Via John Roskam (IPA CEO)
"You'll remember in January last year the Student Guild at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane banned the IPA's Generation Liberty program from participating in student orientation activities on campus, because according to the Guild 'your [the IPA's] brand does not align with our values'.
The ban received nationwide media coverage as yet another demonstration of the freedom of speech crisis in our universities.
The Institute of Public Affairs and the IPA's Generation Liberty Campus Coordinator at QUT, Chris Dekker fought the ban - for the sake not only of QUT students but as a matter of principle for every student in every university and every school in Australia.
Chris lodged a complaint with the Queensland Human Rights Commission on the basis the QUT Student Guild had breached both the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Act by discriminating against him because of his political beliefs and the Queensland Human Rights Act by restricting his rights specified in the legislation including his freedom of expression, his right to peaceful assembly and freedom of association, his right to take part in public life, his freedom of thought, and his freedom of conscience.
The IPA and Chris didn't want any financial compensation from the Guild, only a public apology so that what occurred would never happen again and to set a precedent so that other student associations at other universities wouldn't attempt to do what the QUT Student Guild had done."
But it has happened again .. "The IPA's Generation Liberty program now has a presence at more than 20 Australian universities and until the actions of the QUT Student Guild last year had operated without incident as Generation Liberty held events and debates and hosted guest speakers at many different universities. What occurred at QUT is I fear a sign of the times as universities become more hostile to any ideas that challenge the prevailing left-wing orthodoxy of our tertiary institutions. After operating successfully at Monash University in Melbourne for the last few years, Generation Liberty was banned from the campus by the student association from participating in the university’s orientation activities because of the views they assume the IPA holds about climate change. We've lodged a complaint with the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission which hasn't been heard as yet, and I'll of course keep you informed of developments."
https://rumble.com/vkmtpi-editorial-ipa-successful-in-free-speech-outcome.html
No authorship claim or copyright asserted...this letter just came to me in a bottle, and I have no idea who might have penned it, nor can I possibly vouch for it, and what you fine folks do with it is entirely in your own hands, as the Gentlemen of the Bar remind me I can proffer no general legal advice in the matter, and must officially disclaim proffering any such advice here...edit and excise as you see fit, amend and append as you desire, and claim authorship or anonymity as may best befit you...as always, as you wish...
Dear Boss,
Compelling any employee to take any current Covid-19 vaccine violates federal and state law, and subjects the employer to substantial liability risk, including liability for any injury the employee may suffer from the vaccine. Many employers have reconsidered issuing such a mandate after more fruitful review with legal counsel, insurance providers, and public opinion advisors of the desires of employees and the consuming public. Even the Kaiser Foundation warned of the legal risk in this respect. (https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/key-questions-about-covid-19-vaccine-mandates/)
Three key concerns: first, while the vaccine remains unapproved by the FDA and authorized only for emergency use, federal law forbids mandating it, in accordance with the Nuremberg Code of 1947; second, the Americans with Disabilities Act proscribes, punishes and penalizes employers who invasively inquire into their employees' medical status and then treat those employees differently based on their medical status, as the many AIDS related cases of decades ago fully attest; and third, international law, Constitutional law, specific statutes and the common law of torts all forbid conditioning access to employment upon coerced, invasive medical examinations and treatment, unless the employer can fully provide objective, scientifically validated evidence of the threat from the employee and how no practicable alternative could possible suffice to mitigate such supposed public health threat and still perform the necessary essentials of employment.
At the outset, consider the "problem" being "solved" by vaccination mandates. The previously infected are better protected than the vaccinated, so why aren't they exempted? Equally, the symptomatic can be self-isolated. Hence, requiring vaccinations only addresses one risk: dangerous or deadly transmission, by the asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic employee, in the employment setting. Yet even government official Mr. Fauci admits, as scientific studies affirm, asymptomatic transmission is exceedingly and "very rare." Indeed, initial data suggests the vaccinated are just as, or even much more, likely to transmit the virus as the asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic. Hence, the vaccine solves nothing. This evidentiary limitation on any employer's decision making, aside from the legal and insurance risks of forcing vaccinations as a term of employment without any accommodation or even exception for the previously infected (and thus better protected), is the reason most employers wisely refuse to mandate the vaccine. This doesn't even address the arbitrary self-limitation of the pool of talent for the employer: why reduce your own talent pool, when many who refuse invasive inquiries or risky treatment may be amongst your most effective, efficient and profitable employees?
First, federal law prohibits any mandate of the Covid-19 vaccines as unlicensed, emergency-use-authorization-only vaccines. Subsection bbb-3(e)(1)(A)(ii)(III) of section 360 of Title 21 of the United States Code, otherwise known as the Emergency Use Authorization section of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, demands that everyone give employees the "option to accept or refuse administration" of the Covid-19 vaccine. (https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/21/360bbb-3 ) This right to refuse emergency, experimental vaccines, such as the Covid-19 vaccine, implements the internationally agreed legal requirement of Informed Consent established in the Nuremberg Code of 1947. (http://www.cirp.org/library/ethics/nuremberg/ ). As the Nuremberg Code established, every person must "be able to exercise free power of choice, without the intervention of any element of force, fraud, deceit, duress, overreaching, or other ulterior form of constraint or coercion; and should have sufficient knowledge and comprehension of the elements of the subject matter involved as to enable him to make an understanding and enlightened decision" for any medical experimental drug, as the Covid-19 vaccine currently is. The Nuremberg Code prohibited even the military from requiring such experimental vaccines. (Doe #1 v. Rumsfeld, 297 F.Supp.2d 119 (D.D.C. 2003).
Second, demanding employees divulge their personal medical information invades their protected right to privacy, and discriminates against them based on their perceived medical status, in contravention of the Americans with Disabilities Act. (42 USC §12112(a).) Indeed, the ADA prohibits employers from invasive inquiries about their medical status, and that includes questions about diseases and treatments for those diseases, such as vaccines. As the EEOC makes clear, an employer can only ask medical information if the employer can prove the medical information is both job-related and necessary for the business. (https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/questions-and-answers-enforcement-guidance-disability-related-inquiries-and-medical). An employer that treats an individual employee differently based on that employer’s belief the employee’s medical condition impairs the employee is discriminating against that employee based on perceived medical status disability, in contravention of the ADA. The employer must have proof that the employer cannot keep the employee, even with reasonable accommodations, before any adverse action can be taken against the employee. If the employer asserts the employee’s medical status (such as being unvaccinated against a particular disease) precludes employment, then the employer must prove that the employee poses a “safety hazard” that cannot be reduced with a reasonable accommodation. The employer must prove, with objective, scientifically validated evidence, that the employee poses a materially enhanced risk of serious harm that no reasonable accommodation could mitigate. This requires the employee's medical status cause a substantial risk of serious harm, a risk that cannot be reduced by any another means. This is a high, and difficult burden, for employers to meet. Just look at the all prior cases concerning HIV and AIDS, when employers discriminated against employees based on their perceived dangerousness, and ended up paying millions in legal fees, damages and fines.
Third, conditioning continued employment upon participating in a medical experiment and demanding disclosure of private, personal medical information, may also create employer liability under other federal and state laws, including HIPAA, FMLA, and applicable state tort law principles, including torts prohibiting and proscribing invasions of privacy and battery. Indeed, any employer mandating a vaccine is liable to their employee for any adverse event suffered by that employee. The CDC records reports of the adverse events already reported to date concerning the current Covid-19 vaccine.(https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/safety/vaers.html )
Finally, forced vaccines constitute a form of battery, and the Supreme Court long made clear "no right is more sacred than the right of every individual to the control of their own person, free from all restraint or interference of others." (https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/141/250)
With Regards,
Employee of the Year
XXX
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Joe Biden has crossed a red-line. In this episode, I discuss the disturbing move he made yesterday, which has the potential to do generational damage to the United States.
News Picks:
- The hero we all needed. Gold medal winning wrestler honors her country.
- Some optimism from the great Victor Davis Hanson.
- How does natural immunity compare to vaccine induced immunity?
- China versus the USA, what’s the difference?
- The delta variant “plus” will be the next media flashpoint.
Feud Between Dumb and Dumber Intensifies as Mayor De Blasio Calls for Gov. Cuomo’s Resignation
644% Increase in Haitians Illegally Crossing Border Despite DHS Warning Them Not to Come
Ex-ICE Official: “We’re Pretty Much Screwed” Thanks to Biden’s Border Policies
52% of New York Democrats Now Want Gov. Cuomo to Resign
AOC Masks Up for Photo Op, Then Immediately Removes It
Two Fleeing Texas Dems Now Reportedly Vacationing in Portugal
Capitol Hill
Gov. DeSantis Fires Back at Biden: Why Don’t You Do Your Job?
Election Cheating Surges to Top U.S. Issue
Geraldo Rivera Provides Predictably Insane Take on Gov. Cuomo Scandal
Peter Doocy Challenges Biden on “Untested and Unvaccinated” Illegals Crossing the Border
DCCC Chair: Dems Would Lose House If Election Were Held Today
Psaki Dodges Question on Allegedly Abusive Behavior of Top Jill Biden Staffer
Sanders Ally Nina Turner Loses Ohio Democrat House Primary
Dem Govs. of NJ, CT, RI, and PA Call for Cuomo’s Resignation in Rare Joint Statement
State Legislators Say Federal Overreach Is the Biggest Threat They Face
Nine Examples of Waste in the Infrastructure Bill
Judge Orders Arizona Senate Produce Maricopa County Audit Records
Culture War
Tucker Carlson Slams “Governor Creep-o” Cuomo
Don Lemon Awkwardly Addresses Gov. Cuomo Scandal After Handoff With Chris Cuomo
A Nation of Renters
Judge Blasts Critical Race Theory in Discrimination Case
Missouri Gov. Pardons the McCloskeys
Florida School District Reverses Mask Mandate After Gov. DeSantis Threatens to Withhold Funds
Gun Sales Continue Booming – and the Gun Control Crowd Is Taking Note
ACLU Claims the Second Amendment Is Racist – Here’s Why They’re (Laughably) Wrong
Obama’s Birthday Party Scaled Back Amid COVID Concerns He Apparently Didn’t Have Until Today
Economy
ADP Report: Private Sector Added 330k Jobs in July – Far Short of 653k Estimate
“Made in China” Products Suffer Logistics Problems
Pepsi to Sell Tropicana and Other Juice Brands for $3.3 Billion to Private Equity Firm
There’s Now a Coffee Backed-Cryptocurrency
China’s Alibaba Suffers First Sales Miss in Two Years
The SEC’s Chair Says They Need More Power From Congress to Regulate Cryptocurrencies
Household Debt Jumps by Most in 14 Years
The FTC Can’t Keep Up With Merger Filings
Infrastructure Bill Breaks Biden’s “No Taxes for Earners Under $400k” Promise With Mileage Fee
CDC Announces Eviction Moratorium Extension
Swamp Watch
Trump Moves to Block DOJ Effort to Get His Tax Returns
Gov. Cuomo Aide Admits to Forging His Signature on Document Attesting He Completed Sexual Harassment Workshop
Virginia Group Looks to Recall Three Soros-Backed Prosecutors
NY Times Told Reporters Not to Probe COVID Origins
CDC Mask Guidance Coincides With Bailout Demands From U.S. Mask Industry
Janice Dean Demands “Monster” Gov. Cuomo Be Impeached By NY Assembly
NIH Director Wants People Masking at Home With Their Kids
Valerie Jarrett Asks for Donations for Obama’s 60th Birthday
Frequent CNN Guest Suggests Criticizing Dr. Fauci Should Be a Federal Hate Crime
National Security
Federal Judge Temporarily Blocks Texas Order Restricting Transportation of Illegals – Gov. Abbott Fires Back
DOJ Says Russians Behind SolarWinds Cyberespionage Also Hacked U.S. Federal Prosecutors
U.S. Launches Third Airstrike in Somalia in Two Weeks
Negotiator Says Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Are Stuck
U.S. Navy’s New “Triton” Drone Almost Ready to Take Over Patrol Duties of Older Aircraft
Reorganization Needed at Pentagon Before U.S. Navy Can Develop Maritime Strategy
Former SEAL and CIA Officer Discusses U.S. Operations in Afghanistan
Biden Renews Calls for Gun Control
Around the World
North Korea Releases Emergency Military Rice Reserves as Food Shortage Worsens
Over 600k Chinese Citizens Have Applied for Asylum in the Past Nine Years
No Progress So Far in Probe of Last Year’s Beirut Blast
Civil War in Afghanistan One of America’s Many Concerns
U.S. to Return Over 17k Looted Artifacts to Iraq
Belarus Opposition Leader: “We Must End Lukashenko’s Hell”
Every Province in China Sounds Alarm Against “Unnecessary Travel”
Six Dead Including Attackers as Car Bomb Hits Near Kabul “Green Zone”
Incoming Iranian President Will Seek End to “Tyrannical” U.S. Sanctions
Opinion
Dennis Prager: What’s Ripping American Families Apart? Responses From the Bizarre World of New York Times Readers
Karol Markowicz: Cuomo Sexual Harassment Probe — What Will It Take for Corrupt Governor to Finally Quit?
Henry Payne: Fear Forever: If You Liked COVID Science, You’ll Love Climate Change Science
Patrick Buchanan: America’s “Great Leap Forward” Into Socialism
Rich Lowry: Elite Mask Hypocrites Think They’re Entitled to Flout Rules They Impose on YOU
Oliver L. North and David L. Goetsch: Cuban Uprising — Can Biden Do What’s Right?
Tucker Carlson: Science Is a Seeking of the Truth, Not a Political Directive
Michelle Malkin: The Worst O-limp-ics Ever
Entertainment
“My Son Hunter” Finds its Director
Say Hello to the “Cuomosexual” Hollywood Elites Who Were “In Love” With Accused Sexual Harasser Andrew Cuomo
John Cena Wishes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Would Return to WWE
Inside Rick James’ Dark Side
Seth McFarlane Whines About Tucker Carlson, Wants “Family Guy” Off Fox
John Travolta Sells His $4 Million Florida Home Located Just One Mile From Scientology Headquarters
Sundance Film Festival Will Have Vaccination Requirement in 2022
Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett to Release Second Album Together
Sports
Simone Biles Was “Just Happy to Be Able to Perform”
Another Yankees Pitcher Tests Positive for COVID-19
Viewership Ratings for Olympics Continue to Plummet
Mao Pins Worn By Chinese Olympic Gold Medalists Subject of IOC Probe
Carmelo Anthony Will Be Playing on the Same NBA Team as His Long-Time Friend LeBron James
American College of Pediatricians Rejects Recent Claim By IOC That “Everyone Agrees That Trans Women are Women”
Jessica Springsteen Falls Short in Olympic Debut
Here’s the Latest Medal Counts for the Tokyo Olympics
“I Love Representing the U.S.” – Olympian Gives Must-See Interview After Winning Gold Medal
Newsmax TV
- Sen. Lankford: CARES Act Funds No Solution for Infrastructure Debt |
- Dr. Jha: NIH Director Right to Walk Back Mask Comments |
- Greg Kelly: 'Freaking Witch Hunt' Staged Against Cuomo |
- Former Military Leaders Say: 'Deceitful' China 'Cheating the System' |
- Rep. Mike McCaul: COVID 'Worst Cover-Up in Human History' |
- Rep. Mace: Cuomo Should Resign
Newsfront
- New York Dem Chair Calls for Cuomo to Resign
- Over Half NY Assembly Wants to Oust Cuomo If He Doesn't Quit
- Marist Poll: Most New Yorkers Want Gov. Cuomo to Resign
- Rudy Giuliani: Cuomo ‘May Be Guilty’ but Deserves Due Process
- Newsmax's Greg Kelly: 'Freaking Witch Hunt' Staged Against Cuomo |
- Criminal Probes Launched Against New York's Isolated Cuomo
- Biden Calls on Gov. Cuomo to Resign After AG Report |
1. Covid. Interesting data buried in the UK reports. The mortality rate from the delta variant for the unvaccinated is more than ten times lower than the mortality rate from the original Covid19. For the unvaccinated, the case fatality rate from the Delta variant is about 1 in 1000, and that includes the infirm and the health-vulnerable populations Covid continues to mostly impact. Of note, the vaccinated appeared to be less likely to get Covid, but of those that did, their mortality rate was actually higher than the unvaccinated in this data set. https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1001358/Variants_of_Concern_VOC_Technical_Briefing_18.pdf
2. Legal. The Canadian case that went viral does not appear to be what some thought it was. It appears a defendant fighting a covid-based fine served a subpoena on the government, but appears to have served it incorrectly. This led to a response of nothing to respond to, which the defendant misinterpreted as meaning no evidence existed that he had subpoenaed. The defendant then misinterpreted that to mean "the end" of all covid restrictions in the Alberta province. Unfortunately, it's likely just a case of a mis-served subpoena.
3. Economic. The infrastructure bill is trimmed down to less than Trump recommended. It includes about $550 billion in new spending, and that is spread out over 5 years; a $100B/year infrastructure spending will have little impact on a $23T economy. All the various Democratic goodies have been slowly and steadily stripped from the bill, as forecast by Baris & I. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/whats-really-inside-the-1-trillion-infrastructure-bill-heres-what-we-know-so-far/
4. Political. Even the left continues to concede Newsom's weakness, and the reasons for it -- the lockdowns, mask mandates, school closures, and other public health strategies Newsom led with Cuomo over the last year. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/poll-finds-support-for-gavin-newsom-recall-increased-over-past-2-weeks-are-mask-mandates-to-blame/ar-AAMTlt8?pfr=1
5. Cultural. Hollywood's disconnect from its fan base continues to haunt its box office, as most of their big releases, especially from woke Disney, look to lose $, and some as much as $100M+. Lebron James, king of woke celebrities, will see a $100M+ loss for his version of Space Jam. https://ombreviews.com/box-office-tracking/
Bonus News: Cuomo caught red-handed, and his defense was showing photos of Bill Clinton & Joe Biden being handsy!
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Don't give up on hope. Today will be remembered by AFL supporters for a round which was exciting, but featured a one off incident of a king hit on a player by another in line for the annual best and fairest award. The offending player will not get that award after breaking the jaw of an 18 year old player whom he had judged to have impeded him. Five games this round completed with less than a goal's difference. But it is the suspension worthy action that could see the player facing five months jail.
Today is the anniversary of the fall of Betar, 135 AD. Betar was the last village fortress to fall to Rome in the Bar Kokhba revolt. The revolt had begun after the governor had made plans to build a temple to Jupiter on the temple mount. This day had been Tisha B'Av, the anniversary of the fall of both the first temple, and the second temple sixty five years earlier. It was after this time Romans named the area Palestine.
Most reasonable people wrongly feel that Palestine was an ancient nation. Palestine was named by Rome after a rebellion called The Bar Kochba revolt of circa 135 AD. It described the homeland run by Jews. It remains the Jewish homeland, despite Rome and other nations removing Jews and dispersing them. Today, Japanese people have DNA in common with Jews from the time Babylonians sold them into slavery.
The reason for Palestine being called a homeland of modern Palestinians is recent. It is to do with a misreading of the Balfour Agreement and UN abrogation of responsibility, but it happened in 1967. In 1948, Israel came into being and Jordan (also a new state) invaded her. Israel and Jordan are the two states described in the Balfour agreement. Jordan was repelled by Israel, but Jordan suffered internal disputes as a result of broken promises contingent on success. Jordan had a civil war in which antagonists were Jordanians and Egyptians. The Jordanian/Egyptian group lost the civil war and fled to Lebanon, ruining Lebanon. One of the leaders, Yassir Arafat, made the ambit claim that ‘his’ people were Palestinians and entitled to half of Israel, including part of Jerusalem.
As part of the cold war, the Soviet Union exploited the numerous nations of Islam that were poor, counterbalancing Saudi Arabia, and Iraq which had US patronage. Egypt and Syria had military advisers from former Nazi Germany. By having a lot of nations onside, the Soviet Union was able to bully the US. The US became a de-facto patron of Israel, in cold war terms, although Israel is independent. None of the Islamic states wanted the civil war losers of Jordan who had wrecked Lebanon. So the UN involved herself and declared the so called Palestinians needed their own homeland, pointing to Balfour. Any child to a refugee born in any nation is automatically a citizen of that nation. Except Palestinians. The UN made that a sole exception and the result is multi generational refugee camps in what is termed ‘disputed lands.’ Israel did not want to claim Palestinians as their own. They had come from Jordan and Jordan’s King said that in 1981.
Further the Mosque built on the Temple Mount was never considered important to Islam until Yassir Arafat claimed Palestinian citizenship. Arafat was a terrorist who pioneered suicide belts and hostage taking on aircraft.
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. Recycling is done poorly in Dandenong. Local Council claims that it saves the world, and the council profits from recycling with processing being owned by council. However, despite council profiting, allegedly, the cost is higher for the rate payer and the benefit negligible. The processing in Dandenong is merely separation, something partly done at homes anyway. However, now that China no longer accepts our rubbish, or recycling, the world saving claim is moot. When one considers the most polluted rivers in the world, China figures, but Australia does not. It is an echo of the plastic bag issue of supermarkets. The 'cure' is overstated, where supermarkets show their Green credentials by selling plastic bags. We wait breathless in anticipation for McDonalds to sell plastic straws. It is called virtue signalling, where nothing worthwhile is done, but the irresponsible party is believed to have done something worthwhile. Dandenong could source land fill. It would be cheaper to ratepayers and less likely to pollute world waterways.
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.
I have been heartened recently to hear two who have called out negligent teaching practice. One mum famously called out Safe Schools and highlighted links have been deleted in response. And now a Tasmanian teacher has spoken out against the immoral Gonski scheme spending big for no return in educational standards. We don't need to spend big to improve schooling. But the crowded curriculum needs to dump safe schools.
It is painted as a religious war, but when Penda faced Oswald in 642, Mercia triumphed over Northumbria and Christians probably fought on both sides at the Battle of Maserfield. Wales was Welsh for a bit longer, and Oswald was taught a lesson no one faces the Welsh unless they know to sing the right tune and dance. In 910, Mercia and Wessex faced a Danish invasion. The Danes lost, and it became the last Danish invasion of England or Scotland. In 1305, William Wallace was captured by the English, soon to be executed. In 1583, the first English settlement was founded in America, now called Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1600, the bizarre case of the Gowrie Conspiracy occurred against Scottish King James VI, who would become James I of England in 1603. John Ruthven was protestant and a possible heir to Elizabeth I. He appears to have lured James to Gowrie House with the intent of kidnapping James. Instead, James killed him and his brother Alexander, and persecuted two younger brothers and abolished forever the name Ruthven. Another explanation is that James owed John lots of money.
The Gowrie conspiracy failed, and so by 1620, the Mayflower sailed with Pilgrims dreaming of religious tolerance. In 1735 a great moment for freedom of the press occurred when a New York Weekly journalist was acquitted of sedition against the royal governor of New York on the grounds what he had printed was true. The same might not occur in Australia today with section 18c not being removed by the government. In 1858, the first transatlantic cable was laid at great cost, but it only worked for less than a month. In 1861, on the same day the US army stopped flogging, the US government instituted a 3% income tax for the Civil War. In 1926, Harry Houdini performed his greatest feat, escaping from a secured water tank in 91 minutes. In 1941, following the Battle of Smolensk, Germany captured 300,000 Soviet soldiers, some of whom would be used to run concentration camps. In 1944, the biggest breakout of all time occurred when 545 Japanese charged a machine gun nest at Cowra. They would wander around the outback for a time before surrendering. Also in 1944, Polish insurgents liberate a labour camp, freeing 345 Jews, but Nazis began a week long massacre of possibly 100,000 POWs at Wola. In 1962, Nelson Mandela was jailed when JFK was President, and would not be released until George Bush was President in 1990. In 1974, a Democrat led US Congress would put a limit of one billion dollars on US aid to South Vietnam. In 1981, Reagan fired 11,359 striking air traffic controllers who had ignored his orders to return to work.
135 – Roman armies enter Betar, brutally slaughtering thousands and effectively ending the bar Kokhba revolt.
642 – Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and kills Oswald of Northumbria.
910 – The last major Danish army to raid England is defeated at the Battle of Tettenhallby the allied forces of Mercia and Wessex, led by King Edward the Elder and Æthelred, Lord of the Mercians.
939 – The Battle of Alhandic is fought between Ramiro II of León and Abd-ar-Rahman IIIat Zamora in the context of the Spanish Reconquista. The battle resulted in a victory for the Emirate of Córdoba.
1068 – Byzantine–Norman wars: Italo-Normans begin a nearly-three-year siege of Bari.
1100 – Henry I is crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
1278 – The Siege of Algeciras ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquistapitting the forces of the Kingdom of Castile against the Emirate of Granada. The battle resulted in a Granadan victory.
1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.
1388 – The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.
1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert establishes the first English colony in North America, at what is now St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
1600 – The Gowrie Conspiracy against King James VI of Scotland (later to become King James I of England) takes place.
1620 – The Mayflower departs from Southampton, England on its first attempt to reach North America.
1689 – Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
1716 – The Battle of Petrovaradin takes place.
1735 – Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he had published was true.
1763 – Pontiac's War: Battle of Bushy Run: British forces led by Henry Bouquetdefeat Chief Pontiac's Indians at Bushy Run.
1772 – The First Partition of Poland begins.
1781 – The Battle of Dogger Bank takes place.
1796 – The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.
1816 – The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
1824 – Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian naval forces in the Battle of Samos.
1858 – Cyrus West Field and others complete the first transatlantic telegraph cableafter several unsuccessful attempts. It will operate for less than a month.
1860 – Charles XV of Sweden of Sweden-Norway is crowned king of Norway in Trondheim.
1861 – American Civil War: In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levies the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% of all incomes over US $800; rescinded in 1872).
1861 – The United States Army abolishes flogging.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Baton Rouge: Along the Mississippi River near Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Confederate troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.
1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Mobile Bay begins at Mobile Bay near Mobile, Alabama, Admiral David Farragut leads a Union flotilla through Confederate defenses and seals one of the last major Southern ports.
1874 – Japan launches its postal savings system, modeled after a similar system in the United Kingdom.
1882 – The Standard Oil of New Jersey is established.
1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1888 – Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008.
1901 – Peter O'Connor sets the first IAAF recognised long jump world record of 24 ft 11.75 in (7.6137 m). The record will stand for 20 years.
1906 – Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, King of Iran, agrees to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy.
1914 – World War I: The German minelayer SS Königin Luise lays a minefield about 40 miles (64 km) off the Thames Estuary (Lowestoft). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser HMS Amphion.
1914 – World War I: The guns of Point Nepean fort at Port Phillip Heads in Victoria (Australia) fire across the bows of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer SS Pfalz which is attempting to leave the Port of Melbourne in ignorance of the declaration of war and she is detained; this is said to be the first Allied shot of the War.
1914 – In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1916 – World War I: Battle of Romani: Allied forces, under the command of Archibald Murray, defeat an attacking Ottoman army under the command of Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, securing the Suez Canal and beginning the Ottoman retreat from the Sinai Peninsula.
1925 – Plaid Cymru is formed with the aim of disseminating knowledge of the Welsh language that is at the time in danger of dying out.
1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1940 – World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia.
1941 – World War II: The Battle of Smolensk concludes with Germany capturing about 300,000 Soviet Red Army prisoners.
1944 – World War II: At least 1,104 Japanese POWs in Australia attempt to escape from a camp at Cowra, New South Wales; 545 temporarily succeed but are later killed, commit suicide, or are recaptured.
1944 – World War II: Polish insurgents liberate a German labor camp (Gęsiówka) in Warsaw, freeing 348 Jewish prisoners.
1944 – World War II: The Nazis begin a week-long massacre of between 40,000 and 50,000 civilians and prisoners of war in Wola, Poland.
1949 – In Ecuador, an earthquake destroys 50 towns and kills more than 6,000.
1957 – American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABCtelevision network.
1958 – Herbert Hoover eclipses John Adams as having the longest retirement of any former U.S President until that time. Hoover would live another six years, his record of 31 years, seven months and 16 days of retirement has since been eclipsed by Jimmy Carter.
1960 – Burkina Faso, then known as Upper Volta, becomes independent from France.
1962 – Apartheid in South Africa: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
1963 – The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union sign a nuclear test ban treaty.
1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 begins as Pakistani soldiers cross the Line of Control dressed as locals.
1971 – The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
1974 – Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
1979 – In Afghanistan, Maoists undertake an attempted military uprising.
1981 – President Ronald Reagan fires 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1989 – General elections are held in Nicaragua with the Sandinista National Liberation Front winning a majority.
1995 – Yugoslav Wars: The city of Knin, Croatia, a significant Serb stronghold, is captured by Croatian forces during Operation Storm. The date is celebrated in Croatia as Victory Day.
2003 – A car bomb explodes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta outside the Marriott Hotel killing 12 and injuring 150.
2010 – The Copiapó mining accident occurs, trapping 33 Chilean miners approximately 2,300 ft (700 m) below the ground.
2010 – Ten members of International Assistance Mission Nuristan Eye Camp team are killed by persons unknown in Kuran wa Munjan District of Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
2012 – The Oak Creek shooting took place at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, killing six people; the perpetrator was shot dead by police.
2015 – The Environmental Protection Agency at Gold King Mine waste water spillreleases 3 million gallons of heavy metal toxin tailings and waste water into the Animas River in Colorado.
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Today's reading: Psalm 66-67, Romans 7 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 66-67
For the director of music. A song. A psalm.
1 Shout for joy to God, all the earth!
2 Sing the glory of his name;
make his praise glorious.
3 Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds!
So great is your power
that your enemies cringe before you.
4 All the earth bows down to you;
they sing praise to you,
they sing the praises of your name."
Today's New Testament reading: Romans 7
Released From the Law, Bound to Christ
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Evening
Haggai 2:17
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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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