Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Wed 21st April 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Press confused by the issue of adult consent

A conservative government has commissioned an education program to inform school children on adult consent laws. For decades, media has endorsed extreme left wing tribalism breaking down barriers protecting children from adult sexual predations. So that young children are inappropriately discussing gender dysphoria as normal, and explicitly discussing deviant sexual activity as normal. Press reportedly are confused by the new program which seeks to exemplify consent issues. The program uses concrete examples of consent. But the problem is that modern consent mores are silly. And the program shows this. 

Two 'friends' each have a milkshake. The girl offers the guy a taste of her milkshake. He tries it and decides he doesn't like it. So the girl, playfully (?) rubs the milkshake in his face. This upsets the guy who hadn't given permission for the milkshake to be rubbed onto his face. The girl does not understand she has 'crossed the consent line' and their friends ostracise the girl to illustrate how nobody ever liked her anyway. This is where modern consent debate is at. 

Is it legally possible to give consent to sexual assault? An account of a Lutheran Minister who consented to sex with Julian Assange describes how he disrespected her before and after his 'condom broke.' Media tell me that this is ok behaviour. An account of a booty call by a prominent Rugby League player had the player stretching her vagina digitally until the wall burst, and the player left her bleeding. Why would we put these issues before children who cannot consent to them anyway? 

An issue which children face involves parties and illegal behaviour involving drugs and alcohol. Press have reduced the issue to 'peer pressure.' There is opposition to police policing drugs and alcohol, even among youth. 

But where the rubber really hits the road is with marriage.  

When some Islamic extremists kidnapped over a hundred (276) school girls from Chibok school in Nigeria (14th April 2014), the wife of the then US President, sprang into action with the hashtag #Bringthemhome. Following, 57 of the Christian girls escaped captivity and Nigerian military found some more. Twenty months after, a baby said to be born by a missing school girl was 'given' to Nigeria, 211 remained captured. One child who had escaped reported six had died. In 2015, Amnesty International reported that Boko Harem, believed to be the abductors, had captured over 2000 women and girls for sexual slavery. However, the media reporting has been fuzzy on the issue, saying that Islamic tradition has it that the girls are married to their abductors. What does marriage mean? What does it mean for the consent of the school girls? It is, apparently, racist to question if the marriages are legal. What does it mean for gay marriage? Over seven years since the girls were abducted, Michelle Obama has moved on. Like Eleanor Roosevelt, Michelle knows that there are many ways the oppressed can serve the Democrats. When it comes to voting, the dead merely signal their consent. 


Editorial Vaccine football excludes vulnerable

A terrible game of football is being played between COVID hysterics keen to allow voter fraud to continue, Anti Vaxxers keen to overturn public safety and compliant media keen to excuse the indefensible. Sandwiched between these forces is the vulnerable keen to survive. Full disclosure, i'm a 54 year old, obese, type 2 diabetic on partial disability. I'm a failed whistleblower and have been restricted from work, having been illegally blacklisted since 2007. I'm a practicing teacher and tutor. 

I am willing to take a COVID vaccine. I have contacted my GP about it and have been told I must await an email from the government. I currently qualify for a vaccine under schedule B, including those at risk. I have qualified for the vaccine since March 1st. Media are reporting on logjams in NSW, but not Victoria where I live. Why am I not allowed the vaccine? How many times must the Premier of Victoria, stagger and fall down steps before I'm vaccinated? 

An American Patriot once said "Give me liberty or give me death." It is little discussed, but that patriot really wanted liberty. #MeToo . Why are press blaming the PM? 


Editorial Movie makers vs humanity

It is clear Hollywood hates USA and conservatives. Following are three Prime (Amazon) offerings for subscribers. 

The Mauritanian, Waiting for the Barbarians and, The Big Short. Each movie focuses an unbalanced view on history and reality. 

The Mauritanian is ostensibly about an abuse of power that had an innocent tortured and detained in Gitmo. In fact, the movie is a polemic against torture. The obvious reality is it is ok for terrorists to engage as they wish, but the US is held to a higher standard by which it is wrong to demand terrorist supporters are held to account. It is, apparently, wrong for US intelligence to try to find out how deep the connections are between close family of terrorists. In the movie we have a brother in law of Osama Bin Laden's spiritual adviser detained and questioned over his knowledge of attacks on USA. So unlawful was the treatment the US did not kill him or his USA hating family. They do not even point out the spiritual advice is wrong. We know the 'victim' was present at places with people involved in 9/11. There are ambit claims that the 'victim' made that they were (convenient and unverifiable) absent from salient discussions at the times they took place. Just like Sirhan Sirhan being Palestinian but not Muslim?

Waiting for the Barbarians has an administrator of a distant imperial (European) outpost trying to survive insane bureaucracy as home politics forces local military engagements against friendly peoples. The result is a destructive storm brought against the empire outpost. And the allegory is clearly drawn against US foreign politics of the Cold War era that Obama has foisted on USA after GOP stopped their first effort. 

The Big Short is an anti capitalist film about greed, glossing over the appalling Dem policy which wrought the Global Financial Crisis. Why not question Carter/Clinton policy? 

Why would anyone trust Hollywood to produce a picture without political bias? Why can't Hollywood explore real issues? 

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Danban
Absolutely incredible! The media blew it again. All of their lies about the death of Officer Sicknick are now being exposed. In this episode, I discuss this story and other major stories they screwed up.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Says He Hopes Chauvin Jury Reaches the “Right” Verdict

Biden Increases Seasonal Worker Visas by 22k as Nation Faces 6% Unemployment

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

Trump Sits Down for Interview With Sean Hannity

Capitol Hill
Kamala Goes 27 Days Without News Conference
Psaki Struggles to Answer Immigration Questions
“Ha Ha, Everybody’s Laughing” Kamala Says to Audience Where No One Is Laughing
White House Tries to Walk Back Biden Describing Border Crisis as “Crisis”
Ohio Republican Rep. Steve Stivers to Resign in May
Pelosi: Maxine Waters Shouldn’t Apologize for Comments
Kamala Scheduled to Travel to the Border…. With Canada
FBI Directory Wray Contradicts Biden: Yes Antifa Is a Threat
Israeli Military Officials Unite Against Biden’s Iran Deal
Sen. Hawley Introduces Antitrust Bill Targeting Big Tech
“The Squad” Spends Thousands on Private Security While Pushing “Defund Police”
SCOTUS Declines Hearing Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit Over Mail-In Balloting
Walter Mondale Dies at 93
Chauvin Trial Judge: Maxine Waters’ Comments “May Result in This Whole Trial Being Overturned” on Appeal

Culture War
Gov. DeSantis Joins YouTube Alternative Rumble
Critical Race Theory and Remote Learning Is Making American Students Dumb
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Mocked for Baffling Take on Chauvin Trial
Gov. Whitmer Reportedly Traveled to Florida Before Expressing Concern About Traveling to Florida
Biden to Give Historic Coast Guard Cutter That Saved Thousands on 9/11 to Indonesia, Angering Victims Advocates
Minneapolis Mayor: George Floyd Was Killed by Cops Regardless of the Verdict
Planned Parenthood Prez Attempts to Atone for Margaret Sangers’ Racism
Oscar Producer: Metrics Show a Lot of People Turn Show Off When Stars Start Lecturing on Politics
Spotify Continues Censoring Joe Rogan’s Podcast
New Jersey Could Require Ammo to be Microstamped
BLM Protesters Rally for Police Shooting Victim – Leave After Learning He’s White

Economy
Tobacco Stocks Drop as Biden Admin Considers Capping Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes
Consumer Products Companies Still Catching Up With Pandemic Stockpiling From Last Year
Biden Plans Series of Tax Hikes on Higher Earners
The Coronavirus Oil Glut Is Shrinking, Putting More Upward Pressure on Prices
China’s $87 Billion Electric-Car Company Evergrande Has Sold Zero Cars
Putin Looks to Make Russian Economy More Self-Sufficient After New U.S. Sanctions
U.S. Treasury Names Former Obama Aide to Head Department’s New “Climate Hub”
Petition Calls for Amazon to Accept “Dogecoin” After Recent Price Surge
The True National Debt Exceeds $123 Trillion
Coca-Cola to Raise Prices Due to Increased Commodity Prices

Swamp Watch
Illegal Aliens Go on a Hunger Strike to Win Taxpayer-Funded Benefits in New Jersey
Minnesota Lawmaker Proposes Law to Strip Protesters of Govt Benefits, Including Unemployment and Food Stamps
As Biden’s 100th Day in Office Nears, Slew of Immigration Errors Loom Large
American Action Network Takes Aim at Dems Over Court Packing
AOC Is Financially Backing These Democrats
CNN Complains That Fox News Chyrons About Biden Are Too Mean
Detroit Police Chief Calls for Rep. Tlaib’s Resignation
Voters Are Skeptical of Biden’s Cognitive Health
Maxine Waters Brushes Off Criticism From Chauvin Trial Judge
Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory Vanishes
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Despite telling reporters on Tuesday he was "praying" for the "right verdict" — remarks that came just hours after he placed a sympathetic call to George Floyd's family — President Joe Biden was "certainly not looking to influence" the ongoing deliberations of the jury in the Derek Chauvin trial, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said. [Full Story]

Biden Presidency
Biden to Set 'a Large Cap Soon' for Refugees
Willie Nelson Asks Biden to Make Marijuana Holiday Official
China's Xi Gives Thinly Veiled Warning to US Against 'Unilateralism'
Sen. Angus King: Biden 'Genuinely Wants' Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Senate Republicans Planning Procedural Objections to Infrastructure Plan
Democrats: 'Climate Action,' 'Police Accountability' Are 'Infrastructure'
Biden Administration Backs Bill to Make DC the 51st State
US Ambassador in Moscow Heads Home for Consultations
Putin-Biden Summit Depends on US Actions: Russia
WH Walks Back Biden Reference to Immigration 'Crisis'

Newsfront
Mayor: Floyd 'Killed at the Hands of the Police' No Matter the Verdict
Maxine Waters Sought Police Escort Before Controversial Minnesota Visit
Maxine Waters Dismisses Chauvin Trial Judge's Criticism of Her Remarks
Judge Overseeing Chauvin Trial Blasts Waters' 'Abhorrent' Comments
Kevin McCarthy Looks to Censure Waters for Her Incendiary Comments
Dershowitz to Newsmax TV: Maxine Waters Putting Not Thumb but 'Elbow on the Scales of Justice' |
Rep. Greene Vows to Introduce Resolution to Expel Rep. Waters
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Here is a video I made From The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Persian: رباعیات عمر خیام) is the title that Edward FitzGerald gave to his translation of a selection of poems, originally written in Persian and of which there are about a thousand, attributed to Omar Khayyám (1048--1131), a Persian poet, mathematician and astronomer. A Persian ruba'i is a two line stanza with two parts (or hemistechs) per line, hence the word "Rubaiyat", (derived from the Arabic root word for 4), meaning "quatrains". 
https://rumble.com/vbjelf-from-the-rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. The vector of illegal drugs within a community is known. Be it marijuana, heroin or meth amphetamines, the trail is broken lives and empty promise. Advocacy groups for drug use point to many things, Alcohol is as bad, they cite, not noting alcohol has benefits that drugs do not have. They point to medicinal use which is irrelevant to recreational use. One fascinating argument has it that marijuana use was so pervasive it had been part of the food chain, and claims any unhappiness now is related to it having been removed. Another argument is that the CIA and Laos during the Vietnam war .. that argument was not explicitly made, just stated as CIA and Laos in Vietnam war. Following the logic, one might assume the claim is CIA got Laos hooked during Vietnam war, and so bombing Laos became a military mission urgent thing? It is hard to know exactly what drug users mean when they argue. It is true there were three opium wars in the 1800's and KGB was involved in spreading drugs through the peace movement. I'm sure CIA have had operations involving drug use which they disavow (I've seen Mission Impossible). 

The terrible violence and exploitation shown in NARCO and part of recent history is known. Why would any responsible person want that for their community? Pablo Escobar was not unique. Dan Andrews is opening a drug use facility next to a Primary school in Melbourne. He is wanting drug users to inject safely, and feels Ice users can then be safely released to the community while high. Andrews calls it best practice. Mathew Guy, opposition leader of the Liberals in Victoria will not endorse the project. Ice use next to primary schools? Will awards be given to any ice user who eats a school child? What would Escobar have done? 
=== from 2017 ===
IPA Review April 2017 has an article on former Australian PM Paul Keating by former conservative minister and current IPA fellow Richard Allsop reviewing Keating by Kerry O'Brien and Paul Keating by Tony Bramston. What must be understood to penetrate the hagiography is that Libertarians are very similar animals to left wingers. Libertarians tend to the centre left. In recent years, left wing parties have vacated the centre left in favour of more extremist left wing positions. The collective good is served by prudent economic management. Libertarians say that, but Obama, HR Clinton, Bill Shorten and Rudd and Gillard are on record despising that view. The miracle of Keating is that although Keating was not very good, he was not insane. Keating milked a divided conservative lobby and got conservative support to bring through badly managed reforms. Rudd and Gillard have largely undone many of the Keating Industrial Relation reforms and Bill Shorten is opportunistically preventing improvement. Keating could have had better policies, but his party would not accept it. But what Keating achieved was done because responsible adults helped him achieve it. Australia still has responsible adults in parliament. But neither the ALP leader nor the current Liberal leader (Malcolm Turnbull) are one of those responsible adults. 

Some things should not happen, but they do. Malcolm Turnbull leaking bogus polling about Tony Abbott illustrates that Turnbull can achieve nothing as PM beyond further humiliation. Naming Alan Jones was particularly stupid, as Jones is not backing Turnbull's lie. Turnbull is being hung out to dry. And it is Turnbull's fault. Turnbull only needed to be competent, and attempt any of the performance markers he indicated when he knifed Abbott. But Turnbull has failed every single one. One value Australians love about Australians is loyalty. Turnbull has failed that test. If Malcolm Turnbull had not been born in Australia it is doubtful he would pass a ridgy didge citizen test. For the record some have said that the proposed changes to the citizen test are worthless because people lie. However, some migrants proudly state they would transgress the mooted question values. Clearly, then, the test would have bite. 
=== from 2016 ===
A full day at work, and I am floored when I get home by the bureaucratic Victorian Institute of Teachers (VIT). I leave home at 6:40 am in the hopes of getting a seat on the train into the city. I get a seat. Just. Busy productive day at work when my employment service calls me at lunch. They tell me the money they promised me for clothes will not be paid for the clothes I got. And I need to show them the physical receipt, not just a copy. Maybe I can explain the purchase of a business shirt for business? Maybe not. I leave for home at the end of the day, thinking of shopping if there is not seat on the train. There is a seat so I don't shop. The rain prevents the bus from being on time. It is too hard to see outside the bus and I miss my stop and have to walk further in the rain. I get home and the internet is down because the broken back door has still not been repaired by AAMI. And I fix the internet, by resetting the modem and reestablishing the new passwords, and I'm told by the VIT that my application to teach has been deemed to be insufficient as I need to say how many prac days I had back in 1991. My full time experience evidently not counting for much. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
A storm has come to Sydney. Cool air. Good where I live on the top floor of a unit block, but terrible for many. Flooding. People have died. This is where infrastructure is important. Flood mitigating initiatives were not pursued for more than a decade when ALP were in office. Instead, money was diverted to a desalination plant in Sydney which has never been useful. Also, the outback needs to be developed so that such an excess of water goes to food production, and not waste. People die from ALP excess wether they know it or not. 

Australia's foreign minister visited Charlie Hebdo in France, and thanked the magazine for their work. “If people don’t like it, don’t buy it. The utterly brutal and disproportionate response by the terrorists murdering people at this magazine, is to be condemned.”. An actual journalist working for @Spiegelonline, has found documents which show how ISIL came into being. It is, as Mr Abbott has said many times, a death cult. It has been built around East German Stasi lines as Saddam Hussein's intelligence network chiefs have devised it. It exploits Islam but has nothing to do with it. Which may startle some who weren't observant. Islam doesn't approve of homosexuality, yet jihadis have been given dispensation for sodomy on the front lines of this civil war (everywhere). Islam does not approve of cross dressing, but jihadis do it and act as if it is clever. Islam does not prove of women fighting men, but again the jihadis do that. Islam does not prove of suicide bombing. Islam does not like desecration of holy objects. Islam promotes justice, yet the jihadis version of Sharia Law does not provide it. Jihadis are killing other Muslims. Jihadis torture peaceful peoples who have done nothing to warrant it. Jihadis rape children and innocent women, and men. Were a jihadis to face an established sharia court anywhere in the world with evidence of these crimes they would be killed. 

ISIL has been designed by one of Iraq's intelligence colonels who worked for Saddam and was trained by his regime. But the reason why it is so effective is because the inept former PM of Iraq who was in Iran's pocket, did not try to run a cohesive government. A young democratic state was brutally abused by him and Obama. His regime was easy to overthrow because he failed to use all the resources at hand, favouring Shiites over others. Yet those others also have nationalistic pride. And they want to live. What should be of international concern is Iran's development of nuclear weapons. It goes hand in hand with North Korea's development, and is a threat to world peace. 

In 753 BC, Rome was founded by Romulus. In 43 BC, at the Battle of Mutina, Antony got a tactical victory over superior numbers of troops, preventing their encirclement of him. Among the republic's forces opposing him was Octavian. Octavian did not like fighting with the forces who killed his adoptive dad, but it gave him honour. In 900, the Laguna Copperplate inscription was made, the earliest record of writing in the Philippines. The writing system was from Java, but based on an earlier Phoenician script. In 1509, King Henry VIII came to the throne on the death of his dad. 1782, Bangkok was founded. In 1792, Brazilian revolutionary Tiradentes was hanged, drawn and quartered. It had not gone to plan. He had intended to lead a revolt during a tax take for Portugal three years earlier. But he was betrayed by a trusted friend who was given a promise of tax relief. In 1856, Labour movement involving stonemasons and building workers march from Melbourne University to parliament house over an eight hour work day. It was before television. Melbourne University was less than three years old. Gold had only been discovered five years earlier in Victoria. They were successful. In 1914, the US Navy operating near Veracruz intercepted a German arms shipment to Mexico. In 1918, Richthofen was shot down. In 1934, the Surgeon's Photograph, a known hoax, was supposed to have photographed the Loch Ness Monster. 
From 2014
Neville Wran is dead. Nearly 38 years of corruption has had an opening close. Only the baton of activity also long passed hands. They aren't stupid. They go into public life thinking they have something to offer. The party machine is evil. They are inducted into corruption. They can't leave it, but advance so they might put their personal stamp on things .. only their tools are corrupt. And those charged with keeping them honest aren't doing it. Some really disturbing things involved with Wran in his years in office .. the assassination of Donald McKay and the inability to prosecute those involved. The growth of Underbelly style organised crime. The smearing of the previous Askin Administration by inflating activity that was occurring under Wran. The disappearance of anti drug campaigners. The early release of criminals from prison to order. Corruption of the public service. The inability of NSW to develop infrastructure. Widespread public strikes. Only now is the second airport being built. A lucky break came with the election of Greiner. NSW sidestepped the late 80's crash thanks to prudent choices he made .. meanwhile ALP governments in Vic, SA and WA saw the collapse of credit unions and resultant issues that have still to be fully addressed today. But the media cheer team are pumping out revisionist history praising Wran. So I will add, Wran was very good. After he was caught being corrupt, he gave the tools to others. And shielded them. 

Nobody likes drought, famine or plague. It is understandable that people would do any responsible action to address it, but on this day in 1506 in Portugal, a crowd took steps that were harmful which did not address the problems. It was as if AGW believers had been transported into the past. Some claimed they had seen a miracle of Christ's face on the altar. A new Christian (converted Jew) made the reasonable claim that what was seen was the reflection of a candle. For the temerity of being right, the new Christian was kicked to death by the true believers. But the true believers were not finished. They wanted to end drought, famine and plague. So they found some 1900 new Christians and killed them too. History shows that the drought, famine and plague ended, but that wasn't because the crowd had murdered 1900 new Christians (Jews). It is and was an insult to Jews to call them Christians, or like Christians. They had been forced to convert by a political edict not dissimilar to AGW scientists today giving credentials to other AGW scientists. Today, AGW scientists are demanding we do nothing worthwhile, but spend a lot of money, addressing climate change. It is reasonable, then to charge such people with war crimes and crimes against humanity. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 753 BC, Romulus founded Rome (traditional date). 43 BC, Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony was again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who was killed. Antony failed to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus was murdered shortly after. 900, the Laguna Copperplate Inscription (the earliest known written document found in what is now the Philippines): the Commander-in-Chief of the Kingdom of Tondo, as represented by the Honourable Jayadewa, Lord Minister of Pailah, pardoned from all debt the Honourable Namwaran and his relations. 1092, the Diocese of Pisa was elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Urban II

In 1506, the three-day Lisbon Massacre came to an end with the slaughter of over 1,900 suspected Jews by Portuguese Catholics. 1509, Henry VIII ascended the throne of England on the death of his father, Henry VII. 1526, the last ruler of the Lodi Dynasty, Ibrahim Lodi was defeated and killed by Babur in the First Battle of Panipat. 1615, the Wignacourt Aqueduct was inaugurated in Malta. 1782, the city of Rattanakosin, now known internationally as Bangkok, was founded on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke. 1792, Tiradentes, a revolutionary leading a movement for Brazil's independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.

In 1806, Action of 21 April 1806: A French frigate escaped British forces off the coast of South Africa. 1809, two Austrian army corps were driven from Landshut by a First French Empire army led by Napoleon I of France as two French corps to the north held off the main Austrian army on the first day of the Battle of Eckmühl. 1821, Benderli Ali Pasha arrived in Constantinople as the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire; he remained in power for only nine days before being sent into exile. 1836, Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto: Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeated troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. 1856, Australian labour movement: Stonemasons and building workers on building sites around Melbourne march from the University of Melbourne to Parliament House to achieve an Eight-hour day. 1863, Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, declared his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". 1894, Norway formally adopted the Krag-Jørgensen bolt-action rifle as the main arm of its armed forces, a weapon that would remain in service for almost 50 years. 1898, Spanish–American War: The United States Navy began a blockade of Cuban ports. When the U.S. Congress issued a declaration of war on April 25, it declared that a state of war had existed from this date.

In 1914, Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico was intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz, Veracruz. 1918, World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", was shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France. 1925, the Manifesto of the Fascist Intellectuals was published in Il Mondo, establishing the political and ideological foundations of Italian Fascism. 1934, the "Surgeon's Photograph", the most famous photo allegedly showing the Loch Ness Monster, was published in the Daily Mail (in 1999, it was revealed to be a hoax). 1941, Emmanouil Tsouderos became the 132nd Prime Minister of Greece. 1945, World War II: Soviet forces south of Berlin at Zossen attacked the German High Command headquarters. 1952, Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) was first celebrated.

In 1960, Brasília, Brazil's capital, was officially inaugurated. At 09:30, the Three Powers of the Republic were simultaneously transferred from the old capital, Rio de Janeiro. 1962, the Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opened. It was the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II. 1963, the Universal House of Justice of the Bahá'í Faith was elected for the first time. 1964, a Transit-5bn satellite failed to reach orbit after launch; as it re-entered the atmosphere, 2.1 pounds (0.95 kg) of radioactive plutonium in its SNAP RTGpower source was widely dispersed. 1965, the 1964–1965 New York World's Fair opened for its second and final season. 1966, Rastafari movement: Haile Selassie of Ethiopiavisited Jamaica, an event now celebrated as Grounation Day. 1967, Greek military junta of 1967–74: A few days before the general election in Greece, Colonel George Papadopoulosled a coup d'état, establishing a military regime that lasted for seven years. 1970, the Hutt River Province Principality seceded from Australia. 1975, Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu fled Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, fell.

In 1982, Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers became the first pitcher to record 300 saves. 1987, the Tamil Tigers were blamed for a car bomb that detonated in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people. 1989, Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989: In Beijing, around 100,000 students gathered in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Chinese reform leader Hu Yaobang. 1992, the first discoveries of extrasolar planets were announced by astronomers Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail. They discovered two planets orbiting the pulsar PSR 1257+12. 1993, the Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentenced former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution. 2004, five suicide car bombers target police stations in and around Basra, killing 74 people and wounding 160. 2010, the controversial Kharkiv Pact(Russian Ukrainian Naval Base for Gas Treaty) was signed in Kharkiv, Ukraine, by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych and Russian President Dimitry Medvedev; it would be unilaterally terminated by Russia on March 31, 2014. 2012, two trains were involved in a head-on collision near Sloterdijk, Amsterdam, in the Netherlands, injuring 116 people.

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Today's reading: 2 Samuel 9-11, Luke 15:11-32 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Samuel 9-11

David and Mephibosheth
1 David asked, "Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan's sake?"
2 Now there was a servant of Saul's household named Ziba. They summoned him to appear before David, and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?"
"At your service," he replied.
3 The king asked, "Is there no one still alive from the house of Saul to whom I can show God's kindness?"

Today's New Testament reading: Luke 15:11-32

The Parable of the Lost Son

11 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. 12The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them.
13 "Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth in wild living. 14After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything....

=== Morning and Evening ===


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"That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death."
Hebrews 2:14
O child of God, death hath lost its sting, because the devil's power over it is destroyed. Then cease to fear dying. Ask grace from God the Holy Ghost, that by an intimate knowledge and a firm belief of thy Redeemer's death, thou mayst be strengthened for that dread hour. Living near the cross of Calvary thou mayst think of death with pleasure, and welcome it when it comes with intense delight. It is sweet to die in the Lord: it is a covenant-blessing to sleep in Jesus. Death is no longer banishment, it is a return from exile, a going home to the many mansions where the loved ones already dwell. The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home--a moment will bring us there. The sail is spread; the soul is launched upon the deep. How long will be its voyage? How many wearying winds must beat upon the sail ere it shall be reefed in the port of peace? How long shall that soul be tossed upon the waves before it comes to that sea which knows no storm? Listen to the answer, "Absent from the body, present with the Lord." Yon ship has just departed, but it is already at its haven. It did but spread its sail and it was there. Like that ship of old, upon the Lake of Galilee, a storm had tossed it, but Jesus said, "Peace, be still," and immediately it came to land. Think not that a long period intervenes between the instant of death and the eternity of glory. When the eyes close on earth they open in heaven. The horses of fire are not an instant on the road. Then, O child of God, what is there for thee to fear in death, seeing that through the death of thy Lord its curse and sting are destroyed? and now it is but a Jacob's ladder whose foot is in the dark grave, but its top reaches to glory everlasting.

Evening

"Fight the Lord's battles."
1 Samuel 18:17
The sacramental host of God's elect is warring still on earth, Jesus Christ being the Captain of their salvation. He has said, "Lo! I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world." Hark to the shouts of war! Now let the people of God stand fast in their ranks, and let no man's heart fail him. It is true that just now in England the battle is turned against us, and unless the Lord Jesus shall lift his sword, we know not what may become of the church of God in this land; but let us be of good courage, and play the man. There never was a day when Protestantism seemed to tremble more in the scales than now that a fierce effort is making to restore the Romish antichrist to his ancient seat. We greatly want a bold voice and a strong hand to preach and publish the old gospel for which martyrs bled and confessors died. The Saviour is, by his Spirit, still on earth; let this cheer us. He is ever in the midst of the fight, and therefore the battle is not doubtful. And as the conflict rages, what a sweet satisfaction it is to know that the Lord Jesus, in his office as our great Intercessor, is prevalently pleading for his people! O anxious gazer, look not so much at the battle below, for there thou shalt be enshrouded in smoke, and amazed with garments rolled in blood; but lift thine eyes yonder where the Saviour lives and pleads, for while he intercedes, the cause of God is safe. Let us fight as if it all depended upon us, but let us look up and know that all depends upon him.
Now, by the lilies of Christian purity, and by the roses of the Saviour's atonement, by the roes and by the hinds of the field, we charge you who are lovers of Jesus, to do valiantly in the Holy War, for truth and righteousness, for the kingdom and crown jewels of your Master. Onward! "for the battle is not yours but God's."

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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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