Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Wed 30th June 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Cancel culture claims woke

Babylon Bee, satirical media outlet, had been cancelled by Mail Chimp. Mail Chimp corrected their 'mistake' but Babylon Bee have taken their services elsewhere. The 'mistake' severed communication for Babylon Bee with their subscribers. Mail Chimp had declared the email content of Babylon Bee as being 'harmful information.' It is an escalation of FB's practice with users. FB users have public content. Mail Chimp merely facilitates email. Not only had Mail Chimp lawlessly mislabelled private content of their users, but they had accessed it to judge it, illegally. 

Imagine a teen girl maintaining a secret diary where she revealed her personal thoughts for herself to consider. Imagine how that girl would feel if her worst critic had snuck into her room, found the diary, and corrected it, posting the correction publicly at school. That is what Mail Chimp did to a paying client. However, is what other sites are doing lawful? What about FB's activity censoring accounts for no reason other than disagreeing with their politics? How about those who were censored for posting on Wuhan lab leak theory? Or for posting on Hunter Biden's laptop? What is happening to the land of the free, and the home of the brave? 

Editorial Dan Andrews obfuscates on his fall

He felt he was so badly off that he refused an ambulance or anyone who might have screened his blood toxicology. And he has had a press conference to obfuscate details. We know that after time, Andrews lies and claims he forgets. He cannot remember details of his choices giving a security gig to mates who failed during a COVID lockdown, killing over a hundred Victorians. Andrews says he thought he was going to die. So why the cover up? And why does the article finish with a shaming statement for anyone who asks why? 

If Andrews fell because he was blotto, then Victorians need to know. Letting Andrews take the reigns off power when he has flagrantly failed in his duty in the past is wrong. Over a hundred Victorians have died because of Andrews' mismanagement. Billions of dollars have gone missing. 
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https://rumble.com/vj7lk3-ep.-1552-is-the-nsa-spying-on-this-republican-the-dan-bongino-show.html
Bombshell revelations last night on this Fox program. In this episode, I discuss the troubling revelation. I also address the Democrat’s ridiculous claims that Republicans are “defunding the police.”

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
AOC Pushes $70 Billion “Civilian Climate Corps” Bill Through Budget Reconciliation READ MORE

Russia Says They Launched a New ICBM Around Time of Biden-Putin Summit

Dan Bongino Launches “AlignPay” Anti-Cancel Culture Payment Platform

SCOTUS Rules Illegals Who Return to U.S. After Deportations Aren’t Entitled to Bond Hearings

Tucker Carlson Drops a Bombshell – Reveals Biden Admin Is Spying on Him

Derek Chauvin Nearing Plea Deal With Federal Prosecutors

Maricopa County to Replace All Voting Machines After Audit

Capitol Hill
Sen. Scott Launches 2022 Senate Reelection Campaign
California Dems Try to Change Recall Laws to Aid Governor Newsom
Florida, Iowa, and Nebraska Deploy Police Reinforcements to West Texas Border
Sen. Cruz Calls for CDC to Scrap Airline Mask Mandate
Biden Calls for Federal Investigation Into Florida Condo Collapse – Has No Plans to Visit Area
Poll Finds Trump Would Crush VP Harris in a Head-to-Head
Rep. Crenshaw: Biden and Harris Like the Border Crisis
LOL: Psaki Says It’s Republicans Who Voted to Defund Police
Arizona House Passes Bill Requiring Schools to Share Stories From People Who Fled Communism
Jill Biden to Hold Diplomatic Meetings Instead of Joe During Tokyo Olympics

Culture War
Lawsuit Alleges Silicon Valley Billionaire Recruited Election Officials to Accept Grants From Mark Zuckerberg
Trump Attorney Says Manhattan DA Isn’t Charging Trump With Any Crimes
SoundCloud Bans Andy Ngo Podcast
Traffic Fatalities Added to Growing List of Things That Are Somehow “Structurally Racist”
Even 76% of San Francisco Libs Now Want More Cops as Crime Explodes
Majority of Gen Z Has Negative View of Capitalism
Majority Now Believe U.S. Government and Media Tried to Cover Up Lab Leak Theory
Oakland Police Chief Speaks Out Against New Police Funding Cuts on Same Day Psaki Said Only GOP Cut Police
57% of Republicans Say Pandemic Is Over, Compared to Only 4% of Dems
California Bans State Funded Travel to Five More States Over Supposed “Discrimination Against LGBTQ Community”

Economy
White House Order Targets Corporate Giants, Pushes Stronger Antitrust Enforcement
New SEC Chair Is Very Serious About New ‘Woke” Rules
Biden Admin Cancels Promised Federal Relief for Restaurants
Judge Rules Indiana Can’t Stop Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
Gas Prices to Remain Elevated All Summer
ARK Invest Files to Offer Bitcoin ETF
The Consequences of Lockdowns Were Worse Than We Thought
El Salvador’s Strategy to Attract Bitcoin Talent Is Working
U.S. Stock Ownership Nears Record High
Fed Vice Chair Casts Doubt on Creation of a Digital Dollar
TSA Offers $1,000 Signing Bonus as Travelers Face Long Lines

Swamp Watch
China Celebrates 100th Birthday of the CCP
General Who Fired Anti-Marxist Space Force Commander Was Rebuked for Unconstitutional Actions
Princeton Boasts 68% of Students Identify as “People of Color” After Nixing Standardized Testing Requirement
Dr. Fauci Skips Hearing on COVID-19 Origins
Biden DOJ Is Charging Everyone They Can Identify on Jan 6
CNN’s Jake Tapper Has Lost 75% of His Audience Since January
LA County Now Recommends Even the Fully Vaccinated Wear Masks Indoors
Bizarre New Claim That GOP Defunded Police Contradicted by Only Democrats Defunding Police

National Security
As Royal Navy Prepares for Putin Harassment, HMS Queen Elizabeth Surrounded by Ring of Steel
Controversy Surrounds Portable Nuclear Reactor Program
Confirmed Deaths Rise to 11 in Florida Condo Collapse as Search Continues
Joe Biden’s Limited Iraq and Syria Strikes Won’t Stop Iran
U.S. Air Force Has New Plan for ABMS: Smaller Budget, Clearer Schedule
Yasen: The Russian Stealth Submarine Even the U.S. Navy Can’t Find
Cyber Security: a Zero-Trust Approach
Lightfoot’s Chicago: Nearly 70 Shot Over the Weekend
Russia Just Tested A New ICBM
New Border Patrol Chief Says 250,000 Illegals Have Evaded Capture So Far This Year

Around the World
Communist Terrorists Allegedly Shoot Colombian President’s Helicopter
Iran-Backed Militias Vow Revenge After U.S. Air Strikes in Iraq, Syria
Despite Iranian Claims, Report Says Iran Nuclear Site Was Badly Damaged
Polish Minister Says Country Should Copy Hungarian LGBT Law
Man in German City Attacks Several People With Knife, Is Identified and Arrested Several Hours Later
Unclear if U.S. Bishops’ Vote Discussed During Meeting Between Blinken and Pope
European Commission Announces Fourth Large-Scale Antitrust Investigation Into Google, Plans to Focus Heavily on YouTube
IMF: Africa Is in Desperate Need of Vaccines to End Repeated Coronavirus Waves

Opinion
Katherine Blakeman: Justice Clarence Thomas Didn’t Kowtow to the Left. Neither Should We.
Kyle Smith: As Biden Bumbles, the Question Is: Who’s Really Running the Country?
Scott Morefield: Why Are We Still Playing Mask Theater At Airports And On Airplanes
Patrick Buchanan: Boris Johnson Defies Vladimir Putin’s Claim to Crimea
Ken Blackwell: The International Community Must End Iran’s Culture of Impunity for It’s Leaders
Karol Markowicz: Critical Race Theory Is Part of Woke Agenda — Parents Should Fight It
Jeff Crouere: Dr. Fauci, America’s Fallen Idol
Jack Cashill: If Joe Goes, What Next?

Entertainment
Kelsey Grammer Reflects on His “Extraordinarily” Challenging Life
Andra Day Speaks Out About Brad Pitt Dating Rumors
Prince Charles Won’t Attend Unveiling of Princess Diana Statue Due to “Regretful” Memories
Britney Spears’ Brother-in-Law Discusses Situation After Shocking Conservatorship Hearing
Justin Bieber to His Fans: Stop Staking Out My NYC Home
After California Move, Prince Harry Secretly Met With American Military Friends
Fast and Furious “F9” Sets Pandemic Box Office Record
Colosseum in Rome’s Massive Underground Tunnels, Cages to Be Opened to the Public for the First Time

Sports
American Scores Stunning Upset At Wimbledon Over French Open Finalist
Former NFL Star Jack Brewer Comes Out Against Gwen Berry For Turning Away From American Flag During Anthem
Montreal Looks to Extend Record for Most Stanley Cups
With Canada Entering Olympic Qualifying, Knicks’ RJ Barrett Eyes Medal
Too Help Foot Its Bills, NFL Seeking Media Investors to Partner in NFL Network
In MLB Debut, Max Kranick Goes Five Perfect Innings
Scottie Pippen Says Phil Jackson is a Racist
Colorado’s Governor the Latest to Have a Nursing Home Scandal
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/capitol-breach-investigation/2021/06/29/id/1026896/?oRef=mixi

Newsmax TV

Dershowitz: Trump Not Out of Danger of Prosecution


Newsfront
Before settling on Sarasota, Florida, for a July 3 rally and fireworks display, former President Donald Trump had sought to hold a rally at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park...... [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Up Hill
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 -- 29 December 1894) was an English poet who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem Remember, and for the words of the Christmas carol In the Bleak Midwinter.
Up-Hill

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BY CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
Does the road wind up-hill all the way? 
   Yes, to the very end. 
Will the day’s journey take the whole long day? 
   From morn to night, my friend. 

But is there for the night a resting-place? 
   A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. 
May not the darkness hide it from my face? 
   You cannot miss that inn. 

Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? 
   Those who have gone before. 
Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? 
   They will not keep you standing at that door. 

Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak? 
   Of labour you shall find the sum. 
Will there be beds for me and all who seek? 
   Yea, beds for all who come.
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Via LD "I heard Walt speak last night at an Australian Christian Lobby event, and I shared my story with him personally. He seems unable to accept that there are genuine cases of gender dysphoria, where transition is more appropriate than any other way. I'm all ears, his story is tragic, and should serve as a cautionary tale, but he doesn't seem to be all ears. I transitioned and I don't regret it because there's no real underlying cause for my dysphoria. It just is."
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Via HT "So, these people aspire to be like Mandela. But do they really look at what Mandela did, and what is really achieved by Mandela/SA 20 years on?
What they really are doing is impose a protest against the only democracy in Middle East that had achieved relative stability against tremendous odds amongst hostile neighbours. The only place where women are respected, freedom of religion is permitted, freedom of speech is encouraged, and human dignity is preserved. In contrast, have a look at whom they (the Irish) are siding with.

It is comical but it also is happening, and almost unbelievable. But then, we are talking about the Irish here so anything is possible. I hope that, along with rejecting Israel the nation and the people, they will also choose to reject all Jewish achievements and innovations. See how far that will get them!
Come to think, what happened to the last government who singled out the Jews? Heil Ireland huh?"

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Here is a video I made Ballou love letter 

Sullivan Ballou (March 28, 1829 -- July 28, 1861) was a lawyer, politician, and major in the United States Army. He is best remembered for the eloquent letter he wrote to his wife a week before he fought and was mortally wounded alongside his Rhode Island Volunteers in the First Battle of Bull Run.
https://rumble.com/vaymh7-ballou-love-letter.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. The Daily Telegraph's Sharri Markson has revealed that Labor MPs have close ties to the union charity that has funneled millions to an aid organisation supporting a terrorist. When was it that that was not the case? What of the ALP union nexus which supported Nazis or communists in WW2? What of ALP labour union nexus supporting the Soviet Union during the Vietnam war? What of the ALP union nexus supporting Saddam during the Iraq war? Former AFL athlete Barry Hall has been blamed for a bad taste joke that was more collectively expressed. It involved a pre birth procedure that Hall's own wife had undergone. Blaming Hall won't fix the issue. Journalist spruiks quack who doesn't label himself a faith healer, but who allegedly heals the faithful.

She was sixteen dating a thirty something criminal. She had not the protection of her parents. Something to consider when SafeSchools advocates spruik ending family dynamics. A thirty four year old criminal has been arrested after a protracted siege and charged with killing the sixteen year old girl. The child was not responsible for her death or life choices, but she was a wild child who has paid a high price for her independence.

Press worried Kim Jong Un may have lied to Trump. Press never minded when KJU ignored Obama. Obama's cold war extends with Russia sending stealth subs to confront .. China?

Trump economy wildly successful. Two years old but no change in behaviour by disgraceful left wing supporters. Homes for homeless is useful. However, addressing underlying issues is still essential. Reporter with 21 years experience resigns after #FakeNews tweet.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Good news about unemployment should be oxygen for the federal government. Unemployment is down around 5.5%. That should mean that the government will have good returns from income tax and production. There are lots of good things the federal government is doing, but the oxygen thief that is Malcolm Turnbull and his crony mates of Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne are robbing the government of oxygen. Mr Abbott can help and does. Take an example of a few words Mr Abbott said at a recent IPA event 

"We have an abundance of energy - but the world's highest power prices; an abundance of land - and property prices to rival Hong Kong's; some of the world's smartest people - yet with school rankings behind Kazakhstan.

We need to make Australia work again - because our country, plainly, is not working as it should. We are letting ourselves down. We are not what we should be; and we know it."

Mr Abbott generously gave his time to talk to IPA members, and not just speak his thoughts and run. And Mr Abbott gives oxygen which the government needs.  
In 350, Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, was defeated and killed in Rome by troops of the usurper Magnentius. Neither reigned long as Constantius II dealt with Magnentius three years later. 763, the Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeated the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus.1520, Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortés fought their way out of Tenochtitlan. 1559, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery. 1688, the Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William (continuing the English rebellion from Rome), which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. 

In 1934, the Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, took place. 1936, Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appealed for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. 1937, the world's first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London. 1963, Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, killed seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. 

In 1971, the crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft were killed when their air supply escaped through a faulty valve. It is difficult to overstate the tragedy. The mission to dock with a space station and stay there for weeks was successful. They kept fit on a treadmill twice a day. But on re entry, a pressure valve no one could access was left open in space. They died in seconds on re entry. 
=== from 2016 ===
 It is possible that the ALP will win the election on Saturday and that should scare people. Because the DelCon movement have advocated splitting the senate vote and sending a message to those remaining idiots who installed Turnbull over Abbott, the senate is likely to be ALP friendly too. Turnbull's foolish decision to go for a double dissolution means that all of Abbott's gains get wiped out. So as a service to the community, The Conservative Voice will list reasons to not vote for the ALP or their proxies who call themselves independents. 
  • The AWU corruption scandal which brought on the double dissolution. Shorten is heavily involved in his time as union leader. Also Fair Work has been set up badly and is not an effective guard. To give the ALP the reigns of power again is to give in to another term of ineffective workplace relations. That will damage Australia badly, crippling her businesses who employ people.
  • Bad for the economy, promising to spend over $120 billion dollars on two policies alone, neither of which are effective. But then promising to balance the budget too. And yet admitting to lying outrageously about Medicare because they feel that is clever politics. 
  • Border Security. ALP have killed people with expensive bad policy.
  • Too close to extremist Muslims, too distant from people who are good.
  • Hostile to church interests, but not a friend to gays either. 
  • NSW Corruption with ICAC still not taking on the majority of corrupt ALP members from their 16 years in power. 
  • Victorian corruption, with jobs for the union mates and the destruction of CFA volunteer firefighters. ALP have killed people with incompetence in recent years. 
  • Queensland corruption and South Australian too, all related to entrenched ALP that are supported by independents. 
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
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Greece will default on her repayments today. The left wing Greek Government has promised her people that they can default and stay in the European Union. As if people can work but not be paid, so long as they aren't Greek. And that is wrong. The cost of the lie of the Greek government is a nervous world market which devalues because the stakes are so high. Europe should boot Greece. The campaign against austerity is dangerous and should not be accepted. There will be market pain if Greece leaves the union, but it is nothing to the pain if others feel that austerity can be rejected with impunity.  

Joe Hockey's defamation win is only a slap on the wrist for the partisan media who would willingly cut their own throats to secure a win against conservatives. There was no need for the personal attack of the defamatory headline, but it was made for no other purpose but to attack the treasurer. And if the Fairfax press had any credibility they would pay the money and issue an apology. Instead they are un-penitent and are examining the possibility of appealing. One hopes they appeal and lose badly.
From 2014
The 1876 election had seen the election of GOP Hayes based on a compromise. The military was pulled out of the South, ending reconstruction efforts and toppling state GOP governments. White Democrats would make the south one party and would isolate and prey upon African Americans. But in terms of populism, that was ok. Then James was elected and what followed was to James' credit in 1881, and a tragedy too. James was a GOP man too, but he had better control and discipline than Hayes. James Garfield would reform the US public service and purge corruption from the post office. He appointed african americans to prominent federal positions, promoted civil rights and education as a means to a free and fair electorate. And then, two hundred days into office, he was assassinated by a nut job. 

The nut job was like any other extreme right wing idiot that ever lived. Born in illinois, to an ethnically French family of Huguenot, Guiteau had been given $1000 and instructed to study in New York by his father. He had listening issues, and struggled as a student. He dropped out and joined a religious cult, but struggled to find his place. He went to Boston and got an easily achieved legal license, but was a failure as a barrister, managing to enrage most of his clients. Next, Guiteau turned to theology and stole material from the cult from which he had been booted. Then he decided to support GOP people. He begged Hayes for political favours, and then Garfield. Garfield had opposed corruption. So Guiteau decided to shoot him. 

Guiteau chose a pearl handled revolver for reasons of posterity. He picked his moment, approached Garfield from behind and shot him twice. Garfield would probably have survived but for the medical treatment he received by doctors that had not sterilised their surgery equipment or hands, as would be routine ten years later. It took eleven weeks for Garfield to die. In defence, Guiteau would claim that he was not guilty because "The doctors killed him, I just shot him." The defence failed, and so on this day in 1882, nine months after the shooting, Guiteau was hung. On the morning of his hanging, Guiteau wrote a poem. 

I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad,

I am going to the Lordy, I am so glad,

I am going to the Lordy,

Glory hallelujah! Glory hallelujah!

I am going to the Lordy.

I love the Lordy with all my soul,

Glory hallelujah!

And that is the reason I am going to the Lord,

Glory hallelujah! Glory hallelujah!

I am going to the Lord.

I saved my party and my land,

Glory hallelujah!



But they have murdered me for it,

And that is the reason I am going to the Lordy,

Glory hallelujah! Glory hallelujah!

I am going to the Lordy!

I wonder what I will do when I get to the Lordy,

I guess that I will weep no more

When I get to the Lordy!

Glory hallelujah!

I wonder what I will see when I get to the Lordy,

I expect to see most glorious things,

Beyond all earthly conception

When I am with the Lordy!

Glory hallelujah! Glory hallelujah!

I am with the Lord.

He was the only right wing extremist to assassinate a President of the US. He seemed incapable of rational thought, his application of poetry on a par with another right wing terrorist (McVey) who claimed he was the captain of his soul. Guiteau's case was one of the first attempts at an insanity defence in the US for a high profile case. At nine months he was the longest survivor of an assassination of a US President. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 350, Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, was defeated and killed in Rome by troops of the usurper Magnentius. 763, the Byzantine army of emperor Constantine V defeated the Bulgarian forces in the Battle of Anchialus. 1422, Battle of Arbedo between the duke of Milan and the Swiss cantons. 1520, Spanish conquistadors led by Hernán Cortésfought their way out of Tenochtitlan. 1521, Spanish forces defeated a combined French and Navarrese army at the Battle of Noáin during the Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre. 1559, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded in a jousting match against Gabriel de Montgomery. 1651, The Deluge: Khmelnytsky Uprising – the Battle of Beresteczko ended with a Polish victory. 1688, the Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William (continuing the English rebellion from Rome), which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution. 1758, Seven Years' War: The Battle of Domstadtl took place. 1794, Native American forces under Blue Jacket attack Fort Recovery.

In 1805, the U.S. Congress organised the Michigan Territory. 1860, the 1860 Oxford evolution debate at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History took place. 1864, U.S. PresidentAbraham Lincoln granted Yosemite Valley to California for "public use, resort and recreation". 1882, Charles J. Guiteau was hanged in Washington, D.C. for the assassination of U.S. President James Garfield. 1886, the first transcontinental train trip across Canada departed from Montreal. It arrived in Port Moody, British Columbia on July 4. 1892, the Homestead Strike began near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In 1905, Albert Einstein published the article On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, in which he introduced special relativity. 1906, the United States Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act. 1908, the Tunguska event occurred in remote Siberia. 1912, the Regina Cyclone hit Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28. It remains Canada's deadliest tornado event. 1917, World War I: Greece declared war on the Central Powers. 1921, U.S. President Warren G. Harding appointed former President William Howard Taft Chief Justice of the United States. 1922, in Washington D.C., U.S. Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes and Dominican Ambassador Francisco J. Peynado signed the Hughes-Peynado agreement, which ended the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic.

In 1934, the Night of the Long Knives, Adolf Hitler's violent purge of his political rivals in Germany, took place. 1936, Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia appealed for aid to the League of Nations against Italy's invasion of his country. 1937, the world's first emergency telephone number, 999, was introduced in London 1944, World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ended with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces. 1953, the first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan. 1956, a TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collided above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crashed, killing all 128 on board both airliners. 1960, Congo gained independence from Belgium. 1963, Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, killed seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo. 1966, the National Organization for Women, the United States' largest feminist organisation, was founded. 1968, Pope Paul VIissued the Credo of the People of God.

In 1971, the crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft were killed when their air supply escaped through a faulty valve. Also 1971, Ohio ratified the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. 1972, the first leap second was added to the UTC time system. 1977, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organizationdisbanded. 1985, thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 were freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days. 1986, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bowers v. Hardwick that states could outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults. 1990, East Germany and West Germany merged their economies. 1997, the United Kingdom transferssovereignty over Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China.

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Today's reading: Job 14-16, Acts 9:22-43 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Job 14-16

1 "Mortals, born of woman,
are of few days and full of trouble.
2 They spring up like flowers and wither away;
like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.
3 Do you fix your eye on them?
Will you bring them before you for judgment?
4 Who can bring what is pure from the impure?
No one!
5 A person's days are determined;
you have decreed the number of his months
and have set limits he cannot exceed.
6 So look away from him and let him alone,
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 9:22-43

22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.

23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him, 24 but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall....

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"Them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him."
1 Thessalonians 4:14
Let us not imagine that the soul sleeps in insensibility. "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise," is the whisper of Christ to every dying saint. They "sleep in Jesus," but their souls are before the throne of God, praising him day and night in his temple, singing hallelujahs to him who washed them from their sins in his blood. The body sleeps in its lonely bed of earth, beneath the coverlet of grass. But what is this sleep? The idea connected with sleep is "rest," and that is the thought which the Spirit of God would convey to us. Sleep makes each night a Sabbath for the day. Sleep shuts fast the door of the soul, and bids all intruders tarry for a while, that the life within may enter its summer garden of ease. The toil-worn believer quietly sleeps, as does the weary child when it slumbers on its mother's breast. Oh! happy they who die in the Lord; they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them. Their quiet repose shall never be broken until God shall rouse them to give them their full reward. Guarded by angel watchers, curtained by eternal mysteries, they sleep on, the inheritors of glory, till the fulness of time shall bring the fulness of redemption. What an awaking shall be theirs! They were laid in their last resting place, weary and worn, but such they shall not rise. They went to their rest with the furrowed brow, and the wasted features, but they wake up in beauty and glory. The shrivelled seed, so destitute of form and comeliness, rises from the dust a beauteous flower. The winter of the grave gives way to the spring of redemption and the summer of glory. Blessed is death, since it, through the divine power, disrobes us of this work-day garment, to clothe us with the wedding garment of incorruption. Blessed are those who "sleep in Jesus."

Evening

"Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart."
2 Chronicles 32:31

Hezekiah was growing so inwardly great, and priding himself so much upon the favour of God, that self-righteousness crept in, and through his carnal security, the grace of God was for a time, in its more active operations, withdrawn. Here is quite enough to account with the Babylonians; for if the grace of God should leave the best Christian, there is enough of sin in his heart to make him the worst of transgressors. If left to yourselves, you who are warmest for Christ would cool down like Laodicea into sickening lukewarmness: you who are sound in the faith would be white with the leprosy of false doctrine; you who now walk before the Lord in excellency and integrity would reel to and fro, and stagger with a drunkenness of evil passion. Like the moon, we borrow our light; bright as we are when grace shines on us, we are darkness itself when the Sun of Righteousness withdraws himself. Therefore let us cry to God never to leave us. "Lord, take not thy Holy Spirit from us! Withdraw not from us thine indwelling grace! Hast thou not said, I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day'? Lord, keep us everywhere. Keep us when in the valley, that we murmur not against thy humbling hand; keep us when on the mountain, that we wax not giddy through being lifted up; keep us in youth, when our passions are strong; keep us in old age, when becoming conceited of our wisdom, we may therefore prove greater fools than the young and giddy; keep us when we come to die, lest, at the very last, we should deny thee! Keep us living, keep us dying, keep us labouring, keep us suffering, keep us fighting, keep us resting, keep us everywhere, for everywhere we need thee, O our God!"

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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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