Editorial on Covid policy failure
It is apparent COVID policy is political, not health related. However health advice has been political and not health related. Public health has been corrupted. Media has failed. Judiciary is corrupt. Defence is incompetent. The thin blue line has been cut. And, elder abuse is apparent from the Presidential office through to the ordinary NYC retirement home. On the plus side, there is an emerging possibility of an empty gesture securing the white house for womyn.Dan Andrews' lockdown has cancelled AA meetings. Go the beers.
Editorial Biden's Afghan failure culminated from Obama's Afghan lies
Editorial on God In answer to Dinesh Dsousa's article
The God the atheists refute is not real, but is a ridiculous, impossible figure. God is real. God as He is revealed in the Bible is a fact. However, as ridiculous as the atheists arguments are, they are instructive. God made a bridge He could not cross (man's rejection of Him). God bridged that gap with Jesus. Thing is, atheists don't believe that that gap is real.
In my Sermon on a Miracle I describe how God gave a childless woman who could not bear children, prayed for children, family. He did that. And he did not use supernatural measures.
God is real. God does the impossible. God is not subject to our demands. God answers prayer. Sometimes bad people prosper for a time. All those statements are true.
God is worthy of praise. Atheists don't see it, but they have countless examples of it, from their own lives to the works of those they admire. In the Revelations of the Holy Spirit I underscore and outline some of what God does that even atheists call for.
We need god, but even in a world without God, there is a need for Him.
Warnings From Israel’s History
For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes. And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don’t fall! No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.
Idol Feasts and the Lord’s Supper
Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.
Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?
===What? Joe Biden Gave The Taliban A "Kill List" Of Our Allies
Can't make this stuff up guys.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
U.S. Drone Strike Kills ISIS-K Member Involved in Planning Kabul Terror Attack READ MOREHurricane Ida Expected to Strengthen to Category 4, New Orleans Urged to Evacuate
Remembering the Thirteen U.S. Service Members Slain in Kabul
Marine Commander Who Blasted “Inept” Military Leadership Fired
Jocko Willink to Appear on Unfiltered With Dan Bongino
Taliban Asks U.S. to Keep “Some Diplomatic Presence” in Afghanistan After Troop Withdrawal Deadline
Key Inflation Measure Jumps the Most Since the Early 1990s
Capitol Hill
Biden’s Approval Finally Starts to Dip Among Democrats
Rep. Swalwell Now Floating Conspiracy Theories About His Relationship With Chinese Spy
Disgraced Not-Gov. Cuomo Reportedly Planning Revenge on Those Who Ousted Him
Trump Says He Still Hasn’t Heard a Peep From John Durham
ISIS-K Commander Told CNN They Were Waiting to Strike Two Weeks Before Kabul Attack
Rep. Tlaib Promoted a Fundraiser for Group Linked to Hamas and the Taliban
A Bipartisan Election Reform Bill in Pennsylvania Is in the Works
Psaki Says “Everyone Should Be Supportive” of Biden’s Mission in Afghanistan
Culture War
Bill Maher Blasts the Woke Left for Losing Perspective on “Real Oppression”
Psaki Grilled for Not Providing Honest Information
Reuters Praises Antifa Member Charged With Multiple Violent Crimes
Seattle Won’t Remove a Homeless Encampment on Middle School Grounds Before Semester Begins
Portland Journos Finally Decide to Speak Out About Antifa Assaulting Other Journos
Texas House Passes Elections Bill Dems Threw a Tantrum to Try to Prevent
Dissenters in SCOTUS Ruling on Eviction Moratorium a Window Into the Mind of the COVID Bureaucracy
Effort to Recall School Board Member Who Fought Reopening Killed by Soros-Backed Attorney
Economy
The Fed Is Ignoring Inflation
Fed’s Powell Sees Taper by End of Year, But Not Rate Hikes
Electric Vehicle Maker “Rivian” Files to Go Public, Eyes $70 Billion Valuation
Florida Has Recovered Over 960k of 1.3 Million Jobs Lost in Pandemic
“OpenTable” Reservation Service to Work With Restaurants to Enforce Vaccine Mandates
China Weighs Ban on Domestic Internet Companies Going Public in the U.S.
Municipal Bond Funds Attract Record Amount of Cash in 2021
Cuba to Recognize and Regulate Cryptocurrencies
Dems Consider Numerous Tax Hikes in $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill
Swamp Watch
Robert F. Kennedy’s Assassin Granted Parole After Soros-Backed DA Doesn’t Oppose It
Schools Receive Billions in “Pandemic Aid” With Few Strings Attached
Leftist Sociopaths Extol Officer Who Killed Ashli Babbit
Media’s “Lab Leak Denial” Darling Is Ex-CCP Advisor
Washington State to Accept Thousands of Afghan Refugees Amid Soaring Homeless Numbers
NY Ethics Commission Refers Two Cuomo-Related Questions for Investigation
The Government Could End the “Craigslist for Guns”
Reporter Tears Into Psaki for Claiming There Were Only “Two Options” in Afghanistan
National Security
The Cost of 20 Years of War in Afghanistan
The War in Afghanistan Isn’t Over
China Is Watching U.S. and British F-35B Armed Warships Train in Their Backyard
What Is America’s Possible New Top Secret Space Weapon?
What Exactly Is ISIS-K? Two Terrorism Experts Discuss
Check Out the Army’s New Laser Weapon—Mounted to a Stryker Fighting Vehicle
How Might China Exploit Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle?
Navy and Marines Are Preparing for Space Warfare
Extended Deterrence Beyond Europe
Around the World
Sen Cotton Urges Biden to “Reverse Course” on Disastrous U.S. Troop Withdrawal
U.S. On Alert For More Terror Attacks in Kabul, Particularly Over the Next Several Days
An Aging Italy Looks to Legalization of Euthanasia to Solve Its Demographic Problems
Pentagon: Kabul Terror Attack Carried Out by Lone Suicide Bomber
26 Elected Republicans Demanding Joe Biden’s Resignation
Senior U.S. Military Official Warns China Will Soon Become a Greater Nuclear Threat Than Russia
France Wants to Send More Asylum Seekers to Britain
Islamic State Terror Attack in Kabul Leaves West With Taliban as Least Bad Option in Afghanistan
Opinion
Ambassador Callista L. Gingrich and Speaker Newt Gingrich: Reverend Martin Luther King Jr.’s American Dream
Chris Barron: Biden Is Unfit To Serve. Period.
Patrick Buchanan: In Afghanistan, the Worst Is Yet to Come
Kurt Schlichter: Resign
Tim Graham: Spike Lee and HBO Push Kooky Conspiracies
Mark Davis: Our Fate Is in a President’s Bloodied Hands
Michael Barone: A Tale of Two Airlifts
Katie Yoder: Olympic Champion Recalls Turning to God after “Traumatic” Abortion
David Harsanyi: Biden’s Disastrous Foreign-Policy Instincts
Entertainment
“Candyman” – BLM and Horror Make Uneasy Alliance
Cobra Kai Renewed By Netflix For 5th Season
Kanye West Sets Himself On Fire And Remarries Kim At “Donda” Listening Party
“The Wonder Years” Reboot Has 60’s Nostalgia, Don Cheadle And More
Britney Spears’ Housekeeper Battery Case Now “Under Review” By D.A. As Prosecutors Decide If Singer Will Face Criminal Charges
Gina Carano Says Anger Due To Lack Of Leadership In America Is “Painful & Justified”
Whoopi Goldberg Blasts Cancel Culture: “The Truth Doesn’t Seem To Matter”
KISS Postpones Concert After Paul Stanley Tests Positive For COVID
Sports
Aaron Rodgers Defends Unvaxxed Teammates: “It’s A Personal Decision”
Kurt Busch To Drive Second Cup Car For 23XI Racing In 2022
After Questionable Calls Furious Aaron Boone Ejected From Yankees Game
US Teens Anastasia Pagonis & Gia Pergolini Win Gold At Tokyo Paralympics
Ex-New England Patriots QB Scott Zolak Encourages Team To Shut Off Rap Music At Practice Because It’s “Distracting” Cam Newton
Jameis Winston Named Saints Starting Quarterback
Report: NFL Set To Generate $270 Million From Sports Betting
US Open Will Not Require Masks Or Proof Of COVID Vaccine For Spectators
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Newsmax TV
- US Veteran Volunteers Lead Covert Afghan Rescue Ops
- US Airstrike Kills 2 ISIS-K Members, Injures 1 in Afghanistan
- ISIS-K Commander Told CNN Strike Coming Weeks Ago
- Anger, Grief for Family Members of 13 Troops Killed
- Report: Taliban Using US Biometric Equipment to Hunt Targets
- Young Dad-to-Be Among 13 US Troops Killed
- Lawmakers Flooded by Pleas From Desperate Afghans
- Lindsey Graham Wants Biden to Recognize Opposition Forces
- Rep. Lee Zeldin: Hochul Just 'More of the Same' for NY |
- Dershowitz: Courts Now Siding With State Legislatures |
- Rep. Ronny Jackson: 'Bad Things Going to Happen' on National Security |
- Sen. Blackburn: 'Boots Win the War, Suits Lose the War'
- Ex DOD Adviser: Afghanistan 'Beginnings of Possible Hostage Situation' |
- Rep. Bishop: Congress Should Be in Session During Afghan Crisis |
Residents across Louisiana's coast Saturday were taking one last day to prepare for what is being described as a "life-altering" Hurricane Ida which is expected to bring winds as high as 140 mph when it slams ashore.... [Full Story]
Thousands of protesters kicked off marches in Washington and other [Full Story]
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1. Covid. More evidence the CDC has been lying about prior infection immunity compared to the vaccine, as detailed study shows prior infection much, much better than vaccine. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/having-sars-cov-2-once-confers-much-greater-immunity-vaccine-no-infection-parties
2. Legal. Major class action filed challenging vaccine mandates in Michigan. https://nclalegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Norris-v.-Stanley-Complaint.pdf
3. Economic. SCOTUS stops evictions moratorium. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/21a23_ap6c.pdf
4. Political. Compared to 2020, Republicans are over performing, and Democrats under performing, in the California recall election. In 2020, the mail-in voting favored Democrats by about a 3-to-1 margin; this year that is down to around 2-to-1. https://www.politicaldata.com/2021-Special-Election-Tracker/
5. Cultural. Unsurprisingly, schools that didn't buy the hype on lockdown logic did much better than those that did. https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/08/27/christian_schools_vastly_outperforming_public_schools_during_covid-19_according_to_new_survey_of_parents_110626.html
- Bonus: Winning photographs taken from a phone. https://www.ippawards.com/2021-winning-photographers/
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Via Oddball (Here are some useful non-mainstream sources that I have collected...)
1. Brett Weinstein and Pierre Kory on Rogan podcast https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uVXKgE6eLJKMXkETwcw0D?si=jL2vzlqHRnW95F2DCw1UUw&utm_source=copy-link&dl_branch=1
2. Weinstein on odysee (uncensored) https://odysee.com/@BretWeinstein:f?r=TrGG5pcdgpPYfp12oPQuQKNdFEhraQN5
3. TrialSiteNews.com – general collection of alternative news on ivermectin and COVID Includes debate between Pierre Kory and Luis Garegnani. Peter McCullough and Robert Malone are on the management team.
4. From Israel – at home treatment for COVID https://tinyurl.com/c43zweec (Hebrew)
5. AAPS – alternative to AMA. https://aapsonline.org/
6. Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance https://covid19criticalcare.com/
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This time on The Duran, as their Biden criticism on Afghanistan and honest coverage of worldwide protests against Covid19 policies must have struck a chord. Deplatformed on PayPal. They knew this could come, which is why they set up their Locals page. You can find them here: https://theduran.locals.com/post/1004444/join-us-on-locals
Kyle Rittenhouse | Murder or Self-Defense?
There's a ton of video evidence. So take a look and discuss.
No doubt new information will be presented at the trial.
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Here is a video I made Hawthorn Club Song
A proud club with a proud history. I am a Swans supporter, but wish to acknowledge Hawthorn before the Grand Final 2012. After, I might not have the strength.
=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. According to Andrew Bolt, Morrison had eleven days to establish the reinvigorated policy stance of his administration, but Julia Banks, Liberal for Chisholm, has stolen one of them. Chisholm was the sole Liberal gain under Turnbull last election. It is marginal. Julia is quitting because Turnbull is no longer PM. But to be honest, Turnbull was never PM for all of Australia. Turnbull would divide and conquer, and with the recent by elections actively tanked so as to preserve a knife edge. The Julia Banks bag I've carried around Chisholm is a waste, and she never valued my contribution. I've been offered a Sukkar bag, which I will accept. I'm not in his area, but I refuse to carry bags for Gabrielle Williams or Mark Dreyfus, each of whom refuse me constituent service.
Also, there is a brain fade from some Liberals promoting a new law regarding domestic choking which is not fatal. Anecdotally, judges are not imposing appropriately long sentences for domestic violence. Creating a new law to impose further sentences is not the answer.
Scott Morrison has begun well as PM, ending Turnbull's inertia which brought Liberal Policies to resemble ALP ones. Turnbull's reasons for doing that had been to be a small target, on the belief that conservative voters would have no choice but to support the Liberals. But the reality was million voters left the Liberals for small, fringe parties that also were not conservative. Morrison has not been reactionary in pulling out of Paris, but he has responsibly nixed the targets set by Paris and placed conservatives over energy and the environment. I expect Morrison to espouse conservative values and continue cutting red tape, shrinking government and freeing industry. The senate may not pass stuff, but I expect pressure to be placed on them to pass free speech, end tax payer funded journalism that is not balanced
From my article on Quora
Why don’t we value teachers more?
We spend a lot on education, and yet a lot of it is waste. AGW hysteria, gender dysphoria, political propaganda are not fit subjects for students. Let students learn to think for themselves and they will make up their own minds.
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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. According to Williams and ALP, crime is not a problem at the moment. Police are dealing with things. They have set up a safe injecting centre opposite a primary school for drug users. And now, to address what isn't something they see as a problem, they are protecting Dandenong's health care workers. The article is from June 21st, but current. GPS tracking for lone worker safety. CCTV upgrades and swipe cards for doors, car park safety zones, duress systems and personal duress alarms. Because we don't have a problem? How about more light at night outside Dandenong Plaza for workers going into dimly lit carparks after shifts? Or, fitting CCTV with lowlight so we can clearly see victims getting mugged?
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.
Scott Morrison has begun well as PM, ending Turnbull's inertia which brought Liberal Policies to resemble ALP ones. Turnbull's reasons for doing that had been to be a small target, on the belief that conservative voters would have no choice but to support the Liberals. But the reality was million voters left the Liberals for small, fringe parties that also were not conservative. Morrison has not been reactionary in pulling out of Paris, but he has responsibly nixed the targets set by Paris and placed conservatives over energy and the environment. I expect Morrison to espouse conservative values and continue cutting red tape, shrinking government and freeing industry. The senate may not pass stuff, but I expect pressure to be placed on them to pass free speech, end tax payer funded journalism that is not balanced
From my article on Quora
Why don’t we value teachers more?
We spend a lot on education, and yet a lot of it is waste. AGW hysteria, gender dysphoria, political propaganda are not fit subjects for students. Let students learn to think for themselves and they will make up their own minds.
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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. According to Williams and ALP, crime is not a problem at the moment. Police are dealing with things. They have set up a safe injecting centre opposite a primary school for drug users. And now, to address what isn't something they see as a problem, they are protecting Dandenong's health care workers. The article is from June 21st, but current. GPS tracking for lone worker safety. CCTV upgrades and swipe cards for doors, car park safety zones, duress systems and personal duress alarms. Because we don't have a problem? How about more light at night outside Dandenong Plaza for workers going into dimly lit carparks after shifts? Or, fitting CCTV with lowlight so we can clearly see victims getting mugged?
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. Demonstrating Democracy by voting on railway station names? Victorian ALP are demonstrating their devotion to democracy by having a vote on something. That is democratic, right? They wouldn't want to vote on anything important, because they don't trust democracy. But this is harmless, and shows their democratic credentials. So new stations are being built, and named by a committee with a twist. Come to Werribee. Catch the train and get off at Guadalupe station. Afterwards go to Albert Park, alighting at Yomamma. But you might not be able to exercise freedom of movement, as our weakened democracy did not extend as far as placing a check on ALP corruption.
Craig Ondarchie at Melbourne Market Epping where traders are hurting badly because of power prices. Under Jeff Kennett, Victoria had the cheapest reliable power supply in the world. Now it is not reliable and it is almost as expensive as the worst in the OECD, South Australia. But Craig is likely to be industry Minister in a new conservative government in Victoria by the end of 2018. And business friendly, family friendly policy can mean a turn around in fortunes. Under the ALP, only the corrupt prosper. But Victoria is too good to go to waste. She can be redeemed.
ALP lie to public about citizenship of Katy Gallagher and Ecuador, says Sharri Markson. Apparently, ALP are hoping others will navigate the storm while they fly under the radar.
Fake News attack Trump on Hurricane Harvey. Vicious Antifa movement rioters beat up scores of innocent people. Kathy Griffin still not sorry, or funny, yells at Australian morning show Sunrise host Armitage who had asked her about the picture of Griffin holding Trump's severed head. Griffin snaps that that little picture was nothing compared to the evil of Trump. It is reminiscent of the Democrat who said that if NK nuked the US, then she was afraid that Trump would start a war with NK.
Child dies from firearm in Sydney. A sawn off shotgun. The news article questions gun control laws. Thing is, the firearm was illegal. What is the correct way of storing my illegal firearms? Neither is the ethnicity of the dad mentioned. Could be Presbyterian.
Craig Ondarchie at Melbourne Market Epping where traders are hurting badly because of power prices. Under Jeff Kennett, Victoria had the cheapest reliable power supply in the world. Now it is not reliable and it is almost as expensive as the worst in the OECD, South Australia. But Craig is likely to be industry Minister in a new conservative government in Victoria by the end of 2018. And business friendly, family friendly policy can mean a turn around in fortunes. Under the ALP, only the corrupt prosper. But Victoria is too good to go to waste. She can be redeemed.
ALP lie to public about citizenship of Katy Gallagher and Ecuador, says Sharri Markson. Apparently, ALP are hoping others will navigate the storm while they fly under the radar.
Fake News attack Trump on Hurricane Harvey. Vicious Antifa movement rioters beat up scores of innocent people. Kathy Griffin still not sorry, or funny, yells at Australian morning show Sunrise host Armitage who had asked her about the picture of Griffin holding Trump's severed head. Griffin snaps that that little picture was nothing compared to the evil of Trump. It is reminiscent of the Democrat who said that if NK nuked the US, then she was afraid that Trump would start a war with NK.
Child dies from firearm in Sydney. A sawn off shotgun. The news article questions gun control laws. Thing is, the firearm was illegal. What is the correct way of storing my illegal firearms? Neither is the ethnicity of the dad mentioned. Could be Presbyterian.
=== from 2016 ===
It is called loyalty among the left to support a poor leader. It is an example of how evolution doesn't always work. It isn't survival of the fittest. It isn't even survival. Over decades of decline, proud news media are dying for their steadfast support to left wing causes rather than present brave, unbiased journalism. When Gillard ambushed Rudd, she came back with a minority government but successfully led a government for years, posting appallingly bad legislation, because no one in the ALP, or supporting cross benchers, was game to challenge the bad legislation. They were aware carbon tax was not capable of addressing AGW, but passed it anyway. And held onto it afterwards too. Even opposing ending it in opposition. The truth is it isn't loyalty that keeps the ALP in line even though appallingly bad leaders like Dan Andrews cripple important life saving organisations like the CFA. It is fear. They who do not serve, are afraid of doing what is right. Mal Colston is an example, who in his final days decided to make one worthwhile decision allowing the passage of a GST, and is forever branded an ALP rat. We need people in public administration who serve secular society. Who let honest businessman prosper, not corruption. That is why someone like Mike Baird deserves kudos. And someone like Dan Andrews deserves to be booted. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Peter Greste convicted of terrorism related charges in Egypt again. He won't have to face time for his appalling behaviour of partisan reporting which caused the deaths of many Egyptians. He seems unrepentant.
Clinton has lied too often for the US, or even the Democrats, to make her President. Her lies over her email account has been analysed by Shannen Coffin leaving no wriggle room.
By failing to support the reinstatement of the Australian Building and Construction commission, the 'independents' Lazarus, Muir and Lambie have allowed corruption to fester. Even a former ALP minister and ACTU President, Martin Ferguson has backed the reinstatement so as to bring corrupt unions to heel. When they were elected, those independents had attracted supporters who probably felt their mining and vehicular hobby would predispose them to a libertarian, conservative position. Instead, they have shown themselves to be socialist green in voting patterns.
Several union leaders have repudiated Shorten for opposing a free trade agreement with China. Those unions and their members would benefit from lowering the trade barriers. But Shorten refuses to be seen to have a common policy with the conservative government. Even if it is effective.
Clinton has lied too often for the US, or even the Democrats, to make her President. Her lies over her email account has been analysed by Shannen Coffin leaving no wriggle room.
By failing to support the reinstatement of the Australian Building and Construction commission, the 'independents' Lazarus, Muir and Lambie have allowed corruption to fester. Even a former ALP minister and ACTU President, Martin Ferguson has backed the reinstatement so as to bring corrupt unions to heel. When they were elected, those independents had attracted supporters who probably felt their mining and vehicular hobby would predispose them to a libertarian, conservative position. Instead, they have shown themselves to be socialist green in voting patterns.
Several union leaders have repudiated Shorten for opposing a free trade agreement with China. Those unions and their members would benefit from lowering the trade barriers. But Shorten refuses to be seen to have a common policy with the conservative government. Even if it is effective.
Journalist Michael Smith has raised disturbing questions on how the attempt to derail the royal commission into trade unions began. A former Labor staffer and a Greens candidate seem involved. And the ALP, Greens and some 'independents.'
From 2014
Today is the birthday of talented actress Ingrid Bergman in 1915. It is also the day she died in 1982. She was a brilliant actress who was female lead in one of the greatest movies, Casablanca, and in one of the most challenging of all roles, playing Golda Meir while dying of cancer. In Casablanca, Nazis drove tanks into Paris. Today, Russians are invading Ukraine. Unlike Nazi Germany, today's Russia has a right to defend her people from attack by the illegitimate Ukraine government. defending people from attack might seem strange to Obama who is bombing people to oppose IS in Iraq, but dithering in Syria because he is struggling to see how bombing could be made productive. It is a year on from Obama first dithering over Syria. Back then, Russia vetoed the suggestion of bombing to further IS goals. Another issue from last year, Jason Clare's war on sports clubs, which was supposed to combat widespread drug use and corruption of sport has not come up with a single indictable offence a year on. It is that widespread. Some athletes have been encouraged to accept mini bans after their clubs had lacked direction and management when he music had stopped.
A new analysis of the downing of MH17 over Ukraine suggests that Russian separatists did not shoot down the flight with a Buk missile, but by two Ukrainian fighter jets. That is not even suggested as being a possibility in the recent past. The analysis may be chaff from Russia but deserves to be debunked if it is in fact a lie. And if it is not a lie, Ukraine's illegitimate government needs to be put down. And Obama impeached.
A new analysis of the downing of MH17 over Ukraine suggests that Russian separatists did not shoot down the flight with a Buk missile, but by two Ukrainian fighter jets. That is not even suggested as being a possibility in the recent past. The analysis may be chaff from Russia but deserves to be debunked if it is in fact a lie. And if it is not a lie, Ukraine's illegitimate government needs to be put down. And Obama impeached.
From 2013
When you are in love, things matter, and betrayal hurts. The 50th anniversary of Martin King's "I have a Dream" speech. Studied in schools across the globe, Martin hoped for a time where apartheid had ended. Apartheid like that which excluded a black senator who had been present 50 years before. Obama is making the dream a nightmare. Then there is the dream of world peace. How is that peace achieved? Obama asked Syria to use its chemical weapons on her own people. Apparently she did. A community is organised. In Australia, we love sport. Jason Clare told us organised crime had fixed matches using performance enhancing drugs in our major codes. But no evidence had yet been collected. Months passed. Yesterday a club, Essendon, were banned from this years finals for bringing the code into disrepute. Yet nobody had been charged with any performance enhancing drugs use. Today it was announced a Canberra player in ARL was charged with possession and dealing in performance enhancing drugs. He is 23 years old, and the accusation goes back to when he was 21. It looks like he is a prisoner of a compromise deal aimed at protecting Jason Clare from his apparent election stunt.
A workplace accident has been decided on in the US. An army psychiatrist who cried out to Allah in praise as he emptied a gun into unarmed work mates is sentenced to die for the workplace accident. It has, notes Steyn, taken longer for the army to adjudicate on this workplace accident than it took them to prosecute WW2. Victims of the major who survived are denied service medals because the workplace accident was not deemed a war crime.
We don't know what will happen to Syria, but peaceniks are keen to make sure there won't be war. The victims of the chemical attacks and indiscriminate bombings .. those that survive .. will love to hear that
A workplace accident has been decided on in the US. An army psychiatrist who cried out to Allah in praise as he emptied a gun into unarmed work mates is sentenced to die for the workplace accident. It has, notes Steyn, taken longer for the army to adjudicate on this workplace accident than it took them to prosecute WW2. Victims of the major who survived are denied service medals because the workplace accident was not deemed a war crime.
We don't know what will happen to Syria, but peaceniks are keen to make sure there won't be war. The victims of the chemical attacks and indiscriminate bombings .. those that survive .. will love to hear that
Historical perspective on this day
708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IVas the 182nd pope.
1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleetunder King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
1261 – Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IVas the 182nd pope.
1315 – Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
1350 – Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleetunder King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
1475 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
1484 – Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
1498 – Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
1521 – The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
1526 – Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificentdefeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
1541 – The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1728 – The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War in Europe.
1758 – The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
1778 – American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
1786 – Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
1807 – British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
1825 – Kingdom of Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
1831 – Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
1842 – Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
1861 – American Civil War: The Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries gives Federal forces control of Pamlico Sound.
1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
1871 – Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1895 – Rugby league is founded by 22 clubs at a meeting in the George Hotel, Huddersfield.
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1903 – The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
1907 – The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1910 – The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
1911 – Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1914 – Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
1915 – US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
1916 – The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
1918 – Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
1930 – The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
1941 – Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
1943 – German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
1944 – Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
1946 – USS Nevada is decommissioned.
1949 – Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1950 – Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
1958 – United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1965 – The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic Ocean.
1966 – The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Parkin San Francisco.
1966 – Leading Egyptian thinker Sayyid Qutb is executed for plotting the assassination of President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
1970 РChicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rub̩n Salazar.
1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
1991 – Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
1996 – Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
1997 – At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIAin the Rais massacre, Algeria.
2003 – Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
2004 – Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers' championship (and 7th overall) at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix by finishing second to Kimi Räikkönen to beat the 47-year-old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisianato the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.
2007 – United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: Six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.
2012 – At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province.
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Today's reading: Psalm 123-125, 1 Corinthians 10:1-18 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 123-125
A song of ascents.
1 I lift up my eyes to you,
to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
to you who sit enthroned in heaven.
2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master,
as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress,
so our eyes look to the LORD our God,
till he shows us his mercy.
3 Have mercy on us, LORD, have mercy on us,
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud....
for we have endured no end of contempt.
4 We have endured no end
of ridicule from the arrogant,
of contempt from the proud....
Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 10:1-18
Warnings From Israel's History
1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. 5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. 7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry." 8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did-and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. 9 We should not test Christ, as some of them did-and were killed by snakes. 10And do not grumble, as some of them did-and were killed by the destroying angel.
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Morning
My soul, how much thou needest this, for thy lamp will not long continue to burn without it. Thy snuff will smoke and become an offence if light be gone, and gone it will be if oil be absent. Thou hast no oil well springing up in thy human nature, and therefore thou must go to them that sell and buy for thyself, or like the foolish virgins, thou wilt have to cry, "My lamp is gone out." Even the consecrated lamps could not give light without oil; though they shone in the tabernacle they needed to be fed, though no rough winds blew upon them they required to be trimmed, and thy need is equally as great. Under the most happy circumstances thou canst not give light for another hour unless fresh oil of grace be given thee.
It was not every oil that might be used in the Lord's service; neither the petroleum which exudes so plentifully from the earth, nor the produce of fishes, nor that extracted from nuts would be accepted; one oil only was selected, and that the best olive oil. Pretended grace from natural goodness, fancied grace from priestly hands, or imaginary grace from outward ceremonies will never serve the true saint of God; he knows that the Lord would not be pleased with rivers of such oil. He goes to the olive-press of Gethsemane, and draws his supplies from him who was crushed therein. The oil of gospel grace is pure and free from lees and dregs, and hence the light which is fed thereon is clear and bright. Our churches are the Saviour's golden candelabra, and if they are to be lights in this dark world, they must have much holy oil. Let us pray for ourselves, our ministers, and our churches, that they may never lack oil for the light. Truth, holiness, joy, knowledge, love, these are all beams of the sacred light, but we cannot give them forth unless in private we receive oil from God the Holy Ghost.
Evening
Though we have brought forth some fruit unto Christ, and have a joyful hope that we are "plants of his own right hand planting," yet there are times when we feel very barren. Prayer is lifeless, love is cold, faith is weak, each grace in the garden of our heart languishes and droops. We are like flowers in the hot sun, requiring the refreshing shower. In such a condition what are we to do? The text is addressed to us in just such a state. "Sing, O barren, break forth and cry aloud." But what can I sing about? I cannot talk about the present, and even the past looks full of barrenness. Ah! I can sing of Jesus Christ. I can talk of visits which the Redeemer has aforetimes paid to me; or if not of these, I can magnify the great love wherewith he loved his people when he came from the heights of heaven for their redemption. I will go to the cross again. Come, my soul, heavy laden thou wast once, and thou didst lose thy burden there. Go to Calvary again. Perhaps that very cross which gave thee life may give thee fruitfulness. What is my barrenness? It is the platform for his fruit-creating power. What is my desolation? It is the black setting for the sapphire of his everlasting love. I will go in poverty, I will go in helplessness, I will go in all my shame and backsliding, I will tell him that I am still his child, and in confidence in his faithful heart, even I, the barren one, will sing and cry aloud.
Sing, believer, for it will cheer thine own heart, and the hearts of other desolate ones. Sing on, for now that thou art really ashamed of being barren, thou wilt be fruitful soon; now that God makes thee loath to be without fruit he will soon cover thee with clusters. The experience of our barrenness is painful, but the Lord's visitations are delightful. A sense of our own poverty drives us to Christ, and that is where we need to be, for in him is our fruit found.
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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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