Saturday, September 04, 2021

Sat 4th September 2021 Current Affairs

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. 

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From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 14:1-20

Intelligibility in Worship

Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.

Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air. Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church.

For this reason the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that they may interpret what they say. For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding. Otherwise when you are praising God in the Spirit, how can someone else, who is now put in the position of an inquirer, say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since they do not know what you are saying? You are giving thanks well enough, but no one else is edified.

I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you. But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.

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A left wing outlet published an explosive piece on the mask tyranny going on. In this episode, I address the article along with the continued implosion of the Biden agenda as their credibility craters.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Buyer’s Remorse: 20% of Biden Voters Now Wish They Could Take Back Their Vote READ MORE

Jim Jordan Says He Knows Trump Will Run in 2024

Several States Consider Mirroring Texas’ New Abortion Law

Biden Signs Executive Order to Release FBI Documents on Saudi-9/11 Ties

Biden Doubles Down on $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan

Another Major Disappointment: Economy Only Adds 235k Jobs in August vs. 720k Expected

Dems Plan on Fighting Texas Abortion Law Harder Than They Fought the Taliban

Capitol Hill
Biden Recalls Tree of Life Synagogue Visit That Never Happened
Trump Endorses Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate Race
Psaki Snaps at Reporter for Asking Good Question About Abortion and Biden’s Catholic Faith
Trump: There’s Something Wrong With Joe
Rep. Biggs Builds Support to Boot Reps. Cheney and Kinzinger From Republican Conference
Rep. Cammack: Biden’s Impeachment “Absolutely” a Conversation That’s Happening Among GOP Lawmakers
Former British Commander in Afghanistan: Biden’s Exit the Greatest Disaster Since WWII
GOP Intervenes in Lawsuit Against Arizona Election Integrity Laws
Biden’s Approval Crashes to 43% in NPR/Marist Poll, Falls 10 Points Among Independents

Culture War
Illinois to Give Students Up to Five Days Off, No Questions Asked, for Mental Health
Leftist Complains That Texas Abortion Ban Will Lead to More Kids With Down Syndrome
Boom: FBI Gun Background Check System Passes 400 Million
Trump Comforts Grieving Gold Star Mom Disrespected by Biden
Climate Change Inevitably Blamed for Hurricane Ida
The Left Wants Your Bank Account Closed Too
Big Tech Silences Congressman, Mourning Mother
Parents Confront School Board Over “Antifa Teacher” in Project Veritas Video
Alleged “Fact Checkers” Try and Fail to Debunk Claim Biden Checked Watch During Dignified Transfer of Fallen Soldiers

Economy
Dems Disagree on Biden’s Plan to Tax Large Inheritances
DOJ Prepares Second Antitrust Suit Against Google
Officials Agree That Social Security and Medicare Are in Deep Trouble
Ford’s U.S. Sales Fall 33% in August Due to Chip Shortage
Sen. Manchin Tells Fellow Dems to Pause $3.5 Trillion Spending Bill
U.S. Trade Deficit Narrowed to $70.1 Billion in July
Fake Meat Startup Raises $21.5 Million on Questionable Theory That People Want to Eat Fake Meat
Hallelujah: The FTC Is Looking Into the Perpetually Broken Ice Cream Machines at McDonalds
Libs Upset About Expiration of Enhanced Unemployment Benefits That Pay More Than Work
Taliban Expected to Double Down on Drug Trafficking

Swamp Watch
Key FBI Agent in Supposed Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot Posted Anti-Trump Rants During Investigation
Bill Clinton Spotted in Hamptons With Jeffrey Epstein-Connected Billionaire
The Qanon Shaman Has Reached a Plea Deal
BLM Activist Charged With Attempted Murder for Running Over Trump Supporter Free on $1 Million Bail Thanks to Antifa Legal Group
Media Completely Ignores Biden’s Damning Call With Afghan President
Biden Admin Has Lost Contact With a Third of Migrant Children, Who May Have Been Released to Traffickers
Dems Block Efforts to Get Answers on Afghanistan
Dems Sneak Female Draft Into Defense Bill
Lawmakers Question Vetting Procedures for Afghan Refugees
Army Official’s Secret Texts: “We’re F-ing Abandoning Americans”
State Dept Expands Iran Team Days After Israel Asked Biden to Abandon Nuclear Talks

National Security
Chinese Hackers Are Creating Dossiers on American Citizens While Biden Stands By and Does Nothing
Europe’s Presence in the South China Sea
History Made: Why U.S. and Israeli Warships Are Training Together
House Armed Services Committee Approves Establishment of Space National Guard
Four More Battleforce Ships Authorized by House Armed Services Committee
Why Is China Building So Many New Nuclear Weapons?
Taliban Seeks Further Militarization
Pentagon: No Contact With Taliban Made Despite Hundreds of Americans Left Behind in Afghanistan
Thanks to Biden, the Taliban is Now Better Armed Than Most NATO Countries
Over 40 Reported Dead in Wake of Ida’s Destructive Path Through the Northeast

Around the World
Six Wounded in ISIS-Inspired Terrorist Stabbing Attack in New Zealand
Rebels Hole Up in Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley As Taliban Establishes Government in Kabul
Report: U.S.-Funded Afghan Military Equipment Seen in Iran
Germany’s Social Democrats Open Up Lead Over Merkel’s Conservatives
Qatar and Turkey in Discussions to Assist Taliban With Running Kabul Airport
Heavy Casualties Claimed by Both Sides in Fierce Fighting Between Rebels and Taliban
State of Emergency Declared in Poland on Border With Belarus Over Illegal Arrivals
WHO Tracks New Coronavirus Variant That Could Be Vaccine Resistant
Member of ISIS “Beatles” Cell That Killed Americans Pleads Guilty to Hostage Charges

Opinion
Michelle Black: We Don’t Want Revenge, We Want Truth
Newt Gingrich: The $3.5 Trillion Big Government Socialist Bill Will Fail
Jackie Cushman: Biden’s Presidential Pandemonium
Kurt Schlichter: This Guy Is Senile and Can the Media Stop Pretending He’s Not?
R. Emmett Tyrrell: An Evening with Don Rumsfeld and Winston Churchill’s Biographer
Derek Hunter: Biden Is A Dirtbag Who’s Always Exploited Tragedy
Douglas Murray: We Have Armed the Taliban to Cause Destruction in Afghanistan and Elsewhere for Generations
David Harsanyi: Why Isn’t Biden to Blame for COVID-19 Deaths?

Entertainment
Jay Leno Seemingly Defends Cancel Culture – “You Either Change With The Times Or You Die”
After Being Accused Of Battery By Housekeeper Britney Spears Will Not Face Charges
Dog the Bounty Hunter Claims He Had A “Pass” To Use N-Word Like Eminem
After Nearly 40 Years ABBA Returns With New Album and Concert
Review: “Cinderella” A Horrid Fake-Feminist Adaptation Nobody Wanted
Elton John Announces New Album With Stevie Nicks, Nicki Minaj, Stevie Wonder, Miley Cirus And Others
Michael Gandolfini Says Playing Tony Soprano Was His “Toughest Decision Ever”
China Crackdown: Male “Girlie” Behavior And “Sissy Men” Banned From TV

Sports
Tim Tebow Joining ESPN’s “First Take” As Stephen A. Smith Debate Foe
United Center To Require Proof Of Vaccination or Negative COVID Test For All Event Attendees
Yankees Snap Four-Game Skid As Gerrit Cole Strikes Out 15
Nets To Sign Former NBA All-Star Paul Millsap And Possibly LaMarcus Aldridge
Former Bucs Star Linebacker Keith McCants Dead At 53
Social Justice Decals Returning To NFL Player Helmets
Laura Sanko Becomes First UFC Female Commentator
Report: Knicks, Nets And Warriors Players Required To Be Vaccinated To Play At Home Arenas
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
The evacuation of U.S. troops, citizens and allies from Afghanistan last month was a chaotic affair. And now the next step in the relocation of thousands upon thousands of Afghans is underway with more questions hanging over the process. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV

Newsfront
A Taliban spokesman told Fox News on Friday that the U.S. should not be concerned with Afghan women's rights following the group's takeover of Afghanistan last month.... [Full Story]

Diner Sells Out After Owner Posts Sign Telling Biden Fans to Eat Elsewhere

A Florida diner whose owner posted signs telling supporters of a [Full Story]

Biden Signs Order Releasing FBI Documents on Saudi-9/11 Ties

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order directing the FBI [Full Story]

Archbishop Cordileone: Abortion Not Religious Issue, 'Fundamental Human Rights'

The opposition to abortion isn't a matter of religious doctrine, [Full Story] | 

1. Covid. The corrupting effect of satiating institutional stakeholders rather than meeting public need culminated in Covid public policy, but commenced before then, by ignoring the Precautionary Principle that demands real risk assessment. https://ashford.mit.edu/sites/default/files/documents/C28.%20LegacyOfPrecaution_19.pdf

2. Legal. Another vaccine mandate lawsuit filed. https://www.aaronkheriaty.com/work

3. Economic. Un-chartered territory in money supply. http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/money-supply-charts

4. Political. As Baris' poll demonstrated, Americans oppose people being fired, expelled from school, or excluded from basic social life over their vaccination status. https://application.marketsight.com/app/ItemView.aspx?SharedFor=director%40bigdatapoll.com&SharedBy=34090&id=c58edde2-d1e6-47c9-b40f-ad9100bc41fa

5. Cultural. Piers Morgan prevails over the Royal family. https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-58354662

*Bonus: Free football picks for week 1 of college football. https://sportspicks.locals.com/post/1027521/free-picks-for-september-4-2021

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Here is a video I made Oh Danny B
This video is for faith, love and loss. "Danny Boy" is a ballad written by English songwriter Frederic Weatherly and usually set to the Irish tune of the "Londonderry Air"
I recently lost everything I have ever owned. It is a challenge. But I want to serve God, not be served by him. 
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The video has images licensed from Videoblocks as well as sundry personal ones. 
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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 AUAWN1311111

=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. Dutton has been hammered for a decision he made regarding Au Paire. Dutton was allowed to make the decision. He was the duly elected official in charge at the time. It is arguable that making a decision in favour of three attractive young women whom have never had a record of wrong doing was something the ALP would never have done. After Dutton's decision making was leaked, it was noticed Burke lobbied for something. Questions are now being asked of ALP's former immigration minister, Tony Burke, as to why he campaigned for an Islamic hate preacher to tour Australia. Burke has recently said he didn't know about the concerns of the person he campaigned for. It was not as if the hate preacher was a dangerous Au Paire. 

Two issues in USA from opposite ends of the political spectrum illustrate how wide of the mark Democrats are. Democrats called for a boycott, recently, of In n Out burgers on the grounds the burger company gave money to both political parties, Dems and GOP. To be fair, they weren't fussed about the company giving them money, that is expected. Nike has seen how offside Colin Kaepernik is with the public and they have hooked up with the loser. The resultant anti Trump controversy should help Democrats win seats in the mid terms. Or bring the Dems to their knees. But hey, it is something they really believe in. Dems are also hating on US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. It is alleged protestors have been paid to add to the circus. Satire site "Occupy Democrats" showed a pictures of the SCOTUS nominee sitting in front of a woman flashing a 'white power' hand signal.  Seriously? This kind of kindergarten brawling will impress Democrats enough to elect more in the mid terms? 
From my article on Quora
Why are teachers bullied by students? What are some facts that support this claim?

Students do not like to control their teachers. They want their teachers to be strong, so they can tear at them without hurting the world. When students successfully get a teacher removed from class, they are at a loss as to work out another objective.

However, when a teacher is weak, students despise them. They want to learn the group dynamic they need to achieve later in life. They like to be able to play different group roles. Shaper, Implementer, Finisher, Coordinator, Team worker, Resource investigator, Plant, Monitor evaluator, and Specialist. Students like to try and wear different hats to see what suits them. But if a teacher is weak, the roles become blurred.

I have worked at schools where students felt by misbehaving they could get rid of their teachers. Those schools were dysfunctional. I have worked at schools where some teachers were utter fools, but students could not shift them.

Students can bully a teacher the same way they bully each other. “Mr Ebay eats in class/Drinks in class/ Sleeps in class/reads the paper in class/ talks inappropriately in class/ Won’t answer my questions/ Won’t stop talking/ Doesn’t know their subject/ Talks about History in Math/ Stares at my legs/ Won’t let me go to loo or get medication/” and so on. “Is this true, Mr Ebay? Your student asked you to explain and you said ‘no?’” “I deemed it inappropriate while they were supposed to be quietly lined up.” “If you can’t control a class, why should we hire you?”

Now consider how voters feel when Gillard rolled Rudd, or Turnbull rolled Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia.
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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. ALP have failed in the areas of mental health, drugs and alcohol. They have no policy that addresses the failures in service experienced by those suffering from dependence, or those suffering from those hurt by those suffering from dependence. It has gotten so bad, emergency services cannot distinguish between those suffering mental illness and terrorists. And now Williams announces her government is spending more on failed projects. Because it is an election coming up? How about stronger sentences for those breaking the law, and appropriate services addressing the needs of sufferers? What would you like the government to offer for mental illness, and those suffering from drug and alcohol dependence? More money? AFL tickets? Pizza?

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. A medical doctor appeared on a 'no' to Gay Marriage campaign advert and 5000 'Yes' advocates 'debate' the doctor by moving to take away the doctor's livelihood. They couldn't just say their reasons for disagreeing and letting fair-minded people decide on facts. Instead they moved to have the doctor deregistered. Yet, the opinion of former AMA chief Dr Kerryn Phelps supports the yes case, and there was no move to have that doctor deregistered. How about the issues get discussed, and the voters decide? 

Andrew Bolt is campaigning against Malcolm Turnbull. This marks a change of behaviour, as Bolt campaigned against Abbott before Turnbull seized the PM's position. Bolt was wrong then, but is right now. Bolt carried memes saying Abbott was unpopular with women, although Bolt admitted that view had been irrational and had pointed out that Abbott was a decent person who worked well with strong women. Bolt had lampooned the overstated 'gaffs' of captain picks and 'backflips' regarding taxation. In retrospect, the campaign against Abbott had been far broader than Turnbull or Bishop and needed a journalist response which Bolt provided. This campaign for Tony Abbott is far broader than Abbott. Abbott has been a model of loyalty, while the compromised and inept Turnbull has repeatedly demonstrated he never gave loyalty, and never deserved it. 

North Korea has successfully detonated an H bomb. That is a direct result of US voting for Obama twice. Some will claim there is nothing Obama could have done about it. But the truth is there is nothing Obama wanted to do about it. Obama could have done what Trump has done, dealing bilaterally with NK and with China to get China onside with preventing it. Because after South Korea, China is more likely to suffer from a nuclear NK. Obama was awful at foreign affairs. And divisive domestically. And the US and world will long suffer for the vandalism that Obama perpetrated on the US Presidential office. 
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It was a (brief) pleasure to meet Andrew Bolt today at Costco. He is every bit as gracious and humble before his fans as he seems by his writing. He was running 40 minutes late, having to negotiate a Costco car park. I did not see any agitators, but it would have been hard for agitators to get in. I know because it was hard for me. Dan Andrews rail maintenance meant my journey from Dandenong to Docklands was very challenging. On the way in, I had to catch a bus part way, standing room only. On a Sunday. I then followed PTV to catch a tram from Flagstaff, when I should have walked. The Tram took me in the wrong direction, as they are numbered the same each way. I still got there, but had had to go the long way around. On the return journey, I went up a different line and caught a bus, again PTV's direction. The bus ran late. a thirty minute journey in normal time became two hours. Each way. 

Luckily I left early in the morning and was an hour early for Bolt. But Costco would not let me in without paying a $60 membership fee. My weekly budget is $100. The book was another $18. Andrew was supposed to come at 2Pm, I was dead on my feet. But the crowd who gathered for him were also good people. After one faux sighting, Andrew was there, and apologetic. He signed my book by my direction for my landlord, who has been a terrific blessing to me. I'm sure that threw him. He also accepted my book I signed for him. Hopefully I won't be anonymous to him next time I am on the radio to him. 
=== from 2015 ===
Will the broken body of a child on a beach convince the world that it isn't compassionate to drown people who have been fleeced by people smugglers? Probably not, as refugee advocates come out saying that more must be able to sample the bitter fruit. Apparently the child had lived for three years in neighbouring Turkey. The journey was not necessary to flee from Syria. 
From 2014
When the ICAC asked to recess to gather evidence, smeared politicians from the Liberal Party asked to face the allegations immediately. They pointed out that they deserved natural justice to clear their names sooner rather than later. The ICAC decided to recess and now, many months after being named, former police minister Mike Gallacher was able to front the ICAC and face allegations. And he did, addressing them more plausibly than the prosecutor's supposition. The ICAC's case is in tatters, based on supposition but not evidence. Gallacher is optimistic of returning to the front bench, but it is also the case the ICAC is known to produce stings. In all likelihood, Gallacher was discussing legitimate fund raising and dropped Barry O'Farrell's nickname. Prosecutor Watson is adamant that the intercepted text message is referencing an illegal developer. It is like the case of the three wise monkeys, and contrasts strongly with the former corrupt Premier Neville Wran. Neville Wran was thought to be the "Little Mate" who could get a hit man freed from jail if bribery demands were met. But no one could prove that, and so the courts let it slide, even though no one else could have achieved the end result. But the judiciary ignore ALP corruption, and inflate accusations against Liberals on no evidence.

Why blow up a Rozelle convenience store? It is an upmarket part of Sydney, close to Sydney University. Two people are missing, and one is dead, but no one knows yet of the whereabouts of a mother, baby and a man from an adjacent complex. We don't even know why the explosion occurred; it could have been terrorist related, or it could have been a domestic accident. It is a tragedy. Hopefully the hospitalised shop owner will be able to shed light on what happened. One must remember Green Senator Whish-Wilson does not like the use of the word 'evil' or 'terrorist' preferring not to demonise people. However if the evil terrorist who beheaded a journalist recently isn't dealt with soon, then perhaps more tragedies similar to Rozelle's explosion could occur. One appreciates that Greens admire the work of sustainable population activists, but sometimes those activists are too gung ho.

Assuming they believe the lies that are spread against Israel, why are those who march against Israel not also marching against ISIS? ISIS brings Islam into disrepute. ISIS members are aggressive, but not devout. ISIS kills more Muslims than others. Islamo Fascists enjoyed swimming in a former US embassy's pool. The pool is in Libya, which incidentally is where two recently executed journalists had been abducted from more than a year ago. When it comes to issues that matter, we get silence. Silence in Rotherham where 1400 children are molested by multi cultural extravagance. Silence from academics who rename things to avoid being too easily seen to be shonky, as with AGW Hysteric Mann in his opposition to Steyn. Or with another academic claiming that drowning desperate, poor economic migrants is preferable to resettling refugees, as it strains ethical principles of public servants. 

Abbott's first year restores respect to PM's office. A report card for federal conservatives shows that the parts exceed the sum. Living standards fall as Government is blocked in senate. It has been forgotten by spruikers that superannuation comes from pay packets. Red tape is cut, so cheaper, better imports of cars for Australians are becoming available. Lambie gives maiden speech as silly as Hanson's was. 
From 2013
The ALP are low in the polls, but as former Victorian Premier Jeff Kennett reminds, they were in 1999 too, but came back to win and hold Victoria for a long, dark time. In that time they held Victoria, they ruined Victoria's competitiveness, damaged the police, ruined fire protection, damaged education and spent big. The only way to protect Australia's future is to vote for the Liberal National Parties. Christian Democrats are directing their preferences to the ALP in some states. Other ridiculous parties do the same. On the issue of costings, the ALP have failed to show the electorate all of theirs. The Liberals will show the rest of the LNP costings on Thursday, having unveiled all their promises on Wednesday, today. There is much criticism of the LNP costings, but they have shown the bulk a long time ago, unlike the ALP who only released some today. On 7:30 pm Friday night, ABC will air an election special asking "Where did we go wrong?"
Ariel Castro has committed suicide in jail. We have lost the opportunity to ask important questions (like, "Does this hurt?"). Sadly Cuba is still enslaved. Syria is still in pain. Obama is firmly dithering. Egypt smoulders.
Historical perspective on this day
476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.

1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.
1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fireoccurs.
1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.

1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozobecome the Malta Protectorate.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Leetakes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apacheleader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1939 – World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 – The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.

1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.

1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1996 – War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American Leaguerecord.
2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.

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Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 140-142
1 Rescue me, LORD, from evildoers;
protect me from the violent,
2 who devise evil plans in their hearts
and stir up war every day.
3 They make their tongues as sharp as a serpent's;
the poison of vipers is on their lips.
4 Keep me safe, LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
protect me from the violent,
who devise ways to trip my feet.
5 The arrogant have hidden a snare for me;
they have spread out the cords of their net
and have set traps for me along my path....
Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 14:1-20
Intelligibility in Worship
1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy. 2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit. 3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort. 4 Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but the one who prophesies edifies the church. 5 I would like every one of you to speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be edified.
6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction? 7Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes? 8 Again, if the trumpet does not sound a clear call, who will get ready for battle? 9 So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.10 Undoubtedly there are all sorts of languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning. 11 If then I do not grasp the meaning of what someone is saying, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and the speaker is a foreigner to me. 12 So it is with you. Since you are eager for gifts of the Spirit, try to excel in those that build up the church....

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Morning
"Thou whom my soul loveth."
It is well to be able, without any "if" or "but," to say of the Lord Jesus--"Thou whom my soul loveth." Many can only say of Jesus that they hope they love him; they trust they love him; but only a poor and shallow experience will be content to stay here. No one ought to give any rest to his spirit till he feels quite sure about a matter of such vital importance. We ought not to be satisfied with a superficial hope that Jesus loves us, and with a bare trust that we love him. The old saints did not generally speak with "buts," and "ifs," and "hopes," and "trusts," but they spoke positively and plainly. "I know whom I have believed," saith Paul. "I know that my Redeemer liveth," saith Job. Get positive knowledge of your love of Jesus, and be not satisfied till you can speak of your interest in him as a reality, which you have made sure by having received the witness of the Holy Spirit, and his seal upon your soul by faith.
True love to Christ is in every case the Holy Spirit's work, and must be wrought in the heart by him. He is the efficient cause of it; but the logical reason why we love Jesus lies in himself. Why do we love Jesus? Because he first loved us. Why do we love Jesus? Because he "gave himself for us." We have life through his death; we have peace through his blood. Though he was rich, yet for our sakes he became poor. Why do we love Jesus? Because of the excellency of his person. We are filled with a sense of his beauty! an admiration of his charms! a consciousness of his infinite perfection! His greatness, goodness, and loveliness, in one resplendent ray, combine to enchant the soul till it is so ravished that it exclaims, "Yea, he is altogether lovely." Blessed love this--a love which binds the heart with chains more soft than silk, and yet more firm than adamant!
Evening
"The Lord trieth the righteous."

All events are under the control of Providence; consequently all the trials of our outward life are traceable at once to the great First Cause. Out of the golden gate of God's ordinance the armies of trial march forth in array, clad in their iron armour, and armed with weapons of war. All providences are doors to trial. Even our mercies, like roses, have their thorns. Men may be drowned in seas of prosperity as well as in rivers of affliction. Our mountains are not too high, and our valleys are not too low for temptations: trials lurk on all roads. Everywhere, above and beneath, we are beset and surrounded with dangers. Yet no shower falls unpermitted from the threatening cloud; every drop has its order ere it hastens to the earth. The trials which come from God are sent to prove and strengthen our graces, and so at once to illustrate the power of divine grace, to test the genuineness of our virtues, and to add to their energy. Our Lord in his infinite wisdom and superabundant love, sets so high a value upon his people's faith that he will not screen them from those trials by which faith is strengthened. You would never have possessed the precious faith which now supports you if the trial of your faith had not been like unto fire. You are a tree that never would have rooted so well if the wind had not rocked you to and fro, and made you take firm hold upon the precious truths of the covenant grace. Worldly ease is a great foe to faith; it loosens the joints of holy valour, and snaps the sinews of sacred courage. The balloon never rises until the cords are cut; affliction doth this sharp service for believing souls. While the wheat sleeps comfortably in the husk it is useless to man, it must be threshed out of its resting place before its value can be known. Thus it is well that Jehovah trieth the righteous, for it causeth them to grow rich towards God.

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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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