Bairnsdale Conservative: Sat 11th December 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

Biden 'popularity' plummets as he struggles to stand upright. It is elder abuse as Democrats exploit Biden merely because he wears the suit they have given him over decades. However, he wore that suit for decades, and every choice he made lead him to being exploited as an old man. It is hard to be sympathetic to a man who is responsible for the deaths of the Malaysian flight shot down over Ukraine by Russian separatists after Biden set up a sting. Or, responsible for sexual assaults on various women in his life. Or, responsible for outrageous behaviours to minors. Or, connected to corruption and pilfering by family in influence trading around the world. Was he ever popular? Where is the evidence?

Rittenhouse accusers double down on lies they told prior to verdict acquitting Rittenhouse of wrongdoing. It is apparent the FBI were behind riots that opposed Trump under the aegis of Black Lives Matter or ANTIFA.

Cancel culture meets Fatty Arbuckle standard as leftists bend over backwards to excuse Alec Baldwin and fallen Empire star, Jussie Smollett. It is worth noting now, a hundred years later, Fatty Arbuckle was clean cut, and accused by a blackmailer of a rape there is still no evidence even suggesting he committed. Fatty had just let his hair down with a San Francisco party that got wild, and one party goes died from their addiction. Fatty cared for them as a responsible person, and that opened him to a blackmailer and an ambitious district attorney. Media, including Hearst's empire impugned Fatty for their own ends. Hollywood was, then, as now, a hot bed for licentious behaviour. So Arbuckle was unjustly persecuted, and following his acquittal, spent most of the next decade unable to work. He died attempting a comeback. Is that the road for Rittenhouse? Baldwin? Smollett?

Following is what jurors wrote about Arbuckle as they acquitted him on his third trial.

Acquittal is not enough for Roscoe Arbuckle. We feel that a great injustice has been done him. We feel also that it was only our plain duty to give him this exoneration, under the evidence, for there was not the slightest proof adduced to connect him in any way with the commission of a crime. He was manly throughout the case and told a straightforward story on the witness stand, which we all believed. The happening at the hotel was an unfortunate affair for which Arbuckle, so the evidence shows, was in no way responsible. We wish him success and hope that the American people will take the judgment of fourteen men and woman who have sat listening for thirty-one days to evidence, that Roscoe Arbuckle is entirely innocent and free from all blame.

How would ANTIFA or BLM respond to Arbuckle today?

Today is a big day for

In 65 BC, Cicero gave the fourth and final of the Catiline Orations. In 1408, Emir Edigu of Golden Horde reached Moscow. In 1484, Pope Innocent VIII issued the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputised Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany. In 1492, Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic). In 1496, King Manuel I of Portugal issued a decree of expulsion of "heretics" from the country. In 1766, in London, James Christie held his first sale.

In 1831, former U.S. President John Quincy Adams took his seat in the House of Representatives. In 1847, Jefferson Davis was elected to the U.S. senate, his first political post. In 1848, California Gold Rush: In a message to the United States Congress, U.S. President James K. Polk confirmed that large amounts of gold had been discovered in California. In 1876, the Brooklyn Theater Fire killed at least 278 people in Brooklyn, New York. In 1916, British premier H. H. Asquith resigned from his post. In 1932, German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein was granted an American visa. In 1933, Prohibition in the United States ended: Utah became the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment. (This overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States.)

In 1941, World War II: In the Battle of Moscow, Georgy Zhukov launched a massive Soviet counter-attack against the German army, with the biggest offensive launched against Army Group Centre. Also, World War II: Great Britain declared war on Finland, Hungary and Romania. In 1943, World War II: U.S. Army Air Force began attacking Germany's secret weapons bases in Operation Crossbow. In 1945, Flight 19 was lost in the Bermuda Triangle.

In 1969, the four node ARPANET network was established. In 1977, Egypt broke diplomatic relations with Syria, Libya, Algeria, Iraq and South Yemen. The move was in retaliation for the Declaration of Tripoli against Egypt. In 1978, the Soviet Union signed a "friendship treaty" with the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. In 2004, the Civil Partnership Act came into effect in the United Kingdom, and the first civil partnership was registered there.In 2006, Commodore Frank Bainimarama overthrew the government in Fiji.

=== From 2020 ===

PJ Media, balanced reporting group, have published an article claiming that the 2020 election was likely not fraudulently drawn, but a result of big tech creating a new lobby effort which institutionalises bias. It is true that big tech have done just that. However, Trump over-performed in the election forcing a Dem cabal to resort to voter fraud and it wasn't finessed as it had been in the past. In fact, it is obvious. Circumstantial evidence points to Biden not being popular at all, and not outperforming Obama by tens of millions. Circumstantial evidence points to it being unlikely 16.7% of counties favouring Biden elected him President, even with up to 350% of votes in a voting area favouring Biden. We have testimony of late postal votes being delivered over state lines in their hundreds of thousands. We know the vote system was vulnerable to outside influence and that checks and balances ensuring a fair election were removed. We know the fraud was prepared in advance, multi pronged, with the COVID health scare employed to overturn voting regulations ensuring fairness. We know voters favoured GOP in down votes on Senate and the house. Trump won fairly. Biden is attempting to steal the election, as Hillary attempted in 2016 with the Russia hoax, for which she has not served jail time, yet.

Is COVID hysteria entirely so China can influence the US election outcome? Were the lockdowns in Europe and Australia so that US states could claim a state of emergency and allow for dysfunctional voting procedure? Is it the case that people have died as a result of COVID hysteria, while the worst affected by COVID are not dying in the same numbers as they were pre-COVID?

There are reports on a Lt General McInerney claiming the Dominion server which was used to change votes and 'elect' Biden has been seized from a CIA site in Germany. Some US soldiers died. Details will be privy to SCOTUS. If true, several significant peoples on Democrat side face treason accusations. Several Deep State operatives face treason accusations. Could the first 'black President' of the United States face justice for his crimes? NB AFP fact check denies claim.

How did #FakeNews predict a blue wave from 16.7% of counties favouring Biden? How did they measure voter fraud? How come #FakeNews is now unaware of voter fraud? Is it now the case that Democrat tactics are to force SCOTUS to make a decision so they can then claim SCOTUS is compromised?

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. Recently, 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.

=== From 2017 ===

Don't give up on hope. Mainstream press are not covering it, but the US embassy in Israel has been moved by Donald Trump to Jerusalem where it belongs. Terrorists will be losing face with their supporters. It is the third big triumph for Trump today, who also saw the Supreme Court pass his travel ban and the Senate his tax reform.

Trump supports Alabama GOP candidate Roy Moore. Backsliding GOP re endorse him. FBI hunt and destroy General Mike Flynn. Mike Flynn has confessed to nothing of substance, but the establishment has leaked, exposing security operations so as to get him. Mueller let Mark Felt get away with abuse of power. What is different? Is it that Flynn is actually competent while Felt protected the Weather Underground terrorist movement and lied about Nixon?

Meanwhile the Australian senate passed a censure motion against Milo Yiannopoulos, which should be noted as an abuse of power. Milo is not a terrorist supporter. Some say Milo says rude, provocative things, but then so do a lot of terrorist supporters and the senate says nothing about them.

Victorian power bills surge another $277 on top of other recent price increases. Christmas trading is down in Australian retail sectors as Turnbull's clumsy political handling of everything frightens shoppers. Four ALP may lose seats for being dual citizens.

=== from 2016 ===

A centre-ist Italian PM who promoted leftist issues has resigned after a failed attempt to pass draconian legislation. A great NZ PM has resigned on top, after eight years, to be with family. He leaves NZ in great shape. Australian PM, Malcolm Turnbull is getting increasingly desperate. Turnbull cannot do anything worthwhile, so instead he has disbanded the “Green Army” for cost savings (it had been Tony Abbott’s idea) and attempts to legislate for a carbon dioxide tax. Such a tax would be regressive and do little for Australia as the US gets ready to dismantle her entanglements with AGW theory. Carbon Dioxide has nothing to do with so called climate change. The tax will only hurt business and consumers. But Malcolm Turnbull wants to assure his place in history. Another Turnbull move to be anticipated is an attempt to legislate gay marriage. Posterity is very important to Malcolm, and it is obvious if he isn’t rolled by the Liberals, he will lose to the ALP next election. For the empty suit, he might go down in flames, or succeed in bad policy. Gillard is MT’s model.

=== from 2015 ===

Australia has significant debt which has to be paid. It should not be left to our children to pay for it. If we do, our children, or their children, may have to go entirely without something we take for granted. We have a spending problem. We could cut some spending on Education to improve the spending we already have. A second English teacher in front of the top English class in year 10 is probably a waste of resources. It would be of more immediate benefit to Math students in the lower middle to work on basics. That does not cost much. But failure to do so ay mean we have no money for remedial work at all, going forward. And it is similar with bloated services in Health and public administration. At the moment, we have bureaucrats without jobs. Get rid of Climate Change department before we have to ditch meteorology.

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

From 2014

ALP opposition

Shorten still fails and so promotes independent parties. The ALP has said 'no' to almost all government legislation, including legislation the ALP put in place or backed while in office. The result is that minority parties have extraordinary power, but the results are a dysfunctional parliament which upsets the voting public. The government has been relentless, and so a desperate Palmer has pushed his party to fracture when it had every single advantage. PUP could have become a deal breaker, and been credited with bringing in needed reform in Health, Education and Welfare. Instead it has a voting record which closely matches the ALP and a history of being unable to keep its own promises. Even if Palmer himself survives his court cases politically, he has junked his reputation. Lambie, a former PUP, has opposed legislation allowing children that ALP failed to drown out of detention. PUP Lazarus has not opposed that legislation, but has said he found it very confronting. He really wanted those children detained, presumably. Sarah Hanson Young (Green) was appalled that the government would free those children. The media is desperately pointing at polls and hysterically claiming that the government is doomed come the next election. They point to alleged division within government ranks and claim Mr Hockey is to blame for the ALP failing to assert itself. It may well be true that Joe has destroyed the ALP with his budget, but that is not yet widely recognised. Even if an election were called tomorrow, all that would happen would be the public recognition that the ALP have no policy.

ABC struggling to come to terms with children they couldn't drown being freed from detention. When the ALP were in government, it was easy for the ABC, as all they needed to do was ignore the issue, or claim there was no solution. Now they report on the problem and blame the government when it was the fault of the previous government. Meanwhile, 7:30 report finished by highlighting thirty years of partisan politics resulting in systemic failure. Quentin Dempster mentioned he had campaigned against Joh Bjelke-Petersen in Queensland before coming to NSW to campaign against the Liberals. He gloated at how he shielded successive ALP governments from criticism.

Quantising ALP debt isn't hard. It is that big. Bolt posts Hekler's suggestions.

Example 1. The debt left by the Labor party is so great that if we took half of everything earned by every Australian for two years the debt would return to zero.
Example 2. The debt left by the Labor party is so great that if we stopped every Social Security payment for three years the debt would return to zero.
Example 3. The debt left by the Labor party is so great that if we spent no money on health for seven years the debt would return to zero.
Example 4. The debt left by the Labor party is so great that if we spent no money on education for 14 years the debt would return to zero
Example 5. The debt left by the Labor party is so great that if we spent no money on defence for 19 years the debt would return to zero

Chris Bowen admits the ALP has no policy. In an interview with Tony Jones Bowen claims he would reinstate cancelled spending by the Libs, but had no way of paying for that promise, beyond extending debt.

Left wing fantasy land is built where according to Bolt "Passion trumps truth. Hatred substitutes for an understanding of the other." Bolt lists examples, but that list is not exhaustive.

Other issues

Clive Palmer is failing to stay afloat. He is losing court cases and pursued by journalists and China. Instead of making fiends, he has tried to control people, and so his power is failing. Soon he will be as pathetic as a teary Joh Bjelke-Petersen locked in Queensland's parliament having lost election after following Palmer's advice.

Cuneen vs ICAC. ICAC are desperate to be torn apart before they have to finish investigations into the ALP. To that end they have had an investigation into the conservative NSW government that has not shown any corruption, but has claimed scalps. But the disciplined LNP in NSW has weathered the storm. So the ICAC are upping the ante. Prosecutor Cuneen has been maliciously accused of advising her son's girlfriend to avoid breath testing when she had had no alcohol in her system. There is nothing to investigate. But if the ICAC do investigate, they can fish for things that are irrelevant. Few individuals, no matter how virtuous would stand up to such probing. But the ICAC have been denied their attempt at corrupt investigation. But they are appealing the decision based on principle. They really want to be wound up for corruption before they have to investigate the ALP.

The issue of blacks dying resisting arrest. The US does not have a problem with racist policeman. Two recent celebrated cases show conclusively that the real issue is the pop culture mentality of those resisting arrest. If a policeman detains you, you go do as you are told and let the courts and lawyers settle it. It isn't the job of the police to play with idiots resisting arrest. But then, tragically, the miscarriage of justice with the arrest of Rodney King has it that any idiot can get rich resisting arrest. And they can. But they can also die.

Frightbat's tragic tale of an untouched hand as Blair reports on Clementine Ford's boarding of a train and not having her hand touched. Apparently men are awful.

From 2013

Much needs to be done, it is hard to know where to start. One important agenda item is to do with the ABC. It won't be fixed at once, as there is a culture of corruption pervading it from the lowest levels to the top. It is important to have a national broadcaster. It isn't desirable to have a bad one. I believe the news and current affair element needs to be separated. The infotainment that has resulted from the abysmal journalism service has obfuscated all of the most important events of the last forty years. While people would be aware of the role of the ABC in bringing about a diplomatic incident with Indonesia, they would not be aware of how the ABC has protected ALP from corruption investigation. Consider the following Media Watch questions to Tim Blair following the story of a constituent of Nathan Reese having an affair with him. Reese had confessed to parliament his misjudgement and stood aside from his portfolio.

Media Watch asked:1. Were you aware at the time of publication that this story had been rejected by two other media outlets?2. Did that give you any concerns?3. Why did you decide it was in the public interest to reveal what several commentators have described as a private matter?4. Why did you not reveal the name of the woman involved, given that the credibility and completeness of her account may be at issue?5. Were you concerned about this woman’s reported connection to people in the NSW ALP?

The serious issue involved a shadow police minister and a former Premier. The possibility of corruption and blackmail is strong. It is hard to know under what circumstances it would not be in the public interest to run the story. Now consider my issue in finding a reporter for the issue of dead schoolboy Hamidur Rahman and a bungled pedophile investigation at Campbelltown PAHS. I have, through no fault of my own, been unemployed since July 2007. My life savings is gone. I have been illegally blacklisted. My citizenship evidence was destroyed by Bob Carr. I have been denied legal aid because of my race. I have been harassed for being fat and US born by my equal opportunity employer. I have been paid less than award wage by the government under Gillard's Fair Work legislation. My life has been threatened by a known hit man. I have privately engaged with the ALP on many occasions to get the issue sorted without public fuss. Keep in mind, I have never been allowed to put my position before any court. I gave some information to the NSW coroner, but they ignored it after the police incompetently, or corruptly, failed to examine it.

I know journalists of all ages and descriptions. A former student of mine who was a cadet journalist said they couldn't help because it was 'above their pay grade.' A senior journalist has told me they have been instructed by editors they cannot report on my issue. These questions from Media Watch illustrate why it is so hard for me to get my story told, despite extreme privation and substantial evidence.

The ABC can no longer merely balance their abysmal service. We don't need them to lie about conservatives. We need them to report impartially. They have failed by any measure.

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, Revelation 1

Prologue

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Greetings and Doxology

John,

To the seven churches in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;
and all peoples on earth “will mourn because of him.”
So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

John’s Vision of Christ

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

“Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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https://rumble.com/vqjf1q-ep.-1665-the-worst-case-of-gaslighting-ive-ever-seen-the-dan-bongino-show.html
Justice comes for Juicy. Also, Biden did it. He demanded the media kiss his rear end, and they immediately complied. In this episode I provide the receipts showing they’re covering up this disastrous economy.

News Picks:

Inflation is surging.
The White House propaganda sessions on the economy must be working.
It’s about to get a lot worse for Biden.
Here are the Democrats who fell for the Juicy Smoliet hoax.
Have aliens visited earth?
A dozen cities blew away their murder records, and they all have this in common.
Rumble is preparing to take on Amazon.
Democrats are struggling over their plan to cut taxes for rich liberals.
This liberal lecturer is raking in huge speaking fees.

=== Bongino Headlines ===

It’s a Scorcher: Bidenflation Surges to 39-Year High READ MORE

Prosecution Rests in Ghislaine Maxwell Trial

Far From Over: City of Chicago to Continue Pursuing Lawsuit Against Jussie Smollett

Solar Company Owned by Biden Megadonor Scores $500 Million Federal Loan

Senate Confirms Biden’s Controversial Border Patrol Commissioner Nominee

GOP Now Leads Dems by 10 Points on Generic Ballot

Mask Mandates Reinstated in New York

Capitol Hill
Moderate and Vulnerable Dems Break From Biden Ahead of Midterms
Biden Switches Seats to Avoid Sitting Next to VP Harris at Bob Dole Ceremony
White House Shifts Tone on Law and Order as Crime Surge Persists
Biden Signs Executive Orders to Make All Government Vehicles Electric
Psaki Says White House Will Impose More Iran Sanctions If Diplomacy Fails
Psaki Grilled on Biden’s Travel Ban on Southern African Countries
Biden Loses His Grip on His Party
Rand Paul: Republicans Mustn’t Enable Biden’s Overspending by Waiving PAYGO
Dems Revamp Student Loan Debt “Cancellation” Push
Trust in Presidency, Congress, Military, and Media in Free Fall

Culture War
Don Lemon Throws Jussie Smollett Under the Bus
SCOTUS Allows Challenge to Texas Abortion Law to Proceed While Law Remains in Effect
New York City Grants Noncitizens the Right to Vote in Local Elections
A Look at Biden’s Insane, Racist Pick for U.S. Attorney of Massachusetts
MSNBC Contributor Calls for Federal Takeover of Elections in Texas
Trump: “Laughable” to Claim Media Tougher on Biden
Fox News Christmas Tree Rebuilt After Arson
“Let’s Go Brandon” Boat Wins Christmas Lights Contest Then Gets Disqualified
USA Today Ponders If Math Is Racist
Never Forget Everyone Who Fell for Jussie Smollett’s Obvious Hoax

Economy
Drilling CEO Says Gas Prices Headed Higher Under Biden
China’s DiDi to Delist From New York Stock Exchange
AMC CEO Sells $9.65 Million in Shares
Casinos Book Highest Profits Ever in 2021
Amtrak Likely to Cut Services Over Federal Vax Mandate
There’s Still $500 Billion in Unspent COVID Relief Funds
Black Lives Matter Calls for Boycott of “White Companies”
California Sets Date for Ban on New Gas Powered Generators, Lawnmowers, and Leaf Blowers
Biden Brags About Gas Prices Going Down Seven Cents

Swamp Watch
Marco Rubio Demands Answers From NY Times on Uyghur Genocide Coverup
Hospitals That Laid Off Workers Due to Vax Mandates Now Overwhelmed
Pilot David Rogers Reveals More High-Profile Names Who Flew With Jeffrey Epstein
Border Patrol Agents to Undergo “Woke” Training Amid Border Crisis
FBI Director Wray Under Fire for Denying Violent Antifa Militants Are an “Organization”
Blue States Lead Rise in COVID Hospitalizations
Pelosi Said Capitol Is Safer One Day Before Man Got Through Security With Gun
Mark Meadows: DOJ Tried to Redact Russiagate Materials Minutes Before Biden Sworn In

National Security
Realigning the U.S. Navy For a 21st Century Role
DARPA Is Investigating Methods to Wirelessly Charge Drone Swarms
This is the Second Step in U.S. Army Aviation’s Transformation
How the Commanding Officer of US Navy SEAL Team 8 Was Lost
Calls Become Increasingly Urgent to Improve Guam’s Missile Defenses
USS Daniel Inouye Commissioned by the U.S. Navy
2022: A Year of Crisis in Eastern Europe (Not Just Ukraine)?
Although the U.S. Just Ended Combat in Iraq, Thousands of Troops Will Stay Put for Now
Biden Admin Reportedly Plans On Advising Ukraine To Hand Over Territory To Russia

Around the World
Hate Crimes Against Christians Are Up 70% in Europe
U.S. Wins Appeal to Extradite Julian Assange From U.K.
French Minister Says There Will Be No Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympic Games
Italy Hands Out Over 900 Fines On First Day of “Super Green Pass” and Restrictions on Public Transport
As Poorer Countries Go Without, WHO Warns Against Vaccine Hoarding
UK Conservative Accuses Party of Moving in “Tyrannical Direction”, Resigns Live on Air
As Russia Waits for Next Move By Biden, Kremlin Keeps Tensions High Over Ukraine
“Do It Yourself” Suicide Pod May Be Ready for Swiss Market by Next Year
Israel Meets With U.S. Officials at Pentagon to Discuss Joint Military Readiness to Face Iran

Opinion
Newt Gingrich: Big Government Socialism Isn’t Working
Laura Hollis: The Left’s Coup Is the Overthrow of Truth
Cal Thomas: Putin Knows Biden Is Weak
Judge Andrew P. Napolitano: Abortion and the Constitution
Larry Elder: If the Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, What Happens?
Jackie Cushman: Note to Georgia’s Republican Candidates: Be for Something in 2022
Kurt Schlichter: Why Is Dr. Oz Running as a Republican?
R. Emmett Tyrrell: Is This the Answer to Abortion for Some Women?
Veronique de Rugy: Government Isn’t Required to Build Back Better

Entertainment
Celebs Who Promoted Jussie Smollett Hoax on Guilty Verdict: *Crickets*
Denzel Washington Speaks Out About His Christian Beliefs To NY Times, Dismisses Hollywood Focus On Racial Diversity
In First Sit-Down Interview Travis Scott Denies Knowing Fans Were Injured in Deadly Astroworld Concert
Star Trek Star Wil Wheaton Calls Dave Chappelle A “Bigot” And “Piece Of S***” After Netflix Announced The Comedian Will Headline “Netflix Is A Joke Festival”
Britney Spears Wins Another Legal Battle Connected To Conservatorship
Video Flashback: Dave Chappelle Roasts Jussie Smollett For Faking Hate Crime
80’s LA Lakers HBO Series “Winning Time” Releases First Trailer & Images
Netflix Drops New Cobra-Kai Season 4 Trailer

Sports
UPenn Trans Swimmer’s Teammate Speaks Out
Bob Costas Rips NBA, LeBron James, and Colin Kaepernick for Not Addressing China’s Human Rights Abuses
Despite Withdrawing From 2020 Olympics, Time Magazine Names Simone Biles “Athlete of the Year”
Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes Nominated for the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award
Maryland Governor Irks Critics by Calling Washington NFL Team by Original “Redskins” Name
Amazon Looking to Challenge Sports Media with Daily Shows
Charles Barkley Reveals He Named His Daughter After Delaware Mall
After Turning Down Rehab WWE Releases Jeff Hardy

=== Newsmax Headlines ===

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis on Friday estimating that President Joe Biden's 'Build Back Better' (BBB) plan could increase the federal deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade if the proposed programs are made permanent. [Full Story]

Rep. Biggs: The Unborn Have the 'Right to Life' |

Justice Roberts Refuses to Halt Airline Mask Mandate

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a request to [Full Story]

Newsfront

Biden Pays Tribute to 'Genuine Hero' Bob Dole

Navy Commander Fired Over Vaccine Refusal

A Navy commander has been fired from his job as the executive officer of a warship because he refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine as required and refused to be tested for the virus, Navy officials said Friday.Cmdr. Lucian Kins was relieved of his duties Friday as second in...... [Full Story]

Oklahoma National Guard: Vaccine Refusal Could End Military Careers

Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino, the head of the Oklahoma National Guard, [Full Story]

Mike Huckabee Hosts Christmas Special Featuring President Trump

Former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee [Full Story] |

Dems Quiet After Kellogg's Announces Permanent Replacement of Union Workers

House and Senate Democrats have been quiet as Kellogg's is set to [Full Story]

=== Viva Barnes News ===

1. Almost as if the timing of this leak and the reason for the investigation might be to deter stock drops? "The U.S. probe opens yet another front in an already treacherous era for those who try to profit on stock drops." https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/hedge-funds-ensnared-in-expansive-doj-probe-into-short-selling-1.1694005

2. Almost as if the vaccine doesn't stop transmission, eh? https://www.jpost.com/health-and-wellness/coronavirus/most-reported-us-omicron-cases-have-hit-the-fully-vaccinated-cdc-688433

3. How to make record-setting inflation go away? Well, just redefine it, of course. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/and-just-inflation-about-disappear

4. Even a few Democratic courts waking up. https://whyy.org/articles/pennsylvania-high-court-throws-out-mask-mandate-for-schools/

5. As much as its auditor authors tried to hide it, "the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty has compiled its findings — which set off alarm bells about the state’s massive election integrity shortcomings and reveal weaknesses the swing state must shore up before the next election." https://thefederalist.com/2021/12/10/5-biggest-takeaways-from-the-latest-review-of-wisconsins-rigged-2020-election/

*Bonus: The secret diet? Beer, beer, and more beer. https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019/04/05/man-loses-more-than-30-pounds-drinking-only-beer-during-lent/

*Bonus2: Populism is popular with minority working class voters, too. "In reality, Trump’s messaging was received more positively by minorities." https://unherd.com/thepost/hispanic-americans-are-no-longer-minority-voters/

===

Here is a video I made "American Tune"

https://rumble.com/vcet23-american-tune.html

"American Tune" is a song written and first performed by Paul Simon. The song first appeared on There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), Simon's second solo album following the breakup of Simon and Garfunkel. It was also released as a single, Columbia 45900, which eventually reached #35 on the Billboard charts in the United States
== 
It is a depressing lyric and not one I agree with, but I am feeling sick and it feels appropriate.

=== From 2020 ===

How will Swing states argue Texas lawsuit? Will they ask for a safe space from questions? Will they stand their ground and say that they embody the constitution and what they have done, they have done? To date, despite the clear evidence of voter fraud in millions of ballots, left wing media have refused to address the issue. The Texas lawsuit does not rest on voter fraud. Texans who voted have had their votes devalued by unlawful and unjust voting practice ostensibly established as COVID protection. Statistics up to June regarding the politics of COVID was stark. COVID kills left wing peoples in numbers an order of magnitude greater than conservatives. Some have said that is because lockdowns, face masks etc etc aren't effective against that kind of 'flu, but simple hygiene measures left wingers resist are effective. But left wingers know it is because COVID is very political. We don't yet know how SCOTUS might act. Will they direct the states to remedy via their own mechanism in legislature? Had the shoe been on the other foot, what would Ginsburg have done?

===

https://www.newsmax.com/us/response-court-fraud/2020/12/10/id/1000952/?oRef=mixi

As I predicted (see editorial), states failed to explain why they disenfranchised voters across America. They claim that evidence is nonsense. How will SCOTUS respond to the tacit admission of guilt? Will SCOTUS ignore what is essentially an existential threat to USA and her constitution?

===

In this episode, I discuss the troubling new revelations about the Biden Crime Family and their ties to Communist Chinese officials.

News Picks:
How bad is it going to get with the China story?
Facebook “fact-checker” fact-checks a critique of itself.
The Greenwald piece about the Hunter Biden criminal probe confirms our worst fears about the media.
Fakebook “fact-checker” relied on China to suppress free speech.
The tech tyrants at YouTube double-down on censorship.
Goya triggers AOC into the Phantom Zone.

=== Bongino Headlines ===

Capitol Hill
Tucker Carlson Rips Mainstream Media’s “Election Rigging” by Censoring Hunter Biden Story
Biden Picks YouTube Video Expert Susan Rice as Domestic Policy Adviser
Video Emerges of Fidel Castro Receiving Standing Ovation at Georgia Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock’s Church in 1995
Crenshaw Rips Pelosi for Stalling Coronavirus Relief Over Politics
Michigan Supreme Court Blocks Election Case from Being Heard
Lt. Col. Schaffer: Here’s the Evidence of Fraud
The Democratic Majority Leader Is Worried About The Democratic Majority
RNC Files Georgia Runoff Lawsuit to Prevent Another Election Debacle
President Trump Moves to Intervene in Texas SCOTUS Lawsuit
Weekday Poll (Rasmussen) – December 10: Trump Approval at 49%

Swamp Watch
Investigators Look Into Suspected Chinese Spy’s Ties to Rep. Swalwell’s Staff
Turns Out It Was the Media Who Was Influencing the Election by Hiding Legitimate Hunter Biden Story
Sen. Rubio Balks at Idea of Mayor Pete as Ambassador to China
Voter Fraud Never Happens… Except For All These Times When it Happened
Cover-Up to Continue? Networks Barely Mentioned Yesterday’s Hunter Biden Bombshell
Hunter Biden Tax Investigation Revelation Raises Serious Questions Over Why Media Covered Up of Laptop Story
Police Records Indicate Georgia Senate Candidate Warnock Was Uncooperative During 2002 Child Abuse Investigation
Biden Cabinet Pick Marcia Fudge Vouched for Judge Who Beat His Wife; Three Years Later He Murdered Her
Companies Owned By California Gov. Newsom Received Millions in Coronavirus Relief Funding
Poll: Voters Says Media Outlets Suffer From Severe Liberal Bias

Culture Wars
Flashback: CNN Said There’s No Evidence of Hunter Biden Corruption
Former Chinese State Secrecy Bureau and Military Engineers Now Work for YouTube
Lincoln Project’s Anti-Trump Ads Found to Have Opposite Effect in Swing States
Pennsylvania Principal Fired for Posting That She Would Rather Vote for a Potato Than Joe Biden
Obama Blames Rush & Fox for Turning Conservatives Against Him
AOC Tries to Say She Didn’t Call for Goya Boycott… She Did
Michigan Republicans Pull Committee Assignments from Democrat Who Posted ‘Warning’ to ‘Trumpers’
Corporatist Newspaper Owned By World’s Richest Man Warns That Republicans are Threat to Democracy
Virginia School Board Votes to Remove Thomas Jefferson’s Name From School for Some Reason
===

=== FB Memes and Memories ===

This little Rabbi gets on a train. At the next stop a group of Priests get on. After a while one of them goes to the Rabbi and says: "Why does everybody think that Jews are smarter than gentiles"? The Rabbi says that he is just a simple Rabbi and really doesn't want to get involved in this kind of discussion. The Priest insists and says that is wants to test the theory and make a bet.

The Priest says that he will pay the Rabbi $1,000 - if the Rabbi asks him a question that he can't answer, and that the Rabbi should pay him $1,000 - if he can ask the Rabbi a question that the Rabbi can't answer.

The Rabbi says that he is but a poor Rabbi and only has $50 - on him to prepare for Shabbat. The Priest says fine then we'll make it my $1,000 against your $50. The Rabbi sees that he can't get out of this so he agrees but on one condition; that he goes first.

The Priest agrees. The Rabbi asks the priest the following question: What kind of animal has the body of a lion, the face of a gorilla, the ears of a donkey, three sets of wings, hooves on it's front legs and 5 webbed toes on it's rear legs, swims under water and flies in the air?

The priest is taken aback and admits that he doesn't know then asks if he could consult with his fellow clergymen. The Rabbi agrees but after 10 minutes the Priest returns with no answer and hands over to the Rabbi $1,000.

He then asks the Rabbi what kind of animal was it?

The Rabbi says "how should I know"? and gives him his $50.
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A drunk stumbles along a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeds to walk down into the water and stand next to the Preacher.

The minister turns and notices the old drunk and says, "Mister, Are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes,Preacher. I sure am."

The minister then dunks the fellow under the water and pulls him right back up. "Have you found Jesus?" the preacher asked.

"No, I didn't!" said the drunk.

The preacher then dunks him under for quite a bit longer, brings him up and says, "Now, brother, have you found Jesus?"

"No, I did not Reverend."

The preacher in disgust holds the man under for at least 30 seconds this time brings him out of the water and says in a harsh tone, "My God, have you found Jesus yet?"

The old drunk wipes his eyes and says to the preacher... ..."Are you sure this is where he fell in?"
===

=== From 2017 ===

Don't give up on hope. Hurting Israel is straight out of the Obama/Clinton/Gillard/Rudd playbook, and that is what Australia's Libs, with foreign Minister and Deputy Lib leader Julie Bishop is doing when Australia abstained from a UN vote they should have said 'no' to. Mr Turnbull is not facing re election in his seat, and so the large Jewish presence has no influence over him. But this is not the fault of Jews, but the orders of the Clinton Foundation Turnbull and Bishop signed up to so as to get the expertise needed to roll Abbott. Israel will survive the hostile UN, but good people, and innocent ones, die direct as a result of the anti semitism carried in UN policy. The UN has endorsed terror and excused it, legitimising it as part of diplomacy. Partly because of numerous Islamic nations that are represented by terrorist sympathisers that bring Islam into disrepute. But, also because of cold war policies which Obama reinstated to address regional issues. There is no regional solution for Israel, but there are bilateral ones. Trump is aiming for peace in the middle east, and may achieve it because he is attempting bilateral solutions. Bishop, and the Liberal party, are endorsing the terror which brings Islam into disrepute and undermines bilateral talks by promoting regionalism. Turnbull has to go. So does Bishop. So does Pyne. That is essential for the Liberal Party to heal.

However, the rolling of Turnbull is unlikely to take place before the by election of John Alexander. It is worth noting Alexander should not be facing by election because he was never a dual citizen. But Turnbull panicked after dithering. December is the Killing season. Let the games begin.

The cost of outrageous Green policy regarding Green power is that it needs to be supplemented with reliable power. In this case, Diesel generators to prevent statewide blackouts in South Australia.

=== from 2016 ===

Headlines from Andrew Bolt "Liberal MP's fear Christians" and "Pope's Academy Tells Priests to teach Global Warming" and one gets a strange view of Christians. There is a God that Atheists don't believe in. That God is a ridiculous figure. However the God of the Bible is real. But to know the God of the bible, you need to read the bible. And not trip over what are lies. But the problem is that some calling themselves Christians are liars too. It takes time to learn right from wrong. Christian communities encourage teaching the young about their faith. Naturally there is resistance to that. Sometimes the way families raise children can be sick. But not even sick dysfunctional families want outside help. And sometimes outside help is itself bad, as when Obama hollowed out the national education authorities of the US and installed cronies.

The nature of divisive religious figures in the NSW liberal Party predates Greiner Days, but was overstated at the time to attack an effective administration. The Pope's message has been overstated too. The Pope is not a scientist, neither is the Pope using the bible to bolster AGW alarmism. However, many extremist left wing Catholics will use *anything* as an excuse to sell their religion which is not Christian but AGW alarmism. But the witless man can never know the truth. And that is the problem for US media and their allegations of "Fake News" to obfuscate over the fact their agenda is blown. They will keep hammering home the lie to convince the weak.

=== from 2015 ===

The other day I found a mock picture of Obama lying in a coffin. Not wanting to be banned from FB by a vocal left winger, I left it for several hours. Then, recognising it was provocative, I shared it under the caption "Too soon?" I don't want Obama dead. I want him humiliated. Obama has been, through his policy, directly responsible for the deaths of many, and the condemnation of many to poverty. His legacy of impotence and waste are matched by his mendacity and deliberate promotion of corrupt. Won't someone stand up for those who have so little, and yet Obama denies them affordable power through the billion dollar a day faux science of climate change? Or for those desperate to not be exposed to a murderous death cult regime in Ukraine or Middle East?

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

From 2014

Memory challenged terrorist David Hicks has recovered some forgotten memories and heckled Attorney General Brandis. It follows Obama's divisive effort to release a report into CIA interrogation methods employed against terrorists. It seems as if, in the absence of Snowden or Assange, Obama is trying to engineer jihadist riots.

Collected failed arguments against Hal Colebatch's well researched "Australia's Secret War" has many journalists and academics lying to attack Colebatch. They aren't restrained in their abuse, and bad things could happen to Colebatch from the pile on. Bolt recounts how Australia's greatest historian, Geoffrey Blainey, was taken down by such a pile on in the mid '80s. But, unlike Colebatch, Blainey had said something stupid while getting involved with the culture wars. The lesson of Blainey is that reflexive left wing bigotry must be opposed.

Reflexive left wing bigotry is part of the wider media too. Australia is culturally and ethnically diverse, but that is not reflected in drama, which often features Aboriginals or monochromatic leftwing issues of being gay and afraid to come out, or being accepted for taking drugs. A child died from the left wing belief that drinking unpasteurised milk is desirable. It is Russian Roulette. Also, it is a good idea to be vaccinated. But, there needs to be a way forward. Drama needs to reflect Australian realities and discuss issues relevant to all Australians. There needs to be a lot of drama which has Asian Australian leads tackling issues that every day Australians deal with, being part of a diverse culture, with Greek run glass makers, Asian run small businesses and white trash hate mongers unwilling to work to feed themselves. Maxmum Choppage, to be shown on ABC in the new year, is a start. Set in Cabramatta, but fictionalised. Timothy Ly's brainchild. How the ABC implement it remains to be seen.

Australian, for citizens, is something to be proud of. A cultural asset. So why are there racists wanting to implement constitutional racism to dis-endorse being Australian? Reflexive left wing bigotry. Bill Shorten is promising money Australia does not have. Media are not questioning his honesty. However, his behaviour in government is known. He is not responsible. He endorses racism. Meanwhile Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has broken his first promise, but it won't be the last.

ABC is partisan and Herald attacks Peta Credilin and Joe Hockey .. and Tony Abbott.

From 2013

Green ALP policy has meant a tourist was raped in inner Sydney recently, or that three drowned, including a toddler. It means that Australia's car industry will die. But it doesn't mean that the world is better off. It doesn't make it cooler around the world. It doesn't make it better for migrants keen to come to Australia. It doesn't mean that SMH readers are better informed. Instead we have the ludicrous situation where bad news is good for the ALP. Were there truth to Pickering's assertion about Borbidge, I'm sure the ALP in Queensland would have capitalised on it sooner. That they haven't says much.

There was much misogyny surrounding Gillard. Entirely of her making, and her communication chief's style. Obama understands the gravity of the passing of Mandela. His selfie reflects that. Greens assault good manners. ABC asks BBC to whitewash her. Fewer fires means the world is cooling .. and it is! Greenpeace threatens Christmas.

Historical perspective on this day

In 220, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate the Han Dynasty throne. The Cao Weiempire was established. The Three Kingdoms period began. In 361, Julian the Apostateentered Constantinople as sole Emperor of the Roman Empire. In 630, Muhammad led an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca. In 969, Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas was assassinated by his wife Theophano and her lover, the later Emperor John I Tzimiskes. In 1282, Battle of Orewin Bridge: Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, the last native Prince of Wales, was killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, in mid-Wales. In 1602, a surprise attack by forces under the command of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, was repelled by the citizens of Geneva. (Commemorated annually by the Fête de l'Escalade.) In 1688, Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, allegedly threw the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames. In 1789. the University of North Carolina was chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly. In 1792, French Revolution: King Louis XVI of France was put on trial for treason by the National Convention.

In 1815, the U.S. Senate created a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance. In 1816, Indianabecame the 19th U.S. state. In 1868, Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeated Paraguayanat the Battle of Avay. In 1905, a workers' uprising occurs in Kiev, Ukraine (then part of the Russian Empire), and established the Shuliavka Republic.In 1907, the New Zealand Parliament Buildings were almost completely destroyed by fire. In 1917, World War I: BritishGeneral Edmund Allenby entered Jerusalem on foot and declared martial law. In 1920, Irish War of Independence: In retaliation for an IRA ambush, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in Cork city. Many civilians also reported being beaten, shot at, robbed and verbally abused by British forces. In 1925, Roman Catholic papal encyclical Quas Primasintroduces the Feast of Christ the King. In 1927, Guangzhou Uprising: Communist Red Guards launched an uprising in Guangzhou, China, taking over most of the city and announcing the formation of a Guangzhou Soviet.

In 1931, Statute of Westminster 1931: The British Parliament established legislative equality between the UK and the Dominions of the Commonwealth—Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, South Africa, and Ireland. In 1934, Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, took his last drink and entered treatment for the last time.In 1936, Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII's abdication as King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, and Emperor of India, became effective. In 1937, Second Italo–Ethiopian War: Italy left the League of Nations. In 1941, World War II: Germany and Italydeclared war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declared war on them. Also, World War II: Poland declared war on the Empire of Japan. 1946, the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established. In 1948, 1948 Arab–Israeli War: The United Nations passed General Assembly Resolution 194, creating a Conciliation Commission to mediate the conflict. In 1958, French Upper Volta and French Dahomey gained self-government from France, becoming the Republic of Upper Volta and the Republic of Dahomey (now Benin), respectively, and joining the French Community. In 1960, French forces cracked down in a violent clash with protesters in French Algeria during a visit by French President Charles de Gaulle. In 1962, Arthur Lucas, convicted of murder, was the last person to be executed in Canada. In 1964, Che Guevara spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York. In 1968, The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus, featuring the Rolling Stones, Jethro Tull, the Who, Taj Mahal, Marianne Faithfull, and the Dirty Mac with Yoko Ono, was filmed in Wembley, London.

In 1972, Apollo 17 became the sixth and last Apollo mission to land on the Moon. In 1978, the Lufthansa heist was committed by a group led by Lucchese family associate Jimmy Burke. It was the largest cash robbery ever committed on American soil, at that time. In 1980, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) was enacted by the U.S. Congress. In 1981, El Mozote massacre: Armed forces in El Salvador killed an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the Salvadoran Civil War. In 1990, demonstrations by students and workers across Albania began, which eventually triggered the fall of communism in Albania. In 1993, forty-eight people were killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapsed near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In 1994, First Chechen War: Russian President Boris Yeltsin ordered Russian troops into Chechnya. Also, a bomb exploded on Philippine Airlines Flight 434, en route from Manila, Philippines, to Tokyo, Japan, killing one. The captain was able to safely land the plane. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocolopened for signature. In 1998, Thai Airways Flight 261 crashed near Surat Thani Airport, killing 101. The pilot flying the Thai Airways Airbus A310-300 was thought to have suffered spatial disorientation.

In 2001, the People's Republic of China joined the World Trade Organization. In 2005, the Buncefield Oil Depot caught fire in Hemel Hempstead, England, United Kingdom. In 2005, Cronulla riots: Thousands of Australians demonstrated against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese (and many who are not) in Cronulla, New South Wales, Australia. These were followed up by retaliatory ethnic attacks on Cronulla. In 2006, the International Conference to Review the Global Vision of the Holocaust was opened in Tehran, Iran, by then-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; nations such as Israel and the United States expressed concern. In 2006, Felipe Calderón, the President of Mexico, launched a military-led offensive to put down the drug cartel violence in the state of Michoacán. This effort was often regarded as the first event in the Mexican Drug War. In 2007, Insurgency in the Maghreb: Two car bombs exploded in Algiers, Algeria, one near the Supreme Constitutional Court and the other near the offices of the United Nations. In 2008, Bernard Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. In 2012, at least 125 people were killed and up to 200 injured in bombings in the Alawite village of Aqrab, Syria.

=== Bible Reading ===

Today's reading: Hosea 1-4, Revelation 1 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Hosea 1-4

¹ The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel:

Hosea’s Wife and Children

² When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.” ³ So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

⁴ Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. ⁵ In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel....”

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

Today's New Testament reading: Revelation 1

Prologue

¹ The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, ² who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. ³ Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

Greetings and Doxology

⁴ John,

To the seven churches in the province of Asia:

Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, ⁵and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, ⁶and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen....

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

=== Morning and Evening ===

Morning

"So shall we ever be with the Lord."
1 Thessalonians 4:17

Even the sweetest visits from Christ, how short they are--and how transitory! One moment our eyes see him, and we rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory, but again a little time and we do not see him, for our beloved withdraws himself from us; like a roe or a young hart he leaps over the mountains of division; he is gone to the land of spices, and feeds no more among the lilies.

"If today he deigns to bless us

With a sense of pardoned sin,

He to-morrow may distress us,

Make us feel the plague within."

Oh, how sweet the prospect of the time when we shall not behold him at a distance, but see him face to face: when he shall not be as a wayfaring man tarrying but for a night, but shall eternally enfold us in the bosom of his glory. We shall not see him for a little season, but

"Millions of years our wondering eyes,

Shall o'er our Saviour's beauties rove;

And myriad ages we'll adore,

The wonders of his love."

In heaven there shall be no interruptions from care or sin; no weeping shall dim our eyes; no earthly business shall distract our happy thoughts; we shall have nothing to hinder us from gazing forever on the Sun of Righteousness with unwearied eyes. Oh, if it be so sweet to see him now and then, how sweet to gaze on that blessed face for aye, and never have a cloud rolling between, and never have to turn one's eyes away to look on a world of weariness and woe! Blest day, when wilt thou dawn? Rise, O unsetting sun! The joys of sense may leave us as soon as they will, for this shall make glorious amends. If to die is but to enter into uninterrupted communion with Jesus, then death is indeed gain, and the black drop is swallowed up in a sea of victory.

Evening

"Whose heart the Lord opened."
Acts 16:14

In Lydia's conversion there are many points of interest. It was brought about by providential circumstances. She was a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, but just at the right time for hearing Paul we find her at Philippi; providence, which is the handmaid of grace, led her to the right spot. Again, grace was preparing her soul for the blessing--grace preparing for grace. She did not know the Saviour, but as a Jewess, she knew many truths which were excellent stepping-stones to a knowledge of Jesus. Her conversion took place in the use of the means. On the Sabbath she went when prayer was wont to be made, and there prayer was heard. Never neglect the means of grace; God may bless us when we are not in his house, but we have the greater reason to hope that he will when we are in communion with his saints. Observe the words, "Whose heart the Lord opened." She did not open her own heart. Her prayers did not do it; Paul did not do it. The Lord himself must open the heart, to receive the things which make for our peace. He alone can put the key into the hole of the door and open it, and get admittance for himself. He is the heart's master as he is the heart's maker. The first outward evidence of the opened heart was obedience. As soon as Lydia had believed in Jesus, she was baptized. It is a sweet sign of a humble and broken heart, when the child of God is willing to obey a command which is not essential to his salvation, which is not forced upon him by a selfish fear of condemnation, but is a simple act of obedience and of communion with his Master. The next evidence was love, manifesting itself in acts of grateful kindness to the apostles. Love to the saints has ever been a mark of the true convert. Those who do nothing for Christ or his church, give but sorry evidence of an "opened" heart. Lord, evermore give me an opened heart.

=== Bible Quote ===

=== Message ===

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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