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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.
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.
Editorial Biden's Afghan failure culminated from Obama's Afghan lies
Afghanistan is in flames as Biden begins bombing runs on terrorists as he seeks to negotiate with them. US soldiers have been killed after a strategic error left an exposed airport the only means of Americans and their allies to flee. Biden says those that remained behind wanted to, after fleeing Afghans clinging to a wing and fuselage of an aircraft plummet to their deaths. After Biden had said the Afghan government would stand following US withdrawal. US left behind billions of dollars of weapons Chicago gangs look on with shock and awe. The Taliban will not use a fleet of Blackhawk helicopters. China will.
So who is responsible for the failure? According to Biden, the buck stops with him, and he views it as a Dunkirk like success, when he is not looking at his watch waiting for mourning to end of soldiers that died in his service. Biden also feels any mistake was made by Donald Trump as NK begins nuclear weapons work. The US military have included critical junior officers in their lists of personal pronouns for enemies. What is a personal pronoun for a failed President?
Editorial on God In answer to Dinesh Dsousa's article
The God the atheists refute is not real, but is a ridiculous, impossible figure. God is real. God as He is revealed in the Bible is a fact. However, as ridiculous as the atheists arguments are, they are instructive. God made a bridge He could not cross (man's rejection of Him). God bridged that gap with Jesus. Thing is, atheists don't believe that that gap is real.
In my Sermon on a Miracle I describe how God gave a childless woman who could not bear children, prayed for children, family. He did that. And he did not use supernatural measures.
God is real. God does the impossible. God is not subject to our demands. God answers prayer. Sometimes bad people prosper for a time. All those statements are true.
God is worthy of praise. Atheists don't see it, but they have countless examples of it, from their own lives to the works of those they admire. In the Revelations of the Holy Spirit I underscore and outline some of what God does that even atheists call for.
We need god, but even in a world without God, there is a need for Him.
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From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper
In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval. So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat, for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!
For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment. Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.
So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together. Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment.
And when I come I will give further directions.
===https://rumble.com/vlwugk-ep.-1595-we-demand-resignations-now-the-dan-bongino-show.html
As predicted! The Biden administration makes a move on liberties using “public health” as an excuse. In this episode, I address the coming crisis. I also show some shocking videos and photos of the failed surrender to the Taliban.
Taliban Asks U.S. to Be Recognized as a Legitimate Government
Trump on Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster: America Has Been Humiliated
Biden Tells Refugee Organizations to Prepare for 50k Afghans Without Visas
Haqqani Leader Contradicts State Department, Says “We Are the Taliban”
John Kirby Lies, Says Abandoned U.S. Equipment Was “Made Unusable” Before Leaving Afghanistan
Biden’s Approval Falls to Another Record Low
Capitol Hill
Jennifer Griffin: Blinken Speech on Afghanistan Looked Like a Hostage Video
“Squad” Reps Urge Biden to Replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell With Someone Who Wants to “Advance Racial Justice”
Biden Eyes Stimulus Check for Renters After Eviction Moratorium Is Struck Down
U.K. Paper Says Members of British Cabinet View Biden as a “Doolally”
Pentagon Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About Americans Left Behind in Afghanistan
Even Some Dems Want Biden Administration Officials Fired Over Afghanistan Debacle
White House Somehow Defends Letting Military Equipment Fall in Hands of Taliban
Biden Calls Black Adviser “Boy” During FEMA Meeting
Psaki Claims Ignorance of Report That Taliban Offered to Let U.S. Secure Kabul
Culture War
Mother of Slain Marine Suspended From Instagram Following Posts Criticizing Biden
WHO Issues Guidance on COVID Certificates the Media Called a “Conspiracy Theory”
Fathers of Slain Soldiers Slam Biden on Hannity
Attendees of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s Wedding Pictured Violating New Mexico’s Indoor Mask Mandate
Homeschooling Has Increased From 13k Kids in 1973 to 5 Million in 2020
Harvard Epidemiologist: The Case for Vaccine Passports Was Just Demolished
LA Teachers’ Union President: “Our Babies May Not Have Learned All Their Times Tables but They Know the Words Insurrection and Coup”
The Woke Crowd Blasts NYC’s De Blasio for “Cultural Appropriation”
Study: Mask Mandates Made No Difference on COVID Spread
Economy
Debt Ceiling Battle Looms
NY Landlords Threaten to Sue If State Extends Eviction Moratorium
Russia Warns the West Against Blocking Afghanistan’s Gold Reserves
Inflation in Germany Hit a 13-Year High in August
Nouriel Roubini Predicts Fed Will “Wimp Out” and Let Stagflation Take Root
Number of Businesses Leaving California Surges
McDonalds to Close Indoor Dining Again
Pending Home Sales Slide for Second Straight Month
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Finally Goes to Trial
PayPal Explores Launching a Stock Trading Platform
$3.12 Trillion Budget Deficit Projected This Year
Swamp Watch
Project Veritas Exposes Antifa Indoctrination in the Classroom
Senate Prospects Dim for the Dems’ So-Called “Voting Rights” Bill
Judge Restores Parental Rights to Chicago Mom After They Were Revoked Because She Was Unvaccinated
LA Times Goes After Larry Elder for Charity Non-Scandal While Ignoring Gavin Newsom Pocketing Real Estate Millions
DHS Put in Charge of Resettling Afghan Refugees
Lara Trump to Kamala Harris on Afghanistan: “We Will Not Forget About This”
Pelosi’s Jan 6 Committee Wants Telecom Companies to Turn Over Phone Records
NY Dems Say Disgraced Not-Gov. Cuomo Needs to Refund His Campaign Donations
National Security
Another Gold Star Mom Blasts Biden for How He Acted During Dignified Transfer of 13 Slain U.S. Service Members
87 Retired Generals and Admirals Call for Resignations of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Miley
WWII Sailor Comes Home to Alabama Nearly 80 Years After Death at Pearl Harbor
Analysts Say Removing Air Support Was “Critical Error” in Afghanistan
Will Syrian Jihadis Take the Fight to Afghanistan?
Taliban Shuts Down Internet in Holdout Province, in Blow to Resistance Movement
Dozens of Working Dogs Left Behind to Die in Afghanistan
Around the World
Leaded Gasoline Officially Phased Out Globally
Ireland’s Population Passes 5 Million for First Time Since Potato Famine
Taliban Bans Coeducation
Aid Agencies Warn Afghanistan’s Healthcare System Is Close to Collapse
U.S. Dropped From EU’s List of COVID-Safe Countries for Travel
Australia Comes to Its Senses, Realizes “COVID Zero” Policy “Not a Sustainable Way to Live”
Osama Bin Laden’s Security Chief Returns to Afghanistan Week After Biden Says Al-Qaeda Is Gone From Country
Danish Immigration Minister’s Dream Goal Is Zero Asylum Seekers
Opinion
Pat Buchanan: Bad Moon Rising for Biden – and Us
Rich Lowry: Recall Is Best Way to Slap Newsom for California’s Disastrous Decline
Todd Starnes: Teacher Tells Kids to Pledge Allegiance to Gay Flag
Tommy Hicks: H.R. 4 Is Just Another Democrat Power-Grab
NY Post Editorial Board: The Fatal Failure of Gen. Mark A. Milley Over Closing Bagram Air Base
Kurt Schlichter: Own Your Failure Biden Voters
Michael Barone: A Different Airlift Shows What an Utter Disaster Biden’s Afghan Evacuation Truly Is
Scott Morefield: Five Ways to Deal with the COVID Karens in Your Life
Entertainment
Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” Leads HBO Max’s September Slate
“The View” To Have Conservative Guest Hosts After Meghan McCain’s Departure
Sylvester Stallone Has New “Expendables” Film In The Works With Jason Statham and Megan Fox
Rose McGowan Blasts Oprah Winfrey: “Supporting a Power Structure for Personal Gain … She Is as Fake as They Come”
Kid Rock Cancels Concerts After Band Members Catch COVID-19
James Woods Calls For President Joe Biden’s Resignation After Tragic Bombing Outside Kabul Airport
Sharon Stone Shares 11-Month-Old Nephew Has Died After Total Organ Failure
Sports
Joe Judge And Giants Players Honor US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan Bombings
Frustrated Mets Are Giving Their Own Fans The “Thumbs-Down”
Fans Wait In Massive Lines For Hours At US Open After COVID Vaccine Mandate
Patrick Mahomes Reigns As Top Player In The NFL
Video: Cubs, White Sox Fans Erupt In Brawl During Crosstown Classic
Bill Belichick Still Silent On Patriots’ Starting QB
Scott Zolak Apologizes For Saying Cam Newton Distracted By Rap Music At Practice
Lakers Sign One-Year Deal With Rajon Rondo Making Them What Feels like The Oldest Team Ever
Human rights advocates are worried that a biometric system containing the personal information of millions of Afghans could fall into the hands of the Taliban, NBC News reported Tuesday. The system could enable the Taliban to identify and seek retribution against people who worked with the U.S.-backed Afghan government or international organizations that promoted women's rights. [Full Story]
Newsmax TV
As predicted! The Biden administration makes a move on liberties using “public health” as an excuse. In this episode, I address the coming crisis. I also show some shocking videos and photos of the failed surrender to the Taliban.
News Picks:
- Biden leaves our people behind in Afghanistan.
- Are we vetting the refugees coming here?
- Here it is! As predicted, Biden wants to use “public health” as an excuse to destroy the energy industry.
- The CDC makes a move on your firearms.
- Documented fraud and fake, Elizabeth Warren, parties maskless while pushing masks on everyone else.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Pentagon Contradicts White House, Acknowledges Unknown Number of Americans Stranded in Afghanistan READ MORETaliban Asks U.S. to Be Recognized as a Legitimate Government
Trump on Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster: America Has Been Humiliated
Biden Tells Refugee Organizations to Prepare for 50k Afghans Without Visas
Haqqani Leader Contradicts State Department, Says “We Are the Taliban”
John Kirby Lies, Says Abandoned U.S. Equipment Was “Made Unusable” Before Leaving Afghanistan
Biden’s Approval Falls to Another Record Low
Capitol Hill
Jennifer Griffin: Blinken Speech on Afghanistan Looked Like a Hostage Video
“Squad” Reps Urge Biden to Replace Fed Chair Jerome Powell With Someone Who Wants to “Advance Racial Justice”
Biden Eyes Stimulus Check for Renters After Eviction Moratorium Is Struck Down
U.K. Paper Says Members of British Cabinet View Biden as a “Doolally”
Pentagon Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About Americans Left Behind in Afghanistan
Even Some Dems Want Biden Administration Officials Fired Over Afghanistan Debacle
White House Somehow Defends Letting Military Equipment Fall in Hands of Taliban
Biden Calls Black Adviser “Boy” During FEMA Meeting
Psaki Claims Ignorance of Report That Taliban Offered to Let U.S. Secure Kabul
Culture War
Mother of Slain Marine Suspended From Instagram Following Posts Criticizing Biden
WHO Issues Guidance on COVID Certificates the Media Called a “Conspiracy Theory”
Fathers of Slain Soldiers Slam Biden on Hannity
Attendees of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s Wedding Pictured Violating New Mexico’s Indoor Mask Mandate
Homeschooling Has Increased From 13k Kids in 1973 to 5 Million in 2020
Harvard Epidemiologist: The Case for Vaccine Passports Was Just Demolished
LA Teachers’ Union President: “Our Babies May Not Have Learned All Their Times Tables but They Know the Words Insurrection and Coup”
The Woke Crowd Blasts NYC’s De Blasio for “Cultural Appropriation”
Study: Mask Mandates Made No Difference on COVID Spread
Economy
Debt Ceiling Battle Looms
NY Landlords Threaten to Sue If State Extends Eviction Moratorium
Russia Warns the West Against Blocking Afghanistan’s Gold Reserves
Inflation in Germany Hit a 13-Year High in August
Nouriel Roubini Predicts Fed Will “Wimp Out” and Let Stagflation Take Root
Number of Businesses Leaving California Surges
McDonalds to Close Indoor Dining Again
Pending Home Sales Slide for Second Straight Month
Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Finally Goes to Trial
PayPal Explores Launching a Stock Trading Platform
$3.12 Trillion Budget Deficit Projected This Year
Swamp Watch
Project Veritas Exposes Antifa Indoctrination in the Classroom
Senate Prospects Dim for the Dems’ So-Called “Voting Rights” Bill
Judge Restores Parental Rights to Chicago Mom After They Were Revoked Because She Was Unvaccinated
LA Times Goes After Larry Elder for Charity Non-Scandal While Ignoring Gavin Newsom Pocketing Real Estate Millions
DHS Put in Charge of Resettling Afghan Refugees
Lara Trump to Kamala Harris on Afghanistan: “We Will Not Forget About This”
Pelosi’s Jan 6 Committee Wants Telecom Companies to Turn Over Phone Records
NY Dems Say Disgraced Not-Gov. Cuomo Needs to Refund His Campaign Donations
National Security
Another Gold Star Mom Blasts Biden for How He Acted During Dignified Transfer of 13 Slain U.S. Service Members
87 Retired Generals and Admirals Call for Resignations of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Gen. Mark Miley
WWII Sailor Comes Home to Alabama Nearly 80 Years After Death at Pearl Harbor
Analysts Say Removing Air Support Was “Critical Error” in Afghanistan
Will Syrian Jihadis Take the Fight to Afghanistan?
Taliban Shuts Down Internet in Holdout Province, in Blow to Resistance Movement
Dozens of Working Dogs Left Behind to Die in Afghanistan
Around the World
Leaded Gasoline Officially Phased Out Globally
Ireland’s Population Passes 5 Million for First Time Since Potato Famine
Taliban Bans Coeducation
Aid Agencies Warn Afghanistan’s Healthcare System Is Close to Collapse
U.S. Dropped From EU’s List of COVID-Safe Countries for Travel
Australia Comes to Its Senses, Realizes “COVID Zero” Policy “Not a Sustainable Way to Live”
Osama Bin Laden’s Security Chief Returns to Afghanistan Week After Biden Says Al-Qaeda Is Gone From Country
Danish Immigration Minister’s Dream Goal Is Zero Asylum Seekers
Opinion
Pat Buchanan: Bad Moon Rising for Biden – and Us
Rich Lowry: Recall Is Best Way to Slap Newsom for California’s Disastrous Decline
Todd Starnes: Teacher Tells Kids to Pledge Allegiance to Gay Flag
Tommy Hicks: H.R. 4 Is Just Another Democrat Power-Grab
NY Post Editorial Board: The Fatal Failure of Gen. Mark A. Milley Over Closing Bagram Air Base
Kurt Schlichter: Own Your Failure Biden Voters
Michael Barone: A Different Airlift Shows What an Utter Disaster Biden’s Afghan Evacuation Truly Is
Scott Morefield: Five Ways to Deal with the COVID Karens in Your Life
Entertainment
Clint Eastwood’s “Cry Macho” Leads HBO Max’s September Slate
“The View” To Have Conservative Guest Hosts After Meghan McCain’s Departure
Sylvester Stallone Has New “Expendables” Film In The Works With Jason Statham and Megan Fox
Rose McGowan Blasts Oprah Winfrey: “Supporting a Power Structure for Personal Gain … She Is as Fake as They Come”
Kid Rock Cancels Concerts After Band Members Catch COVID-19
James Woods Calls For President Joe Biden’s Resignation After Tragic Bombing Outside Kabul Airport
Sharon Stone Shares 11-Month-Old Nephew Has Died After Total Organ Failure
Sports
Joe Judge And Giants Players Honor US Service Members Killed In Afghanistan Bombings
Frustrated Mets Are Giving Their Own Fans The “Thumbs-Down”
Fans Wait In Massive Lines For Hours At US Open After COVID Vaccine Mandate
Patrick Mahomes Reigns As Top Player In The NFL
Video: Cubs, White Sox Fans Erupt In Brawl During Crosstown Classic
Bill Belichick Still Silent On Patriots’ Starting QB
Scott Zolak Apologizes For Saying Cam Newton Distracted By Rap Music At Practice
Lakers Sign One-Year Deal With Rajon Rondo Making Them What Feels like The Oldest Team Ever
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Newsmax TV
- US Military Leaves Contract Dogs Behind in Afghanistan
- NBC's Richard Engel: Withdrawal 'Dark Period' for US
- Taliban Seen Escorting Former Bin Laden Security Chief
- Dad of Marine Killed in Kabul: Biden Bristled When Told to 'Learn' Victims' Stories
- Biden Faces Congressional Probes Over Evacuation Debacle
- Sen. Cotton: Biden Kept Promises to Taliban, Not to Americans
- Rep. Babin: 'Terrorists Are Celebrating' as U.S. Leaves Afghanistan |
- Rep. Mike Johnson: Search and Recuse Top Priority After Ida |
- Rep. Mace: Pentagon Likely Had More Than 'Heads Up' on Attack |
- Rep. Jackie Walorski: Biden Should Resign |
- Democratic Texas Judge: Biden Should Resign Over Border Crisis |
- Rep. Kat Cammack: I Had to Watch Taliban Execute Our Translator |
Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiriting prospect of weeks without electricity... [Full Story]
The United States is promising up to $60 million in military aid to [Full Story]
A Southern California, school teacher is "no longer in the classroom" [Full Story]
Chinese authorities have instructed an American Chamber of Commerce [Full Story]
Viva Barnes News
That judge who denied the mother custody over her kid because she was not vaccinated reversed his order. It seems he was quite the activist from the bench, even in other cases. https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/8/30/22648796/vaccine-judge-james-shapiro-visitation-revoke-custody-divorce-rebecca-firlit-cook-county===
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Here is a video I made Mad World
This song has been used to promote some evil acts .. I'd rather it wasn't. This is me singing ..
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From Wikipedia -
"Mad World" is a song by the British band Tears for Fears. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's third single release and first chart hit, reaching #3 on the UK Singles Chart in November 1982. Both Mad World and its B-side, Ideas As Opiates, would turn up on the band's debut LP The Hurting the following year. The song would eventually become Tears for Fears' first international hit, reaching the Top 40 in several countries between 1982 and 1983.
Two decades later, the song made a popular resurgence when it was covered in a much slower, minimalist style by composers Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the soundtrack to the movie Donnie Darko in 2001, and then again in the hit 2006 video game Gears of War. This version reached #1 in the UK in December 2003, and also became an international hit.
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I was raised as an Atheist. I learned, after reading the Bible, that God loves me, and you. This is his song for you too. He loves you, and wants to be with you.
All the elements are me and mine. ARIA ISRC number AUAWN1209109
=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. Under Turnbull, the Liberals had no chance of winning the next federal election. Turnbull had had no agenda with which to fight for reelection. Under Morrison, the Liberals have a chance. Maybe twenty percent at the moment. It will grow if Morrison, and the Libs, prosecute a campaign for appropriate change. They might not get tax cuts funded, but they should campaign for it. They need to campaign for free speech, cutting red tape and all the other things IPA have recommended.
Aretha Franklin's funeral featured Ariana Grande, dressed well in a little black dress. Grande was ogled by Clinton and Democrat elite, and so press claimed she dressed inappropriately. Maybe she should have worn a burka? Then she might not have been groped by a Bishop, who has since apologised.
McCain's funeral was defiantly bitter in tone, with Meghan McCain, who notably preferred John Kerry to George W Bush, made light of Trump's campaign mantra to Make America Great Again. Meghan claimed it has always been great. Which is a quibble. Clearly, under Obama, divisions were raised, a new cold war was started, and poverty increased.
From my article on Quora
Why would you or would you not respect a young person who seeks to be a political activist, with only a high school education?
It is a tenet of academia that anyone could have a good idea. An idea needs to be tested, not the person positing it. However, some ideas are awful and they are not tested, because of the person who said it. In Australia, former PM Rudd said he would be unable to explain opposition to Anthropogenic Global Warming theory to a hypothetical five year old girl named Gracie. Possibly because opposition is based in science and Gracie would not understand the arguments.
More recently, a 9 year old girl in San Francisco suggested banning plastic straws to stop fish drowning. So now, around the world, plastic straws are being banned. Paper straws are instead being released to the public, individually wrapped in plastic. Thing is, it doesn’t help clean up the environment anyway, because the problem is not the straw, but the poverty of nations unable to maintain their waterways by providing appropriate landfill for rubbish. Over 90% of water pollution related to plastic rubbish worldwide comes from five rivers, none of which are in Australia. Appropriate waste management solves most such problems, and might not include recycling.
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A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. CFA is vital for Victoria, rural firefighters protect their homes and businesses and, under the aegis of CFA, are trained to do so. Problem is, CFA is a volunteer organisation and so the union does not represent them. So the firefighter union has had the government place regulation on CFA activity, meaning CFA can't fight fires unless a union member is present. The ridiculous regulation is so unpopular, the ALP initiated a grant to increase volunteerism. In Dandenong, the CFA are getting $55k to buy defibrillators. Maybe these will be used to restart Dan Andrews' political heart? Will the grant encourage you to volunteer for CFA, knowing that fighting a fire without a union member present will void any good samaritan legal protections?
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.
Aretha Franklin's funeral featured Ariana Grande, dressed well in a little black dress. Grande was ogled by Clinton and Democrat elite, and so press claimed she dressed inappropriately. Maybe she should have worn a burka? Then she might not have been groped by a Bishop, who has since apologised.
McCain's funeral was defiantly bitter in tone, with Meghan McCain, who notably preferred John Kerry to George W Bush, made light of Trump's campaign mantra to Make America Great Again. Meghan claimed it has always been great. Which is a quibble. Clearly, under Obama, divisions were raised, a new cold war was started, and poverty increased.
From my article on Quora
Why would you or would you not respect a young person who seeks to be a political activist, with only a high school education?
It is a tenet of academia that anyone could have a good idea. An idea needs to be tested, not the person positing it. However, some ideas are awful and they are not tested, because of the person who said it. In Australia, former PM Rudd said he would be unable to explain opposition to Anthropogenic Global Warming theory to a hypothetical five year old girl named Gracie. Possibly because opposition is based in science and Gracie would not understand the arguments.
More recently, a 9 year old girl in San Francisco suggested banning plastic straws to stop fish drowning. So now, around the world, plastic straws are being banned. Paper straws are instead being released to the public, individually wrapped in plastic. Thing is, it doesn’t help clean up the environment anyway, because the problem is not the straw, but the poverty of nations unable to maintain their waterways by providing appropriate landfill for rubbish. Over 90% of water pollution related to plastic rubbish worldwide comes from five rivers, none of which are in Australia. Appropriate waste management solves most such problems, and might not include recycling.
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A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. CFA is vital for Victoria, rural firefighters protect their homes and businesses and, under the aegis of CFA, are trained to do so. Problem is, CFA is a volunteer organisation and so the union does not represent them. So the firefighter union has had the government place regulation on CFA activity, meaning CFA can't fight fires unless a union member is present. The ridiculous regulation is so unpopular, the ALP initiated a grant to increase volunteerism. In Dandenong, the CFA are getting $55k to buy defibrillators. Maybe these will be used to restart Dan Andrews' political heart? Will the grant encourage you to volunteer for CFA, knowing that fighting a fire without a union member present will void any good samaritan legal protections?
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. AGW believers use subsidies to increase renewable energy use unsustainably. Rudd claimed it would amount to less than a dollar a year for each person. But in fact, it will be $60 billion by 2030, for Australia. That is just to distort the market. Coal is cheaper and more efficient. Nuclear is also more reliable. And there is no return for the expense. It does not provide base-load power. It is $60 billion taken from the budget bottom line. Still, not as much as Penny Wong misplaced.
I support the Liberal Party, but does Julie Bishop? Bishop's spray a few weeks ago has helped NZ Labour to their first poll lead in twelve years, just prior to an election. Same sex marriage has not helped boost conservative NZ either.
Obama divided the US by race and ethnicity. And the world is following. Including Australia. Who will stand against modern racism and bigotry? Donald Trump has shown leadership. Who would follow Trump's lead in Australia? Antifa is active in Australia and the US. And those thugs might also be called "The sons of Obama."
I support the Liberal Party, but does Julie Bishop? Bishop's spray a few weeks ago has helped NZ Labour to their first poll lead in twelve years, just prior to an election. Same sex marriage has not helped boost conservative NZ either.
Obama divided the US by race and ethnicity. And the world is following. Including Australia. Who will stand against modern racism and bigotry? Donald Trump has shown leadership. Who would follow Trump's lead in Australia? Antifa is active in Australia and the US. And those thugs might also be called "The sons of Obama."
=== from 2016 ===
US Presidential candidate for the GOP was invited to go to Mexico and meet with the Mexican government. He did, and despite agitators, looked presidential and spoke with a Presidential Voice. Meanwhile Hillary is laying low, not able to address the corruption concerns of many, exposed by Wikileaks.
Meanwhile in Australia, the ALP have exposed Turnbull's weakness, almost forcing the government to launch a senseless inquiry into banking profits. If the ALP had their way, banks would not profit in Australia. Think about what that means. Without banks, or with weak banks, investment dries up. But the ALP were able to do it because Turnbull campaigned badly and lost the conservative majority and weakened the senate. ALP passed useless bills in the senate, and when they got the numbers in the lower house, attempted to pass them through the lower house too. Politicians had left early to fly home. With a majority of one, that can't happen. The Senate is a joke, and under Malcolm Turnbull, the conservatives are weak.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Dyson Heydon's ruling is tight. Unassailably tight. The only legal way forward for the ALP is to agitate for change while claiming they haven't read the ruling.
Bill Shorten is isolated within his own party in his opposition to a free trade agreement with China.
Obama encouraged post PM Rudd to international activism, Hillary's email reveals.
Fairfax jihad on conservative government continues, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says.
There are no drowning islands in the world.
Peter Costello writes and illustrates the point that elected officials are better than public servants at addressing public concerns.
Shorten seems to have used superannuation cash from a union run fund for election purposes.
From 2014
Joe Tripodi captured the attention of news services today, as he told the ICAC he had campaigned against an ALP candidate who opposed the business interests of Nathan Tinkler's Buildev wanting a coal loader. So former Premier Ms Keneally is furious and feels betrayed. She can't understand why Tripodi would betray the ALP that way. Tripodi has said he hadn't betrayed the ALP, he had opposed the ALP candidate. Tripodi denied he had designed the campaign against the ALP candidate. Tripodi says he advised against the campaign, but when he realised it was proceeding he advised on the words used so as to keep it legal. Lost among the pain and hurt is the fact that the coal loader would have been good for the local community, boosting the economy, and opposition to it was based on nothing more than hysterical lies regarding industrial use of coal. And corruption of the former ALP has meant that for developers to do what is needed to grow industry, they are subject to the world of corrupt negotiation. Unions are using stand over tactics to develop slush funds and Joe was positioning himself to control those funds. Lack of transparency within political decision making has meant that such corruption flourishes, which harms the economy and local community and pushes young people out of work. Keneally was not worried about Joe becoming a king maker using corruptly obtained money. Neither was she concerned at the arbitrary decision to oppose useful business on probably corrupt grounds. But, Keneally is shocked that Joe would harm an ALP member's attempt at getting an undeserved seat. Something that any private decision is allowed to do. And which media outlet has noticed what is wrong with the situation? Only Sydney Conservative.
John Robertson is still unelectable. He has done nothing to deserve being elected. In government, he opposed progress and championed the corrupt process of the ALP and unions that sees business extorted just to run. The media are very supportive, constantly propping him up for balance when criticising good Liberal party policy. But while the old adage 'if you do nothing, you do nothing wrong,' applies, the Liberal Party have done too much which is right. It is good to see improvement in school, public transport, hospitals and law enforcement which previous ALP administrations had given up on, claiming it was no longer possible to run an efficient train network or ticket appropriately. Or increasing waiting lists for everybody needing medical care. Or budgeting appropriately. The Greiner Fahey government had set up an electricity sale which could have netted NSW $60 billion, or twice more. Carr opposed it, as does Robertson. It is unlikely NSW would get what was on offer for electricity twenty years ago. NSW people, still black and blue from Robertson style thuggery, don't want him.
Victoria's ALP seems to have an old problem with a Calabrian connection. Organised crime is something the ALP have long been connected with in NSW, from well before the killing of Donald Mackay. The ALP member allegedly had weapons charges too. Naturally the alleged controls an ALP branch and has factional power to control preselection. Te ALP need to be proud of their choices in the lead up to the Victorian state election. Otherwise they look like losers. Gosford Anglican church proudly displays a sign saying they are campaigning against Team Australia. The reasoning for the choice seems absent of God. Another who worships strange things, Greens Leader in Australia's federal government, remarks on victims of Middle East terrorism "Just let them die." That explains her party's support for the murderous people smugglers who charge tens of thousands of dollars to poor, desperate people. Meanwhile in the UK, in Rotherham, 1400 children have been sexually abused with state permission. It turns out they weren't the right race or religion for the community to care about. It is definitely an embarrassing moment for the UK. When Mr Abbott said Australia's defining moment was the first fleet sailing into Sydney Harbour, it was worse than him winking on radio. Maybe the UK can store their child protection files in the cloud. That is secure, and might not show their nakedness.
John Robertson is still unelectable. He has done nothing to deserve being elected. In government, he opposed progress and championed the corrupt process of the ALP and unions that sees business extorted just to run. The media are very supportive, constantly propping him up for balance when criticising good Liberal party policy. But while the old adage 'if you do nothing, you do nothing wrong,' applies, the Liberal Party have done too much which is right. It is good to see improvement in school, public transport, hospitals and law enforcement which previous ALP administrations had given up on, claiming it was no longer possible to run an efficient train network or ticket appropriately. Or increasing waiting lists for everybody needing medical care. Or budgeting appropriately. The Greiner Fahey government had set up an electricity sale which could have netted NSW $60 billion, or twice more. Carr opposed it, as does Robertson. It is unlikely NSW would get what was on offer for electricity twenty years ago. NSW people, still black and blue from Robertson style thuggery, don't want him.
Victoria's ALP seems to have an old problem with a Calabrian connection. Organised crime is something the ALP have long been connected with in NSW, from well before the killing of Donald Mackay. The ALP member allegedly had weapons charges too. Naturally the alleged controls an ALP branch and has factional power to control preselection. Te ALP need to be proud of their choices in the lead up to the Victorian state election. Otherwise they look like losers. Gosford Anglican church proudly displays a sign saying they are campaigning against Team Australia. The reasoning for the choice seems absent of God. Another who worships strange things, Greens Leader in Australia's federal government, remarks on victims of Middle East terrorism "Just let them die." That explains her party's support for the murderous people smugglers who charge tens of thousands of dollars to poor, desperate people. Meanwhile in the UK, in Rotherham, 1400 children have been sexually abused with state permission. It turns out they weren't the right race or religion for the community to care about. It is definitely an embarrassing moment for the UK. When Mr Abbott said Australia's defining moment was the first fleet sailing into Sydney Harbour, it was worse than him winking on radio. Maybe the UK can store their child protection files in the cloud. That is secure, and might not show their nakedness.
From 2013
David Frost died today, and a lasting memory of his time on the stage he owned is his assault on Nixon. Frost claimed he had a gotcha .. but he hadn't. And so a great artist was limited by his left wing politics. He called himself balanced. But it would be more precise to say entrenched. His form of leftwing liberalism predates him and carries on to this day. It explains why George Bush and Ronald Reagan were so popular, yet so despised too. Because the entrenched criticism from a partisan media meant the media were ignored and the conservatives could cut through. But the ceaseless sniping and lies from the media eroded public trust. And so politics is cyclical, having discovered a two term office in latter days of US democracy. Carter, Clinton and Obama ran on a platform devoid of policy but supported by the press. Carter's administration was so bad that Reagan broke it off cycle. Twelve years of Republican Presidency ended when press lauded a 'come back kid.' Doormat Hilary, when questioned about his infidelity, said she believed him, and no one else should care. But that response doesn't cut it over Benghazi.
Australia has a similar political cycle. Unlike the US, where politicians need call supporters to vote, Australia has compulsory voting and so Australian parties try to encourage votes from the other party through the centre. The Liberal party, being conservative, have been very successful since the party's creation. The much older Australian Labor Party is leftist. The names swap over from foreign understanding but the parties are analogs to the US Republicans and Democrats. Currently we are in an ALP cycle, but they have been so bad that not even the press are supporting them as well as they can. The clumsy attempts to censor the press has only been supported by some media. The ALP still have some support, but not from the centre. Greens have eaten at the ALP left wing. And so the ALP are polling 47 to 53, but it will probably be much, much worse. Still, the Queensland experience, where Anna Bligh asked the electorate not to punish the ALP too much which saw a devastating loss has taught the ALP a lesson. They aren't admitting they are lost yet. They launched their campaign with six days to election. They haven't announced policy, but instead claimed the opposition hadn't.
How will the US respond to Syria? Obama says he will bomb something. Maybe. Many claim Rudd will go on a G20 junket in the last two days prior to election. An admission of loss if he does.
Australia has a similar political cycle. Unlike the US, where politicians need call supporters to vote, Australia has compulsory voting and so Australian parties try to encourage votes from the other party through the centre. The Liberal party, being conservative, have been very successful since the party's creation. The much older Australian Labor Party is leftist. The names swap over from foreign understanding but the parties are analogs to the US Republicans and Democrats. Currently we are in an ALP cycle, but they have been so bad that not even the press are supporting them as well as they can. The clumsy attempts to censor the press has only been supported by some media. The ALP still have some support, but not from the centre. Greens have eaten at the ALP left wing. And so the ALP are polling 47 to 53, but it will probably be much, much worse. Still, the Queensland experience, where Anna Bligh asked the electorate not to punish the ALP too much which saw a devastating loss has taught the ALP a lesson. They aren't admitting they are lost yet. They launched their campaign with six days to election. They haven't announced policy, but instead claimed the opposition hadn't.
How will the US respond to Syria? Obama says he will bomb something. Maybe. Many claim Rudd will go on a G20 junket in the last two days prior to election. An admission of loss if he does.
Historical perspective on this day
1355 – King Tvrtko I of Bosnia writes In castro nostro Vizoka vocatum from the Old town of Visoki.
1449 – Tumu Crisis: Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
1529 – The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
1449 – Tumu Crisis: Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
1529 – The Spanish fort of Sancti Spiritu, the first one built in modern Argentina, is destroyed by natives.
1532 – Lady Anne Boleyn is made Marquess of Pembroke by her fiancé, King Henry VIII of England.
1604 – Adi Granth, now known as Guru Granth Sahib, the holy scripture of Sikhs, was first installed at Harmandir Sahib.
1644 – Battle of Tippermuir: James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose defeats the Earl of Wemyss's Covenanters, reviving the Royalist cause.
1715 – King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years—the longest of any major European monarch.
1763 – Catherine II of Russia endorses Ivan Betskoy's plans for a Foundling Home in Moscow
1772 – The Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is founded in San Luis Obispo, California.
1774 – Massachusetts Bay colonists rise up in the bloodless Powder Alarm.
1804 – Juno, one of the largest asteroids in the Main Belt, is discovered by the German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding.
1831 – The high honor of Order of St. Gregory the Great is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
1836 – Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Chantilly: Confederate Army troops defeat a group of retreating Union Army troops in Chantilly, Virginia.
1864 – American Civil War: The Confederate Army General John Bell Hoodorders the evacuation of Atlanta, ending a four-month siege by General William Tecumseh Sherman.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: The Battle of Sedan is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.
1873 – Cetshwayo ascends to the throne as king of the Zulu nation following the death of his father Mpande.
1878 – Emma Nutt becomes the world's first female telephone operator when she is recruited by Alexander Graham Bell to the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company.
1880 – The army of Mohammad Ayub Khan is routed by the British at the Battle of Kandahar, ending the Second Anglo-Afghan War
1894 – Over 400 people die in the Great Hinckley Fire, a forest fire in Hinckley, Minnesota.
1897 – The Tremont Street Subway in Boston opens, becoming the first underground rapid transit system in North America.
1905 – Alberta and Saskatchewan join the Canadian confederation.
1906 – The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys is established.
1910 – In Brazil, Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, the first FIFA World Club Champion, is founded.
1911 – The armored cruiser Georgios Averof is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.
1914 – St. Petersburg, Russia, changes its name to Petrograd.
1914 – The last known passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, dies in captivity in the Cincinnati Zoo.
1920 – The Fountain of Time opens as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.
1923 – The Great Kantō earthquake devastates Tokyo and Yokohama, killing about 105,000 people.
1928 – Ahmet Zogu declares Albania to be a monarchy and proclaims himself king.
1934 – The first Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated cartoon, The Discontented Canary, is released to movie theatres.
1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II.
1939 – General George C. Marshall becomes Chief of Staff of the United States Army.
1939 – The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date.
1939 – Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisanto head the Swiss Armed Forces (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization).
1939 – Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
1951 – The United States, Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense pact, called the ANZUS Treaty.
1952 – The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
1958 – Iceland expands its fishing zone, putting it into conflict with the United Kingdom, beginning the Cod Wars.
1961 – The Eritrean War of Independence officially begins with the shooting of the Ethiopian police by Hamid Idris Awate.
1961 – The first conference of the Non Aligned Countries is held in Belgrade.
1967 – The Khmer–Chinese Friendship Association is banned in Cambodia.
1969 – A coup in Libya brings Muammar Gaddafi to power.
1969 – Trần Thiện Khiêm becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam under President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu.
1970 – Attempted assassination of King Hussein of Jordan by Palestinian guerrillas, who attack his motorcade.
1972 – In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.
1974 – The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
1979 – The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
1980 – Major General Chun Doo-hwan becomes President of South Korea, following the resignation of Choi Kyu-hah.
1981 – A coup d'état in the Central African Republic overthrows President David Dacko.
1982 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
1983 – Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
1985 – A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
1991 – Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
2004 – The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
=== Bible Reading ===
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Today's reading: Psalm 132-134, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 (NIV)
Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 132-134
A song of ascents.
1 LORD, remember David
and all his self-denial.
and all his self-denial.
2 He swore an oath to the LORD,
he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 "I will not enter my house
or go to my bed,
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
he made a vow to the Mighty One of Jacob:
3 "I will not enter my house
or go to my bed,
4 I will allow no sleep to my eyes
or slumber to my eyelids,
5 till I find a place for the LORD,
a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."
Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
Correcting an Abuse of the Lord's Supper
17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk. 22 Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast himself on his God alone. When his vessel is on its beam-ends, and no human deliverance can avail, he must simply and entirely trust himself to the providence and care of God. Happy storm that wrecks a man on such a rock as this! O blessed hurricane that drives the soul to God and God alone! There is no getting at our God sometimes because of the multitude of our friends; but when a man is so poor, so friendless, so helpless that he has nowhere else to turn, he flies into his Father's arms, and is blessedly clasped therein! When he is burdened with troubles so pressing and so peculiar, that he cannot tell them to any but his God, he may be thankful for them; for he will learn more of his Lord then than at any other time. Oh, tempest-tossed believer, it is a happy trouble that drives thee to thy Father! Now that thou hast only thy God to trust to, see that thou puttest thy full confidence in him. Dishonour not thy Lord and Master by unworthy doubts and fears; but be strong in faith, giving glory to God. Show the world that thy God is worth ten thousand worlds to thee. Show rich men how rich thou art in thy poverty when the Lord God is thy helper. Show the strong man how strong thou art in thy weakness when underneath thee are the everlasting arms. Now is the time for feats of faith and valiant exploits. Be strong and very courageous, and the Lord thy God shall certainly, as surely as he built the heavens and the earth, glorify himself in thy weakness, and magnify his might in the midst of thy distress. The grandeur of the arch of heaven would be spoiled if the sky were supported by a single visible column, and your faith would lose its glory if it rested on anything discernible by the carnal eye. May the Holy Spirit give you to rest in Jesus this closing day of the month.
Evening
As he is in the light! Can we ever attain to this? Shall we ever be able to walk as clearly in the light as he is whom we call "Our Father," of whom it is written, "God is light, and in him is no darkness at all?" Certainly, this is the model which is set before us, for the Saviour himself said, "Be ye perfect, even as your Father who is in heaven is perfect;" and although we may feel that we can never rival the perfection of God, yet we are to seek after it, and never to be satisfied until we attain to it. The youthful artist, as he grasps his early pencil, can hardly hope to equal Raphael or Michael Angelo, but still, if he did not have a noble beau ideal before his mind, he would only attain to something very mean and ordinary. But what is meant by the expression that the Christian is to walk in light as God is in the light? We conceive it to import likeness, but not degree. We are as truly in the light, we are as heartily in the light, we are as sincerely in the light, as honestly in the light, though we cannot be there in the same measure. I cannot dwell in the sun, it is too bright a place for my residence, but I can walk in the light of the sun; and so, though I cannot attain to that perfection of purity and truth which belongs to the Lord of hosts by nature as the infinitely good, yet I can set the Lord always before me, and strive, by the help of the indwelling Spirit, after conformity to his image. That famous old commentator, John Trapp, says, "We may be in the light as God is in the light for quality, but not for equality." We are to have the same light, and are as truly to have it and walk in it as God does, though, as for equality with God in his holiness and purity, that must be left until we cross the Jordan and enter into the perfection of the Most High. Mark that the blessings of sacred fellowship and perfect cleansing are bound up with walking in the light.
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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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