Editorial on Covid policy failure
It is apparent COVID policy is political, not health related. However health advice has been political and not health related. Public health has been corrupted. Media has failed. Judiciary is corrupt. Defence is incompetent. The thin blue line has been cut. And, elder abuse is apparent from the Presidential office through to the ordinary NYC retirement home. On the plus side, there is an emerging possibility of an empty gesture securing the white house for womyn.Dan Andrews' lockdown has cancelled AA meetings. Go the beers.
Editorial Biden's Afghan failure culminated from Obama's Afghan lies
Editorial on Biden's stunning 'success' in Afghanistan
Afghanistan under the thumb of the Taliban. Street lynching, political murder and freedoms quashed. That is Afghanistan as those who voted for Biden as President have achieved. A tarred man is lead with a noose down a street for a walk of shame. What was his crime? Or does it not matter if there was a crime, only that the terrorists can show their ability to assert their authority. Just like Biden locking up people who peacefully demonstrated on January 6th. How long will those peaceful demonstrators be detained? Eight months without a trial? They say justice delayed is justice denied. How long will Biden delay justice in Afghanistan?
I asked a colleague who liked Biden, what they thought God thought about Afghanistan. My friend said "God should never have been there"
Editorial on reimposition of Andrews Curfew
Australian news propaganda has Vic extension of lockdown as being necessary. And imposition of curfew, again, which failed last time. Why do left wing governments have to copy NAZI ideas on social organisation? From eugenics, family planning, public shaming, social isolation, removal of freedoms and environmentalism, it is almost as if some ageing NAZI is still funding their ideals world wide. Curfew and lockdown failed last time in Victoria, with over a hundred dying after being denied effective medication while crime tape was placed children's swings and roundabouts. The deaths were a direct result of Premier Andrews placing a bungling private security company over quarantine, a company closely connected with ALP and not subject to competitive bidding for the job. When asked about his decision, the Premier delayed answering for months, and then said he forgot.
Delta variant Covid is more transmissible than COVID 19, and less deadly, Less deadly than the common cold. And what is wrong with treating it with appropriate medication?
Editorial on Pell case and Deep state
Cardinal Pell had created the Melbourne Response into institutionalised pedophilia in the '90s in Australia. It was a world first, but hamstrung by laws of the day, giving victims compensation without forcing them to trial. There was a backlash and a party which had included many who were known pedophiles and had deep bureaucratic connections had had Pell face decades of litigation which over time crept to accuse Pell of being a pedophile, and had him jailed on a false pretext for over a year. He had been convicted by the Victorian high court after the chief justice took the case saying they would be impartial, but they weren't. In the mean time, Pell had been 3rd in power within the Catholic church and had restructured church finances world wide to root out corruption. Recently, senior church members who allegedly leaked against Pell are facing charges of embezzlement. I see no evidence Catholicism is more prone to pedophilia than elsewhere, and I know there are tragic examples. But a deep state issue within Catholicism has seemed to be in the mix and on both sides, Catholics are standing up. Tony Abbott was the first conservative Catholic in Australia (It could be argued Joseph Lyons was Catholic too, but the UAP founder had been ALP first). Malcolm Turnbull is catholic too. Deep state division within Catholicism dates over a thousand years. It is not solely responsible for US deep state issues, but it does seem a contributor.
Cardinal Pell had created the Melbourne Response into institutionalised pedophilia in the '90s in Australia. It was a world first, but hamstrung by laws of the day, giving victims compensation without forcing them to trial. There was a backlash and a party which had included many who were known pedophiles and had deep bureaucratic connections had had Pell face decades of litigation which over time crept to accuse Pell of being a pedophile, and had him jailed on a false pretext for over a year. He had been convicted by the Victorian high court after the chief justice took the case saying they would be impartial, but they weren't. In the mean time, Pell had been 3rd in power within the Catholic church and had restructured church finances world wide to root out corruption. Recently, senior church members who allegedly leaked against Pell are facing charges of embezzlement. I see no evidence Catholicism is more prone to pedophilia than elsewhere, and I know there are tragic examples. But a deep state issue within Catholicism has seemed to be in the mix and on both sides, Catholics are standing up. Tony Abbott was the first conservative Catholic in Australia (It could be argued Joseph Lyons was Catholic too, but the UAP founder had been ALP first). Malcolm Turnbull is catholic too. Deep state division within Catholicism dates over a thousand years. It is not solely responsible for US deep state issues, but it does seem a contributor.
Editorial on Friday 13th
There used to be a 13th month. It spawned the idea of a blue moon which happens once a year. Robert Graves interpreted artwork from pre literacy Greece found that woman were the initial leaders of the Greeks, and they had three powerful gods, Hera, Aphrodite and Athena. They were a kind of trinity, where Hera, cow eyed, was the older who saw wrongs when others didn't realise she was watching. Aphrodite was a mature, desirable woman. Pallas Athene was the child goddess, whose wisdom was like a sharp pre teen girl. Over time, Queens would adopt a king for a year. At the end of the year, the blue moon, the king would be sacrificed and his blood and bones would be fertiliser. Later still, prisoners might be sacrificed for the king.
The thirteenth month has disappeared from our calendar but still exists as a blue moon, sometimes defined as the month of the year with two moons.
The Code of Hammurabi left off the number 13 for reasons now unknown.
Apollo 13 came too late to be foundational, but my, it was inspiring.
The knights Templar were screwed before French King Philip stole their assets by accusing them of heresies and then torturing them to confess, beginning Friday 13th. They had lost everything when Jerusalem fell after 150 years when the language spoken there had been French. Jerusalem fell after Jerusalem's king's daughter was kidnapped, and so the king the left the safety of a fortress and was slaughtered in battle. The Knights Templar had the timeless duty of guarding Jerusalem and her antiquities. The Holy Grail legend may have been resurrected to impugn the Knights? I feel the knights were victims of a deep state within Christianity. Part of the chaff masquerading as wheat.
https://rumble.com/vl8jem-editorial-on-friday-13th.html
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From the Bible, 1 Corinthians 9
Paul’s Rights as an Apostle
Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. Don’t we have the right to food and drink? Don’t we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas? Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?
Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing? For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more?
But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.
Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar? In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast. For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me. What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel.
Paul’s Use of His Freedom
Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law. To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God’s law but am under Christ’s law), so as to win those not having the law. To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share in its blessings.
The Need for Self-Discipline
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly; I do not fight like a boxer beating the air. No, I strike a blow to my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.
===Joe Biden engaged in a grotesque attack on Donald Trump yesterday, in an effort to deflect from the blood on his hands. In this episode, I address the worst day of the worst presidency in US history.
Psaki Says “Everyone Should Be Supportive” of Biden’s Mission in Afghanistan
U.S. Service Members Killed in Kabul Identified
Biden Admin Sued by Over 3,000 Pediatricians and Medical Professionals Over Trans Mandate
House Republicans Introduce Impeachment Articles for Secretary of State Blinken
Pentagon Admits Thousands of ISIS-K Fanatics Were Released From U.S. Prisons by Taliban
Justice Breyer Says He’s Struggling on Deciding When to Retire
Capitol Hill
Reporters Were Blocked Without Explanation From VP Harris’ Remarks to Troops at Pearl Harbor
Rep. Jackie Walorski Calls for Resignations of Biden’s National Security Team
Five Months Ago Biden Promised the Afghanistan Withdrawal Would Be “Safe and Orderly”
Top Republicans Call on Pelosi to Reconvene House for Briefing on Afghanistan Crisis
“Almost a Certainty” Americans Will Be Left Behind in Kabul After Bombings
Trump: We’re Being Led by People That Have No Idea What They’re Doing
CNN Notices That Democrat Support for California Gov. Newsom Is Dwindling
Pelosi Celebrated Women’s Equality Day in San Francisco Amid Attacks in Kabul
SCOTUS Ends Biden’s Residential Eviction Moratorium
Culture War
The LA Times Declares War on Larry Elder
Majority of 100k Incoming Afghan Refugees Provided No Meaningful Assistance to the U.S.
CNN’s Brian Stelter Is Suffering One of His Worst Ratings Months Ever
On Day of Kabul Terror Attacks, Ilhan Omar Posts Photo of 9/11
Public Schools Struggle to Fight Enrollment Decline
North Carolina Senate Votes to Ban Critical Race Theory Propaganda in Public Schools
Vice Media Makes New Round of Layoffs
Latest Pew Study Shows Plurality of Americans Against Govt Censoring Online Speech
Lol: Taliban Vow to Take on Climate Change
Economy
Dems Consider Numerous Tax Hikes in $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook Receives $750 Million in Stock Compensation
Tesla Files to Become an Electricity Provider in Texas
Pressure Is on the Fed to Unwind Easy Money Policies
Canada’s Trudeau Targets Big Banks With 3% Surtax
Oil Prices Surge on Afghanistan Chaos
Fed Official: Unemployment May Not Return to Trump-Era Lows
U.S. Q2 GDP Growth Revised Higher to 6.6%, But Still Falls Short of Expectations
Mexico Looks to Convince U.S. to Invest in Central America Instead of Just Curbing Migration
Swamp Watch
Biden Must Resign
Democrat Rep. Admits Democrats Don’t Have Plan to Rescue Stranded Americans After August 31
Who Is Really in Charge? Biden Admits “They Gave Me a List” of Who to Take Questions From
Conservative Leaders Ask Fact Checking Network to Remove PolitiFact
We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the “Inconclusive” Intel Report Into COVID-19’s Origins
New Mexico Governor Mandates All State Vehicles Get at Least 52 MPG – Her Car Gets 13
Gov. DeSantis Demands Feds Account for All Illegals Resettled in Florida
Afghans Are Being Prioritized Over Americans in Biden’s Withdrawal
MSNBC’s “Terrorism Expert” on Kabul Attacks: Deal With It
Cop Who Killed Unarmed Ashli Babbitt Reveals Identity, Claims He Saved “Countless Lives”
National Security
Tropical Storm Ida Is Strengthening and Forecast to Hit the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 Hurricane
HMS Queen Elizabeth Performs Swap of F-35B Fighters With USS America
Don’t Call Biden’s Kabul Evacuation a “Berlin Airlift” or “Dunkirk”
Taiwan Looks at Jet Fighter Purchase, Possibly F-16s?
What Is China Building Missile Silos For?
The Navy’s Most Powerful Aircraft Carrier Is Nearly Ready for War
U.S. Air Force Secretary Cautiously Optimistic About Vulcan, a New Launch Vehicle Developed By United Launch Alliance
Ex-NATO Commander Stavridis Says “We Have Lost This Conflict” On Afghanistan
Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Collapse Tanked Transatlantic Relations
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Kabul Attack
Around the World
GOP Rep Green: Attack at Kabul Airport “Expected” Result of Abandoning Bagram AFB, This is How You “Screw It Up”
What Happens When the Afghan Refugees Arrive in the U.S.?
While Americans Die in Afghanistan, Pelosi Tweets About Child Hunger and Women’s Rights
UK PM Says Britain to Continue Kabul Evacuations Despite Terror Attack at Airport
Chartered Planes Leave Kabul With Hundreds of Empty Seats: Report
Poland Builds a Fence on the Eastern EU Border to Stop Migrants
Japan Suspends 1.63 Million Doses of Moderna Over Contamination Issues
Fleeing Afghans Treated to Frosty Welcome in Turkey’s Borderlands
Kabul Death Toll Rises to 13 U.S. Service Members, at Least 95 Afghans
Opinion
Charles Lipson: The Cost of the Terrible Tragedy at Kabul Airport
R. Emmett Tyrrell: Joe Biden Should Resign
Larry O’Connor: The Danger of Biden’s Fragile Ego
Neil Patel: Who’s Really to Blame for Afghanistan?
Katie Pavlich: Biden Prepares to Scapegoat Americans He Abandoned in Afghanistan
David Harsanyi: Biden’s Disastrous Foreign-Policy Instincts
Jim DeMint: Joe Biden — Same As He Ever Was
Kira Davis: Trump’s Medical Pricing Transparency Policies Vindicated in Stunning New York Times Report
Kurt Schlichter: The Shame of the Never Trumpers
Entertainment
Kanye West’s New Gadget Player That Lets You “Customize Any Song”
Paramount Reveals First Look at “Mission: Impossible 7,” And 13 Minutes of “Top Gun: Maverick”
Monica Lewinsky Insisted That FX Series “Impeachment” Show Clinton Thong-Flashing
Abba: Band Teases New Music And Major Announcement
Mike Richards Forced To Undergo Sensitivity Training To Remain “Jeopardy!” Executive Producer
James Woods: Military Casualties In Afghanistan a Direct Result Of Biden Being “More Concerned With Pronouns” Than National Security
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” Star Karen Allen Claims She Had Nazi Seduction Scene Tossed From Script
“Outer Banks” Sees Huge Streaming Numbers On Netflix
Sports
US Open Will Not Require Masks Or Proof Of COVID Vaccine For Spectators
Dodgers-Padres Wednesday Night Matchup One Of The Craziest Games Of 2021
Report: Rajon Rondo, DeAndre Jordan Could Join Lakers Via Buyout
Fully Vaccinated Bucs Kicker Out This Weekend After Testing Positive For COVID
Stephen A. Smith Wants to Create ESPN “Dream Team” With Magic Johnson
LeBron James’ Agent Sued For Advising Negligence
Bills Isaiah McKenzie Fined For Violating COVID-19 Mask Protocol
UFC Champ Blasts Ring Girls: “Most Useless People in Martial Arts”
The U.S. Defense Department has not formally announced the names of the service members killed in the attack at Kabul airport, but details of their lives began to emerge on Friday as family and friends were notified. [Full Story]
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For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
ALP is accepting free legal work. But is it free? How often is it declared? How much is it worth? It is corrupt, and how will the corruption be addressed? Dan Andrews' socialist Victorian government protects the corrupt. ALP and Greens have sold out mine workers in Newcastle. The council is removing investment in banks that hold funds in fossil fuel projects. Bob Hawke tells ALP to support free trade with China. ALP fails to take ISIL seriously. That is a security concern for Australia.
Joe Hockey has gone wandering away from treasurer work to take an advocates position for a group advocating Australia become a Republic. Were Joe to find the missing $600 billion the ALP lost in government then many would see it as gain to change the name.
Gay propaganda film has no place in schools. One may have no problem with children being given a view into gay issues. But they should not be subject to the lies and inflations without critical thinking implicit to the film. Gillard back flip on public trust. She once wanted a public vote on Gay Marriage. Now she opposes it.
Why are leftists preaching tolerance, intolerant? Only killers that are white are racist?
1189 – Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1542 – Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–57): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
1565 РPedro Men̩ndez de Avil̩s sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619 – Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1640 – Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
1648 – The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
1709 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
1810 – Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navyfleet.
1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroads.
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
1849 – After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
1861 – American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
1867 – The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
1879 – Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914 – World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1914 – World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
1924 – The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1931 – France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 – Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent Civil Rights Movement.
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 – Rioting takes place in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, triggering a brutal police crackdown.
1988 – Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricoloridemonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990 – An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
1998 – Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998 – Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabweanforces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
News Picks:
- No, Joe Biden can’t blame Trump for the Afghanistan disaster.
- We gave the Taliban a list of Americans?
- Elections have consequences.
- January 6th committee makes a blacklist of conservative media.
- The three great tragedies of the COVID crisis.
- Bombshell study finds natural immunity is superior to vaccination.
- The CDC publishes a study showing no statistically significant effect of masks.
- The Supreme Court hands Biden a stinging loss.
=== Bongino Headlines ===
Wave of Republican Lawmakers Call for Biden’s Impeachment – Rep. McCarthy Promises “Day of Reckoning” READ MOREPsaki Says “Everyone Should Be Supportive” of Biden’s Mission in Afghanistan
U.S. Service Members Killed in Kabul Identified
Biden Admin Sued by Over 3,000 Pediatricians and Medical Professionals Over Trans Mandate
House Republicans Introduce Impeachment Articles for Secretary of State Blinken
Pentagon Admits Thousands of ISIS-K Fanatics Were Released From U.S. Prisons by Taliban
Justice Breyer Says He’s Struggling on Deciding When to Retire
Capitol Hill
Reporters Were Blocked Without Explanation From VP Harris’ Remarks to Troops at Pearl Harbor
Rep. Jackie Walorski Calls for Resignations of Biden’s National Security Team
Five Months Ago Biden Promised the Afghanistan Withdrawal Would Be “Safe and Orderly”
Top Republicans Call on Pelosi to Reconvene House for Briefing on Afghanistan Crisis
“Almost a Certainty” Americans Will Be Left Behind in Kabul After Bombings
Trump: We’re Being Led by People That Have No Idea What They’re Doing
CNN Notices That Democrat Support for California Gov. Newsom Is Dwindling
Pelosi Celebrated Women’s Equality Day in San Francisco Amid Attacks in Kabul
SCOTUS Ends Biden’s Residential Eviction Moratorium
Culture War
The LA Times Declares War on Larry Elder
Majority of 100k Incoming Afghan Refugees Provided No Meaningful Assistance to the U.S.
CNN’s Brian Stelter Is Suffering One of His Worst Ratings Months Ever
On Day of Kabul Terror Attacks, Ilhan Omar Posts Photo of 9/11
Public Schools Struggle to Fight Enrollment Decline
North Carolina Senate Votes to Ban Critical Race Theory Propaganda in Public Schools
Vice Media Makes New Round of Layoffs
Latest Pew Study Shows Plurality of Americans Against Govt Censoring Online Speech
Lol: Taliban Vow to Take on Climate Change
Economy
Dems Consider Numerous Tax Hikes in $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Bill
Apple CEO Tim Cook Receives $750 Million in Stock Compensation
Tesla Files to Become an Electricity Provider in Texas
Pressure Is on the Fed to Unwind Easy Money Policies
Canada’s Trudeau Targets Big Banks With 3% Surtax
Oil Prices Surge on Afghanistan Chaos
Fed Official: Unemployment May Not Return to Trump-Era Lows
U.S. Q2 GDP Growth Revised Higher to 6.6%, But Still Falls Short of Expectations
Mexico Looks to Convince U.S. to Invest in Central America Instead of Just Curbing Migration
Swamp Watch
Biden Must Resign
Democrat Rep. Admits Democrats Don’t Have Plan to Rescue Stranded Americans After August 31
Who Is Really in Charge? Biden Admits “They Gave Me a List” of Who to Take Questions From
Conservative Leaders Ask Fact Checking Network to Remove PolitiFact
We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the “Inconclusive” Intel Report Into COVID-19’s Origins
New Mexico Governor Mandates All State Vehicles Get at Least 52 MPG – Her Car Gets 13
Gov. DeSantis Demands Feds Account for All Illegals Resettled in Florida
Afghans Are Being Prioritized Over Americans in Biden’s Withdrawal
MSNBC’s “Terrorism Expert” on Kabul Attacks: Deal With It
Cop Who Killed Unarmed Ashli Babbitt Reveals Identity, Claims He Saved “Countless Lives”
National Security
Tropical Storm Ida Is Strengthening and Forecast to Hit the Gulf Coast as a Category 3 Hurricane
HMS Queen Elizabeth Performs Swap of F-35B Fighters With USS America
Don’t Call Biden’s Kabul Evacuation a “Berlin Airlift” or “Dunkirk”
Taiwan Looks at Jet Fighter Purchase, Possibly F-16s?
What Is China Building Missile Silos For?
The Navy’s Most Powerful Aircraft Carrier Is Nearly Ready for War
U.S. Air Force Secretary Cautiously Optimistic About Vulcan, a New Launch Vehicle Developed By United Launch Alliance
Ex-NATO Commander Stavridis Says “We Have Lost This Conflict” On Afghanistan
Joe Biden’s Afghanistan Collapse Tanked Transatlantic Relations
ISIS Claims Responsibility for Kabul Attack
Around the World
GOP Rep Green: Attack at Kabul Airport “Expected” Result of Abandoning Bagram AFB, This is How You “Screw It Up”
What Happens When the Afghan Refugees Arrive in the U.S.?
While Americans Die in Afghanistan, Pelosi Tweets About Child Hunger and Women’s Rights
UK PM Says Britain to Continue Kabul Evacuations Despite Terror Attack at Airport
Chartered Planes Leave Kabul With Hundreds of Empty Seats: Report
Poland Builds a Fence on the Eastern EU Border to Stop Migrants
Japan Suspends 1.63 Million Doses of Moderna Over Contamination Issues
Fleeing Afghans Treated to Frosty Welcome in Turkey’s Borderlands
Kabul Death Toll Rises to 13 U.S. Service Members, at Least 95 Afghans
Opinion
Charles Lipson: The Cost of the Terrible Tragedy at Kabul Airport
R. Emmett Tyrrell: Joe Biden Should Resign
Larry O’Connor: The Danger of Biden’s Fragile Ego
Neil Patel: Who’s Really to Blame for Afghanistan?
Katie Pavlich: Biden Prepares to Scapegoat Americans He Abandoned in Afghanistan
David Harsanyi: Biden’s Disastrous Foreign-Policy Instincts
Jim DeMint: Joe Biden — Same As He Ever Was
Kira Davis: Trump’s Medical Pricing Transparency Policies Vindicated in Stunning New York Times Report
Kurt Schlichter: The Shame of the Never Trumpers
Entertainment
Kanye West’s New Gadget Player That Lets You “Customize Any Song”
Paramount Reveals First Look at “Mission: Impossible 7,” And 13 Minutes of “Top Gun: Maverick”
Monica Lewinsky Insisted That FX Series “Impeachment” Show Clinton Thong-Flashing
Abba: Band Teases New Music And Major Announcement
Mike Richards Forced To Undergo Sensitivity Training To Remain “Jeopardy!” Executive Producer
James Woods: Military Casualties In Afghanistan a Direct Result Of Biden Being “More Concerned With Pronouns” Than National Security
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” Star Karen Allen Claims She Had Nazi Seduction Scene Tossed From Script
“Outer Banks” Sees Huge Streaming Numbers On Netflix
Sports
US Open Will Not Require Masks Or Proof Of COVID Vaccine For Spectators
Dodgers-Padres Wednesday Night Matchup One Of The Craziest Games Of 2021
Report: Rajon Rondo, DeAndre Jordan Could Join Lakers Via Buyout
Fully Vaccinated Bucs Kicker Out This Weekend After Testing Positive For COVID
Stephen A. Smith Wants to Create ESPN “Dream Team” With Magic Johnson
LeBron James’ Agent Sued For Advising Negligence
Bills Isaiah McKenzie Fined For Violating COVID-19 Mask Protocol
UFC Champ Blasts Ring Girls: “Most Useless People in Martial Arts”
=== Newsmax Headlines ===
- US Airstrike Targets ISIS 'Planner' in Afghanistan
- Young Dad-to-Be Among 13 US Troops Killed
- Lawmakers Flooded by Pleas From Desperate Afghans
- Lindsey Graham Wants Biden to Recognize Opposition Forces
- Trump: My Deal With Taliban Cost No American Lives
- Rep. Meijer Wants Resignations After Secret Afghan Trip
- Zeldin Calls on Biden to Resign After Kabul Airport Attack
- 3 More Domestic US Military Bases to House Afghan Evacuees
- Poll: Most Americans Blame Biden for Kabul Attack
- Trump: Biden's Withdrawal Makes US Look 'Pathetic'
- Rep. Ronny Jackson: 'Bad Things Going to Happen' on National Security |
- Sen. Blackburn: 'Boots Win the War, Suits Lose the War'
- Ex DOD Adviser: Afghanistan 'Beginnings of Possible Hostage Situation' |
- Rep. Bishop: Congress Should Be in Session During Afghan Crisis |
- Rep. Bacon: Kabul Attacks 'Worst National Security Debacle' |
- RNC's McDaniel to Newsmax: Biden Has 'Blood on His Hands,' Should Resign |
- Rep. Roy: Congress Must Take Action on Biden, Blinken |
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1. Covid. A reasonable policy of free market drug makers governed by our informed consent and consumer honesty tort laws would work much, much better than the FDA actually functions. a/ No immunity from suit; b/ liability for false promises; and c/ specificity required of efficacy and safety predictions. https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/if-you-want-people-to-trust-the-vaccines
2. Legal. Another vaccine mandate lawsuit I will be breaking down later today. https://bangordailynews.com/2021/08/25/news/national-religious-group-sues-mills-over-vaccine-mandate-for-health-care-workers/
3. Economic. "U.S. household debt climbed to a record high of $15.0 trillion in the second quarter of 2021." https://www.newyorkfed.org/microeconomics/hhdc
4. Political. Iran hostages. Blackhawk down. Benghazi. Now Kabul. Democrats are magically gifted at foreign policy debacles that invariably involve Islamist nations. It's part of the Arabist curse that dates to the 1940s early State Department establishment. They came fantasying themselves Laurence of Arabia and deluding themselves into reimagining Islamist nations into peace-loving Persians just needing one more woke class to awake to the wonders of liberalism. Now Biden might have topped them all, as even lefty Politico calls it "the darkest day." https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/26/joe-biden-afghanistan-kabul-presidency-506970
5. Cultural. College football starts tomorrow! My first betting preview:
- Bonus: Lullabies are good for the whole family. https://www.routledge.com/Expanding-Professionalism-in-Music-and-Higher-Music-Education-A-Changing/Westerlund-Gaunt/p/book/9780367622046
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Here is a video I made Blue Skies Project
This is my Final Cut attempt
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"Blue Skies" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1926.
The song was composed in 1926 as a last-minute addition to the Rodgers and Hart musical Betsy. Although the show only ran for 39 performances, "Blue Skies" was an instant success, with audiences on opening night demanding 24 encores of the piece from star Belle Baker. During the final repetition, Ms. Baker forgot her lyrics, prompting Berlin to sing them from his seat in the front row.
In 1927, the music was published and Ben Selvin's recorded version was a #1 hit. That same year, it became one of the first songs to be featured in a talkie, when Al Jolson performed it in The Jazz Singer. Another version of the song was recorded by Benny Goodman and his Orchestra in 1935 [Victor Scroll 25136]. 1946 was also a notable year for the song, with a Bing Crosby/Fred Astaire film taking its title, and two recorded versions by Count Basie and Benny Goodman reaching #8 and #9 on the pop charts, respectively. Crossing genres, Willie Nelson's recording of "Blue Skies" was a #1 country music hit in 1978. It was a major western swing and country standard already in 1939, by Moon Mullican, and in 1962 by Jim Reeves.
"Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "Bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song -- Nothing but bluebirds all day long."
=== From 2018 ===
Scott Morrison deserves a chance as PM. Media are going over old history to see if they can overturn him. It is almost as if Turnbull had kept a dirt file and now he doesn't need it he can release it. One issue is the case of Michael Towke, who had been endorsed as candidate in ScoMo's seat before ScoMo was in parliament. The seat had belonged to Bruce Baird and Towke got preselected with over ten times ScoMo's votes. But after a mud fight, Towke was dis-endorsed. ScoMo, who had been party director in NSW then got the seat. Sam Dastyari claims that ScoMo supporters tasked ALP for dirt as Towke had come from ALP, who have a long history of taking ethnic minorities for granted. It was a blue ribbon seat and Towke had a low profile and sued successfully for defamation. Preselections get ugly. ScoMo stopped the boats and successfully held the reigns of treasurer as Turnbull made his life difficult. Morrison can cut through issues to get things done. He is engaged in fighting the culture wars which need to be fought to put forward a conservative view.
Tony Abbott has been engaged to be special envoy on indigenous affairs. He has an excellent track record already.
Mary E White may have been killed by her daughter. The environmental activist may have had dementia her entire career, but the 92 year old was allegedly killed by her 66 yo daughter giving her too many drugs after dementia advanced. This sparks a euthanasia debate for NYT.
Donald Trump has taken Google to task for skewed search results. Google's defence when Bush supporters questioned their results a decade ago was that the algorithms were apolitical. Apparently left wing followers are lying, rude and vicious, and that skews the search results.
From my article on Quora
How would you improve the K1–12 math curriculum?
In Australia, math and related numeracy is well covered by curriculum, but not well taught. We fail to appropriately remediate. We have students who complete year 6 Primary School with some very low standards. We try to address those, when learning difficulties are present, but not those who don’t have learning difficulties, but have missed important cues.
Middle ability kids in high school have often missed learning cues and so, keep missing more. Their learning becomes dysfunctional and they tend to perform and behave badly. But when their needs are met, and they can compete with the highest, they can become very enthusiastic, and sometimes show off their new skills to low ability students. This lifts whole school performance.
Remediation is free, but teachers often cannot pursue it because of the crowded curriculum. Instead of spending big dollars on gender stereotyping, teachers could identify (NAPLAN) and address middle ability students with needs.
There are students who will not be helped, and whose parents are difficult. That is ok, they don’t need to divert time and energy to address that. There are students who would like help if they could be given it. Perhaps their parents cannot afford tutoring. Remediation programs need to be in place in almost every high school. The suggestion is to identify kids in year 8 and year 10 needing remediation in the middle bands. Get permission from parents to withdraw the kids for one period a week with material that addresses their needs. Test to find attainment. Linked with online material and enrichment. This could be an excellent no cost program for any state wanting to improve education in schools.
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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. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. ALP are spending $11 billion on a shallow rail tunnel to the CBD of Melbourne from Dandenong's direction. It is supposed to save on travel times by as much as 25 minutes to St Kilda Rd and 15 minutes to Parkville. Journey planner on PTV shows it takes an hour and 24 minutes from my home to Parkville, and an hour and eight minutes to St Kilda Rd right now. So the time savings seem inexplicable unless the Parkville stop will not be on the city line. Because the dig is shallow a lot of disruption will be experienced related to the dig for the next seven years. Don't expect an ALP plan to be on budget. Williams, why not dig deeper? It will cost a little more, but won't impede CBD activity for eight years. Trees can remain in place. Trams won't be stopped, nor busses redirected. I'd be interested to hear from anyone on this issue. Will it improve your daily journey to work or school?
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.
Tony Abbott has been engaged to be special envoy on indigenous affairs. He has an excellent track record already.
Mary E White may have been killed by her daughter. The environmental activist may have had dementia her entire career, but the 92 year old was allegedly killed by her 66 yo daughter giving her too many drugs after dementia advanced. This sparks a euthanasia debate for NYT.
Donald Trump has taken Google to task for skewed search results. Google's defence when Bush supporters questioned their results a decade ago was that the algorithms were apolitical. Apparently left wing followers are lying, rude and vicious, and that skews the search results.
From my article on Quora
How would you improve the K1–12 math curriculum?
In Australia, math and related numeracy is well covered by curriculum, but not well taught. We fail to appropriately remediate. We have students who complete year 6 Primary School with some very low standards. We try to address those, when learning difficulties are present, but not those who don’t have learning difficulties, but have missed important cues.
Middle ability kids in high school have often missed learning cues and so, keep missing more. Their learning becomes dysfunctional and they tend to perform and behave badly. But when their needs are met, and they can compete with the highest, they can become very enthusiastic, and sometimes show off their new skills to low ability students. This lifts whole school performance.
Remediation is free, but teachers often cannot pursue it because of the crowded curriculum. Instead of spending big dollars on gender stereotyping, teachers could identify (NAPLAN) and address middle ability students with needs.
There are students who will not be helped, and whose parents are difficult. That is ok, they don’t need to divert time and energy to address that. There are students who would like help if they could be given it. Perhaps their parents cannot afford tutoring. Remediation programs need to be in place in almost every high school. The suggestion is to identify kids in year 8 and year 10 needing remediation in the middle bands. Get permission from parents to withdraw the kids for one period a week with material that addresses their needs. Test to find attainment. Linked with online material and enrichment. This could be an excellent no cost program for any state wanting to improve education in schools.
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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. Williams was given those titles when elected in 2014. It is difficult to find what value she has been to Dandenong, but clearly the ALP see her as the future. ALP are spending $11 billion on a shallow rail tunnel to the CBD of Melbourne from Dandenong's direction. It is supposed to save on travel times by as much as 25 minutes to St Kilda Rd and 15 minutes to Parkville. Journey planner on PTV shows it takes an hour and 24 minutes from my home to Parkville, and an hour and eight minutes to St Kilda Rd right now. So the time savings seem inexplicable unless the Parkville stop will not be on the city line. Because the dig is shallow a lot of disruption will be experienced related to the dig for the next seven years. Don't expect an ALP plan to be on budget. Williams, why not dig deeper? It will cost a little more, but won't impede CBD activity for eight years. Trees can remain in place. Trams won't be stopped, nor busses redirected. I'd be interested to hear from anyone on this issue. Will it improve your daily journey to work or school?
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. A UK journalist has claimed Horatio Nelson was a racist bigot based on his toeing a Whig Party line when he was in the house of Lords. Except she is wrong about Nelson's position, which she infers entirely from his position of the side she is a partisan supporter of. Slavery is something that British Labor and US Democrats are connected to by their partisan forebears. Nelson only chose to be a Whig so the press of the day would favourably report him. And they did. In fact, Nelson preferred British sea men on his ships as he bolstered professionalism among his troops. Nelson did not like the shanghai method of employing drunks on his vessels. Further, in opposing pirate slavers vessels which transported sugar from the West Indies, Nelson was relegated for decades from active naval duty. The merchants he offended were well connected in London.
Revisionist historians are allowed to say what they say, but they should defend it too. A lot of Australian revisionist historians have made claims used by people like Bill Shorten, to claim that there was a stolen generation and atrocities committed by government policy against Australian Aboriginals. Those claims have been acted on by activists (including politicians) to desecrate landmarks, including statues of Captain Cook and Lachlan Macquarie. But the truth is, while some instances of atrocities had occurred, there was no stolen generation and no government policy to harm Aboriginal peoples. Melbourne Radio station 3AW invited a revisionist historian who opposed the activist outrage while still endorsing the apology underpinning the ideological position which is wrong. The Rudd apology, by limiting the intervention, has harmed Aboriginal peoples. The racist position of those patronising Aboriginal peoples is doing what those people claimed happened historically. And by not reporting the truth, 3AW is not being balanced.
On the issue of Gay marriage, conservatives are supporting a yes vote. Conservatives are also supporting a 'no' vote. However, media are being intellectually dishonest by not reporting on the 'no' case. And the bullying of people into voting 'yes' without reporting a 'no' case is wrong. My position is to vote 'no' because protections for churches are not being offered, but are required for those acting on faith. Civil Unions for gays are legal. Gay marriage is recognised in Australia. The only thing that will be changed is activists could demand to be married in a church which would not endorse it on faith grounds. And that is wrong. The result could mean that churches might choose not to marry anyone.
Revisionist historians are allowed to say what they say, but they should defend it too. A lot of Australian revisionist historians have made claims used by people like Bill Shorten, to claim that there was a stolen generation and atrocities committed by government policy against Australian Aboriginals. Those claims have been acted on by activists (including politicians) to desecrate landmarks, including statues of Captain Cook and Lachlan Macquarie. But the truth is, while some instances of atrocities had occurred, there was no stolen generation and no government policy to harm Aboriginal peoples. Melbourne Radio station 3AW invited a revisionist historian who opposed the activist outrage while still endorsing the apology underpinning the ideological position which is wrong. The Rudd apology, by limiting the intervention, has harmed Aboriginal peoples. The racist position of those patronising Aboriginal peoples is doing what those people claimed happened historically. And by not reporting the truth, 3AW is not being balanced.
On the issue of Gay marriage, conservatives are supporting a yes vote. Conservatives are also supporting a 'no' vote. However, media are being intellectually dishonest by not reporting on the 'no' case. And the bullying of people into voting 'yes' without reporting a 'no' case is wrong. My position is to vote 'no' because protections for churches are not being offered, but are required for those acting on faith. Civil Unions for gays are legal. Gay marriage is recognised in Australia. The only thing that will be changed is activists could demand to be married in a church which would not endorse it on faith grounds. And that is wrong. The result could mean that churches might choose not to marry anyone.
=== from 2016 ===
The Northern territory Win for the ALP is so one sided that it looks likely a coalition of independents will be needed to form an opposition. Country Liberal Party, the natural conservative force, is reduced to one, possibly two seats. Six seats are in doubt. The ALP have fifteen definite. CLP 1 seat. Others have three seats. As a rule of thumb, any independent favours the ALP. Of great concern is the fact the ALP have no policy, no plans. They can tax and spend at will. They can raid savings and stifle investigation into any rorts. Stay tuned for stagnation and pork barrels in the Northern Territory. But the sad fact is that it was hard to support the CLP. PM Turnbull distanced himself from them, but he undermined them too when he was campaigning to be PM. Turnbull does not know how to build conservative support. Maybe the ALP will lead a sober responsible government. That can happen. This time last year, the Abbott government was building strong foundations from the support base undermined by Turnbull. It had been so effective, that Turnbull panicked and led a coup early, before the Hastie By Election. Had Hastie won well before the coup, 55 bed wetters might not have trashed PM Abbott.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
=== from 2015 ===
More illegal immigrants die in Europe thanks to compassionate policy. Strong border protection with a healthy immigration policy accepting refugees is the only way forward, and that is another reason why the Abbott Government deserves support.
ALP is accepting free legal work. But is it free? How often is it declared? How much is it worth? It is corrupt, and how will the corruption be addressed? Dan Andrews' socialist Victorian government protects the corrupt. ALP and Greens have sold out mine workers in Newcastle. The council is removing investment in banks that hold funds in fossil fuel projects. Bob Hawke tells ALP to support free trade with China. ALP fails to take ISIL seriously. That is a security concern for Australia.
Joe Hockey has gone wandering away from treasurer work to take an advocates position for a group advocating Australia become a Republic. Were Joe to find the missing $600 billion the ALP lost in government then many would see it as gain to change the name.
Gay propaganda film has no place in schools. One may have no problem with children being given a view into gay issues. But they should not be subject to the lies and inflations without critical thinking implicit to the film. Gillard back flip on public trust. She once wanted a public vote on Gay Marriage. Now she opposes it.
Why are leftists preaching tolerance, intolerant? Only killers that are white are racist?
Science communicator Robyn Williams wonders why people don't trust the science he betrayed in embracing Anthropogenic Global Warming Hysteria.
From 2014
It was in 1927 when on this day five Canadian women petitioned the Supreme Court of Canada as to whether the word 'persons' used in section 24 of the British North America Act 1867, included females. The supreme court deliberated and decided it did not. Constitutions are for states to determine their behaviour and have no business in the issue of gender and race. Unless some racist bigot wants to include gender or race issues, in which case the state may not act rationally. It is bizarre how people want the comfort of the state to accept aspects of their lives. Is their married partner acceptable to the state? Is their car acceptable to the state? Is their house situated correctly for the state? There are things a state has to do, but the level of intrusion is very high in daily lives. Take an example of a female dentist in Iraq whose town was over run by the Islamo Fascist state of ISIS and, because she had treated men in her occupation, she was executed. The state did not approve. Meanwhile, there are some in Australia who want to change the constitution to include race. Once that change is achieved, how will the state behave? Maybe it is better that the behaviours of the state is left, in the constitution, to address how the Federal and State governments behave with each other, and not to individuals. And, also,the concept of Terra Nullius is not part of the constitution, although bigots may believe they see it.
People tire of anti Islam sentiment, so the story of an Islamo fascist serial killer rampaging through the US might have gone unnoticed as press decided there was no human interest angle. Ali Muhammad Brown killed a gay couple in Seattle after setting up a meeting on a dating site. Apparently that will stop Obama from bombing somebody. Or something. One thing that isn't happening is Islamic leaders showing leadership by denouncing terrorism. Some have said in defence of those leaders that that would achieve nothing worthwhile. However, leadership is not about doing what is popular. A competent leader would speak out in support of what decent people would do. One is reminded of how no ALP member of a recent minority government was capable of taking a stand against corruption, so clearly the bottom line has been met and we see the natural constituents of the ALP.
PUP might implode, or it might not. Maybe the issue of race will become an issue of respect. Palmer recently apologised for calling Chinese people bad names. Rudd never apologised for calling them rat fuckers. Now Dio Wang, WA PUP senator might not accept the irrational views of his leader. Or he might. There is no evidence Palmer is a rat, but he isn't a good person by his own admissions. Meanwhile some are saying Lambie is ambitious and might leave the pack. But none of them are saying they will vote sensibly on legislation. Big questions need to be asked regarding judicial bias. A high level union rep asked that her prosecutor be replaced on the grounds she had had a short affair with him over twenty years ago. He should have stepped aside before she had to declare it. But he has not stepped aside even so. The ICAC are still focused on smearing Liberals without addressing actual corruption, almost daring the government to disband them because they don't want to have to investigate the ALP.
People tire of anti Islam sentiment, so the story of an Islamo fascist serial killer rampaging through the US might have gone unnoticed as press decided there was no human interest angle. Ali Muhammad Brown killed a gay couple in Seattle after setting up a meeting on a dating site. Apparently that will stop Obama from bombing somebody. Or something. One thing that isn't happening is Islamic leaders showing leadership by denouncing terrorism. Some have said in defence of those leaders that that would achieve nothing worthwhile. However, leadership is not about doing what is popular. A competent leader would speak out in support of what decent people would do. One is reminded of how no ALP member of a recent minority government was capable of taking a stand against corruption, so clearly the bottom line has been met and we see the natural constituents of the ALP.
PUP might implode, or it might not. Maybe the issue of race will become an issue of respect. Palmer recently apologised for calling Chinese people bad names. Rudd never apologised for calling them rat fuckers. Now Dio Wang, WA PUP senator might not accept the irrational views of his leader. Or he might. There is no evidence Palmer is a rat, but he isn't a good person by his own admissions. Meanwhile some are saying Lambie is ambitious and might leave the pack. But none of them are saying they will vote sensibly on legislation. Big questions need to be asked regarding judicial bias. A high level union rep asked that her prosecutor be replaced on the grounds she had had a short affair with him over twenty years ago. He should have stepped aside before she had to declare it. But he has not stepped aside even so. The ICAC are still focused on smearing Liberals without addressing actual corruption, almost daring the government to disband them because they don't want to have to investigate the ALP.
Historical perspective on this day
475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna.
489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
632 – Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had died, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.
663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japanto withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
489 – Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeats Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
632 – Fatimah, daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad had died, with her cause of death being a controversial topic among the Sunni Muslims and Shia Muslims.
663 – Silla–Tang armies crush the Baekje restoration attempt and force Yamato Japanto withdraw from Korea in the Battle of Baekgang.
1189 – Third Crusade: The Crusaders begin the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
1521 – The Ottoman Turks occupy Belgrade.
1524 – The Kaqchikel Maya rebel against their former Spanish allies during the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
1542 – Turkish–Portuguese War (1538–57): Battle of Wofla: The Portuguese are scattered, their leader Christovão da Gama is captured and later executed.
1565 РPedro Men̩ndez de Avil̩s sights land near St. Augustine, Florida and founds the oldest continuously occupied European-established city in the continental United States.
1609 – Henry Hudson discovers Delaware Bay.
1619 – Election of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor.
1640 – Second Bishop's War: King Charles I's English army loses to a Scottish Covenanter force at the Battle of Newburn.
1648 – The Siege of Colchester ends when Royalists Forces surrender to the Parliamentary Forces after eleven weeks, during the Second English Civil War.
1709 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
1810 – Battle of Grand Port: The French accept the surrender of a British Navyfleet.
1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in US railroads.
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
1849 – After a month-long siege, Venice, which had declared itself independent as the Republic of San Marco, surrenders to Austria.
1859 – The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
1861 – American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina in the Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries which lasts for two days.
1862 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Bull Run, also known as the Battle of Second Manassas. The battle ends on August 30.
1867 – The United States takes possession of the (at this point unoccupied) Midway Atoll.
1879 – Cetshwayo, last king of the Zulus, is captured by the British.
1898 – Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola".
1901 – Silliman University is founded in the Philippines. It is the first American private school in the country.
1909 – A group of mid-level Greek Army officers launches the Goudi coup, seeking wide-ranging reforms.
1913 – Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
1914 – World War I: The Royal Navy defeats the German fleet in the Battle of Heligoland Bight.
1914 – World War I: German troops take the city of Namur in Belgium.
1916 – World War I: Germany declares war on Romania.
1916 – World War I: Italy declares war on Germany.
1917 – Ten Suffragettes are arrested while picketing the White House.
1924 – The Georgian opposition stages the August Uprising against the Soviet Union.
1931 – France and the Soviet Union sign a treaty of non-aggression.
1937 – Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
1943 – Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next day, martial law is imposed on Denmark.
1944 – World War II: Marseille and Toulon are liberated.
1955 – Black teenager Emmett Till is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing the nascent Civil Rights Movement.
1957 – U.S. Senator Strom Thurmond begins a filibuster to prevent the Senate from voting on Civil Rights Act of 1957; he stopped speaking 24 hours and 18 minutes later, the longest filibuster ever conducted by a single Senator.
1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech
1964 – The Philadelphia race riot begins.
1968 – Rioting takes place in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention, triggering a brutal police crackdown.
1988 – Ramstein air show disaster: Three aircraft of the Frecce Tricoloridemonstration team collide and the wreckage falls into the crowd. Seventy-five are killed and 346 seriously injured.
1990 – Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
1990 – An F5 tornado strikes the Illinois cities of Plainfield and Joliet, killing 29 people.
1993 – The Galileo spacecraft discovers a moon, later named Dactyl, around 243 Ida, the first known asteroid moon.
1998 – Pakistan's National Assembly passes a constitutional amendment to make the "Qur'an and Sunnah" the "supreme law" but the bill is defeated in the Senate.
1998 – Second Congo War: Loyalist troops backed by Angolan and Zimbabweanforces repulse the RCD and Rwandan offensive on Kinshasa.
=== Bible Reading ===
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Today's reading: Psalm 120-122, 1 Corinthians 9 (NIV)
View today's reading on Bible Gateway
Today's Old Testament reading: Psalm 120-122
A song of ascents.
1 I call on the LORD in my distress,
and he answers me.
2 Save me, LORD,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
and he answers me.
2 Save me, LORD,
from lying lips
and from deceitful tongues.
3 What will he do to you,
and what more besides,
you deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom bush.
and what more besides,
you deceitful tongue?
4 He will punish you with a warrior's sharp arrows,
with burning coals of the broom bush.
5 Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek,
that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.
7 I am for peace;
but when I speak, they are for war....
that I live among the tents of Kedar!
6 Too long have I lived
among those who hate peace.
7 I am for peace;
but when I speak, they are for war....
Today's New Testament reading: 1 Corinthians 9
Paul's Rights as an Apostle
1 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not the result of my work in the Lord? 2 Even though I may not be an apostle to others, surely I am to you! For you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord.
3 This is my defense to those who sit in judgment on me. 4Don't we have the right to food and drink? 5 Don't we have the right to take a believing wife along with us, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? 6 Or is it only I and Barnabas who lack the right to not work for a living?
7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its grapes? Who tends a flock and does not drink the milk? 8 Do I say this merely on human authority? Doesn't the Law say the same thing? 9 For it is written in the Law of Moses: "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." Is it about oxen that God is concerned?10 Surely he says this for us, doesn't he? Yes, this was written for us, because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest. 11 If we have sown spiritual seed among you, is it too much if we reap a material harvest from you? 12 If others have this right of support from you, shouldn't we have it all the more?
=== Morning and Evening ===
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Morning
Strive with all diligence to keep out that monster unbelief. It so dishonours Christ, that he will withdraw his visible presence if we insult him by indulging it. It is true it is a weed, the seeds of which we can never entirely extract from the soil, but we must aim at its root with zeal and perseverance. Among hateful things it is the most to be abhorred. Its injurious nature is so venomous that he that exerciseth it and he upon whom it is exercised are both hurt thereby. In thy case, O believer! it is most wicked, for the mercies of thy Lord in the past, increase thy guilt in doubting him now. When thou dost distrust the Lord Jesus, he may well cry out, "Behold I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves." This is crowning his head with thorns of the sharpest kind. It is very cruel for a well-beloved wife to mistrust a kind and faithful husband. The sin is needless, foolish, and unwarranted. Jesus has never given the slightest ground for suspicion, and it is hard to be doubted by those to whom our conduct is uniformly affectionate and true. Jesus is the Son of the Highest, and has unbounded wealth; it is shameful to doubt Omnipotence and distrust all-sufficiency. The cattle on a thousand hills will suffice for our most hungry feeding, and the granaries of heaven are not likely to be emptied by our eating. If Christ were only a cistern, we might soon exhaust his fulness, but who can drain a fountain? Myriads of spirits have drawn their supplies from him, and not one of them has murmured at the scantiness of his resources. Away, then, with this lying traitor unbelief, for his only errand is to cut the bonds of communion and make us mourn an absent Saviour. Bunyan tells us that unbelief has "as many lives as a cat:" if so, let us kill one life now, and continue the work till the whole nine are gone. Down with thee, thou traitor, my heart abhors thee.
Evening
These words have been frequently used by holy men in their hour of departure. We may profitably consider them this evening. The object of the faithful man's solicitude in life and death is not his body or his estate, but his spirit; this is his choice treasure--if this be safe, all is well. What is this mortal state compared with the soul? The believer commits his soul to the hand of his God; it came from him, it is his own, he has aforetime sustained it, he is able to keep it, and it is most fit that he should receive it. All things are safe in Jehovah's hands; what we entrust to the Lord will be secure, both now and in that day of days towards which we are hastening. It is peaceful living, and glorious dying, to repose in the care of heaven. At all times we should commit our all to Jesus' faithful hand; then, though life may hang on a thread, and adversities may multiply as the sands of the sea, our soul shall dwell at ease, and delight itself in quiet resting places.
"Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth." Redemption is a solid basis for confidence. David had not known Calvary as we have done, but temporal redemption cheered him; and shall not eternal redemption yet more sweetly console us? Past deliverances are strong pleas for present assistance. What the Lord has done he will do again, for he changes not. He is faithful to his promises, and gracious to his saints; he will not turn away from his people.
"Though thou slay me I will trust,
Praise thee even from the dust,
Prove, and tell it as I prove,
Thine unutterable love.
Thou mayst chasten and correct,
But thou never canst neglect;
Since the ransom price is paid,
On thy love my hope is stay'd."
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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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