Editorial on Press Misrepresenting Facts
Press individuals are entitled to opinions, but it is unprofessional of them to be deliberately, objectively, biased. Take for example the death penalty applied to Ledell Lee, who was executed April 20th 2017 for the 1993 murder of his neighbor Debra Reese. She had been killed by a small bat her husband had given her for protection. Ledell was found with $300 stolen from Reese, an hour later. His DNA was on the bat, and a cloth used to grip the bat. Just prior to execution, more DNA was found on the bat that did not correspond to Ledell. However, it had not cleared Ledell, who had also been found to have raped two other women, and allegedly killed a third whom he never faced trial over, because of the death penalty conviction.
The new evidence was insufficient to overturn the case. It could have meant a third party was present when Ledell beat Reese to death, but had not taken her money and had not raped her. The DNA might belong to her husband who gave her the bat and possibly owned the shirt the bat grip was wrapped? However, according to the press reporting the issue for activists, the trial was unfair.
Editorial Headline reads 'mind control' but their minds seem ill disciplined
Mind control has been linguistically applied to describe a detached mechanical arm being manipulated through a silicon chip connected to a brain of a guy needing a prosthetic. There is even sensory feedback so the user can pick up breakables. It suggests a bright future for those in need of limbs, or in dangerous lines of work needing remote access. Imagine flying planes remotely with a feel for experienced turbulence?
But, mind control is not all about hope. In Victoria, in Australia we are under lockdown despite it being ineffective and expensive. However, independent members of parliament have gifted the ALP the means to declare lockdowns, although they had promised voters a vote for them would prevent such abuses of power. In this circumstance, mind control is more sinister. Bored with rules, and unable to work, syphilis cases are exploding. News promotes ALP incompetence, and attacks conservative government ministers, or actors.
Herd immunity is the only natural way to securely deal with COVID. Vaccinations help lead to it. Press don't yet understand that the two things are linked.
The lockdown is not helpful in Victoria, just as it wasn't in the recent past. Exposure of a COVID virus at some 150 sites shows the virus is prevalent in the community. But, we aren't having mass deaths. The exposures are mainly asymptomatic. So long as sick people are appropriately treated, then herd immunity will kick in. Lockdowns and masks have not prevented deaths. They have not prevented spread of COVID. The ALP administration ran a quarantine which spread the virus and killed elderly whom the ALP refused appropriate treatment. And the ALP has done it again in aged care.
Meanwhile, press are savaging conservative politicians for ALP failure. Federal Minister Dan Tehan goes on a talk show and suggests those suffering under the new Victorian lockdown can approach Centrelink and is howled down by press who demand more money for Victorian victims of ALP lockdown. It is an Australian version of the Dan Bongino observation of press calls 'Conservatives pounce.' They say Conservatives heartlessly point to welfare for problems caused by the ALP. This deflects criticism from the ALP.
Editorial Did Woke Tolerance result in domestic murder?
A man has been sentenced to thirty years jail in Victoria, Australia for domestic homicide he forced his children to watch. His children had been so badly neglected they weren't educated well enough to speak of their trauma. The man is an Islamic State supporter and in 2016 he murdered his wife in ffront of his children, showing them his removing an eye and flushing it down a toilet before dumping the body to be found in a leisure area. The killing followed a code set out in the mythology of those who follow Islamic State, or those who read western media promoting the ideal. But there had been warning signs leading up to the killing too. A Victorian court heard evidence of how the husband and killer had prevented family from contacting the victim and the abuse which rendered the children permanently incapacitated. Now the court will not name the killer so as to 'protect' the family? Why not simply jail Cardinal George Pell again? Or maybe cancel the Dr Blake Mysteries again?
Domestic violence in Australia is rife in the Islamic community, but not contained to the Islamic community and it is not everywhere in the Islamic community. It is reprehensible that Islamic peoples do not more vociferously condemn those who claim to act on Islam and bring Islam into disrepute.
In Sydney another court fail resulted in a lost family as a father had court support in tracking down and killing his estranged children. The mother had filed an AVO against the dad, but the police had negligently discounted the application by linking it to an ambit claim in a court case. By following his daughter home from school, and killing her, the dad proved those police wrong. The mother has since suicided. How can that family be protected by a woke court now? Maybe the police will investigate more closely the conservative government? That seems to be the go to call.
===The Anthony Fauci scandal continues to get uglier. In this episode, I discuss the latest troubling revelations about his odd behavior.
News Picks:
- Biden is lying about the threat from “white supremacy.”
- Is the JBS attack a dry run?
- Liberals are total frauds on “global warming.”
- Liberals don’t know much about police use of force incidents.
- More evidence that AOC is a fraud.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Top Republicans Demand Unredacted Fauci Emails READ MOREPsaki Praises Fauci After Bombshell Email Revelations
Biden Proposes 15% Corporate Minimum Tax on Corporations That Don’t Pay Federal Taxes
Report: U.S. Officials Encouraged COVID-19 Outbreak Origin Cover-Up
“Unfiltered With Dan Bongino” Primetime Show Debuts June 5th
Biden Declares War on the Suburbs
Lawmakers Blast Fauci Over Emails
Capitol Hill
Trump Slams Biden for Ending “Remain in Mexico” Policy
Dark Money Group Aligned With Sen. Schumer Faces IRS Complaint Over Attempt to Suppress Republican Voter Turnout
No Reporters Ask White House About Fauci Emails During Briefing
Sen. Cruz Doubles Down on Ending MLB’s Antitrust Exemption
Dem Sen. Sinema Reaffirms Support for Filibuster
Pennsylvania GOP Legislators Hope for Arizona-Style Election Audit
Union Lobbyists Getting Ethics Waivers to Join Biden Admin
Jeb!’s Son George P. Bush to Run for Texas Attorney General
Biden Pitches “Free Beer for Vaccinations” – Stumbles When Asked About Putin
“Defund the Police” Congresswoman Exposed Spending Taxpayer Dollars on Private Security for Herself
Rand Paul After Fauci Email Revelations: Fire Fauci
Culture War
Pro-Free Speech “Rumble” Prepares for Showdown With YouTube
Gov DeSantis’ Press Secretary: Opposition from Woke Corporations Strengthened His Decision to Sign Bill Protecting Women’s Sports
Andy Ngo Speaks Out After Being Assaulted by Antifa in Portland
Ratings Slide Continues for Brian Stelter’s CNN Show
The New Domestic War on Terror Has Already Begun
Throuple Congresswoman Loses Lawsuit Against Daily Mail, Ordered to Pay $220k
Poll: California Parents Sour on Public Schools After Pandemic Debacle
1776 Commission Refused to be Cancelled by Biden
Fauci’s Book Pulled From Online Stores for Pre-Orders
Tucker: Is Fauci Under Criminal Investigation?
Reuters Embarrasses Themselves With Babylon Bee “Fact Check”
Economy
ADP Private Payrolls Report: Companies Added 978k Jobs in May
Pressure Builds on HUD to Change Policy Making it Easier for Illegals to Receive Housing Vouchers
Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits to End for 3.7 Million Americans in 25 States
These Markets Are Where Homes Are Selling the Fastest
Companies Are Increasing Wages But Still Struggling to Find Enough Workers
Why Some Lifeguards Are Earning More Than the Governor in California
Introducing “Shrinkflation”
Insiders Predict Cyberattacks on U.S. Will Get Worse
Colorado to Allow Illegal Immigrants to Obtain Professional Licenses
Swamp Watch
Report: VP Harris’ Team Panicked After Biden Gave Her Immigration Role
Emails Show Fauci Made Urgent Inquiry About Gain-of-Function Research at Start of Pandemic
NIH Chief Denies Rejecting Lab Leak Theory
Multi-Millionaire Gov. Cuomo Forcing Taxpayers to Pay $900/Hr for His Lawyer
Biden Blames Private Sector for Getting Hacked By Russians
Two More “Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories” Confirmed
Fauci’s Book Declares Himself the Hero
MSNBC Panel Wants Federal Government to Overturn State Election Laws
Pelosi Abandons Idea of a Biden Commission to Investigate Jan. 6th
Coronavirus
School Disrupted: Report Documents Destructive Impact of COVID On K-12 Education
Poll: Most Americans Now Believe COVID Leaked From Lab
Biden Credits Trump for Vaccine Development
There’s Still Been No Surge in Cases Despite Decline of Mask Mandates
DeSantis Vows to Oppose Any Federal Attempt to Require Vaccine Passports
British Intelligence Says Lab Leak Is Feasible
Emails Show Fauci Worked Behind the Scenes to Discredit the Lab Leak Theory
California to Pay $2 Million to Churches Whose Rights Were Violated By Pandemic Restrictions
Zuckerberg Recruited Fauci to Promote Facebook’s Coronavirus Expertise
National Security
The Air Force Wants Lasers on Its Stealth Fighters
Russia Looks West Toward the Former Soviet Republics
Turkey Again Undermines NATO
China Sends Military Aircraft Over Disputed Shoals Near Malaysia
Meet the “Father of All Bombs”
Analyst: Pentagon “Walked Away From the 500-ship Navy”
Russia is Building Up Its Forces to Confront NATO
The Story of America’s Air-to-Air Nuke
The Problem With Russia’s Next Stealth Fighter
Around the World
Opposition Government Set to Unseat Netanyahu
China Claims Syria’s Sham Election Is a Defeat for U.S.
Syrian Civil War Has Claimed Half a Million People
Hong Kong Shuts Down Tiananmen Square Museum Prior to Massacre Anniversary
Mexico’s Leftist President Pushing Government Control of Natural Resources
Spain to Allow Limited Nightlife in Regions With Low Infection Rate
Poll: Britons Want to Restrict Movements of the Unvaccinated
Kremlin Critic Navalny Loses Legal Bid to Stop Sleep Deprivation “Torture” by His Guards
Opinion
Veronique de Rugy: Biden Shoots for the Stars With Astronomical Spending Proposals
Larry O’Connor: They Lied, People Died: Media and Dems’ Deadly Wuhan Narrative
Ben Shapiro: The Muddled Thinking of “Antiracism”
Vernon Jones: Stacey Abrams Lines Her Pockets While Georgians Suffer
Tim Graham: The Hunter Biden Omission Continues
Bob Barr: The Left’s Craven Mollycoddling of China
Austin Bay: China’s 5G Tech Threat: Time to Stop the Digital Malware Pandemic
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Taking Liberty for Granted
Science/Entertainment/Sports
Duke Legend Mike Krzyzewski to Retire After Season
The TV Shows Pushing the LGBTQ Agenda on Children
Report: Ainge Stepping Down as Celtics President of Operations
SpaceX Announces 3 More Private Missions
Bob Baffert Suspended From Churchill Downs for 2 Years After Medina Spirit’s Failed Drug Test Confirmed
Reagan’s Attempted Assassin Attempts Music Career
LeBron Walks Off Court Early as Lakers Get Walked Over
NASA’s Perseverance Rover is 1st Spacecraft to Carry U.S. Plutonium in Years
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
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- Gov. Greg Abbott: I'm Going to Do Biden's Job on Border |
- Dr. Scott Atlas: Regarding the Released Fauci Emails, 'the Truth Will Prevail' |
- Rep. McCaul: Wuhan Leak, 'Worst Coverup in Human History' |
- Stephen Moore: Another Stimulus Could Wreck the Economy |
- Gordon Chang: Biden COVID Report May Conceal US Complicity |
- Fred Grandy: Gavin MacLeod Was 'Quiet Commander' |
- Sen. Mark Moores: The Breathe Act is Anti-Police |
Biden Proposes 15% Minimum Corporate Tax in $1T Infrastructure Offer
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Here is a video I made Stoush O Day
The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke is a verse novel by Australian novelist and poet C. J. Dennis. The book sold over 60,000 copies in nine editions within the first year, and is probably one of the highest selling verse novels ever published in Australia.
Contents:
A Spring Song
The Intro
The Stoush O' Day
Doreen
The Play
The Stror 'at Coot
The Siren
Mar
Pilot Cove
Hitched
Beef Tea
Uncle Jim
The Kid
The Mooch o' Life
https://rumble.com/vbw6v5-stoush-o-day.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. This time, last year, London Lord Mayor Sadiq Khan's policy bore fruit. For Khan, Trump's wall was to be opposed. Sadiq liked bridges. And on a London Bridge, the world saw the atrocity that extremist Islam perpetrates on such bridges. An Australian, woman, a nurse, went to the aid of people injured and dying. For her troubles, she was butchered too. Extremists had bet on police response being slow. It was. Khan was elsewhere at the time, being lauded for having denounced Trump. Today also marks five hundred days Trump has been President. In that time, US has prospered in ways unimaginable when Obama had been President. Americans are working again. US is less divided than it had been under Obama.
Sadiq Khan took the Lord Mayor of London's office from Boris Johnson. Khan is considered soft left of UK Labour. During UK Labour's free fall from competence, Khan is soft left, but his ridiculous positions on almost any issue are indefensible, except by numbers of supporters. One can be an Islamic Extremist in London and police won't take issue, thanks to Khan. But, if one steps outside holding a kitchen knife? It is hard to know what more impediments Khan can place in front of London police wanting to do their job. In Victoria, an inquest into the Bourke Street Rampage heard how police were twice tasked to arrest the killer before the atrocity, but felt impeded. Thanks Dan Andrews.
Howard Schultz is stepping down as Starbucks CEO. The announcement came within hours of the US supreme court deciding to uphold a Bakery's right to refuse service. The US supreme court decision was 7-2, which USTODAY.com described as 'narrow.' Were the votes to go 2 either way, the decision might have changed, narrowly, or been unanimous.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote "Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. If they are equal, they are not free." Meanwhile Columbia University Professor Hamid Dabashi spews anti semitic hatred. The Left eat their own, and have fallen far. Meanjin, a left wing magazine from Melbourne University has obliterated its name, which is Aboriginal, and posted the meme #MeToo.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. There are many reasons for Islamic terrorism. There is no reason for Islamic terrorism. Some search for a common denominator, a book that is read, or a creed followed. But it is too simple to say it would be people who read the New York Times or vote left wing. Even though every single terrorist of the west may be described that way. And locking up all left wingers might be appealing to some, history tells us that that is not the solution. Mass incarceration failed the British in South Africa during the Boer War. Mass incarceration was an abuse of power by FDR in WW2 of Japanese US citizens. Donald Trump has framed the evil losers correctly. The evil losers are the problem of the Middle East and related nations, which has nothing to do with Israel. Strong borders promote peace. Evil Losers are losing, just like the swamp is being drained, and they are fighting back even as they lose. Never forget those who endorse and underplay the evil of the evil losers. The evil losers claim they have reasons for their atrocities. There is no reason for terrorism.
1615, Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan. The siege success resulted in the destruction of a clan and the establishment of the Shogunate. 1647, Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe died. He was Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth. 1783, the Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrated their montgolfière (hot air balloon). 1784, Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covered 4 kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). In 1802, grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicated his throne in favour of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. She had been a fat child, and had not wanted to marry. But the King of France used her marriage to advance his agenda. And she came to love her husband. They tried to have children, but failed.
1878, Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retained nominal title. The Ottoman was 'The sick man of Europe' and her empire was crumbling. When the Ottoman's had been growing, she had used her minorities to forge the empire, but as she collapsed, she abused her minorities. Europe was appalled at how Islam treated Christians, and so created Bulgaria to be independent of the Ottomans. In order to get a better deal, Ottoman's gave Cyprus to Britain, but retained the title in name. It worked and the Ottoman persecution of Armenians and Assyrians continued. 1896, Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gave it a successful test run. It was two speed and had no reverse. It could reach 32 km/h. In 1912, Massachusetts became the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. The policy was a wonderful failure, and did not lift wages for the poor, but allowed prosecution of those who paid too little. 1913, Emily Davison, a suffragette, ran out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She was trampled, never regained consciousness and died four days later. She hadn't wanted to die. She had wanted to cause a spectacle. She made it half way.
1939, Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. FDR had known what he was doing and what would happen to the victims. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps. 1940, World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ended – British forces completed evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. 1942, World War II: The Battle of Midway began. The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ordered a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
1615, Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan. The siege success resulted in the destruction of a clan and the establishment of the Shogunate. 1647, Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe died. He was Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth. 1783, the Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrated their montgolfière (hot air balloon). 1784, Élisabeth Thible became the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covered 4 kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). In 1802, grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicated his throne in favour of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. She had been a fat child, and had not wanted to marry. But the King of France used her marriage to advance his agenda. And she came to love her husband. They tried to have children, but failed.
1878, Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retained nominal title. The Ottoman was 'The sick man of Europe' and her empire was crumbling. When the Ottoman's had been growing, she had used her minorities to forge the empire, but as she collapsed, she abused her minorities. Europe was appalled at how Islam treated Christians, and so created Bulgaria to be independent of the Ottomans. In order to get a better deal, Ottoman's gave Cyprus to Britain, but retained the title in name. It worked and the Ottoman persecution of Armenians and Assyrians continued. 1896, Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gave it a successful test run. It was two speed and had no reverse. It could reach 32 km/h. In 1912, Massachusetts became the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. The policy was a wonderful failure, and did not lift wages for the poor, but allowed prosecution of those who paid too little. 1913, Emily Davison, a suffragette, ran out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She was trampled, never regained consciousness and died four days later. She hadn't wanted to die. She had wanted to cause a spectacle. She made it half way.
1939, Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. FDR had known what he was doing and what would happen to the victims. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps. 1940, World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ended – British forces completed evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. 1942, World War II: The Battle of Midway began. The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ordered a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy.
=== from 2016 ===
Today I seek funding for my new series of books, Bread of Life. They are a collection of daily bible quotes with a few words on the meaning or history of the quote. Included is a series of essays on significant related issues to form an orthodoxy. It is wonderful I live in a great nation that I can pursue my theological interest and present balanced, secular political discussion too. Turnbull may treat people such as myself with disdain. Shorten is hostile to my people, threatening to introduce gay marriage (which I endorse in a secular sense) and remove protections from churches who act on their constitution. But the founding fathers gave me freedoms which neither Islamofascists, nor the current party leaders publicly endorse. Turnbull's party has the better policies. Shorten's party has not one single worthwhile policy. ALP members who privately disagree with ALP policy will publicly support it.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
NSW passes $30 billion investments from the rent of electricity assets. The rental of poles and wires has been opposed by the ALP as a policy. Nick Greiner had a policy for the sale of assets that may well have realised $120 billion in the early '90s, but independent and ALP opposition prevented it. Successive ALP governments weakened the asset, and when they came to attempt a sale, it was possible they would raise no funds. In 2015 terms, $120 billion comes out at over $700 billion, assuming 8% pa from investment. That amount of cash would have pushed NSW into the lead of the world and the infrastructure that would have resulted would do much more to help the poor and needy than any effort of the ALP. But the ALP opposed the worthy policy in the interests of union mates, not the public interest.
Australia's economy grows after the budget. The small business stimulation seems to have been effective. The ALP, who collectively want house values to fall are disappointed. The result is a growth in jobs, fall in debt, everything the ALP cannot do as they oppose the public interest in favour of Union goals which are often corrupt and rarely favour union members.
Free Jonathan Pollard. He was arrested for espionage in the US after he was badly managed. Similar typed crimes do not attract the penalty already given to him. Israel wants him.
Cure for arthritis may unlock extra longevity. Australia has a scientist who believes they may be able to vaccinate against the disease. The implications are astounding. A ten year development cycle is referred to.
Australia's economy grows after the budget. The small business stimulation seems to have been effective. The ALP, who collectively want house values to fall are disappointed. The result is a growth in jobs, fall in debt, everything the ALP cannot do as they oppose the public interest in favour of Union goals which are often corrupt and rarely favour union members.
Free Jonathan Pollard. He was arrested for espionage in the US after he was badly managed. Similar typed crimes do not attract the penalty already given to him. Israel wants him.
Cure for arthritis may unlock extra longevity. Australia has a scientist who believes they may be able to vaccinate against the disease. The implications are astounding. A ten year development cycle is referred to.
From 2014
I have returned and will resume the former posting system. But first, an explanation ..
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The move.
I knew last year (2013) I would have to sell my 3 br unit in Carramar It was likely I would have to move, and so I made plans. I wanted the federal election to be over so the market would settle, I felt it had been compressed because the ALP government was that bad. It doesn’t mean that Liberal governments always mean better house prices, but Liberal government usually mean better growth and lower inflation, and that puts pressure on house prices. I wanted a year of Liberal government before my sale, but I knew I would have to sell before the end of 2013 because I had run out of my own money.
Disaster struck for me on the October long weekend. A main sewerage blockage beneath my unit resulted in my unit being flooded with sewage for over two days. It needn’t have been that long or that bad. I had called strata for the plumber straight away, but it was a public holiday and I accepted their delay. Even so, I indicated where the blockage was and they ignored me, making the spillage worse. On day two my home contents insurance had declared my unit uninhabitable. I stayed. My reasons for staying were sound. Others thought it was a paid hotel holiday. However, I’m way too fat to enjoy a hotel stay and I had things at my home which were too precious to risk losing by allowing unsupervised access. I still lost things, but it was different to what would have happened had I not stayed. It took five months before both insurance companies gave up, and that delayed my sale plan. At the end, incompetent insurance (tip, avoid GIO or any Suncorp related companies, because their premiums are low but they don’t cover legitimate claims) failed to actually repair the damage by dragging out the issue and walking away.
The payout from Allianz was in March but it did not cover my losses. I had under insured and could potentially have complained for much more, but to do so would delay the payout which I needed to prevent the bank from seizing my home and selling it before I was ready. I was forced to give away a $50k library I had collected over my life because I could not take it with me .. I had to scale down and worse, nobody wanted it. I tried giving it to charity, libraries and friends. But I didn’t have those kinds of friends. Mind you, I have some wonderful ones .. they wanted to help .. but for many reasons they couldn’t address underlying issues. I approached the media and they were uninterested. Media were interested in my issue, but not me. I turned to my brother for help and he refused.
I had avenues of appeal with authorities. But I was ignored. I am unemployed and have to declare anything that is given to me. ATO have hit me with a disputed bill, meaning they were my highest priority even before my home. I made it known that I would consider selling as fallback while I appealed to authorities. One former student of mine took that as permission to engage an estate agent they were linked to. The pushy agent warned me that if I delayed the sale might be for a lower price. I told them my preference would be to sell for an investor and then lease back. They said they would consult their lists. and would await my permission. My oldest sister came to town to go cruising with my estranged mother. Instead, my estranged mother had a heart attack, and survived, anchoring my sister who couldn’t help and wouldn’t visit but wanted to see me. I expressed my frustration with the refusal of authorities to engage, and the pushy agent contacted me again. They hadn’t even looked at their lists.
A few thousand dollars would have immensely improved my place, but pushy agent did not think it necessary. They advertised $340k for a 3br unit in Carramar adjacent to the train station with water views and park, shared lock up garage new carpet, new paint, new tiles the only balcony on that side of the building, security shutters and split system air conditioning. It was a reasonable price, but high relative to last year. The expectation was there would be lower offers and I might choose to accept or reject. Nobody even offered in the first week. So, on advice, I lowered it for the second week to $330, not wanting to seem panicked, but requiring a quick sale. I had run out of money, including the insurance payout, and the bank was going to be in a position to seize and force a sale, as they had attempted in '10. A lone buyer inspected, and would not make an offer. I instructed the agent to inquire and they offered $300k. I accepted it.
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The move.
I knew last year (2013) I would have to sell my 3 br unit in Carramar It was likely I would have to move, and so I made plans. I wanted the federal election to be over so the market would settle, I felt it had been compressed because the ALP government was that bad. It doesn’t mean that Liberal governments always mean better house prices, but Liberal government usually mean better growth and lower inflation, and that puts pressure on house prices. I wanted a year of Liberal government before my sale, but I knew I would have to sell before the end of 2013 because I had run out of my own money.
Disaster struck for me on the October long weekend. A main sewerage blockage beneath my unit resulted in my unit being flooded with sewage for over two days. It needn’t have been that long or that bad. I had called strata for the plumber straight away, but it was a public holiday and I accepted their delay. Even so, I indicated where the blockage was and they ignored me, making the spillage worse. On day two my home contents insurance had declared my unit uninhabitable. I stayed. My reasons for staying were sound. Others thought it was a paid hotel holiday. However, I’m way too fat to enjoy a hotel stay and I had things at my home which were too precious to risk losing by allowing unsupervised access. I still lost things, but it was different to what would have happened had I not stayed. It took five months before both insurance companies gave up, and that delayed my sale plan. At the end, incompetent insurance (tip, avoid GIO or any Suncorp related companies, because their premiums are low but they don’t cover legitimate claims) failed to actually repair the damage by dragging out the issue and walking away.
The payout from Allianz was in March but it did not cover my losses. I had under insured and could potentially have complained for much more, but to do so would delay the payout which I needed to prevent the bank from seizing my home and selling it before I was ready. I was forced to give away a $50k library I had collected over my life because I could not take it with me .. I had to scale down and worse, nobody wanted it. I tried giving it to charity, libraries and friends. But I didn’t have those kinds of friends. Mind you, I have some wonderful ones .. they wanted to help .. but for many reasons they couldn’t address underlying issues. I approached the media and they were uninterested. Media were interested in my issue, but not me. I turned to my brother for help and he refused.
I had avenues of appeal with authorities. But I was ignored. I am unemployed and have to declare anything that is given to me. ATO have hit me with a disputed bill, meaning they were my highest priority even before my home. I made it known that I would consider selling as fallback while I appealed to authorities. One former student of mine took that as permission to engage an estate agent they were linked to. The pushy agent warned me that if I delayed the sale might be for a lower price. I told them my preference would be to sell for an investor and then lease back. They said they would consult their lists. and would await my permission. My oldest sister came to town to go cruising with my estranged mother. Instead, my estranged mother had a heart attack, and survived, anchoring my sister who couldn’t help and wouldn’t visit but wanted to see me. I expressed my frustration with the refusal of authorities to engage, and the pushy agent contacted me again. They hadn’t even looked at their lists.
A few thousand dollars would have immensely improved my place, but pushy agent did not think it necessary. They advertised $340k for a 3br unit in Carramar adjacent to the train station with water views and park, shared lock up garage new carpet, new paint, new tiles the only balcony on that side of the building, security shutters and split system air conditioning. It was a reasonable price, but high relative to last year. The expectation was there would be lower offers and I might choose to accept or reject. Nobody even offered in the first week. So, on advice, I lowered it for the second week to $330, not wanting to seem panicked, but requiring a quick sale. I had run out of money, including the insurance payout, and the bank was going to be in a position to seize and force a sale, as they had attempted in '10. A lone buyer inspected, and would not make an offer. I instructed the agent to inquire and they offered $300k. I accepted it.
Problem was I had been fuzzy with strata fees. I said they had been $200 a quarter in '02, but were now $400 a quarter. Pushy agent asked "Why so expensive?" which that sum isn't. I ignored it as the agent seemed very young. But the agent had told the buyer $200 a quarter and when I corrected them he began repeating the question. I had let my agent beat up the buyer to $303k. But, when I discovered the strata fees increased to $500 a quarter, the buyer asked to lower the sales price to $300k. I explained to pushy agent that the sum was reasonable. Too late.
The agent told me the buyer had their own residence and wanted the place as an investment. I said that it hadn't mattered either way, I had to sell, but I preferred being able to stay. The paperwork sent to my solicitor declared a vacant possession. Agent assured me he would broach the issue after the cooling off period. Cooling off period is ten working days and following the exchange of contracts on 23rd April were three public holidays. At the end of the cooling off period, I contacted the agent to make sure I was to stay and they told me the buyer wanted the residence for themselves. The agent's firm had a rental unit. Out of loyalty, I approached them. It was easier than explaining to third parties what had happened. The issue was urgent. I had three weeks to secure a rental property and move. A new agent would require all sorts of papers and details. I found a place I liked in the Agent's list. The agent promised me they would forward my application to the owner. A week passed and they told me they hadn't contacted the owner, but my application was a low priority. I was looking at a bed room unit I was moving from as I had not time to get rid of furniture. But the agent decided I would not want to keep a unit with 3 beds long term.
I approached several other agencies. I got together the papers needed for an application. I engaged remove-alists without knowing where I would be going. Kents were a big outfit and would bill me, not needing cash on the day. I finally found a unit I liked from Ray White Cabramatta. It was a two bedroom unit close to public transport on the top floor. But I could not secure it in time. My bank delayed payment of the settlement because of their paperwork, so my solicitor offered to allow me a seven day extension. I borrowed money from a friend (Thanks Mona and Nathan) to pay the cash deposit and contacted the removalist who backed out because it was inconvenient. I found another removalist who wanted cash and I borrowed that from my friend too.
I then got a mobile phone and took steps to reestablish broadband at the destination. My new landline is silent .. it is a blessing not to get the obnoxious calls I had been getting. On the morning of the move, I'm called on my new mobile by the Telstra mechanic keen to connect my internet prior to my move. I rebook for after the move. Solicitor advises me that the disbursements are not electronic. I have bills to pay and the delay will hurt. Removalist informs me they will be delayed until afternoon of the move. I make sure refrigerator is turned off a few hours before the move. Removalist shows. He is a family guy and he has brought his three sons. I had boxed most things, but not the kitchen items. He suggests I leave the old premises to him and prepare in the new one. I agree. He calls me after a few hours about some of the larger items he wants to remove by the windows. I approve. However, I had carried the same items through the front door. It took the removalists eight hours, and I had begun to panic at the destination, where the only seat had been the toilet seat. I discovered that the newly pinter unit was over run with cockroaches. I had instructed the removalist to leave behind a mop and a vacuum cleaner, but he decided to leave behind a car load of material, including all the things I might have used to combat the cockroaches.
It was 8pm when I found out the removalist had packed my frozen foods by removing them from the freezer and boxing them. He had taken so long not because he used my computer, but because he had reboxed all my goods and wrapped everything in paper. The next day was settlement and I now had to go back to my old place to collect the items the removalist forgot. He had left a mess and not replaced the fly screen he had removed from a window. I phoned a friend with a car (many, many thanks, Tim). Solicitor informed me that the buyer's bank had failed to show for settlement. Settlement was rebooked for the following Monday. I'd already passed on the keys to the pushy agent. On Monday the sale settled, but checks were not prepared for me until the Tuesday. Solicitor gave me bank checks. Pushy agent gave me a personal check. I tried to disburse the bills but my bank wanted the bank checks to clear three working days, aiming for the following Monday, but I negotiated the Friday. For some reason, Bank checks are no longer recognised as being secure.
Historical perspective on this day
In 1039, Henry III became Holy Roman Emperor. 1411, King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. 1615, Siege of Osaka: Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu took Osaka Castle in Japan. 1647, Canonicus Grand Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Indian Tribe died. He was Chief Sachem of the Narragansett Tribe (rivals to the Wampanoag) at the time of the Pilgrims landing in Plymouth. 1745, Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussianarmy decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraineduring the War of the Austrian Succession. 1760, Great Upheaval: New England planters arrived to claim land in Nova Scotia, Canada, taken from the Acadians. 1783, the Montgolfier brothers publicly demonstrated their montgolfière (hot air balloon). 1784, Élisabeth Thiblebecame the first woman to fly in an untethered hot air balloon. Her flight covered 4 kilometres in 45 minutes, and reached 1,500 metres altitude (estimated). 1792, CaptainGeorge Vancouver claimed Puget Sound for the Kingdom of Great Britain. 1794, British troops captured Port-au-Prince in Haiti.
In 1802, grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicated his throne in favour of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. 1812, following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory. 1825, General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, spoke at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States. 1855, Major Henry C. Wayne departed New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps. 1859, Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeated the Austrian army. 1862, American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuated Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee. 1876, an express train called the Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. 1878, Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retained nominal title. 1896, Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gave it a successful test run.
In 1912, Massachusetts became the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. 1913, Emily Davison, a suffragette, ran out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She was trampled, never regained consciousness and died four days later. 1916, World War I: Russia opened the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall received the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand received the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope received the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World. 1919, Women's rights: The U.S. Congressapproved the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed suffrageto women, and sent it to the U.S. states for ratification. 1920, Hungary lost 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon was signed in Paris. 1928, the President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, was assassinated by Japanese agents.
In 1932, Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers led a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. 1939, Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps. 1940, World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ended – British forces completed evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. 1942, World War II: The Battle of Midway began. The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ordered a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy. 1943, a military coup in Argentina ousted Ramón Castillo. 1944, World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captured the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at seasince the 19th century. Also 1944, World War II: Rome fell to the Allies, the first Axis capitalto fall.
In 1961, in the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparked the Berlin Crisisby threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. 1965, Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution-style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime later put Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. 1970, Tonga gained independence from the United Kingdom. 1974, during Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans started a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers. 1975, the Governor of California Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargainingrights. 1979, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings took power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo was overthrown.
In 1986, Jonathan Pollard pled guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel. 1988, three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstanexploded in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500. 1989, Ali Khamenei was elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Also 1989, the Tiananmen Square protests were violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead. Also 1989, Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparked off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leading to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and beginning the Autumn of Nations. Also 1989, Ufa train disaster: A natural gasexplosion near Ufa, Russia, killed 575 as two trains passing each other threw sparks near a leaky pipeline. 1996, the first flight of Ariane 5 exploded after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. 1998, Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2001, Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascended to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace. 2010, Falcon 9 Flight 1 was the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. 2012, the Diamond Jubilee Concert was held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London.
In 1802, grieving over the death of his wife, Marie Clotilde of France, King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia abdicated his throne in favour of his brother, Victor Emmanuel. 1812, following Louisiana's admittance as a U.S. state, the Louisiana Territory was renamed the Missouri Territory. 1825, General Lafayette, a French officer in the American Revolutionary War, spoke at what would become Lafayette Square, Buffalo, during his visit to the United States. 1855, Major Henry C. Wayne departed New York aboard the USS Supply to procure camels to establish the U.S. Camel Corps. 1859, Italian Independence wars: In the Battle of Magenta, the French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeated the Austrian army. 1862, American Civil War: Confederate troops evacuated Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, leaving the way clear for Union troops to take Memphis, Tennessee. 1876, an express train called the Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City. 1878, Cyprus Convention: The Ottoman Empire ceded Cyprus to the United Kingdom but retained nominal title. 1896, Henry Ford completed the Ford Quadricycle, his first gasoline-powered automobile, and gave it a successful test run.
In 1912, Massachusetts became the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage. 1913, Emily Davison, a suffragette, ran out in front of King George V's horse, Anmer, at the Epsom Derby. She was trampled, never regained consciousness and died four days later. 1916, World War I: Russia opened the Brusilov Offensive with an artillery barrage of Austro-Hungarian lines in Galicia. 1917, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maude H. Elliott, and Florence Hall received the first Pulitzer for biography (for Julia Ward Howe). Jean Jules Jusserand received the first Pulitzer for history for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert B. Swope received the first Pulitzer for journalism for his work for the New York World. 1919, Women's rights: The U.S. Congressapproved the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guaranteed suffrageto women, and sent it to the U.S. states for ratification. 1920, Hungary lost 71% of its territory and 63% of its population when the Treaty of Trianon was signed in Paris. 1928, the President of the Republic of China, Zhang Zuolin, was assassinated by Japanese agents.
In 1932, Marmaduke Grove and other Chilean military officers led a coup d'etat establishing the short-lived Socialist Republic of Chile. 1939, Holocaust: The MS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later died in Nazi concentration camps. 1940, World War II: The Dunkirk evacuation ended – British forces completed evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk in France. To rally the morale of the country, Winston Churchill delivered his famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech. 1942, World War II: The Battle of Midway began. The Japanese Admiral Chuichi Nagumo ordered a strike on Midway Island by much of the Imperial Japanese navy. 1943, a military coup in Argentina ousted Ramón Castillo. 1944, World War II: A hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captured the German submarine U-505 – the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at seasince the 19th century. Also 1944, World War II: Rome fell to the Allies, the first Axis capitalto fall.
In 1961, in the Vienna summit, the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev sparked the Berlin Crisisby threatening to sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany and ending American, British and French access to East Berlin. 1965, Duane Earl Pope robbed the Farmers' State Bank of Big Springs, Nebraska, killing three people execution-style and severely wounding a fourth. The crime later put Pope on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list. 1970, Tonga gained independence from the United Kingdom. 1974, during Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans started a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers. 1975, the Governor of California Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargainingrights. 1979, Flight Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings took power in Ghana after a military coup in which General Fred Akuffo was overthrown.
In 1986, Jonathan Pollard pled guilty to espionage for selling top secret United States military intelligence to Israel. 1988, three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstanexploded in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500. 1989, Ali Khamenei was elected as the new Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts after the death and funeral of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Also 1989, the Tiananmen Square protests were violently ended in Beijing by the People's Liberation Army, with at least 241 dead. Also 1989, Solidarity's victory in the first (somewhat) free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland sparked off a succession of peaceful anti-communist revolutions in Eastern Europe, leading to the creation of the so-called Contract Sejm and beginning the Autumn of Nations. Also 1989, Ufa train disaster: A natural gasexplosion near Ufa, Russia, killed 575 as two trains passing each other threw sparks near a leaky pipeline. 1996, the first flight of Ariane 5 exploded after roughly 37 seconds. It was a Cluster mission. 1998, Terry Nichols was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2001, Gyanendra, the last King of Nepal, ascended to the throne after the massacre in the Royal Palace. 2010, Falcon 9 Flight 1 was the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. 2012, the Diamond Jubilee Concert was held outside Buckingham Palace on The Mall, London.
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Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 19-20, John 13:21-38 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Chronicles 19-20
1 When Jehoshaphat king of Judah returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem, 2 Jehu the seer, the son of Hanani, went out to meet him and said to the king, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is on you. 3 There is, however, some good in you, for you have rid the land of the Asherah poles and have set your heart on seeking God...."
Today's New Testament reading: John 13:21-38
21 After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, "Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me."
22 His disciples stared at one another, at a loss to know which of them he meant. 23 One of them, the disciple whom Jesus loved, was reclining next to him. 24 Simon Peter motioned to this disciple and said, "Ask him which one he means."
25 Leaning back against Jesus, he asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
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Morning
"These were potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work."
1 Chronicles 4:23
1 Chronicles 4:23
Potters were the very highest grade of workers, but "the king" needed potters, and therefore they were in royal service, although the material upon which they worked was nothing but clay. We, too, may be engaged in the most menial part of the Lord's work, but it is a great privilege to do anything for "the king"; and therefore we will abide in our calling, hoping that, "although we have lien among the pots, yet shall we be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold." The text tells us of those who dwelt among plants and hedges, having rough, rustic, hedging and ditching work to do. They may have desired to live in the city, amid its life, society, and refinement, but they kept their appointed places, for they also were doing the king's work. The place of our habitation is fixed, and we are not to remove from it out of whim and caprice, but seek to serve the Lord in it, by being a blessing to those among whom we reside. These potters and gardeners had royal company, for they dwelt "with the king" and although among hedges and plants, they dwelt with the king there. No lawful place, or gracious occupation, however mean, can debar us from communion with our divine Lord. In visiting hovels, swarming lodging-houses, workhouses, or jails, we may go with the king. In all works of faith we may count upon Jesus' fellowship. It is when we are in his work that we may reckon upon his smile. Ye unknown workers who are occupied for your Lord amid the dirt and wretchedness of the lowest of the low, be of good cheer, for jewels have been found upon dunghills ere now, earthen pots have been filled with heavenly treasure, and ill weeds have been transformed into precious flowers. Dwell ye with the King for his work, and when he writes his chronicles your name shall be recorded.
Evening
Jesus is the great teacher of lowliness of heart. We need daily to learn of him. See the Master taking a towel and washing his disciples' feet! Follower of Christ, wilt thou not humble thyself? See him as the Servant of servants, and surely thou canst not be proud! Is not this sentence the compendium of his biography, "He humbled himself"? Was he not on earth always stripping off first one robe of honour and then another, till, naked, he was fastened to the cross, and there did he not empty out his inmost self, pouring out his life-blood, giving up for all of us, till they laid him penniless in a borrowed grave? How low was our dear Redeemer brought! How then can we be proud? Stand at the foot of the cross, and count the purple drops by which you have been cleansed; see the thorn-crown; mark his scourged shoulders, still gushing with encrimsoned rills; see hands and feet given up to the rough iron, and his whole self to mockery and scorn; see the bitterness, and the pangs, and the throes of inward grief, showing themselves in his outward frame; hear the thrilling shriek, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" And if you do not lie prostrate on the ground before that cross, you have never seen it: if you are not humbled in the presence of Jesus, you do not know him. You were so lost that nothing could save you but the sacrifice of God's only begotten. Think of that, and as Jesus stooped for you, bow yourself in lowliness at his feet. A sense of Christ's amazing love to us has a greater tendency to humble us than even a consciousness of our own guilt. May the Lord bring us in contemplation to Calvary, then our position will no longer be that of the pompous man of pride, but we shall take the humble place of one who loves much because much has been forgiven him. Pride cannot live beneath the cross. Let us sit there and learn our lesson, and then rise and carry it into practice.
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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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