Bairnsdale Conservative: Tue 6th July 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Clinton Governor, then President when abuse of power occurred

A man guilty of holding up a taco store in 1981 with a water pistol has served 40 years for the crime. He had never pointed the toy at the cashier when stealing $264 and the victim of the crime has tearfully called for the sentence to be ended. The criminal has reformed, later becoming a whistleblower saving thousands of lives over a blood handling scandal. So what are the circumstances for the abuse of power? One person connects all the dots, given the circumstances.

A decades long sentence for an equivalent hold up is too rare to be recorded. Arkansas was reputed to have abuse of power with sentences from the time of Democrat ascendancy following the Civil War. Prisoners have been used for their labour, possibly until 1994 according to regulations spoken of by Robert Barnes. After Rolf Kaestel was sentenced for his crime, he became a model prisoner, and flagged a blood transfer abuse from exploited prisoners, with tainted blood poisoning people for profit world wide. Following his whistleblowing (in 1999), Kaestal was transferred to Utah for no reason. President Clinton had been governor when the original inappropriate sentence occurred, and was President when Kaestel was transferred. GOP Arkansas governor Ava Hutchinson has commuted the sentence. Previous Dem Governor Mike Beebe had denied parole suggested by his parole board in 2015.

Editorial Energy Provision in Victoria

AGW hysteria is not a good guide for government. Victoria is currently paying a very high price for electricity, and current plans for increased renewables threaten to make it worse, more expensive and less reliable. Renewables are bad for the environment, killing wildlife and some of the poorest workers in the world. Battery back up is an expensive solution.

Editorial Cardinal Pell abuser indicted for financial corruption

An abuse of power had resulted in an innocent man, Cardinal Pell, being jailed in Victoria. While part of the abuse of power was related to a corrupt judiciary and corrupt media, part of the process was compromised by Vatican leaks. Pell had been capably going through Vatican fiscal irregularities dating back before Pope John Paul I who had died after vowing to clear it up. Now it looks like Pell's work is bearing fruit.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu had been a senior official in Vatican fiscal administration. Along with two other senior members of the Vatican's financial intelligence unit, Becciu will go on trial on July 27th over a multi million Euro scandal involving a London building in a very expensive district. But what of the leaks which had helped jail the innocent Cardinal Pell?

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=== Bongino Headlines ===

Confirmation of Biden’s Radical ATF Nominee At Risk READ MORE

China State Media Publishes Plan for Invading Taiwan

San Francisco DA Official Says Residents Concerned About Rising Crime Are Racist

Biden Stumbles, Reads Notes, Then Delivers Incoherent Response to Question About Potential Russian Hack

Poll: Only 33% of Americans Satisfied With Biden’s Handling of Border

Over 1,000 Afghan Soldiers Flee As Taliban Advances

Jeff Bezos Steps Down as CEO of Amazon

Capitol Hill
Marjorie Taylor Greene Blasts Rep. Bush Over Anti-American Race Baiting July 4th Message
Rising Crime Creates a Political Problem for the Left
House Subcommittee Chairman to Hold UFO Hearing Following Pentagon Report
Three Biden Scandals the Mainstream Media Is Ignoring
Media Fawns Over Biden’s Ice Cream Choices
Psaki Slammed Over Anonymous White House Briefings
Allen West Announces Run for Texas Governor
Biden Misses July Fourth Vaccine Goal
“Squad” Rep. and Left-Wing Activists Lashed Out on the Fourth of July
Foreign Media Rips “Barely Cogent” and “Bizarre” Biden

Culture War
Poll: Police More Popular Than Black Lives Matter Movement
Dems Start Pretending to Have Always Supported Voter ID After Realizing How Overwhelmingly Popular It Is
Dan Bongino Exposes the Left’s Most Absurd Lie Yet
NY Times Pens 5,000 Word Essay Complaining About Joe Rogan
CNN’s Ratings Keep Getting Worse as Millions Suddenly Realize They’re a Terrible News Channel
Over 5,000 Crazy Woke Teachers Pledge to Teach Critical Race Theory Regardless of the Law
Washington Post Writer Attempts to Cancel the Statue of Liberty
National Police Association Launches Campaign to Encourage Cooperation, Reduce Use-of-Force
Two-Thirds of Counties Are Now “Second Amendment Sanctuaries”
Public School Enrollment Drops by 1.5 Million Students Nationwide

Economy
Keystone XL Pipeline Developer Wants $15 Billion in Damages From the U.S.
Expert Says Gas Prices Are Getting Worse Before They Get Better
Suez Canal Authority Reaches $550 Million Deal to Free Seized Vessel
Central Banks Regain Appetite for Buying Gold
Wall Street Rakes in $650 Million in Fees and Stock Gains in Busiest IPO Week in 17 Years
NYC’s De Blasio Rejects Plan Giving $1 Billion Economic Boost to the Bronx Over Parking Spaces
Thousands of Small Businesses May Have Been Impacted by Ransomware Attack
Uber and Lyft Struggle to Recover Drivers
Venezuela to Cut Six Zeroes Off the Bolivar

Swamp Watch
Jan. 6 Detainees Are Being Confined 23 Hours a Day
Texts: Hunter Biden Proposed Unionizing Prostitutes
Trump-Hating Columnist Admits Charges Against Trump Organization Are Weak
Judge Orders Maryland to Keep Paying Enhanced Federal Unemployment Benefits
Gates Foundation Designates $1.4 Billion for “Family Planning”
Dr. Fauci Wants Vaccinated People Masking If They’re in Areas With Low Vaccination Rates
Oregon Governor Complains That FEMA Doesn’t Assist Illegal Aliens
AOC Proposes Shutting Down Coal Plant That Supplies 20% of Puerto Rico’s Energy
Major Wuhan Lab Funder Refuses House Request for Documents

National Security
This Russian Submarine Was Built to Kill Aircraft Carriers. It Accidently Sank Itself.
Air Force Special Operations Command’s New Armed Overwatch Program
Marine Raider Convicted of Involuntary Manslaughter in Green Beret Hazing Incident
U.S. Coast Guard Takes Delivery of Its 45th Fast Response Cutters
A U.S. Aircraft Carrier Was “Sunk” in 2015 by a French Nuclear Submarine
Here is the Navy Team Responsible for Preserving Marine Life During Shock Trials of Its Newest Aircraft Carriers
Rest of Collapsed Florida Condo Building Demolished as Tropical Storm Elsa Approaches
U.S. Navy Pulls Funding for Electromagnetic Railgun
China’s Ambitious Space Program Is Raising Red Flags

Around the World
After Lifting Lockdown, UK to End Mask Mandate
Kremlin Says Episodes Like the UK Warship “Provocation” Demand Tough Response
Conservative PM of Slovenia to EU: “We Are Not a Colony” of Yours
25 Killed in Raid By Myanmar Forces, Say Residents and Media
Orban, Salvini, Le Pen and Others Call for More National Sovereignty, Less EU Overreach
Pope Francis in Hospital in Rome for Intestinal Surgery
As Churches in Canada Burn Down, Trudeau Says Anger Behind the Attacks “Understandable Given the Shameful History”
China Aggressively Expands Influence Abroad

Opinion
Wayne Allyn Root: This Independence Day, Tell Corporate America to Shut Up and Stop Committing Suicide
Salena Zito: Embrace the Escapism of a Good Summer Read
Jeff Davidson: “You Didn’t Build That” … Actually You Did
Debra J. Saunders: California Targets Free Speech and Charities
Robert Orlando: The 1776 Project: The Ongoing Battle over Tyranny
Ryan Bangert: How to Celebrate Freedom, in a Land of Growing Government Oppression?
Chris Talgo: Happy July 4th Is Wrong. It Is, and Always Will Be, Happy Independence Day!
Nicole Russel: Why I Still Love America

Entertainment
Cosby Representative Hints at Comedy Club Comeback
Henry Winkler’s Tweeting Attempt to Save a “Divided” Country Stirs Controversy Online
Toby Keith’s Song “Happy Birthday America” Mourns “What’s Left of the Country”
Royal Sources Say “It’s Almost Impossible For Harry to Be Trusted”
Here’s How a Coronavirus Nurse Became a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck Seen Together With Their Kids at LA Theme Park
Prince Charles Admits to Being “Captivated” By Barbara Streisand as a Young Man
Doors Fans Pay Respect to Jim Morrison in Paris on 50th Anniversary of His Death

Sports
Former Venezuelan Baseball Player Breaks Down in Tears Talking About His Appreciation for the U.S.
Marv Albert Signs Off For the Last Time
Rachel Nichols Made “Diversity” Dig Against Maria Taylor in Secretl ESPN Video
Gwen Berry Won’t Say Whether or Not She Will Protest at Olympics
World Record Broken at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest
Giants Wide Receiver Kenny Golladay May Be Held in Contempt of Court
Washington Nationals Forced to Cancel 4th of July Fireworks Due to D.C. City Noise Curfew
Jacob deGrom Not Only Mets Starter Who Could Be an All-Star
Jets to Hold Joint Practices in Tampa Bay With Packers

=== Newsmax Headlines ===

Historic levels of urban violence in the cities of Chicago and New York as lawmakers continue to tangle over gun regulation, police defunding and other matters of public safety. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV

Eric Trump to Newsmax: 'There Is a War on This Flag'

Newsfront
US Women Soccer Players Protest 98-Year-Old WWII Vet's Harmonica Anthem

A national anthem rendition by 98-year-old World War II veteran Pete DuPré on a harmonica was hailed on Twitter for the U.S. women's national soccer team on their Olympic send-off match, but protests by two U.S. players detracted from the patriotic salute. ... [Full Story]

Dr. Fauci: Unvaccinated Account for 99.2 Percent of June COVID Deaths

Urging Americans to get vaccinated as the Biden administration [Full Story] |

Search Resumes, Death Toll Rises to 27 at Surfside Condo Collapse

Three more bodies were found in the debris of a partially collapsed [Full Story]

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Here is a video I made Wodwo

Edward James Hughes OM (17 August 1930 -- 28 October 1998) was an English poet and children's writer, known as Ted Hughes. Critics routinely rank him as one of the best poets of his generation. Hughes was British Poet Laureate from 1984 until his death.

The wild man or woodwose is a mythical figure that appears in the artwork and literature of medieval Europe. Images of wild men appear in the carved and painted roof bosses where intersecting ogee vaults meet in the Canterbury Cathedral, in positions where one is also likely to encounter the vegetal Green Man. The wild man, pilosus or "hairy all over", and often armed with a club. The image of the wild man survived to appear as supporter for heraldic coats-of-arms, especially in Germany, well into the 16th century. Early engravers in Germany and Italy were particularly fond of wild men, wild women, and wild families, with examples from Martin Schongauer (died 1491) and Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) among others.

https://allpoetry.com/poem/8495307-Wodwo-by-Ted-Hughes

What am I? Nosing here, turning leaves over
Following a faint stain on the air to the river's edge
I enter water. Who am I to split
The glassy grain of water looking upward I see the bed
Of the river above me upside down very clear
What am I doing here in mid-air? Why do I find
this frog so interesting as I inspect its most secret
interior and make it my own? Do these weeds
know me and name me to each other have they
seen me before do I fit in their world? I seem
separate from the ground and not rooted but dropped
out of nothing casually I've no threads
fastening me to anything I can go anywhere
I seem to have been given the freedom
of this place what am I then? And picking
bits of bark off this rotten stump gives me
no pleasure and it's no use so why do I do it
me and doing that have coincided very queerly
But what shall I be called am I the first
have I an owner what shape am I what
shape am I am I huge if I go
to the end on this way past these trees and past these trees
till I get tired that's touching one wall of me
for the moment if I sit still how everything
stops to watch me I suppose I am the exact centre
but there's all this what is it roots
roots roots roots and here's the water
again very queer but I'll go on looking
https://rumble.com/vc28j9-wodwo-poem-of-ted-hughes.html

=== From 2018 ===

Don't give up on hope. France defeated Uruguay 2-0 and Brazil lost to Belgium 1-2 in World Cup soccer, meaning no non European team will be in the semi finals. Except, maybe England. What is England? Atlantean? Brussel sprouts for dinner? Can Russia advance? The draw precludes an England France Final, which would be one for the ages. It could have left Henry V's house divided.

Starting tomorrow will be a daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.

As part of the November 24th Vic election campaign I have a petition I want to bring before the Opposition Leader Matthew Guy. I believe Matthew will be the next premier of Victoria and so I am petitioning him as I raise the issues of Employment, Crime and Education in Dandenong. I am also seeking money for my campaign. I don't have party resources, and so my campaign is on foot, and on the internet. Any money I receive that is not spent on the campaign will go to Grow 4 Life. I am asking questions like "What do you love about Dandenong?" and "If you could change something in Dandenong to make it better, what would it be?" I'm not limiting the questions to state issues. I'm happy to discuss anything, and get things done.

=== from 2017 ===

Some things should not happen, but they do. A friend of a friend of mine said that it was important to get all of Bill Shorten's shortcomings 'out there' so that we could support conservatives. Bill Shorten is the leader of the Australian Labour Party. In the 2016 election, Shorten's plan was to spend over $130 billion more in election promises without expanding the debt, by taxing $130 billion more. Shorten did not win, but he came close to winning. Think about what it means that Shorten promised to tax $130 billion more and give the money to slush fund mates. Shorten had not been campaigning to win, but to reconnect with ALP heartland lost over many betrayals when ALP were in office. But conservative voters do not notice that. They expect it. Conservative voters are very upset with Liberal leadership, and they want to see it addressed. By throwing mud, conservatives are only going to disgust their constituents. The Liberals have been effective in government, and they should be better too. The economy is not healthy, but it is stable. Currently, the most effective spokesperson for the government is not even on the front bench, Former PM Tony Abbott. Abbott has been unselfishly supporting his party while his bitter successor as PM has imploded. The problem for the Liberals is that in touting their success, one cannot point to their leader, Malcolm Turnbull, or his supporters, Pyne and Bishop.

It used to be said that one does not fight the devil, but resists the devil and holds fast to the Lord. Because in fighting the Devil, one can end up looking ridiculous and dancing to the Devil's tune. But the Devil has no actual power over you because of the Lord. Hold fast to the Lord and He will fight the Devil. But in analogous terms, there is no comfort to conservatives in Australia. Resist Bill Shorten, but hold fast to .. ? Bickering and disagreement, hate and spite all coming from the leader, Malcolm Turnbull and his hand picked team.

In 371 BC, the Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, took place. Epaminondas had about a third fewer troops than the Spartans. He seemed to have accidentally developed a successful tactic that interrupted a Spartan manoeuvre. The result greatly impressed Phillip and later, Alexander of Macedon. 640, Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeated the Byzantine forces near Heliopolis (Egypt). The result was Egypt and North Africa are now Muslim. 1189, Richard I "the Lionheart" acceded to the English throne. 1348, Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death. Popular opinion blamed the Jews for the plague, and pogroms erupted throughout Europe. Clement issued two papal bulls in 1348 (6 July and 26 September), the latter named Quamvis Perfidiam, which condemned the violence and said those who blamed the plague on the Jews had been "seduced by that liar, the Devil." He went on to emphasise that “It cannot be true that the Jews, by such a heinous crime, are the cause or occasion of the plague, because through many parts of the world the same plague, by the hidden judgment of God, has afflicted and afflicts the Jews themselves and many other races who have never lived alongside them.” He urged clergy to take action to protect Jews as he had done. 1411, Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returned to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presented the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor. 1415, Jan Hus was condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake.

In 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. 1557, King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, set out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last English possession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again. 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. 1892, three thousand eight hundred striking steelworkers engaged in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

In 1917, World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt. 1919, the British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship. 1933, the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2. 1939, Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany were closed. 1941, Nazi Germany launched its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk. 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse. 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial.

In 1957, Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so. Also 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles. In 1995, in the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia began its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and killed more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War". 1999, U.S. Army private Barry Winchell died from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgender showgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams.

=== from 2016 ===

Hillary Clinton has been given no favours by the FBI declining to indict her. It has opened the floodgates so that the truth what Clinton has done is public domain. She is unelectable. Her hard core supporters will cling to her, but she cannot attract 'swing voters.' This will make the presidential race one sided. But there is no alternative for Democrats. Their party machine has promoted the corrupt and compromised. They who claimed the peace movement are murderous on foreign affairs, promoting policy which sees many thousands of refugees dying to come to Western nations each month. The refugees flee war zones that Democrats have created with compassion and incompetence. Domestically, the Democrats have divided the community in office. But what it comes back to is Clinton has been exonerated for what she would demand Snowden face death.

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.

=== from 2015 ===

Historically, the Green movement comes from the Nazi movement. While the Nazis were doing unspeakable acts to babies and children for science, they also created ideas of nature, from nature walks to back to nature movements. Nazis claimed they were driven by science. The Greens today make similar bogus claims regarding global warming, research into genetic modification, drilling for gas or solar power. And sometimes the modern Greens go back to their roots, as they do with embracing Hamas in the hope of killing Israel. Modern members may not know they are preaching Nazi ideology, but if they thought about it logically, they would never have become Green.

Greece's vote of 'no' to cost cutting is not the worst thing that could happen to Greece or the EU, but it isn't good either. One helpful thing was the resignation of the Greek treasurer. Before the vote, he had said that cost cutting was terrorism. In fact, cutting costs is the only way Greece can move forward. EU need to cut Greece to move forward. Maybe some power like China or Russia will exploit her. But Greece has taken welfare money and refused to pay it forward. She has received services she refuses to pay for. The IMF can't step in again. Smaller nations can't afford to work with her. The Greek treasurer failed to resign if the referendum failed. The referendum passed and he still resigned. Thanks to ad government, Greece is suffering, and has little hope.

The Greek tragedy is being spun and compared to China. The issues are different.

From 2014

"One two three O'Clock, four O'Clock rock" began a Bill Hailey and the Comets song. Bill was born on this day in 1925. Another famous song singer was born on this day in 1931, Della Reese. Comedian Dave Allen came by in '36. Burt Ward in '45 and George W Bush in '46. Geoffrey Rush in '51. A happy day. A prince born on the day was John Paul Jones in 1747. Jones would be foundational to the US Navy. He would, later in life, meet Kosciuszko. A jealous rival accused him of raping a 12 yo girl. He said he hadn't, but he had frolicked with her ..

In 371 BC, on this day, the Battle of Leuctra ended Spartan supremacy and altered battle tactics which were noted by Phillip of Macedonia, father to Alexander the Great. In 1415, Jan Hus was burned at the stake for inspiring Martin Luther. In 1483, Richard III was crowned. It was the last time Yorkshire provided a king, although, through the female side of York, Lancaster was allowed to provide the rest. In 1535, lukewarm idealist Thomas More was executed for treason. He had written of Utopia, but not practiced it. Some said of Mary Ist, of England that her husband, King Phillip of Spain was not good for England. Mary was the second of Phillip's four wives. Phillip set sail from Dover with British ships to Calais, which he lost, the last English possession on French soil in 1557.

America adopted the dollar in 1785. In 1854, the first GOP convention was held. Nine year old Joseph Meister had been bitten by a rabid dog and was likely to die, but for the intervention of Louis Pasteur who inoculated him. It was the first successful inoculation in 1885. The boy went to live a full life. He took his life in 1940, thinking he had sent his family to death fleeing the Nazis. But they had returned too late to the Pasteur institute he had dedicated his life to, later in the day. TE Lawrence led some Arabs successfully on this day in 1917. Anne Frank went into hiding in 1942. Jackie Robinson was court martial-ed for not going to the back of the bus in 1944. Paul McCartney and John Lennon met on this day for the first time in 1957. In 1995, to Clinton's enduring fame, Mladic began his murder of 8000 civilians in former Yugoslavia. But Clinton's compassion for minorities was crowned in 1999 when an army private died after having been bashed in his sleep by a jealous colleague over a trans gender showgirl.

Historical perspective on this day

In 371 BC, the Battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas defeated Cleombrotus I, took place 640, Battle of Heliopolis: The Muslim Arab army under 'Amr ibn al-'As defeated the Byzantineforces near Heliopolis (Egypt). 1044, the Battle of Ménfő between troops led by Emperor Henry III and Magyar forces led by King Samuel took place. 1189, Richard I "the Lionheart"acceded to the English throne. 1253, Mindaugas was crowned King of Lithuania. 1348, Pope Clement VI issued a papal bull protecting the Jews accused of having caused the Black Death. 1411, Ming China's Admiral Zheng He returned to Nanjing after the third treasure voyage and presented the Sinhalese king, captured during the Ming–Kotte War, to the Yongle Emperor. 1415, Jan Hus was condemned as a heretic and then burned at the stake. 1483, Richard III was crowned King of England. 1484, Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cãofound the mouth of the Congo River. 1495, First Italian War: Battle of Fornovo: Charles VIIIdefeated the Holy League.

In 1535, Sir Thomas More was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England. 1557, King Philip II of Spain, consort of Queen Mary I of England, set out from Dover to war with France, which eventually resulted in the loss of the City of Calais, the last Englishpossession on the continent, and Mary I never seeing her husband again. 1560, the Treaty of Edinburgh was signed by Scotland and England. 1573, Córdoba, Argentina, was founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera. Also 1573, French Wars of Religion: Siege of La Rochelle ended. 1609, Bohemia was granted freedom of religion. 1614, Żejtun and the surrounding villages suffered a raid from Ottoman forces. This was the last unsuccessful attempt by the Ottomans to conquer the island of Malta. 1630, Thirty Years' War: Four thousand Swedish troops under Gustavus Adolphus landed in Pomerania, Germany. 1685, Battle of Sedgemoor: Last battle of the Monmouth Rebellion. troops of King James II defeat troops of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth. 1751, Pope Benedict XIV suppressed the Patriarchate of Aquileia and established from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine and Gorizia. 1777, American Revolutionary War: Siege of Fort Ticonderoga: After a bombardment by British artillery under General John Burgoyne, American forces retreated from Fort Ticonderoga, New York. 1779, Battle of Grenada: The French defeated British naval forces during the American Revolutionary War.

In 1801, First Battle of Algeciras: Outnumbered French Navy ships defeated the Royal Navy in the fortified Spanish port of Algeciras. 1809, the second day of the Battle of Wagram; France defeated the Austrian army in the largest battle to date of the Napoleonic Wars. 1854, in Jackson, Michigan, the first convention of the United States Republican Party was held. 1865, the first issue of The Nation magazine was published. 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully tested his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog. 1887, David Kalākaua, monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii, was forced at gunpoint by Americans to sign the Bayonet Constitution giving Americans more power in Hawaii while stripping Hawaiian citizens of their rights. 1892, Dadabhai Naoroji was elected as the first Indian Member of Parliament in Britain. Also 1892, three thousand eight hundred strikingsteelworkers engaged in a day-long battle with Pinkerton agents during the Homestead Strike, leaving ten dead and dozens wounded.

In 1917, World War I: Arabian troops led by T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") and Auda ibu Tayi capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire during the Arab Revolt. 1919, the British dirigible R34 landed in New York, completing the first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by an airship. 1933, the first Major League Baseball All-Star Game was played in Chicago's Comiskey Park. The American League defeated the National League 4–2. 1936, a major breach of the Manchester Bolton & Bury Canal in England sent millions of gallons of water cascading 200 feet (61 m) into the River Irwell. 1937, Spanish Civil War: Battle of Brunete: The battle began with Spanish Republican troops going on the offensive against the Nationalists to relieve pressure on Madrid. 1939, Holocaust: The last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany were closed.

In 1940, Story Bridge, a major landmark in Brisbane, as well as Australia's longest cantilever bridge was formally opened. 1941, Nazi Germany launched its offensive to encircle several Soviet armies near Smolensk. 1942, Anne Frank and her family went into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse. 1944, Jackie Robinsonrefused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court martial. Also 1944, the Hartford circus fire, one of America's worst fire disasters, killed approximately 168 people and injures over 700 in Hartford, Connecticut. 1947, the AK-47 went into production in the Soviet Union.

In 1957, Althea Gibson won the Wimbledon championships, becoming the first black athlete to do so. Also 1957, John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time, as teenagers at Woolton Fete, three years before forming the Beatles. 1962, as a part of Operation Plowshare, the Sedan nuclear test took place. Also 1962, the Late Late Show, the world's longest-running chat show by the same broadcaster, aired on RTÉ One for the first time. 1964, Malawideclared its independence from the United Kingdom. 1966, Malawi became a republic, with Hastings Banda as its first President. 1967, Nigerian Civil War: Nigerian forces invaded Biafra, beginning the war. 1975, the Comoros declared independence from France. 1986, Davis Phinney became the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France. 1988, the Piper Alpha drilling platform in the North Sea was destroyed by explosions and fires. One hundred sixty-seven oil workers were killed, making it the world's worst offshore oil disaster in terms of direct loss of life.

In 1995, in the Bosnian War, under the command of General Ratko Mladić, Serbia began its attack on the Bosnian town of Srebrenica, and killed more than 8000 Bosniaks, in what then- UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali called "the worst crime on European soil since the Second World War". 1997, The Troubles: In response to the Drumcree dispute, five days of mass protests, riots and gun battles began in Irish nationalist districts of Northern Ireland. 1999, U.S. Army private Barry Winchell died from baseball-bat injuries inflicted on him in his sleep the previous day by a fellow soldier, Calvin Glover, for his relationship with transgendershowgirl and former Navy Corpsman Calpernia Addams. 2003, the 70-metre Eupatoria Planetary Radar sent a METI message (Cosmic Call 2) to five stars: Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307 and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages will arrive at these stars in 2036, 2040, 2044 and 2049 respectively. 2006, the Nathula Pass between India and China, sealed during the Sino-Indian War, re-opened for trade after 44 years. 2013, National Bollywood Day celebrated across India on account of the birth of actor Ranveer Singh.

=== Bible Reading ===

Today's reading: Job 30-31, Acts 13:26-52 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Job 30-31

¹ "But now they mock me,
men younger than I,
whose fathers I would have disdained
to put with my sheep dogs.
² Of what use was the strength of their hands to me,
since their vigor had gone from them?
³ Haggard from want and hunger,
they roamed the parched land
in desolate wastelands at night.
⁴ In the brush they gathered salt herbs,
and their food was the root of the broom bush.
⁵ They were banished from human society,
shouted at as if they were thieves.
⁶ They were forced to live in the dry stream beds,
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
⁷ They brayed among the bushes
and huddled in the undergrowth.
⁸ A base and nameless brood,
they were driven out of the land....

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 13:26-52

²⁶ "Fellow children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent. ²⁷ The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.²⁸ Though they found no proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. ²⁹ When they had carried out all that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. ³⁰ But God raised him from the dead, ³¹ and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now his witnesses to our people...."

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

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Morning

"Called to be saints."
Romans 1:7

We are very apt to regard the apostolic saints as if they were "saints" in a more especial manner than the other children of God. All are "saints" whom God has called by His grace, and sanctified by His Spirit; but we are apt to look upon the apostles as extraordinary beings, scarcely subject to the same weaknesses and temptations as ourselves. Yet in so doing we are forgetful of this truth, that the nearer a man lives to God the more intensely has he to mourn over his own evil heart; and the more his Master honours him in his service, the more also doth the evil of the flesh vex and tease him day by day. The fact is, if we had seen the apostle Paul, we should have thought him remarkably like the rest of the chosen family: and if we had talked with him, we should have said, "We find that his experience and ours are much the same. He is more faithful, more holy, and more deeply taught than we are, but he has the selfsame trials to endure. Nay, in some respects he is more sorely tried than ourselves." Do not, then, look upon the ancient saints as being exempt either from infirmities or sins; and do not regard them with that mystic reverence which will almost make us idolaters. Their holiness is attainable even by us. We are "called to be saints" by that same voice which constrained them to their high vocation. It is a Christian's duty to force his way into the inner circle of saintship; and if these saints were superior to us in their attainments, as they certainly were, let us follow them; let us emulate their ardour and holiness. We have the same light that they had, the same grace is accessible to us, and why should we rest satisfied until we have equalled them in heavenly character? They lived with Jesus, they lived for Jesus, therefore they grew like Jesus. Let us live by the same Spirit as they did, "looking unto Jesus," and our saintship will soon be apparent.

Evening

"Trust ye in the Lord forever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength."
Isaiah 26:4

Seeing that we have such a God to trust to, let us rest upon him with all our weight; let us resolutely drive out all unbelief, and endeavour to get rid of doubts and fears, which so much mar our comfort; since there is no excuse for fear where God is the foundation of our trust. A loving parent would be sorely grieved if his child could not trust him; and how ungenerous, how unkind is our conduct when we put so little confidence in our heavenly Father who has never failed us, and who never will. It were well if doubting were banished from the household of God; but it is to be feared that old Unbelief is as nimble nowadays as when the psalmist asked, "Is his mercy clean gone forever? Will he be favourable no more?" David had not made any very lengthy trial of the mighty sword of the giant Goliath, and yet he said, "There is none like it." He had tried it once in the hour of his youthful victory, and it had proved itself to be of the right metal, and therefore he praised it ever afterwards; even so should we speak well of our God, there is none like unto him in the heaven above or the earth beneath; "To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One." There is no rock like unto the rock of Jacob, our enemies themselves being judges. So far from suffering doubts to live in our hearts, we will take the whole detestable crew, as Elijah did the prophets of Baal, and slay them over the brook; and for a stream to kill them at, we will select the sacred torrent which wells forth from our Saviour's wounded side. We have been in many trials, but we have never yet been cast where we could not find in our God all that we needed. Let us then be encouraged to trust in the Lord forever, assured that his ever lasting strength will be, as it has been, our succour and stay.

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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