Friday, July 23, 2021

Fri 23rd July 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial on Haiti Assassination and Biden Presidency
Because of corruption involving the Clinton Foundation and Haiti reconstruction, the assassination of Haiti's President by a mercenary team involving US citizens takes on a particular piquancy. It does not mean Biden is behind the assassination, But, what must be of concern to non partisan Americans is the circumstance resulting in the death. To draw a parallel, Australia had had a decade of conservative government leading up to the Rudd Government election in 2007. Rudd promised change based on a pragmatic economic conservative approach he never followed. But, before Rudd penned a schoolboy level essay trumpeting the jettison of economic conservatism, he turned to enlightened foreign policy. Rudd would not tolerate insurrection in Timor led by the separatist Alfredo Reinado. Rudd might not have given tacit permission for friendly black ops to hit Reinado, But, the hit almost claimed the lives of Timor's Prime Minister and President. Following, Timor ties with ALP led Australia were poisoned. 

Biden needs a foreign policy win. A strong statement on a nation close to America means a lot for Biden who looks weak and foolish, derided by friends and foes. Who mourns the Haiti strongman? Who mourned Reinado? However, Rudd's bungled foreign policy echoes the Haiti experience. Just like Ukraine's illegal painting of their military aircraft as civilian was never discussed by international media, we may never hear who ordered the hit on the Haiti President, but those involved with the execution will be persecuted. After all, those involved might point the finger, if asked, at .. Biden? 

Editorial Trump policy prosecuting legal cases
Trump legal policy appears to be corruptly deprived of standing and provision. How else can one explain the quandary Trump finds himself? It is as if the Democrats own the judicial process and it is up to the voter to rid the US of Democrats in 2022, so that an independent congress and eventually, judiciary, can reassert themselves. There are powerful truths supporting that view, from Hunter Biden's laptop, through Giuliani's slap down by NY judges, The Russian collusion hoax and two fake impeachment trials. But, sometimes, Trump looks like he is deliberately shooting himself in the foot, as with his lawyer's approach to suing Big Tech. It is as if a Trump lawyer is applying a poison pill to the case to sabotage what Trump could pursue legally in better directions. 

Why else would Trump lawyers use class action to pursue what Trump can claim as a private citizen? Is it because Trump can lose these cases and better pursue public support for 2022? Can Democrats afford to let Trump win these cases so as to avoid losing the publicity war? Or are Democrats geared to lose regardless? 

The corrupt Democrat LBJ stole preselection for Texas from a fellow Democrat in '48. The case went to the Supreme Court which claimed it had no standing as it was a preselection for Democrats, and they were allowed to be corrupt. The federal aspect of any campaign not being decided by Democrats preselecting a thief. It had only been a few years after UK lords had hanged Lord Haw Haw, William Joyce for treason, even though he wasn't English at all, but Irish. The UK Lords had had no standing, but as they say in law, if there aren't double standards, then there are no standards at all. Joyce had had a fake UK passport. I'm sure Barnaby Joyce would understand that such loopholes in citizenship are fraught. 

I no longer care for the opinion of judges. I want Trump to have his presidency restored, and for Democrats to be stripped of their party status. 
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Are you being tracked by big tech? In this episode, I discuss a troubling story showing how easy it is to track you using your phone. Also, I debunk a series of lies from Joe Biden’s town hall last night.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Here We Go Again? White House Weighs Major Change to Mask Guidance READ MORE

Soros’ Biggest Donation This Year Was to the “Defund the Police” Movement

Pelosi: There Will Be No Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Without Reconciliation Package

Obama Ethics Chief Blasts Biden WH After Latest Report on Hunter Biden’s Art Sales

29,000+ Websites Temporarily Go Down Worldwide on Major DNS Failure

Peter Daszak’s Donors Are Bankrolling a So-Called “Independent” COVID Commission

Biden DOJ Prepares to Deploy “Gun Trafficking Strike Force” in Five Cities

Capitol Hill
Biden Says He’ll Sanction Cuban Officials, Help Gain Cubans Access to Internet
Trump Explains Why He Hasn’t Revealed Stance on 2024 Run
Jim Jordan Rips Pelosi’s Partisan Jan 6 Committee
First Vote on “Bipartisan” Infrastructure Bill Fails
Over Two Dozen Vital Leadership Positions at the Pentagon Remain Without Appointees
Biden Delivers Trainwreck Performance at CNN Town Hall
VP Harris Struggles to Name GOP Senators She’s Spoken to on “Voting Rights” After Saying She Spoke to People From Both Parties
Larry Elder Wins in Court and Will Be on California Recall Ballot
Kamala Harris’s Net Approval Turns Negative
Sen. Hawley Accuses Biden of Taking “Vaccine Misinfo” Talking Points From “Foreign Dark Money Group”
Biden Admin Urges Ukraine to Stay Quiet on Russian Pipeline
Two-Thirds of Voters Want Congress to Investigate the 2020 Riots

Culture War
Biden Admits He Wants to Ban Some Types of Handguns
Fairfax School District Sends Teachers Presentation on How to Implement CRT in the Classroom
Ballot Initiative to Create “African American Autonomous Zones” to Be Introduced in D.C.
“Nature” the Pick From Media’s “Everything Is Racist” Bingo Board
California Hands Out Condoms and Pregnancy Resources in Women’s Prisons After “Pro-Trans” Law Forces Them to Live With Men
West Texas Border Facilities Face Overcrowding Again
Various Secessionist and Border Realignment Movements Gain Traction in U.S.
U.S. Life Expectancy Dropped 1.5 Years in 2020
Five Past Cases of FBI Incitement
Brian Stelter Bewildered by Dan Bongino’s “Canceled in the USA” Show

Economy
Daily COVID Deaths Hit Zero in Sweden, Which Never Locked DOwn
Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Rise
Dems Vow to Keep Child Tax Credit Payments Permanent
Jeff Bezos Says Space Tourism Sales Are Approaching $100 Million
Most Americans Think Their Children Will Be Worse Off Than Them Financially
Grocery Chain CEO Warns Prices Could Rise 10-14% by October
Biggest Ever Private Crypto Deal Closes
IRS Sends Out 2.2 Million More Stimulus Payments
Elon Musk Says He Owns Ethereum
U.S. and Germany Strike Deal to Allow Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline to Be Completed
Biden Tells Restaurant Owner He’ll “Be in a Bind” Unless He Pays Workers More

Swamp Watch
Texas Democrat Leadership Shields Identities of Fleeing Members Who Contracted COVID
Pennsylvania Punishes County That Allowed Audit Of Vote Counting Machines
Gov. Whitmer Kidnap Plot: Turns Out the FBI Foiled a Plot Hatched by the FBI’s Own Informants
You’re Now More Likely to Be Murdered in Chicago Than to Be Hospitalized for COVID
Michigan Legislature Eliminates Whitmer’s Emergency Powers, and She Can’t Veto It
Liz Cheney Agrees With Pelosi’s Decision to Block GOP Members From Jan. 6 Committee
Fed-Up Farmers Demand Biden Pay for Property Damage Done by Illegal Aliens
Donors Have Abandoned Gov. Cuomo
AOC Caught on Video Illegally Parking Her Tesla Near Whole Foods Again

National Security
Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley Dodges “White Rage” Question, Says It’s a “Complicated Topic”
Why Are We Still in Iraq and Syria?
Naval Chief Says Cutting Ships Necessary Under Biden Budget
Military Conducts First Airstrikes in Somalia Under Biden Admin
Report: Blinken Tells American Diplomats They Can Admit US “Flaws” to Other Countries
Intelligence Agencies Form Panel to Investigate “Havana Syndrome”
It’s Time to Go on the Offense Against China’s Hacking Operations and Breach the Great Firewall
Deceptive Data Is the Biggest Threat to U.S. Security
China Expanding Its “Private” Military Companies in Asia
House Republicans Gear Up for Border Wall Showdown

Around the World
China Says It’s “Shocked” by WHO Plan for Second Phase of COVID Origins Investigation
France Launches Vaccine Passport Despite Mass Protests
Death Toll From South Africa Protests and Riots Rises to 276
Philip Morris CEO Defends Decision to Buy Company That Specializes in Making Asthma Inhalers
New Viruses Discovered in 15,000 Year-Old Glacier
U.K. Leader Warns Vaccine Passports Are a Slippery Slope
Half of Afghanistan District Centers Are Under Taliban Control
Cuba Is Sentencing up to 30 Peaceful Protesters at a Time in “Summary Judgements”
UAE Creates Their Own Rain Amid Heatwave
Most Voters Blame Communism for Cuba’s Problems

Opinion
Austin Bay: Law of the Sea Court Ruling Continues to Challenge Chinese Aggression
Lindsey Stroud: If The FDA Can Fast Track Covid Vaccines, It Can Do the Same for ALS Medications
Newt Gingrich: The Dangerous War We Don’t See
John Stossel: Woke Language
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Free Speech and Private Property
John R. Lott, Jr.: Biden’s Focus on Gun Crime Ignores Almost All Violent Crime
Jackie Cushman: Make Something of Yourself
Terry Jeffrey: What Type of Speech will Biden Ask Facebook to Suppress Next?
Jacob Sullum: Biden Is Trying to Impose Online Censorship by Proxy

Entertainment
Gina Carano Calls On People To Speak Out Against Government Lockdowns
Oh No: Chrissy Teigen Worried She’s Cancelled Forever
Hollywood Stars Could be Forced to Get Vaccine Before Returning to Work
Robin Williams’ Son Says His Father Suffered From Dementia
Judy Garland’s “Wizard of Oz” Dress, Missing Since 1972, Finally Found
Harvey Weinstein Pleads Not Guilty to 11 Sexual Assault Charges in California
Meghan Markle’s Dad Hopes to Reconcile After Years of Being “Blackballed”
Jennifer Lopez, Ben Affleck Looking at Houses Together
LeBron James Bombs at the Box Office
Woke Rebranding of Victoria’s Secret Off to an Ugly Start

Sports
Jason Whitlock Calls Out Colin Kaepernick and LeBron James for Their Silence After Washington Nations Park Shooting
Tokyo Olympics Hacked, Ticket Holders’ Passwords and IDs Posted Online
Norway’s Beach Handball Team Says There’s “No Good Reason” for Bikini Rule
What to Expect at the Tokyo Olympics
Trainer Says Tom Brady Has at Least Two Years Left
ESPN Reporter Tells NPR “We Don’t All Look Alike” After Outlet Posts Photo of the Wrong Black Woman
Team USA Chiropractor Apologizes for Comparing Absurd Olympics COVID Rules to Nazi Germany
Following Requests From Zero Readers, Sports Illustrated Features Transgender Woman as Cover Model
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is considering naming Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to her Jan. 6 select committee, according to a new report. [Full Story]
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Newsfront
CDC Chief Dodges Mask Guideline Change Question
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not revised its masking guidance, even as the infectious Delta variant of COVID-19 continues to sweep the United States, driving up case counts...... [Full Story]

Franklin Graham Wins $150K Settlement Over Banned Religious Ads

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will get a $150,000 payout [Full Story]

Gallup: US Race Relations at Lowest Point in 20 Years

Fifty-seven percent of U.S. adults say relations between Black and [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Fat Old Hugh Grant plays Judas Death 
An adlib for the death of Judas. The choice made being that Judas was part of the faction who wanted Jesus to come in military power and rule. His betrayal may have been at Jesus' instigation to fulfil prophecy. If Judas died before the resurrection then this makes more sense. If Judas died about a month after then this makes sense if he isolated himself from the disciples and was unaware of the resurrection. 

Judas would never have seen the military victory .. because the victory was more comprehensive

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Drought is coming to Australia and the ALP are resisting drought mitigating measures like dams. It doesn't have to be this bad. I'm told the Rabbi I saw on Sunday was the brilliant Shimon Cowen. I first met Rabbi Shimon earlier this year. He is son of a former Governor General and an impressive academic in his own right. Australia, and the synagog in the seat of Goldstein, is lucky to have him. His opinion is thoughtful and not politically partisan.

Report on Otto Warmbier's NK incarceration We know what happened. Otto was a pawn in a bad Cold War movie which Obama started without caring how it would finish. Otto was as guilty as anyone flying on MH 17 over Ukraine. We don’t know the specifics, but we know how and why. But the article seeks to show Trump is no more responsible for getting Otto free than Obama. Except Obama was responsible for Otto being arrested by being weak and starting the cold war again. And Trump is a guy NK can deal with. 

Debate on medical records is raging.I want my doctor to have access to my file. I also want my doctor to have access to my late father's files. This could be life saving for me. But what is there, is inadequate and wrong. I saw a specialist and asked them for an opinion which they refused in '07. That file has been lost, as has a host of other files. I have no concern about civil liberties in the face of life or death issues. If I had wanted to sacrifice my life so legislators could feel good I would have voted ALP/Green.

I was visiting shops in Dandenong Markets today. Shopkeepers most pressing issue was opening hours. The markets are very limited (Tue, then Fri to Sun) but Sunday is limited to 10 am to 3pm. There is demand from patrons for more. Shopkeepers want to trade.

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.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. With Saturday having six by election around Australia and ALP vying in all of them, it is worth asking what it is the ALP offers. The ALP are saying they want an opt in health care record system. That means some privacy expert wants to prevent your doctor having access to your known data and history. Because some data miners might do what they do illegally already. It won't make you safer. Or they might be offering to weaken the borders and drown people wanting to live here. They've done that before and didn't feel it was a bad idea. They will spend $billions more than the Libs do, and will balance the budget sooner because they may not believe in God, they feel lucky. They promise to make education more expensive without improving it. Dan Andrews promised more police and has delivered fewer than the Libs did, but also restricting police from arresting criminals. Meanwhile Greens want to prove they can be worse. . 

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. Australia apparently has a Race Commissioner whose well paid job seems to be race baiting. Recently Tim Soutphommasane related a story where he took offence at flight attendants who could not pronounce his last name. The anonymous flight attendants, would say they could not do it properly and so gave respect by not mispronouncing it. But Tim takes offence anyway, because that is his job? According to The Mocker of the Weekend Australian Tim is paid over $330k every year  to do what he does. His ethnicity is from China and Laos, which means little, but his background as to why he is so comfortably appointed is because he used to work in an ALP office. He came from Hurlstone AHS and it is possible he is a conduit through which the enormity of the death of Hamidur Rahman was badly handled by the state. 

1943, the Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England. Not as racy as might be thought, a crippled dad was blown up by his son who procured a mine from army stores. The dad was controlling and vicious. The son was deemed insane. Also 1943, World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sank the Italian submarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoed the cruiser HMS Newfoundland. 1945, the post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain began. 1952, General Muhammad Naguib led the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.

1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program, featuring Walter Cronkite. 1967, 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history began on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately killed 43 people, injured 342 and burned about 1,400 buildings. 1968, Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organisation led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began and lasted for five days. Also 1968, the only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft took place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel. 1974, the Greek military junta collapsed, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis was invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.

In 1982, the International Whaling Commission decided to end commercial whaling by 1985-86. 1984, Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign when she surrendered her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. 1988, General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigned after pro-democracy protests. 1992, a Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, established that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples was not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender. 1995, Comet Hale–Bopp was discovered; it became visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later. 
=== from 2016 ===
Ridiculous bureaucracy of the type favoured by the left means terrible impositions on the entire community. A farm produces pork products. Local council open a planning zone for residential development nearby. New residents complain they are living close to the farm. The council decides that the farm is intensively producing product based on an arbitrary 50% local feed rule. So by definition the farm is not called free range and has to close. And the same residents and council people will complain they can't get locally produced pork, but have to import it. 

Riots regarding black peoples in America are not new, and not really related to slavery either. The issue of slavery is real and many black peoples suffered from it in a way that cannot be ignored, but the current issue is related to Democrat policies taking for granted Black peoples they exploit. On this day in Cleveland in 1968, Fred (Ahmed) Evans fought Cleveland police and seven people died, including three police. The Mayor (a Democrat) had pork barrelled billions of dollars, giving over $10k to Ahmed to induct black children into his Black Nationalists of New Libya organisation. The Mayor even restrained police from acting earlier which may have prevented deaths. Democrats had fed the riots in Democrat neighbourhoods which divided USA, and still does as they still do. Worth thinking about as an Iranian born German has gunned down children, allegedly in anger over the behaviour of Turks, while shouting Allah Akbar. We don't yet know why he did it. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
Search for extra solar planets with life prompts wildly diverse reactions. NASA has decided that her sole reason for existence is to find life on other planets. Prompting the question "Will they ever find intelligent life on Earth?" Creationists answer 'no' with an attempt to build a Noah's Ark amusement park built around a life size structure made to biblical dimensions. When Noah told stories around a campfire, who thought the purpose of the story was to build the boat, and who thought the purpose was related to learning who God is? One is confident that the future leaders were the latter. But then it comes down to how the Bible is constructed. Some say it doesn't matter either way. But if worst were to happen and creationists built a Noah's Ark amusement park, no one gets hurt. But if NASA messes up it may well be that many will die. NASA is a scientific organisation and needs to focus on the science. It is all very well to find Earth like planets. It will lead to more discovery. The conditions needed for life are not so high and the universe is probably full of it. But the extremophiles will be fascinating. Only single cell life forms were known to exist in temperatures above 400 centigrade a fortnight ago. Now we have seen hammerhead sharks swimming in that soup. We must find out how. Science will show us. 

Science has failed us over the fraud of Anthropogenic Global Warming. The biggest unanswered question regarding AGW is, even were it true, how best to deal with it? The hucksters have said that dismantling industry is the only way. However the science is not certain. Lots of extra Carbon Dioxide has not equated with lots of extra heat. A prudent leader would keep industry strong so that should it be needed, industry can respond to an emergency. But bad leadership has meant trillions of dollars has been spent around the world, depriving the poorest of opportunity to not be poor. And no worthwhile headway has been found dealing with the perceived problem. Today, ALP Leader Bill Shorten has promised to force Australia to provide 50% renewable energy by 2030. Not reliable coal or nuclear, but environment damaging Wind and solar which is much more expensive. Shorten is promising to be irresponsible. Meanwhile, Fairfax press have inflated the credentials of a UK backbencher so they can attack Mr Abbott. 

Shorten's backflip on supporting the 'turn back the boat' policy leaves unanswered questions. But his later statements show it is not a policy, but an option. Turning back the boats of illegal arrivals has saved lives. At least twelve hundred drowned in Australian waters, and many others in international waters, before the policy was implemented. So what has happened now to change Bill Shorten's mind? And what of the supporters who laughed at and derided the good policy? Would some of the murderous crowd care to explain why killing people to allow them to be exploited by pirates is compassionate? Maybe Gillian Triggs will investigate? No need for her to delay now, the Conservatives are in government. And the ALP leader has given her her direction to take. 

State leaders agree to talk about GST Tax and Medicare. Some are saying the tax raise from 10% to 15% GST is merely a tax raise and Australia needs to cut spending. However, the Senate is blocking spending cuts. With a raise in the GST the possibility is, for there to be meaningful tax cuts elsewhere. And reform could lead to spending cuts too. Or the could try to tax their way to prosperity, which has never worked. 

Top US General criticises Obama policy of abandoning Iraq. But it worked for jihadis and Obama too. So long as it is recognised the US President does not respect the US, or the world. 

Islamaphobia is a word used to denounce bigots and excuse jihadism. There is no excuse for either. Neo Nazis are wrong to hate races and cultures. Jihadist may experience bad behaviour related to their activity. They should expect it. Good men resist evil.

Cate Blanchett chooses poor role for political reasons. She is playing a mentally ill woman who was upset when she was saved by good government from incarceration of her making.

ABC cuts bookstores and makes it online only. Instead of being balanced, ABC cuts services. Even profitable ones. 
From 2014
There are lots of reasons Nazis lost WW2. On the Eastern front, German troops were fewer than Soviet troops, and, although better equipped and trained, the equipment was not cold proof. Training assumed the use of equipment, but it was not reliable. Boots were not insulated. Oil was not treated with anti freeze. But, on this day in 1942, Germany launched the delightfully named and successful operation Edelweiss to secure Caucasus oil fields which supplied their industry. Edelweiss is a flower, and when Oscar Hammerstein II wanted to write a lyric for the Sound of Music where the Captain Von Trapp would wave goodbye to his homeland, he chose the flower's name. The song is the best remembered piece from the musical, and released months before his death, a fitting tribute. Today, Russia is looking to reassert her authority in the Caucasus too. 

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me

Small and white clean and bright

You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow

Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss,Edelweiss

Bless my homeland forever.
In 1319, the poorly named Knights Hospitaller fleet scored a crushing victory over Turkish pirates. Today, the St John's Ambulance are more efficient. In 1632, 300 settlers set sail for New France, which is covered by territory from Louisiana through to Quebec. In 1829, the first patented typewriter was submitted. In 1903, Henry Ford's company sold its' first car. In 1914, Austria Hungary demanded Serbia allow Austria access to determine those responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia failed on one count, and so war was declared. Salient to today's demand on Russia over Ukraine territory. In 1926, Fox Film bought Movietone Sound Systems to produce sound to film. In 1927, Wilfred Rhodes became the only player in Cricket History to play 1000 first class matches. In 1929, Italy banned the use of foreign words. In 1942, Treblinka opened. On the same day in 1942, Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov was executed by firing squad, his one volume of poetry was titled "Motoring Verses." In 1943, the Rayleigh Bath murder occurred. In 1967, Detroit was in riot. In 1968 Ohio, a black militant named Ahmed had a shootout with police which preceded 5 days of riots. In 1982, the international Whaling Commission decided to end commercial Whaling by 1986. In 1992, A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
Historical perspective on this day
In 811, Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plundered the Bulgarian capital of Pliskaand captured khan Krum's treasury. 1319, a Knights Hospitaller fleet scored a crushing victory over an Aydinid fleet off Chios. 1632, Three hundred colonists bound for New France departed from Dieppe, France. 1677, Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captured the harbour town of Marstrand from Sweden. 1793, Kingdom of Prussia re-conquered Mainz from France.

In 1821, while the Mora Rebellion continued, Greeks captured Monemvasia Castle. Turkish troops and citizens were transferred to Minor Asia coasts. 1929, in the United States, William Austin Burt patented the typographer, a precursor to the typewriter. 1840, the Province of Canada was created by the Act of Union. 1862, American Civil War: Henry Halleck took command of the Union Army. 1874, Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos was appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India. 1881, the Boundary treaty of 1881 between Chile and Argentina was signed in Buenos Aires.

In 1903, the Ford Motor Company sold its first car. 1908, The Second Constitution was accepted by the Ottomans. 1914, Austria-Hungary issued a series of demands in an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia demanding Serbia to allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia accepted all but one of those demands and Austria declared war on July 28. 1926, Fox Film bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film. 1927, the first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company went on the air in Bombay. 1929, the Fascist government in Italy banned the use of foreign words.

In 1936, in Catalonia, Spain, the Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia was founded through the merger of Socialist and Communist parties. 1940, the United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issued a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 1942, the Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp was opened. Also 1942, World War II: The German offensive Operation Edelweiss and Operation Braunschweig began. Also 1942, Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov was executed by firing squad. 1943, the Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England. Also 1943, World War II: The British destroyers HMS Eclipse and HMS Laforey sank the Italiansubmarine Ascianghi in the Mediterranean after she torpedoed the cruiser HMS Newfoundland. 1945, the post-war legal processes against Philippe Pétain began. 1952, the European Coal and Steel Community was established. Also 1952, General Muhammad Naguib led the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.

In 1961, the Sandinista National Liberation Front was founded in Nicaragua. 1962, Telstar relaid the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic televisionprogram, featuring Walter Cronkite. Also 1962, the International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos was signed. 1967, 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history began on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner city. It ultimately killed 43 people, injured 342 and burned about 1,400 buildings. 1968, Glenville Shootout: In Cleveland, Ohio, a violent shootout between a Black Militant organisation led by Ahmed Evans and the Cleveland Police Department occurred. During the shootout, a riot began and lasted for five days. Also 1968, the only successful hijacking of an El Al aircraft took place when a Boeing 707 carrying ten crew and 38 passengers was taken over by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The aircraft was en route from Rome, Italy, to Lod, Israel. 1970, Qaboos bin Said al Said became Sultanof Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiated massive reforms, modernisation programs and end to a decade long civil war. 1972, the United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite. 1974, the Greek military juntacollapsed, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis was invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.

In 1982, the International Whaling Commission decided to end commercial whalingby 1985-86. 1983, thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers were killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. Also 1983, Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 ran out of fuel and made a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba. 1984, Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign when she surrendered her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine. 1986, in London, England, Prince Andrew, Duke of York married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey. 1988, General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigned after pro-democracy protests. 1992, a Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, established that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples was not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender. Also 1992, Abkhazia declared independence from Georgia. 1993, Agdam was occupied by Armenian separatists. 1995, Comet Hale–Bopp was discovered; it became visible to the naked eye on Earth nearly a year later. 1997, Digital Equipment Corporation filed antitrust charges against chipmaker Intel. 1999, Mohammed VI became King of Morocco.

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Today's reading: Psalm 31-32, Acts 23:16-35 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 31-32

For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 In you, LORD, I have taken refuge;
let me never be put to shame;
deliver me in your righteousness.
2 Turn your ear to me,
come quickly to my rescue;
be my rock of refuge,
a strong fortress to save me.
3 Since you are my rock and my fortress,
for the sake of your name lead and guide me.
4 Keep me free from the trap that is set for me,
for you are my refuge.
5 Into your hands I commit my spirit;
deliver me, LORD, my faithful God.

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 23:16-35


16 But when the son of Paul's sister heard of this plot, he went into the barracks and told Paul.
17 Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him." 18 So he took him to the commander.
The centurion said, "Paul, the prisoner, sent for me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you."
19 The commander took the young man by the hand, drew him aside and asked, "What is it you want to tell me?"
20 He said: "Some Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul before the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of wanting more accurate information about him. 21 Don't give in to them, because more than forty of them are waiting in ambush for him. They have taken an oath not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, waiting for your consent to their request."
22 The commander dismissed the young man with this warning: "Don't tell anyone that you have reported this to me."

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Morning

"I am married unto you."
Jeremiah 3:14
Christ Jesus is joined unto his people in marriage-union. In love he espoused his Church as a chaste virgin, long before she fell under the yoke of bondage. Full of burning affection he toiled, like Jacob for Rachel, until the whole of her purchase-money had been paid, and now, having sought her by his Spirit, and brought her to know and love him, he awaits the glorious hour when their mutual bliss shall be consummated at the marriage-supper of the Lamb. Not yet hath the glorious Bridegroom presented his betrothed, perfected and complete, before the Majesty of heaven; not yet hath she actually entered upon the enjoyment of her dignities as his wife and queen: she is as yet a wanderer in a world of woe, a dweller in the tents of Kedar; but she is even now the bride, the spouse of Jesus, dear to his heart, precious in his sight, written on his hands, and united with his person. On earth he exercises towards her all the affectionate offices of Husband. He makes rich provision for her wants, pays all her debts, allows her to assume his name, and to share in all his wealth. Nor will he ever act otherwise to her. The word divorce he will never mention, for "He hateth putting away." Death must sever the conjugal tie between the most loving mortals, but it cannot divide the links of this immortal marriage. In heaven they marry not, but are as the angels of God; yet there is this one marvellous exception to the rule, for in Heaven Christ and his Church shall celebrate their joyous nuptials. This affinity as it is more lasting, so is it more near than earthly wedlock. Let the love of husband be never so pure and fervent, it is but a faint picture of the flame which burns in the heart of Jesus. Passing all human union is that mystical cleaving unto the Church, for which Christ left his Father, and became one flesh with her.

Evening

"Behold the man!"
John 19:5

If there be one place where our Lord Jesus most fully becomes the joy and comfort of his people, it is where he plunged deepest into the depths of woe. Come hither, gracious souls, and behold the man in the garden of Gethsemane; behold his heart so brimming with love that he cannot hold it in--so full of sorrow that it must find a vent. Behold the bloody sweat as it distils from every pore of his body, and falls upon the ground. Behold the man as they drive the nails into his hands and feet. Look up, repenting sinners, and see the sorrowful image of your suffering Lord. Mark him, as the ruby drops stand on the thorn-crown, and adorn with priceless gems the diadem of the King of Misery. Behold the man when all his bones are out of joint, and he is poured out like water and brought into the dust of death; God hath forsaken him, and hell compasseth him about. Behold and see, was there ever sorrow like unto his sorrow that is done unto him? All ye that pass by draw near and look upon this spectacle of grief, unique, unparalleled, a wonder to men and angels, a prodigy unmatched. Behold the Emperor of Woe who had no equal or rival in his agonies! Gaze upon him, ye mourners, for if there be not consolation in a crucified Christ there is no joy in earth or heaven. If in the ransom price of his blood there be not hope, ye harps of heaven, there is no joy in you, and the right hand of God shall know no pleasures for evermore. We have only to sit more continually at the cross foot to be less troubled with our doubts and woes. We have but to see his sorrows, and our sorrows we shall be ashamed to mention. We have but to gaze into his wounds and heal our own. If we would live aright it must be by the contemplation of his death; if we would rise to dignity, it must be by considering his humiliation and his sorrow.

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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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