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
It is US election season and the Dem machine spun effectively, but the people's will asserted dominance in a few places. In one place, Virginia, The Governor, Lt Governor and Attorney General were all elected GOP. Nationally, the Democrats campaigned on calling anyone conservative racist. Apparently, unless one owns a pet black or hispanic, one begins dressing as a KKK or white supremacist. How the Dem media cabal know this is not explained, but it is worth noting there is a picture of the Dem campaigning for Virginia governor either dressed in black face or as a KKK, nobody knows which, for a party without pets. However, so called conservative media agrees the reason why the Dem campaigner failed so badly was for telling parents they had no rights in educating their own children, or in vaccinating their own children against something that is not a threat to them.
The stunning Virginia success was copied in NJ, without the success. NJ was better geared to exploiting voter fraud. A senior senator for Dems lost to an independent trucker, before 'discovering' tens of thousands of votes post election. At least one respected pollster had projected an 11% win to Dems in NJ. The pollster apologised to GOP following. But it is another example of voter suppression. There is no excuse for a representative sample to be so out of step with the modified census. If GOP maintain the ascendancy to next year's election, they will rout Democrats in the mid terms. But only in swing states with balanced election laws allowing free and fair elections. Even iin Florida there will still be Dem controlled counties that will impede free and fair elections.
Durham Prosecution established by Barr under Trump is claiming more results with evidence of what was already known. FBI prosecuted the Trump campaign and administration while knowing that the evidence used to justify the investigation was bogus. FBI knew that Clinton had paid for the fake Steele dossier. and yet they threw advisers to Trump in jail on trumped up charges. When it was discovered what the cabal had done, FBI has stymied investigation. It is now apparent that FBI embedded itself during the riots of 2020 with a view to challenging Trump at election.
The Rittenhouse Trial is supposed to finish Friday 12th November, but the revelations from discovery and trial are breath taking. Rittenhouse is innocent of anything from the incident, except breaking a curfew that rioters were allowed to ignore. It turns out the US's longest serving mayor, a Democrat, was exploiting the riots and Rittenhouse, who may have been killed by any of many mayoral accomplices, survived partly by luck. It has been discovered that the FBI had video surveillance, and they deleted an HD version, possibly because it revealed many FBI agents among the rioters. Of three people Rittenhouse needed to shoot to avoid death, all were known to law in a bad way. Press had claimed Rittenhouse shot three people at random. Shooting at random in a Democrat based riot one might choose out of any three an armed felon, a wife beater and a recently released violent schizophrenic off their meds. Although the defence seems incompetent, the state's evidence appears to exonerate Rittenhouse.
=== From recent years ===
The first woman elected to US Congress, Jeanette Rankin, was first elected on this day in 1916. She was again elected in 1940. As a Republican, she was foundational to the civil rights movement. She was a Suffragette. She was a pacifist. She never married and might have been gay. None of that precluded her from representation as a Republican. There is no evidence she was corrupt, so she could never have been a Democrat? Following her elections, US joined a world war. Maybe it is good she wasn't elected a third time? Interestingly, both US involvements in the wars involved a telegram, Mexico being invited to fight the US by Germany in WW1, and Japan signalling Pearl Harbour's attack. Neither time was the telegram anything to do with GOP, but both times Dem seized on them for war. Today, we are told that Biden would pay any invasion force $450k each.
Also on this day, Woodrow Wilson was re-elected as President, on the promise to not involve the US in the World War. He would change his mind, but found a way to involve black regiments as cannon fodder. He would send Robert Russa Moton as an observer of the black regiments, with a view to maintaining discipline. Moton, a grandson of a slaver who was later enslaved, would later align black peoples with Dems for the New Deal.
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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.
https://voiceddb.locals.com/post/1266927/live-cast-from-7th-nov-2021
https://rumble.com/vouevj-live-cast-voice-ddb-7th-nov.html
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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
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From the Bible, Hebrews 7
Melchizedek the Priest
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor.
Jesus Like Melchizedek
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed also. He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar. For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests. And what we have said is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears, one who has become a priest not on the basis of a regulation as to his ancestry but on the basis of the power of an indestructible life. For it is declared:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”
The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
And it was not without an oath! Others became priests without any oath, but he became a priest with an oath when God said to him:
“The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
‘You are a priest forever.’”
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Such a high priest truly meets our need—one who is holy, blameless, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens. Unlike the other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
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The vaccine mandate tyrants are about to make a move on your kids. In this episode I address the controversy along with the explosive developments in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.
News Picks:
- CNN host is humiliated on her own show.
- The anti-science vaccine mandate could decimate the trucking industry.
- Inflation is running wild.
- Here’s a list of the worst states for taxes.
- Are you ready to pay sky-high taxes?
- This is Biden’s most radical nominee yet.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Rittenhouse Trial Judge EXCORIATES the Prosecution READ MORENJ Senate President Concedes Defeat to Edward Durr
Manchin Signals He Could Tank Reconciliation Bill Over Inflation Concerns
CNN’s Don Lemon Files Legal Complaint Against Megyn Kelly for Reporting on Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Him
Washington Post Fact Checker Attempts to Defend Buttigieg’s “Racist Infrastructure” Comments, Then Realizes He’s Wrong
Majorities Across the Political Spectrum Now Oppose Cancel Culture
Russian Analyst Accused of Feeding Bogus Info to Steele Dossier Enters Plea
Capitol Hill
Jim Jordan Pushes for DOJ to Rescind “Terrorist” Parent Memo
Poll: Endorsements From Biden Make People Less Likely to Vote for a Candidate
Republicans Who Voted with Pelosi on Infrastructure Might Lose Committee Posts
Jan 6 Committee Issues New Round of Subpoenas
Trump Says He Hasn’t Spoken to Biden During Presidency
Missouri AG Seeks to Make Biden Admin Finish Wall
The Durham Probe Reaches the Biden White House
San Francisco DA to Face Recall Over Seemingly Pro-Crime Stances
Sen. Maria Cantwell Leads Push for Taxpayer Support to News Orgs
Pelosi Calls for Investigation Into GOP Congressman Who Posted Anime Parody Video
Dr. Oz to Jump Into Pennsylvania Senate Race as Republican
Culture War
Soros-Backed Activist Questions If Makeup Is Racist
Vax Mandate Debate With Geraldo Gets Heated
Kyle Rittenhouse Testifies in His Own Defense, Breaks Down When Talking About Being Attacked by Violent Rioters
American Medical Association Pushes Pro-CRT Propaganda
Trump Comments on “Let’s Go Brandon”: I Liked the Original Phrase Better
Anti-White Hate Crimes Reached Highest Level in Two Decades in 2020
Ted Cruz: Texas May Secede “If Things Become Hopeless”
NY Times Columnist: Get Schools Back to Normal Fast or Republicans Will Keep Beating Us
Dave Portnoy Suspended From Twitter for Posting Email Exchange With Business Insider Editor
Prosecution Rests in Rittenhouse Trial After Destroying Their Own Case
Fake News Purveyor Brian Williams Says He’s Leaving NBC After 28 Years
Economy
China’s Second Largest Property Developer Defaults
Top Biden Banking Nominee Wants to Bankrupt Oil, Gas, and Coal Industries
Consumer Price Index Rises 6.2% Year-Over-Year in October – the Most in 31 Years
“Big Short” Investor Michael Burry Says Elon Musk Is Selling Tesla Shares to Cover Personal Debts
General Electric to Split Into Three Companies
A Bitcoin ETF Could Still Be Years Away
Coinbase Shares Dip After Revenue Misses Expectations
One of AOC’s Worst Ideas Makes Its Way Into “Build Back Better”
Homebuilders Face Further Cost Pressures From Inflation
George Soros And 270 Other Ultra-Wealthy Taxpayers Received CARES Act Checks
“Build Back Better” Plan Would Make U.S. Top Income Tax Rate the Highest in the Developed World
Swamp Watch
Biden Admin Sends Notices to Appear to Tens of Thousands of Illegals
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan Revealed as “Foreign Policy Advisor” in Indictment of Former Hillary Clinton Lawyer
CDC, NIH Officials Were EcoHealth Partners During Controversial Wuhan Gain Of Function Collaborations
Florida AG Slams Biden Admin for Flying Illegals to State
James O’Keefe Speaks Out on FBI Raid of His Home
Adam Schiff Squirms on The View
Michigan Gov. Vetoes Bills That Would Help Low Income Families Leave Failing Schools
California COVID Rate Double Florida’s Despite Strict Restrictions
Whistleblower: CRT Training Required for Texas State Department Employees
National Security
A Look at the Super Tomcat: The 21st Century F-14
Study Says Military Surgeons are Losing Medical Skills
Australia Just Received More F-35 Stealth Fighters
China “Clearly” Seeks to Undermine U.S. in Indo-Pacific
The Impact of Global Energy Markets on National Security
For the First Time, Woman Graduates U.S. Army Sniper Course
YF-12: The U.S. Air Force’s Mach 3 Plane Built to Kill Russian Bombers
Pentagon: Electric Vehicles Part of Biden’s Climate Agenda
Navy SEALs Sue Biden Admin Over COVID Mandate
Around the World
NBC Refuses to Say If It Will Discuss China’s Human Rights Atrocities During Beijing Olympics
As COP26 Climate Conference Continues, Coal Output in China Hits Multi-Year High
Lithuanian Border, Camps in Chaos Over Migrants From Belarus
While Pelosi, AOC Demonize Fossil Fuels in Glasgow, Kamala Harris Lands in Paris, Greeted With 20-Car Motorcade
EU Close to Agreement on New Round of Sanctions Against Belarus
“We’re Accelerating Plans” To Attack Iran’s Nuclear Assets: Israeli Army Chief
Biden’s Central America Strategy Delivered a Blow By Ortega Win
Iran’s Cash Reserves Are Soaring Under Biden
Opinion
Dennis Prager: Natural Immunity Versus Vaccine Immunity
Michael Brendan Dougherty: Democrats Bizarrely Won’t End Their Love Affair With Masks
Oliver L. North and David L. Goetsch: A Veterans Day Salute From Two Aging Vets
John Zadrozny: Biden’s Vaccine Tyranny Threatens National Security, Public Safety
Star Parker: The Political Center Is Gone
Larry O’Connor: CRT Isn’t in the Curriculum, It’s the Language of the Curriculum
NY Post Editorial Board: Biden’s “Build Back” Bill Is in Worse Shape Than Ever — Hooray!
Salena Zito: Pennsylvania Leapt Further Right on Election Night
Entertainment
Star of “Quantum Leap” and “Dune,” Dean Stockwell Dead At 85
Emilo Estevez Says He’s Not Anti-Vaccine: “I’m Anti-Bully”
“Patriot Purge” Is, Hands Down, the Year’s Most Shocking Documentary
Mike Rowe Says Americans Take Essential Work “For Granted” – Explains Why 11 Million Open Jobs Is No Mystery
Ex-Wife Makes Bizarre Claim About Phil Collins
Netflix Confirms Second Season For “Squid Game”
Matthew McConaughey Wants To “Find Out More Information” Before Mandating Vaccines For His Children
Aaron Rodgers’ Fiancée, Shailene Woodley, Blasts Media For “Disparaging” Athlete Amid COVID Vaccine Controversy
Sports
Browns’ Wyatt Teller Signs His Four-Year Extension Worth $14.2 Million a Year, Making Him the NFL’s 2nd-Highest Paid Guard
Reigning NBA MVP Nikola Jokic Suspended For On-Court Altercation
Retired NHL Star Mike Fisher: “I Stand With Aaron Rodgers”
Report: Packers Fined $300,000 For Breaching COVID-19 Protocols, Aaron Rodgers, Allen Lazard Fined $14.65K
Charles Barkley: “I’m Anti-Social Media”
Steph Curry Drops 50 Points As Warriors Crush Hawks
Report: Odell Beckham Jr. Clears Waivers, Packers Emerge As Top Destination
NASCAR Tries To Appeal To Everyone Except Its Conservative Fan Base
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
A coalition of 10 states sued the federal government on Wednesday to try to block a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for healthcare workers, marking a new front in the resistance by Republican-led states to the pandemic policies of President Joe Biden's administration. [Full Story]
Related Stories
Newsmax TV
- Rep. Crawford: Piles of Cash Won't Fix Supply Chain |
- Rep. Comer: Inflation No Surprise With Government 'Printing Money' |
- Calif. AG Hopeful Hochman: Threats on Pipeline 'Political' |
- Rep. Brooks: Infrastructure Vote by GOP a 'Gift' to Socialism |
- Gordon Chang: US Hasn't Paid Attention to China's Threats |
- Rep. Murphy: Biden's Push on Mandate Further 'Overreach' |
- Rep. Pete Sessions: Biden, Dems Advancing Socialist Plans |
America has a supply chain crisis, and President Joe Biden is failing [Full Story]
Related
- Ted Cruz Slams Biden On Inflation, Immigration
- RNC Chair McDaniel: Biden, Dems 'Out of Touch' With Reality of Inflation
- Surging Gas, Food Prices Fan Inflation & Erode Wages
- US Consumer Prices Soared 6.2 Percent in past Year, Most since 1990
- Sen. Manchin: Congress Can't Ignore 'Pain' Caused by Rising Inflation
- Biden: Reversing Inflation a 'Top Priority'
The U.S. faces a "heightened threat environment" from domestic extremists and people inspired by foreign terrorist groups with the approach of the holiday season, the Department of Homeland Security warned Wednesday.While DHS said it had no credible information on a...... [Full Story]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. is increasing pressure [Full Story]
Fiona Hill, the veteran foreign affairs adviser and a key witness in [Full Story] | 
=== Viva Barnes News ===
1. Egregious prosecutorial misconduct in Rittenhouse case. https://www.breitbart.com/law-and-order/2021/11/10/defense-moves-for-mistrial-in-kyle-rittenhouse-case-judge-berates-prosecutor-but-reserves-judgment-believe/
2. "Voters don’t like rising crime rates. They don’t like surges of illegal immigration. History shows they really don’t like inflation." Biden disaster awaits Democrats. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/history-has-some-bad-news-for-biden-democrats
3. "Because for these insular and detached from reality elites, struggling to feed your family, make rent or mortgage payments or keep your small business running are problems for other people. Little people. Deplorable people." https://bombthrower.com/articles/insular-elites-are-completely-detached-from-reality/#
4. "Italian newspaper Il Tempo reports that the Institute has revised downward the number of people who have died from COVID rather than with COVID from 130,000 to under 4,000. “Yes, you read that right. Turns out 97.1% of deaths hitherto attributed to Covid were not due directly to Covid,” writes Toby Young." https://summit.news/2021/11/04/italian-institute-of-health-drastically-reduces-its-official-covid-death-toll-number/
5. "In New Jersey, everything is funny, especially the elections." https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/11/my_ringside_seat_on_a_crooked_new_jersey_election.html
*Bonus: Interesting story of redemption. https://news.amomama.com/282441-old-lady-gives-shelter-poor-homeless-man.html
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Here is a video I made "Another One Bites the Dust"
The ALP are continually shedding members, taking their constituents who support them for granted. Placing another in the place of a fool before the next election.
"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by bass guitarist John Deacon, the song featured on the group's eighth studio album The Game (1980). The song was a worldwide hit, charting one on the United States Billboard Hot 100, number two on the R&B charts and the Disco Top 100, and number seven in the United Kingdom Singles Chart. The song is credited as Queen's best selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. This version was ranked at number 34 on Billboard's All Time Top 100
=== From 2020 ===
Ep. 1389 Still Resisting - The Dan Bongino Show
https://rumble.com/vb0h8t-ep.-1389-still-resisting-the-dan-bongino-show.html
In this episode, I discuss the shock claims emerging out of key states on possible election shenanigans. It’s ugly.
News Picks:
- Three Election Day oddities no one can deny.
- The sleazy media gets caught lying about Trump’s role in the coronavirus vaccine.
- Did shady ballot harvesting occur in Pennsylvania?
- Parler topples twitter in the App Store for the first time.
- More shock election claims emerge out of Nevada.
https://rumble.com/vb0htn-the-anomalies-just-keep-adding-up-dan-bongino-show-clips.html
#RESIST – The Evidence of Fraud Is Real
LA Police Will Stop Responding To Traffic Collisions and Downsize Homicide Unit During Crimewave
NY Times Journo Spreads Fake News About Fake News
Joe Manchin Ends Liberal Hopes For Court-Packing and Ending the Filibuster
Lincoln Project faces backlash for urging people to harass members of Trump’s legal team
WATCH: Tucker Carlson rips Big Tech for protecting Joe Biden
https://thepostmillennial.com/tucker-carlson-rips-big-tech-for-protecting-joe-biden
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Former Obama deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes admitted Monday that Joe Biden is already speaking with foreign leaders as if he is the next President, a move that some believe to be a breach of the Logan Act, the same law that President Trump’s former national security adviser Gen. Mike Flynn was prosecuted under.
Rhodes made the comments during an MSNBC interview in which he slammed Trump for contesting the election
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Don't give up on hope. Channel 7 did a gotcha on Pauline Hanson regarding a sex shop owned by a candidate of One Nation, but not managed by them. Hanson was very good in saying she had been unaware of the issue, but would look at it. But the sniggering Channel 7 reporter pressed Hanson and the candidate on that issue alone. It is entirely possible the advertising quoted was acceptable within guidelines The journalist referred to a community standard. It would not be acceptable in a primary school where channel 7 has promoted Safe Schools which deliberately breaches community standards so as 'to end bullying.' Channel 7 are hoping such a gotcha will end support for One Nation in the Queensland election. I would like the electoral office to consider stripping the broadcaster of their license for blatant political harassment.
The other day, in Scott McNeil's double live Facebook cast interview, I answered a question on education and I want to streamline and broaden it. Education is too expensive atm with the focus not being on an excellent curriculum and students achieving standards, but an impossible big curriculum where students are hoped to have experiences. We allow a middle third band to miss out on 'basic skills' and drift, so that in some cases graduating students are not literate in any language and do not have sufficient skills to participate in the workforce. By remedial work with the lower middle third students, strong improvements can be made with the entire cohort as formerly weak students begin performing and 'evangelising' to their friends. The model works and is achievable in over 80% of Australian Schools. Some private schools already do this.
However, It is entirely feasible to broaden the model to other industries. For example the NBN. The worst part of the NBN is that it does not allow competition or even competence. Third parties that are nimble and agile will eat the NBN alive if protections are ever removed. The best way of dealing with the bad situation is to cut losses, and allow proper industry competition. As the Bush is probably impossible to connect via industry alone, it needs to be subsidised. But holding back cities is absurd.
The other day, in Scott McNeil's double live Facebook cast interview, I answered a question on education and I want to streamline and broaden it. Education is too expensive atm with the focus not being on an excellent curriculum and students achieving standards, but an impossible big curriculum where students are hoped to have experiences. We allow a middle third band to miss out on 'basic skills' and drift, so that in some cases graduating students are not literate in any language and do not have sufficient skills to participate in the workforce. By remedial work with the lower middle third students, strong improvements can be made with the entire cohort as formerly weak students begin performing and 'evangelising' to their friends. The model works and is achievable in over 80% of Australian Schools. Some private schools already do this.
However, It is entirely feasible to broaden the model to other industries. For example the NBN. The worst part of the NBN is that it does not allow competition or even competence. Third parties that are nimble and agile will eat the NBN alive if protections are ever removed. The best way of dealing with the bad situation is to cut losses, and allow proper industry competition. As the Bush is probably impossible to connect via industry alone, it needs to be subsidised. But holding back cities is absurd.
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Leonard Cohen has died aged 82, old and blessed. His life struggle was a form of classical Liberalism which many on the left may aspire to, but few understand. Cohen was a Zen Buddhist and a faithful Jew. It is worth reflecting on his life, his path was not an easy one, he was a poet. He had many relationships and children. But he wasn’t self absorbed or self destructive, so much as cognisant of the disparity between the dream of iconic love, and the fact of compromise. Everybody knows of what Cohen sang. It was personal, and explicit. The song Hallelujah took some five years for him to write, and includes many more verses than what are used in the variations sung. Cohen has given a gift of his legacy. His last album was “You want it darker.” And so it is.
Doing his bit from Melbourne on 3aw, Neil Mitchell interviews a Bernie Sanders supporter who claims he was a “Never Trump,” except “Never Trump” people are GOP supporters who oppose Trump. The idiot being interviewed was a Democrat supporter who felt Clinton had stolen preselection. She had. But that is no excuse for disrupting NYC in protest of President elect Trump. But that makes him interview material for Neil Mitchell who seems to go far to find people who don’t get Trump, but won’t interview someone who does. We are being told that the lesson of Brexit and the Trump election is that political elites need to listen to the average person. One gets the feeling that Mitchell never listens to the exceptional or gifted, and only really interviews himself or people that are safe for him. A little under half of all who voted supported Trump. Maybe Mitchell might interview one of them to get answers to his concerns.
IPA Review (Aug 2016) features an Elle Hardy article on “The Rise of Identity Politics” which is nominally about Trump but really about Bernie Sanders. Only the Trump platform and Sanders platform are very different. Trump’s base crosses the left right divide. Trump was on insider terms with left wing politicians, and his support helped fuel their corruption and helped make him rich. Trump is a neo con by literal definition. Trump aims to be pragmatic and will negotiate in a way one feels Libertarians should cheer if they understood him, instead of hating him. By way of contrast, Sanders is a carbon copy socialist who offers nothing beyond hyperbole. Sanders draws on a tradition of left wing ascendancy drawing on the peace movement of the sixties. There is no policy he has that would be successful, but spending a lot of money from tax must appeal to many. In gushing for Sanders, Elle got to quote Australian art critic Hughes. But to understand Trump, one need only see the slogans #MakeAmericaGreatAgain and #DrainTheSwamp Recognise Sanders is a swamp creature.
Doing his bit from Melbourne on 3aw, Neil Mitchell interviews a Bernie Sanders supporter who claims he was a “Never Trump,” except “Never Trump” people are GOP supporters who oppose Trump. The idiot being interviewed was a Democrat supporter who felt Clinton had stolen preselection. She had. But that is no excuse for disrupting NYC in protest of President elect Trump. But that makes him interview material for Neil Mitchell who seems to go far to find people who don’t get Trump, but won’t interview someone who does. We are being told that the lesson of Brexit and the Trump election is that political elites need to listen to the average person. One gets the feeling that Mitchell never listens to the exceptional or gifted, and only really interviews himself or people that are safe for him. A little under half of all who voted supported Trump. Maybe Mitchell might interview one of them to get answers to his concerns.
IPA Review (Aug 2016) features an Elle Hardy article on “The Rise of Identity Politics” which is nominally about Trump but really about Bernie Sanders. Only the Trump platform and Sanders platform are very different. Trump’s base crosses the left right divide. Trump was on insider terms with left wing politicians, and his support helped fuel their corruption and helped make him rich. Trump is a neo con by literal definition. Trump aims to be pragmatic and will negotiate in a way one feels Libertarians should cheer if they understood him, instead of hating him. By way of contrast, Sanders is a carbon copy socialist who offers nothing beyond hyperbole. Sanders draws on a tradition of left wing ascendancy drawing on the peace movement of the sixties. There is no policy he has that would be successful, but spending a lot of money from tax must appeal to many. In gushing for Sanders, Elle got to quote Australian art critic Hughes. But to understand Trump, one need only see the slogans #MakeAmericaGreatAgain and #DrainTheSwamp Recognise Sanders is a swamp creature.
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It is remembrance day in Australia. There is a poem read out at ceremonies everywhere at eleven am on the eleventh of the eleventh month. In 1918, the ceasefire for the first world war came into play. A US General lead an assault in the hours prior, killing over two hundred of his own men. Many died in the minutes leading up to the ceasefire. Some shortly after. War involves sacrifice and the poem reflects that. My Grandfather fought for England at the Somme, and was still fighting in 1918. He was in artillery, and tasked with working with the horses. He loved those horses and was bitten by the gambling bug. He served again in WW2, Australia, with Roden Cutler's mob in the middle east. The poem is "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon. Written in 1915.
Miranda Devine is a great journalist, like her dad. I rarely disagree with her, but have. Like when she openly criticised Mr Abbott for the same thing she praised John Key, in restoring knights and dames. But it probably isn't her opinion, but the opinion of many she is reporting. And it must be remembered that the chief difference between the two policies, one for NZ, one for Australia, is that Malcolm Turnbull was undermining the one in Australia. It was a good policy. Except for making the former governor general a dame, the choices were sound. But it was opposed for no good reason, and Devine joined in those cat calls.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
Miranda Devine is a great journalist, like her dad. I rarely disagree with her, but have. Like when she openly criticised Mr Abbott for the same thing she praised John Key, in restoring knights and dames. But it probably isn't her opinion, but the opinion of many she is reporting. And it must be remembered that the chief difference between the two policies, one for NZ, one for Australia, is that Malcolm Turnbull was undermining the one in Australia. It was a good policy. Except for making the former governor general a dame, the choices were sound. But it was opposed for no good reason, and Devine joined in those cat calls.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014
Remembrance Day
In cultural asset terms, today is one of the most important of the year. The 2013 tribute written below is worthy. However there are other modern events needing to be written about. Tasmanian PUP senator Lambie has publicly asked for people to turn their backs on conservative politicians at ceremonies honouring the day. Apparently few people did, if any. Lambie went to a service and participated. Nobody followed her suggestion there, and it seems hypocritical that she was there at all. She has claimed no conservative was at the ceremony she participated in and so saw no need to follow through with her own suggestion. Lambie's position on the soldiers getting a pay rise from the government in line with other public service rises is wrong headed. Soldiers deserve more pay, is a truth the government agrees with. The budget needs to be balanced is another truth Lambie has ignored, opposing reasonable budget cuts now, meaning larger cuts will be required in the future. Clive Palmer has distanced himself from that PUP on this issue. However, both are united in their intention to extract as much as they can from the government before passing any benefit to the economy. Only conservatives are addressing the budget deficit issue. Remembrance Day, remembering those fallen in war and the hope that war is ended forever is a cultural asset, but secular atheists are attacking the institution by ascribing secular as atheism and denying worship for believers. So a school celebration honouring Remembrance Day is cancelled because it is deemed too religious. It is hard to dispute that honouring the dead is religious, but a secular society embraces such events, because we all live together. To prevent the ceremony on the specious argument that some child of an atheist might find religion is irrelevant as that can happen regardless of any ceremony. The celebration itself is secular anyway and offers much to atheists too. Some who died in service to the state were atheists.
Delivering Hope and Change
Obama promised hope and change, and finally those mid terms suggest a deliverance. However his debt legacy won't disappear for generations. His policy on climate change was not implemented fully, but still cost billions of dollars tossed away, never to be retrieved. His decisions to support business badly has meant he has misallocated funds that will never be retrieved. Detroit will rise again, but it will have to endure deep fiscal pain before then. The GOP Hari Seldon's warned the people, but their foundation failed to avert the tragedy. Obama's skin colour is not the only symbol for hope and change, and although the media despise them, GOP have much hope and change to offer, backed with reality and offering prosperity, but only after the hurdles are negotiated. And debt is the crippling reality that must be faced. The empty, expensive global warming policy is highlighted by the snap cold which North America is again experiencing. Sydney's Daily Telegraph, a balanced paper having all points of view, including the left's various fantasies, has a story claiming Global Warming is to blame for the record cold. It kind of fits with the theology. Green faith has it that it is compassionate to drown poor desperate people that have been subjected to piracy by people smugglers. Or, that it is ok to kill rare birds if it is with a useless windmill or solar power station. Or, that it is wrong to FRACK but ok to use geothermal power which is based on the same techniques. For political expression, Greens will say anything, but graffiti labelling them 'morons' is apt.
Delivering hope and change from environmental menace is a burgeoning industry. One idiot suggests that eating cane toads will rid Australia of their menace. Them first. Another idiot suggests populating Tasmania, which is the size of Sri Lanka but a population smaller than a Sri Lankan city, with illegal boat people. The reasoning being that people living below the poverty line will bring money to a Tasmanian economy that is struggling.
ABC and Fairfax are left wings
Paul Keating is desperate to be loved, even as much as Robin Williams was. But Williams had talent. Keating struggles to be the same in ability as Wayne Swan was as treasurer. Both obstructed reform and made Australia slow down. Keating used a recession to slow the economy, Swan gave money to the corrupt. Keating got to be PM, Swan supported two PM's to the detriment of the nation out of party loyalty. But Keating can criticise another incompetent PM, Hawk, and it will be reported as news. Keating was party loyal to the inept too. But the ABC and Fairfax papers can be relied on to lovingly support both Keating and Swan. Ten years on and the ALP still don't understand a trade deal with China. There are ins and outs, but trade with a billion people expands the Australian market. A big difference between Australia and Texas, both with similar populations and industry profiles is market size. And the Texas economy is much bigger as a result. But the ABC and Fairfax will act to protect Shorten from criticism of his stance of ignorance. Penny Wong is joining in too, on radio national, having lost over a hundred and six billion dollars, Penny wants the world to know that ten years is not enough for her to understand a trade deal.
ABC lies to hit miners. Fairfax partisan and unhappy. ABC cuts too small. Good articles follow by Bolt and Blair. Also, more Islamic attacks around the world.
From 2013
Remembrance day affects people. Some have family connections with loss. Some not connected with a direct action, and yet all are part of a larger body which has endured loss. Endurance suggests continuity, and there is the rub. For we who stand, now is the time to reflect on those who cannot. Australians who participated in the First World War were volunteers. And yet not all so, for civilians got caught in the battles too. Some of the great poets of the age arose from the war. Some lost to it. All sacrificed much. Ginger Mick was a fictional character who asked for nothing from me. Yet I would give him his life if I could. He didn't want to be called a hero. Yet he died one.
What can be said in such a sacred day of former PM Paul Keating branding ALP with a speech writer's words to associate with Remembrance Day? He did not write those words "He is one of them. He is all of us" for the unknown soldier. ALP don't have a proud history of governance with serving troops. Sacrificing many in Singapore, abandoning POWs, Union strikes organised to hinder troops, shaming soldiers who chose to fight. In recent years, Australia has been involved in her longest armed conflict in Afghanistan. Six years under the conservatives, and six years under the ALP. Forty deaths under the ALP, none under the conservatives. It is a compelling soccer score for people like Keating who view lives as a game through which ALP must triumph in memory. Probably it best to view Keating in paraphrased terms "He is one of them, against all of us"
Australian troops achieved much in WW1, but were quite humble. They didn't treasure awards, possibly disgusted at the reality and the cost which such things entailed. And what award compensates for the loss? I thank those who were awarded. They definitely earned it. As did many who never were given one. Some complain of the atrocities committed. Such things happen in war, but overwhelmingly, Australians fought with honour. I write 'Australians' and many might point out so many weren't, being from NZ, England, South Africa, PNG, India .. I know not the full allegiance, but I give them this gift. For the war ended at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month on 1918. Today, Australia has wounds from her local petty battles. We don't really know who is ridgy didge. Our future is clouded. And yet in freedom and liberty, we rule. People come to our land from places thousands of years rich in history. Risking all. Because of the sacrifice of those soldiers. They might not have had Australia in mind, and yet they gave her this rich gift. A bowl, drenched in their blood, giving us a drink of hope for tomorrow.
What can be said in such a sacred day of former PM Paul Keating branding ALP with a speech writer's words to associate with Remembrance Day? He did not write those words "He is one of them. He is all of us" for the unknown soldier. ALP don't have a proud history of governance with serving troops. Sacrificing many in Singapore, abandoning POWs, Union strikes organised to hinder troops, shaming soldiers who chose to fight. In recent years, Australia has been involved in her longest armed conflict in Afghanistan. Six years under the conservatives, and six years under the ALP. Forty deaths under the ALP, none under the conservatives. It is a compelling soccer score for people like Keating who view lives as a game through which ALP must triumph in memory. Probably it best to view Keating in paraphrased terms "He is one of them, against all of us"
Australian troops achieved much in WW1, but were quite humble. They didn't treasure awards, possibly disgusted at the reality and the cost which such things entailed. And what award compensates for the loss? I thank those who were awarded. They definitely earned it. As did many who never were given one. Some complain of the atrocities committed. Such things happen in war, but overwhelmingly, Australians fought with honour. I write 'Australians' and many might point out so many weren't, being from NZ, England, South Africa, PNG, India .. I know not the full allegiance, but I give them this gift. For the war ended at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month on 1918. Today, Australia has wounds from her local petty battles. We don't really know who is ridgy didge. Our future is clouded. And yet in freedom and liberty, we rule. People come to our land from places thousands of years rich in history. Risking all. Because of the sacrifice of those soldiers. They might not have had Australia in mind, and yet they gave her this rich gift. A bowl, drenched in their blood, giving us a drink of hope for tomorrow.
Historical perspective on this day
In 308, at Carnuntum, Emperor emeritus Diocletian conferred with Galerius, Augustus of the East, and Maximianus, the then recently returned former Augustus of the West, in an attempt to restore order to the Roman Empire. In 1100, Henry I of Englandmarried Matilda of Scotland, the daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland. In 1215, the Fourth Lateran Council met, defining the doctrine of transubstantiation, the process by which bread and wine are, by that doctrine, said to transform into the body and blood of Christ. in 1500, Treaty of Granada – Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon agree to divide the Kingdom of Naples between them. In 1620, the Mayflower Compact is signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. In 1634, following pressure from Anglican bishop John Atherton, the Irish House of Commons passed An Act for the Punishment for the Vice of Buggery. In 1673, second Battle of Khotyn in Ukraine: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth forces under the command of Jan Sobieski defeat the Ottoman army. In this battle, rockets made by Kazimierz Siemienowicz are successfully used. In 1675, Gottfried Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time to find the area under the graph of y = ƒ(x). In 1724, Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a highwayman known for attacking "Thief-Taker General" (and thief) Jonathan Wild at the Old Bailey, is hanged in London. In 1750, Riots broke out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.Also in 1750, the F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity. In 1778, Cherry Valley massacre: Loyalists and Seneca Indian forces attack a fort and village in eastern New York during the American Revolutionary War, killing more than forty civilians and soldiers.
In 1805, Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. In 1813, War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm – British and Canadian forces defeated a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign. In 1831, in Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising. In 1839, the Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. In 1864, American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman began burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south. In 1865, Treaty of Sinchula was signed by which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company. In 1869, the Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act was enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the mythical Stolen Generations. In 1880, Australian bushranger Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne Gaol. In 1887, Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel were executed. Also in 1887, construction of the Manchester Ship Canalbegan at Eastham. In 1889, the State of Washington was admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
In 1911, many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.In 1918, World War I: Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting officially ended at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) and this is commemorated annually with a two minute silence. The war officially ended on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. Also in 1918, Józef Piłsudski assumed supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence. Also in 1918, Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. In 1919, the Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World. Also in 1919, Lāčplēša day – Latvian forces defeated the Freikorpsat Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. In 1921, the Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, was established. In 1930, Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. In 1934, the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia was opened. In 1940, World War II: Battle of Taranto – The Royal Navy launched the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto. Also in 1940, the German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan. Also in 1940, Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard killed 144 in the U.S. Midwest. In 1942, World War II: Nazi Germany completed its occupation of France.
In 1960, a military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was crushed. In 1961, thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in the course of the Kindu atrocity. In 1962, Kuwait's National Assembly ratified the Constitution of Kuwait. In 1965, in Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smithunilaterally declared independence. In 1966 NASA launched Gemini 12. In 1967, Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war were released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden. In 1968, Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal was to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. Also in 1968, a second republic was declared in the Maldives. In 1972, Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turned over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. In 1975, Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam, appointing Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announced a general election to be held in early December. Also in 1975, Independence of Angola. In 1981, Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. In 1992, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women to become priests. In 1993, a sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1999, the House of Lords Act was given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. In 2000, Kaprun disaster: 155 skiers and snowboarders died when a cable car caught fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. In 2001, journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Suttonand Volker Handloik were killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were travelling in. In 2004, New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior was dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington. In 2004, the Palestine Liberation Organizationconfirmed the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas was elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. In 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIunveiled the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army. In 2008, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) set sail on her final voyage to Dubai.In 2012, a strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hit northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
In 1805, Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Dürenstein – 8000 French troops attempt to slow the retreat of a vastly superior Russian and Austrian force. In 1813, War of 1812: Battle of Crysler's Farm – British and Canadian forces defeated a larger American force, causing the Americans to abandon their Saint Lawrence campaign. In 1831, in Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising. In 1839, the Virginia Military Institute is founded in Lexington, Virginia. In 1864, American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea – Union General William Tecumseh Sherman began burning Atlanta, Georgia to the ground in preparation for his march south. In 1865, Treaty of Sinchula was signed by which Bhutan ceded the areas east of the Teesta River to the British East India Company. In 1869, the Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act was enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the mythical Stolen Generations. In 1880, Australian bushranger Ned Kelly was hanged at Melbourne Gaol. In 1887, Anarchist Haymarket Martyrs August Spies, Albert Parsons, Adolph Fischer and George Engel were executed. Also in 1887, construction of the Manchester Ship Canalbegan at Eastham. In 1889, the State of Washington was admitted as the 42nd state of the United States.
In 1911, many cities in the Midwestern United States break their record highs and lows on the same day as a strong cold front rolls through.In 1918, World War I: Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne, France. The fighting officially ended at 11:00 a.m., (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month) and this is commemorated annually with a two minute silence. The war officially ended on the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28 June 1919. Also in 1918, Józef Piłsudski assumed supreme military power in Poland - symbolic first day of Polish independence. Also in 1918, Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power. In 1919, the Centralia Massacre in Centralia, Washington results the deaths of four members of the American Legion and the lynching of a local leader of the Industrial Workers of the World. Also in 1919, Lāčplēša day – Latvian forces defeated the Freikorpsat Riga in the Latvian War of Independence. In 1921, the Tomb of the Unknowns was dedicated by US President Warren G. Harding at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System, including U.S. Route 66, was established. In 1930, Patent number US1781541 was awarded to Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd for their invention, the Einstein refrigerator. In 1934, the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia was opened. In 1940, World War II: Battle of Taranto – The Royal Navy launched the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italian fleet at Taranto. Also in 1940, the German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan. Also in 1940, Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard killed 144 in the U.S. Midwest. In 1942, World War II: Nazi Germany completed its occupation of France.
In 1960, a military coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam was crushed. In 1961, thirteen Italian Air Force servicemen, deployed to the Congo as a part of the UN peacekeeping force are massacred by a mob in the course of the Kindu atrocity. In 1962, Kuwait's National Assembly ratified the Constitution of Kuwait. In 1965, in Rhodesia (modern-day Zimbabwe), the white-minority government of Ian Smithunilaterally declared independence. In 1966 NASA launched Gemini 12. In 1967, Vietnam War: In a propaganda ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, three American prisoners of war were released by the Viet Cong and turned over to "new left" antiwar activist Tom Hayden. In 1968, Vietnam War: Operation Commando Hunt initiated. The goal was to interdict men and supplies on the Ho Chi Minh trail, through Laos into South Vietnam. Also in 1968, a second republic was declared in the Maldives. In 1972, Vietnam War: Vietnamization – The United States Army turned over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. In 1975, Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the government of Gough Whitlam, appointing Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announced a general election to be held in early December. Also in 1975, Independence of Angola. In 1981, Antigua and Barbuda joins the United Nations. In 1992, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women to become priests. In 1993, a sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1999, the House of Lords Act was given Royal Assent, restricting membership of the British House of Lords by virtue of a hereditary peerage. In 2000, Kaprun disaster: 155 skiers and snowboarders died when a cable car caught fire in an alpine tunnel in Kaprun, Austria. In 2001, journalists Pierre Billaud, Johanne Suttonand Volker Handloik were killed in Afghanistan during an attack on the convoy they were travelling in. In 2004, New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior was dedicated at the National War Memorial, Wellington. In 2004, the Palestine Liberation Organizationconfirmed the death of Yasser Arafat from unidentified causes. Mahmoud Abbas was elected chairman of the PLO minutes later. In 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIunveiled the New Zealand War Memorial in London, United Kingdom, commemorating the loss of soldiers from the New Zealand Army and the British Army. In 2008, RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) set sail on her final voyage to Dubai.In 2012, a strong earthquake with the magnitude 6.8 hit northern Burma, killing at least 26 people.
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Today's reading: Jeremiah 48-49, Hebrews 7 (NIV)
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Today's Old Testament reading: Jeremiah 48-49
A Message About Moab
1 Concerning Moab:
This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says:
“Woe to Nebo, for it will be ruined.
Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised no more;
in Heshbon people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’
You, the people of Madmen, will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee! Run for your lives;
become like a bush in the desert.
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh will go into exile,
together with his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau destroyed,
because the LORD has spoken.
9 Put salt on Moab,
for she will be laid waste;
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them....
Kiriathaim will be disgraced and captured;
the stronghold will be disgraced and shattered.
2 Moab will be praised no more;
in Heshbon people will plot her downfall:
‘Come, let us put an end to that nation.’
You, the people of Madmen, will also be silenced;
the sword will pursue you.
3 Cries of anguish arise from Horonaim,
cries of great havoc and destruction.
4 Moab will be broken;
her little ones will cry out.
5 They go up the hill to Luhith,
weeping bitterly as they go;
on the road down to Horonaim
anguished cries over the destruction are heard.
6 Flee! Run for your lives;
become like a bush in the desert.
7 Since you trust in your deeds and riches,
you too will be taken captive,
and Chemosh will go into exile,
together with his priests and officials.
8 The destroyer will come against every town,
and not a town will escape.
The valley will be ruined
and the plateau destroyed,
because the LORD has spoken.
9 Put salt on Moab,
for she will be laid waste;
her towns will become desolate,
with no one to live in them....
Today's New Testament reading: Hebrews 7
Melchizedek the Priest
1 This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever.
4 Just think how great he was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder! 5 Now the law requires the descendants of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their fellow Israelites—even though they also are descended from Abraham. 6 This man, however, did not trace his descent from Levi, yet he collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. 7 And without doubt the lesser is blessed by the greater. 8In the one case, the tenth is collected by people who die; but in the other case, by him who is declared to be living. 9 One might even say that Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham, 10 because when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the body of his ancestor....
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Morning
The word refuge may be translated "mansion," or "abiding- place," which gives the thought that God is our abode, our home. There is a fulness and sweetness in the metaphor, for dear to our hearts is our home, although it be the humblest cottage, or the scantiest garret; and dearer far is our blessed God, in whom we live, and move, and have our being. It is at home that we feel safe: we shut the world out and dwell in quiet security. So when we are with our God we "fear no evil." He is our shelter and retreat, our abiding refuge. At home, we take our rest; it is there we find repose after the fatigue and toil of the day. And so our hearts find rest in God, when, wearied with life's conflict, we turn to him, and our soul dwells at ease. At home, also, we let our hearts loose; we are not afraid of being misunderstood, nor of our words being misconstrued. So when we are with God we can commune freely with him, laying open all our hidden desires; for if the "secret of the Lord is with them that fear him," the secrets of them that fear him ought to be, and must be, with their Lord. Home, too, is the place of our truest and purest happiness: and it is in God that our hearts find their deepest delight. We have joy in him which far surpasses all other joy. It is also for home that we work and labour. The thought of it gives strength to bear the daily burden, and quickens the fingers to perform the task; and in this sense we may also say that God is our home. Love to him strengthens us. We think of him in the person of his dear Son; and a glimpse of the suffering face of the Redeemer constrains us to labour in his cause. We feel that we must work, for we have brethren yet to be saved, and we have our Father's heart to make glad by bringing home his wandering sons; we would fill with holy mirth the sacred family among whom we dwell. Happy are those who have thus the God of Jacob for their refuge!
Evening
No one will dispute this statement, for it would be unseemly for the servant to be exalted above his Master. When our Lord was on earth, what was the treatment he received? Were his claims acknowledged, his instructions followed, his perfections worshipped, by those whom he came to bless? No; "He was despised and rejected of men." Outside the camp was his place: cross-bearing was his occupation. Did the world yield him solace and rest? "Foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head." This inhospitable country afforded him no shelter: it cast him out and crucified him. Such--if you are a follower of Jesus, and maintain a consistent, Christ-like walk and conversation--you must expect to be the lot of that part of your spiritual life which, in its outward development, comes under the observation of men. They will treat it as they treated the Saviour--they will despise it. Dream not that worldlings will admire you, or that the more holy and the more Christ-like you are, the more peaceably people will act towards you. They prized not the polished gem, how should they value the jewel in the rough? "If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?" If we were more like Christ, we should be more hated by his enemies. It were a sad dishonour to a child of God to be the world's favourite. It is a very ill omen to hear a wicked world clap its hands and shout "Well done" to the Christian man. He may begin to look to his character, and wonder whether he has not been doing wrong, when the unrighteous give him their approbation. Let us be true to our Master, and have no friendship with a blind and base world which scorns and rejects him. Far be it from us to seek a crown of honour where our Lord found a coronet of thorns.
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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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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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