Friday, August 06, 2021

Fri 6th August 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial on being shadow banned

I was willing to accept bias, and work to show how conservative values I follow lead to prosperity. But, then, I became an accidental whistleblower following a bungled pedophile investigation resulting in the negligence death of school child Hamidur Rahman in Sydney's Campbelltown in 2001. A cover up ensued and my employer, the NSW Dept of Ed made me delete all my public writing (irrelevant to their fears) under new legislation called the teachers code of conduct. I resigned to speak out on the issue and ran for government three times, federally, for state and local. In the meantime, the coroner covered up the administrative mess, effectively blaming the parents for the child's death and the press are allowed to not report my issue because of a nuanced editorial decision not to 'scaremonger' by reporting on something a coroner has decided. I lost my career in 2007 and have been unemployed since, and apparently unemployable. So I've written 28 books on World history, Current affairs, a lay view on Bible quotes, some short stories and some science fiction books are in the works. But my publisher has shadow banned me and I cannot sell a thing. I have had three million hits on my blog, two million on Youtube (getting smaller) and following Jan 6th, FB took away all my FB activity stealing my history, videos, contacts and pictures collected since I logged in in 2007. If the left didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

I want to thank individuals and corporations that have stood for my freedoms. Rumble has been a great service that has done what Youtube never did, but promised to. Rumble has provided a platform that has allowed me to express my ideas they might not have agreed with, but which complies with their charter of behaviour. Also the IPA (Institute of Public Affairs) Australia, which has an international standing in support of free speech and small government advocacy. 


It is unacceptable that a senior public servant has campaigned for a political party as Fauci has. Political winds come and go, and it is awful to hear Fauci bend with the winds for his political masters. It is treason. Many have died as a result of Fauci's proclamations. People have been denied effective medication when they were sick. People have been given terrible administrative lockdowns that have made them sick, and prevented them taking cures. The statistics are clear, those who live under US Democrat policy are four to eight times more likely to die from COVID than those living free. Years after he died, Semmelweis was criticised for the scientific process leading to the discovery of the importance of clean hands for surgeons. Semmelweis had known a ward of pregnant women were at mortal risk, but his science needed to be irrefutable. But, while Semmelweis made an amazing rediscovery after Christian monks took healing knowledge away from Roman doctors, the same cannot be said of Fauci. 

Fauci says he is following the science, but he has not got science backing his proclamations. Only politics backs Fauci. So Fauci can lie to congress with impunity? 

Editorial IPA successful in Free Speech outcome

It is welcome news IPA (Institute of public affairs, Australia) has had a win in Queensland for free speech. Why is the win so weak? IPA had attempted to have a stall at a university fete when organisers had refused on the grounds "IPA don't share our values." Organisers were taken to court and forced to apologise. But, they resisted apologising and have never explained their reasoning. And, the IPA sued for an apology, not money. Why are we abrogating to cancel culture?

Via John Roskam (IPA CEO)
"You'll remember in January last year the Student Guild at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane banned the IPA's Generation Liberty program from participating in student orientation activities on campus, because according to the Guild 'your [the IPA's] brand does not align with our values'.

The ban received nationwide media coverage as yet another demonstration of the freedom of speech crisis in our universities.

The Institute of Public Affairs and the IPA's Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator at QUT, Chris Dekker fought the ban - for the sake not only of QUT students but as a matter of principle for every student in every university and every school in Australia.

Chris lodged a complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission on the basis the QUT Student Guild had breached both the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act by discriminating against him because of his political beliefs and the Queensland Human Rights Act by restricting his rights specified in the legislation including his freedom of expression, his right to peaceful assembly and freedom of association, his right to take part in public life, his freedom of thought, and his freedom of conscience.

The IPA and Chris didn't want any financial compensation from the Guild, only a public apology so that what occurred would never happen again and to set a precedent so that other student associations at other universities wouldn't attempt to do what the QUT Student Guild had done."

But it has happened again .. "The IPA's Generation Liberty program now has a presence at more than 20 Australian universities and until the actions of the QUT Student Guild last year had operated without incident as Generation Liberty held events and debates and hosted guest speakers at many different universities. What occurred at QUT is I fear a sign of the times as universities become more hostile to any ideas that challenge the prevailing left-wing orthodoxy of our tertiary institutions. After operating successfully at Monash University in Melbourne for the last few years, Generation Liberty was banned from the campus by the student association from participating in the university’s orientation activities because of the views they assume the IPA holds about climate change. We've lodged a complaint with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission which hasn't been heard as yet, and I'll of course keep you informed of developments."

https://rumble.com/vkmtpi-editorial-ipa-successful-in-free-speech-outcome.html

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Vaccine Mandate Protest Letter

No authorship claim or copyright asserted...this letter just came to me in a bottle, and I have no idea who might have penned it, nor can I possibly vouch for it, and what you fine folks do with it is entirely in your own hands, as the Gentlemen of the Bar remind me I can proffer no general legal advice in the matter, and must officially disclaim proffering any such advice here...edit and excise as you see fit, amend and append as you desire, and claim authorship or anonymity as may best befit you...as always, as you wish...

Dear Boss,

Compelling any employee to take any current Covid-19 vaccine violates federal and state law, and subjects the employer to substantial liability risk, including liability for any injury the employee may suffer from the vaccine. Many employers have reconsidered issuing such a mandate after more fruitful review with legal counsel, insurance providers, and public opinion advisors of the desires of employees and the consuming public. Even the Kaiser Foundation warned of the legal risk in this respect. (https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/key-questions-about-covid-19-vaccine-mandates/)

Three key concerns: first, while the vaccine remains unapproved by the FDA and authorized only for emergency use, federal law forbids mandating it, in accordance with the Nuremberg Code of 1947; second, the Americans with Disabilities Act proscribes, punishes and penalizes employers who invasively inquire into their employees' medical status and then treat those employees differently based on their medical status, as the many AIDS related cases of decades ago fully attest; and third, international law, Constitutional law, specific statutes and the common law of torts all forbid conditioning access to employment upon coerced, invasive medical examinations and treatment, unless the employer can fully provide objective, scientifically validated evidence of the threat from the employee and how no practicable alternative could possible suffice to mitigate such supposed public health threat and still perform the necessary essentials of employment.

At the outset, consider the "problem" being "solved" by vaccination mandates. The previously infected are better protected than the vaccinated, so why aren't they exempted? Equally, the symptomatic can be self-isolated. Hence, requiring vaccinations only addresses one risk: dangerous or deadly transmission, by the asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic employee, in the employment setting. Yet even government official Mr. Fauci admits, as scientific studies affirm, asymptomatic transmission is exceedingly and "very rare." Indeed, initial data suggests the vaccinated are just as, or even much more, likely to transmit the virus as the asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic. Hence, the vaccine solves nothing. This evidentiary limitation on any employer's decision making, aside from the legal and insurance risks of forcing vaccinations as a term of employment without any accommodation or even exception for the previously infected (and thus better protected), is the reason most employers wisely refuse to mandate the vaccine. This doesn't even address the arbitrary self-limitation of the pool of talent for the employer: why reduce your own talent pool, when many who refuse invasive inquiries or risky treatment may be amongst your most effective, efficient and profitable employees?

First, federal law prohibits any mandate of the Covid-19 vaccines as unlicensed, emergency-use-authorization-only vaccines. Subsection bbb-3(e)(1)(A)(ii)(III) of section 360 of Title 21 of the United States Code, otherwise known as the Emergency Use Authorization section of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, demands that everyone give employees the "option to accept or refuse administration" of the Covid-19 vaccine. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/360bbb-3 ) This right to refuse emergency, experimental vaccines, such as the Covid-19 vaccine, implements the internationally agreed legal requirement of Informed Consent established in the Nuremberg Code of 1947. (http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/nuremberg/ ). As the Nuremberg Code established, every person must "be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision" for any medical experimental drug, as the Covid-19 vaccine currently is. The Nuremberg Code prohibited even the military from requiring such experimental vaccines. (Doe #1 v. Rumsfeld, 297 F.Supp.2d 119 (D.D.C. 2003).

Second, demanding employees divulge their personal medical information invades their protected right to privacy, and discriminates against them based on their perceived medical status, in contravention of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (42 USC §12112(a).) Indeed, the ADA prohibits employers from invasive inquiries about their medical status, and that includes questions about diseases and treatments for those diseases, such as vaccines. As the EEOC makes clear, an employer can only ask medical information if the employer can prove the medical information is both job-related and necessary for the business. (https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/questions-and-answers-enforcement-guidance-disability-related-inquiries-and-medical). An employer that treats an individual employee differently based on that employer’s belief the employee’s medical condition impairs the employee is discriminating against that employee based on perceived medical status disability, in contravention of the ADA. The employer must have proof that the employer cannot keep the employee, even with reasonable accommodations, before any adverse action can be taken against the employee. If the employer asserts the employee’s medical status (such as being unvaccinated against a particular disease) precludes employment, then the employer must prove that the employee poses a “safety hazard” that cannot be reduced with a reasonable accommodation. The employer must prove, with objective, scientifically validated evidence, that the employee poses a materially enhanced risk of serious harm that no reasonable accommodation could mitigate. This requires the employee's medical status cause a substantial risk of serious harm, a risk that cannot be reduced by any another means. This is a high, and difficult burden, for employers to meet. Just look at the all prior cases concerning HIV and AIDS, when employers discriminated against employees based on their perceived dangerousness, and ended up paying millions in legal fees, damages and fines.

Third, conditioning continued employment upon participating in a medical experiment and demanding disclosure of private, personal medical information, may also create employer liability under other federal and state laws, including HIPAA, FMLA, and applicable state tort law principles, including torts prohibiting and proscribing invasions of privacy and battery. Indeed, any employer mandating a vaccine is liable to their employee for any adverse event suffered by that employee. The CDC records reports of the adverse events already reported to date concerning the current Covid-19 vaccine.(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vaers.html )

Finally, forced vaccines constitute a form of battery, and the Supreme Court long made clear "no right is more sacred than the right of every individual to the control of their own person, free from all restraint or interference of others." (https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/141/250)

With Regards,
Employee of the Year

XXX

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https://rumble.com/vkrfzl-ep.-1578-a-must-see-rant-by-mark-levin-the-dan-bongino-show.html
Mark Levin erupts, in his most epic rant yet. In this episode, we discuss the video and we address the fake “science” being used to frighten you.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Game Over? Majority of NY Assembly Supports Gov. Cuomo’s Impeachment READ MORE

White House Debuts New Excuses for Why Biden’s Border Crisis Isn’t Biden’s Fault

NY Assembly Gives Gov. Cuomo Deadline to Submit Evidence Against Impeachment

Sen. Cruz Rips Radical ATF Nominee

U.S. Intel Agencies Access “Treasure Trove” of Data From Wuhan Lab

Soros-Funded Group Makes Push to “Dismantle” Minneapolis Police Department

de Blasio: Gov. Cuomo Too Busy With Sex Scandals to Govern New York

Capitol Hill
Biden Education Secretary: Kids Have Suffered Enough, But There Should Be a Mask Mandate Regardless
Biden Pushes for 40%-50% of New Car Sales to Be Electric by 2030
Psaki Lies, Says Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Biden Have Been Litigated
Wisconsin Deactivates 205k Voters From Registration Rolls
Bill Would Force States Implementing Vaccine Passports to Also Have Voter ID
The New Temporary Eviction Ban Probably Isn’t Legal
Latino Voters Could Cause California Gov. Newsom to Lose Recall Election
Here’s What’s in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
Psaki Again Attempts to Blame GOP for Crime Wave
Senate Judiciary Republicans Sat On Biden ATF Nominee Racism Allegations For Nearly Two Months

Culture War
Tucker Carlson and Glenn Greenwald Rip Obama’s Birthday Bash
Rep. Cori Bush Admits to Spending Heavily on Private Security While Calling for Police Defunding
Former FDA Commissioner Says Delta Wave May Have Already Peaked
School Board to Sue California Gov. Newsom Over K-12 Mask Mandate
NY Times on Osama Bin Laden: A “Devoted Family Man”
Bill Gates: In Hindsight, Dinners With Jeffrey Epstein Probably Weren’t a Great Idea
Trouble in Paradise: Brian Stelter Slams Chris Cuomo in Newsletter
Seven Ways to Fight Critical Race Theory
ADL Blasts Crazy “Squad” Rep. Tlaib Over Anti-Semitic Dog Whistles
Liberal Boston Mayor Compares Vaccine Passports to Slavery

Economy
AFL-CIO Union Federation Head Richard Trumka Dies at 72
Weekly Jobless Claims Total 385k – Matching Estimates
Senate Dems Block Proposal to Provide Transparency on Inflation Because It Would Be “Too Much Work”
Apple Dropped Their Plan to Let iPhone Users Encrypt Their Backups Because the FBI Complained
Burgerville Chain Forced to Close Portland Location Over Rising Crime, Homelessness, and Human Waste
Federal Reserve Vice Chair Says Taper Could Begin Later This Year – Rate Hikes in 2023
Dave Portnoy’s “Barstool Fund” for Small Business Will Be Permanent
Mortgage Applications Decline Despite Rates Below 3%
The IRS Has Seized $1.2 Billion in Cryptocurrencies This Year
Target Debuts Debt-Free College to Attract Workers
Google’s Investment in the Biden Presidency

Swamp Watch
Election Audits: What Is the DOJ Afraid Of?
Newt Gingrich Worries About Dr. Fauci “In Terms of His Cognitive Impairment”
Government Spends $180k to Study Tanzania’s Poultry Products
Rep. Cori Bush Complains About McCloskeys’ Pardon for Self-Defense Against Violent BLM Mob – Threatens “Their Day Will Come”
CCP Influence Group Subsidized Trips for Journos From CNN, NPR, WaPo, NYT, ABC, NBC, and More
Nina Turner Blames “Evil Money” on Election Loss Despite Outspending Opponent
Facebook Executive Helped Smear One of Gov. Cuomo’s Accusers
1,500 COVID Positive Illegals Released in One Week in Texas Border Town

National Security
Biden to Mandate Vaccinations for All Active Duty Soldiers
Comparing the 1911 vs. Glock 21
Illinois Is Going All in On Gun Background Checks – But Will It Stop Criminals?
Britain Knuckles Under to China, Pulls Aircraft Carrier Strike Group From South China Sea
Biden to Reopen Country to Vaccinated Foreigners – And Keep it Open to Unvaccinated Illegals
U.S. Military Superiority Is Slipping
Mexico Sues U.S. Gunmakers Over Gun Trafficking Across Border
Kim Jong Un Spotted With Head Bandage in Latest Health Mystery
Navy’s New Diversity Program Hurts Diversity

Around the World
U.K. Government Publicly “Names and Shames” Employers Paying Below Minimum Wage
Two Rockets From Lebanon Strike Israel, Prompting Swift Retaliation
Cuba Continues Raiding Homes, Arresting Individuals Three Weeks After National Marches
Over 600k Chinese Citizens Have Applied for Asylum in the Past Nine Years
Taliban Claims Responsibility for Attack on Minister’s Compound
Sinaloa Cartel Gunman Surface in Mexico Near Texas Border
North Korea Releases Emergency Military Rice Reserves as Food Shortage Worsens
Over 600k Chinese Citizens Have Applied for Asylum in the Past Nine Years

Opinion
R. Emmett Tyrrell: What the Woke Folk Are in For
Jackie Cushman: An American Superhero With a Heart of Gold
Tim Graham: The Shameless Cuomo Brothers Make a Mess
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Freedom in the Coming Time of Madness
Laura Hollis: It Isn’t Immigration; It’s a Government-Sponsored Invasion
John Stossel: Unfair Competition
Austin Bay: Sue the Chinese Communist Party for Coronavirus Destruction
Dennis Prager: What’s Ripping American Families Apart? Responses From the Bizarre World of New York Times Readers

Entertainment
NY Judge Sides With Johnny Depp, Orders ACLU To Prove They Received Charitable Donations Promised By Amber Heard
Amanda Knox Is Pregnant, Expecting First Child With Husband, Author Christopher Robinson
Comedian Chrissie Mayr Boycotts Vaccine-Only New York Comedy Clubs
Dr. Dre’s Oldest Daughter Claims She is Homeless, Living Out of Her Car
Rose McGowan Tears Into “Nursing Home Monster” Cuomo, Tells Him to Go
Grammy Awards Promises to Hire More Diverse Candidates for 2022
Drummer Booted From Band “The Offspring” After Refusing to Get Coronavirus Vaccine
“My Son Hunter” Finds its Director

Sports
China Says Australian Olympic Athletes Are “Disgraceful”
Josh Johnson Signs With the Jets
Apparently the Science Has Changed: Olympic Committee Looks to Tighten Transgender Rules
Are the Lakers Too Old to Be Championship Contenders?
Packers’ Aaron Rodgers: Relationship With GM a “Work in Progress”
Jeb! Hilariously Claims Trump’s Immigration Policies Would Result In Fewer Olympic Medals for U.S.
Simone Biles Was “Just Happy to Be Able to Perform”
Another Yankees Pitcher Tests Positive for COVID-19
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Former President Donald Trump's lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter, and Google will likely "go all the way to the Supreme Court," which is where it should go, considering Big Tech's powers, Pam Bondi told Newsmax Thursday. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV

Newsfront
Texas Gov. Greg Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered another special legislative session to again try passing a GOP voting bill after Democrats left the state in protest to again prevent Republicans from changing the state's elections laws.... [Full Story]

Mike Pence Encourages Young Americans to Get COVID-19 Vaccine

Former Vice President Mike Pence, the Trump administration's top [Full Story]

DOJ to Probe Phoenix Police over Abuse, Force Allegations

The Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the [Full Story]
Viva Frei Robert Barnes News

1. Covid. I like to go through pre-pandemic scientific literature to uncover what was commonly known before the WhiteLabCoats suddenly shifted gear during this pandemic. Of note, it was common knowledge that mass vaccination during a pandemic could create a risk of "imperfect" or "leaky" vaccines, and that doing so would actually worsen the pandemic, not improve it, as Fauci implied yesterday with his "new variant may escape and evade the virus" statements. This is what several of the experts on Bret Weinstein's podcast have been warning for more than a year. Viral evolution is a problem no coronavirus vaccine has ever solved. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4516275/

2. Legal. Missouri Attorney General files another suit against mask mandates after winning his suit against St. Louis. https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/kc-mask-petition---final.pdf?sfvrsn=7ecf0e57_2

3. Economics. Almost half of all mortgage debt was taken out in the last year: e.g., Fed policies creating asset bubbles to get cash into people's pockets that distract from the crushing effect of the lockdown. Often, the Fed and government policies use debt, personal, corporate and governmental, to mask core problems in the economy, then later blame the consumer when the check comes due. https://www.newyorkfed.org/medialibrary/interactives/householdcredit/data/pdf/HHDC_2021Q2.pdf

4. Politics. My friend Sean Trende now acknowledges the California recall is real: "In other words, this election does look increasingly like a true tossup." https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/05/could_newsom_actually_be_recalled_146197.html

5. Cultural. Johnny Depp wins right to see if his ex Amber Heard lied about donations to ACLU, as the ACLU has been covering for her for years. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/07/30/johnny-depp-granted-request-aclu-confirm-amber-heard-donation/5438287001/

Bonus. Loving the USA. https://www.mediaite.com/sports/us-wrestler-beams-with-pride-after-winning-gold-in-tokyo-i-love-representing-the-us-i-freaking-love-living-there/

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Here is a video I made Too Close To The Flame, Clare Oliver 
Enjoy, dance, delight
But not too close to the light.
Icarus fell, but he lived and flew
Who'd deny him his wish .. you?
His father's advice, your mother warned
But who listened? Who saw?
All those excuses denied you:
My mother gave me drugs
I didn't know it was so long
I'm singing everybody's song
If it feels good it isn't wrong.

Grin, burst, flash
But not too close to the lamp
Icarus fell, but he lived and flew
Who'd deny him his wish .. you?
The desire to live. The desire to fly.
The desire to be all you can buy.
All those excuses denied you:
If it gets bad I'll quit
I don't know who gave it, or why
When you feel down it helps you fly
I didn't think I would die.

Pain, resolve, despair
But not so close as to be seen
Icarus fell, but he lived and flew
Who'd deny him his wish .. you?
A pain in the head. A pain in the neck.
The pain that lodged inside your heart.
All those excuses you denied.
It was all your fault.
The others had tried.
The dream was lost
And so you died.


Ziur - Music, composition, keyboards, guitar, voices.
RuiDernaz - Bass guitar, guitars.
Pioneer - Drums.
ddball - Lyrics.
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you. 
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN0709124

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. A Reachtel Survey appears to support Malcolm Turnbull's AGW stance. The survey is interpreted as showing Australians want more renewable energy sources. Only the survey is bogus and Turnbull's stance is grossly irresponsible. The survey asked questions predicated on the belief that renewables were a cheaper source of supply. They are not, and will not be for the foreseeable future. Renewables do not provide base load power. A battery does not fix renewables, but makes them more expensive. Australia needs coal power. Carbon dioxide is a plant food, and that is good for the world. Malcolm Turnbull recently gave over $400 million to AGW interests on the Barrier Reef. If that money was for services rendered to the Clinton Foundation, then that explains the poll.

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. Road works outside Dandenong Plaza confused a blind man today who got no support from road workers as he tried to cross a busy road, but the way to lights for pedestrians was impeded by temporary barriers. The guy tapped on the bus stopped in the middle of the road, waiting for a lollipop guy to move traffic. Four months of work and inconvenience, but nothing has been fixed.

A senior public servant was quizzed regarding the red shirt rort. After three years since the issue was first raised by Matthew Guy, the issue has been investigated, and is now being investigated by police, the senior public servant neither confirmed nor denied they'd workshopped the rort. They said they could not remember discussing it, and would not do so. But, that is not good enough. They have for three years known the question was coming. ALP can lay low, but as they are in government, it is reasonable to ask these questions, and expect them to be answered, not ducked.

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. Those who abused parliament to have then Premier Nick Greiner stand down have never faced justice. Even the judge who gave a faux sentence of "Technically corrupt" retained their position. Subsequently, NSW spent 16 years under ALP government which claimed it was impossible to produce a surplus as it spent big on corrupt practice. And throughout that time, an abysmal press have claimed they were balanced when in fact they have been partisan. Some in the press quibble with the expression 'partisan' as some support the ALP while others support Greens. But in all my years, I have never seen something as awful, as risible, as needing to be condemned from a liberal democracy as a recent Waverley Council decision in NSW. The council had been asked for approval to build a synagogue. All the planning requirements had been met. But the council said 'no' because of the fear it would be a terrorist target. Every councillor that voted for that should be sacked, or deserves to lose next election. Because, what good worthy thing in Australia is not a target of terrorism? 

If there is something in Australia terrorists like, I do not want it here. Start with Waverley Council. Add His But Terrier, they really are bottom feeders. Throw in the guy who gives dinners to terrorists. And the guy who apologises for terrorists. And the girls who dress like terrorists. I'm a guy who supports cultural diversity, but terrorism is not that. And, remove any council fees related to the approval process for the synagogue. They have already been stiffed too much. 
=== from 2016 === 

A picture was circulated today, an anti Trump meme from Breen of San Diego Union Tribune. It has Trump being restrained from pressing a nuclear button after he has received a critical post from a Kansas girl. And the entire meme is an insult to the intelligence of the reader. As a contribution to discussion, it fails. No Republican President has ever nuked an enemy, be they foreign or domestic. It was a Democrat President who nuked civilians, twice, and claimed he slept well. It was a Democrat President who allowed safety to slip at Three Mile Island. It is the Democrats who are so thin skinned they built a wall to keep out visitors to their convention in the city of brotherly love. It is Democrats who have kept public opinion secret from their chosen candidate. It is Democrats who corrupted their process to choose an insider when the people are saying they are tired of insiders interpreting the dreams of the people poorly. Breen is not discussing politics, or even being funny. Breen is abusing someone he dislikes because .. well, he might not need reason. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
Bleeding heart lefties will always excuse a Democrat's abrogation of responsibility. Truman was wrong to drop the atomic bomb on civilian populations. The principle of bombing civilians was established in Germany before the atom bomb. There was some justification for the Dam Buster raid. but the terrible fire bombing of German cities after the Normandy invasion was not warfare but war crimes and very political. The US fought to liberate Germany before the Soviet Union dominated all. The firebombing was too much, too late. Then, the US faced the Soviet Union taking a significant part of Japan in the coming peace. Tokyo was firebombed too. The selection of civilians as opposed to military targets is an important distinction. Terrorism, according to modern Democrats, is not justified. But they do. They make up stories justifying bombing of civilians. They say it was to end the war faster, so as to not risk troops in an invasion. But had they bombed military targets the same result would have happened. They say that it was necessary because of total war. Even civilians, they argue, are part of a war effort. But, that is not true either. Women shopping, cleaning homes and caring for babies are not part of a war effort. Even today, in so called Palestine, it is recognised by many that exploitation of such people is wrong. XYZ magazine is claiming that such historical questions need not be asked. They claim it is revisionist to ask such questions. But the obvious reality is that were it to happen today it would be a war crime. And the same was true then, too. 
From 2014
The enormity of dropping a bomb on a civilian population was committed on this day in 1945. Conventional wisdom has it that it was done to shorten the war. President Truman later claimed he slept soundly over the decision. US Chiefs of staff of military claimed it wasn't Truman's decision. The truth is it was a war crime and will probably never be properly examined and it is impossible to compensate victims. Japan is not alone in experiencing the war crime of bomb dropping on civilian populations. Germany experienced it too .. and both dealt it as well. The background to firebombing German cities and nuking Japanese ones is political. Weak US leadership (Democrat Presidents) and the threat of a rapacious Soviet Union which was claiming territory from temporal delay  forced a desperate US leadership to cut corners. In the rush, US military shed personnel in assaults when prudence would have called for caution. But time was a luxury .. Germany had technical expertise which later led to the US Space program. Fifth columns within the allied nations campaigned to prevent territories from being liberated by US/UK troops when the Soviets could claim it. In Europe it resulted in an East West divide until 1990. In Asia it resulted in North Vietnam and North Korea. In Hiroshima it resulted in some 70,000 dead immediately and tens of thousands in the years that followed. Try as hard as he will, Obama might never be a worse President than Truman. 

In current affairs Christopher Pyne has a sensible policy for higher education that allows the sector to expand and excel. There is no alternative vision given by the opposition. Unless Pyne's reforms are followed, the sector threatens to implode. The opposition are opposing the budget measures and worse, independents are flagging they will too. There is no alternative to affordable. Students need to eventually repay loans. Students need to shoulder a fair portion of the burden of costs. The sector needs to be able to sell itself overseas. Twin baby Gammy may be a part of a Thai surrogacy scam. The baby may be the child of a pedophile. However, the baby deserves to be raised in a loving, healthy family. Surrogacy and adoption laws in Australia mean prospective parents look overseas. The dad should never be a parent. Now it looks like the corrupt Thai government are seeking money and threatening the surrogate mother as a shakedown. NSW Government is looking sick in the ICAC hearings, but then the biased court is good at denouncing conservatives where it turns a blind eye on ALP. The involvement of Tripodi opens questions of the NSW Government's handling of my issue outlined in my petition. Have I been sold down the river to pay for ALP corruption the ICAC has accepted? 

Also on this day in history, in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire dissolved after the last emperor abdicated, leaving large kingdoms like Austria, Hungary and what would later be Germany. Francis II would continue to oppose Napoleon. In 1912, the Bull Moose Party established by Theodore Roosevelt met in Chicago Coliseum. Theodore split the conservative vote and gave Democrat Wilson the Presidency. In 1926, the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore was released. It featured sound effects, but no talking. And the most kisses of any Hollywood movie. In 1930, the corrupt New York Government resulted in Judge Joseph Crater disappearing. Some say he was killed by police and relatives of police. In 1964, an old tree was identified and cut down for research. The research was unequivocal, that tree was old. Possibly five thousand years old. There is no evidence the scientist had read Tolkein's work. 
Historical perspective on this day
135 – The Roman Empire lays siege to Betar, effectively ending the Bar Kokhba revolt.
1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1506 – The Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated the Crimean Khanate in the Battle of Kletsk
1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1661 – The Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The bloody Battle of Oriskany prevents American relief of the Siege of Fort Stanwix.
1787 – Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1806 – Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, ending the Holy Roman Empire.
1819 – Norwich University is founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.
1824 – Battle of Junín Peru.
1825 – Bolivia gains independence from Spain.
1861 – The United Kingdom annexes Lagos, Nigeria.
1862 – American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering catastrophic engine failure near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Spicheren is fought, resulting in a Prussianvictory.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Wörth results in a decisive Prussianvictory.
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

1901 – Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
1912 – The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.
1914 – World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic: Two days after the United Kingdom had declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boatsleave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1915 – World War I: Battle of Sari Bair: The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.
1917 – World War I: Battle of Mărășești between the Romanian and German armies begins.

1926 – Gertrude Ederle becomes the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
1926 – In New York City, the Warner Bros.' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.
1930 – Judge Joseph Force Crater steps into a taxi in New York and disappears never to be seen again.
1940 – Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.
1942 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.
1944 – The Warsaw Uprising occurs on August 1. It is brutally suppressed and all able-bodied men in Kraków are detained afterwards to prevent a similar uprising, the Kraków Uprising, that was planned but never carried out.
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

1956 – After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network makes its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena in New York in the Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena series.
1960 – Cuban Revolution: Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1965 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into law.

1986 – A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargoagainst Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.
1996 – The Ramones played their farewell concert at The Palace, Los Angeles, CA.
1996 – NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
1997 – Korean Air Flight 801 crashed at Nimitz Hill, Guam killing 228 of 254 people on board.

2001 – Erwadi fire incident, 28 mentally ill persons tied to a chain were burnt to death at a faith based institution at Erwadi, Tamil Nadu.
2008 – A military junta led by Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz stages a coup d'état in Mauritania, overthrowing president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
2010 – Flash floods across a large part of Jammu and Kashmir, India, damages 71 towns and kills at least 255 people.
2011 – War in Afghanistan: A United States military helicopter is shot down, killing 30 American special forces members and a working dog, 7 Afghan soldiers, and 1 Afghan civilian. It was the deadliest single event for the United States in the War in Afghanistan.
2012 – NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.
2015 – A suicide bomb attack kills at least 15 people at a mosque in the Saudi city of Abha.

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Today's reading: Psalm 68-69, Romans 8:1-21 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 68-69

For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

1 May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may his foes flee before him.
2 May you blow them away like smoke-
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before God.
3 But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds;
rejoice before him-his name is the LORD.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God sets the lonely in families,
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land....

Today's New Testament reading: Romans 8:1-21

Life Through the Spirit
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, 2 because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit....

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Morning

"We know that all things work together for good to them that love God."
Romans 8:28
Upon some points a believer is absolutely sure. He knows, for instance, that God sits in the stern-sheets of the vessel when it rocks most. He believes that an invisible hand is always on the world's tiller, and that wherever providence may drift, Jehovah steers it. That re-assuring knowledge prepares him for everything. He looks over the raging waters and sees the spirit of Jesus treading the billows, and he hears a voice saying, "It is I, be not afraid." He knows too that God is always wise, and, knowing this, he is confident that there can be no accidents, no mistakes; that nothing can occur which ought not to arise. He can say, "If I should lose all I have, it is better that I should lose than have, if God so wills: the worst calamity is the wisest and the kindest thing that could befall to me if God ordains it." "We know that all things work together for good to them that love God." The Christian does not merely hold this as a theory, but he knows it as a matter of fact. Everything has worked for good as yet; the poisonous drugs mixed in fit proportions have worked the cure; the sharp cuts of the lancet have cleansed out the proud flesh and facilitated the healing. Every event as yet has worked out the most divinely blessed results; and so, believing that God rules all, that he governs wisely, that he brings good out of evil, the believer's heart is assured, and he is enabled calmly to meet each trial as it comes. The believer can in the spirit of true resignation pray, "Send me what thou wilt, my God, so long as it comes from thee; never came there an ill portion from thy table to any of thy children."
"Say not my soul, From whence can God relieve my care?'
Remember that Omnipotence has servants everywhere.
His method is sublime, his heart profoundly kind,
God never is before his time, and never is behind."

Evening

"Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here?"
Numbers 32:6

Kindred has its obligations. The Reubenites and Gadites would have been unbrotherly if they had claimed the land which had been conquered, and had left the rest of the people to fight for their portions alone. We have received much by means of the efforts and sufferings of the saints in years gone by, and if we do not make some return to the church of Christ by giving her our best energies, we are unworthy to be enrolled in her ranks. Others are combating the errors of the age manfully, or excavating perishing ones from amid the ruins of the fall, and if we fold our hands in idleness we had need be warned, lest the curse of Meroz fall upon us. The Master of the vineyard saith, "Why stand ye here all the day idle?" What is the idler's excuse? Personal service of Jesus becomes all the more the duty of all because it is cheerfully and abundantly rendered by some. The toils of devoted missionaries and fervent ministers shame us if we sit still in indolence. Shrinking from trial is the temptation of those who are at ease in Zion: they would fain escape the cross and yet wear the crown; to them the question for this evening's meditation is very applicable. If the most precious are tried in the fire, are we to escape the crucible? If the diamond must be vexed upon the wheel, are we to be made perfect without suffering? Who hath commanded the wind to cease from blowing because our bark is on the deep? Why and wherefore should we be treated better than our Lord? The firstborn felt the rod, and why not the younger brethren? It is a cowardly pride which would choose a downy pillow and a silken couch for a soldier of the cross. Wiser far is he who, being first resigned to the divine will, groweth by the energy of grace to be pleased with it, and so learns to gather lilies at the cross foot, and, like Samson, to find honey in the lion.

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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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