Bairnsdale Conservative: Tue 7th 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, 1 John 5

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

Concluding Affirmations

I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.

If you see any brother or sister commit a sin that does not lead to death, you should pray and God will give them life. I refer to those whose sin does not lead to death. There is a sin that leads to death. I am not saying that you should pray about that. All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death.

We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin; the One who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot harm them. We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one. We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.

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https://rumble.com/vqbbtl-ep.-1661-shock-video-of-whats-coming-next-if-we-dont-stand-up-the-dan-bongi.html
Disturbing video out of the UK showing what’s next if we don’t stop the covid mandate hysteria. I also address a ridiculous speech on the House floor by a member of the squad, which proves the left is bedrocked in dishonesty.

News Picks:

Twitter does it again, as they add a ridiculous label to a scientific study about vaccines.
Groups are learning how to pressure colleges into supporting free speech.
IRS data proves that conservatives have been right the entire time about the Trump tax cuts.
Leftist speech censors have opened up a new front in their war on freedom.
Latinx is NOT a thing.

=== Bongino Headlines ===

NYC’s De Blasio Announces “Universal” COVID Vax Mandate for All Private Sector Employees READ MORE

Devin Nunes to Retire From Congress, Become CEO of Trump’s Media Company

Biden DOJ Sues Texas Over Redistricting Maps

Newt Gingrich Calls on Congress to Investigate Hunter Biden and “Those Protecting Him”

Disgraced Subway Customer Jussie Smollett Takes the Stand in Faux-Hate Crime Trial

SEC Launches Obviously Politically Motivated Probe Into Trump’s New Company

Chris Cuomo Says CNN President Zucker Knew He Was Helping His Brother

Capitol Hill
Bill Barring Biden’s Vax Mandate Likely to Pass With Support From Sen. Manchin
Psaki Says VP Harris’ Turnover “Natural” as Staffers Decry “Soul-Destroying Boss”
Biden Ignores Scenes of National Tragedies Despite Campaigning on Empathy
The Predictable Results of Biden’s Iran Talks
House Dems Suddenly Realize Running on “Not Being Trump” Doesn’t Work
David Perdue to Launch Campaign Against Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp
Biden’s Universal Pre-K Plan Requires Hiring of 40,000 New Teachers
GOP Candidate Dr. Oz Has History of Donating to Dems
Ilhan Omar Given Some Made Up Award for “Courage” Amid Feud With Rep. Boebert
AOC Thinks Recent Smash-and-Grab Thefts Are a Myth

Culture War
Day Six of Ghislaine Maxwell Trial Underway
Chris Cuomo Denies Sexual Misconduct Allegations
Appeals Court Denies Biden Admin Motion to Move OSHA Vax Mandate Case
Brian Stelter Hosts Panel of “Non-CNN Voices” That Features Former CNN Staffer to Discuss Cuomo Firing
Mike Pence: I Know Roe v. Wade Will Be Overturned in Mississippi Case or a Future One
San Francisco Restaurant Apologizes for Refusing to Serve Cops Because Staff Was “Uncomfortable”
Examining the Mysterious Twitter Account That Broke the “Patriot Front” March on D.C. Story
Lol: WaPo Columnist Thinks Media Is Harder on Biden Than Trump
Study: Red States Dominate Index of Fiscal, Regulatory, and Personal Freedoms, While Blue States Are Least Free
Ethics Experts Say Rapid Decline in Donations to Clinton Foundation Show Clear Red Flags of Political Corruption

Economy
Fed Could See Speedier End to Easy Money Policies
Economists Raise 2022 Inflation Estimates
Meanwhile, in San Francisco: City Suspends Cannabis Tax to Help Dispensaries Compete With Drug Dealers
Dollar General to Launch New Store Chain That Charges Higher Prices
Florida-Based Advent Suspends Vax Requirement for Its 83,000 Employees
Hedge Fund Billionaire Steve Cohen to Launch Stock Exchange With 24-Hour Trading
Magic Internet Money Had a Rough Weekend
“Let’s Go Brandon” Store Opens in Massachusetts
FDA: Over 100 Drugs Face Supply Chain Shortages
CBP Seizes Millions in Counterfeit Goods Ahead of Christmas

Swamp Watch
IG Reports Detail CIA Employees’ Sex Crimes Against Children
Amid Departures, VP Harris Official Assures Public That Everything Is Just A-OK And He’s Definitely Not Being Forced to Say That
Portland Teachers Union: Students Should Teach Themselves From Home One Day Per Week
Biden’s Refugee Cap Larger Than Half the Towns in New Jersey
LA County Assistant Sheriff: Burglary Suspects Generally Released Due to No Bail Policy
Oregon Moves to Implement Permanent Indoor Mask Mandate
CBP Source: 100k Migrant “Got-Aways” Since October
Border Patrol Gets Ready to Punish, Terminate, Unvaxxed Agents
Research Undermines Case for COVID Vax Mandates

National Security
Last Surviving Member of “Band of Brothers” Dies at Age 99
Trump is Right, Mark Milley Is in Fact a “F***ing Idiot”
Russia Has Deployed Its First Terminator Tanks
Will Russia Invade Ukraine Next Month?
Javelin: The Missile Built to Attack Tanks (And Stop Russia from Invading Ukraine?)
U.S. Coast Guard’s Newest Heavy Icebreaker Delayed Again
EU and China Maintain Uneasy Maritime Relationship
ISIS Joins TikTok
Paper Warns U.S. Needs to Go “Scorched Earth” to Deter Attack on Taiwan by China

Around the World
Eruption of Indonesia’s Semeru Volcano Kills at Least 14, Injures Dozens
Boris Johnson Has Been Reported to Police for Breaking His Own Government’s COVID Rules
Iran Official: U.S. Reluctance to Lift Sanctions Main Obstacle to Reviving Nuclear Pact
“Huge Explosion” Shakes Iran’s Natanz Nuclear Enrichment Facility
Protest Against Coronavirus Restrictions in Belgium Turns Violent
Italian Prime Minister Says Migrant Landings Six Times Higher Than in 2019
UAE Defense Ministry: French Warplanes No Substitute for U.S. Jets
Ousted Burma Leader Aung San Suu Kyi Sentenced to Four Years Prison

Opinion
Michael Goodwin: Incredible Shrinking Dems: As the Left’s Policies Crumble, Prepare for Major Political Change
Debra J. Saunders: Crime Reform Is Here. Do You Feel Safer?
Kevin McCullough: Courts To Biden: No Mandates For You!
NY Post Editorial Board: The World Is Becoming More Dangerous Under Joe Biden
Ivan Sascha Sheehan: Say the Name That Frightens Iran’s Rulers
Charles Gasparino: Who’s in Charge? Biden Letting Lefty Warren Call the Fin-Reg Shots
Monica Snyder: Dear Justice Sotomayor: If You Want SCOTUS to Stay Out of Religious Debates, Overturn Roe v. Wade
Michael Shellenberger: How Looting Turned the Most Upscale Part of San Francisco Into a Ghost Town

Entertainment
“Bachelor” Fans In a Rage Over Casting of a “Straight, Cis, White Male” Lead
James Bond Producer: 007 “Will Be Back”
Kanye West’s “Holy Trinity” of Reasons He Wants to Get Back With Kim
Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas” First Holiday Song to Reach Diamond-Selling Status
It’s Official, Martha Stewart Has a Boyfriend
Rock Legend Tom Petty Awarded Posthumous Ph.D for Music
Grimes Seems to Shade ex Elon Musk in Her New Song “Player of Games”
Trump Derangement Syndrome Still Alive and Thriving on Late Night TV
Santa Fe DA Says Nobody Is Clear of Charges in Alec Baldwin Shooting

Sports
China Threatens U.S. Over Diplomatic Boycott of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Giants Legend Doesn’t Watch Team and Apparently Has No Idea Who Daniel Jones Is
Former Coach Fired for Removing BLM Poster Claims First Amendment Rights Violated
Antonio Brown’s ex-Chef to Sue Him After Vaccine Card Suspension
Lions Player Honors Oxford Shooting Victim With Jersey Tribute
With Just Five Games Left in Season, Panthers, Joe Brady Part Ways
Carson Wentz Trade Set to Get Much Better for Eagles
Dana White Thanks Joe Rogan After Beating COVID-19
With Offense in Tatters, Panthers Fire Offensive Coordinator

=== Newsmax Headlines ===

On Newsmax on Monday, Trump talked up the selection of longtime Republican Rep. Devin Nunes as new chief executive of his new media company. [Full Story]

Dole to Lie in State at Capitol as Nation Honors Senator

Grimm Slams de Blasio's NYC Vax Mandate |

Newsfront

Chief of Staff to VP Pence Will Comply With 1/6 Probe Subpoena

One of former Vice President Mike Pence's closest advisers, Marc Short, is going to comply with the House Jan. 6 Select Committee's subpoena, sources told CNN on Monday.... [Full Story]

GOP Sen. Rubio Urges Biden to Get Tough on Russia

President Joe Biden must be succinct and forceful with Russian [Full Story] |

Democrat Tim Ryan: Boycott of Beijing Olympics Doesn't Go Far Enough

In a statement on Monday, Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio. said that President [Full Story]

=== Viva Barnes News ===

1. Free speech win in UK against Pandemia. https://docs.reclaimthenet.org/White-v-GMC-judgment-031221-reclaim.pdf

2. NYC Mayor now mandates Covid vaccines for kids. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/12/06/bill-de-blasios-ultimatum-parents-get-your-child-vaccinated-or-cannot-go-indoor-restaurants/

3. Very uninspiring choice for Governor in Georgia by team Trump. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-backed-former-gop-sen-perdue-launches-georgia-gubernatorial-bid-charges-gov-kemp-failed-all-of-us

4. A good history of one of the very few cases to contest forced vaccination orders a century ago. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/12/06/a_history_lesson_about_petty_tyrants__vaccine_mandates_146837.html

5. If you follow The Duran, you would know that Russia has been preparing for this threat for years, and it means very little. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/biden-mulls-cutting-russia-swift-ahead-putin-call-nuclear-option-response-ukraine

My favorite Bob Dole quote (who recently passed away): counting all the dead from the Democrat wars. http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1846388_1846409_1846423,00.html

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Here is a video I made "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

https://rumble.com/vcepjf-leaving-on-a-jet-plane.html

"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate To Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title. The song was initially recorded in 1967 by the Chad Mitchell Trio, and later that same year by Spanky and Our Gang. Peter, Paul and Mary's version first appeared on their 1967 Album 1700; however, it did not become a hit until they released it as a single in 1969. It turned out to be their biggest (and final) hit, becoming their only #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. It was the second to last #1 single of the 1960s. The song also spent three weeks atop the easy listening chart

=== From 2020 ===

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https://www.newsmax.com/

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/rigged-election-georgia-senate/2020/12/05/id/1000209/?oRef=mixi

=== Newsmax headlines ===

Trump Thanks Newsmax, Plays 'Stinchfield' Report at Rally
64 Pennsylvania Lawmakers Urge Congress to Block Electors
Giuliani Sees Win in Michigan Court Ruling
Trump Rips Gov. Kemp After Failing to Back Georgia Challenge
Sen. Braun Defends Continued Probe Of Alleged Ballot Fraud
Jeffrey Lord to Newsmax TV: Trump 'Gets It' With Video at Rallies |

Trump: 'Jon Ossoff Is a Radical Left Wing Zealot'
222 Republican Congressmen Won’t Say Biden President-Elect
Trafalgar's Cahaly: Loeffler, Ossoff May Win Georgia
Sidney Powell: Plenty of Time for Trump to Overturn Election Results |

GOP's Cassidy: Trump, McConnell 'On Board' With $908B Relief Plan
Mexican President Wants to Restrict DEA Agents in Mexico
Manchin Warns COVID Relief Needed To Save Small Businesses
Trump Wins Court Ruling Allowing Money to Be Shifted for Wall
US Navy Official Says 'Uneasy Deterrence' Reached with Iran
Government Study: Microwave Energy Likely Caused 'Havana Syndrome'
Azar: Vaccine for All Americans by Second Quarter
US Ends Exchange Programs with China, Calling Them 'Propaganda'
Union Poll: Majority of NYC Firefighters Will Refuse Vaccine
The COVID-19 vaccine will be available to first responders as soon as this month, but a poll of New York City Firefighters revealed a majority will refuse it... [Full Story]
Related Stories
Dr. Birx: COVID Vax Won't 'Save Us' From Current Surge
HHS' Azar: 'Multi-Household Gatherings' Pose Threat For COVID Transmission
Southern California Faces Sweeping Stay-At-Home Orders
US: 20M Could Be Vaccinated This Year, 100M by Late February
UK Gears up for Huge Vaccination Plan Watched by the World
Europe Battles Surge in Coronavirus Deaths in Nursing Homes
Biden Won’t Seek Mandatory COVID Vaccine

=== FB Memes and Memories ===

Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it.

Two boll weevils grew up in Cornwall. One went to Hollywood and became a famous actor. The other stayed behind, drove a tractor and never amounted to much. The second one, naturally, became known as the lesser of two weevils.

A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."

Did you hear about the Buddhist who refused his dentist's Novocain during root canal work? He wanted to transcend dental medication.

A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked, as they moved off. "Because," he said, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in an open foyer."

There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption. One of them goes to a family in Egypt and is named "Amal." The other goes to a family in Spain, they name him "Juan". Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his mum. Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wished she also had a picture of Amal. Her husband responds, "But they are twins. If you've seen Juan, you've seen Amal."

Four fonts walk into a bar The barman says "Oi - get out! We don't want your type in here"

Two peanuts walk into a bar One was a salted

A jump-lead walks into a bar. The barman says "I'll serve you, but don't start anything"

A priest, a rabbi and a vicar walk into a bar The barman says, "Is this some kind of joke?"

A woman walks into a bar and asks the barman for a double entendre. So he gave her one

Dyslexic man walks into a bra

A seal walks into a club...

A man walks into a pub, goes up to the bar "Pint of best" he says to the bar man,Whilst waiting for his drink he notices that Vincent Van Gogh is sitting at one of the tables.He goes up to him and says "Are you Vincent Van Gogh?" "Yes" the old man replies "do you want a pint?" "No, ta. I've got one 'ere."

A man walks into a bar with a roll of tarmac under his arm and says: "Pint please, and one for the road."

How Do You Catch A Unique Rabbit? Unique Up On It.

How Do You Catch A Tame Rabbit? Tame Way, Unique Up On It.

How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? They Take The Psycho Path.

How Do You Get Holy Water? You Boil The Hell Out Of It.

What Do Fish Say When They Hit A Concrete Wall? Dam!

What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice Too Long? Polaroid's.

What Do You Call A Boomerang That Doesn't Work? A Stick.

What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours? Nacho Cheese.

What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? Anyone Can Roast Beef.

Where Do You Find A Dog With No Legs? Right Where You Left Him.

=== From 2017 ===

Don't give up on hope. There can be peace in the Middle East and Donald Trump is showing the way. The three card trick used previously was to say "What options are there in the region, dealing with regional issues, because only by dealing with regional issues can there be peace achieved." And then noting that looked at regionally, everyone hates Israel and that makes peace impossible. Donald Trump has shown that bilateral engagement has meant that the "Everyone hates Israel, and that is all that unites them" is irrelevant. Every nation wants something, and peace is important to them too. No one wants a terrorist state on their doorstep. Israel is a good neighbour.

In Australia, Julie Bishop's response to the US embassy move to Jerusalem is disappointing. It shows she does not want Middle East peace, but hopes to protect the Obama legacy which she invested heavily in through aid money to the Clinton Foundation. It is very disturbing because Bishop has not done this alone. Bishop has been deputy Liberal Leader for eleven years and has contributed to Turnbull's incompetence. The party is suffering from her poor judgement. She was partly responsible for getting novice politicians with a bright future to roll Abbott with the bed wetters. That undermines the future of the Liberal Party. Now SSM is passed, Turnbull, Pyne and Bishop can go. They offer nothing of worth to the party, or nation.

=== from 2016 ===

IPA Review (Nov 2016) features a Stuart Eaton article on Brian Haratsis book “Destructive Cities.” The thesis being that cities need to be allowed to grow organically. As if they don’t. There are planning issues with all cities. Often bad decisions are made. In all cases where cities thrive, it was despite bad planning. Democracy is better than any alternative. Even so, in Greater Dandenong the democratically elected council is awful. Crime is sky rocketing, housing estates are built without internet access, except by satellite, planning is often refused for no reason, businesses are highly restricted by green tape, public transport is inefficient. But the media, and possibly residents too, support that. Would a technocrat supplant that? If a city does not grow organically, how then does it grow? Hydroponically? That can happen in Melbourne.

My grandmother was not euthanised. But on my last visit to her, she was in constant unremitting pain. I asked the nurse if anything could be done. She died that night. The nurse appeared at the funeral. He was worried I might suspect him of something. I set the poor guy's mind at ease. It is ok. Now throw into the equation euthanasia laws. Then family squabbling over assets. And what if some had agreed to euthanasia but others had not? And that is what would happen for a 99 yo dying woman.

The proposed Victorian legislation is ill conceived. We don't need legal approval to kill people. I'm sure it happens, but it must not be placed on the slippery slope of legalisation. The result of legalisation is that there would be injustice in which murder would be made legal. The idea of suffering people wanting to die and let loved ones have their assets is nothing compared to the enormity of people wanting to kill relatives for their assets. The European experience seems to reinforce the view that euthanasia is for the sad and lonely, not the terminally ill in unremitting pain.

I would have eased my grandmother's pain, had I been able to. I had not seen her for some six months before she died, after my mother had exploited her for my contact details. The day I saw her was just after my Dad had seen her too, and a few others. She had wrapped up things. She sang with me "Irish Eyes" and a few other numbers, and made me promise I would see her soon. There was no rush. It is ok to die old and blessed. We don't need government permission, or assistance.

Help me contact the Australian federal education minister to get my free, easily introduced plan to improve Science and Math education in Australia.

My plan is simple. Responsible people within the school or learning institution identify the bottom of middle third students in rankings who lack basic skills in numeracy, literacy, and facts related to core areas of Math and Science. Those students are given individual instruction and make up material. Students who fail to participate are dropped from the program. Students without parental permission are also dropped from the program.

The result is that some of those students become capable, but also, they tend to help students from the lower third they tend to associate with. It is an easy system to implement, and works even in dysfunctional schools. Data and tracking can be obtained through NAPLAN. I have successfully piloted this at a Met South West Sydney HS which benefited from it immediately.

=== from 2015 ===

The French extreme right are profiting from terrorist attacks and bad management of the French left. Had conservatives presented a responsible front it would have been them. The reactionary left have placed a distant third in regional elections. In the US Obama has made a point of speaking on the first day of Hannukah and not acknowledging Jews. Obama doesn't want to blame Islam for Jihadism which hit San Bernardino, but he wants to blame all gun users for the guns the Jihadis illegally obtained. Meanwhile Malcolm Turnbull is announcing $200 million for science which is to hit Mr Abbott for not choosing a science Minister. Meanwhile Mr Abbott bought a refrigerator and the media, who hate him, made it a newsworthy event by reporting it. They probably wanted to ask him about Mr Turnbull's announcement for 'science.'

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

From 2014

There is no need for a ministerial reshuffle because not a lot is wrong with the federal government, but a lot is right. They have been given little credit because of a hostile senate where senators who promised the voter they had a vision for Australia have said that they don't want to discuss why they would oppose government legislation and don't have an alternative policy addressing the pressing needs of Australia. Joe Hockey, treasurer, has been overly criticised for producing a proportionate budget which addressed issues. Apparently 75% has been passed, but all of the savings need to be passed for Australia to avoid the embarrassment of her children living worse than their parents. Mr Hockey has been told he hasn't explained things well enough, or sold things well enough to the voting public or the partisan press. In fact it is not possible to sell anything to the partisan press. Fantasists and trouble makers are suggesting that talented ministers like Morrison or Turnbull should take the treasury. There would be no benefit for Australia were that to happen, as it would destabilise the government.

Galaxy Poll has ALP ahead 55 to 45 in two party preferred terms. A great achievement for a corrupt, inept party without a policy, which the ALP is, compared to an effective hard working government which is effectively opposed by a partisan press. One bets no one who supports the ALP could list substantial reasons for their support. Interestingly, the corrupt and inept opposition were described by the media as 'furniture' when Rudd had his second tilt at failure as a leader.

Abbott's plan for paid parental leave is opposed by many. It is a worthy policy from the social conservative side of politics. The ALP ended the baby bonus which was designed as a poor person's paid parental leave, after they bankrupted treasury. Mr Abbott has a plan that pays for the policy. Those that oppose it hate families and should be held responsible for families that fail while struggling because of it.

ICAC is still asking for permission to over reach in persecuting prosecutor Cuneen. As discussed yesterday, Cuneen has not done anything wrong. ICAC want to investigate the allegation that Cuneen advised her son's girlfriend to avoid being breathalysed. But the girl had been blood tested at a hospital and found to have had no drugs or alcohol. The allegation relates to a personal issue, not a public one, and so there is no corruption to be investigated by the ICAC. But they are still spending lots of money to ask for permission to do so. One can only assume the ICAC want to be wound up for abuse of power.

ABC is said to be staging Hunger Games style employee contests to see who will be made redundant. Generally reality tv is badly done, but this could be watchable. James Dellingpole writes that the ABC are so far to the left they make the BBC look like Fox News.

Fairfax's Canberra Times issues a correction, writing that an earlier story described someone as being pro life when they are pro choice. It is reminiscent of the Simpson's cop saying he gets DUI (drunk and under the influence) and DOA (dead on arrival) confused. A poor worn out woman walks into the police station and asks to see her husband who was reported as DUI ..

The American Academy of Religion has a President who is an ethicist. She has decided to discourage flying to conferences, well banning actually, for a year, so as to make a statement regarding global warming. It seems kind of fitting, as AGW is religious, but not reasoned.

Australian Imam declares Muslims can drink alcohol. Can they also oppose terrorism?

From 2013

Mike Carlton often gets things wrong, but as with the political execution of Greiner, that is all that is needed to be successful in pulling down a conservative leader. Wikipedia calls Carlton's lies 'criticism.' To understand Carlton, is to know he did not go to university. He isn't that bright. He gets away with things, because he doesn't understand what he should have done. Carlton was a cadet journalist for the ABC in 1963, age seventeen. He has even been sacked by Sydney Morning Herald, being that unreliable. They hired him back .. for being able to make up attacks on conservatives, he is reliable. But his figures are rubbery. Getting back to it, Cameron should have called for Arafat's death. But he didn't do that either.

ABC seem keen to threaten public servants who are effective in fighting crime. They have revealed the location of the home of a person leading the fight against organised crime. One hopes that the ABC News division is part of that target circle. When asked about their decision, ABC blustered, and retroactively obscured some details. One can understand the ABC's antagonism, however, as the spouse of the crime fighter is not the same gender as the crime fighter. ABC apparently stands for Anyone but Conservatives.

Finally, we know why Electoral Office in WA lost votes. It isn't corruption. It is incompetence. Reform of the process, allowing online voting, is possible. And cheaper. As well, removing the stupid laws restricting free speech would not harm minorities. Despite fear mongering. Were there gay marriage in NSW, I would not feel compelled to marry a man. Were there free speech, I still would not feel the need to be crude.

Historical perspective on this day

In 43 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero was assassinated. In 574, Emperor Justin II retired due to recurring seizures of insanity. He abdicated the throne in favour of his general Tiberius, proclaiming him Caesar. In 1703, the Great Storm of 1703, the greatest windstorm ever recorded in the southern part of Great Britain, made landfall. Winds gusted up to 120 mph, and 9,000 people died. In 1724, Tumult of Thorn: Religious unrest was followed by the execution of nine Protestant citizens and the mayor of Thorn (Toruń) by Polish authorities. In 1732, the Royal Opera House opened at Covent Garden, London, England. In 1776, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, arranged to enter the American military as a major general. In 1787 Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution. In 1862, American Civil War: Battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas. In 1869, American outlaw Jesse James committed his first confirmed bank robbery in Gallatin, Missouri.

In 1917, World War I: The United States declared war on Austria-Hungary. In 1930, W1XAV in Boston, Massachusetts telecasted video from the CBS radio orchestra program, The Fox Trappers. The telecast also included the first television commercial in the United States, an advertisement for I.J. Fox Furriers, who sponsored the radio show. In 1936, Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Testinnings. In 1941, World War II: Attack on Pearl Harbor – The Imperial Japanese Navy carried out a surprise attack on the United States Pacific Fleet and its defending Army and Marine air forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (For Japan's near-simultaneous attacks on Eastern Hemisphere targets, see December 8.) In 1946, A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, killed 119 people, the deadliest hotel fire in U.S. history. In 1949, Chinese Civil War: The government of the Republic of China moved from Nanking to Taipei, Taiwan. In 1962, Prince Rainier III of Monaco revised the principality's constitution, devolving some of his power to advisory and legislative councils. In 1963, Instant replay made its debut during an American Army–Navy football game. In 1965, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I simultaneously revoke mutual excommunications that had been in place since 1054.

In 1971, Pakistan President Yahya Khan announced the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister. In 1972 Imelda Marcos survived an assassination attempt using a bolo knife against her. Also, Apollo 17, the last Apollo moon mission, was launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they left the Earth. In 1975, Indonesian invasion of East Timor: The invasion began. In 1982, in Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., became the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. In 1983, an Iberia Airlines Boeing 727collided with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners were taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people. In 1987, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashed near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shot his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shot both pilots and himself. In 1988, Spitak Earthquake: In Armenia an earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale killed more than 25,000, injured 30,000 and left 500,000 homeless out of a population of 3,500,000. Also, Yasser Arafat recognised the right of Israel to exist.

In 1993, the Long Island Rail Road massacre: Passenger Colin Ferguson murdered six people and injured 19 others on the LIRR in Nassau County, New York. In 1995, the Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34. In 1999, A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.: The Recording Industry Association of America sued the peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster, alleging copyright infringement. In 2003, the Conservative Party of Canada was officially registered, following the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In 2005, Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who allegedly claimed to have a bomb, was shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport. Also, Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes, was captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife, by Spanish police. In 2006, a tornado struck Kensal Green, North West London, seriously damaging about 150 properties. In 2007, the Hebei Spirit oil spill began in South Korea after a crane barge that had broken free from a tug collided with the Very Large Crude Carrier, Hebei Spirit.

=== Bible Reading ===

Today's reading: Daniel 3-4, 1 John 5 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Daniel 3-4

The Image of Gold and the Blazing Furnace

¹ King Nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, sixty cubits high and six cubits wide, and set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. ² He then summoned the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials to come to the dedication of the image he had set up. ³ So the satraps, prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials assembled for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before it.

⁴ Then the herald loudly proclaimed, “Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do: ⁵ As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the image of gold that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. ⁶ Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace....”

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

Today's New Testament reading: 1 John 5

Faith in the Incarnate Son of God

¹ Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well.²This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. ³ In fact, this is love for God: to keep his commands. And his commands are not burdensome, ⁴ for everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith. ⁵ Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

⁶ This is the one who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.⁷ For there are three that testify: ⁸ the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. ⁹ We accept human testimony, but God’s testimony is greater because it is the testimony of God, which he has given about his Son. ¹⁰Whoever believes in the Son of God accepts this testimony. Whoever does not believe God has made him out to be a liar, because they have not believed the testimony God has given about his Son. ¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life....

...read the rest on Bible Gateway

=== Morning and Evening ===

Morning

"As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly."
1 Corinthians 15:48

The head and members are of one nature, and not like that monstrous image which Nebuchadnezzar saw in his dream. The head was of fine gold, but the belly and thighs were of brass, the legs of iron, and the feet, part of iron and part of clay. Christ's mystical body is no absurd combination of opposites; the members were mortal, and therefore Jesus died; the glorified head is immortal, and therefore the body is immortal too, for thus the record stands, "Because I live, ye shall live also." As is our loving Head, such is the body, and every member in particular. A chosen Head and chosen members; an accepted Head, and accepted members; a living Head, and living members. If the head be pure gold, all the parts of the body are of pure gold also. Thus is there a double union of nature as a basis for the closest communion. Pause here, devout reader, and see if thou canst without ecstatic amazement, contemplate the infinite condescension of the Son of God in thus exalting thy wretchedness into blessed union with his glory. Thou art so mean that in remembrance of thy mortality, thou mayest say to corruption, "Thou art my father," and to the worm, "Thou art my sister"; and yet in Christ thou art so honoured that thou canst say to the Almighty, "Abba, Father," and to the Incarnate God, "Thou art my brother and my husband." Surely if relationships to ancient and noble families make men think highly of themselves, we have whereof to glory over the heads of them all. Let the poorest and most despised believer lay hold upon this privilege; let not a senseless indolence make him negligent to trace his pedigree, and let him suffer no foolish attachment to present vanities to occupy his thoughts to the exclusion of this glorious, this heavenly honour of union with Christ.

Evening

"Girt about the paps with a golden girdle."
Revelation 1:13

"One like unto the Son of Man" appeared to John in Patmos, and the beloved disciple marked that he wore a girdle of gold. A girdle, for Jesus never was ungirt while upon earth, but stood always ready for service, and now before the eternal throne he stays not His holy ministry, but as a priest is girt about with "the curious girdle of the ephod." Well it is for us that he has not ceased to fulfil his offices of love for us, since this is one of our choicest safeguards that he ever liveth to make intercession for us. Jesus is never an idler; his garments are never loose as though his offices were ended; he diligently carries on the cause of his people. A golden girdle, to manifest the superiority of his service, the royalty of his person, the dignity of his state, the glory of his reward. No longer does he cry out of the dust, but he pleads with authority, a King as well as a Priest. Safe enough is our cause in the hands of our enthroned Melchizedek.

Our Lord presents all his people with an example. We must never unbind our girdles. This is not the time for lying down at ease, it is the season of service and warfare. We need to bind the girdle of truth more and more tightly around our loins. It is a golden girdle, and so will be our richest ornament, and we greatly need it, for a heart that is not well braced up with the truth as it is in Jesus, and with the fidelity which is wrought of the Spirit, will be easily entangled with the things of this life, and tripped up by the snares of temptation. It is in vain that we possess the Scriptures unless we bind them around us like a girdle, surrounding our entire nature, keeping each part of our character in order, and giving compactness to our whole man. If in heaven Jesus unbinds not the girdle, much less may we upon earth. Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth.

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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

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I'm looking for former students to endorse me