Lockdowns are as ineffective as face masks. I must wear a face mask indoors and out doors despite being double vaccinated. My employer who cannot employ me under lockdown has had to check that I am double vaccinated. I will not be allowed to work until February next year. Those who claim face masks keep me safe point to studies made in hospitals where the sickly are densely populated. I can point to the ridiculous spread of Covid variants despite curfew, lockdown and face masks. Something is wrong. I am not allowed, were I to contract COVID, to treat it with Ivermectin, HCQ or Fenofibrate despite all three being effective medications. Instead I have been double vaccinated when the vaccine may be more deadly than COVID.
A Christian Evangelist who targeted Jews asked me to clarify my outrage. I do so.
Read it aloud and try to see what might be offensive to a Jewish person, even one who was not religious, but ethnically Jewish. I have Jewish family, and lost some to the holocaust. My Jewish ancestors had gone to Poland from Horowice, which gave them a name, and Jacobs, which gave them another, but last names are not a Jewish thing. You may wish forgiveness for arrogance. You are not important enough that your belief was responsible for their horrible persecution. That persecution was persistent and real and largely documented, but not entirely. Sometimes some of the persecutors asked forgiveness of G-d, but continued. Today, one wound Jews feel terribly is when evangelical Christians claim their young using sophisticated arguments the young are not conditioned to respond to. Jewish peoples do not proselytise, but raise their young in accordance with their scripture. They feel real anger when their young are taken from them by hucksters.
My family fled the pogroms of the Tsars. Before that, they fled many Christian leaders. You may have heard of Hypatia and Saint Cyril, there had been Alexandrian Jews that Cyril ‘loved’ too. The New World was discovered when a persecuted Spanish Jew named Columbus set sail. Japan’s second religion is an offshoot from Jewish slaves dating back to a hundred years or so after Jonah, it is in DNA records. And yet, despite the thousands of years of persecution, the Jewish community retains her indomitable character. I believe God did something very special when they were in that desert, and God has a plan which includes them. I don’t know what it is. But I’m not so arrogant to think I can impugn on their good will by targeting their young without consequence. Disraeli is said to have observed “Two thousands years of Christian love has left the Jews feeling nervous.” Yet Disraeli was Christian. I ask G-d for guidance on this issue, and I believe I need to be humble. And I’m saying to you that needs to inform your mission. And if that is not possible for you, go somewhere else.
NB. FB deleted a post I made on the issue
“I ask forgiveness from Jews who experienced horrible persecution because of my arrogance in believing that my theology was more important than the incessant wounds they suffered for almost 2000 years at the hands of Christians.”Read it aloud and try to see what might be offensive to a Jewish person, even one who was not religious, but ethnically Jewish. I have Jewish family, and lost some to the holocaust. My Jewish ancestors had gone to Poland from Horowice, which gave them a name, and Jacobs, which gave them another, but last names are not a Jewish thing. You may wish forgiveness for arrogance. You are not important enough that your belief was responsible for their horrible persecution. That persecution was persistent and real and largely documented, but not entirely. Sometimes some of the persecutors asked forgiveness of G-d, but continued. Today, one wound Jews feel terribly is when evangelical Christians claim their young using sophisticated arguments the young are not conditioned to respond to. Jewish peoples do not proselytise, but raise their young in accordance with their scripture. They feel real anger when their young are taken from them by hucksters.
My family fled the pogroms of the Tsars. Before that, they fled many Christian leaders. You may have heard of Hypatia and Saint Cyril, there had been Alexandrian Jews that Cyril ‘loved’ too. The New World was discovered when a persecuted Spanish Jew named Columbus set sail. Japan’s second religion is an offshoot from Jewish slaves dating back to a hundred years or so after Jonah, it is in DNA records. And yet, despite the thousands of years of persecution, the Jewish community retains her indomitable character. I believe God did something very special when they were in that desert, and God has a plan which includes them. I don’t know what it is. But I’m not so arrogant to think I can impugn on their good will by targeting their young without consequence. Disraeli is said to have observed “Two thousands years of Christian love has left the Jews feeling nervous.” Yet Disraeli was Christian. I ask G-d for guidance on this issue, and I believe I need to be humble. And I’m saying to you that needs to inform your mission. And if that is not possible for you, go somewhere else.
The following day, I got further messages
Brian Rocker I'm really confused David at what you're getting at? Who's targeting youth? And I don't understand what's wrong with Brother Tommy or myself or anyone else repenting for the sins of our fathers like Daniel did while in Babylon. I'm really confused at your post. Can you explain so we can understand the offense you feel? Thanks!
For some, failing to understand is a gift. When the Lord finally returns and tells his people of his love, Brian and Tommy might say 'huh?'
For some, failing to understand is a gift. When the Lord finally returns and tells his people of his love, Brian and Tommy might say 'huh?'
I apologise. I'm angry. I may be dead in a few years, having been lucky to have lived so long. I see a world of promise, and I see that promise squandered by the corrupt. When I was young, I dreamt of a positive answer to that eternal question, is their intelligent life on Earth? Andrews, Biden and Trudeau say 'no'
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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
Australia moves towards an election federally. And the director of the Liberal Party infuriates me, asking me for money to support his AGW hucksterism that isn't as bad as the ALP one. It still is not good policy.
Today, 25th Sept 2021 I carry fake news
The fake news comes from a left wing site called "The Hill"
In the article on the Arizona draft Audit into 2020 election fraudulently given Biden, we are told there were no accidents and that a simple vote count shows Biden won. However, the simple vote count does not show that at all. It shows that the voter fraud was wilful and deliberate. It shows that the parties behind the fraud covered their tracks. Now for the parts of the audit that have been opposed. A check of signatures. The system data showing when and how votes were cast. That will take longer because the investigation has been impeded.
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.
https://rumble.com/vlxszm-editorial-on-god-in-answer-to-dinesh-dsousas-article.html
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From the Bible, Philippians 3
No Confidence in the Flesh
Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.
But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ—the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
Following Paul’s Example
All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. Only let us live up to what we have already attained.
Join together in following my example, brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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https://rumble.com/vnfvcz-ep.-1621-the-facebook-whistleblower-exposed-the-dan-bongino-show.html
The Facebook “whistleblower” has now been fully exposed! In this episode, I address the real reason she’s speaking out. I also address the latest Project Veritas video about the Pfizer vaccine
News Picks:
- It’s a trap! Don’t fall for the Facebook “whistleblower.”
- The risk of a major world war is grave. China is pushing and pushing.
- About that national divorce.
- Liberals are changing the names to disguise their CRT agenda.
- The Secret Service report on school safety.
- The hapless Treasury Secretary pushes to monitor your bank account.
FB booted me following Jan 6th despite my having no involvement with anything that happened in the Capitol that day. I'm a disability worker living in Melbourne. I love America (And Australia) and I'm conservative with Libertarian leanings. I eschew AGW hysteria and espouse peaceful co-existence. Yet FB have stolen over 14 years of my work, denying me access to my online book store and seizing all my videos and personal photos. I had linked my sites to that body of work and now all my sites have vast gaps where my FB content was. Further, apps and activities ask me to link to FB, and I cannot.
Is there a FB whistleblower who will speak about the corruption of FB in overthrowing the then POTUS? And the decade long targeting of conservatives generally?
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Biden Admin Spending Millions Per Day to *Not* Build Border Wall READ MORERevealed: Hunter Biden’s Uncle Reached Out to Him for Help Obtaining a Chinese Business License
Mike Pompeo: Peter Daszak Has Wuhan Questions to Answer
Pfizer Asks U.S. to Allow COVID Shots for Kids Ages 5 to 11
Report: U.S. Troops Secretly Training Taiwan’s Forces
Support Among Republicans for Trump Surges, With Most Rejecting Anti-Trump Critics
Sen. Schumer: Deal Reached to Extend Debt Ceiling Through Early December
Capitol Hill
Biden Whines About the Unvaccinated in Gaffe-Packed Speech
NYC’s de Blasio Misused Security Detail for Personal Purposes
White House Questioned About Decision to Investigate Parents Protesting at School Board Meetings
More Than 400K Sign Petition Demanding Biden Stop “Efforts to Pack Supreme Court”
With Relations Increasingly Tense, Top U.S., Chinese Advisers Meet in Zurich
Republican AGs Join Up to Warn Garland Against Using FBI to Target Parents
Biden Open to Signing a Reconciliation Bill That Includes the Hyde Amendment
Majority Say Biden’s Handling of the Coronavirus Pandemic Is “Fair” or “Poor”: Poll
Culture War
Texas School Shooting Suspect Released From Jail on Bond
Trump Asks Judge to Force Facebook to Return His Account
Brian Laundrie’s Father Apparently Joins Hunt for His Son
AP Blasted for Questionable “Fact Check” of National School Boards Association’s Letter to Biden Comparing Angry Parents to “Domestic Terrorists”
Biden Nominee Removes Karl Marx Thesis From Resume
Last Week’s “SNL” Premiere Makes History With Series’ Lowest Ratings Ever
Bill Maher Suggests There is a “Hunger” for Mocking Wokeness
Biden Appoints Sworn CRT Supporter to Education Department
MSNBC: Parents Pushing Back at School Board Meetings are Mentally Ill, White Nationalists
Economy
Americans Now Spending an Extra $175 Per Month on Food/Fuel/Housing Under Biden
Trump: “Looks like Mitch McConnell Is Folding to the Democrats, Again” on Debt Ceiling
U.S. To Have Third-Highest Corporate Tax Rate Under Biden Plan
Despite Backlash, Biden Admin Defends IRS’ Snooping Into Personal Bank Accounts
Will the Pandora Papers Change Anything With the Wealthy and Well-Connected?
The FDAs Monopoly Over Drug and Food Approval Needs to End
As Natural Gas Prices Skyrocket, Households Brace For Higher Winter Heading Costs
SEC Chief: U.S. Won’t Follow China’s Lead in Banning Cryptocurrencies
Swamp Watch
FBI Teaches Agents How to Deconstruct Their Identities Using Critical Race Theory Program
Hunter Biden Hosts LA Art Show–Showcasing His Own Art
New Caravan of Haitians Heading Towards U.S. Border in 20 Days: “We Are Ready for War”
Rashida Tlaib Admits She Only Wears Mask for Cameras
There is No Legal Precedent for Biden’s Federal Vaccine Order
Parents Across America Refuse to Be Intimidated by Biden’s AG Labeling Them “Domestic Terrorists”
Critical Race Theory and Other Bad Ideas a Recipe for Civilizational Corruption and Decline
Pfizer, Moderna Increase D.C. Lobbying Efforts
Emails: Sen. Sanders Refused to Sign Letter Condemning Harassment of Sen. Sinema Because It Didn’t Also Condemn Her Politics
National Security
“Soros Prosecutors” Are Making U.S. Cities Uninhabitable
The U.S. May be Sleepwalking Towards War With China
F-35A Stealth Fighters Are Practicing Nuclear War
Biden Should Offer Taiwan a Mutual Defense Treaty
Japan Is Back in the Carrier Game
Is a Chinese Military Attack on Taiwan Inevitable?
The Future of the Iran Nuclear Deal Continues to Be a Game of Brinkmanship
U.S. Marine Officer Scheller Charged With Contempt, Disrespect Over Viral Videos
Russia’s Nightmare: Air Force F-35s Will Soon Be in Europe for Good
Kabul Airport Bomber Who Killed 13 U.S. Troops Was Released From Bagram Prison During Biden’s Withdrawal Chaos
Around the World
New Zealand Abandons Its Zero-COVID Lockdown Strategy, Leaving China As The Final Holdout
U.S. Military Weapons Being Sold In Afghan Gun Stores: Report
After Biden’s Remark On China’s Xi, Taiwan Calls U.S. Commitment “Rock Solid”
ISIS Women Deported To Sweden Because They Were Deemed Too Dangerous To Keep In Syria
Taliban Claim To Have Captured Four ISIS Members Near Kabul
Delegation Of French Senators Heads To Taiwan For Talks, Despite Warnings From China
U.S. Watchdog To Investigate Allegations That Afghanistan’s Ghani Took Money From Country
Japan Making “Preparations” For Possible Attack Of Taiwan By China
Opinion
Ben Shapiro: What if “Polarization” Isn’t The Big Problem?
Larry O’Connor: McAuliffe: Biden Is Dragging Down My Campaign
Tim Graham: Facebook: The New Evil Empire?
Lindsey Stroud: Federal Health Agencies Confused About Statistics, Policymakers Should Pay More Attention
Austin Bay: China Tests Taiwan After Biden’s Afghanistan Debacle
Star Parker: 2022 Looking Good For Republicans
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: A Brief History Of The Law Of Personal Privacy And Bodily Integrity
Betsy McCaughey: The Dirt On Dems’ Reconciliation Bill
Entertainment
America Needs A Saturday Night Live Alternative
Eddie Van Halen’s Widow & Sammy Hagar Pay Tribute To Rock Star On One Year Anniversary Of His Death
Michael Keaton Still Fits Into His Batman Suit For Role In Upcoming Flash Film
The Mandalorian Actor Giancarlo Esposito Says Unvaccinated People Are “Saying ‘F**k You’ To All You Other Human Beings”
“God’s Not Dead: We the People” Is The Movie We Need, Flaws And All
Judas Priest Guitarist Has Aortic Aneurysm While Performing Live
Dolly Parton Explains Why Elvis Presley Never Recorded “I Will Always Love You”
Report: Disney Rolling Out Sticker System To Identify On-Set Workers’ Vaccination Status
Sports
NBA Union Director Prepared To Fight League On Withholding Pay Over Vax Mandates
Megan Rapinoe Goes Off On “Men” After Women’s Soccer Coach Paul Riley Accused Of Sexual Abuse
Yankees Fall To Red Sox In Season Ending Wild-Card Flop
Report: Cowboys Release Linebacker Jaylon Smith
Oldest Former MLB Player, Eddie Robinson, Dead At 100
Kembra Walker Powers Knicks’ Offense In Rout Of Pacers
Report: Nets Losing Hope Star Guard Kyrie Irving Will Get Vaccinated, Preparing For Possible Absence From Home Games
Jaguars’ Urban Meyer Addresses Viral Video Fallout With Team
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Newsmax TV
- Rep. Sessions: McConnell's Deal Doesn't Give Dems Money |
- Texas AG Paxton: We’ll Stand by Parents Defending Children |
- Danny Danon: Abbas Unlikely to Negotiate With Israel |
- Rep. Cawthorn: 'Our Generation' Will Pay 'Establishment' Debts |
- Sen. Blackburn to Newsmax: Haugen Showed Facebook 'Working Outside' the Law |
- Idaho Lt. Gov.: Legal to Write Orders With Gov. Little Gone |
Newsfront
The Senate on Thursday approved legislation to temporarily raise the federal government's $28.4 trillion debt limit and avoid the risk of a historic default later this month, but it put off until early December a decision on a longer-lasting remedy. The Senate voted 50-48...... [Full Story]
Abortions quickly resumed in some Texas clinics Thursday after a [Full Story]
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Thursday the electric [Full Story]
Viva Barnes News
1. Overcrowded hospitals? "2020 was so incredibly low that half the hospitals in the US nearly went out of business." https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/have-hospitals-really-been-overloaded?
2. As predicted, Biden's approval dips to the 30's. https://nypost.com/2021/10/06/biden-is-battered-on-trust-leadership-competency-poll-says/
3. Media trust plummets to new lows. https://news.gallup.com/poll/355526/americans-trust-media-dips-second-lowest-record.aspx
4. Trade deficit sets record. https://www.treasuryandrisk.com/2021/10/06/u-s-trade-deficit-hits-record/?slreturn=20210907182308
5. Election officials lawyering up in Wisconsin: "The only reason clerks would need to be “lawyered up” is if they had something to hide, such as intentional violations of state election law for partisan purposes." https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/07/dont_allow_government_officials_to_dodge_accountability_146527.html
*Bonus: Neighbors buy elderly vet a scooter to replace his broken one. https://www.sunnyskyz.com/good-news/4415/Veteran-79-Cries-After-Learning-Strangers-Bought-Him-A-New-Scooter
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Here is a video I made Knocking on heaven's door
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and performed by Bob Dylan for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. It reached #12 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. In 2004, representatives of the music industry and the press voted this song #190 in Rolling Stone magazine's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
=== From 2017 ===
Don't give up on hope. The vote for the SSM survey run by postal ballot is ham fisted and badly run. The authorities promise to bodgy the results. It is supposed to be a secret vote, so once a vote is cast, no one can trace it. Envelopes with the vote are bar coded for individuals. It is said that if one change there mind, they can vote again. What happens if a 'yes' voter claims to have changed their mind, and voids a no vote, and then votes 'yes' again? And there is the missed opportunity of using an online vote that is verifiable by being private, not secret, and much cheaper to run. Also making future elections better and cheaper.Malcolm Turnbull should be remembered for all time for this campaign as the utter failure his stewardship of the PM's position has been.
The UN is still big on a two state solution for Palestine. It already exists and is called Jordan, but UN does not want that, when it can demand the destruction of Israel instead. Scott Adams addresses the gun control issue without employing its about gun control safety. ABC demands more electric cars on Australian roads, having successfully campaigned to weaken the power grid and make it prohibitively expensive for all. It looks increasingly as if the Las Vegas killer was acting alone, but with ISIS advice. Paddock left a paper showing calculations for hitting the crowd optimally. Paddock had also secretly cruised to the Middle East recently.
The UN is still big on a two state solution for Palestine. It already exists and is called Jordan, but UN does not want that, when it can demand the destruction of Israel instead. Scott Adams addresses the gun control issue without employing its about gun control safety. ABC demands more electric cars on Australian roads, having successfully campaigned to weaken the power grid and make it prohibitively expensive for all. It looks increasingly as if the Las Vegas killer was acting alone, but with ISIS advice. Paddock left a paper showing calculations for hitting the crowd optimally. Paddock had also secretly cruised to the Middle East recently.
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I have just finished reading Richard Allsop's Liberalism: a Short History
The book is good and full of history, but I'm disappointed as the arguments are flaky even though I broadly agree with them. Allsopp writes like a university professor and so definitions aren't like real world understandings. For example he describes the difference between small 'l' liberals and large 'L' Liberals for the Liberal Party of Australia. The books thesis is to do with the changing description of liberals in history. Liberals are the hero of the text. Only, in modern terms, Liberals tend to be economic conservatives like Howard while liberals tend to be social conservatives who go for big spending, big government, being centre left, like Malcolm Turnbull, Malcolm Fraser, John Hewson and Peter Collins. But in Allsop's view, Howard becomes a Dry while wets become the heirs of Liberalism who just happen to oppose pretty much everything that Liberalism stands for. The word Allsop is searching for is Conservative. He tends not to use it as he tries to pin anything worthwhile on liberalism.
The book is good and full of history, but I'm disappointed as the arguments are flaky even though I broadly agree with them. Allsopp writes like a university professor and so definitions aren't like real world understandings. For example he describes the difference between small 'l' liberals and large 'L' Liberals for the Liberal Party of Australia. The books thesis is to do with the changing description of liberals in history. Liberals are the hero of the text. Only, in modern terms, Liberals tend to be economic conservatives like Howard while liberals tend to be social conservatives who go for big spending, big government, being centre left, like Malcolm Turnbull, Malcolm Fraser, John Hewson and Peter Collins. But in Allsop's view, Howard becomes a Dry while wets become the heirs of Liberalism who just happen to oppose pretty much everything that Liberalism stands for. The word Allsop is searching for is Conservative. He tends not to use it as he tries to pin anything worthwhile on liberalism.
Allsopp finishes in confused fashion, but he begins with it too. He refers to Pitt the Younger, who was PM of the UK from 1804 to 1806, and PM of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801, as a Tory. Pitt was a Whig. When Horatio Nelson wanted to serve in parliament, Pitt convinced him to be a Whig, even though Nelson's father was a life long Tory. But Nelson chose Whig on Pitt's advice because he wanted to be heard, and then, as now, the press hated conservatives and opposed them with rhetoric. Thing is, Whigs made grandiose claims and were reported glowingly. And so there is a temptation for modern historians to attribute much to those who were praised, but praised undeservedly because of tribal affiliation.
The true heir of classical Liberalism, proclaiming individual freedom and small state interference, are economic conservatives unfettered by left wing dandies. Australia had a glimpse with work choices, before extreme authoritarian left wingers from a metamorphosed liberal tradition wrecked it. And Abbott could be the touch stone which bestows it, if Turnbull is ever turned away.
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Channel 9 aired "The Verdict" in which several left wing panelists agree with each other about current affairs. Disappointingly Anne Henderson, the lone voice of reason, failed to stand up for an anti abortionist who had been banned from coming to Australia. Several on the panel, including the host, Karl Stefanovic, claimed that the banned guy was calling for the murder of abortionists. Not true, and Latham pointed out the banned guy had denied it. In fact, the banned guy had called for the law to be enforced and noted there was a death penalty for murder. All the panellists agreed he should be banned.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014
Issues on unwanted outcomes
Bob Carr seems to have intervened in a surrogacy case, encouraging a couple to traffic one of their children in 2012. Twins, one boy, one girl were born in India to an Australian couple via surrogacy. Allegedly, the Australian couple only wanted one gender, and so it is alleged they sold the one they didn't want. It is alleged the Australian embassy tried to encourage the couple to keep both, but the then government intervened with a highly placed ALP politician. Bob Carr was foreign minister at the time. Bad parents are a menace. There are good parents that worry that any reference to bad parenting is reference to them. It isn't. Good parents guide their children through adolescence, providing them with rules so that when they are older, resistant to their parents and have hormones preventing clear thought, they still have rules they can rely on to keep them alive. And in the thick of it, parents will struggle to know if they have done right. But parents relying on courts through AVO's on their adolescent children have created a menace which will get harder as the child ages. Comcast had an unhappy customer fired after Comcast allegedly tracked the customer, who had a legitimate complaint and a right to complain, to the customer's work. The work was apparently a client of Comcast. The message being, no one should work for such an employer as Comcast. Australia has budget problems. The budget was appropriate in making needed cuts, but it has been opposed by the Greens, ALP and PUP. Obstructionism will not end before another election, and maybe not then, either. Australia also has problems when the same organisations prevent the PM banning those who speak for terrorism.
Issues on pedophilia
Seventh Heaven, a highly rated Christian tv show, has had a pedophile shock with an actor, the show's lead, the dad, taped confessing to abusing multiple children. Hillsong, the large evangelical Christian church is reeling that the father of a senior pastor, Brian Houston, may have been a serial pedophile. There is no evidence at the moment claiming the church has condoned it.
Issues on terrorism
Hatred is blinding twitter fools to the fact that terrorism is not the same as government. Terrorism is not the same as religion. Terrorism is not the same as war. Terrorism is not the same as culture. Terrorism is not the same as leadership. Just because terrorists oppose some people the hater hates, does not make the terrorist a sympathiser for their cause. AndrewBolt has written "The Islamic State is to Islam what Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin were to socialism." Obama's indecisiveness and incompetence threaten to entangle the US in a thirty year fight against Terror. Women supporting oppression by wearing a niqab or Burka, includes Jessica Rowe. So, do what she asks, and stop following or watching her. Four people claiming to be Islamic are arrested on terrorism related charges in the UK. Australians will and do stand for oppressed peoples, including Islam. There is video proof from a Macquarie University study.
Random issues
ABC hashtag is #ourABC and that is undeniable. But it is supposed to be balanced and for all. And the ABC is not balanced and does not represent all. Greens cheer over making a carbon capture coal plant in Canada with a billion dollar subsidy. No plant food. Expensive. Small. Sarah Hanson-Young is choosy about which whistle blowers she endorses. She is happy for liars to denounce Australia. She is unhappy when those liars are exposed to scrutiny. A union is investigated for accessing personal information from a Superannuation fund they manage and emailing it.
Bob Carr seems to have intervened in a surrogacy case, encouraging a couple to traffic one of their children in 2012. Twins, one boy, one girl were born in India to an Australian couple via surrogacy. Allegedly, the Australian couple only wanted one gender, and so it is alleged they sold the one they didn't want. It is alleged the Australian embassy tried to encourage the couple to keep both, but the then government intervened with a highly placed ALP politician. Bob Carr was foreign minister at the time. Bad parents are a menace. There are good parents that worry that any reference to bad parenting is reference to them. It isn't. Good parents guide their children through adolescence, providing them with rules so that when they are older, resistant to their parents and have hormones preventing clear thought, they still have rules they can rely on to keep them alive. And in the thick of it, parents will struggle to know if they have done right. But parents relying on courts through AVO's on their adolescent children have created a menace which will get harder as the child ages. Comcast had an unhappy customer fired after Comcast allegedly tracked the customer, who had a legitimate complaint and a right to complain, to the customer's work. The work was apparently a client of Comcast. The message being, no one should work for such an employer as Comcast. Australia has budget problems. The budget was appropriate in making needed cuts, but it has been opposed by the Greens, ALP and PUP. Obstructionism will not end before another election, and maybe not then, either. Australia also has problems when the same organisations prevent the PM banning those who speak for terrorism.
Issues on pedophilia
Seventh Heaven, a highly rated Christian tv show, has had a pedophile shock with an actor, the show's lead, the dad, taped confessing to abusing multiple children. Hillsong, the large evangelical Christian church is reeling that the father of a senior pastor, Brian Houston, may have been a serial pedophile. There is no evidence at the moment claiming the church has condoned it.
Issues on terrorism
Hatred is blinding twitter fools to the fact that terrorism is not the same as government. Terrorism is not the same as religion. Terrorism is not the same as war. Terrorism is not the same as culture. Terrorism is not the same as leadership. Just because terrorists oppose some people the hater hates, does not make the terrorist a sympathiser for their cause. AndrewBolt has written "The Islamic State is to Islam what Mao, Pol Pot and Stalin were to socialism." Obama's indecisiveness and incompetence threaten to entangle the US in a thirty year fight against Terror. Women supporting oppression by wearing a niqab or Burka, includes Jessica Rowe. So, do what she asks, and stop following or watching her. Four people claiming to be Islamic are arrested on terrorism related charges in the UK. Australians will and do stand for oppressed peoples, including Islam. There is video proof from a Macquarie University study.
Random issues
ABC hashtag is #ourABC and that is undeniable. But it is supposed to be balanced and for all. And the ABC is not balanced and does not represent all. Greens cheer over making a carbon capture coal plant in Canada with a billion dollar subsidy. No plant food. Expensive. Small. Sarah Hanson-Young is choosy about which whistle blowers she endorses. She is happy for liars to denounce Australia. She is unhappy when those liars are exposed to scrutiny. A union is investigated for accessing personal information from a Superannuation fund they manage and emailing it.
From 2013
Politicians' pay is big at the moment in the press. Obama is collecting his pay check while he has shut the government down and impeded the public. There is debate about Liberal Party people collecting expenses from parties like weddings. Peter Slipper, the disgraced former MP, has said that he feels the wedding fees are like his driving rorts. To put them in context, Slipper is accused of using driver dockets as cash for items he didn't legally get. While the weddings and expenses things people are getting excited about is related to the kinds of things that politicians do when they network. In fact, the expenses claims may be technically legitimate, but are being repaid because they look bad. But what Slipper is accused of is theft. But somehow every single ALP equivalent is somehow excused .. they are supposed to look bad. But the truth as I see it is wider. Politicians that are paid too much are paid too much if they are paid at all. But politicians that are good can not be paid enough. Imagine the $billions of back pay owed to Peter Costello. Things are looking better in the economy with Abbott in charge. We could not pay a single ALP member enough to get them to vote responsibly a few months ago. Maybe we can't pay them (the ALP to be responsible) enough now, either.
I don't know how I will be able to produce these columns in the short term. I have sewage/flood issues. I'm also weeks away from defaulting on my home loan. All I can say is, I'm clean .. even the tax office admits that .. and I want justice for Hamidur Rahman and for the Campbelltown PAHS bungled pedophile investigation to be .. investigated.
I don't know how I will be able to produce these columns in the short term. I have sewage/flood issues. I'm also weeks away from defaulting on my home loan. All I can say is, I'm clean .. even the tax office admits that .. and I want justice for Hamidur Rahman and for the Campbelltown PAHS bungled pedophile investigation to be .. investigated.
Historical perspective on this day
314 – Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses his European territories.
451 – At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
876 – Battle of Andernach: Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
451 – At Chalcedon, a city of Bithynia in Asia Minor, the first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins (ends on November 1).
876 – Battle of Andernach: Frankish forces led by Louis the Younger prevent a West Frankish invasion and defeat emperor Charles II ("the Bald").
1075 – Dmitar Zvonimir is crowned King of Croatia.
1200 – Isabella of Angoulême is crowned Queen consort of England.
1322 – Mladen II Šubić of Bribir, defeated in the battle of Bliska, is arrested by the Parliament.
1480 – Great stand on the Ugra river, a standoff between the forces of Akhmat Khan, Khan of the Great Horde, and the Grand Duke Ivan III of Russia, which results in the retreat of the Tataro-Mongols and the eventual disintegration of the Horde.
1573 – End of the Spanish siege of Alkmaar, the first Dutch victory in Eighty Years' War.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1645 – Jeanne Mance opened the Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, the first lay hospital in North America.
1806 – Napoleonic Wars: Forces of the British Empire lay siege to the port of Boulognein France by using Congreve rockets, invented by Sir William Congreve.
1813 – The Treaty of Ried is signed between Bavaria and Austria.
1821 – The government of general José de San Martín establishes the Peruvian Navy.
1829 – Rail transport: Stephenson's The Rocket wins The Rainhill Trials.
1856 – The Second Opium War between several western powers and China begins with the Arrow Incident on the Pearl River.
1860 – Telegraph line between Los Angeles and San Francisco opens.
1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Perryville: Union forces under General Don Carlos Buell halt the Confederate invasion of Kentucky by defeating troops led by General Braxton Bragg at Perryville, Kentucky.
1871 – Four major fires break out on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Peshtigo, Wisconsin, Holland, Michigan, and Manistee, Michigan including the Great Chicago Fire, and the much deadlier Peshtigo Fire.
1879 – War of the Pacific: The Chilean Navy defeats the Peruvian Navy in the Battle of Angamos, Peruvian Admiral Miguel Grau is killed in the encounter.
1895 – Eulmi incident: Queen Min of Joseon, the last empress of Korea, is assassinated and her corpse burnt by Japanese infiltrators inside Gyeongbok Palace.
1912 – First Balkan War begins: Montenegro declares war against the Ottoman Empire.
1918 – World War I: In action near Pittem, Belgium, USMC 2nd Lieutenant aviator Ralph Talbot of Weymouth, Massachusetts becomes the first-ever USMC aviator to earn the Medal of Honor.
1918 – World War I: In the Argonne Forest in France, United States Corporal Alvin C. York kills 28 German soldiers and captures 132, for which he is awarded the Medal of Honor.
1921 – KDKA in Pittsburgh's Forbes Field conducts the first live broadcast of a football game.
1928 – Joseph Szigeti gives the first performance of Alfredo Casella's Violin Concerto.
1939 – World War II: Germany annexes western Poland.
1941 – World War II: During the preliminaries of the Battle of Rostov, German forces reach the Sea of Azov with the capture of Mariupol.
1943 – World War II: Around 30 civilians are executed by Friedrich Schubert's paramilitary group in Kallikratis, Crete.
1944 – World War II: The Battle of Crucifix Hill occurs just outside Aachen; Capt. Bobbie Brown receives a Medal of Honor for his heroics in this battle.
1952 – The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
1956 – New York Yankees's Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series.
1962 – Spiegel scandal: Der Spiegel publishes the article "Bedingt abwehrbereit"("Conditionally prepared for defense") about a NATO manoeuvre called "Fallex 62", which uncovered the sorry state of the Bundeswehr (Germany's army) facing the perceived communist threat from the east at the time. The magazine is soon accused of treason.
1967 – Guerrilla leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.
1969 – The opening rally of the Days of Rage occurs, organized by the Weather Underground in Chicago.
1970 – Vietnam War: In Paris, a Communist delegation rejects US President Richard Nixon's October 7 peace proposal as "a manoeuvre to deceive world opinion".
1973 – Yom Kippur War: Gabi Amir's armored brigade unsuccessfully attacks Egyptian-occupied positions on the Israeli side of the Suez Canal, in hope of driving them away; more than 150 Israeli tanks are destroyed.
1973 – Greek military junta of 1967–74: Junta strongman George Papadopoulosappoints Spyros Markezinis as Prime Minister of Greece with the task to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 317.60 mph at Blowering Dam, Australia.
1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.
1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
1990 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict: In Jerusalem, Israeli police kill 17 Palestinians and wound over 100 near the Dome of the Rock mosque on the Temple Mount.
1991 – Croatia and Slovenia vote to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia.
2001 – A twin engine Cessna and Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) jetliner collide in heavy fog during takeoff from Milan, Italy, killing 118 people.
2001 – U.S. President George W. Bush announces the establishment of the Office of Homeland Security.
2005 – The 7.6 Mw Kashmir earthquake strikes with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 86,000–87,351 people dead, 69,000–75,266 injured, and 2.8 million homeless.
2014 – Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola, dies.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to nearly 900.
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Today's reading: Isaiah 28-29, Philippians 3 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Isaiah 28-29
Woe to the Leaders of Ephraim and Judah
1 Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley—
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong.
Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind,
like a driving rain and a flooding downpour,
he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,
will be trampled underfoot.
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley,
will be like figs ripe before harvest—
as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
they swallow them....
to the fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley—
to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine!
2 See, the Lord has one who is powerful and strong.
Like a hailstorm and a destructive wind,
like a driving rain and a flooding downpour,
he will throw it forcefully to the ground.
3 That wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards,
will be trampled underfoot.
4 That fading flower, his glorious beauty,
set on the head of a fertile valley,
will be like figs ripe before harvest—
as soon as people see them and take them in hand,
they swallow them....
Today's New Testament reading: Philippians 3
No Confidence in the Flesh
1 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again, and it is a safeguard for you. 2 Watch out for those dogs, those evildoers, those mutilators of the flesh. 3 For it is we who are the circumcision, we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh— 4though I myself have reasons for such confidence.
If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless....
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Our heavenly Father sends us frequent troubles to try our faith. If our faith be worth anything, it will stand the test. Gilt is afraid of fire, but gold is not: the paste gem dreads to be touched by the diamond, but the true jewel fears no test. It is a poor faith which can only trust God when friends are true, the body full of health, and the business profitable; but that is true faith which holds by the Lord's faithfulness when friends are gone, when the body is sick, when spirits are depressed, and the light of our Father's countenance is hidden. A faith which can say, in the direst trouble, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," is heaven-born faith. The Lord afflicts his servants to glorify himself, for he is greatly glorified in the graces of his people, which are his own handiwork. When "tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope," the Lord is honoured by these growing virtues. We should never know the music of the harp if the strings were left untouched; nor enjoy the juice of the grape if it were not trodden in the winepress; nor discover the sweet perfume of cinnamon if it were not pressed and beaten; nor feel the warmth of fire if the coals were not utterly consumed. The wisdom and power of the great Workman are discovered by the trials through which his vessels of mercy are permitted to pass. Present afflictions tend also to heighten future joy. There must be shades in the picture to bring out the beauty of the lights. Could we be so supremely blessed in heaven, if we had not known the curse of sin and the sorrow of earth? Will not peace be sweeter after conflict, and rest more welcome after toil? Will not the recollection of past sufferings enhance the bliss of the glorified? There are many other comfortable answers to the question with which we opened our brief meditation, let us muse upon it all day long.
Evening
Reader, this is an important question. Listen to the Christian's answer, and see if it is yours. "On whom dost thou trust?" "I trust," says the Christian, "in a triune God. I trust the Father, believing that he has chosen me from before the foundations of the world; I trust him to provide for me in providence, to teach me, to guide me, to correct me if need be, and to bring me home to his own house where the many mansions are. I trust the Son. Very God of very God is he--the man Christ Jesus. I trust in him to take away all my sins by his own sacrifice, and to adorn me with his perfect righteousness. I trust him to be my Intercessor, to present my prayers and desires before his Father's throne, and I trust him to be my Advocate at the last great day, to plead my cause, and to justify me. I trust him for what he is, for what he has done, and for what he has promised yet to do. And I trust the Holy Spirit--he has begun to save me from my inbred sins; I trust him to drive them all out; I trust him to curb my temper, to subdue my will, to enlighten my understanding, to check my passions, to comfort my despondency, to help my weakness, to illuminate my darkness; I trust him to dwell in me as my life, to reign in me as my King, to sanctify me wholly, spirit, soul, and body, and then to take me up to dwell with the saints in light forever."
Oh, blessed trust! To trust him whose power will never be exhausted, whose love will never wane, whose kindness will never change, whose faithfulness will never fail, whose wisdom will never be nonplussed, and whose perfect goodness can never know a diminution! Happy art thou, reader, if this trust is thine! So trusting, thou shalt enjoy sweet peace now, and glory hereafter, and the foundation of thy trust shall never be removed.
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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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