Monday, May 24, 2021

Mon 24th May2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Media hatred of Trump shields Biden

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 ===
Fauci Suddenly “Not Convinced” COVID-19 Developed NaturallyREAD MORE

Microsoft Says They Were Hit by Chinese Hackers – Biden Won’t Place Blame

Gov. DeSantis Emerges As the Clear Pandemic Winner

Iran Tells Inspectors They May No Longer Get Nuclear Site Images

Biden to Skip Notre Dame Commencement After Backlash to His Pro-Abortion Policies

Republican AGs Ramp Up Legal Battles Against Biden’s Immigration Agenda

Donald Trump to Appear on Debut Episode of Dan Bongino Radio Show This Monday

Capitol Hill
Polling Shows That 2024 GOP Field Is Still “Trump and Everybody Else”
Pro-Biden Economist Confirms Larger Benefit Checks Are Causing Labor Shortages
GOP Senators Probe Coordination Between Biden Admin and Teachers Unions on School Reopenings
The Middle East Is on Fire on Biden’s Watch
Study Confirms That Rioting Obviously Hurt Dems in 2020
White House and GOP Now Further Apart on Infrastructure Talks Than Before
National Labor Relations Board Swats Down Biden Appointee
VP Harris Protested at Southern Border in 2018 – Now Refuses to Visit It
Gaetz/MTG Rally Draws Thousands in Maricopa County

Culture War
CNN Fires Rick Santorum but Refuses to Punish Chris Cuomo
CNN’s Hitler Loving Freelancer Is a Symptom of a Larger Media Problem
Trump Announces Return of MAGA Plane From 2016 Rallies
Veterans Group DC Motorcycle Ride Sees Surge in Interest After Pentagon Denied Permit
Why the Left’s Rhetoric Changed on Police Body Cameras
The Palestinian “TikTok Intifada”
Of Course: Colorado Professor Blames White Supremacy for Black-on-Asian Hate Crimes
Last Week in Education Insanity
Fauci Impressionist Fights Back Against Big Tech Censorship

Economy
Former Treasury Sec Summers Says Crypto Has Chance of Becoming “Digital Gold”
Growth of Missouri Wine Industry Puts It on Track to Be the Next Napa Valley
Triune Publishing Shareholders Approve Sale to Alden Global
How AT&T’s CEO Steered Company Into Multibillion-Dollar Sinking Disaster
Virgin Galactic Completes First Spaceflight in Two Years
Red States Have the Lowest Unemployment Rates
$515 Mega Millions Jackpot Won by Single Ticket Holder in Pennsylvania
California Passes Environmental Mandate That Could End Uber in the State
Bitcoin Used to Purchase Two Pizzas in 2010 Now Worth $3.8 Billion

Swamp Watch
NY Times Finds Support for BLM Crashed Since Last Summer – Makes No Reference to Rioting
Hundreds Protest Chicago Mayor Lightfoot’s Failed Leadership Outside Her Home
Ted Cruz Slams Brian Williams Over “Kremlin Cruz” Comment
Criminal Who Accused Matt Gaetz Has Long History of Making False Allegations
Secret Service Records Show Hunter Biden Took 23 Flights Through Joint Base Andrews, Home to Air Force One and Air Force Two
Biden Keeps Promises to Far-Left on Aggressive Climate Legislation
Chicago’s Largest Police Union Approves No-Confidence Vote Against Mayor and Police Chief
Former CIA Director Brennen “Concerned” About Antifa Vigilantism

Coronavirus
DeSantis Blasts Gainesville, Says City’s Vaccine Requirements Violate the Spirit of Governor’s Executive Order
White House Says It Has No Plans to Require Foreign Visitors to the U.S. to Be Vaccinated
As Coronavirus Outbreak in Latin America Worsens, Deaths Set to Surpass 1 Million
American Federation of Teachers President Argues CDC Must Issue Guidance That Kids in Elementary School Should Mask, Social Distance
Biden Says U.S. WIll Vaccinate S. Korean Soldiers
More Than One-Third of California Restaurants That Closed for the Coronavirus Lockdown Will Never Reopen
Chris Cuomo Spotted Masked, Outside, Alone, in His Open-Air Convertible
Study Finds That Texas Reopening Had Zero Effect on Coronavirus Cases, Deaths
Quarter of U.S. Likely Voters Believe the Pandemic is Already Over

National Security
Japan’s Backwards Island Defense Strategy Against China Is a Mistake
Army Proposals for Cruise Missile Destroyer Due June 4
Baltic Sea Showdown: Russian Su-27 Fighters Just Intercepted a U.S. B-52 Bomber
We Must Look to Classical Geopolitics to Understand China’s Challenge
USS Gerald R. Ford: The Navy’s Most Powerful Aircraft Carrier Heads to “Shock Trials”
Raytheon Looks to Integrate AMRAAM-ER in F-35A Internal Carriage
Russia’s “B-52 Bomber”: The Tu-95 Is Putin’s Very Own Missile Truck
Navy to Pay $544 Million For Another Next Gen Frigate, Called USS Congress
Air Force Inspector General to Investigate Removal of Space Force Commander

Around the World
Israel’s Ambassador to U.S.: We Disagreed With Biden on Timing of Ceasefire, We’ll Have to See if We Deterred Hamas
India Reports Rise in Coronavirus Daily Deaths Above 4,000
At Least 15 Maoist Terrorists Killed by Indian Police in Jungle Shootout
Egyptian Mediators Work to Build on Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
Poland Set to Become First NATO Country to Purchase Turkish Drones
New Catalan Leader Vows to Keep up Fight for Independence From Spain
Amid Coronavirus Crisis, Desperate Indian Villagers Turn to Unlicensed Clinics for Treatment
One Killed, Four Wounded in Stabbing In Amsterdam, Suspect Arrested

Opinion
Newt Gingrich: The Bomber Mafia and the Efficacy of Air Power
Humberto Fontova: Biden Wants 1619 Project Force-fed to US Schoolchildren, Author of Work Hails Stalinist Cuba’s “Education”
Michael Reagan: Taking a Knee Against China
Chris Talgo: The $28 Trillion American Albatross
Maureen Callahan: Prince Harry’s Proclamations on Mental Health Only Expose His Hypocrisy
Michael Brown: We Are Descending Rapidly into Cultural Madness
Edward Longe: Price Controls Will Kill Pharmaceutical R&D
Rikki Schlott: Why Gen Z Could Be Changed for the Better After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Danielle Butcher: The U.S. Should Not Count on China’s Climate Goals

Science/Entertainment/Sports
Watch How a Failed Photo-op Leads to a Crash at the Indy 500
Virgin Galactic Launches First SpaceshipTwo Spaceflight From New Mexico
Christian Rocker John Cooper: Social Justice Agendas Going to Spark a “Civil War” in America
The MLB Can Tweak Rules to Fix Its Offense Problem. Here’s How.
Danny Masterson, “That 70’s Show” Actor, to Stand Trial on Three Rape Charges
China’s Mars Rover Rolls on the Martian Surface for the First Time
LeBron James Broke NBA Coronavirus Protocols By Attending Tequila Party
Lisa Kudrow Tells Us Which “Friends” Reunion Guest Shocked Her
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
U.S. Senate Republicans and the White House could have as little as a week to 10 days to overcome their differences on infrastructure and strike a deal to revitalize America's roads and bridges, a top Republican said on Sunday. [Full Story]

Biden Presidency
Sen. Collins: Bipartisan Deal Possible on Infrastructure, Jan. 6 Commission
No Sign Yet Iran Will Take Steps Needed to Remove Sanctions
Blinken: US Waiting to See If NKorea Wants Negotiations
Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on US Highway Funding Package
Biden Extends Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Migrants
Biden Will Deny Kim Jong Un 'International Recognition'
Republicans Reject Biden $1.7 Trillion Infrastructure Bill
Biden-Friendly Economist: Bigger Benefit Checks Mean Fewer Workers

Newsfront
Fauci Admits He's 'Not Convinced' COVID-19's Origins are Natural
Shortly after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., grilled a squirming Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing on gain of function research, Wuhan Institute of Virology funding, and a potential for a lab accident, Fauci quietly offered some stunning admissions to Politifact. ... [Full Story]

Related Stories
CDC Looking Into Heart Inflammation in Some Young Vaccine Recipients
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Here is a video I made Poem about Poems about Vietnam 

Jon (Howie) Stallworthy (born 18 January 1935 – 19 November 2014)   FBA FRSL was Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford. He was also a Fellow (and was twice Acting President) of Wolfson College, a poet, and a literary critic. From 1977 to 1986, he was the John Wendell Anderson Professor of English at Cornell

The spotlights had you covered [thunder in the wings]. In the combat zones and in the Circle, darkness. Under the muzzles of the microphones you opened fire, and a phalanx of loudspeakers shook on the wall; but all your cartridges were blanks when you were at the Albert Hall

Lord George Byron cared for Greece, Auden and Cornford cared for Spain, confronted bullets and disease to make their poems’ meaning plain; but you-by what right did you wear suffering like a service medal, numbing the nerve that they laid bare, when you were at the Albert Hall?

The poets of another time Owen with a rifle-butt between his paper and the slime, Donne quitting Her pillow to cut a quill-knew that in love and war dispatches from the front are all. We believe them, they were there, when you were at the Albert Hall

Poet, they whisper in their sleep louder from underground than all the mikes that hung upon your lips when you were at the Albert Hall.
https://rumble.com/vbtf7x-poem-about-poems-about-vietnam.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Gender equal traffic lights raises the question of which image will be used to "Proceed with caution" ? Maybe, instead of gendered people, we can use animals? Australia could have a green kangaroo for go, a flashing yellow emu for proceed with caution, and, a squashed red wombat for stop. That should stop some domestic violence as families ponder the meaning of a squashed red wombat. Meanwhile in Ballarat, 18 police officers have been cut while crime has risen 13.4 percent. Some teens ave taken to uploading videos of Ballarat teens targeting schoolgirls for bashings. To be fair, they've not yet seen the new gender equal traffic lights. Matthew Guy, leader of the conservatives has a plan that addresses such crime. So far Dan Andrews and ALP have voted against such plans. An election in November should show a red light to Dan Andrews, and hopefully a green light for Matthew Guy. 

Foley wants to be Premier in NSW. He offers 'White Flight' as a simplified explanation for demographic change in Sydney, singling out Syrian and Iraqi refugees. Recently, refugee acceptance has shifted from Islam dominated to Christian dominated refugees. Which explains why Foley is speaking out now about something that has been happening since Sydney was founded. But it is a stupid diminution of what is happening, and does not explain the success story of Cabramatta against the failure of Bankstown. The Catholic, Buddhist, Hindu or Confucian led Asian communities contribute well to their new homes. Assimilation is not an issue for them. In particular, the Vietnamese community has offered far more than it has ever taken. But Foley needs to dog whistle racist bigots for support. The message has to be simple, or they just won't get it. 

Trump calls off NK Summit. He did so citing the hostility of NK's recent messages. Trump has left the door open. Critics of Trump who hope for failure are already saying they knew Trump would mess up. But Trump has not messed up. Already, with the dismantling of one NK nuclear site, Trump has been more successful than all sixteen years of Clinton and Obama. 

Brad Parscale and RNC have demanded FB show transparency (and evenhandedness) on censorship. Last week, FB booted me for two days over a video I'd shared. I had not known the full story behind the video, it was an image of a guy pointing a gun at women and children and being shot and arrested by one of the women. It was grainy and did not show detail like blood. I had thought it was a mock up illustrating a gun rights meme. I shared it from FB to my page, and from my page to a group I run. Someone complained, possibly, and I was banned for 48 hours, but apparently the site I shared it from was untouched. Later, as the news media caught on to events in Brazil where it was taken, the full story emerged and the video became ubiquitous. FB's handling was poor, regarding me. They engaged in procedural unfairness and failed to recognise my good citizenship. As a protest I have stopped sharing timeline historical data which took significant effort on my part and really only boosted FB. 
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Trotsky's dying words were reputedly of admiration for Stalin. One may be forgiven for thinking that the dying thoughts of children in Manchester's nail bombing was of Trump being too close to Putin and fighting climate change. The children that died may never have known what was happening. Those that survived will never forget. And the press have got it wrong. Donald Trump was in the Middle East for peace. Trump met with leaders in the Middle East. And terrorists. One terrorist Trump met was the so called Palestinian leader Abbas. Abbas rose through ranks to be the successor to Yassir Arafat. Arafat invented the nail bomb suicide vest, the type of device used on Manchester children. Some will tell me that suicide vests predate Arafat. Chinese soldiers used suicide bomb vests to destroy Japanese tanks in WW2. An early nail bomb was the 1970 Weather Underground 'accident' where one prematurely went off killing terrorists. Arafat was well connected with socialists around the world. Nelson Mandela was a fan. IRA collaborated with Fatah. No one who worked with Arafat ever achieved peace. Arafat got rich from exploiting his people. Likewise Abbas. No deal Trump makes with Abbas will benefit anyone other than Abbas. Were Trotsky alive today, he'd admire the work of Abbas. And if they'd known the link, the dying kids may have had thoughts for Abbas too. Because the suicide ideology which the press promotes is pro Palestinian, anti-Semitic and terrorist enabling. Much like Christian churches who promote that rubbish, yet see their people butchered by those they endorse. 

1487, the ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. Henry VII captured him and pardoned him, employing him in his kitchen. In 1607, One hundred English settlers disembarked in Jamestown, the first English colony in America. 1689, the English Parliament passed the Act of Toleration protecting ProtestantsRoman Catholics were intentionally excluded. 1738, John Wesley was converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday. He claimed the moment of his conversion was when he felt his heart warmed. Methodism is very good at sending out disciples to work with the poor and needy. It has an estimated 80 million adherents today. Wesley opposed Calvinist predestination doctrine, believing instead anyone could achieve the state where the love of god "Reigned supreme in their hearts" giving them outward holiness. 1798, the Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule began. They were inspired by the US and French revolutions. It went badly for the rebels and many atrocities were committed. The Catholic Church opposed the rebellion at the time, but a legend grew that they supported it which they fostered later. 1940, acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph StalinNKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrated an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in CoyoacánMexico. Another assassin got Trotsky later that year. Trotsky's dying words were of admiration to Stalin. 
=== 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 ===
A brilliant Bolt Report today had the compere, Andrew Bolt, pointing out that some who gave up Australian Citizenship to join the ISIL death cult, but now want to return, are disappointing because they have gone there and are still not clear as to why Australia is better. One person who claims to want to return has said that watching a couple stoned to death was distasteful, but not wrong. He said "People want Sharia" and "That is Sharia." But, more saliently, and Bolt walked past this, journalists have gone there and said much the same thing, not highlighting why Australia is better. What many journalists espouse is a fantasy for jihadists of victimology, suggesting there is reason and purpose to what jihadists do. The truth is that ISIL atrocities are not commensurate with international law which is very low by modern standards. It might not be commensurate with Islam, but their impotent leaders aren't *really* sure. 

Impotent Islamic leadership have caused much pain for Rohingya in Myanmar. They are Muslim and subject to much state abuse. They don't necessarily wish to leave, but wish that the state wouldn't kill them indiscriminately. Meanwhile Bangladeshi who are 

Peter Greste, an Australian journalist who worked for Al Jazeera and was saved from Egypt, after political intervention, has said he wants to go back and fight for his colleagues in court. He had been convicted of news reporting damaging to Egypt's national security, and Al Jazeera's bigoted anti Israel pro jihadist material fits that bill. Greste may claim he was professional, but only to a low BBC/ABC/CNN standard which may be nuanced in a strong democracy, but which is murderous in a fractured and fractious land such as Egypt. 
From 2014
None in 2014 because of Government and public service corruption related to the petitions
Historical perspective on this day

In 1218, the Fifth Crusade left Acre for Egypt. 1276, Magnus Ladulås was crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral. 1487, the ten-year-old Lambert Simnel was crowned in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland, with the name of Edward VI in a bid to threaten King Henry VII's reign. 1595, Nomenclator of Leiden University Library appeared, the first printed catalog of an institutional library.

In 1607, One hundred English settlers disembarked in Jamestown, the first English colony in America. 1621, the Protestant Union was formally dissolved. 1626, Peter Minuit bought Manhattan. 1667, the French Royal Army crossed the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance. 1689, the English Parliament passed the Act of Toleration protecting ProtestantsRoman Catholics were intentionally excluded. 1738, John Wesley was converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday. 1798, the Irish Rebellion of 1798 led by the United Irishmen against British rule began.

In 1813, South American independence leader Simón Bolívarentered Mérida, leading the invasion of Venezuela, and was proclaimed El Libertador ("The Liberator"). 1822, Battle of PichinchaAntonio José de Sucre secured the independence of the Presidency of Quito. 1830, Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale was published. Also 1830, the first revenue trains in the United States began service on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad between Baltimore, Maryland, and Ellicott's Mills, Maryland. 1832, the First Kingdom of Greece was declared in the London Conference. 1844, Samuel Morse sent the message "What hath God wrought" (a biblicalquotation, Numbers 23:23) from the Old Supreme Court Chamber in the United States Capitol to his assistant, Alfred Vail, in BaltimoreMaryland, to inaugurate the first telegraph line. 1856, John Brown and his men killed five slavery supporters at Pottawatomie CreekKansas. 1861, American Civil WarUnion troops occupied Alexandria, Virginia. 1883, the Brooklyn Bridgein New York City was opened to traffic after 14 years of construction. 1895, Henry Irving became the first person from the theatre to be knighted.

In 1900, Second Boer War: The United Kingdom annexed the Orange Free State. 1901, Seventy-eight miners died in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales. 1921, the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti opened. 1930, Amy Johnsonlanded in Darwin, Northern Territory, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia (she had left on May 5 for the 11,000 mile flight). 1935, the first night game in Major League Baseball history was played in Cincinnati, Ohio, with the Cincinnati Reds beating the Philadelphia Phillies 2–1 at Crosley Field. 1939, first issue of Fashizmi was published in Tirana. 1940, Igor Sikorsky performed the first successful single-rotor helicopterflight. Also 1940, acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph StalinNKVDagent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrated an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in CoyoacánMexico. 1941, World War II: In the Battle of the Atlantic, the German Battleship Bismarck sank then-pride of the Royal NavyHMS Hood, killing all but three crewmen. 1943, The HolocaustJosef Mengele became chief medical officer of the Auschwitz concentration camp. 1948, Arab–Israeli War: Egypt captured the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechai, but the five-day effort gave Israeli forces time to prepare enough to stop the Egyptian advance a week later. 1956, conclusion of the Sixth Buddhist Council on Vesak Day, marking the 2,500 year anniversary after the Lord Buddha's Parinibbāna. Also 1956, the first Eurovision Song Contest was held in LuganoSwitzerland. 1958, United Press International was formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.

In 1960, following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest ever recorded earthquake, Cordón Caulle began to erupt. 1961, American civil rights movementFreedom Riders were arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus. Also 1961, Cyprusjoined the Council of Europe. 1962, Project Mercury: American astronautScott Carpenter orbited the Earth three times in the Aurora 7 space capsule. 1963, Baldwin–Kennedy meeting on race relations in the US 1967, Egyptimposed a blockade and siege of the Red Sea coast of Israel. 1968, FLQseparatists bombed the U.S. consulate in Quebec City. 1970, the drilling of the Kola Superdeep Borehole began in the Soviet Union. 1976, the London to Washington, D.C.Concorde service began. Also 1976, the Judgement of Paris took place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine. 1981, Ecuadorian president Jaime Roldós Aguilera, his wife, and his presidential committee died in an aircraft accident while travelling from Quito to Zapotillo minutes after the president gave a famous speech regarding the 24 de mayo anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha. 1982, Liberation of KhorramshahrIranians recaptured the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. 1988, Section 28 of the United Kingdom's Local Government Act 1988, a controversial amendment stating that a local authority could not intentionally promote homosexuality, was enacted.

In 1991, Israel conducted Operation Solomon, evacuating Ethiopian Jews to Israel. 1992, the last Thai dictatorGeneral Suchinda Kraprayoon, resigned following pro-democracy protests. 1993, Eritrea gained its independence from Ethiopia. 1994, four men convicted of bombing the World Trade Center in New York in 1993 were each sentenced to 240 years in prison. 1999, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague, Netherlands indicted Slobodan Milošević and four others for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Kosovo. 2000, Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon after 22 years of occupation. 2001, Mountain climbingTemba Tsheri, a 16-year-old Sherpa, became the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. Also 2001, the Versailles wedding hall disaster in Jerusalem, Israel killed 23 and injured over 200. 2002, Russia and the United States signed the Moscow Treaty.

=== Bible Reading ===

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Today's reading: 1 Chronicles 19-21, John 8:1-27 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: 1 Chronicles 19-21

David Defeats the Ammonites
In the course of time, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son succeeded him as king. 2 David thought, "I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father....

Today's New Testament reading: John 8:1-27

Dispute Over Jesus' Testimony
12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life."
13 The Pharisees challenged him, "Here you are, appearing as your own witness; your testimony is not valid."

14 Jesus answered, "Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going...."

=== Morning and Evening ===


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Morning

"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me."
Psalm 138:8
Most manifestly the confidence which the Psalmist here expressed was a divine confidence. He did not say, "I have grace enough to perfect that which concerneth me--my faith is so steady that it will not stagger--my love is so warm that it will never grow cold--my resolution is so firm that nothing can move it"; no, his dependence was on the Lord alone. If we indulge in any confidence which is not grounded on the Rock of Ages, our confidence is worse than a dream, it will fall upon us, and cover us with its ruins, to our sorrow and confusion. All that Nature spins time will unravel, to the eternal confusion of all who are clothed therein. The Psalmist was wise, he rested upon nothing short of the Lord's work. It is the Lord who has begun the good work within us; it is he who has carried it on; and if he does not finish it, it never will be complete. If there be one stitch in the celestial garment of our righteousness which we are to insert ourselves, then we are lost; but this is our confidence, the Lord who began will perfect. He has done it all, must do it all, and will do it all. Our confidence must not be in what we have done, nor in what we have resolved to do, but entirely in what the Lord will do. Unbelief insinuates--"You will never be able to stand. Look at the evil of your heart, you can never conquer sin; remember the sinful pleasures and temptations of the world that beset you, you will be certainly allured by them and led astray." Ah! yes, we should indeed perish if left to our own strength. If we had alone to navigate our frail vessels over so rough a sea, we might well give up the voyage in despair; but, thanks be to God, he will perfect that which concerneth us, and bring us to the desired haven. We can never be too confident when we confide in him alone, and never too much concerned to have such a trust.

Evening

"Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money."
Isaiah 43:24
Worshippers at the temple were wont to bring presents of sweet perfumes to be burned upon the altar of God: but Israel, in the time of her backsliding, became ungenerous, and made but few votive offerings to her Lord: this was an evidence of coldness of heart towards God and his house. Reader, does this never occur with you? Might not the complaint of the text be occasionally, if not frequently, brought against you? Those who are poor in pocket, if rich in faith, will be accepted none the less because their gifts are small; but, poor reader, do you give in fair proportion to the Lord, or is the widow's mite kept back from the sacred treasury? The rich believer should be thankful for the talent entrusted to him, but should not forget his large responsibility, for where much is given much will be required; but, rich reader, are you mindful of your obligations, and rendering to the Lord according to the benefit received? Jesus gave his blood for us, what shall we give to him? We are his, and all that we have, for he has purchased us unto himself--can we act as if we were our own? O for more consecration! and to this end, O for more love! Blessed Jesus, how good it is of thee to accept our sweet cane bought with money! nothing is too costly as a tribute to thine unrivalled love, and yet thou dost receive with favour the smallest sincere token of affection! Thou dost receive our poor forget-me-nots and love-tokens as though they were intrinsically precious, though indeed they are but as the bunch of wild flowers which the child brings to its mother. Never may we grow niggardly towards thee, and from this hour never may we hear thee complain of us again for withholding the gifts of our love. We will give thee the first fruits of our increase, and pay thee tithes of all, and then we will confess "of thine own have we given thee."

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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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