Wednesday, November 17, 2021

17th Nov Review of Historical and Current Affairs

My name is David Daniel Ball and I am Voice DDB dot locals dot com a voice of freedom supporting freedom around the world for all peoples. I write on historical and current affairs. I look for the conservative voice where mainstream media eschews it. Around the world media espouses liberalism orthodoxy and proclaims a history of liberalism that never happened. Liberalism of today is based on repeated lies that have been accepted from the past.

Consider these recent truths

There is hope. Today we have the gloomy subject matter of the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, nearing an end, and, the ongoing Presidency of Joe Biden, and, the ongoing corruption of the FBI. And yet there is hope.

This week saw the defense mistake of placing Rittenhouse on the stand and giving a corrupt Prosecution carte blanche to lie. A desperate, exposed judge fought valiantly to preserve justice while Rittenhouse was betrayed by those charged to defend him, and denounced by those charged with upholding justice denied Rittenhouse. Along the way, we heard the Presidential candidate Joe Biden call Rittenhouse a white supremacist. We discovered the riot which forced Rittenhouse to act in self defence was a machination of the FBI to facilitate a coup which was part of the 2020 election fraud. What did Biden achieve by calling Rittenhouse a white supremacist? What did the FBI achieve by facilitating a murderous riot?

The press have not told you. They largely, have not reported on aspects of the Rittenhouse trial shown publicly. Rittenhouse acted in self defence. Three times he needed to apply deadly force that night, before he managed to secure safety from a local police armed response group acting as neutral observers. A longstanding Democrat, the local mayor has been among those persecuting Rittenhouse who prevented rioters from setting fire to a gas station and blowing up a neighbourhood. We saw Rittenhouse attacked thanks in part to FBI surveillance which seemed to be keeping tabs on their operatives running amok. Rittenhouse was kicked in the face and he did not kill the unidentified assailant. Rittenhouse was assaulted and a now dead man tried to take Rittenhouse’ gun. The chief persecutor asked why Rittenhouse brought a gun, saying it was merely to kill rioters. One guesses that that is what the persecutor would have done. Rittenhouse used it to defend his life from those who charged and assailed him. One assailant, who survived because Rittenhouse is not some mere killer, charged Rittenhouse and raised his gun to him before Rittenhouse shot him, disabling him from killing Rittenhouse.That surviving assailant has demanded ten million dollars for his testimony. Following his testimony, mainstream media lauded him and wrote of his resilience and interviewed him as a victim and survivor.

Those who know Rittenhouse is innocent of murder through self defence can see that that is the fact, in the trial. But, what of those who believe Rittenhouse is a white supremacist who brought a gun to a ‘peaceful’ riot? The chief persecutor is sticking to script. By ignoring law and focusing what divides Americans, the persecutor is merely doing the job given him by the likes of Joe Biden . Biden did not call Rittenhouse a white supremacist because Rittenhouse is racist. Rittenhouse is not racist. Biden is racist, but that is not the reason for the policy statement. A narrative is being painted to convince actual racists that Rittenhouse should be persecuted. And, we saw on the stand a lone, undefended boy, having a panic attack as bothe his defence and the persecutor publicly assailed and denied him succour. Rittenhouse is innocent, but he may still be convicted by jury. He is still fighting for his life.

Some are saying Joe Biden is the worst President ever. It is not a competition. Biden is mounting a strong argument for the accolade, and he is not yet done. But, an unseemly parade of awful precedes him. What of the claims of Johnson who ended reconstruction and established resistance to freedom through the KKK? What of person who facilitated modern poverty and inequity through their new deal, exploiting Americans by race and gifting them single, unemployed parents? What of the guy who nuked a civilian population twice? What of the guy who restarted a cold war to solve the policy vacuum created by their poor foreign policy?

Some are saying the FBI must be disbanded because they facilitated a violent coup. But then, what was Watergate? Why was Weather Underground protected by the FBI? What is the FBI’s role in the drug distribution networks and the faux arms management crises that sees cities like Boston and Detroit vie for the epithet ‘murder capitals.’?

Biden looks awful because Trump is so good. But also Carter and Reagan played similar roles. I liken the problem with fighting the Devil. Don’t do it. In fighting the Devil, one may well dance to the Devil’s tune. Instead, hold to the Lord. The Lord has already defeated the Devil, and the only future the Devil has is in a black pit of despair, eternally separated from God. But, that is not your future if you hold to the Lord.

We have hope. It is incumbent on us to win back the freedom denied us. And to protect that freedom. We will do that democratically. We will take back our legislature. We will get our courts to return to protecting our constitution.

I have lost everything several times. And yet here I am. Behind me is an Australian flag and a MAGA cap. On my MAGA cap is an American flag. I will die, one day. But, I pledge allegiance to the flag (of Australia and) the United States of America. And to the republics for which they stand. One nation. Indivisible. Under God. With liberty, and justice, for all.

We are being lied to. But not by everyone. Our nations and their justice machinery are not broken, but damaged. Things are bad, but they are supposed to be bad, rather than merely breaking. We can't give up. We must reject the liars, and remove them from public office, and prosecute them lawfully. Things can get better, but we must persevere or risk losing hope. We must not fight the Devil by playing the Devil's game. Rather we must resist the Devil by being free. There is no law against doing what is right. Their utter depravity kills us. They target us and they seek to restrain us. But while the greatest among us a hundred years ago has died, their legacy has not. That which we are, we are. Lockdowns were ineffective in dealing with COVID. Effective medication has been denied whole populations. Herd immunity will prevail. Fraud deleteriously affected recent elections around the world. But, Democracy will prevail. Our oppressors will pass. For us to win, we must assert our freedoms. For us to lose, we must willingly surrender our freedoms forever. Our children will have to pay back our debt. We must sacrifice now so that they can. That means telling truth to power. That means pointing up when when some get confused and lose their way. Stand by the one who sacrificed their pension and freedoms to speak out. Prosecute the ones forgiven by a debauched and self interested administration. Vote for those who help you exercise your freedom. Don't wait for free speech. Exercise free speech.

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Intro to Locals.com

My name is David Daniel Ball I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence. 

I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections. 

I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. I had reported the issue responsibly and had not known I'd blown the whistle. The embarrassed left wing government had responded by imposition of a nationwide ban on the use of peanut butter in canteens, despite failing to address the issue of peanut allergy appropriately. 

I've been de-platformed on Facebook and twitter despite not being an activist. Twitter did not like me asking for Obama to face justice in 2011. FB gave no specific reason for removing me following Jan 6th 2021 in Washington DC where a policeman killed an unarmed woman, so a crowd would know he was in control.

https://voiceddb.locals.com/post/1018405/intro-to-locals-for-the-conservative-voice

=== From 2020 ===
Trump cycle has it Trump is on his knees, before ... Media is cheering expected partisan court decisions to not support inquiry into voting fraud. However, they overstate the meaning of the shortfalls. The Trump campaign to have their electoral win restored was never going to be straightforward. They have the evidence. It points to multiple elections and undermines the credibility of US Democracy. Ultimately, aspects of it will be decided by SCOTUS. We do not yet know how SCOTUS will decide, or even what exact evidence they will face. But we know the evidence is substantial, and in an effort to suppress the will of conservative resistance, media are claiming that the evidence is not substantive and so the evidence is yet to be addressed. Maybe there is a good reason for a CIA asset being deployed to fraudulently control the US election. Let us hear what it is.

It is apparent that Dems committed fraud to steal the 2020 election. They may well have done similar in 2016. In 2016, Fox declared Pennsylvania early to HRC. The demand was made for Trump to concede. Trump won in 2016, but it surprised the establishment that did similar in their voter suppression as they have done in 2020. HRC had organised a victory party, but blessed marching vagina instead. Even her book did not say what happened. Trump has been very good at mobilising ordinary, decent Americans to support him in numbers greater than any GOP ever. Trump does not court race, or gender, like his racist, bigoted opposition have. Yet Trump has extraordinary minority support for a GOP, possibly the highest since Eleanor Roosevelt courted the Black vote as her husband exploited them. The Dem voting pattern and issues echo the Obama wins too. How long have Dems been using these fraudulent methods to obtain votes? Did they use them to bodgy the 2006 mid terms? It is not that the mysterious support of vapour for Dems is so clearly fraudulent, but, other than violent rioters, and #FakeNews, where is their support, really? How come there is no policy platform for Democrats? Why does Big Tech have to censor the truth? How many millions of Trump supporting votes have been given to Biden? The corruption is so apparent, and so pervasive, that if Trump concedes 2020, he will be conceding all elections that follow, and the flame of liberty will be extinguished in America.

Ep. 1394 The Left is Terrified of This Question About the 2020 Election - The Dan Bongino Show
In this episode, I discuss the troubling issues with the software used to tabulate the 2020 election. Explosive new information is emerging that must be investigated.

News Picks:


Giuliani Says Dominion Shouldn’t Be Counting Votes Anywhere
Lawsuit Seeks to Block Certification of Georgia Election Results
Recounts Vs. Audits
CNN Displeased When Mary Katherine Ham Calls Out Their Hypocrisy on Conceding Elections
Obama Says He Didn’t Want to Campaign for Biden
Carl Bernstein Calls for Reporters to Reveal Anonymous Anti-Trump GOP Senators
Source Says Durham Investigation Is Closing Without Indictments, Fearing Potential Biden Blowback
Jim Jordan Expects Durham Report “Real Soon”
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Obama Insanely Compares Trump to Dictators in 60 Minutes Interview
https://bongino.com/obama-insanely-compares-trump-to-dictators-in-60-minutes-interview

Speaking of the Trump administration, he said “I think that there has been this sense over the last several years that literally anything goes and is justified in order to get power.”

“And that’s not unique to the United States,” Obama continued. He then tried to compare the Trump administration’s legal battles to the actions of dictators. “There are strong men and dictators around the world who think that ‘I can do anything to stay in power. I can kill people. I can throw them in jail. I can run phony elections. I can suppress journalists.’ But that’s not who we’re supposed to be.” Who knew there were so many dictators around the world filing legal motions and then accepting the results when the ruling doesn’t go their way?

“And one of the signals I think that Joe Biden needs to send to the world is that ‘No, those values that we preached, and we believed in, and subscribed in — we still believe,'” the former community organizer added.

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Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board Member: Time to Shut Down Indoor Dining, Gyms, and Home Gatherings
https://bongino.com/biden-covid-19-advisory-board-member-time-to-shut-down-indoor-dining-gyms-and-home-gatherings
During a Fox Business Network interview, Biden COVID-19 Advisory Board member Dr. Celine Gounder said we need to target “places that we know are big contributors to transmission are indoor restaurants, bars, gyms, and also private social gatherings of friends and family in the home” for closures. On the plus side, she is suggesting this as an alternative to shutting down the whole country. She also said the “draconian lockdowns” the country did earlier were a mistake. Instead, the country should, “be much more targeted about how we tighten up some of our measures. I think of it like a dimmer switch, whereas before we had an on and off light switch. So, we can dial up and dial down in a much more granular fashion. So, some of the places that we know are big contributors to transmission are indoor restaurants, bars, gyms, and also private social gatherings of friends and family in the home. So, those are really the places we need to target for closures while keeping other services, for example, schools that are — have not been major contributors to transmission, they’re not zero-risk, but they are much lower risk, and they’re an essential service. And so, we’re really prioritizing keeping schools, for example, open.”
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Scenes From a Not So Free and Fair Election
https://bongino.com/scenes-from-a-not-so-free-and-fair-election

Jenna Ellis tells Dan, “What you need to know about Dominion, it’s a foreign company…they have been systematically embedding software used by U.S. elections in various states…they have as a feature, not just as a bug, but as a feature, the ability to cancel votes, manipulate votes, look at the vote tallies.”

Ellis invites viewers to look at a review of Dominion’s “Democracy Suite 5.5A,” which was prepared for the Texas Secretary of State in 2019. Following a thorough analysis, the examiner recommends against purchasing this equipment.

James Sneeringer, Ph.D., concludes, “I cannot recommend certification. Computer systems should be designed to prevent or detect human error whenever possible and minimize the consequences of both human mistakes and equipment failure. Instead the Democracy Suite 5.5-A is fragile and error prone. In my opinion it should not be certified for use in Texas.”

Giuliani explains that “Dominion has a software that it gets from a company called SmartMatics. SmartMatics is a Delaware company, but it’s owned by Venezuelans. Venezuelans who are close to Chavez and Maduro. They actually count the vote. They count the vote in Barcelona, Spain. So the vote goes from here to Barcelona, Spain. They count it and then they give it back to us.”

“Can their software change the vote?” Giuliani asks rhetorically. “Any way they want. Absolutely.”

He mentions the 6,000-vote flip in Antrim County, Michigan that we’ve heard so much about. Although election officials claim this was an accidental glitch, Giuliani believes otherwise.

Giuliani provides some background on SmartMatics. The company “was actually established by Chavez. And the whole purpose of it was to steal elections. It’s their expertise. Stealing elections.”

“As far as we can tell, SmartMatics owns Dominion. There’s a company in between called Indra. So, we’re basically having our votes counted by Venezuelans who are close to our enemy Maduro.”

Indra Sistemas is a Spanish information technology and defense systems company.

Giuliani says, “Until a few days ago, the CEO of SmartMatics was an associate of George Soros.”

I believe he’s referring to Lord Mark Malloch-Brown. He currently serves as an advisor to the left-leaning Eurasia Group. Malloch-Brown’s bio on their website states: “Other positions have included vice chairman of George Soros’s investment funds, as well as his Open Society Institute, where he remains on the board.”

In March, the rumor that Soros himself owned SmartMatics went viral on social media. The Associated Press fact-checked the rumor and found that it was false.

In the days immediately following the election, many media outlets, including The New York Times, reminded readers that Soros has no connection to SmartMatics. I wonder why they felt the need to do that.

Giuliani continues. “One of Soros’ top guys was the CEO of SmartMatics [likely Malloch-Brown]. They took him off a couple of days ago. One of the big people in Dominion is a big supporter of Antifa.”

Dan asks, “How do we know if their vote trail is genuine and authentic?”

Giuliani shakes his head, “We don’t…The [Georgia] governor’s former – I think it was chief of staff – is now one of the chief lobbyists for Dominion and SmartMatics.”

The legal team has collected hundreds of sworn affidavits from observers. “The affidavits are evidence,” he tells Dan.

Giuliani describes a scene that one of the observers has recounted. “It’s 4:30 in the morning [November 4] in Detroit, all of the sudden out of nowhere, 100,000 ballots appear…They’re in carts and shopping bags. They pored them on a big table and the observers said that every vote was for Biden.”

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15 Reasons I Could Never Support a Democrat
https://bongino.com/15-reasons-i-could-never-support-a-democrat
1) Watch the incredible disrespect towards the police at liberal protests and you will realize Democrats are anti-cop to the point where they root for the criminals and don’t care whether the police live or die.

2) Democrats accuse everyone that disagrees with them of racism. Oppose their agenda? Racist. In the other political party? Racist. Everything and everybody against them is racist and they care zero whether it’s true or not.

3) Not only do Democrats allow rioting and looting in areas they control, they go so far overboard to excuse it that they’ll tell you protesting is “mostly peaceful” with a building burning in the background.

4) Democrats work relentlessly to censor people that they disagree with. If Democrats have power somewhere, you can be sure they are working non-stop to keep other views from being heard.

5) The primary electoral strategy Democrats have is to lie to people and tell them conservatives like me hate them. They don’t care if it’s true and they don’t care what it does to people’s lives, they just think it helps them, so they do it.

6) Democrats used to at least claim to be the party that wanted abortion to be “safe, legal, and rare.” Today, they’re the party of killing as many babies as possible. No matter what it is, if it produces more dead babies, they support it.

7) Democrats don’t believe in the 2nd Amendment. If they thought they could get away with confiscating every gun in the country tomorrow, they would.

8) Democrats encourage everyone to think of themselves as a victim. It doesn’t matter if they are, if it’s good for them, or even good for society, they have to be victims so Democrats can “save” them.

9) Democrats don’t believe in the Constitution. They believe in a living Constitution, which is no different than saying the Constitution is whatever they want it to be.

10) The Democrats are an anti-Christian Party. They mock, undermine, and smear Christians at every opportunity. Even the liberal Christians put liberalism ahead of Christ.

11) Democrats don’t believe in science. They believe in picking whatever policy they support and endlessly repeating: “You hate science,” if you don’t agree with whatever flimsy scientific evidence they offer for their position.

12) Because Democrats believe illegal aliens will support them politically, they not only support open borders, they treat illegal immigration as interchangeable with legal immigration and genuinely don’t care about the consequences for the country.

13) Democrats will claim they believe something like “gay marriage is wrong” or “men pretending to be women” shouldn’t be able to go in the women’s bathroom, change their mind, and declare that everyone who has the same opinion they did 5 minutes ago is a bigot.

14) Democrats deliberately try to keep people trapped in poverty because they’ve often seen that the same people they’ve helped impoverish will give them their votes in exchange for mediocre handouts from the government.

15) If you knew someone that falsely accused a man of attempted rape, you’d think they were the lowest scum imaginable. Yet, the Democrat Party as a whole did exactly that to Brett Kavanaugh and they knew that’s what they were doing while they were doing it.
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Unmasking anti Americanism among Biden support
https://fb.watch/1O_ijh1fkb/


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https://fb.watch/1O_-MiWhYv/
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FB place a warning to prevent people seeing evidence

https://fb.watch/1O--da7S6g/

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https://fb.watch/1P3KlTsoss/

The election is not over. Biden has not yet conceded.

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https://fb.watch/1P8IU5GtGo/

Remember, Dershowitz is a left winger. He is also a fine lawyer. I'm sure he is right, as far as he goes, but I'm sure Trump has more aces. 

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https://fb.watch/1Pq2V18FxY/

FBI investigates the crime, but FB pretends nothing to see. 

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Patriot orange tabby

Via OrganikGirlz
=== From 2017 ===

Don't give up on hope. NSW senate votes down Euthanasia by one vote. Vic Senate debates a Euthanasia bill for thirty hours, only reaching clause 9 of 141 before a senator became ill and debate was put on hold. The Victorian government tried to force a vote on the bill after the first clause was debated. 

In the United States, Jeff Sessions has tasked an investigation into Democrats colluding with Russia to steal uranium. It looks like the swamp will be drained and lots of Democrats will go to jail. So in panic, a few Democrat Congress people stage an event claiming they are impeaching Trump. 

=== from 2016 ===
IPA Review (Nov 2016) features a Matthew Lesh article on “Australian Tax Mutineers” and it includes the 1808 Rum Rebellion in NSW. Just more than twenty years since the penal colony had been founded, the Rum Rebellion was bloodless and peaceful enough. Nobody died. The Governor was taken from where he was hiding beneath his bed. Governor Bligh had form for rebellion, he had also been Captain of the Bounty when Fletcher Christian led a mutiny and Bligh brilliantly saved his life and others in an oared raft. Bligh was capable as a leader, but tensions in the colony ran deep as the colony was primarily convict, but free settlers wanted more. The rum trade (not just rum, but spirits were more prevalent than coin) was the focus of the rebellion, but the reality was the following governor Macquarie had an agenda of promoting the free state of NSW. In the end, Macquarie was broken by free traders running rough shod over him too. 

The issue has a personal interest for me. My great great great great grandfather, Mak Sai Ying came from Canton Province to Sydney and stayed there at the behest of John Blaxland in 1818. Blaxland had been dudded in a land deal with NSW by Bligh. He convinced Mak Sai Ying to claim land too. Ying was dudded by NSW too, but went on to own a pub and start a business and family. Sydney colony had been merely a penal colony, but the Rum rebellion made her into a free colony. At issue was the ‘tax’ on alcohol trade. A regressive tax which retarded growth.
=== from 2015 ===
In Syria, Russia backs the Syrian Government. The US backs some anti Assad forces. ISIL is a third party. By dividing the nation in two warring factions, a cold war is established and the world is safer as Syria implodes. It is a way of outsourcing security to Russia and it is not the sole example Obama has employed cold war tactics. He has done the same in Iran, in Ukraine, in Korea and throughout the Middle East. And wherever he has applied it, the tried and true tactics have failed, blowing up in his face, so the press have had to protect Obama. Consider why the press have never run with the question of why Ukraine facilitated rebels shooting down a Malaysian Airlines aircraft. Why was Malaysian airlines not warned about Ukrainian airspace? What role had Washington in monitoring the rebel forces during the atrocity? Why pin it on Russia? Unless it is part of a cold war big game. The tactic has failed so far in Syria. And just like the Ukraine, there are many, many, civilian casualties. And the damage is not isolated to war zones. And responsible decisions aren't being made in the cold war arm wrestle. For example, Iran is being gifted nuclear weapons.  

For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
From 2014  
MH17 forgery
MH17 photograph exposed as a forgery. Plane is flying in wrong direction and contains wrong details for the actual craft. In all probability, the entire tragedy is a Washington sting against Russia. Russia should never have allowed the equipment to be used by the separatists, but important questions need to be asked of Ukraine too .. like why they failed to warn Malaysia of the war they were fighting as well as the likelihood they deliberately got Russian separatists to target MH17. Blame Washington .. they got upset with Russia over Syria and negotiations on Iran .. and encouraged an illegitimate government in Ukraine to bid for economic independence and to deny Russia access to their naval port .. that, is the proximate cause of all of this. But, in the meantime, there is an intelligence war. The release of phone calls hours after the tragedy suggest Washington planned a smear well.
Islamo fascist bloody fail
Australia contributed four jihadis brothers to IS. Two so obese they could barely walk. Their mother is puzzled as to what has attracted them, saying they are simple boys. But simple is the kind of person who is attracted to the organisation killing Muslims and others. Meanwhile IS kills an Islamic convert who had been an aid worker, and then kills sixteen Islamic peoples who were soldiers for Syria. The killings have been deplored by world leaders, but impotent Islamic leaders are still not sure if there is sufficient evidence that the terrorists are not in fact Islamic. 
Equal pay for female tech writer?
A female tech writer who was outraged by a shirt worn by an eminent scientist has claimed she has received death threats. It is wrong to threaten the life of such fools. Take away their livelihood. They listen to money, so they say. The tech writer had been outraged by the shirt of an astro physicist who had managed the unique feat of landing a probe on an asteroid. 
Free Trade with China
The free trade deal with China has been signed. SMH are concerned about an arrangement which is already built into immigration whereby Chinese workers can be employed at Chinese projects if no Australian has the requisite skill. The 457 visa already exists for just that. Some things are not covered, like Sugar, rice and wheat. However there will be substantial expansion in key markets like education, finance, tourism and health. Also, 85% of all sales will be tariff free, expanding to 95% in a decade. 
Left wing fails
Laura Tingle misrepresented Mr Abbott's success at the G20. Mr Abbott managed to have the final communique reflect economic ambitions as Obama crowed emptily over climatic ones. However, Laura was not the only idiot fooled. Many on ABC and Channel 9 lied about what had happened at the conference. On the Insiders the panel agreed that the 'shirtfront' comment was not understood by the panel but had not affected the summit. Malcolm Farr felt that Abbott shouldn't be allowed to say such confusing things. 

Sky News is taking on the role of national broadcaster, getting coverage of political debates as the ABC cannot be trusted. 
From 2013
The dots have not yet connected Rudd to an allegation against a senior Victorian ALP MP. But otherwise, mystery remains as to why he resigned, but clearly he is as broken as he was dysfunctional in office. Fools cannot be taught. There are many lessons from Rudd's mistakes in office. One example of hubris is given by channel 9, who reported this morning on an investigator into the assassination of JFK. JFK was shot by two people, one Lee Harvey Oswald who was acting alone and using full metal jacket bullets. Two bullets were recovered from the three casings he left behind from some 15 seconds of shooting, 9 seconds of which were captured on tape. The other shooter was an accident from a secret service agent whose rifle had a dum-dum. The agent had taken the loaded rifle, undid the safety and the accidental discharge hit JFK in the back of the head. There was a cover up of the accident. However, channel 9 found a Democrat enthusiast who felt JFK, who was probably worse than Carter or Obama, had been cut in his prime. The fact that civilisation exists today is powerful testimony to a clumsy secret service agent. But that translates poorly to the ALP, which retain significant support. JFK did not learn from his mistakes, but was claimed by one of another. 

Climate fear mongering by AGW alarmists is still fed with public money. It will take them a long time to fully exhaust the $trillions of dollars they took from the worlds' poorest peoples (they claimed it came from the rich, but when rich don't spend, it is the poor who suffer). 

Also suffering are fans of Bridget Jones' Diary. In a post modernist twist, the fans lose interest in the sequel. Which is a salient warning to the ALP who don't seem to be able to pick a leader who in story terms is a good person. 

Today is a special anniversary. Czech students in the velvet revolution begin demonstrating for freedom in 1989, fifty six years after FDR recognised Soviet Union. 
Historical perspective on this day
In 474, Emperor Leo II died after a reign of 10 months. He was succeeded by his father Zeno, who became sole ruler of the Byzantine Empire. In 794, Japanese Emperor Kanmuchanged his residence from Nara to Kyoto. In 1183, the Battle of Mizushima. In 1292, John Balliol became King of Scotland. In 1405, Sharif ul-Hāshim established the Sultanate of Sulu. In 1511, Henry VIII of England concluded the Treaty of Westminster—a pledge of mutual aid against the French—with Ferdinand II of Aragon. In 1558, Elizabethan era began: Queen Mary I of England died and was succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth I of England. In 1603, English explorer, writer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh went on trial for treason. In 1659, the Treaty of the Pyrenees was signed between France and Spain. In 1777, Articles of Confederation (United States) were submitted to the states for ratification. In 1796, French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Bridge of Arcole – French forces defeated the Austrians in Italy.

In 1800, the United States Congress held its first session in Washington, D.C. In 1810, Sweden declared war on its ally the United Kingdom to begin the Anglo-Swedish War, although no fighting ever took place. In 1811, José Miguel Carrera, Chilean founding father, was sworn in as President of the executive Junta of the government of Chile. In 1820, Captain Nathaniel Palmer became the first American to see Antarctica. (The Palmer Peninsula is later named after him.) In 1831, Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Gran Colombia. In 1839, Oberto, Giuseppe Verdi's first opera, opened at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. In 1855, David Livingstone became the first European to see the Victoria Falls in what is now present-day Zambia-Zimbabwe. In 1856, American Old West: On the Sonoita River in present-day southern Arizona, the United States Army established Fort Buchanan in order to help control new land acquired in the Gadsden Purchase. In 1858, modified Julian Day zero. In 1863, American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville began – Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege. In 1869, In Egypt, the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea, was inaugurated. In 1871, the National Rifle Association was granted a charter by the state of New York. In 1876, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Slavonic March" was given its premiere performance in Moscow, Russia. In 1878, first assassination attempt against Umberto I of Italy by anarchist Giovanni Passannante, who was armed with a dagger. The King survived with a slight wound in an arm. Prime Minister Benedetto Cairoli blocked the aggressor, receiving an injury in a leg. In 1885, Serbo-Bulgarian War: The decisive Battle of Slivnitsabegan. In 1896, the Western Pennsylvania Hockey League, which later became the first ice hockey league to openly trade and hire players, began play at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park Casino.

In 1903, the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party split into two groups: the Bolsheviks(Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority"). In 1911, Omega Psi PhiFraternity Incorporated, which was the first black Greek-lettered organization founded at an American historically black college or university, was founded on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1922, former Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI went into exile in Italy. In 1933, United States recognised Soviet Union. In 1939, nine Czech students were executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities were shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic. In 1947, the Screen Actors Guild implemented an anti-Communist loyalty oath. Also, American scientists John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain observed the basic principles of the transistor, a key element for the electronicsrevolution of the 20th century. 

In 1950, Lhamo Dondrub was officially named the 14th Dalai Lama. In 1953, the remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, were evacuated to the mainland. In 1957, Vickers Viscount G-AOHP of British European Airways crashed at Ballerup after the failure of three engines on approach to Copenhagen Airport. The cause was a malfunction of the anti-icing system on the aircraft. In 1962, President John F. Kennedydedicated Washington Dulles International Airport, serving the Washington, D.C., region. In 1967, Vietnam War: Acting on optimistic reports that he had been given on November 13, U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson told the nation that, while much remained to be done, "We are inflicting greater losses than we're taking...We are making progress." In 1968, Alexandros Panagoulis was condemned to death for attempting to assassinate Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos. Also, British European Airways introduced the BAC One-Eleven into commercial service. Also, viewers of the Raiders–Jets football game in the eastern United States were denied the opportunity to watch its exciting finish when NBCbroadcast Heidi instead, prompting changes to sports broadcasting in the U.S. In 1969, Cold War: Negotiators from the Soviet Union and the United States met in Helsinki, Finland to begin SALT I negotiations aimed at limiting the number of strategic weapons on both sides.

In 1970, Vietnam War: Lieutenant William Calley went on trial for the My Lai Massacre. Also, Luna programme: The Soviet Union landed Lunokhod 1 on Mare Imbrium (Sea of Rains) on the Moon. This was the first roving remote-controlled robot to land on another world and was released by the orbiting Luna 17 spacecraft. In 1973, Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U.S. President Richard Nixon told 400 Associated Press managing editors "I am not a crook." Also, the Athens Polytechnic uprising against the military regime ended in bloodshed in the Greek capital. In 1979, Brisbane Suburban Railway Electrification. The first stage from Ferny Grove to Darra was commissioned. In 1982, Duk Koo Kim died from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing. In 1983, the Zapatista Army of National Liberation was founded in Mexico. In 1989, Cold War: Velvet Revolution began: In Czechoslovakia, a student demonstration in Prague was quelled by riot police. This sparked an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist government (it succeeded on December 29).

In 1990, Fugendake, part of the Mount Unzen volcanic complex, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, became active again and erupted. In 1993, United States House of Representativespassed a resolution to establish the North American Free Trade Agreement after greater authority in trade negotiations was granted to President George Bush in 1991. Also, in Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousted the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup. In 1997, in Luxor, Egypt, 62 people were killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre (The police then killed the assailants). In 2000, a catastrophic landslide in Log pod Mangartom, Slovenia, kills seven, and caused millions of SIT of damage. It is one of the worst catastrophes in Slovenia in the past 100 years. Also, Alberto Fujimori was removed from office as president of Peru. In 2012, at least 50 schoolchildren were killed in an accident at a railway crossing near Manfalut, Egypt. In 2013, fifty people were killed when Tatarstan Airlines Flight 363 crashed at Kazan Airport, Russia. Also, a rare late-season tornado outbreak struck the Midwest. Illinois and Indiana are most affected with tornado reports as far north as lower Michigan. In all around six dozen tornadoes touched down in approximately an 11-hour time period, including seven EF3 and two EF4 tornadoes. 

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