My ‘friend’ hurting me does not help me. It is demotivating. I get it they are a drunk. My mother is too. Drunks hurt people because it is easy manipulation. It lets them feel a semblance of control they have lost, surrendered to alcoholic oblivion. So, Drunks can focus their negative energies and sometimes show powerful insights.
I’m obese. A friend should let me know so I can correct it, right? So my ‘friend’ does so. At every opportunity. To help.
I don’t have many friends. Just prior to lockdown, I went to celebrate my ‘friend’ getting a new house. He badmouths me for a few hours and I leave. After lockdown, for Christmas New Year, he shows again, gets plastered and tells me again.
When he moved back to Australia some years ago, he had been a FB ‘friend’ I’d welcomed with a ‘girly squeal’ which is what I’d said I’d uttered when I was exercising. He reminds me of this, but remembers it as a ‘pig like squeal.’
At his place, after dinner with his wife and some friends, with children present, he sits on top of me, next to me, and bites my arm while watching a movie. Another time he puts his hands on my breast and cuddles me.
I can dismiss that as a dumb drunk I don’t want to have anything to do with. But, he messages me, asking me if I’m alive. And it turns out he is aware of the hurt he is doing. But, he is not aware of the hurt he is causing. How, when I’m piled up with work, I find it hard to do it and not just put everything aside, including exercise, and do nothing.
Like my mother, and other toxic ‘friends’ I have had, I will just cut it off.
===I’m obese. A friend should let me know so I can correct it, right? So my ‘friend’ does so. At every opportunity. To help.
I don’t have many friends. Just prior to lockdown, I went to celebrate my ‘friend’ getting a new house. He badmouths me for a few hours and I leave. After lockdown, for Christmas New Year, he shows again, gets plastered and tells me again.
When he moved back to Australia some years ago, he had been a FB ‘friend’ I’d welcomed with a ‘girly squeal’ which is what I’d said I’d uttered when I was exercising. He reminds me of this, but remembers it as a ‘pig like squeal.’
At his place, after dinner with his wife and some friends, with children present, he sits on top of me, next to me, and bites my arm while watching a movie. Another time he puts his hands on my breast and cuddles me.
I can dismiss that as a dumb drunk I don’t want to have anything to do with. But, he messages me, asking me if I’m alive. And it turns out he is aware of the hurt he is doing. But, he is not aware of the hurt he is causing. How, when I’m piled up with work, I find it hard to do it and not just put everything aside, including exercise, and do nothing.
Like my mother, and other toxic ‘friends’ I have had, I will just cut it off.
Wonderful life off cuts “No Deal”
Both Libertarians and leftists offer awful deals to conservatives. In this off cut from It’s a Wonderful Life, we see the Libertarian character of Sam Wainwright chortling of having offered the ground floor of a plastics deal which George Bailey rejected so as to save his buildings and loan. In modern terms it is how conservatives have said ‘no deal’ to laws weakening borders or drug laws, which Libertarians have at times demanded. Libertarians chortle every time an illegal immigrant does well despite the costs to society, or a druggie succeeds temporarily despite their handicaps.
But consider how the Potter offer to Bailey has a ‘no deal’ in similar terms as the left wing offer their terms. No ID elections. Votes received anonymously by mail after voting day. Preventing scrutiny of voter fraud. However, providing exceptions to when a recall effort is made against the California Governor? The character of Potter is a thief who steals thousands of dollars and never faces justice over it, just like the Democrats of today. And, he offers insulting terms for success. Terms similar as what McConnell has accepted?
https://rumble.com/vepa97-wonderful-life-off-cuts-no-deal.html
Wonderful life off cuts Democrats Tossing away what they have to embrace corruption (Dem Preselection)
Dems are exercising power using Congress and the Presidency. But they are tossing away their voter base as they try to entrench corruption like voter fraud and double down on social engineering. The Dem ownership of the black vote dates back to FDR exploiting Democrat corruption in stealing aid Hoover had meant for stricken communities in the 1920’s. However, the Democrat controlled and exploited communities of minorities are leaving Democrats and moving to Trump Republicans. Can corruption, alone maintain the Dem powerbase?
https://rumble.com/veqh67-democrats-tossing-away-what-they-have-to-embrace-corruption.htmlJoe Biden and his cabal of liberal totalitarians are moving to confiscate your firearms. In this episode, I discuss the latest leftist efforts to destroy the Second Amendment and I debunk the outrageous talking points they’re using to advance their agenda.
News Picks:
- Here’s the link to record a video about why you like the show. Thanks for considering.
- Biden moves to confiscate guns.
- The “assault weapons” ban didn’t work. Here’s the evidence.
- Here’s the list discussed in the show of suspects the FBI was warned about, and failed to stop.
- Barack Obama stirs racial animus by attributing a racial motive to recent attacks.
- Al Sharpton piles on with misinformation.
- The video piece in the show today about the “black militia.”
- Marcio Rubio says there is “stuff flying over military installations we can’t identify.”
- Another perspective on the Kristi Noem/NCAA controversy in South Dakota.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Capitol HillMexico’s President Says Biden Is Responsible for Border Crisis
The 2024 GOP Primary Has Already Begun – If Trump Doesn’t Run
Dems Using Boulder Shooting to Push Gun Control Proposal That Already Failed
Guardian Angels Founder Curtis Silwa Announces NYC Mayoral Run
GOP Reps. Condemn Pelosi’s Attempt to Steal Iowa House Election
Dem Rep. Calls for VA to Strip Benefits From Any Service Members Who Participated in Jan 6 Incident
Trump Reveals What He Wrote in the Letter He Left Biden
ABC Describes Biden’s “Jail-Like” Conditions at Border
Why Is Kamala Always Laughing?
Ilhan Omar Criticizes “Whiteness” of Atlanta Shooter – Then Vilifies People Focusing on Race of Boulder Shooter
Kamala Fails to Salute Military on Air Force Two
Six Things You Need to Know About Biden’s Border Crisis
White House Won’t Rule Out Executive Orders to Implement Gun Control
Culture War
Ted Cruz Blasts Dems’ Latest Call for Gun Control
Trump Congratulates Project Veritas on “Big Win” in NY Times Lawsuit
Over 2,400 Criminal Illegals Released Under San Francisco Sherriff Office Policy
Racist Self-Proclaimed “Anti-Racist” Ibram Kendi to Launch Race Baiting Newspaper
The Cultural Populist Agenda
Cigna Reportedly Encourages Hiring Managers to Avoid Hiring White Men
Boulder Mass Shooting Victims Identified
Six Conservative Films to Watch on Amazon Prime… Before They Remove Them
Is Kristi Noem Playing the Long Game to Protect Women’s Sports?
Colorado Baker Jack Phillips on Trial Once Again for Being Christian
Al Sharpton Pushes Bogus Narrative About “White Supremacists Targeting Asians”
Ohio School District Spends $134k in Legal Fees on Permits for Gender Neutral Bathrooms
Economy
Is a Trump SPAC in the Works?
Federal Reserve Creates Climate Change Committee
Head of Asset Allocation at Australia’s Largest Pension Fund Says 3% Treasury Yields “Will Change Everything”
Oakland Announces Requirements for Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
Powell and Yellen Acknowledge Market Valuations Are High
USPS 10-Year Plan Includes Longer Mail Delivery Times, Cuts to Worker Hours
Robinhood App Files Paperwork to Go Public
GameStop Considers Share Sale After Massive Runup in Stock Price
Dems Eye These Tax Increases Aimed at the Rich
Tesla Cancels Planned Expansion of “Full Self-Driving”
Scandal Plagued “WeWork” Discloses $3.2 Billion Loss in 2020 as They Look to Go Public Again
Most Workers Believe Biden Tax Hikes Will Hit the Middle Class
Swamp Watch
Rep. Tlaib Wants to Give Illegals $2k Monthly Checks
Trump Says He Knew Biden Would Fall At Some Point, and He Is Slipping in Other Areas Too
Pretend Doctor Jill Biden Pretended to Be In Charge of Reuniting Migrant Families, Now Admits She Had “No Formal Role”
Media Activists Jumped to Conclusion Colorado Shooter Was White, Delete Posts, Pivot When His True Identity Revealed
Insurance Companies Paradoxically Reap Benefits From BLM Protests
Bruce Thornton: China Owns Our Policy Chiefs
Twitter Conveniently “Mistakenly” Censors Photos of Migrant Overflow Cells
Dr. Fauci and His Chinese Counterpart Envisioned Lengthy Coronavirus Restrictions on Panel This Month
DOJ “Unlikely” to Represent FBI Officials Sued by Carter Page
Cuomo Responds to Shouts From Supporter Amid Scandal: “I’m Not Going Anywhere Darling”
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Biden Presidency
Rubio: Biden's Rhetoric, 1st-Day Policies Created Border Crisis
Biden Permits Media Coverage of Admin Migrant Camp Visit
Kamala Harris Urges Congress to Act on Gun Control Legislation
Biden on NKorea Missile Launches: Not Much 'Has Changed'
Biden to Mark 'Equal Pay Day'
Rep. Van Taylor to Newsmax TV: Biden's 'Reckless' Border Policy Creating 'Heartbreaking' Crises |
N. Korea Fires Short-Range Missiles, Challenging Biden
Newly Confirmed Surgeon General to Focus on COVID, Opioids
Newsfront
Wisconsin to Investigate 2020 Election
The Republican-controlled Wisconsin state Assembly has authorized an investigation into the 2020 presidential election that President Joe Biden narrowly won in the state.... [Full Story]
Netanyahu Claims Israel Vote Win but Majority Uncertain
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Here is a video I made And death shall have no dominion
And death shall have no dominion is a poem written by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914-1953).
https://rumble.com/vbfach-and-death-shall-have-no-dominion.html
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Or priorities. Australia has lost a test match against South Africa. But she probably lost a generation after an honourable and deplorable act by her captain. At heart was something that the ICC does not care much about, ball tampering. But Cricket Australia are hypocritical about fair play. A young Australian player, Bancroft (25) was filmed tampering with the ball. Normally there would be denials, players close ranks, a temporary suspension may be imposed and that is that. Bancroft did not cheat effectively. When the ball was checked, it was allowed back in play. But the Australian Captain, Steve Smith, himself young, broke the dirty protocol to take responsibility for it. Also on the management team are coach Darren Lehman and David Warner. It is hard to not see the entire generation of cricketing greats being wiped out by what has been fostered above. Even Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has weighed in. Turnbull has pretensions of being a businessman, but has held onto his PM's position despite failing in every one of his nominated key performance indicators when seizing the position. Ironically, the hysteria has helped and hindered NSW ALP whose leader launched something, but nobody cared. Press want Luke Foley to win election in NSW. People have forgotten how Cricketing Great Donald Bradman faced Bodyline as cheating England sought to dominate in 1930s. Bradman played the game. He did not actually bring a rifle to face the short pitched bowling. The Australian way is to play the game, not to lower their standards. And it is ok to lose while fighting. Pope Francis has declared he stopped listening. He has said youth need to scream so that some may be heard. It is the lead up to Easter. The truth is mature people should not be swayed by noise, but by logic. Zuckerberg appears to have apologised for Trump doing what he applauded when Obama did it. Using FB info to sway voters. Hysterics who feel they have something on Trump are trying to let Mueller know. In Victoria, a young girl brutally raped by three declines to go to trial after prosecutors forget to protect her. Dan Andrews has made Victoria unsafe for ordinary people. Not even the Pope hears their screams.
=== from 2017 ===
Around the world, left wingers have abandoned principle in favour of tribalism. A racist murder in South Africa is deemed not newsworthy, but had their colours been reversed with their killers then the press would have been across it. A politician in South Africa calls for more whites to be killed. Racism exists, and it isn't the stories of discrimination that the press parade in lieu of the real deal. Here is a disturbing thought for left wingers, it is wrong to kill someone because of their race. It is wrong to torture someone because of their race. It is also wrong to verbally abuse someone, but it is not the same as killing or torture. It is said that justice is blind. Where the left rule, justice is a dream of the oppressed. Who will redress the wrongs of Venezuela? Cuba? North Korea? Ukraine? Iran? ISIS? In Canada under Trudeau, an Imam calls for the murder of Jews. In so called Palestine, a Hamas terrorist released early from jail for crimes against humanity, released by Israel, has been assassinated. And some point their finger at Israel, while Fatah are much closer. As if Israel would release someone to kill them? We know that terrorists can't be negotiated with.
=== from 2016 ===
Dealing with the mentally ill is very hard. And authorities aren't paid to be sympathetic. A person close to my home has been drinking and drug taking and is spiralling out of control. Last night, he invited a former share house mate home. There was supposed to be a BBQ recently bought by Stiffler (as he will be called, but has not got that name or anything like it). The guy came and was set up so Stiffler could punch him, breaking his glasses, accusing him of having been a thief. The guy did not deserve the treatment, but would probably hesitate calling the police, whom Stiffler claims are friends. Stiffler then went to the city, drank two bottles of Jack Daniels and was arrested for drunkeness. One night in jail. $750 fine and $250 taxi later, and he comes home and is obnoxious again. Has lost his family through bad behaviour. Has lost long term friends and is now losing his home. But he still likes drugs and drink.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
A tragedy in France sandwiched two remarkable events around the world which illustrated cultures and what is valued. In New Zealand, a World Cup Cricket semi final between South Africa and New Zealand, rain affected, saw New Zealand win with a six with one ball to spare. The game was breath taking and swung wildly as highly skilled players fought hard to be the nation that made the final. Sometimes it is said that in such sport there is only one winner. But the sport of Cricket won as well, as a South African born NZ player who hit the winning runs comforted the world class bowler he hit it from. Humbleness elevates to great heights what would otherwise be routine. South Africa's score should have shut out NZ, who are reliant on good bowling to win their matches, but have a few outstanding players who bat too. The rain break lifted the South African score under the Duckworth Lewis system to nearly 300 runs off 43 overs. Challenging for any team not facing the excellent bowling of South Africa. The NZ captain got a good start, breaking the run chase down with a quick half century, but NZ batsman kept failing. Until with six wickets down, five runs were required with two balls remaining and one of the all time greats bowling. And one six ended the match.
In France, a routine flight of a passenger jet ended in tragedy as 150 died in the Pyrenees. Victims include a class of school children on exchange, a talented opera singer, and many others, all of whom will be missed. There are as yet no answers as to why it happened. One black box voice recorder is said to be damaged. The unit recording flight data is missing. But regardless of what happened, it will be small comfort for the grieving loved ones. We need to know why it happened. Was it a terrorist hit? Was it an accident from sudden catastrophic decompression? Was it pilot failure? All that we know for certain is that the victims are dead, taken too soon.
In Bangladesh, a mentally ill woman who was devoutly Muslim was murdered by a lynch mob after being denounced for burning a Koran. She hadn't. She had been arguing with a fortune teller. The fortune teller escalated the argument by calling her a Koran burner. They could have called her a global warming believer, but that would not have engaged so many in winning the argument. She was beaten, stoned to death and her body was dragged to a river and dumped near Bangladesh's biggest Mosque. Several police stood by. Many people took video and posted on social media. There are so many alternatives that could have been done to her in punishment. She could have been sent to Australia by boat. ALP view that as compassionate. She could have been treated for mental illness. She could have been jailed for her crime, if she were found guilty by a court of law. Instead she was lynched by a mob where police and religious authority was nearby and did nothing, or possibly aided the mob. Such lynchings are not uncommon. It is yet to be shown to be illegal, although 26 have been arrested in relation to the outrage. Lynch mobs seem to be approved of by the UN. The UN did nothing when a PLO authority killed a man suspected of being Israeli a decade ago. The UN did nothing when two Israeli police were lured to their lynch mob deaths by PLO fifteen years ago. But in Bangladesh one religious authority has attempted to excuse the atrocity, claiming it is wrong to burn the Koran. Similarly a Minister of the Bangladesh government has claimed the same. Is Allah impotent, so that his cowardly followers must abuse basic standards of justice?
Today saw the founding of Venice in 421 when it is said San Giacomo dedicated the first church on the Rialto river. The place was a hard to defend lagoon which was over run, in history, by Hun and German invaders. Putting Venice in the lagoon made a good place for tourists to invade instead. Tourists pay more. In 1199, Richard I was fatally wounded by a crossbow fired by a boy who, expecting death, told Richard he had done it because Richard had killed his father and brothers. Richard forgave the boy, and gave him a hundred shillings. However, following Richard's death on April 6th, a mercenary captain Mercadier found the boy and flayed him alive and hanged him. In 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for publishing the pamphlet "The necessity of Atheism." The foolish Oxford authorities could learn from modern Bangladesh for the correct way to treat such youthful excess (satire/sarcasm warning). In 1911, the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC changed the way buildings were made in modern cities, allowing for fire escapes and emergency stairs. In 1931, Some white kids on a train decided to accuse some black kids of raping some girls who hadn't been attacked. It was Scottsboro Alabama, a Democrat state where blacks were not on jury since the turn of the century. Even George Wallace recognised the injustice, later pardoning one of the boys. Originally charged with offences that would get the death penalty, four court cases tried the boys. Even though the alleged witnesses recanted, some of the boys remained jailed for decades. One was shot in jail and permanently disabled. Bangladesh could teach Alabama how to handle such. In 1971, during the Bangladesh War of Independence, Pakistani soldiers targeted civilians. Maybe they had burned the Koran? On the same day in Vietnam the South gave up attacking the Ho Chi Minh trail.
In France, a routine flight of a passenger jet ended in tragedy as 150 died in the Pyrenees. Victims include a class of school children on exchange, a talented opera singer, and many others, all of whom will be missed. There are as yet no answers as to why it happened. One black box voice recorder is said to be damaged. The unit recording flight data is missing. But regardless of what happened, it will be small comfort for the grieving loved ones. We need to know why it happened. Was it a terrorist hit? Was it an accident from sudden catastrophic decompression? Was it pilot failure? All that we know for certain is that the victims are dead, taken too soon.
In Bangladesh, a mentally ill woman who was devoutly Muslim was murdered by a lynch mob after being denounced for burning a Koran. She hadn't. She had been arguing with a fortune teller. The fortune teller escalated the argument by calling her a Koran burner. They could have called her a global warming believer, but that would not have engaged so many in winning the argument. She was beaten, stoned to death and her body was dragged to a river and dumped near Bangladesh's biggest Mosque. Several police stood by. Many people took video and posted on social media. There are so many alternatives that could have been done to her in punishment. She could have been sent to Australia by boat. ALP view that as compassionate. She could have been treated for mental illness. She could have been jailed for her crime, if she were found guilty by a court of law. Instead she was lynched by a mob where police and religious authority was nearby and did nothing, or possibly aided the mob. Such lynchings are not uncommon. It is yet to be shown to be illegal, although 26 have been arrested in relation to the outrage. Lynch mobs seem to be approved of by the UN. The UN did nothing when a PLO authority killed a man suspected of being Israeli a decade ago. The UN did nothing when two Israeli police were lured to their lynch mob deaths by PLO fifteen years ago. But in Bangladesh one religious authority has attempted to excuse the atrocity, claiming it is wrong to burn the Koran. Similarly a Minister of the Bangladesh government has claimed the same. Is Allah impotent, so that his cowardly followers must abuse basic standards of justice?
Today saw the founding of Venice in 421 when it is said San Giacomo dedicated the first church on the Rialto river. The place was a hard to defend lagoon which was over run, in history, by Hun and German invaders. Putting Venice in the lagoon made a good place for tourists to invade instead. Tourists pay more. In 1199, Richard I was fatally wounded by a crossbow fired by a boy who, expecting death, told Richard he had done it because Richard had killed his father and brothers. Richard forgave the boy, and gave him a hundred shillings. However, following Richard's death on April 6th, a mercenary captain Mercadier found the boy and flayed him alive and hanged him. In 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from Oxford for publishing the pamphlet "The necessity of Atheism." The foolish Oxford authorities could learn from modern Bangladesh for the correct way to treat such youthful excess (satire/sarcasm warning). In 1911, the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC changed the way buildings were made in modern cities, allowing for fire escapes and emergency stairs. In 1931, Some white kids on a train decided to accuse some black kids of raping some girls who hadn't been attacked. It was Scottsboro Alabama, a Democrat state where blacks were not on jury since the turn of the century. Even George Wallace recognised the injustice, later pardoning one of the boys. Originally charged with offences that would get the death penalty, four court cases tried the boys. Even though the alleged witnesses recanted, some of the boys remained jailed for decades. One was shot in jail and permanently disabled. Bangladesh could teach Alabama how to handle such. In 1971, during the Bangladesh War of Independence, Pakistani soldiers targeted civilians. Maybe they had burned the Koran? On the same day in Vietnam the South gave up attacking the Ho Chi Minh trail.
From 2014
The meaning of free speech is being debated in Australia's parliament. The government view is that freedom of speech means bad things can be said, and debated, so that bad things can be exposed. The ALP claim they are confused by this and seek to clarify with the government, asking if that means the government endorses bigotry or racism. It was the ALP position that freedom of speech is bad, that the idea that, good arguments can be fairly made, is optimistic. That position has been maintained by the Australian Human Rights Commission. I believe the ALP position is not tenable with modern democracy. I point out that the current legislation has not protected anyone but is open to abuse of process. I point to how Andrew Bolt has been incorrectly labelled following the travesty of the court case involving him. When an outspoken law professor has had to apologise for misunderstanding the law, it is clear that the government position is best.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has sent me a letter headlined "inquiry team visits distressed children on Christmas Island" With all due respect, the term 'distressed' can be applied to children everywhere. It is up to parents, not nations, to address it. Anecdotally, not all of them are children. They are undergoing UN processing to ascertain how they should be treated. There are refugees waiting in camps around the world. Luckily, these children survived the possible drowning that compassionate ALP policy threatened them. Their parents spent much money entrusting them to the care of pirates. I don't believe the authorities are wilfully mistreating them, and if they are, I would like to be told about it. Should current government policy be maintained, there will be no children on Christmas Island being processed for refugee status. That should relieve the distress.
The Australian Human Rights Commission has sent me a letter headlined "inquiry team visits distressed children on Christmas Island" With all due respect, the term 'distressed' can be applied to children everywhere. It is up to parents, not nations, to address it. Anecdotally, not all of them are children. They are undergoing UN processing to ascertain how they should be treated. There are refugees waiting in camps around the world. Luckily, these children survived the possible drowning that compassionate ALP policy threatened them. Their parents spent much money entrusting them to the care of pirates. I don't believe the authorities are wilfully mistreating them, and if they are, I would like to be told about it. Should current government policy be maintained, there will be no children on Christmas Island being processed for refugee status. That should relieve the distress.
Historical perspective on this day
In 421, Venice was founded at twelve o'clock noon, according to legend. 708, Pope Constantine succeeded Pope Sisinnius as the 88th pope. 717, Theodosios III resigned the throne to the Byzantine Empire to enter the clergy. 1199, Richard I was wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France, leading to his death on April 6. 1306, Robert the Brucebecame King of Scotland. 1409, the Council of Pisa opened. 1555, the city of Valencia was founded in present-day Venezuela. 1584, Sir Walter Raleigh was granted a patent to colonize Virginia. 1634, the first settlers arrived in Maryland. 1655, Saturn's largest moon, Titan, was discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
In 1802, the Treaty of Amiens was signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom. 1807, the Slave Trade Act became law, abolishing the slave trade in the British Empire. Also 1807, the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, became the first passenger carrying railway in the world. 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley was expelled from the University of Oxford for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. 1821, (Julian Calendar) Traditional date of the start of the Greek War of Independence. The war had actually begun on 23 February 1821. The date was chosen in the early years of the Greek state so that it fell on the day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, strengthening the ties between the Greek Orthodox Church and the newly founded state. 1865, American Civil War: In Virginia, Confederate forces temporarily captured Fort Stedman from the Union. 1894, Coxey's Army, the first significant Americanprotest march, departed Massillon, Ohio for Washington D.C.
In 1911, in New York City, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire killed 146 garment workers. 1914, Aris was founded in Thessaloniki. 1917, the Georgian Orthodox Church restored its autocephaly abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811. 1918, the Belarusian People's Republic is established. 1924, on the anniversary of Greek Independence, Alexandros Papanastasiouproclaimed the Second Hellenic Republic. 1931, the Scottsboro Boys were arrested in Alabama and charged with rape. 1941, the Kingdom of Yugoslavia joined the Axis powerswith the signing of the Tripartite Pact. 1947, an explosion in a coal mine in Centralia, Illinoiskilled 111. 1948, the first successful tornado forecast predicted that a tornado would strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. 1949, the extensive deportation campaign known as March deportation was conducted in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to force collectivisation by way of terror. The Soviet authorities deported more than 92,000 people from the Baltics to remote areas of the Soviet Union. 1957, United States Customs seized copies of Allen Ginsberg's poem "Howl" on obscenity grounds. Also 1957, the European Economic Community was established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members. 1958, Canada's Avro Arrow made its first flight.
In 1965, Civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully complete their 4-day 50-mile march from Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. 1969, during their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono held their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March 31). 1971, Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistani Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians. Also 1971, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandoned an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. 1975, Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot and killed by a mentally ill nephew. 1979, the first fully functional space shuttle orbiter, Columbia, was delivered to the John F. Kennedy Space Center to be prepared for its first launch. 1988, the Candle demonstration in Bratislava is the first mass demonstration of the 1980s against the communist regime in Czechoslovakia.
In 1990, the Happy Land fire was an arson fire that killed 87 people trapped inside an illegal nightclub in The Bronx, New York City. 1992, the Pakistan national cricket team won the 1992 Cricket World Cup at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Also 1992, Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalevreturned to Earth after a 10-month stay aboard the Mir space station. 1993, Warrington Bomb victim Tim Parry died five days after an IRA bomb detonated in Warrington, Cheshire on 20 March 1993 in the second of the Warrington bomb attacks. 1995, WikiWikiWeb, the world's first wiki, and part of the Portland Pattern Repository, was made public by Ward Cunningham. 1996, an 81-day-long standoff between the anti-government group Montana Freemen and law enforcement near Jordan, Montana, began. 1996, the European Union's Veterinarian Committee banned the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy). 2006, Capitol Hill massacre: A gunman killed six people before taking his own life at a party in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. Also 2006, protesters demanded a new election in Belarus, following the rigged Belarusian presidential election, 2006, clash with riot police. Opposition leader Aleksander Kozulin was among several protesters arrested.
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Today's reading: Joshua 16-18, Luke 2:1-24 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Joshua 16-18
Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh
1 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel. 2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth, 3descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.
4 So Manasseh and Ephraim, the descendants of Joseph, received their inheritance....
Today's New Testament reading: Luke 2:1-24
The Birth of Jesus
1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.
4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them....
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Morning
Did this fear arise from the infernal suggestion that he was utterly forsaken. There may be sterner trials than this, but surely it is one of the worst to be utterly forsaken? "See," said Satan, "thou hast a friend nowhere! Thy Father hath shut up the bowels of his compassion against thee. Not an angel in his courts will stretch out his hand to help thee. All heaven is alienated from thee; thou art left alone. See the companions with whom thou hast taken sweet counsel, what are they worth? Son of Mary, see there thy brother James, see there thy loved disciple John, and thy bold apostle Peter, how the cowards sleep when thou art in thy sufferings! Lo! Thou hast no friend left in heaven or earth. All hell is against thee. I have stirred up mine infernal den. I have sent my missives throughout all regions summoning every prince of darkness to set upon thee this night, and we will spare no arrows, we will use all our infernal might to overwhelm thee: and what wilt thou do, thou solitary one?" It may be, this was the temptation; we think it was, because the appearance of an angel unto him strengthening him removed that fear. He was heard in that he feared; he was no more alone, but heaven was with him. It may be that this is the reason of his coming three times to his disciples--as Hart puts it--
"Backwards and forwards thrice he ran,
As if he sought some help from man."
He would see for himself whether it were really true that all men had forsaken him; he found them all asleep; but perhaps he gained some faint comfort from the thought that they were sleeping, not from treachery, but from sorrow, the spirit indeed was willing, but the flesh was weak. At any rate, he was heard in that he feared. Jesus was heard in his deepest woe; my soul, thou shalt be heard also.
Evening
The Saviour was "a man of sorrows," but every thoughtful mind has discovered the fact that down deep in his innermost soul he carried an inexhaustible treasury of refined and heavenly joy. Of all the human race, there was never a man who had a deeper, purer, or more abiding peace than our Lord Jesus Christ. "He was anointed with the oil of gladness above his fellows." His vast benevolence must, from the very nature of things, have afforded him the deepest possible delight, for benevolence is joy. There were a few remarkable seasons when this joy manifested itself. "At that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth." Christ had his songs, though it was night with him; though his face was marred, and his countenance had lost the lustre of earthly happiness, yet sometimes it was lit up with a matchless splendour of unparalleled satisfaction, as he thought upon the recompense of the reward, and in the midst of the congregation sang his praise unto God. In this, the Lord Jesus is a blessed picture of his church on earth. At this hour the church expects to walk in sympathy with her Lord along a thorny road; through much tribulation she is forcing her way to the crown. To bear the cross is her office, and to be scorned and counted an alien by her mother's children is her lot; and yet the church has a deep well of joy, of which none can drink but her own children. There are stores of wine, and oil, and corn, hidden in the midst of our Jerusalem, upon which the saints of God are evermore sustained and nurtured; and sometimes, as in our Saviour's case, we have our seasons of intense delight, for "There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of our God." Exiles though we be, we rejoice in our King; yea, in him we exceedingly rejoice, while in his name we set up our banners.
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I am a decent man and don't care for the abuse given me. I created a video raising awareness of anti police feeling among western communities. I chose the senseless killing of Nicola Cotton, a Louisiana policewoman who joined post Katrina, to highlight the issue. I did this in order to get an income after having been illegally blacklisted from work in NSW for being a whistleblower. I have not done anything wrong. Local council appointees refused to endorse my work, so I did it for free. Youtube's Adsence refused to allow me to profit from their marketing it. Meanwhile, I am hostage to abysmal political leadership and hopeless journalists. My shopfront has opened on Facebook.
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I am publishing a book called Bread of Life: January.
Bread of Life is a daily bible quote with a layman's understanding of the meaning. I give one quote for each day, and also a series of personal stories illustrating key concepts eg Who is God? What is a miracle? Why is there tragedy?
January is the first of the anticipated year-long work of thirteen books. One for each month and the whole year. It costs to publish. It (Kindle version) should retail at about $2US online, but the paperback version would cost more, according to production cost.If you have a heart for giving, I fundraise at gofund.me/27tkwuc (Gofundme finished the fund raiser, 2017)
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Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August, September, October, or at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows a free kindle version.
The Amazon Author Page for David Ball
UK .. http://www.amazon.co.uk/-/e/B01683ZOWG
French .. http://www.amazon.fr/-/e/B01683ZOWG
Japan .. http://www.amazon.co.jp/-/e/B01683ZOWG
German .. http://www.amazon.de/-/e/B01683ZOWG
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Other Stuff
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I'm now on MAGAbook to sidestep FB censorship
https://www.magabook.com/register?invite=11673951025fadd3f055eca4.00045664
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I'm looking for former students to endorse me
https://www.superprof.com.au/write-recommendation-13371374-1cc2cf0f56166c9b04ad4097fc7d0b67.html
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