Saturday, November 27, 2021

Sat 27th November 2021 Current Affairs

My name is David Daniel Ball and I am Voice DDB dot locals dot com a voice of freedom supporting freedom around the world for all peoples. I write on historical and current affairs. I look for the conservative voice where mainstream media eschews it. Around the world media espouses liberalism orthodoxy and proclaims a history of liberalism that never happened. Liberalism of today is based on repeated lies that have been accepted from the past.

Consider these recent truths

Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty by a jury. 


Following the verdict, mainstream press doubled down on lies which resulted in further riots.


It is unclear if defamation of Rittenhouse will ever be addressed


It is unclear if prosecutorial misconduct will ever be addressed


Words have power, but they should have meaning too. 


Viva Frie summarised the denunciations of Rittenhouse as Kyle being a White Supremacist active shooter who had shot black men at a BLM protest. It might also be worth adding the meme that Rittenhouse was driven by his mum across state lines to do it. It was illegal for Rittenhouse to own the gun he used. 


Following the media, one might not know the following truths


Rittenhouse is mixed race and the people he shot were all white with lengthy criminal records. 


Rittenhouse’ family are located in Kenosha and he grew up there. His mother’s home, ‘across the state border’ was a mile away, and closer than where one of Rittenhouse’s so called victims who lived in Kenosha was in relation to the riots that night. 


The so called BLM protest was a riot where police had withdrawn protection and businesses were stripped and torched. One such business owner, noting Rittenhouse was present, giving first aid to people, as he had wanted to become a nurse or policeman, and that was a practical application, had asked him and some friends to be on hand to protect their business. 


The sole survivor of the three Rittenhouse shot was illegally armed, while Rittenhouse was entitled to the rifle he carried. Many people at the riot carried rifles. 


Rittenhouse ran to rioters calling “friendly, friendly” so as to administer first aid during the meeting. 


Rittenhouse did not point his gun as to threaten. One person claimed he had, and the prosecutor seized on Rittenhouse’s answer which did not affirm that. Witnesses admitted Rittenhouse had maintained the gun pointed down. 


When Rittenhouse was confronted by rioters he ran and they chased him. When Rittenhouse fell, he was attacked by rioters. One kicked Rittenhouse in the face. Rittenhouse did not shoot them. One died after they tried to take Rittenhouse’ gun. One died after hitting Rittenhouse on the head with a skateboard. The survivor had attempted to run up to Rittenhouse and kill him by emptying his illegal firearm into Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse shot him before he could. At trial, after asking for ten million dollars for testifying, the survivor gave evidence that Rittenhouse only shot him after he charged him and pointed his gun at Rittenhouse. 


The FBI had recorded events using a drone. The prosecution were given better detailed drone vision than the defence. The prosecution had not passed on details of witnesses exculpatory for Rittenhouse. The prosecution made claims about Rittenhouse which were known to be untrue, or irrelevant, which were parroted by media. 


The prosecution had had two theories of what Rittenhouse had done that evening, which contradicted. One theory was that Rittenhouse had gone to kill people with his rifle. Another was that Rittenhouse had defended himself disproportionately. It turns out neither theory was right. 


The media memes of Rittenhouse being crazed and murderous, spread by Biden, trickling down through Democrat agency, through the FBI and DOJ, through irrelevant offices like the NYC mayor, seem to have been fed by the prosecutor. Why else should so many separate news agencies report on the faux ‘crossing state lines’? 


The trial for Rittenhouse is over. But the trial for USA to reclaim justice is not. 

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Today is a big day for trials. 

In 164 BC, Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, restored the Temple in Jerusalem. This event was commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. In 1877, Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. In 1894, Port Arthur, Manchuriafell to the Japanese, a decisive victory of the First Sino-Japanese War, after which Japanese troops were accused of the massacre of the remaining inhabitants of the city. In 1902, the Philadelphia Football Athletics defeated the Kanaweola Athletic Club of Elmira, New York, 39-0, in the first ever professional American football night game. In 1905, Albert Einstein's paper, "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?", is published in the journal Annalen der Physik. This paper reveals the relationship between energy and mass. This leads to the mass–energy equivalence formula E = mc². In 1927, Columbine Mine massacreStriking coal miners were allegedly attacked with machine guns by a detachment of state police dressed in civilian clothes. In 1953, the British Natural History Museum announced that the "Piltdown Manskull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilised hominid skulls ever found, was a hoax. In 1959, American disc jockey Alan Freed, who had popularised the term "rock and roll" and music of that style, was fired from WABC-AM radio for refusing to deny allegations that he had participated in the payola scandal. In 1985, United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard was arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison.In 2006, anti-Syrian Lebanese Minister and MP Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in suburban Beirut.


From 2013

ABC pays 1 percenters to tell their viewers what to think. Now that has been revealed, the boss of the ABC wants an investigation. The ABC boss, who feels it is balanced to drown poor people who are desperate for asylum so long as the ALP appears compassionate, who is also willing to reveal any secret to embarrass the Libs even if it isn't about them, is paid twice as much as the ASIO boss who works impartially to protect all Australians. When you look at the 'talent' supporting the ALP, you can see they need lots of help. Young people should not drink any alcohol. Older people should not drink much alcohol. But what reason can be given for how ALP decides on policy? Chatham house rules doesn't quite cover it. 


Race hate laws aren't working. Kudos to the Jewish council of Australia on their statement regarding the Armenian genocide, but also that council is wrong to support these bad race laws. The laws don't protect Jewish peoples from harm, but do protect terrorists from criticism. The persecution of Bolt was a travesty of justice. 


From 2014  

Greens hypocritical in their support of US warming deal with China. The deal is not secure, as Australia's direct action policy is which Greens oppose. The US and China hope to achieve their ends by employing power substitutes the Greens will not accept in Australia, from fracking and nuclear. 


The federal government (in Australia) had legislation that was in the interests of consumers of superannuation, but opposed by Unions. Unions were given access to management of Superannuation by Paul Keating so as to compensate them for lost membership, as very few workers these days join with unions. However, the unions and banks have developed superannuation products that customers would not choose if they were aware of choice. Unions and banks have provided advisers to consumers who have a duty to their employers, not the consumers. The legislation would have given advisers independence, providing better, informed choice to consumers. Independent senator Xenophon, Motorist Muir and PUP Lambie have backflipped over the deal and scuttled the legislation, meaning vested interests can behave corruptly. They are doing so, so as to use the legislation as bargaining chip to get the government to compromise on more good legislation. The only way to get good government is to vote conservative. 


ABC find someone willing to criticise the Australian federal government over their climate change policy. The Fishing Minister from Belize. No doubt Belize's public service have kept their minister up to date with the latest. Belize has a population of about 342000. Note, the Minister offered no specifics, merely asking Australia to step up on commitment to negotiation. 


Academics suggest making petrol more expensive to keep poor people off the roads. They argue that fewer people on the roads means fewer deaths. Why not simply ban petrol?


WA food police canvass an idea that children found with chocolate or chips at school would have it confiscated until the end of the school day. No discussion is made regarding the refrigeration of said products. Will they at least promise not to leave the milk in the sun? 


The Age presents a piece on Global Warming attacking Mr Abbott without including facts for balance. They verbal-ed former UK PM Thatcher and neglected to mention vested interests. 


Is feminism merely a push for women to work and not have families? 


University of California, Berkely students show that Nazis have been successful in attracting the left to IS and distancing them from Israel. 


=== from 2015 ===

It is a truth of management that when an employee fails, the management have too. In banks, no one should feel they aren't being watched. Everyone should know if they attempt theft they will be caught. Jonathan Pollard showed the US security administration failed. He had attempted to sell secrets. Nothing like the security breaches of Snowden or Assange, which got people killed around the world for inflaming jihadism. Pollard was mentally weak according to prosecutors, as well as brilliantly duplicitous. They accused him of getting agents killed, until it turned out another CIA agent had done that. But Pollard is Jewish. An abuse of power denied Pollard a legal defence and 30 years have been taken from him. He is released at last. But those responsible for the abuse have power and authority. 


For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.


=== from 2016 ===

IPA Review (Nov 2016) features a Matthew Lesh article on “Australian Tax Mutineers” and it includes the 1927 Queensland farmer’s strike. Queensland had only one non ALP Government between 1915 and 1952. With a small, largely self sufficient population, government couldn’t mess up too badly. Only the ALP had managed to spend too much and tried to raise tax to cover their inept administration. The 1926 Queensland Water Act was an instrument. It involved fees for farmers using their own wells or water pumps. If the property wasn’t adjacent to a river, farmers were in a terrible position. It was a disincentive to improve land and produced costs the couldn’t be passed on to consumers. In 1927, farmers organised a tax strike. The legislation was repealed and the government changed for one term at the next election. Worth thinking about for any state or territory thinking of voting ALP when they have control of the upper house too.  


=== From 2017 ===

Don't give up on hope. Democrat Insurance used to cover so much more. Some fifteen sexual assault allegations involve Bill Clinton and yet MSM don't report on it. But now allegations surface regarding groping by Charlie Rose and the journalist is dropped by his network employer. In Australia, former disgraced parliamentarian Craig Thomson gets a free pass from the union he took member funds from, but the whistleblower, Kathy Jackson, is pursued through the courts. The draining of the sewer has begun, but there is a long way to go. News.com.au, under political editor Malcolm Farr, is claiming the US has not won a war since 1945, and feels Trump may do badly with NK. Almost as if the media want Trump to start a war .. and win it. Like Obama would have done if he could, cf Libya, Syria and Ukraine. 


Less than a week until Queensland faces election. ALP have no credible policy. ALP are divided and have members openly discussing aligning with One Nation, prior to election. LNP offer responsible government. One Nation is popular. Newspapers are saying it should be a strong ALP win. Polls are suggesting it will be tighter. Vote LNP if you want effective public transport, healthy industry, affordable power, effective policing. Vote ALP if you like corruption, are xenophobic and hate anyone profiting if they are the wrong gender or race. 

The culture wars go on, lefties advise that the English Breakfast of Bangers, bacon and eggs are 'bad for the environment.' They also say that children are bad for the environment. They are insane. 

Islamic leader Keysar Trad wants polygamy, but does not want SSM. How does that even work? 

Donald Trump promises huge tax cuts for Christmas and is cheered. Turnbull promises tax cuts for Christmas and it is pointed out he is in fact taxing those people more, according to his own detail.  


=== From 2020 ===

We know who voted for Trump. We saw them. Queues of people with hats and signs and cheering Trump in their thousands all over USA. We have not seen people in great numbers who supported Biden. There is no evidence they have ever existed outside of a riot or a hissy fit by a Democrat partisan election official. 


I watch Dan Bongino on Rumble and heard him on his Rumble cast say Trump should have addressed disloyal swamp creatures sooner. I disagree with it, and might have egg all over my face soon for saying so, but following is my reasoning. Trump has temporised on facing some of the swamp, not hesitated. Late last year, Trump said he was pulling troops out of Syria and was criticised for it severely. But then an ISIS leader stood up and special forces ran him to committing suicide rather than be taken. The operation, a sting masterminded by Trump had not included significant figures within his administration, and sparked a resignation of National Security Adviser Bolton, who had not been in the loop. Imagine the resistance if Trump had opposed more? But now, if Trump politically survives this, the swamp is exposed and has no support from conservatives. I'm reminded of former Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett who had led a successful conservative government and had a crash or crash through election which he lost. Had Kennett won, he had clear air for a long time, but having lost Victoria is where the US will be if Biden is allowed to cheat a win. 


Trump cycle has it Trump is on his knees, before ... Media is cheering expected partisan court decisions to not support inquiry into voting fraud. However, they overstate the meaning of the shortfalls. The Trump campaign to have their electoral win restored was never going to be straightforward. They have the evidence. It points to multiple elections and undermines the credibility of US Democracy. Ultimately, aspects of it will be decided by SCOTUS. We do not yet know how SCOTUS will decide, or even what exact evidence they will face. But we know the evidence is substantial, and in an effort to suppress the will of conservative resistance, media are claiming that the evidence is not substantive and so the evidence is yet to be addressed. Maybe there is a good reason for a CIA asset being deployed to fraudulently control the US election. Let us hear what it is.


It is apparent that Dems committed fraud to steal the 2020 election. They may well have done similar in 2016. In 2016, Fox declared Pennsylvania early to HRC. The demand was made for Trump to concede. Trump won in 2016, but it surprised the establishment that did similar in their voter suppression as they have done in 2020. HRC had organised a victory party, but blessed marching vagina instead. Even her book did not say what happened. Trump has been very good at mobilising ordinary, decent Americans to support him in numbers greater than any GOP ever. Trump does not court race, or gender, like his racist, bigoted opposition have. Yet Trump has extraordinary minority support for a GOP, possibly the highest since Eleanor Roosevelt courted the Black vote as her husband exploited them. The Dem voting pattern and issues echo the Obama wins too. How long have Dems been using these fraudulent methods to obtain votes? Did they use them to bodgy the 2006 mid terms? It is not that the mysterious support of vapour for Dems is so clearly fraudulent, but, other than violent rioters, and #FakeNews, where is their support, really? How come there is no policy platform for Democrats? Why does Big Tech have to censor the truth? How many millions of Trump supporting votes have been given to Biden? The corruption is so apparent, and so pervasive, that if Trump concedes 2020, he will be conceding all elections that follow, and the flame of liberty will be extinguished in America. 


We have hope. It is incumbent on us to win back the freedom denied us. And to protect that freedom. We will do that democratically. We will take back our legislature. We will get our courts to return to protecting our constitution.

I have lost everything several times. And yet here I am. Behind me is an Australian flag and a MAGA cap. On my MAGA cap is an American flag. I will die, one day. But, I pledge allegiance to the flag (of Australia and) the United States of America. And to the republics for which they stand. One nation. Indivisible. Under God. With liberty, and justice, for all.

We are being lied to. But not by everyone. Our nations and their justice machinery are not broken, but damaged. Things are bad, but they are supposed to be bad, rather than merely breaking. We can't give up. We must reject the liars, and remove them from public office, and prosecute them lawfully. Things can get better, but we must persevere or risk losing hope. We must not fight the Devil by playing the Devil's game. Rather we must resist the Devil by being free. There is no law against doing what is right. Their utter depravity kills us. They target us and they seek to restrain us. But while the greatest among us a hundred years ago has died, their legacy has not. That which we are, we are. Lockdowns were ineffective in dealing with COVID. Effective medication has been denied whole populations. Herd immunity will prevail. Fraud deleteriously affected recent elections around the world. But, Democracy will prevail. Our oppressors will pass. For us to win, we must assert our freedoms. For us to lose, we must willingly surrender our freedoms forever. Our children will have to pay back our debt. We must sacrifice now so that they can. That means telling truth to power. That means pointing up when when some get confused and lose their way. Stand by the one who sacrificed their pension and freedoms to speak out. Prosecute the ones forgiven by a debauched and self interested administration. Vote for those who help you exercise your freedom. Don't wait for free speech. Exercise free speech.

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Intro to Locals.com

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

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From the Bible, 1 Peter 3

Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives, when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.

Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Suffering for Doing Good

Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For,

“Whoever would love life
    and see good days
must keep their tongue from evil
    and their lips from deceitful speech.
They must turn from evil and do good;
    they must seek peace and pursue it.
For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous
    and his ears are attentive to their prayer,
but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

Who is going to harm you if you are eager to do good? But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear their threats; do not be frightened.” But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander. For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit. After being made alive, he went and made proclamation to the imprisoned spirits— to those who were disobedient long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In it only a few people, eight in all, were saved through water, and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ, who has gone into heaven and is at God’s right hand—with angels, authorities and powers in submission to him.

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https://rumble.com/vprams-holiday-special-rittenhouse-wrap-up-w-jenna-ellis-sean-duffy-and-sean-davis.html
Please enjoy this special compilation of the best interviews from The Dan Bongino Show on Radio that you may have missed but are definitely worth your time. This thanksgiving, we present you: Jenna Ellis, Sean Duffy and Sean Davis discussing the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse that shocked the nation.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Here We Go Again: World Health Org Meets to Discuss New COVID-19 Variant READ MORE

FBI Uses Thanksgiving as Opportunity to Solicit Tips for Jan 6 Suspects

European and Asian Countries Halt Flights to Southern Africa Amid New COVID Variant

The Life and Crimes of Darrell Brooks, the Man Charged in Waukesha Christmas Parade Massacre

Fed’s Inflation Gauge Hits 31-Year High

OPEC Considers Pausing Oil Production, Countering Biden Releasing Crude From Strategic Reserve

Texas Democrat Rep. Says She’s Retiring Over Infighting on Spending Bill

Capitol Hill
Kansas Governor Signs Bill Allowing Broad Exemptions to COVID Vax Mandates
AG Garland Orders Crackdown on Unruly Airline Passengers
Rep. Boebert Introduces Bill to Ban Federal Settlement Payments to Illegals
Members Of Congress Serve Food to U.S. Troops in South Korea Before Heading to Taiwan
Obama’s Former Doctor: Biden Won’t Make It to the End of His Term
Dems Finally Start Blaming Biden For High Gas Prices
Trump’s Thanksgiving Message Teases 2024 Presidential Run
Biden Welcomed to Nantucket on Thanksgiving by Fully Extended Middle Finger
White House Stands by Push to End Cash Bail in Wake of Waukesha Christmas Parade Attack

Culture War
Vax Mandates Result in New York Hospital Emergency Room Ceasing Operation
CNBC Anchor: CEOs Criticizing Chinese Communist Party “Asking for Trouble”
Chris Rufo Explains the Left’s Attempts to Rewrite History
California Town Declares Itself “Constitutional Republic” to Protest COVID Policies
So-Called Criminal Justice Group Says It’s Racist to Call Looters Looters
Trans Professor Who Said Pedophiles Should Be Called “Minor-Attracted Persons” Agrees to Resign
Salvation Army Wants White Donors To Offer “Sincere Apologies” For Their Supposed Racism
Insane Pothead Actor Seth Rogan: Getting Regularly Robbed Is Just Part of Living in a Big City, Mannn

Economy
Flashback: Dems Opposed Trump’s Replenishment of Oil Reserve When Prices Were at Record Lows
India May Opt to Tighten Crypto Rules Instead of Imposing Outright Ban
“Virtual Real Estate Plot” Sells for $2.4 Million for Some Reason
California Denies Nearly All Fracking Permits Ahead of 2024 Ban
Republican Governors Call on Biden to Loosen Supply Chain Regulations
Retirees Are Fleeing New Jersey
Black Friday Sale: Bitcoin Enters Bear Market Territory After Latest Plunge
Stocks Fall on New COVID Variant News
Gas Prices Are At Least $1.20 Higher Than Last Year

Swamp Watch
California Sued Over Law Creating Minority and LGBT Quotas for Corporate Boards
Jan. 6 Rallygoers Describe Intimidating Visits From the FBI
Dems Rush to Take Credit for Something They Opposed
Biden’s Build Back Better Bill Will Give You $12.5K if You Buy an Electric Car, Unless It’s a Tesla
DC Public Schools Chancellor Asked Parents to “Decolonize” Thanksgiving
New Evidence in Christmas Parade Massacre Exposes Media, Bail-Reforming Prosecutors
NIH Chief Collins Wants Online “Misinformation Spreaders” to be “Brought to Justice”
Rittenhouse Prosecutor’s Laptop Had Video Compression Software in Possible Link to Withheld Evidence

National Security
Experts Say U.S. Vulnerable to Electromagnetic Attack
Ukraine’s President Says a Coup Will Be Attempted Against Him Next Week
U.S. Expresses Concern After Bulgarian President Refers to Crimea as Russian
Raytheon Picked to Develop Anti-Hypersonic Missile
Ukraine Wants More Training With U.S.
Marines Are the Military’s Least Vaccinated Force as Deadline Approaches
Head of CENTCOM Warns Iran “Very Close” to Having a Nuclear Weapon
How the Great Ammo Shortage Started and How It Will End
Sweden Just Received U.S. Patriot Missiles
Almost None of 82k Afghans Airlifted From Kabul Were Vetted Before Admission to U.S.

Around the World
Coal Mine Fire in Russia’s Siberia Kills 52, Dozens Missing
Four Suspected Pirates Killed by Danish Warship in Gulf of Guinea
Despite International Outcry CCP Internal Police Leader Elected to Interpol Executive Committee
Israel to Ask Donor Countries to Resume Financial Aid to Palestinian Authority
Poland Government Cuts Taxes on Energy & Fuel to Fight Inflation
After Migrant Boat Deaths Farage Blasts Border Force
President Taken to Hospital with COVIDC as Czechs Order Bars and Restaurants Shut Early
As COVID-19 Cases Rise Portugal Reimposes Rules

Opinion
A.J. Kaufman: Is the White House in Crisis?
Kurt Schlicter: Give Thanks That the Left Is Losing
Steve Chapman: Biden Sees Climate Change As Existential Threat — Or Does He?
Ben Shapiro: Reality Remains Undefeated
Joel Pollack: Everyone Likes the Jury System, Except Joe Biden and the Left
Katie Pavlich: There’s Something Fowl About Elizabeth Warren’s Investigation Into Turkey Prices
Larry Elder: “Infrastructure” Bill — Does Anyone Still Believe in the Constitution?
Newt Gingrich: Thanksgiving – An American Tradition

Entertainment
“Dukes of Hazzard” Star John Schneider on General Lee & Cancel Culture
Actress Elizabeth Banks Pushes “Abortion Is Essential Rally”, Says “Time to Get Loud for Abortion Rights”
Actor Gary Sinise Gifts Thanksgiving Meals to Nebraska Veterans
Bryan Adams tests positive for COVID in Italy – “Second time in a month”
At Surprise Visit Dave Chappelle Doesn’t Back Down when Students at DC Alma Mater Blast Him as “Bigot”
During Premier Of Daily Wire’s “Truth Yeller” Jay Leno, Adam Carolla Get Big Laughs
Woke Bond “No Time To Die” Could Lose $100 Million
Star Trek Actor Wil Wheaton Claims Kyle Rittenhouse’s Judge Schroeder Has A “Racist Little White Nationalist Heart”

Sports
“LeSnitch” Trends on Social Media As LeBron James Has Pacers Fans Ejected
Hawks Beat Spurs For 6th Straight Win As Young Scores 31
In Thanksgiving Classic Detroit Lions lose 16-14 to Chicago Bears
Maple Leafs Roll to Victory over Kings in 6-2 Win
Kings Beat Blazers 125-121 in Tech-Filled Game
Report: Cleveland Guardians’ Employees Face COVID Vaccine Mandate Or Termination
Rangers Dominate Islanders with 4-1 Victory
Cowboys & Raiders Brawl: Bloody Ref, Two Players Disqualified At Second Half
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
China's military carried out "combat readiness" patrols in the direction of the Taiwan Strait on Friday as a U.S. Congressional delegation made a surprise visit to Taipei, offering strong support to the Chinese-claimed, democratically governed island. [Full Story]

Newsmax TV
Asian and European countries tightened travel restrictions on Friday after a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant was detected in South Africa... [Full Story]
Newsfront
Britain looks to be on track for record sales over the Black Friday [Full Story]
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warned Russia Friday that any [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made "Yesterday Once More"
"Yesterday Once More", written by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis, is a hit song by The Carpenters from their 1973 album Now & Then. Composed in the key of E, "Yesterday Once More" preceded an "Oldies Medley" on the album, consisting of nine songs from the 1960s.

=== From 2020 ===

The evidence of Fraud in the 2020 election, so widespread is harmful for democracy. It must be addressed. It was not solely the 2020 election, apparently, but had failed in 2016 after Trump over performed then, as he has now. Trump was so good in 2020, that the fraud became evident. It also highlights the possibility that voter fraud extended to 2006 and underpinned Obama's rise. As did big tech collusion. Today, every one of my browsers would not let me access MAGAbook, citing privacy concerns. 

We know who voted for Trump. We saw them. Queues of people with hats and signs and cheering Trump in their thousands all over USA. We have not seen people in great numbers who supported Biden. There is no evidence they have ever existed outside of a riot or a hissy fit by a Democrat partisan election official. 

I watch Dan Bongino on Rumble and heard him on his Rumble cast say Trump should have addressed disloyal swamp creatures sooner. I disagree with it, and might have egg all over my face soon for saying so, but following is my reasoning. Trump has temporised on facing some of the swamp, not hesitated. Late last year, Trump said he was pulling troops out of Syria and was criticised for it severely. But then an ISIS leader stood up and special forces ran him to committing suicide rather than be taken. The operation, a sting masterminded by Trump had not included significant figures within his administration, and sparked a resignation of National Security Adviser Bolton, who had not been in the loop. Imagine the resistance if Trump had opposed more? But now, if Trump politically survives this, the swamp is exposed and has no support from conservatives. I'm reminded of former Premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett who had led a successful conservative government and had a crash or crash through election which he lost. Had Kennett won, he had clear air for a long time, but having lost Victoria is where the US will be if Biden is allowed to cheat a win. 

Trump cycle has it Trump is on his knees, before ... Media is cheering expected partisan court decisions to not support inquiry into voting fraud. However, they overstate the meaning of the shortfalls. The Trump campaign to have their electoral win restored was never going to be straightforward. They have the evidence. It points to multiple elections and undermines the credibility of US Democracy. Ultimately, aspects of it will be decided by SCOTUS. We do not yet know how SCOTUS will decide, or even what exact evidence they will face. But we know the evidence is substantial, and in an effort to suppress the will of conservative resistance, media are claiming that the evidence is not substantive and so the evidence is yet to be addressed. Maybe there is a good reason for a CIA asset being deployed to fraudulently control the US election. Let us hear what it is.

It is apparent that Dems committed fraud to steal the 2020 election. They may well have done similar in 2016. In 2016, Fox declared Pennsylvania early to HRC. The demand was made for Trump to concede. Trump won in 2016, but it surprised the establishment that did similar in their voter suppression as they have done in 2020. HRC had organised a victory party, but blessed marching vagina instead. Even her book did not say what happened. Trump has been very good at mobilising ordinary, decent Americans to support him in numbers greater than any GOP ever. Trump does not court race, or gender, like his racist, bigoted opposition have. Yet Trump has extraordinary minority support for a GOP, possibly the highest since Eleanor Roosevelt courted the Black vote as her husband exploited them. The Dem voting pattern and issues echo the Obama wins too. How long have Dems been using these fraudulent methods to obtain votes? Did they use them to bodgy the 2006 mid terms? It is not that the mysterious support of vapour for Dems is so clearly fraudulent, but, other than violent rioters, and #FakeNews, where is their support, really? How come there is no policy platform for Democrats? Why does Big Tech have to censor the truth? How many millions of Trump supporting votes have been given to Biden? The corruption is so apparent, and so pervasive, that if Trump concedes 2020, he will be conceding all elections that follow, and the flame of liberty will be extinguished in America. 

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Today, every one of my browsers would not let me access MAGAbook, citing privacy concerns. 
=== Bongino headlines ===
Swamp Watch
SCOTUS Church Ruling a Major Step Forward for Challenges to Coronavirus Bans
Biden’s Labor Secretary Candidate Oversaw Hundreds of Millions in Fraudulent Payments to California Prison Inmates
Michigan Gov Whitemer Nominated for Time “Person of the Year”
Portland’s Black Lives Matter Chapter Wants Segregation From “White Antifa”
Emails Show Hunter Biden Sought Meetings With Antony Blinken After Joining Burisma
Sidney Powell Files Lawsuits in Georgia and Michigan
Gov. Cuomo Blasts NYPD Members Who Won’t Enforce Onerous Thanksgiving Restrictions
President Trump Calls Into Pennsylvania Hearing on Election Irregularities
Culture War
President Grover Cleveland Understood How Thanksgiving Could Elevate a Hurting Nation
Fox News’ Janice Dean Fighting Andrew Cuomo and His Disastrous Nursing Home Mandate
Parler CEO Describes Facebook’s Secret Internal Algorithm as “Orwellian”
OANN Says Video YouTube Censored Them Over Was Unlisted
Biden Mispronounces “Psalmist” When Quoting Bible
Journos Think the Best Part of a Biden Presidency Is Them Not Having to Do Their Jobs
Gov. Cuomo Finds Common Ground With Trump in the Form of Disdain for the Press
Trump Has Granted Clemency Less Than Any President in Modern History
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=== FB Memes and Memory ===















One afternoon a lawyer was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.

He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?"

"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you" the lawyer said.

"But sir, I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, Under that tree."

"Bring them along" the lawyer replied. Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You come with us also."

The second man, in a pitiful voice then said, "But sir, I also have a wife and SIX children with me!"

"Bring them all, as well," the lawyer answered.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task even for a car as large as the limousine. Once underway, one of the poor fellows turned to the lawyer and said, "Sir,you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."

The lawyer replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place. The grass is almost a foot high."
=== From 2017 ===
Don't give up on hope. Kate McClymont has apparently not dotted the 'i's in her expose of Don Burke. The problem seems to be in accusing him of Weinstein like sexual abuse when that is not even alleged. Weinstein was not merely accused of being seedy, but of threatening the careers of those who would not acquiesce, and involving others in a conspiracy. All Fairfax have done is to label a guy a sex predator and try to destroy his career that had already been over for two decades. I hope Burke gets very well compensated for it, if that is in fact what happened. Who knew a gardner might not be a people person? 

The election results in Queensland show the worst enemy of the Liberals is the Liberals, and the biggest drag weight is PM Malcolm Turnbull. Then Julie Bishop and Christopher Pyne. If any Liberal wants to be re elected, they need to ditch Malcolm and restore Tony Abbott. Note, Tony Abbott will not be popular with the press. 

Kristina Keneally who was awful as Premier of NSW is also fact challenged. She asserted things about Medicare wait times which weren't true. Keneally claimed there were hour long waits for medicare when the statistics show they are 13 minutes. Such disgraceful scare mongering should not be rewarded. 
=== from 2016 ===
Bias is not the same as partisan. Jimmy Carter and Canada’s Trudeau lost a murderous tyrannical friend when Fidel Castro died. But while one understands they grieve, there are many many living victims whom it would be cowardly to diminish. Carter and Trudeau are cowards. Trump got unanticipated support from Hispanics in the recent presidential election. Unanticipated by freedom hating media who adored Castro’s tyrannical reign. Castro promised freedom in ’59, but changed quickly in power to embrace communism. It was similar to Rudd’s pivot from economic conservative to socialist economic vandal. It came after consent had been given for something different. Only Castro’s reign is on a continuum with Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao. 

IPA Review (Nov 2016) features an Evan Mulholland article “A License to Nanny” on destructive government policy. Only Mulholland shows little understanding of the issues, focusing on Greyhound racing, a banking enquiry, NSW Lockout laws and gambling regulation. Mulholland seems to want to hit conservatives rather than deal with the actual issues, and e begins by setting an example of Baird’s close down of the Greyhound industry. Baird shut it down after the industry said it could not govern itself and was infested with organised crime. The subsequent outcry led to the regulators claiming they could police it, and so Baird is letting the industry proceed. In his judgement, Baird had pointed out there was no social license for a sport that was ungovernable. But Mulholland takes that out of context and claims it is an example of a nanny state. Mulholland is also wide of the mark on lockout laws where drinking culture and fighting was claiming lives and gumming up emergency. Hysterical claims of destroying industry have been made by political opponents who profit from deaths and mismanagement. It hasn’t been made illegal to drink. 

By way of contrast, there are ridiculous nanny state laws that need to be addressed. They are related to green red tape and frequently sponsored by the ALP in Australia. They limit who can have life saving operations, or who can smoke and when and how and what. The over reach of Turnbull over banks is a legitimate example, but it is a stretch compared to closing down the beef export industry because government regulation had failed as ALP did. In Dandenong my housing estate does not have access to the internet without satellite because of ALP over regulation re NBN. Australia misses out on mining opportunity from over regulation, losing trillions of dollars in opportunity costs, but Mulholland is worried about quibbles over gun regulation. Bias is not the same as partisan.
=== from 2015 ===
Video has been withheld, but one of five shots of an incident involving a lone, abusive, drunk or drugged man shouting at several orthodox Jews is disturbing. It is known Jihadis want to kill Jews in Australia, as well as others in the community, but Jews are a focus and Islamic leaders feed the prejudice with lies about the Middle East and history. So that the UN approves Palestinians not being told of the Holocaust in schooling. And this abusive man is shouting that the orthodox Jews should ask Allah and go home to Israel. The Jews did not hurt the drunk. They merely detained him for the police. But had they acted proportionately, with a distressed child in the foreground, that drunken abuser might not require a sex change. He might be Aboriginal. It is doubtful racial vilification laws would apply. But Jews do not feel safe in Australia. And often the law is not helpful to them. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014  
The death of international cricket player Phillip Hughes in a Sheffield Shield match between NSW and South Australia was a tragic accident. The delivery of Abbott was short pitched and slower than full pace, so that Hughes was through his shot too early. The ball hit him flush, beneath his helmet, on the side of the neck. It compressed a major artery and the artery subsequently split, bleeding into the brain. At first Hughes stood stunned, then fell face first onto the pitch. He never regained consciousness. He was surrounded for days by family and loved ones. He was a few days before turning twenty six years old. It is doubtful that legislation or protective equipment could have prevented the injury. It happens very rarely in cricket, even so. In 1974, twenty four year old Ewen Chatfield, a very accurate medium paced bowler was batting at number eleven when English fast bowler Peter Lever tested him with a bouncer which hit Chatfield's temple and he swallowed his tongue. Heart massage saved him. But nothing could have saved Hughes whose internal injuries were too devastating. I made a mistake previously in publicly calling on God to intercede. I had thought Hughes would survive and welcomed the possibility of being challenged. But this is not for him, but for his family. And their faith is private. I wish them well. 

How the nation responds to the tragedy of Phil Hughes' death will expose the national character. An ABC presenter, poet and comedian, Ben Pobjie (also writes for New Matilda, SMH and Age) tweeted "Sean Abbott hits Phil Hughes in the head. Continuing the tradition of Abbotts fXXXing up Australia." ABC Grandstand tweeted insensitively about his possible death soon after the delivery. It was very different in 1933 when twenty three year old Archie Jackson died from tuberculosis. At the time, the ABC did not see the need to trumpet his death or link him disparagingly to an MP, the PM. The then Premier of NSW unveiled a headstone paid for by public subscription which read "He played the game." Some will say Hughes was cut short in his sporting career, and it is true his average did not reflect his talent in test cricket. But he leaves behind some exquisite innings only he could have executed. Too young. Too soon. But Phillip Hughes led a life blessed, and at the end he was surrounded by family and loved ones. He died having lived well, and the tragedy is he won't have the opportunity to finish it right. 


Eighteen members of the ALP were ejected from federal parliament's lower house for poor behaviour in one day. They were elected to serve their constituents, but fail. Rudd was made ALP leader to save the furniture, and the furniture is failing to show any leadership, or reform for any future hope. But, because of their senate numbers, they can stop important legislation and then claim it is the government's fault. Worth considering as Victoria goes to election and considers voting for a corrupt and inept ALP. 


The US went to election and voted for Obama twice. It isn't only Ferguson county suffering for the racist divisions fracturing America. There is injustice in the US, but it is overstated and with the recent shooting of a black man by a white policeman and the reaction of rioters suggest that the issue is more political than real. Even jihadists are asking rioters to join causes. In Ferguson, the policeman shot the man who tried to take his weapon. That will happen to anyone regardless of race. Those calling for riots are little different to jihadis. In another shooting a twelve year old boy playing with a realistic looking toy gun in a public area was shot dead by another policeman. Maybe the boy's parents have an excuse, but if they have it is not as public as outrage from rioters. 
From 2013
Since 2008 I have worked to promote people I'm in touch with. I have several reasons for doing so. I hope to found what I call the Cabramatta/Fairfield/Smithfield Digital Cultural museum. I intend it will allow the local community to film, in television broadcast ready standard, material, from martial arts, through to cultural dance. One Ethiopian Christian Pastor I know could use it to produce crossover material for people in Ethiopia, where he has founded hundreds of churches, through to people living in Australia wishing to learn more about there. But these neighbourhoods are not merely one culture or ethnicity, but many. It would be good to have facilities to allow local schools to send drama students to hone all aspects of production skills. My dream will cost $ millions. But it could make money too through licensing and production. I note many skilled actors with martial arts back grounds struggle with employment between Underbelly shooting schedules. Offer work to them, and the material that will be produced would be valuable. 

But the dream is far distant. The reality is I am struggling. My place was flooded with raw sewage a few months ago and I live in a concrete shell, having lost everything I valued as a keepsake. I have no job because of government corruption from the ALP involving pedophilia and the death through apparent negligence of a school boy. I am unemployed for six years through no fault of my own, and am being forced to sell my only asset, my home, should insurance ever repair it. And just as I'm righting myself, I was slapped with a tax audit into my superannuation. 


I need help. I have done nothing wrong. I beg The PM or NSW Premier to come to my home. I post an event where they might become aware of my need. And eleven have bothered to list themselves as supporting. Many whom I promote, and will continue to promote, were invited. The only comment Andrew Bolt has ever made regarding me, of which I'm aware, is that he doesn't like my kind of poetry. I had shared with him my postings on freeing Korean hostages from Afghanistan, or of Clare Oliver's appeal to end sun beds. His criticism feels harsh, and his condemnation unwarranted, but I am aware that there are people who don't like me. They are embellishing things I post. So local newspapers like the Fairfield Advance or Fairfield Champion censor my letters to them, but post letters written by others using my name. Or when a former friend contacted me recently, someone posted to them so that they broke the contact and spoke of my having a mental illness (I don't). 


I don't agree with Bolt on all things, but I support him and will continue to do so. Should I set up another event? I don't know what the future holds, but I will fight so that our future is democratic, free and fair. I tend to conservative (and some libertarian, but not drug use) values as the key to achieving that end. 


Daily Mail might open a centrist news service in Australia, being very different to Fairfax, ABC, Guardian or regional papers. I don't think they will find fifty conservative journalists, and they are masting with Channel 9 which is extreme left, along with Sunrise, but not as far left as the ABC. ABC is fighting to be vile. Craig Thomson rejects a gift from prosecutors. ALP are united in opposing Australia .. remember how Gillard claimed she had no choice but to proceed with a Carbon Tax because the Greens were making her? They are continuing with it even though Greens aren't supporting them. Good news is, cold kills, but warming saves. Pyne has not broken a promise, but uses ALP cuts to education to make teachers more efficient. Naturally press call it a back flip. Bob Katter may be insignificant, but also, he doesn't count. Maybe he should do the 'Christian' thing and resign? A point of difference between Bolt and I is that I look forward to Australia's population exceeding 400 million. Before that happens, we will have built infrastructure. When that happens, opposition to a big Australia will be viewed as provincial and backwards, impeding economic growth. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 25 Luoyang was declared capital of the Eastern Han dynasty by Emperor Guangwu of Han. In 176, Emperor Marcus Aurelius granted his son Commodus the rank of "Imperator" and made him Supreme Commander of the Roman legions. In 395, Rufinuspraetorian prefect of the East, was murdered by Gothic mercenaries under Gainas. In 511, King Clovis Idied at Paris ("Lutetia") and was buried in the Abbey of St Genevieve. The Merovingian dynasty was continued by his four sons, Theuderic IChlodomerChildebert I and Chlothar I, who divide the Frankish Kingdom and ruled from the capitals at MetzOrléans, Paris and Soissons. In 602, Emperor Maurice was forced to watch his five sons be executed before being beheaded himself; their bodies were thrown into the sea and their heads were exhibited in Constantinople. In 1095, Pope Urban II declared the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont. In 1703, the first Eddystone Lighthouse was destroyed in the Great Storm of 1703. In 1727, the foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin was laid. 

In 1807, the Portuguese Royal Family left Lisbon to escape from Napoleonic troops. In 1810, the Berners Street hoax was perpetrated by Theodore Hook in the City of Westminster, London. In 1815, adoption of Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland. In 1830,  Saint Catherine Labouré experienced a vision of the Blessed Virgin standing on a globe, crushing a serpent with her feet, and emanating rays of light from her hands. In 1835, James Pratt and John Smith were hanged in London; they are the last two to be executed for sodomy in England. In 1839, in BostonMassachusetts, the American Statistical Association was founded. In 1856, the Coup of 1856 led to Luxembourg's unilateral adoption of a new, reactionary constitution. In 1863, American Civil WarConfederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan and several of his men escaped the Ohio Penitentiary and returned safely to the South. Also, American Civil War: Battle of Mine RunUnion forces under General George Meade took up positions against troops led by Confederate General Robert E. Lee. In 1868, American Indian WarsBattle of Washita RiverUnited States Army Lieutenant ColonelGeorge Armstrong Custer led an attack on Cheyenne living on reservation land. In 1886, German judge Emil Hartwich sustained fatal injuries in a duel, which would become the background for Theodor Fontane's Effi Briest. In 1895, at the Swedish–Norwegian Club in Paris, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he died.

In 1901, the U.S. Army War College was established. In 1912, Spain declared a protectorate over the north shore of Morocco. In 1924, in New York City, the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held. In 1940, In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinated over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga. Also, World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engaged the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea. In 1942, World War II: At Toulon, the French navy scuttled its ships and submarines to keep them out of Nazihands. In 1944, World War II: RAF Fauld explosion: An explosion at a Royal Air Forceammunition dump in Staffordshire killed seventy people. In 1954, Alger Hiss was released from prison after serving 44 months for perjury. In 1963, the Convention on the Unification of Certain Points of Substantive Law on Patents for Invention was signed at Strasbourg. In 1965, Vietnam WarThe Pentagon told U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson that if planned operations were to succeed, the number of American troops in Vietnam had to be increased from 120,000 to 400,000. In 1968, Penny Ann Early became the first woman to play major professional basketball, for the Kentucky Colonels in an ABA game against the Los Angeles Stars.

In 1971, the Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter released a descent module. It malfunctioned and crashed, but it was the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. In 1973, Twenty-fifth Amendment: The United States Senate voted 92 to 3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. (On December 6, the House would confirm him 387 to 35). In 1975, the Provisional IRA assassinated Ross McWhirter, after a press conference in which McWhirter had announced a reward for the capture of those responsible for multiple bombings and shootings across England. In 1978, in San Francisco, city mayor George Moscone and openly gay city supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinatedby former supervisor Dan White. Also, the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was founded in the city of Riha (Urfa) in Turkey. In 1983, Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashed near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. In 1984, under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. In 1989, Avianca Flight 203: A Boeing 727 exploded in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground. The Medellín Cartel would claim responsibility for the attack.

In 1991, the United Nations Security Council adopted Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia. In 1992, for the second time in a year, military forces try to overthrow president Carlos Andrés Pérez in Venezuela. In 1997, twenty-five were killed in the second Souhane massacre in Algeria. In 1999, the left-wing Labour Party took control of the New Zealand government with leader Helen Clark becoming the first elected female Prime Minister in New Zealand's history. In 2000, in the Canadian federal election the Liberal Party of Canada won its third consecutive election with a gain in the number of its members. In 2001, a hydrogen atmosphere was discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris by the Hubble Space Telescope, the first atmosphere detected on an extrasolar planet. In 2004, Pope John Paul II returned the relics of Saint John Chrysostom to the Eastern Orthodox Church. In 2005, the first partial human face transplant was completed in Amiens, France. In 2006, the Canadian House of Commons approved a motion tabled by Prime Minister Stephen Harper recognizing the Québécois as a nation within Canada. In 2009, Nevsky Express bombing: A bomb exploded on the Nevsky Express train between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, derailing it and causing 28 deaths and 96 injuries.

=== Bible Reading ===

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Today's reading: Ezekiel 27-29, 1 Peter 3 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Ezekiel 27-29

A Lament Over Tyre
1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Tyre. 3 Say to Tyre, situated at the gateway to the sea, merchant of peoples on many coasts, ‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:
“‘You say, Tyre,
“I am perfect in beauty.”
4 Your domain was on the high seas;
your builders brought your beauty to perfection.
They made all your timbers
of juniper from Senir;
they took a cedar from Lebanon
to make a mast for you.
6 Of oaks from Bashan
they made your oars;
of cypress wood from the coasts of Cyprus
they made your deck, adorned with ivory.
7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was your sail
and served as your banner;
your awnings were of blue and purple
from the coasts of Elishah.
8 Men of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen;
your skilled men, Tyre, were aboard as your sailors.
9 Veteran craftsmen of Byblos were on board
as shipwrights to caulk your seams.
All the ships of the sea and their sailors
came alongside to trade for your wares....

Today's New Testament reading: 1 Peter 3

1 Wives, in the same way submit yourselves to your own husbands so that, if any of them do not believe the word, they may be won over without words by the behavior of their wives,2 when they see the purity and reverence of your lives. 3Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. 4 Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. 5 For this is the way the holy women of the past who put their hope in God used to adorn themselves. They submitted themselves to their own husbands, 6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
7 Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers....

=== Morning and Evening ===


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Morning


"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might."
Ecclesiastes 9:10
"Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do," refers to works that are possible. There are many things which our heart findeth to do which we never shall do. It is well it is in our heart; but if we would be eminently useful, we must not be content with forming schemes in our heart, and talking of them; we must practically carry out "whatsoever our hand findeth to do." One good deed is more worth than a thousand brilliant theories. Let us not wait for large opportunities, or for a different kind of work, but do just the things we "find to do" day by day. We have no other time in which to live. The past is gone; the future has not arrived; we never shall have any time but time present. Then do not wait until your experience has ripened into maturity before you attempt to serve God. Endeavour now to bring forth fruit. Serve God now, but be careful as to the way in which you perform what you find to do--"do it with thy might." Do it promptly; do not fritter away your life in thinking of what you intend to do to-morrow as if that could recompense for the idleness of today. No man ever served God by doing things to-morrow. If we honour Christ and are blessed, it is by the things which we do today. Whatever you do for Christ throw your whole soul into it. Do not give Christ a little slurred labour, done as a matter of course now and then; but when you do serve him, do it with heart, and soul, and strength.
But where is the might of a Christian? It is not in himself, for he is perfect weakness. His might lieth in the Lord of Hosts. Then let us seek his help; let us proceed with prayer and faith, and when we have done what our "hand findeth to do," let us wait upon the Lord for his blessing. What we do thus will be well done, and will not fail in its effect.

Evening


"They shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel."
Zechariah 4:10
Small things marked the beginning of the work in the hand of Zerubbabel, but none might despise it, for the Lord had raised up one who would persevere until the headstone should be brought forth with shoutings. The plummet was in good hands. Here is the comfort of every believer in the Lord Jesus; let the work of grace be ever so small in its beginnings, the plummet is in good hands, a master builder greater than Solomon has undertaken the raising of the heavenly temple, and he will not fail nor be discouraged till the topmost pinnacle shall be raised. If the plummet were in the hand of any merely human being, we might fear for the building, but the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in Jesus' hand. The works did not proceed irregularly, and without care, for the master's hand carried a good instrument. Had the walls been hurriedly run up without due superintendence, they might have been out of the perpendicular; but the plummet was used by the chosen overseer. Jesus is evermore watching the erection of his spiritual temple, that it may be built securely and well. We are for haste, but Jesus is for judgment. He will use the plummet, and that which is out of line must come down, every stone of it. Hence the failure of many a flattering work, the overthrow of many a glittering profession. It is not for us to judge the Lord's church, since Jesus has a steady hand, and a true eye, and can use the plummet well. Do we not rejoice to see judgment left to him?
The plummet was in active use--it was in the builder's hand; a sure indication that he meant to push on the work to completion. O Lord Jesus, how would we indeed be glad if we could see thee at thy great work. O Zion, the beautiful, thy walls are still in ruins! Rise, thou glorious Builder, and make her desolations to rejoice at thy coming.

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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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