Wednesday, July 14, 2021

Wed 14th 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 jetison 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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https://rumble.com/vjshjt-ep.-1561-a-shocking-letter-surfaces-about-the-2020-election-the-dan-bongino.html
A stunning letter emerges which will make you look at the 2020 election differently. In this episode, I discuss the letter and I address a Politico article about the left’s disturbing push to read your text messages. Are your emails next?

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Congressman Introduces Resolution To Support Cubans Protesting Communist Regime – ZERO Democrats Sign On READ MORE

Texas Democrat Cringefest Continues as Fleeing Members Sing “We Shall Overcome”

Poll: 63% of Americans Want China to Pay Reparations for COVID-19

Intel Committee Congressman Who Pushed Russia Collusion Hoax Is Invested In CCP-Led Companies

Report: US Navy Unprepared for Military Confrontation Due to Focus on Wokeism

Cuba’s Communist Regime Arrests, Beats, and Kills Protesters

Inflation Continues Rapid Surge in June – Rises at Fastest Pace in 13 Years

Capitol Hill
Texas House Officially Votes to Arrest or Detain Fleeing Members
New York Dems Want Chick-fil-A Banned From State Rest Stops
Trump Voices Support for Cuban Protesters – Demand Biden Stand Up to Communist Regime
House Dems Advance Bill to Allow for Taxpayer-Funded Abortion
Larry Elder Enters California Recall Election
Rep. Tlaib Delivers Incomprehensible Word Salad on Voting Rights at Vaccination Event
Dems Fight Over $2.4 Trillion in New Taxes in Trojan Horse Infrastructure Package
White House Asks Cities to use COVID-19 Relief Funds to Fight Crime
Rep. Buck: If the Left Thinks America Is Racist, Why Don’t They Want to Build a Wall at the Southern Border to Save Illegals From This “Terrible Country”?
Tucker Carlson Teases New Evidence of Voter Fraud in Fulton County, Georgia

Culture War
California to Ban K-12 Students Who Don’t Wear Masks From School Grounds
Salon’s Zachary Petrizzo Has Unfortunate Time at CPAC
The “Democratic Socialist” Crowd Sure Has Been Quiet in Response to Cuban Uprising
Chris Cuomo’s Wife Is in Jeffrey Epstein’s 1997 Address Book
Cuban Activist: No Matter What the Media Spin Says, the Protests Are a Rejection of Socialism and Communism
NIH Report Argues Parents Should Lose Veto Power on Decisions of Trans Children
2020 Converted Many Anti-Gun Americans Into Gun Owners
State Department Cable: Wuhan Lab Director Ordered Staff Not to Discuss COVID-19
Seattle PD and U.S. Marshals Arrest Seattle Autonomous Zone Shooting Suspect
Two Families Sue Universal Orlando Because Actor Made an “OK” Sign for Photo With Their Kids

Economy
Fed’s Bullard Says Time Is Right to Scale Back Central Bank Stimulus
JPMorgan’s Profit More Than Doubles
Fed’s Balance Sheet Expected to Top $9 Trillion
Lumber Prices Crash, Wiping Out All Gains in 2021
Virgin Galactic to Sell $500 Million in Stock Following Successful Flight
New Listing Rise and Mortgage Rates Drop
Elon Musk Testifies to Defend Tesla’s $2.6 Billion Acquisition of SolarCity
Global Start-up Funding Frenzy Fuels Fears of a Bubble
Americans’ Inflation Fears Reach Another Record High
Biden Has Cancelled $3 Billion in Student Loans – Broad Debt Forgiveness Still Up in the Air
Top Economists Warn Americans to “Brace Themselves” for Years of Inflation Under Biden Economy

Swamp Watch
Biden Allies Want to Monitor Text Messages to Control What’s Said About COVID Vaccine
Tim Fitton Calls for Cutting Budget of DOJ and FBI in Half
Trump Releases Letter From Ex-U.S. Attorney Criticizing Barr’s Handling of Election Fraud Claims
Texas Investigating 386 More Cases of Voter Fraud
Major Backlash After FBI Encourages People to Report on Family Members
Toyota Ends Donations to Republican Lawmakers Targeted by Lincoln Project Ad
Democrats Ignore Illegal Voting Evidence in Georgia, Proving They Don’t Care About Election Integrity
Now Kamala Harris’s Step Daughter Finds Instant Acclaim in the Art World Too

National Security
Gangsters Outnumber Cops 10:1 in Chicago
Colombians Suspected in Haiti President’s Assassination Claim Ties to Florida Security Firm
Chinese Military Claims It “Chased Away” U.S. Navy Ship Near Disputed Islands
China Threatens Retaliation Over U.S. Blacklisting of Companies Tied to Human Rights Abuses
Obama Defense Secretary Panetta Calls for Mandatory COVID Vaccines for Members of the Military
Biden Admin Upholds Trump-Era Rejection China’s South China Sea Maritime Claims
Why The Next Islamic State Caliphate Will Be in Africa
The Nearly Forgotten Story of How Russia Released a Deadly Anthrax Strain

Around the World
WHO to Distribute Chinese Vaccines Despite Objections
Jamaica Plans to Petition UK for Slavery Reparations
Young Voters in Italy Are Shifting Right
Mexico’s Leftist President Calls for End to Cuba Trade Embargo
MPs Push Population Control Bills in India
U.N. Says 10% of World Now Undernourished After Pandemic Exacerbated Hunger
China Removes Giant Panda From Endangered List for First Time Since 1990
Hackers Send Fake Delay Messages to Iran’s Rail Service

Opinion
Christopher Barron: Will The Left’s Overreach On Critical Race Theory Prove To Be Their Downfall?
Kurt Schlichter: The Coming of Strong Man Populism and the Power of “No!”
Newt Gingrich: Afghanistan: Overcoming Defeat and Denial
Debra J. Saunders: Who Will Prosecute the Prosecutors?
Scott Morefield: When Is Civil Disobedience the Moral Thing to Do?
Jeff Crouere: America, Love It or Leave It
Liz Peek: Pelosi, Democrats Need Trump – Jan. 6 Commission Created for This One Reason
Dinesh D’Souza: Frederick Douglass Versus the 1619 Project

Entertainment
Gayle King Boasts To Fauci That She’s Banned Unvaccinated Family Members From Thanksgiving Because Of Him
Joy Behar Claims U.S. on “Slippery Slope” to Becoming Cuba Because of Republican Election Security Laws
“Sesame Street” and Jill Biden Lecture Military Families on “Racial Literacy”
Disney to Reopen Jungle Cruise Ride After Racism Allegations
Jackie Chan Wants to Join the Communist Party of China
Britney Spears in Talks With Veteran Hollywood Lawyer to Handle Her Conservatorship Case
Rob Schneider Bucks Hollywood to Rail Against Coronavirus Vaccine
Drake Bell Gets 2 Years Probation for Child Endangerment

Sports
Kid Outfielders Wear Masks at Home Run Derby While Fans Attend Maskless
GOP Slams Dems in New MLB All-Star Game Ad
NBA Finals Ratings Continue to Tank
Video: Golf Ball Gets Struck by Lightning
Former MMA Fighter Kills Self After Pleading Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of a Child
Execs, Coaches, and Players Rank the Top 10 QBs of 2021
Trey Mancini’s Remarkable Return From Cancer
Washington Football Team Says It Won’t Be Renamed “Warriors”
Ronaldo Wins the Golden Boot With 5 Goals in Euro 2020
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe China should pay reparations for the damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new Center for Security Policy/TIPP poll. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV
Newsfront
Texas House Votes to Send Law Enforcement to Find, Return Absent Dems
Texas state House members reportedly voted 76-4 to send law enforcement to find and return absent Democrats "under warrant of arrest, if necessary," a day after dozens left the state...... [Full Story]
Two Republican legislators are calling for Amazon to testify under [Full Story]
Oklahoma's Board of Education has voted to forbid public school [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Good Luck Mr Gorsky 

Neil Armstrong's famous "One Small step for (a) man .." was preceded by ..
https://rumble.com/ve7vcl-good-luck-mr-gorsky.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. I'm excited because the children of my landlord have introduced me to the children's activity centre of Roblox (and Minecraft). The activity centres are a bit like LEGO for computers and internet. There is no limit to what the kids can do with their avatars. The activities are anything from playing a pinball style game, acting out a reality tv show, running a restaurant or collecting Pokemon in a Pokemon style world. And one can make their own world and invite their friends to play in it. This is exciting for me as I now have the tools I need to animate my short stories. It is a learning curve and will take time, but it can be done. 

Journalist Paul Kelly does not get Trump. "Conservatives are bankrupt in their failure to evaluate the world Trump now seeks, the transactional confusion he foments and the flawed half-baked prescriptions he propounds," Kelly writes in "Seduction by Trump is a corruption of conservatism." But Kelly is wrong. Conservatives love what Trump is doing. They love that there are jobs. They love that America is growing economically. They love that the world is looking to USA for leadership. Kelly is upset bilateral relations are eroding the bullying the UN has specialised in, and which makes the Obama reinitiated Cold War so much worse for its misadventure. Kelly is pining for old days when Obama divided USA by race and gender. 

Trump labels CNN #FakeNews in front of cameras and he is right. Ultra left wing journalists are calling the shots and killing their own news organisations which used to be respected. 

Mueller has not found Trump link to Russia as a dozen Russian spies are prosecuted. Strzoke's memory fail is telling. The FBI agent knows lots about the deleterious activity of Russian agents, until he is quizzed about such activity during Obama's Presidency. 

Attack on Israel labelled by #FakeNews as attack by Israel. Some ninety rockets were sent by terrorists during Passover celebrations. So, News outlets report that Israel retaliated and killed Palestinians. 
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. Catholic independent schools in Victoria are needed. They provide an excellent service to parents that use them and achieve better standards than public counterparts. ALP policy is to strip public funding from such schools and give it to public schools. ALP policy is to promote public schools for all students. However, Catholic school students get less public funds than public school students. The result being that more money is available for all students in Victoria, with Catholic schools .. or any functioning private school. Were there to be very few public schools, Victoria would profit and students would prosper. 

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. A wealthy young man from Philadelphiahas been arrested, charged with the killing of four young men. It is alleged they were buying drugs from him. Even if they were, that is no reason to kill them. He has plead guilty to the four killings in exchange for the death penalty being removed from his case. It is alleged there was a co conspirator. The wealthy young man led the police to the four bodies. Earlier he had tried to sell a victim's car for $500. It is said the killer had a drug habit too. Five or six lives ended with drugs being a large part of their lives. And in all likelihood, none had ever suffered consequences for their drug use from criminal justice previously. 

In 756, An Lushan RebellionEmperor Xuanzong fled the capital Chang'an as An Lushan's forces advanced toward the city. 1223, Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France. 1420, Battle of Vitkov Hill, decisive victory of Chech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

1790, French Revolution: Citizens of Paris celebrated the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération. 1791, the Priestley Riots drove Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of BirminghamEngland. 1798, the Sedition Act became law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.

In 1853, opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City. 1865, First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent. 1881, Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

In 1900, armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. 1902, the Campanile in St. Mark's SquareVenice collapsed, also demolishing the loggetta. 1911, Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers landed his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He was later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat. 1916, start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.

1933, Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties were outlawed except the Nazi Party. Also 1933, the Nazi eugenics began with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilisation of any citizen who suffered from alleged genetic disorders. 1943, in Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument became the first United States National Monument in honour of an African American
=== from 2016 ===
Institutions have to be impartial as regards a state. Judicial activism is not a good thing for a democracy. The people elect a government. If an official, a public servant, skews that will of the people from the law, then they are not a good servant. And some highly paid public servants have indeed been partial over the years. It is easy to make the claim "Oh, but all sides do it", but that is not an observable fact. The simple question "how would it be viewed if another group said the same thing" applies. And so in the US, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's attacks on Trump are disturbing and wrong. When she was considered for the Supreme Court, Ginsburg refused to discuss her beliefs about the limits and proper role of jurisprudence, saying, "Were I to rehearse here what I would say and how I would reason on such questions, I would act injudiciously." She knows she has done the wrong thing. She must resign. Because, if a constitutional matter involving Trump was brought before the court .. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
Pope Francis has been a great pope, with high energy and a strong agenda. However, he has enemies that will try to twist what he says if they can. And, not all of his choices are wise. Going to so called Palestine and failing to say that Israel belongs to Israel was a mistake. The view that poor people fleeced by their leaders should have their murderous rage indulged is wrong. To oppose terror, one needs to promote civilisation. Similarly the embrace of AGW hysteria is not reasonable or responsible. Fossil fuels are cheap and efficient and an essential part of wealth creation. By attacking fossil fuels, the environmental movement is showing it is not interested in the environment or the future, but in a political statement. The Pope's posture on AGW is similar as the hysterics who claim the world is ending as they damage industry. It won't secure the Falklands for Argentina. 

Greece has future thanks to Merkel. Hours of negotiation have resulted in Greece having a path which will one day lead to prosperity. But they can step off the path and exit Europe. Greece has to work hard to stay fiscally responsible. And it has been German leadership which has seen Greece keep this path despite Greece's hissy fits. 

Sarah Hanson-Young is an Australian Senator. She has duties that go beyond her personal whims. It is ok she chooses to holiday in the Mediterranean. But it is wrong that she helps illegal migrants into Europe. She has recently taken photographs of people on a boat that was not leaking being taken aboard her vessel. They are economic migrants from very far away, like Pakistan and Bangladesh.

The Institute of Public Affairs has research showing that Industrial Relations reform is held up by union domination of the ALP. As if to prove their point, Bill Shorten attacked Work Choices which has not been government policy since 2009. One can understand why Shorten would seek to tap that old trough. Unions spent very big on a scare campaign against effective IR policy. Part of the campaign illustrated a bastard boss using Work Choices to harm employees. Interestingly enough, Shorten seems to have exploited those policies as union leader. But by employing union resources to apparently embezzle money at the expense of employees and to the disadvantage of union members it shows that Work Choices was effective and only compromised by illegal activity. 

ABC exploits children. Parents put up Q and A criticism made by ten year old boy. The idea was to criticise Mr Abbott for banning government members from appearing on the program, which tends to ambush them. ABC also stacks audiences better than an ALP secretary stacks members. And the stacking results in apologists for terrorism. It is important that terrorist apologists don't get their message spread by responsible people. We know the ABC has not got responsible people. But Government Ministers should be. And should not be compromised. Mean while one terror apologist on Q and A claimed that we need to have ideas to combat terror. We do. We call it civilisation. 

Impotent Islamic leaders fail to support BBQ set by police for the end of Ramadan. Police are keen to show solidarity, but the impotent Islamic leaders made outrageous claims. One claim was that an Islamic boy who tried to kill police had not been shot dead in self defence. The BBQ became a security scare because of the impotent leaders of Islam. 

ALP fail to apologise to Indonesia over butchering live cattle exports, spying on Indonesian leaders and causing a domestic crisis with bad border policy. Shorten expressed the hope Indonesia wasn't responding badly to Australia. All Shorten need do is apologise. 
From 2014
Sydney was a very young colony when a young Canadian set out from Lake Athabasca (in Canada) to find a route to the pacific ocean. He was twenty four years old, working as a furrier for the Northwest Company and he had decided to follow a river, now called the Mackenzie River after Alexander. On this day he reached her mouth in 1789, but not the Pacific Ocean .. he had found the Arctic Ocean instead. He persevered, however, and reached the Pacific in 1793. Then he went to Scotland and married a 14 year old heiress and cousin. His 1789 achievement happened on the same day Parisian citizens stormed the Bastille. And so one foot stepped to liberty, another to freedom, and another to madness. 

On this day in 1791, Joseph Priestly who felt the French Revolution was a good idea was run out of Birmingham. In 1798, the Sedition act was passed in the US, making it illegal to write, publish or speak malicious statements about the US. Yet another reason Obama has not released his identity proofs. In 1865, Europeans finally climbed the Matterhorn. In 1881, Billy the Kid was finally killed. In 1933, Nazis outlawed all other political parties in Germany. On the same day Nazis passed a law for forced sterilisation of people deemed genetically inferior. Around the world, many prominent businessmen admired Adolph Hitler for such action for years after. In 1965, Mariner 4 flew past Mars, taking pictures. 1969, Nixon stopped big denomination US currency. 1976, Canada celebrated Bastille day by ending capital punishment. In 2003, Washington Post journalist Novak outed a CIA ground operative after publishing articles critical of the invasion of Iraq. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 756, An Lushan RebellionEmperor Xuanzong fled the capital Chang'an as An Lushan's forces advanced toward the city. 1223, Louis VIII became King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France. 1420, Battle of Vitkov Hill, decisive victory of Chech Hussite forces commanded by Jan Žižka against Crusade army led by Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

In 1769, an expedition led by Gaspar de Portolà established a base in California and set out to find the Port of Monterey (now Monterey, California). 1771, Foundation of the Mission San Antonio de Padua in modern California by the Franciscan friarJunípero Serra. 1789, French Revolution: Citizens of Paris stormed the Bastille. Also 1789, Alexander Mackenzie finally completed his journey to the mouth of the great river he hoped would take him to the Pacific, but which turned out to flow into the Arctic Ocean. Later named after him, the Mackenzie is the second-longest river system in North America. 1790, French Revolution: Citizens of Pariscelebrated the unity of the French people and the national reconciliation in the Fête de la Fédération. 1791, the Priestley Riots drove Joseph Priestley, a supporter of the French Revolution, out of BirminghamEngland. 1798, the Sedition Act became law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.

In 1853, opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nationsin New York City. 1865, First ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party, four of whom died on the descent. 1874, the Chicago Fire of 1874 burned down 47 acres of the city, destroying 812 buildings, killing 20, and resulting in the fire insurance industry demanding municipal reforms from Chicago's city council. 1877, the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, US, when Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers had their wages cut for the second time in a year. 1881, Billy the Kid was shot and killed by Pat Garrett outside Fort Sumner.

In 1900, armies of the Eight-Nation Alliance capture Tientsin during the Boxer Rebellion. 1902, the Campanile in St. Mark's SquareVenice collapsed, also demolishing the loggetta. 1911, Harry Atwood, an exhibition pilot for the Wright Brothers landed his airplane at the South Lawn of the White House. He was later awarded a Gold medal from U.S. President William Howard Taft for this feat. 1916, start of the Battle of Delville Wood as an action within the Battle of the Somme, which was to last until 3 September 1916.

In 1928, New Vietnam Revolutionary Party was founded in Huế amid providing some of the communist party's most important leaders in its early years. 1933, Gleichschaltung: In Germany, all political parties were outlawed except the Nazi Party. Also 1933, the Nazi eugenics began with the proclamation of the Law for the Prevention of Hereditarily Diseased Offspring that calls for the compulsory sterilisation of any citizen who suffered from alleged genetic disorders. 1943, in Diamond, Missouri, the George Washington Carver National Monument became the first United States National Monument in honour of an African American. 1948, Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the Italian Communist Party, was shot and wounded near the Italian Parliament.

In 1950, Korean WarNorth Korean troops initiated the Battle of Taejon. 1957, Rawya Ateyatook her seat in the National Assembly of Egypt, thereby becoming the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world. 1958, Iraqi Revolution: In Iraq the monarchy was overthrown by popular forces led by Abdul Karim Kassem, who became the nation's new leader. 1960, Jane Goodall arrived at the Gombe Stream Reserve in present-day Tanzania to begin her famous study of chimpanzees in the wild. 1965, the Mariner 4 flyby of Mars took the first close-up photos of another planet. 1969, Football War: After Honduras lost a soccer match against El Salvador, riots broke out in Honduras against Salvadoran migrant workers. Also 1969, The United States $500, $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000 bills were officially withdrawn from circulation.

In 1976, Capital punishment was abolished in Canada. 1987, Montreal, Canada, was hit by a series of thunderstorms causing the Montreal Flood of 1987. 1992, 386BSD was released by Lynne Jolitz and William Jolitz beginning the Open Source Operating System Revolution. Linus Torvalds released his Linux soon afterwards. 2000, a powerful solar flare, later named the Bastille Day event, caused a geomagnetic storm on Earth. 2002, French PresidentJacques Chirac escaped an assassination attempt unscathed during Bastille Daycelebrations. 2003, in an effort to discredit U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, who had written an article critical of the 2003 invasion of IraqWashington Post columnist Robert Novak revealed that Wilson's wife Valerie Plame was a CIA "operative".

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Today's reading: Psalm 7-9, Acts 18 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 7-9

shiggaion of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning Cush, a Benjamite.
1 LORD my God, I take refuge in you;
save and deliver me from all who pursue me,
2 or they will tear me apart like a lion
and rip me to pieces with no one to rescue me.

3 LORD my God, if I have done this
and there is guilt on my hands-
4 if I have repaid my ally with evil
or without cause have robbed my foe-
5 then let my enemy pursue and overtake me;
let him trample my life to the ground
and make me sleep in the dust....

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 18

In Corinth
1 After this, Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to see them, 3 and because he was a tentmaker as they were, he stayed and worked with them. 4 Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks.
5 When Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah. 6 But when they opposed Paul and became abusive, he shook out his clothes in protest and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles."

=== Morning and Evening ===


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Morning

"God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry?"
Jonah 4:9
Anger is not always or necessarily sinful, but it has such a tendency to run wild that whenever it displays itself, we should be quick to question its character, with this enquiry, "Doest thou well to be angry?" It may be that we can answer, "YES." Very frequently anger is the madman's firebrand, but sometimes it is Elijah's fire from heaven. We do well when we are angry with sin, because of the wrong which it commits against our good and gracious God; or with ourselves because we remain so foolish after so much divine instruction; or with others when the sole cause of anger is the evil which they do. He who is not angry at transgression becomes a partaker in it. Sin is a loathsome and hateful thing, and no renewed heart can patiently endure it. God himself is angry with the wicked every day, and it is written in His Word, "Ye that love the Lord, hate evil." Far more frequently it is to be feared that our anger is not commendable or even justifiable, and then we must answer, "NO." Why should we be fretful with children, passionate with servants, and wrathful with companions? Is such anger honourable to our Christian profession, or glorifying to God? Is it not the old evil heart seeking to gain dominion, and should we not resist it with all the might of our newborn nature? Many professors give way to temper as though it were useless to attempt resistance; but let the believer remember that he must be a conqueror in every point, or else he cannot be crowned. If we cannot control our tempers, what has grace done for us? Some one told Mr. Jay that grace was often grafted on a crab-stump. "Yes," said he, "but the fruit will not be crabs." We must not make natural infirmity an excuse for sin, but we must fly to the cross and pray the Lord to crucify our tempers, and renew us in gentleness and meekness after His own image.

Evening

"When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me."
Psalm 56:9

It is impossible for any human speech to express the full meaning of this delightful phrase, "God is for me." He was "for us" before the worlds were made; he was "for us," or he would not have given his well-beloved son; he was "for us" when he smote the Only-begotten, and laid the full weight of his wrath upon him--he was "for us," though he was against him; he was "for us," when we were ruined in the fall--he loved us notwithstanding all; he was "for us," when we were rebels against him, and with a high hand were bidding him defiance; he was "for us," or he would not have brought us humbly to seek his face. He has been "for us" in many struggles; we have been summoned to encounter hosts of dangers; we have been assailed by temptations from without and within--how could we have remained unharmed to this hour if he had not been "for us"? He is "for us," with all the infinity of his being; with all the omnipotence of his love; with all the infallibility of his wisdom; arrayed in all his divine attributes, he is "for us,"--eternally and immutably "for us"; "for us" when yon blue skies shall be rolled up like a worn out vesture; "for us" throughout eternity. And because he is "for us," the voice of prayer will always ensure his help. "When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies be turned back." This is no uncertain hope, but a well grounded assurance--"this I know." I will direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up for the answer, assured that it will come, and that mine enemies shall be defeated, "for God is for me." O believer, how happy art thou with the King of kings on thy side! How safe with such a Protector! How sure thy cause pleaded by such an Advocate! If God be for thee, who can be against thee?

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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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