Thursday, June 03, 2021

Thu 3rd June 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Headline reads 'mind control' but their minds seem ill disciplined

Mind control has been linguistically applied to describe a detached mechanical arm being manipulated through a silicon chip connected to a brain of a guy needing a prosthetic. There is even sensory feedback so the user can pick up breakables. It suggests a bright future for those in need of limbs, or in dangerous lines of work needing remote access. Imagine flying planes remotely with a feel for experienced turbulence? 

But, mind control is not all about hope. In Victoria, in Australia we are under lockdown despite it being ineffective and expensive. However, independent members of parliament have gifted the ALP the means to declare lockdowns, although they had promised voters a vote for them would prevent such abuses of power. In this circumstance, mind control is more sinister. Bored with rules, and unable to work, syphilis cases are exploding. News promotes ALP incompetence, and attacks conservative government ministers, or actors.

Herd immunity is the only natural way to securely deal with COVID. Vaccinations help lead to it. Press don't yet understand that the two things are linked. 

Editorial Victorian Lockdown a shakedown of Victorians by ALP
The lockdown is not helpful in Victoria, just as it wasn't in the recent past. Exposure of a COVID virus at some 150 sites shows the virus is prevalent in the community. But, we aren't having mass deaths. The exposures are mainly asymptomatic. So long as sick people are appropriately treated, then herd immunity will kick in. Lockdowns and masks have not prevented deaths. They have not prevented spread of COVID. The ALP administration ran a quarantine which spread the virus and killed elderly whom the ALP refused appropriate treatment. And the ALP has done it again in aged care

Meanwhile, press are savaging conservative politicians for ALP failure. Federal Minister Dan Tehan goes on a talk show and suggests those suffering under the new Victorian lockdown can approach Centrelink and is howled down by press who demand more money for Victorian victims of ALP lockdown. It is an Australian version of the Dan Bongino observation of press calls 'Conservatives pounce.' They say Conservatives heartlessly point to welfare for problems caused by the ALP. This deflects criticism from the ALP. 

Editorial Did Woke Tolerance result in domestic murder?
A man has been sentenced to thirty years jail in Victoria, Australia for domestic homicide he forced his children to watch. His children had been so badly neglected they weren't educated well enough to speak of their trauma. The man is an Islamic State supporter and in 2016 he murdered his wife in ffront of his children, showing them his removing an eye and flushing it down a toilet before dumping the body to be found in a leisure area. The killing followed a code set out in the mythology of those who follow Islamic State, or those who read western media promoting the ideal. But there had been warning signs leading up to the killing too. A Victorian court heard evidence of how the husband and killer had prevented family from contacting the victim and the abuse which rendered the children permanently incapacitated. Now the court will not name the killer so as to 'protect' the family? Why not simply jail Cardinal George Pell again? Or maybe cancel the Dr Blake Mysteries again? 

Domestic violence in Australia is rife in the Islamic community, but not contained to the Islamic community and it is not everywhere in the Islamic community. It is reprehensible that Islamic peoples do not more vociferously condemn those who claim to act on Islam and bring Islam into disrepute. 

In Sydney another court fail resulted in a lost family as a father had court support in tracking down and killing his estranged children. The mother had filed an AVO against the dad, but the police had negligently discounted the application by linking it to an ambit claim in a court case. By following his daughter home from school, and killing her, the dad proved those police wrong. The mother has since suicided. How can that family be protected by a woke court now? Maybe the police will investigate more closely the conservative government? That seems to be the go to call. 
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Fauci-Gate explodes, as troubling new emails are released. In this episode, I discuss the disturbing emails and I also address the big Biden lie.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
CCP Mouthpiece Threatens “Intense Showdown” With U.S. READ MORE

Biden Pitches “Free Beer for Vaccinations” – Stumbles When Asked About Putin

Rising Crime Prompts Atlanta Neighborhood to Explore Forming Their Own City

Fire Erupts at Iranian Oil Refinery After Their Largest Warship Catches Fire

Cyberattack Hits Massachusetts Steamship Authority

“Defund the Police” Congresswoman Exposed Spending Taxpayer Dollars on Private Security for Herself

CNN Under Ethics Scrutiny Following Revelation Chris Cuomo Advised His Brother

Capitol Hill
Rand Paul After Fauci Email Revelations: Fire Fauci
Sen McConnell Dismisses Need for Jan 6 Commission
Sixth Circuit Court Rebukes Biden’s Race Based Approach to Distributing Coronavirus-Relief Funds
Biden Falsely Claims “White Supremacist Terrorism” America’s Biggest Threat
Dems Plan to Cast Marjorie Taylor Greene as the Top GOP Villain for 2022
Obama: Coronavirus a “Teachable Moment” About Spending Trillions of Dollars
Louisiana Legislature Approves Permitless Concealed Carry
Biden Complains About Dem Senators Manchin and Sinema Stalling His Agenda
Texas Gov Declares State of Emergency Over Border Crisis

Culture War
Reuters Embarrasses Themselves With Babylon Bee “Fact Check”
First-Time Firearms Owner Demand Spike in NYC is Real
High School Valedictorian’s Speech Censored for Being “Very Christianized”
Several TV Networks Reject Pro-Life Group’s Ad Asserting Humanity of the Unborn
Gov DeSantis Talks to Tucker About His New Bill to Project Girls’ Sports From Trans Lobby
Biden Suspends Oil and Gas Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Hate Crime Against BLM Activist Revealed to Have Been Perpetrated by Said BLM Activist
Washington Post Corrects Headline Declaring Wuhan Lab Leak Theory Debunked – 15 Months Later
California Café Charges Fee to Customers Wearing Masks and Bragging About Vaccination Status

Economy
JBS Cyber Attack Rocks Cattle Futures, Sparking Fears for Meat Supply
The Price of a Summer Vacation Is Suddenly Way More Expensive
Shell Company Linked to Mysterious $100 Million NJ Deli Announces Reverse Merger
NY AG Demands Kodak CEO Testify on Alleged Insider Trading
Eurozone Inflation Reached 2% in May
Florida to Require Residents to Prove They’re Actively Looking for a Job to Continue Receiving Unemployment
Sheetz to Start Accepting Cryptocurrencies
Chamber of Commerce: Worsening Labor Shortage a “National Economic Crisis”
Plane Flies AMC Stock Banner Above Florida Beaches as “Meme” Rally Continues

Swamp Watch
Alex Marlow: UFO Talk Feels Like a Distraction to Take Our Attention Off the Real Problems in America
Michigan Appeals Court Rejects Gov Whitmer’s Attempts to Derail Recall Petition
FBI Supervisory Assistant Charged With Three Counts of Sexual Harassment, Drinking on the Job
Peter Daszak Thanked Fauci for Calling Wuhan Lab Leak Theory a Myth
Voter Photo IDs Are The Rule In Europe And Elsewhere
Plan Advances to End Absentee Ballot Curing in Wisconsin
Biden: Black Entrepreneurs Don’t Have Lawyers or Accountants
Alarm Goes Off in Fulton County Warehouse Containing 147k 2020 Election Absentee Ballots
SCOTUS Unanimously Rules Against Asylum Seekers on Question of Credibility

Coronavirus
Fauci Emails Show Him Saying Masks Aren’t Effective, Advocating School Closures, Acknowledging Virus Could Be Man Made
GOP Rep. Comer Says Dems “Afraid” They’ll Be Proven Wrong About the Origins of Coronavirus
Florida Gov DeSantis: CDC is “Absolutely” Governed by Politics
Reports From China on What May be the First Human Case of H10N3 Bird Flu
New Study Shows Coronavirus Immunity May Last for Years
German Government Investigates Coronavirus Testing Fraud in the Country
New York Has a Day With Zero Reported Coronavirus Deaths
Emails Show Fauci Ignored Warnings Over China’s Fake COVID Data
Another State Just Dropped its Coronavirus Protocols, But No “Neanderthal Thinking” Lectures Came From the Left
Surge in Coronavirus Cases Reported in Chinese City, Prompting Mass Flight Cancellations at Country’s Busiest Airport

National Security
Experts: JBS Hack the Latest Russia Based Aggression Ahead of June 16 Putin Summit
Russian Submarine Knyaz Oleg Starts Sea Trials
Wargaming in New Zealand: An Assessment
Russia Keeps Sending Its Mach 3 MiG-31 Interceptor to Take on NATO
From Coronavirus to The Crises of Tomorrow: U.S. Army Readiness
Russia Forming 20 New Military Units in West as Counter to NATO
The Littoral Combat Ship Is Getting Some Serious Firepower: The Naval Strike Missile
Pentagon Looking at New Bombs for War With China, Not ISIS
3D Printed Machine Guns? FN Herstal Is Giving It A “Shot”
Iran’s Largest Warship Catches Fire at Sea and Sinks

Around the World
In Widening Crackdown, Russia Detains Prominent Opposition Politician
Rep. Lee Zeldin is Skeptical China Will Give U.S. Full Access to Investigate Wuhan Lab Leak
Sen. Graham Expects U.S. Will Send More Funds for Israel’s “Iron Dome”
Hong Kong Planning Social Punishments Against People Who Don’t Get Coronavirus Vaccine
Diplomats Say EU to Blacklist Belarus Airline Ahead of Economic Sanctions
Poll Shows 70% of Russians Support Return of Gulags
EU Adds Japan to Safe Travel Lift, Leaves UK Off for Now
Iranian-Made Drones Are Ready to Strike U.S. Forces in Iraq: Iran-Backed Militias

Opinion
Larry O’Connor: China’s Act of War
Patrick Buchanan: Were the Wars Wise? Were They Worth It?
Nicholas Waddy: When Did “I Have A Dream” Become “We’re Your Worst Nightmare”?
Derek Hunter: Does Anyone Actually Like Adam Schiff?
Jonathan S. Tobin: Americans Must Join Hands to Stop the 1619 Project’s Poisonous Slanders
Joy Overbeck: How to Unwoke Your School Board
Karol Marcowicz: Cuomo Is Using His Waning Power to Block Mask Sanity for Kids
Katie Yoder: U.S. Taxpayers Don’t Want to Fund Abortion

Science/Entertainment/Sports
John Cena’s Apology to China Fails to Prevent “Fast and Furious 9” Box Office Crash
Rapper DaBaby Allegedly Involved in Shooting in Miami Beach
A Scenario Where the Packers Could Consider Trading Aaron Rodgers
Who Is Going to Race SpaceX to the Moon?
Gov Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Protecting Women’s Sports From Transgender Athletes: “We’re Protecting Women Against Discrimination”
Cozy Photos Leave No Doubt That Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are Back Together
The Yankees’ Worst Fears Are Being Exposed
MLB Players Union Being Sued For Pulling All-Star Game Out of Atlanta
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Trump Slams Biden Over Dismantling 'Remain in Mexico'
"The Biden Administration inherited the most secure border in history, and they turned it into the greatest border disaster in history." [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Star Spangled Banner 


"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort McHenry", a poem written in 1814 by the 35-year-old amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay during the Battle of Fort McHenry in the War of 1812.

O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner, O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country, should leave us no more?
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation.
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the Heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

https://rumble.com/vbvyiv-star-spangled-banner-by-oddball.html

=== From 2018 ===

Don't give up on hope. A truth of democracy has it that if a politician cannot help you they will bury you. After all, what is their alternative? It makes it sound as if all politicians are the same, but it is nuanced, as saying that all people are the same, noting that each is a person.  But just as there are variety of people, there are many different politicians. Malcolm Turnbull has media spotlights on Barnaby Joyce. Joyce is a gifted politician who makes hard choices. Barnaby has had to make choices that have damaged his family life. The sacrifices of public life entail that. It does not mean that Joyce made bad decisions in office. Joyce is a giving person and he has helped Australia while selfish backstabbers have sought to bury Australia, and Joyce. And it may well be that in order to serve the public, Joyce has now buried his career. Because he could not help it. 

By way of contrast, the selfish, and dithering, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is touring regional areas as his mates backstab Joyce. Online News.com.au editor Penberthy releases articles claiming Joyce was not asked salient (nasty) questions suggesting it is impossible for anyone to serve in public office. Penberthy would have paragons of duplicity, like Turnbull, in office. Joyce having said that he felt like he could not contribute anymore in office as Deputy PM, because he felt the child he was having with his partner came first. Penberthy feels that that is a tacit admission Joyce should not have run for election. But Turnbull had been aware of Joyce's choices, wether Joyce spoke them to him or not. Doesn't that mean Turnbull should not be in office too? And what then of Shorten, Plibersek and Ellis? 

Joyce's career may be over. He is still a farmer and knows of sacrifice and choices all must make to live. Turnbull's selfish attitude means he cannot serve anyone other than himself. And so while Joyce will help many, Turnbull can only bury many. 

Victoria faces new eWaste legislation because Dan Andrews recycling has failed. In 2015, a judge appointed by Obama banned a high school band from playing "How Great Thou Art."  but Obama, like Andrews, has passed like grass. The harvest is coming in November when Matthew Guy in charge of conservatives will face elections against Dan Andrews. Will Andrews new recycling policy be enough to delay the inevitable?

=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. The UK election nears and Jeremy Corbyn's Labor Party could achieve victory. The Conservatives under May have made good decisions and have the right mix of policy which will see the UK prosper. Corbyn has divisive polices and a tax and spend agenda which could see worse outcomes than that facing Canada. Canada recently had legislation pushed through which could see children taken from parents who don't agree with LGBT principles. It is doubtful that people were aware they were voting for that. But a vote for Corbyn is a vote that will unleash similar. Corbin has form supporting counterproductive legislation. It is ok to disagree with May on issues. It is arrant foolishness to vote against her. 

In 350, the Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaimed himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. He only survived for 28 days in the role, then his rival won, and put his head on a lance and carried it through Rome. 713, the Byzantine emperor Philippicus was blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He was succeeded by Anastasios II, who began the reorganisation of the Byzantine army. 1140, the French scholar Peter Abelard was found guilty of heresy. Abelard and his love with Heloise is a true story resembling Romeo and Juliet for Christians. It was Petrarch, who had copies of their letters, who is first noted for popularising it. Petrarch began the renaissance with stories of love and mountain walks. The denunciation of Abelard seems from professional jealousy and had the pope demand his lifelong silence and the burning of his work. Abelard was given compromise and died soon after. 

In 1839, in HumenChinaLin Tse-hsĂĽ destroyed 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. 1861, American Civil WarBattle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces routed Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in the first land battle of the War. 1862, a 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in SheffieldEngland, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attacked Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. 1866, the Fenians were driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States. 1885, in the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escaped the North-West Mounted Police. 1888, the poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner.

In 1980, the 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which took five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and caused $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross. 1982, the Israeli ambassador to the United KingdomShlomo Argov, was shot on a London street. He survived but was permanently paralysed. The attackers were PLO with Iraq backing. It initiated the war with Lebanon. 1984, Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, was launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continued until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000.
=== from 2016 ===
 The left wing tend to anti-semitism. Their leaders reflect that. And their press organs too. On this day in 2015, Wikipedia wrote that Israel had used the failed assassination attempt on their London-based ambassador as a pretext to start the 1982 Lebanese war. As if the conflict was not a direct result of that state sanctioning an assassination attempt. Wikipedia is not responsible for the actions of a lone editor, but a number must have sanctioned their front page anti-semitic comment. Any attempt to correct the mistake would lead to sanctions against the responsible editor by anti-semitic editors. And Bill Shorten and Obama excuse such activity. It is despicable. But neither Democrats nor ALP are benefitting from this bad leadership. Both are promoting leaders that the wider public feel are unhinged.  
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
Julia Gillard dumps on Rudd, but stops short of calling him a misogynist. Each had been PM and each lied about liking the other and working well with them. At the time Gillard claimed she was being bullied she had been highly lauded as a policy person who was Deputy and held more ministries of substance than anyone else in the history of Australia's parliament, not counting transitional governments. Gillard is lying about Rudd's abuse and Rudd is lying about his support. Neither of them had good policy nous. The media is lying about what they knew and when, as they were partisan for each when they were PM. So everything that is said is reported as shocking. When really it is merely what liars and opportunists do. 

Alan Bond might be dead soon. He has had a heart operation and the surgeon could not restart it after the procedure. Now he is in a coma and his blood is regulated by machine. He isn't rich, he isn't smart, he isn't graceful. He has a spectacular history as entrepreneur. His high point was the America's Cup race of 1982. His low point was engaging in the corruption of WA Inc and the ALP. 

Russia and MH17 is a never ending story. The tragedy of the shooting down of a passenger airline is masked by the need for Washington to blame Putin. The base of the problem is Ukraine, which, egged on by Washington, has created the condition for war. They also probably were behind the shooting, either by instigating the shooting or doing the shooting to set up Russia. But Obama's foreign policy seems to be, to restart a cold war, to force smaller nations to bow before bigger ones. The benefit for Ukraine is to be shelled and fought over. In regional terms, someone needs to court India because they are a wild card. India is unlikely to ally with an ally of Pakistan. 

Sef Blatter quits. Sort of. His position is, he will stay on until December, or January, to bring in new leadership. The old leadership was inept and corrupt and should have nothing to do with bringing in the next leaders. Expect Blatter to be forced out in days. 

NSW Upper House votes to abuse Eddie Macguire. The bill was put forward by the Greens. It highlights the independent nature of the upper house of NSW and the fact that independents are appallingly bad judges of behaviour. Even were McGuire the worst felon, it would be inappropriate to use parliament that way. It is evidence the Greens need to be deregistered for abusing privilege. McGuire is a good person who is allowed to voice opinion. His opinion of the on field behaviour of former Australian of the Year Adam Goodes was salient. It should have been against the code of conduct for players. But there is a double standard at the moment regarding Aboriginal activity. Race is no way to unite a people. 
From 2014
None in 2014 because of Government and public service corruption related to the petitions
Historical perspective on this day
In 350, the Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaimed himself Roman Emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. 713, the Byzantineemperor Philippicus was blinded, deposed and sent into exile by conspirators of the Opsikion army in Thrace. He was succeeded by Anastasios II, who began the reorganisation of the Byzantine army. 1140, the French scholar Peter Abelard was found guilty of heresy. 1326, the Treaty of Novgorod delineated borders between Russia and Norway in Finnmark. 1539, Hernando de Soto claimed Florida for Spain. 1608, Samuel de Champlain completed his third voyage to New France at Tadoussac, Quebec. 1621, the Dutch West India Companyreceived a charter for New Netherland. 1658, Pope Alexander VII appointed François de Laval vicar apostolic in New France. 1665, James StuartDuke of York (later to become King James II of England), defeated the Dutch fleet off the coast of Lowestoft. 1781, Jack Jouettbegan his midnight ride to warn Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia legislature of an impending raid by Banastre Tarleton.

In 1839, in HumenChinaLin Tse-hsĂĽ destroyed 1.2 million kg of opium confiscated from British merchants, providing Britain with a casus belli to open hostilities, resulting in the First Opium War. 1861, American Civil WarBattle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces routed Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in the first land battle of the War. 1862, a 3000-strong riot occurred at Wardsend Cemetery in SheffieldEngland, against rumours of bodysnatching from the grounds. 1864, American Civil War: Battle of Cold Harbor – Union forces attacked Confederate troops in Hanover County, Virginia. 1866, the Fenians were driven out of Fort Erie, Ontario, into the United States. 1885, in the last military engagement fought on Canadian soil, the Cree leader, Big Bear, escaped the North-West Mounted Police. 1888, the poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was published in the San Francisco Examiner. 1889, the transcontinental Canadian Pacific Railway was completed. Also 1889, the first long-distance electric power transmission line in the United States was completed, running 14 miles (23 km) between a generator at Willamette Falls and downtown Portland, Oregon.

In 1916, the National Defense Act was signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men. 1935, one thousand unemployed Canadian workers board freight cars in Vancouver, British Columbia, beginning a protest trek to Ottawa, Ontario. 1937, The Duke of Windsor married Wallis Simpson. 1940, World War II: The Luftwaffe bombed Paris. Also 1940, World War II: The Battle of Dunkirk ended with a Germanvictory and with Allied forces in full retreat. Also 1940, Franz Rademacher proposed plans to make Madagascar the "Jewish homeland", an idea that had first been considered by 19th century journalist Theodor Herzl. 1941, World War II: The Wehrmacht razed the Greek village of Kandanos to the ground, killing 180 of its inhabitants. 1942, World War II: Japan began the Aleutian Islands Campaign by bombing Unalaska Island. 1943, in Los AngelesCalifornia, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clashed with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.

In 1950, the first successful ascent of an Eight-thousander; the summit of Annapurna was reached by Maurice Herzog and Louis Lachenal. 1959, Singapore was declared a self-governing state even though it was still a part of the British Empire. 1962, at Paris Orly Airport, an Air France Boeing 707 overran the runway and exploded when the crew attempted to abort takeoff, killing 130. 1963, the Buddhist crisis: Soldiers of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam attack protesting Buddhists in HuáşżSouth Vietnam, with liquid chemicals from tear-gas grenades, causing 67 people to be hospitalised for blistering of the skin and respiratory ailments. 1965, the launch of Gemini 4, the first multi-day space mission by a NASA crew. Ed White, a crew member, performed the first American spacewalk. 1968, Valerie Solanas, the author of SCUM Manifesto, attempted to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times. 1969, Melbourne–Evans collision: off the coast of South Vietnam, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cut the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Frank E. Evans in half. 1973, a Soviet supersonic Tupolev Tu-144 crashed near Goussainville, France, killing 14, the first crash of a supersonic passenger aircraft. 1979, a blowout at the Ixtoc I oil well in the southern Gulf of Mexico caused at least 3,000,000 barrels (480,000 m3) of oil to be spilled into the waters, the second-worst accidental oil spill ever recorded.

In 1980, the 1980 Grand Island tornado outbreak. Seven tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, which took five lives, 357 single-family homes, 33 mobile homes, 85 apartments, 49 businesses and caused $300 million in damages all told, according to statistics compiled on the deadly storm by the National Weather Service and the American Red Cross. 1982, the Israeli ambassador to the United KingdomShlomo Argov, was shot on a London street. He survived but was permanently paralysed. 1984, Operation Blue Star, a military offensive, was launched by the Indian government at Harmandir Sahib, also known as the Golden Temple, the holiest shrine for the Sikhs, in Amritsar. The operation continued until June 6, with casualties, most of them civilians, in excess of 5,000. 1987, the Vanuatu Labour Party was founded. 1989, the government of China sent troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation. 1991, Mount Unzen erupted in KyĹ«shĹ«Japan, killing 43 people, all of them either researchers or journalists. 1992, Aboriginal Land Rights were granted in Australia in Mabo v Queensland (No 2), a case brought by Eddie Mabo. 2006, the union of Serbia and Montenegro came to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence. 2013, the trial of United States Army private Chelsea Manningfor leaking classified material to WikiLeaks began in Fort Meade, Maryland.

=== Bible Reading ===

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Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 17-18, John 13:1-20 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Chronicles 17-18

Jehoshaphat King of Judah
Jehoshaphat his son succeeded him as king and strengthened himself against Israel. 2 He stationed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah and put garrisons in Judah and in the towns of Ephraim that his father Asa had captured.
3 The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the ways of his father David before him. He did not consult the Baals 4 but sought the God of his father and followed his commands rather than the practices of Israel. 5 The LORD established the kingdom under his control; and all Judah brought gifts to Jehoshaphat, so that he had great wealth and honor. 6 His heart was devoted to the ways of the LORD; furthermore, he removed the high places and the Asherah poles from Judah....

Today's New Testament reading: John 13:1-20

Jesus Washes His Disciples' Feet
1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples' feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him....

=== Morning and Evening ===


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Morning

"For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh."
Galatians 5:17
In every believer's heart there is a constant struggle between the old nature and the new. The old nature is very active, and loses no opportunity of plying all the weapons of its deadly armoury against newborn grace; while on the other hand, the new nature is ever on the watch to resist and destroy its enemy. Grace within us will employ prayer, and faith, and hope, and love, to cast out the evil; it takes unto it the "whole armour of God," and wrestles earnestly. These two opposing natures will never cease to struggle so long as we are in this world. The battle of "Christian" with "Apollyon" lasted three hours, but the battle of Christian with himself lasted all the way from the Wicket Gate to the river Jordan. The enemy is so securely entrenched within us that he can never be driven out while we are in this body: but although we are closely beset, and often in sore conflict, we have an Almighty helper, even Jesus, the Captain of our salvation, who is ever with us, and who assures us that we shall eventually come off more than conquerors through Him. With such assistance the new-born nature is more than a match for its foes. Are you fighting with the adversary today? Are Satan, the world, and the flesh, all against you? Be not discouraged nor dismayed. Fight on! For God Himself is with you; Jehovah Nissi is your banner, and Jehovah Rophi is the healer of your wounds. Fear not, you shall overcome, for who can defeat Omnipotence? Fight on, "looking unto Jesus;" and though long and stern be the conflict, sweet will be the victory, and glorious the promised reward. "From strength to strength go on; Wrestle, and fight, and pray, Tread all the powers of darkness down, And win the well-fought day."

Evening

"Good Master."
Matthew 19:16

If the young man in the gospel used this title in speaking to our Lord, how much more fitly may I thus address him! He is indeed my Master in both senses, a ruling Master and a teaching Master. I delight to run upon his errands, and to sit at his feet. I am both his servant and his disciple, and count it my highest honour to own the double character. If he should ask me why I call him "good," I should have a ready answer. It is true that "there is none good but one, that is, God," but then he is God, and all the goodness of Deity shines forth in him. In my experience, I have found him good, so good, indeed, that all the good I have has come to me through him. He was good to me when I was dead in sin, for he raised me by his Spirit's power; he has been good to me in all my needs, trials, struggles, and sorrows. Never could there be a better Master, for his service is freedom, his rule is love: I wish I were one thousandth part as good a servant. When he teaches me as my Rabbi, he is unspeakably good, his doctrine is divine, his manner is condescending, his spirit is gentleness itself. No error mingles with his instruction--pure is the golden truth which he brings forth, and all his teachings lead to goodness, sanctifying as well as edifying the disciple. Angels find him a good Master and delight to pay their homage at his footstool. The ancient saints proved him to be a good Master, and each of them rejoiced to sing, "I am thy servant, O Lord!" My own humble testimony must certainly be to the same effect. I will bear this witness before my friends and neighbours, for possibly they may be led by my testimony to seek my Lord Jesus as their Master. O that they would do so! They would never repent so wise a deed. If they would but take his easy yoke, they would find themselves in so royal a service that they would enlist in it forever.

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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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