Community Channel (Natalie Tran) is under siege for a throw away comment of hers regarding religion, which she doesn't have anything to do with. Several followers got upset. We live in a culturally diverse land. It is fine for someone to say they want nothing to do with any religion. I don't feel that way about it, and I have reasons for my stance, but Natalie is welcome to her view. I'll still support her.
2014
We need to have a discussion. A New York Time article on a Father’s Day address delivered by President Obama said: “We know the statistics - that children who grow up without a father are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime, nine times more likely to drop out of schools and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. They are more likely to have behavioural problems, or run away from home, or become teenage parents themselves. And the foundation of our community is weaker because of it.” But we haven't been able to discuss it because of the preciousness of the left who don't argue, but abuse those who wish to bring their thoughts to the discussion table that are different from the left's. Bernardi has made many reasonable statements on this issue and on the issue of abortion, but instead of arguing them, the left have lied, making extravagant claims. A mother, father and their children are the basic family unit. It is a desirable model. A natural model. There is such thing as diversity, there are also cultural assets that need to be strong and maintained.
Because celebration of cultural assets is not welcomed by the press, the passing of Ariel Sharon may not be well understood by many in its' significance. He had been in a persistent vegetative state for eight years, and his last work was unfinished. He had split the conservative party, Likud, in forming a unity type party of Kadima. He had the luxury of working with a conservative White House offering a 'peace' opportunity which respected Israeli security. Arafat refused. Later, Fatah and Hamas were engaged in civil war and so there was no partner for peace. Sacrifices were made and the opportunity passed. Sharon had been one of Israel's finest soldiers and generals. The sacrifice without gain will not be forgotten by the victims. Sharon's service should not be forgotten either. He found eternal rest on a Saturday.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1528, Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden. 1554, Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned King of Burma. 1616, the city of Belém was founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco. 1777, Mission Santa Clara de Asís was founded in what is now Santa Clara, California. 1808, the organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, was held in Edinburgh, Scotland. Also 1808, John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture. 1848, the Palermo rising took place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. 1866, the Royal Aeronautical Society was formed in London. 1872, Yohannes IV was crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. 1895, The National Trust was founded in the United Kingdom. 1898, Itō Hirobumi began his third term as Prime Minister of Japan. 1899, thirteen crew members and five apprentices were rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former foundered off the coast of Devon.In 1906, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarked on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. 1908, a long-distance radio message was sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time. 1911, the University of the Philippines College of Law was formally established; three future Philippine presidents were among the first enrolees. 1915, the Rocky Mountain National Park was formed by an act of U.S. Congress. Also 1915, the United States House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote. 1918, Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. 1921, acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner. 1926, original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928. 1932, Hattie Caraway became the first woman elected to the United States Senate. 1942, World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board.
In 1959, the Caves of Nerja were rediscovered in Spain. 1962, Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, took place. 1964, rebels in Zanzibar began a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaimed a republic. 1966, Lyndon B. Johnson stated that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there was ended. 1967, Dr. James Bedford became the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. 1969, the New York Jets of the American Football League defeated the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history. 1970, Biafra capitulated, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 1971, the Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others were indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. Also 1971, All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS 1976, the United Nations Security Council voted 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
In 1986, Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifted off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-C as a Mission Specialist. 1991, Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorised the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait. 1998, nineteen European nations agreed to forbid human cloning. 2001, Downtown Disney opened to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. 2004, the world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, made its maiden voyage. 2005, Deep Impact launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket. 2006, A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, killed at least 362 Muslim pilgrims. Also 2006, the French warship Clemenceau reached Egypt and was barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists boarded the ship. 2007, Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reached perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. 2010, the 2010 Haiti earthquake occurred killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at https://www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
https://www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or http://wh.gov/ilXYR
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
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Happy birthday and many happy returns Dione Hortin and Amy Tran. Born on the same day, across the years, along with
- 1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538)
- 1580 – Alexander Ruthven, Scottish traitor(d. 1600)
- 1822 – Étienne Lenoir, French engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900)
- 1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
- 1895 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli scholar (d. 1959)
- 1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955)
- 1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and comedian
- 1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author
- 1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
- 1554 – Bayinnaung, who later assembled the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, was crowned king of the Burmese Taungoo Dynasty.
- 1838 – In order to avoid persecution by anti-Mormons, Latter Day Saint movementfounder Joseph Smith (pictured), along with his followers, fled Kirtland, Ohio for Far West, Missouri.
- 1895 – The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, a conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, was founded.
- 1945 – World War II: The Soviet Union's Red Army crossed the Vistula River in Poland on their way to invade Germany.
- 1969 – In American football, the New York Jets upset the Baltimore Colts to win Super Bowl III in one of the greatest upsets in American sports history.
Matches
- 1528 – Gustav I of Sweden crowned king of Sweden.
- 1554 – Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
- 1616 – The city of Belém is founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.
- 1777 – Mission Santa Clara de Asís is founded in what is now Santa Clara, California.
- 1808 – The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1808 – John Rennie's scheme to defend St Mary's Church, Reculver, founded in 669, from coastal erosion was abandoned in favour of demolition, despite the church being an exemplar of Anglo-Saxon architecture and sculpture.
- 1848 – The Palermo rising takes place in Sicily against the Bourbon Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
- 1866 – The Royal Aeronautical Society is formed in London.
- 1872 – Yohannes IV is crowned Emperor of Ethiopia in Axum, the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years.
- 1895 – The National Trust is founded in the United Kingdom.
- 1898 – Itō Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.
- 1899 – Thirteen crew members and five apprentices are rescued from the stricken schooner Forest Hall by the Lynmouth Lifeboat when the former founders off the coast of Devon.
- 1906 – Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's cabinet (which included amongst its members H. H. Asquith, David Lloyd George, and Winston Churchill) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election.
- 1908 – A long-distance radio message is sent from the Eiffel Tower for the first time.
- 1911 – The University of the Philippines College of Law is formally established; three future Philippine presidents are among the first enrollees.
- 1915 – The Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
- 1915 – The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to give women the right to vote.
- 1918 – Finland's "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens.
- 1921 – Acting to restore confidence in baseball after the Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis is elected as Major League Baseball's first commissioner.
- 1926 – Original Sam 'n' Henry aired on Chicago, Illinois radio later renamed Amos 'n' Andy in 1928.
- 1932 – Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
- 1942 – World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt creates the National War Labor Board.
- 1959 – The Caves of Nerja are rediscovered in Spain.
- 1962 – Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission in the war, takes place.
- 1964 – Rebels in Zanzibar begin a revolt known as the Zanzibar Revolution and proclaim a republic.
- 1966 – Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
- 1967 – Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.
- 1969 – The New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League to win Super Bowl III in what is considered to be one of the greatest upsets in sports history.
- 1970 – Biafra capitulates, ending the Nigerian Civil War.
- 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissingerand of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- 1971 – All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS
- 1976 – The United Nations Security Council votes 11-1 to allow the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate in a Security Council debate (without voting rights).
- 1986 – Space Shuttle program: Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61-Cas a Mission Specialist.
- 1991 – Gulf War: An act of the U.S. Congress authorizes the use of military force to drive Iraq out of Kuwait.
- 1998 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
- 2001 – Downtown Disney opens to the public as part of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
- 2004 – The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
- 2005 – Deep Impact launches from Cape Canaveral on a Delta II rocket.
- 2006 – A stampede during the Stoning of the Devil ritual on the last day at the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, kills at least 362 Muslimpilgrims.
- 2006 – The French warship Clemenceau reaches Egypt and is barred access to the Suez Canal. Greenpeace activists board the ship.
- 2007 – Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught) reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
- 2010 – The 2010 Haiti earthquake occurs killing an estimated 316,000 and destroying the majority of the capital Port-au-Prince.
Hatches
- 1483 – Henry III of Nassau-Breda (d. 1538)
- 1562 – Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1630)
- 1576 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch scholar (d. 1660)
- 1577 – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist and physician (d. 1644)
- 1580 – Alexander Ruthven, Scottish traitor (d. 1600)
- 1588 – John Winthrop, English-American lawyer and politician, 2nd Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (d. 1649)
- 1591 – José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
- 1597 – François Duquesnoy, Flemish sculptor (d. 1643)
- 1628 – Charles Perrault, French author (d. 1703)
- 1711 – Gaetano Latilla, Italian composer (d. 1788)
- 1715 – Jacques Duphly, French organist and composer (d. 1789)
- 1716 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish general and politician, 1st Spanish Governor of Louisiana (d. 1795)
- 1721 – Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick, Prussian field marshal (d. 1792)
- 1723 – Samuel Langdon, American clergyman and educator (d. 1797)
- 1724 – Frances Brooke, English author and playwright (d. 1789)
- 1729 – Edmund Burke, Irish politician and philosopher (d. 1797)
- 1746 – Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, Swiss philosopher and educator (d. 1827)
- 1751 – Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies (d. 1825)
- 1772 – Mikhail Speransky, Russian reformer (d. 1839)
- 1786 – Sir Robert Inglis, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1855)
- 1792 – Johan August Arfwedson, Swedish chemist (d. 1841)
- 1797 – Gideon Brecher, Austrian physician (d. 1873)
- 1810 – Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (d. 1859)
- 1822 – Étienne Lenoir, French engineer, designed the internal combustion engine (d. 1900)
- 1837 – Adolf Jensen, German pianist and composer (d. 1879)
- 1849 – Jean Béraud, French painter (d. 1935)
- 1856 – John Singer Sargent, American painter (d. 1925)
- 1860 – Louis Dutfoy, French target shooter (d. 1904)
- 1863 – Swami Vivekananda, Indian philosopher (d. 1902)
- 1873 – Spiridon Louis, Greek runner (d. 1940)
- 1874 – Laura Adams Armer, American author and photographer (d. 1963)
- 1874 – James Juvenal, American rower (d. 1942)
- 1876 – Fevzi Çakmak, Turkish field marshal and politician, Prime Minister of the Turkish Provisional Government (d. 1950)
- 1876 – Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
- 1876 – Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Italian composer (d. 1948)
- 1877 – Frank J. Corr, American politician, 45th Mayor of Chicago (d. 1934)
- 1878 – Ferenc Molnár, Hungarian-American author and playwright (d. 1952)
- 1879 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968)
- 1879 – Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician (d. 1942)
- 1882 – Milton Sills, American actor (d. 1930)
- 1884 – Texas Guinan, American actress (d. 1933)
- 1889 – Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood Ahmad, Indian-Pakistani spiritual leader (d. 1965)
- 1890 – Johannes Vares, Estonian poet, physician, and politician (d. 1946)
- 1892 – Mikhail Gurevich, Russian aircraft designer, co-founded the Russian Aircraft Corporation (d. 1976)
- 1893 – Hermann Göring, German commander, pilot, and politician, Minister President of Prussia (d. 1946)
- 1893 – Alfred Rosenberg, Estonian-German architect and politician (d. 1946)
- 1894 – Georges Carpentier, French boxer (d. 1975)
- 1895 – Leo Aryeh Mayer, Israeli scholar (d. 1959)
- 1896 – David Wechsler, American psychologist (d. 1981)
- 1899 – Pierre Bernac, French opera singer (d. 1979)
- 1899 – Paul Hermann Müller, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1965)
- 1901 – Karl Künstler, German Nazi concentration camp commandant (d. 1945)
- 1903 – Igor Kurchatov, Russian physicist (d. 1960)
- 1904 – Mississippi Fred McDowell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1972)
- 1905 – James Bennett Griffin, American archaeologist (d. 1997)
- 1905 – Tex Ritter, American singer and actor (d. 1974)
- 1905 – Nihal Atsız, prominent Turkish nationalist writer, novelist, poet and philosopher (d. 1975)
- 1906 – Emmanuel Lévinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1907 – Sergei Korolev, Russian engineer (d. 1966)
- 1908 – Jean Delannoy, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
- 1908 – Clement Hurd, American illustrator (d. 1988)
- 1910 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1910 – Luise Rainer, German-English actress (d. 2014)
- 1912 – Richard Kuremaa, Estonian footballer (d. 1991)
- 1915 – Paul Jarrico, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1997)
- 1915 – Joseph-Aurèle Plourde, Canadian archbishop (d. 2013)
- 1916 – P. W. Botha, South African politician, 1st executive State President of South Africa (d. 2006)
- 1916 – Jay McShann, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2006)
- 1916 – William Pleeth, English cellist and educator (d. 1999)
- 1917 – Walter Hendl, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Jimmy Skinner, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2007)
- 1917 – Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian guru (d. 2008)
- 1920 – James L. Farmer, Jr., American activist, co-founded Congress of Racial Equality (d. 1999)
- 1920 – Jerzy Zubrzycki, Polish-Australian sociologist (d. 2009)
- 1922 – Paul Hansard, German actor (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish journalist and historian (d. 1994)
- 1923 – Vic Allen, English sociologist, economist, and historian (d. 2014)
- 1923 – Ira Hayes, American marine, who raised the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1955)
- 1924 – Olivier Gendebien, Belgian race car driver (d. 1998)
- 1924 – Grethe Holmer, Danish actress (d. 2004)
- 1924 – Chris Chase, American model, actress, and journalist (d. 2013)
- 1925 – Bill Burrud, American television host, producer, and actor (d. 1990)
- 1925 – Katherine MacGregor, American actress
- 1925 – Bodil Udsen, Danish actress (d. 2008)
- 1925 – Gabriel Vanel, French archbishop (d. 2013)
- 1926 – Morton Feldman, American composer (d. 1987)
- 1926 – Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Ray Price, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
- 1928 – Lloyd Ruby, American race car driver (d. 2009)
- 1929 – Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher
- 1929 – Guram Sagaradze, Georgian actor (d. 2013)
- 1930 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1974)
- 1930 – Jennifer Johnston, Irish author
- 1930 – Glenn Yarbrough, American singer and actor (The Limeliters)
- 1932 – Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress (d. 1992)
- 1932 – Des O'Connor, English comedian, singer, and television host
- 1933 – Michael Aspel, English television host
- 1933 – Pavlos Matesis, Greek author and playwright (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Metin Serezli, Turkish actor (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Alan Sharp, Scottish-American author and screenwriter (d. 2013)
- 1934 – Mick Sullivan, English rugby player and coach
- 1935 – Kreskin, American magician
- 1935 – Tomiko Ishii, Japanese actress
- 1936 – Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician
- 1936 – Raimonds Pauls, Latvian pianist and composer
- 1936 – Brajanath Ratha, Indian poet (d. 2014)
- 1937 – Marie Dubois, French actress (d. 2014)
- 1937 – Shirley Eaton, English actress
- 1937 – Vicente Sardinero, Spanish opera singer (d. 2002)
- 1938 – Qazi Hussain Ahmad, Pakistani scholar and politician (d. 2013)
- 1938 – Lewis Fiander, Australian actor
- 1939 – William Lee Golden, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
- 1939 – Jim Palosaari, American evangelist (d. 2011)
- 1940 – Ronald Shannon Jackson, American drummer and composer (Last Exit) (d. 2013)
- 1941 – Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer-songwriter and voice actor (Blues Incorporated, The Steampacket, and Bluesology) (d. 2005)
- 1941 – Fiona Caldicott, English psychiatrist
- 1941 – Chet Jastremski, American swimmer (d. 2014)
- 1942 – Bernardine Dohrn, American activist
- 1944 – Hans Henning Atrott, Prussian author and theorist
- 1944 – Joe Frazier, American boxer (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Vlastimil Hort, Czech chess player
- 1944 – Viktoria Postnikova, Russian pianist
- 1944 – Carlos Villagrán, Mexican actor
- 1945 – Maggie Bell, Scottish singer-songwriter (Stone the Crows and The British Blues Quintet)
- 1945 – André Bicaba, Burkinabé sprinter
- 1946 – Hazel Cosgrove, Lady Cosgrove, Scottish lawyer and judge
- 1946 – George Duke, American keyboard player, composer, and educator (d. 2013)
- 1946 – Cynthia Robinson, American trumpet player and singer (Sly and the Family Stone and Graham Central Station)
- 1947 – Richard Carwardine, English historian and academic
- 1947 – Tom Dempsey, American football player
- 1947 – Sally Hamwee, Baroness Hamwee, English politician
- 1948 – Kenny Allen, English footballer
- 1948 – Anthony Andrews, English actor
- 1948 – Gordon Campbell, Canadian politician, 34th Premier of British Columbia
- 1948 – John Etheridge, English guitarist (Soft Machine)
- 1948 – Brendan Foster, English sportscaster
- 1948 – Khalid Abdul Muhammad, American activist (d. 2001)
- 1948 – William Nicholson, English author and screenwriter
- 1949 – Kentarō Haneda, Japanese composer (d. 2007)
- 1949 – Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager
- 1949 – Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia
- 1949 – Haruki Murakami, Japanese author
- 1949 – Michael W. Vannier, American radiologist
- 1949 – Wayne Wang, Hong Kong-American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1950 – Sheila Jackson Lee, American lawyer and politician
- 1950 – Göran Lindblad, Swedish politician
- 1950 – Bob McEwen, American politician
- 1950 – Dorrit Moussaieff, Israeli-Icelandic jewelry designer and businesswoman, 5th First Lady of Iceland
- 1950 – Ricky Ray Rector, American murderer (d. 1992)
- 1950 – Greg X. Volz, American singer (Petra)
- 1951 – Kirstie Alley, American actress and producer
- 1951 – Ann Althouse, American academic and author
- 1951 – Rush Limbaugh, American talk show host and author
- 1951 – Drew Pearson, American football player
- 1952 – Charles Faulkner, American-English computer programer and author
- 1952 – Walter Mosley, American author
- 1952 – Ponvannan, Indian actor
- 1952 – John Walker, New Zealand runner
- 1953 – Mary Harron, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1954 – Howard Stern, American radio host, actor, and author
- 1955 – Tom Ardolino, American drummer (NRBQ and The Minus 5) (d. 2012)
- 1955 – Rockne S. O'Bannon, American screenwriter and producer
- 1956 – Marie Colvin, American journalist (d. 2012)
- 1957 – Brian Blair, American wrestler
- 1957 – John Lasseter, American animator, director, and producer
- 1957 – Jeremy Sams, English director, playwright, and composer
- 1958 – Christiane Amanpour, English-American journalist
- 1958 – Curt Fraser, American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1959 – Blixa Bargeld, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Einstürzende Neubauten)
- 1959 – Per Gessle, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Roxette and Gyllene Tider)
- 1959 – Nick Nairn, Scottish chef
- 1960 – Theologis Papadopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1960 – Oliver Platt, American actor
- 1960 – Dominique Wilkins, American basketball player
- 1961 – Simon Russell Beale, English actor
- 1961 – Tahawwur Hussain Rana, Pakistani-Canadian physician and terrorist
- 1962 – Joe Quesada, American author and illustrator
- 1962 – Luna Vachon, American-Canadian wrestler (d. 2010)
- 1963 – François Girard, Canadian director and screenwriter
- 1963 – Nando Reis, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Nando Reis e os Infernais and Titãs)
- 1964 – Jeff Bezos, American businessman, founded Amazon.com
- 1964 – Laura Gildemeister, Argentinian tennis player
- 1964 – Clare Holman, English actress
- 1965 – Mark Moore, English DJ and producer (S'Express)
- 1965 – Alexandra Wentworth, American actress and producer
- 1965 – Rob Zombie, American singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director (White Zombie)
- 1966 – Olivier Martinez, French actor
- 1967 – Spencer Dale, English economist
- 1967 – Vendela Kirsebom, Swedish-American model and actress
- 1967 – Grigoriy Yegorov, Kazakhstani pole vaulter
- 1968 – Keith Anderson, American singer-songwriter
- 1968 – Big Dick Dudley, American wrestler (d. 2002)
- 1968 – Rachael Harris, American actress
- 1968 – Junichi Masuda, Japanese programmer, director, and composer
- 1968 – Heather Mills, English model and activist
- 1968 – Mauro Silva, Brazilian footballer
- 1969 – David Mitchell, English author
- 1969 – Margaret Nagle, American screenwriter and producer
- 1969 – Robert Prosinečki, Croatian footballer
- 1970 – Raekwon, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1970 – Mig Ayesa, Filipino-Australian singer-songwriter and actor
- 1970 – Zack de la Rocha, American singer-songwriter (Rage Against the Machine, One Day as a Lion, and Inside Out)
- 1971 – Scott Burrell, American basketball player
- 1972 – Espen Knutsen, Norwegian ice hockey player
- 1972 – Jason Sklar, American comedian and sportscaster
- 1972 – Randy Sklar, American comedian and sportscaster
- 1972 – Priyanka Vadra, Indian politician
- 1973 – Brian Culbertson, American contemporary jazz musician
- 1973 – Dan Haseltine, American singer-songwriter (Jars of Clay)
- 1973 – Maret Vaher, Estonian orienteer
- 1973 – Matt Wong, American bass player (Reel Big Fish)
- 1973 – Hande Yener, Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1974 – Melanie C, English singer-songwriter and actress (Spice Girls)
- 1974 – Claudia Conserva, Chilean model and actress
- 1974 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian skier
- 1975 – Aikaterini Deli, Greek basketball player
- 1975 – Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
- 1975 – Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1976 – Miki Nakatani, Japanese actress and singer
- 1977 – Stéphan Buckland, Mauritian sprinter
- 1977 – Yoandy Garlobo, Cuban baseball player
- 1977 – Cade McNown, American football player
- 1977 – Piolo Pascual, Filipino actor, singer, and producer
- 1978 – Luis Ayala, Mexican baseball player
- 1978 – Jeremy Camp, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1978 – Bonaventure Kalou, Ivorian footballer
- 1978 – Kim Sa-rang, South Korean actress
- 1978 – Maurizio Zaffiri, Italian rugby player
- 1979 – Marián Hossa, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1979 – Lee Bo-young, South Korean actress and model
- 1979 – Grzegorz Rasiak, Polish footballer
- 1979 – David Zabriskie, American cyclist
- 1980 – Bobby Crosby, American baseball player
- 1980 – Marco Jaggi, Swiss wrestler
- 1981 – Amerie, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
- 1981 – João Paulo Daniel, Brazilian footballer
- 1981 – Kristin Eubanks, American wrestler
- 1981 – Dan Klecko, American football player
- 1981 – Angus Macdonald, New Zealand rugby player
- 1981 – Luis Ernesto Pérez, Mexican footballer
- 1982 – Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbek boxer
- 1982 – Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
- 1982 – Chris Ray, American baseball player
- 1982 – Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
- 1982 – Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
- 1982 – Dean Whitehead, English footballer
- 1982 – Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
- 1983 – Styliani Kaltsidou, Greek basketball player
- 1984 – Chaunté Lowe, American athlete
- 1984 – Scott Olsen, American baseball player
- 1984 – Oribe Peralta, Mexican footballer
- 1984 – Daniel Sepulveda, American football player
- 1984 – Jonathan Zydko, French footballer
- 1985 – Yohana Cobo, Spanish actress
- 1985 – Gerard Lawson, American football player
- 1985 – Artem Milevskiy, Ukrainian footballer
- 1985 – Borja Valero, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Gemma Arterton, English actress
- 1986 – Kehoma Brenner, German rugby player
- 1986 – Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
- 1986 – Pablo Daniel Osvaldo, Argentinian-Italian footballer
- 1986 – Kieron Richardson, English actor
- 1987 – Andi Muise, Canadian model
- 1987 – Naya Rivera, American actress and singer
- 1987 – Will Rothhaar, American actor
- 1987 – Salvatore Sirigu, Italian footballer
- 1988 – Ytalo, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 – Chris Casement, Irish footballer
- 1988 – Holder da Silva, Guinea-Bissauan sprinter
- 1988 – Claude Giroux, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Andrew Lawrence, American actor
- 1989 – Thiemo-Jérôme Kialka, German footballer
- 1990 – Sergey Karjakin, Ukrainian chess player
- 1990 – Sergei Muhhin, Estonian figure skater
- 1991 – Pixie Lott, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1992 – Ishak Belfodil, Algerian footballer
- 1992 – Georgia May Jagger, English model
- 1992 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese model and singer
- 1992 – Samuele Longo, Italian footballer
- 1993 – Aika Mitsui, Japanese singer (Morning Musume, Guardians 4, and Tanpopo)
- 1993 – D.O. , South Korean singer, dancer and actor, Exo (band)
- 1993 – Simone Pecorini, Italian footballer
- 1994 – Emre Can, German footballer
- 1996 – Ai Hashimoto, Japanese actress and fashion model
- 1996 – Ella Henderson, English singer-songwriter
- 1998 – Nathan Gamble, American actor
Despatches
- 690 – Benedict Biscop, English saint, founded the Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (b. 628)
- 1167 – Aelred of Rievaulx, English saint (b. 1110)
- 1321 – Marie of Brabant, Queen of France (b. 1256)
- 1519 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1459)
- 1665 – Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician and lawyer (b. 1601)
- 1674 – Giacomo Carissimi, Italian composer (b. 1605)
- 1700 – Marguerite Bourgeoys, French saint (b. 1620)
- 1732 – John Horsley, English-Scottish archaeologist (b. 1685)
- 1735 – John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)
- 1759 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
- 1765 – Johann Melchior Molter, German violinist and composer (b. 1696)
- 1777 – Hugh Mercer, Scottish-American general and physician (b. 1726)
- 1778 – François Bigot, French politician (b. 1703)
- 1781 – Richard Challoner, English bishop (b. 1691)
- 1829 – Friedrich von Schlegel, German poet (b. 1772)
- 1833 – Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)
- 1834 – William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
- 1856 – Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician and author (b. 1815)
- 1861 – Václav Hanka, Czech philologist, (b. 1791)
- 1892 – William Reeves, Irish bishop (b. 1815)
- 1899 – Hiram Walker, American businessman, founded Canadian Club (b. 1816)
- 1909 – Hermann Minkowski, Polish-German mathematician (b. 1864)
- 1911 – Andreas Papagiannakopoulos, Greek judge and politician (b. 1845)
- 1916 – Georgios Theotokis, Greek politician, 80th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1844)
- 1921 – Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)
- 1926 – Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)
- 1929 – Ivar Böhling, Finnish wrestler (b. 1889)
- 1934 – Paul Kochanski, Polish violinist and composer (b. 1887)
- 1934 – Surya Sen, Indian educator and activist (b. 1894)
- 1938 – Gösta Ekman, Swedish actor (b. 1890)
- 1940 – Edward Smith, English soldier, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
- 1943 – Jan Campert, Dutch journalist and critic (b. 1902)
- 1944 – Lance C. Wade, American pilot (b. 1915)
- 1956 – Norman Kerry, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1957 – Ken Wharton, English race car driver (b. 1916)
- 1958 – Charles Hatfield, American meteorologist (b. 1875)
- 1960 – Nevil Shute, English engineer and author (b. 1899)
- 1962 – Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, Russian journalist and activist (b. 1869)
- 1965 – Lorraine Hansberry, American author, playwright, and director (b. 1936)
- 1971 – John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (b. 1885)
- 1973 – Roy Franklin Nichols, American historian (b. 1896)
- 1974 – Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886)
- 1976 – Agatha Christie, English author (b. 1890)
- 1977 – Henri-Georges Clouzot, French director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1983 – Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian drummer (Traffic and Can) (b. 1944)
- 1983 – Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
- 1988 – Connie Mulder, South African politician (b. 1925)
- 1990 – Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American educator and author (b. 1919)
- 1991 – Mary Francis Shura, American author (b. 1923)
- 1994 – Gustav Naan, Estonian physicist and philosopher (b. 1919)
- 1996 – Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)
- 1997 – Jean-Edern Hallier, French author (b. 1936)
- 1997 – Charles Brenton Huggins, Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- 1998 – Roger Clark, English race car driver(b. 1939)
- 1999 – Betty Lou Gerson, American voice actress (b. 1914)
- 1999 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1961)
- 2000 – Marc Davis, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2000 – Bobby Phills, American basketball player (b. 1969)
- 2001 – Affirmed, American race horse (b. 1975)
- 2001 – Luiz Bonfá, Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
- 2001 – William Redington Hewlett, American engineer and businessman, co-founded Hewlett-Packard (b. 1913)
- 2002 – Stanley Unwin, South African actor (b. 1911)
- 2002 – Cyrus Vance, American lawyer and politician, 57th U.S. Secretary of State (b. 1917)
- 2003 – Dean Amadon, American ornithologist (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Kinji Fukasaku, Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1930)
- 2003 – Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine general and politician, 44th President of Argentina (b. 1926)
- 2003 – Maurice Gibb, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Bee Gees) (b. 1949)
- 2003 – Alan Nunn May, English physicist and spy (b. 1911)
- 2004 – Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1921)
- 2004 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955)
- 2005 – Alessia di Matteo, Italian organ transplant patient (b. 2003)
- 2005 – Amrish Puri, Indian actor (b. 1932)
- 2005 – Edmund S. Valtman, Estonian-American cartoonist (b. 1914)
- 2006 – Faisal bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Bahraini prince (b. 1991)
- 2007 – Alice Coltrane, American pianist and composer (b. 1937)
- 2007 – James Killen, Australian politician (b. 1925)
- 2009 – Claude Berri, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
- 2009 – Russ Conway, Canadian-American actor (b. 1913)
- 2009 – Arne Næss, Norwegian philosopher (b. 1912)
- 2010 – Daniel Bensaïd, French philosopher (b. 1946)
- 2010 – Hasib Sabbagh, Palestinian businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Consolidated Contractors Company (b. 1920)
- 2011 – Paul Picerni, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2012 – MS-1, Mexican wrestler (b. 1956)
- 2012 – Bjørn G. Andersen, Norwegian geologist and academic (b. 1924)
- 2012 – Glenda Dickerson, American director, choreographer, and educator (b. 1945)
- 2012 – Reginald Hill, English author (b. 1936)
- 2012 – Bill Janklow, American lawyer and politician, 27th Governor of South Dakota (b. 1939)
- 2012 – Shiv Kumari of Kotah (b. 1916)
- 2012 – Charles H. Price II, American businessman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Rosalind Runcie, English pianist (b. 1932)
- 2012 – Jim Stanley, American football player and coach (b. 1935)
- 2013 – Ourasi, French race horse (b. 1980)
- 2013 – Precious Bryant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
- 2013 – Chuck Dalton, Canadian basketball player (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Helen Elliot, Scottish table tennis player (b. 1927)
- 2013 – Bubba Harris, American baseball player (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Anna Lizaran, Spanish actress (b. 1944)
- 2013 – William Andrew MacKay, Canadian lawyer and judge (b. 1929)
- 2013 – Koto Okubo, Japanese super-centenarian (b. 1897)
- 2013 – Eugene Patterson, American journalist and activist (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (b. 1948)
- 2014 – Neal Barrett, Jr., American author (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Alexandra Bastedo, English actress (b. 1946)
- 2014 – Connie Binsfeld, American politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (b. 1924)
- 2014 – George Dement, American soldier, businessman, and politician (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Tony Harding, English illustrator (b. 1942)
- 2014 – John Horsley, English actor (b. 1920)
- 2014 – E. Holman Jones, American journalist and politician (b. 1926)
- 2014 – Frank Marth, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2014 – Robert H. Quinn, American lawyer and politician, 49th Massachusetts Attorney General (b. 1928)
- 2014 – Michael L. Strang, American banker and politician (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Halet Çambel, Turkish fencer and archaeologist (b. 1916)
2015
- Christian Feast Day:
- Earliest day on which Lee-Jackson Day can fall while January 18 is the latest, celebrated on the Friday before Martin Luther King Day. (Commonwealth of Virginia)
- Memorial Day (Turkmenistan)
- National Youth Day (India)
- Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)
SILENCE OF THE DOGS
Tim Blair – Monday, January 12, 2015 (4:19am)
It was a close-run thing, but in the end an Australian leftist came up with the single most pathetic and cowardly response to last week’s Islamic terrorist atrocities in France.
But before we hand our winner his coveted yellow sash and official white feather medallion for outstanding achievement in the field of full-body trembling, let’s take a look at the entry from runner-up Francois Hollande, who – when he isn’t desperately avoiding obvious facts – has a part-time gig as the French president:
Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion.
Apart from the vengeance against Charlie Hebdo magazine for offending Islam. And the screams of “Allahu Akbar” as the Islamic terrorists advanced on their victims. And the cry of “we have avenged the prophet” following the shooting of an injured policeman. And the armed invasion of a Jewish supermarket. And the terrorists’ wishes, communicated to authorities as they were trapped near Charles de Gaulle airport, to die as martyrs.
Continue reading 'SILENCE OF THE DOGS'EVIL KICKS IT UP A NOTCH
Tim Blair – Monday, January 12, 2015 (2:17am)
A change of strategy for Boko Haram – instead of merely kidnapping and enslaving young girls, now they are blowing them up:
The piece continues:
The piece continues:
A top federal police official in the capital, Abuja, who once worked in Maiduguri, said Saturday that the terrorist group appeared to have embarked on a new path.“It’s something quite new, and it’s disturbing, using these young, young girls wearing hijabs,” the official said, referring to the Muslim veil.“Now, one has to be suspicious of any lady wearing a hijab – whether it’s a young lady, or an old lady,” said the police official, who asked not to be quoted by name because of concerns about his position.
Nothing at all to do with Islam, of course. And in Germany:
Arsonists have firebombed the offices of a German newspaper which printed cartoons from the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, police in Hamburg said.The Hamburger Morgenpost had, like many German media outlets, published images from the satirical weekly in the aftermath of a terror attack that saw 10 of its journalists killed on Wednesday.
(Via Adam I.)
UPDATE. Further child suicide attacks by Boko Haram, which I think is Nigerian for “this is nothing to do with Islam”:
Two suspected child suicide bombers blew themselves up in a market in north-east Nigeria on Sunday, witnesses said, killing three people in the second apparent attack in two days using young girls strapped with explosives.
WE ARE ALL (SUBJECT TO THE APPALLING RESTRICTIONS OF) 18C
Tim Blair – Monday, January 12, 2015 (1:33am)
Via Morph, the Australian translation of a currently-popular French phrase:
GENTLE BEN
Tim Blair – Monday, January 12, 2015 (1:12am)
Sydney Morning Herald deputy editor Ben Cubby, a global warming cultist, last week reached out to those of us who aren’t convinced the planet is on the verge of destruction.
Well, it wasn’t quite a reaching-out as a promise to reduce our eventual punishment when we are dragged before the Court of Cubby (located, presumably, within the Cubby House). “I propose an amnesty,” he offered, “on those still engaged in the divisive name-calling and facile arguments.”
Continue reading 'GENTLE BEN'TEACHERS BLAMED
Tim Blair – Monday, January 12, 2015 (12:36am)
The best review of last week’s column:
Obviously not smart enough to write something intelligent. A disgrace to his educators.
Take it up with my old headmaster, lady. Alan L. sent this note:
As a retired member of the ADF I take exception to your comments under “April”. Whilst they were “the enemy” in WWI the Turkish people have proven to be very honourable. This can be seen at Gallipoli with the quote from Mustafa Kemel Attaturk inscribed on the monument. There is no humour in what you said which at the very best could be described as tasteless. If you want to take pot shots at the ABC, which seems to be the point of your column, then use some real humour if your owner will allow it. Whilst the ABC has some problems in your view being somewhat to the left, your paper could be described at times as so far to the right that it makes Genghis Khan look like a socialist. Perhaps you might like to have the “letters editor” publish this as a rebuke.
Perhaps if he’d written this as a letter to the editor, Alan might have had a chance. An unemployed man with an interest in naval history also spoke up:
Yup. That’s what he’s hired for: to dance for the knuckle-draggers...
I never dance. Well, not any more. Not since the incident.
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ALP divided in QLD .. no agreement on policy. http://t.co/YqsqBBHAaA via @newscomauHQ
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 12, 2015
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Cory, #illridewithyou .. Charlie Hebdo attack prompts renewed calls for race-hate law changes in Australia http://t.co/w1m4baBBxm via @smh
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 12, 2015
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Charlie Hebdo and the Right to Be Offended http://t.co/LsaHgHADIP
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 12, 2015
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Sad she is not faced with a serious presenter .. Andrew O’Keefe and Rita Panahi over Islamic extremists debate http://t.co/Hlfr9ieP1P
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 12, 2015
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Media should never portray Jihadism as reasoned or defensible. But they do. Stifling debate empowers radicals http://t.co/z7AdejoAmP
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If you didn't support removing s18C but tweeting #JeSuisCharlie or claiming to support free speech, chances are you're a hypocrite #auspol
— Furious Fong (@FuriousFong) January 11, 2015
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'Guess Who's Missing?': Americans Wonder Why Obama Skipped Paris March http://t.co/jt7hDPcWpg via @theblaze
— David Daniel Ball (@DaOddBall67) January 11, 2015
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ABC doesn’t believe in Right to free speech
Piers Akerman – Saturday, January 11, 2014 (11:20pm)
THE left, be they from the ALP or the ABC, oppose free speech when it is their ideology which is under scrutiny.
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http://www.theage.com.au/comment/abbott-finds-a-new-way-to-fly-20140111-30nr1.html
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She was PM .. she accepts no responsibility for her choices - ed
Anthony Cox reveals the false science behind the latest from Abrahams and Nuccitelli.
http://theclimatescepticsparty.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/skeptical-science-crap.html
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Palestinians cheered his death for a reason. He dedicated his life to Israel and I won't fault him for that. I disagreed with his splitting the conservative movement, but point out that the left had been so dissociated that a desperate move was called for .. the assassination of one Jew by another was the result of the left divorcing itself from reality and putting out insane rhetoric .. by moving the conservatives to the centre, Sharon worked to strengthen Israeli unity. It is hard to make good choices, except in hindsight. He made military decisions and he has been Israel's greatest military mind to date. - ed
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My thanks to Barbara Ginsberg and Moshe Schwartz
MK Dr. Michael Ben-Ari offered an uncompromising appraisal of Sharon's life, saying that "history judges the results."
"When Ariel Sharon stands before the heavenly court and good and bad angels empty the cases on the scales of judgement, there will be great tension," wrote Ben-Ari on his official Facebook page. "The scales will waver wildly from here to there," as initially his military accomplishments in defending the country will tip the scales in his favor, opines Ben-Ari.
"But then will surely come the 26 destroyed communities in Yamit, flowering greenhouses, vibrant communities, and they will tip the scales against him," writes Ben-Ari. "Expelled residents of Yamit who grew old and wrinkled with the memory of their destroyed efforts, refugees of Gush Katif in Nitzan and Nitzana, waiting for the fulfillment of the promise of 'a solution to every resident,'" he said, alluding to the plight of the refugees of Gush Katif, many of whom remain without permanent housing or employment more than eight years on, despite government promises at the time.
"All these will come and shed their tears and affronts on the scales against him, and again the scales will waver, this time to the left," according to Ben-Ari.
In Ben-Ari's analysis, there is "Sharon the man and Sharon the phenomenon," namely a seemingly right-wing leader who doggedly defends Israel's security but in the end brings tragedy and disaster to Israel by turning left politically.
Ben-Ari continued by saying he was issuing his criticism "because I must, because the danger is crouching at our door, for there are many others in the 'right-wing' figure of Sharon. Declared right-wingers to all appearances, who suddenly flip on us."
In particular, Ben-Ari pointed the finger at Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, former Prime Ministers Ehud Olmert and Menachem Begin, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon for following the same path of initially pushing for Israeli security only to change suddenly in making concessions.
"When the right-wing ideology is security-based, that's its end," warns Ben-Ari. "Our hold on the land of Israel isn't a matter of security, but rather faith. Rabbi Meir Kahane (Hy''d) said of this: 'I don't want to lose my land, not in war and not in peace.'"
"Sharon, who was a hero in war, brought on us destruction and dangers in
the hallucination of peace," concludes Ben-Ari. "A pity over his old age that shamed his great acts."
Sharon - one of the great builders of Israel, and its greatest destroyer
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Morning and Evenings by Charles Spurgeon
January 11: Morning
"These have no root." - Luke 8:13
My soul, examine thyself this morning by the light of this text. Thou hast received the word with joy; thy feelings have been stirred and a lively impression has been made; but, remember, that to receive the word in the ear is one thing, and to receive Jesus into thy very soul is quite another; superficial feeling is often joined to inward hardness of heart, and a lively impression of the word is not always a lasting one. In the parable, the seed in one case fell upon ground having a rocky bottom, covered over with a thin layer of earth; when the seed began to take root, its downward growth was hindered by the hard stone and therefore it spent its strength in pushing its green shoot aloft as high as it could, but having no inward moisture derived from root nourishment, it withered away. Is this my case? Have I been making a fair show in the flesh without having a corresponding inner life? Good growth takes place upwards and downwards at the same time. Am I rooted in sincere fidelity and love to Jesus? If my heart remains unsoftened and unfertilized by grace, the good seed may germinate for a season, but it must ultimately wither, for it cannot flourish on a rocky, unbroken, unsanctified heart. Let me dread a godliness as rapid in growth and as wanting in endurance as Jonah's gourd; let me count the cost of being a follower of Jesus, above all let me feel the energy of his Holy Spirit, and then I shall possess an abiding and enduring seed in my soul. If my mind remains as obdurate as it was by nature, the sun of trial will scorch, and my hard heart will help to cast the heat the more terribly upon the ill-covered seed, and my religion will soon die, and my despair will be terrible; therefore, O heavenly Sower, plough me first, and then cast the truth into me, and let me yield thee a bounteous harvest.
Evening
"I have prayed for thee." - Luke 22:32
How encouraging is the thought of the Redeemer's never- ceasing intercession for us. When we pray, he pleads for us; and when we are not praying, he is advocating our cause, and by his supplications shielding us from unseen dangers. Notice the word of comfort addressed to Peter--"Simon, Simon, Satan hath desired to have you that he may sift you as wheat; but"--what? "But go and pray for yourself." That would be good advice, but it is not so written. Neither does he say, "But I will keep you watchful, and so you shall be preserved." That were a great blessing. No, it is, "But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." We little know what we owe to our Saviour's prayers. When we reach the hill-tops of heaven, and look back upon all the way whereby the Lord our God hath led us, how we shall praise him who, before the eternal throne, undid the mischief which Satan was doing upon earth. How shall we thank him because he never held his peace, but day and night pointed to the wounds upon his hands, and carried our names upon his breastplate! Even before Satan had begun to tempt, Jesus had forestalled him and entered a plea in heaven. Mercy outruns malice. Mark, he does not say, "Satan hath desired to have you." He checks Satan even in his very desire, and nips it in the bud. He does not say, "But I have desired to pray for you." No, but "I have prayed for you: I have done it already; I have gone to court and entered a counterplea even before an accusation is made." O Jesus, what a comfort it is that thou hast pleaded our cause against our unseen enemies; countermined their mines, and unmasked their ambushes. Here is a matter for joy, gratitude, hope, and confidence.
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Zephaniah
[Zĕpha nī'ah] - jehovah is darkness or god hides.
The Man of Moral Earnestness
1. A son of Cushi, who prophesied in the days of Josiah (Zeph. 1:1). The prophet Zephaniah gives us a most minute account of his genealogy - a rare thing for a prophet! Possibly he pursued this course for two reasons:
To distinguish himself from three others of the same name, mentioned below.
To point out his relation to the great monarch, Hezekiah. The Hizkiah of Zephaniah 1:1 is identical with King Hezekiah. Zephaniah was therefore of royal descent.
The prophecy of Zephaniah, ninth among the Minor Prophets, is one of reproof and judgment. George Adam Smith said of it, "No hotter book lies in all the Old Testament." What a graphic picture of Judah's spiritual pride this prophet of judgment paints! Worshippers of God were found sprawled on their housetops worshiping the moon and stars (Zeph. 1:4, 5). The spirit of practical atheism had possessed the people (Zeph. 1:12), and their religious leaders had lost their moral seriousness ( Zeph. 3:4).
Zephaniah sees no way out of such departure from God but judgment, so he announces the day of the Lord, denounces idolaters, waverers and apostates and pronounces doom on wrongdoers (Zeph. 1:7, 8). Much that he predicted has been partially fulfilled, but ultimate fulfillment is still future.
The Lord is "in the midst" for judgment (Zeph. 1-3:8).
The Lord is "in the midst" for salvation (Zeph. 3:9-20).
The present value of the Book of Zephaniah must not be lost sight of. We have:
I. The revelation of social and moral conditions.
II. An earnest moral tone and deep sense of sin.
III. The disciplinary value of suffering (Zeph. 3:7, 11, 13).
IV. The comforting doctrine of Providence.
V. Are we God's Zephaniahs - His sheltered ones (Ps. 17:8; 27:5, 7)?
Other men with the name of Zephaniah are:
2. A Levite of the family of Kohath and of the house of Izhar, who is mentioned among the ancestors of Heman the singer (1 Chron. 6:36-38).
3. A priest, the son of Maaseiah, who ministered in Jerusalem in the reign of King Hezekiah and the prophet Jeremiah. This Zephaniah had the oversight of the Temple and was put to death at Riblah (2 Kings 25:18-30; Jer. 21:1; 29:25-29; 37:3; 52:24-29).
4. The father of one Josiah who lived in the day of Zerubbabel and the prophet Zechariah, and into whose house in Jerusalem the messenger from the Jews went (Zech. 6:10-14).
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Today's reading: Genesis 27-28, Matthew 8:18-34 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible GatewayToday's Old Testament reading: Genesis 27-28
1 When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see, he called for Esau his older son and said to him, "My son."
"Here I am," he answered.
2 Isaac said, "I am now an old man and don't know the day of my death. 3 Now then, get your equipment--your quiver and bow--and go out to the open country to hunt some wild game for me. 4 Prepare me the kind of tasty food I like and bring it to me to eat, so that I may give you my blessing before I die..."
Today's New Testament reading: Matthew 8:18-34
The Cost of Following Jesus
18 When Jesus saw the crowd around him, he gave orders to cross to the other side of the lake. 19 Then a teacher of the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
20 Jesus replied, "Foxes have dens and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
21 Another disciple said to him, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father."
22 But Jesus told him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead...."
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