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
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
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A Lesson in Creating Conservative Counterculture : How Do We Write Novels?
https://rumble.com/vkmcox-a-lesson-in-creating-conservative-counterculture-how-do-we-write-novels.html
Ever thought about writing a novel? Here I tap the great Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa's "Letters to a Young Novelist" for some key lessons for aspiring writers.
Democrat Run Cities Continue to Lag Nation in Economic Recovery
Bipartisan Calls Grow for Biden to Appoint New “Border Czar” Who Will Actually Do Something About Border Crisis
Activists Demanding Eviction Moratorium Extension Protest Outside Pelosi’s Home
COVID Cases Are Rising – Deaths Are Not
Mark Meadows: Trump Held Meetings With “Cabinet Members” at NJ Golf Club Last Week
77 Percent of Republicans Would Not Reelect Liz Cheney; 53 Percent Call Her “Liberal”
Capitol Hill
The Dems’ “Jim Crow” Vaccine Restrictions
Pelosi’s Jan 6 Committee Is Already Failing
Biden Admin Realizes COVID Hysteria Is Backfiring, Asks Media to Dial Back “Overheated” Coverage
Dr. Fauci’s Retirement Is Long Overdue
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Gains Favor With Republicans
Trump Has a $100 Million+ War Chest to Influence the 2022 Elections
Study Finds GOP Governors Were Right to End Federal Enhanced Unemployment Benefits
Pro-Defund the Police AOC Spends Thousands on Private Security
Culture War
Chicago Tries to Block Tax Refund Owed on Trump Building
American Medical Association Calls for End of Sex ID on All Birth Certificates
SNL Star Claims He Was Hacked After Jokes on Instagram Bomb Badly
Fleeing Texas Dem Gets Destroyed by Simple Questions on Voter ID
Emails Show Long Debate Over Tenure for 1619 Project Founder/Crackpot Nikole Hannah-Jones
BLM Activist Shaun King the Latest Notable Member to Purchase a Luxury Home
Former FDA Director Debunks Delta Variant Hysteria
NPR Now Allowing Their Alleged Journalists to Partake in Activism
CDC Director Walks Back “Nationwide Vaccine Mandate” Comment
Economy
China’s Securities Regulator Seeks Closer Cooperation With SEC
Eviction Moratorium Expires, Nearly 2 Million Households Owe $15 Billion in Back Rent
Federal Reserve Governor Makes Case for a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency
GOP Lawmakers Urge SEC to Investigate U.S.-Listed Chinese Companies
GAO Rebuffs Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin in Its Protest of Moon Lander Contract to SpaceX
Chick-fil-A to Expand to Hawaii
Elon Musk Denies Discussing Merging Tesla and Apple With Tim Cook
Hedge Funds Pile Money Into Commodities
Nearly Half of Americans Selling Their Homes Don’t Plan on Buying Another
Swamp Watch
Federal Judge Gives Trump Time to Challenge Biden DOJ’s Order on His Tax Returns
Biden Appoints Muslim Man Who Criticized Trump at 2016 DNC to Religious Freedom Commission Solely for That Reason
Dem Texas County Judge Invites Biden to Border to See the Problems He Created
One of Gov. Cuomo’s Accusers Is Willing to Take a Polygraph – But He Isn’t
Ilhan Omar Introduces $1,200/Month “Guaranteed Income” Bill
“The Science” Is Now Whatever Biden Says It Is at the Time
D.C. Mayor Parties Maskless the Day Before Her New Mask Mandate Takes Effect
“Squad” Members Hold Maskless Protest Against Eviction Moratorium Expiration Outside Capitol
National Security
Two Star General Warns U.S. Military That “China Is on the March”
B-52 Brandishes Its Modern Arsenal
German Navy Set to Deploy Frigate in Indo-Pacific Region
U.S. Strengthening Its Space Domain Awareness With Powerful Radars and Sensors
Biden to Pentagon: Add COVID to the List of Required Vaccinations
U.S. Marine Force Deployed Twice in Past 30 Days to Defend Embassies
China, Russia Plan Joint Military Drill in Northern China at End of U.S. Afghanistan Presence
U.S. Cavalier Air Force Station to Be Part of U.S. Space Force
Around the World
Veteran Meets Daughter He Was Forced to Leave Behind in Vietnam 50 Years Ago
Samoa to Cancel Plans to Build China-Funded Port
Record Coronavirus Infections Recorded in Tokyo, Thailand and Malaysia
150,000 Take to the Streets to Protest Vaccine Passports in France
U.S. Issues More Sanctions Against Cuba, With Biden Promising More to Come
Hilton Plans to Build Hotel Over Remains of Razed Uyghur Mosque in China
Russia’s Space Agency Reports Drop in Pressure in a Russian Service Module on the International Space Station
Opinion
Rich Lowry: Joe Biden Is a Conspicuously Small Presence in His Own Presidency
Philip Singleton: Congress Shouldn’t Allow Mass Amnesty into Infrastructure Bill
Rebekah Koffler: New Attacks on U.S. Officials Prove Russia Is Our Enemy, Not Our Friend
Jeff Brain: Big Tech Is Out of Control and Threatens to Annihilate Our Liberties
Rikki Schlott: Freedom of Speech Is Endangered on College Campuses — And I’m Fighting Back
Humberto Fontova: Jane Fonda, Oliver Stone, Danny Glover, BLM Beg Biden to End Trump’s “Cruel” Cuba Embargo
NY Post Editorial Board: Team Biden’s Failure to Communicate Has Led to a Contagion of Confusion
Entertainment
Meghan Markle’s Family Has Been Highly Critical of Her Since Her and Prince Harry’s Oprah Interview
Owners Confirm That “South Park” Icon Casa Bonita Not for Sale
Attendees of 2021 Emmys Required to Show Proof of Vaccination
Bill Maher Blasts CDC Over Their “Confusing” Mask Guidance: “It’s Called Science, People!”
Gerard Butler Suing Producers of 2013 Film “Olympus Has Fallen” for $10 Million
Cuba Gooding Junior May be on the Hook for Millions In Damages to Rape Accuser
Photos From Lollapalooza 2021, the 30th Anniversary of the Iconic Music Festival
Sports
Trans Weightlifter to Olympic Committee: Thank You for “Making Sport Inclusive and Accessible”
Turns Out Tom Brady Didn’t Hide Injury From Buccaneers
Here Are the Americans Who Won Gold Medals at Tokyo Olympics Games
Israel Scores Judo Bronze With Upset Victory Over Russia
Novak Djokovic Fails to Win Olympic Medal, Throws Tantrum
Former UFC Champion: Simone Biles Needs Some “Tough Love”
U.S. Men’s Basketball Clinches Olympics Quarterfinal Bid
U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Connor Fields Suffers Brain Hemorrhage in BMX Crash
Newsmax TV
- Texas AG: Law Cannot Force COVID Disclosures |
- Mark Morgan: Biden Policies 'Constitutional Crisis' |
- Dershowitz: 'Declaring War' on Ben & Jerry's Over Boycott |
- Dershowitz: DOJ Won't Have 'Last Word' on Audits |
- Larry Elder: It's 'David Versus Goliath, and I Ain't Goliath' |
- Archbishop: Pelosi Can't be Pro-Catholic and Pro-Abortion
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Adam Goodes calls for what may never have been part of Australian Aboriginal culture to inflate competition and raise awareness of what never was? The welcome to our nation ceremonies, and smoking ceremonies did not seem to be present before Bob Hawke became PM in '83. Aboriginal culture, which has played a role in welcoming new migrants to Australia since Captain Cook discovered Sydney Cove, is laid-back and unsentimental. Aborigines were pragmatic and did not hold to ritual. The imposition of ritual on Aboriginal culture, is in my humble opinion, as much an imposition as taxation. But the patriarchal cultural imperialists seem to like it.
Venezuela's President admits that socialism has failed in his nation. There are food and medicine shortages and power has been cut to 80% of Caracas since Tuesday as infrastructure fails. Maybe Madura could try real socialism? The Clinton Foundation can't help because they are broke, but Gillard might knit something.
Britain is to investigate how their Islam endorsed schools include textbooks calling for jihad. Academic standards are low when it is not recognised Israel is a functioning Democracy that welcomes all peoples of any creed to their Jewish state. Corbin is still claiming there is apartheid in Israel but he does not know where. Some mourn the loss of left wing governments as every single Western left wing party resembles a blancmange of Green policy which is heavily anti semitic. The rhetoric was born in the Cold War when the US opposed the Soviet Union in the Middle East, and the Soviets aligned with former Nazi loving states, like Egypt in the '50s and Syria.
An investigation is being conducted in Bangladesh at how girls as young as twelve years old are forced to work in brothels by their families.
Sarah Sanders faces down the Swamp. But CNN's Jim Acosta does not seem to recognise he was roasted.
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. Rumours are spreading that Vic ALP are seeking ways to get an early election. Apparently the bubble has burst, but ALP insiders feel they can lose a lot more support, moving forward. So the earlier the election the better it will be for them. The issues of crime, failing infrastructure, hospital management, jobs and schooling all have negative outlooks for the ALP, owing to mismanagement. However, the corruption inquiry into the red shirts has claimed seventeen, but not yet any of the six involved ALP members. Those just happen to be in swing seats or in seats featuring ALP brains trusts. The police minister and attorney general are included. The Australian has reported the rumour, but with less than four months to the expected November 24th poll, it seems a stupid, risky move.
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.
Today, the Bolt Report Supporter's Group has just under 34k members. Thanks to Charles Goldberg, Terry Ellison, Daniel Katz and the members. The hope for a better tomorrow is realised when today we discuss why it is we don't have what we want, and work towards achieving it. Thank you for helping to do that.
I hope to align the page with a libertarian group, the IPA (Institute of Public Affairs). My father had once been Pro Vice Chancellor (community affairs) at Sydney University. He chose the title, preferring affairs to relations. The IPA are big believers in free speech and won't change the page or membership. What I hope to do is use the page to promote Andrew Bolt, the show and attract discussion on the major issues of the day, just as it does now, but with the structure the IPA provides of events, conferences and promotions that run parallel with Andrew and the show.
The hope for a better tomorrow is realised when today we discuss why it is we don't have what we want, and work towards achieving it. Thank you for helping to do that.
Majorian was Roman Emperor in 461, working to expand it to glory. But he did not have the support of the Senate, and was captured and killed on this day by a disloyal general accusing Majoran of being a puppet. But when it comes to pretexts for extraordinary behaviour, Jean De Clisson is the stronger example. Her husband, Olivier De Clisson was beheaded by the French King on this day in 1343. He had been accused of treason for suggesting the surrender of Nantes. So Jean sold the family castle and bought a fleet of ships to become a pirate. Many may have thought that Howard's government had brought significant riches to Australia and a different administration with Rudd as PM might have been affordable. They were wrong. Similarly, those that elected Hitler may have thought Hindenburg would keep him honest. But Hindenburg died in office and Hitler declared himself Fuhrer on this day in 1934.
The NorthWest Passage promised great riches to any who might discover a sea trading route from England to China by sailing close to the arctic circle. Henry Hudson, a sea explorer and navigator sailed into Hudson Bay on this day, 1610, on board his ship, Discovery. It wasn't a north west passage. In 1790, the US had her first census, and finally the revolutionary successes began to count. In 1869 the Meiji Reforms in Japan abolished the class system. In 1870 the Tower Subway, the worlds first underground subway opened. In 1873, San Francisco's first cable cars began. The Ottoman Empire slaughtered more of her own people on this day in 1903. Italian Battleship Leonardo Da Vinci sank on this day, 1916. In 1923 Calvin Coolidge became President on the death of Warren Harding. In 1932, the Positron was discovered. In 1937 it became illegal to buy or sell Marijuana in the US. Two years later Einstein Urged FDR to build nuclear weapons, the link being purely temporal. Similarly, on the same day there was a failed uprising in Treblinka death camp in 1943, JFK survived his PT Boat 109 being rammed by a Japanese destroyer. In 1989, Indian Peace Keepers are accused of killing 64 Tamil Tigers. In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait.
216 BC – The Carthaginian army led by Hannibaldefeats a numerically superior Romanarmy at the Battle of Cannae.
70 – The armies of Titus destroy the Second Temple as the final blow of the Siege of Jerusalem.
461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebiangeneral Ricimer as puppet emperor.
1274 – Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later.
1343 – After the execution of her husband, Jeanne de Clisson sells her estates and raises a force of men with which to attack French shipping and ports.
1377 – Russian troops are defeated in the Battle on Pyana River.
1415 – Thomas Grey, conspirator against King Henry V, beheaded.
1610 – During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay.
1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.
1798 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile concludes in a British victory.
1830 – Charles X of France abdicates the throne in favor of his grandson Henri.
1869 – Japan's Edo society class system is abolished as part of the Meiji Restorationreforms.
1870 – Tower Subway, the world's first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco's famous cable car system.
1897 – Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
1903 – The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
1914 – The German occupation of Luxembourg during World War I begins.
1916 – World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
1918 – Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I.
1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
1922 – A typhoon hits Shantou, Republic of China killing more than 50,000 people.
1923 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes U.S. President upon the death of President Warren G. Harding.
1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1939 – Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
1943 – Jewish prisoners stage a revolt at Treblinka, one of the deadliest of Nazideath camps where approximately 900,000 persons were murdered in less than 18 months.
1943 – World War II: The Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanesedestroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
1944 – ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia.
1944 – World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.
1945 – World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference.
1947 – A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998.
1964 – Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident: North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox.
1968 – An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261.
1973 – A flash fire kills 51 at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man.
1980 – A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200.
1985 – Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.
1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972.
1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lankakilling 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
1998 – The Second Congo War begins.
1999 – The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India.
2005 – Air France Flight 358, lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport, and runs off the runway causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities.
2014 – At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in an explosion at a factory near Shanghai.
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Today's reading: Psalm 57-59, Romans 4 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 57-59
For the director of music. To the tune of "Do Not Destroy." Of David. A miktam. When he had fled from Saul into the cave.
for in you I take refuge.
I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings
until the disaster has passed.
to God, who vindicates me.
3 He sends from heaven and saves me,
rebuking those who hotly pursue me-
God sends forth his love and his faithfulness.
Today's New Testament reading: Romans 4
Abraham Justified by Faith
7 "Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them."
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"Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn."
Ruth 2:2
Downcast and troubled Christian, come and glean today in the broad field of promise. Here are abundance of precious promises, which exactly meet thy wants. Take this one: "He will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." Doth not that suit thy case? A reed, helpless, insignificant, and weak, a bruised reed, out of which no music can come; weaker than weakness itself; a reed, and that reed bruised, yet, he will not break thee; but on the contrary, will restore and strengthen thee. Thou art like the smoking flax: no light, no warmth, can come from thee; but he will not quench thee; he will blow with his sweet breath of mercy till he fans thee to a flame. Wouldst thou glean another ear? "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." What soft words! Thy heart is tender, and the Master knows it, and therefore he speaketh so gently to thee. Wilt thou not obey him, and come to him even now? Take another ear of corn: "Fear not, thou worm Jacob, I will help thee, saith the Lord and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel." How canst thou fear with such a wonderful assurance as this? Thou mayest gather ten thousand such golden ears as these! "I have blotted out thy sins like a cloud, and like a thick cloud thy transgressions." Or this, "Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Or this, "The Spirit and the Bride say, Come, and let him that is athirst come, and whosoever will let him take the water of life freely." Our Master's field is very rich; behold the handfuls. See, there they lie before thee, poor timid believer! Gather them up, make them thine own, for Jesus bids thee take them. Be not afraid, only believe! Grasp these sweet promises, thresh them out by meditation and feed on them with joy.
Evening
"Thou crownest the year with thy goodness."
Psalm 65:11
All the year round, every hour of every day, God is richly blessing us; both when we sleep and when we wake his mercy waits upon us. The sun may leave us a legacy of darkness, but our God never ceases to shine upon his children with beams of love. Like a river, his lovingkindness is always flowing, with a fulness inexhaustible as his own nature. Like the atmosphere which constantly surrounds the earth, and is always ready to support the life of man, the benevolence of God surrounds all his creatures; in it, as in their element, they live, and move, and have their being. Yet as the sun on summer days gladdens us with beams more warm and bright than at other times, and as rivers are at certain seasons swollen by the rain, and as the atmosphere itself is sometimes fraught with more fresh, more bracing, or more balmy influences than heretofore, so is it with the mercy of God; it hath its golden hours; its days of overflow, when the Lord magnifieth his grace before the sons of men. Amongst the blessings of the nether springs, the joyous days of harvest are a special season of excessive favour. It is the glory of autumn that the ripe gifts of providence are then abundantly bestowed; it is the mellow season of realization, whereas all before was but hope and expectation. Great is the joy of harvest. Happy are the reapers who fill their arms with the liberality of heaven. The Psalmist tells us that the harvest is the crowning of the year. Surely these crowning mercies call for crowning thanksgiving! Let us render it by the inward emotions of gratitude. Let our hearts be warmed; let our spirits remember, meditate, and think upon this goodness of the Lord. Then let us praise him with our lips, and laud and magnify his name from whose bounty all this goodness flows. Let us glorify God by yielding our gifts to his cause. A practical proof of our gratitude is a special thank-offering to the Lord of the harvest.
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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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