Post by Admin on Jan 14, 2015 9:57:44 GMT
Today is a mixed bag of birthdays. Mark Antony, Benedict Arnold, J F Archibald (Australian portrait guy), Albert Schweitzer, Alfred Tarski, Andy Rooney, Frank Costigan, Faye Dunaway, Ian Brayshaw and Steven Soderbergh. Antony was a suicide whose grandson was Nero. Benedict was unfaithful to the revolution. But greatness does not fall to the timid. In 1639, on this day, the first constitution to create a state was made for Connecticut. Connecticut is a name that sounds like it was made by committee. In 1933, Bill Woodfull, Australian Cricket Captain and opener was hit over the heart by a body line bouncer, resulting in Douglas Jardine's tactics prompting a diplomatic incident between Australia and England. In 1967, in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, counterculture staged a "Human be-in" to launch the "Summer of Love." It is that kind of a day.
Australia has provided a particularly cowardly journalist in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terror hit. He even beat Hollande's comment "Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion." Andrew Marlton has written "I don’t depict Muhammad because it’s probably racist and also I don’t get to put my family and my coworkers at risk of being firebombed. " Great analysis by Arutz Sheva is linked in the article. Maybe too much summer of love for Andrew. The "97% of climate scientists agree" statement is fact checked Alex Epstein writing for Forbes. It is a lie. Probably too much summer is involved too. Fairfax is promoting a band that hates Mr Abbott. Where has that summer of love gone?
2014
It is my birthday and a time to reflect on things. Former friends of mine, ultra left wing, who call themselves moderates have slandered me and the Liberal Party likening it too Adolph Hitler's Nazi party. I don't feel the need to respond to such but I also flag it as a typical example of left wing argument, which employs abuse, rather than substance. Apparently, they feel it is ok to make a claim like "Ariel Sharon was responsible for the deaths of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon." When the fact was Israel was at war, Sharon as defence minister ordered his troops to show restraint even with extreme provocation. Israeli troops were killed by those they were fighting because of that restraint. Meanwhile Christian militia attacked some refugee camps and killed about 700 refugees. The allegation against Sharon is outrageous, and often made by terrorists or their apologists without reference to what happened, or on appeal to balance, saying it was an example of balanced atrocity. The reason for restraint is to do with US demands on Israel during the prosecution of the war. Reagan was in the first half of his first term and Carter had inflamed the Middle East, weakening US presence there. US had to work with Saudi Arabia as the Soviet Union threatened to make the situation worse. Small comfort for the families of those Israelis who lost their lives.
But my life is not all politics. I have friends and loved ones who make themselves known. It is a time to gather and look .. forward. Over three months ago, my place was flooded with raw sewage. GIO, my strata insurer are nowhere near addressing the simple repairs. But out of the frustration comes opportunity. I'm hoping to start a business around these columns soon. A simple email one .. hopefully with corporate backing. Things are incredibly tight. I have turned to family and they have shown .. well, we will see. God works for me. I just don't know how, or what He is trying to do. But I am trying to do it.
A journalism academic has asked for help. I'm sure we can point the way up for them. Syria's civil war has an Australian connection. But if they were listening, would they be fighting? Who would they listen to? AGW Doom predictors show a colour photo from a 65 million year old extinction event. But they fail to attribute it, so we don't know who took it.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1301, Andrew III of Hungary died, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1343, Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague. 1539, Spain annexed Cuba. 1639, the "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, was adopted in Connecticut. 1724, King Philip V of Spain abdicated the throne. 1761, the Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas. 1784, American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. 1814, Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania. 1822, Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth was captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis. 1858, Napoleon III of France escaped an assassination attempt.
In 1907, an earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica killed more than 1,000. 1911, Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition made landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. 1933, the controversial "Bodyline" cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peaked when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit over the heart. 1938, Norway claimed Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. 1943, World War II: Japan began Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Also 1943, World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill began the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. Also 1943, World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travelled from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
In 1950, the first prototype of the MiG-17 made its maiden flight. 1952, NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuted, with host Dave Garroway. 1953, Josip Broz Tito was inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia. 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. 1957, Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. 1960, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, was established. 1967, Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, took place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. 1969, an accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 27 people.
In 1972, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascended the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. 1973, Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii was broadcast live via satellite, and set the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. 1975, teenage heiress Lesley Whittle was kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther". 1999, Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman became the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralysed the city. 2000, a United Nations tribunal sentenced five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village. 2004, the national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. 2005, the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan. 2010, Yemen declared an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. 2011, former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring. 2012, the Pirate Party of Greece was founded, on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party.
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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 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.
Australia has provided a particularly cowardly journalist in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo terror hit. He even beat Hollande's comment "Those who committed these acts have nothing to do with the Muslim religion." Andrew Marlton has written "I don’t depict Muhammad because it’s probably racist and also I don’t get to put my family and my coworkers at risk of being firebombed. " Great analysis by Arutz Sheva is linked in the article. Maybe too much summer of love for Andrew. The "97% of climate scientists agree" statement is fact checked Alex Epstein writing for Forbes. It is a lie. Probably too much summer is involved too. Fairfax is promoting a band that hates Mr Abbott. Where has that summer of love gone?
2014
It is my birthday and a time to reflect on things. Former friends of mine, ultra left wing, who call themselves moderates have slandered me and the Liberal Party likening it too Adolph Hitler's Nazi party. I don't feel the need to respond to such but I also flag it as a typical example of left wing argument, which employs abuse, rather than substance. Apparently, they feel it is ok to make a claim like "Ariel Sharon was responsible for the deaths of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon." When the fact was Israel was at war, Sharon as defence minister ordered his troops to show restraint even with extreme provocation. Israeli troops were killed by those they were fighting because of that restraint. Meanwhile Christian militia attacked some refugee camps and killed about 700 refugees. The allegation against Sharon is outrageous, and often made by terrorists or their apologists without reference to what happened, or on appeal to balance, saying it was an example of balanced atrocity. The reason for restraint is to do with US demands on Israel during the prosecution of the war. Reagan was in the first half of his first term and Carter had inflamed the Middle East, weakening US presence there. US had to work with Saudi Arabia as the Soviet Union threatened to make the situation worse. Small comfort for the families of those Israelis who lost their lives.
But my life is not all politics. I have friends and loved ones who make themselves known. It is a time to gather and look .. forward. Over three months ago, my place was flooded with raw sewage. GIO, my strata insurer are nowhere near addressing the simple repairs. But out of the frustration comes opportunity. I'm hoping to start a business around these columns soon. A simple email one .. hopefully with corporate backing. Things are incredibly tight. I have turned to family and they have shown .. well, we will see. God works for me. I just don't know how, or what He is trying to do. But I am trying to do it.
A journalism academic has asked for help. I'm sure we can point the way up for them. Syria's civil war has an Australian connection. But if they were listening, would they be fighting? Who would they listen to? AGW Doom predictors show a colour photo from a 65 million year old extinction event. But they fail to attribute it, so we don't know who took it.
Historical perspectives on this day
In 1301, Andrew III of Hungary died, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1343, Arnošt of Pardubice became the last bishop of Prague and, subsequently, the first Archbishop of Prague. 1539, Spain annexed Cuba. 1639, the "Fundamental Orders", the first written constitution that created a government, was adopted in Connecticut. 1724, King Philip V of Spain abdicated the throne. 1761, the Third Battle of Panipat was fought in India between the Afghans under Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas. 1784, American Revolutionary War: Ratification Day, United States - Congress ratified the Treaty of Paris with Great Britain. 1814, Treaty of Kiel: Frederick VI of Denmark ceded Norway to Sweden in return for Pomerania. 1822, Greek War of Independence: Acrocorinth was captured by Theodoros Kolokotronis and Demetrios Ypsilantis. 1858, Napoleon III of France escaped an assassination attempt.
In 1907, an earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica killed more than 1,000. 1911, Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition made landfall on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. 1933, the controversial "Bodyline" cricket tactics used by Douglas Jardine's England peaked when Australian captain Bill Woodfull was hit over the heart. 1938, Norway claimed Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. 1943, World War II: Japan began Operation Ke, the successful operation to evacuate its forces from Guadalcanal during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Also 1943, World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill began the Casablanca Conference to discuss strategy and study the next phase of the war. Also 1943, World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to travel by airplane while in office when he travelled from Miami to Morocco to meet with Winston Churchill.
In 1950, the first prototype of the MiG-17 made its maiden flight. 1952, NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuted, with host Dave Garroway. 1953, Josip Broz Tito was inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia. 1954, the Hudson Motor Car Company merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation forming the American Motors Corporation. 1957, Kripalu Maharaj was named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher) after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. 1960, the Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank and banknote issuing authority, was established. 1967, Counterculture of the 1960s: The Human Be-In, took place in San Francisco, California's Golden Gate Park, launching the Summer of Love. 1969, an accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 27 people.
In 1972, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascended the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederick or Christian since 1513. 1973, Elvis Presley's concert Aloha from Hawaii was broadcast live via satellite, and set the record as the most watched broadcast by an individual entertainer in television history. 1975, teenage heiress Lesley Whittle was kidnapped by Donald Neilson, aka "the Black Panther". 1999, Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman became the first mayor in Canada to call in the Army to help with emergency medical evacuations and snow removal after more than one meter of snow paralysed the city. 2000, a United Nations tribunal sentenced five Bosnian Croats to up to 25 years for the 1993 killing of over 100 Muslims in a Bosnian village. 2004, the national flag of the Republic of Georgia, the so-called "five cross flag", was restored to official use after a hiatus of some 500 years. 2005, the Huygens probe landed on Saturn's moon Titan. 2010, Yemen declared an open war against the terrorist group al-Qaeda. 2011, former president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled his country to Saudi Arabia after a series of street demonstrations against his regime and corrupt policies, asking for freedom, rights and democracy, considered as the anniversary of the Tunisian Revolution and the birth of the Arab Spring. 2012, the Pirate Party of Greece was founded, on the model of the Swedish Pirate Party.
===
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 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.