Saturday, July 24, 2021

Sat 24th 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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This shocking video from the past predicted precisely where we are now. In this episode, I discuss the video and I address explosive new evidence about the Delta Variant.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
DOJ Refuses to Investigate Pennsylvania and Michigan Governors Over Nursing Home Deaths READ MORE

Adam Carolla, Michael Anton, and Charlie Kirk to Join Unfiltered With Dan Bongino

Texas Begins Arresting Illegal Immigrants for Trespassing Thanks to Gov. Abbott’s Border Plan

Senate Defense Bill Will Require Women to Register for the Draft

Virtue Signal: Cleveland Indians Change Name to “The Guardians”

Rogue Prosecutor Removed From McCloskey Case Accused of Dereliction of Duty

Tokyo Olympics Kick Off

Capitol Hill
Current Polling Indicates VP Harris’ Presidential Ambitions Are Unlikely to Be a Reality
Tucker Slams Biden for Spreading Misinformation at CNN Town Hall
Reporter Grills Biden Over New Cuba Sanctions, Points Out That They Don’t Do Anything New
White House Very Upset With Ron DeSantis Not Caving to Hysteria Over Mask Mandate for Students
Congressional Republicans Seek Granting Biden War Powers for Cuba
Vegans for KFC: Pelosi Cites Her Catholic Faith in Defense of Taxpayer-Funded Abortions
The Biden Border Crisis Is Making History
House Republicans Can Target Liz Cheney’s Committee Assignment
Jim Banks Was Planning on Calling Head of Capitol Police Union to Testify When Pelosi Kicked Him Off Committee
Reminder: Biden and Harris Initially Led Vaccine Skepticism When Trump Pushed It

Culture War
Texas Mayor Predicts Two Million Illegal Border Crossings This Year
NYC Anti-Police Protesters Surround Car – Get Hit by Car
Wikipedia Co-Founder Says He Regrets Creating the Website
Missouri School District Blows $15k on CRT Professor to Conduct “History Curriculum Audit”
CNN’s Biden Town Hall Draws Fewer Viewers Than Fox News on an Average Night
CRT Group Promoted by Biden Admin Is Tied to Top Education Department Officials
The Police’s Hands Are Tied in San Francisco as Crime Surges
Gov. Abbott Signs Bill to Ban Abortion If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned
Italian American Group Sues Chicago for Removing Columbus Statue
Bill Maher Rips Americans Who Are Too PC, Too Sensitive
Minneapolis City Council Advances Plan to “Replace Police”

Economy
Texas Farmers Want Biden to Cover the Costs Illegal Immigration Is Causing Them
Billings, Montana Takes #1 Spot in the WSJ’s List of the Hottest Housing Markets in U.S.
Bill Gates and George Soros Backed Group Buys COVID Testing Company
Next Infrastructure Bill Vote Could Be as Soon as Monday
Electric Vehicle Startup Lucid’s Deal to Go Public Risks Collapse
Venezuela Has First Oil Import of the Year, Skirting U.S. Sanctions
“Wolf of Wall Street” Jordan Belfort Criticizes Elon Musk’s Crypto Promotion
Biden Isn’t Seeing Eye to Eye With His Treasury Secretary on Inflation
International Energy Agency Radically Proposes Phasing Out All Gas-Powered Cars and Coal-Fired Plants
Change Could Be Coming on How Social Security Benefits Are Calculated

Swamp Watch
White House, CDC Consider Recommending Masks for the Vaccinated. Again.
White House Does a 180 and Suddenly Disavows CRT Material It Included in School Reopening Guidance
Democrats Claim FBI Didn’t Investigate Brett Kavanaugh Enough During 2018 Witch Hunt
Hunter Biden to Meet With “Anonymous” Buyers Prior to “Art” Sales
Mayor Lightfoot Threatens to Bring Back Masks If More Chicagoans Don’t Get Vaxxed
MSNBC Parrots Joe Biden’s Lies About GOP Voting Laws
Bad News, Newsom: Polls Worsen for Governor in California Recall
Jim Jordan Seeks More Info About Senior FBI Official Who Made Unauthorized Contact and Accepted Gifts From Media Ahead of 2016 Election

National Security
Two Shot at Washington D.C. Outdoor Dining Area as Crime Spirals Out of Control
China Could Get Pulled Into Afghanistan War
Does Russia’s New “Checkmate” Stealth Fighter Even Exist?
Two Chinese Agents Charged in U.S. for Targeting Opponents of China
China Could Complete a 3rd Aircraft Carrier This Year
International Monitors Increasingly Alarmed Over Iran’s Growing Nuclear Program
Video: Border Control Lets Illegal Migrants Into US With No Resistance
Lockheed Wants to Connect All the Pentagon’s Weapons
CIA Officer Who Hunted Bin Laden Now Has a New Mission
British Navy Looks to Help America Deter China in Asia

Around the World
Five Arrested in Hong Kong Over Children’s Book Portraying Pro-Democracy Movement as Sheep Surrounded by Wolves
Netherlands Fines TikTok For Not Offering Privacy Statement
India Raids Media Outlets Critical of Government
Maker of Pegasus Spyware Blames Customers For Hacking
YouTube Takes Down Brazil President Bolsonaro’s Channel, Citing “Coronavirus Misinformation”
UK Food Supply Chain “On the Edge of Failing” Due to COVID-Related Labor Shortage
Macron Changes Phone & Heightens Security After Pegasus Spyware Allegations
China Says It’s “Shocked” by WHO Plan for Second Phase of COVID Origins Investigation

Opinion
Charles Lipson: A Gold Medal Question: Should Women’s Sports Even Exist?
Veronique de Rugy: Why Spending Matters in Times of Inflation and High Debt
Patrick Buchanan: JFK — Accept Our Diverse World as It Is
Armstrong Williams: Sorting Through Moise’s Assassination and the Darkest International Corruption
Katie Yoder: “I Can Hear Music” Is a Pro-Life Alternative to Abortion Books for Kids
Victor Davis Hanson: These Aren’t the Democrats of Old
Spencer Brown: The White House Is Attacking Us
Austin Bay: Law of the Sea Court Ruling Continues to Challenge Chinese Aggression

Entertainment
Hollywood Production Company Flees California Over Taxes
Netflix Stock Slides After Losing Nearly 500,000 Subscribers
Former NWA Member Dr. Dre Ordered to Pay $300K in Monthly Spousal Support
Eric Clapton Says He Will Not Play at Venues Requiring Proof of Coronavirus Vaccination
Music Producer Emilio Estefan Releases Video Exposing Human Rights Abuses in Communist Cuba
Chris Hansen Addresses Bench Warrant Over “To Catch a Predator” Sting Footage
Anthony Ippolito to Star as Al Pacino in Series About the Making of “The Godfather”
Mena Suvari Says Allegations About Kevin Spacey Made Her Recall “Weird” Moment on “American Beauty” Set

Sports
Proposal at Minor League Game Goes Awry
Team USA Olympians to Watch
Maria Taylor Moving to NBC After ESPN Drama
Uzbek Gymnast Competes in Eighth Olympic Games at 46
U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Facing Online Backlash for Protests
NFL: Teams Will Forfeit Any Games Cancelled Due to COVID Cases
Olympic Opening Ceremony Director Fired Over 23-Year-Old Holocaust Joke
Team USA Gets Olympic Softball Victory Over Canada After Thrilling Play at the Plate
GOP Fails to Override Louisiana Democrat Governor’s Veto of Trans Sports Bill
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Cuba's governing regime hasn't shown any signs that its behavior will improve after President Joe Biden announced sanctions targeting entities responsible for the crackdown on protesters in the island nation, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday. [Full Story]

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Newsfront
The participant in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol attack known as the "QAnon Shaman" is negotiating a possible plea deal with prosecutors, after prison psychologists found he suffers from a variety of mental illnesses, his attorney said.In an interview, defense lawyer Albert...... [Full Story]
Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey says it is time to put the blame on the [Full Story]
Conservative talk radio show host Phil Valentine is "fighting for his [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Fat Old Hugh Grant plays Death of Nero 
Comedic portrayal of Nero's death covering several issues badly, the death of Nero's mum by his command. His isolation. His reasons for killing Christians he labelled Atheists. 


=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Libertarians are on suicide watch after Donald Trump praised trade tariffs. However, as with everything, there are degrees. The US faces unfair trade practices and Trump is using the threat of tariffs to make trade more fair. And it is working. Similarly, Trump has worked politically overseas with allegedly insoluble regional issues, and working bilaterally has achieved what Cold War never could.

The US Secretary of State has praised Australia as a firm friend, but she still does not have a US ambassador. I have an issue that needs sorting and can only be dealt with appropriately at an executive level.

Trump's lawyer has been unconstitutionally assaulted by Mueller in his investigation of Trump. Mueller has not found anything relevant to his probe, but by investigating Trump's personal lawyer, Mueller has uncovered a recording that the lawyer would never have expected to release in his lifetime. CNN has a copy. And the tapes do not reveal anything corrupt about Trump, but #FakeNews are claiming a gotcha. It is like Frost interviewing Nixon and claiming a win when Nixon never faulted. What has been the cost of the faked dossier which launched the Mueller investigation? An estimate would be more than the direct cost of the dossier. None of the alleged prostitutes would be able to cover the cost in their lifetimes. When one considers any of the many positives from Trump, and add that to the cost, it becomes prohibitive. But a survey might be adequate. In Israel, move the US embassy out of Jerusalem, pay $billions to terrorists, give back land to IS. Give chemical weapons back to Assad. Take jobs away from US peoples. Kill people wanting to migrate to America. Support drug cartels. Give medals to people who used to play NFL, but stopped because nobody watches anymore. Make Corey Booker VP. Hand out automatic weapons to criminals and take them from law abiding folks. And that is just a start, a dream for Mueller to aim.


A suspect video by an activist has a mother taking a child to a park and local children rejecting the child a number of times. Is the video a mock up? If it is not, why does the mother accept white kids hitting her black boy? Why does the adult not behave like an adult, but be overwhelmed by children? The recording has the bully girls calling out "Mono" which apparently translates as monkey. The mother figure is dressed as a Jordanian and might be a refugee. Are there no adults in Jordan? One does not have to hurt children to be adult and take charge. But, one can be a telegenic victim with very little effort. 

In Victoria, Dan Andrews is moving to act on gang laws to address something he claims is not happening. 

In Australia, the six by elections next Saturday see a desperate ALP and #FakeNews releasing a scare campaign on health medical records. Apparently, if your doctor can access health records, so can tax people at the ATO and that is beyond the pale. People are being told to opt out now. People are being told it is too late. Thieves may have personal data! I don't trust government, but I want my doctor to have my details. I get it the ATO want to check my Centrelink statements against my health records. They are welcome to. I have clean hands. ALP and Greens are panicking because they don't? Don't forget the ALP have these by elections after lying to Australia about the citizenship of their candidates. The ALP want your vote to take advantage of you. 

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. 3AW's Neil Mitchell wanted to speak to Williams today on a parliamentary issue but she was unavailable. What does one need to do to get an audience with Williams? I don't have the resources of radio. I contacted 3AW to let them know I do not speak for Williams but might offer an opinion based on my time walking the neighbourhood. Dandenong is a melting pot and has been blessed with awesome food, from Afghan, through Indian and not finishing with Vietnamese. We have markets and schools and local neighbourhoods with hospitals and parks and malls. People are tired of crime. Kids want to go to schools and not be told about their adult choices. Young adults want jobs. Parents want to raise their families. Religious folk would like to worship in appropriate spaces. Commuters would like public transport to take them to their destinations. We want cheap, efficient power. We want red tape cut. We want streets to be clean. We'd also like our federal and state member to be approachable and not be told our petty concerns are not important enough.

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. We don't yet know how to deal with depraved indifference. Pat Rafter, a popular and successful tennis player has had a lot to do with Australia's top male singles players. They have champion skills, but awful attitudes and the latter will prevent them from achieving what their skill set endows. Or some teenager boys in Florida watch a disabled man drown, and mock him as he drowns. Then they upload the footage to Facebook for hits. And the law doesn't seem to have something appropriate for dealing with their behaviour. Had they called for help, but then again, there is another case where a police officer shot a woman who called for help. A US student has been threatened with three years jail in China after going to the aid of a deaf woman, his mother, being assaulted by a taxi driver. The authorities demanded $7k in compensation, but released him after Trump's people from the US government made some calls. And then Joko Widodo of Indonesia jokes about licensing police to shoot druggies, ala Duterte. Obama damaged America and the world in eight years. It seems as if depraved indifference is a sophisticated response to bureaucratic overkill which threatens basic freedoms like free speech. Once children have been raised badly, it is too late for them. At some time in their past, those florida teens needed to learn about God, Grace, forgiveness and mercy. But all they heard about was self obsession, material possession and vain glory. It is too late for those miserable people, but not for other, younger ones. 

In 1132, Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. 1148, Louis VII of France laid siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1411, Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, took place. 1487, Citizens of LeeuwardenNetherlands went on strike against a ban on foreign beer. 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and took possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France. 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI. 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later became the city of Detroit, Michigan

In 1814, War of 1812General Phineas Riall advanced toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders. 1823, Slavery was abolished in Chile. Also 1823, in MaracaiboVenezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo took place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, defeated the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia. 1847, after 17 months of travel, Brigham Young led 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade. 1864, American Civil WarBattle of KernstownConfederate General Jubal Early defeated Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1866, ReconstructionTennessee became the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.
=== from 2016 ===
Munich shooter suspect, an 18yo German of Iranian ancestry yelled Allahu Akbar during his attack, but his home material seems to show his motivation was not terror related. He seemed fascinated with killing rampages. He used FaceBook to lure children to McDonalds. And this is not unrelated to a number of rampages seen around the world. The opportunists, often suicidal, use the terrorist mantras, and include media justifications. Man Monis didn't even know the flag he wanted to display in the Sydney Lindt siege, but he demanded it be ISIL. But even the rewards given applicants to join ISIL are secular and not Islamic. The issue is not terror, but law and order. And the media are promoting terrorist style law breaking, claiming there is reason and purpose to the activity when there is not. How many recruits would ISIL attract were it widely known that recruits that were male would cross dress, sleep with men or animals, drink urine, and lose limbs to disease? While females would be gang raped until they died if they weren't pretty enough, and would starve, suffer disease without treatment and be passed around if they were too pretty until they weren't? The media, which hates GOP and Donald Trump, seem to promote terror. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
They say it is a sign of insanity to do something that failed the last time the same way again, hoping it will be different. In 2014, a Scientific Research vessel hoping to measure thinning of Antarctic Ice got trapped in said ice which was much thicker than expected. The ice breaker needed rescuing. In 2015, a similar expedition was diverted to break other ships free of ice. Sadly, the scientists couldn't measure the thinning either time as there was too much ice. Maybe there isn't less ice? 

Schoolboy preaches jihad for ISIL at Sydney school. National security hotline was given an anonymous call of his activity. The student had apparently acted within a school program opposing Islamophobia. One wonders how preaching jihad opposes Islamophobia. It is important for students to hear how jihadism is discredited. But one feels maybe that is not the message schools are delivering. Adults aren't doing it well either. Charlie Hebdo has decided to self censor rather than be used as targets by jihadis, or people with no specific goal acting as lone wolves. If there was less self censoring then the jihadis would not be able to target the isolated group. Instead we have the new lesson that jihadism is effective. There are leftist memes which hate America which are easily spread and which are wrong. It is ok for schools to discuss them, but such memes, in a balanced discussion, are lampooned. One issue school communities debate poorly is the so called Palestinian state. Why should schools promote terrorism to statehood status? 

Alleged sex offender released by immigration after miscommunication. The Korean national was on an expired visa and given a bridging visa, and released. He has been captured again, by police. Maybe now the government knows the number of sex offenders in the public, as 'capture/recapture' is a statistical method for counting.


Bill Shorten backflips two ways. To the right, Shorten says he is willing to consider stopping boats of people smugglers and turning them back. There is collective outrage from many who feel it is more compassionate to drown some of them. To the left, Shorten is promising to outrageously raise the percentage of renewables for energy to fifty percent. That is an environment killing and industry crippling figure which doesn't achieve an environmental end. Naturally the left loves it because it feeds their fantasy. Promised from opposition, it can make their supporters feel good about opposing the government while not harming anyone by voting in someone irresponsible. Until someone irresponsible gets voted in, as happened in 2007. It is worth remembering that Gillard lied in '02 about having a better, more compassionate policy than the Pacific Solution. She implemented her failure and so Australia lost over $12 billion and many drowned. Shorten characterises skepticism of Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) as a scare campaign. He calls Carbon Dioxide a cancer on the world. In fact, Carbon Dioxide is plant food, and calling it a cancer is itself a scare. Rudd used to say Mr Howard was lucky to have governed in a time of growth. Although Rudd had higher growth and income from mineral exports than Mr Howard ever had, Rudd had lifted spending which absorbed that. Australia now needs growth to be high to get out of debt. And it isn't happening at the moment. Bill Shorten was booed promising everything to everyone at the ALP conference. But he would struggle to deliver anything to anyone. 

Bolt is still writing about political expenses, because there are reports circulating now that Mr Abbott has said it is important the government does not make poorly founded expense claims, moving forward. Naturally the press are pointing to historical items which were within the rules. Are you now, or have you ever, claimed an expense from an expense account? 
From 2014
How one grieves is related to how they love. Such was the lesson of the women survivors of Birkenau-Belsen who prayed for their jailers to come to know God as opposed to facing secular justice. So in the wake of the tragedy of MH17, a couple who lost three children and their children's grandparents grieve by affirming that their love is stronger than the evil which claimed those lives. Such love is humbling. It is terrorism which claimed these lives, and it is clothed as an accident. It may well be an accident, but an accident that suits the purposes of terrorists. Ukraine has not been asked to address salient points regarding this. For justice to be done, that must happen. Two more military jets of Ukraine have been shot down since the incident. Clearly no civilian craft should have been cleared to fly through that war zone. It is doubtful that Malaysian airways would have ignored a directive to avoid a war zone. Russia is being blamed for supplying the separatists. Ukraine is responsible for the civilian casualties in their war zone. As far as religion is concerned, there is forgiveness. As far as secular administration is concerned, justice is not being served while Ukraine ducks responsibility. 

A counterpoint to the pain and love and loss being experienced over Mh17 is the issue of an Australian woman in Lebanon who has been arrested for adultery. The mother is in her twenties and separated from her husband. She has flown to Lebanon for a vacation with her intended second husband. Her first husband has called Lebanese authorities and the woman now faces jail for adultery. International law is clear, it is up to local law to sort the matter. The woman's family have disowned her. None of the family seem particularly devout in Islam and so it seems inappropriate that Islam should deal with her .. she is no threat to Islamic couples, neither is she an example. I could be wrong. Perhaps all Islamic relationships are so fragile that if that woman got away with it then Islam would be threatened. She would have had a better holiday had she gone to Israel. Even Gaza would have been cheaper. However, the issue of terrorism is important. Australia must take a stand against it, we cannot tolerate Australans being radicalised and threatening Australians. A case could be made regarding the Australian based husband and family in this case .. inciting religious hatred overseas on an Australian is a low act of bastardry. Maybe these people should be deported lest they become a threat to other locals? 

A fur trapper in New France set up a trading post on this day in 1701. It became Detroit years later. The trapper, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, was influential and successful, and so when the corporation Cadillac was begun in the early twentieth century, they chose the name in tribute. In 1487, Dutch peoples went on strike over the issue of a ban on foreign beer. Five centuries on, little has changed in attitude. In 1567, Mary Queen of Scots abdicated her throne in favour of the future king of England, her son. In 1814, the war of 1812 had advanced so far as to become US troops invading British territory. In 1823, Chile abolished slavery. In 1847, Salt Lake City was settled as some Mormons completed an eighteen month journey. In 1901, the brilliant writer O. Henry was released from prison for embezzling from a bank. In 1911, Machu Picchu was rediscovered. In 1922, draft for British Palestine was accepted by the League of Nations. In 1929, League of Nations renounced war as foreign policy. In 1935, global warming meant Chicago reached 43 degrees centigrade. In 1937, Alabama dropped charges against the Scottsboro Boys. In 1943, Operation Gomorrah began with bombing of Hamburg, killing over 30000 people in the months up to November. In 1959 Nixon and Krushchev had a kitchen debate. in 1969, Apollo 11 splashed down. In 1983, riots in Sri Lanka began the civil war. Also in 1983, the Pine Tar incident meant the Yankees won a game they had lost. In 1990, Saddam Hussein committed a delayed suicide by amassing troops on Kuwait. In 1991, Manmohan Singh gave a budget speech which initialised the liberalisation of the Indian economy. In 2001, the last Tsar of Bulgaria became her elected Prime Minister. In 2001, 14 terrorists damaged an airport in Sri Lanka. In 2002, a Democrat was expelled from congress for corruption. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 1132, Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. 1148, Louis VII of France laid siege to Damascus during the Second Crusade. 1411, Battle of Harlaw, one of the bloodiest battles in Scotland, took place. 1487, Citizens of LeeuwardenNetherlands went on strike against a ban on foreign beer. 1534, French explorer Jacques Cartier planted a cross on the Gaspé Peninsula and took possession of the territory in the name of Francis I of France. 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots, was forced to abdicate and replaced by her 1-year-old son James VI. 1701, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac founded the trading post at Fort Pontchartrain, which later became the city of Detroit, Michigan. 1783, the Kingdom of Georgia and the Russian Empire signed the Treaty of Georgievsk.

In 1814, War of 1812General Phineas Riall advanced toward the Niagara River to halt Jacob Brown's American invaders. 1823, Slavery was abolished in Chile. Also 1823, in MaracaiboVenezuela the naval Battle of Lake Maracaibo took place, where Admiral José Prudencio Padilla, defeated the Spanish Navy, thus culminating the independence for the Gran Colombia. 1847, after 17 months of travel, Brigham Young led 148 Mormon pioneers into Salt Lake Valley, resulting in the establishment of Salt Lake City. Celebrations of this event include the Pioneer Day Utah state holiday and the Days of '47 Parade. 1864, American Civil WarBattle of KernstownConfederate General Jubal Early defeated Union troops led by General George Crook in an effort to keep them out of the Shenandoah Valley. 1866, ReconstructionTennessee became the first U.S. state to be readmitted to the Union following the American Civil War.

In 1901, O. Henry was released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank. 1910, the Ottoman Empire captured the city of Shkodër, putting down the Albanian Revolt of 1910. 1911, Hiram Bingham III re-discovered Machu Picchu, "the Lost City of the Incas". 1915, the passenger ship S.S. Eastland capsized while tied to a dock in the Chicago River. A total of 844 passengers and crew were killed in the largest loss of life disaster from a single shipwreck on the Great Lakes. 1922, the draft of the British Mandate of Palestinewas formally confirmed by the Council of the League of Nations; it came into effect on 26 September 1923. 1923, the Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, was signed in Switzerland by GreeceBulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I. 1924, Archeologist Themistoklis Sofoulis became Prime Minister of Greece. 1927, the Menin Gate war memorial was unveiled at Ypres. 1929, the Kellogg–Briand Pact, renouncing war as an instrument of foreign policy, went into effect (it was first signed in Paris on August 27, 1928 by most leading world powers).

In 1931, a fire at a home for the elderly in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania killed 48 people. 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak, sending temperatures to 109°F (43°C) in Chicago, Illinois and 104°F (40°C) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 1937, Alabamadropped rape charges against the so-called "Scottsboro Boys". 1938, first ascent of the Eiger north face. 1943, World War IIOperation Gomorrah began: British and Canadian aeroplanes bombed Hamburg by night, and American planes by day. By the end of the operation in November, 9,000 tons of explosives had killed more than 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings.

In 1950, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station began operations with the launch of a Bumper rocket. 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in MoscowU.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet PremierNikita Khrushchevhad a "Kitchen Debate". 1963, the iconic Bluenose II was launched in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. The schooner was a major Canadian symbol. 1966, Michael Pelkeymade the first BASE jump from El Capitan along with Brian Schubert. Both came out with broken bones. BASE jumping has now been banned from El Cap. 1967, during an official state visit to Canada, French President Charles de Gaulle declared to a crowd of over 100,000 in MontrealVive le Québec libre! ("Long live free Quebec!"). The statement, interpreted as support for Quebec independence, delighted many Quebecers but angered the Canadian government and many English Canadians. 1969, Apollo programApollo 11 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean.

In 1972, Bugojno group was caught by Yugoslav security forces. 1974, Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that PresidentRichard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White Housetapes and they ordered him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor. 1977, end of a four day long Libyan–Egyptian War. 1980, the Quietly Confident Quartet of Australia won the Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay at the Moscow Olympics, the only time the United States has not won the event at Olympic level. 1982, heavy rain caused a mudslide that destroyed a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. 1983, the Black July anti-Tamil riots began in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Also 1983, George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, had a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident".

In 1990, Iraqi forces start massing on the Kuwait-Iraq border. 1991, Manmohan Singh presented his budget speech to the Indian Parliament which led to economic liberalisation in India 1998, Russell Eugene Weston, Jr. burst into the United States Capitol and opened fire killing two police officers. He was later ruled to be incompetent to stand trial. 2001, Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the last Tsar of Bulgaria when he was a child, was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, becoming the first monarch in history to regain political power through democratic election to a different office. Also 2001, Bandaranaike Airport attack was carried out by 14 Tamil Tiger commandos, all died in this attack. They destroyed 11 Aircraft (mostly military) and damaged 15, there were no civilian casualties. This incident slowed down Sri Lankan economy. 2002, Democrat James Traficant was expelled from the United States House of Representatives on a vote of 420–1.

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Today's reading: Psalm 33-34, Acts 24 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 33-34


1 Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2 Praise the LORD with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
Sing to him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4 For the word of the LORD is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.
5 The LORD loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;
he puts the deep into storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD;
let all the people of the world revere him.
9 For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm....

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 24

Paul's Trial Before Felix
1 Five days later the high priest Ananias went down to Caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they brought their charges against Paul before the governor. 2 When Paul was called in, Tertullus presented his case before Felix: "We have enjoyed a long period of peace under you, and your foresight has brought about reforms in this nation. 3 Everywhere and in every way, most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this with profound gratitude. 4 But in order not to weary you further, I would request that you be kind enough to hear us briefly....

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Morning

"Even thou wast as one of them."
Obadiah 1:11
Brotherly kindness was due from Edom to Israel in the time of need, but instead thereof, the men of Esau made common cause with Israel's foes. Special stress in the sentence before us is laid upon the word thou; as when Caesar cried to Brutus, "and thou Brutus"; a bad action may be all the worse, because of the person who has committed it. When we sin, who are the chosen favourites of heaven, we sin with an emphasis; ours is a crying offence, because we are so peculiarly indulged. If an angel should lay his hand upon us when we are doing evil, he need not use any other rebuke than the question, "What thou? What dost thou here?" Much forgiven, much delivered, much instructed, much enriched, much blessed, shall we dare to put forth our hand unto evil? God forbid!
A few minutes of confession may be beneficial to thee, gentle reader, this morning. Hast thou never been as the wicked? At an evening party certain men laughed at uncleanness, and the joke was not altogether offensive to thine ear, even thou wast as one of them. When hard things were spoken concerning the ways of God, thou wast bashfully silent; and so, to on-lookers, thou wast as one of them. When worldlings were bartering in the market, and driving hard bargains, wast thou not as one of them? When they were pursuing vanity with a hunter's foot, wert thou not as greedy for gain as they were? Could any difference be discerned between thee and them? Is there any difference? Here we come to close quarters. Be honest with thine own soul, and make sure that thou art a new creature in Christ Jesus; but when this is sure, walk jealously, lest any should again be able to say, "Even thou wast as one of them." Thou wouldst not desire to share their eternal doom, why then be like them here? Come not thou into their secret, lest thou come into their ruin. Side with the afflicted people of God, and not with the world.

Evening

"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin."
1 John 1:7
"Cleanseth," says the text--not "shall cleanse." There are multitudes who think that as a dying hope they may look forward to pardon. Oh! how infinitely better to have cleansing now than to depend on the bare possibility of forgiveness when I come to die. Some imagine that a sense of pardon is an attainment only obtainable after many years of Christian experience. But forgiveness of sin is a present thing--a privilege for this day, a joy for this very hour. The moment a sinner trusts Jesus he is fully forgiven. The text, being written in the present tense, also indicates continuance; it was "cleanseth" yesterday, it is "cleanseth" today, it will be "cleanseth" tomorrow: it will be always so with you, Christian, until you cross the river; every hour you may come to this fountain, for it cleanseth still. Notice, likewise, the completeness of the cleansing, "The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin"--not only from sin, but "from all sin." Reader, I cannot tell you the exceeding sweetness of this word, but I pray God the Holy Ghost to give you a taste of it. Manifold are our sins against God. Whether the bill be little or great, the same receipt can discharge one as the other. The blood of Jesus Christ is as blessed and divine a payment for the transgressions of blaspheming Peter as for the shortcomings of loving John; our iniquity is gone, all gone at once, and all gone forever. Blessed completeness! What a sweet theme to dwell upon as one gives himself to sleep.
"Sins against a holy God;
Sins against his righteous laws;
Sins against his love, his blood;
Sins against his name and cause;
Sins immense as is the sea-
From them all he cleanseth me."

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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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