Editorial on Fascists using COVID to seize control of government
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. galatians 5:22-26A bible quote worth considering when you remember that a Christian Pastor in Canada was arrested for church services during COVID when he refused to allow authorities to shut his services down. No statistics, as yet, as to the number of congregants who died, but I assume it is none.
The Pastor is arrested by police. Note the force used.
What does it take to get people to wake up to the fascism?
What does it take to get people to wake up to the fascism?
The fraudulent election of Joe Biden has led to substantial change around the world. Here are some recent achievements of President Biden.
Clueless Psaki Falsely Claims Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Not Boosting Joblessness
U.S. Warships Fire Warning Shots After Being Swarmed by Iranian Gunboats
Suspect Identified in Times Square Shooting
===And so, the priorities of the DOJ shift to raiding Rudy Giuliani?
Editorial left wing is awful world wide
It isn't just the fraudulent President Biden's administration which shows the shortcoming off left wing liberalism around the world.
Left wing culture is weird. A teacher on Zoom in NYC took time off class to suck the nipple of a male whom she had been eating spaghetti with earlier. The class was for a prestigious school and the 37 year old teacher has no excuse for her behaviour. Not to be outdone, World class athlete Jarryd Haynes has been convicted of rape and is to serve jail time. It is rare in Australia for rapists to be convicted, with some 1% of rape cases proceeding to conviction, historically. But Hayne's defence claims mitigation as he was paroled to a bible college awaiting trial? How is it Jesus might forgive rape? What about Assange? Meanwhile the judge speaks out, seeming to inflate the circumstances of aggravated rape which Hayne was not convicted.
An Australian Comedian reached out to Peter Allen, stealing his song "I still call Australia home" and twisting the lyrics to 'I still can't call Australia home.' What could be funnier than calling a liberal democracy run by a conservative government as foreign?
China puts a rocket in space without planning how it would fall from orbit. Maybe China should speak to the Malaysian Airways flight 370 pilot, who allegedly planned his suicide taking passengers with him in an as yet untraced flight. Or maybe China could ask Dan Andrews who seems to plan for things, but forget making the plans after they fail. Also Andrews moves to prevent evidence of plans being seen by the public.
Special shout out to Joe Biden for telling a fake personal story about Amtrak rail. Lying on mother's day adds a personal touch, reminding of Obama's gift.
Are big tech, and government swamp rats pumping out reams of coronavirus misinformation? Also, these four headlines are hard evidence of creeping totalitarianism.
News Picks:
- Here’s the link to the US government funding for coronavirus research, mentioned in the show.
- Is the CDC misleading us about the risk of outdoor coronavirus transmission?
- Did the lockdowns stop coronavirus transmissions?
- The Fakebook “fact-checkers” are it again.
- The tyranny continues. Canadian Pastor arrested for “inciting” people to worship.
- Are DOD and DHS officials targeting conservatives?
- Intell officials who promoted Democrat propaganda about Hunter Biden, are all quiet now.
- Nancy Pelosi is our Zero of the day.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
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Top Hamas Commander Killed by Israeli Airstrike
Inflation Rises at Fastest Rate Since 2008
“You’re Fired!” Liz Cheney Ousted From Leadership
CBP Data Proves Border Crisis Worsened in April
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Capitol Hill
House Republicans File Ethics Complaint Against Dems Who Said GOP Led “Reconnaissance Tours” Before January 6
GOP’s Path to Senate Majority Will Be Eased if Sen. Grassley Decides to Run in 2022
Shades of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency Emerge Under Biden
Biden’s Weakness Is Encouraging Cyberattacks
GOP Launches Probe Into Teachers Union’s Influence on CDC
Gov. DeSantis Raises $14 Million in April in Biggest Fundraising Month Since 2018 Campaign
20 Governors Write Letter to Biden Rejecting “Unsustainable” Plan to House Illegals in Their States
Caitlyn Jenner Admits They Didn’t Vote for Trump
Culture War
Education Secretary Spins Year-Long School Closures as an “Opportunity”
Trump Praises UK Voter ID Proposal as Model for U.S.
Greg Gutfeld Loses Patience With Juan Williams During Illegal Immigration Debate
Constitutional Carry Could Crush Biden’s War on Guns
Prosecutors to Seek Death Penalty in Atlanta Asian Spa Shootings
Media Now Pushing Stories About “Transgender” Four-Year-Olds
15-Year-Old Girl Pleads Guilty to Felony Murder in Killing of Uber Eats Driver – Will Be Released When She Turns 18
Twitter and Facebook Refuse to Remove Army of CCP Propaganda Bots
Colin Kaepernick Now Pushing for Abolition of Cops and Prisons
Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Set for November
Economy
These Parts of the U.S. Economy Remain Severely Broken
Big Tech and Chipmakers Form New Lobbying Group to Seek Subsidies
IEA Says Renewables Grew at Fastest Rate in Two Decades in 2020
Elon Musk Asks Fans if Tesla Should Accept Dogecoin as Payment
Chipotle to Boost Average Wage for Workers to $15
Peter Thiel-Backed “Block.one” Invests $10 Billion Into Cryptocurrency Exchange
Hedge Fund Manager Says Fed Is Endangering U.S. Dollar’s Status as World’s Reserve Currency
Amazon Raises $18.5 Billion in Debt That It Doesn’t Need
Seven States Cut Federal Pandemic Unemployment Benefits
EPA Issues Emergency Fuel Waivers to 12 States Due to Gas Shortages
Swamp Watch
Former Obama Housing Secretary Thinks Homes in Brooklyn Cost 100k
Rep. Tlaib Accuses Israel of “Ethnic Cleansing” as Hamas Launches Rockets at Israeli Civilians
Antifa Chants “Death to America” During Anti-Law Enforcement Protest
Mental Health Counselors May Soon Answer Some 911 Calls in Baltimore
“Bipartisan Index” Proves Biden Administration Is Anything But
Dems’ HR1 Election Bill Is Boosted by Liberal Dark Money Group Financed by a Swiss Foreign National
Contrary to Biden’s Claim, Workers Won’t Lose Jobless Benefits by Turning Down Work in Many States
Judge Orders IRS to Reveal if It Criminally Investigated Clinton Foundation
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
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US Waives Environmental Rule to Ease Fuel Shortages in 12 States
Attempts to Cross US-Mexico Border Hits 20-Year High
Biden Facing Bipartisan Blowback Over Violence in Jerusalem
Biden and McConnell May Be Friends, but Can They Cut a Deal?
Trump: ‘Biden’s Weakness’ Caused Middle East Violence
Vatican Warns US Bishops Over Denying Biden Communion
Newsfront
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Here is a video I made Not waving drowning
Stevie Smith (20 September 1902 -- 7 March 1971) was an English poet and novelist.
Nobody heard him, the dead man,
But still he lay moaning:
I was much further out than you thought
And not waving but drowning.
Poor chap, he always loved larking
And now he’s dead
It must have been too cold for him his heart gave way,
They said.
Oh, no no no, it was too cold always
(Still the dead one lay moaning)
I was much too far out all my life
And not waving but drowning.
https://rumble.com/vbq3q9-not-waving-drowning.html=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. In the last week, according to CRTV White House Brief, Trump has blown up the Iran deal, brought home three NK hostages, confirmed a meeting with Kim Jong Un, captured five IS leaders, announced record job numbers for April, meanwhile media focused on the non story of Stormy Daniels. The achievements would be impressive in a year, but never achieved in Obama's eight. Yet Trump has done something else Media has not told you. Trump is saving $15 billion of taxpayer money with his pen. The money was part of the $1.3 trillion spending plan that went through Congress in March. Trump deplored it but signed it anyway, vowing not to do another. Democrats will oppose the savings, but the money largely goes to programs that it is illegal to spend the money on. So the money will sit in accounts until it is siphoned off and used elsewhere. Democrats want to be wreckers and boast how money was wasted under Trump, but they are threatening to block the savings in the Senate. Trump had plans to cut $60 billion in spending, but broke the package down to get it through the Senate piecemeal. The $15 billion is the least controversial cut. Even so, big spending Dems are crying "Cuts to .." when it is money that could not be spent. Thanks CRTV White House Brief for highlighting the truth. An FB abuse of power has seen me flying blind for 24 hours as I was placed in FB jail, unable to post. No warning was given and I was away from my computer when I became aware of it. I was unable to view my business page. I was unable to view my feed, having been logged out, and I was logged out of Messenger too, so I was unable to contact my friends and associates. Once I realised what had happened, I had to think why it happened. There are many possibilities in any given day, for me, because I'm reposting content without being aware of all of it. I share memes to prosecute an agenda. I don't go looking for inappropriate content, but I'm aware it may be judged by FB's double standards. FB had recently forced me to share pictures with my writing on it so I can share my products. I am a writer, and I prefer sharing my columns with my products, but FB have recently prevented that. I've been asked to share my columns without my products. I'm a partially disabled pensioner and am trying to make an honest living. Had it been a picture that fell foul of the censors?
Recently I made an admin decision on a FB group I run in which I publicly asked a member to stop reporting comments which met FB and group standards. The comment was pictured and I was PM'd with a "Don't publicly shame me" comment. I advised the complainant to block those they disagreed with. I get it they want to use my group as a soap box and troll members for notoriety, and blocking those they disagree with would not help that. Maybe that wannabe censor had creatively misreported a post of mine?
Turns out it was not my post at all, but something I shared from FB. RP posts memes too, but they are a social conservative when I have more libertarian views. The offending video was silent. It showed a crowd of people near a street. It looked like security footage, but was upmarket and seemed more like a staged scene. In the scene, which might have been USA, a street waking guy walks up to the crowd of women and children and raises a pistol. A female shoots the guy, apparently, but there is no blood, and people disperse as the guy falls to the ground. The woman takes partial cover behind a red car, in which a driver proceeds to drive away. The gunman has tossed the gun aside and the woman secures it and goes to the aid of the gunman. Scene ends. It looks like an NRA meme. It was on FB. My share comment was "That ended well." It was not my video. I found it on FB and shared it from FB. I don't know if RP was banned too, but then my shares were publicly to my page and to the FB group, while RP limits his shares. I would be grateful for anyone who knows about the scene if they let me know what it was.
Update. The place was Suzano, Brazil. The male shooter was Elivelton Neves Moreira, 21. The crowd were waiting for a school to open at 8 am. The female was a mother of a seven year old who was present, and another younger child not present, Katia da Silva Sastre who was an off duty military cop. Eliveton had fired his gun at some stage. Had he searched Katia's bag and found she was a cop things might have been much worse. The Governor of São Paulo has honoured Katia on Mother's Day. Eliveton died at the hospital, later.
=== from 2017 ===
John Roskam, IPA chief, has raised a very important issue of red tape. Australia has been in the recent past a lucky country. Under Howard Australia could afford to pay parents to have children and buy a home. Thanks to greed and a culture of entitlement fostered under ALP and continuing today, those welfare indicators are unaffordable. And it is going to get worse. Spending is the problem, but red tape is a mechanism for keeping spending sky high. Bureaucracy can victimise an innocent party and keep them tied up with red tape so there is never natural justice. But, while it is terrible to be a person victimised by bureaucracy, pity those who tomorrow will not have our lifestyle of today because of our indecision today. We need workplace flexibility. Red tape prevents that, but allows corruption.
Some things should not happen, but they do. The latest federal budget is no good, and not that bad at the same time. It is the best that a gifted campaigner like Morrison can make of an awful situation Turnbull has given us. Turnbull promised he would explain the need for economic prudence. Turnbull has not done so. Australia does not need to tax more, but to cut spending. It is an easy decision to make, if one understands what the benefits are. Less spending and regulation is going to create growth in the US. Whereas red tape and corruption will hamper Australian efforts to move forward. The Captain of the Costa Concordia is to get 16 years for his terrible action which doomed that ship. What about the captain of Australia's ship of state?
Some things should not happen, but they do. The latest federal budget is no good, and not that bad at the same time. It is the best that a gifted campaigner like Morrison can make of an awful situation Turnbull has given us. Turnbull promised he would explain the need for economic prudence. Turnbull has not done so. Australia does not need to tax more, but to cut spending. It is an easy decision to make, if one understands what the benefits are. Less spending and regulation is going to create growth in the US. Whereas red tape and corruption will hamper Australian efforts to move forward. The Captain of the Costa Concordia is to get 16 years for his terrible action which doomed that ship. What about the captain of Australia's ship of state?
=== 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 ALP have not acknowledged it but they spent recklessly in government and have blocked mindlessly in opposition. Now they have a problem regarding voter perception. The ALP are confident in their contempt for the voter, and don't feel it matters they have damaged the economy and threatened the welfare of all Australian children and those not yet born. However, they won't want to do that immediately before election because some supporters might notice. Now the ALP's problem is that they do not know if this is a pre election budget or not. The government won't want to go right away. The ALP will want to block everything regardless of merit. But, if it is a pre election budget then the ALP need to pass something to suggest they are responsible. Bill Shorten is clearly upset that the media aren't telling him which way to jump. Laura Tingle had an opportunity when asking Treasurer Hockey a question at lunch with the media today. Instead she proudly told the Canberra Press Gallery she had not understood the issue of paid parental leave. She blamed Mr Abbott, but forgot to point a direction to Shorten. For the record, Mr Abbott's policy he took to election was blocked by Mr Shorten who felt that because he had the numbers, then the Australian people voted for him to block the legislation. Showing once again ALP hates families.
Nepal has another earthquake, a 7.3 magnitude aftershock. At last count another fifty were killed and more than a thousand injured. Nepal needs prayer and other practical support.
Kevin Pieterson told he won't play for England again. He had been told he might, so he gave up a lucrative contract in the IPL and hit a triple century in English domestic. But now he has been told he never stood a chance. England would need to play worse than they are now, and that may not be possible.
On this day in 1373, Julian of Norwich had visions which were later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love. 1515, Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk were officially married at Greenwich. 1568, Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, were defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother. 1619, Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. 1648, construction of the Red Fort at Delhi was completed. 1779, War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiated an end to the war. In the agreement Austria received the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel). 1780, the Cumberland Compact was signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee. 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip left Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
In 1804, forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americansattacked the city. 1830, Ecuador gained its independence from Gran Colombia. 1846, Mexican–American War: The United States declared war on Mexico. 1848, first performance of Finland's national anthem. 1861, American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issued a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognised the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. Also 1861, the Great Comet of 1861 was discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. Also 1861, Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opened, from Karachi to Kotri. 1862, the USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, stole through Confederate lines and was passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle began with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. 1865, American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ended with a Confederate victory. 1880, in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edisonperformed the first test of his electric railway. 1888, with the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolished slavery.
In 1909, the first Giro d'Italia started from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna would be the winner. 1912, the Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, was established in the United Kingdom. 1917, three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátimain Fátima, Portugal. 1923, Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, was beatified. 1939, the first commercial FM radio station in the United States was launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later became WDRC-FM. 1940, World War II: Germany's conquest of France began as the German army crossed the Meuse. Winston Churchill made his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. Also 1940, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands fled her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana took her children to Canada for their safety. 1941, World War II: Yugoslavroyal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović started fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. 1943, World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrendered to Allied forces. 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre was committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
In 1950, the first round of the Formula One World Championship was held at Silverstone. 1951, the 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos was commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru. 1952, the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting. 1954, the anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, took place. Also 1954, the original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opened and ran for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography. 1958, during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car was attacked by anti-American demonstrators. Also 1958, the trademark Velcro was registered. Also 1958, May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers led a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. Also 1958, Ben Carlin became the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
In 1960, hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregated for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students were arrested, and the Free Speech Movement was born. 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland was decided. 1967, Dr. Zakir Hussain became the third President of India. He was the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He held this position until August 24, 1969. 1969, Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1972, Faulty electrical wiring ignited a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators led to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. Also 1972, The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparked a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people were killed and over 66 injured.
In 1980, an F3 tornado hit Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declared it a federal disaster area. 1981, Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul IIin St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope was rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survived. 1985, police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. 1989, large groups of students occupied Tiananmen Square and began a hunger strike. 1992, Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. 1994, Johnny Carson made his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. 1995, Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. 1996, severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh killed 600 people. 1998, Race riots broke out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent were looted and women raped. Also 1998, India carried out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan imposed economic sanctions on India.
In 2000, in Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory exploded, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. 2005, the Andijan Massacre occurred in Uzbekistan. Also 2005, the Bính Bridge opened to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam. 2006, São Paulo violence: A major rebellion occurred in several prisons in Brazil. 2008, the Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India resulted in dozens of deaths. 2011, Two bombs exploded in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others. 2014, an explosion at an underground coal mine in south-western Turkey killed 301 miners. Also 2014, Major floods in Southeast Europe killed at least 47 people.
Nepal has another earthquake, a 7.3 magnitude aftershock. At last count another fifty were killed and more than a thousand injured. Nepal needs prayer and other practical support.
Kevin Pieterson told he won't play for England again. He had been told he might, so he gave up a lucrative contract in the IPL and hit a triple century in English domestic. But now he has been told he never stood a chance. England would need to play worse than they are now, and that may not be possible.
On this day in 1373, Julian of Norwich had visions which were later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love. 1515, Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk were officially married at Greenwich. 1568, Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, were defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother. 1619, Dutch statesman Johan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. 1648, construction of the Red Fort at Delhi was completed. 1779, War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiated an end to the war. In the agreement Austria received the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel). 1780, the Cumberland Compact was signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee. 1787, Captain Arthur Phillip left Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
In 1804, forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americansattacked the city. 1830, Ecuador gained its independence from Gran Colombia. 1846, Mexican–American War: The United States declared war on Mexico. 1848, first performance of Finland's national anthem. 1861, American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issued a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognised the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. Also 1861, the Great Comet of 1861 was discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. Also 1861, Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opened, from Karachi to Kotri. 1862, the USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, stole through Confederate lines and was passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle began with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. 1865, American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ended with a Confederate victory. 1880, in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edisonperformed the first test of his electric railway. 1888, with the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolished slavery.
In 1909, the first Giro d'Italia started from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna would be the winner. 1912, the Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, was established in the United Kingdom. 1917, three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátimain Fátima, Portugal. 1923, Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, was beatified. 1939, the first commercial FM radio station in the United States was launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later became WDRC-FM. 1940, World War II: Germany's conquest of France began as the German army crossed the Meuse. Winston Churchill made his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. Also 1940, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands fled her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana took her children to Canada for their safety. 1941, World War II: Yugoslavroyal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović started fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbian resistance. 1943, World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrendered to Allied forces. 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre was committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
In 1950, the first round of the Formula One World Championship was held at Silverstone. 1951, the 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos was commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru. 1952, the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting. 1954, the anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, took place. Also 1954, the original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opened and ran for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography. 1958, during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car was attacked by anti-American demonstrators. Also 1958, the trademark Velcro was registered. Also 1958, May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers led a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. Also 1958, Ben Carlin became the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
In 1960, hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregated for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students were arrested, and the Free Speech Movement was born. 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland was decided. 1967, Dr. Zakir Hussain became the third President of India. He was the first Muslim President of the Indian Union. He held this position until August 24, 1969. 1969, Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1972, Faulty electrical wiring ignited a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators led to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. Also 1972, The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparked a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people were killed and over 66 injured.
In 1980, an F3 tornado hit Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declared it a federal disaster area. 1981, Mehmet Ali Ağca attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul IIin St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope was rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survived. 1985, police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. 1989, large groups of students occupied Tiananmen Square and began a hunger strike. 1992, Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. 1994, Johnny Carson made his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. 1995, Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. 1996, severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh killed 600 people. 1998, Race riots broke out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent were looted and women raped. Also 1998, India carried out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan imposed economic sanctions on India.
In 2000, in Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory exploded, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. 2005, the Andijan Massacre occurred in Uzbekistan. Also 2005, the Bính Bridge opened to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam. 2006, São Paulo violence: A major rebellion occurred in several prisons in Brazil. 2008, the Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India resulted in dozens of deaths. 2011, Two bombs exploded in the Charsadda District of Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others. 2014, an explosion at an underground coal mine in south-western Turkey killed 301 miners. Also 2014, Major floods in Southeast Europe killed at least 47 people.
From 2014
It is a joke that religious people see things and may be inspired by adversity, or nothing. But on this day in 1373, an unknown woman had a vision which defines, and illustrates, what we know today of what religious thought was then. She is called Julian of Norwich because her writings were found in an anchoress's cell which was built onto the wall of the church of St Julian in Norwich. From her visions she wrote "Revelations of Divine Love." She wrote in English, and so it is the earliest text we have written in English. She said she was unlettered, which may mean she was not literate in Latin. Some say she was a universalist, believing that all will be saved, but she did not write that, she merely wrote she hoped for that. And so arguments arise over diminutions that say more about the readers than the writer. I focus on this today because it is the National Budget being brought before parliament and, for a long time, people have inferred and argued over what has not been said, but which they assume. The truth is, although spinners aren't admitting it, that previous ALP government was shockingly bad and has left the economy in need of exceptional government. From a position of substantial surplus to substantial debt, defenders of the previous corrupt government claim the economy is not that badly off, and there are many governments worse off. That misleading truth obscures the fact that cuts need to be made for Australia to stand still. We had lots of cash, now we owe it. And we have nothing to show for it. And our children are slated to suffer for it.
The ALP are very keen that the poorest suffer while they are in opposition. They have a policy of opposing the ending of a Carbon Dioxide tax even though when they were last in government they ran a policy claiming they had ended it. The government needs to cut spending, but the ridiculous tax aimed at limiting plant food does not even do that. All it does is make business more difficult, meaning fewer jobs and a weaker economy. It is difficult to see a single policy pursued by the ALP which provides for the poor, or struggling workers. The ALP aimed for unemployment to be higher than it now is. They see things happening that others do not. My bet is they will never author a text as acutely important or beneficial as "Revelations of Divine Love."
The ALP are very keen that the poorest suffer while they are in opposition. They have a policy of opposing the ending of a Carbon Dioxide tax even though when they were last in government they ran a policy claiming they had ended it. The government needs to cut spending, but the ridiculous tax aimed at limiting plant food does not even do that. All it does is make business more difficult, meaning fewer jobs and a weaker economy. It is difficult to see a single policy pursued by the ALP which provides for the poor, or struggling workers. The ALP aimed for unemployment to be higher than it now is. They see things happening that others do not. My bet is they will never author a text as acutely important or beneficial as "Revelations of Divine Love."
Historical perspective on this day
In 1373, Julian of Norwich had visions which were later transcribed in her Revelations of Divine Love. 1515, Mary Tudor, Queen of France and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk were officially married at Greenwich. 1568, Battle of Langside: The forces of Mary, Queen of Scots, were defeated by a confederacy of Scottish Protestants under James Stewart, Earl of Moray, her half-brother. 1619, Dutch statesmanJohan van Oldenbarnevelt was executed in The Hague after being convicted of treason. 1648, construction of the Red Fort at Delhi was completed. 1779, War of Bavarian Succession: Russian and French mediators at the Congress of Teschen negotiated an end to the war. In the agreement Austria received the part of its territory that was taken from it (the Innviertel). 1780, the Cumberland Compact was signed by leaders of the settlers in early Tennessee. 1787, Captain Arthur Phillipleft Portsmouth, England, with eleven ships full of convicts (the "First Fleet") to establish a penal colony in Australia.
In 1804, forces sent by Yusuf Karamanli of Tripoli to retake Derna from the Americans attacked the city. 1830, Ecuador gained its independence from Gran Colombia. 1846, Mexican–American War: The United States declared war on Mexico. 1848, first performance of Finland's national anthem. 1861, American Civil War: Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issued a "proclamation of neutrality" which recognised the breakaway states as having belligerent rights. Also 1861, the Great Comet of 1861 was discovered by John Tebbutt of Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. Also 1861, Pakistan's (then a part of British India) first railway line opened, from Karachi to Kotri. 1862, the USS Planter, a steamer and gunship, stole through Confederate lines and was passed to the Union, by a southern slave, Robert Smalls, who later was officially appointed as captain, becoming the first black man to command a United States ship. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Resaca: The battle began with Union General Sherman fighting toward Atlanta, Georgia. 1865, American Civil War: Battle of Palmito Ranch: In far south Texas, more than a month after Confederate General Robert E. Lee's surrender, the last land battle of the Civil War ended with a Confederate victory. 1880, in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edisonperformed the first test of his electric railway. 1888, with the passage of the Lei Áurea ("Golden Law"), Brazil abolished slavery.
In 1909, the first Giro d'Italia started from Milan. Italian cyclist Luigi Ganna would be the winner. 1912, the Royal Flying Corps, the forerunner of the Royal Air Force, was established in the United Kingdom. 1917, three children report the first apparition of Our Lady of Fátima in Fátima, Portugal. 1923, Robert Bellarmine, a Doctor of the Catholic Church, was beatified. 1939, the first commercial FM radio station in the United States was launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later became WDRC-FM. 1940, World War II: Germany's conquest of France began as the German army crossed the Meuse. Winston Churchill made his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. Also 1940, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands fled her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana took her children to Canada for their safety. 1941, World War II: Yugoslav royal colonel Dragoljub Mihailović started fighting with German occupation troops, beginning the Serbianresistance. 1943, World War II: German Afrika Korps and Italian troops in North Africa surrendered to Allied forces. 1948, 1948 Arab-Israeli War: The Kfar Etzion massacre was committed by Arab irregulars, the day before the declaration of independence of the state of Israel on May 14.
In 1950, the first round of the Formula One World Championship was held at Silverstone. 1951, the 400th anniversary of the founding of the National University of San Marcos was commemorated by the opening of the first large-capacity stadium in Peru. 1952, the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, held its first sitting. 1954, the anti-National Service Riots, by Chinese Middle School students in Singapore, took place. Also 1954, the original Broadway production of The Pajama Game opened and ran for another 1,063 performances. Later received three Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical, and Best Choreography. 1958, during a visit to Caracas, Venezuela, Vice President Richard Nixon's car was attacked by anti-American demonstrators. Also 1958, the trademark Velcro was registered. Also 1958, May 1958 crisis: A group of French military officers led a coup in Algiers demanding that a government of national unity be formed with Charles de Gaulle at its head in order to defend French control of Algeria. Also 1958, Ben Carlinbecame the first (and only) person to circumnavigate the world by amphibious vehicle, having travelled over 17,000 kilometres (11,000 mi) by sea and 62,000 kilometres (39,000 mi) by land during a ten-year journey.
In 1960, hundreds of University of California, Berkeley students congregated for the first day of protest against a visit by the House Committee on Un-American Activities. Thirty-one students were arrested, and the Free Speech Movement was born. 1963, the U.S. Supreme Court case Brady v. Maryland was decided. 1967, Dr. Zakir Hussain became the third President of India. He was the first MuslimPresident of the Indian Union. He held this position until August 24, 1969. 1969, Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 1972, Faulty electrical wiring ignited a fire underneath the Playtown Cabaret in Osaka, Japan. Blocked exits and non-functional elevators led to 118 fatalities, with many victims leaping to their deaths. Also 1972, The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparked a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people were killed and over 66 injured.
In 1980, an F3 tornado hit Kalamazoo County, Michigan. President Jimmy Carter declared it a federal disaster area. 1981, Mehmet Ali Ağcaattempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Square in Rome. The Pope was rushed to the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic to undergo emergency surgery and survived. 1985, police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents. 1989, large groups of students occupied Tiananmen Squareand began a hunger strike. 1992, Li Hongzhi gave the first public lecture on Falun Gong in Changchun, People's Republic of China. 1994, Johnny Carson made his last television appearance on Late Show with David Letterman. 1995, Alison Hargreaves, a 33-year-old British mother, became the first woman to conquer Everest without oxygen or the help of sherpas. 1996, severe thunderstorms and a tornado in Bangladesh killed 600 people. 1998, Race riots broke out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesians of Chinese descent were looted and women raped. Also 1998, India carried out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan imposed economic sanctions on India.
In 2000, in Enschede, the Netherlands, a fireworks factory exploded, killing 22 people, wounding 950, and resulting in approximately €450 million in damage. 2005, the Andijan Massacre occurred in Uzbekistan. Also 2005, the Bính Bridge opened to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam. 2006, São Paulo violence: A major rebellion occurred in several prisons in Brazil. 2008, the Jaipur bombings in Rajasthan, India resulted in dozens of deaths. 2011, Two bombs exploded in the Charsadda Districtof Pakistan killing 98 people and wounding 140 others. 2014, an explosion at an underground coal mine in south-western Turkey killed 301 miners. Also 2014, Major floods in Southeast Europe killed at least 47 people.
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Today's reading: 2 Kings 15-16, John 3:1-18 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Kings 15-16
Azariah King of Judah
1 In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother's name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, just as his father Amaziah had done. 4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
Today's New Testament reading: John 3:1-18
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him."
3 Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
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Morning
The Lord Jesus gives special revelations of himself to his people. Even if Scripture did not declare this, there are many of the children of God who could testify the truth of it from their own experience. They have had manifestations of their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in a peculiar manner, such as no mere reading or hearing could afford. In the biographies of eminent saints, you will find many instances recorded in which Jesus has been pleased, in a very special manner to speak to their souls, and to unfold the wonders of his person; yea, so have their souls been steeped in happiness that they have thought themselves to be in heaven, whereas they were not there, though they were well nigh on the threshold of it--for when Jesus manifests himself to his people, it is heaven on earth; it is paradise in embryo; it is bliss begun. Especial manifestations of Christ exercise a holy influence on the believer's heart. One effect will be humility. If a man says, "I have had such-and-such spiritual communications, I am a great man," he has never had any communion with Jesus at all; for "God hath respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off." He does not need to come near them to know them, and will never give them any visits of love. Another effect will be happiness; for in God's presence there are pleasures for evermore. Holiness will be sure to follow. A man who has no holiness has never had this manifestation. Some men profess a great deal; but we must not believe any one unless we see that his deeds answer to what he says. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked." He will not bestow his favours upon the wicked: for while he will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he respect an evil doer. Thus there will be three effects of nearness to Jesus--humility, happiness, and holiness. May God give them to thee, Christian!
Evening
"Fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again."
Genesis 46:3-4
Genesis 46:3-4
Jacob must have shuddered at the thought of leaving the land of his father's sojourning, and dwelling among heathen strangers. It was a new scene, and likely to be a trying one: who shall venture among couriers of a foreign monarch without anxiety? Yet the way was evidently appointed for him, and therefore he resolved to go. This is frequently the position of believers now--they are called to perils and temptations altogether untried: at such seasons let them imitate Jacob's example by offering sacrifices of prayer unto God, and seeking his direction; let them not take a step until they have waited upon the Lord for his blessing: then they will have Jacob's companion to be their friend and helper. How blessed to feel assured that the Lord is with us in all our ways, and condescends to go down into our humiliations and banishments with us! Even beyond the ocean our Father's love beams like the sun in its strength. We cannot hesitate to go where Jehovah promises his presence; even the valley of deathshade grows bright with the radiance of this assurance. Marching onwards with faith in their God, believers shall have Jacob's promise. They shall be brought up again, whether it be from the troubles of life or the chambers of death. Jacob's seed came out of Egypt in due time, and so shall all the faithful pass unscathed through the tribulation of life, and the terror of death. Let us exercise Jacob's confidence. "Fear not," is the Lord's command and his divine encouragement to those who at his bidding are launching upon new seas; the divine presence and preservation forbid so much as one unbelieving fear. Without our God we should fear to move; but when he bids us to, it would be dangerous to tarry. Reader, go forward, and fear not.
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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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