Monday, May 17, 2021

Mon 17th May 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Media hatred of Trump shields Biden

A headline names President Trump in a murder. A husband had killed his wife and allegedly used her vote, afterwards, to vote for Trump as an alibi. It is not yet certain the killer broke electoral laws established during the COVID crisis. He might not have forged her signature and it might still have been counted. Why do we know the vote was cast for Trump? Would a vote for Biden have changed the status of the investigation? Maybe Liz Cheney can enlighten us, with her vow to do anything to prevent Trump from being elected an historic third time. Usually it is a power hungry Democrat who goes for more than two elections. Except Trump has been fraudulently denied the 2020 election as an investigation into voting is showing. When Democrat Governor of California faced recall, he insisted on signatures being checked and 20% of signatures were fouled off. But during the 2020 Presidential election, some states did not check voter signatures. 

It is now being revealed by former Biden staffers that Biden is a Malcolm Turnbull type talent. He hesitates and pontificates but holds onto the power of saying 'no' well past the time a 'yes' might be practicable. Before Biden implements policy that he thought of, he is implementing policy that others preached, and that failed others. This failed policy is getting people killed in the Middle East, and denying workers jobs at home. Kudos to the forty two million Biden voters who voted twice. 

How is the press covering the Biden fiasco? By reporting that AOC had an ugly confrontation with a congress woman she publicly attacked? Marjorie Taylor Greene is correct in saying AOC has endorsed the murderous terrorists of 'Palestine' over the government and peoples of Israel? 

Or maybe the press are ignoring Biden's failure and focusing on the antics of Elon Musk?  

Editorial Cricket Australia's Ball tampering fail

The treatment of Australia's cricket elite over a professional foul of ball tampering was absurd. A player cheated badly and as a result management was cleaned out and the Captain and Vice Captain were hung out to dry. Instead of a match fee being removed from guilty parties, innocent parties resigned, and senior players were ousted for years from the sport and lost $millions. For trying to wear out one side of a cricket ball during play when the ball was playing dead. In other similar incidents players don't face any sanctions. 

Recently, the incumbent Australian captain who has led a weakened side weakly has admitted that the former captain should get his job back. And then the press inflate a 'confession' from the cricketer who committed the foul. What will the press do when they find out about Biden's involvement with the downing of MH 17 in Ukraine? We may never know. 

Actor Craig McLachlan was brutally attacked by press over allegations he was innocent. But the press are persevering with trying to destroy his career forever. 

Editorial Press harassing Israel as Israel defends herself from WMD

Israelis are facing tens of thousand of rocket attacks as terroristt celebrate Biden's 2020 election fraud. 

On May15th, Journalists against Israel 'report' on grim death toll and UN opinion favouring terrorists. We are told that there was a horror moment when Israeli police raided a home with human shields being active for terrorists. Israel collapsed tunnels which had housed high explosives. 

On May 16th we read that two press agencies, AP and Al Jazeera were using their home base in the conflict to shelter those launching missiles. "They’re not going to get weapons. They’re going to get their cameras and their work gear,” he said." "Moments later, hundreds of journalists watched their office be reduced to rubble after the Israeli army launched an air strike against it, demolishing the 13-floor building in the Gaza Strip." Apparently the life work of journalists is now to shield terrorists from retribution? 

The next day, press again report among fatalities of human shields used by terrorists to protect military targets. Only we don't know that that is what happened at all. In the past, journalists have staged things to look like atrocities. 

As Fatah's leader clings to power decades after a fraudulent election win, Press denounce Benjamin Netanyahu of clinging to power. 



Editorial how Biden started Jew Killing in Middle East

Two competing foreign policy agenda are regionalism vs bilateralism. Trump favoured bilateral relations policy. Obama favoured regionalism and recreated a cold war to achieve those aims. Under cold war theory, trouble nations like North Korea and Iran are forced to find a big protector like China or Russia to protect them. Under Bilateral theory, nations are free to achieve their agenda and engage with nations for mutual benefit. In the Middle East, a Cold War theory question of the USA to their satellite countries is "What is your biggest security threat?" and, filtered through the noise of competing factors is the answer 'Israel.' Israel is not a threat to anyone, but the compromise takes into account the desire of terrorists to achieve their aim of destroying Israel. However, when bilateral practitioners ask their question 'What do you want?' Then, most Middle East nations do not consider Israel at all. 

Under bilateral practice, Trump achieved a balanced peace in the Middle East. Under regionalism, Biden has revived terrorism, with tens of thousands of rockets aimed at Israel as thousands are fired daily. The press are happy for the war, as they hand wring and write of the possibility of peace they despised Trump. Where to next? Cold War involves bureaucratic process. Terrible things happen like the shooting down of a Malaysian airways flight over Ukraine, where the guilty parties, including Biden, have never been brought to book. 

Already, Biden meddling in the Israeli election process has clouded the state of Israel's administration. Under Cold War rules, can Israel defend herself? 
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Carter-Era Crises Return Under Biden’s Watch READ MORE

Analysis Finds Restaurants, Gyms, and Hair Salons Not a Significant Source of Coronavirus Transmissions

Biden Calls Israeli, Palestinian Leaders

Israel Pummels Hamas Targets in Deadliest Attack Since Fighting Broke Out

Report: Biden Lashed Out at HHS Chief During Meeting About Migrant Kids

Space Force Officer Loses Leadership Post After Criticizing Critical Race Theory

Associated Press Claims Ignorance They Shared Office Space With Hamas After Gaza Office Is Destroyed

Capitol Hill
Rep. Cori Bush Praises BLM Activist Who Called for Death of Cops
Biden Redirects $2 Billion in Funds Intended to Fight Coronavirus to Deal With Child Migrant Crisis
The “Divided GOP” Is Another Media Myth
DHS Offers 500k for Research and Data on Violent Extremists
Study: AOC the Most Partisan Dem in Congress
Kamala Harris’ Approval Rating Is Already Underwater
Dems Look to Censure Republicans Who Disagree With January 6 Narrative
Psaki: Illegal Aliens Represent the American Dream
Trump Endorsement Will Reshape Wyoming Race Against Liz Cheney
FBI Finally Admits Shooting That Targeted GOP Lawmakers Was Domestic Terrorism

Culture War
Brooklyn Center City Council OKs Police Changes Following Death of Duante Wright
AOC to Keep Masking Despite Being Vaccinated
Sheriff Ousted After Parkland Shooting Now Works as Traffic Monitor
University of California System Will No Longer Consider SAT/ACT Scores Because They’re “Discriminatory”
Some Right-Leaning Books Hidden From Amazon Search Results
American Airlines Investigates Pilot for Criticizing His Local School District’s Plan to Introduce Critical Race Theory
Boy Scouts Now Requires Eagles to Earn “Diversity and Inclusion” Badges
Last Week in Campus Insanity
Don Lemon Signs Off From His CNN Show

Economy
Robinhood App Tries to Dodge SEC Hurdles
Gas Prices Hit $7 at One Virginia Station
California’s Unemployment-Claims Backlog Surged 40% Last Month
Public Company Insiders Ramp Up Personal Share Sales
Chip Shortage Could Last Two Years, According to IBM
FTC Says 7/11’s $21 Billion Acquisition of Speedway May Violate Antitrust Rules
Mysterious NJ-Based “$100 Million Deli” Replaces CEO
Washington D.C. Running out of Gas Despite Colonial Pipeline Recovery
Defections From New York to Florida Are on the Rise
Starbucks, Target, Kroger to Keep Mask Requirement Even After CDC Guidance Change

Swamp Watch
Former Navy Pilot Says He Saw Hundreds of UFOs in Restricted Airspace
Dems Want to Keep the Spotlight on Trump After Stefanik Replaces Cheney
Biden’s HUD Secretary Violated the Hatch Act
Mainstream Media Ignores Maricopa Election Audit Story
Four Gov Cuomo Accusers Subpoenaed to Testify on Sexual Harassment Claims
Michigan Senate Subpoenas Docs About Gov Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policies
Biden Nixes Dozens of Trump Executive Orders
Biden’s “Secret” Venmo Account Discovered

Coronavirus
Tucker Carlson: New CDC Mask Rules a Disturbing Development for Dems Whose Primary Goal is Power, Not Public Health
Teacher Placed on Leave After She Was Caught on Video Scolding Student for Not Wearing a Mask
Rand Paul Says CDC Camp Rules All Conjecture, No Rash of Deaths Among Children From Coronavirus
High School Students Face Truancy, Fines For Protesting School’s Draconian Mask Policy
With Conflicting Mask Mandates, Restaurants in U.S. Thrown Back Into Chaos
Wuhan Lab Erases NIH, Gain of Function Mentions From Website
Newsweek’s Hysteria-Inducing Cover: “Forget Herd Immunity”, “Deadly New Variants”

National Security
Since 2018, Taliban Control in Afghanistan Has Nearly Doubled
Russia: Pentagon’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Spoiler
America’s Maoist Maritime Strategy To Beat China in a War
Unclear When Boeing Will Deliver New Air Force One
China’s High-Speed Rail Is Not As Impressive As You Might Think
Special Ops Forces Preparing for Arctic Missions
The F-35 Stealth Fighter Is Headed to Wargames in Europe
Army Testing Fitting Its Light Tactical Vehicles With Drones
DHS Warns of Threat From Domestic Extremists

Around the World
GOP Rep. Donalds: Hamas Needs to Be Isolated, Not Negotiated With
Conflict Between Israel and Hamas Rages As Israeli Air Strike Destroys Tower Housing Media Offices
Nigel Farage Predicts 20,000 Illegals Will Land on UK Shores in 2021
Bodies of Coronavirus Victims Dumped in India’s Ganges River
Islamic Extremists Continue to Openly Recruit in Sweden
Armed Resistance Grows as Myanmar Army Battles Anti-Coup Rebels
Equality Before the Law Is Dead in the UK
Greece Formerly Opens to Tourists

Opinion
Newt Gingrich: What Successful Diplomacy Looks Like
Jeff Davidson: Coronavirus Passports? No Way
Humberto Fontova: The Amazing History of our “Woke” CIA—Part II
Will Alexander: Who’s in Charge of the “Clattering Train”?
Jason Garshfield: We Haven’t Learned the Lessons of Iraq
Larry O’Connor: Advocating for Our Disabled Children
Ken Blackwell: The UN Must Open An Inquiry Into Iran’s 1988 Massacre
Jeff Davidson: Democrat Privilege: Hardly Ever Having to Be Canceled

Science/Entertainment/Sports
Hollywood Survey Finds Pervasive Issues of Toxic Workplaces, Bullying and Abuse in Entertainment Industry
Two Satellites Lost as Rocket Lab Electron Booster Fails to Reach Orbit
A Zach Wilson Super Bowl Win Would Be First of Its Kind
Online Petition With 350,000 Signatures Pushes to Get Tokyo Games Cancelled
SpaceX to Launch 52 Starlink Satellites, 2 Additional Payloads Saturday Night
Yankees Prospect on Incredible Home Run Tear
Bennifer 2.0 Is the Real Deal
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Trump: Not Looking to Make GOP 'Party of Trump'
Former President Donald Trump will remain active in helping the Republican Party adopt the policies that made his administration and movement strong, but he said "it's not about me, it's about the country. I'm not looking to have it be the party of Trump," Trump told Rita Cosby on 77 WABC AM-N.Y. in a wide-ranging interview. "I'm looking to have a great country. [Full Story]
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Trump Slams 2020 Presidential Polls: 'Disgusting'
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UFC's Colby Covington to Newsmax TV: Trump's 'A Winner' Just Like Dana White

Biden Presidency
Pompeo: Biden Reprises Obama's 'Same Failed Policy' on Iran
US Says Ready to Help Israel, Palestinians If They Seek a Ceasefire
Sen. Ron Johnson: Cyber Attacks on US Energy 'Existential' Threat
Refugees Arriving in US Unlikely to Exceed Cap Set by Trump
Iran Prepares Oil Industry as Biden Talks Advance
Biden Official Marcia Fudge Warned Over Hatch Act Violation
Biden Calls Israeli, Palestinian Leaders Amid Growing Violence
Federal Judge Leaves Eviction Moratorium in Place for Now
WH Worried About Journalists Following Israeli Bombing of AP Building
Energy Sec.: Normal Service at Gas Pump Likely by Late Sunday

Newsfront
Israel Faces Highest-Ever Rate of Rocket Attacks: Army
Israel has faced the highest-ever rate of rocket attacks on its territory during its latest confrontation with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that controls Gaza, the army said on Sunday.... [Full Story]

Related Stories
Anti-Israel Protests Rock New York, Atlanta, Major Cities
Netanyahu Says Attack on Gaza Media Building Was Legitimate
Pope Francis Calls for End to Fighting in Israel and Gaza
Islamic Nations Hold Emergency Summit on Israel-Gaza Attacks
Saudi Arabia Condemns Israel's 'Flagrant Violations' of Palestinian Rights
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Here is a video I made On the Eve of Execution

Sir Walter Raleigh (c. 1552 -- 29 October 1618) was an English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, and explorer who is also largely known for popularising tobacco in England.

In 1603, he had been sentenced to death too, and wrote a letter to his wife

Even such is time, which takes in trust 
Our youth, our joys, and all we have, 
And pays us but with age and dust, 
Who in the dark and silent grave 
When we have wandered all our ways 
Shuts up the story of our days, 
And from which earth, and grave, and dust 
The Lord will raise me up, I trust. 
https://rumble.com/vbs7iv-on-the-eve-of-execution.html

=== From 2018 ===

Don't give up on hope. I'm a failed whistleblower, having done things legally and responsibly. I brought my matter before my local NSW state member Joe Tripodi in 2002. In 2007, I waited until after the NSW state election, hoping to bring it before the Liberal Government. However, after Newsman David Penberthy did a backflip favouring his future wife's ALP party, NSW re elected a failing ALP government and I brought my matter before then Education Minister Della Bosca. Della Bosca wrote he had not seen a problem, so I resigned to speak out publicly. Press, with Penberthy's involvement, did not let the story out. A child had died from school neglect. I brought the matter to the federal government, but as it was prior to the 2007 election, they failed to deal with the issue and the government changed to ALP under Rudd. I asked the NSW Liberal Party opposition for help and questions were asked in the senate by then Senator Ficarra. However, NSW's government timed me out by not answering the question until a changeover of senate, and so my issue was dead in parliament. Since mid 2007 I have been without full time work in my profession. I have lost everything and owe everything to a refugee family in Melbourne who are helping me keep afloat with affordable rent and and a stable place from which I can engage in casual work about town. Centrelink has had me declared partially disabled, but I could work full time if the issue of my whistleblowing had been properly addressed. 

I brought the matter to the coroner's office in 2010 and the police interviewed me with an agenda to close the matter. I was smeared by local press and there was suspicious activity involving a federal police group and the ATO. 

So, in 2015 I made plans to move to Melbourne and pursue work in my profession. Dan Andrews' Victoria is rife with corruption and incompetence. The teacher's union is much worse in Victoria than in NSW and I cannot get work here either, although I've done nothing wrong and my whistleblowing campaign had been responsible and appropriate. 

=== from 2017 ===

Some things should not happen, but they do. Yesterday's column sparked comment regarding Henry Bolte's 1984 car accident and Jeff Shaw's October 2004 car accident. Henry Bolte was a Liberal Premier of Victoria from 1955 to 1972. He had not gone to university, and was the last Premier of Victoria to have risen through the trades. The longest serving Premier of Victoria was a farmer, a soldier and a capable, shrewd administrator who got Victoria to focus on cars and roads, as opposed to public transport. Bolte left government at the time of his choosing, in 1972. By 1984, he was twelve years retired and seventy six years old. He may have been very drunk when he had a head on collision. I understand there were no fatalities. The other driver was sober. Bolte's blood work was interfered with. Bolte said he didn't do it, he was unconscious. Perhaps (likely) state machinery worked to protect him from scandal. It was decided he could not be prosecuted because of tainted evidence. He died of old age six years later. 

Jeff Shaw was Attorney General of NSW and Industry Minister from 1995 to 2000. He retired from politics (2000) and was made a supreme court judge in NSW in 2003. As A-G, Shaw had attempted to censor the internet. In October 2004, Shaw had a car accident. No one was killed, and possibly no one was injured, but Jeff Shaw was taken to hospital. Blood samples were taken, but Shaw allegedly demanded he be given them, and left the hospital with them. The opposition demanded the police integrity commission investigate the apparent abuse of power by the former attorney general and the sitting Supreme Court judge. The second blood sample was passed on by Shaw and registered 0.225. 22.5% of his blood was alcohol. Shaw died six years later from pneumonia, which can be common for drunkards. He was only sixty years of age. 

I have a personal reason for focusing on Shaw. I met him about the time he became Attorney General, quite by accident, in Wynyard Railway station while I was talking to an old school friend who worked in Shaw's back office as a lawyer and ALP member. Shaw was ebullient and effusive in praise of my friend, who sourly pointed out I was a Liberal supporter. I had asked my friend for advice regarding a bungled pedophile investigation. The investigation would get worse in time. My friend suggested I steer away from it. I tried, but I would not shirk my duty either. My school friend rose through the ranks of the ALP, and was working in the NSW Premier's office in 2005. At that time, I shared with him my autobiography, and he told me that there was material in there that could get me into trouble. I said if no one read it it couldn't harm me. But he said he had written things like the 2004 NSW Teacher's Code of Conduct and he felt there were some breaches in it. Later that year, a strange occurrence had a local director of schools sidelined, and the replacement one made an appointment to see me, and claimed I breached the 2004 Teacher's code of conduct and he demanded all my writing be deleted or I would be sacked. I lost millions of words and images online, and a fake kiosk was placed on top of my old sites. Jeff Shaw started his ALP promotion as a young ALP member who became a mover and shaker for the left wing. He was said to have had a brilliant legal mind. But perhaps he was merely corrupt and abused power? My school friend had been passionately Australian in school, and ideologically supported ALP and Christian values. What happened?
=== from 2016 ===
I have moved to a good home. I leave behind the ice house. Dan Andrews would rather I lived with an ice addict, and that you should too. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
Todays report stands on its own because this time in 2014, the Conservative Voice was looking for rental accommodation after being forced to sell their unit/home.

Abu Sayyaf killed by US special forces. The second in command of ISIL and eleven others employed human shields of women and children in the firefight with a delta force who arrived in Syria on Blackhawks and Osprey Helicopters. They freed a Yazidi woman held as a sex slave. They also captured Abu's wife, Umma, who is also a senior death cult member.

Former ALP Minister, Emmerson (no Whyalla wipeout there on my tv) pointed out in discussion with Andrew Bolt that Bill Shorten is Opposition Leader and Tony Abbott is PM, but when Tony Abbott was Opposition leader he opposed everything. Only Emmerson is wrong. Mr Abbott did not oppose everything as Opposition leader, but opposed some things not worth supporting. According to Peter Van Onselen (Australian) in June 22nd, 2013, Mr Abbott's opposition opposed 13% of the government's legislation. Corrupt independents had bypassed the then opposition to pass even the worst legislation. By way of contrast, independents now have a near perfect record supporting the ALP in opposing everything to do with budget savings. It shows the media campaign against Mr Abbott is very effective with "Captain negativity" having little substance but much rhetorical effect. It also calls into question the professionalism of journalists who use it, or accept it from ALP spinners without question.

Minister for Communications, Mr Turnbull, was also on the Bolt Report today in interview with Mr Bolt. It is apparent he is not on top of his portfolio, showing no understanding of the irritation people feel at the partisan nature of ABC reporting on political issues.

Two little boys, aged five and six years old, went wandering in bushland in Townsville, Queensland. They were found after twenty four hours of searching. The army helped look. They are friends who went adventuring on a tricycle. Poor parents have probably aged years.

Morsi sentenced to Death in Egypt. He has been instrumental in promoting the Islamic Brotherhood which is responsible for jihadism. He is guilty of running an organisation that has killed many in acts of terrorism.

On this day in 1521, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, whom had Plantagenet blood, was executed for treason. It was probably one one of the few executions by Henry VIII's court with which the accusation was the case. In 1536, many were executed by Henry VIII's orders for a trumped up charge of treason to presage the execution of Anne Boleyn. Tragically, her father was not among them. On the same day, Anne's marriage to Henry was annulled. Henry died eleven years later. Henry had had six wives, but it is disputed as to how many he actually married. Henry claimed he had not really married his first wife Mary, as his brother had married her first. Others said he had not really married Anne. Henry said he never really married Anne of Cleves. He probably should not have married that sixteen year old girl he had executed. On this day in 1590, Anne of Denmark married James VI of Scotland. She later became Queen consort of England.

On this day in 1805, Muhammad Ali became Wāli of Egypt. He was Albanian and Muslim and had a vision for Egyptian peoples. Initially, he played all sides against each other until he had an opportunity to control things. Then he invited his fiercest rivals to dinner and slaughtered them while they were disarmed. He sought to create a European state, and started by seizing all land from farmers for himself. He did this by setting high taxes and then claiming the land by forfeit. To create a modern army, he conscripted everyone. Some mutilated themselves to avoid conscription, by blinding with rat poison or cutting off trigger fingers. He sought permission from the Ottomans to be a king, but went senile before he could achieve it. His son pre deceased him, but his grandson continued the line. It is doubtful he understood what it meant to be European.

On this day in 1849, a large fire raged in St Louis Missouri. It had begun on a steam boat and traveled to many others, before burning down many adjacent blocks to the riverside. It is the first noted incident of a fireman dying on duty in the US. Captain Targee had tried to blast a fire break. In 1902, Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovered the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. The mechanism had been lifted from a wreck a year earlier, and was first recognised by Valerois. It was made around 205 BC and could have been used as an astronomical device for astrological purposes. For some reason, the technology was lost. In 1915, the last Liberal Government in UK collapsed under pressure from WW1. In 1939, college baseball was broadcast on tv for the first time. In 1943, the Dam Buster raids were flown to destroy industry in Germany's industrial heartland. The pilots were brave and the casualties in the air and on the ground were very high. In 1954, Brown Vs Board of Education decided that segregation in schooling was unconstitutional in the US. But notable Democrats continued the practice. In 1967, following on the Suez crisis of 1956, Egypt, egged on by the Soviets, demanded UN remove troops so that Egypt could attack Israel. UN complied on 19th May. The six day war was a tremendous loss for Egypt. US President Johnson denied future support to Israel. Yitzhak Rabin oversaw the Israeli operations and said of it later, "Our airmen, who struck the enemies' planes so accurately that no one in the world understands how it was done and people seek technological explanations or secret weapons; our armoured troops who beat the enemy even when their equipment was inferior to his; our soldiers in all other branches ... who overcame our enemies everywhere, despite the latter's superior numbers and fortifications-all these revealed not only coolness and courage in the battle but ... an understanding that only their personal stand against the greatest dangers would achieve victory for their country and for their families, and that if victory was not theirs the alternative was annihilation.

In 1969, Soviets landed a vessel on Venus, discovering Venus is going to take a long time to colonise. 1973, Watergate became compelling tv viewing during senate hearings. In 1974, an LA Police raid on a Symbiones Liberation Army HQ killed six of the terrorists, including a social worker terrorist who had kidnapped Patty Hearst. A 'witness' claimed the police shootings were unnecessary. In 1980, on the eve of Presidential elections in Peru, terrorists Shining Path attack a polling location. 1984, over opinionated Prince Charles spoke out against an addition to the National Museum in London, calling it a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend" which kind of describes his royal role. In 1990, WHO (World Health Organisation) eliminated homosexuality from its' list of psychiatric diseases. 
From 2014
None in 2014 because of Government and public service corruption related to the petitions
Historical perspective on this day
In 1395, Battle of RovineWallachians defeated an invading Ottoman army. 1521, Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, was executed for treason. 1536, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford and four other men were executed for treason. Also 1536, the annulment of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s marriage. 1590, Anne of Denmark was crowned Queen of Scotland. 1642, Paul Chomedey de Maisonneuve (1612–1676) founded the Ville Marie de Montréal. 1673, Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette began exploring the Mississippi River. 1775, American Revolutionary War: the Continental Congress banned trade with Quebec. 1792, the New York Stock Exchange was formed under the Buttonwood Agreement.

In 1805, Muhammad Ali became Wāli of Egypt. 1808, Napoleon I of Franceordered the annexation of the Papal States to the French Empire. 1814, Occupation of Monaco changed from French to Austrian. Also 1814, the Constitution of Norway was signed and Crown Prince Christian Frederickof Denmark was elected King of Norway by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly. 1849, a large fire nearly burned St. Louis, Missouri to the ground. 1863, Rosalía de Castro published Cantares Gallegos, the first book in the Galician language. 1865, the International Telegraph Union (later the International Telecommunication Union) was established in Paris. 1869, Imperial Japanese forces defeat the remnants of the Tokugawa shogunate in the Battle of Hakodate to end the Boshin War. 1875, Aristides won the first Kentucky Derby.

In 1900, Second Boer War: British troops relieved Mafeking. 1902, Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovered the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer. 1914, the Protocol of Corfu was signed, recognising full autonomy to Northern Epirus under nominal Albaniansovereignty. 1915, the last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) fell. 1933, Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjortformed Nasjonal Samling — the national-socialist party of Norway. 1939, the Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers played in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City. 1940, World War II: Germany occupied Brussels, Belgium. 1940, World War II: the old city centre of the Dutch town of Middelburg was bombed by the German Luftwaffe, to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland. 1943, World War II: the Dambuster Raids by No. 617 Squadron RAF on German dams. 1954, the United States Supreme Court handed down a unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. 1967, Six-Day WarPresident Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demanded dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt. 1969, Venera programSoviet Venera 6 began its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure.

In 1970, Thor Heyerdahl sets sail from Morocco on the papyrus boat Ra II to sail the Atlantic Ocean. 1973, Watergate scandal: Televised hearings began in the United States Senate. 1974, the TroublesThirty-three civilians were killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonated four car bombs in Dublin and MonaghanRepublic of Ireland. It was the deadliest attack of the Troubles and the deadliest terrorist attack in the Republic's history. There were allegations that British state forces were involved. Also 1974, Police in Los Angeles raided the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. 1980, General Chun Doo-hwan of South Korea seized control of the government and declared martial law in order to suppress student demonstrations. Also 1980, on the eve of presidential elections, Maoist guerrilla group Shining Path attacked a polling location in the town of ChuschiAyacucho, starting the Internal conflict in Peru. 1983, the U.S. Department of Energydeclassified documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. Also 1983, LebanonIsrael, and the United States signed an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. 1984, Prince Charles called a proposed addition to the National Gallery, London, a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend", sparking controversies on the proper role of the Royal Family and the course of modern architecture. 1987, an Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fired two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USS Stark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.

In 1990, the General Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) eliminates homosexuality from the list of psychiatric diseases. 1992, three days of popular protests against the government of Prime Minister of Thailand Suchinda Kraprayoon began in Bangkok, leading to a military crackdown that resulted in 52 officially confirmed deaths, many disappearances, hundreds of injuries, and over 3,500 arrests. 1995, Shawn Nelson stole a tank from a military installation and went on a rampage in San Diego resulting in a 25 minute police chase. Nelson was killed by an officer after the tank got stuck on a concrete barrier and tried to break free. 1994, Malawi held its first multi-party elections. 1997, toops of Laurent Kabila marched into KinshasaZaire was officially renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2000, Arsenal and Galatasaray fans clashed in the 2000 UEFA Cup Final riots in Copenhagen 2004, the first legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. were performed in the state of Massachusetts. 2006, the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico as an artificial reef. 2007, trains from North and South Korea crossed the 38th Parallel in a test-run agreed by both governments. This was the first time that trains had crossed the Demilitarized Zone since 1953. 2013, two Metro-North commuter trains collided near Bridgeport, Connecticut injuring at least 72 people. 2014, a plane crash in northern Laos killed 17 people.

=== Bible Reading ===

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Today's reading: 2 Kings 24-25, John 5:1-24 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Kings 24-25

1 During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. 2 The LORD sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the LORD proclaimed by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely these things happened to Judah according to the LORD's command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, 4 including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive....

Today's New Testament reading: John 5:1-24


The Healing at the Pool
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3Here a great number of disabled people used to lie--the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to get well?"

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Morning

"Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy."
1 Timothy 6:17
Our Lord Jesus is ever giving, and does not for a solitary instant withdraw his hand. As long as there is a vessel of grace not yet full to the brim, the oil shall not be stayed. He is a sun ever-shining; he is manna always falling round the camp; he is a rock in the desert, ever sending out streams of life from his smitten side; the rain of his grace is always dropping; the river of his bounty is ever-flowing, and the well-spring of his love is constantly overflowing. As the King can never die, so his grace can never fail. Daily we pluck his fruit, and daily his branches bend down to our hand with a fresh store of mercy. There are seven feast-days in his weeks, and as many as are the days, so many are the banquets in his years. Who has ever returned from his door unblessed? Who has ever risen from his table unsatisfied, or from his bosom un-emparadised? His mercies are new every morning and fresh every evening. Who can know the number of his benefits, or recount the list of his bounties? Every sand which drops from the glass of time is but the tardy follower of a myriad of mercies. The wings of our hours are covered with the silver of his kindness, and with the yellow gold of his affection. The river of time bears from the mountains of eternity the golden sands of his favour. The countless stars are but as the standard bearers of a more innumerable host of blessings. Who can count the dust of the benefits which he bestows on Jacob, or tell the number of the fourth part of his mercies towards Israel? How shall my soul extol him who daily loadeth us with benefits, and who crowneth us with loving-kindness? O that my praise could be as ceaseless as his bounty! O miserable tongue, how canst thou be silent? Wake up, I pray thee, lest I call thee no more my glory, but my shame. "Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake right early."

Evening

"And he said, Thus saith the Lord, Make this valley full of ditches. For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye and your cattle, and your beasts."
2 Kings 3:16-17
The armies of the three kings were famishing for want of water: God was about to send it, and in these words the prophet announced the coming blessing. Here was a case of human helplessness: not a drop of water could all the valiant men procure from the skies or find in the wells of earth. Thus often the people of the Lord are at their wits' end; they see the vanity of the creature, and learn experimentally where their help is to be found. Still the people were to make a believing preparation for the divine blessing; they were to dig the trenches in which the precious liquid would be held. The church must by her varied agencies, efforts, and prayers, make herself ready to be blessed; she must make the pools, and the Lord will fill them. This must be done in faith, in the full assurance that the blessing is about to descend. By-and-by there was a singular bestowal of the needed boon. Not as in Elijah's case did the shower pour from the clouds, but in a silent and mysterious manner the pools were filled. The Lord has his own sovereign modes of action: he is not tied to manner and time as we are, but doeth as he pleases among the sons of men. It is ours thankfully to receive from him, and not to dictate to him. We must also notice the remarkable abundance of the supply--there was enough for the need of all. And so it is in the gospel blessing; all the wants of the congregation and of the entire church shall be met by the divine power in answer to prayer; and above all this, victory shall be speedily given to the armies of the Lord.


What am I doing for Jesus? What trenches am I digging? O Lord, make me ready to receive the blessing which thou art so willing to bestow.

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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.


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