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A badly led, badly divided ALP is bleeding in public. They have not yet reached peak stupid. Foreign investment is really important for Australia, just to maintain her economic profile. To reject foreign investment is stupid, but ALP identities suggest it. The Abbott government is not promising that, but promising to crack down on foreign investors who break the rules set out by the government on what foreign investment is mutually beneficial. But international criminal networks seek to circumvent the rules. They might like to use Australia to launder money, which is not beneficial to anyone. The ALP get confused by the prudent action, dangerously claiming the government is opposing foreign investment instead. The problem for the ALP is there is no leadership. There is no policy beyond the reflexive one of protecting unions from investigation. And in the vacuum that is the ALP leadership there is fighting. Shorten is the inept leader, Plibersek is his inept deputy. Neither are willing to have a policy that benefits Australia, but they strongly demarcate under irrelevant issues. They can promise $1.8 billion in cuts when $40 billion is needed for parity. They are part of the committees that oversaw the spending problem and debt issues. They claimed there are no fixes for the spending problem as they oppose solutions. Wh will lead the ALP? Not Shorten. Not Plibersek. Not the fawning, partisan media. They are the furniture Rudd saved. But not the furniture Australia needs.
Reconciliation is not racism, but there are many claiming it is exactly the case. Rewriting elements of the Australian Constitution to recognise a race, any race, is racist. Some may label it as benign racism. It isn't benign. Racism does not address any issues Australia needs addressed. If anyone supports it and tells you it is needed ask them how it is that racism will improve things? Australia can address poverty without calling the poor racist names.
Ben E King died. His hit Stand By Me, recorded in 1960, released the next year, was inspired by the hymn "Lord Stand by Me" and Psalms 46:2-3
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging
He also did Save the Last Dance for Me. Thank you sir, may you rest in peace.
Baby Cambridge avoided Labour day, attempts Mother's day.
In 1194, King Richard I gave Portsmouth a royal charter. Royal charters don't end. Richard had given Portsmouth royal assent to be what it was, a city. In 1230, William de Braose was hanged by Prince Llywelyn The Great of Wales. William's family was despised by the Welsh. He was caught by the Prince and ransomed. William sought to marry his son to the Prince's daughter. He was caught sleeping with the Prince's wife. The rest is history for a bad dog. Anne Boleyn was an admirable woman with many great qualities, which is sometimes lost for those who see only the intense hatred with which Henry VIII persecuted her. She had encouraged Henry to make what he later saw as an over reach. With Anne, Henry became too close to early protestantism. He had to distance himself from that so as to not antagonise his Catholic friends. Politics is a lousy mistress. While Anne's end was bloody, her life was brilliant. She had brought into being the Anglican Church and lived an exemplary life she insisted her maids follow. She had intimidated the royal court with a quick and clever tongue. At one stage, her haters had rumoured she was a witch who had cursed the previous queen. And After Queen Mary had died, it was found her heart was black at autopsy. No one then knew why, but Anne's supposed curse was blamed. We now know it was cancer that had been untreated.
On this day in 1559, John Knox, who had been exiled to England from Scotland after he had been captured by French forces, returned to Scotland after Bloody Mary ascended the English throne. He founded the Presbyterian Church. In 1670, King Charles II of England granted a royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to trade in fur from North America. It is difficult to find qualities to admire in pro slavery bigots. General Lee and General Jackson were both highly admired by all they fought for and with. In 1863, the highly admired General Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men while reconnoitring Union positions at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He had an arm amputated and died of pneumonia eight days later. In 1885, the magazine Good Housekeeping went on sale for the first time. In 1920, the first game of the Negro National League Baseball league was played in Indianapolis. In 1932, Jack Benny's radio show aired for the first time. In 1945, as Soviets erect a flag in Berlin and German's surrender in Italy, the US 82nd Airborne Division liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. In 1952, the world's first passenger jet, De Havilland Comet I made its first flight from London to Johannesburg. In 1955, Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1982, the submarine HMS Conqueror sank the cruiser ARA General Belgrano. In 1986, Soviets decided to evacuate Chernobyl six days after hey irradiated her. In 1995, Serb forces fired cluster bombs into Zagreb. In 2011, at the same time as President Obama announced it the day before, because of time difference, Osama Bin Ladin was killed.
2014
The ICAC are looking increasingly desperate to be closed down before they fully investigate ALP activity. The recent allegation against former NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher, of which he has not yet been given a right of reply, is perfectly explicable if he were competently going about his business. The problem is the ALP fostered corruption throughout the NSW public service over 16 years it was in government and so it is going to be a tough road to rooting it out. It is the job of a politician to network with people of substance. It is painful for LNP supporters right now, but it will mean the accused may be exonerated well before the election, and the ALP will have to address their corruption issues .. and they have not begun, with Obeid appointee Robertson still being opposition leader.
On this day, 1536, Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. There is no evidence of her prowess as a witch, but I believe she was innocent of that charge and I would employ a champion, Stephen Fry, in a fight to the death using wits any who claim they can prove she was a witch. A nemesis of Anne's daughter, Mary Queen of Scots escaped from Elizabeth 1st's detention on this day in 1568. Mary's son had his bible printed on this day in 1611. Just when you think you know how God works .. remember, Fry is my champion.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1194, King Richard I of England gave Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1230, William de Braose was hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. 1335, Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, became Duke of Carinthia. 1536, Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. 1559, John Knox returned from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation. 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Loch Leven Castle. 1611, the King James Bible was published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. 1670, King Charles II of England granted a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. 1672, John Maitland became Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
In 1808, outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rose up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorialized this event in his painting The Second of May 1808. 1812, the Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ended with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandoned the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja. 1816, marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. 1829, after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia. 1863, American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson was wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbed to pneumonia eight days later. 1866, Peruvian defenders fought off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao. 1876, the April Uprising broke out in Bulgaria. 1879, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias. 1885, Good Housekeeping magazine went on sale for the first time. Also 1885, Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion. Also 1885, the Congo Free State was established by King Léopold II of Belgium. 1889, Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signed a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
In 1906, closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 1918, General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. 1920, the first game of the Negro National League baseball was played in Indianapolis. 1932, comedian Jack Benny's radio show aired for the first time. 1933, Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler banned trade unions. 1941, following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launched the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power. 1945, World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announced the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoisted their red flag over the Reichstag building. Also 1945, World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signed the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. Also 1945, World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. 1946, the "Battle of Alcatraz" took place; two guards and three inmates were killed.
In 1952, the world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 made its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. 1955, Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 1963, Berthold Seliger launched a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It was the only sounding rocket developed in Germany. 1964, Vietnam War: An explosion sank the USS Card while it was docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces were suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She was raised and returned to service less than seven months later. Also 1964, First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. 1969, the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departed on her maiden voyage to New York City.
In 1972, in the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers. 1980, Referendum on system of government held in Nepal. 1982, Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. 1986, the Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl was evacuated six days after the disaster 1989, Hungary began dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allowed a number of East Germans to defect. 1994, a bus crashed in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people. 1995, during the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fired cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians. 1998, the European Central Bank was founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. 1999, Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
In 2000, president Bill Clinton announced that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. 2004, Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christians in Nigeria. 2008, Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. Also 2008, Chaitén Volcano began erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. 2011, Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man was killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 2011, an E. coli outbreak struck Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. 2012, a pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sold for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. 2014, Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, left up to 2,500 people missing.
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This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406, September www.createspace.com/5106914, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
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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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A badly led, badly divided ALP is bleeding in public. They have not yet reached peak stupid. Foreign investment is really important for Australia, just to maintain her economic profile. To reject foreign investment is stupid, but ALP identities suggest it. The Abbott government is not promising that, but promising to crack down on foreign investors who break the rules set out by the government on what foreign investment is mutually beneficial. But international criminal networks seek to circumvent the rules. They might like to use Australia to launder money, which is not beneficial to anyone. The ALP get confused by the prudent action, dangerously claiming the government is opposing foreign investment instead. The problem for the ALP is there is no leadership. There is no policy beyond the reflexive one of protecting unions from investigation. And in the vacuum that is the ALP leadership there is fighting. Shorten is the inept leader, Plibersek is his inept deputy. Neither are willing to have a policy that benefits Australia, but they strongly demarcate under irrelevant issues. They can promise $1.8 billion in cuts when $40 billion is needed for parity. They are part of the committees that oversaw the spending problem and debt issues. They claimed there are no fixes for the spending problem as they oppose solutions. Wh will lead the ALP? Not Shorten. Not Plibersek. Not the fawning, partisan media. They are the furniture Rudd saved. But not the furniture Australia needs.
Reconciliation is not racism, but there are many claiming it is exactly the case. Rewriting elements of the Australian Constitution to recognise a race, any race, is racist. Some may label it as benign racism. It isn't benign. Racism does not address any issues Australia needs addressed. If anyone supports it and tells you it is needed ask them how it is that racism will improve things? Australia can address poverty without calling the poor racist names.
Ben E King died. His hit Stand By Me, recorded in 1960, released the next year, was inspired by the hymn "Lord Stand by Me" and Psalms 46:2-3
Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea,
though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging
He also did Save the Last Dance for Me. Thank you sir, may you rest in peace.
Baby Cambridge avoided Labour day, attempts Mother's day.
In 1194, King Richard I gave Portsmouth a royal charter. Royal charters don't end. Richard had given Portsmouth royal assent to be what it was, a city. In 1230, William de Braose was hanged by Prince Llywelyn The Great of Wales. William's family was despised by the Welsh. He was caught by the Prince and ransomed. William sought to marry his son to the Prince's daughter. He was caught sleeping with the Prince's wife. The rest is history for a bad dog. Anne Boleyn was an admirable woman with many great qualities, which is sometimes lost for those who see only the intense hatred with which Henry VIII persecuted her. She had encouraged Henry to make what he later saw as an over reach. With Anne, Henry became too close to early protestantism. He had to distance himself from that so as to not antagonise his Catholic friends. Politics is a lousy mistress. While Anne's end was bloody, her life was brilliant. She had brought into being the Anglican Church and lived an exemplary life she insisted her maids follow. She had intimidated the royal court with a quick and clever tongue. At one stage, her haters had rumoured she was a witch who had cursed the previous queen. And After Queen Mary had died, it was found her heart was black at autopsy. No one then knew why, but Anne's supposed curse was blamed. We now know it was cancer that had been untreated.
On this day in 1559, John Knox, who had been exiled to England from Scotland after he had been captured by French forces, returned to Scotland after Bloody Mary ascended the English throne. He founded the Presbyterian Church. In 1670, King Charles II of England granted a royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to trade in fur from North America. It is difficult to find qualities to admire in pro slavery bigots. General Lee and General Jackson were both highly admired by all they fought for and with. In 1863, the highly admired General Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men while reconnoitring Union positions at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He had an arm amputated and died of pneumonia eight days later. In 1885, the magazine Good Housekeeping went on sale for the first time. In 1920, the first game of the Negro National League Baseball league was played in Indianapolis. In 1932, Jack Benny's radio show aired for the first time. In 1945, as Soviets erect a flag in Berlin and German's surrender in Italy, the US 82nd Airborne Division liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. In 1952, the world's first passenger jet, De Havilland Comet I made its first flight from London to Johannesburg. In 1955, Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In 1982, the submarine HMS Conqueror sank the cruiser ARA General Belgrano. In 1986, Soviets decided to evacuate Chernobyl six days after hey irradiated her. In 1995, Serb forces fired cluster bombs into Zagreb. In 2011, at the same time as President Obama announced it the day before, because of time difference, Osama Bin Ladin was killed.
2014
The ICAC are looking increasingly desperate to be closed down before they fully investigate ALP activity. The recent allegation against former NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher, of which he has not yet been given a right of reply, is perfectly explicable if he were competently going about his business. The problem is the ALP fostered corruption throughout the NSW public service over 16 years it was in government and so it is going to be a tough road to rooting it out. It is the job of a politician to network with people of substance. It is painful for LNP supporters right now, but it will mean the accused may be exonerated well before the election, and the ALP will have to address their corruption issues .. and they have not begun, with Obeid appointee Robertson still being opposition leader.
On this day, 1536, Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. There is no evidence of her prowess as a witch, but I believe she was innocent of that charge and I would employ a champion, Stephen Fry, in a fight to the death using wits any who claim they can prove she was a witch. A nemesis of Anne's daughter, Mary Queen of Scots escaped from Elizabeth 1st's detention on this day in 1568. Mary's son had his bible printed on this day in 1611. Just when you think you know how God works .. remember, Fry is my champion.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1194, King Richard I of England gave Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. 1230, William de Braose was hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. 1335, Otto the Merry, Duke of Austria, became Duke of Carinthia. 1536, Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, was arrested and imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and witchcraft. 1559, John Knox returned from exile to Scotland to become the leader of the nascent Scottish Reformation. 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots, escaped from Loch Leven Castle. 1611, the King James Bible was published for the first time in London, England, by printer Robert Barker. 1670, King Charles II of England granted a permanent charter to the Hudson's Bay Company to open up the fur trade in North America. 1672, John Maitland became Duke of Lauderdale and Earl of March.
In 1808, outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rose up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorialized this event in his painting The Second of May 1808. 1812, the Siege of Cuautla during the Mexican War of Independence ended with both sides claiming victory after Mexican rebels under José María Morelos y Pavón abandoned the city after 72 days under siege by royalist Spanish troops under Félix María Calleja. 1816, marriage of Léopold of Saxe-Coburg and Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales. 1829, after anchoring nearby, Captain Charles Fremantle of HMS Challenger, declared the Swan River Colony in Australia. 1863, American Civil War: Stonewall Jackson was wounded by friendly fire while returning to camp after reconnoitering during the Battle of Chancellorsville. He succumbed to pneumonia eight days later. 1866, Peruvian defenders fought off the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Callao. 1876, the April Uprising broke out in Bulgaria. 1879, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party was founded in Casa Labra Pub (city of Madrid) by the historical Spanish workers' leader Pablo Iglesias. 1885, Good Housekeeping magazine went on sale for the first time. Also 1885, Cree and Assiniboine warriors won the Battle of Cut Knife, their largest victory over Canadian forces during the North-West Rebellion. Also 1885, the Congo Free State was established by King Léopold II of Belgium. 1889, Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, signed a treaty of amity with Italy, giving Italy control over Eritrea.
In 1906, closing ceremony of the Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 1918, General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. 1920, the first game of the Negro National League baseball was played in Indianapolis. 1932, comedian Jack Benny's radio show aired for the first time. 1933, Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler banned trade unions. 1941, following the coup d'état against Iraq Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah earlier that year, the United Kingdom launched the Anglo-Iraqi War to restore him to power. 1945, World War II: Fall of Berlin: The Soviet Union announced the capture of Berlin and Soviet soldiers hoisted their red flag over the Reichstag building. Also 1945, World War II: Italian Campaign: General Heinrich von Vietinghoff signed the official instrument of surrender of all Wehrmacht forces in Italy. Also 1945, World War II: The US 82nd Airborne Division liberated Wöbbelin concentration camp finding 1000 dead prisoners, most of whom starved to death. 1946, the "Battle of Alcatraz" took place; two guards and three inmates were killed.
In 1952, the world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 made its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. 1955, Tennessee Williams won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 1963, Berthold Seliger launched a rocket with three stages and a maximum flight altitude of more than 100 kilometres near Cuxhaven. It was the only sounding rocket developed in Germany. 1964, Vietnam War: An explosion sank the USS Card while it was docked at Saigon. Viet Cong forces were suspected of placing a bomb on the ship. She was raised and returned to service less than seven months later. Also 1964, First ascent of Shishapangma the fourteenth highest mountain in the world and the lowest of the Eight-thousanders. 1969, the British ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 departed on her maiden voyage to New York City.
In 1972, in the early morning hours a fire broke out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, ID, killing 91 workers. 1980, Referendum on system of government held in Nepal. 1982, Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sank the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. 1986, the Chernobyl Disaster: The City of Chernobyl was evacuated six days after the disaster 1989, Hungary began dismantling its border fence with Austria, which allowed a number of East Germans to defect. 1994, a bus crashed in Gdańsk, Poland killing 32 people. 1995, during the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fired cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing seven and wounding over 175 civilians. 1998, the European Central Bank was founded in Brussels in order to define and execute the European Union's monetary policy. 1999, Panamanian election, 1999: Mireya Moscoso became the first woman to be elected President of Panama.
In 2000, president Bill Clinton announced that accurate GPS access would no longer be restricted to the United States military. 2004, Yelwa massacre ended. It began on 4 February 2004 when armed Muslims attacked the Christians of Yelwa killing more than 78 Christians including at least 48 who were worshipping inside a church compound. More than 630 nomad Muslims were killed by Christians in Nigeria. 2008, Cyclone Nargis made landfall in Burma killing over 138,000 people and leaving millions of people homeless. Also 2008, Chaitén Volcano began erupting in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 4,500 people. 2011, Osama bin Laden, the suspected mastermind behind the September 11 attacks and the FBI's most wanted man was killed by the United States special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 2011, an E. coli outbreak struck Europe, mostly in Germany, leaving more than 30 people dead and many others sick from the bacteria outbreak. 2012, a pastel version of The Scream, by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch, sold for $120 million in a New York City auction, setting a new world record for a work of art at auction. 2014, Two mudslides in Badakhshan, Afghanistan, left up to 2,500 people missing.
===
This column welcomes feedback and criticism. The column is not made up but based on the days events and articles which are then placed in the feed. So they may not have an apparent cohesion they would have had were they made up.
===
Editorials will appear in the "History in a Year by the Conservative Voice" series, starting with August www.createspace.com/4124406, September www.createspace.com/5106914, October www.createspace.com/5106951, or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 The kindle version is cheaper, but the soft back version allows the purchase of a kindle version for just $3.99 more.
===
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.