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?

https://rumble.com/vj9yrl-editorial-nsa-spying-on-us-citizens-for-political-masters.html

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?

https://rumble.com/vj9zkr-editorial-cancel-culture-claims-woke.html

Editorial Dan Andrews obfuscates on his fall

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.

https://rumble.com/vj9zlb-editorial-dan-andrews-obfuscates-on-his-fall.html

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MSNBC’s Joy Reid Mocked for Questioning Rising Crime Because She Hasn’t Heard “Anecdotes From Friends” About It
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Here is a video I made Welsh Incident

Robert Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 -- 7 December 1985) was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life, he produced more than 140 works. He was the son of the Anglo-Irish writer Alfred Perceval Graves and Amalie von Ranke, a niece of historian Leopold von Ranke. He was the brother of the author Charles Patrick Graves and half-brother of Philip Graves.
But that was nothing to what things came out
From the sea-caves of Criccieth yonder.’
‘What were they? Mermaids? dragons? ghosts?’
‘Nothing at all of any things like that.’
‘What were they, then?’
‘All sorts of queer things,
Things never seen or heard or written about,
Very strange, un-Welsh, utterly peculiar
Things. Oh, solid enough they seemed to touch,
Had anyone dared it. Marvellous creation,
All various shapes and sizes, and no sizes,
All new, each perfectly unlike his neighbour,
Though all came moving slowly out together.’
‘Describe just one of them.’
‘I am unable.’
‘What were their colours?’
‘Mostly nameless colours,
Colours you’d like to see; but one was puce
Or perhaps more like crimson, but not purplish.
Some had no colour.’
‘Tell me, had they legs?’
‘Not a leg or foot among them that I saw.’
‘But did these things come out in any order?’
What o’clock was it? What was the day of the week?
Who else was present? How was the weather?’
‘I was coming to that. It was half-past three
On Easter Tuesday last. The sun was shining.
The Harlech Silver Band played Marchog Jesu
On thrity-seven shimmering instruments,
Collecting for Caernarvon’s (Fever) Hospital Fund.
The populations of Pwllheli, Criccieth,
Portmadoc, Borth, Tremadoc, Penrhyndeudraeth,
Were all assembled. Criccieth’s mayor addressed them
First in good Welsh and then in fluent English,
Twisting his fingers in his chain of office,
Welcoming the things. They came out on the sand,
Not keeping time to the band, moving seaward
Silently at a snail’s pace. But at last
The most odd, indescribable thing of all
Which hardly one man there could see for wonder
Did something recognizably a something.’
‘Well, what?’
‘It made a noise.’
‘A frightening noise?’
‘No, no.’
‘A musical noise? A noise of scuffling?’
‘No, but a very loud, respectable noise —
Like groaning to oneself on Sunday morning
In Chapel, close before the second psalm.’
‘What did the mayor do?’
‘I was coming to that.’
https://rumble.com/vc37hl-welsh-incident.html

=== From 2018 ===

Don't give up on hope. Universities are a place of learning, but the left have long seen them as a place of opportunity to indoctrinate. Only, indoctrination is not the same as learning, but sometimes resembles it, so it becomes hard to police when staff are poor quality and sometimes partisan. It is the partisan issue of politics, where the extremists act in concert and conservatives rely on classic liberal principles to prevail. The great evil of socialism has collapsed time and again, but it has wreaked havoc too and grown pernicious in the dark. So that young are manipulated, targeted, and the tools of manipulation are upheld as staples of freedom and liberty. So that opposing bullying is code for proselytising a queer agenda. So that free speech means means censorship. So that anti discrimination means bullying. So that environmentalism means opposing production. Universities have failed to engage with such extremism and have instead been over run by it.

Schools have been subject to such predations throughout history, and schooling is robust, so that even so, learning takes place and all types of people can prosper. In North Korea, people have been enslaved. In South Korea, people have been liberated and achieved much. In both places, schools have been pawns to politics. Only, in South Korea, there are freedoms with checks and balances. A students is able to make up their own mind about how they feel about the state. Some choose socialism.

What alternatives are there in Australia? Does a university student in Australia get to choose to not to pay for their student union? Do the codes of behaviour allow debate? Is a student restricted from parts of the university because of the colour of their skin, or their chosen religion? In Australia, young children are forced to watch Al Gore's fact challenged environmentalist movie on climate change, but University students are not allowed to watch Red Pill. The activity of the Australian Human Rights Council has been documented and forms a compelling argument that that body, as well as the environmental one, should be wrapped up for being of no positive value. Australia needs her cultural assets. But those cultural institutions are being bent and twisted. Australia is not North Korea, but in some areas, she resembles what North Korea long ago embraced.

Gabrielle Williams, member for Dandenong, has grown as a creature from the bent and twisted institutions. Her lawyer background has been promoted through social inclusion programs and highly lauded. But when I went to visit her in 2016, she was on a study tour overseas, and would not help me. Her office advised me to not call the federal member, because he would be too busy too. Australia must defend and build their cultural assets. It begins in Dandenong when the local member supports constituents, not the agenda of Karl Marx.

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. One of the greatest Premiers Victoria ever had, Jeff Kennett, lost an election in 1999. He had been ten years in opposition. When he achieved government in 1992, he hit the ground running. Victoria had experienced financial collapse under ALP government and it was felt that nothing could be done. But Kennett fixed things, cutting public service without cutting service, selling things to get the state out of debt and transforming a moribund education sector which, in a moment of innovation, became the world first state education sector to introduce statewide computer testing. When Kennett lost to the inept but highly lauded Steve Bracks, Kennett had rejuvenated his team and had threatened to keep Victoria Liberal for many more terms. And Bracks incompetently let Victoria slide. Kennett followed his loss by becoming the inaugural chairman of Beyond Blue, an organisation his government had fostered.

Craig Ondarchie related at a recent luncheon a mantra saying of Kennett. I recognised it from a newspaper article in the late '90s my father had marvelled over. I will try to quote it, as it is a stoic masterpiece which Marcus Aurelius or Confucius would have been proud. (update, they come from Kent Keith, and were liked by Mother Teresa)

"People are often unreasonable, illogical and self centred.
Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of being selfish or ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.
We spend years building what another can destroy overnight.
Build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people may forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
People really need help but may attack you if you try to help
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
Give the world your best, anyway.
In the final analysis, it is between you and God.
It was never between you and them, anyway. "

=== from 2016 ===

The counting of the lower house seats looks like the Conservatives have narrowly won government, or are in a very close position to form minority government. It is just like what the ABC showed on election eve, before they decided to change what they considered to be close calls, without a change in votes counted. This has masked for days an unexplored truth. Bill Shorten's campaign was awful. Shorten did not try to win government, but presented a small target and appealed to heartland ALP supporters. There was no competent opposition to Shorten's campaign, and so Shorten's results have been inflated. Had Shorten not lied about Medicare, or covered up Union corruption, or turned his back on small businesses with his big tax on everything, and promoted sustainable policy with appropriate cuts, all those disenchanted with Turnbull would have considered him. Shorten lost the easiest election the ALP have ever had. Shorten is not a competent ALP leader. The ALP needs to reform, and it needs to reform now to present a credible alternative to the conservatives.

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

=== from 2015 ===

Hitler hid the atrocities Jihadists proudly display. There were rumours of the widespread atrocities Nazis committed in the thirties. German peoples had been witnesses to local atrocities, but had not known how organised it was. FDR had been told about it, but had plausible deniability as he sacrificed the lives of Nazi victims. But jihadists are proud of exploiting children to kill prisoners captured in war and stolen from home. Children in lines used to execute prisoners. Children in circles beheading prisoners. These children are recorded on electric media which is circulated widely on social media. It is part of recruitment. And there is no 'good' side. This hell is a result of Obama foreign policy. In some ways, it isn't very different to how some jihadists have perpetrated atrocity for over a thousand years. But, it is bigger. It is organised.

Former Indonesian foreign minister, Marty Natalegawa, is misrepresenting the situation. He had been reliable in opposing Australian government to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). And while he was in government, he could cover his lies. But saying, now, the clear lie that Australia does not have ministerial or even public service contact with Indonesia is demonstrably, verifiably, false. Australia has extensive contact with Indonesia at all levels of administration, including foreign ministers. There are security deals, trade agreements and all the regular issues that are part of good government. Indonesia is happy with Mr Abbott's policy regarding boat people as it takes a lot of pressure off them. They had had thousands of people flying in to be exploited by people smugglers. That had brought international condemnation and caused domestic strife for them. All that is gone, now, thanks to Mr Abbott. But Marty doesn't want to admit that.

ABC breaches her own code of conduct. Even people she chose to review her partisan position are themselves partisan. In her nightly news segment, this Sunday, she chose to show an update on so called Palestine following conflict with Israel. So called Palestine had launched tens of thousands of rockets into Israel's territory. Israel invaded her own territory so as to end the menace. Israel targeted weapons dumps and tunnels used to cache and transport WMD. So called Palestine responded by using human shields and children as hostages, placing weapons in schools and Mosques. The ABC reported that there was no need to go over the rights and wrongs of why the fighting took place, but decided to make it human interest instead. And so blaming Israel. One so called Palestinian boy said he wanted to be a bricklayer and build houses when he grows up. ABC reported he wanted to be an engineer. In fact, given his diet, he probably lays bricks now, albeit not regularly.

Greece faced with non vote. The best outcome is if they reject their government's irresponsible position. But the way the vote is set up the result is meaningless. The only way for Greece to ever prosper again is for them to make sacrifices. Ridiculously, austerity is being compared to terrorism. The truth is reckless spending is theft.

Targeting the one person not left wing. News reports are coming in of HRC's Mr Wilson, hand picked by Mr Abbott, spending $77k on travel in a year. Not mentioned is is the $400k salary or travel expenses of Gillian Triggs or any other on that council. Mr Wilson has good reasons for his expenses. There is no question of his expenses being legitimate. But the promotion of envy connected with Mr Abbott makes the reporting legitimate in the eyes of partisan editors. Note well, those same editors would hate to have their own salaries and expenses declared.

Same sex marriage is not an issue according to populations that have recently voted it in, like Ireland where some 34% of the population voted in support of it. But the media are bloviating wildly on the issue, making out the issue is not as it is. So Australia has a political reality constructed by media promotion. And it won't go away. Maybe Australia should adopt legislation that limits the damage to churches. The world won't end if there is gay marriage. But good government can end on an irrelevant issue.

From 2014

The Bikini first went on sale on this day in 1946. Named after the atoll where nuclear testing was being done. It was marketing genius that took time to explode on the market. A few big time models wore it, and by the sixties it became standard wear in modern beach nations.

Prior to nuclear inspired fashion, the biggest explosion on this day came from Isaac Newton's published Principia Mathematica (1687). Newton is lauded for his invention of Integration calculus, and diminished because he contemporaneously worked on it with Liebniz making similar discovery independently. However, Newton's Principia went beyond calculus .. he described the working of gravity .. planetary motion .. cannon balls .. light waves .. prisms. When the sun has disappeared beneath the horizon, it can still be seen by ocular illusion, and Newton discovered why. Without an iPad. With Newton, the apple fell, and the penny dropped. He went on in old age to reform English Banking. But he was weird. He believed women weakened men's logic facility. At his university, he would have guards precede him everywhere and make sure that Newton would not accidentally meet a woman. He also dabbled in the occult. He was the ward for a niece of whom it is said he had peep holes put in his residence. Personally, I think it is more efficient to marry a good woman. When you talk to her, you can discover more .. and she will listen when others won't .. But Newton was a genius .. and a fool ..

PT Barnum was born on this day in 1810. A consummate showman. He did not invent the saying "There is a sucker born every minute" but he exploited that fact. When his business went south, he became a temperance speaker. He ran and was elected as a GOP man. His enduring fame is as the guy who brought together a menagerie of big animals and freaks.

Historical perspective on this day

In 328, the official opening of Constantine's Bridge built over the Danube between Sucidava(Corabia, Romania) and Oescus (Gigen, Bulgaria) by the Roman architect Theophilus Patricius 1295, Scotland and France formed an alliance, the so-called "Auld Alliance", against England. 1316, the Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea met in the Battle of Manolada 1594, Portuguese forces under the command of Pedro Lopes de Sousa began an unsuccessful invasion of the Kingdom of Kandy during the Campaign of Danture in Sri Lanka. 1610, John Guy set sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. 1687, Isaac Newton published Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. 1770, the Battle of Chesmabetween the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire began. 1775, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition.

In 1803, the Convention of Artlenburg was signed, leading to the French occupation of Hanover (which had been ruled by the British king). 1809, the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, the Battle of Wagram was fought between the French and Austrian Empires. 1811, Venezuela declared independence from Spain. 1813, War of 1812: Three weeks of British raids on Fort Schlosser, Black Rock and Plattsburgh, New York commenced. 1814, War of 1812: Battle of Chippawa – American Major General Jacob Brown defeated British General Phineas Riall at Chippawa, Ontario. 1833, Lê Văn Khôi along with 27 soldiers staged a mutiny taking over the Phiên An citadel, developing into the Lê Văn Khôi revolt against Emperor Minh Mạng. Also 1833, Admiral Charles Napier vanquished the navy of the Portuguese usurper Dom Miguel at the third Battle of Cape St. Vincent. 1841, Thomas Cookorganised the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough 1878, the coat of armsof the Baku Governorate was established. 1884, Germany took possession of Cameroon.

In 1915, the Liberty Bell left Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. This was the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intended to permit. 1934, "Bloody Thursday" – Police opened fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco. 1935, the National Labor Relations Act, which governed labor relations in the United States, was signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1937, Spam, the luncheon meat, was introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.

In 1940, World War II: The United Kingdom and the Vichy France government broke off diplomatic relations. 1941, World War II: Operation Barbarossa: German troops reached the Dnieper River. 1943, World War II: An Allied invasion fleet sailed for Sicily (Operation Husky, July 10, 1943). Also 1943, World War II: German forces began a massive offensive against the Soviet Union at the Battle of Kursk, also known as Operation Citadel. 1945, World War II: The liberation of the Philippines was declared. 1946, the bikini went on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France. 1948, National Health ServiceActs created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom. 1950, Korean War: Task Force Smith: American and North Korean forces first clashed, in the Battle of Osan. Also 1950, Zionism: The Knesset passed the Law of Return which grants all Jews the right to immigrate to Israel. 1954, the BBC broadcast its first television news bulletin. Also 1954, the Andhra Pradesh High Court was established. Also 1954, Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right," at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. 1962, Algeria becomes independent from France.

In 1971, Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, was formally certified by President Richard Nixon. 1973, A BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapor Explosion) in Kingman, Arizona, followed a fire that broke out as propane was being transferred from a railroad car to a storage tank, killing eleven firefighters. 1975, Arthur Ashe became the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title. Also 1975, Cape Verde gained its independence from Portugal. 1977, Military coup in Pakistan: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the first elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, was overthrown. 1980, Swedish tennis player Björn Borg won his fifth Wimbledon final and became the first male tennis player to win the championships five times in a row (1976-1980). 1987, the LTTE used suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers were born and, in the following years, continued to kill with the tactic. 1989, Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions were later overturned.

In 1995, the Republic of Armenia adopted its constitution, four years after its independence from the Soviet Union. 1996, Dolly the sheep became the first mammal cloned from an adult cell. 1999, Wolverhampton, England was hit by storms, including a tornado. The area was hit again with severe storms on August 1. Also 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton imposed trade and economic sanctions against the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. 2004, the first Indonesian presidential election was held. 2006, North Korea tested four short-range missiles, one medium-range missile and a long-range Taepodong-2. The long-range Taepodong-2 reportedly failed in mid-air over the Sea of Japan. 2009, a series of violent riots broke out in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the People's Republic of China. Also 2009, the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, was found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England. 2012, The Shard in London was inaugurated as the tallest building in Europe, with a height of 310 metres (1,020 ft).

=== Bible Reading ===

Today's reading: Job 28-29, Acts 13:1-25 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Job 28-29

Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found

¹ There is a mine for silver
and a place where gold is refined.
² Iron is taken from the earth,
and copper is smelted from ore.
³ Mortals put an end to the darkness;
they search out the farthest recesses
for ore in the blackest darkness.
⁴ Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft,
in places untouched by human feet;
far from other people they dangle and sway.
⁵ The earth, from which food comes,
is transformed below as by fire;
⁶ lapis lazuli comes from its rocks,
and its dust contains nuggets of gold.
⁷ No bird of prey knows that hidden path,
no falcon's eye has seen it.
⁸ Proud beasts do not set foot on it,
and no lion prowls there.
⁹ People assault the flinty rock with their hands
and lay bare the roots of the mountains.
¹⁰ They tunnel through the rock;
their eyes see all its treasures.
¹¹ They search the sources of the rivers
and bring hidden things to light....

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 13:1-25

¹ Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. ² While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." ³ So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off....

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

=== Morning and Evening ===

Morning

"Sanctify them through thy truth."
John 17:17

Sanctification begins in regeneration. The Spirit of God infuses into man that new living principle by which he becomes "a new creature" in Christ Jesus. This work, which begins in the new birth, is carried on in two ways--mortification, whereby the lusts of the flesh are subdued and kept under; and vivification, by which the life which God has put within us is made to be a well of water springing up unto everlasting life. This is carried on every day in what is called "perseverance," by which the Christian is preserved and continued in a gracious state, and is made to abound in good works unto the praise and glory of God; and it culminates or comes to perfection, in "glory," when the soul, being thoroughly purged, is caught up to dwell with holy beings at the right hand of the Majesty on high. But while the Spirit of God is thus the author of sanctification, yet there is a visible agency employed which must not be forgotten. "Sanctify them," said Jesus, "through thy truth: thy word is truth." The passages of Scripture which prove that the instrument of our sanctification is the Word of God are very many. The Spirit of God brings to our minds the precepts and doctrines of truth, and applies them with power. These are heard in the ear, and being received in the heart, they work in us to will and to do of God's good pleasure. The truth is the sanctifier, and if we do not hear or read the truth, we shall not grow in sanctification. We only progress in sound living as we progress in sound understanding. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Do not say of any error, "It is a mere matter of opinion." No man indulges an error of judgment, without sooner or later tolerating an error in practice. Hold fast the truth, for by so holding the truth shall you be sanctified by the Spirit of God.

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"He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully."
Psalm 24:4

Outward practical holiness is a very precious mark of grace. It is to be feared that many professors have perverted the doctrine of justification by faith in such a way as to treat good works with contempt; if so, they will receive everlasting contempt at the last great day. If our hands are not clean, let us wash them in Jesus' precious blood, and so let us lift up pure hands unto God. But "clean hands" will not suffice, unless they are connected with "a pure heart." True religion is heart-work. We may wash the outside of the cup and the platter as long as we please, but if the inward parts be filthy, we are filthy altogether in the sight of God, for our hearts are more truly ourselves than our hands are; the very life of our being lies in the inner nature, and hence the imperative need of purity within. The pure in heart shall see God, all others are but blind bats.

The man who is born for heaven "hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity." All men have their joys, by which their souls are lifted up; the worldling lifts up his soul in carnal delights, which are mere empty vanities; but the saint loves more substantial things; like Jehoshaphat, he is lifted up in the ways of the Lord. He who is content with husks, will be reckoned with the swine. Does the world satisfy thee? Then thou hast thy reward and portion in this life; make much of it, for thou shalt know no other joy.

"Nor sworn deceitfully." The saints are men of honour still. The Christian man's word is his only oath; but that is as good as twenty oaths of other men. False speaking will shut any man out of heaven, for a liar shall not enter into God's house, whatever may be his professions or doings. Reader, does the text before us condemn thee, or dost thou hope to ascend into the hill of the Lord?

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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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I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship

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I'm looking for former students to endorse me