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My name is David Daniel Ball I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. I had reported the issue responsibly and had not known I'd blown the whistle. The embarrassed left wing government had responded by imposition of a nationwide ban on the use of peanut butter in canteens, despite failing to address the issue of peanut allergy appropriately.
I've been de-platformed on Facebook and twitter despite not being an activist. Twitter did not like me asking for Obama to face justice in 2011. FB gave no specific reason for removing me following Jan 6th 2021 in Washington DC where a policeman killed an unarmed woman, so a crowd would know he was in control.
A successful withdrawal was what was engineered at Gallipolli, where, over three days troops pulled out of defended positions and left on ships .. nobody died. That was war. Nobody was left behind. Because of the failure, WW1 was prolonged another two and a half years, Russia collapsed etc etc. The price of failure was big. But the retreat was a success. In contrast, Biden's retreat was utter failure in Afghanistan.
Editorial on Covid policy failure
It is apparent COVID policy is political, not health related. However health advice has been political and not health related. Public health has been corrupted. Media has failed. Judiciary is corrupt. Defence is incompetent. The thin blue line has been cut. And, elder abuse is apparent from the Presidential office through to the ordinary NYC retirement home. On the plus side, there is an emerging possibility of an empty gesture securing the white house for womyn on behalf of one raised in Canada. Dan Andrews' lockdown has cancelled AA meetings. Go the beers. Playgrounds have been shut down state wide and even a curfew has been re-imposed. There is no science showing any such measure addresses COVID, but we know it allows the government to assert authority.
https://rumble.com/vlxs1g-editorial-on-covid-policy-failure.html
Editorial Biden's Afghan failure culminated from Obama's Afghan lies
Afghanistan is in flames as Biden begins bombing runs on terrorists as he seeks to negotiate with them. US soldiers have been killed after a strategic error left an exposed airport the only means of Americans and their allies to flee. Biden says those that remained behind wanted to, after fleeing Afghans clinging to a wing and fuselage of an aircraft plummet to their deaths. After Biden had said the Afghan government would stand following US withdrawal. US left behind billions of dollars of weapons Chicago gangs look on with shock and awe. The Taliban will not use a fleet of Blackhawk helicopters. China will.
So who is responsible for the failure? According to Biden, the buck stops with him, and he views it as a Dunkirk like success, when he is not looking at his watch waiting for mourning to end of soldiers that died in his service. Biden also feels any mistake was made by Donald Trump as NK begins nuclear weapons work. The US military have included critical junior officers in their lists of personal pronouns for enemies. What is a personal pronoun for a failed President?
Editorial on God In answer to Dinesh Dsousa's article
The God the atheists refute is not real, but is a ridiculous, impossible figure. God is real. God as He is revealed in the Bible is a fact. However, as ridiculous as the atheists arguments are, they are instructive. God made a bridge He could not cross (man's rejection of Him). God bridged that gap with Jesus. Thing is, atheists don't believe that that gap is real.
In my Sermon on a Miracle I describe how God gave a childless woman who could not bear children, prayed for children, family. He did that. And he did not use supernatural measures.
God is real. God does the impossible. God is not subject to our demands. God answers prayer. Sometimes bad people prosper for a time. All those statements are true.
God is worthy of praise. Atheists don't see it, but they have countless examples of it, from their own lives to the works of those they admire. In the Revelations of the Holy Spirit I underscore and outline some of what God does that even atheists call for.
We need god, but even in a world without God, there is a need for Him.
The Resurrection of Christ
Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles, and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. Whether, then, it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
The Resurrection of the Dead
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him. Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power. For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death. For he “has put everything under his feet.” Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ. When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him, so that God may be all in all.
===Ep. 77: Vaccine Mandates; John Pierce AWOL; Seattle Mayor SUED; Jurors TOSSED & MORE! Viva & Barnes
https://rumble.com/vm4ccd-ep.-77-vaccine-mandates-john-pierce-awol-seattle-mayor-sued-jurors-tossed-a.html
Another big week. A win against vaccine mandates; John Pierce goes AWOL; Seattle mayor sued for constructive dismissal; Citi must pay Madoff; Jurors tossed for not being vaccinated; Tanner Cross & MORE!
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Pregnant Woman Trapped in Afghanistan Says Taliban Is Hunting Americans Biden Left Behind READ MOREBiden Poll Numbers Continue to Plunge Amid COVID-19, Afghanistan Chaos
Gen. Milley on Afghanistan Disaster: A Lot of Planning Went Into This
VP Harris to Campaign for Gov. Newsom as He Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel for Endorsements
Hurricane Larry Becomes a Category 3 Storm
EU Set to “Normalize” Relations With Taliban
Diner That Told Biden Supporters to Take Their Business Elsewhere Runs Out of Food After Subsequent Surge in Demand
Capitol Hill
Sen. Cruz Blasts Biden Following Reports of Afghan Child Brides Brought to U.S.
Where’s Kamala?
Rep. Gaetz’s Claims Of Extortion Were Just Corroborated
Former DHS Head: Biden a National Embarrassment, Needs to Be Investigated
Proposed Redrawing of Colorado’s Congressional Districts Puts Rep. Boebert in Dem’s District
Biden Relies on “Cheat Sheet” While Surveying Storm Damage in Louisiana
GOP Reps Question Numbers Quoted by Biden Admin of Americans Left in Afghanistan
Sen. Manchin May Have Killed the Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
Jim Jordan Says He Knows Trump Will Run in 2024
Culture War
Oregon Governor Sued Over Vaccine Mandate by Police and Firefighter Groups
Afghan Refugee Complains About His Food After Being Saved From Certain Death at Hands of Taliban
Antifa Shoots Proud Boys Member in Foot at Portland Protest
Charter Schools Continue Growing
Rolling Stone Story About Hospital Overwhelmed Due to People Taking Ivermectin Could’ve Been Debunked by Single Phone Call to Hospital
Texans Can Now Concealed Carry Without a Permit
Former Twitter Communications Guru Now Advises Lincoln Project’s Dark Money Offshoot
Are Record Gun Sales Finally Slowing?
Economy
Social Security Won’t Be Able to Pay Full Benefits by 2034
Big Tech Comes Out Against Texas Abortion Law
September Jobs Report to Be Critical for Fate of U.S. Economy
Dems Consider New Taxes Targeting CEO Pay and Stock Buybacks
Dollar Store Chains Lead Retail Store Openings
Californians Pay the Highest Labor Day Weekend Gas Prices
Support for Labor Unions Is at a 56-Year High
Trump in Negotiations to Sell Rights to D.C. Hotel
Florida to Fine Businesses $5k for Violations of Vaccine Passport Ban
Swamp Watch
Flashback: CNN and MSNBC Complained About Trump Visiting Hurricane Victims “Too Quickly”
Fauci-Funded Researchers and U.S. Officials Star In Chinese State Propaganda Documentary
USDA Announces Racial Preferences for New “Climate Smart Agriculture” Grants
The USPS Is Having a Lot of Accidents and Isn’t Reporting Them
George Floyd Riots: Minneapolis Man Who Opened Fire on Cops Acquitted of Attempted Murder After Attorney Argues It Was Self Defense
Apple Halts Plan to Scan for Child Sex Abuse Images on iPhones
The Left Is Pushing a Conspiracy Theory That Gov. DeSantis Is Covering Up COVID Deaths
DHS: U.S. to Admit At Least 50,000 Afghan Refugees
National Security
Spokesperson: Taliban to Rely on Funds From China
Is a Taliban Civil War About to Begin?
Fired U.S. Marine Leader’s Questions Should Not Be Dismissed
America’s All-Volunteer Military the Root of Its Failure in Afghanistan
Joe Biden Has a Problem: Will China Use Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan?
Congress Moving Closer to Making Women Register for the Draft
Air Force, Boeing Look to Resolve Tanker Challenges
Kill Terrorists in Afghanistan From “Over the Horizon”? Good Luck.
Liberal Media Already Moving on From Afghanistan Crisis
Around the World
Latest Chinese Military Activity Forces Taiwan to Scramble Jets
BBC: Europe’s Relationship With Biden Has “Turned Sour”
Taliban, Opposition Continue to Fight For Control of Panjshir Province
Italy’s PM Calls for Mandatory Vaccinations for Incoming Illegals
Celebratory Gunfire Kills at Least 17 in Kabul
Japan Extends COVID-19 State of Emergency in Tokyo and Surrounding Area
39 Percent of French Believe Islam Will Become the Largest Religion in France
Domestic Flights Resume at Reopened Kabul Airport
Opinion
Newt Gingrich: The Real Authoritarians Threatening America
Deroy Murdock: The “Mr. Nice Guy Joe” Everyone Expected Is Suddenly “Mean Mr. Biden”
Kathryn Lopez: Texas Is the Reason
Maureen Callahan: American Dominance and Values Sorely Tested
Mary Szoch: Biden Claims to Protect Women While Sending Afghanistan’s Back to the Stone Age
Kevin D. Williamson: If We’re Going to Have Vaccine Mandates, We Need Much Better Oversight
Michael Reagan: The Troubles with Biden’s Brain
Maureen Mackey: A Message for Biden, Other U.S. Leaders – Stop Yelling, Start Leading
Entertainment
Box Office: ‘Shang-Chi’ Smashes Labor Day Record With $75M-$85M Haul
David Spade: “I’m Not As Funny” – Says Cancel Culture Has Made His Jokes Dry
Willard Scott, Iconic “Today” Show Weatherman, Dead At 87
Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy” Now Apple Music’s Most-Streamed Album in One Day
Jimmy Page Presents Led Zeppelin Documentary At Venice Film Festival
Nashville Hall of Fame Songwriter Jeffrey Steele Speaks Out On Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal, Releases New Single “Afghanistan”
Bette Midler Says Sex Strike Needed To Fight Texas New Anti-Abortion Law
Rosanna Arquette: “Turned Down A Film I Love Cause It Shoots In Texas” Amid Celeb Outrage Over New Abortion Law
Sports
Mother Of U.S. Marine Brings “I Don’t Kneel” Sign To College GameDay – Seen On ESPN
Noah Gragson Wins at Darlington In Overtime
UFC Vegas 36: Paddy Pimblett KO’s Luigi Vendramini For Victorious Debut
Naomi Osaka Ousted At US Open, Weighs Break From Tennis Again
Shohei Ohtani, In Angel’s Win, Throws Most Pitches Since Coming To U.S.
Pittsburgh Steelers Tunch Ilkin Dies After Battle With ALS
NBA legend Charles Barkley Blasts Anti-Vaxxers In Wild Rant: “It’s Selfish”
No. 2 Oklahoma Wins over Tulane 40-35
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Newsmax TV
- Ken Paxton: Constitution Doesn't Stop State Abortion Bans |
- Dershowitz: 'Exciting Time' for Landmark Court Decisions |
- Leyla Pirnie: Anti-Abortion Law Something Texans Wanted |
- Jenna Ellis: Biden, Pelosi Must Remember Federalism |
- Texas AG Paxton: Abortion Law Must Be on State Level |
- Attorney: Texas Abortion Ruling Not 'Unconstitutional' |
- Rep. Devin Nunes: China to Find Hard Slog in Afghanistan |
- Dr. Jha: 'Not Crazy' to Think 3 Vaccine Doses Necessary |
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, said Sunday executions of Afghans who were U.S. partners are now taking place in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.... [Full Story]
Despite COVID-19 being the No. 1 cause of death for police officers [Full Story]
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U.S. shipping ports are seeing record numbers and the traffic [Full Story]
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Four people are dead including a mother who was still cradling her [Full Story]
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1. Covid. Attempting to decipher the data in terms of possible correlations between Covid, the vaccine, and excess deaths. https://drowningindatadotblog.wordpress.com/2021/03/19/linking-excess-deaths-and-sars-cov2-vaccinations-in-scotland/
2. Legal. Good letter Liberty Counsel sent to Washington over that state's attempt to discriminate against religious exemptions. https://lc.org/PDFs/Attachments2PRsLAs/090221LtrreWAStateCOVIDMandates.pdf
3. Economic. Low-income workers continue to get hammered by the lockdown hangover. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/16/jobs-still-down-22-percent-for-low-wage-workers-theyre-up-for-everyone-else.html
4. Political. Anyone who thinks these redistricting commissions are actually "non-partisan" look no further than the attempt to hurt the populist-oriented Congresswoman Boebert. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-lauren-boebert-democrats-district-colorado-election-map-proposal
5. Cultural. The lefty invasion of comics continues to haunt the comics, as another artist subjected to cancel culture. https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/03/marvel-writer-al-ewing-will-no-longer-work-with-joe-bennett-after-artist-draws-pro-jair-bolsanaro-artwork/
*Bonus: Another winning weekend for those who took all the Saturday picks https://sportspicks.locals.com/post/1027521/free-picks-for-september-4-2021
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Here is a video I made The Stand 4 Her
Because I loved her. The song is devotional for God.
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The Hillsong United band is an Australian band that originated as a part of Hillsong Church. The band tours the world, performing at the various Hillsong church locations as well as general concert venues. They compose the songs for their own performances and for the other Hillsong Church worship teams that perform at weekly services. Subsidiary bands perform monthly in London and at summer camps sponsored by Hillsong.
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you.
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1304222
=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. Morrison was backed by bedwetters keen to protect themselves from being re elected. Marise Payne has carried on Bishop's work by signing Australia up to a compensation scheme for Pacific Islands which are not sinking, but want money. The problem is the bedwetters don't have political talent.
Also bereft of talent is the ALP government in Victoria. Dan Andrews release of eighty thousand documents related to Matthew Guy's time as planning minister exposed the identity details of a lawyer mother, and now Mrs Hemsworth, mum of the acting brothers. It is a smear job, as Mr Andrews has not attacked Guy on substance. It resembles Rudd on Heiner, and Lawrence on Easton. And it is getting worse.
ALP accuse Libs of trying to disband unions. Libs are trying to get unions to focus on the worker's needs. Workers die under ALP administration during a workplace tragedy. A crane in Box Hill has failed, and concrete fell onto workers below in a pit. It is an OHS fail. The supervising union may still profit from corruption unimpeded by workplace regulation.
Burt Reynolds died aged 82 after a distinguished career in acting. He said he had no regrets.
Before Nike decided to buy into the US mid term elections on behalf of US Democrats party, they were disliked by liberal left wing for an old policy of sweat shops based mainly in Asian nations. Thing is, those so called sweat shops were good for the communities, even if conditions were harsh. Because the communities had more money than they ordinarily could have achieved without the factories. Even so, Nike was accused of exploiting child labor and in not providing equivalent work conditions as would be experienced in US based factories.
Nike has a great name based on tradition. The Greek sounds better than the Roman Victoria which is more evocative of British monarchy than a US based company might aspire. The name was workshopped, after the company had originally been called Blue Ribbon Sports after their swoosh.
So Nike is a US based company ‘not producing things in America’ (they do, but that is irrelevant to critics), and that irritates unemployed blue colour American workers and those outraged on their behalf. Along with foreign factories came accusations of tax avoidance, because, who wants to maximise their tax?
Nike has tried to rehabilitate her image. with recycling of shoes and ‘working to protect the environment.’Some of the environmental campaigns are counterproductive, but then the environmental movement is generally more about image, than good sense.
Nike had backed Oscar Pistorius before he shot his girlfriend dead on Valentines Day. But now, by backing Colin Kaepernick with words about ‘sacrificing everything for what you believe’, Nike have messed up. NFL tanked when they took the knee to Trump’s patriotism. One may criticise Trump as once supporting Democrats before becoming a GOP President, but his long term advocacy has always been for the flag. And the US is very patriotic. Maybe Nike are considering rehabilitating Oscar?
Also bereft of talent is the ALP government in Victoria. Dan Andrews release of eighty thousand documents related to Matthew Guy's time as planning minister exposed the identity details of a lawyer mother, and now Mrs Hemsworth, mum of the acting brothers. It is a smear job, as Mr Andrews has not attacked Guy on substance. It resembles Rudd on Heiner, and Lawrence on Easton. And it is getting worse.
ALP accuse Libs of trying to disband unions. Libs are trying to get unions to focus on the worker's needs. Workers die under ALP administration during a workplace tragedy. A crane in Box Hill has failed, and concrete fell onto workers below in a pit. It is an OHS fail. The supervising union may still profit from corruption unimpeded by workplace regulation.
Burt Reynolds died aged 82 after a distinguished career in acting. He said he had no regrets.
From my article on Quora
Why do a lot of people hate Nike?Before Nike decided to buy into the US mid term elections on behalf of US Democrats party, they were disliked by liberal left wing for an old policy of sweat shops based mainly in Asian nations. Thing is, those so called sweat shops were good for the communities, even if conditions were harsh. Because the communities had more money than they ordinarily could have achieved without the factories. Even so, Nike was accused of exploiting child labor and in not providing equivalent work conditions as would be experienced in US based factories.
Nike has a great name based on tradition. The Greek sounds better than the Roman Victoria which is more evocative of British monarchy than a US based company might aspire. The name was workshopped, after the company had originally been called Blue Ribbon Sports after their swoosh.
So Nike is a US based company ‘not producing things in America’ (they do, but that is irrelevant to critics), and that irritates unemployed blue colour American workers and those outraged on their behalf. Along with foreign factories came accusations of tax avoidance, because, who wants to maximise their tax?
Nike has tried to rehabilitate her image. with recycling of shoes and ‘working to protect the environment.’Some of the environmental campaigns are counterproductive, but then the environmental movement is generally more about image, than good sense.
Nike had backed Oscar Pistorius before he shot his girlfriend dead on Valentines Day. But now, by backing Colin Kaepernick with words about ‘sacrificing everything for what you believe’, Nike have messed up. NFL tanked when they took the knee to Trump’s patriotism. One may criticise Trump as once supporting Democrats before becoming a GOP President, but his long term advocacy has always been for the flag. And the US is very patriotic. Maybe Nike are considering rehabilitating Oscar?
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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. Williams proudly announces that energy is now so expensive under ALP that one company has been given funding to find ways to not use it. Bombardier Transport in Dandenong South has identified $51k a year savings it can make by not using power. That is how much other businesses are paying in power .. an employee every year can be 'saved', but also, only in special cases. An employee or two every year from most businesses cannot get work because of power costs. And the extra bills are not saving the planet. Dan Andrews had promised it might be a dollar a year. People of Dandenong are being lied to. Is your power bill better under ALP? How will you deal with a brown out? What if it lasts a week? Can you get to work if power is cut for a week? It won't happen in Dandenong, they may say, but then, people in Dandenong occasionally need satellite to connect to the internet.
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. Williams proudly announces that energy is now so expensive under ALP that one company has been given funding to find ways to not use it. Bombardier Transport in Dandenong South has identified $51k a year savings it can make by not using power. That is how much other businesses are paying in power .. an employee every year can be 'saved', but also, only in special cases. An employee or two every year from most businesses cannot get work because of power costs. And the extra bills are not saving the planet. Dan Andrews had promised it might be a dollar a year. People of Dandenong are being lied to. Is your power bill better under ALP? How will you deal with a brown out? What if it lasts a week? Can you get to work if power is cut for a week? It won't happen in Dandenong, they may say, but then, people in Dandenong occasionally need satellite to connect to the internet.
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. The Victorian ALP have been asked to explain allegations that they have used public funds for branch stacking. They have already spent some $180 million of public funds stalling an inquiry into the red shirt brigade. The slimy, corrupt grasp of Dan Andrews on Victoria grows weak. The creatures that have so far supported Dan Andrews are just as likely to consume him. In defence of their activity, ALP have said they know nothing, and have begged for information from witnesses. But they have not offered witness protection.
Ted O'Brien, MP, makes many excellent points regarding Bill Shorten, but alas they also reflect badly on Turnbull. HRC gets upset with Sanders for endorsing her after he hadn't. Dan Andrews is telling the public there is no energy crisis, but is installing back up generators. It is a bit like charging a Tesla with a diesel generator. Or a pilot assuring passengers there is nothing to fear from turbulence, while strapping on the sole parachute on the plane.
Reach Tel are using robot call polling on same sex marriage to test new software they have for predicting poll outcomes. They have a hundred data points on every voter in Australia and they can, theoretically, accurately predict any election. They could do that before their latest software purchase, but they were often very wrong. What might be more salient is to apply their new data sets to old proven samples. US Democrats probably used similar polling techniques and were almost successful with Clinton. All Democrats need done was appeal to voters outside of the highly urbanised crime zones where they are most established. The software can highlight minimal transactions needed to achieve popular advantage. That may be why conservatives are not doing mail outs as much anymore.
I'm all for evangelical Christians and the message of salvation. I don't feel that Creationism encapsulates it. Instead of faith in God, Creationism seems to be a reaction to secular humanists seizing evolution and claiming evolution means what it doesn't, that God is irrelevant and does not exist. Evolution sheds light on the majesty of creation. Creationism is merely reflexive dogmatic insecurity.
I'm all for evangelical Christians and the message of salvation. I don't feel that Creationism encapsulates it. Instead of faith in God, Creationism seems to be a reaction to secular humanists seizing evolution and claiming evolution means what it doesn't, that God is irrelevant and does not exist. Evolution sheds light on the majesty of creation. Creationism is merely reflexive dogmatic insecurity.
=== from 2016 ===
Who endorses terrorism? Bell Shakespeare Company great John Bell has attributed to terrorism that people have been spat on and abused. Pass it off as creative license. Spitting and abuse is part of the culture embraced by Jihadis. As is bestiality, xenophobia, polygamy, homophobia and many other terrible things. On this day in 1972, the free pass given terrorists from Palestine exploded with the murder of Israeli Athletes in the athlete's village. A follow up had been planned for Rio, but cleaning contractors were arrested before the meet. The UN has endorsed the terrorism by extending unique rights to the Mythical Palestine and simultaneously denying them to Israel. This has not made the world safer. There are reasons why terrorists do their thing. But they are wrong in fact and law. And those who excuse the barbarity are deserving of contempt, and should be treated with suspicion of aiding terror.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Father's Day and the anniversary of the Massacre at Munich in 1972. The West, through the UN, fund the terrorists and give them government status. Obama may offer a final solution by giving Iran a nuclear warhead. The Australian Greens Leader went on the Bolt Report and said if he had government he would drown refugees. He felt it was the only possible response to the Middle East refugee crisis. A disturbingly large sample of people on the Bolt Report Supporter's group agree with the Australian Green's leader. Meanwhile, on Insiders, Nick Xenophon, whose voting record places him left of the ALP and nearly the same as Australian Greens, is promoted as taking out conservative seats in South Australia. Insiders are convinced that #AbbottPhobia will result in the Canning bye-election being convincingly squandered by the ALP and threatening the leadership of Abbott, or Hockey, or someone.
From 2014
Ukraine bungled it a few days ago, but the media were willing to run with it. First, Ukraine claims an unconditional cease fire with Russia. This cheered Washington who were seeking to blame Russia for hostilities. Russia pointed out she wasn't involved and couldn't speak for the rebels fighting the illegitimate Ukraine government, who (the rebels) were mainly ethnically Russian, but also include French. It took a few days, but Ukraine finally had a cease fire with the rebels, allowing the possibility of a resumption for body searches for MH17. It has become clear that Russia has been set up and nothing can be taken for granted in Ukraine. It was apparent that Russia had fired a Buk missile at MH17. The possibility is now that Ukraine orchestrated a war crime, failing to warn Malaysian airlines of the war zone or that Ukrainian aircraft had been downed previously, but also the outlandish possibility is that Ukraine actually shot the aircraft down to blame Russia. And Washington is not exercising due diligence in blaming Russia.
Disturbing allegations that European nations are bankrolling Al-Qaeda by paying for hostages. And then there is a small time criminal Islamic convert who allegedly told friends he was hiding from police before allegedly beheading cats and a local elderly lady in London. Meanwhile some radical converts holidaying in Iraq and Syria are asking for permission to go home. The glory days of beheadings being over, as a young man is crucified by IS to make a point when villagers ask IS to leave them alone. A mystery in Rozelle, a university student area in Sydney, very upmarket, where a recent migrant's shop has mysteriously blown up killing a young man, and a young mother and baby. It is still not known what caused the explosion.
Joan Rivers was, in her own way, a conservative. There is no single conservative opinion, unlike the left wing which argue indistinguishably from multiple points for a single end. ABC showed an advert for a program of theirs showing an apologist for people smuggling arguing with a radical who dislikes migrants. A conservative view might be that migration needs to be well managed, but the ABC sidestepped that and presented an unapposed view that people smuggling was fair and reasonable. A mother has betrayed her young daughters by making them pose for pornography she shared with their dance instructor, she had discovered was a fan. Her husband just wants her home. Hopefully the law is equipped to keep her in jail for many years to come. Meanwhile a 'man' is pleading not guilty to throwing a girl to her death off a balcony after meeting her on a social network and recording their tryst. He'll be able to work out in prison. One idiot who might not go to prison is a racist cop in Louisiana who disparaged black people. He has been sacked, but it is to be hoped he can be sued in civil court too.
A dog dressed up as a spider is entertaining millions on video. Another bizarre thing is an attempt to change the Australian Constitution to make it racist. The video does well, the attempt at constitutional change won't. And then there are rumours Clive Palmer is bankrupt, and misappropriated Chinese money to obscure that fact. All comments made in this editorial are sourced from posts which follow.
Disturbing allegations that European nations are bankrolling Al-Qaeda by paying for hostages. And then there is a small time criminal Islamic convert who allegedly told friends he was hiding from police before allegedly beheading cats and a local elderly lady in London. Meanwhile some radical converts holidaying in Iraq and Syria are asking for permission to go home. The glory days of beheadings being over, as a young man is crucified by IS to make a point when villagers ask IS to leave them alone. A mystery in Rozelle, a university student area in Sydney, very upmarket, where a recent migrant's shop has mysteriously blown up killing a young man, and a young mother and baby. It is still not known what caused the explosion.
Joan Rivers was, in her own way, a conservative. There is no single conservative opinion, unlike the left wing which argue indistinguishably from multiple points for a single end. ABC showed an advert for a program of theirs showing an apologist for people smuggling arguing with a radical who dislikes migrants. A conservative view might be that migration needs to be well managed, but the ABC sidestepped that and presented an unapposed view that people smuggling was fair and reasonable. A mother has betrayed her young daughters by making them pose for pornography she shared with their dance instructor, she had discovered was a fan. Her husband just wants her home. Hopefully the law is equipped to keep her in jail for many years to come. Meanwhile a 'man' is pleading not guilty to throwing a girl to her death off a balcony after meeting her on a social network and recording their tryst. He'll be able to work out in prison. One idiot who might not go to prison is a racist cop in Louisiana who disparaged black people. He has been sacked, but it is to be hoped he can be sued in civil court too.
A dog dressed up as a spider is entertaining millions on video. Another bizarre thing is an attempt to change the Australian Constitution to make it racist. The video does well, the attempt at constitutional change won't. And then there are rumours Clive Palmer is bankrupt, and misappropriated Chinese money to obscure that fact. All comments made in this editorial are sourced from posts which follow.
From 2013
A 5pm phone call came in. There were multiple languages used. In English, after what may have been Arabic or Turkish, the caller instructed me to vote or face various penalties for voting. It then announced it was a paid announcement from the ALP (02 80054396). I live in one of the safest ALP seats in the country. It used to be Keating's seat. It currently belongs to Jason Clare. Jason is not a good candidate. He is up against an honorary Bangladeshi consul with impressive local family business credentials. Jason would not help me, a constituent, when I begged. Anyway, it doesn't matter. I voted on Wednesday when I was in Bankstown. I voted for the Liberal, Khoury, and in the senate I put a '1' above the line, at 'y,' for Liberals.
Rudd and the ALP are increasingly desperate. Rudd has released a youtube video thanking a polar bear and some muppets. Meanwhile Abbott is calmly working through various electorates. A mistake in a Liberal policy document was corrected (it had claimed the Libs were planning an internet filter). Abbott took responsibility. Meanwhile, Rudd is trying to threaten the voters with claims of cuts the Libs never announced. ALP have many outstanding un-costed policies. Liberal policies are all accounted for. The Age is alone in spruiking for ALP in paper editorials. Even their Fairfax Sister paper, the Sydney Morning Herald, acknowledges the Liberals deserve government.
An Islamic boy jailed for gang rape 13 years ago was paroled recently. The parole was revoked after he broke the conditions of his parole. He had been instructed not to meet with his brothers, or other gang members (a brotherhood). He had claimed when 16 he wasn't very bright and was easily led by others. He was apparently planning to live with them, and had met up with them while on day release. It isn't a political issue. But I note conservatives seem to govern well.
Obama is now claiming his minor attack on Syria will take out their army, airforce and navy. He keeps dithering .. will he attack? Why? What is he waiting for? What would he achieve? A symbolic hit?
Rudd and the ALP are increasingly desperate. Rudd has released a youtube video thanking a polar bear and some muppets. Meanwhile Abbott is calmly working through various electorates. A mistake in a Liberal policy document was corrected (it had claimed the Libs were planning an internet filter). Abbott took responsibility. Meanwhile, Rudd is trying to threaten the voters with claims of cuts the Libs never announced. ALP have many outstanding un-costed policies. Liberal policies are all accounted for. The Age is alone in spruiking for ALP in paper editorials. Even their Fairfax Sister paper, the Sydney Morning Herald, acknowledges the Liberals deserve government.
An Islamic boy jailed for gang rape 13 years ago was paroled recently. The parole was revoked after he broke the conditions of his parole. He had been instructed not to meet with his brothers, or other gang members (a brotherhood). He had claimed when 16 he wasn't very bright and was easily led by others. He was apparently planning to live with them, and had met up with them while on day release. It isn't a political issue. But I note conservatives seem to govern well.
Obama is now claiming his minor attack on Syria will take out their army, airforce and navy. He keeps dithering .. will he attack? Why? What is he waiting for? What would he achieve? A symbolic hit?
Historical perspective on this day
394 – Battle of the Frigidus: Roman EmperorTheodosius I defeats and kills the usurper Eugenius. His Frankish magister militumArbogast escapes but commits suicide two days later.
1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1634 – Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Nördlingen, the Catholic Imperial army defeats Swedish and German Protestant forces.
1642 – England's Long Parliament suppresses all stage plays in theatres.
1781 – The Battle of Groton Heights takes place, resulting in a British victory.
1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grantbloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
1863 – American Civil War: Confederate forces evacuate Battery Wagnerand Morris Island in South Carolina.
1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
1885 – Eastern Rumelia declares its union with Bulgaria, thus accomplishing Bulgarian unification.
1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
1930 – Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
1939 – World War II: At the Battle of Barking Creek, Britain suffers its first fighter pilot casualty of the Second World War as a result of friendly fire.
1939 – World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
1940 – King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
1943 – The Monterrey Institute of Technology, one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America, is founded in Monterrey, Mexico.
1943 – Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.
1944 – World War II: The city of Ypres, Belgium is liberated by Allied forces.
1944 – World War II: Soviet forces capture the city of Tartu, Estonia.
1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
1952 – A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.
1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
1962 – The United States government begins the Exercise Spade Forknuclear readiness drill.
1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
1965 – India retaliates following Pakistan's Operation Grand Slam which results in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 that ends in a stalemate and follows the signing of the Tashkent Declaration.
1966 – In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of apartheid, Prime MinisterHendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
1968 – Swaziland becomes independent.
1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating its operatives did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
1991 – The Soviet Union recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
1991 – The name Saint Petersburg is restored to Russia's second largest city, which had been known as Leningrad since 1924.
1995 – Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
1997 – The Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales takes place in London. Well over a million people lined the streets and 2.5 billion watched around the world on television.
2007 – Israel executes an air strike, Operation Orchard, to destroy a nuclear reactor in Syria.
2009 – The ro-ro ferry SuperFerry 9 sinks off the Zamboanga Peninsula in the Philippines with 971 persons aboard; all but ten are rescued.
2012 – Sixty-one people die after a fishing boat capsizes off the İzmir Province coast of Turkey, near the Greek Aegean islands.
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Today's reading: Psalm 146-147, 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 146-147
1 Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD, my soul.
2 I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in human beings, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God.
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.
3 Do not put your trust in princes,
in human beings, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD their God.
6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth,
the sea, and everything in them-
he remains faithful forever.
7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed
and gives food to the hungry....
Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 15:1-28
The Resurrection of Christ
1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve. 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,8 and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born....
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
As a Christian you have to live in the midst of an ungodly world, and it is of little use for you to cry "Woe is me." Jesus did not pray that you should be taken out of the world, and what he did not pray for, you need not desire. Better far in the Lord's strength to meet the difficulty, and glorify him in it. The enemy is ever on the watch to detect inconsistency in your conduct; be therefore very holy. Remember that the eyes of all are upon you, and that more is expected from you than from other men. Strive to give no occasion for blame. Let your goodness be the only fault they can discover in you. Like Daniel, compel them to say of you, "We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God." Seek to be useful as well as consistent. Perhaps you think, "If I were in a more favourable position I might serve the Lord's cause, but I cannot do any good where I am"; but the worse the people are among whom you live, the more need have they of your exertions; if they be crooked, the more necessity that you should set them straight; and if they be perverse, the more need have you to turn their proud hearts to the truth. Where should the physician be but where there are many sick? Where is honour to be won by the soldier but in the hottest fire of the battle? And when weary of the strife and sin that meets you on every hand, consider that all the saints have endured the same trial. They were not carried on beds of down to heaven, and you must not expect to travel more easily than they. They had to hazard their lives unto the death in the high places of the field, and you will not be crowned till you also have endured hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. Therefore, "stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong."
Evening
Some things in nature must remain a mystery to the most intelligent and enterprising investigators. Human knowledge has bounds beyond which it cannot pass. Universal knowledge is for God alone. If this be so in the things which are seen and temporal, I may rest assured that it is even more so in matters spiritual and eternal. Why, then, have I been torturing my brain with speculations as to destiny and will, fixed fate, and human responsibility? These deep and dark truths I am no more able to comprehend than to find out the depth which coucheth beneath, from which old ocean draws her watery stores. Why am I so curious to know the reason of my Lord's providences, the motive of his actions, the design of his visitations? Shall I ever be able to clasp the sun in my fist, and hold the universe in my palm? yet these are as a drop of a bucket compared with the Lord my God. Let me not strive to understand the infinite, but spend my strength in love. What I cannot gain by intellect I can possess by affection, and let that suffice me. I cannot penetrate the heart of the sea, but I can enjoy the healthful breezes which sweep over its bosom, and I can sail over its blue waves with propitious winds. If I could enter the springs of the sea, the feat would serve no useful purpose either to myself or to others, it would not save the sinking bark, or give back the drowned mariner to his weeping wife and children; neither would my solving deep mysteries avail me a single whit, for the least love to God, and the simplest act of obedience to him, are better than the profoundest knowledge. My Lord, I leave the infinite to thee, and pray thee to put far from me such a love for the tree of knowledge as might keep me from the tree of life.
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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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