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The Greste case has changed direction with an Egyptian court giving him a retrial. They have decided that some of the evidence leading to his conviction of propaganda favouring the Muslim Brotherhood included personal photos and reports from other news agencies. Those pictures and reports were salient to his his guilt of propagandising .. he had been present in places where he misleading reported what was not news. But the charge resting specifically to him has been decided to be only for those reports he made with his news organisation. The problem is that news organisations have been lying in the Middle East for a long time. The world is ignorant of Israeli affairs, even as it is widely reported, for many reasons, which at times looks anti semitic. And so Greste doesn't have much room to stand, even as he has worked with good intentions. In Australia, unprofessionalism is accepted in journalism. But in Egypt people are upset that press lies have gotten people killed. Greste does not deserve the persecution. But he doesn't deserve to be called a journalist either. It is similar to a soldier who retires and takes up service with a third party security organisation. He is exposed and professionally compromised. He should be sent home. But then so should Jonathan Pollard. And while Egypt is faced with a question of statesmanship, so is the US.
A bad ALP government tried to control the economy and superheated it, resulting in interest rates for home loans approaching twenty percent, resulting in real wage cuts of over twenty four percent over twelve years, resulting in shifting control of superannuation from responsible bodies to corrupt unions. That was a better government to the last ALP government which, over six years, trashed the Australian economy and left a debt legacy that our children will struggle to pay. The ALP is blocking needed reform which would address their irresponsible government activity. Shorten has made promises on becoming leader of how he would behave. He claimed he would make decisions based on national interest. But he hasn't. He has caved into populism. In the short term, he is getting kudos for strangling the government in the senate. But that will be shown to be illusory as an election nears when even the independents who vote ALP will risk voting to be reelected instead. Shorten has offered no alternatives to the policy he has blocked. He hasn't negotiated. Just as he failed to address Gillard's corrupt support for Slipper by declaring he hadn't heard what Gillard had said, he supported it, before knifing her and installing Rudd, Shorten again fails to act responsibly, preferring to hope that press kudos will cover up his policy free agenda.
There is a reason why big spending ALP is policy free. It has to do with their electorates which are welfare rich zones of poverty. And if ALP government had its' way, everyone would be poor. According to journalists who are partisan in following the ALP, the reason why AirAsia flight 8501 crashed was global warming. The fact is it is safer to fly now than in previous years and fewer storms, so, how did global warming do the deed? France had fewer New Year car-b-ques than in previous years. Possibly because many of the responsible youths are playing in ISIL territory this year. Or, possibly because Gaia was wrath-ing upon an airplane instead. Sad, because the ALP could have really cornered those youth votes.
2014
Over regulation seems to have had a driver fined with travelling 1 km/h over the limit. Their fine was quashed on examination. What would have happened had the conscientious police man not tried to match speed? What accident might have resulted at 61, which would not have happened at 60? What if drivers decided collectively they couldn't travel at the limit, but slower than the limit? It happened in Queensland, so maybe there was more to it. Maybe 'Butch' Cassidy worked for Clive Palmer and was trying to escape a ravenous dinosaur? I know what I dread more.
A prominent former cricketer on ABC1 assures the viewer in a pre show advert that he would run through brick walls if Ricky Ponting had asked him. Neither play for Australia anymore, but it is doubtful the athletic achievement of running through brick walls would have done much for either career outside of a circus. Not even Gillard could have used that type of loyalty. But it is probable she demanded it. But it is that kind of loyalty which impresses about AGW believers. And one can only imagine what those brick walls have done to their minds. Al Gore has not helped those researchers stuck on ice, who will be unable to report on the warming world because they are stuck on ice. As is their rescuers. One thing is certain, it isn't leftists picking up the rubbish once the ship moves on.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 366, the Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 533, Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. 1492, Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrendered. 1777, American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey. 1788, Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1791, Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
In 1818, the British Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 1833, Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. 1860, the discovery of the planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. 1865, Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ended as Brazilian and Coloradans captured Paysandú, Uruguay. 1871, Amadeus I became King of Spain. 1900, American statesman and diplomat John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. 1905, Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrendered at Port Arthur, China. 1911, a gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home SecretaryWinston Churchill. 1920, the second Palmer Raid took place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids took place in several U.S. cities. 1927, angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government.
In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. 1941, World War II: German bombing severely damaged the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. 1942, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicted 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring. Also 1942, World War II: Manila, Philippines was captured by Japanese forces. 1945, World War II: Nuremberg, Germany (in German, Nürnberg) was severely bombed by Allied forces. 1949, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. 1955, Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera was assassinated. 1959, Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, was launched by the Soviet Union. 1963, Vietnam War: The Viet Cong won its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac. 1967, Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California
In 1971, the second Ibrox disaster killed 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match. 1974, United States President Richard Nixon signed a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. 1975, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounded Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra. Also 1975, Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder was arrested and died while in police custody. 1976, the Gale of January 1976 began, which resulted in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage. 1981, one of the largest investigations by a British police force ended when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", was arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. 1992, leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia. 1993, Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy killed 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon. 1999, a brutal snowstorm smashed into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunged to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths were reported. 2004, Stardust successfully flew past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that were returned to Earth. 2006, an explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia trapped and killed 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition.
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A bad ALP government tried to control the economy and superheated it, resulting in interest rates for home loans approaching twenty percent, resulting in real wage cuts of over twenty four percent over twelve years, resulting in shifting control of superannuation from responsible bodies to corrupt unions. That was a better government to the last ALP government which, over six years, trashed the Australian economy and left a debt legacy that our children will struggle to pay. The ALP is blocking needed reform which would address their irresponsible government activity. Shorten has made promises on becoming leader of how he would behave. He claimed he would make decisions based on national interest. But he hasn't. He has caved into populism. In the short term, he is getting kudos for strangling the government in the senate. But that will be shown to be illusory as an election nears when even the independents who vote ALP will risk voting to be reelected instead. Shorten has offered no alternatives to the policy he has blocked. He hasn't negotiated. Just as he failed to address Gillard's corrupt support for Slipper by declaring he hadn't heard what Gillard had said, he supported it, before knifing her and installing Rudd, Shorten again fails to act responsibly, preferring to hope that press kudos will cover up his policy free agenda.
There is a reason why big spending ALP is policy free. It has to do with their electorates which are welfare rich zones of poverty. And if ALP government had its' way, everyone would be poor. According to journalists who are partisan in following the ALP, the reason why AirAsia flight 8501 crashed was global warming. The fact is it is safer to fly now than in previous years and fewer storms, so, how did global warming do the deed? France had fewer New Year car-b-ques than in previous years. Possibly because many of the responsible youths are playing in ISIL territory this year. Or, possibly because Gaia was wrath-ing upon an airplane instead. Sad, because the ALP could have really cornered those youth votes.
2014
Over regulation seems to have had a driver fined with travelling 1 km/h over the limit. Their fine was quashed on examination. What would have happened had the conscientious police man not tried to match speed? What accident might have resulted at 61, which would not have happened at 60? What if drivers decided collectively they couldn't travel at the limit, but slower than the limit? It happened in Queensland, so maybe there was more to it. Maybe 'Butch' Cassidy worked for Clive Palmer and was trying to escape a ravenous dinosaur? I know what I dread more.
A prominent former cricketer on ABC1 assures the viewer in a pre show advert that he would run through brick walls if Ricky Ponting had asked him. Neither play for Australia anymore, but it is doubtful the athletic achievement of running through brick walls would have done much for either career outside of a circus. Not even Gillard could have used that type of loyalty. But it is probable she demanded it. But it is that kind of loyalty which impresses about AGW believers. And one can only imagine what those brick walls have done to their minds. Al Gore has not helped those researchers stuck on ice, who will be unable to report on the warming world because they are stuck on ice. As is their rescuers. One thing is certain, it isn't leftists picking up the rubbish once the ship moves on.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 366, the Alemanni crossed the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire. 533, Mercurius became Pope John II, the first pope to adopt a new name upon elevation to the papacy. 1492, Reconquista: the Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrendered. 1777, American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey. 1788, Georgia becomes the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution. 1791, Big Bottom massacre in the Ohio Country, marking the beginning of the Northwest Indian War.
In 1818, the British Institution of Civil Engineers was founded. 1833, Reassertion of British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. 1860, the discovery of the planet Vulcan was announced at a meeting of the French Academy of Sciences in Paris, France. 1865, Uruguayan War: The Siege of Paysandú ended as Brazilian and Coloradans captured Paysandú, Uruguay. 1871, Amadeus I became King of Spain. 1900, American statesman and diplomat John Hay announced the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. 1905, Russo-Japanese War: The Russian garrison surrendered at Port Arthur, China. 1911, a gun battle in the East End of London left two dead and sparked a political row over the involvement of then-Home SecretaryWinston Churchill. 1920, the second Palmer Raid took place with another 6,000 suspected communists and anarchists arrested and held without trial. These raids took place in several U.S. cities. 1927, angered by the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917, Catholic rebels in Mexico rebelled against the government.
In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh. 1941, World War II: German bombing severely damaged the Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. 1942, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) convicted 33 members of a German spy ring headed by Fritz Joubert Duquesne in the largest espionage case in United States history—the Duquesne Spy Ring. Also 1942, World War II: Manila, Philippines was captured by Japanese forces. 1945, World War II: Nuremberg, Germany (in German, Nürnberg) was severely bombed by Allied forces. 1949, Luis Muñoz Marín became the first democratically elected Governor of Puerto Rico. 1955, Panamanian president José Antonio Remón Cantera was assassinated. 1959, Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and to orbit the Sun, was launched by the Soviet Union. 1963, Vietnam War: The Viet Cong won its first major victory in the Battle of Ap Bac. 1967, Ronald Reagan sworn in as Governor of California
In 1971, the second Ibrox disaster killed 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match. 1974, United States President Richard Nixon signed a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. 1975, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounded Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra. Also 1975, Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder was arrested and died while in police custody. 1976, the Gale of January 1976 began, which resulted in coastal flooding around the southern North Sea coasts, resulting in at least 82 deaths and US$1.3 billion in damage. 1981, one of the largest investigations by a British police force ended when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", was arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. 1992, leaders of armed opposition declare the President Zviad Gamsakhurdia deposed during a military coup in Georgia. 1993, Sri Lankan Civil War: The Sri Lanka Navy killed 35-100 civilians on the Jaffna Lagoon. 1999, a brutal snowstorm smashed into the Midwestern United States, causing 14 inches (359 mm) of snow in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and 19 inches (487 mm) in Chicago, where temperatures plunged to -13 °F (-25 °C); 68 deaths were reported. 2004, Stardust successfully flew past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that were returned to Earth. 2006, an explosion in a coal mine in Sago, West Virginia trapped and killed 12 miners, while leaving one miner in critical condition.
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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 or at Amazon www.amazon.com/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4