Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Tue 23rd March 2021 Current Affairs


Editorial 22nd March 2021 personal missive
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.

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.html
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This latest proposal by the hapless Biden administration is going to pour gasoline on the exploding crisis at the border. In this episode, I discuss the latest developments on this, and the stunning video by a prominent liberal acknowledging the growing threat of cancel culture.

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Psaki Completely Clueless About Everything During Latest Press Conference

SCOTUS Agrees to Consider Reinstating Death Penalty for Boston Marathon Bomber

“Room Rater” Trashes Dan Bongino for Room Décor in Hotel Room He Stayed at to Receive Cancer Treatment

Current Aide Accuses Gov. Cuomo of Sexual Harassment and Misconduct

Millions of Illegals Set to Receive $4.38 Billion in Biden Coronavirus Cash

Photos Released From Inside Border Facilities Showing Hundreds of Children Huddled Together

Capitol Hill
Biden Admin Sanctions Two Top Chinese Officials, Citing Abuse of Uyghurs
Biden Falsely Claims His Family Wasn’t Involved in Govt During Obama Admin
Biden to Visit Southern Border “At Some Point”
Sen. Warnock Uses Atlanta Spa Shootings to Push Gun Control
Why Are Dems Throwing Cuomo Overboard While Giving Newsom a Life Raft?
Does Biden Have the Strength to Go Toe to Toe With China?
Biden Begins “Catch and Release” of Migrant Families Without Court Dates
Stephen Miller: Biden’s Policies Encouraging Traffickers to Assault Migrants
Rep. McCaul: Return to Trump Policies Would End Biden Border Crisis
Former WH Physician: Something “Not Right” With Biden’s Health

Culture War
Kristi Noem Launches “Defending Title IX” Coalition
Kay Cole James Resigns as President of the Heritage Foundation
“Do You Miss Me Yet?” – Lisa Boothe Interviews Donald Trump
Vox “Journalist” Aaron Rupar Is a Master of the “Self Own”
Not a Joke: NY Times Claims Babylon Bee “Trafficked in Misinformation” Disguised as Satire
The Offended Ruling Class
Bill Maher Takes on Cancel Culture Again: “The Goalposts Change Almost on a Weekly Basis”
Adviser: Trump to Return to Social Media in 2-3 Months With “His Own Platform”
More Insanity From MSNBC: GOP Just Like al Qaeda, Wants Only White Men Voting

Economy
Despite Tax Filing Deadline Pushback, Gig Workers Still Face April 15th Deadline for Estimated Tax Payments
Alcohol-Free Bars Are a Growing Trend
Venezuela Is Running Out of Physical Cash
Coinbase Delays Public Listing After CFTC Fine
Stimulus Checks Make Their Way Into Bitcoin and Stocks
How the Fed’s Plan to Let Inflation Run Hot Could Turn Out
Canadian Pacific/Kansas City Southern Deal Will Create First U.S.-Mexico Railroad
Delta Adds Route, Expands Flights to 20 Vacation Destinations
Spain Tests Four-Day Work Week
Biden’s Tax Hikes Will Hurt Workers, Not Big Business

Swamp Watch
WaPo Warns Biden On Migration Surge, Suggests He Adopt a New Approach
Project Veritas Shows the Way To Holding News Reporters Accountable
Newt Gingrich: The American People vs. The Democratic Machine
Top Photojournalist Blasts Biden for Blocking Access to Border Crisis
Seriously: MSNBC Analyst Warns Jokes About Biden’s Air Force One Fall Could Inspire Assassins
DHS Secretary Dubiously Says Biden Admin Addressing Humanitarian Needs of Children at Border
New Emails Heighten Mystery Around Presidential Vote in Fulton County
First Photo at El Paso Migrant Facility on Southern Border in Texas Obtained
Rand Paul: Dr. Fauci Very “Blase and Unconcerned” About Liberty
=== Newsmax Headlines ===

Trump: Biden Is 'Destroying the Country' With His Border Policies
Former President Donald Trump Monday accused the Biden administration's policies on the border of "destroying the country" and leading to death and tragedy. "We're bringing the violence to our country, because many of the people... are violent people." [Full Story]
Related Stories

Trump Slams 'Inhumane' Biden Policies as Illegal Immigrant Crisis Worsens
Sen. Cotton: Mayorkas 'Plainly in Over His Head' With Border
Trump: McConnell 'Hanging by a Thread' as 'Catastrophic' Filibuster Debate Looms

Biden Presidency

Biden Moving to Bolster Obamacare Before Its 11th Anniversary
US Sanctions 2 Chinese Officials Over Uyghur Abuse
Trump: We Handed Biden Secure Border, He Made 'National Disaster'
Russia Regrets US Decision Not to Support Putin-Biden Talks
Biden: I Will Go to the Border 'at Some Point'
Portman Urges Action 'Right Away' To Help 'Overwhelmed' Border Patrol
Biden Spends $86M on Hotel Rooms for Illegal Aliens
Ex-Treasury Chief: Economic Policy 'Least Responsible' in 40 Years

Newsfront
Rep. Jody Hice to Newsmax TV: 'Overwhelming' Response to Trump Endorsement
Rep. Jody Hice, R-Ga., told Newsmax TV on Monday that he's "very grateful" to former President Donald Trump for endorsing his challenge to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger...... [Full Story] |

Related Stories
Trump Endorses Rep. Jody Hice Against Georgia's Raffensperger

Trump: McConnell 'Hanging by a Thread' as 'Catastrophic' Filibuster Debate Looms
Former President Donald Trump excoriated Senate Minority Leader Mitch [Full Story]
Related
Trump: Biden Turning Out to Be 'Bernie Sanders on Steroids'

Trump: Biden 'Destroying the Country' Through Border Actions

Trump Slams 'Inhumane' Biden Policies as Illegal Immigrant Crisis Worsens
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Here is a video I made Amazing Grace 

"Amazing Grace" is a Christian hymn written by English poet and clergyman John Newton (1725--1807), published in 1779. With a message that forgiveness and redemption are possible regardless of the sins people commit and that the soul can be delivered from despair through the mercy of God, "Amazing Grace" is one of the most recognizable songs in the English-speaking world.
https://rumble.com/vaz6fj-amazing-grace-by-oddball.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. It is said that a schoolboy prat prank of Anthony Eden on Churchill, giving Winston a birthday present of a realistic portrait sent Winston into retirement. But while Winston was great enough to recognise the meme, the prat like Eden was a hopeless failure as a leader. There was no replacement for Winston in that generation. Or the next. Thatcher was a good successor to Churchill, but no compelling conservative came in between or since in the UK. Great conservative leaders are not rare, but party politics winnows out many. Sometimes all. Party politics in the left is more bruising. It is hard to be a leader and agree with everything that is wrong. So which left wing leaders of the past fifty years recognised that it was wrong to deprive small business of profit in lieu of a quick result? I welcome suggestions. 

The picture of Churchill was a good one, made by Graham Sutherland on order by both houses of UK Parliament. Churchill, himself an artist, took exception to it. Interestingly, President Obama commissioned something more extreme with similarities. It is as if both art works made similar statements regarding their subjects of being inappropriate for office.  Graham was a great artist and a good man, his art work was not to diminish Churchill, but to show a truth, a reality. But at 80 years of age, Churchill was no longer fit for office. And there was none to replace him. Kehinda Wiley intended a political statement in his portrait of Obama. Wiley placed African Blue lilies to remind the world of Obama's birthplace? 

Newt Gingrich is publishing hypothetical alternative histories. What would have happened if Hillary had won election? What if Burr had not killed Hamilton? What if Soviets beat USA to moon? What if USA had not entered WW1? I'd like to consider a hypothetical of the Australian judiciary being competent. I've always been considered a dreamer. But, my challenge to Newt, "What if Churchill had defeated Attlee in 1945? Far fetched as Attlee had undermined Churchill during WW2 from Deputy PM's position, but moving forward, a conservative UK government making good post war choices .. no cold war? No Korean war? A unified India? Israel without Palestine?"
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London was victim to a lone wolf terrorist attack. The terrorist had been known to authorities. He drove a vehicle into a crowd in Westminster and then began stabbing people. He killed a policeman before he was stopped. At least four have died, including a mother of two who had gone to collect her children from school. The policeman was a dad. The terrorist had been connected years before with a terrorist group, and had been on the fringe. And it is almost certain the terrorist felt justified for his extremist views by left wing media pronouncements. In Melbourne today, another terrorist wannabe, an ISIS supporter, has been arrested for abusing his own children and murdering his wife. There is no faith justification for either activity. In Egypt, a fight between Egyptian special forces and ISIS supporters resulted in 10 Egyptian dead and at least 17 ISIS killed. ISIS had been building a bomb factory. ISIS are still strong in Libya where Obama supported them. 
=== from 2016 ===
There is no excuse for bad journalism. Miranda Devine's advocacy for Malcolm Turnbull is not the same as Savva's and so is not bad journalism. She is accurately reporting on what people have told her. So without abusing Devine, it is important to address the shortcomings of her position on Turnbull. It is as if Miranda feels that the binary position of Liberal supporters is they support Turnbull or they support Abbott. It is a false position. Turnbull does not now support or lead the Liberal Party, as he is still dividing it. Mr Abbott is calling for party unity while also defending himself and his record. The Devine position has it that one either supports Turnbull (who allegedly has a plan) or oppose the Liberals in support of Mr Abbott. It is the mirror of what Miranda should have noted when Abbott was leader. But then too, she was only reporting the thought bubbles of others. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
One of the great international statesmen has died, old and blessed. Lee Kuan Yew was the founding PM of Singapore, and governed for three decades. He was the architect of modern Singapore. In '59, when Lee became PM, Singapore was a third world nation. Lee was strict with the media, and so didn't have to continually tack left under media criticism. He was a conservative, not a right winger. He wanted Singapore to be part of Malaysia, but Malaysia forced independence and Lee navigated a course with security and economic independence. The result was a trade block the envy of the world. To improve military security, Lee used Israeli expertise. Singaporeans are part of the reserve from age 18 to 35. Lee maintained corporal punishment in schools and society and even has it as an article of discipline in the military. Without buying into LGBT hysteria, Lee accepted homosexuals, saying if a member of his family were gay he would accept them. However there are legal restrictions on gays in Singapore. Water security is a big issue for Singapore, and they have recycling as well as other options. It is difficult to describe how valued Lee Kuan Yew was as an international citizen. His opinion was prized by Nixon, Margaret Thatcher and John Howard. Had he been born in another place or time, he might have been regarded as Clive Churchill. 


In December 2014, a man who had lost his penis in a botched circumcision when he was eighteen years old, was given a transplant after three years. As of 13th March it has been reported the transplant is fully functional. It is hard to keep a good man down. The article did not report if the transplant had been circumcised. Under Jewish tradition it is done after six days, which is why News Years Day in the Western Calendar is six days after Christmas.  But in some Christian traditions it is done older. The South African man had his own reasons for choosing eighteen. And now he is twenty one. We don't know when, but wish him a happy birthday and many happy returns. We also note researchers have not prohibited the possibility that multiple peni be transplanted to an individual. 
From 2014
It is a little discussed fact that when Patrick Henry gave his famous speech on this day in 1775, now known as "Give me liberty or give me death" he was employing rhetoric. He wanted liberty. He was willing to fight, and possibly die for it, but he had one goal. So too do the ALP. In South Australia, liberty is to be denied for another term of office. The election a week ago delivered no majority, although the ALP, with 35.3% of the vote, has the most seats of any party. More than the Liberal Party which got 45.1% of the vote, with over 90% of votes counted. This is a clear gerrymander and the electoral office has failed in its' duty. On the plus side, there will be a working example of failure that can be pointed to whenever some journalist chooses to say that the ALP would run the federal government better. It might be good for the second independent who is now in line to be speaker of an ALP administration again. His conservative seat will be impressed. The truth is if you want an ALP government then don't vote conservative. 

On this day in 1801, The Tsar, who loved marching a lot, and flogged anyone who made a mistake in a marching ceremony, was put to death excessively. His killers, including a nephew of his tutor, hit him with a sword in his bedroom, demanded he sign an abdication, then strangled and trampled him to death. Tsar Paul seems to resemble the Catch 22 character of Scheiskopf. Or maybe it is the other way around. Also excessive, happening on this day in 1908, Durham White Stevens, US ambassador to Korea, was holidaying with his sisters in San Francisco. Stevens had previously expressed the view that Japan's protectorate of Korea was working well. A few students disagreed. They challenged him over this, first making sure that he had said what they had heard. He corrected them, but they had heard enough. One night, they hit him with a chair. The next day they rushed at him and shot him a few times, before being stopped by a crowd. Stevens survived his wounds until the the 25th. However, the most bizarre excess happened on this day in 1909, one year after Stevens was assassinated. Former US President Theodore Roosevelt went on safari and was sponsored by National Geographic and the Smithsonian. That is right, the Smithsonian and National Geographic sponsored a holiday of shooting animals for sport. I don't think such enlightenment is possible today. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 1400, the Trần Dynasty of Vietnam was deposed after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. 1540, Waltham Abbey was surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last religious community to be closed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries. 1568, the Peace of Longjumeau was signed, ending the second phase of the French Wars of Religion. 1708, James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth. 1757, Capture of Chandannagar fort by British forces. 1775, American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivered his speech – "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" – at St. John's Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia. 

In 1801, Tsar Paul I of Russia was struck with a sword, then strangled, and finally trampled to death inside his bedroom at St. Michael's Castle. 1806, after traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their "Corps of Discovery" began their arduous journey home. 1821, Greek War of Independence: Battle and fall of city of Kalamata. 1848, the ship John Wickliffe arrived at Port Chalmers carrying the first Scottish settlers for Dunedin, New Zealand. Otago province was founded. 1857, Elisha Otis's first elevator was installed at 488 Broadway New York City. 1862, the First Battle of Kernstown, Virginia, marked the start of Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Though a Confederate defeat, the engagement distracted Federal efforts to capture Richmond. 1868, the University of California was founded in Oakland, California when the Organic Act was signed into law. 1879, War of the Pacific: The Battle of Topáter, the first battle of the war was fought between Chile and the joint forces of Bolivia and Peru. 1885, Sino-French War: Chinese victory in the Battle of Phu Lam Tao near Hung Hoa, northern Vietnam. 1888, in England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional Association Football league, met for the first time. 1889, the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, India. 

In 1901, Emilio Aguinaldo, only President of the First Philippine Republic, was captured at Palanan, Isabela by forces of General Frederick Funston. 1905, Eleftherios Venizelos called for Crete's union with Greece, and began what was to be known as the Theriso revolt. 1908, American diplomat Durham Stevens was attacked by Korean assassins Jeon Myeong-un and Jang In-hwan, leading to his death in a hospital two days later. 1909, Theodore Roosevelt left New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip was sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society. 1918, First World War: On the third day of the German Spring Offensive, the 10th Battalion of the Royal West Kent Regiment was annihilated with many of the men becoming Prisoners of war 1919, in Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founded his Fascist political movement. 1931, Bhagat Singh, Shivaram Rajguru and Sukhdev Thapar were hanged for the killing of a deputy superintendent of police during the Indian struggle for independence. 1933, the Reichstag passed the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. 1935, signing of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. 1939, the Hungarian air force attacked the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spišská Nová Ves, killing 13 people and began the Slovak–Hungarian War. 1940, the Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) was put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League. 1942, World War II: In the Indian Ocean, Japanese forces captured the Andaman Islands. 

In 1956, Pakistan became the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan) 1965, NASA launched Gemini 3, the United States' first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young). Also 1965, the first issue of The Vigilant was published from Khartoum. 1977, all 12 of the Nixon Interviews were recorded with British journalist David Frost interviewing former President of the United States Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes. 1978, the first UNIFIL troops arrived in Lebanon for peacekeeping mission along the Blue Line. 1980, Archbishop Óscar Romero of El Salvadorgave his famous speech appealing to men of the El Salvadoran armed forces to stop killing the Salvadorans. 1982, Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García was overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt. 1983, Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan made his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. 

In 1991, the Revolutionary United Front, with support from the special forces of Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia, invaded Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow Joseph Saidu Momoh, sparking a gruesome 11-year Sierra Leone Civil War. 1994, at an election rally in Tijuana, Mexican presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated by Mario Aburto Martínez. Also 1994, Aeroflot Flight 593 crashed in Siberiawhen the pilot's fifteen-year old son accidentally disengaged the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board. Also 1994, a United States Air Force (USAF) F-16 aircraft collided with a USAF C-130 at Pope Air Force Base and then crashed, killing 24 United States Army soldiers on the ground. This later became known as the Green Ramp disaster. 1996, Taiwan held its first direct elections and chose Lee Teng-hui as President. 1999, gunmen assassinate Paraguay's Vice President Luis María Argaña. 2001, the Russian Mir space station was disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Oceannear Fiji. 2003, Battle of Nasiriyah, first major conflict during the invasion of Iraq. 2005, Texas City Refinery explosion: During a test on a distillation tower liquid waste built up and flowed out of a blowout tower. Waste fumes ignited and exploded killing 15 workers. 2009, FedEx Express Flight 80: A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashed at Tokyo's Narita International Airport, killing both the captain and the co-pilot.

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Today's reading: Joshua 10-12, Luke 1:39-56 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Joshua 10-12

The Sun Stands Still
1 Now Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had taken Ai and totally destroyed it, doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king, and that the people of Gibeon had made a treaty of peace with Israel and had become their allies. 2 He and his people were very much alarmed at this, because Gibeon was an important city, like one of the royal cities; it was larger than Ai, and all its men were good fighters.3So Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem appealed to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish and Debir king of Eglon. 4"Come up and help me attack Gibeon," he said, "because it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites."

Today's New Testament reading: Luke 1:39-56

Mary Visits Elizabeth
39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. 41When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear!43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!"

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March 22: Morning
"And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed." -Matthew 26:39
There are several instructive features in our Saviour's prayer in his hour of trial. It was lonely prayer. He withdrew even from his three favoured disciples. Believer, be much in solitary prayer, especially in times of trial. Family prayer, social prayer, prayer in the Church, will not suffice, these are very precious, but the best beaten spice will smoke in your censer in your private devotions, where no ear hears but God's.

It was humble prayer. Luke says he knelt, but another evangelist says he "fell on his face." Where, then, must be thy place, thou humble servant of the great Master? What dust and ashes should cover thy head! Humility gives us good foot-hold in prayer. There is no hope of prevalence with God unless we abase ourselves that he may exalt us in due time.

It was filial prayer. "Abba, Father." You will find it a stronghold in the day of trial to plead your adoption. You have no rights as a subject, you have forfeited them by your treason; but nothing can forfeit a child's right to a father's protection. Be not afraid to say, "My Father, hear my cry."

Observe that it was persevering prayer. He prayed three times. Cease not until you prevail. Be as the importunate widow, whose continual coming earned what her first supplication could not win. Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving.

Lastly, it was the prayer of resignation. "Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt." Yield, and God yields. Let it be as God wills, and God will determine for the best. Be thou content to leave thy prayer in his hands, who knows when to give, and how to give, and what to give, and what to withhold. So pleading, earnestly, importunately, yet with humility and resignation, thou shalt surely prevail.
Evening
"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am." - John 17:24
O death! why dost thou touch the tree beneath whose spreading branches weariness hath rest? Why dost thou snatch away the excellent of the earth, in whom is all our delight? If thou must use thine axe, use it upon the trees which yield no fruit; thou mightest be thanked then. But why wilt thou fell the goodly cedars of Lebanon? O stay thine axe, and spare the righteous. But no, it must not be; death smites the goodliest of our friends; the most generous, the most prayerful, the most holy, the most devoted must die. And why? It is through Jesus' prevailing prayer--"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am." It is that which bears them on eagle's wings to heaven. Every time a believer mounts from this earth to paradise, it is an answer to Christ's prayer. A good old divine remarks, "Many times Jesus and his people pull against one another in prayer. You bend your knee in prayer and say Father, I will that thy saints be with me where I am;' Christ says, Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am.'" Thus the disciple is at cross-purposes with his Lord. The soul cannot be in both places: the beloved one cannot be with Christ and with you too. Now, which pleader shall win the day? If you had your choice; if the King should step from his throne, and say, "Here are two supplicants praying in opposition to one another, which shall be answered?" Oh! I am sure, though it were agony, you would start from your feet, and say, "Jesus, not my will, but thine be done." You would give up your prayer for your loved one's life, if you could realize the thoughts that Christ is praying in the opposite direction--"Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am." Lord, thou shalt have them. By faith we let them go.

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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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