Editorial NSA spying on US citizens for political masters
When Nixon was asked about the NSA he replied it stood for 'No such agency.' Recently, FBI joined with numerous other police agencies worldwide to wrap up a sting where criminals had used a communication network the FBI had invented for criminal use. Thousands around the world were arrested, but not in USA, as their communication was protected. The US government was not allowed to read them. Except, it is apparent that the US government has been reading such intelligence involving people not engaged in criminal activity. Why give criminals a free pass? Is it because many of those criminals were Democrats?
How are we to respond to news that NSA have been spying on Tucker Carlson? We know that they bungled spying on Carter Page over Spy-gate. NSA have emails from Tucker Carlson after Carlson met with a world leader from central America. Why is it that those without 'Democrat Insurance' are faced with lawless bureaucracy from USA, while Democrats maintain no oversight? Or can the FBI begin prosecuting the criminals whose emails they have? Hillary Clinton 'wrote' a book called "It takes a village." Did that village include police?
Editorial Cancel culture claims woke
Babylon Bee, satirical media outlet, had been cancelled by Mail Chimp. Mail Chimp corrected their 'mistake' but Babylon Bee have taken their services elsewhere. The 'mistake' severed communication for Babylon Bee with their subscribers. Mail Chimp had declared the email content of Babylon Bee as being 'harmful information.' It is an escalation of FB's practice with users. FB users have public content. Mail Chimp merely facilitates email. Not only had Mail Chimp lawlessly mislabelled private content of their users, but they had accessed it to judge it, illegally.
Imagine a teen girl maintaining a secret diary where she revealed her personal thoughts for herself to consider. Imagine how that girl would feel if her worst critic had snuck into her room, found the diary, and corrected it, posting the correction publicly at school. That is what Mail Chimp did to a paying client. However, is what other sites are doing lawful? What about FB's activity censoring accounts for no reason other than disagreeing with their politics? How about those who were censored for posting on Wuhan lab leak theory? Or for posting on Hunter Biden's laptop? What is happening to the land of the free, and the home of the brave?
He felt he was so badly off that he refused an ambulance or anyone who might have screened his blood toxicology. And he has had a press conference to obfuscate details. We know that after time, Andrews lies and claims he forgets. He cannot remember details of his choices giving a security gig to mates who failed during a COVID lockdown, killing over a hundred Victorians. Andrews says he thought he was going to die. So why the cover up? And why does the article finish with a shaming statement for anyone who asks why?
If Andrews fell because he was blotto, then Victorians need to know. Letting Andrews take the reigns off power when he has flagrantly failed in his duty in the past is wrong. Over a hundred Victorians have died because of Andrews' mismanagement. Billions of dollars have gone missing.
===If Andrews fell because he was blotto, then Victorians need to know. Letting Andrews take the reigns off power when he has flagrantly failed in his duty in the past is wrong. Over a hundred Victorians have died because of Andrews' mismanagement. Billions of dollars have gone missing.
https://rumble.com/vjas2j-ep.-1554-a-massive-election-controversy-is-brewing-the-dan-bongino-show.html
The latest election controversy is a humiliation for the Democrats. In this episode, I discuss the disaster brewing in this election and I also address the real reasons why the mainstream media decided to cover the growing scandal regarding the bio-weapons lab in China.
News Picks:
- The Wuhan lab’s “bat lady” worked with the Chinese military using US taxpayer money.
- Hack prosecutors in NY City are targeting the Trump Organization.
- Are masks dangerous for your child? Here’s a new study.
- Biden’s new “domestic terrorism” strategy sounds more like a political targeting document, than it does a national security one.
- The Air Force is dumbing down its physical fitness test.
- Staffers are running away from Kamala Harris.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Media Joins White House in Pushing Absurd Narrative That Republicans Want to Defund Police READ MOREReps Comer, Gaetz, and Jordan Join Calls for IG Probe Into NSA-Tucker Carlson Spying Allegations
AAA Warns Gas Stations Could Struggle to Meet Summer Fuel Demand
Professor Who Thanked Fauci for Wuhan Lab Messaging Has Close Ties to China
China Threatens Other Countries Will Have “Their Heads Bashed Bloody” During Celebration of CCP’s 100th Birthday
Florida Condo Search Effort Paused Due to Concerns About Building’s Stability
SCOTUS Upholds Arizona Voting Laws Dems Smeared as “Discriminatory”
Capitol Hill
Trump Asks “Who Shot Ashli Babbitt?”
Ilhan Omar Has No Regrets About Comparing U.S. and Israel to Terror Groups
Chicago Mayor Says People Only Don’t Like Her Because She’s a Black Woman
Gov. Cuomo Raises Over $1 Million at Fundraiser Despite Scandals
Biden Nominee for Educational Foundation Took Trips to China Paid For by Chinese Communist-Linked Organization
House Votes to Launch Another Probe of Jan 6
Microsoft VP Says Federal Targeting of Americans’ Texts, Emails, and Data Is Routine
Georgia Sec. of State Says State Should Take Over Fulton County’s Dysfunctional Elections
22 Staffers Say VP Harris Heads “Abusive” Work Environment
Trump Drops Strongest Hint Yet That He May Run in 2024
Culture War
SCOTUS Invalidates California’s Requirement That Charities List Names and Addresses of Donors
CNN Gives Glowing Coverage of CCP’s 100th Anniversery
Kenosha City Council Votes 17-0 to Deny Jacob Blake’s Claim for Damages
Illinois Legislature Passes Bill to Require Feminine Hygiene products in Boys’ Restrooms for Grades 4-12
Founder of Discredited “1619 Project” Granted Tenure
Washington Post Runs Sick Article Encouraging “Kink Culture” for Children
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Accuses Josh Hawley of Misquoting Critical Race Theorist He Quoted Accurately
Trump Speaks to Hannity Following Southern Border Visit
Portland No Longer Enforcing Most Traffic Violations
TV Crew Robbed at Gunpoint in Oakland Just Hours After Police Chief Slams $18M Budget Cut
Economy
Jeff Bezos Petitions to Remove FTC Chair From All Amazon-Related Investigations
IRS Faces Unprecedented 35 Million Unprocessed Tax Return Backlog
California Hikes Gas Taxes Despite Budget Surplus
Few Unemployed People Are Looking for Work
SEC’s New “Woke” Corporate Disclosures Will Cost Companies Billions
Robinhood Broker Slapped With Record $70 Million FINRA Fine
Lumber Prices Suffer Biggest Monthly Drop on Record in June
Ford Cuts Vehicle Production at Several Plants Due to Chip Shortage
Why AlignPay
McConnell Applauds Former Obama Economic Advisor for Warning About Hyperinflation
Swamp Watch
Federal Judge Blocks Florida Law Fining Social Media Platforms for Banning Politicians
Pennsylvania Gov. Wolf Vetoes Voter ID Bill
Tucker Carlson Explains How Often the NSA Surveils American Citizens
Chaos in Dem’s NYC Mayoral Primary
NY Assembly to Begin Issuing Subpoenas in Cuomo Impeachment Probe
U.S. Freight Company Took $10M PPP Loan And Moved to Mexico
Former Trump Official Testifies COVID Likely Originated in Wuhan Lab
Chinese Whistleblower Discusses COVID Origins on “Tucker Carlson Today”
Kristi Noem Says Biden’s Decision to Ban Mount Rushmore Fireworks Is Political Payback
National Security
Austin Spends Millions on No-Bid Contracts to Push CRT Propaganda on Cops
Northwest Heat Wave May Have Killed Hundreds in Canada, Oregon, and Washington
17 Injured After LAPD Bomb Squad Truck Explosion
U.S. Ballistic Missile Sub Makes Extremely Rare Stop Overseas
Putin Says He Could Have Sunk Warship Without Starting World War 3
Navy Cutting Forces Because of “Budget Priorities”
Pompeo Warns of “Very Real Risk” That Something Else Will Leak From Wuhan Lab
Experts Say Russia and China Could Team Up to Challenge American Space Superiority
Around the World
Suspicion of Anti-Catholic Hate Crime After Fifth Canadian Church Set Ablaze in Last Week
Myanmar Frees More Than 2,000 Detainees, But Crackdown Continues
Iran Says Executing Children Does Not Violate Human Rights
Kim Jong-un Hints at Purge of North Korean Officials Over “Great Crisis”
Afghan Civilians Take Up Arms Against Taliban as U.S. Forces Leave
Clashes Between Taliban, Afghan Forces Last Month Led to 100 Civilian Casualties in One Province Alone
Explosion Injures 11 in Baghdad
China Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Communist Party With Huge Superspreader Events
Opinion
Terrence P. Jeffrey: The Greatest Act of Courage
Matt Vespa: Help Us Destroy the Left
Ben Shapiro: Yes, It’s Ungrateful to Turn Your Back on the National Anthem
John Stossel: The Right to Bear Arms
Tim Graham: Jill Biden, “Every Inch a Goddess”
Byron York: A Run-of-the-Mill Capitol Riot Case
Austin Bay: Communist China’s Calculated Lies and Calculated Buys
Betsy McCaughey: Biden’s Unconstitutional Workplace Indoctrination Scheme
Entertainment
Harrison Ford’s Injury Will Delay “Indiana Jones 5” for at Least Three Months
Actress Allison Mack Gets 3 Year Sentence in NXIVM Sex-Slave Case
New Jersey 12-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Chess Grandmaster Ever
Quentin Tarantino Says He Wishes He Had Done More to Stop Harvey Weinstein
TLC Drops Duggar Family Following Josh’s Child Porn Arrest
“Star Wars” Fans Outraged Over Removal of “Slave-1” Name From Boba Fett’s Ship
Demi Lovato’s Talk Show to Push Police Reform, Feminism, Gender Identity
Brittany Spears Loses Conservatorship Battle
Sports
Anthem-Snubbing Olympian Gwen Berry Once Posed Proudly With the American Flag
Nat’s Schwarber Ties Record for Most Home Runs in 10 Games
Tour de France Crash Suspect Arrested
White House Denounces Republican Laws Designed to Protect Female Athletes
MLB Won’t Check Pitchers for Sticky Substances at All-Star Game
Wimbledon Officials Defend Court Conditions Despite Injuries
Ohio Democrats Throw Screaming Fit in Opposition to State Amendment Protecting Women’s Sports
Saints Give Tackle Ryan Ramczyk $96 Million Contract Extension
NCAA to Allow College Athletes to Profit off Name and Image
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Here is a video I made War
"Ginger Mick was a likeable rogue who, before he answered the call to arms to defend democracy, sold fresh rabbits in the streets of Melbourne. This book tells of his tender love for Rose and his experiences at war in North Africa. The verse is full of humour and pathos and truly captures the spirit of the era.
Contents:
INTRODUCTION
I. DUCK AN' FOWL
II. WAR
III. THE CALL OF STOUSH
IV. THE PUSH
V. SARI BAIR
VI. GINGER'S COBBER
VII. THE SINGING SOLDIERS
VIII. IN SPADGER'S LANE
IX. THE STRAIGHT GRIFFIN
X. A LETTER TO THE FRONT
XI. RABBITS
XII. TO THE BOYS WHO TOOK THE COUNT
XIII. THE GAME
XIV. "A GALLANT GENTLEMAN"
https://rumble.com/vc38ij-war-poem-from-ginger-mick.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Sydney Watson speaks out about supporting Trump. She mistakenly believes there is need for the swamp opposition. There is not. Instead, democracy is threatened by radical leftism preventing viable alternatives.
Education in Australia is highly valued but is being exploited by radical leftists. OECD stats show US and UK are similar in profile with 25-34 year olds having a degree. I could improve school performance without spending an extra cent, but possibly cutting much of irrelevant programs.
Turnbull's pick to head the Australian Human Rights Council, instead of wrapping it up, has gone rogue. AHRC has prosecuted Suncorp for not hiring a child pornographer. "AHRC president Rosa lind Croucher’s ruling was based on her view that a criminal record on its own could not be a basis to impute bad character, casting a shadow over recruitment processes nationally and calling into question existing law." The outgoing Race Discrimination commissioner seems keen to prevent there being another to replace him.
Shorten promises to be awful as PM. One plan of Shorten is to remove tax credits from shares. The threat to the finance system of Australia is immense for a very small gain which Shorten promises to spend many times over. Shorten is a short cut for Australia to be like Venezuela. Australia ends terrorism support, after Bishop was embarrassed being seen to give aid money to Palestinian Authority, which in turn gave it to families of suicide bombers and so called martyrs.
As media hyperventilates, Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says talk of US exiting WTO premature. However, WTO is awful and Trump wants to improve it. Merkel settles immigration dispute, for now. Her Grand Coalition partner has agreed not to resign as he had threatened over the issue. Harvey Weinstein faces more charges. UN has not endorsed air strikes against him.
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. 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.
25-34 year olds who have obtained degrees.
South Korea: 69%
Japan: 60%
Canada: 59%
Russia: 58%
UK: 49%
Australia: 48%
US: 47%
France: 45%
Poland: 43%
Spain: 41%
Germany: 30%
Turkey: 28%
Saudi Arabia: 26%
China: 18%
Brazil: 16%
South Africa: 14%
Indonesia: 11%
Japan: 60%
Canada: 59%
Russia: 58%
UK: 49%
Australia: 48%
US: 47%
France: 45%
Poland: 43%
Spain: 41%
Germany: 30%
Turkey: 28%
Saudi Arabia: 26%
China: 18%
Brazil: 16%
South Africa: 14%
Indonesia: 11%
(OECD)
Shorten promises to be awful as PM. One plan of Shorten is to remove tax credits from shares. The threat to the finance system of Australia is immense for a very small gain which Shorten promises to spend many times over. Shorten is a short cut for Australia to be like Venezuela. Australia ends terrorism support, after Bishop was embarrassed being seen to give aid money to Palestinian Authority, which in turn gave it to families of suicide bombers and so called martyrs.
As media hyperventilates, Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says talk of US exiting WTO premature. However, WTO is awful and Trump wants to improve it. Merkel settles immigration dispute, for now. Her Grand Coalition partner has agreed not to resign as he had threatened over the issue. Harvey Weinstein faces more charges. UN has not endorsed air strikes against him.
A 41 yo Muslim man with two wives and many children has married an 11 year old who was friend of one of his children. The Malaysian national went to Thailand to marry the girl. When one of his wives asked about the pictures taken at the ceremony, he reportedly told her they were photoshopped. When she found the truth of the wedding, she posted the image on FB, it went viral, and now she is suing for divorce. As is the other wife. Child seems happy.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. I have stood up against pedophile bullies and I know they have a long reach. Economically, I have been ruined by the pedophile protection lobby so I have an insight into the workings of that lobby. Which is why I have never endorsed the hate campaign against Cardinal Pell. It is worth revisiting what has happened in the public domain, so as to understand why the current situation of Pell is declared an injustice by those who follow such things. Back in the late '90's, Pell was Archbishop of Melbourne. He was a conservative supporter of JP II and was effective, and so 'promoted' to Archbishop of Sydney in 2001 and then Cardinal in 2003. Pell had set up a Catholic response to sex crimes within the church. He made sure that the abused were compensated and he put a stop to known abusers. The laws at the time, prior to the Woods Royal commission into policing branching into pedophile teachers, did not allow an organisation like the church to respond then as they can today. Had Pell denounced a priest on suspicion alone, he would have exposed the Church to frivolous lawsuits which then enriched the pedophiles. Even so, Pell was denounced as a conservative.
In 2001, Anglican Bishop Hollingsworth became Australian Governor General following the abysmal William Deane. Hollingsworth faced a campaign against him for apologising for not doing enough to rid the Anglican church of pedophile ministers. Pell had nothing to apologise for, having acted appropriately. In fact, Hollingsworth probably had acted appropriately too, but saw it as his duty to apologise as a Christian, and so setting an example. Military people seem to make better governors. Hollingsworth had to stand down because of media controversy. The tagging of Pell as having been derelict in his duty has never been substantiated and was not even claimed until after the lobby had success forcing Hollingsworth out of the Governor General's chair. On a number of occasions, Pell has addressed every charge put to him. In recent years, Victorian police have begun leaking allegations of actual abuse against Pell, not from dereliction of duty. Some of the leaked allegations were demonstrably false. Now the issue has arisen that Pell is not having his counsel paid for, and must fund his defence against lies, smears, leaks. And it looks like the Pope has used the pedophile lobby to end the career of a conservative cardinal.
In 437, Emperor Valentinian III began his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ended her regency, but continued to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. 626, Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushed and killed his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. 706, in China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang interred the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. 963, the imperial army proclaimed Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. 1298, the Battle of Göllheim was fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1613, the first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall took place. 1644, English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July 4. 1777, Vermont became the first American territory to abolish slavery.
In 1816, the French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa. 1822, thirty-five slaves were hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organising a slave rebellion. 1823, Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. 1839, twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué took over the slave ship Amsted.
1853, the Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War. 1871, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy entered Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually died from an infection on September 19. 1890, the U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1897, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for radio in London. 1934, the Night of the Long Knives ended with the death of Ernst Röhm. 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
In 2001, Anglican Bishop Hollingsworth became Australian Governor General following the abysmal William Deane. Hollingsworth faced a campaign against him for apologising for not doing enough to rid the Anglican church of pedophile ministers. Pell had nothing to apologise for, having acted appropriately. In fact, Hollingsworth probably had acted appropriately too, but saw it as his duty to apologise as a Christian, and so setting an example. Military people seem to make better governors. Hollingsworth had to stand down because of media controversy. The tagging of Pell as having been derelict in his duty has never been substantiated and was not even claimed until after the lobby had success forcing Hollingsworth out of the Governor General's chair. On a number of occasions, Pell has addressed every charge put to him. In recent years, Victorian police have begun leaking allegations of actual abuse against Pell, not from dereliction of duty. Some of the leaked allegations were demonstrably false. Now the issue has arisen that Pell is not having his counsel paid for, and must fund his defence against lies, smears, leaks. And it looks like the Pope has used the pedophile lobby to end the career of a conservative cardinal.
In 437, Emperor Valentinian III began his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ended her regency, but continued to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. 626, Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushed and killed his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. 706, in China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang interred the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. 963, the imperial army proclaimed Nicephorus Phocas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. 1298, the Battle of Göllheim was fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
1613, the first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall took place. 1644, English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July 4. 1777, Vermont became the first American territory to abolish slavery.
In 1816, the French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa. 1822, thirty-five slaves were hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organising a slave rebellion. 1823, Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. 1839, twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué took over the slave ship Amsted.
1853, the Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War. 1871, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy entered Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually died from an infection on September 19. 1890, the U.S. Congress passed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1897, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for radio in London. 1934, the Night of the Long Knives ended with the death of Ernst Röhm. 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
=== from 2016 ===
Election results are not finalised, but the worst possible result cannot now eventuate. The worst result being a strong win for Turnbull. The next worst result of an ALP win seems impossible. The most likely result has Libs on 75 without a majority, 5 others and ALP on 71. Greens have one seat. Xenophon has one seat. Wilkie in Tasmania. Katter in Queensland. McGowan in Victoria. Turnbull has delivered a circus, not a parliament. He has campaigned very badly, and his judgement is very bad. Throwing away half the senate was petulant, and more likely related to trashing Abbott's legacy than smart politics.
A few days prior to the election, I contacted a Liberal in an adjacent seat. I offered my service, mentioning that I had a plan that could improve numeracy in most high schools in Victoria. In reply I was told (verbatim) "I have a very keen interest in education policy. Im pleased to advise that over the next four years, a re-elected Turnbull Government will increase education spending in Victoria by 26 per cent. Although an increase in education spending does not always lead to better educational outcomes, it is my hope that this record funding will provide certainty for schools who help shape and educate our next generation. " My numeracy plan is free. It costs nothing. Turnbull has a plan to spend money. Not as much as the ALP, but entirely wasted.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
A few days prior to the election, I contacted a Liberal in an adjacent seat. I offered my service, mentioning that I had a plan that could improve numeracy in most high schools in Victoria. In reply I was told (verbatim) "I have a very keen interest in education policy. Im pleased to advise that over the next four years, a re-elected Turnbull Government will increase education spending in Victoria by 26 per cent. Although an increase in education spending does not always lead to better educational outcomes, it is my hope that this record funding will provide certainty for schools who help shape and educate our next generation. " My numeracy plan is free. It costs nothing. Turnbull has a plan to spend money. Not as much as the ALP, but entirely wasted.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Greece is still in the news. The Greek PM still seems to feel he can spend other peoples money. He is advocating a policy that will see Greece exit the EU. It is bad economic policy which got Greece into this condition. Surely it is obvious that austerity is better and there is no future for getting into further debt. It is true Greece voted for the government they have, but only after being egged on by the international press.
Gay Marriage is in the news again after leaked plans to get the government to allow a vote of conscience. It is important that any legislation protects the rights of churches to act on conscience.
Gay Marriage is in the news again after leaked plans to get the government to allow a vote of conscience. It is important that any legislation protects the rights of churches to act on conscience.
From 2014
Rolf Harris should be ashamed of himself. Having read some of his writings, I gather he is and has been. He is convicted of sexual exploitation of minors. The victims are gearing up for a lawsuit. There is no defence for what Harris has done, although he has claimed the sex contact was when the girls were legal and he has denied the pawing. Even accepting what he admits, he is compromised, but he admits no crime. Some have raised the issue of appreciating his art, but his art is not at issue, save his comedy .. and the comedy gets close to the bone. That is what comedy does. Comedians cross boundaries to be funny, and Rolf's stand up can be confronting. Does that mean it isn't funny? Were it exploitation of his victims on stage ala Saville then it is calculated evil. But I don't see it being like that. Harris denies being as Michael Jackson was accused and admitted. Were Harris to have had porn, child slumber parties and jesus juice he would have been slam dunked. Harris has not been accused of what Roman Polanski fled. Yet the ABC reporting his conviction denounced exactly that. The trial of Harris is not going to relax Julian Assange cringing in his ambassadorial suite.
One good match does not make a career. Nick Kyrgios played well against Nadal on grass, a surface which suited one over the other, but another grass encounter could go another way. Kudos to Kyrgios, and good luck for the next match. Defeating a world number one from a player ranked beneath the top 100 has not happened in a grand slam since the mid '70s. It highlights the high skill set of tennis today. Nick won a match well, but tennis is the winner.
Nostradamus died on this day in 1566 .. he didn't see it coming. England lost her Bobby in 1850, and the world lost James Stewart in '97. But nothing worthwhile, nothing loved is ever entirely lost. I thank Mr Peeler for the gift he gave us of civilisation. And Mr Stewart in his character in a Wonderful Life made it wonderful.
On this day in 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. In 1839, a slave rebellion occurred on board Amistaad. 1897, Marconi patented the radio. It is a big day, and punctuated with a long knife taking Ernst Rohm's worthless life in 1934. Blood was pouring, and it would not stop for another eleven years.
One good match does not make a career. Nick Kyrgios played well against Nadal on grass, a surface which suited one over the other, but another grass encounter could go another way. Kudos to Kyrgios, and good luck for the next match. Defeating a world number one from a player ranked beneath the top 100 has not happened in a grand slam since the mid '70s. It highlights the high skill set of tennis today. Nick won a match well, but tennis is the winner.
Nostradamus died on this day in 1566 .. he didn't see it coming. England lost her Bobby in 1850, and the world lost James Stewart in '97. But nothing worthwhile, nothing loved is ever entirely lost. I thank Mr Peeler for the gift he gave us of civilisation. And Mr Stewart in his character in a Wonderful Life made it wonderful.
On this day in 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. In 1839, a slave rebellion occurred on board Amistaad. 1897, Marconi patented the radio. It is a big day, and punctuated with a long knife taking Ernst Rohm's worthless life in 1934. Blood was pouring, and it would not stop for another eleven years.
Historical perspective on this day
In 437, Emperor Valentinian III began his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ended her regency, but continued to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. 626, Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushed and killed his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. 706, in China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang interred the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. 963, the imperial army proclaimed Nicephorus PhocasEmperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. 1298, the Battle of Göllheim was fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg.
In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas was ratified by Spain. 1504, Bogdan III the One-Eyedbecame Voivode of Moldavia. 1555, the Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacked the Italian city of Paola. 1561, Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeated a revolt in Emfraz. 1582, Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated Akechi Mitsuhide. 1613, the first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall took place. 1644, English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britainalthough the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July 4. 1777, Vermont became the first American territory to abolish slavery.
In 1816, the French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa. 1822, thirty-five slaves were hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organising a slave rebellion. 1823, Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. 1839, twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué took over the slave ship Amistad. Also 1839, Abdülmecid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1853, the Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War. 1871, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy entered Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually died from an infection on September 19. 1890, the U.S. Congresspassed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1897, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for radio in London.
In 1900, the first Zeppelin flight took place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. Also 1900, Jean Sibelius' Finlandia received its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. 1917, the East St. Louis Riotended. 1921, World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany. 1934, the Night of the Long Knives ended with the death of Ernst Röhm. 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
In 1940, Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested and detained in Calcutta. 1950, the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burned down. 1962, the first Wal-Mart store opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. 1966, the French military exploded a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific. 1976, fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declared their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
In 1986, Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana were burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. 2000, Vicente Fox Quesada was elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. 2001, the AbioCor self-contained artificial heart was first implanted. 2002, Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. 2005, the Live 8 benefit concerts took place in the G8 states and in South Africa, More than 1,000 musicians performed and were broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. 2013, the International Astronomical Union named Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
In 1494, the Treaty of Tordesillas was ratified by Spain. 1504, Bogdan III the One-Eyedbecame Voivode of Moldavia. 1555, the Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacked the Italian city of Paola. 1561, Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia, defeated a revolt in Emfraz. 1582, Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeated Akechi Mitsuhide. 1613, the first English expedition from Massachusetts against Acadia led by Samuel Argall took place. 1644, English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. 1698, Thomas Savery patented the first steam engine. 1776, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britainalthough the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence was not approved until July 4. 1777, Vermont became the first American territory to abolish slavery.
In 1816, the French frigate Méduse struck the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board had to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting Raft of the Medusa. 1822, thirty-five slaves were hanged in South Carolina, including Denmark Vesey, after being accused of organising a slave rebellion. 1823, Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. 1839, twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 rebelling African slaves led by Joseph Cinqué took over the slave ship Amistad. Also 1839, Abdülmecid I became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam. 1853, the Russian Army crossed the Pruth river into the Danubian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia—providing the spark that set off the Crimean War. 1871, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy entered Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded U.S. President James Garfield, who eventually died from an infection on September 19. 1890, the U.S. Congresspassed the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. 1897, Italian scientist Guglielmo Marconi obtained a patent for radio in London.
In 1900, the first Zeppelin flight took place on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen, Germany. Also 1900, Jean Sibelius' Finlandia received its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. 1917, the East St. Louis Riotended. 1921, World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signed the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Imperial Germany. 1934, the Night of the Long Knives ended with the death of Ernst Röhm. 1937, Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan were last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight.
In 1940, Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested and detained in Calcutta. 1950, the Golden Pavilion at Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto, Japan burned down. 1962, the first Wal-Mart store opened for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 1964, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. 1966, the French military exploded a nuclear test bomb codenamed Aldébaran in Mururoa, their first nuclear test in the Pacific. 1976, fall of the Republic of Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam declared their union to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
In 1986, Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana were burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. 2000, Vicente Fox Quesada was elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. 2001, the AbioCor self-contained artificial heart was first implanted. 2002, Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. 2005, the Live 8 benefit concerts took place in the G8 states and in South Africa, More than 1,000 musicians performed and were broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. 2013, the International Astronomical Union named Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx.
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Today's reading: Job 20-21, Acts 10:24-48 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Job 20-21
Zophar
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 "My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.
3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
because I am greatly disturbed.
3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 "Surely you know how it has been from of old,
ever since mankind was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief,
the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
Today's New Testament reading: Acts 10:24-48
24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26 But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said, "I am only a man myself."
27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28 He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. 29 So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?"
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Morning
The streams of living water which flow from Jerusalem are not dried up by the parching heats of sultry midsummer any more than they were frozen by the cold winds of blustering winter. Rejoice, O my soul, that thou art spared to testify of the faithfulness of the Lord. The seasons change and thou changest, but thy Lord abides evermore the same, and the streams of his love are as deep, as broad and as full as ever. The heats of business cares and scorching trials make me need the cooling influences of the river of His grace; I may go at once and drink to the full from the inexhaustible fountain, for in summer and in winter it pours forth its flood. The upper springs are never scanty, and blessed be the name of the Lord, the nether springs cannot fail either. Elijah found Cherith dry up, but Jehovah was still the same God of providence. Job said his brethren were like deceitful brooks, but he found his God an overflowing river of consolation. The Nile is the great confidence of Egypt, but its floods are variable; our Lord is evermore the same. By turning the course of the Euphrates, Cyrus took the city of Babylon, but no power, human or infernal, can divert the current of divine grace. The tracks of ancient rivers have been found all dry and desolate, but the streams which take their rise on the mountains of divine sovereignty and infinite love shall ever be full to the brim. Generations melt away, but the course of grace is unaltered. The river of God may sing with greater truth than the brook in the poem--
"Men may come, and men may go,
But I go on forever."
How happy art thou, my soul, to be led beside such still waters! never wander to other streams, lest thou hear the Lord's rebuke, "What hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink of the muddy river?"
Evening
My soul, now that the cool of the day has come, retire awhile and hearken to the voice of thy God. He is always ready to speak with thee when thou art prepared to hear. If there be any slowness to commune it is not on his part, but altogether on thine own, for he stands at the door and knocks, and if his people will but open he rejoices to enter. But in what state is my heart, which is my Lord's garden? May I venture to hope that it is well trimmed and watered, and is bringing forth fruit fit for him? If not, he will have much to reprove, but still I pray him to come unto me, for nothing can so certainly bring my heart into a right condition as the presence of the Sun of Righteousness, who brings healing in his wings. Come, therefore, O Lord, my God, my soul invites thee earnestly, and waits for thee eagerly. Come to me, O Jesus, my well-beloved, and plant fresh flowers in my garden, such as I see blooming in such perfection in thy matchless character! Come, O my Father, who art the Husbandman, and deal with me in thy tenderness and prudence! Come, O Holy Spirit, and bedew my whole nature, as the herbs are now moistened with the evening dews. O that God would speak to me. Speak, Lord, for thy servant heareth! O that he would walk with me; I am ready to give up my whole heart and mind to him, and every other thought is hushed. I am only asking what he delights to give. I am sure that he will condescend to have fellowship with me, for he has given me his Holy Spirit to abide with me forever. Sweet is the cool twilight, when every star seems like the eye of heaven, and the cool wind is as the breath of celestial love. My Father, my elder Brother, my sweet Comforter, speak now in lovingkindness, for thou hast opened mine ear and I am not rebellious.
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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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