Editorial on Haiti Assassination and Biden Presidency
Because of corruption involving the Clinton Foundation and Haiti reconstruction, the assassination of Haiti's President by a mercenary team involving US citizens takes on a particular piquancy. It does not mean Biden is behind the assassination, But, what must be of concern to non partisan Americans is the circumstance resulting in the death. To draw a parallel, Australia had had a decade of conservative government leading up to the Rudd Government election in 2007. Rudd promised change based on a pragmatic economic conservative approach he never followed. But, before Rudd penned a schoolboy level essay trumpeting the jettison of economic conservatism, he turned to enlightened foreign policy. Rudd would not tolerate insurrection in Timor led by the separatist Alfredo Reinado. Rudd might not have given tacit permission for friendly black ops to hit Reinado, But, the hit almost claimed the lives of Timor's Prime Minister and President. Following, Timor ties with ALP led Australia were poisoned.
Biden needs a foreign policy win. A strong statement on a nation close to America means a lot for Biden who looks weak and foolish, derided by friends and foes. Who mourns the Haiti strongman? Who mourned Reinado? However, Rudd's bungled foreign policy echoes the Haiti experience. Just like Ukraine's illegal painting of their military aircraft as civilian was never discussed by international media, we may never hear who ordered the hit on the Haiti President, but those involved with the execution will be persecuted. After all, those involved might point the finger, if asked, at .. Biden?
Editorial Trump policy prosecuting legal cases
Trump legal policy appears to be corruptly deprived of standing and provision. How else can one explain the quandary Trump finds himself? It is as if the Democrats own the judicial process and it is up to the voter to rid the US of Democrats in 2022, so that an independent congress and eventually, judiciary, can reassert themselves. There are powerful truths supporting that view, from Hunter Biden's laptop, through Giuliani's slap down by NY judges, The Russian collusion hoax and two fake impeachment trials. But, sometimes, Trump looks like he is deliberately shooting himself in the foot, as with his lawyer's approach to suing Big Tech. It is as if a Trump lawyer is applying a poison pill to the case to sabotage what Trump could pursue legally in better directions.
Why else would Trump lawyers use class action to pursue what Trump can claim as a private citizen? Is it because Trump can lose these cases and better pursue public support for 2022? Can Democrats afford to let Trump win these cases so as to avoid losing the publicity war? Or are Democrats geared to lose regardless?
The corrupt Democrat LBJ stole preselection for Texas from a fellow Democrat in '48. The case went to the Supreme Court which claimed it had no standing as it was a preselection for Democrats, and they were allowed to be corrupt. The federal aspect of any campaign not being decided by Democrats preselecting a thief. It had only been a few years after UK lords had hanged Lord Haw Haw, William Joyce for treason, even though he wasn't English at all, but Irish. The UK Lords had had no standing, but as they say in law, if there aren't double standards, then there are no standards at all. Joyce had had a fake UK passport. I'm sure Barnaby Joyce would understand that such loopholes in citizenship are fraught.
I no longer care for the opinion of judges. I want Trump to have his presidency restored, and for Democrats to be stripped of their party status.
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Are Democrats communists? It certainly looks that way. In this episode, I discuss the disgusting inability of the Democrats to speak out against communism in light of the Cuba crisis. I also address the Biden administration’s troubling attacks on your civil liberties.
News Picks:
- Here’s the real truth about Cuba.
- Even the left-leaning AJC admits there were significant issues in Georgia in the 2020 election.
- The Biden administration wants to police your texts, and their denials ring hollow.
- The frauds at Reuters are widely mocked for being hypocrites.
- Ron DeSantis strikes again!
=== Bongino Headlines ===
White House Backs More Big Tech Censorship READ MOREMiami Security Firm Linked to Assassination of Haitian President
Insane MSNBC Talking Heads Predict Another 9/11 If Trainwreck “Voting Rights” Bill Isn’t Passed
Record 188k Illegals Arrested and Turned Around at Border in June
House Oversight Republicans Demand Answers From Fauci Over Grant To Wuhan Lab
Investigative Oversight Report Says Department Of Commerce Unit Illegally Spied On Americans
Senate Passes Bill Banning All Products From China’s Xinjiang Region
Capitol Hill
Justice Breyer Says He Has No Plans to Retire
All GOP Members of Senate Energy Committee Urge Biden to Withdraw BLM Nominee Over Eco-Terrorism Ties
Sen. Cotton Introduces Bill to Prohibit Use of Federal Funds to K-12 Schools Endorsing Critical Race Theory
Psaki Still Won’t Mention Communism When Talking About Cuban Protests
Republicans Win Two Georgia State House Seats in Special Elections
Ousted GOP Chair Liz Cheney Outfundraises Successor Stefanik
Bernie Says Don’t Worry About Higher Inflation From Dems’ $3.5 Trillion Bill Because It’s Paid For By Higher Taxes
Jason Chaffetz: Laptop Contains “Direct Evidence” Joe Biden “Took Direct Benefit” from Hunter’s Business Deals
Tucker Carlson: Mail-In Ballots Were Double Counted in Georgia
Bodycam Footage Contradicts State Dem Rep.’s Claim He Was Pulled Over for “Driving While Black”
Michigan Gov. Vetoes Tax Breaks Day After Touting Small Businesses
GOP Demands Answers Over 59 of 96 Phones Assigned to Mueller Probe Now Missing
Culture War
MSNBC’s Joy Reid: Arresting Fleeing Texas Lawmakers Just Like the Fugitive Slave Act, or Something
Teacher’s Union President Thinks “Millions” Will Die From COVID in Florida Because of DeSantis Mocking Fauci
Tucker Reports the DHS Is Secretly Using a Military Air base to Move Illegals to Unknown Locations
Shepard Smith’s Ratings Crash and Burn on CNBC
People In Washington, D.C. Were Asked If They Respect The American Flag, and the Results Are Depressing
Gov. DeSantis Urges Cops to Move to Florida
Will New York Drive Out Local Gun Makers?
Reuters Roasted Over Article Saying Cuban Protesters Risk Spreading COVID
California to Spend $40 Million on Mandatory Critical Race Theory Curriculum
U.S. Drug Overdose Deaths Soared Nearly 30% in 2020, Hitting Highest Number Ever Recorded
Economy
White House Quietly Admits Inflation Surge Could Last Years
Social Security Recipients to See Largest Cost-of-Living Adjustment in Nearly 30 Years
California Gov. Signs $100 Billion “Comeback Plan”
GOP Lawmakers Say Estate Tax Changes Will Slam Farmers
Record $4.5 Billion Invested in Space Companies in Q2
Delta Turns a Profit in Q2 With Help From Taxpayers
Junk Bond Yields Hit Record Lows
Grayscale Takes Another Step in Goal to Become First Bitcoin ETF
National Association of Home Builders Says Lumber Crisis “Far From Over”
Biden’s Executive Order Won’t Help Supply Chain Crisis
Johnson & Johnson to Recall Several Sunscreens Over Cancer-Causing Chemicals
Swamp Watch
BLM Activist Accused to Molesting 62 Kids Returns to School Board as Investigation Continues
How the Government Used the Pandemic to Crush Small Business
Joy Reid Calls Texas Gov. “Jim Crow” for Threatening to Arrest Fleeing Democratic Legislators
Lincoln Project Advisor Says It Would Be a “Replay of 9/11” if Dem’s Voting Bills Aren’t Passed
Clyburn Says Biden Is Likely Working on Changing Filibuster Rules
Biden’s Pick for Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, Praised China’s Xi as “Extraordinary”
State Board Votes Unanimously to Revoke Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s Emergency Powers
You Don’t Have to Send Your Kids Back to Public School This Fall
National Security
Texas Land Commissioner Sues Biden and DHS Over Border Wall Construction
U.S. to Evacuate Afghans Who Aided American Military
115 Groups Demand Biden Stop Drone Strikes
Russia Could Be Building a New Fighter to Challenge the F-35
Your Chinese-Made HDTV Might Be Spying On You
China Has Begun Military Air Operations on Disputed South China Sea islands
Hunting Season Could Be Impacted by Ammo Shortage
Japan Issues Unprecedented Warning About China’s Threat to Conquer Taiwan
Pence Says Biden Is “Rolling Over to Communist China”
Biden Weighs Military Help for Haiti
Around the World
Trump-Brokered Deal Goes Into Effect as U.A.E. Becomes First Gulf State Country to Open Embassy in Israel
Video: Black South African Arms Himself to Protect Against Looters
China Dumping So Much Human Waste Into Ocean That It’s Visible From Space
Belarus Conducts Raids on Dozens of Activists and Journalists
Russia Rejects Court of Human Rights’ Order to Recognize Same-Sex Unions
Spain’s Top Court Rules Lockdowns Are Unconstitutional
India Penalizes Mastercard After Company Fails to Follow Law Requiring Data Be Stored Locally
Taliban Raise Flag at Border Crossing With Pakistan
Google Hit With $500M Fine by France for Failing to Negotiate “in Good Faith” with News Publishers
Opinion
Krysia Lenzo: Hunter Biden, Con Artist
Larry Kudlow: Call It the Critical Trump Theory: Free Enterprise Is a Miracle for Minorities
Michael Barone: Joe Biden’s Big Lie
Betsy McCaughey: Biden Ignoring COVID-19 Dangers At Border And In Hospitals
Larry O’Connor: They Want to Make It Easier to Cheat
John Stossel: Break Rules
Byron York: Republicans, Democrats and the Vaccine
Star Parker: Bogus Claims From the Poor People’s Campaign
Ben Shapiro: What Foreign Dissidents Understand About the American Flag
Entertainment
Singer Pitbull Calls on Bezos to Provide Aid to Cuban People
HBO Paid James Gandolfini $3M to Turn Down Role in “The Office”
Trans Activist Who Said Little Girls Are “Kinky” Is Working With Demi Lovato
Celebs Who Called for Defunding Police Are Suddenly Silent Amid Crime Surge
Tiger King Star Joe Exotic to Be Re-Sentenced After Judge Throws Out Original Sentence
Britney Fans Rally for Her Freedom From Conservatorship
Country Star Slams Anti-American Bruce Springsteen
Biological Male Nominated for “Best Lead Actress in a Drama” Emmy
Disgraced Actor Jussie Smollett Proclaims His Innocence in Court
Sports
Megan Fox on Sitting Near Trump at UFC 264: He Was a Legend
Judge Nullifies Bob Baffert’s New York Suspension for Derby Winner’s Failed Drug Test
NFL Free Agent Richard Sherman in Custody After Domestic Violence Allegations
FBI in 2015 Ignored Complaints From U.S. Gymnasts That They Were Being Sexually Abused
ESPN to Host Town Hall to Answer Accusations That It Mistreats Black Employees
5 Arrested After Huge UFC Fight Night Brawl At Mississippi Buffalo Wild Wings
Leader of Group Arrested for Guns Tried to Book Balcony Room Near All-Star Game
Jake Paul Says Conor McGregor Is an “Evil Man” Who Got What Was Coming to Him
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Here is a video I made School Musical Parent
Parent who has ambition for his two kids. His wife is less than supportive. Not getting the service he wishes from Mr Conductor
=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. Trump Putin summit success is belittled by people like McCain and Chuck Hagel. These are hardly GOP insiders. McCain got a Presidential run during a third term, following on from successful GOP President George W Bush. But McCain is not a GOP party insider. McCain did not protect Bush's legacy but facilitated Obama criticism. He still does. Chuck Hagel had been a GOP congress member, but he was selected by Obama as Secretary of Defence after being a security adviser. Trump raised important issues with Putin, including Ukraine, NK, and Syria. Unlike Obama who appeared to give Crimea seaport to Russia as a secret deal, Trump is championing Ukraine independence. The US wants Russia to keep Iran out of Syria. The US wants NK to stop acquiring nuclear weapons.
Quora answers on fake history and on hated historical figures. My choices can be debated, but the facts are still the facts.
TEDx Speaker says pedophilia is natural. There may be an argument for it in terms of sub-culture, along with cannibalism and extreme xenophobia. To argue it is part of a functioning modern society is worse than decadent. Cannibals should be jailed as should pedophiles if they practice their perversions.
Port Augusta endures toxic dust storm probably partly as a result of AGW policy of previous ALP South Australian government. They used to generate electric power there in a coal fired power plant, but ALP blew it up.
Opposition to medical files being made available to doctors. Civil Libertarians point out the files can be misused. At the moment, the information is often not available to people who need to know. Former ALP Attorney General Roxon promises to make an opt in information server, because Liberals are implementing an opt out system. It has taken two years and my doctor has not got my information. I could die because the information is not available. Roxon does not have a problem with that?
Before Bourdain suicided, he criticised the Clintons. Knife attack on off duty paramedic in Melbourne as Premier disputes that there is a gang problem. Defining gangs is not the problem. The challenge is effective policing. Guardian reports on death of man in custody, but fails to mention why he was incarcerated. The guy was filmed being surrounded after they had been difficult in their cell. Probably would have not had a problem had they behaved. There is no evidence any of the officers went to work looking to kill an idiot.
Barnaby Joyce calls out for drought relief for affected farmers while ALP and Malcolm Turnbull do not rate the issue high. With the upcoming by elections in two weeks, Malcolm and Shorten might say something before burying the issue. Joyce is an effective member and leader.
Priest advocates killing people who want to start a new life? James Martin is highly valued by Pope Francis. Maybe he will apologise now he understands the issues he has raised? If not, it is doubtful he serves God.
A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. I took time visiting a few business in Dandenong today. I noticed at Springvale station yesterday that Neighbourhood Watch was being promoted by local council. Neighbourhood Watch is an excellent program, and part of the problem for police is that the program has not been prominent while crime in Dandenong is rampant. But even so, police do not have powers to effectively police. Williams is opposing effective policing. While visiting business, one manage of a large supermarket flagged crime as a serious local issue. People do not feel safe in Dandenong, even though they may be located close to a police station and court. One small business pointed out lighting was poor in Dandenong Plaza after hours, making stuff nervous going home late.
As part of the November 24th Vic election campaign I have a petition I want to bring before the Opposition Leader Matthew Guy. I believe Matthew will be the next premier of Victoria and so I am petitioning him as I raise the issues of Employment, Crime and Education in Dandenong. I am also seeking money for my campaign. I don't have party resources, and so my campaign is on foot, and on the internet. Any money I receive that is not spent on the campaign will go to Grow 4 Life. I am asking questions like "What do you love about Dandenong?" and "If you could change something in Dandenong to make it better, what would it be?" I'm not limiting the questions to state issues. I'm happy to discuss anything, and get things done.
Quora answers on fake history and on hated historical figures. My choices can be debated, but the facts are still the facts.
TEDx Speaker says pedophilia is natural. There may be an argument for it in terms of sub-culture, along with cannibalism and extreme xenophobia. To argue it is part of a functioning modern society is worse than decadent. Cannibals should be jailed as should pedophiles if they practice their perversions.
Port Augusta endures toxic dust storm probably partly as a result of AGW policy of previous ALP South Australian government. They used to generate electric power there in a coal fired power plant, but ALP blew it up.
Opposition to medical files being made available to doctors. Civil Libertarians point out the files can be misused. At the moment, the information is often not available to people who need to know. Former ALP Attorney General Roxon promises to make an opt in information server, because Liberals are implementing an opt out system. It has taken two years and my doctor has not got my information. I could die because the information is not available. Roxon does not have a problem with that?
Before Bourdain suicided, he criticised the Clintons. Knife attack on off duty paramedic in Melbourne as Premier disputes that there is a gang problem. Defining gangs is not the problem. The challenge is effective policing. Guardian reports on death of man in custody, but fails to mention why he was incarcerated. The guy was filmed being surrounded after they had been difficult in their cell. Probably would have not had a problem had they behaved. There is no evidence any of the officers went to work looking to kill an idiot.
Barnaby Joyce calls out for drought relief for affected farmers while ALP and Malcolm Turnbull do not rate the issue high. With the upcoming by elections in two weeks, Malcolm and Shorten might say something before burying the issue. Joyce is an effective member and leader.
Priest advocates killing people who want to start a new life? James Martin is highly valued by Pope Francis. Maybe he will apologise now he understands the issues he has raised? If not, it is doubtful he serves God.
A daily column on what the ALP have as a policy, supported by a local member, and how it has 'helped' the local community. I'll stop if I cannot identify a policy. Feel free to make suggestions. Contact me on FB, not twitter. I have twitter, but never look at it.
Gabrielle Williams was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Carers and Volunteers, working with the Minister for Housing, Disability and Ageing and the Minister for Families and Children. I took time visiting a few business in Dandenong today. I noticed at Springvale station yesterday that Neighbourhood Watch was being promoted by local council. Neighbourhood Watch is an excellent program, and part of the problem for police is that the program has not been prominent while crime in Dandenong is rampant. But even so, police do not have powers to effectively police. Williams is opposing effective policing. While visiting business, one manage of a large supermarket flagged crime as a serious local issue. People do not feel safe in Dandenong, even though they may be located close to a police station and court. One small business pointed out lighting was poor in Dandenong Plaza after hours, making stuff nervous going home late.
As part of the November 24th Vic election campaign I have a petition I want to bring before the Opposition Leader Matthew Guy. I believe Matthew will be the next premier of Victoria and so I am petitioning him as I raise the issues of Employment, Crime and Education in Dandenong. I am also seeking money for my campaign. I don't have party resources, and so my campaign is on foot, and on the internet. Any money I receive that is not spent on the campaign will go to Grow 4 Life. I am asking questions like "What do you love about Dandenong?" and "If you could change something in Dandenong to make it better, what would it be?" I'm not limiting the questions to state issues. I'm happy to discuss anything, and get things done.
=== from 2017 ===
Some things should not happen, but they do. Bright ideas by the desperate get put forward with little thought. Consider co-opting all Australian youth into armed service. Or corporal punishment at school. Bad ideas need to be debated so people can see why they are bad. Youth military service works in Israel because Israel is fighting for her life. It is nation building. But that does not mean that it would be nation building for Australia. Australia could use effective work for the dole schemes, and I'd be happy to participate too. Volunteering is not recognised or well rewarded by the Australian authorities. I am an accomplished and capable high school math teacher, with full and current credentials. But I cannot even work as a volunteer in a school. The army in Australia is a paid volunteer force and recognised as capable and potent around the world. To mix in conscripts would devalue the force Australia has.
Another awful idea is corporal punishment for school students. Corporal punishment is not the answer to problems experienced in dysfunctional or functional schools. In functional schools it is not needed. In dysfunctional schools it does not help. It does not improve academic standards. It is anecdotally said to be motivational for some. Dysfunctional schools do not become good by throwing money at them. Most Australian schools that are dysfunctional tend to fall inside safe ALP electorates. That suggests there are cultural issues at play. There is a numeracy plan that could help all dysfunctional schools, and it doesn't involve corporal punishment or more funding.
In 622, the beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054, three Roman legates broke relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism. 1212, Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III called European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeated those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. 1377, Coronation of Richard II of England.
In 1661, the first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1683, Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeated the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. 1769, father Junípero Serra founded California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolved into the city of San Diego, California. 1779, American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seized a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. 1782, first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
In 1809, the city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. 1849, Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 1861, American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops began a 25-mile march into Virginia for what would become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. 1862, American Civil War: David Farragut was promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
In 1909, Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was forced out as Shah of Persia and was replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. 1910, John Robertson Duigan made the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. 1915, Henry James became a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War. Also 1915, first Order of the Arrow ceremony took place and the Order of the Arrow was founded. 1927, Augusto César Sandino led a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but was repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. 1931, Emperor Haile Selassie signed the first constitution of Ethiopia. 1935, the world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record. 1942, Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France ordered the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who were held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. 1945, World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. Also 1945, Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age began when the United States successfully detonated a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. 1948, Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulated to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Also 1948, the storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay PacificAirways, marked the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. 1950, Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. 1951, King Leopold III of Belgium abdicated in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. Also 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. 1956, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows would be held in arenas.
In 1960, USS George Washington a modified Skipjack-class submarine successfully test fired the first ballistic missile while submerged. 1965, the Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opened. Also 1965, South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, was hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. 1969, Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Kennedy, Florida. 1973, Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informed the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. 1979, Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned and was replaced by Saddam Hussein. 1981, Mahathir Mohamad became Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister. 1983, Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashed off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
In 1990, the Luzon Earthquake struck in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. Also 1990, the Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declared state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. 1994, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Impacts continued until July 22. 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., piloted a Piper Saratoga aircraft, died when his plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also killed. 2004, Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, was opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. 2008, Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, were diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants were affected. 2013, as many as 27 children die and 25 others were hospitalised after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
Another awful idea is corporal punishment for school students. Corporal punishment is not the answer to problems experienced in dysfunctional or functional schools. In functional schools it is not needed. In dysfunctional schools it does not help. It does not improve academic standards. It is anecdotally said to be motivational for some. Dysfunctional schools do not become good by throwing money at them. Most Australian schools that are dysfunctional tend to fall inside safe ALP electorates. That suggests there are cultural issues at play. There is a numeracy plan that could help all dysfunctional schools, and it doesn't involve corporal punishment or more funding.
In 622, the beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054, three Roman legates broke relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism. 1212, Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III called European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeated those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. 1377, Coronation of Richard II of England.
In 1661, the first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1683, Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeated the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. 1769, father Junípero Serra founded California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolved into the city of San Diego, California. 1779, American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seized a fortified British Army position in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. 1782, first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
In 1809, the city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. 1849, Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 1861, American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops began a 25-mile march into Virginia for what would become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. 1862, American Civil War: David Farragut was promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
In 1909, Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was forced out as Shah of Persia and was replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. 1910, John Robertson Duigan made the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. 1915, Henry James became a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War. Also 1915, first Order of the Arrow ceremony took place and the Order of the Arrow was founded. 1927, Augusto César Sandino led a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but was repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. 1931, Emperor Haile Selassie signed the first constitution of Ethiopia. 1935, the world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record. 1942, Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France ordered the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who were held at the Winter Velodrome in Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. 1945, World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. Also 1945, Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age began when the United States successfully detonated a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. 1948, Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulated to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Also 1948, the storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay PacificAirways, marked the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. 1950, Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. 1951, King Leopold III of Belgium abdicated in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. Also 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. 1956, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus closed its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows would be held in arenas.
In 1960, USS George Washington a modified Skipjack-class submarine successfully test fired the first ballistic missile while submerged. 1965, the Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opened. Also 1965, South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, was hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. 1969, Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Kennedy, Florida. 1973, Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informed the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. 1979, Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned and was replaced by Saddam Hussein. 1981, Mahathir Mohamad became Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister. 1983, Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashed off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
In 1990, the Luzon Earthquake struck in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. Also 1990, the Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declared state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. 1994, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Impacts continued until July 22. 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., piloted a Piper Saratoga aircraft, died when his plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also killed. 2004, Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, was opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. 2008, Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, were diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants were affected. 2013, as many as 27 children die and 25 others were hospitalised after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
=== from 2016 ===
It would be difficult to overstate how bad the government of Turkey is. Turkey is corrupt and prone to supporting terrorism. They are behind three attempted genocides and face continuous attack from Kurds as a result. Not that all Kurds are behind terrorism in Turkey. Turkey has embraced a more hardline Islam, less secular administration in recent years. So a coup attempt by the military, although unwelcome, is not a terrible thing. The nation was built on the action of some young Turks. Only it looks like the hardline Islamic Erdogan has survived. It looks like Erdogan had foreign support, and so a jet fighter decisively took out a Sikorsky chopper which had senior coup administrators. The Erdogan administration is too close to Obama, and hostile to Israel. All we are saying, is give peace a chance.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
Canada not lifting sanctions against Iran despite the Obama deal gifting Iran nuclear weapons. The 'deal' allows the lifting of sanctions and the sanctioning of the production of a big nuclear power facility whose only purpose is to produce weapons grade material. It can produce power, but not as efficiently as a power production model that is much smaller and safer.
North Korea copies Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore's example. Only, North Korea has not got much in way of markets. So dedicated roads to bikes have got service points for bikes, but not much else. It is a bit like Clover Moore's vision of Sydney.
Shorten will introduce Carbon Pricing, but not a carbon tax, if elected. Meanwhile, Australia is a democracy and voters should be allowed to vote for Isaac Newton to reverse gravity. Zombies run the ALP. Bronwyn Bishop repays a $5k helicopter trip she had been advised she could legitimately claim. No one has said that the claim was not in the rules. The reason for the breaking of the story is interesting. Editors of a news media group refused to accept the leaked story of ALP continuing with a carbon tax without another story to balance it.
BBC is getting pruned. Programs like Sherlock may be sold off. Programming might be focused on public service programs. Now for the ABC. But the ABC is protected by those who support drowning helpless people, who support jihad and who aren't reasonable in negotiation.
Queensland ALP have irresponsibly misrepresented their status in budget.
Greece, Hissy fits, debt, Gemany. Hysterical marchers oppose austerity in Athens. Greece still has the option of dropping from the Euro, but if they want money, they have to stick with it. And austerity will restore pride and prosperity for Greeks. Thankfully, the German Chancellor has acted responsibly. Meanwhile, from Hollywood, the TV show Madame Secretary with Tea Leoni has a storyline where the US has brokered an agreement where Greece doesn't have to pay back their loans. Only in dreams can Greece be irresponsible and prosper.
New research show windmills excite and damage brains. Still they are the highest priority for the insane global warming believers.
North Korea copies Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore's example. Only, North Korea has not got much in way of markets. So dedicated roads to bikes have got service points for bikes, but not much else. It is a bit like Clover Moore's vision of Sydney.
Shorten will introduce Carbon Pricing, but not a carbon tax, if elected. Meanwhile, Australia is a democracy and voters should be allowed to vote for Isaac Newton to reverse gravity. Zombies run the ALP. Bronwyn Bishop repays a $5k helicopter trip she had been advised she could legitimately claim. No one has said that the claim was not in the rules. The reason for the breaking of the story is interesting. Editors of a news media group refused to accept the leaked story of ALP continuing with a carbon tax without another story to balance it.
BBC is getting pruned. Programs like Sherlock may be sold off. Programming might be focused on public service programs. Now for the ABC. But the ABC is protected by those who support drowning helpless people, who support jihad and who aren't reasonable in negotiation.
Queensland ALP have irresponsibly misrepresented their status in budget.
Greece, Hissy fits, debt, Gemany. Hysterical marchers oppose austerity in Athens. Greece still has the option of dropping from the Euro, but if they want money, they have to stick with it. And austerity will restore pride and prosperity for Greeks. Thankfully, the German Chancellor has acted responsibly. Meanwhile, from Hollywood, the TV show Madame Secretary with Tea Leoni has a storyline where the US has brokered an agreement where Greece doesn't have to pay back their loans. Only in dreams can Greece be irresponsible and prosper.
New research show windmills excite and damage brains. Still they are the highest priority for the insane global warming believers.
From 2014
On this day in 1782 Mozart produced Die Entführung aus dem Serail. It was a triumph. Mozart had left his dad and gone to Vienna and was desperate for work. Hampered by his personal behaviour, his talent was abundant and this was a shining success from a commission to produce German Opera for the court. Italian Opera was already popular. He was twenty five years old and had been producing music for twenty years. Nine years later, Mozart would be dead, and acknowledged as one of the greatest composers of all time. And yet, at the time of his death, his requiem was unfinished. Survived by his wife and two children, neither of his sons married or had children.
In 1910, a Victorian farmer, John Duigan, flew a biplane he had built himself. Inspired by a postcard of the Wright brothers, and using a locally made engine he heavily modified, he placed the wings on top of a tricycle undercarriage. He sat in the middle of the lower wing. On this day in 1910, he flew 7 metres. A year later he had achieved a km length with a height of 30m. That was before todays labor laws killed the Australian manufacturing industry. In 1927, a US armed force cooperating with Nicaraguans to apprehend a criminal were pinned down by the criminal's confederates, but broke free when the USAF dive bombed the enemy position, the first time that dive bombing had ever been employed.
In 1941, Joe Dimaggio hit for the 56th consecutive game, a record that still stands. In 1942, the French puppet government of the Nazis ordered over 13 thousand Jews rounded up and sent to Auschwitz. In 1945, the USS Indianapolis, a heavy cruiser, took Little Boy elements to be assembled to bomb Japan. At the same time, the Manhattan project successfully detonated plutonium in New Mexico. In 1948, Israel liberated Nazareth. On the same day the plane Miss Macao experienced the first hijacking over China, killing all on board except the hijacker, who got a free pass because of international law issues. In 1950, North Korean troops slaughtered some prisoners of war. 1951, The Catcher in the Rye was published for the first time. 1969, Apollo 11 was launched. 1999, JFK jr killed himself, his sister and his wife with a pilot error. Born on this day was Shoeless Joe Jackson 1887, Stan McCabe 1910 and Jerry Doyle 1956. I still remember this day for the death of Harry Chapin.
Australia is the lucky country, and one reason for it is the migration of Vietnamese refugees, an estimated fifty percent having drowned fleeing to Australia. The Pacific Solution is good, because were it to have been implemented then, fewer would have drowned, but all those who fled would have been processed as refugees. Not slaughtered on the beaches of Malaysia, harassed by pirates and fleeced by the corrupt. And not returned to be killed in Vietnam. Meanwhile, the new senate is forcing the federal Australian government to rethink the budget. If you want a responsible government, you can only vote LNP.
Historical perspective on this day
In 622, the beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054, three Roman legates broke relations between Western and Eastern Christian Churches through the act of placing an invalidly-issued Papal bull of Excommunication on the altar of Hagia Sophia during Saturday afternoon divine liturgy. Historians frequently describe the event as the start of the East–West Schism. 1212, Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: After Pope Innocent III called European knights to a crusade, forces of Kings Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho VII of Navarre, Peter II of Aragon and Afonso II of Portugal defeated those of the Berber Muslim leader Almohad, thus marking a significant turning point in the Reconquista and in the medieval history of Spain. 1377, Coronation of Richard II of England.
In 1661, the first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1683, Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeated the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. 1769, father Junípero Serra founded California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolved into the city of San Diego, California. 1779, American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seized a fortified British Armyposition in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. 1782, first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
In 1809, the city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. 1849, Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 1861, American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops began a 25-mile march into Virginia for what would become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. 1862, American Civil War: David Farragut was promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
In 1909, Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was forced out as Shah of Persia and was replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. 1910, John Robertson Duiganmade the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. 1915, Henry James became a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War. Also 1915, first Order of the Arrow ceremony took place and the Order of the Arrow was founded. 1927, Augusto César Sandino led a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but was repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. 1931, Emperor Haile Selassiesigned the first constitution of Ethiopia. 1935, the world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record. 1942, Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France ordered the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who were held at the Winter Velodromein Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. 1945, World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. Also 1945, Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age began when the United States successfully detonated a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. 1948, Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulated to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Also 1948, the storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay PacificAirways, marked the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. 1950, Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. 1951, King Leopold III of Belgium abdicated in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. Also 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. 1956, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circusclosed its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows would be held in arenas.
In 1960, USS George Washington a modified Skipjack-class submarine successfully test fired the first ballistic missile while submerged. 1965, the Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opened. Also 1965, South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, was hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. 1969, Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Kennedy, Florida. 1973, Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informed the United States Senatethat President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. 1979, Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned and was replaced by Saddam Hussein. 1981, Mahathir Mohamad became Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister. 1983, Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashed off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
In 1990, the Luzon Earthquake struck in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. Also 1990, the Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declared state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. 1994, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Impacts continued until July 22. 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., piloted a Piper Saratoga aircraft, died when his plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also killed. 2004, Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, was opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. 2008, Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, were diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants were affected. 2013, as many as 27 children die and 25 others were hospitalised after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
In 1661, the first banknotes in Europe were issued by the Swedish bank Stockholms Banco. 1683, Manchu Qing dynasty naval forces under traitorous commander Shi Lang defeated the Kingdom of Tungning in the Battle of Penghu near the Pescadores Islands. 1769, father Junípero Serra founded California's first mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Over the following decades, it evolved into the city of San Diego, California. 1779, American Revolutionary War: Light infantry of the Continental Army seized a fortified British Armyposition in a midnight bayonet attack at the Battle of Stony Point. 1782, first performance of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail. 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act.
In 1809, the city of La Paz, in what is today Bolivia, declared its independence from the Spanish Crown during the La Paz revolution and formed the Junta Tuitiva, the first independent government in Spanish America, led by Pedro Domingo Murillo. 1849, Antonio María Claret y Clará founded the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, popularly known as the Claretians in Vic, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. 1861, American Civil War: At the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops began a 25-mile march into Virginia for what would become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. 1862, American Civil War: David Farragut was promoted to rear admiral, becoming the first officer in United States Navy to hold an admiral rank.
In 1909, Persian Constitutional Revolution: Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar was forced out as Shah of Persia and was replaced by his son Ahmad Shah Qajar. 1910, John Robertson Duiganmade the first flight of the Duigan pusher biplane, the first aircraft built in Australia. 1915, Henry James became a British citizen, to highlight his commitment to Britain during the first World War. Also 1915, first Order of the Arrow ceremony took place and the Order of the Arrow was founded. 1927, Augusto César Sandino led a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but was repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. 1931, Emperor Haile Selassiesigned the first constitution of Ethiopia. 1935, the world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
In 1941, Joe DiMaggio hit safely for the 56th consecutive game, a streak that still stands as a MLB record. 1942, Holocaust: Vel' d'Hiv Roundup (Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv): The government of Vichy France ordered the mass arrest of 13,152 Jews who were held at the Winter Velodromein Paris before deportation to Auschwitz. 1945, World War II: The heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island. Also 1945, Manhattan Project: The Atomic Age began when the United States successfully detonated a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico. 1948, Following token resistance, the city of Nazareth, revered by Christians as the hometown of Jesus, capitulated to Israeli troops during Operation Dekel in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. Also 1948, the storming of the cockpit of the Miss Macao passenger seaplane, operated by a subsidiary of the Cathay PacificAirways, marked the first aircraft hijacking of a commercial plane. 1950, Chaplain–Medic massacre: American POWs were massacred by North Korean Army. 1951, King Leopold III of Belgium abdicated in favour of his son, Baudouin I of Belgium. Also 1951, The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger was published for the first time by Little, Brown and Company. 1956, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circusclosed its very last "Big Tent" show in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, due to changing economics all subsequent circus shows would be held in arenas.
In 1960, USS George Washington a modified Skipjack-class submarine successfully test fired the first ballistic missile while submerged. 1965, the Mont Blanc Tunnel linking France and Italy opened. Also 1965, South Vietnamese Colonel Phạm Ngọc Thảo, a formerly undetected communist spy and double agent, was hunted down and killed by unknown individuals after being sentenced to death in absentia for a February 1965 coup attempt against Nguyễn Khánh. 1969, Apollo program: Apollo 11, the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon, was launched from the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Kennedy, Florida. 1973, Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informed the United States Senatethat President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations. 1979, Iraqi President Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr resigned and was replaced by Saddam Hussein. 1981, Mahathir Mohamad became Malaysia's 4th Prime Minister. 1983, Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashed off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
In 1990, the Luzon Earthquake struck in Benguet, Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, La Union, Aurora, Bataan, Zambales and Tarlac, Philippines, with an intensity of 7.7. Also 1990, the Parliament of the Ukrainian SSR declared state sovereignty over the territory of the Ukrainian SSR. 1994, Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 collided with Jupiter. Impacts continued until July 22. 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr., piloted a Piper Saratoga aircraft, died when his plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. His wife Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were also killed. 2004, Millennium Park, considered Chicago's first and most ambitious early 21st-century architectural project, was opened to the public by Mayor Richard M. Daley. 2008, Sixteen infants in Gansu Province, China, who had been fed on tainted milk powder, were diagnosed with kidney stones; in total an estimated 300,000 infants were affected. 2013, as many as 27 children die and 25 others were hospitalised after eating lunch served at their school in eastern India.
=== Bible Reading ===
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Today's reading: Psalm 13-15, Acts 19:21-41 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 13-15
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
Today's New Testament reading: Acts 19:21-41
21 After all this had happened, Paul decided to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. "After I have been there," he said, "I must visit Rome also." 22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia a little longer.
The Riot in Ephesus
23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way. 24 A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there. 25 He called them together, along with the workers in related trades, and said: "You know, my friends, that we receive a good income from this business. 26 And you see and hear how this fellow Paul has convinced and led astray large numbers of people here in Ephesus and in practically the whole province of Asia. He says that gods made by human hands are no gods at all. 27 There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty."
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Keep the altar of private prayer burning. This is the very life of all piety. The sanctuary and family altars borrow their fires here, therefore let this burn well. Secret devotion is the very essence, evidence, and barometer, of vital and experimental religion.
Burn here the fat of your sacrifices. Let your closet seasons be, if possible, regular, frequent, and undisturbed. Effectual prayer availeth much. Have you nothing to pray for? Let us suggest the Church, the ministry, your own soul, your children, your relations, your neighbours, your country, and the cause of God and truth throughout the world. Let us examine ourselves on this important matter. Do we engage with lukewarmness in private devotion? Is the fire of devotion burning dimly in our hearts? Do the chariot wheels drag heavily? If so, let us be alarmed at this sign of decay. Let us go with weeping, and ask for the Spirit of grace and of supplications. Let us set apart special seasons for extraordinary prayer. For if this fire should be smothered beneath the ashes of a worldly conformity, it will dim the fire on the family altar, and lessen our influence both in the Church and in the world.
The text will also apply to the altar of the heart. This is a golden altar indeed. God loves to see the hearts of his people glowing towards himself. Let us give to God our hearts, all blazing with love, and seek his grace, that the fire may never be quenched; for it will not burn if the Lord does not keep it burning. Many foes will attempt to extinguish it; but if the unseen hand behind the wall pour thereon the sacred oil, it will blaze higher and higher. Let us use texts of Scripture as fuel for our heart's fire, they are live coals; let us attend sermons, but above all, let us be much alone with Jesus.
Evening
Jesus "appeared first to Mary Magdalene," probably not only on account of her great love and persevering seeking, but because, as the context intimates,she had been a special trophy of Christ's delivering power. Learn from this, that the greatness of our sin before conversion should not make us imagine that we may not be specially favoured with the very highest grade of fellowship. She was one who had left all to become a constant attendant on the Saviour. He was her first, her chief object. Many who were on Christ's side did not take up Christ's cross; she did. She spent her substance in relieving his wants. If we would see much of Christ, let us serve him. Tell me who they are that sit oftenest under the banner of his love, and drink deepest draughts from the cup of communion, and I am sure they will be those who give most, who serve best, and who abide closest to the bleeding heart of their dear Lord. But notice how Christ revealed himself to this sorrowing one--by a word, "Mary." It needed but one word in his voice, and at once she knew him, and her heart owned allegiance by another word, her heart was too full to say more. That one word would naturally be the most fitting for the occasion. It implies obedience. She said, "Master." There is no state of mind in which this confession of allegiance will be too cold. No, when your spirit glows most with the heavenly fire, then you will say, "I am thy servant, thou hast loosed my bonds." If you can say, "Master," if you feel that his will is your will, then you stand in a happy, holy place. He must have said, "Mary," or else you could not have said, "Rabboni." See, then, from all this, how Christ honours those who honour him, how love draws our Beloved, how it needs but one word of his to turn our weeping to rejoicing, how his presence makes the heart's sunshine.
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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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