Saturday, June 19, 2021

Sat 19th 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 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.
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Explosive new information emerges about a spy from China who defected, and provided bombshell information about the coronavirus coverup. In this episode, I discuss the new details, along with a new story about the coming collapse of critical race theory.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Massive Election Integrity Problems in Atlanta Revealed by Georgia Investigator’s Notes READ MORE

Trump Endorses Challenger to Lisa Murkowski

Catholic Bishops Move to Deny Communion to Biden and Other Pro-Abortion Politicians

European Union Recommends Member Nations Lift Ban on Nonessential Travel From U.S.

Trump: Biden Admin Indoctrinating Schoolchildren With Toxic Anti-Americanism

Final Report for Maricopa County Audit Expected to Be Released in August

Dems to Advance Radical Nominee Accused of Promoting Critical Race Theory

Capitol Hill
Top U.S. General: China Lacks Military Capability to Take Taiwan
NJ Dem Rep Caught on Zoom Meeting in Boxers
Crime the Main Issue in NYC’s Mayoral Race
Tucker Demands Answers on Potential FBI Involvement in Jan 6
Biden DOJ Targets “Unconstitutional” Transgender Laws
Majority of Americans Oppose Dems’ “For the People Act” Election Reforms
Chinese Defector’s Identity Revealed as Top Counterintel Official – Gave Info on Pandemic Origin
Biden’s “Off-Limits” List for Russian Cyberattacks Entices Attacks Against Everything Else
Former White House Doctor Calls on Biden to Undergo Urgent Cognitive Test
House GOP Probes Biden for Lifting Sanctions on Iran
7,000 Affidavits Delivered to Michigan Lawmakers Allege 2020 Election Fraud

Culture War
Flashback: Biden Didn’t Know What Juneteenth Was a Year Ago
Chicago Mayor Declares Racism a Public Health Crisis Weeks After Denying Interviews With White Journalists
Lib Journos Not Pleased Parents Are Fighting Back Against Critical Race Theory Propaganda
Suspect in Road Rage Shooting and Killing of Six-Year-Old Got Into Another Road Rage Incident the Next Week
Professor Pitches Lowering U.S. Naval Academy Standards to Admit More People of Color
CNN’s Chris Cuomo After Asking for Examples of His Bias
Latest Minneapolis “Autonomous Zone” Dismantled
U.S. Charitable Giving Hit Record High in 2020 Despite Economic Downturn
Pelosi Dodges Question on Abortion
Father Slams Critical Race Theory at Board Meeting: How Do I Have Two Medical Degrees if I’m Sitting Here Oppressed?

Economy
U.S. Reliance on Russian Oil Surges
Louisiana Ends $300/Week Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
Three Consequences of Biden’s Budget
U.S. Rental Prices Reach Two-Year High
U.S. Suspends 25% Tariff on Scotch Whisky
North Korea Admits to Facing Food Shortage
National Republican Congressional Committee Starts Taking Cryptocurrency Donations
Some Commodities Lose All Their 2021 Gains
Fed Sees Record $756 Billion Demand for Reverse Repo Program
IRS Denies Tax-Exemption to Texas Religious Group Because Prayer and Bible Readings “Boost the Republican Party”

Swamp Watch
McConnell: Manchin’s Election Reform Proposal Also Rotten to the Core
Big Tech Outsources Censorship Through Dishonest “Fact Checkers”
Chris Rufo Challenges MSNBC’s Joy Reid to Debate on Critical Race Theory
Hunter Biden Was Banned From Chateau Marmont Hotel for Drug Use
Joe Rogan Slams CNN’s Brian Stelter: “You’re Supposed to Be a Journalist”
Lunatic Transgender Activist Wins Lawsuit Against Masterpiece Cakeshop
Georgia Election Docs Reveal Discrepancies, Flaws, Lies, and More
Biden DOJ Not Happy With Missouri’s “Sanctuary” From Federal Gun Laws
Chicago Mayor Lightfoot Explains Going Ballistic on Aide
GOP Grills DHS Secretary Over Lack of Border Funding

Coronavirus
With Less Than 0.8% of the Population Vaccinated, Coronavirus Cases Surge in Africa
Rand Paul Says HHS and NIH Have Not Provided Requested Documents on Their Handling of the Pandemic
Morgan Stanley CEO Says NY Workers Should Return to the Office in Fall
CDC: Seven in 10 Unpaid Caregivers Said They Had Mental Health Issues During Pandemic
DeSantis Pardons Florida Citizens Who Face Penalties for Breaking Coronavirus Restrictions
Scientist Admits in Interview That Scientists Didn’t Want to Acknowledge Lab-Leak Theory Last Year Because It Was Associated With Trump
U.S. to Spend $3 Billion to Develop Antiviral Pills to Treat Coronavirus Infection

National Security
The Next-Generation Air Dominance System Will be a Multi-Role Fighter
American Would Benefit From Faster Jets to Maintain Dominance Over China
China’s New Type-039C Stealth Submarine: This Grainy Photo Says It All
Two Iranian Warships are Testing U.S. Resolve
Lawmakers Concerned Budget Cuts May Undermine Army’s Modernization Efforts
Will the U.S. Navy Create a Pacific Task Force to Counter China?
Lawmakers Call UFOs a Threat to National Security
A-12: The U.S. Military’s Nearly Forgotten “Stealth” Spy Plane
Pentagon Warns of Al-Qaeda Resurgence in Afghanistan

Around the World
China Says Russia “Too Big and Powerful” for Biden
Top U.S. General Says Probability is Low of China Trying to Seize Taiwan in the Near-Term
Japan to Implement Vaccine Passports for International Travel
Prosecutor Requests Prison Time for French ex-President Sarkozy
Russian Media Calls Summit a Victory for Putin Over a “Confused” Biden
U.N. to Call for a Halt of Arms to Myanmar, Urge Military to Release Detainees
Crisis In UK Hits Historic Highs as 5,000 Boat Migrants Land on Its Shores
Guatemalan Lawmaker Blacklisted for Corruption, Including Alleged Bribery, by U.S.

Opinion
Newt Gingrich: Every American Should Read Leader McCarthy’s Letter to Republicans
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: The Only Privacy the Feds Protect is Their Own
Rick Manning: Making America Safe Again: Right to Keep and Bear Arms Almost Fully Realized
Kelly Tshibaka: Biden Continuously Assaults Alaska; Murkowski Is an Accomplice
Jackie Cushman: My Children’s Father
Katie Yoder: Abortion Survivor Testifies Against Abortion Bill: “We Are An Inconvenient Truth”
Tim Graham: NPR’S Ritual Shaming of Tom Hanks
Larry Elder: Father’s Day: Fatherless, America’s Top Domestic Problem
Laura Hollis: Cut Off the Checks – America’s Businesses Need Workers

Science/Entertainment/Sports
As Support for Abortion Hits All-Time Low, Actress Elizabeth Banks Pushes Dem’s Unlimited Abortion Bill
Frank Bonner, “WKRP in Cincinnati” Star, Dead at 79
Kelly Dodd’s Husband, Rick Leventhal, to Leave Fox News
U.S. Air Force Defends Choice of Redstone Arsenal in Alabama to Host U.S. Space Command
Something Weird is Happening With Jaguars’ Tim Tebow Experiment
Sen Tom Cotton: China Could Collect DNA Samples From Athletes at Beijing Olympics
SpaceX Launches Advanced GPS Satellite for U.S. Space Force, Successfully Lands Rocket on Platform at Sea
Aaron Rodgers Still Wants Out, Teams Should Continue to Call
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
U.S. Catholic bishops overwhelmingly approved the drafting of a “teaching document” that many of them hope will rebuke Catholic politicians, including President Joe Biden, for receiving Communion despite their support for abortion rights. Biden was asked Friday about the possibility that he would be disqualified from receiving Communion. “That’s a private matter, and I don’t think that’s going to happen," the president said without elaborating. [Full Story]

Newsmax tv

Newsfront
Former President Donald Trump said his successor is "indoctrinating America's schoolchildren with some of the most toxic and anti-American theories ever conceived." Trump explained what President Joe Biden wants to accomplish...... [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made The Maniac's Song 

Ann Taylor (30 January 1782 - 20 December 1866) was an English poet and literary critic. In her youth she was a writer of verse for children, for which she achieved long-lasting popularity. In the years immediately preceding her marriage, she became an astringent literary critic of growing reputation. She is, however, best remembered as the elder sister and collaborator of Jane Taylor.

Bring me a garland, bring me a wreath;
Bring me a flower from the dank stream side;
Bring me a herb smelling sweetly of death,
Wet with the drowsy tide.
Haste to the pool with the green-weed breast,
Where the dark wave crawls through the sedge;
Where the bittern of the wilderness builds her nest,
In the flags of its oozy edge;

Where no sun shines through the live-long day,
Because of the blue-wreathed mist,
Where the cockatrice creeps her foul egg to lay,
And the speckled snake has hissed:

And bring me the flag that is moist with the wave,
And the rush where the heath-winds sigh,
And the hemlock plant, that flourishes so brave,
And the poppy, with its coal-black eye;

And weave them tightly, and weave them well,
The fever of my head to allay;–
And soon shall I faint with the death-weed smell,
And sleep these throbbings away.

And my hot, hot heart, that is fluttering so fast,
Shall shudder with a strange, cold thrill;
And the damp hand of Death o'er my forehead shall be passed,
And my lips shall be stiff and still.

And crystals of ice on my bosom shall arise,
Prest out from the shivering pore;
And oft shall it struggle with pent-up sighs,
But soon it shall struggle no more.

For the poppy on my head shall her cool breath shed,
And wind through the blue, blue tide;
And the bony wand of Death shall draw my last breath,
All by the dark stream side. 

https://rumble.com/vc6093-the-maniacs-song.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. I'm announcing that I will seek nomination to be a candidate for election in the Victorian state seat of Dandenong. My policy agenda is on education, employment and crime. Dandenong is a culturally diverse seat that has existed since 1904 and has been ALP since 1969. In 2014, Gabrielle Williams won 52.8% of the vote on first preferences. The next election is 24th November 2018. 

I came to Dandenong in 2016 from Hallam. While in Hallam I'd the bad luck to share accommodation with an ice addict who did property damage after being arrested by police. I approached the office of Gabrielle Williams, who was away on 'study leave' touring the world for her electorate. The office said they couldn't help me, and advised me not to speak with the federal office (also ALP) as they were too busy with their shadow attorney general portfolio. One night over Easter, on Afghan New Years, one of my flatmates, an ice addict, threatened to kill me and broke my door, and lock, over ten hours. I called emergency police at 10pm and they arrived at about 6am. My landlord (Afghan) had waited outside for police to arrive since the emergency call. When police arrived they told my Landlord to go away, saying he was the problem. The responding officer asked me "When he didn't kill you in the first hour, why did you keep calling us?" As a MP, I would seek to remove restrictions and red tape from police. They were unable to arrest the ice addict because he was known to them for other things. They allowed him the long weekend to trash the joint before using SWAT to arrest him. Then they released him and allowed him to break and enter the premises for the next fortnight. 

In Education in Victoria, an aspirational area dear to the hearts of most constituents in Dandenong, Dan Andrews has compromised standards. The budget is high and so poor educational standards are expensive. Matthew Guy has plans to address Educational standards (as well as crime). One thing Guy has promised to do is end the Safe Schools program and replace it with a real anti bullying program. I oppose any anti bullying program mandated across the state in preference to whole school approaches. I would prefer the whole school approach to be a focus on teaching and learning, which costs less than an expensive program that is state wide. Student literacy is very important and for the younger years I'd expand budgets for literacy essentials like picture story books. I must note here that I recently did paid work for Learning Discovery, which is a Dandenong based picture story book retailer who sells books at wholesale prices. Dandenong Library is poorly stocked and does not meet certain educational needs, being unable to source basic textbooks for mathematics, or generalised history texts. It is true that the library is more of a local government issue, but then local government councillors tell me they believe AGW means they can declare Dandenong overdeveloped. 

Employment in Dandenong is not as high as it could be. Red tape restrictions prevent trade and restricts employment in Dandenong. Some of that is local council, but state government can do much to improve things. Cutting waste and expenses and allowing business to trade profitably is my goal and aspiration for Dandenong with me in parliament. 

The Irish PM is gay and supportive of their recent changes to abortion laws in Ireland. He recently was criticised unfairly for saying that catholic hospitals in Ireland would be required to carry out the procedure in appropriate circumstances. I do not support indiscriminate applications of abortion, but stand for it being a necessary life saving procedure in limited circumstances. The gender choices of the Irish PM are their own and they are welcome to them. 

Another FB Meme has Zuckerberg compared with Assange over data freedoms and conflating them with Assange hiding in an Ecuador embassy in London. Zuckerberg is a family man and not one who was wanted in Sweden for serially breaking condoms while having consensual sex with multiple women at separate times. Assange has been behind riots around the world by inciting them through Wikileaks, but has not been threatened with jail for his activity. 
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. London is in the news for a terrorist attack. We know it was a terrorist attack because news media quickly said so. A car plowed into a crowd outside a mosque. The terrorist got out of the car, declaring what he had done and begging to be killed. He was arrested. Because he is a terrorist, he might have been paroled in Victoria. The atrocity was what the main stream media had been warning about for decades. Apparently it was caused by May, Trump and Brexit. But EDL are claiming responsibility. Maybe now the EDL will be declared a terrorist group? 

In 1179, the Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside NidarosEarl Erling Skakke was killed, and the battle changed the tide of the civil wars. Skakke was Norman and had been hit in the neck in battle by a Saracen in Sicily. This meant he had a lean for the rest of his life, Skakke means 'slanted.' Skakke installed his son as king of Norway and fought against ruthless enemies. He was a ruthless man. He founded  Halsnøy Abbeya monastery in 1164. 1269, King Louis IX of France ordered all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver. Louis IX is venerated as a saint, but he inspired Nazis to greater excess with this act. Within a year, Louis was dead from dysentary in the holy lands on crusade which this tax helped pay for. 1306, The Earl of Pembroke's army defeated Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. Robert the Bruce had taken Pembroke's word and not defended his position. Robert just escaped with his life, fled to Ireland and raised an army which captured Scotland for Scotland. 1586, English colonists left Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

In 1816, Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near WinnipegManitoba, Canada. 1821, Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia). 1846, the first officially recorded, organised baseball game was played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired. 1862, the U.S. Congress prohibited slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford. 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, were finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth. 1867, Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire was executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. Maximilian had been betrayed by Napoleon III who sent him to be Emperor of Mexico but left him after he was committed and engaged in hostility. 1875, the Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire began.
=== from 2016 ===
There is debate as to whom the PM should invite to dinner. It is as ridiculous as to the debate as to whom Mr Abbott used as press secretary. Turnbull and his cronies inflated the Press Secretary issue of Peta Credlin. Now they cry foul over the invite fiasco. If Mr Turnbull wants to invite a terrorist spokesperson to dinner, then that is his prerogative. Some may call into question his judgement and claim he is incompetent. Let them. So long as 18c of the racial vilification code allows murderous hate speech then it is ok. One day, Turnbull may dine with Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, Chavez, Mao and Che. Turnbull has earned the right. After all, it is very hard to screen dinner guests, there not being laws as there are with refugees. Mr Abbott was supported by the same Peta Credlin that Turnbull employed and praised. Thing is for Turnbull, he never knows how he will feel the next day, or what he will think. He is that smart. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
A debate in Australia over laws regarding terrorists who go overseas to fight, has reached a point where defenders of terrorism are saying it is wrong to make people stateless, ever. Only the discussion is not centred on Australian citizens, but dual citizens. And so the issue of statelessness need not arise. Australia does not have a death penalty and is not well equipped to deal with military trained terrorism within her civilian justice system. However, at issue is the nature of dual citizenship. Many terrorists may not be aware that renouncing Australia publicly and claiming citizenship of ISIL may open them to being deemed dual citizens. 

A domestic terrorist attack in the US has seen a young white supremacist kill people at a church, telling a survivor it was because black people were raping white girls. All the victims were middle aged or old, mainly female. The accusation is clearly not the real motive. On being captured by police, the white supremacist has allegedly claimed he wanted to start a civil war. One hopes that the white supremacist never enjoys freedom again. It is really important that the 'brains' behind the idiot are never again allowed to foment such hatred. But, who has those brains? Who is it that that raised the white supremacist? Who is it that claimed that there is a war between blacks and whites? Who is it that made indiscriminate killing acceptable as a statement? White church attendees? White atheists? University professors with trans race issues? Media inflating claims of race issues? The President raising race issues which had been dormant? 

Pope Francis has released a report which the media will embrace and sideline at the same time. The fact that a tax or Carbon trade won't address the issue of climate change effectively will be ignored by the press. The press are very impressed with the empty statement that rich nations are to blame for anthropogenic global warming (AGW). If it ever becomes a problem, rich nations will be the solution too. 

Julian Assange, running from a charge of being an incompetent penis, ran to an embassy on this day in 2012, substantiating allegations his lies had killed people around the world for which he also feared extradition to the United States. Is there sufficient, now, to suggest Assange has dual citizenship? 
From 2014
Many will misunderstand and inflate the high court decision to stop the government plan to pay for school religious counsellors. It is an over reach, with an ambit claim that it is inappropriate for public schools to provide access to religious education. In fact democracy demands informed citizens and education is a better teacher than rumour. It is ok for students to learn scripture and wrong for atheists to deny it to the children of others. If the truth is so seductive, it should be provided. 

Even so, the legislation the High Court panned is not the conservative one, but the ALP vision put in place of a conservative one. The ALP have a shameful history of bad legislation which achieves little. It is often different from the conservative variety, but weaker too. The Gillard Pacific Solution was terrible. The tax on mining, tax on carbon, one which raises no money and the other raises prices for the poorest. 

Modern education is based on medieval religious instruction .. they fit. Scripture does not force students to choose. Anecdotally, some students choose not to be religious having experienced it. It is important for many students raised in religious households. It is wrong to deny many to satisfy a few activists. There are many programs that could be threatened if scripture is struck down. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 1179, the Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside NidarosEarl Erling Skakke was killed, and the battle changed the tide of the civil wars. 1269, King Louis IX of France ordered all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver. 1306, The Earl of Pembroke's army defeated Bruce's Scottish army at the Battle of Methven. 1586, English colonists left Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.

In 1816, Battle of Seven Oaks between North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company, near WinnipegManitoba, Canada. 1821, Decisive defeat of the Filiki Eteria by the Ottomans at Drăgășani (in Wallachia). 1846, the first officially recorded, organised baseball game was played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23-1. Cartwright umpired. 1850, Princess Louise of the Netherlands married Crown Prince Karl of Sweden–Norway. 1857, the 19 June 1857 law (Loi relative à l'assainissement et de mise en culture des Landes de Gascogne): A turning point in the history of the Landes forest. 1862, the U.S. Congressprohibited slavery in United States territories, nullifying Dred Scott v. Sandford. 1865, over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, were finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texasand 41 other contiguous states as Juneteenth. 1867, Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire was executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro. 1875, the Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire began.

In 1910, the first Father's Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington. 1911, the Norwegian football club Molde FK was founded. 1913, Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. 1934, the Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States' Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

In 1944, World War II: First day of the Battle of the Philippine Sea. 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed at Sing Sing, in New York. 1961, Kuwait declared independence from the United Kingdom. 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved after surviving an 83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. 1965, Nguyá»…n Cao Kỳ became Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyá»…n Văn Thiệu became the figurehead chief of state. 1966, Shiv Sena a political party in India was founded in Mumbai.

In 1970, the Patent Cooperation Treaty was signed. 1978, Garfield, holder of the Guinness World Record for the world's most widely syndicated comic strip, made its debut. 1982, in one of the first militant attacks by HezbollahDavid S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped. 1985, members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador. 1990, the current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, was ratified for the first time by Norway. Also 1990, the Communist Party of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic was founded in Moscow. 1991, the Soviet occupation of Hungary ended.

In 2007, the al-Khilani Mosque bombing in Baghdad left 78 people dead and another 218 injured. 2009, Mass riots involving over 10,000 people and 10,000 police officers broke out in Shishou, China, over the dubious circumstances surrounding the death of a local chef. Also 2009, War in North-West Pakistan: The Pakistani Armed Forces opened Operation Rah-e-Nijat against the Taliban and other Islamist rebels in the South Waziristan area of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. 2010, the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling was held at Storkyrkan in Stockholm. 2012, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requested asylum in London's Ecuatorian Embassy for fear of extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army. 2014, Felipe VI, Prince of Asturias, rose to the Spanish thronefollowing the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos I.

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Today's reading: Nehemiah 10-11, Acts 4:1-22 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Nehemiah 10-11

1 Those who sealed it were:
Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hakaliah.
Zedekiah, 2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah,
3 Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah,
4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluk,
5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch,
7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
8 Maaziah, Bilgai and Shemaiah....

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 4:1-22

Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin
1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people. 2 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. 3 They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand....

=== Morning and Evening ===


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Morning

"Thy Redeemer."
Isaiah 54:5
Jesus, the Redeemer, is altogether ours and ours forever. All the offices of Christ are held on our behalf. He is king for us, priest for us, and prophet for us. Whenever we read a new title of the Redeemer, let us appropriate him as ours under that name as much as under any other. The shepherd's staff, the father's rod, the captain's sword, the priest's mitre, the prince's sceptre, the prophet's mantle, all are ours. Jesus hath no dignity which he will not employ for our exaltation, and no prerogative which he will not exercise for our defence. His fulness of Godhead is our unfailing, inexhaustible treasure-house.
His manhood also, which he took upon him for us, is ours in all its perfection. To us our gracious Lord communicates the spotless virtue of a stainless character; to us he gives the meritorious efficacy of a devoted life; on us he bestows the reward procured by obedient submission and incessant service. He makes the unsullied garment of his life our covering beauty; the glittering virtues of his character our ornaments and jewels; and the superhuman meekness of his death our boast and glory. He bequeaths us his manger, from which to learn how God came down to man; and his Cross to teach us how man may go up to God. All his thoughts, emotions, actions, utterances, miracles, and intercessions, were for us. He trod the road of sorrow on our behalf, and hath made over to us as his heavenly legacy the full results of all the labours of his life. He is now as much ours as heretofore; and he blushes not to acknowledge himself "our Lord Jesus Christ," though he is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Christ everywhere and every way is our Christ, forever and ever most richly to enjoy. O my soul, by the power of the Holy Spirit! call him this morning, "thy Redeemer."

Evening

"I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse."
Song of Solomon 5:1

The heart of the believer is Christ's garden. He bought it with his precious blood, and he enters it and claims it as his own. A garden implies separation. It is not the open common; it is not a wilderness; it is walled around, or hedged in. Would that we could see the wall of separation between the church and the world made broader and stronger. It makes one sad to hear Christians saying, "Well, there is no harm in this; there is no harm in that," thus getting as near to the world as possible. Grace is at a low ebb in that soul which can even raise the question of how far it may go in worldly conformity. A garden is a place of beauty, it far surpasses the wild uncultivated lands. The genuine Christian must seek to be more excellent in his life than the best moralist, because Christ's garden ought to produce the best flowers in all the world. Even the best is poor compared with Christ's deservings; let us not put him off with withering and dwarf plants. The rarest, richest, choicest lilies and roses ought to bloom in the place which Jesus calls his own. The garden is a place of growth. The saints are not to remain undeveloped, always mere buds and blossoms. We should grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Growth should be rapid where Jesus is the Husbandman, and the Holy Spirit the dew from above. A garden is a place of retirement. So the Lord Jesus Christ would have us reserve our souls as a place in which he can manifest himself, as he doth not unto the world. O that Christians were more retired, that they kept their hearts more closely shut up for Christ! We often worry and trouble ourselves, like Martha, with much serving, so that we have not the room for Christ that Mary had, and do not sit at his feet as we should. The Lord grant the sweet showers of his grace to water his garden this day.

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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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