Editorial Media assault on decorated Australian Soldier
Former special forces soldier Ben Robert Smith has been smeared by media and political enemies. Former PM Julia Gillard smeared Smith as she decorated him, calling him 'modest.' There is a world of difference between a modest soldier and a humble one in service. Smith, in service, was humble, but his achievements were not modest. In a battle which earned him the VC, he offers it to all who served with him on that day.
One terrible smear is that Smith killed non combatants after they had been detained. Evidence of which, presented in court, was the case of Smith killing a machine gunner who was 15 years old. Is it the curt's suggestion that proof of age cards must be kept by terrorists wielding deadly weapons like machine guns? "Sir, I have a bead on that gunner pinning down our forces, can I take the shot?" "Have you checked his age?" "She has a beard." "Wait, check your privilege." "It doesn't matter sir, the unit is gone."
Ben Robert Smith has earned my thanks for his service. He has earned my admiration for his accomplishments. He has earned my favour, because those attacking him are politically motivated, not personally motivated, and placed on trial is not Smith's battle field activity, but my right to the freedom Smith defended.
Editorial Biden Crime family friends with awful people
Murdoch's Australian news focuses on Hunter Biden using the 'nigger' word freely with friends and associates. He has a meme joking about using it with Obama. It matters nothing to me how Hunter interacts with his friends and colleagues. It matters nothing to me that the issue of racism means nothing to Hunter, but he treats it as a joke. What Democrats call racism is a bad joke, undermining the meaning of the word and using it to exploit those whom have in the past been victims of racism. But, exploiting the oppressed has been Democrat policy since before the civil war. FDR practiced it to convince black voters to support Democrats as they have done since the 1930's. How did Monica Lewinsky respond to exploitation?
Biden's criminal association in the Ukraine has not been examined by the world media, who have not asked basic questions as to why Ukraine have not faced prosecution for painting their military aircraft with civilian identifiers, causing the shoot down of MH17. Australia is contributing to protecting Biden from censure.
Biden has outsourced his foreign policy to cold war policy, and so China is emboldened to challenge India by proxy in surrounding nations. However, Biden is not inactive overseas, he is working hard to hurt Israel.
Editorial Press corruption fuels corruption
A simple question by President Trump is "Why is Fox employing Chris Wallace?" But, as with most answers to Trump questions, the issues are salient, poignant and many. Chris Wallace is an incompetent journalist but a powerful left wing spokesperson. Whenever the Democrats are on the public nose, Wallace speaks for them. Wallace is partisan Democrat. Wallace is wrong on every issue he speaks on. He was wrong about COVID origins, he was wrong about election fraud and he is wrong about racism in today's America.
In Victoria, Australia, a question is being asked about Dan Andrews accident that threatened his life and laid him up for over 90 days. Andrews is not answering questions about it. We know that Andrews lies and claims to forget when it is convenient. The story is Andrews slipped on steps and broke his back. A question is why did the police or emergency not cater to the critically ill Premier of Victoria, instead he was privately transported to emergency. Was it a simple miss step, or was Andrews toxically drunk or on drugs? Was emergency service declined so Dan could sober up before treatment? It is not a new issue for the ALP, a former drunk driving attorney general for the ALP in NSW once left a hospital with his blood samples so he couldn't be charged for driving into stationary, parked cars. He later died drunk. A sniggering partisan press helped the public accept the corruption.
The press, meanwhile attack decent people, like highly decorated soldier Ben Robert Smith. May Smith get a huge payout for their libel. However, as the press fail the public with misinformation, truly terrible people are killing innocent people.
===Liberalism is A PRIVILEGE, The Idea Of Real Freedoms Do NOT Exist During Hard Times Like War
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=== Bongino Headlines ===
Putin: Russia Would Accept Conditional Handover of Cyber Criminals to U.S. READ MOREBill Maher: Progressives Refuse to Recognize Progress
Wife of Former Sinaloa Cartel Leader El Chapo Sentenced to Two and a Half Years in Prison
U.K. Government Adviser Wants Masks and Social Distancing Forever
Ilhan Omar Promotes Video by Group Investigated by FBI for Possible Terror Ties
Journalist Who Broke 2016 Clinton-Lynch Tarmac Meeting Story Found Dead at 45
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Capitol Hill
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Rep. Crenshaw: Ilhan Omar Should Lose Spot on Foreign Affairs Committee
U.K. Politicians Call on Biden to Drop Charges Against Julian Assange
Sen. Rubio Demands Biden Take Forceful Stand Against Iranian Warships Crossing Into Atlantic
Biden Policies Hurting America, Helping Russia by Increasing Oil Prices
Will Biden Tax the AR-15 to Death?
Culture War
Farther of CHAZ/CHOP Shooting Victim Last Year Shot in Seattle
Lori Lightfoot’s Lawyers Say She Only Discriminated Against White Reporters for Two Days
Last Week in Education Insanity
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Texas Newspaper Doesn’t Report Race of Austin Mass Shooter Due to “Stereotypes”
G7 Leaders Reveal $40 Trillion Infrastructure Plan to Counter China
Study: Children on Vegan Diet May Suffer Stunted Growth and Other Health Problems
BLM Chapters Call for Accountability And Transparency Over Founder’s Lavish Spending
Economy
SEC Unveils New Proposed Reforms, Including Guidelines for “Woke” Corporate Disclosures
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Airport Travel Rebounds
Identity Fraud Issues Cause Tax Refund and Stimulus Check Delays
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North Carolina City Approves Reparations Plan
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Andrew McCabe Still Haunted by John Durham
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Ex-DOD Official: U.S “Complicit” in COVID Lab Leak
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AOC’s Aunt Debunks Claim That Trump Was to Blame for Abuela’s Damaged House
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CDC Says Less Than Half the U.S. Adult Population Is Fully Vaccinated
Mental Health Emergency Room Visits By Teens Skyrockets During Pandemic
Nine Ways China Created a Pandemic That Have Nothing to do With Wuhan Lab
Tucker Carlson Tears Fauci to Pieces Over His Coronavirus Emails
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The Budget and the Fleet That Might Have Been
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No Masks Or Distancing – the Disgraceful Hypocrisy of the G7 Elite
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Hong Kong Censoring Films for Violating Chinese “National Security” Law
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Eritrean Bishops Denounce State’s Nationalization of Catholic Schools and Hospitals
Agnes Chow, Hong Kong Activist, Released From Prison
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Kathryn Lopez: A Different Path for Women
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Michael Reagan: “America Is Back” — But to What?
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Giants Cornerback Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges
European Space Agency Selects Venus Mission
Nothing Is Holding New Jets Defensive End Back
Bill Maher Scolds Left’s Refusal to Admit America’s Racial Progress
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Here is a video I made The Hand that signed the Paper
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 -- 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer who wrote exclusively in English. In addition to poetry, he wrote short stories and scripts for film and radio, which he often performed himself. His public readings, particularly in America, won him great acclaim; his sonorous voice with a subtle Welsh lilt became almost as famous as his works. His best-known works include the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood and the celebrated villanelle for his dying father, "Do not go gentle into that good night". Appreciative critics have also noted the superb craftsmanship and compression of poems such as "In my Craft or Sullen Art" and the rhapsodic lyricism of "Fern Hill'". The hand that signed the paper by Dylan Thomas
The hand that signed the paper felled a city;
Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath,
Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country;
These five kings did a king to death.
The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder,
The fingers' joints are cramped with chalk;
A goose's quill has put an end to murder
That put an end to talk.
The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever,
And famine grew, and locusts came;
Great is the hand that holds dominion over
Man by a scribbled name.
The five kings count the dead but do not soften
The crusted wound nor stroke the brow;
A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven;
Hands have no tears to flow.
https://rumble.com/vbzi9r-the-hand-that-signed-the-paper.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Private business investment in Australia is lower now (11.7%) than it was under Whitlam (13.7%), but higher than when Hawk was rolled by Keating. Dithering Malcolm Turnbull is the wrong person to lead the conservatives. Putting Turnbull and Bishop aside, and their bed wetting supporters, some good work is being done by the government. But because they aren't focused on reform and improvements, but Malcolm's survival, the whole government is struggling. It is not hard to make a case for spending cuts and efficiency, but Malcolm makes any decision seem hard.
Singapore summit on the 12th of June happened on Loving Day in the US. Loving Day is the anniversary of the US Supreme Court's 1967 decision to strike out anti miscegenation laws in sixteen states, all of which were Democrat strongholds at the time. Trump struck the right note in Singapore with Kim Jong Un .. and China. North Korea is committed to decommissioning her nuclear industry. US will not engage in war games next year with South Korea. China feels more secure too. Why do Democrats denigrate the achievements? Don't they want peace? And why do Democrats want race laws and segregation?
Death of a comedian in Melbourne as a 22 yo female almost makes it home after a routine walk after a successful performance. She was raped and murdered minutes after tweeting she was nearly home. Her body was found at 2:40 am, after she left the venue at 10:40 PM. A mentally ill man has been arrested in relation to the rape and murder. Victorians do not feel safe in Dan Andrews' Victoria. I'm not saying Andrews is corrupt and profiting from misery. I'm saying Andrews would be no different were he corrupt and profiting from misery in Victoria.
James Bolt writes "Read the transcript of Daniel Wild’s speech to the Australian Libertarian Society’s Friedman Conference on why tax reform is needed to get business investment back on track. Meanwhile, President Trump’s tax reforms sent the US to the top of the IMD Competitiveness Center’s global rankings."
Singapore summit on the 12th of June happened on Loving Day in the US. Loving Day is the anniversary of the US Supreme Court's 1967 decision to strike out anti miscegenation laws in sixteen states, all of which were Democrat strongholds at the time. Trump struck the right note in Singapore with Kim Jong Un .. and China. North Korea is committed to decommissioning her nuclear industry. US will not engage in war games next year with South Korea. China feels more secure too. Why do Democrats denigrate the achievements? Don't they want peace? And why do Democrats want race laws and segregation?
Death of a comedian in Melbourne as a 22 yo female almost makes it home after a routine walk after a successful performance. She was raped and murdered minutes after tweeting she was nearly home. Her body was found at 2:40 am, after she left the venue at 10:40 PM. A mentally ill man has been arrested in relation to the rape and murder. Victorians do not feel safe in Dan Andrews' Victoria. I'm not saying Andrews is corrupt and profiting from misery. I'm saying Andrews would be no different were he corrupt and profiting from misery in Victoria.
James Bolt writes "Read the transcript of Daniel Wild’s speech to the Australian Libertarian Society’s Friedman Conference on why tax reform is needed to get business investment back on track. Meanwhile, President Trump’s tax reforms sent the US to the top of the IMD Competitiveness Center’s global rankings."
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. I'm a Liberal Party supporter and I felt that the last election result had been answered prayer. Bill Shorten did not win and Malcolm Turnbull could not last. But I put a caveat on that, Turnbull could not last and the Liberals prosper. In 2009, Turnbull's office asked what he could do to be an effective leader. Journalist Piers Akerman had written glowingly of Turnbull, excusing his AGW activism as being that of a merchant banker who feels that a tax is a tax. I blogged, advising that a conservative leader does not have to agree with the party on everything. Scruples are part of conservatism. But sincerely held beliefs are usually underpinned by much that a leader can use to sway others. I don't think Turnbull paid attention to me, but the argument was embraced spectacularly, and he imploded against Hockey, letting Abbott get the prize without Abbott having betrayed him. Turnbull called the leadership spill for Hockey. Abbott only stood up after Hockey tanked, calling AGW a moral dilemma. Only spending $US100 trillion for a fraction of a degree cooling in a hundred years time is absurd. Taking that money from the world's poorest is criminal. Gonski and Finkel are not matters of state, but a resignation letter from Turnbull, to responsibility a Prime Minister cannot abrogate.
The US is catching up to Comey's leaking meaning that the Russia investigation is bogus. A high rise building in London is on fire. Twenty Four stories. Built in 1974. 1 am in the morning. Many would have been asleep in their homes. The fire allegedly began from a short in a refrigerator. Apparently many could not escape the upper stories. Israel has an invention allowing quick escape from such. People reported seeing lights and hearing cries from the upper stories. Six confirmed fatalities. A baby was reputedly thrown from a window. Firefighters allegedly were concerned that using water to douse flames might push the flames into places where upper level tenants were hiding.
In 1158, Munich was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. Henry was a builder who acquired a magnificent landholding before being stripped of it by petty rivals. 1216, First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captured the city of Winchester and soon conquered over half of the Kingdom of England. King John had signed, but not abided the Magna Carta. John was a loser who lost. 1276, while taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court held the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song. He only lived another few years. Zhao Shi drowned, fleeing Mongols, at age nine years old. 1285, Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần Dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong. It had been 27 years since the previous Mongol invasion had successfully demanded a three year tribute. That tribute had stopped. Two years later, the Mongols would suffer a comprehensive defeat at the Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288). 1287, Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria. 1381, Richard II of England met leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London was stormed by rebels who entered without resistance. The fourteen year old King Henry agreed to end serfdom but then the rebellion overplayed its' hand and lost all. It is recognised now as a model of socialist uprising. 1404, Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allied himself with the French against King Henry IV of England. Owain had been at the peasant's revolt and had been successful initially. However, Owain lacked artillery and ships and England overcame his resistance. Owain never surrendered to the English. He was recorded as having died eleven years later.
The US is catching up to Comey's leaking meaning that the Russia investigation is bogus. A high rise building in London is on fire. Twenty Four stories. Built in 1974. 1 am in the morning. Many would have been asleep in their homes. The fire allegedly began from a short in a refrigerator. Apparently many could not escape the upper stories. Israel has an invention allowing quick escape from such. People reported seeing lights and hearing cries from the upper stories. Six confirmed fatalities. A baby was reputedly thrown from a window. Firefighters allegedly were concerned that using water to douse flames might push the flames into places where upper level tenants were hiding.
In 1158, Munich was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. Henry was a builder who acquired a magnificent landholding before being stripped of it by petty rivals. 1216, First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captured the city of Winchester and soon conquered over half of the Kingdom of England. King John had signed, but not abided the Magna Carta. John was a loser who lost. 1276, while taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court held the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song. He only lived another few years. Zhao Shi drowned, fleeing Mongols, at age nine years old. 1285, Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần Dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong. It had been 27 years since the previous Mongol invasion had successfully demanded a three year tribute. That tribute had stopped. Two years later, the Mongols would suffer a comprehensive defeat at the Battle of Bạch Đằng (1288). 1287, Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria. 1381, Richard II of England met leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London was stormed by rebels who entered without resistance. The fourteen year old King Henry agreed to end serfdom but then the rebellion overplayed its' hand and lost all. It is recognised now as a model of socialist uprising. 1404, Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allied himself with the French against King Henry IV of England. Owain had been at the peasant's revolt and had been successful initially. However, Owain lacked artillery and ships and England overcame his resistance. Owain never surrendered to the English. He was recorded as having died eleven years later.
=== from 2016 ===
Early polling has opened for the Australian Federal Election on 2nd July. It is really important to consider the difference between the major parties. The conservative coalition are campaigning on responsible economic handling with increased spending and taxes. Malcolm Turnbull had a sad childhood and doesn't want to be criticized for appallingly bad behavior and judgment. The progressive opposition want to raise taxes in the hopes of diminishing the wealth of the wealthiest, even if it means hurting the poorest. They will spend bigger too, and then balance the budget. The opposition promise not to drown people for compassion this time, but aren't convinced they were wrong to last time. The opposition stands for gays, unless Muslims really want to kill them. Preferably gay Muslims. But they can marry, so long as they spit on a church. Bring pets too. The pets are to be handled by Halal specialists. And as the sound of music crescendos, the lyric is heard "What do we do with a problem like Sharia?"
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
A powerful case is being mounted suggesting Australia needs to increase her refugee intake from Syria and Iraq where Christians face an existential threat. At the moment, a strong Israel is all that saves them from death by atrocity. But the UN hates Israel and is too focused on the myth of AGW (human caused global warming) to act. Obama is using the tragedy to highlight how his regional policy 'works.'
Another unicorn has been sighted for Bill Shorten to avoid speaking to the royal commission on Union corruption and explain what he has done. It looks like Shorten got the union to charge a company bribe money to keep poor working conditions. The union has not benefited the members. Some members may not even be aware they were members. But the press have discovered Treasurer Joe Hockey has legitimately made expense claims. Mr Hockey is a good money manager and has become relatively wealthy in a non Turnbull/Rudd kind of way. The press don't like conservatives who can make money. Which may be why the press laud Wayne Swan who lost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.
Another unicorn has been sighted for Bill Shorten to avoid speaking to the royal commission on Union corruption and explain what he has done. It looks like Shorten got the union to charge a company bribe money to keep poor working conditions. The union has not benefited the members. Some members may not even be aware they were members. But the press have discovered Treasurer Joe Hockey has legitimately made expense claims. Mr Hockey is a good money manager and has become relatively wealthy in a non Turnbull/Rudd kind of way. The press don't like conservatives who can make money. Which may be why the press laud Wayne Swan who lost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars.
From 2014
It is the birthday of Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Also Alois Alzeheimer (1864) who forgot more than many will ever know. In 1856, mathematician Andrey Markov whose work in probability and recursion is subtle and profound. But it is the tragedy of the birthday of Che Guevara (1928) which stands out for me.
Che grew up in a well off Argentinian family that was well read and left wing. His parents gave him a wide education that extended from the centre left to far left, celebrating poetry of Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Pablo Neruda. It was pitiless and unhinged. He went to medical school, toured South America making contact with other extreme leftists and came into contact with the Castro brothers. The outrage Guevara felt at the conditions of some workers in South America is understandable .. Banana republics were appalling. Miners often did not prosper. poverty was rife. Che heard the grumblings of the poor and disenfranchised and applied his full intelligence to come up with a solution he applied in Cuba and later .. killing innocent people to scare others. Applying injustice as a weapon against those who disagreed with him. Che decided to win, he must taunt the corpse of an opponent.
He was particularly uncompromising and blood thirty and was placed in charge of a political prison by Fidel Castro. As second in charge in Cuba, Che shot defectors and labelled deserters as traitors, whom he would then track down and despatch. When he found a poor uneducated person, Che would deluge them with leftist literature. Those surrounding Che felt he was smart. And uncompromising. Castro booted him from Cuba and gave him assignments in foreign lands stirring up trouble. He got to address the UN where he was received like a rock star. He aligned himself with the Soviet Union, but felt they were too soft. From Algeria, the Congo and Bolivia, Che pursued armed rebellion, and to this day, where he went, there is little prosperity, but substantial poverty.
It was in Bolivia that Che was finally cornered, with Bolivia having aid of the CIA. Che was captured and killed. Unlike his birth day, that was a liberating day. On this day in 1940, Germany occupied Paris. Not even the birth of Alan Carr in 1976 makes the day cheerful. Worth remembering is that Benedict Arnold died on this day in 1801. Arnold had intended to betray the united states by surrendering West Point. He then fought as a general for the British. It is telling that his last days were as a free merchant. Unlike leftism, the free peoples of the United States offered prosperity, not perpetual enmity.
Historical perspective on this day
In 1158, Munich was founded by Henry the Lion on the banks of the river Isar. 1216, First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captured the city of Winchester and soon conquered over half of the Kingdom of England. 1276, while taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song dynasty court held the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song. 1285, Second Mongol invasion of Vietnam: Forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần Dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong. 1287, Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjiginprinces in East Mongolia and Manchuria. 1381, Richard II of England met leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London was stormed by rebels who entered without resistance. 1404, Welsh rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, having declared himself Prince of Wales, allied himself with the French against King Henry IV of England.
In 1618, Joris Veseler printed the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, & in c. in Amsterdam (approximate date). 1645, English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces were beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers. 1667, the Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ended. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. 1690, King William III of England(William of Orange) landed in Ireland to confront the former King James II. 1775, American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army. 1777, the Stars and Stripes was adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States. 1789, Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reached Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat. Also 1789, Whiskey distilled from maize was first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It was named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1800, the French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquered Italy. 1807, Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeated the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. 1821, Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrendered his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom. 1822, Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables". 1830, beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers began their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometres west at Sidi Fredj. 1839, Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, staged its first regatta. 1846, Bear Flag Revolt began – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, started a rebellion against Mexico and proclaimed the California Republic. 1863, American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester – a Union garrison was defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia. 1863, Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. 1872, Trade unions were legalised in Canada.
In 1900, Hawaii became a United States territory. Also 1900, the Reichstag approved a second law that allowed the expansion of the German navy. 1907, Norway granted women the right to vote. 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown departed from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. 1926, Brazil left the League of Nations 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday. Also 1937, U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marihuana Tax Act.
1940, World War II: Paris fell under German occupation, and Allied forces retreated. Also 1940, the Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence. Also 1940, a group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów became the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp. 1941, June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, began. 1944, World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandoned Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen. 1945, World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberated the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon. 1949, Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rode a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. 1951, UNIVAC I was dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. 1952, the keel was laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus. 1954, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill into law that placed the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. 1955, Chile became a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. 1959, Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opened to the public in Anaheim, California. 1959, a group of Dominican exiles departed from Cuba and landed in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four were killed or executed.
In 1962, the European Space Research Organisation was established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. 1966, the Vatican announced the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557. 1967, Mariner program: Mariner 5 was launched towards Venus. 1967, the People's Republic of China tested its first hydrogen bomb. 1982, Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrendered to British forces. 1985, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organisation Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece. 1994, the 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurred after the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. 2002, Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
In 1618, Joris Veseler printed the first Dutch newspaper Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, & in c. in Amsterdam (approximate date). 1645, English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces were beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers. 1667, the Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ended. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. 1690, King William III of England(William of Orange) landed in Ireland to confront the former King James II. 1775, American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army was established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army. 1777, the Stars and Stripes was adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States. 1789, Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reached Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat. Also 1789, Whiskey distilled from maize was first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It was named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
In 1800, the French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeated the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquered Italy. 1807, Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeated the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition. 1821, Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrendered his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom. 1822, Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables". 1830, beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers began their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometres west at Sidi Fredj. 1839, Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, staged its first regatta. 1846, Bear Flag Revolt began – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, started a rebellion against Mexico and proclaimed the California Republic. 1863, American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester – a Union garrison was defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town of Winchester, Virginia. 1863, Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. 1872, Trade unions were legalised in Canada.
In 1900, Hawaii became a United States territory. Also 1900, the Reichstag approved a second law that allowed the expansion of the German navy. 1907, Norway granted women the right to vote. 1919, John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown departed from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight. 1926, Brazil left the League of Nations 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday. Also 1937, U.S. House of Representatives passed the Marihuana Tax Act.
1940, World War II: Paris fell under German occupation, and Allied forces retreated. Also 1940, the Soviet Union presented an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence. Also 1940, a group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów became the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp. 1941, June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, began. 1944, World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandoned Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen. 1945, World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberated the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon. 1949, Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rode a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space. 1951, UNIVAC I was dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau. 1952, the keel was laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus. 1954, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill into law that placed the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance. 1955, Chile became a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty. 1959, Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opened to the public in Anaheim, California. 1959, a group of Dominican exiles departed from Cuba and landed in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four were killed or executed.
In 1962, the European Space Research Organisation was established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency. 1966, the Vatican announced the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557. 1967, Mariner program: Mariner 5 was launched towards Venus. 1967, the People's Republic of China tested its first hydrogen bomb. 1982, Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrendered to British forces. 1985, TWA Flight 847 was hijacked by Lebanese Islamist organisation Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece. 1994, the 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurred after the New York Rangers won the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. 2002, Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN missed the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
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Today's reading: Ezra 6-8, John 21 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Ezra 6-8
The Decree of Darius
1 King Darius then issued an order, and they searched in the archives stored in the treasury at Babylon. 2 A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana in the province of Media, and this was written on it:
Memorandum:
3 In the first year of King Cyrus, the king issued a decree concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem:
Let the temple be rebuilt as a place to present sacrifices, and let its foundations be laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide, 4 with three courses of large stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid by the royal treasury. 5 Also, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, are to be returned to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; they are to be deposited in the house of God....
Today's New Testament reading: John 21
Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish
1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 "I'm going out to fish," Simon Peter told them, and they said, "We'll go with you." So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing....
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Morning
Jesus says, "take freely." He wants no payment or preparation. He seeks no recommendation from our virtuous emotions. If you have no good feelings, if you be but willing, you are invited; therefore come! You have no belief and no repentance,--come to him, and he will give them to you. Come just as you are, and take "Freely," without money and without price. He gives himself to needy ones. The drinking fountains at the corners of our streets are valuable institutions; and we can hardly imagine any one so foolish as to feel for his purse, when he stands before one of them, and to cry, "I cannot drink because I have not five pounds in my pocket." However poor the man is, there is the fountain, and just as he is he may drink of it. Thirsty passengers, as they go by, whether they are dressed in fustian or in broadcloth, do not look for any warrant for drinking; its being there is their warrant for taking its water freely. The liberality of some good friends has put the refreshing crystal there and we take it, and ask no questions. Perhaps the only persons who need go thirsty through the street where there is a drinking fountain, are the fine ladies and gentlemen who are in their carriages. They are very thirsty, but cannot think of being so vulgar as to get out to drink. It would demean them, they think, to drink at a common drinking fountain: so they ride by with parched lips. Oh, how many there are who are rich in their own good works and cannot therefore come to Christ! "I will not be saved," they say, "in the same way as the harlot or the swearer." What! go to heaven in the same way as a chimney sweep. Is there no pathway to glory but the path which led the thief there? I will not be saved that way. Such proud boasters must remain without the living water; but, "Whosoever will, let him TAKE THE WATER OF LIFE FREELY."
Evening
"O my God, be not far from me."
--Psalm 38:21
Here we have two great lessons--what to deprecate and what to supplicate. The happiest state of a Christian is the holiest state. As there is the most heat nearest to the sun, so there is the most happiness nearest to Christ. No Christian enjoys comfort when his eyes are fixed on vanity--he finds no satisfaction unless his soul is quickened in the ways of God. The world may win happiness elsewhere, but he cannot. I do not blame ungodly men for rushing to their pleasures. Why should I? Let them have their fill. That is all they have to enjoy. A converted wife who despaired of her husband was always very kind to him, for she said, "I fear that this is the only world in which he will be happy, and therefore I have made up my mind to make him as happy as I can in it." Christians must seek their delights in a higher sphere than the insipid frivolities or sinful enjoyments of the world. Vain pursuits are dangerous to renewed souls. We have heard of a philosopher who, while he looked up to the stars, fell into a pit; but how deeply do they fall who look down. Their fall is fatal. No Christian is safe when his soul is slothful, and his God is far from him. Every Christian is always safe as to the great matter of his standing in Christ, but he is not safe as regards his experience in holiness, and communion with Jesus in this life. Satan does not often attack a Christian who is living near to God. It is when the Christian departs from his God, becomes spiritually starved, and endeavours to feed on vanities, that the devil discovers his vantage hour. He may sometimes stand foot to foot with the child of God who is active in his Master's service, but the battle is generally short: he who slips as he goes down into the Valley of Humiliation, every time he takes a false step invites Apollyon to assail him. O for grace to walk humbly with 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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