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.
===Bombshell new study shows that Trump was right again. In this episode, I discuss the latest breaking story about Hydroxychloroquine and the conspiracy to hide the origins of COVID.
https://rumble.com/viawp5-ep.-1538-another-bombshell-drops-about-the-corona-cover-up-the-dan-bongino-.html
News Picks:
- The troubling timeline behind the plot to hide the origins of the coronavirus.
- Hunter Biden gets caught using racist language.
- The Democrats are lying! Voter turnout was up in 2020. Here are the numbers.
- Americans largely oppose critical racism theory.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Ends Infrastructure Talks With Republicans READ MOREDeutsche Bank Warns U.S. Could Be Headed Towards Worst Periods of Inflation in History
The Whole World Is Crossing the Rio Grande
Senate Passes $250 Billion “Innovation and Competition Act” Aimed at Countering China
“Unfiltered With Dan Bongino” Dominates Weekend Ratings
NY Times Defends Editorial Board Member “Disturbed” by Sight of American Flags
Texts Reveal Hunter Biden Using N-Word Repeatedly
Capitol Hill
Rep. Jordan Demands AG Garland Take Action After Antifa’s Attack on Andy Ngo
Jack Ciattarelli Wins NJ GOP Gubernatorial Nomination
Alyssa Milano The Latest Celeb to Eye Run for Office
VP Harris Gives Cringe Inducing Answer on Not Visiting Border: “I Haven’t Been to Europe Either”
Sen. Schumer Eyes “Backup” Infrastructure Plan
Obama’s Presidential Library Will Cost Nearly $700 Million
Cruz on Biden/Harris Not Visiting Border: They Want to Cover It Up
Judge Tells Chicago Mayor To Clarify Only Granting Interviews To Journalists Of Color
Psaki: Kamala May Potentially Visit the Border at Some Point, Maybe
Culture War
Seemingly Insane NYC Psychiatrist Defends Lecture Where She Shared Fantasies About Killing White People
Leo Terrell Torches Obama Over Critical Race Theory – “Who in the World Oppressed You?”
Biden Admin Schemes Gun Registration and Confiscation Scheme
California Road Rage Shooting Suspects Charged in Death of 6-Year-Old Boy
A Summer of Mayhem Is Ahead of Us in America’s Liberal Cities
Dying Fast Food Chain Burger King Mocks Chick-fil-A in Pride Month Tweet
Trump Questions Why Chris Wallace Has a Job
Christian Teacher Who Refused to Use “Preferred Pronouns” Reinstated
Economy
How Did the Feds Recover Bitcoin From the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack?
Palladium Prices Trade at Record Premium to Gold
China’s Factory Inflation Is at Highest level Since 2008
Clover Health the Latest “Meme Stock” Target
Businesses in “Lockdown States” Finally Enjoy Reopening
California and Nevada are 100% in Drought
The Problem With the White House’s Plan for Global Taxation
Meat Industry Confronts Vulnerabilities
Record 9.3 Million Job Openings Unfilled as Biden Labor Shortage Continues
Swamp Watch
Fauci’s Twisted Cost-Benefit Calculation
Ohio Sues to Have Google Regulated as a Public Utility Due to Monopolistic Behavior
AOC Silent About Black Child Killed Near Her District
Texas Dem Insults Rep. Crenshaw Over His Eye
“The Squad” Rep. Upset With Joe Manchin for Not Being as Crazy as Them
Plaintiff Says 20k “Probably False” Ballots Cast in Georgia’s Fulton County
Georgia Lawmakers Support Lawsuit Targeting MLB for Moving All-Star Game Out of Atlanta
Gov. DeSantis Signs Bill to Confront Chinese Influence
Coronavirus
Ex-Nat Security Official Calls for Coronavirus Origins Commission
WHO Advisory Board Member: China Engaged in “Massive Cover-up” on Coronavirus Origins
Explosive Video Shows Peter Daszak Describing “Chinese Colleagues” Developing “Killer” Coronaviruses
CDC Sued by Frequent Flyer Over “Unconstitutional” Mask Mandate
Washington State Resorts to Giving Out Marijuana to Encourage People to Get Vaccinated
Psaki Says There Is No Timeline for Reopening of U.S.-Canada Border
TX Gov Abbott Signs Law Banning Vaccine Passports in the State
Blinken Refuses to Say How U.S. Will Hold China Accountable Over Access to Wuhan Lab
National Security
Will Beijing Resort to Force With Taiwan?
What Does the Marine Corps’ Return to the Sea Mean for the Army?
This Picture Is the Future of the U.S. Navy (And China’s Nightmare)
Biden’s First Defense Budget Devastates U.S. Army
U.S. Air Force Wrapped Up First Test of Its Golden Horde Swarming Weapons
China Is Sweating: One-Third of U.S. Navy Pacific Submarine Force Is Training for War
Israel’s Very Special (and Very Deadly) F-35s Are Training for War in Italy
Navy’s MQ-25 Drone Refuels Manned Aircraft for the First Time
NYC Law Department’s Computer System Hit by Cyberattack
Around the World
China Is Sterilizing Entire Uyghur Villages: Eyewitnesses
Belarus Institutes Prison Sentences for Taking Part in Protests Against the Govt
Doctors in Venezuela Accuse Socialist Govt of Artificially Suppressing Coronavirus Statistics
Navalny’s Daughter: Kremlin Can’t Silence Its Critics
Israel to Associated Press: Hamas Used Your Building to Attempt to Jam the Iron Dome System
Hoping to Salvage Summer, Portugal Will Allow Vaccinated U.S. Tourists to Visit the Country
Conservatives Claim to Have Evidence of Fraud in Peru Presidential Election
Nuclear Talks Policy Will Not Change After Presidential Vote: Iran
Opinion
Ben Shapiro: The Definition of Courage Has Shifted Since Normandy
Larry O’Connor: Andrew Breitbart’s Triumph Over Anthony Weiner: 10 Years Later
Dennis Prager: The Single Best Thing Americans Can Do to Retake America
Derek Hunter: This Isn’t Really the Joe Manchin Show
Patrick Buchanan: What Is America’s Cause in the World?
Salena Zito: There Are Deep Roots in These Mountains
Oliver L. North and David L. Goetsch: The Biden Gun Ban Plans
Ryan Walters: Early American Astronauts No Strangers to UFO Sightings
Science/Entertainment/Sports
Paul Logan Really Angered By Mayweather Conspiracy Theory
Jane Fonda Calls Out Biden: Not Bold Enough on Climate Change
Meghan Markle’s Debut Children’s Book Fails to Top Bestseller List
Disney Describes Lead Character in “Loki” Series as “Gender Fluid”
Foo Fighters to Mark the Return of Live Music to Madison Square Garden June 20
Fully Reusable, 3D-Printed Terran R Rocket Debuted by Relativity Space – Expected to Fly in 2024
Transgender Athletes “Deserve to Compete in Sports”: Biden Education Secretary
Aaron Rodgers Wasn’t Bluffing
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Newsmax TV
- Sen. Rick Scott to Newsmax: China 'Out to Get Us' |
- Rep. James Comer to Newsmax: Democrats Are Turning a 'Blind-eye' to the Border Crisis |
- Rep. Byron Donalds to Newsmax: VP Harris Laughs When 'Her Answer Was Terrible' |
- Rep. Wenstrup to Newsmax: 'Unbelievable' VP Harris Hasn't Visited Border |
- Bernie Kerik to Newsmax: Voter Fraud Probes Don't 'Happen Overnight' |
Newsfront
Gallup: US Equally Divided on Morality of Abortion
Americans are sharply divided in their opinion of abortion, including an equal split between those who believe it is morally acceptable and those who say it is wrong, according to a Gallup poll released Wednesday...... [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made The Gallant Gentleman
"Ginger Mick was a likeable rogue who, before he answered the call to arms to defend democracy, sold fresh rabbits in the streets of Melbourne. This book by CJ Dennis tells of his tender love for Rose and his experiences at war in North Africa. The verse is full of humour and pathos and truly captures the spirit of the era.
Contents:
INTRODUCTION
I. DUCK AN' FOWL
II. WAR
III. THE CALL OF STOUSH
IV. THE PUSH
V. SARI BAIR
VI. GINGER'S COBBER
VII. THE SINGING SOLDIERS
VIII. IN SPADGER'S LANE
IX. THE STRAIGHT GRIFFIN
X. A LETTER TO THE FRONT
XI. RABBITS
XII. TO THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE COUNT
XIII. THE GAME
XIV. "A GALLANT GENTLEMAN"
A month ago the world grew grey fer me;
A month ago the light went out fer Rose.
To ‘er they broke it gentle as might be;
But fer ‘is pal ‘twus one uv them swift blows
That stops the ‘eart-beat; fer to me it came
Jist, “Killed in Action,” an’ beneath ‘is name.
A month ago the light went out fer Rose.
To ‘er they broke it gentle as might be;
But fer ‘is pal ‘twus one uv them swift blows
That stops the ‘eart-beat; fer to me it came
Jist, “Killed in Action,” an’ beneath ‘is name.
‘Ow many times ‘ave I sat dreamin’ ‘ere
An’ seen the boys returnin’, gay an’ proud.
I’ve seen the greetin’s, ‘eard ‘is rousin’ cheer,
An’ watched ole Mick come stridin’ thro’ the crowd.
‘Ow many times ‘ave I sat in this chair
An’ seen ‘is ‘ard chiv grinnin’ over there.
An’ seen the boys returnin’, gay an’ proud.
I’ve seen the greetin’s, ‘eard ‘is rousin’ cheer,
An’ watched ole Mick come stridin’ thro’ the crowd.
‘Ow many times ‘ave I sat in this chair
An’ seen ‘is ‘ard chiv grinnin’ over there.
…
An’ now – well, wot’s the odds? I’m only one:
One out uv many ‘oo ‘as lost a friend.
Manlike, I’ll bounce again, an’ find me fun;
But fer Poor Rose it seems the bitter end.
Fer Rose, an’ sich as Rose, when one man dies
It seems the world goes black before their eyes.
One out uv many ‘oo ‘as lost a friend.
Manlike, I’ll bounce again, an’ find me fun;
But fer Poor Rose it seems the bitter end.
Fer Rose, an’ sich as Rose, when one man dies
It seems the world goes black before their eyes.
…
Trent tells ‘ow, when they found ‘im, near the end,
‘E starts a fag an’ grins orl bright an’ gay.
An’ when they arsts fer messages to send
To friends, ‘is look goes dreamin’ far away.
“Look after Rose,” ‘e sez, “when I move on.
Look after … Rose … Mafeesh!” An’ ‘e wus gone.
‘E starts a fag an’ grins orl bright an’ gay.
An’ when they arsts fer messages to send
To friends, ‘is look goes dreamin’ far away.
“Look after Rose,” ‘e sez, “when I move on.
Look after … Rose … Mafeesh!” An’ ‘e wus gone.
….
An’ so – Mafeesh! as Mick ‘ad learned to say.
‘E’s finished; an’ there’s few ‘as marked ‘im go.
Only one soljer, outed in the fray,
‘Oo took ‘is gamble, an’ ‘oo ‘a ‘is show.
There’s few to mourn ‘im: an’ the less they leave,
The less uv sorrer, fewer ‘earts to grieve.
‘E’s finished; an’ there’s few ‘as marked ‘im go.
Only one soljer, outed in the fray,
‘Oo took ‘is gamble, an’ ‘oo ‘a ‘is show.
There’s few to mourn ‘im: an’ the less they leave,
The less uv sorrer, fewer ‘earts to grieve.
…
A gallant gentleman … Well, let it go.
They sez they’ve put them words above ‘is ‘ead,
Out there where lonely graves stretch in a row;
But Mick ‘ell never mind it now ‘e’s dead.
An’ where ‘e’s gone, when they weigh praise an’ blame,
P’raps gentlemen an’ men is much the same.
They sez they’ve put them words above ‘is ‘ead,
Out there where lonely graves stretch in a row;
But Mick ‘ell never mind it now ‘e’s dead.
An’ where ‘e’s gone, when they weigh praise an’ blame,
P’raps gentlemen an’ men is much the same.
They fights; an’ orl the land is filled wiv cheers.
They dies; an’ ‘ere an’ there a ‘eart is broke.
An’ when I weighs it orl – the shouts, the tears –
I sees it’s well Mick wus a lonely bloke.
‘E found a game ‘e knoo, an’ played it well;
An’ now ‘e’s gone. Wot more is there to tell?
They dies; an’ ‘ere an’ there a ‘eart is broke.
An’ when I weighs it orl – the shouts, the tears –
I sees it’s well Mick wus a lonely bloke.
‘E found a game ‘e knoo, an’ played it well;
An’ now ‘e’s gone. Wot more is there to tell?
A month ago, fer me the world grew grey;
A month ago the light went out fer Rose;
Becos one common soljer crossed the way,
Leavin’ a common message as ‘e goes.
But ev’ry dyin’ soljer’s ‘ope lies there:
“Look after Rose. Mafeesh!” Gawd! It’s a pray’r!
https://rumble.com/vbyb9z-the-gallant-gentleman.htmlA month ago the light went out fer Rose;
Becos one common soljer crossed the way,
Leavin’ a common message as ‘e goes.
But ev’ry dyin’ soljer’s ‘ope lies there:
“Look after Rose. Mafeesh!” Gawd! It’s a pray’r!
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. I remember Gorbachev touring USA and press despising Reagan. In Australia, teachers prepared their students saying Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) was a GOP idea (although it came from Dems) and the cold war was something GOP fed off (although Dems were the ones using it to scare up support). One who was keen to impugn Reagan was ALP stalwart and alleged pedophile Bob Ellis. Obama has started the new Cold War to fix his foreign policy problems. Trump is ending the new Cold War bilaterally. No news commentator or academic predicted it. As Trump meets with Kim Jong Un, prepare for the world to find peace Obama told us was not possible.
Death is part of life. It is better to die old and blessed. Two have had their names in the press recently related to dying. One, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain who suicided for no explicable reason, but it may have been a relationship break up. The guy was a dad and no longer a teen, so relationship issues might be sad, but suiciding over them seems pathetic. I knew nothing of Bourdain, except he entertained Obama in Vietnam. Bourdain was disdainful of both Trump and Hilary. So was his suicide related to the curse of Trump, or Hilary's emails from a private server? We may never know, or care. Hitchcock suicided after being told he had terminal cancer. Perhaps that was an issue, but it has not been said yet by authorities if it was an issue. It could have been drugs.
Another impending death is related to journalist Charles Krauthammer. Charles is a political commentator and a Harvard trained doctor of medicine. At the age of 67, Krauthammer had an operation on a cancer. A year later he has been told he has weeks to live. As a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Krauthammer invented phrases the rest of the world adopted. Phrases like "Reagan Doctrine", "Poverty of realism" "Unipolarity" "Let Israel win the War." He opposed euthanasia but supported abortion. His was a clear, reasoned mind and a substantial loss to the community. Someone needs to step up and fill the gap. Conservative commentators are very few, and precious. Krauthammer still has much to offer, but seems likely to be cruelly denied.
Death is part of life. It is better to die old and blessed. Two have had their names in the press recently related to dying. One, celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain who suicided for no explicable reason, but it may have been a relationship break up. The guy was a dad and no longer a teen, so relationship issues might be sad, but suiciding over them seems pathetic. I knew nothing of Bourdain, except he entertained Obama in Vietnam. Bourdain was disdainful of both Trump and Hilary. So was his suicide related to the curse of Trump, or Hilary's emails from a private server? We may never know, or care. Hitchcock suicided after being told he had terminal cancer. Perhaps that was an issue, but it has not been said yet by authorities if it was an issue. It could have been drugs.
Another impending death is related to journalist Charles Krauthammer. Charles is a political commentator and a Harvard trained doctor of medicine. At the age of 67, Krauthammer had an operation on a cancer. A year later he has been told he has weeks to live. As a Pulitzer Prize winning writer, Krauthammer invented phrases the rest of the world adopted. Phrases like "Reagan Doctrine", "Poverty of realism" "Unipolarity" "Let Israel win the War." He opposed euthanasia but supported abortion. His was a clear, reasoned mind and a substantial loss to the community. Someone needs to step up and fill the gap. Conservative commentators are very few, and precious. Krauthammer still has much to offer, but seems likely to be cruelly denied.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Researchers looking at visual acuity have declared that athletes are different to average people. They declared that athletes were good at looking at distant objects and near objects quickly, and making judgements, while ordinary people were slow at transitioning. Only that does not mean that athletes are physically different at all. Instead it suggests that a skill is developed through playing sport. We already knew that. Weak science and sloppy thinking underpin much AGW science, and the agenda is not driven by science, but by politics. Tony Abbott ended the Carbon Tax, but Malcolm Turnbull is reintroducing a target which will raise the price of electricity for no reason. Meanwhile an hysterical article about climate change turns out to be about coastal erosion in St Louis. Coastal erosion is more to do with bad management than climate change or carbon dioxide levels.
UK election and Conservatives have won an election and pundits are very unhappy. Teresa May has a working majority of 17 seats, just like the last parliament. German Chancellor Merkel is demanding that UK be ready for Brexit. May has to hit the ground running. Meanwhile, May has many critics calling her Hillary Clinton. But if one takes away corruption, there wouldn't be a Clinton, while May seems a woman of substance. The comments are just nasty.
Donald Trump may yet achieve Middle East Peace during his time in office. The speed with which he has isolated terrorist state Qatar is breathtaking. Still, more to do. Someone commented recently that the Trump administration was worse than Nixon's Watergate. The leaker trying to get Trump impeached, former FBI director Comey, was a higher rank than Felt. In many ways, the comment illustrates how maligned Nixon was. Almost as if he had won a UK election.
In 671, Emperor Tenji of Japan introduced a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measured time and indicated hours, was placed in the capital of Ōtsu. 1190, Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. Fredrick 'Red Beard' was admired for being strong, capable and organised. He had aged well. But on the day, he might have had a heart attack and fallen into the river at a crossing. 1329, the Battle of Pelekanon resulted in a Byzantine defeat by the Ottoman Empire. Byzantines had, in the times of Saladin, acted as informers for Saladin to warn him of the crusaders. They would lose more battles, including Constantinople.
In 1523, Copenhagen was surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city would not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark. 1539, Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sent out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice. 1692, Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". 1786, a landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapsed, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. 1793, the Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. A year later, it became the first public zoo. Also in 1793, French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gained control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
1838, Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians were murdered. They were killed by a gang of bigoted stock men. The first trial was influenced by a magistrate. Someone claiming to be a juror wrote to a newspaper spouting bigotry of not wanting to kill a white man for killing a black man. A second trial produced a result. Seven of the eleven killers were found guilty. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. 1871, Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton led 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. It was a misunderstanding. 1878, League of Prizren was established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbour states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece. 1886, Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupted, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak. 1898, Spanish–American War: U.S. Marines landed on the island of Cuba.
In 1940, World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. Also 1940, World War II: Norway surrendered to German forces. Also 1940, World War II: Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom. 1942, World War II: Nazis burned the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. 1944, World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children were killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. Also 1944, World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children were massacred by German troops. Also 1944, in baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds became the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
In 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 landed safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit caused the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There were no fatalities 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. 1996, peace talks began in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. 1997, before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot ordered the killing of his defence chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members. 1999, Kosovo War: NATO suspended its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agreed to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. 2001, Pope John Paul II canonised Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. 2002, the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans was carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. 2003, the Spirit Rover was launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Also 2003, Wicked opened on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
UK election and Conservatives have won an election and pundits are very unhappy. Teresa May has a working majority of 17 seats, just like the last parliament. German Chancellor Merkel is demanding that UK be ready for Brexit. May has to hit the ground running. Meanwhile, May has many critics calling her Hillary Clinton. But if one takes away corruption, there wouldn't be a Clinton, while May seems a woman of substance. The comments are just nasty.
Donald Trump may yet achieve Middle East Peace during his time in office. The speed with which he has isolated terrorist state Qatar is breathtaking. Still, more to do. Someone commented recently that the Trump administration was worse than Nixon's Watergate. The leaker trying to get Trump impeached, former FBI director Comey, was a higher rank than Felt. In many ways, the comment illustrates how maligned Nixon was. Almost as if he had won a UK election.
In 671, Emperor Tenji of Japan introduced a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measured time and indicated hours, was placed in the capital of Ōtsu. 1190, Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. Fredrick 'Red Beard' was admired for being strong, capable and organised. He had aged well. But on the day, he might have had a heart attack and fallen into the river at a crossing. 1329, the Battle of Pelekanon resulted in a Byzantine defeat by the Ottoman Empire. Byzantines had, in the times of Saladin, acted as informers for Saladin to warn him of the crusaders. They would lose more battles, including Constantinople.
In 1523, Copenhagen was surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city would not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark. 1539, Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sent out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice. 1692, Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". 1786, a landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapsed, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. 1793, the Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. A year later, it became the first public zoo. Also in 1793, French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gained control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
1838, Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians were murdered. They were killed by a gang of bigoted stock men. The first trial was influenced by a magistrate. Someone claiming to be a juror wrote to a newspaper spouting bigotry of not wanting to kill a white man for killing a black man. A second trial produced a result. Seven of the eleven killers were found guilty. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. 1871, Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton led 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. It was a misunderstanding. 1878, League of Prizren was established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbour states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece. 1886, Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupted, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak. 1898, Spanish–American War: U.S. Marines landed on the island of Cuba.
In 1940, World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. Also 1940, World War II: Norway surrendered to German forces. Also 1940, World War II: Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom. 1942, World War II: Nazis burned the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. 1944, World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children were killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. Also 1944, World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children were massacred by German troops. Also 1944, in baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds became the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
In 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 landed safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit caused the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There were no fatalities 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. 1996, peace talks began in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. 1997, before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot ordered the killing of his defence chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members. 1999, Kosovo War: NATO suspended its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agreed to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. 2001, Pope John Paul II canonised Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. 2002, the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans was carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. 2003, the Spirit Rover was launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Also 2003, Wicked opened on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
=== from 2016 ===
Today, a cure for Multiple Sclerosis was announced. It was discovered when leukaemia sufferers were being treated, who happened to also have MS. Their immune systems were replaced and rebuilt. The treatment has killed one, and some fifty percent have fully healed. Yesterday, MS was a death sentence. Possibly a very slow one. Today there is a treatment. It is an answered prayer.
If you lead a union you may never have to work again, for the rest of your life. Unlike a publicly listed company, you have no obligation to benefit members. And if you behave in a criminal fashion, your members will back you. And if your union is losing members, that is ok. You can allocate an industry superannuation to them and give them member details and fees. You can even choose to invest the funds into election campaigns. And if there is a union independent of the ALP, an ALP government can take out the leadership and put in someone else. And call them independent.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
If you lead a union you may never have to work again, for the rest of your life. Unlike a publicly listed company, you have no obligation to benefit members. And if you behave in a criminal fashion, your members will back you. And if your union is losing members, that is ok. You can allocate an industry superannuation to them and give them member details and fees. You can even choose to invest the funds into election campaigns. And if there is a union independent of the ALP, an ALP government can take out the leadership and put in someone else. And call them independent.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
The anger of the so called left drives them. Process is everything to the left, and often they call themselves centrist and look to the left. An angry Fran Kelly, interviewing Freedom Commissioner Tim Wilson, blew the dog whistle 'so called' to prefix his office. She would never have done that for the so called former Prime Minister Gillard or so called Opposition Leader Shorten. It is just that from Fran Kelly's so called centrist position, a libertarian centrist seems extreme right wing. But even if he were extreme right wing, why the dog whistle? Meanwhile a PETA loudmouth has asserted that fox hunting was terrible and foxes should be shot, not torn to pieces by dogs. So PETA hates the process, not the outcome. Shorten is not yet certain if he has forgotten if he profited from the fleecing of his union mates. It is hatred which guides him. Hatred of being found out. Hatred of the people he fleeced. Hatred of the general population for questioning him and not others who have done the same. Shorten should have followed Hockey's advice and worked to get his house.
Twin brother arrested over the murder of country school teacher Stephanie Scott. Marcus Stanford was arrested in South Australia. He is accused of being an accessory after the fact. Unlike Oscar Pistorius, neither identical twin looks like getting away with a mere ten months for a murder. Or in this tragic case, a rape and murder.
Trio of thieves, caught in Fairfield having robbed four service stations in a night, before being caught in a taxi. They allegedly used a knife to threaten employees. One, a female, is alleged to have got into shops after claiming she needed milk for her baby.
Twin brother arrested over the murder of country school teacher Stephanie Scott. Marcus Stanford was arrested in South Australia. He is accused of being an accessory after the fact. Unlike Oscar Pistorius, neither identical twin looks like getting away with a mere ten months for a murder. Or in this tragic case, a rape and murder.
Trio of thieves, caught in Fairfield having robbed four service stations in a night, before being caught in a taxi. They allegedly used a knife to threaten employees. One, a female, is alleged to have got into shops after claiming she needed milk for her baby.
From 2014
Judy Garland was an amazing talent, truly blessed, but she died tragically and young. Not too young so that the world was not aware of her talent. Her last performance she was sozzled and heckled by the audience. She delivered in reply what witnesses described as her greatest rendition of "Somewhere over the rainbow." She might not have been a good mother, but she had children. One needs to listen to others, but it is important that others aren't too enamoured in what they see they can't connect. I realised that today as I went to participate in a work for the dole scheme. I love work. I need to work. It has hurt me not being able to. But I was surrounded by people who did not share that enthusiasm. They wanted to be paid more for their effort. But it was raining, and so rather than physical effort I've been enlisted into a certificate 2 scheme familiarising me with computers. Not Macs, but old XP Windows systems. It is good to work with things that weren't meant to. I can't fail. It is Judy's birthday today. I wish her every joy.
It is a privilege to be given authority. But if you aren't a good person, you make bad choices, and Pol Pot was not a good person. But he was highly privileged. After his murderous government was faced with being removed from power from his northern stronghold on this day in 1997, Pot ordered the killing of his defence chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family. Son was not a good man either, he was a equivalent to Rudd, negotiating with UN until his disgusted compatriots finished him off. So many dead, so much had been given. So unworthy was the trust. Today, while I had a trainer talk continuously for four hours about himself, I was reminded of the reeducation camps those communists adore.
It is a privilege to be given authority. But if you aren't a good person, you make bad choices, and Pol Pot was not a good person. But he was highly privileged. After his murderous government was faced with being removed from power from his northern stronghold on this day in 1997, Pot ordered the killing of his defence chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family. Son was not a good man either, he was a equivalent to Rudd, negotiating with UN until his disgusted compatriots finished him off. So many dead, so much had been given. So unworthy was the trust. Today, while I had a trainer talk continuously for four hours about himself, I was reminded of the reeducation camps those communists adore.
Historical perspective on this day
In 671, Emperor Tenji of Japan introduced a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measured time and indicated hours, was placed in the capital of Ōtsu. 1190, Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. 1329, the Battle of Pelekanon resulted in a Byzantine defeat by the Ottoman Empire.
In 1523, Copenhagen was surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city would not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark. 1539, Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sent out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice. 1596, Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerkdiscovered Bear Island. 1619, Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt. 1624, signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. 1692, Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". 1719, Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel. 1786, a landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapsed, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. 1793, the Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. A year later, it became the first public zoo. Also in 1793, French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobinsgained control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
In 1805, First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signed a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States. 1829, the first Boat Race between the University of Oxfordand the University of Cambridge took place. 1838, Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians were murdered. 1854, the first class of United States Naval Academystudents graduated. 1861, American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeated a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. 1871, Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton led 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. 1878, League of Prizren was established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbour states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece. 1886, Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupted, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak. 1898, Spanish–American War: U.S. Marines landed on the island of Cuba.
In 1912, the Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa. 1916, an Arab Revoltagainst the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia broke out. 1918, the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sank off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event was recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. 1924, Fascists kidnapped and killed Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. 1925, Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena. 1935, Dr. Robert Smith took his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. Also 1935, Chaco War ended: A truce was called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. 1936, the Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm was founded.
In 1940, World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. Also 1940, World War II: Norway surrendered to German forces. Also 1940, World War II: Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom. 1942, World War II: Nazis burned the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. 1944, World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children were killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. Also 1944, World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children were massacred by German troops. Also 1944, in baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhallof the Cincinnati Reds became the youngest player ever in a major-league game. 1945, Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. 1947, Saabproduced its first automobile.
In 1957, John Diefenbaker led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government. 1963, Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program 1964, United States Senate broke a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage. 1967, the Six-Day War ended: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. Also 1967, Argentina became a member of the Berne Conventioncopyright treaty. 1977, James Earl Ray escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but was recaptured on June 13. 1977, the Apple II, one of the first personal computers, went on sale. 1980, the African National Congress in South Africa published a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
In 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 landed safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit caused the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There were no fatalities 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. 1996, peace talks began in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. 1997, before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot ordered the killing of his defence chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members. 1999, Kosovo War: NATO suspended its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agreed to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. 2001, Pope John Paul IIcanonised Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. 2002, the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans was carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. 2003, the Spirit Rover was launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Also 2003, Wicked opened on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
In 1523, Copenhagen was surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city would not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark. 1539, Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sent out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice. 1596, Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerkdiscovered Bear Island. 1619, Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt. 1624, signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands. 1692, Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop was hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". 1719, Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel. 1786, a landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapsed, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. 1793, the Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris. A year later, it became the first public zoo. Also in 1793, French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobinsgained control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
In 1805, First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signed a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States. 1829, the first Boat Race between the University of Oxfordand the University of Cambridge took place. 1838, Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians were murdered. 1854, the first class of United States Naval Academystudents graduated. 1861, American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeated a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeated a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi. 1871, Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton led 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. 1878, League of Prizren was established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbour states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece. 1886, Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupted, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak. 1898, Spanish–American War: U.S. Marines landed on the island of Cuba.
In 1912, the Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa. 1916, an Arab Revoltagainst the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia broke out. 1918, the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sank off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event was recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. 1924, Fascists kidnapped and killed Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. 1925, Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena. 1935, Dr. Robert Smith took his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. Also 1935, Chaco War ended: A truce was called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. 1936, the Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm was founded.
In 1940, World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounced Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. Also 1940, World War II: Norway surrendered to German forces. Also 1940, World War II: Italy declared war on France and the United Kingdom. 1942, World War II: Nazis burned the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. 1944, World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children were killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. Also 1944, World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children were massacred by German troops. Also 1944, in baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhallof the Cincinnati Reds became the youngest player ever in a major-league game. 1945, Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. 1947, Saabproduced its first automobile.
In 1957, John Diefenbaker led the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government. 1963, Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program 1964, United States Senate broke a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage. 1967, the Six-Day War ended: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. Also 1967, Argentina became a member of the Berne Conventioncopyright treaty. 1977, James Earl Ray escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but was recaptured on June 13. 1977, the Apple II, one of the first personal computers, went on sale. 1980, the African National Congress in South Africa published a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
In 1990, British Airways Flight 5390 landed safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit caused the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There were no fatalities 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009. 1996, peace talks began in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin. 1997, before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot ordered the killing of his defence chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members. 1999, Kosovo War: NATO suspended its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agreed to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. 2001, Pope John Paul IIcanonised Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa. 2002, the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans was carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. 2003, the Spirit Rover was launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Also 2003, Wicked opened on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.
=== Bible Reading ===
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Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 32-33, John 18:19-40 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Chronicles 32-33
Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem
1 After all that Hezekiah had so faithfully done, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, thinking to conquer them for himself. 2 When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to wage war against Jerusalem, 3 he consulted with his officials and military staff about blocking off the water from the springs outside the city, and they helped him. 4 They gathered a large group of people who blocked all the springs and the stream that flowed through the land. "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?" they said. 5 Then he worked hard repairing all the broken sections of the wall and building towers on it. He built another wall outside that one and reinforced the terraces of the City of David. He also made large numbers of weapons and shields....
Today's New Testament reading: John 18:19-40
The High Priest Questions Jesus
19 Meanwhile, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching.
20 "I have spoken openly to the world," Jesus replied. "I always taught in synagogues or at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret. 21 Why question me? Ask those who heard me. Surely they know what I said."
22 When Jesus said this, one of the officials nearby slapped him in the face. "Is this the way you answer the high priest?" he demanded.
23 "If I said something wrong," Jesus replied, "testify as to what is wrong. But if I spoke the truth, why did you strike me?"24 Then Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest....
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Some Christians are sadly prone to look on the dark side of everything, and to dwell more upon what they have gone through than upon what God has done for them. Ask for their impression of the Christian life, and they will describe their continual conflicts, their deep afflictions, their sad adversities, and the sinfulness of their hearts, yet with scarcely any allusion to the mercy and help which God has vouchsafed them. But a Christian whose soul is in a healthy state, will come forward joyously, and say, "I will speak, not about myself, but to the honour of my God. He hath brought me up out of an horrible pit, and out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings: and he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. The Lord hath done great things for me, whereof I am glad." Such an abstract of experience as this is the very best that any child of God can present. It is true that we endure trials, but it is just as true that we are delivered out of them. It is true that we have our corruptions, and mournfully do we know this, but it is quite as true that we have an all-sufficient Saviour, who overcomes these corruptions, and delivers us from their dominion. In looking back, it would be wrong to deny that we have been in the Slough of Despond, and have crept along the Valley of Humiliation, but it would be equally wicked to forget that we have been through them safely and profitably; we have not remained in them, thanks to our Almighty Helper and Leader, who has brought us "out into a wealthy place." The deeper our troubles, the louder our thanks to God, who has led us through all, and preserved us until now. Our griefs cannot mar the melody of our praise, we reckon them to be the bass part of our life's song, "He hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad."
Evening
The Greek word here rendered search signifies a strict, close, diligent, curious search, such as men make when they are seeking gold, or hunters when they are in earnest after game. We must not rest content with having given a superficial reading to a chapter or two, but with the candle of the Spirit we must deliberately seek out the hidden meaning of the word. Holy Scripture requires searching--much of it can only be learned by careful study. There is milk for babes, but also meat for strong men. The rabbis wisely say that a mountain of matter hangs upon every word, yea, upon every title of Scripture. Tertullian exclaims, "I adore the fulness of the Scriptures." No man who merely skims the book of God can profit thereby; we must dig and mine until we obtain the hid treasure. The door of the word only opens to the key of diligence. The Scriptures claim searching. They are the writings of God, bearing the divine stamp and imprimatur--who shall dare to treat them with levity? He who despises them despises the God who wrote them. God forbid that any of us should leave our Bibles to become swift witnesses against us in the great day of account. The word of God will repay searching. God does not bid us sift a mountain of chaff with here and there a grain of wheat in it, but the Bible is winnowed corn--we have but to open the granary door and find it. Scripture grows upon the student. It is full of surprises. Under the teaching of the Holy Spirit, to the searching eye it glows with splendour of revelation, like a vast temple paved with wrought gold, and roofed with rubies, emeralds, and all manner of gems. No merchandise is like the merchandise of Scripture truth. Lastly, the Scriptures reveal Jesus: "They are they which testify of me." No more powerful motive can be urged upon Bible readers than this: he who finds Jesus finds life, heaven, all things. Happy he who, searching his Bible, discovers his Saviour.
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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
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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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