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One understands that the Koran should not be translated and so burning translated versions is not the same as burning the Koran, but that doesn't worry jihadists who threaten death to those making the political statement. It is similar to burning a pornographic photo and claiming it had depicted Mohammed, or his gay cousin. More remarkable then that UK has a charge of "suspicion of burning the Koran."
AirAsia flight QZ8501 has apparently crashed shortly after the pilot was denied the precaution of rising above the storm that claimed his craft. Apparently air traffic control had been concerned other planes would be in close proximity. The black box will be located soon and in all probability it was a freak, tragic accident that no precaution would have avoided.
Abysmal ALP/Green policy continues to threaten the lives and homes of country Australians during bushfire season. Back burning and limiting fuel is traditional and essential to effective administration of nature areas. Although pet scientists may disagree, as they are enthralled to the Greens.
As elections draw near in Israel, the left wing media campaign to bring down the conservative government of Netanyahu. Recently tv news media referenced an unending war between Israel and Palestine. Only there is currently no fighting and Palestine does not exist as a nation. But that does not matter to the partisan news media. Today is the 2002 anniversary of Israel pulling over a Palestinian bound ship crying 50 tons of weapons on the Red Sea.
2014
The Howard administration began with an appeal for trust. Actual reform was delayed so as to provide a basis for change. So GST was not implemented early. Even at the end of the administration, changes were slowly being made. They were profound and served Australia well. The same could not be said for Rudd or Gillard. Nothing seemed planned when the ALP was in office. Change needs to be discussed and agreed to by the public. That takes time. Were Abbott to announce his intentions for reform, nay sayers could scuttle them before they could be implemented. I am sure the administration has a reform agenda and I am sure it includes the ABC. But precisely what that reform is I don't yet know. Akerman claims that a window of opportunity is closing. I disagree. The conservatives govern for all, not merely a few. When it is time, we will all know.
Climate deniers in the US are not being told of the ice-capades of their brethren in the antarctic. Trapped in summer ice, and 98% of US news outlets don't mention it. At this rate of heating, by 2050, the world will be a snowball. Apparently a high salt diet is good for longevity. Assange, who does not recognise the right of a court to come between him and his abusive style of lovemaking is appealing for one to abuse process on his behalf.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1431, Joan of Arc was defeated by Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. 1653, by the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cut itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage. 1749, Benning Wentworth issued the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. Also 1749, the first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published. 1777, American General George Washington defeated British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
In 1815, Austria, the United Kingdom, and France formed a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia. 1823, Stephen F. Austin received a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico. 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts was sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia. 1861, American Civil War: Delaware voted not to secede from the United States. 1868, Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate was abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seized power. 1870, construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began. 1885, Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop 1888, the refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, was used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
In 1911, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroyed the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. 1925, Benito Mussolini announced he was taking dictatorial powers over Italy. 1932, Martial law was declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company. 1933, Minnie D. Craig became the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States. 1938, the March of Dimes was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1944, World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington was shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. 1945, World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. 1946, popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf died in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award was created to honor him. 1947, proceedings of the U.S. Congress were televised for the first time. 1949, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, was established.
in 1953, Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, became the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. 1956, a fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. 1957, the Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric watch. 1958, the West Indies Federation was formed. 1959, Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state. Also 1959, separatists in the Maldives declared the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic. 1961, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets. Also 1961, a core explosion and meltdown at the SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, killed three workers. Also 1961, in Finland's worst civilian aviation accident an Aero Flight 311 crashed near Kvevlax, resulting in the deaths of all 25 people aboard. 1962, Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro. 1976, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights came into effect. 1977, Apple Computer was incorporated.
In 1990, former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrendered to American forces. 1993, in Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). 1994, more than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands received South African citizenship. 1996, the Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, went on sale. 1997, China announced it would spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys. 1999, the Mars Polar Lander was launched. Also 1999, Israel detained, and later expelled, 14 members of Concerned Christians. 2000, the last original weekday Peanuts comic strip was published. 2002, Israeli forces seized the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons. 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashed into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history. 2009, the first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
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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.
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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
AirAsia flight QZ8501 has apparently crashed shortly after the pilot was denied the precaution of rising above the storm that claimed his craft. Apparently air traffic control had been concerned other planes would be in close proximity. The black box will be located soon and in all probability it was a freak, tragic accident that no precaution would have avoided.
Abysmal ALP/Green policy continues to threaten the lives and homes of country Australians during bushfire season. Back burning and limiting fuel is traditional and essential to effective administration of nature areas. Although pet scientists may disagree, as they are enthralled to the Greens.
As elections draw near in Israel, the left wing media campaign to bring down the conservative government of Netanyahu. Recently tv news media referenced an unending war between Israel and Palestine. Only there is currently no fighting and Palestine does not exist as a nation. But that does not matter to the partisan news media. Today is the 2002 anniversary of Israel pulling over a Palestinian bound ship crying 50 tons of weapons on the Red Sea.
2014
The Howard administration began with an appeal for trust. Actual reform was delayed so as to provide a basis for change. So GST was not implemented early. Even at the end of the administration, changes were slowly being made. They were profound and served Australia well. The same could not be said for Rudd or Gillard. Nothing seemed planned when the ALP was in office. Change needs to be discussed and agreed to by the public. That takes time. Were Abbott to announce his intentions for reform, nay sayers could scuttle them before they could be implemented. I am sure the administration has a reform agenda and I am sure it includes the ABC. But precisely what that reform is I don't yet know. Akerman claims that a window of opportunity is closing. I disagree. The conservatives govern for all, not merely a few. When it is time, we will all know.
Climate deniers in the US are not being told of the ice-capades of their brethren in the antarctic. Trapped in summer ice, and 98% of US news outlets don't mention it. At this rate of heating, by 2050, the world will be a snowball. Apparently a high salt diet is good for longevity. Assange, who does not recognise the right of a court to come between him and his abusive style of lovemaking is appealing for one to abuse process on his behalf.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1431, Joan of Arc was defeated by Bishop Pierre Cauchon. 1521, Pope Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther in the papal bull Decet Romanum Pontificem. 1653, by the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Church in India cut itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage. 1749, Benning Wentworth issued the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. Also 1749, the first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, was published. 1777, American General George Washington defeated British General Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton.
In 1815, Austria, the United Kingdom, and France formed a secret defensive alliance against Prussia and Russia. 1823, Stephen F. Austin received a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico. 1848, Joseph Jenkins Roberts was sworn in as the first president of the independent African Liberia. 1861, American Civil War: Delaware voted not to secede from the United States. 1868, Meiji Restoration in Japan: The Tokugawa shogunate was abolished; agents of Satsuma and Chōshū seized power. 1870, construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began. 1885, Sino-French War: Beginning of the Battle of Núi Bop 1888, the refracting telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, was used for the first time. It was the largest telescope in the world at the time.
In 1911, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake destroyed the city of Almaty in Russian Turkestan. 1919, at the Paris Peace Conference, Emir Faisal I of Iraq signed an agreement with Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann on the development of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and an Arab nation in a large part of the Middle East. 1925, Benito Mussolini announced he was taking dictatorial powers over Italy. 1932, Martial law was declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company. 1933, Minnie D. Craig became the first female elected as Speaker of the North Dakota House of Representatives, the first female to hold a Speaker position anywhere in the United States. 1938, the March of Dimes was established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1944, World War II: Top Ace Major Greg "Pappy" Boyington was shot down in his Vought F4U Corsair by Captain Masajiro Kawato flying a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. 1945, World War II: Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was placed in command of all U.S. Naval forces in preparation for planned assaults against Iwo Jima and Okinawa in Japan. 1946, popular Canadian American jockey George Woolf died in a freak accident during a race; the annual George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award was created to honor him. 1947, proceedings of the U.S. Congress were televised for the first time. 1949, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, the central bank of the Philippines, was established.
in 1953, Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, became the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. 1956, a fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower. 1957, the Hamilton Watch Company introduced the first electric watch. 1958, the West Indies Federation was formed. 1959, Alaska was admitted as the 49th U.S. state. Also 1959, separatists in the Maldives declared the establishment of the United Suvadive Republic. 1961, the United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba over the latter's nationalization of American assets. Also 1961, a core explosion and meltdown at the SL-1, a government-run reactor near Idaho Falls, Idaho, killed three workers. Also 1961, in Finland's worst civilian aviation accident an Aero Flight 311 crashed near Kvevlax, resulting in the deaths of all 25 people aboard. 1962, Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro. 1976, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights came into effect. 1977, Apple Computer was incorporated.
In 1990, former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrendered to American forces. 1993, in Moscow, Russia, George Bush and Boris Yeltsin signed the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). 1994, more than seven million people from the former apartheid Homelands received South African citizenship. 1996, the Motorola StarTAC, the first flip phone and one of the first mobile phones to gain widespread consumer adoption, went on sale. 1997, China announced it would spend US$27.7 billion to fight erosion and pollution in the Yangtze and Yellow River valleys. 1999, the Mars Polar Lander was launched. Also 1999, Israel detained, and later expelled, 14 members of Concerned Christians. 2000, the last original weekday Peanuts comic strip was published. 2002, Israeli forces seized the Palestinian freighter Karine A in the Red Sea, finding 50 tons of weapons. 2004, Flash Airlines Flight 604 crashed into the Red Sea, resulting in 148 deaths, making it the deadliest aviation accident in Egyptian history. 2009, the first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
===
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