Thursday, September 09, 2021

Thu 9th 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 1

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Praise to the God of All Comfort

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about the troubles we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us again. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.

Paul’s Change of Plans

Now this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in our relations with you, with integrity and godly sincerity. We have done so, relying not on worldly wisdom but on God’s grace. For we do not write you anything you cannot read or understand. And I hope that, as you have understood us in part, you will come to understand fully that you can boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of the Lord Jesus.

Because I was confident of this, I wanted to visit you first so that you might benefit twice. I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia and to come back to you from Macedonia, and then to have you send me on my way to Judea. Was I fickle when I intended to do this? Or do I make my plans in a worldly manner so that in the same breath I say both “Yes, yes” and “No, no”?

But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God. Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, set his seal of ownership on us, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

I call God as my witness—and I stake my life on it—that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth. Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, because it is by faith you stand firm.

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https://rumble.com/vm8omz-ep.-1600-joe-bidens-really-really-bad-day-the-dan-bongino-show.html
Can it get any worse for Joe Biden? In this episode, I address his really bad day yesterday. I also discuss the latest media Ivermectin meltdown, and the Texas abortion law meltdown.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden’s Approval Crashes Below 40% in Poll Biased in Favor of Democrats READ MORE

Biden Misses Deadline to Provide Number of Americans Stranded in Afghanistan

Biden Suggests He’s Not in Charge Again: “I’m Supposed to Stop and Walk Out’

Senate Republicans Demand Afghanistan Hearing, Testimony from Gen. Milley and Defense Sec Austin

Sec of State Blinken Admits Taliban Isn’t Letting Charter Flights Take Off

NY AG Subpoenas State Ethics Agency for All Records on Disgraced Ex-Gov Cuomo’s $5 Million Book Deal

Biden Admin Deeply Concerned With Taliban Government’s Lack of Diversity

Capitol Hill
Psaki Grilled Over Stranded Americans
Leaked Email Confirms State Department Obstruction of Private Rescue Flights From Afghanistan
Sec of State Blinken to Testify at Least Twice Next Week Before Congress
Trump: Afghanistan Catastrophe the “Dumbest,” “Most Embarrassing” Thing to Ever Happen in U.S.
Dems Poised for Internal Spending Battle This Month
Report: Some Biden Staffers Would Rather Miss Him Speak Than Endure Hearing Another Gaffe
Dems Look to Massively Expand “Cradle-to-Grave” Welfare State
Monica Lewinsky Says Bill Clinton Should “Want To Apologize” For His Role In Affair
Jill Biden Returns to Teaching at a Community College

Culture War
AOC: Abortion Laws Are About Controlling People Who Aren’t Cisgender Men, or Something
Insane MSNBC Host Wants Robert Mueller to Look Into “Republicans Colluding With SCOTUS”
Gov. DeSantis Slams Fauci During Press Conference
ACLU Denounced Pandemic Mandates Before COVID, Now They Endorse Them
CNN Continues to Hemorrhage Viewers
COVID “Mu Variant” Detected in All States Except Nebraska
Biden Doesn’t Think Tornadoes Are Called Tornadoes Anymore
Insufferable Lib Journo Aaron Rupar Spotted at WNBA Game Without a Mask
Biden Heckled During Visit to New Jersey

Economy
White House Tries to Downplay Rising Inflation
Sweden to Remove Most Remaining COVID Restrictions
Dems Ready a Slew of Tax Hikes to Fund Massive Spending Plans
Sen. Manchin Says He’ll Back $1 Trillion of Biden’s $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution
Sharp Rise in Wages Contributes to Worries Over Inflation
Goldman Sachs Trims U.S. Growth Forecast
NY Fed Survey: Minimum Salary Expectations Surged in July
Why Many in Sweden Have to Wait a Decade to Rent an Apartment
Progressives Now Want a $26 Minimum Wage
Disgraced Former Theranos CEO Living at $135 Million Estate During Her Trial

Swamp Watch
The “Structural Racism” of America’s Union-Run Schools
Four Prisoners Obama Exchanged in Bowe Bergdahl Swap Now Hold Senior Taliban Posts
VP Harris-Backed Bail Fund Freed Alleged Domestic Abuser Now Charged With Murder
Biden’s National Security Council China Director Is Former Fellow At Group Advising Communist Officials Sanctioned For Human Rights Abuses
Arizona AG Determines Tucson Vaccine Mandate a Violation of Law
New Guidelines Acknowledge Network-Connected Voting Systems’ Vulnerability to Attack
Afghan Refugee Stopped During Pre-Flight Screening With Explosive Materials
Hunter Biden’s Art Dealings Probed by House Oversight Republicans

National Security
China Discusses Takeover of Largest U.S. Military Base Left in Afghanistan
Databases U.S. Built for Afghan People May Be Used By Taliban as Tool of Repression
Time for The Quad to Take Center Stage After U.S. Retreat From Afghanistan
Biden’s Bungled Afghanistan Pullout Destroys U.S. Counterterrorism Capabilities
What is the Right Number of F-35s for the U.S. Air Force?
Joint U.S.-Australian Hypersonic Cruise Missile Takes a Big Step Forward
U.S. B-52 Bombers Keep Training in Asia
The Fall of Afghanistan Increases the Global Terrorism Threat
Gold Star Mom Invites Trump to Son’s Funeral

Around the World
Mexico Decriminalizes Abortion
Female-Led Protest in Kabul Dispersed By Taliban Wielding Clubs, Whips and Guns
For the Fourth Time in a Week, Mexican Authorities Scatter Caravan Headed to U.S.
Street Protest Breaks Out in Salvador Against Bitcoin Adoption
PM Trudeau Claims Canadians Protesting Him are “Misogynistic”, “Racist”, “Anti-Vaxxers”
Envoy Says U.N. Is Being Blocked From Monitoring Rights Abuses in Belarus
Taliban Paints Over Murals of George Floyd and Others in Kabul

Opinion
Stephen Moore: There Goes Grandma Over the Cliff
Ann Brunett: Trade Wars Worsen Shipping Crisis
John Stossel: Toxic Victimhood
Wes Martin: The Hollow Political Rhetoric on Afghanistan Jeopardizes Lives, National Security, and Honor
Patrick Buchanan: Is Democracy Versus Autocracy the New Cold War?
Salena Zito: The Negligence of Joe Biden
NY Post Editorial Board: Lies, Omissions and False Fact Checks – A Banner Week for Media Disinformation
Derek Hunter: Pandemic Idiots And Opportunists

Entertainment
Brittany Spears’ Father Files to End Conservatorship
Joe Rogan Accuses Media Giant Of “Making Sh*t Up” Over “Horse Dewormer” Claims – “Do I Have To Sue CNN?”
“The Matrix 4” Uploads First Footage To Interactive Fan Site
“Tiger King” Star Erik Cowie Dead At 53
Bill Cosby Accuser Andrea Constand Writes About #MeToo Movement And Actor’s Trial
Babylon Bee CEO Shares Open Letter To Tripwire Games After President “Steps Down” After Supporting Texas’ New Pro-Life Law
Hollywood Icon Hayley Mills Reveals The Real Walt Disney
Joy Behar: Texas Republicans Are “Taliban in America” – New Abortion Law Is About “Hatred of Women”

Sports
Fauci Shames Biden-Bashing Football Fans For Not Being Masked
Kyle Busch Fined For Violations After Mid-Race Wreck At Darlington Raceway
Ex-NBA All-Star Cedric Ceballos In ICU Battling COVID-19
Ex-MLB Pitcher Kyle Farnsworth Faces Backlash Over Critical Tweet Of Player Resting For “General Soreness”
Terrell Owens Wants To “Knock the Chunky Soup” Out Of Former Eagles Teammate Donovan McNabb
Canadian Teen Leylah Fernandez Advances To US Open Semifinals
Viral Videos Show College Football Fans Chanting “F*** Joe Biden”
Donald Trump to Guest Host Triller Fight Club MMA Match
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-afghanistan-kabul-funerals/2021/09/08/id/1035608/?oRef=mixi

Newsmax TV

Rep. Comer: House GOP Launching 'Full-Scale' Probe on Afghanistan

An organization known as "ShutDownDC" is planning a protest outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's home in Maryland over his vote with the majority declining to block a Texas law banning most abortions in a 5-4 decision.... [Full Story]

Newsfront

NFL Silent on Honoring Military Killed in Afghanistan at Opening Game

The National Football League has neither confirmed nor denied any [Full Story]

Rep. Chip Roy to Newsmax: Biden Absent Amid Surge of Border Crossings

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, slammed the Biden administration on [Full Story] | 

Biden Made Afghanistan More Dangerous Than on 9/11, Experts Say

The poorly planned withdrawal of American service members from [Full Story] | 

Viva Barnes News

1. Covid. Institutional media continue to pretend the lab-source of Covid19 isn't really a thing. https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/9/320/htm

2. Legal. Vaccine mandate lawsuits continue to grow. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/09/08/detroit-hospital-workers-file-lawsuit-over-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate/5772551001/
https://www.freep.com/story/news/2021/09/08/henry-ford-health-system-covid-19-vaccine-mandate-federal-lawsuit/5767440001/

3. Economic. You probably don't want to look at where the Shiller PE ratio currently is. https://www.multpl.com/shiller-pe

4. Political. "The new domestic surveillance program" for the IRS "is one prong of a tripartite strategy for transforming the entire global financial system into a harmonious, haven-free collection funnel to the IRS." https://reason.com/2021/09/08/bidens-total-financial-surveillance/

5. Cultural. The incorrigibly politically incorrect South Park boys continue to stay relevant and cancel cancel culture itself. https://southpark.cc.com/news/ivrtcw/mtv-entertainment-studios-inks-new-and-expansive-deal-with-creators-trey-parker-and-matt-stone-through-2027

  • Bonus: Nice thing about central Carolina is it's hard to find a place that doesn't have great BBQ. Here for a trial.
News out of Quebec

It wasn’t a hard prediction to make, but we are already heading towards the slippery slope of denying people access to hospitals based on vaccination status. Announced yesterday in Quebec, people will need to show vaccine passports to visit loved ones in hospital. Don’t worry though, they made exceptions for people on their deathbed. For now. It’s unscientific, and inhumane. https://t.co/REZ7226IZU

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Here is a video I made Words, tribute to Robin Gibb
A lovely man whose legacy will be a joy for many millions for a long time to come "Words" is the title of a song by the Bee Gees, written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. Barry said in 1996 on the VH1 Storytellers television show that it was written for their manager Robert Stigwood. Robin Hugh Gibb, CBE (22 December 1949 -- 20 May 2012) was a British singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of the Bee Gees, co-founded with his twin brother Maurice and older brother Barry. He had another younger brother, Andy Gibb, who was also a very popular solo singer. Born in the Isle of Man to English parents, the family later moved to Manchester before settling in Brisbane, Australia. Gibb began his career as part of the family trio and when the group found their first success they returned to the United Kingdom where they achieved worldwide fame. In 2004, the Bee Gees received their CBEs from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for their "contribution to music". With record sales estimated in excess of 200 million units, the Bee Gees became one of the most successful pop groups of all time. After a career spanning six decades, Gibb last performed on stage in February 2012 supporting injured British servicemen and women at a charity concert at the London Palladium. On 20 May 2012, Gibb died after a lengthy battle with colorectal cancer.

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Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. The Wagga by election loss for the Liberals is an excellent example of what was going to happen to them had Turnbull remained leader. Turnbull maintained his position by embracing anti conservative forces, which now attack the Liberal party because a weak leader is no longer in charge. Some are calling for Morrison to make more definitive statements, which they hadn't when Turnbull had not. The parliamentary behaviour of Joe McGirr will guide voters in next year's state election. 

Naomi Osaka is a champion. She has earned her place as US Open Champion by beating the world's best. And the world's most entitled, spoiled, brat. Williams claimed she was victimised by an umpire fairly enforcing rules. The real victim is the tennis fan who missed the background story to Osaka's achievement. Naomi's mother is Japanese and her father is from Haiti. She doesn't *Look* like a Japanese girl, but one hopes she will be embraced by her mother's people after she so graciously championed the entitled, higher ranked player. 

Kavanaugh is still not confirmed although in days of talk in Congress, nobody has spoken as to why he should be impeded. But the Democrats are claiming their ability to constipate good government is why voters should return them. Obama has claimed that he is responsible for the economy booming. Obama had claimed in 2016 that the economy was as good as it could get. Trump has made a great economy, better. Obama is campaigning to stop Trump. If Democrats are successful in the mid terms, that can happen. 
From my article on Quora
What is the significance of Woodward's book on Trump?
There are parallels between Woodward’s book now and Watergate. And it discredits Woodward’s entire career. With Watergate, Woodward was aware of Mark Felt’s identity as Associate Director of the FBI, passed over by Nixon as the Director of the FBI. Had that information been known when Nixon was President, or Ford, Felt would have gone to jail in disgrace. The information became known after Nixon died, Mueller had been chief of the FBI and he excused Felt.

Thing is, the lead investigator selectively releasing information to the press which was prejudicial, cannot be used to convict anyone in a court of law. It is worth remembering Nixon was never convicted of anything, but had been pardoned by Ford. Woodward’s career has been built on the lie that Nixon was crooked. Nixon was set up.

The activity of Comey in selectively leaking to hurt Trump is salient to Mueller’s current investigation of Trump. Comey tanked investigating Clinton, even prematurely announcing results of an investigation, apparently to immunise Hillary from prosecution. Given Mueller’s history with Felt, under what circumstance might Mueller fail to persecute Trump?

Now, Woodward offers an ‘investigation’ into Trump where he has an anonymous source supposedly close to Trump? We couldn’t trust Woodward to investigate appropriately during Watergate. He changed USA, but not as a journalist, but as an activist.= =
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. In recent weeks, riots in Melbourne have had police facing large numbers of youths. On each occasion police have not made on the spot arrests. The argument given is that that would take away police from the front lines. Under what circumstances would the police describe their numbers as insufficient? Must we wait for Matthew Guy to be premier of Victoria before police claim they need more police? The previous weekend, Victorian Police claimed they had new anti riot gear. Why was it not deployed last night? 

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. Comey seemed to have immunised Hillary Clinton against prosecution, while simultaneously getting the FBI to create a false document accusing Trump of colluding with Russia. If true, and Mueller should be aware, Mueller should be charged with treason along with Comey. Trump needs to keep #DrainingTheSwamp 

Richmond Tigers have a week off after dispatching Geelong Cats. A red Hot Sydney Swans take on Cats next week in a must win situation. AFL is an exciting sport. And unpredictable, mixed with possibilities. 
=== from 2016 === 
 If robbers ever broke into my house and searched for money, I'd just laugh and search with them....... CW (A former student with political ambition for ALP) 
.. you could get into trouble for paying your robbers less than minimum wage .. Fair Work works for YOU. ed
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Turnbull has assured us that he has not panicked at all. He planned to make a mistake and did so in a thoroughly bureaucratic way. Had Turnbull taken longer to make his mistake he might have risked being called out as hesitating. But Turnbull is a leader of a conservative party. And wants to be remembered for that. To be honest, his work is done.
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Imagine if Turnbull had not given $300 million, but instead $150 million. But the same results having occurred had happened. That makes the aid dollar more efficient. And from that more efficient $150 million, that savings, you could give me $50 million. And Australia would be $100 million better off. Think about that. Give David $50 million, and Australia gets $100 million. Then ask yourself, why not give David $300 billion and clear Australian debt? I really want to help Australia clear her debt. Think about that. But not too long, or Turnbull will have lost everything
=The law is in black and white, but who can read it? Judges have judgement, and so they don't need to actually see the words. They can infer the words into existence. And risk being made national treasures. Meanwhile, smart kids that might think they know everything say what they know they can get away with. Teen snark is funny. But this precious library assistant has had the last laugh. They have victimised themselves for years in anticipation of what they haven't ever earned. Having been enabled by an industry that never gave a damn so long as there was a slush fund in it for their masters.

That is why some kids have had their lives ruined. Not because the entire system is rotten, but because a petty bureaucrat exploited the ruined system, with the blessing of incompetents like Gillard, Rudd, Shorten and Turnbull.
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Meanwhile, deluded conservatives like myself call out "Abbott Akbar" every time Turnbull speaks, or makes a mistake. Abbott is so good, he makes Turnbull make mistakes of silence too. Abbott forces Turnbull to make mistakes even when Turnbull hesitates.
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Pyne is in charge of a $50 billion Turkey which probably won't see Thanksgiving. Is that defamatory?
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I was visiting Melbourne at the time of the final betrayal last year. I arrived on Thursday night and left on Tuesday morning. I had lined up several people I desperately needed to speak with to avoid having to move interstate to find work again. It had been sixteen years since my last Melbourne visit. I failed. Each person cancelled with me after I got here but prevaricated about seeing me. My social visits went well. Little else did. Except for one senior person who met with me at 9am on the Monday morning after a Friday cancellation. He asked me my opinion of Abbott and Turnbull and freedom of speech. He expressed disappointment with Abbott. I said I felt it would be easier when the Libs finally dealt with Turnbull. I thought Abbott was safe, and had turned a corner. That Turnbull's undermining would have to stop. He gave me a lot of time, considered his opinion, but had to go, saying something was happening. A journalist who had promised to hear me out did much the same, without hearing me out, and in the year since, has not heard me out. Because that was when Turnbull overthrew Abbott with Costello's help. Ask Jeff Kennett who he preferred as PM.

Thing is, journalists wanted Abbott overthrown. And ever since they have desperately looked to validate that choice. But they won't find it so long as the reason for Costello's choice is not obvious. Costello believes in a modern party with leaders who don't get their position through political back stabbing, but through training and merit. There is a succession. And Turnbull has not been dithering, but fighting that succession plan. Turnbull has been getting the same people who said Abbott looked bad to say that Morrison now looks bad. And this seems to worry Julie Bishop, who is now trying to look bad too.

And not a single one of those self absorbed bastards knows or cares what they have cost me, the Liberals, The Nationals or the nation.
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Costello had negotiated with Howard a transition to clear the way to transition for Downer to Howard in the early '90s. Howard was of the belief Costello had the skill and would be a good leader, but needed to knock off a sitting one in order to prove his mettle, as the cult of leadership works that way for conservatives. Costello believed in modern boards style leadership that works well in industry. Howard brought Turnbull into government, then Cabinet as an obstacle for Costello. Costello tanked. Turnbull began undermining the Howard government and succeeded in clearing the leadership with the '07 government change. Only Costello was compromised in similar ways to Boris Johnson post-Brexit, and so Costello left before accepting the poison chalice of leadership with Turnbull poisoning the well. Nelson took the job for a year before succumbing to Turnbull. From then on it was clear air for Turnbull and he would have had a great front bench to take him into government, except he has no skill or ability as a leader. Hockey challenged Turnbull over AGW but chose at the last minute to embrace AGW too. In the leadership vacuum, before the vote, without having backstabbed anyone, Abbott stood and secured the leadership. At that time Costello was distant from the party and very bitter about Howard. But it had been Turnbull's destabilisation that had ultimately cost the Libs government two years earlier.

Abbott used Turnbull's assets much better than Turnbull had. Credln was very good, once she wasn't hamstrung by Turnbull's indecisive hubris. Julie Bishop could be a head kicker as 2-ic but had not enough experience (or ability?) to be first. Costello's office had remained behind and still had connections. One was Nikki Savva. Abbott's leadership took the party to government with a good majority, but he had been hamstrung the entire time by Turnbull, whose leaks hurt successive state regimes too.

Costello was called in to broker a way forward to prevent the haemorrhaging. Senior party members would have done it without the permission of Credln's husband. To get rid of Turnbull, the Liberals couldn't just boot him because of their constitution. Unless they promoted him. Then he could fall on his face. The method had to be to elevate him and then get a succession. Turnbull had not the talent to force it, but Costello targeted things that played to Turnbull's strengths, the republic (captain's picks criticism) and the office structure (Peta Credln). By attacking Abbott's office, and not Abbott, journalists were able to attack as they liked, so that Abbott's successes were sidelined and so called mistakes were emphasised. Savva was used to guide the narrative. So that as Turnbull stumbled a few times before the coup, it still gathered momentum.

Even so, Abbott had run effective government and had begun to make his government and his position very secure. Abbott had shredded Palmer and the independents who were beginning to look foolish for hurting Australia and a little insecure about whether Turnbull could reward them for their opposition to good government. When Hastie looked like performing well in By Election then Turnbull was forced to one last throw of the dice. Turnbull made promises to many about his behaviour he has since broken. Turnbull's promise of free speech over 18c to back benchers, with better relationship with independents and more effectve communication between colleagues than Abbott could deliver was not Turnbull's pitch. It was a tacit admission that Turnbull had previously gummed the works. Bishop had worked in tandem too, with Turnbull, leaking about foreign affairs issues involving Abbott that were not true, and encouraging back benchers in WA (and Wyatt Roy in QLD) to promote Turnbull over Abbott.

Costello's plan for succession for Turnbull is structural. Once Turnbull was leader, he would move to secure his leadership. But he would need to retain his compromised 2ic and he would need to reward Morrison. The party will be brought into balance once Turnbull falls on his face and is rolled. It will happen. Bishop will want it, but she has not got the ability to get it or keep it. Morrison has ability, but has been hurt by Turnbull smears as Turnbull blames him for Turnbull's mistakes. Abbott could still do it if he wants to when the time comes. Costello didn't need to anoint anyone. Turnbull can't use his wealth to hurt the party again. Instead, the worst he can do is be like Malcolm, Fraser, John Hewson or Peter Collins.
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Abbott looked pretty good at the beginning too, tbh, but few commentators were admitting it. Prior to the final betrayal last year, Abbott put up what his government had achieved in two years and it was impressive. What he had failed to do was not his fault, but he was working to address it. Turnbull had made it harder and so Abbott had had to shelve the culture war of freedom of speech for the economic one of budget repair. But Turnbull exploited the fact that Turnbull was undermining Abbott and so the willing idiots said it was Abbott's fault that neither freedom of speech was pursued nor budget repair. Abbott had a long list of achievements. Turnbull has none, beyond Miranda Devine's stated belief he is a wily fox.
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I'm not a total prude. But a 9 yo showed this to me, through a youtube video which was totally age inappropriate. Only it could be a smash hit for those exact years.

Yandere Simulator is a stealth game about stalking a boy and secretly eliminating any girl who seems interested in him, while maintaining the image of an innocent schoolgirl.

The gameplay is similar to the Hitman series; you are put into a large environment filled with many NPCs, and you must track down a specific target and eliminate them. You can use stealth to kill your target without any witnesses, stage an accident that leaves no evidence, or just slaughter anyone who gets in your way. If you don't dispose of corpses, clean up blood, and destroy evidence, then the police might be able to link you to a murder and arrest you.
If you don't want to get any blood on your hands, you can use social sabotage to get rid of a girl; frame her for one of your crimes, get her expelled from school, or ruin her reputation. If you truly want her to suffer, convince every other girl in school to bully her until she commits suicide and saves you the trouble.
If the boy you love witnesses you committing murder, he could never love you, and the game would be over.

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
 None for 2015 .. because of Melbourne promotional trip
From 2014
O'Farrell faces ICAC who smeared him but has no evidence of wrong doing presented to him. With an election due within a year, it would be good for the ICAC to give NSW an indication of what is wrong with the Liberal Party of NSW, if anything. It would also be good were they to investigate irregularities in the ALP which has long historical roots which have not been investigated. It is illustrative to contrast this with the testimony of a judge, Gillard's boss at Slaters and Gordon, later appointed judge by Gillard, claimed he knew Gillard was a lover of one company account but had not felt the need to ask her about it or deem it improper. It has been alleged Gillard corruptly misappropriated money from business designated for a union and used part of it on renovations for her home. If what the judge has said is true, it shows a strong reliance on the adage that a person who does nothing, does nothing wrong. More pertinently, it seems an abrogation of duty which has allowed corruption to fester in the highest office of the land. It is telling the reach of slush and unions, that such corruption has never been addressed.  Delay a windfall in Superannuation, many funds of which are managed by unions, and unions threaten strikes. A related slush fund attracting attention is the work income protection racket which unions are charging to their members. Surely the union fee covers that? It is ok for the ALP, they still have opinion poll majority and have announced their first policy since they ran out of our money. Shorten is promising to build submarines in Adelaide if he is elected in two years time. Assuming he won't be in jail for involvement with slush then, his ability to surpass a Collins class mistake can't be ignored. Meanwhile Obama thanks Mr Abbott for any of many reasons which Australian news media have missed, Abbott's strength as a leader and reliability as a friend. 

We know some things are wrong. It is so obvious it seems absurd to have to explain them. An employee of a comics store has been sacked for publicly speaking out about a back room referred to as a rape room. She seems to have spoken to shop superiors before tweeting and then being fired. She apparently has not approached police with her concerns and doesn't seem to feel the room was a place where rape occurred. Had she approached authorities before publicly outing the room they may well have ignored her, but then she might not now be sacked. But it might still go well for her, news media are covering her story. They won't cover my issues .. I had approached authorities appropriately. Forcefully detaining people for sexual gratification is wrong. That is not what is happening with the Australian Federal Government's processing of boat people as asylum seekers. A recent rumour into the death of journalist Mungo McCallum has been met with glowing tributes. He is alive and well, but one wonders what he would do were he alive today.

Obama plans to heal Sunni/Shia divide .. will he reveal Mohammad's heir? Lol, as one wag observed re IS "The problem with Sharia is that it has never been tried. Not really." Obama could easily heal the schism between Sunni and Shia .. all he need do is reveal the heir of Mohammed. It might not go down well if he claims he is the heir. It also might not go down well if the heir is said to be Sunni. If the heir is Shia and not currently a leader, that won't be good either. Still, it would be poetic if Obama pointed to one of the beheaded journalists and said "It was him!" It is worth dreaming. It is reported many jihadi from the West are dreaming of life in a normal western home. The new sales pitch could be, 'Go to Syria and stay because you are dead.' Meanwhile a terrorist spokesperson in UK links it to Islam. Anjem Choudary is chairman of Britain's Society of Muslim Lawyers and he has taken a terrorist viewpoint on world affairs, bringing Islam into disrepute. It is interesting to contrast Choudary's comments with those of ALP Tony Burke who praises terrorists. Meanwhile an old debate in the UK (circa 2012, between journalist Penny and tv historian Starkey) illustrates how an empty meme can triumph in debate where substance contradicts it. In this case, Starkey had pointed out the ethnicity of Rotherham abusers, and been slapped down by Penny. Thing is Starkey was correct. Obama was similarly deemed to have won debates against Romney when the issue of Benghazi was raised. Another similar issue has been raised by the NYT Ross Douthat who points out that pedophiles are opportunists who will show up wherever they feel they will not be stopped. Interestingly, considering the ramifications of a constitutional change called for in Australia, Senator and idiot Lambie has claimed Aboriginal ancestry. Her right to claim it has been challenged. If she is successful in retaining her identity, she will have a special place reserved for her in the Australian constitution (should the amendments take place) that many other Australians won't have.
From 2013
A big fire is still raging in California, but the eyes of the world are focussed on a dithering Obama. He wants to bomb Syria but responsible people around the world are saying 'no.' But Obama really wants to. Some suggest bombing the Syrian bases of those who assaulted Bengahzi, but Obama doesn't want that. Assad has threatened Israel. Obama doesn't worry about that peace partner. Kerry wants to hit Syria too. He reckons the US must, although he argued the opposite in the Vietnam war. It balances, the Democrats started that war too. Assad says they were the chemical weapons he controls which killed the people his troops shot at. But Assad says he wasn't in control of those weapons at that time. Here then is the joke. Obama wants to hit Syria in a limited strike for killing children (note, not family planning is to be protected and secured by Obama Care). The chemical weapons used were Saddam's ones which Obama claimed never existed. Obama wants to hit Syria and put in power Al Qaeda. That will teach Assad a lesson in power he won't soon forget. Meanwhile, Christians around the world are praising Assad for not hurting them much. Meanwhile Israel is releasing terrorists who killed innocent peoples to facilitate Obama's peace plan in the Middle East. The Jewish new year just passed, and the Jewish peoples are not allowed to visit the wall of their old temple. 

Meanwhile in Australia, the election is over and predictably the LNP have to negotiate their policy through the senate. The senate is hostile as the Media said it was important that the LNP have a check on their power. Abbott is not yet calling himself PM .. Rudd still is. The change of government has not yet registered. But it will. 
Historical perspective on this day
9 AD – Arminius' alliance of six Germanic tribes ambushes and annihilates three Roman legions of Publius Quinctilius Varus in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
337 – Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans succeed their father Constantine Ias co-emperors. The Roman Empire is divided between the three Augusti.
533 – A Byzantine army of 15,000 men under Belisarius lands at Caput Vada(modern Tunisia) and marches to Carthage.

1000 – Battle of Svolder, Viking Age.
1087 – William Rufus becomes King of England, taking the title William II, (reigned until 1100).
1141 – Yelü Dashi, the Liao dynasty general who founded the Qara Khitai, defeats the Seljuq and Kara-Khanid forces at the Battle of Qatwan.
1379 – Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg dukes Albert III and Leopold III.

1488 – Anne becomes sovereign Duchess of Brittany, becoming a central figure in the struggle for influence that leads to the union of Brittany and France.
1493 – Battle of Krbava Field, a decisive defeat of Croats in Croatianstruggle against the invasion by the Ottoman Empire.
1513 – James IV of Scotland is defeated and dies in the Battle of Flodden, ending Scotland's involvement in the War of the League of Cambrai.
1543 – Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is crowned "Queen of Scots" in the central Scottish town of Stirling.
1561 – The ultimately unsuccessful Colloquy of Poissy opens in an effort to reconcile French Catholics and Protestants.

1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
1776 – The Continental Congress officially names its union of states the United States.
1791 – Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is named after President George Washington.
1801 – Alexander I of Russia confirms the privileges of Baltic provinces.
1839 – John Herschel takes the first glass plate photograph.

1850 – California is admitted as the thirty-first U.S. state.
1850 – The Compromise of 1850 transfers a third of Texas's claimed territory (now parts of Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Wyoming) to federal control in return for the U.S. federal government assuming $10 million of Texas's pre-annexation debt.
1855 – Crimean War: The Siege of Sevastopol comes to an end when Russian forces abandon the city.
1863 – American Civil War: The Union Army enters Chattanooga, Tennessee.
1892 – Amalthea, third moon of Jupiter is discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard.

1914 – World War I: The creation of the Canadian Automobile Machine Gun Brigade, the first fully mechanized unit in the British Army.
1922 – The Greco-Turkish War effectively ends with Turkish victory over the Greeks in Smyrna.
1923 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey, founds the Republican People's Party.
1924 – Hanapepe massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
1936 – The crews of Portuguese Navy frigate NRP Afonso de Albuquerqueand destroyer Dão mutinied against the Salazar dictatorship's support of General Franco's coup and declared their solidarity with the Spanish Republic.
1939 – World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland.
1939 – Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger striketo protest Britain's colonial government.

1940 – George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
1942 – World War II: A Japanese floatplane drops incendiary bombs on Oregon.
1943 – World War II: The Allies land at Salerno and Taranto, Italy.
1944 – World War II: The Fatherland Front takes power in Bulgaria through a military coup in the capital and armed rebellion in the country. A new pro-Soviet government is established.
1945 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Empire of Japan formally surrenders to China.
1947 – First case of a computer bug being found: A moth lodges in a relay of a Harvard Mark II computer at Harvard University.
1948 – Kim Il-sung declares the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

1954 – The 6.7 Mw Chlef earthquake shakes northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). At least 1,243 people were killed and 5,000 were injured.
1956 – Elvis Presley appears on the Ed Sullivan Show for the first time.
1965 – The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development is established.
1965 – Hurricane Betsy makes its second landfall near New Orleans, leaving 76 dead and $1.42 billion ($10–12 billion in 2005 dollars) in damages, becoming the first hurricane to cause over $1 billion in unadjusted damage.
1966 – The National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act is signed into law by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1969 – In Canada, the Official Languages Act comes into force, making French equal to English throughout the Federal government.

1970 – A British airliner is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestineand flown to Dawson's Field in Jordan.
1971 – The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
1972 – In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link between the Mammoth and Flint Ridge cave systems, making it the longest known cave passageway in the world.
1990 – Batticaloa massacre: Massacre of 184 Tamil civilians by the Sri Lankan Army in Batticaloa District.
1991 – Tajikistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
1993 – The Palestine Liberation Organization officially recognizes Israel as a legitimate state.

2001 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.
2002 – The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
2009 – The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
2012 – The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PLSV launches.
2012 – A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
2015 – Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
2016 – Fifth nuclear weapon testing by North Korea is completed.

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Today's reading: Proverbs 3-5, 2 Corinthians 1 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Proverbs 3-5

Wisdom Bestows Well-Being
1 My son, do not forget my teaching,
but keep my commands in your heart,
2 for they will prolong your life many years
and bring you peace and prosperity.
3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you;
bind them around your neck,
write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 Then you will win favor and a good name
in the sight of God and man.

5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
6 in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight....

Today's New Testament reading: 2 Corinthians 1


1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Praise to the God of All Comfort
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. 6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. 7 And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort....

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Morning

"From me is thy fruit found."
Hosea 14:8
Our fruit is found from our God as to union. The fruit of the branch is directly traceable to the root. Sever the connection, the branch dies, and no fruit is produced. By virtue of our union with Christ we bring forth fruit. Every bunch of grapes has been first in the root, it has passed through the stem, and flowed through the sap vessels, and fashioned itself externally into fruit, but it was first in the stem; so also every good work was first in Christ, and then is brought forth in us. O Christian, prize this precious union to Christ; for it must be the source of all the fruitfulness which thou canst hope to know. If thou wert not joined to Jesus Christ, thou wouldst be a barren bough indeed.
Our fruit comes from God as to spiritual providence. When the dew-drops fall from heaven, when the cloud looks down from on high, and is about to distil its liquid treasure, when the bright sun swells the berries of the cluster, each heavenly boon may whisper to the tree and say, "From me is thy fruit found." The fruit owes much to the root--that is essential to fruitfulness--but it owes very much also to external influences. How much we owe to God's grace-providence! in which he provides us constantly with quickening, teaching, consolation, strength, or whatever else we want. To this we owe our all of usefulness or virtue.
Our fruit comes from God as to wise husbandry. The gardener's sharp-edged knife promotes the fruitfulness of the tree, by thinning the clusters, and by cutting off superfluous shoots. So is it, Christian, with that pruning which the Lord gives to thee. "My Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away; and every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." Since our God is the author of our spiritual graces, let us give to him all the glory of our salvation.

Evening

"The exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead."
Ephesians 1:19-20

In the resurrection of Christ, as in our salvation, there was put forth nothing short of a divine power. What shall we say of those who think that conversion is wrought by the free will of man, and is due to his own betterness of disposition? When we shall see the dead rise from the grave by their own power, then may we expect to see ungodly sinners of their own free will turning to Christ. It is not the word preached, nor the word read in itself; all quickening power proceeds from the Holy Ghost. This power was irresistible. All the soldiers and the high priests could not keep the body of Christ in the tomb; Death himself could not hold Jesus in his bonds: even thus irresistible is the power put forth in the believer when he is raised to newness of life. No sin, no corruption, no devils in hell nor sinners upon earth, can stay the hand of God's grace when it intends to convert a man. If God omnipotently says, "Thou shalt," man shall not say, "I will not." Observe that the power which raised Christ from the dead was glorious. It reflected honour upon God and wrought dismay in the hosts of evil. So there is great glory to God in the conversion of every sinner. It was everlasting power. "Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him." So we, being raised from the dead, go not back to our dead works nor to our old corruptions, but we live unto God. "Because he lives we live also." "For we are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God." "Like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life." Lastly, in the text mark the union of the new life to Jesus. The same power which raised the Head works life in the members. What a blessing to be quickened together with Christ!

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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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