Friday, September 10, 2021

10th September Historical and Current Affairs Review

 Here is a video I made Q and A shout out questions

=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. Live sheep export issue where those wanting to shut down the industry in Australia have failed, for now. Health insurance reforms clear parliament allowing greater flexibility and discounts for policy owners. ALP promise to pursue Turnbull's NEG policy and spend money. Power prices will be higher, at least in $hundreds per quarter, in order to 'save the world' from AGW. Only the world won't be saved by the measures and bills will be substantially higher. There is now a difference between ALP and Libs. 

Obama started a Cold War to solve his foreign policy problems. Trump has solved those problems despite that Cold War. But, even so, eyebrows are raised as Chinese navy meet with Australian ones off Darwin. 57 Afghan soldiers killed by TalibanObama said American Dream was built on Trump

Matthew Guy launches policy of PTSD treatment for emergency workers. Police, fire and ambulance workers in Victoria may face stressful situations, lodge a claim and must wait, sometimes longer than thirteen weeks before knowing if they can be reimbursed for treatments or counselling. Matthew Guy will allow for those workers to have treatment without worrying if they will have to pay for it, immediately. Dan Andrews represents unions, but not workers. 

Serena Williams is great. A great prima donna. Her lifetime of achievements are marred by her behaviour as runner up in the US open. Australian comic Mark Knight appropriately captured her racket breaking transgression. In the back ground, the young Naomi Osaka has a blond pony tail as she had in the match. The cartoon has been labelled as racist by racists who mistakenly seem to feel that Williams bad behaviour needs to be defended. It doesn't. Were Williams to be truly great, she would admit she was wrong and apologise. 
From my article on Quora
How do educators apply idealism in teaching?
It is a little known fact that when Patrick Henry gave his “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” speech he really wanted liberty. Patrick was an idealist.

When Barrack Obama spoke pessimistically of his economy in 2016, saying Trump would need a magic wand to improve it, Obama was speaking in pragmatic terms.

One needs to aim high to achieve the best, even if the best is unachievable. With 20/20 hindsight, Obama now takes credit for what Trump achieved.

Educators address this demarcation between pragmatic and idealism by saying Obama was right, and denouncing GOP style idealism as unrealistic and unhealthy.
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A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.

Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. Dan Andrews has passed a dangerous anti association laws through the lower house, without much debate. Why do we need such laws for the general population? Is it because Andrews refuses to allow police to identify criminals, and so everyone needs to e considered? Is it because criminals can have their objective behaviour sidelined in cases where they would be designated as criminals? Is there a danger, if criminals are correctly labelled, that ALP and unionists would be labelled? 

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. WA Exit is being seriously entertained because of their low return from GST. The problem is ALP governments anywhere. High tax and spend does not do good things to an economy. Curbs on development through economic vandalism means it is not in a government's interests to prosper. EG the Northern Territory under Giles, when Giles wanted to develop gas and export to SA and QLD but Malcolm Turnbull would not facilitate the development. The point being that growing an economy is much better than getting hand outs. The GST carve up is never going to be popular everywhere. But WA getting 30% return while ALP basket cases getting 110% return on money paid for incompetence is unsustainable. But rather than arguing over the carve up, the state has to develop natural resources. Victoria under ALP's Dan Andrews, Queensland and SA under ALP too, are doing awful things to their economies. Andrews is pushing business away from Melbourne. SA is forcing business to move to other states and nations with their energy policies. 

Some years ago, ABC's QandA had a program on AGW. It was 2012, and the ALP were staggering with minority government. Clive Palmer went on the panel as a 'conservative.' I wore a bandana with an Australian Flag motif, which I draped over my belly. Naturally, although I was front row, the camera never panned across me. Neither was my question chosen. The audience was supposed to be balanced. It didn't seem that way. 

ALP in Victoria have been caught rorting, in a number of different ways. They have spent some $180 million on opposing an investigation into the Red Shirt Brigade, but the investigation is ongoing. Maybe they will collapse before the election next year? Maybe not. The press is not being even handed in not reporting much into what the ALP do wrong, but inflating issues within the Liberal Party. Simon Frost, Liberal campaign director in Victoria has gone to the ACT for the federal campaigns. The new director in Victoria has been supported by the leader, Matthew Guy, the President, Michael Kroger and apparently gave the best pitch. But a senior Lib, or many, are leaking at disquiet with his age (young), experience and a previous failed campaign. It is reminiscent of when Turnbull and Bishop leaked about Credlin. The issues are grumbles which are nothing compared to ALP rorts that the press are silent on. I am not a Liberal, but I support them, and I will name the guilty party, parties and shame them if I can. 
=== from 2016 === 
Chris Mitchell is merely one journalist who was too close to those he didn't professionally present to his readers. He needed to protect his informants, but that is not the issue. The Australian in his time wandered and lacked insight it had had from Frank Devine. There is too much 'balance' among modern journalists. We frequently hear their opinions without being shared analytic reasoning. Partly because they wish to protect informants they are too close to, but also because many are neither fearless nor independent, but very protective of status quo. We don't need to know the details of Rudd's dinner and conversation with President Bush. The truth is Rudd verballed Bush who is not stupid as Rudd wished to portray him. Mitchell participated. I know of decisions Mitchell made about me, and I will never know why. It has cost me much. And I know he was wrong to do so.
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It is sad that Andrew Bolt still seems to lack insight in what the Abbott situation was regarding Turnbull. It takes discipline to run an agenda that is not what you want, but uses what you have been given. Abbott did that effectively. Turnbull does not. But Turnbull in cabinet had tremendous spoiling authority. Abbott was advised to go some ways, and pulled from going others. But, even so, the Turnbull issue of republicanism is a terrible trap for Andrew to fall into. It may well be Bolt's view, but so what? All that matters is analysis. The idea of cultural assets is important in conservative religious communities (Christian) as it opposes the corrosive idea of division that is popular among the left. Knighthoods are cheap cultural assets. They cost next to nothing and provide hope and direction for the very young and old. Abbott made a mistake with that policy in providing the outgoing GG with a Dameship, when she had been disgraceful. Abbott's policy of maternity leave was not wrong. It was an election promise and legitimate as a policy. Turnbull criticised it through his mates, who were entitled to criticise the policy, but the media had, and have, no special right to misrepresent it even though they disagree with it.

I dispute the assertion that there are other journalists who are conservative. Even among the fine ones named. I rely on them because they are balanced, while many like Mitchell are partisan. I disagree with Bolt occasionally. That is ok. I still highly value his work.
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The job is half done. To get rid of Turnbull, the Liberals promoted him. Because there was no other way. But they also need to roll him. Because there is no alternative, it is unthinkable they would keep such a liability.
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Dan Andrews seems to be protecting Apex from prosecution. Calling thugs children and preventing violent offenders from being incarcerated, the risk is that homeowners must take matters into their own hands. One day soon Apex will enter a home and face a very frightened homeowner using an axe to protect their family. And although the Apex 'children' will be victim, it will be Andrews' fault.
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I think Turnbull's mojo disappeared when Wran passed away, years before he actually died. Turnbull's gift seems to have been related to his connections. And they aren't conservative ones.

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
 None for 2015 .. because of Melbourne promotional trip
From 2014
Gillard obfuscates before a royal commission. She says with hindsight she might have behaved differently. It beggars belief that with wisdom or honesty she would not behaved differently. In 1995 she said she could not rule out that some union money might have paid for some renovations on her house. Today she said it was entirely her own money. Which might mean she viewed union money as entirely her own. Her testimony is precise, even when she forgets everything. It is as if she did things wrong, but forgot about it, so isn't responsible for it. Luckily the law is not based on memory. She will never have to face for the over twelve hundred boat people she drowned through bad policy. It was her call. But failure to account for corrupt activity does not excuse it. It doesn't matter if others conveniently forget. The stand over tactics to steal money from business and then divert it from unions is not something that can be ignored or excused. She admits now she organised and founded a socialist union, which she once claimed she was merely a secretary. She later said at the age of thirty she was young and naive. She has also said she has faced questions before on these issues. In fact, she was duplicitous and an accomplished liar. 

Islamic leaders around the world are linking themselves to terrorism. They make claims that are even occasionally at odds with the activity of Islam which excuse the terror. Terrorists are a larger killer of Islamists than they are of others. One terror source is Islamic leadership excusing terror, another is books written to inform so called jihadis. A Queensland bookstore selling jihadi titles has been raided and books seized. The shop was apparently owned by a biological brother of a known suicide bomber. Women read books and women are joining the jihadis. Women join IS not solely for sex with many men .. they are also given duty finding cross dressing men .. and being low paid, veiled and subject to extreme sanction should they become inconvenient. Those books must be impressive beyond fifty shades of grey. One unheralded Islamic leader, or apostate, is Obama. Obama has been refused to play Golf at elite paddocks which is .. petty. His position deserves respect. Let him play golf wherever, whenever he wants to. But, don't trust his political judgement.

Scotland made the UK Great .. now will she leave? A star trek spoof shows how the world could be different under an isolated and irrelevant Scotland. Isolation and division is a hallmark of socialist style politics. At the moment, Clover Moore is hurting Sydney with her bicycle strategy killing main arterial roads and unwary bicyclists. Meanwhile, up to 25 projects worth billions of dollars in Western Australia could be at risk due to a "technical error" in their environmental approval. So, in Queensland there are new state laws designed to prevent most Queenlanders going to the Land Court to object to proposed mining projects. Another proposed law change in Victoria regarding surrogacy and succession. The proposed law change seems sound. There is a risk of wills being hijacked .. Rose Porteus rings a bell .. but the injustice from a bad will exists even if the lawyers get all the money. Let alternative argument make their points. Injustice results in pain and hurt. A family of five suffered greatly after a mum was brain damaged in a car accident in 2012. She worked hard to overcome obstacles and recently returned to nursing while her husband ran their farm. All five have been found dead in what is apparently a murder suicide. 

Federal minister for immigration and border protection Scott Morrison spoke brilliantly at a press club luncheon today so there has been little written about it. He has stopped boat people from drowning, saved thousands from refugee limbo, saved millions of dollars in waste and had to fight the opposition of an ALP bent on retaining her murderous policy favouring piracy. Many of the journalists present wanted Morrison to fail. He was on top of everything. Another brilliant launch was Apple's new iPhone models and an Apple Watch, which wasn't labelled the sniggering iWatch. Beautiful, functional and desirable. Meanwhile, in the shadow of the launch, Snapchat disclosed they were compensating a former employee not previously recognised for creating their timed delete function. Also Tinder let go of a CMO over sex abuse allegations. 

In the business of obfuscation and insight, there are few more capable than Helen Dale who is working as an advisor to Senator David Leyonhjelm. Good luck. A comedian faces an off comment from a Qantas steward regarding inflight chicken. The comedian calls it racist. But if Qantas were worried about the issue of racism they would serve pork. Or advocate for constitutional change, or something. Meanwhile, abstract art has been found in a cave 39000 years old and not made by humans. What distinguishes it from porn or functional, creative art is not described in reports. Had a man done it .. 
From 2013
A throw away line from the US Secretary of State about Syria avoiding being hit by missiles has been seized on by Russia. Syria may now hand over the weapons to the UN. It will be fascinating to find out how Saddam manufactured them, and it would embarrass the international press and Obama. Bring it on. 

Meanwhile, as California burns, arsonists in Australia have seized on a warm spring and many tens of fires burn out of control in NSW. The real burning issue according to Fairfax Press is who will lead the ALP. Rudd won't and no one has put up their hand yet. Fascinatingly, many who lauded Rudd a few days ago say he should never have been called back to lead the party. This may be true, but it is shameful and cynical to admit it only after an election while denying it during. The ABC's Media Watch is still on the offensive, claiming that it is wrong and unbalanced to ever criticise the ALP. The incompetent penis did not win a seat with his Wikileaks party. Apparently the projected 25% of the vote was not enough. On current projections (having achieved an actual 1.25%) Wikileaks will need projected some 225% of the vote. The Age is working overtime to accomplish just that. Sydney is warm. Arctic is cool. It is business as usual in these climate changing times. 
Historical perspective on this day
506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
1419 – John the FearlessDuke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
1515 – Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal
1547 – The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
1561 – Fourth Battle of KawanakajimaTakeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
1570 – Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission.
1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
1776 – American Revolutionary WarNathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
1798 – At the Battle of St. George's CayeBritish Honduras defeats Spain.

1813 – The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1823 – Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
1858 – George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
1897 – Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
1898 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lichen.

1918 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
1919 – Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
1932 – The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned IND, is opened.
1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
1937 – Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea.
1939 – World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war.
1939 – World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies: Poland, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
1942 – World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
1943 – World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.

1960 – At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet.
1961 – Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari.
1967 – The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.

1974 – Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1976 – A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9collide near ZagrebYugoslavia, killing 176.
1977 – Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.

2000 – Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.
2001 – Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
2007 – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
2008 – The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.

1898 – Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lichen.
Before they were called socialists, they were called anarchists. I know there are technical differences between the two, but in practical terms, in terms of how the meme of resistance is spread, they are identical. Luigi should have been happy, being raised on the socialist ideal by government without family. 

In Luigi's own words "I am an anarchist by conviction...I came to Geneva to kill a sovereign, with object of giving an example to those who suffer and those who do nothing to improve their social position; it did not matter to me who the sovereign was whom I should kill...It was not a woman I struck, but an Empress; it was a crown that I had in view."

Elisabeth had not led a happy life, although she was healthy and fit. She had a domineering step mother from hell and her husband had little character, and might have been complicit with her killing, or his nephew later in 1914. 


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