Editorial for Easter Sunday
Miracles happen, unexpected, during times of great evil. And some miracles are underpinned by ordinary things. Jesus' resurrection was no ordinary thing. His killing was unwarranted, but carried out by the complicit world. Yet that very terrible, evil act, was the basis of God's victory over the Devil.
In a more modern context, great evil has been perpetrated on the US peoples with the 2020 election fraud. A complicit technocracy has facilitated worse to come. NYY's manager, Boon, has praised MLB for moving their all star game from Georgia as Georgia moved to protect voting rights for their constituents, so voter fraud like 2020 does not happen again. Thank you Mr Boon, we know where you stand on freedom and racism. Former President, Trump, has called for there to be a ban on MLB from MAGA supporters. I will watch and follow, but contribute nothing to MLB. Just as I despised the NYY team I follow last year when their star player, Judge, proudly announced he would take the knee in support of racism. NYY finished the year on their knees.
In Hollywood attacks on conservatives predate the invention of motion pictures. STAN, the streaming business in Australia, has two series worth comparing, Blue Bloods and City on a Hill. Blue Bloods harks back to the Giuliani years where a police force was effective and committed. The Reagan family and their nightly dinners show decent people fighting the good fight. City on a Hill is a name with religious overtones, suggestive of the light USA shines around the world to maintain freedom. It is narrated around the so called Boston Miracle where authorities limited young kids from killing each other with guns. 0.03% of people usually account for over half of all crime. The New York experience suggests only GOP will reduce crime. City on a Hill begins with race baiting and lying about what police are like, and how responsible adults behave. In their world, it is a free thinker that despises God, and has a hard bitten attitude to sex, drugs and crime. STAN, in Australia has shadow banned the clean cut Blue Bloods and promoted City on a Hill.
But, now for the ordinary miracle. Some will get upset and Ban MLB, or STAN. The majority of States will implement improvements to voting regulation. Disenchantment with Dem politics and antics will see GOP crush them in '22 and reverse the damage done. Hidden by the fraud, is the observation that those who supported Trump in '20, but not '16, some twelve million voters, were traditional Democrat supporters who liked Trump policy. Democrat support base is imploding, held up only by fraud where, were every voter who supported them to hold up two hands, they would not reach 82 million.
===Tactics matter. In this episode, I discuss a three-point plan to take the fight to the liberal spin machine on the election law changes. I also address the video of the Biden White House desperately trying to backtrack from a controversy they started.
News Picks:
- Marco Rubio slams the hypocritical MLB commissioner asking him if he plans to keep his membership at a Georgia club.
- The hypocritical MLB picks Denver for the All-Star Game.
- 72% of Americans favor requiring photo ID to vote.
- Terror watch list suspects were caught at the Southern Border.
- Is China minting the digital currency of the future?
- Border towns cannot keep up with the influx of illegal immigrants into the country.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Texas Gov. Signs Order Banning State Agencies From Requiring Vaccine PassportsFauci Struggles to Explain Why Coronavirus Cases Are Dropping in Texas
Biden Is Detaining 18,000 Minors – Trump’s Peak Was 2,600
Navy Medic Shoots Two Before Being Killed by Military Personnel at Maryland Army Base
March Border Crossings Hit 15-Year High
Iran Wants Down Payment of Over $3 Billion Just to Sit Down With Biden
Capitol Hill
Why Did CBP Delete a Press Release About Apprehending Terrorists?
Texas Will Move Its Election Day if H.R. 1 Passes
Florida Dem Rep. Alcee Hastings Dies at 84
White House Continues Lying About New Georgia Voting Law
Biden DHS Mulls Resuming Border Wall Construction
Pelosi Could Personally Profit From Biden’s Infrastructure Plan
Psaki Says Biden Could Voice Support for Similar “Efforts” as the MLB’s
Rasmussen: Biden’s Disapproval Rating Rises to 51%
Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Would Overturn Right-to-Work Laws in 27 States
Paski, Biden, and Harris Continue Dodging Questions About the Border
Florida Gov. DeSantis Blasts Deceptively Edited 60 Minutes Report
Lisa Murkowski Trails Republican Challenger in New Poll
Culture War
Arkansas Gov. Vetoes Bill Banning Gender Transition Surgery for Children
Seattle Public School Officials Demand New Homeless Encampments on School Properties Remain
Greg Gutfeld Comes Out Swinging in Weeknight Show Debut
Chauvin Defense Argues Officer’s Knee Was on George Floyd’s Shoulder Blade, Not Neck
Four Times Conservative Art (Or Artists) Got Un-Canceled
Why Gun Sales Keep Smashing Records
Hundreds of Prisoners Identifying as Transgender Request Transfers Under New California Law
Texas Gov. Abbott Refuses to Throw First Pitch Over MLB’s Opposition to GA Voting Law
Clarence Thomas Makes Case for Regulating Facebook, Twitter, and Google as Utilities
Economy
Buttigieg Retracts Bogus Claim Infrastructure Bill Would Create 19 Million Jobs
World Economy Risks Diverging
Janet Yellen Wants a Global Minimum Corporate Tax
SCOTUS Hands Google Victory in Major Copyright Case
McConnell Warns CEOs to Stay Out of Politics
U.S. Prepares Tariffs Against Six Countries in Retaliation for Their Digital Services Taxes
Lumber Price Surge Adds $24k to Average Price of Newly Built Homes
UBS Predicts 80k More Retail Stores Will Close in U.S. by 2026
$1.3 Billion in Tax Refunds Are Being Left on the Table
7% of Americans Are Living Internet-Free
In One Chart: Why Biden’s Corporate Tax Rate Increase Is a Mistake
Swamp Watch
FBI Took “Tip” From Journo Before Visiting Ex-Matt Gaetz Staffer to Discuss “Fabricated” Story
Human Smugglers Are Using Facebook to Advertise “100 Percent Safe” U.S. Border Crossings
The FBI Is Primarily a Weapon Against Republicans Now
Hunter Biden Claims He Has No Recollection of Meeting Stripper Who He Had a Child With
Chuck Schumer Invites MLB All-Star Game to New York While Leaving Out the Facts About NY’s Voting Law
Criminal Alien Arrests Near Border Have Exceeded 4,500 This Year
New Poll Shows Americans Disapprove of the Way Biden Is Handling the Child Migrant Crisis
Portland Police Are Leaving the Force in Droves
Anatomy of a Hunter Business Deal Involving a Ukrainian Oligarch
Georgia Voter ID Law Condemned by CEOs of Companies That Require Photo ID
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Biden Admin Eyes Restarting Border Wall Construction
Psaki: Catching Terrorists Crossing Border 'Very Uncommon'
Next Steps Announced in Changing Title IX School Sexual Assault Rules
Biden’s Climate Agenda Threatened by Wage Gaps
Biden Moving Up Vaccine Eligibility Date to April 19
Ruling Means Dems Could Pass Infrastructure Bill Without Even One GOP Vote
Gizzi: Private Report Concludes Biden Lowballs Infrastructure Package by $1T
Report: Biden Spending Bill Could Financially Benefit Pelosi
US to Join Talks Aimed at Salvaging Iran Nuclear Deal
Newsfront
2 Critical, Alleged Navy Shooter Dead in Maryland Shooting
Two men were shot and critically wounded in a Maryland commercial park on Tuesday in an incident that ended with the alleged gunman, identified as a Navy sailor, going to a nearby military base where he was shot dead...... [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Emily Dickinson
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (December 10, 1830 -- May 15, 1886) was an American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. After she studied at the Amherst Academy for seven years in her youth, she spent a short time at Mount Holyoke Female Seminary before returning to her family's house in Amherst. Thought of as an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.
https://rumble.com/vbgwzb-emily-dickinson.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. 'Good News for Turnbull' thunder newspaper as they produce polling showing Liberals will be slaughtered under Turnbull. Only there is a twist. Polls allegedly show Turnbull is the one people support losing. Turnbull's friends can bodgy polls. Just as they did when they said no woman would ever vote for Abbott. It wasn't true, but it scared the pollsters into backing Turnbull. Note, Turnbull has corrupt support. People willing to lie for him. People who feel Turnbull's bureaucratic embrace of AGW allow them to prosecute their agenda better by giving them access to corrupt income streams. A current argument in support of holding onto Turnbull is stability. The rats are trying to use time to protect themselves from backlash. And they are sacrificing the party and states to achieve it. Even so, Victoria's conservatives are looking well placed to copy South Australia and Tasmania on local issues. But rats are choking reforms in NSW and hurting the Vic campaign too. Illustrative of how a party in power can hold onto what hurts it, Victoria's ALP has yet to find competence. People dying from crime, bad health care, poor policing, and, a corrupt education service, but the leading lights of the ALP refuse to switch on. Maybe if they addressed one issue before the November election? But then, they would not be able to point to one thing they offer. Stability. A vote for ALP is a vote not to change things. And they can't be worse than they already are. Meanwhile, Guy is offering stable, capable government that addresses all the issues ALP has inflamed. The result is that senior policy people in Libs are trying to protect ALP furniture too. Because, moving forward from a win, a rump of ALP who hold onto Andrews legacy is easier to deal with than a revitalised ALP.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Trump's attack on Syria seems proportionate and reasonable. Only if Assad wants to die soon will things escalate. It remains to be seen, but it seems a strong political statement with China being entertained in DC and Russia strong armed. NK and Iran would be on point too. The US is not weak like when Obama was President. Libertarians are predictably upset. They never liked Trump, but were happy to see the left humbled. My concern is that idiot 'friends' of mine are fighting for Assad. Because they are in harms way if they are, and they should be. WMD are outlawed for a reason. The use of WMD means almost any response is proportionate. Note, Trump's response was not as big as it could have been, were he an actual war monger, he could have done much more. Instead of a clumsy Obama initiative which would have hit women and children, Trump has hit Assad's forces in a direct, but contained way. And very pointed. Don't use WMD if you want to live.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2016 ===
I support small business and promote local talent where I can. I find the predatory behaviour of estate agents very challenging. I get it the businesses need to be profitable. But what Ray White Cabramatta have done to me is betrayal, not good will. And I cannot, will not endorse it. As a good tenant, I was never behind in my rent, I gave to my newly renovated unit, a new oven, and a new split system air conditioner. The previous oven had been riddled with insects and larvae. Not even running the oven on highest temp for hours could clear it. So I replaced it. There had been no air conditioning and I had it installed at my cost. Before I left I had the place professionally cleaned. I had left a bathroom that was cleaner than I had received it. My removalists left behind a few items. A functional tool kit worth $100 in 1990. Some drinking glasses and some pots and pans. There was one broken floor tile that the estate agency had been aware of from the start of my near two year tenancy. It broke because it was badly installed or faulty. No others broke. I did not have tile breaking parties. The agency agreed to wait a year before dealing with the tile, to see if others broke too. None did. The owners were aware of the broken tile. Still, it wasn't there when I received the unit and so the agency charged me $350 for cleaning the unit and $100 for replacing the tile. The $100 was deducted from my bond. The bond will not be paid until the 15th May when I moved out 2nd March. The agents agreed to a full refund and reneged only after I left the state. They have no paperwork to justify their actions.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
In 397, Honorius banned the wearing of barbarian clothing. Problem was Roman clothing was not comfortable or easy to wear. A lot of cloth went into a toga but the wearing of it was confining, meaning that one needed servants to carry things. So the growing middle class which resulted from Roman affluence were disadvantaged by the clothing. Rome was under siege and Romans had lost the taste for fighting, so Honorius sought to install old time values to raise fighting spirits. Thing is, Honorius, one of the all time worst Emperors of Rome was only thirteen years old at the time and led by his father in law whom had been appointed guardian by his father. Stilicho was a good general who kept the enemy at bay. But When Honorius grew up, he was lead into believing Stilicho was a threat to him, and so he had him executed and Rome fell apart defenceless.
It is interesting that the symbolic reflexive embrace of old cultural values was parcel with the collapse of Rome. One sees a similarity with the dogmatic and bigoted right wing who claim to represent and keep Australian values by despising migrants. The anti Islam movement over reach in Australia. Australia is a modern democracy struggling with issues of debt and resourcing. But the anti Islam movement want to antagonise Islam, denouncing it as the sole source of jihadism and inflating aims of jihadis to implement Sharia Law in Australia and around the world. The only Sharia Law in Australia is in the minds of a few jihadis, impotent Islamic leaders, and some frightened right wing bigots. One cannot prevent people from thinking bad thoughts. But the fact is Australian law comes from the constitution which is incompatible with many of the fears the bigots have.
At the moment, the biggest danger to Australia is the ALP's refusal to allow the government to cut costs. Even business is pointing out how bad Shorten's policy is. Shorten does not have a policy, which is why his decision to block everything is so hard to criticise. Except it isn't that hard, really, just the press are partisan.
It is interesting that the symbolic reflexive embrace of old cultural values was parcel with the collapse of Rome. One sees a similarity with the dogmatic and bigoted right wing who claim to represent and keep Australian values by despising migrants. The anti Islam movement over reach in Australia. Australia is a modern democracy struggling with issues of debt and resourcing. But the anti Islam movement want to antagonise Islam, denouncing it as the sole source of jihadism and inflating aims of jihadis to implement Sharia Law in Australia and around the world. The only Sharia Law in Australia is in the minds of a few jihadis, impotent Islamic leaders, and some frightened right wing bigots. One cannot prevent people from thinking bad thoughts. But the fact is Australian law comes from the constitution which is incompatible with many of the fears the bigots have.
At the moment, the biggest danger to Australia is the ALP's refusal to allow the government to cut costs. Even business is pointing out how bad Shorten's policy is. Shorten does not have a policy, which is why his decision to block everything is so hard to criticise. Except it isn't that hard, really, just the press are partisan.
From 2014
It is her birthday today, and Janis Ian is no longer seventeen. It is an anniversary of Atila the Hun in 451 sacking a city in Gaul prior to his attempt at the big prize of Rome. In 1611, Maya had a victory of Palenque. We know of Palenque today because of their small, well preserved ruins. After the WA poll, it is also how we know of the ALP. For the Greens, Ludlum is proud of his malicious assault on Abbott spoken from the coward's castle of parliament. His popularity is not among people of good heart, which will limit future growth for the Greens. It should be noted that not every loser voted Green. PUP attracted a lot of votes too. The Nationals are a great party, but not differentiated enough from the Liberals to attract substantial votes in their own right. Shifting demographics mean they aren't attracting rural mining votes.
There are few things more despicable than bureaucrats benefiting from suffering. Kofi Annan's career got a boost on this day in 1994 Rwanda. Eisenhower made his dominos speech in 1954. The internet had its foundation on this day in 1969. But my mind leaves politics to another thing, a death that happened this morning. Not unexpected, he was old. Rooney claimed he was the inspiration for Walt Disney in naming his mouse Mickey. Mickey could sing, dance and act. He grew up on stage, and was gracious to fans. In 2011, at the age of 91, he appeared on the Muppets and later in a celebrity ghost story where he recounted his dead father urging him to continue on stage. He had 9 children, and multiple wives .. never at the same time. It is a blessing to say someone died of old age, surrounded by family. Possibly not all those wives. The lord blessed you, Mr Rooney. Thank you for sharing so generously your gifts.
There are few things more despicable than bureaucrats benefiting from suffering. Kofi Annan's career got a boost on this day in 1994 Rwanda. Eisenhower made his dominos speech in 1954. The internet had its foundation on this day in 1969. But my mind leaves politics to another thing, a death that happened this morning. Not unexpected, he was old. Rooney claimed he was the inspiration for Walt Disney in naming his mouse Mickey. Mickey could sing, dance and act. He grew up on stage, and was gracious to fans. In 2011, at the age of 91, he appeared on the Muppets and later in a celebrity ghost story where he recounted his dead father urging him to continue on stage. He had 9 children, and multiple wives .. never at the same time. It is a blessing to say someone died of old age, surrounded by family. Possibly not all those wives. The lord blessed you, Mr Rooney. Thank you for sharing so generously your gifts.
Historical perspective on this day
In 397, the wearing of barbarian clothing in the City of Rome was banned by the Emperor Honorius. 451, Attila the Hun sacked the town of Metz and attacked other cities in Gaul. 529, first draft of the Corpus Juris Civilis (a fundamental work in jurisprudence) was issued by Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian I. 611, Maya king Uneh Chan of Calakmul sacked rival city-state Palenque in southern Mexico. 1141, Empress Matilda, became the first female ruler of England, adopting the title 'Lady of the English'. 1348, Charles University was founded in Prague. 1521, Ferdinand Magellan arrived at Cebu. 1541, Francis Xavier left Lisbon on a mission to the Portuguese East Indies.
In 1724, Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. 1767, end of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767). 1776, Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captured the Edward. 1788, American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrived at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opening the westward expansion of the new country. 1789, Selim IIIbecame Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1798, the Mississippi Territory was organised from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It was expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
In 1805, Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery broke camp among the Mandantribe and resumed its journey West along the Missouri River. 1827, John Walker, an Englishchemist, sold the first friction match that he had invented the previous year. 1829, Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commenced translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe. 1831, D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, resigned. He went to his native Portugal to become King D. Pedro IV. 1862, American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ended: The Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. 1868, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation was assassinated by Irish Republicans, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician. 1890, completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
In 1906, Mount Vesuvius erupted and devastated Naples. Also 1906, the Algeciras Conference gave France and Spain control over Morocco. 1908, H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. 1922, Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interiorleased Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming. 1927, first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaid the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). 1933, Prohibition in the United States was repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. 1939, World War II: Italy invaded Albania.
In 1940, Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. 1943, Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans ordered 1,100 Jewsto undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they were shot dead and buried in ditches. Also 1943, Ioannis Rallisbecame collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. 1945, World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, was sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go. Also 1945, World War II: Visoko was liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces. 1946, Syria's independence from France was officially recognised. 1948, the World Health Organization was established by the United Nations. Also 1948, a Buddhist monastery burned in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. 1956, Spain relinquished its protectorate in Morocco. 1964, IBMannounced the System/360. 1967, Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times. 1969, the Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. 1971, President Richard Nixon announced his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam. 1976, former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigned from the Labour Party. 1977, German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver were shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. 1978, development of the neutron bomb was canceled by President Jimmy Carter. 1980, the United Statessevered relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. 1983, during STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson performed the first space shuttle spacewalk. 1985, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe. 1989, Soviet submarine Komsomolets sank in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
In 1990, Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter was found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was later reversed on appeal). Also 1990, a fire broke out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people. 1992, Republika Srpskaannounced its independence. 1994, Rwandan Genocide: Massacres of Tutsis began in Kigali, Rwanda. Also 1994, Auburn Calloway attempted to hijack FedEx Express Flight 705 and crash it to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. The crew subdued him and landed the aircraft safely. 1995, First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. 1999, the World Trade Organization ruled in favour of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. 2001, Mars Odyssey was launched. 2003, U.S. troops captured Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime fell two days later. 2009, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. 2009, Mass protests began across Moldova under the belief that resulted from the parliamentary election being fraudulent.
In 1724, Premiere performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion BWV 245 at St. Nicholas Church, Leipzig. 1767, end of Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767). 1776, Captain John Barry and the USS Lexington captured the Edward. 1788, American Pioneers to the Northwest Territory arrived at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers, establishing Marietta, Ohio, as the first permanent American settlement of the new United States in the Northwest Territory, and opening the westward expansion of the new country. 1789, Selim IIIbecame Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1798, the Mississippi Territory was organised from disputed territory claimed by both the United States and Spain. It was expanded in 1804 and again in 1812.
In 1805, Lewis and Clark Expedition: The Corps of Discovery broke camp among the Mandantribe and resumed its journey West along the Missouri River. 1827, John Walker, an Englishchemist, sold the first friction match that he had invented the previous year. 1829, Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, commenced translation of the Book of Mormon, with Oliver Cowdery as his scribe. 1831, D. Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil, resigned. He went to his native Portugal to become King D. Pedro IV. 1862, American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh ended: The Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates near Shiloh, Tennessee. 1868, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, one of the Canadian Fathers of Confederation was assassinated by Irish Republicans, in one of the few Canadian political assassinations, and the only one of a federal politician. 1890, completion of the first Lake Biwa Canal.
In 1906, Mount Vesuvius erupted and devastated Naples. Also 1906, the Algeciras Conference gave France and Spain control over Morocco. 1908, H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party took office as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, succeeding Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. 1922, Teapot Dome scandal: United States Secretary of the Interiorleased Teapot Dome petroleum reserves in Wyoming. 1927, first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington, D.C., to New York City, displaid the image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover). 1933, Prohibition in the United States was repealed for beer of no more than 3.2% alcohol by weight, eight months before the ratification of the XXI amendment. 1939, World War II: Italy invaded Albania.
In 1940, Booker T. Washington became the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. 1943, Holocaust: In Terebovlia, Ukraine, Germans ordered 1,100 Jewsto undress to their underwear and march through the city of Terebovlia to the nearby village of Plebanivka where they were shot dead and buried in ditches. Also 1943, Ioannis Rallisbecame collaborationist Prime Minister of Greece during the Axis Occupation. 1945, World War II: The Japanese battleship Yamato, the largest battleship ever constructed, was sunk by American planes 200 miles north of Okinawa while en route to a suicide mission in Operation Ten-Go. Also 1945, World War II: Visoko was liberated by the 7th, 9th, and 17th Krajina brigades from the Tenth division of Yugoslav Partisan forces. 1946, Syria's independence from France was officially recognised. 1948, the World Health Organization was established by the United Nations. Also 1948, a Buddhist monastery burned in Shanghai, China, leaving twenty monks dead.
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his "domino theory" speech during a news conference. 1955, Winston Churchill resigned as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom amid indications of failing health. 1956, Spain relinquished its protectorate in Morocco. 1964, IBMannounced the System/360. 1967, Film critic Roger Ebert published his very first film review in the Chicago Sun-Times. 1969, the Internet's symbolic birth date: Publication of RFC 1. 1971, President Richard Nixon announced his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam. 1976, former British Cabinet Minister John Stonehouse resigned from the Labour Party. 1977, German Federal prosecutor Siegfried Buback and his driver were shot by two Red Army Faction members while waiting at a red light. 1978, development of the neutron bomb was canceled by President Jimmy Carter. 1980, the United Statessevered relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran. 1983, during STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson performed the first space shuttle spacewalk. 1985, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared a moratorium on the deployment of middle-range missiles in Europe. 1989, Soviet submarine Komsomolets sank in the Barents Sea off the coast of Norway killing 42 sailors.
In 1990, Iran Contra Affair: John Poindexter was found guilty of five charges for his part in the scandal (the conviction was later reversed on appeal). Also 1990, a fire broke out on the passenger ferry M/S Scandinavian Star, killing 158 people. 1992, Republika Srpskaannounced its independence. 1994, Rwandan Genocide: Massacres of Tutsis began in Kigali, Rwanda. Also 1994, Auburn Calloway attempted to hijack FedEx Express Flight 705 and crash it to allow his family to benefit from his life insurance policy. The crew subdued him and landed the aircraft safely. 1995, First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. 1999, the World Trade Organization ruled in favour of the United States in its long-running trade dispute with the European Union over bananas. 2001, Mars Odyssey was launched. 2003, U.S. troops captured Baghdad; Saddam Hussein's regime fell two days later. 2009, former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori was sentenced to 25 years in prison for ordering killings and kidnappings by security forces. 2009, Mass protests began across Moldova under the belief that resulted from the parliamentary election being fraudulent.
=== Bible Reading ===
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Today's reading: 1 Samuel 4-6, Luke 9:1-17 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: 1 Samuel 4-6
1 And Samuel's word came to all Israel.
The Philistines Capture the Ark
Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek. 2 The Philistines deployed their forces to meet Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand of them on the battlefield. 3When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why did the LORD bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the LORD's covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies...."
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 9:1-17
Jesus Sends Out the Twelve
1 When Jesus had called the Twelve together, he gave them power and authority to drive out all demons and to cure diseases, 2 and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. 3 He told them: "Take nothing for the journey--no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no extra shirt. 4Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that town.5 If people do not welcome you, leave their town and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." 6 So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere....
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Jesus, bearing his cross, went forth to suffer without the gate. The Christian's reason for leaving the camp of the world's sin and religion is not because he loves to be singular, but because Jesus did so; and the disciple must follow his Master. Christ was "not of the world:" his life and his testimony were a constant protest against conformity with the world. Never was such overflowing affection for men as you find in him; but still he was separate from sinners. In like manner Christ's people must "go forth unto him." They must take their position "without the camp," as witness-bearers for the truth. They must be prepared to tread the straight and narrow path. They must have bold, unflinching, lion-like hearts, loving Christ first, and his truth next, and Christ and his truth beyond all the world. Jesus would have his people "go forth without the camp" for their own sanctification. You cannot grow in grace to any high degree while you are conformed to the world. The life of separation may be a path of sorrow, but it is the highway of safety; and though the separated life may cost you many pangs, and make every day a battle, yet it is a happy life after all. No joy can excel that of the soldier of Christ: Jesus reveals himself so graciously, and gives such sweet refreshment, that the warrior feels more calm and peace in his daily strife than others in their hours of rest. The highway of holiness is the highway of communion. It is thus we shall hope to win the crown if we are enabled by divine grace faithfully to follow Christ "without the camp." The crown of glory will follow the cross of separation. A moment's shame will be well recompensed by eternal honour; a little while of witness-bearing will seem nothing when we are "forever with the Lord."
Evening
Our Lord Jesus, by his death, did not purchase a right to a part of us only, but to the entire man. He contemplated in his passion the sanctification of us wholly, spirit, soul, and body; that in this triple kingdom he himself might reign supreme without a rival. It is the business of the newborn nature which God has given to the regenerate to assert the rights of the Lord Jesus Christ. My soul, so far as thou art a child of God, thou must conquer all the rest of thyself which yet remains unblest; thou must subdue all thy powers and passions to the silver sceptre of Jesus' gracious reign, and thou must never be satisfied till he who is King by purchase becomes also King by gracious coronation, and reigns in thee supreme. Seeing, then, that sin has no right to any part of us, we go about a good and lawful warfare when we seek, in the name of God, to drive it out. O my body, thou art a member of Christ: shall I tolerate thy subjection to the prince of darkness? O my soul, Christ has suffered for thy sins, and redeemed thee with his most precious blood: shall I suffer thy memory to become a storehouse of evil, or thy passions to be firebrands of iniquity? Shall I surrender my judgment to be perverted by error, or my will to be led in fetters of iniquity? No, my soul, thou art Christ's, and sin hath no right to thee.
Be courageous concerning this, O Christian! be not dispirited, as though your spiritual enemies could never be destroyed. You are able to overcome them--not in your own strength--the weakest of them would be too much for you in that; but you can and shall overcome them through the blood of the Lamb. Do not ask, "How shall I dispossess them, for they are greater and mightier than I?" but go to the strong for strength, wait humbly upon God, and the mighty God of Jacob will surely come to the rescue, and you shall sing of victory through his grace.
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“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.” - 1 John 3:16===
John had been close to Jesus. He had thought, for a long time, that Jesus had promised John would never suffer mortal death. But God keeps all of his promises. In some ways, John died at least twice. Killed by Romans who wanted to silence his cult, John survived and died later, possibly of old age. He wrote this letter in Ephesus probably around the year 98.
John and Peter, of all the disciples had a special relationship with Jesus. Jesus even allowed them time to commune with Abraham and Moses. John writes in a particular style that is also evident in his letters and in Revelations. Earlier, John had written that Jesus was the Word made flesh. That flesh was sacrificed by God, as a gift to those whom God loved, so that God could abide them Because eternal life is close proximity to God. And to perish is to be utterly riven from God.
This verse is part of a wider message on love and hatred. Life is sweet, and to surrender it, one wants to make a big statement.
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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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