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.
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 Romans 15:14-33
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done— by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation. Rather, as it is written:
“Those who were not told about him will see,
and those who have not heard will understand.”
This is why I have often been hindered from coming to you.
Paul’s Plan to Visit Rome
But now that there is no more place for me to work in these regions, and since I have been longing for many years to visit you, I plan to do so when I go to Spain. I hope to see you while passing through and to have you assist me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. Now, however, I am on my way to Jerusalem in the service of the Lord’s people there. For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem. They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in the Jews’ spiritual blessings, they owe it to the Jews to share with them their material blessings. So after I have completed this task and have made sure that they have received this contribution, I will go to Spain and visit you on the way. I know that when I come to you, I will come in the full measure of the blessing of Christ.
I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed. The God of peace be with you all. Amen.
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Biden must resign now because of this Afghanistan debacle. In this episode, I discuss the ongoing disaster in Kabul and I show troubling video of the chaos.
Biden Ignores Questions and Retreats to Camp David After Afghanistan Address
SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Calls for General Milley to Resign
Taliban Reportedly Conducting “Door-to-Door” Searches for U.S. Collaborators
1,000 More U.S. Troops Ordered to Afghanistan
Biden’s First Months in Office Have Been Among America’s Worst
Former VP Pence: Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster a Dark Hour in U.S. History
Capitol Hill
Biden to Address the Nation “In Next Few Days”
Biden Photo at Camp David Raises Red Flags About His Whereabouts
Biden Is Already Squaring Off With His Potential Competition in 2024
Flashback: Biden Overruled Top Military Commanders on Afghanistan Withdrawal – VP Harris Played “Key Role”
Biden Admin’s Advice to Americans Trapped in Kabul: Hide
Trump Calls on Biden to Resign Over Afghanistan Disaster
Sen. Cotton Offers Aid to Americans Stranded in Afghanistan
Biden Promised Kabul Wouldn’t Turn Into the Fall of Saigon – Pictures From Both Disasters Look Identical
Gov. Cuomo’s Successor Says She’ll Cooperate With COVID Nursing Home Probe
Culture War
Taliban Tweets Out Updates While Trump Remains Banned From Platform
House Dems in “Difficult Position” Over Infrastructure Bill Due to Successful Senate Republican Amendments
TV Coverage of Biden’s Border Crisis Drops 96% Despite Being Worse Than Ever
Texas to Become the First State to Make Buying Sex a Felony
Redistricting Commission Supported by Michigan Dems Ends Up Leaving Their Party Worse Off
MSNBC Describes Taliban Takeover as “Relatively Peaceful”
Harvard Professor Somehow Manages to Blame Fall of Kabul on Kristi Noem
Antifa Fanatics Clash With “Choose Freedom” Protesters in Los Angeles
New Book Reveals Google Rewrote News Algorithm to Target Trump
Economy
Rural Population Decline Adds to Farm and Ranch Labor Shortage
New Zealand to Be First Asia-Pacific Country to Raise Interest Rates in Pandemic-Era
Dems Drop Plan to Ban Payment for Order Flow
Biden Admin to Permanently Boost Food Stamp Benefits 30%
NYC’s Vaccine Mandate Presents Latest Challenge for Restaurants
More Cuban Officials Sanctioned by U.S.
Unemployment Isn’t Falling for Black and Hispanic Workers in the Biden Economy
Fed Officials Weigh Tapering by Mid-2022
Crypto Market Tops $2 Trillion in Value for First Time Since May
Swamp Watch
Pelosi Praises Biden’s Foreign Policy as Afghanistan Is Lost to Terrorist Organization
Gov. Cuomo Accuser Says NY Assembly Speaker Took “Cowards Way Out” by Ending Impeachment Probe
Seattle Terminates Contract With Pimp They Hired to Be “Street Czar”
Jake Tapper Grills Antony Blinken on Afghanistan Exit
Rep. Nunes Scores Win as Judge Allows Defamation Suit Against Washington Post to Proceed
Dr. Fauci: Put Aside All of These Issues of Concern About Liberties
Fauci Emails Show EcoHealth’s Daszak Admitting Collaboration With CCP Virologists
National Security
The DHS Is Ignoring Requests for Info on Where Illegals Are Being Sent
China State Media Cites Afghanistan Disaster as Excuse to Take Over Taiwan
China and Russia Court the Taliban
U.S. Suspends Evacuation Flights From Kabul as Airport Descends Into Chaos
World Leaders React to Taliban Taking Kabul
NATO Is a Dead Man Walking After Afghanistan Debacle
Don’t Ignore the CIA’s Intelligence Failure on Afghanistan
China Engaged in “Breathtaking” Nuclear Breakout
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Refers to Kabul Embassy Evacuation as “Orderly”
Around the World
Uzbekistan Shoots Down Afghan Military Jet
Boris Johnson in July: “There Is No Military Path to Victory for the Taliban”
Afghan President Ghani Claims He Left Country In Order to Avoid Bloodshed
Former General Petraeus: Biden Responsible for His “Catastrophic” Afghanistan Withdrawal
UK Says Taliban Should Not Be Recognized as Legitimate Afghan Government
Vulnerable Dems Try to Save Themselves By Blasting Biden’s Failed Afghanistan Withdrawal
Taliban Officials Say There Will Be No Transitional Government in Afghanistan
Opinion
Derek Hunter: Don’t Ever Believe For One Second That Liberals Give A Damn
Michael Goodwin: So Long to This at-Odds Couple
Ken Blackwell: Election Integrity Reform Is Key to Preventing A Socialist Takeover of America
Debra Saunders: Beware the Street Name Police
Pat McGeehan: The Pitiful Fall of Western Principle
NY Post Editorial Board: Inflation Keeps Growing, but Dems Won’t Stop Spending
Jenny Beth Martin: Masking School Children Is Abuse
Entertainment
Larry David Admits to Being “Relieved” to Be Uninvited From Obama’s Birthday Bash
Debra Winger Quit “A League of Their Own” Due to Madonna Casting
Bill Maher Has Zero Confidence Spending Bills Actually Cost What Everyone Says They Do
Former Employee of Jeffrey Epstein May Testify Against Prince Andrew in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Broadway Superstar Laura Osnes Fired From Show After Refusing Coronavirus Vaccine
LiveNation Will Require Vaccinations for Concertgoers “Everywhere Possible”
Shia LaBeouf Cast as Saint Just Months After Abuse Allegations Led to Break From Acting
Sports
Giants Taking It Slow With First-Round Pick
Diamondbacks’ Gilbert Pitches No-Hitter in First Start of His Career
Little League World Series Banning General Admission Because of Coronavirus
Yankees Ace Perplexed by Coronavirus Outbreak Among Team
Trey Lance Throws Long Touchdown Pass Before 49ers Lose to Chiefs 19-16
Following “Emotional Journey”, Muhammad Ali’s Grandson Wins Pro Boxing Debut
Mets Squander Taijaun Walker’s Amazing Game, Fall to Dodgers in 10
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lindseygraham-taliban-terrorism-bidenfailure/2021/08/16/id/1032606/?oRef=mixi
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For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, perhaps from a hunger strike.
986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samueland Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
1186 – Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styriaand Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
1386 – Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
1424 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
1498 – Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentines.
1549 – Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
1560 – The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is establishedas the national religion in Scotland.
1585 – Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
1585 – A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
1597 – Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleighset sail on an expedition to the Azores.
1668 – A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
1717 – Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
1723 – Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
1740 – Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
1784 – Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
1798 – The Vietnamese Roman Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1862 – American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakotawarriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
1862 – American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1863 – American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
1866 – The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
1914 – World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
1915 – Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered in Marietta, Georgia.
1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1942 – World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
1943 – World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Pattonarrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
1953 – Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
1958 – Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquakenear Hebgen Lake in Montana.
1962 – Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
1970 – Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1977 – The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
1988 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1991 – Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
1999 – The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
2009 – An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
2015 – A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
News Picks:
- Afghanistan falls while Biden is on vacation,
- General Milley must resign.
- The new DHS list of terror threats should raise all kinds of eyebrows.
- Former ambassador to Afghanistan scolds the hapless Biden administration.
- Jen Psaki is on vacation as Afghanistan collapses.
- Clueless Francis Collins calls a mask a “life saving device.”
- Another deranged media Covid narrative falls apart when looking at the data.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Finally Returns From Vacation to Address His Catastrophic Failure in Afghanistan – Accepts No Responsibility READ MOREBiden Ignores Questions and Retreats to Camp David After Afghanistan Address
SEAL Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Calls for General Milley to Resign
Taliban Reportedly Conducting “Door-to-Door” Searches for U.S. Collaborators
1,000 More U.S. Troops Ordered to Afghanistan
Biden’s First Months in Office Have Been Among America’s Worst
Former VP Pence: Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster a Dark Hour in U.S. History
Capitol Hill
Biden to Address the Nation “In Next Few Days”
Biden Photo at Camp David Raises Red Flags About His Whereabouts
Biden Is Already Squaring Off With His Potential Competition in 2024
Flashback: Biden Overruled Top Military Commanders on Afghanistan Withdrawal – VP Harris Played “Key Role”
Biden Admin’s Advice to Americans Trapped in Kabul: Hide
Trump Calls on Biden to Resign Over Afghanistan Disaster
Sen. Cotton Offers Aid to Americans Stranded in Afghanistan
Biden Promised Kabul Wouldn’t Turn Into the Fall of Saigon – Pictures From Both Disasters Look Identical
Gov. Cuomo’s Successor Says She’ll Cooperate With COVID Nursing Home Probe
Culture War
Taliban Tweets Out Updates While Trump Remains Banned From Platform
House Dems in “Difficult Position” Over Infrastructure Bill Due to Successful Senate Republican Amendments
TV Coverage of Biden’s Border Crisis Drops 96% Despite Being Worse Than Ever
Texas to Become the First State to Make Buying Sex a Felony
Redistricting Commission Supported by Michigan Dems Ends Up Leaving Their Party Worse Off
MSNBC Describes Taliban Takeover as “Relatively Peaceful”
Harvard Professor Somehow Manages to Blame Fall of Kabul on Kristi Noem
Antifa Fanatics Clash With “Choose Freedom” Protesters in Los Angeles
New Book Reveals Google Rewrote News Algorithm to Target Trump
Economy
Rural Population Decline Adds to Farm and Ranch Labor Shortage
New Zealand to Be First Asia-Pacific Country to Raise Interest Rates in Pandemic-Era
Dems Drop Plan to Ban Payment for Order Flow
Biden Admin to Permanently Boost Food Stamp Benefits 30%
NYC’s Vaccine Mandate Presents Latest Challenge for Restaurants
More Cuban Officials Sanctioned by U.S.
Unemployment Isn’t Falling for Black and Hispanic Workers in the Biden Economy
Fed Officials Weigh Tapering by Mid-2022
Crypto Market Tops $2 Trillion in Value for First Time Since May
Swamp Watch
Pelosi Praises Biden’s Foreign Policy as Afghanistan Is Lost to Terrorist Organization
Gov. Cuomo Accuser Says NY Assembly Speaker Took “Cowards Way Out” by Ending Impeachment Probe
Seattle Terminates Contract With Pimp They Hired to Be “Street Czar”
Jake Tapper Grills Antony Blinken on Afghanistan Exit
Rep. Nunes Scores Win as Judge Allows Defamation Suit Against Washington Post to Proceed
Dr. Fauci: Put Aside All of These Issues of Concern About Liberties
Fauci Emails Show EcoHealth’s Daszak Admitting Collaboration With CCP Virologists
National Security
The DHS Is Ignoring Requests for Info on Where Illegals Are Being Sent
China State Media Cites Afghanistan Disaster as Excuse to Take Over Taiwan
China and Russia Court the Taliban
U.S. Suspends Evacuation Flights From Kabul as Airport Descends Into Chaos
World Leaders React to Taliban Taking Kabul
NATO Is a Dead Man Walking After Afghanistan Debacle
Don’t Ignore the CIA’s Intelligence Failure on Afghanistan
China Engaged in “Breathtaking” Nuclear Breakout
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Refers to Kabul Embassy Evacuation as “Orderly”
Around the World
Uzbekistan Shoots Down Afghan Military Jet
Boris Johnson in July: “There Is No Military Path to Victory for the Taliban”
Afghan President Ghani Claims He Left Country In Order to Avoid Bloodshed
Former General Petraeus: Biden Responsible for His “Catastrophic” Afghanistan Withdrawal
UK Says Taliban Should Not Be Recognized as Legitimate Afghan Government
Vulnerable Dems Try to Save Themselves By Blasting Biden’s Failed Afghanistan Withdrawal
Taliban Officials Say There Will Be No Transitional Government in Afghanistan
Opinion
Derek Hunter: Don’t Ever Believe For One Second That Liberals Give A Damn
Michael Goodwin: So Long to This at-Odds Couple
Ken Blackwell: Election Integrity Reform Is Key to Preventing A Socialist Takeover of America
Debra Saunders: Beware the Street Name Police
Pat McGeehan: The Pitiful Fall of Western Principle
NY Post Editorial Board: Inflation Keeps Growing, but Dems Won’t Stop Spending
Jenny Beth Martin: Masking School Children Is Abuse
Entertainment
Larry David Admits to Being “Relieved” to Be Uninvited From Obama’s Birthday Bash
Debra Winger Quit “A League of Their Own” Due to Madonna Casting
Bill Maher Has Zero Confidence Spending Bills Actually Cost What Everyone Says They Do
Former Employee of Jeffrey Epstein May Testify Against Prince Andrew in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Broadway Superstar Laura Osnes Fired From Show After Refusing Coronavirus Vaccine
LiveNation Will Require Vaccinations for Concertgoers “Everywhere Possible”
Shia LaBeouf Cast as Saint Just Months After Abuse Allegations Led to Break From Acting
Sports
Giants Taking It Slow With First-Round Pick
Diamondbacks’ Gilbert Pitches No-Hitter in First Start of His Career
Little League World Series Banning General Admission Because of Coronavirus
Yankees Ace Perplexed by Coronavirus Outbreak Among Team
Trey Lance Throws Long Touchdown Pass Before 49ers Lose to Chiefs 19-16
Following “Emotional Journey”, Muhammad Ali’s Grandson Wins Pro Boxing Debut
Mets Squander Taijaun Walker’s Amazing Game, Fall to Dodgers in 10
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Newsmax TV
- Trump Slams 'Grossly Incompetent Way' Biden Left Afghanistan
- China's Foreign Minister Slams 'Hurried' US Withdrawal
- US, UN Security Council Calls on Taliban to Include Women in Govt |
- Biden Not Giving Americans Priority in Afghanistan Evacuation
- Sen. Warner Vows 'Tough but Necessary' Questions
- McConnell: Biden Ignored Warnings on Taliban, 'and Owns It'
- Biden: 'I Stand Squarely Behind' US Pullout From Afghanistan
- Frantic Scenes, Halted Flights as Afghans Try to Flee Taliban
- Billions Spent on Afghan Army Ultimately Benefitted Taliban
Newsfront
- Reps Issa and Tenney: Biden Ignored Repercussions and Warnings of Afghanistan Pullout |
- Gen. Jeffrey Schloesser: President Put Us 'in Jeopardy' |
- Rep. Donalds: Biden Should Resign Over Afghanistan |
- Mark Krikorian: Biden May Not Be Able To Limit Afghan Refugees |
- Pete King: Biden's 'Arrogance' Led to Afghanistan's Fall |
- Harvard Medical Professor: Vax Mandates Create Distrust |
In an interview on the Goal website's "All of US: The U.S. Women's [Full Story]
A group of Black conservatives has penned an open letter to the nation's school boards urging them to teach a curriculum that rejects the principles of critical race theory, instead focusing on "individual responsibility and strength in the face of adversity."... [Full Story]
1. Covid. A yet to be released study out of Japan shows vaccine efficacy, as measured by the body's own antibodies, mostly disappears by six months. Of note, many studies are not measuring that information, and instead focusing on covid infectiousness, which piggybacks off of the general trend with covid, rather than whether the vaccine is the source of any covid protection. https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/its-a-good-day-for-vietnam-analogies
2. Legal. Texas Supreme Court overrules Austin court's attempt to overturn the Governor in favor of Austin's mask mandate. https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/orders-opinions/2021/august/august-15-2021/
3. Economic. New York manufacturing index falls way short of expectations. https://seekingalpha.com/news/3730710-empire-state-manufacturing-index
4. Political. Newsom recall is still tight, tight, tight. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I50LLKPg-nOZdhn8Qa7zziU3i1MZl3SD/view
5. Cultural. The only big budget movie on pace to make a definite profit since the pandemic is Godzilla vs. Kong. https://ombreviews.com/box-office-tracking/
- bonus: Court says you can't sue if you can't prove the ashes the funeral home gave you were not the ashes of your loved one, while another suit in Baltimore for another empty urn when two women showed up, both saying they were the wife of the deceased. https://www.courthousenews.com/court-tosses-cremation-suit-for-lack-of-evidence/ https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-prem-md-ci-wylie-funeral-home-lawsuit-20210812-b3oebwfm5zafnb3njv4barvjxm-story.html
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Here is a video I made Advance Australia Fair
"Advance Australia Fair" is the official national anthem of Australia. Created by the Scottishborn composer, Peter Dodds McCormick, the song was first performed in 1878, but did not gain its status as the official anthem until 1984. Until then, the song was sung in Australia as a patriotic song. In order for the song to become the anthem, it had to face a vote between the Royal anthem God Save the Queen, the "unofficial anthem" Waltzing Matilda and Song of Australia. Other songs and marches have been influenced from Advance Australia Fair, such as the Australian Vice-Regal salute.
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Malcolm Turnbull's awful tenure as Prime Minister is coming to an end. Some are saying he is the worst Liberal Prime Minister Australia has had, but that is premature to say. In rolling Gorton, McMahon gifted Whitlam time in office. An equivalent would be if Shorten was given three terms by Turnbull, which Turnbull may yet achieve, but has not yet. What Turnbull could do, were he a competent businessman, he would stand down and let the party select a successor. But Turnbull is not competent in business either. Turnbull owes the Clinton Foundation his position, and he won't be allowed to walk away with assigning another Clinton shill. The obvious choice is Julie Bishop. Bishop is not competent either and has contacts with Clinton Foundation through foreign aid rorts.
The honour system within conservative ranks means loyalty is important. Abbott got the leadership cleanly last time, by not being the instigator of Turnbull fumbling, but Hockey had taken the lead. Abbott only stood up after Hockey tanked, after Turnbull declared a spill. Abbott (or Dutton) have to give Turnbull the opportunity to be honourable. Turnbull will, on past performance, dither. Back benchers are being chewed up and will lose seats thanks to Turnbull and his policies. At the moment, only Abbott is capable of bridging the divide and healing the rift, Turnbull rent, by being gracious. But Bishop is untenable as deputy leader. Once the Turnbull/Bishop leadership team are quashed, there needs to be an investigation into their corrupt practice. Only Abbott can stand in the divide and prevent such an inquiry. A lot of foreign aid money corresponds with unlikely polls showing Turnbull as beneficiary.
I'm contributing to QUORA, a question and answer site that can be a bit addictive.
Why was school created?
Much discussion has gone into the beginnings of civilisation. Nomadic hunters gave way to farmers, only people were nomadic hunters and others were farmers. There was competition and today the world includes both farmers and nomads. Overwhelmingly, farmers have been more successful. Also rooted in prehistory was when families gathered together to form towns and cities. Did the first city ever have defensive walls? In South America, a very early city, first in the region, formed when fishers and farmers sort of merged. And the habitations had things like classrooms. It is prehistorical and we don’t know the social structure of the time. Throughout history, classroom teaching is rare. The current standard only arose at the end of the seventeenth century with the competing Madras and Lancastrian systems of bootstrapping allowing teachers to be trained to meet the need of industry. Before then, schooling was not mandatory.
Schooling began in the US to educate children to be citizens of a democracy. In the UK it began to let children sign their own names, and possibly do sums. The Catholic Church adopted a program in opposition to the Anglican Church.
The amazing story of why we have school today as it is is known. It involves an orphanage of British soldiers in Madras in 1792. An Orphanage Principal, Dr Andrew Bell, asked a ten year old student to instruct some younger ones. The boy’s name is known, and included in “Gladman’s Control and Teaching” (Gladman, JF (1886), School Work Control and Teaching Organisation and Principles of Education, Jarrold & Sons).
In early standards for schooling Pythagoras had students and paid students to learn with him. Universities began when monks copying bibles and growing crops, diversified. Chinese peoples began public service exams about 500 AD. To pass them, one needed to go to ..
A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. On her ALP news feed, Williams has announced the ALP are spending $165k on planning a hub for national employment and innovation cluster. The pork barrel won't do anything except pay for public servants who don't do anything. It is part of the ALP's budget to spend $24 million on streamlining for growth program. If I'm elected, I'll cut such pork barres in favour of cutting red tape impeding trade. With more trade comes employment which returns higher tax receipts as locals earn more and spend more.
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'm contributing to QUORA, a question and answer site that can be a bit addictive.
Why was school created?
Much discussion has gone into the beginnings of civilisation. Nomadic hunters gave way to farmers, only people were nomadic hunters and others were farmers. There was competition and today the world includes both farmers and nomads. Overwhelmingly, farmers have been more successful. Also rooted in prehistory was when families gathered together to form towns and cities. Did the first city ever have defensive walls? In South America, a very early city, first in the region, formed when fishers and farmers sort of merged. And the habitations had things like classrooms. It is prehistorical and we don’t know the social structure of the time. Throughout history, classroom teaching is rare. The current standard only arose at the end of the seventeenth century with the competing Madras and Lancastrian systems of bootstrapping allowing teachers to be trained to meet the need of industry. Before then, schooling was not mandatory.
Schooling began in the US to educate children to be citizens of a democracy. In the UK it began to let children sign their own names, and possibly do sums. The Catholic Church adopted a program in opposition to the Anglican Church.
The amazing story of why we have school today as it is is known. It involves an orphanage of British soldiers in Madras in 1792. An Orphanage Principal, Dr Andrew Bell, asked a ten year old student to instruct some younger ones. The boy’s name is known, and included in “Gladman’s Control and Teaching” (Gladman, JF (1886), School Work Control and Teaching Organisation and Principles of Education, Jarrold & Sons).
In early standards for schooling Pythagoras had students and paid students to learn with him. Universities began when monks copying bibles and growing crops, diversified. Chinese peoples began public service exams about 500 AD. To pass them, one needed to go to ..
A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. On her ALP news feed, Williams has announced the ALP are spending $165k on planning a hub for national employment and innovation cluster. The pork barrel won't do anything except pay for public servants who don't do anything. It is part of the ALP's budget to spend $24 million on streamlining for growth program. If I'm elected, I'll cut such pork barres in favour of cutting red tape impeding trade. With more trade comes employment which returns higher tax receipts as locals earn more and spend more.
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. A young woman from China, studying in Australia and living with family, was killed by her uncle. She was 25 years old. He had obsessed over her, taking liberties, picturing her while she showered or bathed unaware. He even filmed himself masturbating over her while she slept. He filmed her just before he killed her, stabbing her some 20 times and dumping her body in a watering hole. He had broken many laws before he killed her. Her mother is devastated by the loss, and our community is weakened by the atrocity. By way of contrast, a primary school in an upmarket NSW suburb has shown a school play to parents. Children as young as 5, as old as 12, dressed as Catholic nuns torturing Aboriginal children. Some children held aloft signs marked "sorry." Parents wanting to applaud their own children had to face a grotesque lie, a repeated meme of a stolen generation that never was. School teachers are supposed to be balanced, but the material is unhinged. The truth is former PM Kevin Rudd spent hundreds of millions of dollars on a lie about Australia being founded by invasion in 1788. There are well paid vested interests who repeat that lie. The law had been broken before that play was brought to stage. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes .. who watches the watchers?
On this day in 309 an emperor of Rome banished a Pope to Sicily where they apparently died from a hunger strike. In 1424, the Battle of Verneuil, England defeated France for a short time. In 1498, Cesare Borgia became the first person in history to resign as Cardinal, voluntarily. On the same day, French King Louis XII made him Duke of Valentinois. In 1549 the Battle of Sampford Courtenay - the Prayer Book Rebellion was quashed. In 1560, Scotland embraced Protestantism. In 1585, Antwerp fell in the Siege by Spanish forces, and all Protestants were ordered to leave, which a hundred thousand did. On the same day, Roanoke colony was founded in the New World. In 1771, James Robertson climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland, the first recorded successful attempt. In 1807, a New York commercial steam boat sailed the Hudson. In 1896, A Benz car ran over Bridget Driscoll in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, becoming the world's first motoring fatality. In 1908, the first animated film was shown, Fantasmagorie, in Paris. In 1915, A Jewish businessman was lynched for the alleged murder of a 13 year old girl. Seventy years later he was pardoned by the US state of Georgia. A list of names of his killers was released in 2000, showing the lynchers were prominent citizens, including a former governor. In 1943, The US Eighth Air Force lost sixty bombers on a run over Germany. On the same day, Patton and Montgomery met in Sicily, having captured it. In 1945, Sukarno began a revolt in Indonesia. In 1953 the first meeting of Narcotics anonymous was held in California. In 1959, Miles Davis released Kind of Blue. In 1962, East German border guards killed eighteen year old Peter Fechter as he fled. In 1980, Azaria Chamberlain disappeared at Ayer's Rock. In 1998, Clinton admitted he lied about not having sex with Monica. In 2008, Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
On this day in 309 an emperor of Rome banished a Pope to Sicily where they apparently died from a hunger strike. In 1424, the Battle of Verneuil, England defeated France for a short time. In 1498, Cesare Borgia became the first person in history to resign as Cardinal, voluntarily. On the same day, French King Louis XII made him Duke of Valentinois. In 1549 the Battle of Sampford Courtenay - the Prayer Book Rebellion was quashed. In 1560, Scotland embraced Protestantism. In 1585, Antwerp fell in the Siege by Spanish forces, and all Protestants were ordered to leave, which a hundred thousand did. On the same day, Roanoke colony was founded in the New World. In 1771, James Robertson climbed Ben Nevis in Scotland, the first recorded successful attempt. In 1807, a New York commercial steam boat sailed the Hudson. In 1896, A Benz car ran over Bridget Driscoll in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, becoming the world's first motoring fatality. In 1908, the first animated film was shown, Fantasmagorie, in Paris. In 1915, A Jewish businessman was lynched for the alleged murder of a 13 year old girl. Seventy years later he was pardoned by the US state of Georgia. A list of names of his killers was released in 2000, showing the lynchers were prominent citizens, including a former governor. In 1943, The US Eighth Air Force lost sixty bombers on a run over Germany. On the same day, Patton and Montgomery met in Sicily, having captured it. In 1945, Sukarno began a revolt in Indonesia. In 1953 the first meeting of Narcotics anonymous was held in California. In 1959, Miles Davis released Kind of Blue. In 1962, East German border guards killed eighteen year old Peter Fechter as he fled. In 1980, Azaria Chamberlain disappeared at Ayer's Rock. In 1998, Clinton admitted he lied about not having sex with Monica. In 2008, Michael Phelps became the first person to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
=== from 2016 ===
It is readily conceded that Christine Nixon failed to show leadership during Victoria's murderous bushfires. In her defence, the bushfires were worse than they should have been because of a lack of back burning. She had been helpless, and responded to that by going to dinner and turning off her phone. The NSW Police Chief, Andrew Scipione, has admitted an almost identical response today to the inquest in the Lindt Cafe siege. On August 18th last year, it was revealed resentment by the police with the public prosecutor had been evident as Man Monis was bailed despite concerns of serious violent crimes. When the siege was ongoing, Scipione delegated to a trusted senior officer. After all, there was nothing he could do. Sadly, the trusted senior officer wasn't much chop either. All they could do was tick boxes and hope their bottoms were covered. A terrorist aspirant met a bureaucrat and two innocent bystanders were scared before they were killed. No senior bureaucrat wants to admit failure. For example, the Vietnamese Government have cancelled Australia's Long Tan celebrations. But then the same government, fifty years ago, sent hundreds to their deaths rushing a fortified position held by a desperate few. Today, Scipione told the inquest his order to delete an email critical of the police was not because the email was critical of the police. One is sure the Vietnamese Government would nod.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
The sledging by Kyrgios was unsporting and should see him banned from representing Australia. But it may not. The sledging of Dyson Heydron is appalling and should have no affect on the royal commission he heads. The royal commission should report in December and be accepted by parliament in this term of government. There is nothing the ALP can do to further hide the corruption of labor unions except demand the good judge resign, which no responsible person would. Even following the next election, should the ALP win, they will be able to do nothing to deny the facts determined by the Royal Commission. And it is ugly for the ALP, for Labor Unions and for Bill Shorten. Already it is apparent union corruption involving their leaders creating slush funds and employing stand over tactics to embezzle money from industry will be found going back over twenty years. Shorten has apparently used Workchoices to do exactly as he has despised of Workchoices, only, it was illegal. It is ironic that Shorten's transgression of Workchoices has him hoist on his own petard. While Kyrgios behaved in bad taste, it is apparent Shorten has transgressed law and will have to answer for it. And that is before the royal commission has handed down her findings.
The opposition to the royal commission is reminiscent of another one that investigated the Penny Easton affair. At that time, Carmen Lawrence, the first female Premier of WA, was embarrassed that she had used parliament to torment a private citizen who later suicided, Penny Easton. Penny was a single mother and lawyer. As a 19 yo, she had married a friends father, industrialist and ALP backer Brian Easton. Regardless of why, they later divorced. Brian had apparently asked Carmen to table documents in parliament highly prejudicial to the divorce for Penny. Penny was faced with losing her children and her work as a lawyer and had no legal recourse. Worse, ALP adoring press persecuted her, at one time filming her in her own garage and making accusations and heckling her. She suicided. Confronted with what she had done, Carmen on the stand before a royal commission, summoned all her experience in earning a PhD and becoming premier. She said she forgot the details. By way of contrast, when Shorten faced Dyson, he too forgot the salient details. Even so, ALP moved to protect Lawrence by opposing the royal commission. One press obfuscation was the claim nobody is responsible for another's choice to suicide. It was partly right. Lawrence is nobody. Now the press are putting out that a strong union can take money directly from workers, in their name, without their knowing, and allow them to have worse working conditions than if there had not been a union.
The opposition to the royal commission is reminiscent of another one that investigated the Penny Easton affair. At that time, Carmen Lawrence, the first female Premier of WA, was embarrassed that she had used parliament to torment a private citizen who later suicided, Penny Easton. Penny was a single mother and lawyer. As a 19 yo, she had married a friends father, industrialist and ALP backer Brian Easton. Regardless of why, they later divorced. Brian had apparently asked Carmen to table documents in parliament highly prejudicial to the divorce for Penny. Penny was faced with losing her children and her work as a lawyer and had no legal recourse. Worse, ALP adoring press persecuted her, at one time filming her in her own garage and making accusations and heckling her. She suicided. Confronted with what she had done, Carmen on the stand before a royal commission, summoned all her experience in earning a PhD and becoming premier. She said she forgot the details. By way of contrast, when Shorten faced Dyson, he too forgot the salient details. Even so, ALP moved to protect Lawrence by opposing the royal commission. One press obfuscation was the claim nobody is responsible for another's choice to suicide. It was partly right. Lawrence is nobody. Now the press are putting out that a strong union can take money directly from workers, in their name, without their knowing, and allow them to have worse working conditions than if there had not been a union.
From 2014
The choice of who to include in the 'Born on this Day' list is not a science. Generally the desire is to celebrate great achievements and so kings, presidents, killers are generally not included. Today two names have been included for their achievements which were not worthwhile. An ambitious but not very competent man, of humble origins, Mark Felt (1913-2008) rose to Deputy Director of the FBI, having started his working life in a Democrat office (Senator James P Pope Democrat for Idaho), collected a legal credential from night work ('41) and getting a job as investigator for the Federal Trade Commission. He felt dissatisfied with his work, so he applied for the FBI and joined in January '42. Initially, Felt was posted all over the place so as to give him, along with any agent, wide experience in the field. During WW2, Felt worked in espionage and fed misinformation to the Nazis through a captured spy. After WW2, he worked several offices doing routine jobs. Felt began supervising operations into organised crime. He was promoted by Hoover to assistant director and had a reputation of being tough on agents while pandering to other assistant directors. When Hoover died, Nixon passed over Felt twice for promotion. Then Deep Throat began leaking about Watergate. Only we now know Felt was Deep Throat and that the issue was sexed up for public consumption. The Watergate scandal occurred after the prosecution scandal involved with the Weather Underground where terrorist bombers avoided prosecution because the FBI overstepped their surveillance. Felt was involved with that too, and one previously unasked question is was Felt responsible for sabotaging the Weather Underground case? Under Carter, Felt was prosecuted for authorising agents overstepping surveillance. Reagan pardoned him. Nixon sent him a bottle of wine and a note with the message "Justice ultimately prevails." Felt denied he was Deep Throat until 2005, when he felt he might profit from it. He had perverted the course of justice, but never got to be the Director of the FBI.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr (1914-88) was the fifth child of his father President FDR, and considered to be most like him of his siblings. "He had father's looks, his speaking voice, his smile, his charm, his charisma." His dad had done his best to run the US into the ground and had committed atrocities as war leader that would never be prosecuted. The son was not so gifted. In WW2, he had naval service where he often stood as honour guard for his dad. When faced with action, he once carried a wounded sailor to sick bay and was awarded for it. After the war, he chose politics. He was reliable in terms of denouncing people who strayed from the party line, as when a sibling wrote an autobiography, but he was not reliable in being in his seat for legislation and that cost him the opportunity for promotion within Democrat ranks.
Andrew Bolt asked a reasonable question as to why Qantas would pursue a racist line in calling for constitutional change. The Federal Government has opened discussion on the issue, Mr Abbott favouring a small change to the constitution, Qantas favouring a large change which defines and divides Australians by race. Emmerson called Bolt racist when Bolt asked his opinion on the issue. Emmerson failed to contribute to the discussion and his abuse of Bolt under the thin veneer of the 18c prosecution which did not find Bolt was racist is disgusting. The sad truth is that the ALP has no policy on any issue but opposition to government policy. The ugly incident highlights what IPA's Roskam acknowledged that media are opposed to Government policy. What Roskam said was true, but the analysis is deficient. The government is not in a position to walk a straight line on any issue because of the senate. And so it has to shelve proposed 18c changes, but it opens the possibility that an independent introduce proposed changes and secures government support as well as collateral support from other so called independents. It is not a straight line and it shames the government which is merely pursuing her mandate. 18c is not the only issue which has the government stymied by the senate. Budget cuts are opposed too. Improvements to border protection are opposed. And the media chortles when the treasurer makes a car reference which is factually correct, but subject to a media storm when misreported.
The sons of Obama are rioting in the US following a shooting of an unarmed thief. Police have to be armed and accidents can happen. No policeman wants to shoot an unarmed man, even a thief. The rioting over the issue and threats to the policeman are appalling. The President should support the policeman unless he has evidence that the accident was not an accident. The NSW Premier has declared the Liberals will not be running in the Newcastle by elections following the resignation of two Liberals who had accepted money from property developers. That behaviour is wrong. It is only acceptable to accept money from trades unionists. Or Newsagents. Or Dentists or doctors or teachers or electricians or prostitutes. The ALP have to run people in seats where their members were corrupt, otherwise the Greens would hold more seats. What if it were wrong to accept money from terrorists? Who then would fund the Greens? The Weather Underground?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr (1914-88) was the fifth child of his father President FDR, and considered to be most like him of his siblings. "He had father's looks, his speaking voice, his smile, his charm, his charisma." His dad had done his best to run the US into the ground and had committed atrocities as war leader that would never be prosecuted. The son was not so gifted. In WW2, he had naval service where he often stood as honour guard for his dad. When faced with action, he once carried a wounded sailor to sick bay and was awarded for it. After the war, he chose politics. He was reliable in terms of denouncing people who strayed from the party line, as when a sibling wrote an autobiography, but he was not reliable in being in his seat for legislation and that cost him the opportunity for promotion within Democrat ranks.
Andrew Bolt asked a reasonable question as to why Qantas would pursue a racist line in calling for constitutional change. The Federal Government has opened discussion on the issue, Mr Abbott favouring a small change to the constitution, Qantas favouring a large change which defines and divides Australians by race. Emmerson called Bolt racist when Bolt asked his opinion on the issue. Emmerson failed to contribute to the discussion and his abuse of Bolt under the thin veneer of the 18c prosecution which did not find Bolt was racist is disgusting. The sad truth is that the ALP has no policy on any issue but opposition to government policy. The ugly incident highlights what IPA's Roskam acknowledged that media are opposed to Government policy. What Roskam said was true, but the analysis is deficient. The government is not in a position to walk a straight line on any issue because of the senate. And so it has to shelve proposed 18c changes, but it opens the possibility that an independent introduce proposed changes and secures government support as well as collateral support from other so called independents. It is not a straight line and it shames the government which is merely pursuing her mandate. 18c is not the only issue which has the government stymied by the senate. Budget cuts are opposed too. Improvements to border protection are opposed. And the media chortles when the treasurer makes a car reference which is factually correct, but subject to a media storm when misreported.
The sons of Obama are rioting in the US following a shooting of an unarmed thief. Police have to be armed and accidents can happen. No policeman wants to shoot an unarmed man, even a thief. The rioting over the issue and threats to the policeman are appalling. The President should support the policeman unless he has evidence that the accident was not an accident. The NSW Premier has declared the Liberals will not be running in the Newcastle by elections following the resignation of two Liberals who had accepted money from property developers. That behaviour is wrong. It is only acceptable to accept money from trades unionists. Or Newsagents. Or Dentists or doctors or teachers or electricians or prostitutes. The ALP have to run people in seats where their members were corrupt, otherwise the Greens would hold more seats. What if it were wrong to accept money from terrorists? Who then would fund the Greens? The Weather Underground?
Historical perspective on this day
986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samueland Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
1186 – Georgenberg Pact: Ottokar IV, Duke of Styriaand Leopold V, Duke of Austria sign a heritage agreement in which Ottokar gives his duchy to Leopold and to his son Frederick under the stipulation that Austria and Styria would henceforth remain undivided.
1386 – Karl Topia, the ruler of Princedom of Albania forges an alliance with the Republic of Venice, committing to participate in all wars of the Republic and receiving coastal protection against the Ottomans in return.
1424 – Hundred Years' War: Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under Jean II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas.
1498 – Cesare Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI, becomes the first person in history to resign the cardinalate; later that same day, King Louis XII of France names him Duke of Valentines.
1549 – Battle of Sampford Courtenay: The Prayer Book Rebellion is quashed in England.
1560 – The Roman Catholic Church is overthrown and Protestantism is establishedas the national religion in Scotland.
1585 – Eighty Years' War: Siege of Antwerp: Antwerp is captured by Spanish forces under Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, who orders Protestants to leave the city and as a result over half of the 100,000 inhabitants flee to the northern provinces.
1585 – A first group of colonists sent by Sir Walter Raleigh under the charge of Ralph Lane lands in the New World to create Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island, off the coast of present-day North Carolina.
1597 – Islands Voyage: Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, and Sir Walter Raleighset sail on an expedition to the Azores.
1668 – A magnitude 8.0 earthquake causes 8,000 deaths in Anatolia, Ottoman Empire.
1717 – Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
1723 – Ioan Giurgiu Patachi becomes Bishop of Făgăraș and is festively installed in his position at the St. Nicolas Cathedral in Făgăraș, after being formally confirmed earlier by Pope Clement XI.
1740 – Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
1784 – Classical composer Luigi Boccherini receives a pay rise of 12000 reals from his employer, the Infante Luis, Count of Chinchón.
1798 – The Vietnamese Roman Catholics report a Marian apparition in Quảng Trị, an event which is called Our Lady of La Vang.
1807 – Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
1862 – American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakotawarriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.
1862 – American Civil War: Major General J. E. B. Stuart is assigned command of all the cavalry of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
1863 – American Civil War: In Charleston, South Carolina, Union batteries and ships bombard Confederate-held Fort Sumter.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Gainesville: Confederate forces defeat Union troops near Gainesville, Florida.
1866 – The Grand Duchy of Baden announces her withdrawal from the German Confederation and signs a treaty of peace and alliance with Prussia.
1883 – The first public performance of the Dominican Republic's national anthem, Himno Nacional.
1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, opened.
1908 – Fantasmagorie, the first animated cartoon, created by Émile Cohl, is shown in Paris, France.
1914 – World War I: Battle of Stallupönen: The German army of General Hermann von François defeats the Russian force commanded by Paul von Rennenkampf near modern-day Nesterov, Russia.
1915 – Jewish American Leo Frank is lynched in Marietta, Georgia after a 13-year-old girl is murdered in Marietta, Georgia.
1915 – A Category 4 hurricane hits Galveston, Texas with winds at 135 miles per hour (217 km/h).
1918 – Bolshevik revolutionary leader Moisei Uritsky is assassinated.
1942 – World War II: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
1943 – World War II: The U.S. Eighth Air Force suffers the loss of 60 bombers on the Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission.
1943 – World War II: The U.S. Seventh Army under General George S. Pattonarrives in Messina, Italy, followed several hours later by the British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, thus completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
1943 – World War II: First Québec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1943 – World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic bombing campaign against Germany's V-weapon program.
1945 – Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim the independence of Indonesia, igniting the Indonesian National Revolution against the Dutch Empire.
1947 – The Radcliffe Line, the border between the Dominions of India and Pakistan, is revealed.
1953 – Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
1958 – Pioneer 0, America's first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and fails. Notable as one of the first attempted launches beyond Earth orbit by any country.
1959 – Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquakenear Hebgen Lake in Montana.
1962 – Peter Fechter is shot and bleeds to death while trying to cross the new Berlin Wall.
1969 – Category 5 Hurricane Camille hits the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 and causing $1.42 billion in damage.
1970 – Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
1977 – The Soviet icebreaker Arktika becomes the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
1978 – Double Eagle II becomes first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it lands in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine.
1988 – President of Pakistan Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and U.S. Ambassador Arnold Raphel are killed in a plane crash.
1991 – Strathfield massacre: In Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, taxi driver Wade Frankum shoots seven people and injures six others before turning the gun on himself.
1998 – Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony that he had an "improper physical relationship" with White House intern Monica Lewinsky; later that same day he admits before the nation that he "misled people" about the relationship.
1999 – The 7.6 Mw İzmit earthquake shakes northwestern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), leaving 17,118–17,127 dead and 43,953–50,000 injured.
2004 – The National Assembly of Serbia unanimously adopts new state symbols for Serbia: Bože pravde becomes the new anthem and the coat of arms is adopted for the whole country.
2005 – The first forced evacuation of settlers, as part of Israeli disengagement from Gaza, starts.
2005 – Over 500 bombs are set off by terrorists at 300 locations in 63 out of the 64 districts of Bangladesh
2008 – American swimmer Michael Phelps becomes the first person to win eight gold medals at one Olympic Games.
2009 – An accident at the Sayano–Shushenskaya Dam in Khakassia, Russia, kills 75 and shuts down the hydroelectric power station, leading to widespread power failure in the local area.
2015 – A bomb explodes near the Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, Thailand, killing at least 19 people and injuring 123 others.
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Today's reading: Psalm 94-96, Romans 15:14-33 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 94-96
1 The LORD is a God who avenges.
O God who avenges, shine forth.
2 Rise up, Judge of the earth;
pay back to the proud what they deserve.
3 How long, LORD, will the wicked,
how long will the wicked be jubilant?
4 They pour out arrogant words;
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, LORD;
they oppress your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob takes no notice."
all the evildoers are full of boasting.
5 They crush your people, LORD;
they oppress your inheritance.
6 They slay the widow and the foreigner;
they murder the fatherless.
7 They say, "The LORD does not see;
the God of Jacob takes no notice."
Today's New Testament reading: Romans 15:14-33
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. 18 I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done- 19 by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation....
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Morning
God's glory is the result of his nature and acts. He is glorious in his character, for there is such a store of everything that is holy, and good, and lovely in God, that he must be glorious. The actions which flow from his character are also glorious; but while he intends that they should manifest to his creatures his goodness, and mercy, and justice, he is equally concerned that the glory associated with them should be given only to himself. Nor is there aught in ourselves in which we may glory; for who maketh us to differ from another? And what have we that we did not receive from the God of all grace? Then how careful ought we to be to walk humbly before the Lord! The moment we glorify ourselves, since there is room for one glory only in the universe, we set ourselves up as rivals to the Most High. Shall the insect of an hour glorify itself against the sun which warmed it into life? Shall the potsherd exalt itself above the man who fashioned it upon the wheel? Shall the dust of the desert strive with the whirlwind? Or the drops of the ocean struggle with the tempest? Give unto the Lord, all ye righteous, give unto the Lord glory and strength; give unto him the honour that is due unto his name. Yet it is, perhaps, one of the hardest struggles of the Christian life to learn this sentence--"Not unto us, not unto us, but unto thy name be glory." It is a lesson which God is ever teaching us, and teaching us sometimes by most painful discipline. Let a Christian begin to boast, "I can do all things," without adding "through Christ which strengtheneth me," and before long he will have to groan, "I can do nothing," and bemoan himself in the dust. When we do anything for the Lord, and he is pleased to accept of our doings, let us lay our crown at his feet, and exclaim, "Not I, but the grace of God which was with me!"
Evening
Present possession is declared. At this present moment we have the first fruits of the Spirit. We have repentance, that gem of the first water; faith, that priceless pearl; hope, the heavenly emerald; and love, the glorious ruby. We are already made "new creatures in Christ Jesus," by the effectual working of God the Holy Ghost. This is called the firstfruit because it comes first. As the wave-sheaf was the first of the harvest, so the spiritual life, and all the graces which adorn that life, are the first operations of the Spirit of God in our souls. The firstfruits were the pledge of the harvest. As soon as the Israelite had plucked the first handful of ripe ears, he looked forward with glad anticipation to the time when the wain should creak beneath the sheaves. So, brethren, when God gives us things which are pure, lovely, and of good report, as the work of the Holy Spirit, these are to us the prognostics of the coming glory. The firstfruits were always holy to the Lord, and our new nature, with all its powers, is a consecrated thing. The new life is not ours that we should ascribe its excellence to our own merit; it is Christ's image and creation, and is ordained for his glory. But the firstfruits were not the harvest, and the works of the Spirit in us at this moment are not the consummation--the perfection is yet to come. We must not boast that we have attained, and so reckon the wave-sheaf to be all the produce of the year: we must hunger and thirst after righteousness, and pant for the day of full redemption. Dear reader, this evening open your mouth wide, and God will fill it. Let the boon in present possession excite in you a sacred avarice for more grace. Groan within yourself for higher degrees of consecration, and your Lord will grant them to you, for he is able to do exceeding abundantly above what we ask or even think.
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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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