Thursday, August 26, 2021

Thu 26th August 2021 Current Affairs

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 Biden's stunning 'success' in Afghanistan
Afghanistan under the thumb of the Taliban. Street lynching, political murder and freedoms quashed. That is Afghanistan as those who voted for Biden as President have achieved. A tarred man is lead with a noose down a street for a walk of shame. What was his crime? Or does it not matter if there was a crime, only that the terrorists can show their ability to assert their authority. Just like Biden locking up people who peacefully demonstrated on January 6th. How long will those peaceful demonstrators be detained? Eight months without a trial? They say justice delayed is justice denied. How long will Biden delay justice in Afghanistan? 

I asked a colleague who liked Biden, what they thought God thought about Afghanistan. My friend said "God should never have been there"


Editorial on reimposition of Andrews Curfew
Australian news propaganda has Vic extension of lockdown as being necessary. And imposition of curfew, again, which failed last time. Why do left wing governments have to copy NAZI ideas on social organisation? From eugenics, family planning, public shaming, social isolation, removal of freedoms and environmentalism, it is almost as if some ageing NAZI is still funding their ideals world wide. 

Curfew and lockdown failed last time in Victoria, with over a hundred dying after being denied effective medication while crime tape was placed children's swings and roundabouts. The deaths were a direct result of Premier Andrews placing a bungling private security company over quarantine, a company closely connected with ALP and not subject to competitive bidding for the job. When asked about his decision, the Premier delayed answering for months, and then said he forgot. 

Delta variant Covid is more transmissible than COVID 19, and less deadly, Less deadly than the common cold. And what is wrong with treating it with appropriate medication? 


Editorial on Pell case and Deep state

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.


https://rumble.com/vl8jem-editorial-on-friday-13th.html

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From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 7:20-40

Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Were you a slave when you were called? Don’t let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave. You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

Concerning the Unmarried

Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.

What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.

I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord’s affairs—how he can please the Lord. But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord’s affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.

If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.

A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.

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https://rumble.com/vlo510-ep.-1591-the-afghanistan-cover-up-begins-the-dan-bongino-show.html
This is BS! Get ready for the cover-up in Afghanistan to begin. I also address the explosive new data from Israel about the coronavirus surge.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
America Last: Only 5% of Those Evacuated From Afghanistan by Biden Admin Are Americans READ MORE

White House Cuts Off Audio as Biden Responds Mockingly to Question About Americans Left Behind in Afghanistan

NY Gov. Hochul Increases State’s COVID-19 Death Toll by 12k, Further Exposing Cuomo’s Nursing Home Carnage

Nigel Farage: “No Way” British Parliament Would Vote for Military Cooperation With U.S. Under Biden Admin

VP Harris Has an Unprecedented Negative Approval Rating

The Calls for Biden’s Impeachment Have Begun

Taliban May Inherit Afghanistan’s Seat for UN Commission on Status of Women

Capitol Hill
Former California Democrat Senate Majority Leader Endorses Larry Elder Over Gavin Newsom
Biden’s Approval Continue Crashing to Record Lows
Kayleigh McEnany: There’s Wasn’t Crisis After Crisis With Trump as President
House GOP: Biden Risks Having Blood of Americans on His Hands for Sticking by Exit Deadline Set by Taliban
Top Pennsylvania State Senator Declares Support for Forensic Election Audit
Growing Voter Fraud Concerns in California Recall Election
Arizona Supreme Court Delays Release of Records From Election Audit
Republicans Call for Formal Investigation Into Biden’s Disastrous Afghanistan Withdrawal
Herschel Walker Officially Announces Campaign for U.S. Senate
Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” Policy Reinstated by SCOTUS
House Authorizes $3.5 Trillion in Spending as National Debt Nears $29 Trillion

Culture War
Introducing “The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros”
Is This Why Biden Was Late for His Afghanistan Address?
Biden Takes a Knee During WNBA Team’s White House Visit
Trump Seeks Preliminary Injunction in Lawsuit Against Big Tech Giants
Most Americans Now Believe Lockdowns Did More Harm Than Good
Canadian Pastor Facing 4-Year Sentence for Holding Church Services Warns Americans “The Enemy Isn’t Hiding Anymore”
Many Cities Reverse Course on “Defund the Police”
Study: Actual News Hard to Find on the News
Gallup: U.S. Satisfaction Falls to Lowest Point Since Biden Took Office
Census Data Proves Americans Want to Live in GOP Districts

Economy
Mortgagee Rates Fall for First Time in Three Weeks
Social Security Likely to See 6.2% Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2022
White House Approves Licensing Deal for Chinese Communist Party-Linked Huawei
Biden Admin Freezes $7 Billion in Afghan Reserves to Limit Taliban’s Access to Cash
New Home Sales Rise 1% in July
Survey: Majority of Workforce Will Look for New Job Within Next Year
Foreign Demand for U.S. Treasuries Rises to Record
Chinese Court Rules Cryptocurrencies Aren’t Protected by Law
New York City Just Surpassed San Francisco as the Most Expensive Rental Market in the U.S.
California Has Received Tens of Billions of Dollars in COVID Relief That’s Not Entirely Accounted for

Swamp Watch
Creepy Porn Lawyer Michael Avenatti Granted Mistrial
Last of Florida Counties That Took Money From Leftist Group Funded by Mark Zuckerberg Has Returned Remaining Funds Following New Law
Top House Dem Agrees That $3.5 Trillion Budget Is a “Democratic Wish List”
Alabama’s Healthcare Regulations Helped Create a Shortage of ICU Beds
U.S. Taxpayers Are Paying to House Afghan Refugees in Columbia
Judge Questions If DOJ Followed Policy in Charging InfoWar’s Owen Shroyer in Jan 6 Capitol Protest
It Never Ends! Oregon Governor Announces Statewide Outdoor Mask Mandate Regardless of Vaccination Status
DHS Insider Blows Whistle on “Loopholes” for Child Trafficking Gangs

National Security
COVID-19 Vaccine Mandated “Effective Immediately” for All U.S. Military Personnel
75k U.S. Vehicles, 600k Weapons, and 208 Planes Left Behind in Afghanistan
Second Stealth F-35 ‘Gorilla’ Squadron Activated at Eglin Air Force Base
The Taliban Are Throwing Away Their AK-47s in Favor of Captured American M16 Rifles
Constellation: Meet the Navy’s New Guided-Missile Frigate
USS Gerald Ford Preparing for Its Maiden Deployment
What Satellite Attack Weapon is the U.S. Preparing to Reveal Soon?
Naval Strike Missile: The U.S. Navy’s Secret Weapon Against China?
Health Care Costs for Veterans Are Skyrocketing

Around the World
Rise of the Taliban Poses “Great Danger” to Afghan Christians
Sources: Director of the CIA Met With Taliban Leader in Afghanistan on Monday
Biden Tells G7 Leaders He Will Stick to August 31 Deadline To WIthdraw Troops From Afghanistan
Only 28 Percent Believe Biden Is Doing Enough to Rescue Americans in Afghanistan
Taliban Orders Former Officials: “Don’t Panic and Get Back to Work”
Russia and Saudi Arabia Sign Military Pact As Biden Chaos Continues in Afghanistan
Putin Says Russia Will Not Accept Afghan Refugees

Opinion
Dennis Prager: Imagine No Big Cities
Rachel Mardsen: Foreign Nations Probably Won’t Trust Western Governments Again, But We Shouldn’t Either
Patrick Buchanan: The Bitter Fruits of Interventionism
Brian McNicoll: When Journalists Are Activists, It’s Hard to Trust Their Journalism
Oliver L. North and David L. Goetsch: Afghanistan — A Way Out of Biden’s Debacle
Patrick Bobko: First, We Must Stop the Rot
Star Parker: It’s Time for National Soul-Searching

Entertainment
John Cleese To Host Show Taking On Cancel Culture
Baby on Cover of 1991 Album “Nevermind” Sues Nirvana, Alleging Child Pornography
R. Kelly Accuser Testifies He Sexually Abused Her When She Was 17 Years Old
Tom Cruise Lands Helicopter in UK Family’s Backyard, Takes Them For A Ride
“Yellowstone” Drops New Season 4 Trailer Hinting At One Main Character’s Death
Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Certified Platinum For 34th Time
Ibram X. Kendi, Author of “How To Be An Anti-Racist”, Launching Hollywood Production Company To Push Content on Racism & Equity

Sports
Serena Williams Withdraws From U.S. Open Over Hamstring Recovery
Yankees Deliver 10th Straight Win In Heavyweight Clash With Braves
WWE Has Most-Viewed And Highest-Grossing SummerSlam Of All Time
Biden Says Anthem Protester Megan Rapinoe “Represents” America’s Best
Woke Mob Trying To Cancel Notre Dame’s Leprechaun Mascot
Will Conor McGregor Get Back Into The Boxing Ring?
Report: Bills’ Cole Beasley Enters COVID Protocol After Contact With Vaccinated Trainer Who Tested Positive
Shohei Ohtani Better Than Babe Ruth, World Series Champ Says
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates pressed President Joe Biden on Wednesday to take new steps to end an immigration policy begun by his predecessor Donald Trump after the Supreme Court ordered that the "remain in Mexico" program be reinstated. The policy put in place by Trump forced migrants to stay in Mexico to await U.S. hearings. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV

Newsfront
The Capitol Police officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt at the U.S. House Chamber during the events taking place at the Capitol on Jan. 6 will reveal his identity publicly in an interview Thursday...... [Full Story]
Newsmax scored a gigantic ratings win with its wall-to-wall coverage [Full Story]
President Joe Biden urged a group of chief executive officers to help [Full Story]

1. Covid. Sweden stands out. The country that mostly ignored Covid ended up with no excess deaths; indeed, a look at their all-cause death charts show nothing significant about 2020 at all. https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/sweden-and-covid

2. Legal. SCOTUS reinstated the injunction requiring the Biden administration to reinstate Trump's Remain in Mexico policy. https://www.supremecourt.gov/orders/courtorders/082421zr_2d9g.pdf

3. Economic. Few to none new houses under $200K available. https://twitter.com/HayekAndKeynes/status/1430568653741776897?s=20

4. Political. As forecast, Biden's approval rating continues to plummet. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president-biden-job-approval-7320.html

5. Cultural. Thank God for the SEC fans (excluding LSU at the moment): no vaccine mandates, no testing, no social distancing. Back to truly normal for football season in the football stadiums. https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/ugas-sanford-stadium-not-requiring-covid-19-vaccine-proof-tests-2021-season/RSVI2WW37ZBBXLCE3R27OPN6DY/

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Here is a video I made A Little Ray of Sunshine 
This video is about birth of a cousin
http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/a-little-ray-of-sunshine.html
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you. 
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1211103

=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. There are reasons why Tony Abbott is not back in cabinet. They aren't good reasons, but more related to the awful Turnbull forces which have not entirely been despatched. Neither Greiner nor Kennett are fools. Either the nexus between the former socialist takeout of Australia's conservative party is broken or it isn't. If it isn't broken the party will not be in government after next election. Then Tony Abbott can pick up the pieces. But if the nightmare is over, then the focus is not Abbott but conservative pursuits will be seen. Australia will exit the Paris agreement. Australia will build coal fired power stations. Australia will prize free speech. Australia will move her embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Australia will cut red tape. Australia will build dams which are flood and drought mitigating. Australia will privatise ABC and charge her license fees for profitable news and non rural services, keeping only a rural service. Australia will end workplace corruption, by ensuring unions work for workers, not for tax free profit and corruption. ALP will steal policy from conservatives, because it is effective. Education will improve and absorb cuts. NBN will be split and privatised and rural services retained. Farmers will be free to irrigate and protect their land. Animals will be appropriately managed and export increased where appropriate. Australia will maintain strong borders and her migrants will help develop the land. 

From my article on Quora

What do teachers and professors just "get" that other people don't?

To achieve in academia and ‘know’ things is not a process of thinking differently, although I know gifted individuals who do have a different process. Often, achieving in academia does not require being smart either, but persistent.

There are lots of ways of learning, but consider instead why someone does not learn. There are many distractions and many things people would rather do than look at something that is already known. In order to achieve study, one needs to sacrifice some of those things. If one is privileged they need to give up their toys. If one is underprivileged, they need to overcome their adversity.

Many people achieve well in academia, we are better now at delivering knowledge than we have ever been in history. But note, hand writing is declining. Old skills are declining as new ones are engaged. Forty years ago an office secretary would have shorthand, typing skills and filing knowledge. Nowadays an office secretary uses a word processor, spreadsheet, archiving data and responds to network email and chat. A street sweeper of forty years ago is gone, with janitorial needs done by fewer people employing automated service. Executives are more pervasive in activity.

Forty years ago, office ladies working in NSW schools had pupil record cards that tracked students of the school and were never seen except by review if something unusual happened (Student disappeared, was killed, committed a crime etc) A left wing government concerned with perception objected to boys cards being blue and girls cards being pink. So a government regulation went out that all pupil record cards would be white. But the ladies needed the colour cues to find cards quickly. They decided, in some circumstances, to put a coloured sticker on each card. Pink for girls and blue for boys. Today, the records are digital and gender is included. The illustration highlights the changing demands of academic needs of office ladies in schools.

A math teacher may be able to do sums and solve problems at speed with which students are surprised. It is because of experience and does not mean the student is slow. It takes time to digest academic food.
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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. It takes about three to three and a half hours to catch a bus from Dandenong to the airport. By way of contrast, it takes an hour in the air to fly to Sydney. Dan Andrews has explicitly resisted improving the travel time. When the federal government offered an infrastructure spend, Dan Andrews opted to have a train journey which will probably be broken. It is almost as if Andrews hates the people of Melbourne. Does Williams feel the same? 


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. On this day in 1920, women got the right to vote in the US. The result was electoral dominance of the GOP until FDR connived the black vote. It was right that women should vote, but in latter years, women have disproportionately voted for Democrats. In 1071, at the battle of Manzikert, the Byzantine (Greek/Roman) Empire lost to Turks. In 1278, Bohemia lost the battle of Marchfeld to German Princes, marking the rise of the Holy Roman Empire. But the big battle of the day was Crécy, which pitted an overwhelming French force against UK ones. France lost convincingly. England had demonstrated the superiority of the longbow. 
=== from 2016 === 
 Saturday will see an election in the Northern Territory. There is almost no chance of the Country Liberal Party being returned. Divisions within the leadership are always a killer in politics, and the rebellion which saw the CLP leader axed while overseas during the term will be punished by voters. Only the ALP are divided too. The ALP leadership changed in April 2015, after the previous leader resigned having been embarrassed in a sleazy property deal. Meanwhile the ABC have acted to immunise the ALP over their previous administration which had Aboriginal children beaten in custody. It was ALP policy which the CLP fixed, but the ABC, in a biased report, have pointed the finger at the CLP. Malcolm Turnbull had a knee jerk reaction which will address none of the salient issues. Last year Justice Jane Needham politicised the office of the NSW Bar Association. She subsequently resigned. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
Partisan judge Needham fails to support impartial judge Heydon. Needham is failing in her basic duty of care as NSW Bar President. It is inconceivable Needham should retain her position with such a partisan position as she has taken when failing to appropriately protect the reputation of a royal commission and Heydon. For the sake of the independence of her position, Needham must go.

Old socialist Joe Biden, who has contributed nothing worthwhile to either of Obama's administrations is looking like being the idiot to campaign for Democrats. Hillary is failing fast, sinking on her own record. But the talent pool for US Democrats is very shallow.


Partisan Ray Martin expresses an opinion about Australia's involvement in Syria. Only it isn't realistic, but spiteful and catty. Martin says Australia is trying to distract from domestic policies. Just as when Jason Clare unleashed a drugs in sport meme which found no drugs in sport. Except Clare was distracting from issues, and Abbott is addressing international needs as a statesman, as well as addressing domestic issues appropriately. And Martin hates that. 
From 2014
One article is about remembering why soldiers died serving Australia, another is about Melbourne worrying about Sydney's iconic bridge. Thing is, Sydney people don't care about either. It doesn't matter that Sydney's iconic harbour ridge is or is not bigger than a less celebrated one in Sydney. But the deaths of soldiers anywhere should be moving. And the personal connection should not be ignored. It is foundational to what makes Australia today. But for their sacrifice then, much might be different. WW1 is sneeringly referred to as 'family feud' by many who point out that war is senseless and that war was big and senseless. There is no disputing that lives were wasted. But the casual uninformed dismissal of the war is wrong. There were many attempts to do things right. And the tragedy was how self interest and mistaken do gooders operated to harm those in harm's way. Had the UK been successful at Gallipolli in 1915, the war may well have been over within a year. Russia might not have collapsed to the communists. Tens of millions might never have died in that war. And that is only one such decisive plan. Germany under the Kaiser was belligerent and the world could not tolerate her success or criminal international activity. It is true that WW2 had seeds sewn from WW1, but that is more relevant to how the peace was managed. But as for the serving soldier who fell, honour them. It wasn't what they wanted in life. It isn't what was deserved. We need people willing to serve, willing to do what is right in extraordinary circumstances. Some say they didn't die for the right reasons: For the state, for God, for loved ones. Damned straight. The survivors get to say why they served. The dead have lost the voice they had. Yet, the voice they had, spoke loudly in the fact they served. 

The ABC is campaigning against Australia and cultural assets. The despicable Gosford Anglican got an enormous soap box on 7:30 report, which gushingly assured viewers that it was an ordinary Christian Church. It is a small church with an insular community that at any instance does not declare that it is dedicated to serving God. They worship fads that are strongly left wing political. For them , the issue is not border protection or saving lives from being drowned or dedicated to paying pirates, instead their issue is equity and they favour drowning poor people to achieve it. Or they favour taxation and wealth redistribution, if the ALP do it. Or they favour changing the Australian constitution to reflect privileges for race. The God I know and serve is not the same. I am not an authority, but the one I serve is different. The 7:30 report also gleefully declared a '$7 copayment for visiting a doctor,' dead. How about the copayments for public transport? University? School? Roads? Chanel 9 has entered the culture wars in defence of a dog, Hugo, slated for destruction after it's owner allowed it to walk the neighbourhood unleashed. It is a Pit Bull cross and quite ugly. If they really loved their dog, they would treat it better, not exploit it's life for media exposure.
Historical perspective on this day
1071 – The Seljuq Turks defeat the Byzantine army at the Battle of Manzikert, and soon gain control of most of Anatolia.
1278 – Ladislaus IV of Hungary and Rudolf I of Germanydefeat Ottokar II of Bohemia in the Battle on the Marchfeld near Dürnkrut in (then) Moravia.
1303 – Alauddin Khilji captures Chittorgarh.
1346 – Hundred Years' War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.
1444 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs: A vastly outnumbered force of Swiss Confederates is defeated by the Dauphin Louis (future Louis XI of France) and his army of 'Armagnacs' near Basel.
1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.

1748 – The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.
1778 – The first recorded ascent of Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia.
1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen is approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.

1810 – The former viceroy Santiago de Liniers of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Platais executed after the defeat of his counter-revolution.
1813 – War of the Sixth Coalition: An impromptu battle takes place when French and Prussian-Russian forces accidentally run into each other near Liegnitz, Prussia (now Legnica, Poland).
1814 – Chilean War of Independence: Infighting between the rebel forces of José Miguel Carrera and Bernardo O'Higgins erupts in the Battle of Las Tres Acequias.
1821 – The University of Buenos AiresArgentina, is officially opened.
1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.

1914 – World War I: The German colony of Togoland surrenders to French and British forces after a 20-day campaign.
1914 – In Brazil, Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras is founded.
1914 – World War I: During the retreat from Mons, the British II Corps commanded by General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien fought a vigorous and successful defensive action at Le Cateau.
1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.
1922 – Greco-Turkish War (1919–22): Turkish army launched what has come to be known to the Turks as the "Great Offensive" (Büyük Taarruz). The major Greek defense positions were overrun.

1940 – Chad becomes the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
1942 – At Chortkiv, the Ukrainian police and German Schutzpolizei deport two thousand Jews to Bełżec extermination camp. Five hundred of the sick and children are murdered on the spot. This continued until the next day.
1944 – World War IICharles de Gaulle enters Paris.
1966 – The Namibian War of Independence starts with the battle at Omugulugwombashe.
1970 – A new feminist movement leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.
1977 – The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec
1978 – Papal conclave: Albino Luciani is elected as Pope John Paul I.

1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, United States, FBI inadvertently detonated the bomb during disarming
1997 – Beni Ali massacre in Algeria where 60 to 100 people were killed.
1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestanby the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.
2009 – Kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard is discovered alive in California after being missing for over 18 years.
2011 – The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing's all-new composite airliner, receives certification from the EASA and the FAA.
2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

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Today's reading: Psalm 119:1-88, 1 Corinthians 7:20-40 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 119:1-88

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the LORD.
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart-
3 they do no wrong
but follow his ways.
4 You have laid down precepts
that are to be fully obeyed.
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast
in obeying your decrees!
6 Then I would not be put to shame
when I consider all your commands.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will obey your decrees;
do not utterly forsake me....

Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 7:20-40

20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.

21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you-although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave. 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
Concerning the Unmarried
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this....

=== Morning and Evening ===


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Morning

"His fruit was sweet to my taste."
Song of Solomon 2:3
Faith, in the Scripture, is spoken of under the emblem of all the senses. It is sight: "Look unto me and be ye saved." It is hearing: "Hear, and your soul shall live." Faith is smelling: "All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia"; "thy name is as ointment poured forth." Faith is spiritual touch. By this faith the woman came behind and touched the hem of Christ's garment, and by this we handle the things of the good word of life. Faith is equally the spirit's taste. "How sweet are thy words to my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my lips." "Except a man eat my flesh," saith Christ, "and drink my blood, there is no life in him."
This "taste" is faith in one of its highest operations. One of the first performances of faith is hearing. We hear the voice of God, not with the outward ear alone, but with the inward ear; we hear it as God's Word, and we believe it to be so; that is the "hearing" of faith. Then our mind looketh upon the truth as it is presented to us; that is to say, we understand it, we perceive its meaning; that is the "seeing" of faith. Next we discover its preciousness; we begin to admire it, and find how fragrant it is; that is faith in its "smell." Then we appropriate the mercies which are prepared for us in Christ; that is faith in its "touch." Hence follow the enjoyments, peace, delight, communion; which are faith in its "taste." Any one of these acts of faith is saving. To hear Christ's voice as the sure voice of God in the soul will save us; but that which gives true enjoyment is the aspect of faith wherein Christ, by holy taste, is received into us, and made, by inward and spiritual apprehension of his sweetness and preciousness, to be the food of our souls. It is then we sit "under his shadow with great delight," and find his fruit sweet to our taste.

Evening

"If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest."
Acts 8:37

These words may answer your scruples, devout reader, concerning the ordinances. Perhaps you say, "I should be afraid to be baptized; it is such a solemn thing to avow myself to be dead with Christ, and buried with him. I should not feel at liberty to come to the Master's table; I should be afraid of eating and drinking damnation unto myself, not discerning the Lord's body." Ah! poor trembler, Jesus has given you liberty, be not afraid. If a stranger came to your house, he would stand at the door, or wait in the hall; he would not dream of intruding unbidden into your parlour--he is not at home: but your child makes himself very free about the house; and so is it with the child of God. A stranger may not intrude where a child may venture. When the Holy Ghost has given you to feel the spirit of adoption, you may come to Christian ordinances without fear. The same rule holds good of the Christian's inward privileges. You think, poor seeker, that you are not allowed to rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; if you are permitted to get inside Christ's door, or sit at the bottom of his table, you will be well content. Ah! but you shall not have less privileges than the very greatest. God makes no difference in his love to his children. A child is a child to him; he will not make him a hired servant; but he shall feast upon the fatted calf, and shall have the music and the dancing as much as if he had never gone astray. When Jesus comes into the heart, he issues a general licence to be glad in the Lord. No chains are worn in the court of King Jesus. Our admission into full privileges may be gradual, but it is sure. Perhaps our reader is saying, "I wish I could enjoy the promises, and walk at liberty in my Lord's commands." "If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest." Loose the chains of thy neck, O captive daughter, for Jesus makes thee free.

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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

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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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