Editorial Lockdowns made COVID worse
A report into Melbourne's 3rd COVID lockdown showed bureaucrat incompetence caused it. Had a young family not been restricted to a COVID zone in a hotel quarantine then the outbreak would not have occurred. Since Victoria first went into COVID lockdown for a 'few weeks to flatten the curve' a series of escalating lockdowns which have been ineffective have been implemented. Bureaucrats may claim that their efforts have meant the world has not ended. Evidence shows lockdowns have not helped. The more we know about COVID the more apparent it is that the best treatment is early detection and a simple course of drugs for the worst afflicted. Face masks have not helped. Isolation en masse has not helped.
We are told one of the worst symptoms of COVID is racism. It is a very old problem, pre existing the virus, or the laboratory which created it. Racism of the type which had Prince Charles disown his first son, before marrying his mother? Racism of the type which had a BLM activist abuse the judicial system to lock up a police officer? ASIO is addressing this serious racism. They have decided that blaming conservatives for the activity of radicals will cure AGW inspired racism.
Meanwhile, honour killing seems to have re emerged in Pakistan. In Perth, a 17 yo girl is facing charges for importing heroin from China. 22kgs of it. But for racism, she might have been rich.
Editorial Rwandan Genocide update
At the time, in 1994, Bill Clinton was being beaten up for being the failure he is. Clinton got saved in 1994 when Newt Gingrich and GOP took Congress and turned America around. Rwanda happened before then, and Clinton was desperate not to interfere in Africa, or Europe. Clinton ceded authority to the UN in Rwanda and to NATO in Serbia. In each case Clinton's leadership increased violence for innocent victims, like Tutsis caught in a Hutu civil war and Yugoslavs in a fractious Serbian escalation. UN peacekeepers went into Rwanda late, while NATO started bombing targets, like Serbian command tents which had been forewarned.
At the time, France had supplied Rwanda militarily, and now senior officers are being targeted for what was political policy. When the left wing run government, it sucks to be in service.
At the time, France had supplied Rwanda militarily, and now senior officers are being targeted for what was political policy. When the left wing run government, it sucks to be in service.
Hey, at least Canada is not Nazi Germany or North Korea, eh?
https://rumble.com/vgp1yl-at-least-canada-isnt-north-korea-eh-viva-on-the-street-update.html
vivafrei Published May 7, 2021
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Doing a year 7 problem off a broken phone during a year 7 class. I had to take it home to complete it.
The year 9 problem is a real challenge given the tools they have to work with. Pythagoras and similar triangles. It is good to extend students.
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"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 26th April 1890.
http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2011/12/man-from-snowy-river.html
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The year 9 problem is a real challenge given the tools they have to work with. Pythagoras and similar triangles. It is good to extend students.
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"The Man from Snowy River" is a poem by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson. It was first published in The Bulletin, an Australian news magazine, on 26th April 1890.
http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2011/12/man-from-snowy-river.html
There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around That the colt from old Regret had got away, And had joined the wild bush horses - he was worth a thousand pound, So all the cracks had gathered to the fray. All the tried and noted riders from the stations near and far Had mustered at the homestead overnight, For the bushmen love hard riding where the wild bush horses are, And the stockhorse snuffs the battle with delight. There was Harrison, who made his pile when Pardon won the cup, The old man with his hair as white as snow; But few could ride beside him when his blood was fairly up - He would go wherever horse and man could go. And Clancy of the Overflow came down to lend a hand, No better horseman ever held the reins; For never horse could throw him while the saddle girths would stand, He learnt to ride while droving on the plains.https://rumble.com/vboa4v-man-from-snowy-river.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Donald Trump has moved to end the awful deal that ensured that Iran would be able to produce nuclear weapons. Iran is a terrorist state which funds terrorism worldwide. Obama had a policy of bullying to achieve aims, but Iran was in Obama's 'too big' category and for reasons Obama never gave, Iran has been given a pathway to producing nuclear weapons. Iran was allowed to build unnecessarily big nuclear power station which would yield waste which could be harvested for nuclear weapons. Were they only for nuclear power for electricity, they would be smaller. Trump does not do foreign policy by Obama bullying, which hadn't worked, but bilaterally. US and Iran are irrelevant to US and Russia or China. And by rejecting the pathway to Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, Trump is embracing peace. And European leaders and Australia's PM and FM are alarmed. The Clinton Foundation had profited by arming Iran?
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten gave a solid gold promise that none of his MP's would fail the citizen test. He lied. The constitutional debacle which sees Australians booted from parliament if their ancestors were born elsewhere where domestic laws don't recognise Australian sovereignty because of human rights abuses by Nazi Germany, continues. Five ALP MPs have been booted resulting in 4 bye elections in the lower house and a new placement in the upper house. A resignation in the lower house in WA means there will be five bye elections in a months time or so. Thing is, every single MP whose seat was vacated by the court on constitutional grounds knew of it for months and held onto their seat knowing they were illegitimate. They voted in parliament knowing they shouldn't. And Bill Shorten knew too. Will Turnbull run candidates against them? Or will Turnbull dither? It is a rhetorical question. The Liberal Party has few resources to run candidates under Turnbull.
=== from 2017 ===
James Bolt from IPA has highlighted a few howlers. "Last week doctoral students at Yale staged a hunger strike, with one key difference - they can eat when they get hungry. The college's Young Republican club had a classic response.
This is absurd. In Oregon, Mats Jarlstrom used mathematical equations to argue to the government that the state's yellow lights should last longer before cutting to red. He was promptly hit with a $500 fine for the "practice of engineering" without a license."
Some things should not happen, but they do. Tonight's federal budget was delivered by Scott Morrison. Morrison has made the best of what he had to work with. It is a tax and spend budget with questionable spending choices. But Morrison justified his choices, and can reason a surplus in 2021. It seems as if Turnbull has locked in spending to save his position as PM. It was similar with Pyne's $50 billion seat. But Morrison is curbing expenditure. It isn't uncontrolled. Schools don't need extra spending to improve. Already there are plans for schools that don't require an extra dollar, which deliver better results. James Bolt provides a counterpoint to Scott Morrison with "Listen to this 4 minute debacle of an answer from Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott on British radio from Tuesday on the UK Labour Party's law enforcement policy. I made it 41 seconds in the first time I heard it. In this month's edition of Standpoint, the magazine's founder Daniel Johnson says Theresa May's call for a snap general election is "a stroke of genius.""Diane is a future Labor leader. Morrison could lead the Liberals.
This is absurd. In Oregon, Mats Jarlstrom used mathematical equations to argue to the government that the state's yellow lights should last longer before cutting to red. He was promptly hit with a $500 fine for the "practice of engineering" without a license."
Some things should not happen, but they do. Tonight's federal budget was delivered by Scott Morrison. Morrison has made the best of what he had to work with. It is a tax and spend budget with questionable spending choices. But Morrison justified his choices, and can reason a surplus in 2021. It seems as if Turnbull has locked in spending to save his position as PM. It was similar with Pyne's $50 billion seat. But Morrison is curbing expenditure. It isn't uncontrolled. Schools don't need extra spending to improve. Already there are plans for schools that don't require an extra dollar, which deliver better results. James Bolt provides a counterpoint to Scott Morrison with "Listen to this 4 minute debacle of an answer from Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott on British radio from Tuesday on the UK Labour Party's law enforcement policy. I made it 41 seconds in the first time I heard it. In this month's edition of Standpoint, the magazine's founder Daniel Johnson says Theresa May's call for a snap general election is "a stroke of genius.""Diane is a future Labor leader. Morrison could lead the Liberals.
=== 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.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
The news of Cameron's stunning success in the UK election has been muted. Some Facebook snobs have commented on leaving the UK. Some press outlets have expressed the hope that the exit polls would be misleading. But in the end, it was the news media that were misleading the public. The abysmal Labor party who had left government the previous election, remarking there was no more money in treasury, put forward empty symbols again. It is ok to, as the news media do, wish that Labor were great. But they have to earn it. They have betrayed the public trust for decades and have not reformed following their loss. The Scottish National Party are new as a political force, but also offer no sensible economic policy. The Liberals were left wing in alliance with the conservatives and UKIP offered no sensible policy. The media only offered reasons not to vote for Conservatives, but reasonable policies meant that allowing the conservatives to govern in their own right was the best solution. And so the voters have spoken, and the news media will struggle to explain it with their own fantasy narratives.
Fantasy narratives have a tendency to govern what individuals think. A would be bomber has been found in Melbourne. A son of a doctor, this young man had wanted to blow up things, possibly on mother's day. Apparently jihadists don't celebrate mother's day, except by blowing up people, possibly as their mothers told them to. But the sting is when it turns out that a radicalised youth was radicalised within Australian mainstream institutions because their fantasy agenda has been protected from free speech. Australia does not have free speech, as a WA university reminded us after refusing funding for research that might be groundbreaking. The researcher, Lombard, believes in climate change but doesn't think it is wise to use empty, expensive gestures to address it. Naturally the Greens Bant hailed the ridiculous action of the WA University and expressed the hope the funds would go to an AGW hysteric.
In 1092, Lincoln Cathedral in London was consecrated. It has a large floorspace and is still quite pretty. In 1386, England and Portugal signed a treaty they still honour, making the Treaty of Windsor agreement the oldest such alliance still going. In 1671, Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempted to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Blood was pardoned by King Charles II and had a great life at court, until the end, when Blood fell into disfavour with his patron, Buckingham, and died after being sued. Some suspected the death was a ruse. In 1873, Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralded the Long Depression. The long depression lasted until 1879, going for 65 months and so out achieving the Great Depression which only lasted 43 months. But unlike the great depression, the long depression included real wages and production increasing. The long depression was probably hardest on the United Kingdom because they were so connected internationally. In 1901, Australia's first parliament met in Melbourne. In 1911, the works of Gabriele D'Annunzio were placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican. In 1927, Australia's parliament moved to Canberra. In 1941, the German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy. On board was the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later used to break coded German messages. In 1942, the SS murdered 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) was destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported. In 1945, World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. Also 1945, World War II: The Channel Islands were liberated by the British after five years of German occupation. In 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. In 1961, FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gave his Wasteland Speech. In it he implored people to act to have better tv, noting that programming was awful. In 1964, Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, was executed. In 2001, in Ghana 129 football fans died in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. In 2002, the 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem came to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
Fantasy narratives have a tendency to govern what individuals think. A would be bomber has been found in Melbourne. A son of a doctor, this young man had wanted to blow up things, possibly on mother's day. Apparently jihadists don't celebrate mother's day, except by blowing up people, possibly as their mothers told them to. But the sting is when it turns out that a radicalised youth was radicalised within Australian mainstream institutions because their fantasy agenda has been protected from free speech. Australia does not have free speech, as a WA university reminded us after refusing funding for research that might be groundbreaking. The researcher, Lombard, believes in climate change but doesn't think it is wise to use empty, expensive gestures to address it. Naturally the Greens Bant hailed the ridiculous action of the WA University and expressed the hope the funds would go to an AGW hysteric.
In 1092, Lincoln Cathedral in London was consecrated. It has a large floorspace and is still quite pretty. In 1386, England and Portugal signed a treaty they still honour, making the Treaty of Windsor agreement the oldest such alliance still going. In 1671, Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempted to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Blood was pardoned by King Charles II and had a great life at court, until the end, when Blood fell into disfavour with his patron, Buckingham, and died after being sued. Some suspected the death was a ruse. In 1873, Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralded the Long Depression. The long depression lasted until 1879, going for 65 months and so out achieving the Great Depression which only lasted 43 months. But unlike the great depression, the long depression included real wages and production increasing. The long depression was probably hardest on the United Kingdom because they were so connected internationally. In 1901, Australia's first parliament met in Melbourne. In 1911, the works of Gabriele D'Annunzio were placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican. In 1927, Australia's parliament moved to Canberra. In 1941, the German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy. On board was the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Allied cryptographers later used to break coded German messages. In 1942, the SS murdered 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) was destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported. In 1945, World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-General Hans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. Also 1945, World War II: The Channel Islands were liberated by the British after five years of German occupation. In 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. In 1961, FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gave his Wasteland Speech. In it he implored people to act to have better tv, noting that programming was awful. In 1964, Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, was executed. In 2001, in Ghana 129 football fans died in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. In 2002, the 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem came to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries.
From 2014
Not long ago, the political chief of Iran claimed that there were no more Gays in Iran. It followed a highly publicised execution of a couple. The justice over reach into people's bedrooms is appalling, and left wing mainstream media immediately began comparing it to times when, in England, people were executed for sodomy. Today is an anniversary of an example, and it highlights the difference between Iran's religiously based judicial system and England's secular administration. It involves the hanging of Gays in England in 1726. They had been the unfortunates to be caught among forty in total at Mary Clap's molly house in London. A molly house is a bit like an ABC tuck shop. People go there to eat, drink and socialise .. and have gay relations. A completely harmless activity that the law has no place investigating .. except the law had been given a foot in the door when a jilted lover denounced his haunts to the authorities. The stool pigeon was never charged, but he identified several places, including Mother Clap's place. The place was raided. Forty were arrested. Five were hung. The executions were despicable, but the letter of the law. Note the thirty five who weren't executed. Clearly the authorities were keener to make an example, rather than declare that there were no Gays in England. And that was in 1726.
More Iranian 'glory' is related to this day, in 1979, when Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian was executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran. So that it could now be said that no Jews live in Iran. And that is the nation the UN uses to head it's Human Rights committee. And that is the nation Obama is helping to acquire nuclear bombs.
But, today is not terrible or awful, there are many good things that happened too. Mr Punch made his first appearance in 1662. It took time, but along came Judy. In Mumbai in 1874, the first horse drawn bus began work on two routes on this day. In 1904, a european steam train exceeded 100mph for the first time. Sydney trains struggle to reach half that speed a century later. Billy Joel, Howard Carter and JM Barrie also have birthdays today. Cheers.
More Iranian 'glory' is related to this day, in 1979, when Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian was executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran. So that it could now be said that no Jews live in Iran. And that is the nation the UN uses to head it's Human Rights committee. And that is the nation Obama is helping to acquire nuclear bombs.
But, today is not terrible or awful, there are many good things that happened too. Mr Punch made his first appearance in 1662. It took time, but along came Judy. In Mumbai in 1874, the first horse drawn bus began work on two routes on this day. In 1904, a european steam train exceeded 100mph for the first time. Sydney trains struggle to reach half that speed a century later. Billy Joel, Howard Carter and JM Barrie also have birthdays today. Cheers.
Historical perspective on this day
In 1092, Lincoln Cathedral was consecrated. 1386, England and Portugal formally ratified their alliance with the signing of the Treaty of Windsor, making it the oldest diplomatic alliance in the world which is still in force. 1450, 'Abd al-Latif (Timurid monarch) was assassinated. 1662, the figure who later became Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England. 1671, Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempted to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
In 1726, five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly housein London were executed at Tyburn. 1763, the Siege of Fort Detroitbegan during Pontiac's War against British forces. 1864, Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeated the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. 1873, Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralded the Long Depression. 1874, the first horse-drawn bus made its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes. 1877, Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania. Also 1877, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Perukilled 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan. 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opened in London.
In 1901, Australia opened its first parliament in Melbourne. 1904, the steam locomotive City of Truro became the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h). 1911, the works of Gabriele D'Annunzio were placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican. 1915, World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. 1918, World War I: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. 1920, Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigłycelebrated its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk. 1926, Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claimed to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.) 1927, the Australian Parliament first convened in Canberra. 1936, Italy formally annexed Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
In 1940, World War II: The German submarine U-9 sank the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder. 1941, World War II: The German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy. On board was the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Alliedcryptographers later used to break coded German messages. 1942, Holocaust: The SS murdered 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) was destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported. 1945, World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-GeneralHans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. Also 1945, World War II: The Channel Islands were liberated by the British after five years of German occupation. 1946, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. 1948, Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution came into effect. 1949, Rainier III of Monaco became Prince of Monaco. 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. 1955, Cold War: West Germany joined NATO. 1958, Film: Vertigo had world premiere in San Francisco.
In 1960, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill. 1961, FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gave his Wasteland Speech. 1964, Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, was executed. 1969, Carlos Lamarca led the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. 1970, Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrated in front of the White House. 1974, Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opened formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. 1977, Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burned down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries. 1979, Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian was executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
In 1980, in Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fell 150 ft. into the water and died. Also 1980, in Norco, California, five masked gunmen held up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer were killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles were destroyed in the chase. 1987, an LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin IL-62M, Tadeusz Kościuszko (SP-LBG), crashed after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. 1992, Armenian forces captured Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War. Also 1992, Westray Mine Disaster killed 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2001, in Ghana129 football fans died in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. 2002, the 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem came to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries. 2012, a Sukhoi Superjet 100aircraft crashed into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.
In 1726, five men arrested during a raid on Mother Clap's molly housein London were executed at Tyburn. 1763, the Siege of Fort Detroitbegan during Pontiac's War against British forces. 1864, Second War of Schleswig: The Danish navy defeated the Austrian and Prussian fleets in the Battle of Heligoland. 1873, Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralded the Long Depression. 1874, the first horse-drawn bus made its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes. 1877, Mihail Kogălniceanu reads, in the Chamber of Deputies, the Declaration of Independence of Romania. This day became the Independence Day of Romania. Also 1877, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Perukilled 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan. 1887, Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show opened in London.
In 1901, Australia opened its first parliament in Melbourne. 1904, the steam locomotive City of Truro became the first steam engine in Europe to exceed 100 mph (160 km/h). 1911, the works of Gabriele D'Annunzio were placed in the Index of Forbidden Books by the Vatican. 1915, World War I: Second Battle of Artois between German and French forces. 1918, World War I: Germany repelled Britain's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. 1920, Polish-Soviet War: The Polish army under General Edward Rydz-Śmigłycelebrated its capture of Kiev with a victory parade on Khreschatyk. 1926, Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claimed to have flown over the North Pole (later discovery of Byrd's diary appears to cast some doubt on the claim.) 1927, the Australian Parliament first convened in Canberra. 1936, Italy formally annexed Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
In 1940, World War II: The German submarine U-9 sank the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder. 1941, World War II: The German submarine U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy. On board was the latest Enigma cryptography machine which Alliedcryptographers later used to break coded German messages. 1942, Holocaust: The SS murdered 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv (Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine). The Zoludek Ghetto (in Belarus) was destroyed and all its inhabitants murdered or deported. 1945, World War II: Ratification in Berlin-Karlshorst of the German unconditional surrender of May 8 in Rheims, France, with the signatures of Marshal Georgy Zhukov for the Soviet Union, and for the Western Headquarters Sir Arthur Tedder, British Air Marshal and Eisenhower's deputy, and for the German side of Colonel-GeneralHans-Jürgen Stumpff as the representative of the Luftwaffe, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel as the Chief of Staff of OKW, and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg as Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine. Also 1945, World War II: The Channel Islands were liberated by the British after five years of German occupation. 1946, King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates and is succeeded by Umberto II. 1948, Czechoslovakia's Ninth-of-May Constitution came into effect. 1949, Rainier III of Monaco became Prince of Monaco. 1950, Robert Schuman presented his proposal on the creation of an organised Europe, which according to him was indispensable to the maintenance of peaceful relations. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered by some people to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union. 1955, Cold War: West Germany joined NATO. 1958, Film: Vertigo had world premiere in San Francisco.
In 1960, the Food and Drug Administration announced it would approve birth control as an additional indication for Searle's Enovid, making Enovid the world's first approved oral contraceptive pill. 1961, FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gave his Wasteland Speech. 1964, Ngo Dinh Can, de facto ruler of central Vietnam under his brother President Ngo Dinh Diem before the family's toppling, was executed. 1969, Carlos Lamarca led the first urban guerrilla action against the military dictatorship of Brazil in São Paulo, by robbing two banks. 1970, Vietnam War: In Washington, D.C., 75,000 to 100,000 war protesters demonstrated in front of the White House. 1974, Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opened formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. 1977, Hotel Polen fire: A disastrous fire burned down the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam causing 33 deaths and 21 severe injuries. 1979, Iranian Jewish businessman Habib Elghanian was executed by firing squad in Tehran, prompting the mass exodus of the once 100,000 member strong Jewish community of Iran.
In 1980, in Florida, Liberian freighter MV Summit Venture collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, making a 1,400-ft. section of the southbound span collapse. Thirty-five people in six cars and a Greyhound bus fell 150 ft. into the water and died. Also 1980, in Norco, California, five masked gunmen held up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Two of the gunmen and one police officer were killed and thirty-three police and civilian vehicles were destroyed in the chase. 1987, an LOT Polish Airlines Ilyushin IL-62M, Tadeusz Kościuszko (SP-LBG), crashed after takeoff in Warsaw, Poland, killing all 183 people on board. 1992, Armenian forces captured Shusha, marking a major turning point in the Karabakh War. Also 1992, Westray Mine Disaster killed 26 workers in Nova Scotia, Canada. 2001, in Ghana129 football fans died in what became known as the Accra Sports Stadium disaster. The deaths were caused by a stampede (caused by the firing of teargas by police personnel at the stadium) that followed a controversial decision by the referee. 2002, the 38-day stand-off in the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem came to an end when the Palestinians inside agreed to have 13 suspected terrorists among them deported to several different countries. 2012, a Sukhoi Superjet 100aircraft crashed into Mount Salak in West Java, Indonesia, killing 45 people.
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Today's reading: 2 Kings 4-6, Luke 24:36-53 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Kings 4-6
The Widow's Olive Oil
1 The wife of a man from the company of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that he revered the LORD. But now his creditor is coming to take my two boys as his slaves."
2 Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?"
"Your servant has nothing there at all," she said, "except a small jar of olive oil."
3 Elisha said, "Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don't ask for just a few. 4 Then go inside and shut the door behind you and your sons. Pour oil into all the jars, and as each is filled, put it to one side...."
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 24:36-53
Jesus Appears to the Disciples
36 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you."
37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in your minds? 39 Look at my hands and my feet. It is I myself! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones, as you see I have."
40 When he had said this, he showed them his hands and feet. 41 And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" 42 They gave him a piece of broiled fish, 43 and he took it and ate it in their presence....
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Morning
Years are short to the happy and healthy; but thirty-eight years of disease must have dragged a very weary length along the life of the poor impotent man. When Jesus, therefore, healed him by a word, while he lay at the pool of Bethesda, he was delightfully sensible of a change. Even so the sinner who has for weeks and months been paralysed with despair, and has wearily sighed for salvation, is very conscious of the change when the Lord Jesus speaks the word of power, and gives joy and peace in believing. The evil removed is too great to be removed without our discerning it; the life imparted is too remarkable to be possessed and remain inoperative; and the change wrought is too marvellous not to be perceived. Yet the poor man was ignorant of the author of his cure; he knew not the sacredness of his person, the offices which he sustained, or the errand which brought him among men. Much ignorance of Jesus may remain in hearts which yet feel the power of his blood. We must not hastily condemn men for lack of knowledge; but where we can see the faith which saves the soul, we must believe that salvation has been bestowed. The Holy Spirit makes men penitents long before he makes them divines; and he who believes what he knows, shall soon know more clearly what he believes. Ignorance is, however, an evil; for this poor man was much tantalized by the Pharisees, and was quite unable to cope with them. It is good to be able to answer gainsayers; but we cannot do so if we know not the Lord Jesus clearly and with understanding. The cure of his ignorance, however, soon followed the cure of his infirmity, for he was visited by the Lord in the temple; and after that gracious manifestation, he was found testifying that "it was Jesus who had made him whole." Lord, if thou hast saved me, show me thyself, that I may declare thee to the sons of men.
Evening
If we would rightly "acquaint ourselves with God, and be at peace," we must know him as he has revealed himself, not only in the unity of his essence and subsistence, but also in the plurality of his persons. God said, "Let us make man in our own image"--let not man be content until he knows something of the "us" from whom his being was derived. Endeavour to know the Father; bury your head in his bosom in deep repentance, and confess that you are not worthy to be called his son; receive the kiss of his love; let the ring which is the token of his eternal faithfulness be on your finger; sit at his table and let your heart make merry in his grace. Then press forward and seek to know much of the Son of God who is the brightness of his Father's glory, and yet in unspeakable condescension of grace became man for our sakes; know him in the singular complexity of his nature: eternal God, and yet suffering, finite man; follow him as he walks the waters with the tread of deity, and as he sits upon the well in the weariness of humanity. Be not satisfied unless you know much of Jesus Christ as your Friend, your Brother, your Husband, your all. Forget not the Holy Spirit; endeavour to obtain a clear view of his nature and character, his attributes, and his works. Behold that Spirit of the Lord, who first of all moved upon chaos, and brought forth order; who now visits the chaos of your soul, and creates the order of holiness. Behold him as the Lord and giver of spiritual life, the Illuminator, the Instructor, the Comforter, and the Sanctifier. Behold him as, like holy unction, he descends upon the head of Jesus, and then afterwards rests upon you who are as the skirts of his garments. Such an intelligent, scriptural, and experimental belief in the Trinity in Unity is yours if you truly know God; and such knowledge brings peace indeed.
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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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