Thursday, September 16, 2021

Thu 16th 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.
https://voiceddb.locals.com/post/1018405/intro-to-locals-for-the-conservative-voice

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 8

The Collection for the Lord’s People

And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord’s people. And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. But since you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.

I am not commanding you, but I want to test the sincerity of your love by comparing it with the earnestness of others. For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.

And here is my judgment about what is best for you in this matter. Last year you were the first not only to give but also to have the desire to do so. Now finish the work, so that your eager willingness to do it may be matched by your completion of it, according to your means. For if the willingness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has, not according to what one does not have.

Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed, but that there might be equality. At the present time your plenty will supply what they need, so that in turn their plenty will supply what you need. The goal is equality, as it is written: “The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little.”

Titus Sent to Receive the Collection

Thanks be to God, who put into the heart of Titus the same concern I have for you. For Titus not only welcomed our appeal, but he is coming to you with much enthusiasm and on his own initiative. And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his service to the gospel. What is more, he was chosen by the churches to accompany us as we carry the offering, which we administer in order to honor the Lord himself and to show our eagerness to help. We want to avoid any criticism of the way we administer this liberal gift. For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.

In addition, we are sending with them our brother who has often proved to us in many ways that he is zealous, and now even more so because of his great confidence in you. As for Titus, he is my partner and co-worker among you; as for our brothers, they are representatives of the churches and an honor to Christ. Therefore show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our pride in you, so that the churches can see it.

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https://rumble.com/vmjoa1-ep.-1605-did-we-witness-an-act-of-treason-the-dan-bongino-show.html
Were the Democrats involved in a coup? Did Mark Milley commit treason? In this episode I address the disturbing evidence.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Former Acting Defense Sec. Says He Didn’t Authorize Gen. Milley’s China Calls – Calls for His Resignation READ MORE

White House Defends Gen. Milley’s Treasonous Behavior

Pentagon Confirms Gen. Milley’s Secret Calls to China

Biden Reportedly Furious Over Sen. Manchin Blocking $3.5 Trillion Liberal Wish List

U.S. Olympic Gymnasts Slam FBI for Failed Handling of Larry Nassar Case

Bipartisan Bill Unveiled to Freeze Funding for Gain-of-Function Research

Rand Paul Calls for Gen. Milley to Be Court-Martialed “If It Happened”

Capitol Hill
COVID-19 Vaccine to Be Required for New Legal Immigrants (But Not Illegal Migrants)
DHS Chief of Staff Resigns After Just Months on the Job
Pennsylvania GOP Looks to Subpoena Personal Info About Voters in 2020 Election
Gen. Milley Has Got to Go
Biden to Meet With Executives Over Vax Mandate
Sec of State Blinken Floats New War-Making Powers
Amnesty Bill Removes Limits on Employer-Based Green Cards for an Entire Decade
Arizona the First State to Sue Biden Over Vax Mandate
House Republicans Say Facebook Lied About Risks to Teenage Users
Trump: Gen. Milley Guilty of Treason If Claims Are True

Culture War
ABC News Staffer Claims Network Retaliated After She Filed Sexual-Assault Complaint
As Afghan Population in U.S. Explodes, Majority Live on Welfare
Virginia Teacher Says Asking Kids to Behave Is White Supremacy
Illinois Gov. Can’t Say If/When Mask Mandate Will Ever End
Idaho Company That Biden Claims He Got His First Job Offer From Says They Have No Record of That
New York’s New Governor Wants Facebook to Crack Down on Pro-Lifers
Justice Breyer Says SCOTUS Decision on Texas Abortion Ban Was “Bad” But Not Political
Genealogist Finds Biden’s Ancestors Were Slave Owners
Dems Lose Ground in South Texas as Hispanics Vote GOP
Federal Judge Blocks New York’s COVID Vax Mandate for Healthcare Workers

Economy
Sen. Cruz Will Filibuster Any Attempts to Raise Debt Limit
Dems Want Higher Taxes on Businesses Than in Communist China
Media Tries to Downplay Latest Inflation Report
Study Finds U.S. Is Short More Than 5 Million Homes
Mortgage Demand From Homebuyers Jumps to Highest Level Since April
House Dems Propose Bill That Would Close Tax Loophole Used by Crypto Investors
Some Chains Are Closing Their Dining Rooms Again
Sen. Warren Calls for Breaking Up Wells Fargo
COVID Continues Deepening Global Supply Chain Woes
Microsoft Invests $26 Million in Deepfake-Foiling Startup

Swamp Watch
Biden Admin Hires Group to Help Bring Expelled Illegals Back to U.S.
Report: Gen. Milley Told Military Officials Not to Take Orders From President Trump After Capitol Riot
AOC Slapped With Ethics Complaint for Accepting Free Met Gala Tickets
China Defector Warned U.S. Intel Agencies About COVID Six Weeks Before China Admitted Outbreak
Half of America Sees Jailed Jan 6 Protesters are Persecuted, Political Prisoners
Sec of State Blinken Doesn’t Know If Biden Drone Killed Aid Worker or ISIS
Homeland Watchdog Warns About U.S. Not Testing Illegals for COVID
Georgia’s Largest County Considers Stacey Abrams Lobbyist for Top Elections Job
Dr. Fauci Mulls Limiting Travel Within U.S.

National Security
Intel Officials Warn Al-Qaeda Could Rebuild in Afghanistan Within a Year
Iran May Have the Ability to Build a Nuclear Weapon in One Month
This Navy SEALs Mini-Sub Packed Full-Sized Torpedoes
U.S. Military Culture Leads to Defeat
Joe Biden’s Afghan Failure Will Echo For Ages
“Sustained” U.S. Presence is Needed in the South China Sea, Says Lawmaker
Vice Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Says Pentagon Moving “Unbelievably Slow’ With Modernization
U.S. Soldiers Given Three Months to Get COVID Vaccination, Or Face Discharge
North Korea Fires Two Ballistic Missiles Off Its East Coast

Around the World
Poland Says They Wish to Remain in EU, But Must Also Remain a Sovereign State
Taliban Deny Reports That Their Deputy Prime Minister is Dead
Boris Johnson Calls Vaccine Passports a “Game-Changer,” “Life Saver”
With Many Voters Still Undecided, German Election Remains Too Close to Call
Report: Taliban Seeking Washington, DC Lobbyist to Gain Legitimacy From President Biden
Haiti’s Chief Prosecutor Calls for Prime Minister to Be Charged in President’s Killing
UK Government’s “Plan B” For Coronavirus Surge Includes Vaccine Passports, Mask Mandates
IAEA Accuses Iran of “Unacceptable” Treatment of Watchdog’s Inspectors

Opinion
Charles Lipson: The Deep Politics of Vaccine Mandates
Stephen Moore: Americans Should Be Working Hard, Not Hardly Working
Julio Rivera: What Will We Learn About 2022 Midterms from Tuesday’s Recall?
Dennis Prager: Why Freedom Is in Serious Jeopardy
Derek Hunter: Trigger Warnings (And Other Stupid Things Democrats Do)
Patrick Buchanan: Who and What Is Tearing the U.S. Apart?
John R. Lott, Jr.: Very Concerning Evidence of Vote Fraud in California Recall Election
Oliver L. North and David L. Goetsch: Afghanistan — Time for Accountability

Entertainment
Norm Macdonald Saved “SNL” In One of its Sporadic “Dark Times”
Norm Macdonald’s Best Jokes & Quotes From A Legendary Stand-Up Career
Celebrities Flaunting Left-Wing Political Statements At Met Gala Blasted As “An Out of Touch Clown Show”
Jimmy Kimmel Mocks Floridians Who Died Of COVID
Actor Michael Rapaport Torches AOC Over Met Gala Dress
Universal Studios Lands Right to Christopher Nolan’s New World War II Epic
Catholic Actor & Film Director Mel Gibson: “A Very Deep Sickness Afflicts the Church”
Alec Baldwin Attacks Gov. Ron DeSantis As “The New Jim Jones”

Sports
NBA Won’t Enforce Vaccine Mandates On Players, Will Blue Cities Let Them Play?
Sources: Seattle Mariners To Host 2023 MLB All-Star Game
Reigning Truck Champion Sheldon Creed Joining RCR Xfinity Program In 2022
Buffalo Bills Owner Threatens To Move Team If He Doesn’t Get Public Subsidies For New Stadium
Navy Football Coach Fired For COVID-19 Refusing Vaccine: “I Continue To Stand Firm In My Conviction Of Faith”
Big E Rocks WWE With Title Win
Report: Nuggets And Aaron Gordon Seal 4-Year, $92 Million Contract Extension
=== Newsmax Headlines ===

Texas has passed a strict law against abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around the sixth week of pregnancy. The law also offers rewards to those who help call out anyone assisting in obtaining an illegal procedure. [Full Story]
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Gen. Milley's Contact Was One of China's Biggest Saber Rattlers

The People's Liberation Army general reportedly in contact with White [Full Story]

Pope: Abortion Is 'Murder,' But US Bishops Should Not Be Political

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that abortion is "murder," even soon [Full Story]

Poll: 62 Percent of Americans Think US Will Return to Afghanistan

Sixty-two percent of Americans believe U.S. service members will be [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Both Sides Now
"Both Sides, Now" is a single by Joni Mitchell. Her recording first appeared on the album Clouds, released in 1969. She re-recorded the song in a jazz style for the album of the same name, released in 2000. http://conservativeweasel.blogspot.co...

=== From 2018 ===
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. 

As part of the November 24th Vic election campaign I have a petition I want to bring before the Opposition Leader Matthew Guy. I believe Matthew will be the next premier of Victoria and so I am petitioning him as I raise the issues of Employment, Crime and Education in Dandenong. I am also seeking money for my campaign. I don't have party resources, and so my campaign is on foot, and on the internet. Any money I receive that is not spent on the campaign will go to Grow 4 Life. I am asking questions like "What do you love about Dandenong?" and "If you could change something in Dandenong to make it better, what would it be?" I'm not limiting the questions to state issues. I'm happy to discuss anything, and get things done.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. A made up quote and bad journalism is behind the falsehood that some time in 1967, the Monkeys were more popular than the Beatles and Rolling Stones combined. The statement was made up and the journalist told it was going to be a lie. And they swallowed it. As have many who reported it since. 

Former high court judge, and attorney general Lionel Murphy was being investigated for corruption, until he was declared to have had terminal cancer. He died in 1986. In all likelihood, Murphy was probably influence peddling for communists and criminals. He may have contracted underworld figures to lean on witnesses and he may have paid off underworld figures with reduced sentences. Much has been made of his enquiring mind with its abiding interest in science. Similar was also said of Jeff Shaw. The ALP are in need of reform. But they retain office, and are close to federal election victory without reform, and so that reform does not happen. 

The corrupt practice of the leadership of the Human Rights Council of Australia should see it wrapped up. Tony Abbott has called for that. Leigh Sales points out that Turnbull has done nothing in two years as PM. In reply, Turnbull apparently agrees. 
=== from 2016 === 
Sarkozy lost a lot of respect from me when he was overheard joining with Obama and criticising Netanyahu by calling Israel untrustworthy. Sarkozy has ambitions of being President of France again. He now says he is a climate skeptic. He is more of a leader now, than when he was President. So does he trust Israel now?

Fair work accepted his excuse for being a dangerous idiot because he was a member of Reclaim Australia? A Perth baggage handler was fired after he joked about supporting ISIS online. His social media joke could have cost the business who hired him a lot. But Fair Work don't seem to feel that employers have rights.

That word, Apex. I do not think it means what they seem to think it does. A pregnant woman was attacked by several armed people who thought it funny to intimidate her. Possibly Apex gang related.

All Malcolm can actually achieve is further humiliation before his eventual resignation. He held on to this dud superannuation plan for too long. But unlike Abbott's maternity leave, all Turnbull ever wanted was personal kudos. At the expense of older people.

Now, if he tells his family, they will put red underpants on their head? Stephen Conroy, former communications Minister who once claimed he was so powerful he could make media chiefs put red underwear on their heads just by asking them. His greatest achievement. Everything else was a thought bubble he couldn't finish.

You don't beat racism by promoting race. Local council opposes divisive racist ceremony.

Cultural assets strengthen us. But we are divided by those who don't protect cultural assets, but promote minorities over them. All lives matter. It is not us vs them. The truly progressive way is to help all benefit. The poor aged care nurse deserved to be comforted, not to be stolen from.

Is Triggs trying to fight sexism and racism by providing examples? Is she also charged with fighting incompetence?
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
 None for 2015 .. because of Melbourne promotional trip
From 2014
Today is the anniversary of the Battle for Britain. The time when the cream of the greatest generation put everything on the line, paying the ultimate price, time and time again. So many owed so much to so few. Some pilots came from Australia, some from the US and Canada and many many sons of the United Kingdom saved democracy from tyranny. And the commonwealth did it alone. They fought under the Union Jack. And today we have a headline from the UK "No Jews in shop." The shop in question did not have that policy, but a security guard who has now been sacked. It is a chilling reminder that success in WW2 does not mean success for all time. The price of Liberty is eternal vigilance. Many will point the finger at Islamic peoples, and many Islamic peoples will point the finger at themselves for the abuse because it is terrorist related and Islamofascists have substantial influence in Islamic leadership circles. Even Western leaders go to water without calling out the bigotry.  Al Qaeda are critical of ISIS and their methods, which is exactly like a fellow serial killer criticising another's methods but not the activity. The sad truth is that Islam is not terrorist and those who are terrorist bring Islam into disrepute. But, at the moment, Islam is spineless and impotent, incapable of facing the terrorists down. Often the terrorists are beheading other Islamic peoples, but sometimes they don't. It has been observed that many who have been beheaded have not insulted the prophet and did not, legally, merit the murder. But it will be Australians arming Stalinists from the PKK that crowns the irony of the day. It is terrorism that must be opposed.

Some don't get it. Tribalism trumps policy when it comes to the left in times of crisis. In Australia, Unions profited from the war effort, and often opposed it. In the UK, there was a wartime unity government, but even so the Labor Party jockeyed for position in the democracy while the conservatives made sacrifices. Radical left winger Andrew Denton likes the rhetoric of the Greens. It is appealing to not have responsibility limiting rhetoric, but not a desirable characteristic for a fair and balanced follower of politics. Shorten claims to be supportive of the Conservative Government's foreign policy, but a number of the ALP members are not supportive. They really need a policy, not tribal ambitions. Meanwhile, Shorten has questions to answer regarding slush funds. It turns out that rubbish bins are victims in the war against terror.

Sweden has shown that a successful conservative government can inspire voters to experiment with the left once they are cashed up. But this time there is a sting with anti immigrants gaining the balance of power. Pratt's prostitute has shown the importance of not relying on wills for estates, but connecting with loved ones in life. An Indonesian policeman is claiming special knowledge about MH370, but does not claim to know where it is. An unlicensed driver has killed a school girl at a black spot and calls for all drivers to slow down. Only, changing regulation would not prevent the unlicensed driver from killing the school girl. Gay marriage advocates fail to see joke of two straight men marrying to get Rugby test tickets. They are arguing that it diminishes marriage and cheapens it? Journalists are exposed as opposing mines for no reason. Antarctic sea ice grows to record levels, highlighting the lie of AGW alarmism. Kiribati is growing, not sinking. One day, Australia will be offered apartheid for their constitution. One hopes she votes 'no' 
From 2013
Tonight with the new Abbott ministry announced I have difficulties. All of the members are good. All are better than any of the ALP. My problem is I don't know who to approach to get my issue dealt with.  I cannot approach my local federal member again, he has declined to help, and he is ALP (Jason Clare). I've liaised with other surrounding seats .. I live in ALP territory .. none will help. In the past, I've been told I could go to the UK or USA to find work as a qualified Mathematics teacher. At the moment, I cannot get even a day's work as a relief teacher in the most difficult to staff schools in the state .. the education department of NSW will have children unsupervised in the playground rather than hire me. I have not done anything wrong. I have correctly reported on a possible pedophile and observed how the authorities bungled the investigation. I correctly reported a child with a serious allergy and observed how, because I had been ignored, or worse, because I was being tested, the child died from apparent neglect. Because of that, I was harassed at my workplace and beyond. I resigned to speak out, and my local state member (Then, Joe Tripodi) apparently colluded to have me silenced. My citizenship evidence was destroyed and then called into question. My bank moved to seize my home. The ATO have investigated me twice, the second time is ongoing. I was offered the pension and told I was too fat to teach if I didn't want to. I have been employed by an abuser as a teacher's aide, and denied basic conditions to Fair Work. I have been timed out of IR court by the politician who wrote the IR legislation (Della Bosca, then Education Minister). I have approached the police and been ignored. I have been denied legal aid on the grounds I wasn't declared Aboriginal. I am a few months away from having my unit seized again. Who do I approach with my story? The federal police tell me they are interested in some of my testimony regarding the pedophile, but it is apparent it is a low priority and possibly years before they ask basic questions. I approached the NSW State Education Minister with my issue and they referred me to the police who say it isn't their problem. Soon I will begin a business .. but, really, I'm not asking for hand outs, just justice. And I have to endure the acting PM's (Bowen, ALP, local to me) quip that the Abbott ministry doesn't have enough women. I disagree .. the ministry has Julie Bishop, who is better than any ALP member, and I am confident when others arise they will be, as the Libs do, promoted on merit. Bronwyn Bishop for speaker, and, sadly, no Sophie Mirabella unless a miracle occurs. 

Speaking of miracles, the IPCC have through sheer denial been able to limit global warming. They have exceeded all their models in the restriction of 16 years without warming. Even though the world has been warming ever since the ice age ended. They are even admitting that the world had a warm period about a thousand years ago. 
Tragedy in USA as a 17 yo boy shoots an old man in the head, dead. The boy could have been one of Obama's sons. The US is a great nation, but she sinks sadly under her abysmal President. I was reminded today not to compare the US to pre Nazi Germany. I wouldn't compare her to Nazi Germany either. But she is being humbled in areas she should lead, and people are dying inside and outside because of it. 

The only thing I'm certain of, is the response of any leftist to the issues of the day .. virulent abuse against any conservative.
Historical perspective on this day
307 – Emperor Severus II is captured and imprisoned at Tres Tabernae. He is later executed (or forced to commit suicide) after Galeriusunsuccessfully invades Italy.
1400 – Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers.
1620 – Pilgrims set sail from England on the Mayflower.
1701 – James Francis Edward Stuart, sometimes called the "Old Pretender", becomes the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England and Scotland.
1732 – In Campo Maior, Portugal, a storm hits the Armory and a violent explosion ensues, killing two thirds of its inhabitants.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Harlem Heights is fought.
1779 – American Revolutionary War: The Franco-American Siege of Savannah begins.

1810 – With the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo begins Mexico's fight for independence from Spain.
1814 – Francis Scott Key completes his poem, "The Star-Spangled Banner", which would become the official national anthem of the United States on March 3, 1931.[1]
1863 – Robert College, in Istanbul, the first American educational institution outside the United States, is founded by Christopher Robert, an American philanthropist.
1880 – The Cornell Daily Sun prints its first issue in Ithaca, New York. The Sun is the nation's oldest, continuously-independent college daily.
1893 – Settlers make a land run for prime land in the Cherokee Strip in Oklahoma.

1908 – The General Motors Corporation is founded.
1920 – The Wall Street bombing: A bomb in a horse wagon explodes in front of the J. P. Morgan buildingin New York City killing 38 and injuring 400.

1940 – World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
1943 – World War II: The German Tenth Army reports that it can no longer contain the Allied bridgehead around Salerno.
1945 – World War II: The surrender of the Japanese troops in Hong Kong is accepted by Royal NavyAdmiral Sir Cecil Harcourt.
1947 – Typhoon Kathleen hits Saitama, Tokyo and Tone River area, at least 1,930 killed.

1955 – The military coup to unseat President Juan Perón of Argentina is launched at midnight.
1955 – A Soviet Navy Zulu-class submarine becomes the first to launch a ballistic missile.
1956 – TCN-9 Sydney is the first Australian television station to commence regular broadcasts.
1959 – The first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a demonstration on live television from New York City.

1961 – The United States National Hurricane Research Project drops eight cylinders of silver iodide into the eyewall of Hurricane Esther. Wind speed reduces by 10%, giving rise to Project Stormfury.
1961 – Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people.
1961 – Pakistan establishes its Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commissionwith Abdus Salamas its head.
1963 – Malaysia is formed from the Federation of Malaya, Singapore, North Borneo(Sabah) and Sarawak. However, Singapore soon leaves this new country.
1966 – The Metropolitan Opera House opens at Lincoln Center in New York City with the world premiere of Samuel Barber's opera Antony and Cleopatra.

1970 – King Hussein of Jordan declares military rule following the hijacking of four civilian airliners by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). This results in the formation of the Black SeptemberPalestinian paramilitary unit.
1975 – Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
1975 – Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
1975 – The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
1976 – Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
1978 – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). At least 15,000 people were killed.

1982 – Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
1987 – The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.
1990 – The railroad between the People's Republic of China and Kazakhstan is completed at Dostyk, adding a sizable link to the concept of the Eurasian Land Bridge.
1992 – The trial of the deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega ends in the United States with a 40-year sentence for drug trafficking and money laundering.
1992 – Black Wednesday: The pound is forced out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism by currency speculators and is forced to devalue against the German mark.
1994 – The British government lifts the broadcasting ban imposed against members of Sinn Féin and Irish paramilitary groups in 1988.

2004 – Hurricane Ivan makes landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama as a Category 3 hurricane.
2005 – The Camorra organized crime boss Paolo Di Lauro is arrested in Naples, Italy.
2007 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269 carrying 128 crew and passengers crashes in Thailand killing 89 people.
2007 – Mercenaries working for Blackwater Worldwide shoot and kill 17 Iraqis in Nisour Square, Baghdad
2013 – A gunman kills twelve people at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant launches its Kobani offensive against Syrian–Kurdish forces.

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Today's reading: Proverbs 22-24, 2 Corinthians 8 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Proverbs 22-24

1 A good name is more desirable than great riches;
to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
2 Rich and poor have this in common:
The LORD is the Maker of them all.
3 The prudent see danger and take refuge,
but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
4 Humility is the fear of the LORD;
its wages are riches and honor and life.
5 In the paths of the wicked are snares and pitfalls,
but those who would preserve their life stay far from them.
6 Start children off on the way they should go,
and even when they are old they will not turn from it....

Today's New Testament reading: 2 Corinthians 8

The Collection for the Lord's People
1 And now, brothers and sisters, we want you to know about the grace that God has given the Macedonian churches. 2In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 3 For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, 4 they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord's people. 5And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 6So we urged Titus, just as he had earlier made a beginning, to bring also to completion this act of grace on your part. 7 But since you excel in everything-in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in the love we have kindled in you-see that you also excel in this grace of giving....

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Morning

"He shall not be afraid of evil tidings."
Psalm 112:7
Christian, you ought not to dread the arrival of evil tidings; because if you are distressed by them, what do you more than other men? Other men have not your God to fly to; they have never proved his faithfulness as you have done, and it is no wonder if they are bowed down with alarm and cowed with fear: but you profess to be of another spirit; you have been begotten again unto a lively hope, and your heart lives in heaven and not on earthly things; now, if you are seen to be distracted as other men, what is the value of that grace which you profess to have received? Where is the dignity of that new nature which you claim to possess?
Again, if you should be filled with alarm, as others are, you would, doubtless, be led into the sins so common to others under trying circumstances. The ungodly, when they are overtaken by evil tidings, rebel against God; they murmur, and think that God deals hardly with them. Will you fall into that same sin? Will you provoke the Lord as they do?
Moreover, unconverted men often run to wrong means in order to escape from difficulties, and you will be sure to do the same if your mind yields to the present pressure. Trust in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. Your wisest course is to do as Moses did at the Red Sea, "Stand still and see the salvation of God." For if you give way to fear when you hear of evil tidings, you will be unable to meet the trouble with that calm composure which nerves for duty, and sustains under adversity. How can you glorify God if you play the coward? Saints have often sung God's high praises in the fires, but will your doubting and desponding, as if you had none to help you, magnify the Most High? Then take courage, and relying in sure confidence upon the faithfulness of your covenant God, "let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

Evening

"A people near unto him."
Psalm 148:14

The dispensation of the old covenant was that of distance. When God appeared even to his servant Moses, he said, "Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet"; and when he manifested himself upon Mount Sinai, to his own chosen and separated people, one of the first commands was, "Thou shalt set bounds about the mount." Both in the sacred worship of the tabernacle and the temple, the thought of distance was always prominent. The mass of the people did not even enter the outer court. Into the inner court none but the priests might dare to intrude; while into the innermost place, or the holy of holies, the high priest entered but once in the year. It was as if the Lord in those early ages would teach man that sin was so utterly loathsome to him, that he must treat men as lepers put without the camp; and when he came nearest to them, he yet made them feel the width of the separation between a holy God and an impure sinner. When the gospel came, we were placed on quite another footing. The word "Go" was exchanged for "Come"; distance was made to give place to nearness, and we who aforetime were afar off, were made nigh by the blood of Jesus Christ. Incarnate Deity has no wall of fire about it. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest," is the joyful proclamation of God as he appears in human flesh. Not now does he teach the leper his leprosy by setting him at a distance, but by himself suffering the penalty of his defilement. What a state of safety and privilege is this nearness to God through Jesus! Do you know it by experience? If you know it, are you living in the power of it? Marvellous is this nearness, yet it is to be followed by a dispensation of greater nearness still, when it shall be said, "The tabernacle of God is with men, and he doth dwell among them." Hasten it, O Lord.

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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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