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Hilary Clinton lies badly and often. Possibly because it helps her flow to disconnect verisimilitude from her words. Articles follow.
Left praising jihadis .. Melbourne raids. There is a connection between terror and jihadis, but often the left wing play down that role and blame others, including victims. Articles follow.
ESPN reporter lords it over low paid workers. On video. Now suspended.
Teaching sex education to children, or promoting child sex? One outraged tweeter mother has gone to the classroom of her child and heard the teacher discuss abstinence. The parent is outraged, claiming that children cannot abstain from sex and needed to be taught about other things, like family planning involving condoms etc. Perhaps the grandmother at age thirty is at a loss as to how to raise the issue of abstinence with her children, but that does not mean children cannot abstain from sex. Kids are aware of much detail these days, but sadly abstinence is not something they see modelled in popular tv or advertising. Many children will not have sex before becoming adult, and it doesn't hurt them to have abstained. Further, everything is a choice. But in making a choice, like having sex, children find their lives proscribed by that choice in deleterious ways. One shudders to think if the child wants to suicide if the mum takes a Kevorkian view. Children have had sex without their lives being ruined. That is not a good argument for promoting it. The outraged mother is wrong to not accept abstinence as being a good choice in the lives of children.
The visitor-teacher is telling my kid abstinence education reduces premarital sex. My kid is trying to show her studies that dispute that.
— Alice Dreger (@alicedreger) April 15, 2015
@alicedreger Have you many examples of abstinence leading to pregnancy?
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger I think you misread the tweet David - abstinence itself may not lead to pregnancy but preaching abstinence does
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger I don't know about your party going .. I've never known one to impregnate through preaching. Usually it is sex.
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger don't be facetious. Point is telling kids not to have sex doesn't work
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger You have identified where we disagree. It depends on how they are raised, and their values.
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger Care to explain?
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger I'm a teacher of decades experience. I have seen children grow. Abstinence as a policy works for children
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger How do you know what goes on in your students' sex lives?
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@boourns88 @outofrange17 @alicedreger teaching is not mere telling. Children need to know the mechanics without being told to engage. IMHO
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 18, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger ? I've known students kicked out of home from drug abuse and dying on streets. Often there are behavioural tales
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 18, 2015
On this day in 1521, the second day of the trial of Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms.
On 17 April, the Imperial Herald Sturm and Pappenheim came for Luther. Pappenheim reminded Luther that he should speak only in answer to direct questions from the presiding officer, Johann von Eck. Eck asked if a collection of books was Luther’s and if he was ready to revoke their heresies. Dr. Schurff said, "Please have the titles read." There were 25 of them, probably including The 95 Theses, Resolutions Concerning the 95 Theses, On the Papacy at Rome, Address to the Christian Nobility, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian, all of which had been written prior to the Diet of Worms. Luther requested more time for a proper answer, so he was given until the next day at 4 p.m.
On 18 April, Luther, stating he'd prayed for long hours, consulted with friends and mediators, and presented himself before the Diet. When the counselor put the same questions to him, Luther first apologized that he lacked the etiquette of the court. Then he answered, "They are all mine, but as for the second question, they are not all of one sort." Luther went on to place the writings into three categories: (1) Works which were well received by even his enemies: those he would not reject. (2) Books which attacked the abuses, lies and desolation of the Christian world and the papacy: those, Luther believed, could not safely be rejected without encouraging abuses to continue. To retract them would be to open the door to further oppression.[1] "If I now recant these, then, I would be doing nothing but strengthening tyranny".[1] (3) Attacks on individuals: he apologized for the harsh tone of these writings but did not reject the substance of what he taught in them; if he could be shown from the Scriptures that he was in error, Luther continued, he would reject them. Luther concluded by saying
Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen.[2]According to tradition, Luther is said to have declared, "Here I stand, I can do no other," before concluding with "God help me. Amen."[3] However, there is no indication in the transcripts of the Diet or in eyewitness accounts that he ever said this, and most scholars now doubt these words were spoken.
Eck informed Luther that he was acting like a heretic:
"'Martin,' said he, 'there is no one of the heresies which have torn the bosom of the church, which has not derived its origin from the various interpretation of the Scripture. The Bible itself is the arsenal whence each innovator has drawn his deceptive arguments. It was with biblical texts that Pelagius and Arius maintained their doctrines. Arius, for instance, found the negation of the eternity of the Word—an eternity which you admit, in this verse of the New Testament—Joseph knew not his wife till she had brought forth her first-born son; and he said, in the same way that you say, that this passage enchained him. When the fathers of the council of Constance condemned this proposition of John Huss— The church of Jesus Christ is only the community of the elect, they condemned an error; for the church, like a good mother, embraces within her arms all who bear the name of Christian, all who are called to enjoy the celestial beatitude.'"[4]Private conferences were held to determine Luther's fate. Before a decision was reached, Luther fled. During his return to Wittenberg, he disappeared.
From Wikipedia. Note, Eck had said to Luther that the heresies had been derived from the Word, and so dangerously suggests orthodoxy trumps the scriptures.
In 1689, Bostonians rebelled against Edmund Andros who was a fan of the Anglican Church while the Pilgrims were puritans. In 1775 Paul Revere rode to warn of attack by sea by the British. In 1915, French pilot Roland Garros was shot down and landed behind German lines. He failed to destroy his plane and so Germany got vital technology from it. Three years later Roland escaped and flew against Germans again, but was killed in action three days after returning to action. And a month before the war ended. In 1942, the Doolittle Raid hit targets on Japanese mainland. In 1949, the keel of a US Navy ship had been laid, but the project cancelled. US Admirals revolted against President Truman's plans to weaken the navy in favour of nuclear bombs. Truman won. Ezra Pound was a great poet and friend to many writers. However, his view of WW2 blamed the war on commercialism. So he became a fascist and supported Mussolini in WW2. Afterwards incarcerated, he was freed on this day in 1958, by the Federal Court. In 1981, a Saturday, the longest ever professional game of Baseball was played, going into 4am then next morning in the 32nd innings. It was interrupted and finally played for the final inning on the following Tuesday. The crowd at 4am had numbered 19 and they received season or lifetime passes to McCoy Stadium. Played on Rhode Island between Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. The losing pitcher had joined Rochester in the interim. One batter had been congratulated by his dad for his four hits had then explained he had had twelve at bats. The score was 3-2. One of the players was Cal Ripken Jr.
2014
It is Good Friday and so appropriate to look at what that means to others. To Anglican bishops around Australia it means they raise their voice demanding that Mr Abbott pursue an ALP policy of drowning people desperate to come to Australia and facilitating the activity of pirates. According to these people who care a lot about such things, Mr Abbott should listen to them because of his religion. But it calls into question their faith. About 1500 known drownings since 2008, the policy of the ALP was by far their most deadly, but not their most expensive. So in some ways, maybe, we see the Anglican Church's call as fiscally prudent as any of Judas'. By way of contrast, Hillsong, Orthodox and Catholics are focusing on the event known as the Crucifixion of Jesus and its' meaning to Christians. When asked about the day's meaning, the Anglican Archbishop replied it was about children behind razor wire. Maybe he felt it was better they were crucified? Note, 2014, Easter falls on the same dates for Western and Orthodox churches. Rumour has it Seventh Day Adventist Churches begin their observance on a Saturday (my apologies for the bad humour, Seventh Day Adventists are correct to have the Sabbath celebrated on Saturday, but Christians worship on Sunday due to Easter).
Bolesław Chrobry became King of Poland on this day in 1025. He was not uniquely named, also having the title Boleslav IV, Duke of Bohemia. Born on this day, 1480, Lucrezia Borgia, Italian daughter of Pope Alexander VI. The observant might note this answers the chicken and egg question. 1518, Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. She is important for a recently discovered Leonardo portrait. 1521, Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachingsdespite the risk of excommunication. In 1740 was the birthday of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker. 1775, American Revolution: The British advancement by seabegins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements. 1857, "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France, note the book, like the recent movie Noah, is based on the Bible. In 1909, Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome, thus correcting what might have been an embarrassing mistake were it noticed.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 796, King Æthelred I of Northumbria was murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald was placed on the throne, but was within 27 days abdicated. 1025, Bolesław Chrobry was crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. 1506, the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica was laid. 1518, Bona Sforza was crowned as queen consort of Poland. 1521, trial of Martin Luther began its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refused to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication. 1689, Bostonians rose up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
In 1738, Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") was founded in Madrid. 1775, American Revolution: The British advancement by sea began; Paul Revere and other riders warned the countryside of the troop movements. 1797, the Battle of Neuwied: French victory against the Austrians. 1807, the Harwich ferry disaster occurred near the North Sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast (England) in which 60-90 people drowned during the capsizing of a small ferry boat. 1831, the University of Alabama was founded. 1848, American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opened the way for invasion of Mexico. 1857, "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec was published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France. 1864, Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeated Denmark and gained control of Schleswig. Denmark surrendered the province in the following peace settlement. 1880, an F4 tornado struck Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. 1881, Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. 1897, the Greco-Turkish War was declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. 1899, the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
In 1902, Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, was destroyed by an earthquake. 1906, an earthquake and fire destroyed much of San Francisco, California. 1909, Joan of Arc was beatified in Rome. 1912, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brought 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. 1915, French pilot Roland Garros was shot down and glided to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. 1923, Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opened. 1924, Simon & Schuster published the first crossword puzzle book. 1930, BBC reported there was no news, then played out with piano music. 1936, the first Champions Day was celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1942, World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya were bombed. Also 1942, Pierre Laval became Prime Minister of Vichy France. 1943, World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was killed when his aircraft was shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. 1945, Over 1,000 bombers attacked the small island of Heligoland, Germany. 1946, the International Court of Justice held its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. 1949, the keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States was laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction was canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals. 1954, Gamal Abdal Nasser seized power in Egypt. 1955, twenty-nine nations met at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. 1958, a United States federal court ruled that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum. 1961, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, was adopted. Also 1961, CONCP was founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. 1974, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurated Lahore's dry port.
In 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) came into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaced the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency. 1981, the longest professional baseball game was begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game was suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23. 1983, a suicide bomber destroyed the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people. 1988, the United States launched Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. 1992, General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolted against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allied with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. 1996, in Lebanon, at least 106 civilians were killed when the Israel Defense Forces shelled the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision. Also 2007, a series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occurred in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251. 2013, a suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe killed 27 people and injured another 65. 2014, Sixteen people were killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
I have begun a bulletin board (http://theconservativevoice.freeforums.net) which will allow greater latitude for members to post and interact. It is not subject to FB policy and so greater range is allowed in posts. Also there are private members rooms in which nothing is censored, except abuse. All welcome, registration is free.
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Hilary Clinton lies badly and often. Possibly because it helps her flow to disconnect verisimilitude from her words. Articles follow.
Left praising jihadis .. Melbourne raids. There is a connection between terror and jihadis, but often the left wing play down that role and blame others, including victims. Articles follow.
ESPN reporter lords it over low paid workers. On video. Now suspended.
Teaching sex education to children, or promoting child sex? One outraged tweeter mother has gone to the classroom of her child and heard the teacher discuss abstinence. The parent is outraged, claiming that children cannot abstain from sex and needed to be taught about other things, like family planning involving condoms etc. Perhaps the grandmother at age thirty is at a loss as to how to raise the issue of abstinence with her children, but that does not mean children cannot abstain from sex. Kids are aware of much detail these days, but sadly abstinence is not something they see modelled in popular tv or advertising. Many children will not have sex before becoming adult, and it doesn't hurt them to have abstained. Further, everything is a choice. But in making a choice, like having sex, children find their lives proscribed by that choice in deleterious ways. One shudders to think if the child wants to suicide if the mum takes a Kevorkian view. Children have had sex without their lives being ruined. That is not a good argument for promoting it. The outraged mother is wrong to not accept abstinence as being a good choice in the lives of children.
The visitor-teacher is telling my kid abstinence education reduces premarital sex. My kid is trying to show her studies that dispute that.
— Alice Dreger (@alicedreger) April 15, 2015
@alicedreger Have you many examples of abstinence leading to pregnancy?
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger I think you misread the tweet David - abstinence itself may not lead to pregnancy but preaching abstinence does
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger I don't know about your party going .. I've never known one to impregnate through preaching. Usually it is sex.
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger don't be facetious. Point is telling kids not to have sex doesn't work
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger You have identified where we disagree. It depends on how they are raised, and their values.
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger Care to explain?
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger I'm a teacher of decades experience. I have seen children grow. Abstinence as a policy works for children
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 17, 2015
@daoddball67 @alicedreger How do you know what goes on in your students' sex lives?
— Cat (@outofrange17) April 17, 2015
@boourns88 @outofrange17 @alicedreger teaching is not mere telling. Children need to know the mechanics without being told to engage. IMHO
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 18, 2015
@outofrange17 @alicedreger ? I've known students kicked out of home from drug abuse and dying on streets. Often there are behavioural tales
— David Daniel Ball (@daoddball67) April 18, 2015
On this day in 1521, the second day of the trial of Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms.
On 17 April, the Imperial Herald Sturm and Pappenheim came for Luther. Pappenheim reminded Luther that he should speak only in answer to direct questions from the presiding officer, Johann von Eck. Eck asked if a collection of books was Luther’s and if he was ready to revoke their heresies. Dr. Schurff said, "Please have the titles read." There were 25 of them, probably including The 95 Theses, Resolutions Concerning the 95 Theses, On the Papacy at Rome, Address to the Christian Nobility, The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, and On the Freedom of a Christian, all of which had been written prior to the Diet of Worms. Luther requested more time for a proper answer, so he was given until the next day at 4 p.m.
On 18 April, Luther, stating he'd prayed for long hours, consulted with friends and mediators, and presented himself before the Diet. When the counselor put the same questions to him, Luther first apologized that he lacked the etiquette of the court. Then he answered, "They are all mine, but as for the second question, they are not all of one sort." Luther went on to place the writings into three categories: (1) Works which were well received by even his enemies: those he would not reject. (2) Books which attacked the abuses, lies and desolation of the Christian world and the papacy: those, Luther believed, could not safely be rejected without encouraging abuses to continue. To retract them would be to open the door to further oppression.[1] "If I now recant these, then, I would be doing nothing but strengthening tyranny".[1] (3) Attacks on individuals: he apologized for the harsh tone of these writings but did not reject the substance of what he taught in them; if he could be shown from the Scriptures that he was in error, Luther continued, he would reject them. Luther concluded by saying
Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or in councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. May God help me. Amen.[2]According to tradition, Luther is said to have declared, "Here I stand, I can do no other," before concluding with "God help me. Amen."[3] However, there is no indication in the transcripts of the Diet or in eyewitness accounts that he ever said this, and most scholars now doubt these words were spoken.
Eck informed Luther that he was acting like a heretic:
"'Martin,' said he, 'there is no one of the heresies which have torn the bosom of the church, which has not derived its origin from the various interpretation of the Scripture. The Bible itself is the arsenal whence each innovator has drawn his deceptive arguments. It was with biblical texts that Pelagius and Arius maintained their doctrines. Arius, for instance, found the negation of the eternity of the Word—an eternity which you admit, in this verse of the New Testament—Joseph knew not his wife till she had brought forth her first-born son; and he said, in the same way that you say, that this passage enchained him. When the fathers of the council of Constance condemned this proposition of John Huss— The church of Jesus Christ is only the community of the elect, they condemned an error; for the church, like a good mother, embraces within her arms all who bear the name of Christian, all who are called to enjoy the celestial beatitude.'"[4]Private conferences were held to determine Luther's fate. Before a decision was reached, Luther fled. During his return to Wittenberg, he disappeared.
From Wikipedia. Note, Eck had said to Luther that the heresies had been derived from the Word, and so dangerously suggests orthodoxy trumps the scriptures.
In 1689, Bostonians rebelled against Edmund Andros who was a fan of the Anglican Church while the Pilgrims were puritans. In 1775 Paul Revere rode to warn of attack by sea by the British. In 1915, French pilot Roland Garros was shot down and landed behind German lines. He failed to destroy his plane and so Germany got vital technology from it. Three years later Roland escaped and flew against Germans again, but was killed in action three days after returning to action. And a month before the war ended. In 1942, the Doolittle Raid hit targets on Japanese mainland. In 1949, the keel of a US Navy ship had been laid, but the project cancelled. US Admirals revolted against President Truman's plans to weaken the navy in favour of nuclear bombs. Truman won. Ezra Pound was a great poet and friend to many writers. However, his view of WW2 blamed the war on commercialism. So he became a fascist and supported Mussolini in WW2. Afterwards incarcerated, he was freed on this day in 1958, by the Federal Court. In 1981, a Saturday, the longest ever professional game of Baseball was played, going into 4am then next morning in the 32nd innings. It was interrupted and finally played for the final inning on the following Tuesday. The crowd at 4am had numbered 19 and they received season or lifetime passes to McCoy Stadium. Played on Rhode Island between Pawtucket Red Sox and the Rochester Red Wings. The losing pitcher had joined Rochester in the interim. One batter had been congratulated by his dad for his four hits had then explained he had had twelve at bats. The score was 3-2. One of the players was Cal Ripken Jr.
2014
It is Good Friday and so appropriate to look at what that means to others. To Anglican bishops around Australia it means they raise their voice demanding that Mr Abbott pursue an ALP policy of drowning people desperate to come to Australia and facilitating the activity of pirates. According to these people who care a lot about such things, Mr Abbott should listen to them because of his religion. But it calls into question their faith. About 1500 known drownings since 2008, the policy of the ALP was by far their most deadly, but not their most expensive. So in some ways, maybe, we see the Anglican Church's call as fiscally prudent as any of Judas'. By way of contrast, Hillsong, Orthodox and Catholics are focusing on the event known as the Crucifixion of Jesus and its' meaning to Christians. When asked about the day's meaning, the Anglican Archbishop replied it was about children behind razor wire. Maybe he felt it was better they were crucified? Note, 2014, Easter falls on the same dates for Western and Orthodox churches. Rumour has it Seventh Day Adventist Churches begin their observance on a Saturday (my apologies for the bad humour, Seventh Day Adventists are correct to have the Sabbath celebrated on Saturday, but Christians worship on Sunday due to Easter).
Bolesław Chrobry became King of Poland on this day in 1025. He was not uniquely named, also having the title Boleslav IV, Duke of Bohemia. Born on this day, 1480, Lucrezia Borgia, Italian daughter of Pope Alexander VI. The observant might note this answers the chicken and egg question. 1518, Bona Sforza is crowned as queen consort of Poland. She is important for a recently discovered Leonardo portrait. 1521, Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachingsdespite the risk of excommunication. In 1740 was the birthday of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English banker. 1775, American Revolution: The British advancement by seabegins; Paul Revere and other riders warn the countryside of the troop movements. 1857, "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec is published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France, note the book, like the recent movie Noah, is based on the Bible. In 1909, Joan of Arc is beatified in Rome, thus correcting what might have been an embarrassing mistake were it noticed.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 796, King Æthelred I of Northumbria was murdered in Corbridge by a group led by his ealdormen, Ealdred and Wada. The patrician Osbald was placed on the throne, but was within 27 days abdicated. 1025, Bolesław Chrobry was crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. 1506, the cornerstone of the current St. Peter's Basilica was laid. 1518, Bona Sforza was crowned as queen consort of Poland. 1521, trial of Martin Luther began its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refused to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication. 1689, Bostonians rose up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
In 1738, Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") was founded in Madrid. 1775, American Revolution: The British advancement by sea began; Paul Revere and other riders warned the countryside of the troop movements. 1797, the Battle of Neuwied: French victory against the Austrians. 1807, the Harwich ferry disaster occurred near the North Sea port of Harwich on the Essex coast (England) in which 60-90 people drowned during the capsizing of a small ferry boat. 1831, the University of Alabama was founded. 1848, American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opened the way for invasion of Mexico. 1857, "The Spirits Book" by Allan Kardec was published, marking the birth of Spiritualism in France. 1864, Battle of Dybbøl: A Prussian-Austrian army defeated Denmark and gained control of Schleswig. Denmark surrendered the province in the following peace settlement. 1880, an F4 tornado struck Marshfield, Missouri, killing 99 people and injuring 100. 1881, Billy the Kid escaped from the Lincoln County jail in Mesilla, New Mexico. 1897, the Greco-Turkish War was declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire. 1899, the St. Andrew's Ambulance Association was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria.
In 1902, Quetzaltenango, the second largest city of Guatemala, was destroyed by an earthquake. 1906, an earthquake and fire destroyed much of San Francisco, California. 1909, Joan of Arc was beatified in Rome. 1912, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia brought 705 survivors from the RMS Titanic to New York City. 1915, French pilot Roland Garros was shot down and glided to a landing on the German side of the lines during World War I. 1923, Yankee Stadium, "The House that Ruth Built", opened. 1924, Simon & Schuster published the first crossword puzzle book. 1930, BBC reported there was no news, then played out with piano music. 1936, the first Champions Day was celebrated in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1942, World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan. Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya were bombed. Also 1942, Pierre Laval became Prime Minister of Vichy France. 1943, World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was killed when his aircraft was shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island. 1945, Over 1,000 bombers attacked the small island of Heligoland, Germany. 1946, the International Court of Justice held its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands. 1949, the keel for the aircraft carrier USS United States was laid down at Newport News Drydock and Shipbuilding. However, construction was canceled five days later, resulting in the Revolt of the Admirals. 1954, Gamal Abdal Nasser seized power in Egypt. 1955, twenty-nine nations met at Bandung, Indonesia, for the first Asian-African Conference. 1958, a United States federal court ruled that poet Ezra Pound be released from an insane asylum. 1961, the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, a cornerstone of modern international relations, was adopted. Also 1961, CONCP was founded in Casablanca as a united front of African movements opposing Portuguese colonial rule. 1974, the Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurated Lahore's dry port.
In 1980, the Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) came into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwe Dollar replaced the Rhodesian Dollar as the official currency. 1981, the longest professional baseball game was begun in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The game was suspended at 4:00 the next morning and finally completed on June 23. 1983, a suicide bomber destroyed the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people. 1988, the United States launched Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II. 1992, General Abdul Rashid Dostum revolted against President Mohammad Najibullah of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and allied with Ahmed Shah Massoud to capture Kabul. 1996, in Lebanon, at least 106 civilians were killed when the Israel Defense Forces shelled the United Nations compound at Quana where more than 800 civilians had taken refuge. 2007, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5–4 decision. Also 2007, a series of bombings, two of them being suicides, occurred in Baghdad, killing 198 and injuring 251. 2013, a suicide bombing in a Baghdad cafe killed 27 people and injured another 65. 2014, Sixteen people were killed in an avalanche on Mount Everest.
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For twenty two years I have been responsibly addressing an issue, and I cannot carry on. I am petitioning the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to remedy my distress. I leave it up to him if he chooses to address the issue. Regardless of your opinion of conservative government, the issue is pressing. Please sign my petition at www.change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball
Or the US President at
www.change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice#
or
petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/change-injustice-faced-david-daniel-ball-after-he-reported-bungled-pedophile-investigation-and/b8mxPWtJ or wh.gov/ilXYR
Douglas Sutherland-Bruce via David Daniel Ball
Mr Ball, I will not sign your petition as it will do no good, but I will share your message and ask as many of friends who read it, to share it also. Let us see if we cannot use the power of the internet to spread the word of these infamous killings. As a father and a former soldier, I cannot, could not, justify ignoring this appalling action by the perpetrators, whoever they may; I thank you Douglas. You are wrong about the petition. Signing it is as worthless and meaningless an act as voting. A stand up guy would know that. - ed
Lorraine Allen Hider I signed the petition ages ago David, with pleasure, nobody knows what it's like until they've been there. Keep heart David take care.
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