Bairnsdale Conservative: Fri Jun 14th Todays News

PM lacks total recall

Miranda Devine – Friday, June 14, 2013 (1:47am)

PM lacks total recall, by Miranda Devine

THERE’S a pattern of behaviour emerging with the Prime Minister. She complains about being the victim of misogyny and sexism but then fawns over men who are renowned for demeaning women.

One minute it’s radio boor Kyle Sandilands; the next it’s visiting muscleman Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose alleged sexist behaviour is so well known he is called “The Gropenator”. So enthusiastic have been his past interactions with unsuspecting women, a magazine once labelled him “Arnold the Barbarian”.

Julia Gillard flew to Perth yesterday to have lunch with the Terminator star-turned-ex-governor of California, who is in Australia for a series of high-priced motivational speeches.One of the pearls of wisdom he imparted yesterday to achieve success was “working your ass off”. Gillard insists she met Arnie not to discover his secrets of success, but to discuss climate change.

The pair even “co-wrote” an article on the topic.

She wanted to show that while Arnie is a Republican, they share common ground.

For instance, after two terms as governor, Arnie left California with a near-record low approval rating and a record high deficit, despite promising to balance the budget.

And in his attitudes to women he echoes prime ministerial favourite Sandilands, who famously has abused women in what Julia Gillard might call a grossly sexist and offensive way.

Kyle once called a reporter a “fat, bitter thing” and told her to “watch your mouth, girl, or I’ll hunt you down”.

Arnie has a string of sexist quotes to his name that put Kyle in the shade. For example: “How many times do you get away with this, to take a woman, grab her upside down, and bury her face in a toilet bowl?” he once told Entertainment Weekly about a scene in which he fights a female robot in Terminator 3. Or this: “As much as when you see a blonde with great tits and a great ass, you say to yourself, ‘Hey, she must be stupid or must have nothing else to offer’ which maybe is the case many times,” he told Esquire in 2003.

Or this: “I can look at a chick who’s a little out of shape and if she turns me on, I won’t hesitate to date her. If she’s a good f ... she can weigh 150 pounds, I don’t care,” he told Oui in 1977.

It may seem curious that a woman who claims, “When I see sexism and misogyny, I’m gonna call ‘em for what they are” would fly all the way across the country to meet such a he-man.

But, then, even her partner Tim Mathieson has indulged in a little off-colour banter at women’s expense, advising men to choose female Asian doctors with small fingers for prostate exams.

Is there a disconnect between the PM’s taste in men and her professed views on sexism? Join the dots.

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BLUE PRIDE

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (7:09am)

Are you a blue-tie wearer who feels vilified by the Prime Minister? Send your defiant blue tie photographs totrblair@ozemail.com.au and take a stand against discrimination. You’ll be joining this site’s greatest celebrity:

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ALLAHU MENU

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (7:01am)

When someone hails Allah while killing a British soldier and quotes the Koran to justify their murderous act, the ABC isn’t immediately convinced that an Islamic component is involved. As one ABC operative subsequently demanded:

“What proof do you have that these crimes were even carried out by a Muslim man or in the name of the religion?”

Well, none at all. Apart from the fact it was carried out by a Muslim man in the name of his religion. But our verification-obsessed national billion-dollar broadcaster isn’t quite so fussed about facts when it come to a local menu scandal:

The ABC failed to alter its reporting to reflect the dramatic change in the “menu” scandal story as the substance behind the claims fell away on Wednesday evening.

While other media outlets chose to report that restaurant owner Joe Richards had mocked-up the menu himself, and that it was seen only by him and his son, the ABC’s Leigh Sales still led her introduction to 7.30 with the “shocking sexist misstep by a prominent Coalition MP” …

Hours later, Lateline’s Emma Alberici also led the program with the old story.

“An obscene description of the Prime Minister’s body on a menu at a Liberal Party fundraiser has further fuelled the so-called gender wars,” she opened …

It was persistent and misleading tweets from the ABC’s Latika Bourke which contributed to confusion about the timeline …

Bourke yesterday continued to claim on Twitter that Mr Brough “knew” of the menu. She did not respond to questions put by this newspaper.

Mr Brough also said he thought it “extraordinary” that the ABC largely ignored the new information.

Liberal MPs should convert to Islam and forever dwell within the broadcaster’s safety zone.

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SCHOOL GATES OF HELL

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (6:21am)

Prime Minister Julia Gillard rallies her troops, as best she can:

Her presentation to the party room on Tuesday was said to be one of the poorest ever delivered by a leader.

The PM did not even admit that the government was in trouble. Instead she told them to stand in front of a school gate and try to sell Gonski.

Result:

More than half of the federal Labor caucus will ignore Julia Gillard’s call to man school gates today to campaign for her education funding reforms …

Only 34 of 102 Labor MPs and senators have confirmed they would observe the request to visit schools today at drop-off and pick-up time to sell the Gonski reforms.

Maybe they’d listen to her if she was a man.

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GO WITH THE FLOW

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (6:19am)

June is dictator appreciation month, which might explain recent bureaucratic tactics in the US.

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COMRADIO

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (5:32am)

Listen to your taxes slowly and pointlessly draining away.

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MURDOCH DIVORCE

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (5:29am)

Sad news:

Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of News Corporation, has filed for divorce from Wendi Deng Murdoch, his wife of 14 years.

A spokesman for News Corp confirmed that the filing was made Thursday morning local time in the New York State Supreme Court, noting that the “relationship between husband and wife has broken down irretrievably”.

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TERMINATED

Tim Blair – Friday, June 14, 2013 (4:53am)

Arnie flops in Sydney:

Performing the only Sydney date of a nation-wide speaking tour, Mr Schwarzenegger took to the stage half an hour late for the 21st Century Education summit to roaring applause to an auditorium around one-third full.

Maybe it’s his material:

Mr Schwarzenegger … spoke of his devotion to renewable energies and climate change policies.

That’ll keep the crowds down. Still, the celebrated maid-knocker-up has one major fan: anti-sexism activist and likely September retiree Julia Gillard.

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Bolt Report on Sunday

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (2:27pm)

The Bolt Report on Sunday on Network 10 at 10am.
George Brandis, Alexander Downer and John Black.
How Gillard made a meal of a sexist menu.
Dealing with boat people who commit crimes here.
Is the Prime Minister a victim?
Guess who’s coming on the show - and why?

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A bigger scandal: The Age vilifies Abbott in a sexist menu, based on a lie

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (2:18pm)

Culture wars

The Age editor says sexist and rude menus mocking Julia Gillard are vile:

The Age has long campaigned against sexism and does not regard it as a trivial issue. The emergence, coincidental or not, of a vile example in the form of a menu for a Liberal National Party fund-raiser - supposedly a joke that never made it to the table - is evidence of a culture of sexism in some quarters.

In fact, the menu was not produced for the LNP fundraiser at all, as the editor should know.
It was a private “joke” between the restaurant owner and his son, unlike the sexist and rude menu mocking Tony Abbott which the Age editor distributed to every Age reader this morning in retaliation for something of which Abbott is entirely innocent:

If there was no excuse for the menu drawn up by a restaurant owner as a joke with his son, there is no excuse for this menu drawn up by Age cartoonist Michael Leunig for a collective snigger with more than 200,000 readers. What’s more, the cartoon is based on a lie - that Abbott was somehow implicit in the Gillard menu and needs this payback.
The Age has done to Abbott precisely what it damns when done to Gillard - but done it before an immensely bigger crowd.
Here is the typical sanctimony and hypocrisy of the Left, for which there are not principles, just sides.
Vile.
UPDATE
To repeat - for many on the Left it is not the principle that counts, but the side:

Lisa, Paul and Baz with the PM, 92.9 FM Perth, yesterday:

HOST Lisa: Julia ... I’m a big fan and I vote Labor ... Can I just start by just talking about the menu at the Liberals dinner ... This has just been playing on my mind since yesterday. As a woman, does that hurt your feelings? Because I know once a paper took a picture of me and put under it that I had a fat ass and I went home and I cried for about two days and I’m tough as nails. Did it hurt your feelings?
PM: No, Lisa, it doesn’t ... I’m pretty resilient. I’ve needed to be, and you know I’ve had all of this happen before from the Liberal Party and, you know, offensive things happening at Liberal Party fundraisers and the Leader of the Opposition standing next to grossly sexist signs and all of that. So because I’ve had all of that experience, no, it doesn’t personally hurt me.
Julia Gillard to Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey, October 10, 2006:

YELL as much as you like, mate, because you are not worrying me ... the ugly face of the Howard government is on display - the misogynist and the fat man.

UPDATE
The Polliter blog claims a Labor fundraiser involving two frontbenchers had a similarly sexist menu mocking Tony Abbott’s genitals. Note: this is only a claim.
UPDATE
More hypocrisy. Howard Sattler is rightly suspended. But the ABC happily continues to give gigs to Marieke Hardy despite this jibe about Abbott’s genitals in a tweet after an Abbott speech:

“The most conservative instinct of all - the instinct to have a family’. Tony Abbott, I hope your cock drops off and falls down a plughole.

Hardy is disgusted by sexist attacks on a Labor woman:

But she published on her blog - and refused to remove - this far more disgusting sexist attack by one of her readers on a Liberal man, his wife and his daughters (expletives deleted):

Lawrie said…

You mean you were within 5 metres of [then Opposition Leader Brendan] Nelson and you didn’t glass the c..t?
You dropped the ball Fits…
Margi said…

I agree with Lawrie. You should have “glassed the c..t” Nelson. You should have taken a piece of glass and torn his face to shreds, only leaving trails of bloody skin dripping from his ugly face and then you should have glassed his ass and balls so much, you castrate him so he could never procreate with his wife. Furthermore, glass the c..t wife and their children, while you’re at it, because they don’t deserve to procreate and have any children themselves, those blood-sucking Liberal c..ts!

Again, for many on the Left it’s not the principle that counts but the side.
(Thanks to reader Heywood.)

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Tip: one Labor MP might blow the leadership open

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (12:49pm)

The Liberals were frozen with indecision over whether to dump Malcolm Turnbull as leader. It took one man - Kevin Andrews - to force the issue by offering himself as leader instead.
Result: a series of ballots which delivered Tony Abbott victory by a single vote.
Will Labor’s deadlock similarly be ended by a single MP?
Gary Hardgrave, a former Liberal MP and now 4BC broadcaster, tweets:

UPDATE
A married man, presumably Queenslander, fed up with Gillard and likely to smash the standoff. In the Lower House, there aren’t many candidates:

Of Labor’s male Senators in Queensland, I couldn’t see Joe Ludwig - son of Labor kingmaker and AWU boss Bill Ludwig - rocking the boat. And would the nice John Hogg want to give up presidency of the Senate even at this late stage, with this Senate still to sit until next June?

UPDATE

Even rusted-on Laura Tingle concedes:

Labor has spent this week determined to prove to any voters who still need convincing that it really does lack the capacity for leadership normally associated with the politically ambitious.
Even the Prime Minister’s closest allies privately concede her leadership is finished but self-righteously insist they will not get their hands dirty by pushing her out.
Cabinet ministers look hopefully to Bill Shorten to “do something”.

(Thanks to readers Peter and Gab.)
UPDATE
Simon Benson:

Sources close to the PM have conceded to The Daily Telegraph for the first time that they are concerned about the mood among those previously counted as her supporters. Senior ministers reported to have softened in their support included key ministers Greg Combet, Jason Clare, Jenny Macklin and Penny Wong.

Combet denies it.

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At least the Liberals will spend billions less on making no difference to any warming

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (11:12am)

Alan Moran gives more hope that the Liberals are more than Labor-lite:

The Coalition would reduce the $20 billion a year funding on carbon madness by a half to two-thirds. Not a bad start to ridding us forever of the cruel and pernicious impost introduced at the behest of green guerillas, well-funded business lobbyists, gullible politicians and public servants creating career options…
Climate Change Shadow Greg Hunt has announced that the Coalition in Government will replace the $9 billion a year carbon tax with Direct Action – measures of doubtful worth but coming to only $500 million a year. In addition the Coalition will stop the $2 billion a year (plus admin costs) disgracefully wasteful green subsidies being proffered by the winner-picking “Clean Energy Finance Corporation”. In the Australian Guardian Energy Shadow Ian MacFarlane has said he will make it more difficult for new windfarms to get planning approvals and the AFR (sub needed) reports him signalling that other budgetary measures administered by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency would be closely examined with a view to making savings.

Moran describes how Labor spends a colossal amount of money to make no difference at all to the temperature - one of the grandest follies in our history:

Both sides say they want to lower carbon dioxide emissions by 5 per cent.
To do this the Government’s policies will cost between $20-$30 billion a year, more than the entire defence budget. Labor’s strategy employs four kinds of measures.
First there is the carbon tax with costs to consumers this year at $9 billion…
Secondly, the Government is spending about $5 billion a year on subsidies to green schemes, half through the Clean Energy Fund’s low interest loans.
Third, there is the renewable energy target, which subsidises windmills and rooftop solar through customers’ electricity bills. The target increases year by year and its annual costs will be $5 billion a year by 2020.
And finally, there are measures such as efficiency standards on housing, refrigerators and other items. These impose up-front costs on purchasers, estimated at $750 million a year for new home owners.

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Labor MPs refuse Gillard’s order to go to school

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (9:51am)

Julia Gillard flexes her authority over her MPs:

... the Prime Minister on Tuesday told every Labor lower-house MP and senator to take their message to parents and teachers.
“All MPs and Senators are encouraged to visit a school gate around school drop-off or pick-up [on Friday], hold a mobile office and talk to parents,” said the message from the Caucus Communications Team, which issued it hours after Education Minister Peter Garrett was banned from any Queensland state school over that state’s objections to the Gonksi plan.

Mutiny in the air:

News Ltd contacted each of Labor’s 71 lower-house MPs and 31 senators for their most up-to-date diary entries and less than half of those who confirmed their plans were visiting a school.
Many had already made school visits this week, so weren’t keen to repeat the experience, others were travelling interstate or overseas.
Some told News Ltd they simply weren’t doing it.

This surely can’t last much longer.
(Thanks to reader CA.)

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Is The Age really saying this alleged jihadist must be freed?

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (9:28am)

I’m not sure the “it’s-all-right-then” attitude of the Age reporter is warranted:

Interpol have made a stunning withdrawal of murder and firearms charges against the Egyptian asylum seeker held in detention and hounded by the federal Coalition as a ‘’convicted Jihadist terrorist’’.
The French-based headquarters for the international police issued the withdrawal of the charges to its ‘’red notice’’ against Sayed Ahmed Abdellatif in a statement on Friday morning.
Interpol said its bureau in Cario had asked the red notice ‘’be changed to remove any charges relating to premeditated murder, destruction of property, and possession of firearms, ammunition and explosives without a permit’’.

‘’The remaining offences listed on the current valid Red Notice for Mr Abdel Latif are for membership of an illegally-formed extremist organization and forging travel documents for the organization’s members.’’…
The opposition last week seized on revelations that he was wanted by Interpol yet held in a low-security detention facility near Adelaide to claim the Gillard government had a lax attitude to national security.
That strident criticism is now bound to be questioned.

Really?
What exactly is the argument here?
That our authorities were right to overlook an Interpol alert on a boat person on the grounds that maybe some of the charges might one day be withdrawn anyway?
That authorities shouldn’t worry about him because Interpol now says he’s just an alleged member of a terrorist-linked group who allegedly forged travel documents for its members?
And why is the Opposition in the gun for “hounding” this man, when it’s the Government that has since locked him up in heavier security?
The premise of this piece seems driven by an agenda that doesn’t include national security.

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The New Racism: Aborigines not “born to work”

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (9:21am)

ANU professor Jon Altman is interviewed about chronic unemployment among outback Aborigines, of whom many live in welfare-backed squalor

IS there a case for Centrelink to say, in the next three months it’s harvest or pruning time. No dole. Here is the phone number?
Altman: ... Not every indigenous person wants to be working in the mining industry ... or agriculture.
ASN: Why not?
Altman: Because they might not have aspirations to work in that way.
ASN: Should they get the dole if they don’t?
Altman: Like other Australians they have citizenship entitlements to the dole ... The transition of Aboriginal people into what Noel Pearson calls mainstream jobs is extremely difficult because that sort of work is a challenge for people not engaged in that sort of work regime for a long time.
ASN: In what way is it more of a challenge than for you and me? I sometimes hate going to work.
Altman: We come from a very strong cultural tradition. We were born to work.

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Never mind the facts. How the ABC put Tony Abbott on the menu

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (7:42am)

Media

Why did the ABC not let the facts get in the way of a good anti-Abbott smear?
Restaurant owner Joe Richards revealed before 7pm on Wednesday that Labor’s claims about the sexist menu “on display” at a Liberal fundraiser held by Mal Brough were false:

There were never any menus distributed on the tables or in the restaurant. I created a mock menu myself as a light-hearted joke. However as I said, I never produced them for public distribution...I can assure you that no such menu was distributed on the night. As you know, no-one at the dinner was privy to such a menu and it is so unfortunate that an in-house joke between myself and my son has caused you great problems and embarrassment.

Without further evidence, that was the end of story.
Without further evidence, Labor was wrong to say the menu was ”on display” at fundraiser, and wrong to say it gave guest of honor Joe Hockey ”belly laughs”. It was certainly wrong to say Brough admitted he’d ”seen” it. And wrong to suggest any link with Tony Abbott.
This story was effectively dead. It had ceased to be. There was nothing left to it but a rude restaurateur and another example of a desperate prime minister desperately smearing.
But observe how the ABC wouldn’t let the truth stop it from pushing along Gillard’s smear:

While other media outlets chose to report that restaurant owner Joe Richards had mocked-up the menu himself, and that it was seen only by him and his son, the ABC’s Leigh Sales still led her introduction to 7.30 with the “shocking sexist misstep by a prominent Coalition MP”.
This was despite the 7pm bulletin containing a reference to the new confession at the end of its first item as the news broke.
Journalist Chris Uhlmann corrected the record 13 minutes into his pre-recorded 7.30 package with a single line before producers continued with a panel segment involving The Australian columnist Janet Albrechtsen and prominent publisher Mia Freedman discussing the issue as if the new revelations had never been made…
Sales told her guests about it shortly before the [pre-recorded] segment finished filming.
“We’ve just received word . . . that the owner of the restaurant that was involved in the menu issue has put out a statement saying that it was a mock menu that he made and that it wasn’t distributed on the night at the fundraiser and that it was unfortunate that it ended up going public,” she said.
“Janet, does that change things?”
Hours later, Lateline’s Emma Alberici also led the program with the old story.
“An obscene description of the Prime Minister’s body on a menu at a Liberal Party fundraiser has further fuelled the so-called gender wars,” she opened. Halfway through the report, political correspondent Tom Iggulden used the new information to segue back into the pre-set piece about the menu being a Coalition problem…
But it was persistent and misleading tweets from the ABC’s Latika Bourke which contributed to confusion about the timeline.
She initially tweeted on Wednesday “the offensive Liberal menu is real” after talking to Mal Brough but he told The Australian she did not accurately portray what he had told her.
He said he told her he was aware of the existence of the menu because Joe Hockey’s office had phoned him about 9am Wednesday - after news broke online...

The ABC should explain this appalling performance.
And Julia Gillard should explain why she’s still making unsubstantiated claims to appear the victim of Liberal sexism. This is the real story:

LABOR’S two-day gender offensive against Tony Abbott continued to unravel yesterday as supporters of Julia Gillard failed to produce any evidence to back claims a derogatory menu had been distributed at a Liberal National Party fundraiser.
As the man who first alerted the world to the existence of the menu - a disgruntled former worker at Brisbane’s R&R Cafe - admitted he had no firsthand knowledge it ever left the kitchen, the emergence of a second worker who claimed it had been widely seen at the LNP dinner in March appeared to be a hoax.

Again, Brough and the restaurant owner may be lying. But until there is evidence of that, they must be presumed to be telling the truth.
UPDATE
One liar is nailed, and it’s not Brough:

UPDATE
Graham Richardson says it’s not wrong to doubt Brough’s word:

Fortunately for the embattled candidate, the restaurant owner came to Brough’s aid by confessing he had written the offensive menu himself and shown it to almost no one. Apparently it was not distributed at the fundraising dinner and Brough claims he had never seen it.
The sequence of events, though, looked dodgy to say the least. With the furore erupting all around him, Brough went to ground. Only after the real culprit could be found could the Liberal party distribute the concession so Brough could come out with a clean skin.
You can’t blame Labor for challenging this version of events. First, Brough has recent form. When challenged last year about his knowledge about the James Ashby legal attack on Peter Slipper, he tried the Sergeant Schultz defence - I know nothing. Only when confronted with the evidence did he concede he had met Ashby on several occasions.

(Thanks to reader CA.)

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Howard Sattler suspended as he damn well should be

Andrew Bolt June 14 2013 (7:30am)

The suspension should be lengthy:

PERTH shock jock Howard Sattler was last night suspended by Fairfax Media after an interview with Julia Gillard during which he questioned if Tim Mathieson, her partner of seven years, could be a closeted homosexual because he was a hairdresser.
After the Prime Minister ridiculed Sattler’s “vile and offensive” suggestion, Sattler’s employer, Fairfax-owned 6PR, said the questions posed by Sattler were “disrespectful and irrelevant to the political debate”.

An utterly disgraceful interview.
His bio needs updating:

Sattler will claim he was merely putting silly rumors to air to let Gillard end them. But this wasn’t ending unworthy rumors but airing them. It wasn’t disproving them but legitimising them. Moreover, Sattler was actually working up to another question he mercifully didn’t dare ask. And all of it based on zero evidence about a matter of nobody’s business.
It was sly, hypocritical, mean, tawdy, impertinent, offensive and prying. I wonder whether Fairfax will want Sattler back.
UPDATE
Some readers last night claim I am a free speech hypocrite in calling for Sattler’s suspension.
False. Sattler is free to say what he likes. I am free to call him all the names above. Fairfax is free to decide it does not want to broadcast this kind of stuff, although we’re all then entitled to make conclusions about how much licence it gives its broadcasters to speak. For instance, I believe Fairfax betrayed its commitment to investigate journalism when it got rid of broadcaster Michael Smith for asking Gillard well-researched questions about the AWU scandal.
The only free speech issue here is if Sattler were now to be dragged before courts or tribunals to be punished by the state or its agencies. I’d object then. This should be settled in the free market - a market of citizens with the freedom to decide for themselves what to hear and who to give a megaphone.
UPDATE
Reader watty:

No excuse for Sattler but then didn’t our PM once refer to the Manager of Opposition Business as “mincing poodle”? Pyne: married with 4 children.

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no .. not funny .. thought provoking or curious .. wtf - ed
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Taking the PM’s advice- talking to parents at the gate of Woodford SS - Under Labor this school will be worse off http://bit.ly/10dSZPh
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IDIOT SHOCK JOCKS DO ABBOTT NO FAVOURS Larry Pickering

“Is your partner gay?” is a question that plays right into the hands of Gillard’s mad feminists. Howard Sattler of 6PR is a serial offender appealing to the extreme Right, the fringe element that gives Gillard oxygen.

She deserves to be attacked on her policies, her criminal background and her gross incompetency. “Is your partner a poofter”, is a non sequitur.

I have no idea what Tim Mathieson’s sexual preferences are. He is not the Prime Minister and has no influence on Gillard’s deceitful “reforms”.

It is extremely galling to see Mathieson living the life of Riley while ordinary Australians suffer under the weight of Labor’s profligacy.

I understand the image of him waving to cameras before entering a VIP plane is offensive.

My information is that Gillard had tired of his outrageous antics and the relationship had soured. He had decided to buy a block of land at Eildon and spend time fishing.

The latest footage of him and Julia playing happy families at Kirribilli House was engineered by John McTernan, obviously to discount gossip that she and McTernan were an item.

Mathieson is a menace, a liability, and I don’t believe he should have been let near The Lodge but once again that comes down to Gillard’s poor judgment.

Sattler’s questioning of the PM was of course aimed at ratings but it does show the extent to which Gillard has lost the respect of the public. It reflects voters’ sheer frustration in a Prime Minister they can’t rid themselves of.

Gillard will stop at nothing to continue her un Australian ideology and everything possible should be done to stop her, that’s a given.

But the voters who will change this Government are those at the centre of the political spectrum and they will shy away from the extremes of jocks like Sattler.

If Sattler’s interview was aimed at garnering votes for Gillard, he succeeded.
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Allyson Christy
Timing is always so guided under a precision-based, politicised agenda. Timing, within any political sphere, is everything, after all, and of the essence to any agenda; needed or otherwise.

Amid rising scandals, it seems fitting that the White House now formally acknowledges a 'red line' was crossed specific to Syria.

"Congress has been notified that the United States will acknowledge that Syria has used chemical weapons on a small scale multiple times and a "red line" has been crossed, according to congressional sources.

The intelligence community has concluded that sarin gas was used and 100-150 people have died, a senior intelligence official said Thursday.

The Syrian government and rebels have accused each other of using chemical weapons on the battlefield, prompting the United Nations to call for the deployment of an international team of investigators. Both sides have denied using chemical weapons.

The Syrian government has been battling a rebellion for more than two years." - CNN Breaking News
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The NSA Director walks into a bar.
Bartender: I've got a new joke for you.
NSA Director: Heard it.
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Holly Sarah Nguyen'

The promise of Gods words are YES and AMEN...

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Hamas continues its efforts to teach children to support terrorism against Israel. This summer, Hamas will run summer camps to spread its extremist ideology among Gaza's youth:http://www.idfblog.com/hamas/2013/06/13/training-children-for-terror-hamas-summer-camps-aim-to-indoctrinate-youth/

Share the truth about Hamas' idea of education.
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Allyson Christy via Martin Sherman
"No matter how often the doctrine of political appeasement and territorial concession failed to win approval at the ballot box, it nevertheless continued to dominate the policy-making decisions of governments – even of those elected in express opposition to it.

Astonishingly, time and time again, the prescriptions of the vanquished became the policy of the victors.

It is thus an accumulated consequence of individual decisions and actions driven by the short-term pursuit of prestige and profit of a group of empowered individuals, and which trump considerations of the long-term interest of the wider collective.

It will not be remedied by electing different politicians...but by promoting, emplacing and empowering new competing civil society elites who can challenge the incumbents and displace them from their positions of unelected influence....

The first step in advancing this crucial revolution is to engender a total revaluation of the strategy of giving by right-wing benefactors.

For one cannot win a war without a war chest..." - Martin Sherman
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A rare hunk of poop from a Tyrannosaurus rex will soon be making its way to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C.http://oak.ctx.ly/r/68xq

The fossil was deposited about 65 million years ago in southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, and will be appearing in the "Putting Dinosaurs in Their Place" exhibit, opening next year.
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What's a derecho? Meaning "straight" in Spanish a derecho is an impressively far-reaching and long-lived windstorm that is quite rare and difficult to predict, and as its name suggests, this type of storm packs powerful straight-line winds, in contrast to the spinning winds of a tornado.http://oak.ctx.ly/r/68xm

Here, an ominous line of clouds portends the approaching derecho in La Porte, Indiana.
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David Tennant:
"Yea, Course I knew Matt Smith was leavingDoctor Who, I told him it was for the best, because once I got back into the TARDIS, I knew I wanted to come back, Not sure how they will write it up, but yea, it's me, am the new Doctor.........(smirks!) I'd love to, but am so busy right now, Broadchurch is back next year, I want to do Star Wars too, It was hard saying goodbye again, but it's been so much fun, I'm sure I'll be back at some point with Matt, and maybe one day, Chris too with the new Doctor, isn't it 10 years since the return of Doctor Who in 2015? *WINKS*"
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Earlier in the week I was at Revesby station, it was good to chat with local residents.
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GG Robert Downey, Jr. consoles a young boy in tears because Iron Man isn't in his costume.
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Congressmen Gosar (AZ-04), Salmon (AZ-05), Schweikert (AZ-06) and Franks (AZ-08) are hosting a Congressional Field Hearing in Prescott, Arizona, on July 1st to discuss the IRS and other abuse scandals and hear directly from their constituents about their concerns with this out-of-control federal government. This is a PERFECT way to kick-off the Fourth of July week and usher in Independence Day!

We need more members of Congress to engage We the People in town hall style meetings to discuss all the government abuse scandals just as they did in 2009 and 2010 with Obamacare. Those Obamacare town halls became a hallmark of the Tea Party movement, and we need that same energy now more than ever. Let the people come together and speak up. Now is the time.

In a Pew poll taken last January, 53% of Americans believed the federal government is a threat to their own personal rights and freedom. Imagine what that percentage would be now that we know more about all of these abuse scandals? A majority of Americans now feel that their government is a threat to their liberty -- not just bloated, incompetent, and bankrupt, but an actual threat to their liberty.

I look forward to addressing this justified distrust of our out-of-control Big Brother government at the "Road to Majority" conference in D.C. this Saturday.

- Sarah Palin

Watch the video about the July 1st event here:http://youtu.be/ch7oc4by8aQ
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Taco Pie!! >>> Food Fanatics <<<

Recipe: http://bsrecipe.blogspot.com.es/2012/06/real-taco-pie.html
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‘Founding Founders’? White House creates gender neutral birth of a nation ==>http://twitchy.com/2013/06/13/founding-founders-white-house-creates-gender-neutral-birth-of-a-nation/
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Best John Wayne Movie Quotes
- Film Clip -

At this link:
http://independentfilmnewsandmedia.com/best-john-wayne-movie-quotes/
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PLUIM PARK ELECTION COMMITMENT PAID IN FULL

NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation, Graham Annesley yesterday joined Chris Spence, Member for the Entrance, together with his Central Coast parliamentary colleagues, Chris Holstein, Member for Gosford, and Darren Webber, Member for Wyong, to formally hand over the $1.2 million final instalment for the upgrade of Pluim Park at Lisarow.

“The football community of the Central Coast were made a promise prior to the 2011 election and I’m very proud to say the NSW Government has honoured its $3 million commitment for the redevelopment of Pluim Park,” Mr Spence said.

“The funding from the ClubGRANTS scheme has assisted Central Coast Football to upgrade the playing surfaces on three fields including drainage, irrigation and returfing, together with an extension to the car park,” Mr Spence added.

Minister for Tourism Major Events Hospitality and Racing, George Souris, who is responsible for the ClubGRANTS scheme, said the program helps local communities by allowing registered clubs to claim a maximum of 2.25 per cent in tax rebates on their annual gaming machine profits over $1 million when they provide financial or in-kind support for locally-based community programs and services.

“Category Three of the ClubGRANTS scheme was introduced to provide a contribution of gaming machine profits by clubs to a State wide funding pool to support large scale projects associated with sport, health and community infrastructure.

“The investment in Pluim Park is a great example of clubs contributing to the well-being of their local communities,” Mr Souris said.

Minister Annesley added, “As Minister for sport I’m always keen to see money invested in sporting infrastructure which provides an opportunity for more people to participate in sport and recreational activities.

“Apart from work on the playing surfaces the money has also provided new office space and amenities plus a much needed upgrade to the grandstand,” Mr Annesley said.
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This place has become a regular part of my photographic life, teaching others the how to's with the Aperture Academy while avoiding being overtaken by the ocean waves. I always get one shot in for myself. This is my shot from last Saturday. — at Fort Cronkhite.
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http://mikereport.wordpress.com/2012/05/14/881/ ( FB took away my tagging rights)
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" The world knew about the Holocaust and did nothing, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said from the Auschwitz death camp Thursday, vowing that Israel would take matters into its own hands to prevent a second Holocaust.

“The Allied leaders knew about the Holocaust as it was happening. They understood perfectly what was taking place in the death camps. They were asked to act, they could have acted, and they did not,” said Netanyahu. “For us Jews, the lesson is clear. We must not stand idle before the threats of annihilation. We must not bury our heads in the sand, or let others do our work. From here, the place that provides testimony for the will to eradicate us, I, the prime minister of Israel, the Jewish state, tell all the nations of the world: The State of Israel will do whatever is necessary to prevent a second Holocaust.” "
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Flashback Friday #TobyMaguire at #FoxStudios #ff#GreatGatsby #KitchenNinja
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Dear Fellow Patriot,

Benjamin Franklin once said, "They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

We're in grave danger of sacrificing our liberty in the name of safety. The president and his security advisers have prioritized intruding on the privacy of patriotic Americans, like you and me, over monitoring the actions of known and suspected terrorists. But they aren't succeeding at keeping us safe!

After September 11, 2011, we did not have a single terror attack on U.S. soil again until Barack Obama entered the White House. Under President Obama, we've been attacked twice. On November 5, 2009, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on Fort Hood, killing 13 and wounding 30. On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev used two bombs to blow up the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing 3 and wounding 254.

That's 16 dead and 285 injured at the hands of Islamic extremists on American soil on Obama's watch.

We can't stand for this. We must elect hard-charging conservatives, preferably with military experience, to hold the White House accountable and ensure their decisions preserve our national security and constitutional rights. That's why I'm asking you to donate $25, $50, $100 or more to the Allen West Guardian Fund right away.

Now that we've learned the National Security Agency is monitoring our phone and Internet records, I want to know why they weren't listening to Anwar-al-Awlaki and his conversations with Major Nidal Hasan. I also want to know why they didn't pay more attention to the Tsarnaev brothers' travels and connections to Chechen Islamic terrorism after Russia warned them about their activities!

Fellow Patriot, this isn't national security. It's a national circus. And it's unacceptable. We can't allow the Obama administration to carpet bomb Americans to cover our cowardice in confronting Islamic extremism. We need to go head-to-head with them to combat their radical agenda.

The Guardian Fund is already vetting the 14 candidates we'll be supporting and let me tell you—we have some great prospects. But your support today is critical to ensure we have the resources to launch them to victory.

Can I count on you to donate $25, $50, $100 or more to the Guardian Fund today?

There's a lot at stake here, not the least of which is our national security. Thank you in advance for your continued support.

Allen West

Lt. Col. Allen B. West, USA (ret)
U.S. Congressman (2011-2013)

Paid for by the Allen West Guardian Fund.
Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.
www.allenwestguardianfund.com

Contributions to the Allen West Guardian Fund are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.

Allen West Guardian Fund
PO Box 1862 | Boca Raton, FL 33429

allenwestguardianfund.com

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Friend,

Our $100,000 Stand Up for the Grassroots money bomb is off and running.

But we've got a long way to go if we're going to show the naysayers what we're made of.

We are still $81,229 away from our goal!!

Please, as a personal favor to me, make a generous contribution of $35, $50, $100, $200 or whatever you can afford to Patriot Voices right away.

The national media and the Republican GOP "establishment" are closely watching our progress.

They want to know if Patriot Voices and our national network of grassroots volunteers can rival the big money special-interest Super PACs.

So it is critical that we hit our $100,000 goal by June 30^th!

Please donate whatever you can right away.

Now more than ever, we need to show the big-government liberals in Washington, D.C. that grassroots conservatives will never, ever back down.

We are in the middle of a historic political battle.

It's a battle not just between conservatives and liberals. But one between special interest Washington cronies and the American people!

Every single day, a new case of government corruption pops up.

The IRS is harassing conservative activists. ObamaCare bureaucrats are engaged in insider trading of Medicare stocks. The Justice Department is spying on reporters. And State Department officials are covering up narcotics rings and sexual assaults!

And the ONLY people fighting back are grassroots groups like Patriot Voices!

Please make the very best donation you can to our Stand Up for the Grassroots money bomb.

This is our chance to show the world that government threats and intimidation aren't slowing us down. We can and will continue to stand up for freedom and against big-government abuses of power, no matter what!

We've posted a special thermometer on our website so that the liberal politicians, the bureaucrats and the left-wing media can watch in real-time as the American people take a stand.

That means I really need you to help us reach our goal by contributing RIGHT NOW. We MUST raise $100,000 by June 30th!

Then, please forward this email to everyone you know who is interested in defending the conservative grassroots movement and standing up to Barack Obama's bureaucrat bullies.

My friend, I am counting on you. We have to raise $81,229 more by the end of this month! I can't reach this goal without you.

Please, make the very best donation you possibly can right now.

Thank you, and may God bless America and the conservative movement!

Sincerely,

Rick Santorum

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Hi everyone! Here's the MichelleMalkin.com newsletter for June 13th. Enjoy!

Jim Geraghty: The ‘very serious’ tradition of the Internal Revenue Service

Hot Air: Flight from Congress over ObamaCare’s massive cost hikes?

Conservative Intelligence Briefing: Obamacare: Comparable cheap insurance up 200% in Ohio; Calif. insurers cut corners by reducing access to providers

Twitchy: ‘I hope one flattens your lily white wimpy a#*’: Sarah Palin pounds Bill Maher’s ‘hateful mockery’

Twitchy: Must-read speech by ‘bad ass’ Roger Ailes: What was the commander in chief doing during Benghazi attacks?

This morning on "Fox & Friends," Michelle discussed NSA surveillance leaker Edward Snowden and the NSA's essential role in protecting and preserving our security.

Bon appétit.

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June 14: Liberation Day in the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1982); Flag Day in the United States

German troops marching by the Arc de Triomphe

1285 – Forces led by Prince Tran Quang Khai of Vietnam's Tran Dynasty destroyed most of the invadingMongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
1800 – War of the Second Coalition: In the Battle of Marengo, Napoleonic forces secured victory over theHabsburgs when defeat had appeared inevitable until the arrival of French troops led by Louis Desaix.
1940 – World War II: Four days after the French government fledParis, German forces occupied the French capital (pictured), essentially ending the Battle of France.
1966 – The Vatican formally abolished its 427-year-old list of prohibited books.
1985 – The Schengen Agreement, a treaty to abolish systematicborder controls between participating European countries, was signed between five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community.

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Events[edit]

1216 – First Barons' War: Prince Louis of France captured the city of Winchester and soon conquered over half of the Kingdom of England.
1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.
1285 – Forces led by Prince Tran Quang Khai of Vietnam's Trần Dynasty destroys most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong.
1287 – Kublai Khan defeated the force of Nayan and other traditionalist Borjigin princes in East Mongolia and Manchuria.
1381 – Richard II of England meets leaders of Peasants' Revolt on Blackheath. The Tower of London is stormed by rebels who enter without resistance.
1645 – English Civil War: Battle of Naseby – 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
1667 – The Raid on the Medway by the Dutch fleet in the Second Anglo-Dutch War ends. It had lasted for five days and resulted in the worst ever defeat of the Royal Navy.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: the Continental Army is established by the Continental Congress, marking the birth of the United States Army.
1777 – The Stars and Stripes is adopted by Congress as the Flag of the United States.
1789 – Mutiny on the Bounty: HMS Bounty mutiny survivors including Captain William Bligh and 18 others reach Timor after a nearly 7,400 km (4,600 mi) journey in an open boat.
1789 – Whiskey distilled from maize is first produced by American clergyman the Rev Elijah Craig. It is named Bourbon because Rev Craig lived in Bourbon County, Kentucky.
1800 – The French Army of First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeats the Austrians at the Battle of Marengo in Northern Italy and re-conquers Italy.
1807 – Emperor Napoleon's French Grande Armée defeats the Russian Army at the Battle of Friedland in Poland (modern Russian Kaliningrad Oblast) ending the War of the Fourth Coalition.
1821 – Badi VII, king of Sennar, surrenders his throne and realm to Isma'il Pasha, general of the Ottoman Empire, ending the existence of that Sudanese kingdom.
1822 – Charles Babbage proposes a difference engine in a paper to the Royal Astronomical Society entitled "Note on the application of machinery to the computation of astronomical and mathematical tables".
1830 – Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: 34,000 French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
1839 – Henley Royal Regatta: the village of Henley-on-Thames, on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, stages its first regatta.
1846 – Bear Flag Revolt begins – Anglo settlers in Sonoma, California, start a rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic.
1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Winchester – a Union garrison is defeated by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley town ofWinchester, Virginia.
1863 – Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
1872 – Trade unions are legalised in Canada.
1900 – Hawaii becomes a United States territory.
1900 – The Reichstag approves a second law that allows the expansion of the German navy.
1907 – Norway gives women the right to vote.
1919 – John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown depart from St. John's, Newfoundland on the first nonstop transatlantic flight.
1926 – Brazil leaves the League of Nations
1937 – Pennsylvania becomes the first (and only) state of the United States to celebrate Flag Day officially as a state holiday.
1937 – U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
1940 – World War II: Paris falls under German occupation, and Allied forces retreat.
1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
1940 – A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnów become the first residents of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1941 – June deportation: the first major wave of Soviet mass deportations and murder of Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians, begins.
1944 – World War II: After several failed attempts, the British Army abandons Operation Perch, its plan to capture the German-occupied town of Caen.
1945 – World War II: Filipino troops of the 15th, 66th and 121st Infantry Regiment, Philippine Commonwealth Army, USAFIP-NL liberate the captured in Ilocos Sur and start the Battle of Bessang Pass in Northern Luzon.
1947 – Roswell UFO incident: a supposed UFO crash lands in Roswell, New Mexico.
1949 – Albert II, a rhesus monkey, rides a V2 rocket to an altitude of 134 km (83 mi), thereby becoming the first monkey in space.
1951 – UNIVAC I is dedicated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law that places the words "under God" into the United States Pledge of Allegiance.
1955 – Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1959 – Disneyland Monorail System, the first daily operating monorail system in the Western Hemisphere, opens to the public in Anaheim, California.
1959 – A group of Dominican exiles depart from Cuba and land in the Dominican Republic with the intent of overthrowing the totalitarian government of Rafael Trujillo. All but four are killed or executed.
1962 – The European Space Research Organisation is established in Paris – later becoming the European Space Agency.
1965 – Nguyen Cao Ky becomes Prime Minister of South Vietnam at the head of a military junta; General Nguyen Van Thieu becomes the figurehead chief of state.
1966 – The Vatican announces the abolition of the Index Librorum Prohibitorum ("index of prohibited books"), which was originally instituted in 1557.
1967 – Mariner program: Mariner 5 is launched towards Venus.
1967 – The People's Republic of China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
1982 – The Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.
1985 – TWA Flight 847 is hijacked by Hezbollah shortly after take-off from Athens, Greece.
1994 – The 1994 Stanley Cup riot occurs after the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup from Vancouver, causing an estimated CA$1.1 million, leading to 200 arrests and injuries. One person is left with permanent brain damage.
2002 – Near-Earth asteroid 2002 MN misses the Earth by 75,000 miles (121,000 km), about one-third of the distance between the Earth and the Moon.

Births[edit]

1444 – Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
1479 – Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian poet (d. 1552)
1529 – Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (d. 1595)
1691 – Jan Francisci, Hungarian organist and composer (d. 1758)
1726 – James Hutton, Scottish naturalist (d. 1797)
1730 – Antonio Sacchini, Italian composer (d. 1786)
1763 – Simon Mayr, German composer (d. 1845)
1796 – Nikolai Brashman, Russian mathematician (d. 1866)
1798 – František Palacký, Czech scholar and politician (d. 1876)
1801 – Heber C. Kimball, American religious leader (d. 1868)
1811 – Harriet Beecher Stowe, American novelist and abolitionist (d. 1896)
1812 – Fernando Wood, American politician (d. 1881)
1819 – Henry Gardner, American politician, 23rd Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1892)
1820 – John Bartlett, American publisher (d. 1905)
1855 – Robert M. La Follette, Sr., American politician, 20th Governor of Wisconsin (d. 1925)
1856 – Andrey Markov, Russian mathematician (d. 1922)
1864 – Alois Alzheimer, German physician (d. 1915)
1868 – Karl Landsteiner, Austrian biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1943)
1870 – Sophia of Prussia (d. 1932)
1871 – Hermanus Brockmann, Dutch rower (d. 1936)
1871 – Jacob Ellehammer, Danish inventor (d. 1946)
1872 – János Szlepecz, Slovene writer and priest (d. 1936)
1877 – Jane Bathori, French soprano (d. 1970)
1878 – Léon Thiébaut, French fencer (d. 1943)
1884 – John McCormack, Irish tenor (d. 1945)
1884 – Georg Zacharias, German backstroke and breaststroke swimmer (d. 1953)
1890 – May Allison, American actress (d. 1989)
1893 – Siggie Nordstrom, Swedish singer and actress (Nordstrom Sisters) (d. 1980)
1894 – Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (d. 1924)
1895 – Jack Adams, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (d. 1968)
1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
1903 – Alonzo Church, American mathematician and logician (d. 1995)
1904 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (d. 1971)
1905 – Steve Broidy, American businessman (d. 1991)
1905 – Arthur Davis, American animator and director (d. 2000)
1907 – Nicolas Bentley, British writer and illustrator (d. 1978)
1907 – Chico Landi, Brazilian race car driver (d. 1989)
1907 – René Char, French poet (d. 1988)
1909 – Burl Ives, American actor, singer, and author (d. 1995)
1910 – Rudolf Kempe, German conductor (d. 1976)
1913 – Joe Morris, Canadian trade unionist (d. 1996)
1914 – Pauline Moore, American actress (d. 2001)
1916 – Dorothy McGuire, American actress (d. 2001)
1917 – Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist and writer
1917 – Gilbert Prouteau, French poet and director (d. 2012)
1917 – Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007)
1919 – Gene Barry, American actor (d. 2009)
1919 – Sam Wanamaker, American actor (d. 1993)
1920 – Jacques Datin, French songwriter (d. 1973)
1922 – Kevin Roche, Irish architect, designed Bank of America Plaza and the Central Park Zoo
1922 – K Asif, Indian Film Director (d.1971)
1924 – James W. Black, Scottish physician (d. 2010)
1925 – Pierre Salinger, American journalist and politician, 11th White House Press Secretary (d. 2004)
1926 – Hermann Kant, German author
1926 – Don Newcombe, American baseball player
1928 – Che Guevara, Argentine-Cuban physician, author, intellectual, diplomat, and theorist (d. 1967)
1929 – Cy Coleman, American composer (d. 2004)
1929 – Johnny Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
1930 – Odile Versois, French actress (d. 1980)
1931 – Marla Gibbs, American actress
1931 – Junior Walker, American saxophonist and singer (d. 1995)
1932 – Joe Arpaio, American police officer
1933 – Jerzy Kosiński, Polish-American novelist (d. 1991)
1933 – Vladislav Rastorotsky, Soviet gymnastics coach
1936 – Renaldo Benson, American singer-songwriter (The Four Tops) (d. 2005)
1936 – Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Finnish writer
1937 – Jørgen Leth, Danish director
1939 – Steny Hoyer, American politician
1939 – Peter Mayle, British author
1940 – Jack Bannon, American actor
1942 – Andy Irvine, Irish singer-songwriter and musician (Planxty, Sweeney's Men, and Patrick Street)
1943 – Barry Burman, English artist and educator (d. 2001)
1943 – John Miles, British race car driver
1943 – Spooner Oldham, American musician and songwriter
1943 – Harold Wheeler, American composer, conductor, and producer
1944 – Laurie Colwin, American author (d. 1992)
1944 – Joe Grifasi, American actor
1945 – Rod Argent, English singer-songwriter and keyboardist (The Zombies and Argent)
1945 – Marilyn Schreffler, American voice actress (d. 1988)
1946 – Donald Trump, American businessman and author, founder of the Trump Entertainment Resorts
1946 – Robert Louis-Dreyfus, French businessman, CEO of Adidas and Saatchi & Saatchi (d. 2009)
1947 – Kat Martin, American romance author
1947 – Barry Melton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Joe and the Fish and The Dinosaurs)
1947 – Hiroshi Miyauchi, Japanese actor
1948 – Laurence Yep, American author
1949 – Jim Lea, English singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Slade)
1949 – Harry Turtledove, American novelist
1949 – Alan White, English drummer (Yes, Plastic Ono Band, White, and Circa)
1950 – Rowan Williams, Welsh bishop, poet, and theologian, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury
1951 – Paul Boateng, British politician
1952 – Pat Summitt, American basketball coach
1952 – Leon Wieseltier, American writer
1953 – Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
1953 – David Thomas, American singer-songwriter, and musician (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)
1954 – Will Patton, American actor
1955 – Michael D. Duvall, American politician
1955 – Paul O'Grady, English comedian, actor, and writer
1956 – King Diamond, Danish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Black Rose, Mercyful Fate, and Brats)
1956 – Fred Funk, American golfer
1956 – Gianna Nannini, Italian singer-songwriter and musician
1956 – Sam Irvin, American director and producer
1957 – Maxi Jazz, English rapper, songwriter, and race car driver (Faithless)
1957 – Suzanne Nora Johnson, American lawyer
1958 – Pamela Geller, American blogger, author, political activist and commentator
1958 – Eric Heiden, American skater
1959 – Eddie Mekka, American actor
1959 – Marcus Miller, American singer, musician, composer, and producer (SMV)
1960 – Mike Laga, American baseball player
1961 – Boy George, English singer-songwriter and producer (Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, and Jesus Loves You)
1961 – Dušan Kojić, Serbian singer-songwriter and musician (Disciplina kičme and Disciplin A Kitschme)
1961 – Sam Perkins, American basketball player
1964 – Peter Gilliver, British lexicographer
1965 – Mike Scaccia, American guitarist (Ministry, Rigor Mortis, Lard, and League of Blind Women) (d. 2012)
1966 – Matt Freeman, American musician (Operation Ivy, Rancid, Social Distortion, Basic Radio, Downfall, and Devils Brigade)
1966 – Traylor Howard, American actress
1967 – Dedrick Dodge, American football player
1967 – Kumar Mangalam Birla, Indian business tycoon
1968 – Yasmine Bleeth, American actress
1968 – Campbell Brown, American journalist
1968 – Faizon Love, American actor
1969 – Éric Desjardins, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 – Michael Gerber, American author
1969 – Steffi Graf, German tennis player
1969 – Kyle Hebert, American voice actor
1969 – MC Ren, American rapper and songwriter (N.W.A)
1970 – Heather McDonald, American actress, comedian, and author
1971 – Bruce Bowen, American basketball player
1971 – Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
1971 – Pritam Chakraborty, Indian music director and composer
1972 – Rick Brunson, American basketball player
1972 – Michael Cade, American actor
1972 – Matthias Ettrich, German computer scientist, founded KDE
1972 – Shaun Keaveny, British broadcaster
1973 – Sami Kapanen, Finnish ice hockey player
1973 – Svetlana Ražnatović, Serbian singer
1974 – Sutan Amrull, American drag queen performer and makeup artist
1974 – Jang Jin-young, South Korean actress (d. 2009)
1974 – Joshua Radin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1974 – Phillip Rhys, English actor
1975 – Ryuji Miki, Japanese race car driver
1975 – Bob Nanna, American musician (Braid, Hey Mercedes, and The City on Film)
1975 – Chris Onstad, American cartoonist
1976 – Alan Carr, English comedian
1976 – Massimo Oddo, Italian footballer
1977 – Chris McAlister, American football player
1977 – Massimiliano Neri, Italian model
1978 – Steve Bégin, French-Canadian ice hockey player
1978 – Diablo Cody, American screenwriter and author
1978 – Annia Hatch, Cuban-American gymnast
1981 – Lonneke Engel, Dutch model
1981 – Chauncey Leopardi, American actor
1982 – Jamie Green, British race car driver
1982 – Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
1983 – Hirofumi Araki, Japanese actor
1983 – Louis Garrel, French actor
1983 – J. R. Martinez, American soldier and actor
1983 – John Stocco, American football player
1984 – Lorenzo Booker, American football player
1984 – Siobhán Donaghy, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes)
1984 – Yury Prilukov, Russian swimmer
1985 – Andy Soucek, Spanish race car driver
1986 – Jonathan Clare, English cricketer
1986 – Matt Read, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Andrew Cogliano, Canadian ice hockey player
1987 – Mohamed Diamé, Senegalese footballer
1988 – Adrián Aldrete, Mexican footballer
1988 – Kevin McHale, American singer, dancer, and actor (NLT)
1989 – Lucy Hale, American actress and singer
1989 – Courtney Halverson, American actress
1989 – Joao Rojas, Ecuadorian footballer
1991 – Erick Barrondo, Guatemalan race-walker
1991 – Kostas Manolas, Greek footballer
1992 – Daryl Sabara, American actor

Deaths[edit]

767 – Abū Ḥanīfa, Muslim scholar of Islamic jurisprudence (b. 699)
1161 – Emperor Qinzong of Song (b. 1100)
1381 – Simon Sudbury, English bishop, Archbishop of Canterbury
1497 – Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (b. 1474)
1544 – Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1489)
1548 – Carpentras, French composer (b. c. 1470)
1594 – Orlande de Lassus, Flemish composer (b. c. 1532)
1662 – Henry Vane the Younger, English-American politician (b. 1613)
1674 – Marin le Roy de Gomberville, French writer (b. 1600)
1703 – Jean Herauld Gourville, French adventurer (b. 1625)
1794 – Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, English politician (b. 1718)
1800 – Louis Desaix, French general (b. 1768)
1800 – Jean Baptiste Kléber, French general (b. 1753)
1801 – Benedict Arnold, American general, traitor in the American Revolution (b. 1741)
1825 – Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer (b. 1754)
1837 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)
1883 – Edward FitzGerald, British poet (b. 1809)
1886 – Alexander Ostrovsky, Russian dramatist (b. 1823)
1907 – William Le Baron Jenney, American architect and engineer, designed the Home Insurance Building (b. 1832)
1908 – Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, British politician, 6th Governor General of Canada (b. 1841)
1914 – Adlai Stevenson I, American politician, 23rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1835)
1916 – João Simões Lopes Neto, Brazilian writer (b. 1865)
1920 – Max Weber, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1926 – Mary Cassatt, American painter (b. 1843)
1927 – Ottavio Bottecchia, Italian cyclist (b. 1894)
1927 – Jerome K. Jerome, English author (b. 1859)
1928 – Emmeline Pankhurst, British political activist and suffragette (b. 1857)
1932 – Dorimène Roy Desjardins, Canadian businesswoman, co-founded Desjardins Group (b. 1858)
1933 – Justinien de Clary, French trap shooter (b. 1860)
1936 – G. K. Chesterton, English writer (b. 1874)
1936 – Hans Poelzig, German architect, painter, and designer, designed the Palace of the Soviets (b. 1869)
1946 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer and inventor (b. 1888)
1967 – Eddie Eagan, American boxer (b. 1897)
1968 – Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1901)
1975 – Pablo Antonio, Filipino architect (b. 1902)
1977 – Robert Middleton, American actor (b. 1911)
1979 – Ahmad Zahir, Afghan singer-songwiter, musician, and composer (b. 1946)
1980 – Charles Miller, American musician (War) (b. 1939)
1986 – Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer (b. 1899)
1986 – Alan Jay Lerner, American composer (b. 1918)
1990 – Erna Berger, German soprano (b. 1900)
1991 – Peggy Ashcroft, British actress (b. 1907)
1994 – Lionel Grigson, British jazz pianist, composer and teacher (b. 1942)
1994 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (b. 1924)
1994 – Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (b. 1922)
1995 – Rory Gallagher, Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Taste) (b. 1949)
1995 – Roger Zelazny, American writer (b. 1937)
1997 – Richard Jaeckel, American actor (b. 1926)
1999 – Bernie Faloney, American football player (b. 1932)
2000 – Attilio Bertolucci, Italian poet and writer (b. 1911)
2002 – June Jordan, American writer and teacher (b. 1936)
2003 – Dale Whittington, American race car driver (b. 1959)
2004 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain climber and guide (b. 1900)
2004 – Eamonn McGirr, Irish-American singer (b. 1941)
2005 – Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor (b. 1914)
2005 – Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (b. 1924)
2006 – Monty Berman, British cinematographer, director, and producer (b. 1905)
2006 – Jean Roba, Belgian writer and illustrator (b. 1930)
2007 – Ruth Graham, China-American philanthropist, poet, author, painter (b. 1920)
2007 – Robin Olds, American pilot (b. 1922)
2007 – Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman (b. 1918)
2008 – Jamelão, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1913)
2008 – Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish pianist (Esbjörn Svensson Trio) (b. 1964)
2009 – Bob Bogle, American musician (The Ventures) (b. 1934)
2009 – Ivan Della Mea, Italian singer-songwriter, journalist, and author (b. 1940)
2009 – William McIntyre, Canadian Puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (b. 1918)
2012 – Peter Archer, Baron Archer of Sandwell, British politician (b. 1926)
2012 – Al Brancato, American baseball player (b. 1919)
2012 – Bob Chappuis, American football player (b. 1923)
2012 – Bob Hank, Australian footballer (b. 1923)
2012 – Margie Hyams, American pianist, and arranger (b. 1920)
2012 – Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, German pianist and educator (b. 1930)
2012 – Hassan Kassai, Iranian musician and educator (b. 1928)
2012 – Jesse Powell, American football player (b. 1947)
2012 – Kaka Radhakrishnan, Indian actor (b. 1926)
2012 – Carlos Reichenbach, Brazilian director and producer (b. 1945)
2012 – Erik Rhodes, American porn actor (b. 1982)
2012 – Gitta Sereny, Austrian-English historian, journalist, and author (b. 1921)
2012 – Mako Tabuni, Indonesian activist
2012 – Yvette Wilson, American actress (b. 1964)

Holidays and observances[edit]

Christian Feast Day:
- Basil the Great, Doctor, Bishop of Caesaria, Cappadocia, CE 379 (Anglicanism)
- Elisha
- Methodios I of Constantinople
- June 14 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (United States)
Liberation Day (Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
Mourning and Commemoration Day or Leinapäev (Estonia)
Mourning and Hope Day in Lithuania.
Women's Day (Iraq)
World Blood Donor Day (International observance)

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