Sunday, July 25, 2021

Sun 25th 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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Whitmer Kidnapping Plot: From Entrapment to Withholding Defense Evidence? Viva Frei Vlawgh
https://rumble.com/vk75sw-whitmer-kidnapping-plot-from-entrapment-to-withholding-defense-evidence-viv.html

The Governor Whitmer kidnapping plot keeps taking turns. From alleged entrapment to alleged withholding potentially exculpatory evidence from a defendant?
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Administration’s Critical Race Theory Agenda Faces Early Legal Setbacks READ MORE

Donald Trump Headlines “Rally to Protect Our Elections’ in Arizona, Slams Biden

NSA Confirms That They Unmasked Tucker Carlson

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Call on IOC to Pull 2022 Winter Olympics From Beijing

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

Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Would Cost $225,000 Per Job Created

Biden DHS Cancels Another 31 Miles of Border Wall in Texas

Capitol Hill
Biden Approval Falls 6 Points Since June, Hitting New Low
Biden Losing Support on Border Security Issue in 85 Battleground Districts
New Ad Campaign Blasts Liz Cheney as a “Clinton Republican”
House Freedom Caucus Wants Pelosi Ousted From Speakership
Biden Confirming Federal Judges at Fastest Pace in 52 Years
Sen. Rubio: New Biden Sanctions on Cuba “Useless”
Group of Lawmakers Pushes to End Draft as Senate Moves to Extend it to Women
House Dems Reject Effort to Force Transparent Probe Into COVID Origins
Republicans Demand Answers on White House’s “Censorship Program” With Facebook
“Are You Trying to Hide Something?” – Psaki Called Out After Dodging Question

Culture War
DeSantis Says No Mask Mandates or Lockdowns in Response to “Seasonal” COVID Increase
San Francisco Mulls Spending $20k Per Garbage Can to Fix Garbage Issue
Journos Are Increasingly Embracing Bias
Liberals Spread the Same COVID Vaccine Misinfo When Trump Was in Office They Want People Banned for Now
D.C. Police Chief Torches Leadership: You Cannot Coddle Violent Criminals
China Wishes the Muslim World “Eid Mubarak” While Imprisoning Millions of Them
St. Louis to Bring Back Their Mask Mandate for Everyone on Monday
Whitmer Kidnapping Case Shows That Americans Are the FBI’s New Counterterrorism Target
Crazy “The View” Host Thinks the Second Amendment Was to Protect Slavery
What is Going on in D.C.?

Economy
Florida Scores a Win as Appeals Court Blocks CDC Restrictions on Cruises
Energy Expert Warns of Oil Crisis in Next Five Years
When to Be Concerned About Inflation
House Republicans Blast Surgeon General for Colluding With Big Tech
Intel CEO Sees Chip Shortage Lasting Until 2023
Electric Vehicle Startup Launches $2.5 Billion Funding Round Led by Amazon and Ford
Argentina Won’t Boost Interest Rates Even With 50%+ Inflation
U.S.-Listed Chinese Listed Stocks Are Cratering on Regulatory Crackdown
Treasury Secretary Yellen Urges Congress to Raise or Suspend Debt Ceiling by August
Chinese Tech Giant Huawei Hires Tony Podesta

Swamp Watch
Biden DOJ Drops Civil Rights Investigation of Gov. Cuomo’s Nursing Home Order
Biden Town Hall on CNN Bombs, Losing to Fox News and MSNBC
Fauci Uses Same Study as top Wuhan Scientist to Cast Doubt on Lab Leak Theory
Dems’ “Flat Footed” Response to Cuba Protests Slammed by Florida Media
Former Prosecutor Who Demanded Trump Impeachment Registers As Lobbyist For China’s Huawei
Durham Report Should “Permit Public Dissemination” Upon Release
Three Former High-Ranking BlackRock Employees Hired By the Biden Administration
Gottlieb: Delta Wave May End Sooner Than Expected
Firefighters End Recovery Effort at Surfside Condo Collapse

National Security
China Sanctions Trump Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in Retaliation for Human Rights Penalties Levied Against It
Guns Only Factor in a Small Percentage of Violent Crimes, Despite Biden’s Claims
Russia Unveils “Checkmate” Fighter Capable of Mach 2 Speeds
How Can Russia’s New Stealth Fighter Be So Cheap?
94% of Sailors Say Navy Suffering a “Crisis of Leadership and Culture”
Why Afghanistan Collapsed
Iran Rejects Biden Nuclear Deal, Will Continue Nuke Program
Texas Community Suffering Rise in Crime and Deaths Due to Illegal Immigration
Is the P-8 Poseidon the Navy’s Next “Missile Truck”?

Around the World
More Than a Week Later, Biden Still “Exploring Options” for Restoring Cuba’s Internet
Lebanon’s Water Supply Could Collapse as Country’s Financial Crisis Continues
Facing Pressure From Veterans, Canada Commits to Resettle Afghans Who Worked With the Country
Protest Breaks Out at Prison Holding Coup Opponents in Myanmar
Wastewater From Ships Linked to Caribbean Coral Destruction
Stonehenge Could Lose “World Heritage” Status as UN Complains About Nearby Road Project
Reporter Fired for Putting Mud on Her Face to Make It Look Like She Helped With Flood Cleanup
Sierra Leone Abolishes Death Penalty

Opinion
Michael Barone: Speech Suppression is Habit-Forming
David Limbaugh: Biden’s Baleful Border Betrayal
Daniel Savickas: June CBO Report Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Congress
Betsy McCaughey: Biden Tells Fleeing Cubans to Get Lost — While Flooding the Southern Border
Congressman Andy Biggs: It Will Never Be Easy
Tim Graham: CNN’s Lemon of a Town Hall Meeting
Larry O’Connor: De-CRT Your School
Josh Hammer: Joe Biden Has Given Vladimir Putin a Huge Win on the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Veronique de Rugy: Why Spending Matters in Times of Inflation and High Debt

Entertainment
Country Singer Paying the Price for Saying Word Hunter Biden Used Freely
Meghan Markle’s Estranged Father Wants Court to Allow Him to Visit His Grandchildren
Sean Penn Refuses to Return to Set of Watergate Series “Gaslit” Until Entire Crew is Vaccinated
Matt Damon Says He Won’t Belittle Unvaccinated People: It’s a Personal Choice, “That’s the Beauty of America”
Kanye Delivers Emotional Performance of Song About Losing His Family
Brad and Angelina Can’t Seem to Sell Their $60M Estate
Charlamagne tha God Gets Late-Night Show
CW Drama “The Republic of Sarah” Features Abortion by Lesbian Character Who Says She “Was in No Place to Be a Mother”
Eric Clapton Says He Will Not Play at Venues Requiring Proof of Coronavirus Vaccination

Sports
Tokyo’s Olympics Becoming Huge Economic Flop for Japan
Herschel Walker on Athletes Protesting at Olympics: “If People Don’t Like the Rules, Why Are You Here?”
Typhoon Could Disrupt Tokyo Olympics Next Week
Donald Trump: Cleveland Indian’s Name Change “a Disgrace”
Kevin Durant’s Olympic Teammates Sing Happy Birthday to Him Two Months Early
Kim Get 5th Straight Win on Birthday as Cards Down Cubs
Rangers Bring Barclay Goodrow’s “In-Your-Face” Game to New York
Minnesota Vikings Assistant Reportedly Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine
Speedway Announcer Fired for “Racist” Criticism of People Who Kneel for the Anthem
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Here is a video I made old The End of Despair 
A game of Chess against Death. I wanted to show the chess boards when I originally posted the sounds ..
http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=35814
Images, except for my family crest, were sourced from 'net

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Water was discovered on Mars in sufficient quantity to make a colony viable at significantly less cost than considered the day before. Located 1.5 km beneath a polar surface, the 20 km diameter reservoir is liquid water in a salty brine which prevents it freezing. Extremophiles could live there, and ethicists might fight tooth and nail to prevent exploitation of the resource. Water means a colony can power a nuclear reactor, create rocket fuel and make Hydrogen/Oxygen fuel cells. Also they can have drinking water, and grow plants and all that without importing the stuff. In future terms, it is like finding $20 Trillion lying about to be picked up. 

Sheikh Tawhidi posted a joke about hair product for a model wearing head covering. It was clearly a joke. Another clear joke, Julie Bishop, has posted an ambassador to Iraq who calls herself a feminist but who wears un-Australian clothing, including the modest dressing preferred by Turkish Prostitutes, when meeting Iraqi officials. Only Iraqi women don't wear that clothing either. As ZT points out, the ambassador is probably the kind of academic 'respecting' personal pronouns. 

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. Liquid water was discovered on Mars before the ALP could produce a policy document that didn't merely favour special interests. Police are restricted from policing. Teachers are restricted from teaching the curriculum, sidelined into exploring inappropriate personal pronouns for children who should not be sexually active. ALP are spending big on infrastructure which will have to be dug up and built right later. Workers are restricted from working. Doctors and nurses are restricted from helping patients. Firefighters are restricted from fighting fires. And ALP parliamentary secretaries decline answering questions. 


Paul Keating spoke on the Nine TV network absorbing Fairfax media. Keating is arrogant and stupidly said that his media policy had been built around making it expensive for Kerry Packer to operate. It shines a light on why James Packer recently stepped down from managing his Australian interests. Is it possible to investigate Keating's personal feud with Packer's holdings with a view to addressing the implied corruption? 

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. What would Bill Shorten do if he were PM? What would Democrats do if they had the Presidency? What would UK Labor do if they held government? The answers should enlighten and disturb. Yarra city council have a plan to raise a monument to fallen drug addicts. Monuments are often raised in Australia to fallen soldiers who died in service. But to fallen junkies who died pleasuring themselves and hurting others? In the UK we get an idea of what Labor would do by what their public servants did, murdering a sick child, Charlie Gard. Charlie could have had treatment in the US for his illness, but UK physicians had not the resources and deprived the parents of the ability to utilise theirs. The appalling bureaucratic decision echoes Victoria's Dan Andrews attempt to bring in flawed legislation to enable euthanasia. To be fair, it is part of a package with the evil of safe schools. Euthanasia will ease Andrews' transition from government in 2018. 
=== from 2016 ===
It is difficult to overstate how bad the Democrats are, and how bad their candidate Hillary Clinton is. Philadelphia, which is where the Democratic National Convention is taking place to gather together support for Hillary is walled behind an eight foot tall fence around the conference centre. This before they unite and declare Trump's wall will not work. Recently the Republican National Conference finished and GOP united behind Trump. And Trump is on message. A delegate who professionally travels the US and reports on political issues went from GOP conference to the Dem conference. He has a secret service clearance credential and booked in advance and made appropriate arrangements. He is conservative Jewish and wanted to meet liberal Jews and rationally discuss issues. Something a great democracy fosters. His plane journey was interrupted and he was delayed, but on arrival at the DNC, his credentials were taken from him, and he was denied a press credential. He got appropriately upset and police intervened to move him along, without his secret service credential. Police harass him, and one made a physical assault while threatening him. It could have escalated had the conservative guy not been well behaved. The Dems could have refused his ticket before he made the journey. He had gone to the DNC in '12 and had fruitful discussions with delegates then. He does it for a living. But the Dems have their wall. The Dems have police harassing innocent people so as to make sure that there is no protest against the disgraceful Democrat candidate, Hillary Clinton. Michael Moore fears Trump will win, and Dems seem to be trying hard to make that so. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
Simple things, sometimes beautiful, enrage lefties. A meme of President George W Bush hugging a soldier seated on an aircraft while the President is standing in the aisle inspires enraged denunciations. They say he lied about WMD. He laughed about WMD. He killed the soldiers he hugged. He started war for oil. He was a drug user and drunk. Sometimes the accuser claims he was a convicted drug user. President Bush is an evangelical Christian and he had been drunk and abusing amphetamines when he decided he needed to be born again. That was before his father became President. The war against Iraq had nothing to do with US oil interests but was a direct result of Saddam Hussein supporting jihadists who had used civilian aircraft to take down the twin towers in NYC and attack the Pentagon and the White House. The WMD existed and were known by the press to exist. When the UN decommissioned them after Syria used them against her own people, it was found that they had come from Iraq and had been developed there with the help of Jimmy Carter's administration. It is sad to see such hatred. One wonders what the haters would say had President Bush ignored cries for help from US soldiers, gave money to terrorist organisations like Hamas and allowed superior weaponry to be captured by jihadis? What if   President Bush authorised a program giving weapons to drug running Mexicans and danced with Beyonce instead of addressing the immediate need of those dying in his service? One either appreciates beauty, or one misses it. 

Hatred by lefties opposes mining too. A mine using cyanide in extraction at Lake Cowal Goldmine in NSW is being memed to death with a picture of the lake being almost on top of the mine. The suggestion is that all life connected with the lake could be extinguished by a cyanide spill. All the fish stock would be gone. All the fauna would be killed. All the flora would die too. Only, the lake only exists part of the year and some years not at all. There are no fish in it. It is desert country. The processing can clearly be seen to be on a large rise which, relative to surrounding countryside, would require Noah like floods to be compromised. But haters don't care about such. It is a scare campaign. And believers don't need reason. 

New York celebrates raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. It isn't enough to live on without help, and it means those who rely on disposable income while living at home will do better if they retain their jobs or worse if they lose their jobs, It is a tremendous boost to those who work illegally as there is now greater incentive to employ them. In Australia, artists are struggling now that the Attorney General has stopped giving them hand outs to attack conservative government. Anecdotes suggest they may have to work. One such hand out may have funded the work claiming global warming killed Mammoths. Maybe Shorten hopes to revive Mammoths with his tax on carbon dioxide? 

Funny how the left promote their 'great' moments. Emily's list are promoting Gillard's famous failed misogyny speech by turning Gilard's face into a tea towel. Maybe Paul Keating's description of Australia as the arse end of the world will now be made as toilet paper? And Bob Hawke will become a silly old bugger while Rudd gets his rat f*cker. 
From 2014
Ukraine's PM has resigned and the turmoil in the civil war ravaged nation continues. It was not what Arseniy Yatsenyuk inherited when he overthrew the previous, legitimately elected government of Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych. Russia had declared the government illegitimate when he first overthrew Yanukovych on trumped up charges following social unrest fed by Yatsenyuk. Russia had subsequently reclaimed the Crimea in order to secure her naval dockyards. In some ways, it appears as if Putin had Obama's blessing in securing the dockyard as a quid pro quo favour for not damaging Obama's reelection in '12. Six months of the inept government of Yatsenyuk who favoured closer European, Obama friendly ties while distancing himself from Russia, and Ukraine lost Crimea and the dockyards, a civil war began and a civilian aircraft was shot from the skies of what Yatsenyuk would belatedly call a war zone. Had Yatsenyuk alerted Malaysian airways to the war zone in advance, the airplane would not have been shot down, but then Ukraine would not have been able to press the international community to get the Ukrainian separatists to stand down. Now, relatives of victims in Australia await a finding of the shooting being either a war crime, a crime against humanity or a terrorist strike. A rule of thumb is that each dead passenger is worth $600k insurance, but legal issues could easily eat into that sum so that there could be no compensation after years of litigation. It is unlikely that the incident will be declared terrorism, which would favour families of the victims with an Australian government pay out, because Yatsenyuk declares it belatedly a war zone. For it to be an act of terror, it would need to be shown that Ukraine fired the rockets to implicate Russia. And then it won't matter that Yatsenyuk resigned today. 

In 1934 we saw the difference between Fascism and Nazism. Austria's diminutive Chancellor Dollfuss had stymied Austrian Nazis. Italy, under Mussolini promised to protect Austria from the Nazis. While Mussolini had been hosting Dollfuss' wife, the Nazis assassinated Dollfuss as part of an attempted coup on this day. It failed as Mussolini guaranteed protection of Austria. He denounced Nazis as being little different to Stalinists. 

On this day in 306, Constantine I was made Ceaser by his Roman Legions. They had wanted to make his dad Ceaser, but his dad had died. He would rule and build for thirty one years. His mother had a strong impact on his life, and she had become Christian. She predeceased him by some seven years, but she seemed to have had a strong say in the execution of his son and wife for immoral behaviour. Constantine had himself baptised shortly before his death. He seemed to have done so tactically, as he seemed to be of the impression it would absolve him of his pre baptismal sin. So, he was no theologian. In 315, the Arch of Constantine was built in honour of a battle. In 1261, Constantinople was reestablished as capital of the Byzantine empire after a battle. In 864, Charles the Bald ordered defensive measures against Vikings. In 1456, Italians had learned to use firearms. In 1603, the crowns of Scotland and England unified. In 1788, Mozart completed his Symphony number 40 in G Minor. In 1799, Napoleon beat some Egyptians. In 1837, the first commercial use was made of a telegraph. In 1920, the first use of two way radio across the Atlantic. In 1866, US Grant was promoted to General of the Army, the first to achieve it. In 1908, MSG was isolated for mass production. In 1909, the first flight by airplane across the Channel, in 37 minutes. In 1917, income tax is introduced in Canada as a temporary measure. In 1946, Bikini Atoll experienced its first atomic test. On the same day in '46, Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin began their partnership as a comedy team in Atlantic City. In 1959, a hovercraft was used to traverse the channel in just over two hours. In 1976, Viking took a picture of a face on Mars. In 1993, a church massacre was carried out in South Africa. The killers largest time served was five and a half years for the hate crime. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 285, Diocletian appointed Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler. 306, Constantine I was proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. 315, the Arch of Constantine was completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. 325, the First Council of Nicaea, convened in NicaeaBithynia by the Roman Emperor Constantine I, was closed. 864, the Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald ordered defensive measures against the Vikings. 1137, Eleanor of Aquitaine married Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. 1139, Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, were defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who was proclaimed King of Portugal. 1261, the city of Constantinople was recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. 1278, the naval Battle of Algeciras took place in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in a victory for the Emirate of Granada and the Maranid Dynasty over the Kingdom of Castile.

In 1467, the Battle of Molinella: The first battle in Italy in which firearms were used extensively. 1536, Sebastián de Belalcázar on his search of El Dorado founded the city of Santiago de Cali. 1538, the city of Guayaquil was founded by the Spanish Conquistador Francisco de Orellana and given the name Muy Noble y Muy Leal Ciudad de Santiago de Guayaquil. 1547, Henry II of France was crowned. 1554, Mary I married Philip II of Spain at Winchester Cathedral. 1567, Don Diego de Losada founded the city of Santiago de Leon de Caracas, modern-day Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela. 1593, Henry IV of France publicly converted from Protestantism to Roman Catholicism. 1603, James VI of Scotland was crowned king of England (James I of England), bringing the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into personal unionPolitical union would occur in 1707. 1609, the Englishship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, was deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking; the survivors go on to found a new colony there. 1693, Ignacio de Maya founded the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo LeónMexico.

In 1722, Dummer's War began along the Maine-Massachusetts border. 1755, Britishgovernor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council ordered the deportation of the Acadians. Thousands of Acadians were sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England. Some later moved to Louisiana, while others resettled in New Brunswick. 1759, French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces captured Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandoned Fort Rouillé. 1783, American Revolutionary War: The war's last action, the Siege of Cuddalore, was ended by a preliminary peace agreement. 1788, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozartcompleted his Symphony No. 40 in G minor (K550). 1792, the Brunswick Manifesto was issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the Frenchroyal family was harmed. 1795, the first stone of the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct was laid. 1797, Horatio Nelson lost more than 300 men and his right arm during the failed conquest attempt of Tenerife (Spain). 1799, at Abu Qir in EgyptNapoleon I of France defeated 10,000 Ottomans under Mustafa Pasha.

In 1814, War of 1812Battle of Lundy's Lane: Reinforcements arrived near Niagara Falls for General Riall's British and Canadian forces and a bloody, all-night battle with Jacob Brown's Americans commenced at 18.00; the Americans retreated to Fort Erie. 1824, Costa Rica annexed Guanacaste from Nicaragua. 1837, the first commercial use of an electrical telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on July 25, 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London. 1853, Joaquin Murrieta, the famous Californio bandit known as "Robin Hood of El Dorado", was killed. 1861, American Civil War: The United States Congress passed the Crittenden-Johnson Resolution, stating that the war was being fought to preserve the Union and not to end slavery. 1866, the United States Congress passed legislation authorising the rank of General of the ArmyLieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant became the first to be promoted to this rank. 1868, Wyoming became a United States territory. 1869, the Japanese daimyo began returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869). 1893, the Corinth Canal in the Gulf of CorinthGreece was used for the first time. 1894, the First Sino-Japanese Warbegan when the Japanese fired upon a Chinese warship. 1898, after over two months of sea-based bombardment, the United States invasion of Puerto Ricobegan with U.S. troops led by General Nelson Miles landing at harbour of Guánica, Puerto Rico.

In 1908, Ajinomoto was founded. Kikunae Ikeda of the Tokyo Imperial Universitydiscovered that a key ingredient in kombu soup stock was monosodium glutamate(MSG), and patented a process for manufacturing it. 1909, Louis Blériot made the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from (Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom) in 37 minutes. 1915, RFC Captain Lanoe Hawkerbecame the first British military aviator to earn the Victoria Cross, for defeating three German two-seat observation aircraft in one day, over the Western Front. 1917, Sir Robert Borden introduced the first income tax in Canada as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket was 4% and highest was 25%). 1920, France captured Damascus. 1925, Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (TASS) was established. 1934, the Nazis assassinated Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss in a failed coup attempt.

In 1940, General Henri Guisan ordered the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and make surrender illegal. 1942, Norwegian Manifesto called for nonviolent resistance to the Nazis. 1943, World War IIBenito Mussolini was forced out of officeby his own Italian Grand Council and was replaced by Pietro Badoglio. 1944, World War II: Operation Spring: One of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Armyduring the war: One thousand five hundred casualties, including 500 killed. 1946, Operation Crossroads: An atomic bomb was detonated underwater in the lagoon of Bikini Atoll. Also 1946, at Club 500 in Atlantic City, New JerseyDean Martin and Jerry Lewis staged their first show as a comedy team. 1952, the U.S. non-incorporated territory of Puerto Rico adopted a constitution. 1956, forty-five miles south of Nantucket Island, the Italian ocean liner SS Andrea Doria collided with the MS Stockholm in heavy fog and sank the next day, killing 51. 1957, the Republic of Tunisia was proclaimed. 1958, the African Regroupment Party (PRA) held its first congress in Cotonou. 1959, SR.N1 hovercraft crossed the English Channel from Calais, France to Dover, England in just over two hours. 1959, Lloyd J. Oldintroduced BCG, a tuberculosis vaccine, into experimental cancer research as a way to stimulate non-specific resistance to tumor growth. BCG was FDA-approved in 1991 and is now widely used as a first line treatment for superficial bladder cancer.

In 1961, in a speech John F. Kennedy emphasised that any attack on Berlin was an attack on NATO. 1965, Bob Dylan went electric as he plugged in at the Newport Folk Festival, signalling a major change in folk and rock music. 1969, Vietnam WarU.S. President Richard Nixon declared the Nixon Doctrine, stating that the United States now expects its Asian allies to take care of their own military defence. This was the start of the "Vietnamization" of the war. 1973, Soviet Mars 5 space probe was launched. 1976, Viking programViking 1 took the famous Face on Mars photo. 1978, Puerto Rico police assassinated two nationalists in the Cerro Maravilla murders. Also 1978, Louise Brown, the world's first "test tube baby" was born. 1979, another section of the Sinai Peninsula was peacefully returned by Israel to Egypt. 1983, Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo were massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners. 1984, Salyut 7 cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to perform a space walk.

In 1993, Israel launched a massive attack against Lebanon in what the Israelis call Operation Accountability, and the Lebanese call the Seven-Day War. Also 1993, the Saint James Church massacre occurred in Kenilworth, Cape Town, South Africa. 1994, Israel and Jordan signed the Washington Declaration, that formally ended the state of war that had existed between the nations since 1948. 1996, in a military coup in BurundiPierre Buyoya deposed Sylvestre Ntibantunganya. 2000, ConcordeAir France Flight 4590 crashed at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, killing 113 passengers. 2002, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam became the 11th president of India. 2007, Pratibha Patil was sworn in as India's first female president. 2010, WikiLeakspublished classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history. 2012, Pranab Mukherjee became the 13th president of India.

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Today's reading: Psalm 35-36, Acts 25 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 35-36

Of David.
Contend, LORD, with those who contend with me;
fight against those who fight against me.
2 Take up shield and armor;
arise and come to my aid.
3 Brandish spear and javelin
against those who pursue me.
Say to me,
"I am your salvation."
4 May those who seek my life
be disgraced and put to shame;
may those who plot my ruin
be turned back in dismay.
May they be like chaff before the wind,
with the angel of the LORD driving them away;
6 may their path be dark and slippery,
with the angel of the LORD pursuing them....

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 25

Paul's Trial Before Festus
1 Three days after arriving in the province, Festus went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem, where the chief priests and the Jewish leaders appeared before him and presented the charges against Paul. 3 They requested Festus, as a favor to them, to have Paul transferred to Jerusalem, for they were preparing an ambush to kill him along the way. 4 Festus answered, "Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon. 5Let some of your leaders come with me, and if the man has done anything wrong, they can press charges against him there...."

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Morning

"Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord."
Exodus 14:13
These words contain God's command to the believer when he is reduced to great straits and brought into extraordinary difficulties. He cannot retreat; he cannot go forward; he is shut up on the right hand and on the left; what is he now to do? The Master's word to him is, "Stand still." It will be well for him if at such times he listens only to his Master's word, for other and evil advisers come with their suggestions. Despair whispers, "Lie down and die; give it all up." But God would have us put on a cheerful courage, and even in our worst times, rejoice in his love and faithfulness. Cowardice says, "Retreat; go back to the worldling's way of action; you cannot play the Christian's part, it is too difficult. Relinquish your principles." But, however much Satan may urge this course upon you, you cannot follow it if you are a child of God. His divine fiat has bid thee go from strength to strength, and so thou shalt, and neither death nor hell shall turn thee from thy course. What, if for a while thou art called to stand still, yet this is but to renew thy strength for some greater advance in due time. Precipitancy cries, "do something. Stir yourself; to stand still and wait, is sheer idleness." We must be doing something at once--we must do it so we think--instead of looking to the Lord, who will not only do something but will do everything. Presumption boasts, "If the sea be before you, march into it and expect a miracle." But Faith listens neither to Presumption, nor to Despair, nor to Cowardice, nor to Precipitancy, but it hears God say, "Stand still," and immovable as a rock it stands. "Stand still;"--keep the posture of an upright man, ready for action, expecting further orders, cheerfully and patiently awaiting the directing voice; and it will not be long ere God shall say to you, as distinctly as Moses said it to the people of Israel, "Go forward."

Evening

"His camp is very great."
Joel 2:11

Consider, my soul, the mightiness of the Lord who is thy glory and defence. He is a man of war, Jehovah is his name. All the forces of heaven are at his beck, legions wait at his door, cherubim and seraphim;, watchers and holy ones, principalities and powers, are all attentive to his will. If our eyes were not blinded by the ophthalmia of the flesh, we should see horses of fire and chariots of fire round about the Lord's beloved. The powers of nature are all subject to the absolute control of the Creator: stormy wind and tempest, lightning and rain, and snow, and hail, and the soft dews and cheering sunshine, come and go at his decree. The bands of Orion he looseth, and bindeth the sweet influences of the Pleiades. Earth, sea, and air, and the places under the earth, are the barracks for Jehovah's great armies; space is his camping ground, light is his banner, and flame is his sword. When he goeth forth to war, famine ravages the land, pestilence smites the nations, hurricane sweeps the sea, tornado shakes the mountains, and earthquake makes the solid world to tremble. As for animate creatures, they all own his dominion, and from the great fish which swallowed the prophet, down to "all manner of flies," which plagued the field of Zoan, all are his servants, and like the palmer-worm, the caterpillar, and the cankerworm, are squadrons of his great army, for his camp is very great. My soul, see to it that thou be at peace with this mighty King, yea, more, be sure to enlist under his banner, for to war against him is madness, and to serve him is glory. Jesus, Immanuel, God with us, is ready to receive recruits for the army of the Lord: if I am not already enlisted let me go to him ere I sleep, and beg to be accepted through his merits; and if I be already, as I hope I am, a soldier of the cross, let me be of good courage; for the enemy is powerless compared with my Lord, whose camp is very great.

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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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