Monday, July 12, 2021

Mon 12th July 2021 Current Affairs

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 jetison 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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RSBN LIVE - President Trump Speaks at CPAC in Dallas, TX 7/11/21
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=== Bongino Headlines ===
Democrats Prepare for Next So-Called “Voting Rights” Battle READ MORE

Virgin Galactic Completes Successful Spaceflight

Trump to Speak at CPAC Today at 4:35 PM ET

Michigan Auditor General Reviews Accuracy of Coronavirus Nursing Home Death Data

Hunter Biden’s Art Gallary Vandalized

Project Veritas Grills CNN Correspondent at CPAC

Sen. Cruz Introduces Bill Banning a Vaccine Database Following Biden’s “Door-to-Door” Push

Capitol Hill
Pro-Biden Super PAC Is Concerned Voters Can’t Name Any Accomplishments of His
CNN Analyst: It Sure Looks Like Team Biden Might Have Some Ethics Problems
Texas Gov. Slams Feds for “Complete Abandonment” of Border
GOP Continues Hammering Biden Officials Over Critical Race Theory
Biden Sending Strike Force to Chicago and Four Other Cities to Combat Crime Wave
Psaki Claims Giuliani Conspiracy to Dismiss Question About Hunter Biden
CPAC Asks “Who’s Running the Biden Administration”
First Democrat Governor Sends Troops to Southern Border
Rep. Boebert Rips VP Harris for Saying It’s “Almost Impossible” for Rural Americans to Photocopy Their IDs

Culture War
Study: Homicide Surge Has Nothing to Do With Increased Gun Sales
Police Chief Demands Apology From Dem Rep. Who Lied About Racial Profiling
Undergraduate Male Enrollment Fell 3 Times as Much as Female During Pandemic
Charlottesville Removes Statues of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
Growing Number of Dems Realize That Woke Craziness Is Alienating Future Voters
62% of Americans Censor Their Political Opinions
Women Accused of Hitting George Floyd Rioter With Car Found Not Guilty of Assault
DA Investigation Discredits Antifa Journo’s Claims of Police Brutality
Washington State Officials Argue in Court Their Abortion Coverage Mandate for Health Plans Doesn’t Mandate Abortion Coverage

Economy
Labor Department’s Chief of Staff Divests Amazon Stock After Financial Disclosure
A Record Low Share of Income Is Going Towards Debt Repayment
Study: Biden Tax Plan Will Hurt Small Businesses Over Time
G-20 Leaders Agree on Plan for International Tax Crackdown
Republicans Request IG Investigation on COVID-19 Fraud
China’s Crackdowns Could Cost Them $45 Trillion in New Capital Flows by 2030
North Dakota Sues Biden Admin Over Oil Pipeline Cancellations
Elon Musk Heads to Trial Over $2.6 Billion SolarCity Acquisition
Money Flows Into Value Stocks Over Growth in First Half of 2021
Federal Reserve: Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Are Restricting Growth
Nine States Are Cutting Income Taxes to Boost Their Recovery

Swamp Watch
Boston Pride to Shut Down After Accusations of Racism, Insufficient Support for BLM
Top Figures on the Aspen Institute’s “Commission on Information Disorder” Have Pasts of Spreading Misinformation
CNN Analyst Says Life “Needs to Be Hard” for the Unvaccinated
Houston Felon Charged for Voting Twice Illegally
California Demands Masking in Schools Despite CDC Guidelines
Lawyers for Jan 6 Defendants Try to Blame Trump to Win Favor With Judges
Gov. Cuomo Calls Pandemic a “Tremendous Personal Benefit”
Obvious Consequences of California Legalizing Theft Continue

National Security
Taliban Claims to Control 85% of Afghanistan
Biden: Afghans Own Whatever Comes Next
Iran-Backed Militias Launch New Attack on Air Base That Houses U.S. Forces
Taliban Says Progress Has Been Made in Talks With Afghans in Tehran
China Is Upgrading Its Fifth-Generation Fighter Capabilities
U.S. Air Force Successfully Detonated a Hypersonic Missile as Part of a Test
War With Russia is Not Hypothetical
America’s “Smart” Military Must Be Built, Starting Now
Marines Training With Handheld Swarming Drones

Around the World
U.S. Rebuffs Haiti’s Request For Troops After President’s Assassination
U.K. Flip Flops Again on Vaccine Passports, Looks to Mandate Them for Pubs, Restaurants and Clubs by Fall
Most Populous State in India Looks to Institute a Two-Child Policy
Hospital Say Extended for Pope Francis As He Recovers From Surgery
Coronavirus Deaths in Russia Hit Another Record
Sydney Australia Warned That Worse May Be Ahead for Locked Down City
At Least Eight Killed in Mogadishu By Suicide Bomb Targeting Govt Convoy
Texas Rangers Discuss the Dangers and Costs of the U.S. Border Crisis

Opinion
Michael Brown: Americans Have Good Reason Not to Trust the Media
Melanie Notkin: Why Progressive Women Want to Date Men Who Act Like Conservatives
(Cartoon) Fauci: Creature of the Swamp
Brian Darling: Biden’s Executive Order Promoting Competition is Creeping Socialism
Steve Cuozzo: Eric Adams’ Win In High-Crime Areas Proves Liberals Are Out of Touch
Michael Reagan: Joe & Tony’s Door-To-Door Vaccine Drive
Rick Manning: We’re All in it Together – Or Were We?

Entertainment
Comedian Tyler Fischer: How Comedy World Discriminates Against Straight White Men
Amazon’s “The Boys” Targets Tucker Carlson and Mike Lindell in New Season
Hilaria Baldwin Blasted for Saying That Culture Can Be “Fluid”
James Woods Tears Into Andrew Cuomo Over His Stance on Guns
“Laredo,” “Rich Man, Poor Man” Actor William Smith Dead at 88
Former Paramount Boss Barry Diller: Streaming Has Killed the Movie Business, It “Will Never Come Back”
Meghan and Harry Receive “Special Award” From UK Charity for Promising to Only Have Two Kids

Sports
Crowd Erupts as Trump Attends UFC Fight
Yankees Legend Suing Hall of Fame Over Dispute Involving Mickey Mantle’s Bat
Clay Travis Says Rachel Nichoils Has a Pretty Good Lawsuit on Her Hands If She Chooses
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Claims They Have no Authority to Reverse Sha’Carri Richardson’s Suspension
“Not Worth the Risk”: Team USA Swimmer Refuses Coronavirus Vaccination Ahead of Olympic Games
Ash Barty Wins Second Grand Slam Title at Wimbledon, Beating Karolina Pliskova
Conor McGregor Injures Leg and Loses Third Fight With Dustin Poirier
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
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British billionaire Richard Branson on Sunday soared more than 50 miles above the New Mexico desert aboard his Virgin Galactic rocket plane and safely returned in the vehicle's first fully crewed test flight to space, a symbolic milestone for a venture he started 17 years ago.... [Full Story]

South African Catholic Cardinal Blasts BLM For Abortion Support

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Gangs Complicate Haiti Effort to Recover From Assassination

Gangs in Haiti have long been financed by powerful politicians and [Full Story]
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Here is a video I made Big Heart

Big Heart is two stories, originally titled 'Beating Heart' and 'Broken Heart.'
Sam is 14 years old, and dreams of making it big in the world. Only thing is, he gets no respect at school or at home. He has friends that deal in drugs, and he thinks he might make a success of it, but then people begin to die and Sam needs to work fast to escape the hole he has dug himself.
David Daniel Ball, wrote and narrated this story. It was originally published in the 'Werewolves of Wynyard' collection. 

text version at 

David Daniel Ball

https://rumble.com/vjorr5-big-heart.html

=== From 2018 ===
Don't give up on hope. The most brutal nation in history? Before technology allowed the widespread carnage and communication available today, none match what is available today. From Egypt with ancient Meggido through to Mongol warriors bringing Black Death through disease with siege. There were extraordinary brutal acts in ancient times, so that Japanese have Hebrew ethnicity as a result of Assyrian decision making. For mine, acts of brutality are unique, while all well run states are the same. Turkey’s genocide, Hitler’s genocide, Stalin’s vanity and Mao’s atrocities done for ideology were awful beyond measure. I would argue it is the UN which is worst. The UN made the world stand back as Cambodia imploded. The UN created the humanitarian crisis that calls itself Palestine by uniquely allowing refugees that call themselves Palestinian to not be Israeli when they are born in Israel. The UN was created from the failed League of Nations. The UN has championed multilateral bullying (Cold War) when bilateral relations have hosed down trouble spots. Every success of Trump, be it in the Middle East, Africa, or North Korea, hammers a nail into the reputation of the UN that has fostered violence for decades. 

Peter Strzok faces a congressional hearing. He has appeared smirking and dishonest. He refused to answer questions and sometimes answered questions he was not asked. Some say he is clearly biased. However, he appears partisan, not biased. A reasonable person would want him jailed for contempt of the public. Trump criticises May. He pointed out her Brexit plan was awful and might kill any trade pact UK has with USA. Trump has a successful economic program. May seems to be neutering Brexit. She would allow a free trade zone and keep the ridiculous legislation Europe has imposed. 

A published complete history of Palestine, pre 1967. The book is empty, but for blank pages of text. It is perfectly well researched and accurate in detail. Death threats to refugee rescuers from alleged refugees in the Mediterranean. Europe are daily facing Tampa type questions without having a leadership of Howard or Abbott to address the hard questions. 

How animal activists view animal husbandry, with a picture of a cow or bull having their hindquarters available for health inspection without hurting a vet. The enclosure looks uncomfortable but would not hurt the animal. The caption suggests the device would 'crush' the animal to kill it. For food. It is possible the post is satire. The activists are insane.  Possibly, Shorten would ban the enclosure. Shorten has not read a report he disagrees with. It is on energy and Australia's need for coal power or gas to provide cheap base load supply. One might ask Shorten why he opposes it, but one would only get an uninformed political answer. 

 Nurse kills patients and says they inconvenienced her. However, she may be lying and might have killed patients because she wanted to, or because she could. She is a Japanese nurse working with elderly. Local government fail as public servant, in Spain, did not work for ten years, but had a salary. Local government takes him to court for their money back, but fail because of lack of oversight. Over ten years the public servant would have been paid some $Aud800k. During that time he has allegedly run a gay brothel and created a comic featuring a super hero who throws Valencia oranges. 

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. The incompetence of the ALP Victorian government is dangerous to her people. Crime is rampant under ALP when it is falling in NSW under Liberals. But those defending the ALP incompetence are actually saying that it is racist to call for police enforcement against gangs. Get Up! have made that declaration, and challenged Matthew Guy to see other ways of addressing the crime wave under the ALP. Only, Guy has not referred to African gangs, just gangs. A way to address ethnic gangs is not to promote ethnic gangs as viable. Oppose them within the community, don't promote them as the community. ALP claim to speak for minority communities and then claim such gangs are part of the communities they prey on. A Stun Gun was used in attack in Melbourne. The recently proposed legislation allowing women to defend themselves was always dangerous because of the unintended consequence of arming abusers. The answer to lawless activity is not increased regulation but enforcement. Guy has a plan which addresses the issues. ALP say it is not possible to address the issues directly. 

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. Yasmin Abdel-Magied was a young Australian schoolgirl identified as a cultural spokesperson by racists. She was promoted on racist grounds by authorities who have no business promoting racism. When her statements got reflected, she took umbrage and now is living in UK wanting Australia to not be racist. Media celebrities want a lot. As an Islamic female, Yasmin has some opinions which might be valuable in bridging a cultural divide. But asking her about feminism and Islam becomes unproductive as she clearly does not understand the issues. She experiences the issues, but has not yet offered much worthwhile. 

Press do not show much understanding of issues they report on. In Australia, from the G20, Cormann has scored a win for Australia securing trade exemptions over steel. But what the details are is fuzzy because PM Malcolm Turnbull made a speech to take up oxygen. Meanwhile US media are getting dizzy about Donald Trump Jr having a meeting with a Dem activist in Russia. Some are saying Trump should be executed for treason. But they are also the same bringing forth fake news. 

1191, Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrendered to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. 1470, the Ottomans captured Euboea. In 1527, Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê Dynasty and starting the Mạc Dynasty. 1561, Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow was consecrated. 1562, Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burned the sacred books of the Maya. To be fair on Landa, he had tortured Maya and imposed his beliefs and judged them by those imposed beliefs. He would write about them and then wash his hands of guilt. 1580, the Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, was published. 1690, Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar): The armies of William III defeated those of the former James II. 

In 1913, Second Balkan War: Serbian forces began their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege was later called off when the war ended. 1917, the Bisbee Deportation occurred as vigilantes kidnapped and deported nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. President Wilson sat on his hands. 1918, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blew up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621. 1932, Hedley Verity took a cricket world record ten wickets for ten runs in a county match for Yorkshire. It was Verity's first full season of first class cricket. He was an accurate left arm orthodox tweaker. He fought in WW2, and was wounded during the invasion of Sicily in 1943, captured by Germans and dying in their custody. 1963, Pauline Reade, who was 16-years-old, disappeared on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders. Her killers confessed to her abduction, rape and murder in 1985 while serving life sentences. 1967, the Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey. 
=== from 2016 ===
Appalling behaviour by journalist Van Badham on Q and A and through tweets may be defended on the grounds she is inarticulate. But the abuse she engages in is inexcusable for a journalist or their employer. More egregious is the activity of Dutch flower child Iris. Iris is 24, and travels the world, visiting the poorest people in the world and living off their charity. She is willing to work, or couch surf, but ultimately she is a mouth that they must feed. The story could be positive for Iris. It is reminiscent of Rabbit Proof Fence where three young Aboriginal girls walked home, thousands of miles. Those three girls survived on the kindness of strangers.Only Rabbit Proof Fences is instead known as a story of exploitation. Iris is not a nun working with the poor. She is a tourist. Better spoken than Van Badham.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.  
=== from 2015 ===
Warming threatens to become a mini ice age. The natural relative cooling recently experienced worldwide and little reported on by so called climate scientists is threatening to become a maunder minimum or little ice age. The industrial revolution had industry providing a counter balance, but hysterical AGW believers have worked to limit carbon dioxide, a natural trace gas which traps sunlight. As it gets warmer, fewer die from cold. Scientists who believe in Gaia and AGW theory have been working to have more people killed by cold. They don't want people living in tropical paradise. They have lost count of how many people won't die before the turn of the century. Anecdotally about ten billion will die from old age before then. 

Iran celebrates terrorism day, they call Al-Quds. Terrorist cleric Khomeini instituted the day in 1980 to celebrate terrorist attacks against Israel. Iran has not done it alone, as the UN, and various other terrorist groups have helped to promote the day. This year, it was celebrated by blowing up a car outside an Italian consulate which was closed. Killing at least one person. 

Greece discovers her government lied about austerity. The government has again shown an inadequate package to Europe. It is consistent with what the Greek government rejected earlier. 

The move to enshrine deaths related to Aboriginal culture in the Australian constitution. Australian Aboriginal culture is still reporting deaths related to dysfunction by it. Women bashed to death by drunk and drugged male loved ones. drunk and drugged males fighting each other to the death. The proposed new constitution amendments will provide for recognition of Aboriginal race, and may even allow separate laws. That kind of apartheid must never be accepted. 

Clive Palmer promises much to charity but doesn't deliver. He has been highly lauded for multi million dollar donations he has not delivered after many years. Seven years ago Palmer promised $100 million to remote indigenous Aboriginal communities. The account has a mere $104 in it. In 2010, Palmer also promised Duke of Edinburgh awards worth $6 million over ten years. To date the donations have been $700k. 

Shorten fighting and losing on three fronts (according to Akerman)  Against the Royal Commission into Trade Unions, Shorten has been seen to be untrustworthy. His union, under his leadership, has acted as a bastard boss, short changing her paid members. So that they pay dues, and their union approves trade offs that don't benefit them. Secondly, the court of public opinion, who don't approve of his trading benefits for direct cash from businesses. Thirdly from within the ALP itself, with members of long standing and seniority calling him to resign. 

An investment in windmills should show a return. At the moment, Australian windmills are a threat to the environment, killing rare and endangered birds, as well as being too expensive relative to other forms of energy supply. Each watt of windmill energy require another watt of energy elsewhere to guarantee base load. Press are confused at the moment, reporting Mr Abbott hated windmills. However it is clear Mr Abbott deplores their cost and environmental impact. 
From 2014
Who identifies with terrorism? Who wants to kill, hurt and maim strangers? Who feels that their way of life is dependent on eliminating others who exist peaceably? Two groups stand out .. red necks of the type that bombed a government building in the US twenty years ago in order to make a statement about government intrusion on individual rights, and .. Islamo fascists who some claim are not *really* Islamic but whom seem to be endorsed by most Islamic bodies. No one that is sensible identifies with terrorism. Bobby Sands, who starved himself to death in support of the IRA was not a sensible person worthy of respect. The rule of law is foundational to progress, without it things sour. Some say things fall apart without law, that is the great hope of terrorists, but in all of human history, it has never worked that way. Terror initiates great pain and suffering, but does not win conflict. 

There are many counter examples to my assertion that terror does not win conflict. Vietnam war, Afghan -Soviet war, Chile pre Pinochet (it is Pablo Neruda's birthday), China's communists etc. The truth is, there have been defeats, but they cannot be allowed to remain victories. Civilisation and culture has to win. Like in Vietnam, where a corrupt communist regime is being transformed into a global citizen, slowly, painfully. But, in the Middle East, that is not happening with Islamo Fascists in their more than sixty year campaign against Israel. The existence of Israel is precarious. She (Israel) has been valiant in standing for what any modern state aspires, cultural diversity, rule of law, progressive policy. Anyone of any faith or culture can live in Israel. That is different to any of her neighbours where people are killed on a whim and a fancy. 

Australia has a terrorist leader, born in Australia who has spoken for radical Islam and called for terrorism. He is called Musa Cerantonio and he has recently been captured in the Phillippines, although his boasts and rhetoric placed him in the Middle East. As is typical of such terrorists, he is on the disability support pension in Australia. Who identifies with that? 

Today is the anniversary of what led to a unification of Great Britain in 927 when King of England Athelstan secured a pledge from the King of Scotland Constantine II that Vikings won't be used as soldiers against each other. 1493, the Nuremberg Chronicle is published, a very early printing press book. 1543, Henry VIII finds satisfaction with his sixth wife. 1776, Captain Cook began his third voyage. 1789, French revolutionary journalist Camille Desmoulins got a crowd to attack the Bastille because he wasn't satisfied with the government economic minister. 1932, Hedley Verity took ten wickets for ten runs in a county match. 1943, largest tank battle ever. 1962, Rolling stones first perform in concert. Today is the birthday of Julius Ceaser (100BC), Josiah Wedgewood (1743), George Eastman (1854)and Bébé (1990). 
Historical perspective on this day
In 927, Æthelstan, King of England, secured a pledge from Constantine II of Scotland that the latter would not ally with Viking kings, beginning the process of unifying Great Britain. 1191, Third Crusade: Saladin's garrison surrendered to Philip Augustus, ending the two-year siege of Acre. 1470, the Ottomans captured Euboea. 1493, Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the best-documented early printed books, was published.

In 1527, Lê Cung Hoàng ceded the throne to Mạc Đăng Dung, ending the Lê Dynasty and starting the Mạc Dynasty. 1543, King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr, at Hampton Court Palace. 1561, Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow was consecrated. 1562, Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatán, burned the sacred books of the Maya. 1580, the Ostrog Bible, one of the early printed Bibles in a Slavic language, was published. 1690, Battle of the Boyne (Gregorian calendar): The armies of William III defeated those of the former James II. 1691, Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland. 1776, Captain James Cook began his third voyage. 1789, French revolutionary and radical journalist Camille Desmoulins gave a speech in response to the dismissal of Jacques Necker France's finance minister the day before. The speech called the citizens to arms and led to the Storming of the Bastille two days later. 1790, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy was passed in France by the National Constituent Assembly. 1799, Ranjit Singh conquered Lahore and became Maharaja of the Punjab (Sikh Empire).

In 1801, French Revolutionary Wars: British Royal Navy ships inflicted heavy damage against Spanish and French ships in the Second Battle of Algeciras. 1804, former United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton died a day after being shot in a duel. 1806, sixteen German imperial states left the Holy Roman Empire and formed the Confederation of the Rhine. Also 1806, Liechtenstein was given full sovereignty after its accession to the Confederation of the Rhine. 1812, War of 1812: The United States invaded Canada at Windsor, Ontario. 1862, the Medal of Honour was authorised by the United States Congress. 1879, the National Guards Unit of Bulgaria was founded.

In 1913, Second Balkan War: Serbian forces began their siege of the Bulgarian city of Vidin; the siege was later called off when the war ended. 1917, the Bisbee Deportation occurred as vigilantes kidnapped and deported nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. 1918, the Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blew up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621. 1920, the Soviet–Lithuanian Peace Treaty was signed. Soviet Russia recognised independent Lithuania. 1932, Hedley Verity took a cricket world record ten wickets for ten runs in a county match for Yorkshire.

In 1943, World War II: Battle of Prokhorovka: German and Soviet forces engaged in one of the largest tank engagements of all time. 1948, Arab–Israeli War: Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion ordered the expulsion of Palestinians from the towns of Lod and Ramla. 1960, Orlyonok, the main Young Pioneer camp of the Russian SFSR, was founded. 1961, Pune floods due to failure of the Khadakwasla and Panshet dams. Half of Pune was submerged, more than 100,000 families needed to be relocated and the death toll exceeded 2,000. 1962, The Rolling Stones performed their first concert, at the Marquee Club in London, England, United Kingdom. 1963, Pauline Reade, who was 16-years-old, disappeared on her way to a dance at the British Railways Club in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders. 1967, the Newark riots began in Newark, New Jersey.

In 1970, a fire consumed the wooden home of Norwegian composer Geirr Tveitt and irretrievably destroyed about 90 percent of his output. 1971, the Australian Aboriginal Flag was flown for the first time. 1973, a fire destroyed the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States. 1975, São Tomé and Príncipe declared independence from Portugal. 1979, the island nation of Kiribati became independent from United Kingdom. 1989, Lotte World Adventure opened in Seoul, South Korea. 2006, Hezbollahinitiated Operation True Promise. 2007, U.S. Army Apache helicopters performed airstrikes in Baghdad, Iraq; footage from the cockpit was later leaked to the Internet. 2012, the Turaymisah massacre killed 250 people during a Syrian military operation in a village within the Hama Governorate.

=== Bible Reading ===

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Today's reading: Psalm 1-3, Acts 17:1-15 (NIV)

View today's reading on Bible Gateway

Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 1-3

BOOK I
Psalms 1-41
1 Blessed is the one
who does not walk in step with the wicked
or stand in the way that sinners take
or sit in the company of mockers,
2 but whose delight is in the law of the LORD,
and who meditates on his law day and night.
3 That person is like a tree planted by streams of water,
which yields its fruit in season
and whose leaf does not wither--
whatever they do prospers....

Today's New Testament reading: Acts 17:1-15

In Thessalonica
1 When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. 2 As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, 3explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Messiah," he said.4Some of the Jews were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a large number of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women....

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"After that ye have suffered awhile, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you."
1 Peter 5:10
You have seen the arch of heaven as it spans the plain: glorious are its colours, and rare its hues. It is beautiful, but, alas, it passes away, and lo, it is not. The fair colours give way to the fleecy clouds, and the sky is no longer brilliant with the tints of heaven. It is not established. How can it be? A glorious show made up of transitory sun-beams and passing rain-drops, how can it abide? The graces of the Christian character must not resemble the rainbow in its transitory beauty, but, on the contrary, must be stablished, settled, abiding. Seek, O believer, that every good thing you have may be an abiding thing. May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! May your faith be no "baseless fabric of a vision," but may it be builded of material able to endure that awful fire which shall consume the wood, hay, and stubble of the hypocrite. May you be rooted and grounded in love. May your convictions be deep, your love real, your desires earnest. May your whole life be so settled and established, that all the blasts of hell, and all the storms of earth shall never be able to remove you. But notice how this blessing of being "stablished in the faith" is gained. The apostle's words point us to suffering as the means employed--"After that ye have suffered awhile." It is of no use to hope that we shall be well rooted if no rough winds pass over us. Those old gnarlings on the root of the oak tree, and those strange twistings of the branches, all tell of the many storms that have swept over it, and they are also indicators of the depth into which the roots have forced their way. So the Christian is made strong, and firmly rooted by all the trials and storms of life. Shrink not then from the tempestuous winds of trial, but take comfort, believing that by their rough discipline God is fulfilling this benediction to you.

Evening

"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."
Joel 1:3

In this simple way, by God's grace, a living testimony for truth is always to be kept alive in the land--the beloved of the Lord are to hand down their witness for the gospel, and the covenant to their heirs, and these again to their next descendants. This is our first duty, we are to begin at the family hearth: he is a bad preacher who does not commence his ministry at home. The heathen are to be sought by all means, and the highways and hedges are to be searched, but home has a prior claim, and woe unto those who reverse the order of the Lord's arrangements. To teach our children is a personal duty; we cannot delegate it to Sunday school teachers, or other friendly aids; these can assist us, but cannot deliver us from the sacred obligation; proxies and sponsors are wicked devices in this case: mothers and fathers must, like Abraham, command their households in the fear of God, and talk with their offspring concerning the wondrous works of the Most High. Parental teaching is a natural duty--who so fit to look to the child's well-being as those who are the authors of his actual being? To neglect the instruction of our offspring is worse than brutish. Family religion is necessary for the nation, for the family itself, and for the church of God. By a thousand plots Popery is covertly advancing in our land, and one of the most effectual means for resisting its inroads is left almost neglected, namely, the instruction of children in the faith. Would that parents would awaken to a sense of the importance of this matter. It is a pleasant duty to talk of Jesus to our sons and daughters, and the more so because it has often proved to be an accepted work, for God has saved the children through the parents' prayers and admonitions. May every house into which this volume shall come honour the Lord and receive his smile.

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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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