Saturday, January 01, 2022

Sat 1st January 2022 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
Police woman Kim Potter had a work place accident for which she has been convicted of two charges that may see her jailed for up to 25 years. She had been doing her job when a convicted felon had gone berserk and was threatening the lives of her work colleagues. She yelled "Taser, taser,taser." And then reached for her gun, which resembled the taser and waited a few beats and fired. The dangerous felon died soon after. Footage of the incident reveals Kim crying as she realises she is going to jail for her mistake.

At trial it was revealed that Potter was within her remit to have simply fired her gun at the felon. However, despite her clean record as an officer and no evidence of malice, a presumably biased jury convicted her. Meanwhile press are working overtime to manufacture a public image of her guilt. 

Social media is coming under greater scrutiny following a strategic admission in court that fact checking sites they rely on for editorial control of their content do not check facts but proffer opinion. Opinion which social media then use to censor those they disagree with. The legal protections that social media rely on to not get sued rely on them behaving like town squares, where free speech rules, not like publishing houses where their content is filtered. So why is President Trump deemed unworthy of Twitter, because of community standards, while terrorist organisations are accepted? 

Professionally, I’m a math teacher. But I’m here today because I love God, wish to serve God and God is moving in my life. I’m rich, but I don’t have monetary wealth. I’m not here for myself, but I hope that I can show you who God is in my life, and who He may be in your life. I’m going to ask you to read the letters from John, in the Bible. Not right now, but later. Maybe you will read them prayerfully on your own. Maybe you will read them and share them in fellowship. As you do so, I want you to remember an often misunderstood statement: “God is love.”

God is love.

I was raised as an atheist by parents who trained me to distrust God and spit in His eye. People could tell me about God and I could tell them why they were stupid. God cannot build a bridge He could not cross. That is a language creation designed to exploit ultimates. An infinitely strong deity who can create all things, must be able to create anything. Including a bridge that cannot be crossed. And be able to cross that bridge, meaning they could not build that bridge. Such a God could not possibly exist.

God is love.

God is love is an expression used by God’s enemies to discredit God. The puritan Cromwell, leading his Ironsides as Lord Protector of England over 400 years ago had a siege cannon at Ireland’s town of Drogheda with those words on the cannon’s lips. The cannon broke the defences and Cromwell ordered no quarter given to the inhabitants.

God is love.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian who stood up to Hitler’s Nazis and policy. He wasn’t violent. He spoke persuasively. He was faithful to God and so Hitler ordered him killed. Dietrich could have recanted publicly, and kept his views private, like others did. But Dietrich stood on conscience.

God is love.

God is love. I cannot tell you precisely what those words mean to you. I can share a bit of what they mean to me. I was weak after I first became a Christian. I was angry. I achieved much with hubris. And I found enemies, because I looked for enemies, not for friends. In anger, I made enemies at work, and at home. But there are things I wanted in my life I could not get from enemies. I had not understood God is Love.

God is love.

There are things I wanted in my life and they never happened. I could point the finger at others, but it was because I was so angry. I wanted family. I wanted a career. I wanted to build things and to be able to look back with satisfaction at my personal achievements, or those of my family. And every opportunity passed.

God is love.

God is love. He gave me things I wanted. But, not in a traditional order. After I lost my career, I was using social media and happened on a foreign girl wanting help with English. I worked with her online, encouraging her to come to Australia and go to university here. She needed a little help, and someone to share her journey. And for a time, I could call Tammy ‘my daughter.’ And now she has a degree, a good man as a husband and she has started her family. God is love.

God is love.

I had wanted to raise children, to be there when they were vulnerable, and point the way to God. I was living in a share house and an Ice addict went berserk and wanted to kill me. A stranger I met on social media invited me to rent a room in his home. I spent some five years with his young family. I did not have skills I needed to work with young kids. But they taught me. And now I dream of the day I can share stories with them when they are adults.

God is love.

After reading the bible, I read it again. Then I read it aloud and shared the video on Youtube. Then Rumble after Youtube shadow banned me. Then I found 365 common bible quotes and wrote about the background and history to them. I wanted to find out about God.

God is love.

Nothing works in the world. People mean well but can't do their jobs. Everything becomes too hard, overwhelming. When we are lucky, we have ordinary tragedies, like losing our parents. And our pets. But, every year, things get better. More are lifted out of poverty. We network better. How can that be? How can things get better while everything falls apart and gets worse? I believe it is because of God's grace and love. Although I failed at my task, I'm forgiven and can persevere again. Although my day ended in tragedy, He gave us a new sunrise. God is love.

God is love.

I was driven to understand who God is after a dream I had had as an atheist child. It was one of those dreams where you feel you can fly or float. And I felt beset by evil. But, I entered a sanctuary, stone cave. I found a throne room and behind the throne room I sensed loved ones from my family I had never known, and a sister who had passed a year earlier. I begged God, whom I realised had authority, to stay. And he said I had not yet known him, but he would send me back for when I would know Him. God is love

God is love.

My sister, Pam, had died of natural causes, but as a younger girl I’d hurt her terribly. Dinner was being cooked in the kitchen. Pam was allowed to stand on a stool and stir some potato we were boiling. I had wanted to help too, but I felt she would never let me. I grabbed the stool from beneath her, and she fell, spilling the scalding water over herself, including her foot. Doctors needed to cut away her shoe and sock and Pam had permanent scars from that tragedy I caused. What had I done to Pam? Years passed, but she got sicker from kidney disease. She was twelve years old when she was offered a transplant in 1977. In 1978, her body rejected the transplant and she knew she was dying. She asked my mother for permission, and wondered what would become of her. Mother told her she believed she would be reincarnated in a better body, that she deserved. I remember thinking that my mother did not believe that. Pam died in the evening of Valentines Day 1978, age 13 at New York’s Albert Einstein Hospital. A year later, in a dream, I felt her in heaven with God. God is love.

God is love.

God gave us life. During that time, we can choose Him. We can choose life. But our life is our time to choose. When we die, our choice is fixed. There is a bridge God cannot cross. Yet God gave us his son, Jesus. Jesus has crossed that bridge God would not. Now we live in a time where we are God’s chosen, thanks to Jesus. Our task is no longer to lead blameless lives for His salvation, but to accept Jesus into our lives and through our embrace of Jesus, our choices become possible to obtain salvation, which is eternal life with God. Not that God welcomes our sin (a bridge he will not cross), but God will accept that which Jesus allows through his sacrifice on the cross.

God is love

I do not know what that means to you. But, I exhort you to read those three letters from John. And remember, God is love. 

https://voiceddb.locals.com/post/1440654/god-is-love-message-for-my-new-charges

Today is a big day for  

In 1135, coronation of King Stephen of England. 1481, Battle of WestbroekHolland defeated troops of Utrecht. 1776, American Revolutionary War: In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacked and successfully defeated a garrison of Hessian mercenaries. 1790, Louis XVI of France gave his public assent to Civil Constitution of the Clergy during the French Revolution. 1793, Second Battle of Wissembourg: France defeated Austria. Also 1793, the wedding of Prince Friedrich Ludwig of Prussia and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz took place. 1799, four thousand people attended George Washington's funeral where Henry Lee III declared him as "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."

1806, Battles of Pultusk and Golymin: Russian forces held French forces under Napoleon. 1811, a theater fire in Richmond, Virginia killed the Governor of Virginia George William Smith and the president of the First National Bank of Virginia Abraham B. Venable. 1825, advocates of liberalism in Russia rose up against Czar Nicholas I and were put down in the Decembrist revolt in Saint Petersburg. 1846, trapped in snow in the Sierra Nevadas and without food, members of the Donner Party resorted to cannibalism. 1860, the first ever inter-club association football match took place between Hallam F.C. and Sheffield F.C. at the Sandygate Road ground in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. 1861, American Civil War: The Trent AffairConfederate diplomatic envoys James M. Mason and John Slidell were freed by the United States government, thus heading off a possible war between the United States and United Kingdom. 1862, American Civil War: The Battle of Chickasaw Bayou began. Also 1862, Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover were the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship. Also 1862, the largest mass-hanging in U.S. history took place in Mankato, Minnesota, 38 Native Americans died. 1870, the 12.8-km long Fréjus Rail Tunnel through the Alps was completed. 1871, Gilbert and Sullivan collaborated for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It did modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years. 1883, the Harbour Grace Affray between Irish Catholics and Protestant Orangemen caused five deaths in Newfoundland. 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie announced the isolation of radium.

In 1900, a relief crew arrived at the lighthouse on the Flannan Isles of Scotland, UK, only to find the previous crew has disappeared without a trace. 1919, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox was sold to the New York Yankees by owner Harry Frazee, allegedly establishing the Curse of the Bambino superstition. 1925, Turkey adopted the Gregorian calendar. 1941,  U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill establishing the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day in the United States. 1943, World War II: German warship Scharnhorst was sunk off of Norway's North Cape after a battle against major Royal Navy forces. 1944, World War II: George S. Patton's Third Army broke the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium. 1948, Cardinal József Mindszenty was arrested in Hungary and accused of treason and conspiracy. 1963, The Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There" were released in the United States, marking the beginning of Beatlemania on an international level. 1966, the first Kwanzaa was celebrated by Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University, Long Beach. 1972, Vietnam War: As part of Operation Linebacker II, 120 American B-52 Stratofortress bombers attacked Hanoi, including 78 launched from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, the largest single combat launch in Strategic Air Command history. 1976, the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) was founded. 1982, Time's Man of the Year was for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.

In 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union met and formally dissolved the Soviet Union. 1994, four Armed Islamic Group hijackers seized control of Air France Flight 8969. When the plane landed at Marseille, a French Gendarmerie assault team boarded the aircraft and killed the hijackers. 1996, six-year-old beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey was found beaten and strangled in the basement of her family's home in Boulder, Colorado. 1998, Iraq announced its intention to fire upon U.S. and British warplanes that patrol the northern and southern no-fly zones. 2004, a 9.3 magnitude earthquake created a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, IndonesiaThailandMalaysia, the Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000. 
=== From 2020 ===

We have a good idea as to the path Trump is walking to retain the white house. It is not martial law. It does not involve SCOTUS. Trump is keen not to hurt the union or the constitution. Trump is on his knees, losing unnecessary fights which continue to show that Deep State have had control of the union for a long time and many of the levers of power are not functioning. It is necessary Trump fight these battles, but not necessary he win them. It is not certain Trump will win. But, the cabal have been losing badly with each 'win' they get. The SCOTUS decision of the Texas lawsuit is a case in point. The election was stolen. The evidence is clear. SCOTUS does not need the evidence, the people have it. Even as Big tech and media deny it, the people have seen it and made a decision regarding it. Trump wanted a stimulus for COVID and Democrats delayed it and forced it into a pork barrel. It does not matter if Trump refuses to sign it. The people have seen the Democrats delaying the bill for political advantage as people suffered. The people have also seen that the pork barrels are not meant for them. 

American people are not impressed that Democrats are trying to steal the Georgia senate run offs. They are not impressed with the Democrat candidates. They are not impressed with polling that shows a narrative mainstream media peddle, but which does not reflect reality. People are not impressed with the intimidation of Kemp. People are expecting Kraken will expose attempted fraud in the run off. The mail in fraud is not going to impress the people. The fraudulent votes for Biden will not transfer to support for him if he wins. 

We know Trump is the most popularly re elected President ever. We know Trump is gaining support among minorities as well as regular aspirational voters. What we don't yet know is when Biden and the cabal will face justice for what they have done. But we know Trump is temporising so as to not embarrass SCOTUS. So, the steps are, Trump will secure a win via state legislatures. Then SCOTUS will be brought in to deal with the fraudsters. In all likelihood, Trump does not want another special council in the wings of his 2021 inauguration. 

https://rumble.com/vc596d-editorial-thu-24th-december-2020-current-affairs.html

COVID 19 has been inflated by hysterics for the primary purpose of controlling the US elections in 2020. It allowed states to declare states of emergency and suspend normal rules while a cabal engaged in voter fraud. Trump has produced a few vaccines but the cabal need COVID to remain so they can prevent a free and fair election in Georgia for the senate positions. However, in order to achieve what the cabal has, things have had to be sacrificed, including reputations and people's lives. Not all of which are in USA. 

COVID is not worse than a bad flu. The IPA (Institute of Public Affairs in Australia) have researched the death rate at 800 per million, or 0.08%. A bad flu might be 0.1%. However, hysterics have reported death rates as 20% or more. COVID is particularly deadly to the sick and elderly, unlike SARS which afflicted the young and sick. However, elderly people under COVID-19 have longer life expectancies than before. And, older, sick people have always died in large numbers. It is easy to inflate numbers of natural attrition for elderly. A healthy person wearing a mask has no real defence from COVID, and cannot transmit it. Children are not particularly susceptible to COVID. Yet children have been prevented from going to school, and businesses have been closed and treatments have been denied the sick so COVID hysteria can allow rules to be suspended during elections. 

Some people have been very sick from COVID and died. That happens with the flu too, every year. However, there have been treatments for COVID denied the sick by bureaucrats. At first, the treatments were declared as counter to research. But such research was debunked when it was observed it had not been rigorous but set to fail. It is hard to know the exact number who have died from such neglect, but as of June 2020, statistics showed deaths from COVID were some 8 times more likely in Democrat run states. While it is possible that COVID is more virulent against those with left wing values, whose personal hygiene is suspect, the more likely explanation is that bad management is the cause. Herd immunity is still the only long term solution, possibly achieved through vaccine, but in the mean times, treatment is available and cheap. 

In Victoria, in Australia, following the first wave, elimination had temporarily been achieved. However it had been bungled by Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and extraordinary measures were brought to bear, ruling out treatment. Some one hundred people died as a direct result, but the Victorian Premier was able to declare a state of emergency and a state of disaster and introduce a Chinese style curfew on movement. Such virtue signalling was necessary for the pre election pre text in the United states. Australians dying so US peoples could be bound in chains. Similar tragedy ensued in Europe and elsewhere. Notably, poor nations with access to cheap treatments were largely unaffected by the crisis. 

Will there ever be justice for those who paid high prices for COVID hysteria so a cabal could rig an election? 

https://rumble.com/vc43o7-editorial-wed-23rd-december-2020.html

A former and a current CIA chief used their offices to create a fake news attack on then candidate Donald Trump. They did not use, apparently, CIA resources, but private ones which they then had given to FBI and state department as bona fide CIA intelligence. Two former FBI chiefs then colluded to create fake investigations to persecute the candidate, and later, President Trump. The actual application of the CIA to USA operations is illegal. Those chiefs and a few underlings, sponsored by a cabal of Democrats and big tech, have orchestrated crisis after crisis in the United States, and world. And DOJ chief Barr sees nothing wrong? 

It is apparent the spying on Trump prior to 2016 election, and the subsequent attempt to remove him from office was baseless and corrupt. Yet is has become very hard to say so, with FB, Twitter and Google acting to restrict substantive evidence. Mainstream media print lies, but don't retract when corrected. Why did Fox news give North Carolina early, in error, to HRC in 2016? Why in 2020 did Fox news also give North Carolina early? How did pollsters measure fraudulent votes before they were cast? Why were pollsters so wrong about Trump popularity? 

We know that FBI began investigating Trump before the 2016 election. We know it was based on a lie that had not been started by bona fide security channels but was initiated from HRC campaign and shepherded by senior CIA and FBI executives. What does Barr know that allows him to claim what he does? 

https://rumble.com/vc3fg9-tue-22nd-december-2020-current-affairs.html

Trump is fighting to get re elected after he was voted back in. Nothing is certain. I am confident he will walk down one of the roads which sees him inaugurated again on 20th January 2021. I am also certain there are very bad people fighting for their lives as criminals to deny him. The rumour surrounding Governor Kemp does not have to be true. The possibility that Kemp's daughter's significant other was murdered to threaten Kemp illustrates the stakes. If voter fraud is real, and has been detailed, imagine the breadth of the corruption involved in independently and multiply, conning voter authorities. It was not merely using COVID hysteria to change laws to allow voter fraud. It was not merely using trucks to carry fake ballots across state lines. It was not merely opening voting machines to hostile governments. It was not merely foreign governments compromising legislature in significant committees. It is not merely covering up for the corrupt activities. It is not merely tasking tech giants to sideline debate. It is all of that, and more. In order to maintain the lie, what keeps the corrupt pollsters in Georgia in line, and waiting for more? What keeps corrupt judges from respecting the law and the constitution? If the Media editors are corrupt, are the journalists corrupt too? All of them? When was it that not one capable, honest journalist worked at CNN? When was it that entire support structures of Facebook and Google would countenance the deception they perpetrate? 

I can tell you I have no evidence that suggests there is an honest journalist at CNN. NYT, WaPo, LA Times etc etc. I have no evidence that suggests FB or Google are not part of a cabal. My interactions suggest gross incompetence among judges, police and authorities. I see a depraved indifference to the welfare of ordinary citizens as educational authorities persecute children who don't toe their lines, or repeat lies of convenience. 

Allow me to throw some truth bombs illustrating the issues. COVID-19 is not as bad as a bad 'flu in terms of mortality, and the worst affected, elderly people, are living longer now than they were a year ago. Masks do not help healthy people fight COVID. AGW is a lie, and the world's temperatures have been rising since the end of the ice age, but seem more stable at the moment. Carbon Dioxide is plant food, a trace particle in our atmosphere and necessary for life on Earth. Fracking provides cheap, effective gas. Solar power is inefficient. Wind power is poorly implemented, killing birds. Nuclear power is safe, and something Iran should never have. It is ok to pray in school, or in church, or in public. It is ok to swear on a bible, or talk to God. It is not racist to ignore race. It is racist to promote race. Publicly funded wildlife protection is a failure, but farming is incredibly successful. No farm animal is an endangered species. Kneeling in support of racism is not healthy. Standing for God and country can be motivating. Donald Trump got over 74 million votes from people we knew existed, and saw at rallies. Biden's votes did not seem to come from any known source, and he is not as popular as Obama was. Obama belongs in jail for the Russia Hoax and his work to undermine the 2020 election too. Obama started a new cld war because he was deficient in foreign policy. Trump has miraculously achieved what Obama could not, in Israel, NK, Iran, Syria and the United States. 

https://rumble.com/vc2bbj-editorial-mon-21st-december-2020-current-affairs.html

There are two side stories to election fraud that I'm surprised no one is talking about. Biden in 2020 and Kevin Rudd in 2007. Both situations had had tremendous voter suppression played by mainstream media. Biden was too weak relative to Trump, and so the fraud was obvious because too much ground had to be made up. Kevin Rudd was aided by Malcolm Turnbull's betrayal of the Liberal Party of Australia, resulting from the failure of Peter Costello to campaign for the leadership from Mr Howard. But the media are ignoring corruption efforts by Biden and Rudd which they ought to question. 

With Joe Biden, he was VP and had special interests in Ukraine on 17th July 2014 when MH17 was shot down by Russian separatist forces. As the separatists reported the accident to Moscow, US signals intelligence picked up the chatter. The question has never been asked publicly, why was a civilian aircraft targeted? And, why was US signals intelligence so quick in intercepting that particular signal? The answer lies with Ukraine's problem with Russian separatists shooting down their military aircraft, killing many troops. Someone decided that Ukraine could paint their military aircraft with radio civilian identifiers. This trained the separatists to ignore civilian identifiers, and so tragedy resulted. Only the tragedy was not unexpected by Ukraine, who failed to warn Malaysia that Ukraine was a war zone. US signals intelligence were prepared to capitalise on the tragedy. Is the media protecting Biden and Ukraine from war crimes inquiry? 

In '07, Kevin Rudd bragged he had special contacts within Australian defence forces which would address problems he claimed Mr Howard had failed. One issue Rudd identified was Timor's rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado. Reinado had had some training in Australia and Rudd was convinced he could stop him where Howard had not. Soon, after Rudd became PM, on 11th February 2008, Reinado attempted to detain the Timorise leadership of Ramos-Horta and Gusmao, and was killed. It was soon called an assassination attempt. It looked like a bungled black ops which resulted in poisoning what had once been a good relationship between Australia and Timor. Had Kevin Rudd bungled the issue with a rushed black ops mission? My name is David Daniel Ball, and I'm here to help. 

https://rumble.com/vc1a61-editorial-sunday-20th-december-2020.html?mref=23gga&mrefc=11===

Who will be left for Democrats after Obama, Biden, HRC, Schiff, Warren and Pelosi are prosecuted for their Russia Collusion Hoax? What will be left of the FBI and DOJ after Mueller, Comey et al are prosecuted for their collusion? Dan Bongino discusses the explosive exposure of how Russia has had HRC emails from her illegal server in which HRC tried to deflect from her exposure by blaming President Trump. What of the powerful tech business allies of HRC who colluded to get Biden elected President? How will FB, Google, youtube and Twitter be affected? Will their CEO's escape jail time? What of CNN? NBCNews?, CBSNews? FoxNews? 

I'm waiting for delayed gratification. T45 may well be the greatest President USA has had, based on analysis of achievements to date. He fixed a broken economy. He achieved peace by not going to war. He commandeered initiative in science and tech. He worked for all constituents, not the corrupt few which his opponents focused on. 

Opposition to T45 has been substantially larger than for any previous President. The Russia Hoax dominated (swamped) his Presidency. Treasonous activity by tech giants and social elite have persecuted T45. Partly, that was at T45's behest because he was an outsider to Washington. Trump has walked a path others have not because opposition to outsiders is fierce. Including from within his own party, with RINO members part of the swamp. 

Trump won re-election in terms of votes cast in record numbers. The swamp is trying to steal it from him. The swamp are abusing legal avenues to prevent analysis of their illegal activity. What will happen when it is decided that has not worked? How many people will the swamp kill to protect their 'interests'? In order to protect the union, SCOTUS has not acted prematurely. It is up to state legislatures to do the right thing. How will RINO affect the outcome of those state legislature? Will RINO break the union to support the swamp? 

=== From 2017 ===

Don't give up on hope. A young Vietnamese student who works and studies in Australia was working today and so I bought her a Banh Mi thịt nướng. First I went to a Vietnamese shop which served halal and asked for some. They pretended they had never heard of it. But a customer directed me to a new bakery that made some on the top level of Dandenong Plaza. When I watched them make it, I almost kept it for myself. I like, I need, to give. I got some writing done the last few days, and almost finished catching up on the Doctor Blake Mysteries and Dr Who Christmas special. It has been cool, but tonight begins a heatwave that I'm dreading. My sheets are soaked with perspiration, but I got time to wash them too. 

The Advanced Dungeon and Dragons (2nd edition modified) storyline is advancing. I call it the Lords of Kree and it is set in a magical city of Pamplona, which is nothing like the Spanish city. Nothing anyone knows about geography applies in the land which is supported by a Turtle God and has four corners which travellers can fall off. In the New World, the Lords of Kree have subdued Cree 'indians.' One promising young Cree warrior died, and the Lords resurrected him, tested him and sent him back to Pamplona to find and protect the "Most beautiful thing in the world." They are being secretive because although they have high levels of skill and magic, they are under siege from powerful telepaths in another universe which is 'parallel.' The Telepaths seek the beautiful artefact crystal goddess Sharra. Meanwhile, a Lawful Evil Magic User, who is also one of the Lords of Kree,  has Sharra and is using it by storing it where it 'uses' people for its' own ends.  

Recently I have made predictions based on logic, but which have not come true. I thought Malcolm Turnbull was incompetent and would be rolled. Turns out the Liberals are waiting to bust before releasing him. I also reported Trump would ditch the terrorists of so called Palestine. That has not yet happened either. Let us see what happens in the new year. 

=== from 2016 ===
The December IPA Review is out and Jason Potts writes how new technology might be the “Big Cure” for Australia’s health system. There are very strong historical reasons for why our health system is the way it is. Privacy, research, and exploitation of results makes a minefield which prevents change for the better. But modern technology with smart phones, apps, blockchain processing and AI presents an opportunity whereby research can be done, peoples rights can be respected and decisions can be made which benefit people in a truly flexible health system. All that is needed for the paradigm shift is to make ownership of health data something belonging to individuals, as opposed to the government. Creating a lot of data is not hard with a smartphone. Keeping the data secure is not hard with a block chain. Mining data for individualised results is not hard for an AI.

Currently, that is not possible, even though the technology exists, because health data belongs to governments. Research is often not possible because of the impediments governments place on data. Data protection restricts research. Healthcare and Human Services cost $315 billion annually and make up 60% of the budget. Imagine if it were cheaper and better?

It seems like celebrities are dying and fewer are being born. That is a perception thing. George Michael is the latest who won’t attend a Trump inauguration. He was a greatly talented singer who took drugs. Some say he took too much drugs and it ruined his career and took his life. Others say to just cool it. Or legalise it or something. It is getting time, as JN noted, for people to wonder at the cost of Sydney’s fireworks for New Year celebrations. For the same price, we could plunge South Australia in darkness for many hours. At night. Or, keep a celebrity in a jet aircraft flying to venues to warn of Anthropogenic Global Warming. Yeah, that last idea fizzles too.

=== from 2015 ===
 Boxing Day is not a result of a stoush between Kangaroo and Emu. That is a myth. Waleed Aly has not argued with Andrew Bolt, but has attacked Mr Bolt. Had Aly argued with Mr Bolt he would have found that Mr Bolt's concerns regarding Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW) alarmism is correct. AGW is another myth. The world has been heating since the ice age. Carbon dioxide is not a culprit of AGW, but plant food. Hysterical attempts to limit plant food will do nothing for world temperature. The substantial increase in recent years of plant food has not heated the world, but has corresponded with a decrease of temperature relative to 1998. Moving forward, we need cheap energy and we need plant food. But Mr Aly lies and abuses Mr Bolt to the cheers of a well paid lobby. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014
A somber Christmas after Australians had a tough year thanks to others:
  • As shoppers faced the tough task of seeking Boxing Day bargains, Sulayman Khalid, from Regents Park in Sydney’s West, was facing Parramatta Local Court after being charged by counter-terrorism police with possessing documents and material designed to facilitate a terrorist attack. SBS brought him to national attention when they tried to get him to air his 'opinion.' Apparently he won an ISIL flag on the show. 
  • Amnesty International documented a number of cases of jihadi capturing non Muslim girls (some as young as 10) and forcing them into sexual slavery or even suicide bombing. IS have stoned to death for adultery at least 8 women in Mosul, and ten women were killed for speaking out against the group
  • A German journalist has been warned that ISIL intends to conquer Europe. 
  • Former Australian PM Malcolm Fraser slammed police for anti terrorism raids following the Sydney Siege. 
  • Yasir Arafat plays for Scorchers. He has the name of a Palestinian terrorist. He should not be playing where families of holocaust victims must endure. 
  • 'No threat to the dead' according to the judge who bailed a terrorist who committed the Sydney Siege. He was wrong in that judgement. 
Not all stimulus is bad .. Japan is being sensible. Their stimulus is aimed differently to the Australian one, and aims to promote their industry to spark growth. 
From 2013
Alan Turing, convicted of gross indecency in 1952, has been granted a posthumous royal pardon. His crime was in reporting a break in to his residence to police, it was discovered he had a homosexual relationship with another mature man. And rather than be sent to prison, he accepted chemical castration. He took cyanide in 1954. Turing was a genius who had contributed to the world's defence against Nazism as a code breaker. He is considered the father of modern computer science and artificial intelligence. When circumstances are not just, it is nice to believe that the royals can intercede. But this just seems too late. 

On the issue of injustice and forgiveness, the US has imprisoned Jonathan Pollard. Israel's PM Netanyahu has stood up for him, calling for his release, but because of the politics of the situation, Pollard remains in jail. His crime was one of US government mismanagement, he was a known security risk and, through lack of appropriate supervision, became an Israeli spy. It is apparent that the claims are not of the order of Assange or Snowden. Pollard has served more time than any one else convicted in the US of a similar crime. He is an Israeli citizen. Maybe Obama could release him, as a gesture favouring peace? 
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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 22

Eden Restored

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever.

John and the Angel

The angel said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. The Lord, the God who inspires the prophets, sent his angel to show his servants the things that must soon take place.”

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy written in this scroll.”

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll. Worship God!”

Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near. Let the one who does wrong continue to do wrong; let the vile person continue to be vile; let the one who does right continue to do right; and let the holy person continue to be holy.”

Epilogue: Invitation and Warning

“Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.

“Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice magic arts, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.”

The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let the one who hears say, “Come!” Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.

I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to that person the plagues described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any share in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll.

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

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https://rumble.com/vrbss9-dan-bonginos-best-of-2021-donald-trump-returns-the-dan-bongino-show.html

Please enjoy this special "Best of 2021" episode picked by Producer Joe Armacost of The Dan Bongino Show. Today: Episode 1639 Donald Trump Returns originally posted on November 02, 2021.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
An Unmitigated Disaster: Biden’s First Year in Review READ MORE

Fauci Admits Child COVID Hospitalization Statistics Are Overblown

VP Harris Stumbles Through Answer in Response to Question on Inflation on CBS

The Trump Economic Record Is Looking Better Every Day

(Live Updates) New Year’s Eve Celebrations Around the World

CDC Moves Goalposts Again, Treats Unvaccinated Same as Un-Boosted

Pelosi, Trump Lay Out Plans for Competing Jan 6 Observances

Capitol Hill
Rep. Tenney: Biden’s Stance on Russia Not Forceful Enough
The Best of Peter Doocy’s Briefing Tangles With Jen Psaki in 2021
As 2021 Closes Out With Democrats Headed Into an Historically Hostile Midterm Cycle, Pelosi Clings to Jan 6
CDC’s Latest Guidance Raises More Doubts About Biden’s Pandemic Response
Sen. Graham Believes GOP Will “Wipe Out” Dems in 2022 Midterms
Report: Just Days After Defending Right of Congress People to Purchase Stocks, Pelosi and Her Husband Bought Millions in Call Options
Majority of U.S. Voters Disapprove of Biden’s Handling of Crime and Immigration
1.9 Million Migrants Apprehended Along Southwest Border, With 500K “Got Aways”

Culture War
Co-Founder of Left-Wing “Check My Ads” Offers to Buy Sexual Material for Minors
Good Riddance to NYC’s Worst Mayor Ever
Gov DeSantis Proposes Historic Increase in Education Funding, Increases in Pay for Teachers
Apple Loves China: Launching a Special “Year of the Tiger” Edition of Their Earbuds for Chinese New Year
Owner of “Let’s Go Brandon” Stores Sees Business Explode, Expands Operations Across New England
Three Quarters of Americans Agree There Are Only Two Genders
Biden Failed to “Shut Down the Virus”, So the Leftist Elite Came Up With a New COVID Narrative
Juror in Kim Potter Trial Reveals Why They Found Her Guilty
Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations in Boulder, Colorado – Gov. Declares State of Emergency

Economy
AOC Pictured in Mandate-Free Florida as Her Home State Suffers Record COVID Cases
Flight Cancellations Will Spill Over Into the New Year With Omicron, Weather Major Factors
CDC: People Should Avoid Cruise Travel, Regardless of Vaccination Status
Safety Issues Prompt Tesla to Recall Over 475,000 Model 3 and Model S Cars
Warren Buffet Declines Bernie Sanders’ Request to Intervene in Labor Dispute
Lol: Biden Claims to Have the “Strongest First-Year Economic Track Record” of Any Recent President
With Poor Getting Slammed by Rising Prices, Economists Warn of “Inflation Inequality”
NASCAR Driver at Center of “Let’s Go Brandon” Craze Just Landed Major Sponsor

Swamp Watch
Despite Calls for Prosecution of Epstein’s Cronies, Ghislaine Maxwell Unlikely to Name Names
New Legal Development Could Mean Big Trouble for Prince Andrew
COVID Deaths Continue to Fall With Spread of Omicron
De Blasio Says He Doesn’t “Believe in Shutdowns” Despite Shutting Down NYC
Tom Cotton Says We Must Defeat George Soros in Order to End the Crime Wave
Gretchen Whitmer Kidnapping Case Continues to Crumble
Chicago 911 Dispatcher Blasts Mayor Lightfoot for Turning City Into a “Death Zone”, Says “Blood is on Her Hands”
Federal Charges Against Portland Antifa Rioter for Assaulting Police Dropped After Community Service

National Security
Marine Expeditionary Force: Who the U.S. Military Calls First In a War
U.S. Navy Seizes Over $4 Million Worth of Heroin in Arabian Sea
Is America Losing the Race for Hypersonic Weapons?
U.S. Marines are Leveling Up Their Drone Game
More Than 8,000 U.S. Navy Personnel Are Unvaccinated
Iran Expresses Optimism Over Latest Round of Nuclear Talks: On a “Good Path”
U.S., South Korea Have Agreed on a Draft Declaration to End Korean War
China Reveals New Satellite That Can Quickly Take High-Resolution Photos of U.S. Cities
B-2 Stealth Bomber: Armed with a Toilet, Bed and Microwave?

Around the World
Number of Fake “Child” Migrants in Britain More Than Triples in a Year
As Infections Surge, Turkey Rolls Out Its Own COVID Vaccine
“Disgraceful” Abbas-Gantz Meeting Leaves Palestinian Factions Outraged
Celebrities Who Supported Democracy Protests Jailed by Myanmar Court
In Order to Avoid Power Blackouts, Iran Bans Crypto Mining
Officials in China Promise to Deliver Groceries to Residents Under Strict Lockdown
Xi’an Battles Worst COVID Outbreak to Hit a Chinese City This Year
Senior Chinese Diplomat Warns U.S. It Risks Paying “Unbearable Price” Over Taiwan

Opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: The Ungracious – And Their Demonization Of The Past
Kurt Schlichter: The Establishment Wants to Crush You Uppity Peasants
Laura Hollis: Lessons from 2021
John Podhoretz: The CDC Finally Recognizes the Costs of Its Top-Down Dictates
Veronique de Rugy: A Call to Fight Rising Authoritarianism, in 2022 and Beyond
Jackie Cushman: It’s Time for a Spiritual Revival
Maureen Callahan: Ghislaine Maxwell Verdict Shows You Can’t Get Away With Being an Enabler — Finally
Armstrong Williams: When Prosecutors Become Politician

Entertainment
A-List Manager for Kanye West & the Kardashians Murdered in Los Angeles
“Spider-Man” Star Marisa Tomei Reveals She Wanted Her Character to Be Lesbian
After Abysmal Opening Weekend Box Office, The Matrix Resurrections Producer Says No Plans For More Matrix Movies
2022 Westminster Dog Show Postponed Due to COVID
After Testing Positive for COVID LL Cool J Cancels New Year’s Eve Performance
Ice Cube Reveals Why Chris Tucker Turned Down $10-12M for “Friday” Sequel
Tim Dillon: “Comedy Is No Longer About Being Funny”
Top Movies Of 2021: From “Pig” To “The Power of the Dog”

Sports
Ben Roethlisberger Says Time with Steelers is Coming To An End
NASCAR Driver Brandon Brown Announces Sponsor Inspired By “Let’s Go Brandon” Chant
Julius Randle Enters COVID Protocols Amid Knicks’ Nightmare
Baker Mayfield Dismisses “Empty” Death Threats from “Keyboard Warriors”
Cavs Making Progress in Trade for Lakers’ Rajon Rondo
Cleveland Cavaliers Announce Mask Requirement for Fans Ages 2 and Up
NYT: John Madden Was the Face of an $8 Billion Gaming Franchise
NBA Christmas Ratings Crash to Near Historic Lows
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/trump-2022-rally-arizona/2021/12/31/id/1050593/

Newsmax TV
Newsfront
The Midwest grocery chain Hy-Vee is planning to place armed security guards in its stores across eight states in response to the climb of retail thefts during the COVID-19 pandemic. The company...... [Full Story]
It appears that Ted Nugent will never be inducted into the Rock and [Full Story]
Former President Donald Trump said Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy had [Full Story]
Newsmax Platinum talked with leading experts and top political [Full Story]
=== Viva Barnes News ===

1. Celebrity scandals of 2021. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/12/31/alec-baldwin-to-jussie-smollett-7-biggest-celebrity-scandals-of-2021/

2. 2021 finishes how it started for the FBI: as the stasi of the Democratic Party. https://amgreatness.com/2021/12/30/the-fbis-criminal-lead-informant-in-whitmer-kidnapping-caper/

3. For 2020 & 2021: "It’s time for a rigorous investigation — perhaps a Truth and Reconciliation Commission with subpoena power — to get to the bottom of how our public-health authorities have mismanaged this pandemic." https://nypost.com/2021/12/30/we-must-make-public-health-authorities-accountable-for-covid-lies/

4. Best cool electronic gear of 2021. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/g38380840/best-new-tech-2021/

5. Two of the 3 political books to break the top 100 were either American Marxism by Mark Levin or RFK's expose of Fauci. https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/12/30/usa-today-bestselling-book-2021-dav-pilkey-dog-man-the-four-winds-kristin-hannah-american-marxism/8999721002/

*Best New Year's Eve movie scene: Havana, 1959, GodFather II.

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Here is a video I made "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)"
"The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" is the name of a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio. It was originally released as a single by Frankie Valli in 1965 on the Smash label, and has been recorded by numerous artists since, including The Walker Brothers, Cher and Keane.

=== From 2021 ===

We have a good idea as to the path Trump is walking to retain the white house. It is not martial law. It does not involve SCOTUS. Trump is keen not to hurt the union or the constitution. Trump is on his knees, losing unnecessary fights which continue to show that Deep State have had control of the union for a long time and many of the levers of power are not functioning. It is necessary Trump fight these battles, but not necessary he win them. It is not certain Trump will win. But, the cabal have been losing badly with each 'win' they get. The SCOTUS decision of the Texas lawsuit is a case in point. The election was stolen. The evidence is clear. SCOTUS does not need the evidence, the people have it. Even as Big tech and media deny it, the people have seen it and made a decision regarding it. Trump wanted a stimulus for COVID and Democrats delayed it and forced it into a pork barrel. It does not matter if Trump refuses to sign it. The people have seen the Democrats delaying the bill for political advantage as people suffered. The people have also seen that the pork barrels are not meant for them. 

American people are not impressed that Democrats are trying to steal the Georgia senate run offs. They are not impressed with the Democrat candidates. They are not impressed with polling that shows a narrative mainstream media peddle, but which does not reflect reality. People are not impressed with the intimidation of Kemp. People are expecting Kraken will expose attempted fraud in the run off. The mail in fraud is not going to impress the people. The fraudulent votes for Biden will not transfer to support for him if he wins. 

We know Trump is the most popularly re elected President ever. We know Trump is gaining support among minorities as well as regular aspirational voters. What we don't yet know is when Biden and the cabal will face justice for what they have done. But we know Trump is temporising so as to not embarrass SCOTUS. So, the steps are, Trump will secure a win via state legislatures. Then SCOTUS will be brought in to deal with the fraudsters. In all likelihood, Trump does not want another special council in the wings of his 2021 inauguration. 

https://rumble.com/vc596d-editorial-thu-24th-december-2020-current-affairs.html

COVID 19 has been inflated by hysterics for the primary purpose of controlling the US elections in 2020. It allowed states to declare states of emergency and suspend normal rules while a cabal engaged in voter fraud. Trump has produced a few vaccines but the cabal need COVID to remain so they can prevent a free and fair election in Georgia for the senate positions. However, in order to achieve what the cabal has, things have had to be sacrificed, including reputations and people's lives. Not all of which are in USA. 

COVID is not worse than a bad flu. The IPA (Institute of Public Affairs in Australia) have researched the death rate at 800 per million, or 0.08%. A bad flu might be 0.1%. However, hysterics have reported death rates as 20% or more. COVID is particularly deadly to the sick and elderly, unlike SARS which afflicted the young and sick. However, elderly people under COVID-19 have longer life expectancies than before. And, older, sick people have always died in large numbers. It is easy to inflate numbers of natural attrition for elderly. A healthy person wearing a mask has no real defence from COVID, and cannot transmit it. Children are not particularly susceptible to COVID. Yet children have been prevented from going to school, and businesses have been closed and treatments have been denied the sick so COVID hysteria can allow rules to be suspended during elections. 

Some people have been very sick from COVID and died. That happens with the flu too, every year. However, there have been treatments for COVID denied the sick by bureaucrats. At first, the treatments were declared as counter to research. But such research was debunked when it was observed it had not been rigorous but set to fail. It is hard to know the exact number who have died from such neglect, but as of June 2020, statistics showed deaths from COVID were some 8 times more likely in Democrat run states. While it is possible that COVID is more virulent against those with left wing values, whose personal hygiene is suspect, the more likely explanation is that bad management is the cause. Herd immunity is still the only long term solution, possibly achieved through vaccine, but in the mean times, treatment is available and cheap. 

In Victoria, in Australia, following the first wave, elimination had temporarily been achieved. However it had been bungled by Victorian Premier Dan Andrews and extraordinary measures were brought to bear, ruling out treatment. Some one hundred people died as a direct result, but the Victorian Premier was able to declare a state of emergency and a state of disaster and introduce a Chinese style curfew on movement. Such virtue signalling was necessary for the pre election pre text in the United states. Australians dying so US peoples could be bound in chains. Similar tragedy ensued in Europe and elsewhere. Notably, poor nations with access to cheap treatments were largely unaffected by the crisis. 

Will there ever be justice for those who paid high prices for COVID hysteria so a cabal could rig an election? 

https://rumble.com/vc43o7-editorial-wed-23rd-december-2020.html

A former and a current CIA chief used their offices to create a fake news attack on then candidate Donald Trump. They did not use, apparently, CIA resources, but private ones which they then had given to FBI and state department as bona fide CIA intelligence. Two former FBI chiefs then colluded to create fake investigations to persecute the candidate, and later, President Trump. The actual application of the CIA to USA operations is illegal. Those chiefs and a few underlings, sponsored by a cabal of Democrats and big tech, have orchestrated crisis after crisis in the United States, and world. And DOJ chief Barr sees nothing wrong? 

It is apparent the spying on Trump prior to 2016 election, and the subsequent attempt to remove him from office was baseless and corrupt. Yet is has become very hard to say so, with FB, Twitter and Google acting to restrict substantive evidence. Mainstream media print lies, but don't retract when corrected. Why did Fox news give North Carolina early, in error, to HRC in 2016? Why in 2020 did Fox news also give North Carolina early? How did pollsters measure fraudulent votes before they were cast? Why were pollsters so wrong about Trump popularity? 

We know that FBI began investigating Trump before the 2016 election. We know it was based on a lie that had not been started by bona fide security channels but was initiated from HRC campaign and shepherded by senior CIA and FBI executives. What does Barr know that allows him to claim what he does? 

https://rumble.com/vc3fg9-tue-22nd-december-2020-current-affairs.html

Trump is fighting to get re elected after he was voted back in. Nothing is certain. I am confident he will walk down one of the roads which sees him inaugurated again on 20th January 2021. I am also certain there are very bad people fighting for their lives as criminals to deny him. The rumour surrounding Governor Kemp does not have to be true. The possibility that Kemp's daughter's significant other was murdered to threaten Kemp illustrates the stakes. If voter fraud is real, and has been detailed, imagine the breadth of the corruption involved in independently and multiply, conning voter authorities. It was not merely using COVID hysteria to change laws to allow voter fraud. It was not merely using trucks to carry fake ballots across state lines. It was not merely opening voting machines to hostile governments. It was not merely foreign governments compromising legislature in significant committees. It is not merely covering up for the corrupt activities. It is not merely tasking tech giants to sideline debate. It is all of that, and more. In order to maintain the lie, what keeps the corrupt pollsters in Georgia in line, and waiting for more? What keeps corrupt judges from respecting the law and the constitution? If the Media editors are corrupt, are the journalists corrupt too? All of them? When was it that not one capable, honest journalist worked at CNN? When was it that entire support structures of Facebook and Google would countenance the deception they perpetrate? 

I can tell you I have no evidence that suggests there is an honest journalist at CNN. NYT, WaPo, LA Times etc etc. I have no evidence that suggests FB or Google are not part of a cabal. My interactions suggest gross incompetence among judges, police and authorities. I see a depraved indifference to the welfare of ordinary citizens as educational authorities persecute children who don't toe their lines, or repeat lies of convenience. 

Allow me to throw some truth bombs illustrating the issues. COVID-19 is not as bad as a bad 'flu in terms of mortality, and the worst affected, elderly people, are living longer now than they were a year ago. Masks do not help healthy people fight COVID. AGW is a lie, and the world's temperatures have been rising since the end of the ice age, but seem more stable at the moment. Carbon Dioxide is plant food, a trace particle in our atmosphere and necessary for life on Earth. Fracking provides cheap, effective gas. Solar power is inefficient. Wind power is poorly implemented, killing birds. Nuclear power is safe, and something Iran should never have. It is ok to pray in school, or in church, or in public. It is ok to swear on a bible, or talk to God. It is not racist to ignore race. It is racist to promote race. Publicly funded wildlife protection is a failure, but farming is incredibly successful. No farm animal is an endangered species. Kneeling in support of racism is not healthy. Standing for God and country can be motivating. Donald Trump got over 74 million votes from people we knew existed, and saw at rallies. Biden's votes did not seem to come from any known source, and he is not as popular as Obama was. Obama belongs in jail for the Russia Hoax and his work to undermine the 2020 election too. Obama started a new cld war because he was deficient in foreign policy. Trump has miraculously achieved what Obama could not, in Israel, NK, Iran, Syria and the United States. 

https://rumble.com/vc2bbj-editorial-mon-21st-december-2020-current-affairs.html

There are two side stories to election fraud that I'm surprised no one is talking about. Biden in 2020 and Kevin Rudd in 2007. Both situations had had tremendous voter suppression played by mainstream media. Biden was too weak relative to Trump, and so the fraud was obvious because too much ground had to be made up. Kevin Rudd was aided by Malcolm Turnbull's betrayal of the Liberal Party of Australia, resulting from the failure of Peter Costello to campaign for the leadership from Mr Howard. But the media are ignoring corruption efforts by Biden and Rudd which they ought to question. 

With Joe Biden, he was VP and had special interests in Ukraine on 17th July 2014 when MH17 was shot down by Russian separatist forces. As the separatists reported the accident to Moscow, US signals intelligence picked up the chatter. The question has never been asked publicly, why was a civilian aircraft targeted? And, why was US signals intelligence so quick in intercepting that particular signal? The answer lies with Ukraine's problem with Russian separatists shooting down their military aircraft, killing many troops. Someone decided that Ukraine could paint their military aircraft with radio civilian identifiers. This trained the separatists to ignore civilian identifiers, and so tragedy resulted. Only the tragedy was not unexpected by Ukraine, who failed to warn Malaysia that Ukraine was a war zone. US signals intelligence were prepared to capitalise on the tragedy. Is the media protecting Biden and Ukraine from war crimes inquiry? 

In '07, Kevin Rudd bragged he had special contacts within Australian defence forces which would address problems he claimed Mr Howard had failed. One issue Rudd identified was Timor's rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado. Reinado had had some training in Australia and Rudd was convinced he could stop him where Howard had not. Soon, after Rudd became PM, on 11th February 2008, Reinado attempted to detain the Timorise leadership of Ramos-Horta and Gusmao, and was killed. It was soon called an assassination attempt. It looked like a bungled black ops which resulted in poisoning what had once been a good relationship between Australia and Timor. Had Kevin Rudd bungled the issue with a rushed black ops mission? My name is David Daniel Ball, and I'm here to help. 

https://rumble.com/vc1a61-editorial-sunday-20th-december-2020.html?mref=23gga&mrefc=11===

Who will be left for Democrats after Obama, Biden, HRC, Schiff, Warren and Pelosi are prosecuted for their Russia Collusion Hoax? What will be left of the FBI and DOJ after Mueller, Comey et al are prosecuted for their collusion? Dan Bongino discusses the explosive exposure of how Russia has had HRC emails from her illegal server in which HRC tried to deflect from her exposure by blaming President Trump. What of the powerful tech business allies of HRC who colluded to get Biden elected President? How will FB, Google, youtube and Twitter be affected? Will their CEO's escape jail time? What of CNN? NBCNews?, CBSNews? FoxNews? 

I'm waiting for delayed gratification. T45 may well be the greatest President USA has had, based on analysis of achievements to date. He fixed a broken economy. He achieved peace by not going to war. He commandeered initiative in science and tech. He worked for all constituents, not the corrupt few which his opponents focused on. 

Opposition to T45 has been substantially larger than for any previous President. The Russia Hoax dominated (swamped) his Presidency. Treasonous activity by tech giants and social elite have persecuted T45. Partly, that was at T45's behest because he was an outsider to Washington. Trump has walked a path others have not because opposition to outsiders is fierce. Including from within his own party, with RINO members part of the swamp. 

Trump won re-election in terms of votes cast in record numbers. The swamp is trying to steal it from him. The swamp are abusing legal avenues to prevent analysis of their illegal activity. What will happen when it is decided that has not worked? How many people will the swamp kill to protect their 'interests'? In order to protect the union, SCOTUS has not acted prematurely. It is up to state legislatures to do the right thing. How will RINO affect the outcome of those state legislature? Will RINO break the union to support the swamp? 

Trump Presidency
US to Move Aircraft Carrier Out of Mideast Amid Iran Tension
Navarro: Beijing Will Not Honor EU, China Deal
Pompeo Calls for Immediate Release of Sentenced HK Activists
Graham: Next Congress Should Vote Solely on $2K Checks
Trump to Declassify Intel China Paid for Attacks on US Soldiers
US Demands Release of Uighur Doctor Who Family Say Is Sentenced to 20 Years
UN: Blackwater Pardons Violate Geneva Convention
US Bomber Mission Over Persian Gulf Aimed at Cautioning Iran

In this episode, I discuss the troubling discrepancies in the vote count in Pennsylvania, a disturbing video out of Georgia, the troubling story behind the Nashville attack, and the Air Force’s newest game-changing weapon.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Capitol Hill
Pelosi Names First Woman as House Chaplain
Biden Wants a New Secret Service Detail, Claiming He Fears Trump Loyalists
Rep. Cawthorn Says He Wants to Create a “New Republican Party”
Bipartisan Group in Congress Could Reject Biden’s Choice to Lead Pentagon
Biden Plans To Decriminalize HIV Exposure and Transmission Laws
Two Vacancies Await Congress on Opening Day
Collusion Rewarded: Biden Gives Important White House Job to Facebook Lawyer
McConnell: Dems “Trying to Pull a Fast One”
Trump Considers Extending Temporary Halt on Foreign Work Visas to Help American Workers
Georgia Senate Candidate Ossoff Doesn’t Believe Police Should Help Immigration Enforcement
Newsom Aide Pleads Not Guilty to Domestic Abuse
Weekday Poll (Rasmussen) – December 31: Trump Approval at 45%

Swamp Watch
Georgia Senate Candidate Ossoff Insanely Claims Loeffler Is “Campaigning With a Klansman”
Gov. Cuomo Changes NFL Restrictions After Showing Interest in Attending Playoff Game
Never-Trump Conservatives Have One Thing in Common: Envy
2020 Had No Shortage of Fake News
Nearly Every Major American Media Outlet Has Attended Chinese Propaganda Events
Rubio Op-Ed Accuses Dr. Fauci of Manipulating the American People
Michigan County Board Votes to Impeach Gov. Whitmer
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Opens eyes. Sees 2021 resolution list. Rubs eyes with fists and looks again. Startled. Whistles tonelessly. Asks "Does Santa know about this?" Rests head on pillow a moment. Swings out of bed. Mutters. Too old. Too slow. Trapped in 2020 .. and yet time marches on.

To start the new year .. a message Charles Spurgeon finished off the old one ..

December 31: Morning

"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." - John 7:37

Patience had her perfect work in the Lord Jesus, and until the last day of the feast he pleaded with the Jews, even as on this last day of the year he pleads with us, and waits to be gracious to us. Admirable indeed is the longsuffering of the Saviour in bearing with some of us year after year, notwithstanding our provocations, rebellions, and resistance of his Holy Spirit. Wonder of wonders that we are still in the land of mercy!

Pity expressed herself most plainly, for Jesus cried, which implies not only the loudness of his voice, but the tenderness of his tones. He entreats us to be reconciled. "We pray you," says the Apostle, "as though God did beseech you by us." What earnest, pathetic terms are these! How deep must be the love which makes the Lord weep over sinners, and like a mother woo his children to his bosom! Surely at the call of such a cry our willing hearts will come.

Provision is made most plenteously; all is provided that man can need to quench his soul's thirst. To his conscience the atonement brings peace; to his understanding the gospel brings the richest instruction; to his heart the person of Jesus is the noblest object of affection; to the whole man the truth as it is in Jesus supplies the purest nutriment. Thirst is terrible, but Jesus can remove it. Though the soul were utterly famished, Jesus could restore it.

Proclamation is made most freely, that every thirsty one is welcome. No other distinction is made but that of thirst. Whether it be the thirst of avarice, ambition, pleasure, knowledge, or rest, he who suffers from it is invited. The thirst may be bad in itself, and be no sign of grace, but rather a mark of inordinate sin longing to be gratified with deeper draughts of lust; but it is not goodness in the creature which brings him the invitation, the Lord Jesus sends it freely, and without respect of persons.

Personality is declared most fully. The sinner must come to Jesus, not to works, ordinances, or doctrines, but to a personal Redeemer, who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. The bleeding, dying, rising Saviour, is the only star of hope to a sinner. Oh for grace to come now and drink, ere the sun sets upon the year's last day!

No waiting or preparation is so much as hinted at. Drinking represents a reception for which no fitness is required. A fool, a thief, a harlot can drink; and so sinfulness of character is no bar to the invitation to believe in Jesus. We want no golden cup, no bejewelled chalice, in which to convey the water to the thirsty; the mouth of poverty is welcome to stoop down and quaff the flowing flood. Blistered, leprous, filthy lips may touch the stream of divine love; they cannot pollute it, but shall themselves be purified. Jesus is the fount of hope. Dear reader, hear the dear Redeemer's loving voice as he cries to each of us,

"IF ANY MAN THIRST,

LET HIM

COME UNTO ME

AND DRINK."

Evening

"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved." - Jeremiah 8:20

Not saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of the judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved! You know the way of salvation, you read it in the Bible, you hear it from the pulpit, it is explained to you by friends, and yet you neglect it, and therefore you are not saved. You will be without excuse when the Lord shall judge the quick and dead. The Holy Spirit has given more or less of blessing upon the word which has been preached in your hearing, and times of refreshing have come from the divine presence, and yet you are without Christ. All these hopeful seasons have come and gone--your summer and your harvest have past--and yet you are not saved. Years have followed one another into eternity, and your last year will soon be here: youth has gone, manhood is going, and yet you are not saved. Let me ask you--will you ever be saved? Is there any likelihood of it? Already the most propitious seasons have left you unsaved; will other occasions alter your condition? Means have failed with you--the best of means, used perseveringly and with the utmost affection--what more can be done for you? Affliction and prosperity have alike failed to impress you; tears and prayers and sermons have been wasted on your barren heart. Are not the probabilities dead against your ever being saved? Is it not more than likely that you will abide as you are till death forever bars the door of hope? Do you recoil from the supposition? Yet it is a most reasonable one: he who is not washed in so many waters will in all probability go filthy to his end. The convenient time never has come, why should it ever come? It is logical to fear that it never will arrive, and that Felix like, you will find no convenient season till you are in hell. O bethink you of what that hell is, and of the dread probability that you will soon be cast into it!

Reader, suppose you should die unsaved, your doom no words can picture. Write out your dread estate in tears and blood, talk of it with groans and gnashing of teeth: you will be punished with everlasting destruction from the glory of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. A brother's voice would fain startle you into earnestness. O be wise, be wise in time, and ere another year begins, believe in Jesus, who is able to save to the uttermost. Consecrate these last hours to lonely thought, and if deep repentance be bred in you, it will be well; and if it lead to a humble faith in Jesus, it will be best of all. O see to it that this year pass not away, and you an unforgiven spirit. Let not the new year's midnight peals sound upon a joyless spirit! Now, now, NOW believe, and live






=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Network news is very sick and fighting a desperate war against President Trump. News are part of the swamp Trump is draining. News is devastated by the #FakeNews meme which so appropriately covers its activity. Did Hillary Clinton, as Secretary of State, collude with the New York Times? Is there any evidence that they did not collude? Politics is cyclical and nothing is new under the sun. The Networks were similarly under siege when they desperately turned to FBI assistant Director Felt and stitched up Nixon. Hillary was there then too. And it is worth looking at the old blockbuster Network to see how media overcame that time. They won't get Trump as they got Nixon.  Politics is cyclical and the media were at low ebb behind the abysmal President JFK. JFK just bumbled everything before being killed. But in being killed, JFK restored trust to network news, and made the career of Walter Cronkite. Watching Network now, and the insight is remarkable into how Clinton views the working of the press in that '70s model. Almost as if Clinton sees herself as Faye Dunaway. 

Leftist students, no longer demand free speech, but limiting words which offend them. It is said Karl Marx wanted to dethrone God and destroy capitalism. Are todays Marxists any different? Roz Ward, author of Safe Schools, addresses a Marxist convention. Is Kim Jong Un signing a suicide note by saying he can target all USA with nukes? Palestine diplomatic staff have reportedly been withdrawn from Washington DC where they were parasites. Gina Rinehart is doing the work of Turnbull in opposing the wind up of School of the Air in WA. Queers who back Palestine in Sydney live better lives than queers in Palestine. 

There is no point in studying evil, but every point in resisting it and facing it. Anti Semitism has many faces, and Henry Ford was one. Ford was GOP until 1918. From then on, until his death in 1947, Henry Ford backed Democrats. As a Democrat supporter, the pacifist Ford had opposed WW1 on the grounds of a Jewish conspiracy of rich Jews. But as a Dem, Ford began publishing anti Jew propaganda. Ford began promoting the Tsarist lie of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in 1920. Ford ceased the publishing of his anti semitic magazine in 1927. It was in 1922 that a future Nazi claimed he became anti semitic after reading "The international Jew" digest of the Dearborn.

One does not know Ford's motivation (evil is evil), however, one may assume Ford thought he was opposing rich Jews only and did not condone the Final Solution. Where did Ford's anti semitic views come from? They predated the so called Protocols. Politics is cyclical, and the press have often been at a low ebb. Ford did not stop being anti semitic in 1927. There is no evidence small minded bigots ever grow. But I was raised atheist and believe God died for all. 

=== from 2017 ===
The December IPA Review is out and James Bolt wrote “Librarians against terror” about Joshua Hammer’s book “Bad Ass Librarians of Timbuktu.” Timbuktu is a famous ancient metropolis in the west African nation of Mali. It is 90% muslim and subject to Al Qaeda. Joshua focuses on a librarian who worked to protect and preserve the heritage of Timbuktu, and the world, while Al Qaeda were killing indiscriminately so as to remove all trace of civilisation. Al Qaeda was what Obama wanted in foreign policy terms. It meant that the US would not have to use her own troops while fighting on the ground was the poor and oppressed fighting for their lives. Joshua uses the story of the librarian to explore what life was like for people under Al Qaeda. The story of the archivist is inspirational. He won the trust of many who gave him their family keep sakes in trust. It highlights that Al Qaeda cannot be trusted, but must be opposed.

Headlines claim Queensland’s public transport did not fail badly on NYE. Melbourne has a magnificent public transport system, broader than Sydney and effective. Sometimes. In Dandenong, the Plaza is a hub. But local council were celebrating NYE by using Walker street which is a major thoroughfare to Dandenong Plaza. Buses were diverted from Walker St, but the powers that be forgot the last stop before Dandenong station, which is the Plaza. When I called regarding the 828 bus which was over an hour late, and there was an hour between bus times on the timetable, public transport Victoria lied to me, saying that everything was running as normal. A ten minute late 828, running at 3:16 PM when I’d waited since 1:45 PM, was not diverted before the Plaza as others were, but was diverted from Walker street, doing a difficult manoeuvre (for a bus) on side streets. Badly planned. Badly executed and the information service lied to cover up what was happening for people who just wanted to know the best way home.

=== from 2015 ===
In the past seven years, some $16.2 billion dollars has gone to so called Palestine as aid. An estimated 90% to 95% has been diverted to fund terror. People calling themselves Palestinians now are not related to those people called Palestinian in 1938 and do not fight for the 1938 flag, which is Israel's flag. Those people calling themselves Palestinian and funding terror with foreign aid are descended from Jordanians, and got pushed out after a Jordanian civil war. The leaders of the Palestinians are terroists who inherited their positions from those who killed Bobby Kennedy, committed the atrocity of the Munich Olympics and Achille Lauro. The Palestinian leadership were friends of Idi Amin and well connected to Iran. Arafat was given a Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, for the work of Yitzhak Rabin and Shimon Peres. Arafat later initiated a new intifada after smoking a cigar with Clinton rumoured to be a Monica Special. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014
For the New Year ahead we have an ALP legacy which means the government has to cut spending. A few cuts begin today in Australia, the first day of the New Year. New Year's day has not always begun on the first of January. Roman consuls began their year on this day in 153 BC. The Julian Calendar had Jan 1 as the beginning of the year in 45 BC. The Gregorian Calendar reinforces the date from the religious viewpoint that Christ was circumcised by custom seven days after his birth which is celebrated on Christmas Day. However, January 1st was recognised as the first day of the new year before the Gregorian Calendar was adopted in some cases. England made it the first day of the year in 1752. Scotland had done so in 1600. In Sydney in 1914 on January 1st, Lord Mayor Clover Moore provided an Eye of Sauron light show. Last night, ABC given the privilege of showing the fireworks took the opportunity to show the heads of their comperes as they talked to each other for lengthy intervals. 

Tim Blair invented the term Frightbat to describe hysterical, but not funny, female journalists who made OTT comments with no discernible logic. Like with one suggesting an eight year old celebrity girl should get laid. Or another being outraged at not being touched by a friendly person on public transport. Or another being outraged at having to stop their bike for a manual labourer backing into a loading zone. One identified Frightbat has today claimed that Blair's Frightbat description is related to  Jihadists raping and killing Yazidi girls in IS. The accuser is a well remunerated journalist. HNY.

Today is also a success for the Clare Oliver campaign. The NSW government has banned UV Sun beds for business. I kept my promise, Clare. http://youtu.be/giuaqDMaq9Y
From 2013
The Iraqi communication's Minister, labelled Comical Ali who claimed the US was retreating as Baghdad was invaded was heard in spirit from AGW icebound vessel claiming "It is raining." Raining so much that the ice held fast and could not be breached by an ice breaker, or accessed by a helicopter. The so called researchers had gone to Antarctica in high summer to measure ice loss. Now, they will only be able to report that they could not measure it because of conditions. It snowed four times in London in the 20th Century. But it has snowed some six times already in the 21st century. It snowed in London some 17 times in the nineteenth century, and in eight consecutive years corresponding to the birth of Charles Dickens. So that a number of Dicken's books refer to a snowy Christmas in London. And because that is part of literature, there is an expectation that that will happen, and disappointment when it doesn't. How will the world, which has given $trillions to AGW believers, react when it registers that the money was merely diverted from the poorest and most vulnerable to feed fantasists? 

On the issue of fantasists, budget papers have been released relating to '87/'88. Bolt as a younger man did good writing for Hawke, but the little discussed truth is that the Hawke government which won election against Howard during a Joh for Canberra push was not good, but the best the ALP has offered to date. Hawke lacked talent in ministry but was able to exploit opposition division. The government of the day ran on an Australia card concept it never implemented. Hawke declared "No child would be alive in poverty by 1990" and although he worked hard to ensure that, they are hardy buggers. 


NYE coverage by the ABC had as a centre piece the 6.8 million dollar Harbour bridge extravaganza. Just as Clover Moore's name was announced as Sydney's Lord Mayor who had authorised the bill, the bridge lit up an 'eye of Sauron' display. The music played on the ABC telecast was awful. Truly a testimony to what was left behind with ALP government in 2013. Happy New Year. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 153 BC, Roman consuls began their year in office. 45 BC, the Julian calendar took effect as the civil calendar of the Roman Empire, establishing January 1 as the new date of the new year. 42 BC, the Roman Senate posthumously deifieJulius Caesar 69, the Roman legions in Germania Superior refused to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebelled and proclaimed Vitelliusas emperor. 193, the Senate chose Pertinax against his will to succeed Commodus as Roman emperor. 404, an infuriated Roman mob tore Telemachus, a Christian monk, to pieces for trying to stop a gladiators' fight in the public arena held in Rome. 414, Galla Placidia, half-sister of Emperor Honorius, was married to the Visigothic king Ataulf at Narbonne. The wedding was celebrated with Roman festivities and magnificent gifts from the Gothic booty. 417, Emperor Honorius forced Galla Placidia into marriage to Constantius, his famous general (magister militia).

In 1001, Grand Prince Stephen I of Hungary was named the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II. 1068, Romanos IV Diogenes married Eudokia Makrembolitissa and was crowned Byzantine Emperor. 1259, Michael VIII Palaiologos was proclaimed co-emperor of the Empire of Nicaea with his ward John IV Laskaris. 1438, Albert II of Habsburg was crowned King of Hungary. 1502, the present-day location of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was first explored by the Portuguese. 1515, King Francis I of France succeeded to the French throne. 1527, Croatian nobles elected Ferdinand I of Austria as King of Croatia in the Parliament on Cetin. 1600, Scotland began its numbered year on January 1 instead of March 25. 1651, Charles II was crowned King of Scotland. 1700, Russia began using the Anno Domini era and no longer used the Anno Mundi era of the Byzantine Empire. 1707, John V was crowned King of Portugal. 1739, Bouvet Island was discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. 1772, the first traveler's cheques, which could be used in 90 European cities, went on sale in London, England. 1773, the hymn that became known as "Amazing Grace", then titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17" was first used to accompany a sermon led by John Newton in the town of Olney, England. 1776, American Revolutionary WarNorfolk, Virginia was burned by combined Royal Navy and Continental Army action. 1781 American Revolutionary War: One thousand five hundred soldiers of the 6th Pennsylvania Regimentunder General Anthony Wayne's command rebelled against the Continental Army's winter camp in Morristown, New Jersey in the Pennsylvania Line Mutiny of 1781. 1788, first edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, was published.


In 1800, the Dutch East India Company was dissolved. 1801, the legislative union of Kingdom of Great Britain and Kingdom of Ireland was completed to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Also 1801, the dwarf planet Ceres was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi. 1803, emperor Gia Long ordered all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in HuếVietnam. 1804, French rule ended in Haiti. Haiti became the first black republic and second independent country in North America after the United States 1806, the French Republican Calendar was abolished. 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was banned. 1810, Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially became Governor of New South Wales 1812, the Bishop of DurhamShute Barrington, ordered troops from Durham Castle to break up a miners' strike in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham 1822, the Greek Constitution of 1822 was adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus. 1833, the United Kingdom claimed sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. 1845, the Cobble Hill Tunnel in Brooklyn, New York City was completed. 1847, the world's first "Mercy" Hospital was founded in Pittsburgh by the Sisters of Mercy, the name will go on to grace over 30 major hospitals throughout the world.


In 1860, First Polish stamp was issued. 1861, Porfirio Díaz conquered Mexico City, Mexico. 1863, American Civil War: The Emancipation Proclamation took effect in Confederate territory. Also 1863, the first claim under the Homestead Act was made by Daniel Freeman for a farm in Nebraska. 1870, Adolf Loos, architect, co-founder of modern architecture, baptized in St. Thomas church, BrnoMoravia 1873, Japan began using the Gregorian calendar. 1877, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom was proclaimed Empress of India. 1880, Ferdinand de Lesseps began French construction of the Panama Canal. 1885, twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones) 1890, Eritrea was consolidated into a colony by the Italian government. Also 1890, the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, was first held. 1892, Ellis Island opened to begin processing immigrants into the United States. 1894, the Manchester Ship Canal, was officially opened to traffic. 1898, New York, New York annexed land from surrounding counties, creating the City of Greater New York. The four initial boroughs, ManhattanBrooklynQueens, and The Bronx, were joined on January 25 by Staten Island to create the modern city of five boroughs. 1899, Spanish rule ended in Cuba.


In 1901, Nigeria became a British protectorate. Also 1901, the British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, VictoriaSouth AustraliaTasmania and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of AustraliaEdmund Barton was appointed the first Prime Minister. 1902, the first American college football bowl game, the Rose Bowl between Michigan and Stanford, was held in Pasadena, California. 1906, British India officially adopted Indian Standard Time. 1908, for the first time, a ball was dropped in New York City's Times Square to signify the start of the New Year at midnight. 1909, drilling began on the Lakeview Gusher. 1910, Captain David Beatty was promoted to Rear admiral, and became the youngest admiral in the Royal Navy (except for Royal familymembers), since Horatio Nelson. 1911, Northern Territory was separated from South Australia and transferred to Commonwealth control. 1912, the Republic of China was established. 1913, the British Board of Censors was established. 1916, German troops abandoned Yaoundé and their Kamerun colony to British forces and began the long march to Spanish Guinea. 1920, the Belorussian Communist Organisation was founded as a separate party. 1923, Britain's Railways were grouped into the Big FourLNERGWRSR, and LMS. 1927, the Cristero War began in Mexico. Also 1927, Turkey adopted the Gregorian calendar: December 18, 1926 (Julian), was immediately followed by January 1, 1927 (Gregorian). 1928, Boris Bazhanov defected through Iran. He was the only assistant of Joseph Stalin's secretariat to have defected from the Eastern Bloc. 1929, the former municipalities of Point Grey, British Columbia and South Vancouver, British Columbia were amalgamated into Vancouver.


In 1932, the United States Post Office Department issued a set of 12 stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. 1934, Alcatraz Island became a United States federal prison. Also 1934, Nazi Germany passed the "Law for the Prevention of Genetically Diseased Offspring". 1937, safety glass in vehicle windscreens became mandatory in the United Kingdom. 1939, Sydney, Australia, sweltered in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city. 1942, the Declaration by United Nations was signed by twenty-six nations. 1945, World War II: In retaliation for the Malmedy massacre, U.S. troops massacred 30 SS prisoners at Chenogne. Also 1945, World War II: The German Luftwaffe launched Operation Bodenplatte, a massive, but failed attempt to knock out Allied air power in northern Europe in a single blow. 1947, the American and British occupation zones in Germany, after World War II, merged to form the Bizone, that later became West Germany. Also 1947, the Canadian Citizenship Act 1946 came into effect, converting British subjects into Canadian citizens. Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King became the first Canadian citizen. 1948, the British railway network was nationalized to form British Railways. Also 1948, the Constitution of Italy came into force. 1949, United Nations cease-fire took effect in Kashmir from one minute before midnight. War between India and Pakistan stopped accordingly.


In 1950,  1950 – Standard practice uses this day as the origin of the age scale Before Present 1954, NBC made the first coast-to-coast NTSC color broadcast when it telecast the Tournament of Roses Parade, with public demonstrations given across the United States on prototype color receivers. 1956, Sudan achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom. Also 1956, a new year event caused panic and stampedes at Yahiko ShrineYahiko, Niigata, Japan, killing at least 124 people. 1957, George Town, Penang became a city by a royal charter granted by Elizabeth II. Also 1957, an Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit attacked Brookeborough RUC barracks during Operation Harvest; two IRA volunteers were killed. 1958, the European Economic Community was established. 1959, Fulgencio Batista, dictator of Cuba, was overthrown by Fidel Castro's forces during the Cuban Revolution. 1960, Cameroon achieved independence from France and the United Kingdom. 1962, Western Samoa achieved independence from New Zealand; its name was changed to the Independent State of Western Samoa. Also 1962, United States Navy SEALs were established. 1964, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was divided into the independent republics of Zambia and Malawi, and the British-controlled Rhodesia. 1965, the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was founded in KabulAfghanistan. 1966, a twelve-day New York City transit strike began. Also 1966, after a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassaassumed power as president of the Central African Republic.


In 1970, Unix time began at 00:00:00 UTC/GMT. 1971, Cigarette advertisements were banned on American television. Also 1971, Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, was founded. 1973, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and Ireland were admitted into the European Economic Community. 1977, Charter 77 published its first document. 1978, Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashed into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, India, killing 213. Also 1978, the Constitution of the Northern Mariana Islands became effective. 1979, formal diplomatic relations were established between China and the United States. 1980, Victoria was crowned princess of Sweden. 1981, Greece was admitted into the European Community. Also 1981, Palauachieved self-government though it was not independent from the United States. 1982, Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar became the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations. Also 1982, ITV franchise ATV got replaced by Central 1983, the ARPANET officially changed to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. 1984, the original American Telephone & Telegraph Company was divested of its 22 Bell System companies as a result of the settlement of the 1974 United States Department of Justice antitrust suit against AT&T. Also 1984, Brunei became independent of the United Kingdom. 1985, the Internet's Domain Name System was created. Also 1985, the first British mobile phone call was made by Ernie Wise to Vodafone. 1986, Aruba became independent of Curaçao, though it remained in free association with the Netherlands. Also 1986, Spain and Portugal were admitted into the European Community. 1987, a value-added tax was introduced in Greece for the first time. 1988, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Americacame into existence, creating the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. 1989, the Montreal Protocol came into force, stopping the use of chemicals contributing to ozone depletion.


In 1990, David Dinkins was sworn in as New York City's first black mayor. 1992, the Russian Federation was formally established. 1993, Dissolution of CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia was divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Also 1993, a single market within the European Community was introduced. 1994, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation initiated twelve days of armed conflict in the Mexican state of Chiapas. 1994, the North American Free Trade Agreement came into effect. 1995, the World Trade Organization went into effect. Also 1995, Sweden, Austria, and Finland were admitted into the European Union. Also 1995, the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe became the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Also 1995, the Draupner wave in the North Sea in Norway was detected, confirming the existence of freak waves. 1996, Curaçao gained limited self-government, though it remained within free association with the Netherlands. 1997, Zaire officially joined the World Trade Organization. Also 1997,  Ghanaian diplomat Kofi Annan was appointed Secretary-General of the United Nations. 1998, Russia began to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. Also 1998, the European Central Bank was established. 1999, the Euro currency was introduced in 11 countries - members of the European Union (with the exception of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Greece and Sweden).


In 2002, Euro banknotes and coins became legal tender in twelve of the European Union's member states. Also 2002, Taiwan officially joined the World Trade Organization, as Chinese Taipei. Also 2002, the Open Skies mutual surveillance treaty, initially signed in 1992, officially came into force. 2004, in a vote of confidence, General Pervez Musharraf won 658 out of 1,170 votes in the Electoral College of Pakistan, and according to Article 41(8) of the Constitution of Pakistan, was "deemed to be elected" to the office of President until October 2007. 2007, Bulgaria and Romania officially joined the European Union. Slovenia joins Eurozone. Also 2007, Adam Air Flight 574 disappeared over Indonesia with 102 people on board. 2008, Cyprus and Malta joined the Eurozone. 2009, Sixty-six people died in a nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. Also 2009, Slovakia joined the Eurozone. 2010, a suicide car bomber detonated at a volleyball tournament in Lakki Marwat, Pakistan, killing 105 and injuring 100 more. 2011, a bomb exploded as Coptic Christians in AlexandriaEgypt, left a new year service, killing 23 people. Also 2011, the Kallikratis plan became the new administrative system of Greece. Also 2011, Estonia joined the Eurozone. 2012, a Moldovancivilian was fatally wounded by a Russian peacekeeper in the Transnistrian security zone, leading to demonstrations against Russia. 2013, at least 60 people were killed and 200 injured in a stampede after celebrations at Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in AbidjanIvory Coast. 2014, Latvia joined the Eurozone. 2015, Lithuania joined the Eurozone.

=== Bible Reading ===

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Today's reading: Malachi 1-4, Revelation 22 (NIV)

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Today's Old Testament reading: Malachi 1-4

A prophecy: The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi.
Israel Doubts God’s Love


2 “I have loved you,” says the LORD.
“But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’
“Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob, 3 but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”
Edom may say, “Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.”
But this is what the LORD Almighty says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the LORD. 5 You will see it with your own eyes and say, ‘Great is the LORD—even beyond the borders of Israel!’

Today's New Testament reading: Revelation 22

Eden Restored
1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 down the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. 3 No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will serve him. 4 They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. 5 There will be no more night. They will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever....

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Morning

"In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, if any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink."
John 7:37
Patience had her perfect work in the Lord Jesus, and until the last day of the feast he pleaded with the Jews, even as on this last day of the year he pleads with us, and waits to be gracious to us. Admirable indeed is the longsuffering of the Saviour in bearing with some of us year after year, notwithstanding our provocations, rebellions, and resistance of his Holy Spirit. Wonder of wonders that we are still in the land of mercy!
Pity expressed herself most plainly, for Jesus cried, which implies not only the loudness of his voice, but the tenderness of his tones. He entreats us to be reconciled. "We pray you," says the Apostle, "as though God did beseech you by us." What earnest, pathetic terms are these! How deep must be the love which makes the Lord weep over sinners, and like a mother woo his children to his bosom! Surely at the call of such a cry our willing hearts will come.
Provision is made most plenteously; all is provided that man can need to quench his soul's thirst. To his conscience the atonement brings peace; to his understanding the gospel brings the richest instruction; to his heart the person of Jesus is the noblest object of affection; to the whole man the truth as it is in Jesus supplies the purest nutriment. Thirst is terrible, but Jesus can remove it. Though the soul were utterly famished, Jesus could restore it.
Proclamation is made most freely, that every thirsty one is welcome. No other distinction is made but that of thirst. Whether it be the thirst of avarice, ambition, pleasure, knowledge, or rest, he who suffers from it is invited. The thirst may be bad in itself, and be no sign of grace, but rather a mark of inordinate sin longing to be gratified with deeper draughts of lust; but it is not goodness in the creature which brings him the invitation, the Lord Jesus sends it freely, and without respect of persons.
Personality is declared most fully. The sinner must come to Jesus, not to works, ordinances, or doctrines, but to a personal Redeemer, who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree. The bleeding, dying, rising Saviour, is the only star of hope to a sinner. Oh for grace to come now and drink, ere the sun sets upon the year's last day!
No waiting or preparation is so much as hinted at. Drinking represents a reception for which no fitness is required. A fool, a thief, a harlot can drink; and so sinfulness of character is no bar to the invitation to believe in Jesus. We want no golden cup, no bejewelled chalice, in which to convey the water to the thirsty; the mouth of poverty is welcome to stoop down and quaff the flowing flood. Blistered, leprous, filthy lips may touch the stream of divine love; they cannot pollute it, but shall themselves be purified. Jesus is the fount of hope. Dear reader, hear the dear Redeemer's loving voice as he cries to each of us,


"IF ANY MAN THIRST,
LET HIM
COME UNTO ME
AND DRINK."

Evening

"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Jeremiah 8:20
Not saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of the judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this moment not saved! You know the way of salvation, you read it in the Bible, you hear it from the pulpit, it is explained to you by friends, and yet you neglect it, and therefore you are not saved. You will be without excuse when the Lord shall judge the quick and dead. The Holy Spirit has given more or less of blessing upon the word which has been preached in your hearing, and times of refreshing have come from the divine presence, and yet you are without Christ. All these hopeful seasons have come and gone--your summer and your harvest have past--and yet you are not saved. Years have followed one another into eternity, and your last year will soon be here: youth has gone, manhood is going, and yet you are not saved. Let me ask you--will you ever be saved? Is there any likelihood of it? Already the most propitious seasons have left you unsaved; will other occasions alter your condition? Means have failed with you--the best of means, used perseveringly and with the utmost affection--what more can be done for you? Affliction and prosperity have alike failed to impress you; tears and prayers and sermons have been wasted on your barren heart. Are not the probabilities dead against your ever being saved? Is it not more than likely that you will abide as you are till death forever bars the door of hope? Do you recoil from the supposition? Yet it is a most reasonable one: he who is not washed in so many waters will in all probability go filthy to his end. The convenient time never has come, why should it ever come? It is logical to fear that it never will arrive, and that Felix like, you will find no convenient season till you are in hell. O bethink you of what that hell is, and of the dread probability that you will soon be cast into it!

Reader, suppose you should die unsaved, your doom no words can picture. Write out your dread estate in tears and blood, talk of it with groans and gnashing of teeth: you will be punished with everlasting destruction from the glory of the Lord, and from the glory of his power. A brother's voice would fain startle you into earnestness. O be wise, be wise in time, and ere another year begins, believe in Jesus, who is able to save to the uttermost. Consecrate these last hours to lonely thought, and if deep repentance be bred in you, it will be well; and if it lead to a humble faith in Jesus, it will be best of all. O see to it that this year pass not away, and you an unforgiven spirit. Let not the new year's midnight peals sound upon a joyless spirit! Now, now, NOW believe, and live.

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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

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French .. http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B01683ZOWG

Japan .. http://www.amazon.co.jp/-/e/B01683ZOWG

German .. http://www.amazon.de/-/e/B01683ZOWG

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Other Stuff

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I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship

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I'm looking for former students to endorse me

https://www.superprof.com.au/write-recommendation-13371374-1cc2cf0f56166c9b04ad4097fc7d0b67.html

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