Cardinal Pell had created the Melbourne Response into institutionalised pedophilia in the '90s in Australia. It was a world first, but hamstrung by laws of the day, giving victims compensation without forcing them to trial. There was a backlash and a party which had included many who were known pedophiles and had deep bureaucratic connections had had Pell face decades of litigation which over time crept to accuse Pell of being a pedophile, and had him jailed on a false pretext for over a year. He had been convicted by the Victorian high court after the chief justice took the case saying they would be impartial, but they weren't. In the mean time, Pell had been 3rd in power within the Catholic church and had restructured church finances world wide to root out corruption. Recently, senior church members who allegedly leaked against Pell are facing charges of embezzlement. I see no evidence Catholicism is more prone to pedophilia than elsewhere, and I know there are tragic examples. But a deep state issue within Catholicism has seemed to be in the mix and on both sides, Catholics are standing up. Tony Abbott was the first conservative Catholic in Australia (It could be argued Joseph Lyons was Catholic too, but the UAP founder had been ALP first). Malcolm Turnbull is catholic too. Deep state division within Catholicism dates over a thousand years. It is not solely responsible for US deep state issues, but it does seem a contributor.
Editorial on Friday 13th
There used to be a 13th month. It spawned the idea of a blue moon which happens once a year. Robert Graves interpreted artwork from pre literacy Greece found that woman were the initial leaders of the Greeks, and they had three powerful gods, Hera, Aphrodite and Athena. They were a kind of trinity, where Hera, cow eyed, was the older who saw wrongs when others didn't realise she was watching. Aphrodite was a mature, desirable woman. Pallas Athene was the child goddess, whose wisdom was like a sharp pre teen girl. Over time, Queens would adopt a king for a year. At the end of the year, the blue moon, the king would be sacrificed and his blood and bones would be fertiliser. Later still, prisoners might be sacrificed for the king.
The thirteenth month has disappeared from our calendar but still exists as a blue moon, sometimes defined as the month of the year with two moons.
The Code of Hammurabi left off the number 13 for reasons now unknown.
Apollo 13 came too late to be foundational, but my, it was inspiring.
The knights Templar were screwed before French King Philip stole their assets by accusing them of heresies and then torturing them to confess, beginning Friday 13th. They had lost everything when Jerusalem fell after 150 years when the language spoken there had been French. Jerusalem fell after Jerusalem's king's daughter was kidnapped, and so the king the left the safety of a fortress and was slaughtered in battle. The Knights Templar had the timeless duty of guarding Jerusalem and her antiquities. The Holy Grail legend may have been resurrected to impugn the Knights? I feel the knights were victims of a deep state within Christianity. Part of the chaff masquerading as wheat.
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From the Bible Romans 14
Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else’s servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand.
One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat. It is written:
“‘As surely as I live,’ says the Lord,
‘every knee will bow before me;
every tongue will acknowledge God.’”
So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.
Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall.
So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
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Here is a video I made I Am Australian
Here we have the lyrics to an iconic Aussie song called "I am Australian" (also known as We are Australian) which was written in 1987 by Bruce Woodley of The Seekers and Dobe Newton of The Bushwackers. It's a very patriotic song -- commonly taught in primary schools and was even one of the songs under consideration to replace our National Anthem!
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. While researching two pictures related to the holocaust I found some hoax photographs. One was of a traumatised young girl in Poland who scribbled on a blackboard. She was said to have been a holocaust camp survivor who was drawing her view of 'home.' In fact she was a survivor of a Ukrainian assault on those opposing German occupation. Her parents were Catholic. The answer appeared on Quora.
The second image was of two body veiled women said to be Muslim, escorting a Jewish woman past Gestapo HQ in Sarajevo in 1942. But the photo turned out to be of the Austrian Empress in 1916 off to the funeral of the former Emperor. Is the misinformation deliberate?
I'm contributing to QUORA, a question and answer site that can be a bit addictive.
Why was Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma wearing a body veil in 1916?
https://scontent.fmel8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39165949_2174225722849836_1856499235738877952_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=e375b1bab679be574b2c2f5bf1b2fdec&oe=5C06735F
I found the picture at a WW2 history site claiming it was Sarajevo 1942 and two Islamic women were bravely covering a yellow star of a Jewish woman outside a Gestapo station. I’m sure that could happen, but it did not sit right with me. I’m told the image is actually from 1916 and the woman is going to a funeral.
The funeral was that of Emperor Franz Josef.
I’ve found a number of sites providing misleading information.
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. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. On 14th August Williams' news feed declares the Andrews' government $90 million budget project to attract new business to Victoria was spending money on a Met South East copper electric cable manufacturer. The manufacturer with a 72 strong workforce needed base load power that is no longer provided, So they had to spend $5.68 million for solar power just to run. Williams feels this appalling result of AGW hysteria which promotes rising electricity costs is a good thing. But that is $5.68 million that does not get placed back in business. It is like a tax.
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.
The second image was of two body veiled women said to be Muslim, escorting a Jewish woman past Gestapo HQ in Sarajevo in 1942. But the photo turned out to be of the Austrian Empress in 1916 off to the funeral of the former Emperor. Is the misinformation deliberate?
I'm contributing to QUORA, a question and answer site that can be a bit addictive.
Why was Empress Zita of Bourbon-Parma wearing a body veil in 1916?
https://scontent.fmel8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/39165949_2174225722849836_1856499235738877952_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=e375b1bab679be574b2c2f5bf1b2fdec&oe=5C06735F
I found the picture at a WW2 history site claiming it was Sarajevo 1942 and two Islamic women were bravely covering a yellow star of a Jewish woman outside a Gestapo station. I’m sure that could happen, but it did not sit right with me. I’m told the image is actually from 1916 and the woman is going to a funeral.
The funeral was that of Emperor Franz Josef.
I’ve found a number of sites providing misleading information.
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. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. On 14th August Williams' news feed declares the Andrews' government $90 million budget project to attract new business to Victoria was spending money on a Met South East copper electric cable manufacturer. The manufacturer with a 72 strong workforce needed base load power that is no longer provided, So they had to spend $5.68 million for solar power just to run. Williams feels this appalling result of AGW hysteria which promotes rising electricity costs is a good thing. But that is $5.68 million that does not get placed back in business. It is like a tax.
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. Australia is not at war with New Zealand. The US is not at war with NK, or Iran. But the press is wilfully confused. The rhetoric sounds warlike. NZ opposition Labour Party were asked by the Australian opposition Labour Party to clarify the citizenship position of Barnaby Joyce, a fifth generation Australian born in Australia to a British dad born in New Zealand before there was NZ citizenship. Under NZ law, Deputy PM of Australia Barnaby Joyce had been a NZ citizen even though his mother made no effort to make him one. One expects opposition parties to muck rake. I believe that the Australian legal system will declare the oversight to be constitutionally black and white, but it is acceptable that Joyce forewent his citizenship from NZ as soon as he became aware of it. But then Bolt was convicted of trumped up charges, so anything can happen. Also in Parliament today, Shorten found he had more numbers than the government, so he (temporarily) declared that the government was to blame for the great barrier reef thriving. The wording was a little different. Given power for a moment, Shorten pulled a stunt.
Meanwhile Trump has been effective as President of the US, and both Iran and NK bluster about war. So long as neither state wants to die, all they will do is bluster. This confuses the US press who in fake news say that the US ought to be at war with someone. Meanwhile a Democrat stronghold, former home of Jefferson, could not hold a peaceful assembly, but allowed two opposed radical groups to face each other armed. Tragedy struck, and press blamed Trump for condemning the violence, but not vociferously enough against radical right wingers.
Meanwhile Trump has been effective as President of the US, and both Iran and NK bluster about war. So long as neither state wants to die, all they will do is bluster. This confuses the US press who in fake news say that the US ought to be at war with someone. Meanwhile a Democrat stronghold, former home of Jefferson, could not hold a peaceful assembly, but allowed two opposed radical groups to face each other armed. Tragedy struck, and press blamed Trump for condemning the violence, but not vociferously enough against radical right wingers.
=== from 2016 ===
I'm caught in a vice, so I'll just put this out there because I see no alternative. People that have followed this column for years might know of my antipathy to the ADL but not why. When I first took on responsibility for administering the page I was approached by the leader of the ADL to see if I was of like mind. I did not know of their connection to the EDL, but recognised it when told, and I disliked the oily presentation and the idea of using the "Australian Tea Party" as a name to attract funds from US politics. I was also warned off the couple who ran a single FB account Steve N Jan. I didn't see why I had been warned off Steve N Jan. I invited them onto the chat site and engaged with them in discussion. They had said there was some political blowback from organising rallies when people wanted credit. Lots of people. The organised attacks by the ADL on Steve N Jan were abysmal and at one stage I even kept files of screen shots of what people had said that I booted. I invited Steve N Jan to participate as an admin. We formed a team with others. It was a petty, minor issue that led me to walk away as admin of this page. I did not have support of the admin team when Steve N Jan had done something wrong, burning Daniel Katz for no reason, and then using the admin facility to delete the references that showed what had happened. I broke all contact with Steve N Jan at that point. A year passed when loyal members of the team invited me back. I refused to communicate with Steve N Jan but it was their decision to leave as admin of this page and seize the page of others on the admin team. They said they would 'tell the truth about me' and so on and so on. But I have had nothing to do with them. Until now. They claim to be connected to many in the Liberal Party in Victoria, in senior positions. I'm trying to join the Liberal Party in Victoria, but there are wrinkles holding up my application. I have a history, and it is understandable if the Liberal Party don't want the risk of having me as a member. I'm loyal, conservative and not a fan of Malcolm Turnbull. But also, Steve N Jan might cruel the pitch too. My fault for helping them?
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Australian Wallabies had an opportunity tonight to defeat the All Blacks at Eden Park and warn the world Australia was serious in contention for the World Cup. Instead, despite most of the possession for the first ten minutes, Wallabies passed backwards without running forwards. Following the match where they were outplayed 41-13, it was said the Wallabies played without imagination, which is unfair. They lost the centre field and were driven back by pack weight. Quade Cooper had a particularly bad game, killing promising moves with errors as well as one high tackle which conceded a penalty try.
Worth comparing Agriculture Ministers Barnaby Joyce (Nationals member) with Joe Ludwig (ALP). Joe Ludwig nearly destroyed the cattle industry and wrecked relations with Indonesia. He sent thousands of farmers broke. After 18 months in office, Joyce has seen record prices for sheep and cattle. If you are a farmer and you vote for ALP you are not competent.
From 2014
NASA doesn't show state secrets. A live feed showing a disc was cut when it was noticed. Some really strange people are claiming that NASA is covering up UFOs instead of the more reasonable and likely explanation .. the Antarcticans have reached space. Good research on genetic memory does not disprove Darwin's theory of Evolution, but a newspaper article journalist feels that that is an acceptable line. Joe Hockey apologises profusely for being right about a throw away line that the media are enlarging. ABC Fact Check misleadingly claim that poor people pay more, because they have less, for their cars. ABC Fact Check forgets to mention that poor people pay more for their iPhones and extravagant clothing. Following ABC logic, poor people are poor because they spend more while having less. Tostee charged with murder as he remains silent about what he did the morning his Tinder contact fell from a 17th story balcony. Kellie Lane, child killer and former water polo player has failed in her last appeal against her conviction. Kellie approached the latest appeal saying she should have been charged with manslaughter, not killing. The High Court disagreed, ruling on the law. However, it is absurd that Lane claim she is guilty of manslaughter when the evidence points to the death of her baby was not an accident. Her defence had been she gave her baby away to someone she did not know, not that it had died from an accident. She can now tell us what she did with the body. Russia sends aid to Ukraine in 20 white trucks. The Iranian backed Iraqi PM is stepping aside, too late for those victims of the regime's oppression and incompetence. Sir Cliff Richard is being investigated for an incident involving a young boy in 1985. There is evidence Richard had performed with Rolf Harris and Michael Jackson, but nothing regarding the allegation. A breakthrough in a twenty four year old murder case sees the victim's brother in law arrested.
On this day in History, in 778, Roland was killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. In later years the battle would be described as Muslim vs Christian, but was in fact Christian vs Christian. It is part of major poetry, the French have the Song of Roland which is their oldest work, and the Italians have Orlando Furioso, which is one of their most celebrated works. In 1018, a Byzantine General employed a ruse to capture and blind their Bulgarian opponent. In 1057, seventeen years after killing King Duncan, King Macbeth dies in Battle of Lumphanan. In 1248, the foundation stone to the Cathedral of Cologne was laid. The Cathedral was completed in 1880. Apparently the building contract was not water tight. It was built to house relics of the three wise men. In 1281, Mongols attempted to invade Japan. They were held back by what was called a divine wind. Had they been successful, history would have been different. In 1430, Francessco Sforza, Lord of Milan, conquered Lucca. In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated. In 1534, Ignatius of Loyola took initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in 1540. In 1549, Francis Xavier went ashore at Kagoshima. In 1812, the Battle of Fort Dearborn was fought in what is now Chicago. In 1824, Lafayette toured the US, touchingly two years before Adams and Jefferson passed. Lafayette had been the last surviving French General from the conflict of the US Revolution. In 1843, Tivoli Gardens was established in Copenhagen. It is the oldest surviving amusement park in continuous operation in the world. In 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin home was set fire to by one of his servants who killed several people there. In 1920, Poland spanked the Soviet Union at the Battle of Warsaw. In 1935, Will Rogers was killed in an air accident. In 1939, The Wizard of Oz premiered, and in Germany thirteen Stuka Bombers failed, killing all the crew in air practice. In 1941, Nazi spy Corporal Joseph Jakobs was shot in the Tower of London. He hadn't stood a chance. He had been expected after being betrayed, broke an ankle after a parachute landing, was caught with false papers and money. The firing squad aimed for a small silk patch over his heart, but one shot when through the head. German spies weren't very popular in London. In 1947, India gained independence a day after Pakistan. In 1961, an East German border guard fled to the West. In 1962, US soldier James Dresnok defected to North Korea. Dresnok has married one woman apparently abducted to order by North Korea. When she died he married another. In 1977, SETI received a deep space signal called the Wow! Signal. In 1969, they celebrated that signal at Woodstock.
On this day in History, in 778, Roland was killed at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. In later years the battle would be described as Muslim vs Christian, but was in fact Christian vs Christian. It is part of major poetry, the French have the Song of Roland which is their oldest work, and the Italians have Orlando Furioso, which is one of their most celebrated works. In 1018, a Byzantine General employed a ruse to capture and blind their Bulgarian opponent. In 1057, seventeen years after killing King Duncan, King Macbeth dies in Battle of Lumphanan. In 1248, the foundation stone to the Cathedral of Cologne was laid. The Cathedral was completed in 1880. Apparently the building contract was not water tight. It was built to house relics of the three wise men. In 1281, Mongols attempted to invade Japan. They were held back by what was called a divine wind. Had they been successful, history would have been different. In 1430, Francessco Sforza, Lord of Milan, conquered Lucca. In 1483, the Sistine Chapel was consecrated. In 1534, Ignatius of Loyola took initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in 1540. In 1549, Francis Xavier went ashore at Kagoshima. In 1812, the Battle of Fort Dearborn was fought in what is now Chicago. In 1824, Lafayette toured the US, touchingly two years before Adams and Jefferson passed. Lafayette had been the last surviving French General from the conflict of the US Revolution. In 1843, Tivoli Gardens was established in Copenhagen. It is the oldest surviving amusement park in continuous operation in the world. In 1914, Frank Lloyd Wright's Wisconsin home was set fire to by one of his servants who killed several people there. In 1920, Poland spanked the Soviet Union at the Battle of Warsaw. In 1935, Will Rogers was killed in an air accident. In 1939, The Wizard of Oz premiered, and in Germany thirteen Stuka Bombers failed, killing all the crew in air practice. In 1941, Nazi spy Corporal Joseph Jakobs was shot in the Tower of London. He hadn't stood a chance. He had been expected after being betrayed, broke an ankle after a parachute landing, was caught with false papers and money. The firing squad aimed for a small silk patch over his heart, but one shot when through the head. German spies weren't very popular in London. In 1947, India gained independence a day after Pakistan. In 1961, an East German border guard fled to the West. In 1962, US soldier James Dresnok defected to North Korea. Dresnok has married one woman apparently abducted to order by North Korea. When she died he married another. In 1977, SETI received a deep space signal called the Wow! Signal. In 1969, they celebrated that signal at Woodstock.
Historical perspective on this day
636 – Arab–Byzantine wars: The Battle of Yarmoukbetween Byzantine Empire and Rashidun Caliphatebegins.
717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malikbegins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomoand retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freezing
717 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Maslama ibn Abd al-Malikbegins the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople, which will last for nearly a year.
718 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Raising of the Second Arab Siege of Constantinople.
747 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomoand retires to a monastery near Rome. His brother Pepin the Short becomes the sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.
778 – The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed.
805 – Noble Erchana of Dahauua grants the Bavarian town of Dachau to the Diocese of Freezing
927 – The Saracens conquer and destroy Taranto.
982 – Holy Roman Emperor Otto II is defeated by the Saracens in the Battle of Capo Colonna, in Calabria
1018 – Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles blinds and captures Ibatzes of Bulgaria by a ruse, thereby ending Bulgarian resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
1038 – King Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, dies; his nephew, Peter Orseolo, succeeds him.
1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.
1070 – The Pavian-born Benedictine Lanfranc is appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury in England.
1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
1237 – The Battle of the Puig takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconquistapitting the forces of the Taifa of Valencia against the Kingdom of Aragon. The battle resulted in an Aragonese victory.
1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction is eventually completed in 1880.)
1261 – Michael VIII Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
1281 – Mongol invasion of Japan: The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan is destroyed by a "divine wind" for the second time in the Battle of Kōan.
1309 – The city of Rhodes surrenders to the forces of the Knights of St. John, completing their conquest of Rhodes. The knights establish their headquarters on the island and rename themselves the Knights of Rhodes.
1430 – Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
1461 – The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.
1511 – Afonso de Albuquerque of Portugal conquers Malacca, the capital of the Malacca Sultanate.
1517 – Seven Portuguese armed vessels led by Fernão Pires de Andrade meet Chinese officials at the Pearl River estuary.
1519 – Panama City, Panama is founded.
1534 – Ignatius of Loyola and six classmates take initial vows, leading to the creation of the Society of Jesus in September 1540.
1537 – Asunción, Paraguay is founded.
1540 – Arequipa, Peru is founded.
1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier comes ashore at Kagoshima (Traditional Japanese date: 22 July 1549).
1599 – Nine Years' War: Battle of Curlew Pass: Irish forces led by Hugh Roe O'Donnellsuccessfully ambush English forces, led by Sir Conyers Clifford, sent to relieve Collooney Castle.
1695 – French forces end the bombardment of Brussels.
1760 – Seven Years' War: Battle of Liegnitz: Frederick the Great's victory over the Austrians under Ernst Gideon von Laudon.
1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and begins a tour of 24 states.
1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii is dedicated. Now the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, it is the oldest Roman Catholiccathedral in continuous use in the United States.
1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.
1863 – The Anglo-Satsuma War begins between the Satsuma Domain of Japan and the United Kingdom (Traditional Japanese date: July 2, 1863).
1869 – The Meiji government in Japan establishes six new ministries, including one for Shinto.
1893 – Ibadan area becomes a British Protectorate after a treaty signed by Fijabi, the Baale of Ibadan with the British acting Governor of Lagos, George C. Denton.
1907 – Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
1914 – A servant of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright murders seven people and sets fire to the living quarters of Wright's Wisconsin home, Taliesin.
1914 – The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
1914 – World War I: The First Russian Army, led by Paul von Rennenkampf, enters East Prussia.
1914 – World War I: Beginning of the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of World War I.
1915 – A story in New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.
1920 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw, so-called Miracle at the Vistula.
1935 – Will Rogers and Wiley Post are killed after their aircraft develops engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
1939 – Thirteen Stukas dive into the ground during a disastrous air-practice at Neuhammer. There are no survivors.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1940 – An Italian submarine torpedoes and sinks the Greek cruiser Elli at Tinosharbor during peacetime, marking the most serious Italian provocation prior to the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War in October.
1941 – Corporal Josef Jakobs is executed by firing squad at the Tower of London at 07:12, making him the last person to be executed at the Tower for espionage.
1942 – World War II: Operation Pedestal: The SS Ohio reaches the island of Maltabarely afloat carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses.
1943 – World War II: Battle of Trahili: Superior German forces surround Cretan partisans, who manage to escape against all odds.
1944 – World War II: Operation Dragoon: Allied forces land in southern France.
1945 – Jewel Voice Broadcast by the Emperor Showa following effective surrender of Japan in the World War II, Korea gains Independence from the Empire of Japan.
1947 – India gains Independence from British rule after near 190 years of Crown rule and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
1947 – Founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah is sworn in as first Governor-General of Pakistan in Karachi.
1948 – The Republic of Korea is established south of the 38th parallel north.
1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
1954 – Alfredo Stroessner begins his dictatorship in Paraguay.
1960 – Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) becomes independent from France.
1961 – Border guard Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 – James Joseph Dresnok defects to North Korea after running across the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Dresnok still resides in the capital, Pyongyang.
1963 – Execution of Henry John Burnett, the last man to be hanged in Scotland.
1963 – President Fulbert Youlou is overthrown in the Republic of the Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in upstate New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.
1970 – Patricia Palinkas becomes the first woman to play professionally in an American football game.
1971 – President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by endingconvertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
1971 – Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1973 – Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President, Park Chung-hee.
1975 – Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
1975 – Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
1984 – The Kurdistan Workers' Party in Turkey starts a campaign of armed attacks upon the Turkish military with an attack on police and gendarmerie bases in Şemdinli and Eruh
1995 – In South Carolina, Shannon Faulkner becomes the first female cadetmatriculated at The Citadel (she drops out less than a week later).
1998 – Northern Ireland: Omagh bombing takes place; 29 people (including a woman pregnant with twins) killed and some 220 others injured.
1999 – Beni Ounif massacre in Algeria: Some 29 people are killed at a false roadblock near the Moroccan border, leading to temporary tensions with Morocco.
2005 – Israel's unilateral disengagement plan to evict all Israelis from the Gaza Strip and from four settlements in the northern West Bank begins.
2005 – The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending almost three decades of fighting.
2007 – An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
2013 – At least 27 people are killed and 226 injured in an explosion in southern Beirutnear a complex used by Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon. A previously unknown Syrian Sunni group claims responsibility in an online video.
2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivorous species found in the Americas in 35 years.
2015 – North Korea moves its clock back half an hour to introduce Pyongyang Time, 8½ hours ahead of UTC.
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Today's reading: Psalm 89-90, Romans 14 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 89-90
A maskil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing of the LORD's great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
through all generations.
2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,
4 'I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.'"
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known
through all generations.
2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,
4 'I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.'"
5 The heavens praise your wonders, LORD,
your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD?
Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
he is more awesome than all who surround him.
8 Who is like you, LORD God Almighty?
You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you....
your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.
6 For who in the skies above can compare with the LORD?
Who is like the LORD among the heavenly beings?
7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared;
he is more awesome than all who surround him.
8 Who is like you, LORD God Almighty?
You, LORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you....
Today's New Testament reading: Romans 14
The Weak and the Strong
1 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. 2 One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. 3 The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. 4 Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand....
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Do you believe that your sins are forgiven, and that Christ has made a full atonement for them? Then what a joyful Christian you ought to be! How you should live above the common trials and troubles of the world! Since sin is forgiven, can it matter what happens to you now? Luther said, "Smite, Lord, smite, for my sin is forgiven; if thou hast but forgiven me, smite as hard as thou wilt;" and in a similar spirit you may say, "Send sickness, poverty, losses, crosses, persecution, what thou wilt, thou hast forgiven me, and my soul is glad." Christian, if thou art thus saved, whilst thou art glad, be grateful and loving. Cling to that cross which took thy sin away; serve thou him who served thee. "I beseech you therefore, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." Let not your zeal evaporate in some little ebullition of song. Show your love in expressive tokens. Love the brethren of him who loved you. If there be a Mephibosheth anywhere who is lame or halt, help him for Jonathan's sake. If there be a poor tried believer, weep with him, and bear his cross for the sake of him who wept for thee and carried thy sins. Since thou art thus forgiven freely for Christ's sake, go and tell to others the joyful news of pardoning mercy. Be not contented with this unspeakable blessing for thyself alone, but publish abroad the story of the cross. Holy gladness and holy boldness will make you a good preacher, and all the world will be a pulpit for you to preach in. Cheerful holiness is the most forcible of sermons, but the Lord must give it you. Seek it this morning before you go into the world. When it is the Lord's work in which we rejoice, we need not be afraid of being too glad.
Evening
The child is cheered as he sings, "This my father knows;" and shall not we be comforted as we discern that our dear Friend and tender soul-husband knows all about us?
1. He is the Physician, and if he knows all, there is no need that the patient should know. Hush, thou silly, fluttering heart, prying, peeping, and suspecting! What thou knowest not now, thou shalt know hereafter, and meanwhile Jesus, the beloved Physician, knows thy soul in adversities. Why need the patient analyze all the medicine, or estimate all the symptoms? This is the Physician's work, not mine; it is my business to trust, and his to prescribe. If he shall write his prescription in uncouth characters which I cannot read, I will not be uneasy on that account, but rely upon his unfailing skill to make all plain in the result, however mysterious in the working.
2. He is the Master, and his knowledge is to serve us instead of our own; we are to obey, not to judge: "The servant knoweth not what his lord doeth." Shall the architect explain his plans to every hodman on the works? If he knows his own intent, is it not enough? The vessel on the wheel cannot guess to what pattern it shall be conformed, but if the potter understands his art, what matters the ignorance of the clay? My Lord must not be cross-questioned any more by one so ignorant as I am.
3. He is the Head. All understanding centres there. What judgment has the arm? What comprehension has the foot? All the power to know lies in the head. Why should the member have a brain of its own when the head fulfils for it every intellectual office? Here, then, must the believer rest his comfort in sickness, not that he himself can see the end, but that Jesus knows all. Sweet Lord, be thou forever eye, and soul, and head for us, and let us be content to know only what thou choosest to reveal.
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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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