Saturday, June 12, 2021

Sat 12th June 2021 Current Affairs

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 Be 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. 
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The disturbing COVID cover-up is getting uglier. This troubling new piece uncovers why the “science” was corrupted, and who did it.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Report: Feds Subpoenaed Hunter Biden During 2016 Election – Raised Concerns About Ukraine Work READ MORE

Biden Meets With World Leaders at G-7 Summit

Hilarity Ensues as Biden HHS Secretary Attempts to Define “Birthing Person”

Bipartisan Lawmakers Unveil Antitrust Reforms

House Oversight Committee Republicans Blast Dems for Refusing to Hold Hearing on Border Crisis

Senate Republicans Make Effort to Require Congressional Approval for Biden’s New Iran Deal

China Tests “Carrier Killer Missiles” After Taiwan Threats

Capitol Hill
Trump Advises Biden to Not Fall Asleep During Meeting With Putin
Al Gore Urges Biden to Kill Another Proposed Pipeline
VP Harris Snaps (Again) When Pressed on Visiting Border
Leftist Washington State Politician Threatened to Blow Up School Bus
The Border Crisis Has No End in Sight
Lol: Insane PBS Anchor Alcindor Says European Leaders Still Healing From “Deep Scars” of Trump
Rising Inflation a Growing Problem for 2022 Dems
The National Threat of Denying The Great Debt Crisis
McConnell on AOC: She Can’t Even Sell Her Agenda to Her Own Party
Higher Gas Tax Pitched to Fund Infrastructure Bill
Guatemala’s President Slams Biden Administration’s Immigration Policies
Dem Leadership Denounces Crazy Ilhan Omar

Culture War
Criminal Justice Overhaul Exacerbates Illinois Police Staffing Crisis
BLM-Co Founder Builds a Wall Around $1.4 Million Home
Politicians and Media Ignore Rise in Hate Crimes Against Catholics
Social Justice Crazies Link Apple Pie to “Genocide of Indigenous People,” “Slavery”
Florida Officially Bans Critical Race Theory
North Carolina City Approves $2+ Million in Slavery Reparations
Every Single NYC Mayoral Candidate Vows to Solidify Status as a “Sanctuary City”
The Top Six Revelations From Fauci’s Emails
“Progressive” Solutions to the Problem of Racism Prove to Be Useless
iHeartMedia Puts Out Job Listing for “Diverse Hires” Only

Economy
New Legislation Could Transform FDA’s Drug Approval Process
Report Shows Some Red State Economies Are Stronger Than They Were Before COVID-19
Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits End for 16 Million People in 25 GOP-Led States This Week
Fed’s Balance Sheet Tops $8 Trillion for First Time
New Home Listing Prices See 43rd Straight Week of Double-Digit Growth
U.S. Household Wealth Grows to Record $136.9 Trillion
Biden and G-7 Leaders to Endorse 15% Global Minimum Corporate Tax
High Inflation Won’t Impact Federal Reserve Policy – Yet
Virtu Financial CEO Says “Meme Stock” Craze Isn’t Being Driven Just by Retail Traders
Fed’s Reverse Repo Volume Surges to $503 Billion
IRS Wants Congress’ Help Collecting Cryptocurrency Tax Into

Swamp Watch
A Timeline of the Durham Investigation
DNC Chair Says Sen. Manchin Is “Against America” for Opposing Trainwreck HR 1 Bill
Sen. Cotton Grills Defense Sec Austin on Critical Race Theory
Texts Show Hunter Biden’s Business Partner Asking Why Biden Appointees Tried to “Ruin” His Family
ABC and CBS Avoid VP Harris’ Border Disaster During Interviews With Psaki
AOC Pressures Vulnerable Dems to Eliminate Filibuster
Michael Flynn: Don’t Feel Sorry for Me – Feel Sorry for Our Country
Trump Wants DNC and Clinton Campaign Held Accountable for Russia Hoax
Major Sen. Manchin Donor’s Company Granted $1 Million From DOE

Coronavirus
Majority of Americans Believe Coronavirus Originated in Wuhan Lab
Trump Claims Victory on Coronavirus Lab Theory, Slams Fauci for His Devotion to “Science Fiction”
Study Shows Astra-Zeneca Vaccine Linked to a “Very Small” Increased Risk of Bleeding
Biden Admin: Coronavirus Vaccine Should Not Be Mandatory for Federal Employees
Seattle Announces That 70% of Its Citizens Are Fully Vaccinated, Yet the State Is Still not Fully Open
Fauci Fact Checked by Marsha Blackburn After He Claims Attacks on Him are Attacks on Science
The Politicians Who Refuse to Give Up Control
Trump Calls for CPP to Pay $10 Trillion in “Global Reparations”

National Security
Air Force’s First Two B-21 Stealth Bombers Are Ready for Testing
The U.S. Navy Is Trying to Build a Ghost Fleet
China’s Plan: To Take Down Taiwan’s Air Defenses and a U.S. Carrier
Could NATO Have a New Weapon to Stop Missiles from Killing Navy Warships?
U.S. Air Force Won’t Retire Any Additional B-1’s Until the B-21 is Available and On Duty
There Is No Way Joe Biden Should Have a Summit with Vladimir Putin
Why the U.S. Air Force Really Needs the B-1 Bomber
A New Submarine, Frigate or Fighter? The U.S. Navy Can Only Pick One

Around the World
Biden Admin: Iran Deal Talks to Resume This Weekend
Wife of “El Chapo” May Face a Decade in U.S. Prison Amid Guilty Plea
Frenchman Sentenced to Four Months in Prison for Slapping President Macron
Hotel Hosting G-7 Summit Delegation Closed Due to Coronavirus
Poll Shows More People Trust Angela Merkel to Lead the World Than Joe Biden
U.N.: Some 350,000 People in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region in Famine
Australia Seeks More U.S. Marines, Warships and Bases to Bolster Alliance With U.S.
Trump-Appointed Ambassador to Brazil Retires

Opinion
Newt Gingrich: This is New York
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Torture Enters the Courtroom
Julio Gonzalez: The Rule of Law Is Being Replaced by the Rule of the Left
Veronique de Rugy: Demystifying the Magical Multiplier Myth
Cyrus Yaqubi: What Is the Right Policy Against Khamenei?
Laura Hollis: A Society Infected with Lies
Kurt Schlichter: Don’t Ban Assault Weapons – Make Them Mandatory!
Jackie Cushman: Skills Matter
Spencer Brown: The Greatest Threat to Mainstream Media

Science/Entertainment/Sports
NY Times Helped Destroy Cheerleader Who Said N-Word, Silent on Hunter
Prince William, Kate Middleton Lead Royal Tributes to Prince Philip on His 100th Birthday
Huge Tech Funding Bill Passed by Congress, Includes $10 Billion in Funding for NASA Lunar Landers
Senate Dems Threaten to Block Funds for World Cup Unless Women’s Soccer Team Receives Equal Pay
In Response to Homophobia Backlash, Kid Rock Repeats Gay Slur
“Ring of Fire” Solar Eclipse Seen Across North America in Sunrise Spectacle
Caitlyn Jenner Calls Transgender Participation in Sports a “Very Small Issue”
Ben Affleck Spotted Hanging Out in Vegas Casino With Jennifer Lopez’s Mother
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Increasingly Wary of Tech Titans, Lawmakers
of Both Parties Propose Antitrust Overhaul

Newsmax TV

Grenell: Merkel a 'Great Leader' but Germany Must Pay Share


Newsfront
YouTube has suspended GOP Sen. Ron Johnson from its video platform for one week after he posted videos of himself during a Senate hearing touting experimental treatments for COVID-19, including ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, a YouTube spokesperson told The Hill. "We...... [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made The General

Siegfried Loraine Sassoon, CBE, MC (8 September 1886 -- 1 September 1967) was an English poet and author. He became known as a writer of satirical anti-war verse during World War I. He later won acclaim for his prose work, notably his three-volume fictionalised autobiography, collectively known as the "Sherston Trilogy".

“Good-morning, good-morning!” the General said
When we met him last week on our way to the line.
Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of 'em dead,
And we're cursing his staff for incompetent swine.
“He's a cheery old card,” grunted Harry to Jack
As they slogged up to Arras with rifle and pack.

But he did for them both by his plan of attack.
https://rumble.com/vbzhyx-the-general.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Trump met with Kim Jong Un in Singapore and signed an agreement to denuclearise Korea. This is a bigger step forward than when Nixon went to China and NK on behalf of Clinton. At that time, Clinton watered Nixon's work down. Moving forward, Democrats will still denounce Trump. However, in a little more than 500 days in office, Trump has moved to end the Obama initiated Cold War and bring Russia back into the G8 nations, passed tax cuts and improved US prosperity and brought jobs back to US peoples, moved the US Israeli embassy to Jerusalem and shifted anti Israel bias to secular Islamic issues and reduced sponsorship of state terrorism by bringing NK back into the world fold. Trump is arguably the greatest President the US has produced, and he is not yet done. 

There will be criticism of what Trump has done. By negotiating bilaterally, as opposed to regionally, Trump has undone political doctrine instituted to prevent the creation of banana republics which existed in South America. Perhaps NK will prosper ala China moving forward, with the state relaxing economic control of her people while retaining sufficient politics control to survive. In that respect, the killing of the half brother looks like a move to future proof NK from political division, although the victim had no political interests, he could have been exploited.Regionalism sucks and means rogue NK. Bilateral relations can suck majorly too. But here we see a major step towards world peace. What next? Will Pakistan help overthrow Iranian Mullahs? 

As Trump drags the world towards peace, divisive left wing leaders are moving to exploit poverty. In Victoria, a performance piece on Segregation is going to highlight so called white privilege. Former Democrat Governor Wallace would no doubt approve. So riddle me this, racist bigots. I am as white as they come. I am US born and raised with US sensibilities. I am male. I am 30% Australian Aboriginal by DNA. In the context of the performance, am I white privileged or oppressed? If I'm privileged, I want my career back, my home, my life savings and everything I lost by being a failed whistle blower. If I'm oppressed, keep the performance space and liberate me by giving me back my career, life savings and home. Either way, racist bigots, leave me alone. Stop taking my things and telling me it is for me. I don't like you and I don't want your patronage. If I have my way, you will serve time in jail for your crimes against humanity. 
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. The Queen's Birthday in Australia means honours are bestowed on some who are not worthy of them. An actress who strongly defends AGW theory, Cate Blanchett is a recipient of an award. Also Alan Joyce, CEO of Qantas and gay activist who insists Qantas employees wear steel rings for Qantas' stance on gay marriage. Why does an airline have a position on gay marriage? Why does an actress care about spending $US100 trillion to cool the atmosphere by a fraction of degree in a hundred years time? Usually, the only reason why either would do anything is if they were paid for it, or it mattered. If someone truly loves another, they don't require government approval. Throwing away $100 trillion after taking it from the world's poorest people is not going to save the world. But awarding them honours for bullying people devalues the honour. It is wrong to have a republican like Turnbull as PM. Turnbull may not have picked these recipients, but the Finkel report is an example of where, when given choice, Turnbull chooses wrong. 
=== from 2016 ===
A young artist was killed recently, targeted outside a performance centre. Christina Grimmie had been signing marketing paraphernalia when a gunman opened fire on her, killing her, and then suiciding. She was Christian. A personal choice. The gunman left a note outside his door stating what he would do. But it doesn't make sense. And it shouldn't. There will be no justice. And the scars felt by her family and loved ones won't heal quickly. But life goes on. And the question will be asked, why would God allow this? It suggests God is powerless and is enervating to say that God could have prevented it and didn't. Except the God that atheists don't believe in does not exist. God exists, and has authority. And there are terrible, sick tragedies that are part of our world which God did not cause to happen, although they have. God does not cause tragedy, but it is to His glory that tragedy happens. Because we cannot right this wrong, but God will. All of them. In the same way He beat the devil at the cross. I am sorry Christina's life has been stolen. I wanted her to have the joys of family and long life. But I know He will make it right. 

As for her killer, and those who revel in such cruelty, they will lose everything they have. 
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AWU admits that Shorten era deal for workers is very bad. They have rushed to the Fair Work Commission to terminate it. Since 2006, the deal meant AWU were paid $25k a year so that no industrial action followed the company involved denying worker rights up to the value of $2 million a year. The details are what Shorten is struggling to address. Does he remember it? Are there other deals like it? Will he arrange compensation to the workers for it? The ABC is ignoring the issue, at the moment, relative to how they'd pursue it were Mr Abbott to have been responsible for it. 

Race should not matter if there is to be progress. But people can profit from race politics. And the racists are not on the 'side' of conservatism. Maybe it wasn't great, a Black man was voted President of the United States. Maybe it would have been better for a good man to have been elected President. Or a kind or gracious man. But racists vehemently disagree. 

It is high time to recognise that there is no valid reason for terrorism or jihadism. Islam precludes terrorism in scripture, but apostate Islamics call it jihad. The West has not inspired jihad. Jihadis are the largest single killer of Muslims. The UN has endorsed terrorism in crusade against Israel. Islam and the UN have to progress or fall to evolution. 
From 2014
I do not know precisely how it happened, but it was only a few days before her camp was liberated by the Allied forces. It happened sometime in March 1945. Her mother, Margaret, had died, falling from a bunk. There was typhoid killing many. And a few days later, Anne Frank died. Two years earlier, on this day, her thirteenth birthday, she had been given a diary by her dad. She was born in 1929, and saw many terrible things in her fifteen years. My Dutch Jewish family had been located in Amsterdam too. The only survivor of the holocaust in my family had been a member of the resistance. Another lived in a house similar to one in which Anne's family had hidden. But he was alone, and went mad. 

They killed a fifteen year old girl. They killed her family. They tortured her. But her spirit, indomitable, survives. She wasn't the only child to be murdered by the Nazis. Another young girl is referred to in the documentary The World at War. She was ordered to strip naked in a mixed crowd, but her modesty kicked in. She joked with a few guards that she was a virgin. They pulled her aside, beat her then made her to strip. Some old folk shielded her. And they were all gassed that way. Once dead, any gold teeth implants were removed. Hair was harvested for material, and the bodies dumped in a mass grave. 

It wasn't for her religion, Anne was not particularly devout, but might have become so had she been able to make adult choices. The cruelty and callousness was not sanctioned by Christian churches, although infamously they had turned their backs at senior levels. Many fine individuals worked despite great peril to save many. But not enough. They killed a fifteen year old girl. 

The killing was not for a functional purpose. It did not aid a war effort. It was not for law and order. It was an abuse of power. Some, many had admired the abuse of power as being efficient and effective, but they were wrong. It wasn't noble. It wasn't smart. A high price was paid at defeat. But the high price was not proportionate. There was an unsettled debt. They killed a fifteen year old girl. 

A relative of mine, sick and elderly was taken by the Nazis some time in '42, I suppose, and afterward, her family was sent demands by the Nazis for medication .. but it is thought they had already killed her. They killed a sickly old woman, and a fifteen year old girl. 

Today, laws are passed in Europe preventing Jewish people from practicing their faith. Some states try to prevent male circumcision which is a health factor which improves the health of adult males. But governments deny it because they don't know how to ban the barbaric practice of female circumcision otherwise. Some governments ban Kosher foods. The religious observance of Jews is not a hindrance to modern government. There is no practical need to limit it. Nations with Jewish peoples seem to prosper. Can Jews complain to anyone about the anti semitic laws in Europe? Some say, when Jews complain, they are being disproportionate. How is one proportionate in addressing the torture and murder of a fifteen year old girl, and her family? 
Historical perspective on this day
In 1381, Peasants' Revolt: In England, rebels arrived at Blackheath. 1418, an insurrection delivered Paris to the Burgundians. 1429, Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc led the Frencharmy in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk in the second day of the Battle of Jargeau. 1550, the city of Helsinki, Finland(belonging to Sweden at the time) was founded by King Gustav I of Sweden. 1560, Battle of Okehazama: Oda Nobunaga defeated Imagawa Yoshimoto. 1653, First Anglo-Dutch War: The Battle of the Gabbard began and lasted until June 13. 1665, England installed a municipal government in New York City (the former Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam). 1758, French and Indian War: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia commenced. 1775, American Revolution: British general Thomas Gagedeclared martial law in Massachusetts. The British offered a pardon to all colonists who laid down their arms. There would be only two exceptions to the amnesty: Samuel Adams and John Hancock, if captured, were to be hanged. 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted. 1798, Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Ballynahinch.

In 1860, the State Bank of the Russian Empire was established. 1864, American Civil War, Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor: Ulysses S. Grant gave the Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee a victory when he pulled his Union troops from their positions at Cold Harbor, Virginia and moved south. 1889, eighty were killed in the Armagh rail disaster near Armagh in what is now Northern Ireland. 1898, Philippine Declaration of Independence: General Emilio Aguinaldo declared the Philippines' independence from Spain. 1899, New Richmond Tornado: The eighth deadliest tornado in U.S. history killed 117 people and injured around 200.

In 1922, at Windsor Castle, King George V received the colours of the six Irish regiments that were to be disbanded: The Royal Irish Regiment, the Connaught Rangers, the South Irish Horse, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment, the Royal Munster Fusiliers and the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. 1932, a ceasefire was negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War 1939, Shooting began on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. Also 1939, the Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York. 1940, World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrendered to Major General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. 1942, Anne Frankreceived a diary for her thirteenth birthday. 1943, Holocaust: Germany liquidated the Jewish Ghetto in Brzeżany, Poland (now Berezhany, Ukraine). Around 1,180 Jews were led to the city's old Jewish graveyard and shot. 1944, American paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secured the town of Carentan.

In 1954, Pope Pius XII canonised Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at the time of his death, as a saint, making him the youngest unmartyred saint in the Roman Catholic Church. 1963, Civil rights leader Medgar Evers was murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith. 1964, anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa. 1967, the United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia declared all U.S. state laws which prohibited interracial marriage to be unconstitutional. Also 1967, Venera program: Venera 4 was launched (it would become the first space probe to enter another planet's atmosphere and successfully return data). 1972, the fast food restaurant chain Popeyes was founded in Arabi, Louisiana. 1978, David Berkowitz, the "Son of Sam" killer in New York City, was sentenced to 365 years in prison for six killings. 1979, Bryan Allen won the second Kremer prize for a man powered flight across the English Channel in the Gossamer Albatross. 1987, the Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa was sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. 1987, Cold War: At the Brandenburg Gate U.S. President Ronald Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachevto tear down the Berlin Wall.

In 1990, Russia Day: The parliament of the Russian Federation formally declares its sovereignty. 1991, Russians elected Boris Yeltsin as the president of the republic. Also 1991, 1991 Kokkadichcholai massacre: The Sri Lankan Army massacred 152 minority Tamilcivilians in the village Kokkadichcholai near the eastern province town of Batticaloa, Sri Lanka. 1993, an election took place in Nigeria which was later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida. 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were murdered outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson was later acquitted of the killings, but was held liable in wrongful death civil suit. Also 1994, the Boeing 777, the world's largest twinjet, made its first flight. 1996, in Philadelphia, a panel of federal judges blocked a law against indecency on the internet. 1997, Queen Elizabeth IIreopened the Globe Theatre in London. 1999, Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian began when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) entered the province of Kosovoin Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. 2009, a disputed presidential election in Iran led to wide ranging protests in Iran and around the world.

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Today's reading: Ezra 1-2, John 19:23-42 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Ezra 1-2

Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return
1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
2 "This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
"'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. 3 Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. 4 And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.'"

Today's New Testament reading: John 19:23-42

23 When the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes, dividing them into four shares, one for each of them, with the undergarment remaining. This garment was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.
24 "Let's not tear it," they said to one another. "Let's decide by lot who will get it."
This happened that the scripture might be fulfilled that said,
"They divided my clothes among them
and cast lots for my garment."
So this is what the soldiers did.
25 Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to her, "Woman, here is your son," 27and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home....

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"We love him because he first loved us."
1 John 4:19

There is no light in the planet but that which proceedeth from the sun; and there is no true love to Jesus in the heart but that which cometh from the Lord Jesus himself. From this overflowing fountain of the infinite love of God, all our love to God must spring. This must ever be a great and certain truth, that we love him for no other reason than because he first loved us. Our love to him is the fair offspring of his love to us. Cold admiration, when studying the works of God, anyone may have, but the warmth of love can only be kindled in the heart by God's Spirit. How great the wonder that such as we should ever have been brought to love Jesus at all! How marvellous that when we had rebelled against him, he should, by a display of such amazing love, seek to draw us back. No! never should we have had a grain of love towards God unless it had been sown in us by the sweet seed of his love to us. Love, then, has for its parent the love of God shed abroad in the heart: but after it is thus divinely born, it must be divinely nour

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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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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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