Wednesday, May 05, 2021

Wed 5th May 2021 Current Affairs

Editorial Lockdowns made COVID worse

A report into Melbourne's 3rd COVID lockdown showed bureaucrat incompetence caused it. Had a young family not been restricted to a COVID zone in a hotel quarantine then the outbreak would not have occurred. Since Victoria first went into COVID lockdown for a 'few weeks to flatten the curve' a series of escalating lockdowns which have been ineffective have been implemented. Bureaucrats may claim that their efforts have meant the world has not ended. Evidence shows lockdowns have not helped. The more we know about COVID the more apparent it is that the best treatment is early detection and a simple course of drugs for the worst afflicted. Face masks have not helped. Isolation en masse has not helped. 

We are told one of the worst symptoms of COVID is racism. It is a very old problem, pre existing the virus, or the laboratory which created it. Racism of the type which had Prince Charles disown his first son, before marrying his mother? Racism of the type which had a BLM activist abuse the judicial system to lock up a police officer? ASIO is addressing this serious racism. They have decided that blaming conservatives for the activity of radicals will cure AGW inspired racism.

Meanwhile, honour killing seems to have re emerged in Pakistan. In Perth, a 17 yo girl is facing charges for importing heroin from China. 22kgs of it. But for racism, she might have been rich. 

Editorial Rwandan Genocide update

Did a black box of the Rwandan air disaster which sparked the 1994 genocide contain exonerating evidence for five senior French officers accused of aiding the genocide? Without knowing how or who, it was decided officially that missiles had shot down the aircraft. The black box was recovered shortly after the incident and sent to UN HQ in New York by diplomatic pouch. There it was filed. This allowed the architects of the genocide (Including Annan?) to blame Tutsi 'forces' for the atrocity which engulfed them when the missing black box may have shown the tragedy was not a missile strike. The black box was discovered ten years later and authorities who examined it said it was not exculpatory of the incident and was not the black box of the incident. Which sounds like bureaucratic code for saying the box did not contain what the authorities wanted to hear. Either it was not the black box of the incident, or it did not say what the conspirators wanted it to say. 

At the time, in 1994, Bill Clinton was being beaten up for being the failure he is. Clinton got saved in 1994 when Newt Gingrich and GOP took Congress and turned America around. Rwanda happened before then, and Clinton was desperate not to interfere in Africa, or Europe. Clinton ceded authority to the UN in Rwanda and to NATO in Serbia. In each case Clinton's leadership increased violence for innocent victims, like Tutsis caught in a Hutu civil war and Yugoslavs in a fractious Serbian escalation. UN peacekeepers went into Rwanda late, while NATO started bombing targets, like Serbian command tents which had been forewarned. 

At the time, France had supplied Rwanda militarily, and now senior officers are being targeted for what was political policy. When the left wing run government, it sucks to be in service. 

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I have to ask some hard questions in this show. Do liberals care more about politics than conservatives? In this episode, I discuss a fascinating article that addresses this question while simultaneously explaining why liberals are obsessed with race. I also address the growing discontent with GOP sellouts Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney, and the continued fallout from the deep-state targeting of Rudy Giuliani. 

News Picks:

=== Bongino Headlines ===
Reps. Biggs and Jordan Demand Answers From FBI on Continued Widespread FISA ViolationsREAD MORE
Trump Launches New Communications Platform

Texas Democrat Resigns a Week After Calling Tim Scott a Racial Slur

Rep. McCarthy Caught Trashing Liz Cheney on Hot Mic

White House Continues Trying to Blame Trump for Biden’s Border Failures

New Research Finds “Stay at Home” Orders Backfired

“Top Secret” U.S. Intel Study Concluded Coronavirus Could’ve Leaked From Chinese Lab

Capitol Hill
Dems Urge Biden to Ditch Bipartisan Negotiations
Rep. Clyde: D.C. Was Never Meant to Be a State
How Dems Are Redefining “Infrastructure” to Justify $4 Trillion in New Spending
Trump Knocks Romney and Cheney in Statements
DHS Considers Using Private Firms To Surveil Americans Online For “Extremist Chatter”
Biden Photographed Maskless With Jimmy Carter After Saying He’d Continue Wearing Masks Outdoors
Trump Rips SCOTUS in New Statement
Biden’s Sanctuary County Orders Lead to Illegal Alien Sex Offenders Being Freed Into U.S.

Culture War
Status of Zoom Expert Jeffrey Toobin’s Employment at CNN a Mystery
CNN and WaPo Complain That Kamala Didn’t Rebuke Tim Scott for Saying America Isn’t Racist
Hack Journo Yamiche Alcindor Named Host of PBS’ Washington Week
Viral Video Shows Woman Hurling Racist Slurs at LA Sheriff’s Deputy During Traffic Stop
Florida Passes Law Preventing Big Tech From Banning Politicians
BLM Harasses Outdoor Diners… Until Diner Pulls Gun on Them
Dr. Carson and Gov. Noem on the Biggest Cultural Challenge of Our Lifetime: Defeating Anti-American Indoctrination
Biden Hikes Refugee Cap From 15k to 62.5k
Facebook Oversight Board to Decide on Permanent Trump Ban Wednesday

Economy
Biden Repeats Lie He Won’t Raise Taxes on Anyone Earning Under $400k
Biden’s Real Estate Tax Plan Will Hit Smaller Property Investors
Digital Dollar Project to Pilot U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency
“Ant Group” Valuation Halved Following China Crackdown
Kroger Tests Drone Delivery Service
Dems’ Calls for SALT Cap Repeal Threaten Biden Spending Proposals
Some Couples Will Face a Marriage Penalty Under Biden’s Tax Plan
Warren Buffet Issues Warning About Inflation
Bill Gates Announces End of Marriage With Melinda Gates
U.S. Debt to GDP Ratio Worse Than Greece’s Before 2008 Crash

Swamp Watch
Rep. McCarthy Confirms Tucker Carlson’s Reporting That He Rents a Room From Frank Luntz
The GOP’s Anti-Woke Agenda Is Working
Fifth Graders Respond With Hilarious Honesty When Biden Asks Them About Remote Learning
“Enemy of the Second Amendment” – House GOP Urges Senate to Oppose Biden’s Nominee for ATF Director
Big Tech Silenced Five Prominent Conservatives in April
DHS Secretary Finally Admits Border Numbers Have Been “Extraordinarily High”
The Blue State Exodus Means Conservatives Must Get Involved in Local Politics
Climate Czar Kerry Made Millions in Energy Investments Before Current Post
A Top U.S. Teacher Training Institute Is Partnered With A CCP Group
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
Trump Launches a New Platform to Communicate With Followers
Twitter has said Trump is permanently banned from tweeting after the platform said a tweet of his following the action seemed to be supportive of those who engaged in violence that day. Trump has denied the allegation. Facebook is set to decide on Wednesday whether to reinstate Trump's account. Either way, the new platform is up and running and allows Trump to post comments, photos and videos. [Full Story]

Biden Presidency
Rasmussen Poll: Most Question Biden's Ability to Manage Terror Threats
Biden Hopes to Meet Putin During June Trip to Europe
Biden Sets July 4 Goal for 70% of US Adults to Have One Vaccine Shot
Rep. Fallon To Newsmax TV: Raising Migration Cap 'Makes No Sense,' Will Benefit Cartels |
Treasury Chief Sees 'Modest' Rate Rise to Keep Economy From Overheating
Rep. Cawthorn: Biden Tax Hikes Will 'Lead to a Recession'
GOP House Members Urge Senate to Reject Chipman as ATF Director
Steyer Pushing Private Sector on Biden's Climate Agenda
Teachers Union Influence Over CDC 'Science' Slammed by Critics
Sen. Murkowski: US Must Pay Greater Attention to Arctic
Hawley: No Republicans Back 'Socialism' in Infrastructure Plan

Newsfront
University of Miami Goes 'Woke,' Dropping Founder's Name
The University of Miami went into full "woke" mode Monday night, shredding the university's tenuous link to racist past luminaries, including its own founder.The school's Board of Trustees announced a number of moves Monday night aimed at "reaffirming our commitment to...... [Full Story]
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Live breaking news: 'Corridor swab' at Holiday Inn sparked Victoria's third lockdown
https://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/live-breaking-news-un-has-serious-concerns-over-india-travel-ban/live-coverage/e2fef2232a61bcdbb315bdd05746258b
A bombshell new report has revealed the true cause of the Holiday Inn outbreak that caused Melbourne's third lockdown.

The Holiday Inn COVID-19 outbreak that sparked Victoria's third lockdown last year was allegedly caused by the "lengthy swabbing" of an unmasked woman in an open doorway, The Australian reports.

Health officials at the time declared the outbreak in the hotel had been caused by the use of a nebuliser in a room.

But according to the COVID-19 Quarantine Victoria Infection Prevention and Control, obtained by the publication, the virus, "previously contained" in the woman's room, was blown down the corridor by airconditioning before "pooling outside the door" of the room where the man with the nebuliser was staying with his partner and infant.

One of the adults became infected picking up meals from outside their room door or putting out rubbish, the report said.

Within days, the trio all had the virus, with the nebuliser aiding transmission of the virus in the room and "pushing it back into the corridor, infecting food and beverage workers delivering meals to residents' doors".

For the full exclusive report, go to The Australian.

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Here is a video I made Leisure

William Henry Davies or W. H. Davies (3 July 1871 -- 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer.

W. H. Davies

Leisure

WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—
No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
https://rumble.com/vbn7c7-leisure-poem-read-by-oddball.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. ALP's Bill Shorten and Senator Scott Ryan (former numbers guy for Turnbull) missed an ANZAC Day dinner with a select group of diggers in the Middle East, and went shopping instead. MF wrote "The dinner, at the end of Mr Shorten’s quickfire trip, was to be hosted by Rear Admiral Jaimie Hatcher, the head of Joint Task Group who commands all Australian forces deployed in the Middle East, and was to include about a dozen hand-selected soldiers, mostly female officers.

But Mr Shorten and Senator Ryan thought official duties were over and chose to travel to the airport in Dubai earlier than originally scheduled, stopping off to shop before flying out hours later" Under what circumstances would Malcolm Turnbull resign, as he demanded of AMP chiefs last week so they may be responsible for their decisions? 

Stormy Daniels is de-facto head of the Democrat Party as they seek to delegitimise Trump's election as President. Although Daniels seems to have confused Trump with her husband in claims she made back in the day. Although the claims have no weight on the Presidency. Although the situation does not mirror Bill Clinton's disgrace. Although the corruptly obtained detail that Daniels was paid by Trump's lawyer does not mean Trump was aware of the payment. Democrats live in hope. Or is that fantasy? Democrat Congress hopeful Ammar Campa-Najjar is a unicorn?

Tears as 57,000 Hondurans who lived in the US for over 20 years are evicted among 400,000. We don't live in isolation. People are dying through people smuggling and that has to stop. There are migration pathways and there are refugee pathways. These people are not victims of Trump, but victim to people smugglers who promised what was not legally delivered.

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IPA Review April 2017 has a piece on Red Tape. The Australia Tax is related to red tape. Australia's market is not very big compared to the US, Europe, Asia or Africa, but in niche areas, between Sydney and Melbourne, there is no excuse for things not being world competitive. But they aren't Sometimes it is because a council tacks on $100k to the price of a home through bad planning. Or businesses are not allowed to trade optimally. Currently, there are applications for drone technology which would save people from tasks which are dull, dirty or dangerous. But no one is allowed to exploit them. Australia is stopping collecting environmentally sound, cheap gas, and instead producing expensive electric power through so called renewables. Even Greens supporters complain of the bills. 

Some things should not happen, but they do. School curriculum is a plan that allows teachers to produce meaningful lessons for their students. A year 8 Jacaranda Press Science Textbook, called Science Quest in Victoria, lectures school students that Aboriginals were the first to use mill stones to produce flour. It is not respectful to Aboriginal peoples to make things up. It is exploitative. The comment was not referenced, so it is not possible to say how it was wrong, precisely. The textbook was almost certainly written from a curriculum base which includes the lie. Soon, as has happened in the recent past too, students will be examined on what they have learned. If they don't repeat the lie, they are marked wrong. 
=== from 2016 ===
I have moved to a good home. I leave behind the ice house. Dan Andrews would rather I lived with an ice addict, and that you should too. 

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility. 
=== from 2015 ===
The cuts Australia needs to make to its budget are deep and fair. It is selfish to leave a legacy of debt to our children which would be so big it would give them a lifestyle that is life threatening. Failure to cut now means they might not have education then, or health care, or welfare. That is what Shorten and the ALP are insisting on. Debt that is unsustainable and a permanent loss of service Australians take for granted. If your local member tells you cuts are not possible, ask them what it is they are prepared to take from our children.

In 553, the Second Council of Constantinople began. It was the fifth ecumenical council of seven. The council was to address a schism in the church involving a heresy put forward by Nestor that Christ was separately man (Jesus) and God. It was a form of arianism that Cyril opposed. The council supported Cyril's position, but should have condemned the man's bloody politics. The separation of church and state had not yet been established. Cyril had died in '44 and his killings, including Hypatia, were mere historical footnotes.

In 1215, rebel barons renounced their fealty to King John of England. It would result in the Magna Carta. John was petty, spiteful and cruel, and a bit more than a year later, was dead at 49 years of age, from dysentery. In 1260, Kublai Kahn became emperor of Mongolia, his realm reached from the Pacific to the Black Sea, from Siberia to modern day Afghanistan – one fifth of the world's inhabited land area. In 1494, Columbus landed in Jamaica and claimed it for Spain. In 1809, on the same day Mary Kies had got her patent, the Swiss canton of Aargau had allowed citizenship to Jews. In 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi set out from Genoa with an expedition of a thousand to conquer and to unite Italy. In 1891, Carnegie Hall opened with Tchaikovsky as guest conductor.

In 1904, Cy Young threw a perfect game of Baseball. The first in the modern era. In 1905 in London, the trial of the Stratton Brothers began. It was the first time fingerprints were used to gain conviction for murder. Before peace advocates promoted left wing causes, even war, anarchists did the same. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were two Italian born anarchists who came to the US separately in 1908, and did not meet until 1917 at a strike. They were both followers of Galleani who advocated bombings and killing for anarchy. They were both probably killers. But they were arrested on this day in 1920 for a crime they were probably involved in, and eventually executed for. But the left wing, world wide, denounced their conviction as insufficient. Even as bombs were tossed worldwide in protest of the convictions. In 1934, the Three Stooges released their short Woman Haters.

In 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Proportionately more Japanese were executed than Germans. In 1977, the first of the Frost and Nixon interviews was broadcast. Frost claimed a gotcha that was not there. In 1981, Bobby Sands died voluntarily. He was a terrorist who had been caught, and protested by not eating food. In 2010, protestors in Greece protested austerity measures made to help them pay for their selfish greed. 
From 2014
There are many lauding Mary Kies for being the first US woman to get a patent on this day in 1809. She had developed a weaving process for straw and silk which was useful and popular. Other women had had good ideas which a few years before they had not profited from and had not got patents for. Intellectual property is important. Apple, Google and Amazon profit handsomely from it. Some drugs are extraordinarily expensive because of it, despite the cheapness of the ingredients. But,cynicism aside, it drives growth and invention. Sad to report, then that Mary died in poverty, never having profited from it. Making her, like Obama, another highly lauded symbol of groundbreaking achievement. 

Annoyingly, Wikipedia lists this day in 1865 as being the time and place of the first train robbery in the US at North Bend, Ohio, but it fails to list details. Luckily there is Google. It is rumoured to have been the work of Frank and Jesse James. About a dozen had torn up tracks and derailed the train. Then, gunmen had demanded cash and valuables from the passengers. Also they stole safes and opened them. The telegraph was used to alert authorities, but the culprits were never brought to book. A bit like the Obama Presidency as well. 

Tennessee representative John W Butler was sincere but did not know about what was eventually legislated with his name. The Butler Act denied permission to teach evolution in Tennessee schools. He had done so because as he later stated, "I didn't know anything about evolution... I'd read in the papers that boys and girls were coming home from school and telling their fathers and mothers that the Bible was all nonsense." American Civil Liberties Union made a test case, funding John Scopes, a science teacher to use a textbook which included a treatise on Evolution, Race and Eugenics. Interestingly, Race and Eugenics are discredited in science. While the dispute was between Christian Modernists who hold that science is not in opposition to faith and Christian fundamentalists who hold that science is irrelevant, the case is now pitched between faith and atheism. Defence attorney Darrow was agnostic. Except the way the case is now understood is widely different to what it was about. The Butler Act was stupid. It is disappointing that the defence brought it down with a treatise including Race and Eugenics. But it was 1925 and Scopes was arrested on this day. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 553, the Second Council of Constantinople began. 1215, rebel barons renounced their allegiance to King John of England — part of a chain of events leading to the signing of the Magna Carta. 1260, Kublai Khan became ruler of the Mongol Empire. 1494, Christopher Columbuslanded on the island of Jamaica and claimed it for Spain. 1640, King Charles I of England dissolved the Short Parliament. 1762, Russia and Prussia signed the Treaty of St. Petersburg. 1789, in France, the Estates-General convened for the first time since 1614. 

In 1809,  Mary Kies became the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread. Also 1809, the Swiss canton of Aargau allowed citizenship to Jews. 1811, in the second day of fighting at the Peninsular War Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro the French army, under Marshall André Masséna, drove in the Duke of Wellington's overextended right flank, but French frontal assaults failed to take the town of Fuentes de Oñoro and the Anglo-Portuguese army held the field at the end of the day. 1821, Emperor Napoleon I died in exile on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean. 1835, in Belgium, the first railway in continental Europe opened between Brussels and Mechelen. 1860, Giuseppe Garibaldi set sail from Genoa, leading the expedition of the Thousand to conquer the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and giving birth to the Kingdom of Italy. 1862,  Cinco de Mayo: Troops led by Ignacio Zaragoza halted a French invasion in the Battle of Puebla in Mexico. 1864, American Civil War: The Battle of the Wilderness began in Spotsylvania County. 1865, in North Bend, Ohio (a suburb of Cincinnati), the first train robbery in the United States took place. 1866, Memorial Day first celebrated in United States at Waterloo, New York. 1877, American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull led his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles. 1886, the Bay View Tragedy: A militia fired into a crowd of protesters in Milwaukee, killing seven. 1891, the Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) had its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor. 

In 1904, Pitching against the Philadelphia Athletics at the Huntington Avenue Grounds, Cy Young of the Boston Americans threw the first perfect game in the modern era of baseball. 1905, the trial in the Stratton Brothers case began in London, England; it marked the first time that fingerprint evidence was used to gain a conviction for murder. 1920, authorities arrest Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for alleged robbery and murder. 1925, Scopes Trial: Serving of an arrest warrant on John T. Scopes for teaching evolution in violation of the Butler Act. Also 1925, the government of South Africa declared Afrikaans an official language. 1934, the first Three Stoogesshort, Woman Haters, was released. 1936, Italian troops occupied Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

In 1940, World War II: Norwegian refugees formed a government-in-exile in London Also 1940, World War II: Norwegian Campaign: Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulated to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms. 1941, Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; the country commemorates the date as Liberation Dayor Patriots' Victory Day. 1944, German troops executed 216 civilians in the village of Kleisoura in Greece. 1945, World War II: Canadian and British troops liberated the Netherlands and Denmark from Germanoccupation when Wehrmacht troops capitulated. Also 1945, World War II: The Prague uprising began as an attempt by the Czech resistance to free the city from German occupation. 1946, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East began in Tokyo with twenty-eight Japanese military and government officials accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. 1949, the Treaty of London established the Council of Europe in Strasbourg as the first European institution working for European integration. 1950, Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned King Rama IX of Thailand. 1955, West Germany gained full sovereignty. 1961, The Mercury program: Mercury-Redstone 3: Alan Shepardbecame the first American to travel into outer space, on a sub-orbital flight. 1964, the Council of Europe declared May 5 as Europe Day. 

In 1972, Alitalia Flight 112 crashed into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. 1973, Secretariat won the 1973 Kentucky Derby in 1:59 2/5, a still standing record. 1977, the first of The Nixon Interviewsbetween David Frost and Richard Nixon were broadcast. 1980, Operation Nimrod: The British Special Air Service stormed the Iranian embassy in London after a six-day siege. 1981, Bobby Sandsdied in the Long Kesh prison hospital after 66 days of hunger-striking, aged 27. 1987, Iran–Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America 1991, a riot broke out in the Mt. Pleasant section of Washington, D.C. after police shot a Salvadoranman. 1994, the signing of the Bishkek Protocol between Armenia and Azerbaijan effectively froze the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Also 1994, American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism. 2006, the government of Sudan signed an accord with the Sudan Liberation Army. 2010, Mass protests in Greece erupted in response to austerity measures imposed by the government as a result of the Greek debt crisis.

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Today's reading: 1 Kings 16-18, Luke 22:47-71 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: 1 Kings 16-18

1 Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu son of Hanani concerning Baasha: 2 "I lifted you up from the dust and appointed you ruler over my people Israel, but you followed the ways of Jeroboam and caused my people Israel to sin and to arouse my anger by their sins. 3 So I am about to wipe out Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat. 4 Dogs will eat those belonging to Baasha who die in the city, and birds will feed on those who die in the country...."

Today's New Testament reading: Luke 22:47-71


Jesus Arrested
47 While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, 48 but Jesus asked him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?"
49 When Jesus' followers saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, should we strike with our swords?" 50 And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.
51 But Jesus answered, "No more of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him....

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Morning

"Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods."
Jeremiah 16:20
One great besetting sin of ancient Israel was idolatry, and the spiritual Israel are vexed with a tendency to the same folly. Remphan's star shines no longer, and the women weep no more for Tammuz, but Mammon still intrudes his golden calf, and the shrines of pride are not forsaken. Self in various forms struggles to subdue the chosen ones under its dominion, and the flesh sets up its altars wherever it can find space for them. Favourite children are often the cause of much sin in believers; the Lord is grieved when he sees us doting upon them above measure; they will live to be as great a curse to us as Absalom was to David, or they will be taken from us to leave our homes desolate. If Christians desire to grow thorns to stuff their sleepless pillows, let them dote on their dear ones.
It is truly said that "they are no gods," for the objects of our foolish love are very doubtful blessings, the solace which they yield us now is dangerous, and the help which they can give us in the hour of trouble is little indeed. Why, then, are we so bewitched with vanities? We pity the poor heathen who adore a god of stone, and yet worship a god of gold. Where is the vast superiority between a god of flesh and one of wood? The principle, the sin, the folly is the same in either case, only that in ours the crime is more aggravated because we have more light, and sin in the face of it. The heathen bows to a false deity, but the true God he has never known; we commit two evils, inasmuch as we forsake the living God and turn unto idols. May the Lord purge us all from this grievous iniquity!
"The dearest idol I have known,
Whate'er that idol be;
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee."

Evening

"Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible."
1 Peter 1:23

Peter most earnestly exhorted the scattered saints to love each other "with a pure heart fervently" and he wisely fetched his argument, not from the law, from nature, or from philosophy, but from that high and divine nature which God hath implanted in his people. Just as some judicious tutor of princes might labour to beget and foster in them a kingly spirit and dignified behaviour, finding arguments in their position and descent, so, looking upon God's people as heirs of glory, princes of the blood royal, descendants of the King of kings, earth's truest and oldest aristocracy, Peter saith to them, "See that ye love one another, because of your noble birth, being born of incorruptible seed; because of your pedigree, being descended from God, the Creator of all things; and because of your immortal destiny, for you shall never pass away, though the glory of the flesh shall fade, and even its existence shall cease." It would be well if, in the spirit of humility, we recognized the true dignity of our regenerated nature, and lived up to it. What is a Christian? If you compare him with a king, he adds priestly sanctity to royal dignity. The king's royalty often lieth only in his crown, but with a Christian it is infused into his inmost nature. He is as much above his fellows through his new birth, as a man is above the beast that perisheth. Surely he ought to carry himself, in all his dealings, as one who is not of the multitude, but chosen out of the world, distinguished by sovereign grace, written among "the peculiar people" and who therefore cannot grovel in the dust as others, nor live after the manner of the world's citizens. Let the dignity of your nature, and the brightness of your prospects, O believers in Christ, constrain you to cleave unto holiness, and to avoid the very appearance of evil.

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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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