Sunday, September 19, 2021

Sun 19th September 2021 Current Affairs

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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.
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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, 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Paul and the False Apostles

I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

I do not think I am in the least inferior to those “super-apostles.” I may indeed be untrained as a speaker, but I do have knowledge. We have made this perfectly clear to you in every way. Was it a sin for me to lower myself in order to elevate you by preaching the gospel of God to you free of charge? I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so as to serve you. And when I was with you and needed something, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied what I needed. I have kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine. Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

And I will keep on doing what I am doing in order to cut the ground from under those who want an opportunity to be considered equal with us in the things they boast about. For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ. And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is not surprising, then, if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be what their actions deserve.

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Mohamed Noor 3rd Degree Depraved Mind Murder REVERSED - Viva Frei Vlawg
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This won't make sense even after you understand it.

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Heads to His Beach Home for the Weekend Amid Mounting Crises READ MORE

Seven Ways Dems Are Set to Break Biden’s Pledge Not to Raise Taxes on Those Earning Below $400k

Boyfriend of Gabby Petito Goes Missing After He Becomes “Person of Interest” in Her Disappearance

George Soros Backs Virginia Gubernatorial Candidate Terry McAuliffe

24 State AGs Challenge Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for the Private Sector

Mark Robinson, Sara Carter, and Pete Hegseth to Appear on Unfiltered With Dan Bongino

Pentagon Confirms 10 Afghan Civilians Were Killed in Drone Strike, Not ISIS-K

Capitol Hill
Pennsylvania Voting Reform Bill Reintroduced After Governor’s Veto
Democrats Plan $12,500 Tax Credits for Electric Car Purchases
Biden Admin Helps Tajikistan Keep Out Afghan Refugees
Biden’s Approval Rating Is Falling More Than He Does
Unvaccinated Illegals Shipped to Dozens of States as Biden Implements Mandates for Everyone Else
70% Call Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal a “National Humiliation”
France Recalls Ambassadors to U.S. After Biden Snubs Them
Bipartisan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Halt Federal Funding for Gain-of-Function Research
Rep. Steube Says a “Reckoning” Is Coming From House GOP on Afghanistan

Culture War
CNN’s Brian Stelter Upset Trump Urged His Supporters to Skip “Justice for J6” Protest
Woke English Opera Fires 14 Musicians for Being White
Justice Thomas Warns Against “Destroying Our Institutions” When People Don’t Agree
State Department’s Palestinian Affairs Unit Refers to Yom Kippur as “Local Holiday”
Minnesota Supreme Court OKs Ballot Question to Replace Minneapolis Police Department
The Three Most Important Things to Corporate Media Don’t Matter At All
FDA Panel Endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Booster for People Age 65+, Rejects for Most Americans
Most NYC Restaurants Not Enforcing Vax Mandate
MSNBC’s Joy Reid Believes That Jewish Ben Shapiro Is a “White Nationalist”

Economy
Three Problems With Congress’ Plan to Raise Taxes on Cigarettes and Vaping
Feds Charge 138 Individuals With $1.4 Billion in Health-Care Fraud
The Ten Fastest Growing Jobs of the Next Decade
Dunkin’ Opens First Fully Digital Store in Boston
Sears Is Shutting Its Last Store in Its Home State of Illinois
CFOs Say Labor Shortage the Greatest Threat to Economy
Stagflation Fears Loom
McConnell Rejects Janet Yellen’s Appeal on Debt Ceiling
Fed’s Jerome Powell Owned Same Stocks Central Bank Purchased During Pandemic

Swamp Watch
Blinken Has Deleted Tweet Saying U.S. Would “Stand With Hong Kong”
Election Officials Don’t Know What Happened to 15 Million Mail Ballots in 2020 Election
Washington D.C. Takes in Zero Afghan Refugees in First Wave of Resettlement
Russian Voting App Disappears From Apple, Google After Russia Pressures Tech Companies
Biden’s Mandate Threat Is Already Failing
San Francisco Mayor the Latest Caught Violating Their Own COVID Restrictions
Top GOP Investigator: “Clinton Indictment” Blows Russia Collusion Conspiracy Wide Open

National Security
Lightfoot’s Chicago: 18 Shot Thursday, 16 Shot Wednesday Across City
U.S. Soldiers Test Suitcase-Sized Tank Killer
Joe Biden’s Big UN Speech Tuesday Is Sure to Be a Disappointment
Overwhelming Public Support Exists for Spending On Nuclear Deterrence
Small Businesses Are Accomplishing Big Things in DoD Space Programs
U.S. Coast Guard Makes Contact With Chinese Naval Ships Near Coast Of Alaska
Biden Allows Government To Require Quarantine For Measles Cases
Australia’s Big Nuclear Submarine Deal Is Historic. Here’s Why.

Around the World
Taiwan Announces $9 Billion Increase in Defense Spending
Canada’s Tight Election Campaign Enters Its Final Days
Australia Rebuffs Chinese Criticism of New Submarine Alliance With U.S., UK
Taliban Replaces Women’s Ministry With Ministry of Virtue and Vice, Lock Female Employees Out of Building
Satellites Detect Construction at Uranium Enrichment Facility in North Korea
Aging Power Infrastructure Has Cuba Struggling to Keep the Lights On
France Suspends 3,000 Healthcare Workers Who Refused COVID Vaccination
Beijing Tightens Its Grip on Hong Kong, Tells City’s Tycoons: Fall in Line

Opinion
Patrick Buchanan: Americans Souring on Biden — and Washington
Josh Hammer: Mark Milley Exposes the Myth of American “Democracy”
Tim Graham: Preaching From the Gospel of Bob Woodward
Newt Gingrich: Celebrating the First American on Constitution Day
Betsy McCaughey: Democrats Are Trashing The American Work Ethic With Their Spending Bill
Tommy Hicks: Biden Vaccine Mandate Is More Unconstitutional Overreach
Michael Barone: California Voters Get What They Deserve
Andrew Langer: Communism’s Legacy in the Era of Woke Education
Michael Farris: On Constitution Day, a Celebration of the Promises, Not Perfection, of Our Founding

Entertainment
Rap Star Nicki Minaj Blasts Democrat Party Control of Black People: “Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Agree with a Republican”
Rose McGowan Backs Nicki Minaj For Standing Up To “Powerful Elite” Amid White House Drama
Disney Actor And Comedian Sarah Silverman Endorses Secession
Bobby Brown: Whitney Houston’s “Bodyguard” Remake Would Be A Bad Idea
Lil Nas X Shares Hospital Footage Of Him Giving “Birth” To New Album “Montero”
Walt Disney World Employees Protest The Company’s New COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Requirements
Angelina Jolie Says She Was “Honored” To Meet Gymnasts McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman: “I’m In Awe Of Their Courage”
Video: Daniel Craig Says Goodbye To James Bond On Last Day Of Filming

Sports
Taylor Heinicke Believes He Should Be Washington’s QB For Rest Of 2021
Vikings’ Everson Griffen Out For Week 2 vs. Cardinals After Car Crash With A Deer
St. Louis Blues To Require Proof Of Vaccination Or Negative COVID Test By Fans At Games
Nick Gates Fractures Leg vs. Washington in Huge Loss To Giants
Phillies Didi Gregorius Blames COVID-19 Vaccine For Career-Worst Season
Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Says : “I’m The Black Steve Nash”
Patriots’ Bill Belichick Still Averse To “Irrelevant” Social Media: “We Played Football Before There Was Social Media.”
Josh Berry Replacing Injured Michael Annett For Tonight’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Race
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
The thousands of migrants that have converged under the bridge that connects Del Rio, Texas and Mexico's Ciudad Acuña, creating a makeshift camp with few basic services in intense heat is proof of a continuing problem at the border that is just getting worse under the Biden administration, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton insisted on Newsmax Saturday. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV

Florida Democrat Joseph Abruzzo Hits Biden on Tax Plan

Defense Sec. Austin OKs 100 National Guard Troops If Needed at 'Justice for J6' Rally

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has approved a Capitol Police request [Full Story]

Newsfront
Dealing the White House a stinging setback, a government advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots across the board, and instead endorsed the extra dose only for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe...... [Full Story]

Former FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Says CDC Lacked Ability in Early Days of COVID

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says [Full Story]

Fla. Democrat Abruzzo Hits Biden on Tax Plan

Progressive forces are moving Democrats further away from [Full Story] | video
=== Viva Barnes News ===

1. Covid. Even FDA can't take the bait on booster shots for everybody. https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/boom-goes-the-dynamite-the-fda-advisory

2. Legal. Vaccine mandate lawsuits proliferate. https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/572675-small-business-group-intends-to-sue-biden-administration-over-vaccine

3. Economic. Real retail sales heading toward quarterly contraction. http://www.shadowstats.com/

4. Political. Newsome salvaged his recall effort with a flood of cash and the "it's me or a Republican" gamble in a heavily Democratic state, but there were cracks beneath the surface, including continued erosion of Democratic support in working class ethnic and insular California communities. https://marketresearchfoundation.org/2021/09/15/newsom-survives-recall-election-but-trouble-is-brewing-in-california/

5. Cultural. The African-American skepticism of vaccines starting to show more cracks in the Covid lockdown political coalitions. https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/09/17/rapper-nicki-minaj-compares-cancel-culture-to-censorship-in-communist-china-following-vaccine-comments/

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Here is a video I made Falling in love again
https://rumble.com/vb8y9n-falling-in-love-again.html
"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" is the English language name for a 1930 German song composed by Friedrich Hollaender as Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt (literally: "Head to toe, I'm ready for love"). The song was originally performed in the film Der Blaue Engel (English translation: The Blue Angel) by Marlene Dietrich, who also recorded the most famous English version. The English lyrics were written by Sammy Lerner, but are in no way a direct translation of the original. Words & Music by: F. Hollander & S. Lerner Failing in love again Never wanted to What am I to do? Can't help it Love's always been my game Play it as I may I was born that way Can't help it Men flock around me Like moths around a flame And if their wings burn I know I'm not to blame https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=peMLT_qJSJn3u_9uWdxfYiaNFY58MTUwNTkwMjIzOUAxNTA1ODE1ODM5&event=desc&q=http%3A%2F%2Fconservativeweasel.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F11%2Ffalling-in-love-again.html

=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. While I was in Sydney, recently, two Turnbull inspired campaigns have attacked sitting members Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton. Dutton has been criticised by an ALP dominated senate working committee which has made a decision that should give chills to anyone thinking of making ALP government after next election. The committee deemed Dutton to have mislead parliament when he hadn't. It is an echo of the abuse of power of Dan Andrews ALP Victorian Government, where the police have announced an investigation into Red Shirt Rorts will involve questioning sitting ALP members, including the police minister, through written submissions. Tony Abbott's seat was called into question by activists, but he has done great work locally, and in Australia. In an echo of the PM's position, activists claimed that the public needed to know which members supported Abbott and which did not, wilfully misunderstanding democratic process. Along with the assault on Abbott was the refrain "Women don't trust Abbott and, without women, Abbott cannot be elected." But, women do trust Abbott and Abbott has often been elected. 

Local councils dominated by Greens and ALP have recently suggested the awful idea of growing fruit in public areas to feed the hungry. Only farmers are best for growing food, not local councils. It is not merely for having healthy fruit, but also for security of that fruit, as has been recently highlighted with needles being inserted into fruit around the country. A twelve year old girl has been caught in one isolated incident. The real culprit starting the terrorism has not yet been caught. 

Donald Trump's GOP in congress seem weak in not calling for a vote on Brett Kavanaugh. However, it is the Democrats who have behaved abysmal, holding up the confirmation with empty allegations. According to the press, the poor behaviour is impressive for supporters, who want to see more such spoiling in government. McCain was one GOP who seemed to work for the Clinton Foundation. Are there others? Let the public see, with a vote. 

Today I return from Sydney to writing. My trip to Sydney was by train, because I don't fit in plane seats, and can't afford multiple tickets. I was blessed to see friends and attend a magnificent wedding. I had planned to go first class on the train, overnight, for the ten hour journey. I'd mistaken first class seat with first class cabin, which was how I came to Melbourne in '16. My apologies to my fellow first class passengers. Ten hours next to me overnight. I could not sleep as there were not facilities for my CPAP machine. The return journey and the journey up were both fully booked, so there was no room to move. After a few legs, each journey, the train company took pity on my fellow passengers and gave up seats to allow me a double. One life saver was the silicon nose inserts that worked as a fall back. I couldn't sleep, but did not snore. Special shout out to Dan Andrews Victoria leg, on the journey out, Train was stopped at Frankston by police, playing chases with youths on the tracks. 
From my article on Quora
‘Competence of left wing governments in stable democracies’ is a worst case of revisionism in school history today. It underpins a number of common tropes used to assuage bitter feelings when the left do badly. So that “Kennedy had a troubled history in government, ..” ..”but his foreign policy was intelligent.” .. “but his speeches were magnificent” .. “but he was for civil rights.” But, if one digs, one finds all the wonderful aspects overstated. Magnificent speeches were not written by him and not followed through by him. Kennedy’s vaunted civil rights record is tarnished when one notes he gave free reign to Wallace. But if one looks at the Democrat Presidents who followed JFK, where is the virtue of LBJ, Carter, Clinton or Obama? All of them were horrible in foreign affairs or domestic issues. Clinton’s greatest achievement was having a GOP congress to guide the economy. But, looking backwards, Truman, FDR and Wilson were no better. All three were involved in war atrocities that would cashier a GOP President. GOP can be criticised, but can Dems? Not in our modern classrooms

In UK, much has been made of weak conservative leaders post Thatcher. But, Blair and Brown and their non PM leaders, following, have shrunk over time in moral terms. Jeremy Corbyn’s position on Israel and Palestine is not the position of a good world citizen. Brown’s views on Scotland have not benefited the Scots. Under UK Labor, UK were unable to grow their economy appropriately. They make Therese May look competent. PM May was not the best candidate, Boris Johnson, who was sidelined when an ambitious backer of his backstabbed him. The conservative infrastructure is terribly compromised by organisations such as the Clinton Foundation which has compromised conservative parties internationally, buying individuals with money and access to power.

Similarly in Australia, from Whitlam, Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard, Hawke being lauded, but Hawke had the advantage of Howard as opposition leader allowing good reforms to pass. In the last decade, a powerful union lobby has managed to overturn regulation that prevented their corruption. Under Work Choices, workers could engage unions if they wanted them. Under Fair Work, unions can use stand over tactics to extort from business and limit opportunities to employees.
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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 is announcing 12 new police for Dandenong. There are 168 hours each week. Each police person works a 36 hour week, so a week of one extra policeman is four and two thirds of an officer. So, the extra officers mean 2.5 extra officers are available at any one time. Across Victoria there are over eighteen thousand sworn members in Vic Pol. Victorian crime figures are high across the board. There is no excuse for it, but police members are not entirely to blame, they are forced to work under awful restrictions imposed by the Andrews government. Andrews recent expenditures show that figures are improving in the lead up to election, but that seems to be for two reasons, both related to opposition leader Matthew Guy's policies of giving police more latitude to police, and increasing police numbers. But Andrews implementation is unaffordable, while Guy has a package that is sustainable. Instead of hiring 2.5 more police and placing them on the front line, how about freeing currently working police to do their jobs effectively? 

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 ===
Don't give up on hope. One disturbing incident today had a female in the childcare industry who said on social media that she was going to vote 'yes' for same sex marriage. Her boss inferred from it that she was a bigot who was not safe with children, and sacked her. Media became interested. The former employee said she had only said how she was going to vote, nothing else. The boss was interviewed by the ABC and hanged up on the station after declaring the former employee had merely disagreed with them, and therefore was unsafe to allow working with children. Special provision has been made regarding the expression of values on Same Sex Marriage which regulate this issue, but unfair dismissal may be brought into the settlement which could potentially be at odds with the special provision legislation. One understands the outrage that 'Yes' campaigners must feel at this absurd and unfair dismissal. The 'Yes' campaign had predicted it would happen. 

Except, I have misrepresented the issue in one important aspect. The sacked employee had merely posted on social media she would vote 'no' and was sacked. And there is virtually no support for her over the unfair dismissal. It is the 'yes' advocates who are bringing the 'yes' case into disrepute. They will probably still win, but it calls into question their win. And the Postal vote is badly run. Some people have votes of third parties. Because the vote is secret, there is no verification for voter fraud, further undermining the potential outcome. One pollster has called Andrew Bolt on 3AW at about 8:40 pm and claimed that the 'no' vote is outspending the 'yes' vote on advertising. Where? Honi Soit magazine? Who has seen a 'no' advert? 
=== from 2016 === 
Dan Andrews legislation to let people choose their sex on their birth certificate makes SSM moot. 

Conroy represented a right branch of the ALP, but that is not right wing. Neither is it conservative. He is leaving his fantasy land and returning to family. I wish him well.

Those who feel Islam represents them and is codified by terror I hold in contempt. 

Turnbull should not involve himself in gender politics. It looks like pork barrelling. 

Obama re-initiated the cold war to solve his policy vacuum regarding foreign policy. Russia's activity is Obama's fault. 

CNN caught promoting Hillary, by lying. 

I stand opposed to apartheid. I always will.
=== from 2015 ===
Journalist Latika Bourke was writing about the '09 Liberal leadership spill and made the erroneous claim that Mr Abbott had knifed Mr Turnbull to get the leadership. That is not what happened. Bad leadership by Turnbull had meant that Rudd's proposed ETS was inevitable. It was a tax on Carbon dioxide which paid for nothing, and would be an impost on business and homes. As a banker, Turnbull was comfortable with a tax. Hockey had support to campaign within the party on the issue of opposing the ETS. Turnbull called a spill motion to unite the party. Hockey tanked and said the issue of global warming was a moral one. Mr Abbott stood up on the platform opposing an ETS. Hockey claimed to have negotiated to run for the leadership unopposed, but Turnbull stood up too. The global warming believers split their vote and Abbott won. Abbott had not knifed Turnbull, but had stood up only after a spill. On the other hand, Turnbull white anted Howard and Abbott and cruelled the elections of the LNP in Qld, SA, Vic and Aus. Latika, writing for the SMH likes division among conservatives. The cruel falsehood is meant to confuse those who don't know. Latika back tracked and later claimed that Turnbull was knifed by the right of the Liberal party. In fact, it would be right to replace him, and boot him from the party for treachery. Now that Turnbull is no longer undermining the Libs, Canning looks to be in the good hands of Mr Hastie. An improved educational curriculum has been released. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
From 2014
The Scottish first Minister was wrong and lied. Scotland has a proud history and is not diminished for being part of a United Kingdom. Everything that people said they wanted for Scotland in isolation, she has in unity. But the UK Labor party has played a role in this, they want division and resentment. They profit from it. Was the win big enough to keep UK united? Time will tell. One pressure point is gong to be when Charles is king. It has to do with character. And it is misleading to refer to the kingdom as the royal house represents both. Greens misread campaign and made predictions that Mr Abbott would be humiliated. They got it wrong too. 

Large police raids in Sydney and Brisbane resulted in two charged with planning a terrorist hit on the community, capturing a person at random, beheading them and dragging their body through the streets wrapped in an ISIS flag. ABC immediately goes into damage protection mode, with journalists claiming the raids were over kill, and complaints were made of police brutality and abuse. One boy said his mother was with her husband in bed, naked, when the police broke in, alleging police did it for a cheap thrill. Actually, the boy alleged that police dogs did it which suggests the canine unit is very advanced and likes arab women. There is no specific allegation of crotch sniffing. But the ABC refers to tremendous 'sadness' regarding the raids. Nobody was killed in the raids, and apparently none was hurt, so the need for sadness is not apparent. Waleed Aly seems convinced that none of the terrorists were Islamic, and he would know, he says. Uthman Badar who defended honour killing speaks for terrorists at Lakemba. Catherine Deveny reckons a burka is less restrictive than the Western institution of marriage for women, so she clearly agrees with Uthman. The sad truth is that Jihadists are too few in number to win an election in Democracy. They are too weak to openly fight for what they believe, The terrorists hide and hurt the weakest because they are bullies and cowards. The Islamic leadership is similarly impotent and irrelevant, often supporting corruption and inspiring children in their community to underachieve. 

Michael Mann, self proclaimed genius author of the Hockey Stick graph and serial liar is a warmest idiot. He offered a hashtag askdrmann where he threatened to report anyone who might not agree with him. Exactly to whom they might be reported is not clear. British warmist moron Jarvis Cocker wrote in the Guardian that he sailed around Greenland in 2008 and saw firsthand global warming. Only now there is black ice in Greenland. Warmists are agonising over what it means. It means the ice is not melting in summer and so impurities remain. When warmists stop wringing their hands, they might realise it is good news for them .. Greenland is not warming and they have photographic evidence. 

The Occupy movement never amounted to much, and bickered among themselves. Now they are continuing to bicker in court. An outraged ACT senior public servant complains they need longer break times to source organic soy milk for their coffee. Two archbishops of Sydney have done nothing wrong, but victims of pedophiles want them to apologise. Europe is depressed at the moment, and Poland warns on deflation. 
From 2013
In France it is really chic to sport a beard, apparently. In Canada, it is not an essential skill to drive a train well? In the US it is outrageous to leave your gun before entering Starbucks. Apparently, gun restrictions aren't the preferred cup of tea for many. It is international speak like a Pirate day. 
Chief pirate Flannery has been dismasted. His acts of piracy answered by a reestablished rule of law. A rule which still hasn't reached the ABC. One act of piracy is pedophilia. It is outlawed, but some skirt those laws. 
The ALP is looking for a leader. Abbott is acting as a leader, but the ALP don't like Abbott. They are quite rude about him. It is funny that the ALP are attracting a large number of new members. It seems to happen during times the ALP are prone to branch stacking. It is een as a positive by those who approve of branch stacking. Howes wants to be involved by ditching the old Carr. North Korea is a bad place to be a free thinker. A bit like the ABC being a bad place to be a conservative, but worse. The sports drug issue is dying now that the impetus to get ALP reelected is gone. 
Historical perspective on this day
335 – Flavius Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle, emperor Constantine I.
634 – Siege of Damascus: The Rashidun Arabs under Khalid ibn al-Walidcapture Damascus from the Byzantine Empire.
1356 – Battle of Poitiers: An English army under the command of Edward, the Black Prince defeats a French army and captures the French king, John II.
1676 – Jamestown is burned to the ground by the forces of Nathaniel Bacon during Bacon's Rebellion.

1777 – American Revolutionary War: British forces win a tactically expensive victory over the Continental Army in the First Battle of Saratoga.
1778 – The Continental Congress passes the first United States federal budget.
1796 – George Washington's Farewell Address is printed across America as an open letter to the public.
1799 – French Revolutionary Wars: French-Dutch victory against the Russians and British in the Battle of Bergen.

1846 – Two French shepherd children, Mélanie Calvat and Maximin Giraud, experience a Marian apparition on a mountaintop near La Salette, France, now known as Our Lady of La Salette.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Iuka: Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.
1863 – American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
1864 – American Civil War: Third Battle of Winchester: Union troops under General Philip Sheridan defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Jubal Early. With over 50,000 troops engaged it was the largest battle fought in the Shenandoah Valleyand was not only militarily decisive in that region of Virginiabut also played a role in securing Abraham Lincoln's election in 1864.

1868 – La Gloriosa begins in Spain.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Siege of Paris begins, which will result on January 28, 1871 in the surrender of Paris and a decisive Prussian victory.
1870 – Having invaded the Papal States a week earlier, the Italian Army lays siege to Rome, entering the city the next day, after which the Pope described himself as a Prisoner in the Vatican.
1879 – The Blackpool Illuminations are switched on for the first time.
1881 – U.S. President James A. Garfield dies of wounds suffered in a July 2 shooting. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes President upon Garfield's death.
1893 – Women's suffrage: In New Zealand, the Electoral Act of 1893 is consented to by the governorgiving all women in New Zealand the right to vote.

1916 – During the East African Campaign of World War I, colonial armed forces of the Belgian Congo (Force Publique) under the command of General Charles Tombeurcaptured the town of Tabora after heavy fighting.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged.
1940 – Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
1944 – Armistice between Finland and Soviet Union is signed, marking the end of the Continuation War.
1944 – Battle of Hürtgen Forest between United States and Nazi Germany begins.
1946 – The Council of Europe is founded following a speech by Winston Churchill at the University of Zurich.

1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
1957 – First American underground nuclear bomb test (part of Operation Plumbbob).
1970 – The first Glastonbury Festival is held, at a farm belonging to Michael Eavis.
1970 – Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest against the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos.
1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
1973 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has his investiture.
1976 – Turkish Airlines Flight 452 hits the Taurus Mountains, outskirt of Karatepe, Osmaniye, Turkey, killing all 154 passengers and crew.
1976 – Two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II jets fly out to investigate an unidentified flying objectwhen both independently lose instrumentation and communications as they approach, only to have them restored upon withdrawal.
1978 – The Solomon Islands join the United Nations.

1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon Universitybulletin board system.
1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
1985 – A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.
1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Centeras Frank Zappaand other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.
1989 – A terrorist bomb explodes UTA Flight 772 in mid-air above the Tùnùrù Desert, Niger, killing 171.

1995 – The Washington Post and The New York Times publish the Unabomber's manifesto.
1997 – Guelb El-Kebir massacre in Algeria where 53 people are killed.
2006 – The Thai military stages a coup in Bangkok. The Constitution is revoked and martial law is declared.
2010 – The leaking oil well in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill is sealed.
2011 – Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees surpasses Trevor Hoffman to become Major League Baseball's all time saves leader with 602.
2016 – In the wake of a manhunt, the suspect in a series of bombings in New York and New Jersey is apprehended after a shootout with police.

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Today's reading: Proverbs 30-31, 2 Corinthians 11:1-15 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Proverbs 30-31

Sayings of Agur


1 The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh—an inspired utterance.
This man’s utterance to Ithiel:
“I am weary, God,
but I can prevail.
2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
I do not have human understanding.
3 I have not learned wisdom,
nor have I attained to the knowledge of the Holy One.
4 Who has gone up to heaven and come down?
Whose hands have gathered up the wind?
Who has wrapped up the waters in a cloak?
Who has established all the ends of the earth?
What is his name, and what is the name of his son?
Surely you know!

Today's New Testament reading: 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Paul and the False Apostles
1 I hope you will put up with me in a little foolishness. Yes, please put up with me! 2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. 4 For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough....

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Morning

"If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
Galatians 5:25
The two most important things in our holy religion are the life of faith and the walk of faith. He who shall rightly understand these is not far from being a master in experimental theology, for they are vital points to a Christian. You will never find true faith unattended by true godliness; on the other hand, you will never discover a truly holy life which has not for its root a living faith upon the righteousness of Christ. Woe unto those who seek after the one without the other! There are some who cultivate faith and forget holiness; these may be very high in orthodoxy, but they shall be very deep in condemnation, for they hold the truth in unrighteousness; and there are others who have strained after holiness of life, but have denied the faith, like the Pharisees of old, of whom the Master said, they were "whitewashed sepulchres." We must have faith, for this is the foundation; we must have holiness of life, for this is the superstructure. Of what service is the mere foundation of a building to a man in the day of tempest? Can he hide himself therein? He wants a house to cover him, as well as a foundation for that house. Even so we need the superstructure of spiritual life if we would have comfort in the day of doubt. But seek not a holy life without faith, for that would be to erect a house which can afford no permanent shelter, because it has no foundation on a rock. Let faith and life be put together, and, like the two abutments of an arch, they will make our piety enduring. Like light and heat streaming from the same sun, they are alike full of blessing. Like the two pillars of the temple, they are for glory and for beauty. They are two streams from the fountain of grace; two lamps lit with holy fire; two olive trees watered by heavenly care. O Lord, give us this day life within, and it will reveal itself without to thy glory.

Evening

"And they follow me."
John 10:27

We should follow our Lord as unhesitatingly as sheep follow their shepherd, for he has a right to lead us wherever he pleases. We are not our own, we are bought with a price--let us recognize the rights of the redeeming blood. The soldier follows his captain, the servant obeys his master, much more must we follow our Redeemer, to whom we are a purchased possession. We are not true to our profession of being Christians, if we question the bidding of our Leader and Commander. Submission is our duty, cavilling is our folly. Often might our Lord say to us as to Peter, "What is that to thee? Follow thou me." Wherever Jesus may lead us, he goes before us. If we know not where we go, we know with whom we go. With such a companion, who will dread the perils of the road? The journey may be long, but his everlasting arms will carry us to the end. The presence of Jesus is the assurance of eternal salvation, because he lives, we shall live also. We should follow Christ in simplicity and faith, because the paths in which he leads us all end in glory and immortality. It is true they may not be smooth paths--they may be covered with sharp flinty trials, but they lead to the "city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God." "All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant." Let us put full trust in our Leader, since we know that, come prosperity or adversity, sickness or health, popularity or contempt, his purpose shall be worked out, and that purpose shall be pure, unmingled good to every heir of mercy. We shall find it sweet to go up the bleak side of the hill with Christ; and when rain and snow blow into our faces, his dear love will make us far more blest than those who sit at home and warm their hands at the world's fire. To the top of Amana, to the dens of lions, or to the hills of leopards, we will follow our Beloved. Precious Jesus, draw us, and we will run after thee.

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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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