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.
===Another bombshell in the lab leak story. Why did this key figure in the lab leak story turn up dead? In this episode, I discuss the new information.
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Record 9.3 Million Job Openings Unfilled as Biden Labor Shortage Continues
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Here is a video I made The Forsaken Merman
Matthew Arnold (24 December 1822 -- 15 April 1888) was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He was the son of Thomas Arnold, the famed headmaster of Rugby School, and brother to both Tom Arnold, literary professor, and William Delafield Arnold, novelist and colonial administrator. Matthew Arnold has been characterized as a sage writer, a type of writer who chastises and instructs the reader on contemporary social issues
Come, dear children, let us away;
Down and away below!
Now my brothers call from the bay,
Now the great winds shoreward blow,
Now the salt tides seaward flow;
Now the wild white horses play,
Champ and chafe and toss in the spray.
Children dear, let us away!
This way, this way!
Call her once before you go—
Call once yet!
In a voice that she will know:
"Margaret! Margaret!"
Children's voices should be dear
(Call once more) to a mother's ear;
Children's voices, wild with pain—
Surely she will come again!
Call her once and come away;
This way, this way!
"Mother dear, we cannot stay!
The wild white horses foam and fret."
Margaret! Margaret!
Come, dear children, come away down;
Call no more!
One last look at the white-wall'd town
And the little grey church on the windy shore,
Then come down!
She will not come though you call all day;
Come away, come away!
Children dear, was it yesterday
We heard the sweet bells over the bay?
In the caverns where we lay,
Through the surf and through the swell,
The far-off sound of a silver bell?
Sand-strewn caverns, cool and deep,
Where the winds are all asleep;
Where the spent lights quiver and gleam,
Where the salt weed sways in the stream,
Where the sea-beasts, ranged all round,
Feed in the ooze of their pasture-ground;
Where the sea-snakes coil and twine,
Dry their mail and bask in the brine;
Where great whales come sailing by,
Sail and sail, with unshut eye,
Round the world for ever and aye?
When did music come this way?
Children dear, was it yesterday?
Children dear, was it yesterday
(Call yet once) that she went away?
Once she sate with you and me,
On a red gold throne in the heart of the sea,
And the youngest sate on her knee.
She comb'd its bright hair, and she tended it well,
When down swung the sound of a far-off bell.
She sigh'd, she look'd up through the clear green sea;
She said: "I must go, to my kinsfolk pray
In the little grey church on the shore to-day.
'T will be Easter-time in the world—ah me!
And I lose my poor soul, Merman! here with thee."
I said: "Go up, dear heart, through the waves;
Say thy prayer, and come back to the kind sea-caves!"
She smiled, she went up through the surf in the bay.
Children dear, was it yesterday?
Children dear, were we long alone?
"The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan;
Long prayers," I said, "in the world they say;
Come!" I said; and we rose through the surf in the bay.
We went up the beach, by the sandy down
Where the sea-stocks bloom, to the white-wall'd town;
Through the narrow paved streets, where all was still,
To the little grey church on the windy hill.
From the church came a murmur of folk at their prayers,
But we stood without in the cold blowing airs.
We climb'd on the graves, on the stones worn with rains,
And we gazed up the aisle through the small leaded panes.
She sate by the pillar; we saw her clear:
"Margaret, hist! come quick, we are here!
Dear heart," I said, "we are long alone;
The sea grows stormy, the little ones moan."
But, ah, she gave me never a look,
For her eyes were seal'd to the holy book!
Loud prays the priest; shut stands the door.
Come away, children, call no more!
Come away, come down, call no more!
Down, down, down!
Down to the depths of the sea!
She sits at her wheel in the humming town,
Singing most joyfully.
Hark what she sings: "O joy, O joy,
For the humming street, and the child with its toy!
For the priest, and the bell, and the holy well;
For the wheel where I spun,
And the blessed light of the sun!"
And so she sings her fill,
Singing most joyfully,
Till the spindle drops from her hand,
And the whizzing wheel stands still.
She steals to the window, and looks at the sand,
And over the sand at the sea;
And her eyes are set in a stare;
And anon there breaks a sigh,
And anon there drops a tear,
From a sorrow-clouded eye,
And a heart sorrow-laden,
A long, long sigh;
For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden
And the gleam of her golden hair.
Come away, away children
Come children, come down!
The hoarse wind blows coldly;
Lights shine in the town.
She will start from her slumber
When gusts shake the door;
She will hear the winds howling,
Will hear the waves roar.
We shall see, while above us
The waves roar and whirl,
A ceiling of amber,
A pavement of pearl.
Singing: "Here came a mortal,
But faithless was she!
And alone dwell for ever
The kings of the sea."
But, children, at midnight,
When soft the winds blow,
When clear falls the moonlight,
When spring-tides are low;
When sweet airs come seaward
From heaths starr'd with broom,
And high rocks throw mildly
On the blanch'd sands a gloom;
Up the still, glistening beaches,
Up the creeks we will hie,
Over banks of bright seaweed
The ebb-tide leaves dry.
We will gaze, from the sand-hills,
At the white, sleeping town;
At the church on the hill-side—
And then come back down.
Singing: "There dwells a loved one,
But cruel is she!
She left lonely for ever
The kings of the sea."
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Western Civilisation is on the nose of universities in Australia. Sydney University collapsed in 1990, and her upper executive got replaced by ALP managerialists as Keating fought a culture war which the Liberal Party have not effectively engaged. Dame Kramer had been made Chancellor, but the Chancellor's position is not executive at Sydney University. Kramer fought effectively for Western Values, but the University, now, is as partisan left as the ABC is now. Kramer had been a powerful presence in charge of the ABC too.
In 1990, Sydney University lost her Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. The Chancellor, Hermann David Black, died after a long illness. James Anthony Rowland, a former governor of NSW took the chancellor's position for a few years, before passing it to Kramer in 1991. She held on to 2001. From 1981 to 1990, John Manning Ward was the executive head of Sydney University as Vice Chancellor. He had been writing a trilogy on Australian conservative leaders and retired to do so, having written the first on Sydney colony foundation businessman MacArthur. Ward was also a steam train enthusiast and a special train went to a jazz festival, and Ward, along with his wife and daughter and Sydney University's Registrar's wife (Moira Jennings) and the Registrar himself went along. On the return journey, the 3801 Limited steam train stalled on a steep gradient on Cowan bank. A following regular service was unaware of the special limited as sand on the tracks interfered with signalling. Donald McNicol was the new Vice Chancellor from 1990 to 1996.
It is misleading to say McNicol was an ALP hack. He was a managerialist and his authority was reliant on Paul Keating being PM. McNicol was in charge while the University substantially increased under the Dawkins Education Revolution. Under McNicol, ALP leaning academic board members were not censured for voting in blocks when they were supposed to be independent. McNicol was free to spend money on a Vice Chancellor's residence including carpeted walls costing $100k. The alleged benefit being entertaining foreign clients of the University. The Dawkins reforms exposed university departments to external pressures, which has resulted in a collapse of standards which bring us to today, when a Sydney University professor on the ABC could claim supporting Western Values was the kind of work Anders Breivik did.
The IPA (Institute of Public Affairs) has pushed for a centre of excellence for Western Values teaching since 2010. Back in 2010, IPA noted universities like Sydney offered arts programs that were limited to identity politics, with the most common subjects in history being, in order "indigenous issues, race, gender, environment, and identity" (D'Abrera, IPA, 2017). But students want to study history that is foundational to Western Values, wanting to know about the failure of King John, the failure of the French Revolution and WW1 and WW2 in modern history, or about Ancient Greece, Egypt and Mesopotamia in ancient history. McNicol's managerialism meant Australian students cannot learn their own history as international socialists are called to Australia to study things safe for socialist regimes in foreign nations. Meanwhile, instead of engaging in the culture wars and fighting for reason, as Tony Abbott does, the PM dithers.
In 1990, Sydney University lost her Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. The Chancellor, Hermann David Black, died after a long illness. James Anthony Rowland, a former governor of NSW took the chancellor's position for a few years, before passing it to Kramer in 1991. She held on to 2001. From 1981 to 1990, John Manning Ward was the executive head of Sydney University as Vice Chancellor. He had been writing a trilogy on Australian conservative leaders and retired to do so, having written the first on Sydney colony foundation businessman MacArthur. Ward was also a steam train enthusiast and a special train went to a jazz festival, and Ward, along with his wife and daughter and Sydney University's Registrar's wife (Moira Jennings) and the Registrar himself went along. On the return journey, the 3801 Limited steam train stalled on a steep gradient on Cowan bank. A following regular service was unaware of the special limited as sand on the tracks interfered with signalling. Donald McNicol was the new Vice Chancellor from 1990 to 1996.
It is misleading to say McNicol was an ALP hack. He was a managerialist and his authority was reliant on Paul Keating being PM. McNicol was in charge while the University substantially increased under the Dawkins Education Revolution. Under McNicol, ALP leaning academic board members were not censured for voting in blocks when they were supposed to be independent. McNicol was free to spend money on a Vice Chancellor's residence including carpeted walls costing $100k. The alleged benefit being entertaining foreign clients of the University. The Dawkins reforms exposed university departments to external pressures, which has resulted in a collapse of standards which bring us to today, when a Sydney University professor on the ABC could claim supporting Western Values was the kind of work Anders Breivik did.
The IPA (Institute of Public Affairs) has pushed for a centre of excellence for Western Values teaching since 2010. Back in 2010, IPA noted universities like Sydney offered arts programs that were limited to identity politics, with the most common subjects in history being, in order "indigenous issues, race, gender, environment, and identity" (D'Abrera, IPA, 2017). But students want to study history that is foundational to Western Values, wanting to know about the failure of King John, the failure of the French Revolution and WW1 and WW2 in modern history, or about Ancient Greece, Egypt and Mesopotamia in ancient history. McNicol's managerialism meant Australian students cannot learn their own history as international socialists are called to Australia to study things safe for socialist regimes in foreign nations. Meanwhile, instead of engaging in the culture wars and fighting for reason, as Tony Abbott does, the PM dithers.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Theresa May, PM of UK is being castigated over her campaign which may see Jeremy Corbyn achieve minority government. She has taken UK conservatives from majority government to at best a minority one. It is possible that she forms a coalition with Northern Irish conservatives who tend to be a little more centre right than the average English conservative. Which could mean better government for the UK. It is too soon to tell. But many are calling for May to resign the leadership of the conservative party. Among those voices are many who also said that Malcolm Turnbull should remain leader after his abysmal performance in the last Australian federal election. The criticism of may is hyper as it is also apt. The performance was awful in election, but that was because the conservatives as a party were not prepared to run. That wasn't May's fault, as the party was still recovering from the disastrous Cameron leadership which caused divisions over Brexit.
The never Trump and anti Trump crowd are in disarray after their hope of an impeachment over Russia scandal imploded. The corrupt or inept (he might be both) former FBI chief Comey admitted that he had leaked to make Trump look bad. Trump is not being investigated for his campaign contacts with Russia. Corey's testimony ruined the career of a friend he leaked to. Trump is winning the culture wars and draining the swamp.
One of the faux complaints regarding May is that she is weak on terror. As if a terrorist supporter like Corbyn would be better? The recent terrorist attacks in UK are not May's fault, but can be laid at the feet of British Press who have lied about the nature of the attacks. The prima facie justification given terrorist attacks is Islamic inspired, but more closely aligned with Fleet street talking points than Islamic issues. When a terrorist yells out "This is for my country" they are unaware of what actually goes on in that mythical state, but they are aware of the anti semitic, anti American catch cries of press simpletons. And that is the reason why the Left are so chummy with terrorism these days. But something happened in London which the press have downplayed which shows the death cult is more politically inspired than religiously inspired. When Lee Rigby was butchered, a young woman asked if she could pray over him, and the terrorists acceded. They didn't harm her as they wanted witnesses and it made good drama as they called out press slogans about mythical abuses in their so called home nations. But this time in London, a young beautiful Nurse was attacked by all three terrorists as she tried to help the wounded and dying. A real man tried to intervene to save her, but the evil losers had their terrorist porn moment and weren't distracted. That nurse was brave and innocent, and they slaughtered her in a way that brings Islam into disrepute, using Islam's name. Even under Islam, those evil losers are going to hell. There is no reward for them. People want to know where Corbyn's support came from. It came from the very press supporting terrorism.
The never Trump and anti Trump crowd are in disarray after their hope of an impeachment over Russia scandal imploded. The corrupt or inept (he might be both) former FBI chief Comey admitted that he had leaked to make Trump look bad. Trump is not being investigated for his campaign contacts with Russia. Corey's testimony ruined the career of a friend he leaked to. Trump is winning the culture wars and draining the swamp.
One of the faux complaints regarding May is that she is weak on terror. As if a terrorist supporter like Corbyn would be better? The recent terrorist attacks in UK are not May's fault, but can be laid at the feet of British Press who have lied about the nature of the attacks. The prima facie justification given terrorist attacks is Islamic inspired, but more closely aligned with Fleet street talking points than Islamic issues. When a terrorist yells out "This is for my country" they are unaware of what actually goes on in that mythical state, but they are aware of the anti semitic, anti American catch cries of press simpletons. And that is the reason why the Left are so chummy with terrorism these days. But something happened in London which the press have downplayed which shows the death cult is more politically inspired than religiously inspired. When Lee Rigby was butchered, a young woman asked if she could pray over him, and the terrorists acceded. They didn't harm her as they wanted witnesses and it made good drama as they called out press slogans about mythical abuses in their so called home nations. But this time in London, a young beautiful Nurse was attacked by all three terrorists as she tried to help the wounded and dying. A real man tried to intervene to save her, but the evil losers had their terrorist porn moment and weren't distracted. That nurse was brave and innocent, and they slaughtered her in a way that brings Islam into disrepute, using Islam's name. Even under Islam, those evil losers are going to hell. There is no reward for them. People want to know where Corbyn's support came from. It came from the very press supporting terrorism.
=== from 2016 ===
The triumph of Trump is nothing to cheer for Turnbull. They are too different from each other. While they have similarities, both being successful entrepreneuers and both taking party leadership from more competent politicians. Trump would not suffer from Turnbull's deadly fear of failure and decisiveness. Turnbull does not make decisions, and so his talking to the public needs to be managed. Turnbull sounds disagreeable, and snobbish. But regardless of how bad Turnbull is, Shorten is worse. Shorten has no plan to improve Australia, but chortles at blocking responsible cuts to spending and promtes spending that is irresponsible. Australia exceeds $500 billion in debt, thanks to policies Shorten voted for. Ten years ago, Australia was in surplus.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Be a union leader. Then you'll never need to work. Chris Bowen has denounced Hockey's statement that first home owners should have a job that pays well. Bowen feels Hockey is out of touch. Some say Hockey is tone deaf politically, saying his statement that poor people are less likely to own cars is insensitive. But Hockey is right. It is far better to follow Hockey's advice than the ALP belief in entitlement. Not everyone can, as union leaders do, achieve large houses without effort, after union members are fleeced.
As for fleecing union members, former ALP whip, Cesar Melham, has quit from the whip's position in Victoria. He should also resign as a member. He was union chief when he followed Bowen's implied advice to achieve a large house. Don't blame Bowen. Shorten is leader.
From 2014
When Jefferson warned that the price of Liberty was eternal vigilance he had had fair warning of it. On this day in 411 BC Democracy in Athens was overthrown by some hoping to negotiate with Persia for aid in fighting Sparta. Athens had devolved, with a significant administrative presence in naval dockyards of Samos, home town to long dead Pythagoras. The plotters succeeded in Athens but failed in Samos. The hopes of Persian aid failed, and the 500 strong Oligarchy got overthrown by a 5000 strong group, which eventually gave way to Democracy. It is a salient reminder of the importance of Crimean dockyards to Russia too, which apparently Obama gave a nod to, with a wink. It is also a reminder of how seductive a baseless promise is. Palmer can promise anything, but it means nothing if it doesn't work. Gillard claimed the Pacific Solution was cold and heartless, but in fact the ALP abrogation of responsibility of border protection was murderous and harmful for desperately poor people. Our democracy is no stronger than the Athenian one. Or the US.
When it comes to poor administration, Nero is gold standard. He married his first wife (a step sister) on this day in 53, and then suicided fifteen years later, six years after her death on the same day. His wife's death had not been an accident, he had ordered her suicide. The final words of Nero are said to be a quote from the Illiad "What an artist leaves the world." Such hubris is apparent in corrupt characters such as Shorten, Gillard, Rudd and Palmer. One may defend their activity, but one need only point to their inability to substantiate or validate their activity. Note Palmer may say that cuts are not necessary to spending, or that spending which does not benefit him is wrong. Remember, he has no reason supporting the assertion, beyond wishes.
When it comes to poor administration, Nero is gold standard. He married his first wife (a step sister) on this day in 53, and then suicided fifteen years later, six years after her death on the same day. His wife's death had not been an accident, he had ordered her suicide. The final words of Nero are said to be a quote from the Illiad "What an artist leaves the world." Such hubris is apparent in corrupt characters such as Shorten, Gillard, Rudd and Palmer. One may defend their activity, but one need only point to their inability to substantiate or validate their activity. Note Palmer may say that cuts are not necessary to spending, or that spending which does not benefit him is wrong. Remember, he has no reason supporting the assertion, beyond wishes.
Historical perspective on this day
In 411 BC, the Athenian coup succeeded, forming a short-lived oligarchy. 53, the Roman Emperor Nero married Claudia Octavia. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, after quoting Homer's Iliad, thus ending the Julio-Claudian dynasty and starting the civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors. 721, Odo of Aquitaine defeated the Moors in the Battle of Toulouse. 747, Abbasid Revolution: Abu Muslim Khorasani, Arab military leader, began an open revolt against Umayyad rule, which was carried out under the sign of the Black Standard. 1311, Duccio's Maestà Altarpiece, a seminal artwork of the early Italian Renaissance, was unveiled and installed in Siena Cathedral in Siena, Italy.
In 1534, Jacques Cartier was the first European to discover the Saint Lawrence River. 1650, the Harvard Corporation, the more powerful of the two administrative boards of Harvard, was established. It is the first legal corporation in the Americas. 1667, Second Anglo-Dutch War: The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet began. It lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy. 1732, James Oglethorpe was granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia. 1762, British forces began the Siege of Havana and captured the city during the Seven Years' War. 1772, the British schoonerGaspee was burned off the coast of Rhode Island. 1798, Irish Rebellion of 1798: Battle of Arklow and Battle of Saintfield.
In 1815, end of the Congress of Vienna: the new European political situation was set. Also, Luxembourg declared independence from the French Empire. 1856, 500 Mormons left Iowa City, Iowa, and headed west for Salt Lake City carrying all their possessions in two-wheeled handcarts. 1862, American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson concluded his successful Shenandoah Valley Campaign with a victory in the Battle of Port Republic; his tactics during the campaign are now studied by militaries around the world. 1863, American Civil War: Battle of Brandy Station, Virginia. 1873, Alexandra Palace in London burned down after being open for only 16 days. 1885, Treaty of Tientsin was signed to end the Sino-French War, with China eventually giving up Tonkin and Annam – most of present-day Vietnam – to France.
In 1900, Birsa Munda, an important figure in the Indian independence movement, died in a British prison under mysterious circumstances. 1915, William Jennings Bryan resigned as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State over a disagreement regarding the United States' handling of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. 1923, Bulgaria's military took over the government in a coup. 1928, Charles Kingsford Smith completed the first trans-Pacific flight in a Fokker Trimotor monoplane, the Southern Cross. 1930, a Chicago Tribune reporter, Jake Lingle, was killed during rush hour at the Illinois Central train station by Leo Vincent Brothers, allegedly over a $100,000 gambling debt owed to Al Capone. 1934, Donald Duck made his debut in The Wise Little Hen. 1944, World War II: 99 civilians were hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks. Also 1944, World War II: the Soviet Union invaded East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941. 1946, King Ananda Mahidol was found shot dead in his bedroom, Bhumibol Adulyadej ascended to the throne of Thailand. He is currently the world's longest reigning monarch. 1948, foundation of the International Council on Archivesunder the auspices of the UNESCO.
In 1953, Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hit in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94. 1954, McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashed out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism had infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?" 1957, first ascent of Broad Peak by Fritz Wintersteller, Marcus Schmuck, Kurt Diemberger, and Hermann Buhl. 1958, Queen Elizabeth II officially opened London's Gatwick Airport in Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. 1959, the USS George Washington was launched. It was the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles. 1965, the civilian Prime Minister of South Vietnam, Phan Huy Quát, resigned after being unable to work with a junta led by Nguyễn Cao Kỳ. Also 1965, Vietnam War: The Viet Cong commenced combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the war. 1967, Six-Day War: Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria 1968, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnsondeclared a national day of mourning following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
In 1972, Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that killed 238 people and caused $160 million in damage. 1973, in horseracing, Secretariat won the U.S. Triple Crown. 1974, Portugal and the Soviet Unionestablished diplomatic relations. 1978, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsopened its priesthood to "all worthy men", ending a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men. 1979, the Ghost Train fire at Luna Park Sydney (Australia) killed seven. 1985, Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon. He would not be released until 1991. 1999, Kosovo War: the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO signed a peace treaty. 2006, 60th Anniversary Celebrations of Bhumibol Adulyadej's Accession.
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Today's reading: 2 Chronicles 30-31, John 18:1-18 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: 2 Chronicles 30-31
Hezekiah Celebrates the Passover
1 Hezekiah sent word to all Israel and Judah and also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, inviting them to come to the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. 2 The king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month. 3 They had not been able to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. 4 The plan seemed right both to the king and to the whole assembly. 5They decided to send a proclamation throughout Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, calling the people to come to Jerusalem and celebrate the Passover to the LORD, the God of Israel. It had not been celebrated in large numbers according to what was written....
Today's New Testament reading: John 18:1-18
Jesus Arrested
1 When he had finished praying, Jesus left with his disciples and crossed the Kidron Valley. On the other side there was a garden, and he and his disciples went into it.
2 Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with his disciples. 3 So Judas came to the garden, guiding a detachment of soldiers and some officials from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They were carrying torches, lanterns and weapons....
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Morning
Warrior, fighting under the banner of the Lord Jesus, observe this verse with holy joy, for as it was in the days of old so is it now, if the war be of God the victory is sure. The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh could barely muster five and forty thousand fighting men, and yet in their war with the Hagarites, they slew "men, an hundred thousand," "for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him." The Lord saveth not by many nor by few; it is ours to go forth in Jehovah's name if we be but a handful of men, for the Lord of Hosts is with us for our Captain. They did not neglect buckler, and sword, and bow, neither did they place their trust in these weapons; we must use all fitting means, but our confidence must rest in the Lord alone, for he is the sword and the shield of his people. The great reason of their extraordinary success lay in the fact that "the war was of God." Beloved, in fighting with sin without and within, with error doctrinal or practical, with spiritual wickedness in high places or low places, with devils and the devil's allies, you are waging Jehovah's war, and unless he himself can be worsted, you need not fear defeat. Quail not before superior numbers, shrink not from difficulties or impossibilities, flinch not at wounds or death, smite with the two-edged sword of the Spirit, and the slain shall lie in heaps. The battle is the Lord's and he will deliver his enemies into our hands. With steadfast foot, strong hand, dauntless heart, and flaming zeal, rush to the conflict, and the hosts of evil shall fly like chaff before the gale.
Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor's song:
To him that overcometh,
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory
Shall reign eternally.
Evening
"Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not."
Numbers 11:23
Numbers 11:23
God had made a positive promise to Moses that for the space of a whole month he would feed the vast host in the wilderness with flesh. Moses, being overtaken by a fit of unbelief, looks to the outward means, and is at a loss to know how the promise can be fulfilled. He looked to the creature instead of the Creator. But doth the Creator expect the creature to fulfil his promise for him? No; he who makes the promise ever fulfils it by his own unaided omnipotence. If he speaks, it is done--done by himself. His promises do not depend for their fulfilment upon the co-operation of the puny strength of man. We can at once perceive the mistake which Moses made. And yet how commonly we do the same! God has promised to supply our needs, and we look to the creature to do what God has promised to do; and then, because we perceive the creature to be weak and feeble, we indulge in unbelief. Why look we to that quarter at all? Will you look to the north pole to gather fruits ripened in the sun? Verily, you would act no more foolishly if ye did this than when you look to the weak for strength, and to the creature to do the Creator's work. Let us, then, put the question on the right footing. The ground of faith is not the sufficiency of the visible means for the performance of the promise, but the all-sufficiency of the invisible God, who will most surely do as he hath said. If after clearly seeing that the onus lies with the Lord and not with the creature, we dare to indulge in mistrust, the question of God comes home mightily to us: "Has the Lord's hand waxed short?" May it happen, too, in his mercy, that with the question there may flash upon our souls that blessed declaration, "Thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not."
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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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