Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Wed 4th August 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial on being shadow banned

I was willing to accept bias, and work to show how conservative values I follow lead to prosperity. But, then, I became an accidental whistleblower following a bungled pedophile investigation resulting in the negligence death of school child Hamidur Rahman in Sydney's Campbelltown in 2001. A cover up ensued and my employer, the NSW Dept of Ed made me delete all my public writing (irrelevant to their fears) under new legislation called the teachers code of conduct. I resigned to speak out on the issue and ran for government three times, federally, for state and local. In the meantime, the coroner covered up the administrative mess, effectively blaming the parents for the child's death and the press are allowed to not report my issue because of a nuanced editorial decision not to 'scaremonger' by reporting on something a coroner has decided. I lost my career in 2007 and have been unemployed since, and apparently unemployable. So I've written 28 books on World history, Current affairs, a lay view on Bible quotes, some short stories and some science fiction books are in the works. But my publisher has shadow banned me and I cannot sell a thing. I have had three million hits on my blog, two million on Youtube (getting smaller) and following Jan 6th, FB took away all my FB activity stealing my history, videos, contacts and pictures collected since I logged in in 2007. If the left didn't have double standards, they would have no standards at all.

I want to thank individuals and corporations that have stood for my freedoms. Rumble has been a great service that has done what Youtube never did, but promised to. Rumble has provided a platform that has allowed me to express my ideas they might not have agreed with, but which complies with their charter of behaviour. Also the IPA (Institute of Public Affairs) Australia, which has an international standing in support of free speech and small government advocacy. 


It is unacceptable that a senior public servant has campaigned for a political party as Fauci has. Political winds come and go, and it is awful to hear Fauci bend with the winds for his political masters. It is treason. Many have died as a result of Fauci's proclamations. People have been denied effective medication when they were sick. People have been given terrible administrative lockdowns that have made them sick, and prevented them taking cures. The statistics are clear, those who live under US Democrat policy are four to eight times more likely to die from COVID than those living free. Years after he died, Semmelweis was criticised for the scientific process leading to the discovery of the importance of clean hands for surgeons. Semmelweis had known a ward of pregnant women were at mortal risk, but his science needed to be irrefutable. But, while Semmelweis made an amazing rediscovery after Christian monks took healing knowledge away from Roman doctors, the same cannot be said of Fauci. 

Fauci says he is following the science, but he has not got science backing his proclamations. Only politics backs Fauci. So Fauci can lie to congress with impunity? 

Editorial IPA successful in Free Speech outcome

It is welcome news IPA (Institute of public affairs, Australia) has had a win in Queensland for free speech. Why is the win so weak? IPA had attempted to have a stall at a university fete when organisers had refused on the grounds "IPA don't share our values." Organisers were taken to court and forced to apologise. But, they resisted apologising and have never explained their reasoning. And, the IPA sued for an apology, not money. Why are we abrogating to cancel culture?

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

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Vaccine Mandate Protest Letter

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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https://rumble.com/vkokwh-ep.-1576-is-biden-going-to-shut-down-the-economy-again-the-dan-bongino-show.html
I'm hearing rumors that the Biden administration is looking to shut down the economy again. In this episode, I discuss the possibility, and what the Biden administration is doing to distract you.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
BOMBSHELL NY AG Report: Gov. Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women – Violated State and Federal Law READ MORE

Media Ignores Wuhan Lab Report Alleging “Greatest Cover-Up in Human History”

Frequent CNN Guest Suggests Criticizing Dr. Fauci Should Be a Federal Hate Crime

Gov. Cuomo Defiant in Response to AG Report on Sexual Harassment Allegations – Refuses to Resign

Biden’s Border Crisis Worsens: Preliminary Data Shows Illegal Immigration Reaching Highest Level Since 2000

Protesting Athlete Gwen Berry Fails to Medal at Olympics – Finishes in 11th Place (Out of 12)

New York City the First in the Nation to Require Vaccinations for Indoor Restaurants, Gyms, and Shows

Capitol Hill
Flashback: Biden Said Gov. Cuomo Should Resign If Investigation Confirmed Allegations
Federal Employees to Be Forced to Disclose Vaccination Status or Face Restrictions
Caitlyn Jenner for Governor Campaign Now Identifies as Broke
Biden’s Soros-Backed U.S. Attorney Nominee Faces Mounting Opposition
Maricopa County and Dominion Defy Subpoenas Seeking to Expand 2020 Election Ballot Review
Biden Attempts to Stem the Flow of Minority Voters Away From Dems Before Midterms
Biden Admin to Require Federal Employees Disclose Vaccination Status or Face Numerous Restrictions
Biden Moves to Revive the Eviction Moratorium
VP Harris Releases Northern Triangle Strategy That Won’t Fix Border Crisis
Border Patrol Not Testing Illegals for COVID Before Releasing Them

Culture War
Gov. Cuomo’s Tweets on “Zero Tolerance” for Sexual Harassment Resurface
Tucker and Mark Steyn Mock Obama’s Birthday Bash
Judge Denies Motion for New Trial From Illegal Alien Convicted of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts
Sen. Warren Promotes Abortion to Teenagers
D.C. Mayor Denies Defying Her Own Mask Mandate Despite Pictures Proving She Did
Rhode Island School District Investigated for Banning Public From “Antiracism Policy” Discussions
Big Tech’s “Counterterrorism” Focus on the “Far Right” Is An Obvious Trojan Horse
The Woke Crowd Comes for Air Conditioning
Muppets Spinoff Teaches Toddlers the “Beauty of Transgenderism”
Washington Cops Forced to Allow Criminals to Flee Due to “Police Reform”

Economy
Experts Say Infrastructure Bill Will Cost Hundreds of Billions More Than White House Claims
The $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Is Packed With Liberal Agenda Items
Gas Prices on the Rise Again After Brief Decline
Apple Is Now the World’s Most Profitable Company
Federal Reserve Governor Suggests Tapering Bond Purchases Early
Passive Investors Saved $357 Billion in Fees Over the Past 25 Years
Asset Manager Says Gold Can Still Top $3,000/oz
World’s Biggest Pension Fund Cuts Exposure to U.S. Bonds
Uber Rival “Bolt” Valued at $4.75 Billion in Latest Funding Round
Electric Jet Start-Up Signs $1 Billion Deal With Commercial Airliner

Swamp Watch
Perkins Coie Argues Their Partners Are Stateless to Avoid Lawsuit From Carter Page
Chief Democrat Strategist Casually Wishes Death on Lindsey Graham
Dem Rep. Malinowski Amends Financial Disclosure to Reflect Earlier Omitted Stock Trades
Whistleblower: Feds Inventing “Absurd” Excuses to Release Illegals
Trump’s Lawyer Says Tax Return Debacle Is Harassment
Texas Rancher Says Illegals Have Cost Him $60k in Property Damage
Lol: Michael Avenatti Files for Mistrial
CCP-Linked Group Partners With U.S. Schools to Promote “Social Justice”
12 Politicians That Have Been Caught Breaking Their Own COVID Rules

National Security
Police Officer Killed and Multiple People Injured in Shooting Outside Pentagon
CDC Extends Trump-Era Border Restrictions
The Delta Variant Could End the Chinese Communist Party
China Seeks to Hide Nuclear Subs and Missiles in Deep Waters
Taliban Members Reportedly Using Social Media App “Clubhouse” to Run Chat Rooms
Congress Looks to Cut Funding for Guam’s Missile Defenses
China Threatens HMS Queen Elizabeth in South China Sea
Almost None of Chicago’s Mass Shooters Are Getting Caught
China Has a Grand Strategy to Displace the American World Order

Around the World
Belarus Critic Found Hanged in Ukraine
Tory MP Calls Vaccine Passports “A Trojan Horse for Identity Card System”
South Korea Has Not Made a Decision Regarding Joint Drills With U.S. – Says Exercises Should Not Create Tensions With North Korea
Battle Rages Between Afghan, Taliban Forces for Control of Cities
More Than 1,000 Arrests and Disappearances Confirmed in Cuba Since July 11
Shadow Government in Myanmar Issues Condemnation of Army Ruler for Assuming PM Role
One Dead, 600 Injured During Crackdown of Anti-Lockdown Protest in Germany
Millions in China Under Lockdown

Opinion
Libby Emmons: Win or Lose, Laurel Hubbard Should Not be Competing in Women’s Sports
Kurt Schlichter: The GOP Should Revolt Against Lame Duck Pelosi’s Dictatorship
NY Post Editorial Board: The Weekend’s Wild Gunplay Shows — Alarmingly — What a Mayor Adams Would Face
Scott Morefield: Covidstan Strikes Back
Ken Blackwell: A Gun Grab Is the Best Way to Enslave Americans
Miranda Devine: It’s Democrats, Biden Admin’s Border Policies Spreading COVID
Michael Brown: We Were Here When Medical Science Lost Its Mind
Terry Paulson: An Invitation to Anarchy

Entertainment
Lollapalooza Drops Rapper DaBaby From Event Just Hours Before Performance After Backlash Over Homophobic Rant
While Delta Variant Rages, Spielberg, Pearl Jam to Attend Obama’s Birthday Bash in Martha’s Vineyard
Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big Spotted Together Again in New York City
Reese Witherspoon’s Entertainment Startup Hello Sunshine Sells For $900 Million
Matt Damon Faces Backlash After Admitting He Said F**got “A Few Months Ago”
Cast of “Friends” Models New Merchandise for Charity
Revealed: Actress Aaliyah Never Wanted to Board Plane That Cost The Rising Star Her Life

Sports
Simone Biles Wins Bronze Medal in Balance Beam – Ties for Most Medals Won by an American Gymnast
The Collapse of the Left’s Woke Olympic Icons Celebrated Online
Belarusan Olympian Granted Refuge by Poland After She Criticized Government Coaches
Giants Make an Interesting Signing for Running Back Addition
U.S. Plays Australia to a Draw in Women’s Basketball Quarterfinals
Carson Wentz to Have Foot Surgery in Huge Setback for Colts
UFC Fighter Claims He Literally Wants to Kill an Opponent in the Octagon
Canada Beats U.S. Women in Olympics Soccer Semis
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo defiantly denied the results of state Attorney General Letitia James' investigation into accusations that he sexually harassed multiple women — current and former state government employees — saying that the "facts" in the cases are "much different than what has been portrayed." [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made I'm A Sociopath 
KDMan gave me this great intro to icomps. He is the talent that gives you the sound here. I put some images to it, and the laugh  

http://www.icompositions.com/music/song.php?sid=18157

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Australia is enduring her worst drought since 1901 and politicians, who have refused to build flood and drought mitigating dams are charging farmers extra for transporting bales of feed to stock. The ALP's brilliant idea a few years back was to try to tax the air we breathe, or the carbon dioxide trace amounts of that air. Green extremists seem to enjoy animals starving as much as they seem to enjoy drowning people wanting to migrate to Australia. I don't know why, maybe their handwringing has health benefits? Culling kangaroos seems like a sensible management plan while they are in plague proportions, but suffering. In the 1970's there were predictions of over population and mass starvation but the current situation in Australia is not that. Australia could easily support ten times the current population if her infrastructure was developed properly. Green activists are suggesting voluntarily not populating. That sounds great. They should not breed. They also should not try to hurt the poor and prevent progress, but any time someone tries to talk to them about their issues they call out "Marx" and look hopefully for a worker's uprising. 

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. Some tradies are dying from a terrible disease called Silicosis. Some trades do not police the activity of their tradies as they should. OHS issues are known, but some small or DIY outfits expose others to risk factors. Local councils tend to wipe their hands of responsibility, and unions don't seem to care unless they can negotiate pay on behalf of the workers, possibly to funnel that pay to the union. However, Dan Andrews' public servants are working hard towards a "they day" to give people experience with personal pronouns that might not leap immediately to mind while dealing with strangers. For the record, I am called mister, sir, DDB or my name. If you make a mistake, it is no biggie. You can call me anything you like, except 'late for dinner.' I don't know how to address Williams because we've never met. She refused to help me when I needed assistance in 2016 when she was on study tour overseas. Her office advised me not to call the federal ALP, who also represent me, shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus, because they deemed my issue to be too small. An Ice addict who admitted child sex abuse had wanted to kill me and had broken into my accommodation a number of times. Known to police, they would not try to lock him up. Police refused to give me a protective order. I suspect William's advice would be to call out, loudly, "Marx" and look for the worker's revolution. Note, there is no need for a pronoun, sometimes. 


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.
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Some things should not happen, but they do. While there are daily revelations that the safe schools program in Australia bullies children into adopting cross gender practices there is an older debate with the same actors. Drugs. Marxists and Stalinists are wrong to inflict their views of sex on children, and weaken families. To be fair, Fascists too try to do the same thing, and one extreme left group calling themselves anti fascists (Antifa) behave exactly as fascists. Drug supporters claiming Zero Tolerance is wrong and that a more compassionate way of dealing with the issue is to legalise it. Just as when Gillard claimed the Pacific Solution was harsh, and she would have a better way, but didn't when she tried to implement her way, a crowd of left wing activists are claiming that it is ok to take mind bending drugs. 

There is a cost to drug taking, wether it is legalised or not is irrelevant, there is no benefit to society or individuals from drug use. Perhaps it lowers inhibitions and is a way for the young to engage in sex early in their lives, tying in with the safe school crowd. Drugs claim lives. Teen pregnancy, drug whores, overdoses, none of those are associated with abstinence. If you are outraged with Safe Schools bullying children into premature sexual activity, you should also be concerned with Bill Shorten and Dan Andrews advocating for so called 'safe drug use.' 
=== from 2016 === 
When Malcolm Turnbull backstabbed Tony Abbott he gave no reason for doing so. Every substantive policy that had been pursued by the Liberal Party was retained. However, Turnbull gave performance indicators. Turnbull promised his government would explain policy better. Turnbull promised to be popular, and to work with the cross benches to pass legislation. Eleven months on, and Turnbull has failed every single one of his performance indicators. Turnbull has not explained the needs for spending cuts. Turnbull has not been popular. Turnbull has not been effective with the cross bench. Turnbull has not produced policy. Turnbull has not made important decisions in a timely manner. Sometimes, Turnbull has rushed mistakes. Other times, Turnbull has dithered. Even Bill Shorten has improved the ALP. The ALP have gone from their lowest electoral base in recent memory to their second lowest. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
While comparing Insiders opening with Bolt Report intro there are many enlightening differences. Bolt opened with himself. He listed what the program was to be about. He provided an editorial on Goodes and Aboriginal reconciliation. Bolt's arguments were reasonable and could be argued against without calling each other bad names. Bolt's arguments have substance. It isn't merely 'player is good, booing is bad.' Instead the self defeating arguments underpinning aboriginal reconciliation are provided and reasonable questions asked which lead the viewer to respond. Bolt then followed that up with an interview. Compare that with Insiders. News intro mistakenly positions Bronwyn Bishop's expenses scandal in which she spent travel expenses on travel. Then Barrie Cassidy lies about Bronwyn Bishop's expenses so as to make it sound like she had transgressed Mr Abbott's request that such expenses be moderate moving forward. Then Cassidy presents a tape where prominent enemies of the government give their view. It is said Mr Abbott had not spoken to the ABC about the issue. Malcolm Turnbull did a tweet and that was taken as a comment. Then three prominent left wing journalists, including News Ltd Malcolm Farr, all said how they didn't understand the expenses issue but it looked bad for the Government. Farr even read from his own paper's columns criticising the speaker for spending travel expenses on travel. There was no balance. The government view was not presented. Why are the ALP not questioned re their expenses? Are there others in the government with expenses issues? Only the Speaker had claimed travel? The ABC were not reporting, they were hounding. The youtube analysis will be posted in the next few days. 
From 2014
The hundredth anniversary of World War 1, when Germany invaded Belgium and England declared war on Germany. Sometimes referred to as Family Feud because many of the royal houses were first cousins thank to Queen Victoria's efforts. She would not have been amused. Germany was the most powerful nation in Europe and of the nearly 68 million soldiers mobilised, ten million dead and a further twenty million wounded. It was not an accident or afterthought, as some have said. It was necessary to counter the rapacious lawlessness of German ambition. But the war was mishandled and the peace was mishandled. And despite the collapse of Russia to the Soviet Union, the Great Game continued and today the politics of the Great Game are still being felt. Russia's position on Syria is why there is still fighting in Syria. Washington's stance on Ukraine is why there is still fighting in Ukraine. England's position on Israel is why there is still fighting in Israel. And each position defies logic unless one considers preceding politics. Israel should be whole and include Gaza, Jerusalem et al as her civic responsibility. Only London's intransigence in the thirties and forties, kowtowing to oil rich arabs has sacrificed stability for short term gain. Washington's support for a divided Ukraine in opposition to Russia despite the illegitimacy of the Ukrainian government is merely oppositional to Russia and instrumental in the deaths of civilians in MH17. Russia's cold war friendship with Syria and Iran is destabilising, but then that is what they need to enjoy Iranian oil. But it has nothing to do with Syrian peoples, or respect of Syrian culture. 

The porn industry is sick and rapacious. Models may have high work satisfaction, who wouldn't enjoy those happy endings? But that is not the apparent long term experience universally expressed by the actors. New model Alina Li at age nineteen has been in the industry for a year. She has merchandised and has accounts on Facebook, Twitter and Tumbler. She has apparently been well remunerated and has expressed she has enjoyed her work. But her recent experience with a kink team where she was publicly roughed up and humiliated, crying in front of the camera is, according to her, a reason to call it a day. She has worked too hard and no longer enjoys it. But then that is exactly what moralists who decry the industry warn .. the short term good feelings do not provide long term satisfaction. Alina has said she wants to lead a more normal life, maybe do some waitressing ala youtube sensation Caitlyn Hills. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. And then there are other models who express total satisfaction. It isn't a life I would want for my children. 

The commonwealth Games have ended and Australian Media predictably despised the second placing on the medals table. It is impossible to call Australia's performance poor, yet that is exactly the word news media apply, saying it is the worst performance since Bob Hawke was PM in '86. The weightlifting division under performed and track and field too .. but then Pearson's captaincy was never going to pay dividends .. she is too selfish and self absorbed. But for Pearson and a few involved with drugs, Australia's performance has been exemplary. I thank them and applaud them. They represented me in the field, and they did it well, giving up many hours over the years when they might rather have been doing something else. Australia may not have won many sprints, but she did win the marathon. 

On this day in 70 AD, the second temple in Jerusalem was destroyed by Roman occupiers, with Jewish peoples scattered through the empire. The terrible penalty for uprising had followed Gaul's rebellion being put down after Nero's calamitous rule. A little competence elsewhere and the world might have been very different. Jewish peoples were attracted to Poland in the thirteen hundreds, which is why my people left Horovice for Minsk. My people were musicians and Rabbi and I believe were part of those who influenced classical musicians who in turn have given us modern music. I apologise, on my family's behalf for Justin Bieber .. and One Direction .. In 367, the ambitious Gratian made his eight year old son co ruler. In 598 the Emperor of Sui ordered his son and PM to take Korea. In 1265 the Batle of Evesham saw a prince defeat those vying for what would become his kingdom. But, in 1327, Edward I's Grandson, Edward III nearly died after losing a battle to James Douglas. In 1693 Dom Perignon is said to have invented Champagne. In 1789 in excessive revolutionary zeal, French members of the national constituent assembly pledge an oath to end feudalism. But they continued to argue and bicker over how that would be done. In 1892, the father and step mother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered. In 1944, Anne Frank and her family are arrested by Gestapo. In 1958, the Pop top 100 songs are bill boarded. In 1964, three civil-rights workers are found killed in Mississippi. 
Historical perspective on this day
AD 70 – Emperor Titus ends the siege of Jerusalemafter destroying Herod's Temple.
598 – Goguryeo-Sui War: Emperor Wéndi of Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang(assisted by the co-prime minister Gao Jiong), to conquer Goguryeo (Korea) during the Manchurian rainy season, with a Chinese army and navy.
1265 – Second Barons' WarBattle of Evesham: The army of Prince Edward (the future king Edward I of England) defeats the forces of rebellious barons led by Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, killing de Montfort and many of his allies.
1327 – First War of Scottish IndependenceJames Douglas leads a raid into Weardaleand almost kills Edward III of England.
1532 – The Duchy of Brittany is united to the Kingdom of France.
1578 – Battle of Al Kasr al Kebir: The Moroccans defeat the Portuguese. King Sebastian of Portugal is killed in the battle, leaving his elderly uncle, Cardinal Henry, as his heir. This initiates a succession crisis in Portugal.

1693 – Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.
1704 – War of the Spanish SuccessionGibraltar is captured by an English and Dutch fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir George Rooke and allied with Archduke Charles.
1783 – Mount Asama erupts in Japan, killing about 1,400 people. The eruption causes a famine, which results in an additional 20,000 deaths.
1789 – In France members of the National Constituent Assembly take an oath to end feudalism and abandon their privileges.
1790 – A newly passed tariff act creates the Revenue Cutter Service (the forerunner of the United States Coast Guard).
1791 – The Treaty of Sistova is signed, ending the Ottoman–Habsburg wars.
1796 – French Revolutionary WarsNapoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.

1821 – The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper.
1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Turkish and Greek forces.
1854 – The Hinomaru is established as the official flag to be flown from Japanese ships.
1863 – Matica slovenskáSlovakia's public-law cultural and scientific institution focusing on topics around the Slovak nation, is established in Martin.
1873 – American Indian Wars: While protecting a railroad survey party in Montana, the United States 7th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custerclashes for the first time with the Cheyenne and Lakota people near the Tongue River; only one man on each side is killed.
1889 – The Great Fire of Spokane, Washington destroys some 32 blocks of the city, prompting a mass rebuilding project.
1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden are found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.

1914 – In response to the German invasion of Belgium, Belgium and the British Empiredeclare war on Germany. The United States declares its neutrality.
1915 – World War I: The German 12th Army occupies Warsaw during the Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive and the Great Retreat of 1915.
1924 – Diplomatic relations between Mexico and the Soviet Union are established.
1936 – Prime Minister of Greece Ioannis Metaxas suspends parliament and the Constitution and establishes the 4th of August Regime.

1944 – The Holocaust: A tip from a Dutch informer leads the Gestapo to a sealed-off area in an Amsterdam warehouse, where they find and arrest Jewish diarist Anne Frank, her family, and four others.
1946 – An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 hits northern Dominican Republic. One hundred are killed and 20,000 are left homeless.
1947 – The Supreme Court of Japan is established.

1964 – Civil Rights MovementCivil rights workers Michael SchwernerAndrew Goodmanand James Chaney are found dead in Mississippi after disappearing on June 21.
1964 – Gulf of Tonkin incident: U.S. destroyers USS Maddox and USS Turner Joyreport coming under attack in the Gulf of Tonkin.
1965 – The Constitution of the Cook Islands comes into force, giving the Cook Islandsself-governing status within New Zealand.
1969 – Vietnam War: At the apartment of French intermediary Jean Sainteny in Paris, American representative Henry Kissinger and North Vietnameserepresentative Xuân Thuỷ begin secret peace negotiations. The negotiations will eventually fail.

1974 – A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala LumpurMalaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish Chargé d'affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
1977 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter signs legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
1984 – The Republic of Upper Volta changes its name to Burkina Faso.
1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrinewhich had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".

1991 – The Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos sinks off the Wild Coast of South Africa.
1993 – A federal judge sentences Los Angeles Police Department officers Stacey Koonand Laurence Powell to 30 months in prison for violating motorist Rodney King's civil rights.
1995 – Operation Storm begins in Croatia.
2006 – A massacre is carried out by Sri Lankan government forces, killing 17 employees of the French INGO Action Against Hunger (known internationally as Action Contre la Faim, or ACF).
2007 – NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is launched.

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Today's reading: Psalm 63-65, Romans 6 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 63-65

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

1 You, God, are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,
my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
where there is no water.
2 I have seen you in the sanctuary
and beheld your power and your glory.
3 Because your love is better than life,
my lips will glorify you.
4 I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you....

Today's New Testament reading: Romans 6

Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ
1 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don't you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life....

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Morning

"The Lamb is the light thereof."
Revelation 21:23
Quietly contemplate the Lamb as the light of heaven. Light in Scripture is the emblem of joy. The joy of the saints in heaven is comprised in this: Jesus chose us, loved us, bought us, cleansed us, robed us, kept us, glorified us: we are here entirely through the Lord Jesus. Each one of these thoughts shall be to them like a cluster of the grapes of Eshcol. Light is also the cause of beauty. Nought of beauty is left when light is gone. Without light no radiance flashes from the sapphire, no peaceful ray proceedeth from the pearl; and thus all the beauty of the saints above comes from Jesus. As planets, they reflect the light of the Sun of Righteousness; they live as beams proceeding from the central orb. If he withdrew, they must die; if his glory were veiled, their glory must expire. Light is also the emblem of knowledge. In heaven our knowledge will be perfect, but the Lord Jesus himself will be the fountain of it. Dark providences, never understood before, will then be clearly seen, and all that puzzles us now will become plain to us in the light of the Lamb. Oh! what unfoldings there will be and what glorifying of the God of love! Light also means manifestation. Light manifests. In this world it doth not yet appear what we shall be. God's people are a hidden people, but when Christ receives his people into heaven, he will touch them with the wand of his own love, and change them into the image of his manifested glory. They were poor and wretched, but what a transformation! They were stained with sin, but one touch of his finger, and they are bright as the sun, and clear as crystal. Oh! what a manifestation! All this proceeds from the exalted Lamb. Whatever there may be of effulgent splendour, Jesus shall be the centre and soul of it all. Oh! to be present and to see him in his own light, the King of kings, and Lord of lords!

Evening

"But as he went."
Luke 8:42

Jesus is passing through the throng to the house of Jairus, to raise the ruler's dead daughter; but he is so profuse in goodness that he works another miracle while upon the road. While yet this rod of Aaron bears the blossom of an unaccomplished wonder, it yields the ripe almonds of a perfect work of mercy. It is enough for us, if we have some one purpose, straightway to go and accomplish it; it were imprudent to expend our energies by the way. Hastening to the rescue of a drowning friend, we cannot afford to exhaust our strength upon another in like danger. It is enough for a tree to yield one sort of fruit, and for a man to fulfil his own peculiar calling. But our Master knows no limit of power or boundary of mission. He is so prolific of grace, that like the sun which shines as it rolls onward in its orbit, his path is radiant with lovingkindness. He is a swift arrow of love, which not only reaches its ordained target, but perfumes the air through which it flies. Virtue is evermore going out of Jesus, as sweet odours exhale from flowers; and it always will be emanating from him, as water from a sparkling fountain. What delightful encouragement this truth affords us! If our Lord is so ready to heal the sick and bless the needy, then, my soul, be not thou slow to put thyself in his way, that he may smile on thee. Be not slack in asking, if he be so abundant in bestowing. Give earnest heed to his word now, and at all times, that Jesus may speak through it to thy heart. Where he is to be found there make thy resort, that thou mayst obtain his blessing. When he is present to heal, may he not heal thee? But surely he is present even now, for he always comes to hearts which need him. And dost not thou need him? Ah, he knows how much! Thou Son of David, turn thine eye and look upn the distress which is now before thee, and make thy suppliant whole.

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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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