed with local groups, like local councils. The corruption of local councils is a serious concern for such planning. Everywhere will need to develop and grow. It needs to be to allow the lifestyle that Victorians have taken for granted. Hysterical Green opposition to growth will see a failed plan like the NSW ALP one which failed to include cemeteries. Anyway, an ALP plan would only highlight where pork-barrels would be grown.
=== from 2016 ===
Freedom is good. Bussa died for it after leading a rebellion of 400 slaves in Barbados after England had failed to repeal slavery. Freedom of association is one of those freedoms. A mother is denied access to her child because her husband had gone to Lebanon to abduct their child. Lebanese law does not favour the mother as Australian law does, neither does it respect UN conventions regarding child abduction. For channel 9, this was an opportunity for their 60 minutes team to spring into action. It was going to be entertaining, a ratings winner, to have the child seized back in broad daylight, under camera. The attempt was bungled. The child traumatised as two female guardians, relatives of the dad, were physically dominated and the child seized. Sadly, it hadn't worked to plan, and now Lebanese authorities have to clean up the mess. The mother could continue to fight for custody in Lebanese courts, but then the 60 minutes crew will be incarcerated in Lebanon for decades. Or the mother surrenders all custody rights to her child and gets permission to see her child occasionally. And 60 minutes crew get to go free. Will this be a ratings win? Entertainment is not always entertaining.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
The former chauffeur of Rene Rivkin, who had been convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, before having the finding overturned on a technicality, is suing the NSW Government for millions of dollars in compensation. One hopes he fails. The NSW people did not prosecute him with malice, but with due diligence. However, to be fair, he should not have today for his incarceration. Unless he got privileges. Meanwhile, in the US, a boy has gone on trial for the killing of an Australian Pro Baseball player. And it is worth comparing it to police shootings that have been highlighted. Police are trained and can make a mistake. They are licensed to use deadly force. Generally, it is dumb to resist arrest as one may be killed while police are doing their duty. By way of contrast, a young man has been gunned down while exercising on a street by joy riding youths who were armed and allegedly killed from boredom.
On this remarkable day in history, 43BC, an inconclusive battle saw Mark Antony win against Pansa, but lose against Hirtius. It was soon after the assassination of Julius and Brutus was temporarily allied with Octavian for the Roman Republic. It didn't last. In 69, Vitellius defeated Emperor Otho, and the destabilisation in Rome following the suicide of Nero would result in the decisive action the next year. In 70, Titus, son of Emperor Vespasian, surrounded and sieged Jerusalem. It would result in a change of history, dispersing Jews throughout Rome, destroying the Temple, the heroic tragedy of Masada, and the political issue facing the world today with a monstrous xenophobic regime being supported by the UN over the democracy of Israel. In 966, Pagan king of Polans married Dobrowa of Bohemia and the Christian girl got him to convert, creating the land now called Poland. In 1294, Temür, grandson of Kublai, was elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong. In 1699, Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. In 1775, the first abolition society in North America was established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was organised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
In 1860, the first Pony Express rider reached San Francisco. The pony riders carried additionally, along with the mail, a small personal bible. In 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th). Also 1865, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family were attacked in his home by Lewis Powell. The attack that killed Lincoln was coordinated by people familiar with political rhetoric spoken against Lincoln. Democrats have a lot to answer for with their rhetoric not being rooted in reality. Words have power, and had their words been temperate and aimed at political policy, Lincoln may well not have been assassinated. Lincoln wasn't the first, nor the last, to be killed by assassin. But he may have been the best. In 1881, the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight was fought in El Paso, Texas. Pity it wasn't video taped. In 1906, the Azusa Street Revival opened and would launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. In 1909, Turkey committed an atrocity against Armenians in Cilicia. In 1912, Clive Palmer's favourite boat hit an iceberg at 23:40 in the North Atlantic. The Captain of the Titanic had tried to set a speed record. Had he competed with Mary Rose? In 1941, Rommel attacked Tobruk. In 1956, in Chicago, video tape was shown for the first time. In 1969, US Academy Awards failed to distinguish between the best actress, Hepburn, and a big nose. In 1986, Reagan ordered a bombing raid on Libya after they had bombed a West German Disco. The result was Libya would back flip and give up on direct terror attacks. In 2003, U.S. troops in Baghdad captured Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985. Also 2003, the genome project completed (99%) mapping human DNA. In 2007, over 200,000 campaigned against the candidacy of current Turkish PM, the bigot Erdogan.
I do not know them well, They are just north of Mombassa in Kenya, a little inland from the East coast. A poor (not wealthy) primary school in a community struggling against alcoholism and poverty. Yet still achieving. http://sunrisepedagogical.wix.com/spca
"If you find someone who can donate to us please here is our postal address," 68-40223 Kadongo Kenya cellphone 254710703891
On this remarkable day in history, 43BC, an inconclusive battle saw Mark Antony win against Pansa, but lose against Hirtius. It was soon after the assassination of Julius and Brutus was temporarily allied with Octavian for the Roman Republic. It didn't last. In 69, Vitellius defeated Emperor Otho, and the destabilisation in Rome following the suicide of Nero would result in the decisive action the next year. In 70, Titus, son of Emperor Vespasian, surrounded and sieged Jerusalem. It would result in a change of history, dispersing Jews throughout Rome, destroying the Temple, the heroic tragedy of Masada, and the political issue facing the world today with a monstrous xenophobic regime being supported by the UN over the democracy of Israel. In 966, Pagan king of Polans married Dobrowa of Bohemia and the Christian girl got him to convert, creating the land now called Poland. In 1294, Temür, grandson of Kublai, was elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong. In 1699, Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. In 1775, the first abolition society in North America was established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was organised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
In 1860, the first Pony Express rider reached San Francisco. The pony riders carried additionally, along with the mail, a small personal bible. In 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th). Also 1865, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family were attacked in his home by Lewis Powell. The attack that killed Lincoln was coordinated by people familiar with political rhetoric spoken against Lincoln. Democrats have a lot to answer for with their rhetoric not being rooted in reality. Words have power, and had their words been temperate and aimed at political policy, Lincoln may well not have been assassinated. Lincoln wasn't the first, nor the last, to be killed by assassin. But he may have been the best. In 1881, the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight was fought in El Paso, Texas. Pity it wasn't video taped. In 1906, the Azusa Street Revival opened and would launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. In 1909, Turkey committed an atrocity against Armenians in Cilicia. In 1912, Clive Palmer's favourite boat hit an iceberg at 23:40 in the North Atlantic. The Captain of the Titanic had tried to set a speed record. Had he competed with Mary Rose? In 1941, Rommel attacked Tobruk. In 1956, in Chicago, video tape was shown for the first time. In 1969, US Academy Awards failed to distinguish between the best actress, Hepburn, and a big nose. In 1986, Reagan ordered a bombing raid on Libya after they had bombed a West German Disco. The result was Libya would back flip and give up on direct terror attacks. In 2003, U.S. troops in Baghdad captured Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauro in 1985. Also 2003, the genome project completed (99%) mapping human DNA. In 2007, over 200,000 campaigned against the candidacy of current Turkish PM, the bigot Erdogan.
I do not know them well, They are just north of Mombassa in Kenya, a little inland from the East coast. A poor (not wealthy) primary school in a community struggling against alcoholism and poverty. Yet still achieving. http://sunrisepedagogical.wix.com/spca
"If you find someone who can donate to us please here is our postal address," 68-40223 Kadongo Kenya cellphone 254710703891
From 2014
On this truly remarkable day in history, much stands out, but it is an obscure thing I wish to focus on. The hijacking of the "Achille Lauro" was a terrorist act. Leon Klinghoffer, 69, a disabled appliance manufacturer was on holiday with his wife of 36 years. It was an anniversary. Leon's wife, Maralyn, had terminal colon cancer. The ship was sailing from Egypt to Israel. While in Egypt, four PLO terrorists seized the ship and sailed to Syria. The Syrian government heard the demands that Israel release 50 killers and refused permission for the terrorists to dock the ship. In retaliation, the terrorists chose Leon, who was Jewish, and shot him in the head and in the gut, and threw his body overboard. They later blamed the death on Maralyn, saying she killed her husband for his insurance money. From Port Said (Egypt), the terrorists were granted safe passage to Tunisia, but Ronald Reagan ordered a US jet to force the terrorists to land in transit in Italy, where they were arrested. Italians let one, negotiator Abu Abbas, to flee to Yugoslavia. It is apparent now that Democrats would never have done it, and opposed the US doing it, but when the US invaded Iraq, they arrested fugitive Abu Abbas on this day in 2003. Maralyn had died 4 months after her husband. PLO took responsibility for the hijacking, and paid a small amount in reparation, much less than the aid they are still given. Abu died a year later, in custody from heart failure. His heart had never worked well. It is worth contrasting the demands of the PLO in '85 with the demands of Obama on Israel for peace. Not different, after adjusting for inflation.
Not much is known about Bussa. He was born in Africa in the 18th century, or early nineteenth century. He may have been Igbo or Akan in nationality. Loved by family, but stolen from them by slavers, he was transported to Barbados. Records show a slave named "Bussa" worked at Bayley's Plantation as a ranger at about the time of the rebellion. The freedom of movement would have been helpful. Along with Washington Franklyn and Nanny Grigg, Bussa waited for the British house of assembly to decide on a slavery bill. When they failed to favourably address the issue, in 1816, Bussa led a revolt of over 400. Bussa was killed during the uprising. Years later, Britain ended their part of the slave trade. It was finally made illegal to own slaves in UK in 2010.
Tonight is also the annual celebration of Passover. Celebrating the time that God's chosen people were freed from slavery. May all my Jewish friends and family live up to their promise.
Not much is known about Bussa. He was born in Africa in the 18th century, or early nineteenth century. He may have been Igbo or Akan in nationality. Loved by family, but stolen from them by slavers, he was transported to Barbados. Records show a slave named "Bussa" worked at Bayley's Plantation as a ranger at about the time of the rebellion. The freedom of movement would have been helpful. Along with Washington Franklyn and Nanny Grigg, Bussa waited for the British house of assembly to decide on a slavery bill. When they failed to favourably address the issue, in 1816, Bussa led a revolt of over 400. Bussa was killed during the uprising. Years later, Britain ended their part of the slave trade. It was finally made illegal to own slaves in UK in 2010.
Tonight is also the annual celebration of Passover. Celebrating the time that God's chosen people were freed from slavery. May all my Jewish friends and family live up to their promise.
Historical perspective on this day
In 43BC, Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieged Caesar's assassin Decimus Brutus in Mutina, defeated the forces of the consul Pansa, but was then immediately defeated by the army of the other consul, Hirtius. 69, Vitellius, commander of the Rhinearmies, defeated Emperor Otho in the Battle of Bedriacum and seized the throne. 70, Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, surrounded the Jewish capital, with four Roman legions. 193, Septimius Severus was proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans). 966, after his marriage to the Christian Dobrawa of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converted to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state. 1028, Henry III, son of Conrad, was elected king of the Germans.
In 1205, Battle of Adrianople between Bulgarians and Crusaders. 1294, Temür, grandson of Kublai, was elected Khagan of the Mongols and Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty with the reigning titles Oljeitu and Chengzong. 1341, Sack of Saluzzo (Italy) by Italian-Angevine troops under Manfred V of Saluzzo. 1434, the foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France was laid. 1471, in England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet; the Earl was killed and Edward IV resumed the throne. 1639, Imperial forces were defeated by the Swedes at the Battle of Chemnitz. The Swedish victory prolonged the Thirty Years' War and allowed them to advance into Bohemia. 1699, Khalsa: The Sikh religion was formalised as the Khalsa - the brotherhood of Warrior-Saints - by Guru Gobind Singh in Northern India, in accordance with the Nanakshahi calendar. 1715, the Yamasee War began in South Carolina. 1775, the first abolition society in North America was established. The Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage was organised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Benjamin Franklin and Benjamin Rush.
In 1816, Bussa, a slave in British-ruled Barbados, led a slave rebellion and was killed. For this, he is remembered as the first national hero of Barbados. 1828, Noah Webstercopyrighted the first edition of his dictionary. 1846, the Donner Party of pioneersdeparted Springfield, Illinois, for California, on what would become a year-long journey of hardship, cannibalism, and survival. 1849, Hungary declared itself independent of Austriawith Lajos Kossuth as its leader. 1860, the first Pony Express rider reached San Francisco. The pony riders carried additionally, along with the mail, a small personal bible. 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth (died April 15th). Also 1865, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward and his family were attacked in his home by Lewis Powell. 1881, the Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight was fought in El Paso, Texas. 1890, the Pan-American Union was founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D.C. 1894, the first ever commercial motion picture house opened in New York City using ten Kinetoscopes, a device for peep-show viewing of films.
In 1906, the Azusa Street Revival opened and would launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement. 1909, a massacre was organised by Ottoman Empire against Armenian population of Cilicia. 1912, the British passenger liner RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 23:40 (sinks morning of April 15th). 1927, the first Volvo car premiered in Gothenburg, Sweden. 1928, the Bremen, a German Junkers W33 type aircraft, reached Greenly Island, Canada - the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west. 1931, the Spanish Cortes deposed King Alfonso XIII and proclaimed the Second Spanish Republic. Also 1931, first edition of the Highway Code published in Great Britain. 1935, "Black Sunday Storm", the worst dust storm of the U.S. Dust Bowl. 1939, The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck was first published by the Viking Press. 1940, World War II: Royal Marines landed in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later. 1941, World War II: German general Erwin Rommel attacked Tobruk. 1942, Malta received the George Cross for its gallantry. The George Cross was given by King George VI himself and was now an emblem on the Maltese national flag. 1944, Bombay Explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor killed 300 and caused economic damage valued then at 20 million pounds. 1945, Osijek, Croatia, was liberated from fascistoccupation.
In 1956, in Chicago, videotape was first demonstrated. 1958, the Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 fell from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. 1967, Gnassingbé Eyadémaoverthrew President of Togo Nicolas Grunitzky and installed himself as the new president, a title he would hold for the next 38 years. 1969, at the U.S. Academy Awards there was a tie for the Academy Award for Best Actress between Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand. 1978, 1978 Tbilisi Demonstrations: Thousands of Georgians demonstrated against Soviet attempts to change the constitutional status of the Georgian language. 1981, STS-1 – The first operational space shuttle, Columbia (OV-102) completed its first test flight. 1986, in retaliation for the April 5 bombing in West Berlin that killed two U.S. servicemen, U.S. president Ronald Reagan ordered major bombing raids against Libya, killing 60 people. Also 1986, the heaviest hailstones ever recorded (1 kilogram (2.2 lb)) fell on the Gopalganj district of Bangladesh, killing 92. 1988, the USS Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine in the Persian Gulfduring Operation Earnest Will. Also 1988, in a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signed an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
In 1991, the Republic of Georgia introduced the post of President after its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union. 1994, in a U.S. friendly fire incident during Operation Provide Comfort in northern Iraq, two United States Air Force aircraft mistakenly shot-downtwo United States Army helicopters, killing 26 people. 1999, NATO mistakenly bombed a convoy of ethnic Albanian refugees – Yugoslav officials said 75 people were killed. Also 1999, a severe hailstorm struck Sydney, Australia causing A$2.3 billion in insured damages, the most costly natural disaster in Australian history. 2002, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávezreturned to office two days after being ousted and arrested by the country's military. 2003, the Human Genome Project was completed with 99% of the human genome sequenced to an accuracy of 99.99%. Also 2003, U.S. troops in Baghdad captured Abu Abbas, leader of the Palestinian group that killed an American on the hijacked cruise liner the MS Achille Lauroin 1985. 2005, the Oregon Supreme Court nullified marriage licenses issued to gay couples a year earlier by Multnomah County. 2007, At least 200,000 demonstrators in Ankara, Turkey, protested against the possible candidacy of incumbent Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. 2010, Nearly 2,700 were killed in a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai, China. 2014, Twin bomb blasts in Abuja, Nigeria, killed at least 75 people and injured 141 others.
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Today's reading: 1 Samuel 22-24, Luke 12:1-31 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: 1 Samuel 22-24
David at Adullam and Mizpah
1 David left Gath and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and his father's household heard about it, they went down to him there. 2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.
3 From there David went to Mizpah in Moab and said to the king of Moab, "Would you let my father and mother come and stay with you until I learn what God will do for me?" 4 So he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him as long as David was in the stronghold....
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 12:1-31
Warnings and Encouragements
1 Meanwhile, when a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, saying: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. 3 What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the roofs.
4 "I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 6Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. 7 Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows....
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Morning
Myrrh may well be chosen as the type of Jesus on account of its preciousness, its perfume, its pleasantness, its healing, preserving, disinfecting qualities, and its connection with sacrifice. But why is he compared to "a bundle of myrrh"? First, for plenty. He is not a drop of it, he is a casket full. He is not a sprig or flower of it, but a whole bundle. There is enough in Christ for all my necessities; let me not be slow to avail myself of him. Our well-beloved is compared to a "bundle" again, for variety: for there is in Christ not only the one thing needful, but in "him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily;" everything needful is in him. Take Jesus in his different characters, and you will see a marvellous variety--Prophet, Priest, King, Husband, Friend, Shepherd. Consider him in his life, death, resurrection, ascension, second advent; view him in his virtue, gentleness, courage, self-denial, love, faithfulness, truth, righteousness--everywhere he is a bundle of preciousness. He is a "bundle of myrrh" for preservation--not loose myrrh to be dropped on the floor or trodden on, but myrrh tied up, myrrh to be stored in a casket. We must value him as our best treasure; we must prize his words and his ordinances; and we must keep our thoughts of him and knowledge of him as under lock and key, lest the devil should steal anything from us. Moreover, Jesus is a "bundle of myrrh" for speciality; the emblem suggests the idea of distinguishing, discriminating grace. From before the foundation of the world, he was set apart for his people; and he gives forth his perfume only to those who understand how to enter into communion with him, to have close dealings with him. Oh! blessed people whom the Lord hath admitted into his secrets, and for whom he sets himself apart. Oh! choice and happy who are thus made to say, "A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me."
Evening
"And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him."
Leviticus 1:4
Leviticus 1:4
Our Lord's being made "sin for us" is set forth here by the very significant transfer of sin to the bullock, which was made by the elders of the people. The laying of the hand was not a mere touch of contact, for in some other places of Scripture the original word has the meaning of leaning heavily, as in the expression, "thy wrath lieth hard upon me" (Psalm 88:7). Surely this is the very essence and nature of faith, which doth not only bring us into contact with the great Substitute, but teaches us to lean upon him with all the burden of our guilt. Jehovah made to meet upon the head of the Substitute all the offences of his covenant people, but each one of the chosen is brought personally to ratify this solemn covenant act, when by grace he is enabled by faith to lay his hand upon the head of the "Lamb slain from before the foundation of the world." Believer, do you remember that rapturous day when you first realized pardon through Jesus the sin-bearer? Can you not make glad confession, and join with the writer in saying, "My soul recalls her day of deliverance with delight. Laden with guilt and full of fears, I saw my Saviour as my Substitute, and I laid my hand upon him; oh! how timidly at first, but courage grew and confidence was confirmed until I leaned my soul entirely upon him; and now it is my unceasing joy to know that my sins are no longer imputed to me, but laid on him, and like the debts of the wounded traveller, Jesus, like the good Samaritan, has said of all my future sinfulness, Set that to my account.'" Blessed discovery! Eternal solace of a grateful heart!
"My numerous sins transferr'd to him,
Shall never more be found,
Lost in his blood's atoning stream,
Where every crime is drown'd!"
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“for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus.” - Romans 3:23-24===
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, we are told, although none match God's glory, we can be righteous through faith because of the price Christ paid.
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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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