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Bali executions
Two of the Bali Nine are scheduled for execution. It was going to be three, with Scott Rush's death sentence commuted to life. There are many good reasons why Myuran Sukumaran and Michael Chan have been sentenced to death while the others were given long sentences. They had been couriering a substantial amount of heroin, many kilos strapped to the bodies of the couriers. Andrew Chan had none on his person when he was caught. It turned out that Rush's father had tipped off police prior to the attempt and felt his son should have received recognition or leniency, but the initial death sentence did not suggest that. Meanwhile, initially, Sukumaran and Chan stonewalled and threatened the others regarding speaking to police. Press are keen to say, now, that they have been model prisoners, and there is no doubt they have been. They may also have reformed. But they gave their lives defending the drug smugglers that brought them to their end. It is a tragic waste to execute them. Australia does not have a death penalty. But that the death penalty applies, they have been sentenced correctly. One thing worth noting is the possibility that the Australian government can intervene on their behalf. Certainly the conservative government has tried. The ABC, last year, have tried very hard to derail all political effort by Australia in Indonesia following the change of government in '13. If Australia fails diplomatically, it is worth sending a few flowers to the ABC. Maybe send a few poppies. Name them Michael and Myuran. Make sure they are cut to illustrate life is cheap.
About being Australian on Australia Day.
Australia Day is tomorrow and it is worth noting people who have been stripped of their honour. Alan Bond, Eddie Obeid, Ian MacDonald, Brian Burke, and Marcus Einfeld, have all been lauded on Australia Day in the past. It says something that ALP identities have been favoured who did not deserve it. Two of them, Burke and Bond, were connected with WA inc where government activity was corruptly purchased in WA. There was a time where every ALP state lost a credit union through bad lending practice. NSW, which was led by conservatives was an exception. But the then NSW Premier, Greiner, was savaged by the press and independents .. and ICAC. Meanwhile ALP laud them selves. Einfeld was a predictable judge (biased?) but fell foul with a $77 speeding fine lie. Obeid and Macdonald are both NSW ALP identities who are implicated in dodgy property deals worth over half a billion dollars. Australia has some great people worth lauding, and it is sad when people like those listed here obscure that.
When does freedom have context?
Freedom is desirable, and a terrible thing to lose. Chan and Sukumaran have lost their freedom. But sometimes people lose freedom under unfair circumstances. Recently some surviving hostages from the Martin Place Lindt Cafe siege have been criticised for trying to profit from their hostage status. They are allowed to profit in a free country, and one wishes them well. Some regulation advocates claim it is morally wrong, saying people died, and so no one should profit. But the truth is no one should be able to take hostages, certainly not criminals with a history of domestic abuse and watched by the police but enjoying the freedom to obtain a fire arm. As Tim Blair notes, in 2001, not two weeks after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush said that Islamic extremists “hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.” Many at the time said Bush's observations were simplistic, but in the thirteen years since, they seem prescient.
2014
Today is the birthday of Hadrian, Princess Athena of Denmark, Neil Diamond and Edith Wharton. One might expect beautiful things which last a long time. On this day Caligula was assassinated, slaves revolted in Brazil heralding their freedom fifty years later, gold was discovered in Sacramento, Boy scouts began their preparation, Income tax was declared legal in the US, Churchill and FDR met in Casablanca. And on this day Winston Churchill and his father passed, as did L Ron Hubbard. There is a pointlessness in drawing parallels, and a synchronicity too.
On the day a Japanese soldier (1972) is found hiding in Guam, listening to ABC broadcasts to find out when WW2 would end, the ABC is criticised for assaulting the Australian government, vainly hoping people will be exploited by pirates and drown. Apparently burning hands, rather than sewing lips, allows illegal immigrants to speak, and the navy is being criticised for that. Syria's leadership is being discussed on the day a kind of UN despatched Caligula. Climate change is being discussed on the day gold was discovered on hills. Cate Blanchett fears for our warm future, but still buys waterside, possibly humming "Cracklin' Rosie get on board." There is more archaeological evidence for Buddha than there is for the life of L Ron Hubbard. And it is a cold day in Hell.
Australia Day is coming. A time to give thanks for the sacrifice that many made to make this nation great. A time to give thanks for those who built a nation that is a modern democracy. A time to wonder why some hate freedom, compassion, love and hope. A time to stop public funding of the ABC?
Historical perspectives on this day
In 41, Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, was assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaimed Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor 1438, the Council of Basel suspended Pope Eugene IV. 1458, Matthias I Corvinus became king of Hungary. 1624, Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrived at Massawa from Goa. 1679, King Charles II of England dissolved the Cavalier Parliament. 1742, Charles VII Albert became Holy Roman Emperor. 1758, during the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submitted to Elizabeth I of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)
In 1817, Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta. 1835, slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, staged a revolt, which was instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later. 1848, California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. 1857, the University of Calcutta was formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia. 1859, political and state union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected as Domnitor in both Principalities. 1862, Bucharest was proclaimed the capital of Romania. 1878, the revolutionary Vera Zasulich shot at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
In 1900, Second Boer War: Boers stopped a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop. 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organised in England by Robert Baden-Powell. 1911, Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku was hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice. 1916, in Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declared the federal income tax constitutional. 1918, the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS) 1933, the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices. 1939, the deadliest earthquake in Chilean history struck Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
In 1942, World War II: The Allies bombarded Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. 1943, World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded a conference in Casablanca. 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. 1947, Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos became Prime Minister of Greece. 1960, Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers staged an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seized government buildings and clashed with local police. 1961, Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs broke up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. 1968, Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa 1972, Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. 1977, Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy. 1978, Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burned up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% was recovered.
In 1984, the first Apple Macintosh went on sale. 1986, Voyager 2 passed within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus. 1990, Japan launched Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. 1993, Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara. 1996, Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigned amid charges that he spied for Moscow. 2003, the United States Department of Homeland Security officially began operation. 2009, the storm Klaus made landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. 2011, at least 35 died and 180 were injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. 2014, three bombs exploded in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about seven people and injuring over 100 others. Also 2014, the Philippines and the Bangsamoro agreed to a peace deal that would help end the 45-year conflict.
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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, 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.
===
Bali executions
Two of the Bali Nine are scheduled for execution. It was going to be three, with Scott Rush's death sentence commuted to life. There are many good reasons why Myuran Sukumaran and Michael Chan have been sentenced to death while the others were given long sentences. They had been couriering a substantial amount of heroin, many kilos strapped to the bodies of the couriers. Andrew Chan had none on his person when he was caught. It turned out that Rush's father had tipped off police prior to the attempt and felt his son should have received recognition or leniency, but the initial death sentence did not suggest that. Meanwhile, initially, Sukumaran and Chan stonewalled and threatened the others regarding speaking to police. Press are keen to say, now, that they have been model prisoners, and there is no doubt they have been. They may also have reformed. But they gave their lives defending the drug smugglers that brought them to their end. It is a tragic waste to execute them. Australia does not have a death penalty. But that the death penalty applies, they have been sentenced correctly. One thing worth noting is the possibility that the Australian government can intervene on their behalf. Certainly the conservative government has tried. The ABC, last year, have tried very hard to derail all political effort by Australia in Indonesia following the change of government in '13. If Australia fails diplomatically, it is worth sending a few flowers to the ABC. Maybe send a few poppies. Name them Michael and Myuran. Make sure they are cut to illustrate life is cheap.
About being Australian on Australia Day.
Australia Day is tomorrow and it is worth noting people who have been stripped of their honour. Alan Bond, Eddie Obeid, Ian MacDonald, Brian Burke, and Marcus Einfeld, have all been lauded on Australia Day in the past. It says something that ALP identities have been favoured who did not deserve it. Two of them, Burke and Bond, were connected with WA inc where government activity was corruptly purchased in WA. There was a time where every ALP state lost a credit union through bad lending practice. NSW, which was led by conservatives was an exception. But the then NSW Premier, Greiner, was savaged by the press and independents .. and ICAC. Meanwhile ALP laud them selves. Einfeld was a predictable judge (biased?) but fell foul with a $77 speeding fine lie. Obeid and Macdonald are both NSW ALP identities who are implicated in dodgy property deals worth over half a billion dollars. Australia has some great people worth lauding, and it is sad when people like those listed here obscure that.
When does freedom have context?
Freedom is desirable, and a terrible thing to lose. Chan and Sukumaran have lost their freedom. But sometimes people lose freedom under unfair circumstances. Recently some surviving hostages from the Martin Place Lindt Cafe siege have been criticised for trying to profit from their hostage status. They are allowed to profit in a free country, and one wishes them well. Some regulation advocates claim it is morally wrong, saying people died, and so no one should profit. But the truth is no one should be able to take hostages, certainly not criminals with a history of domestic abuse and watched by the police but enjoying the freedom to obtain a fire arm. As Tim Blair notes, in 2001, not two weeks after the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush said that Islamic extremists “hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.” Many at the time said Bush's observations were simplistic, but in the thirteen years since, they seem prescient.
2014
Today is the birthday of Hadrian, Princess Athena of Denmark, Neil Diamond and Edith Wharton. One might expect beautiful things which last a long time. On this day Caligula was assassinated, slaves revolted in Brazil heralding their freedom fifty years later, gold was discovered in Sacramento, Boy scouts began their preparation, Income tax was declared legal in the US, Churchill and FDR met in Casablanca. And on this day Winston Churchill and his father passed, as did L Ron Hubbard. There is a pointlessness in drawing parallels, and a synchronicity too.
On the day a Japanese soldier (1972) is found hiding in Guam, listening to ABC broadcasts to find out when WW2 would end, the ABC is criticised for assaulting the Australian government, vainly hoping people will be exploited by pirates and drown. Apparently burning hands, rather than sewing lips, allows illegal immigrants to speak, and the navy is being criticised for that. Syria's leadership is being discussed on the day a kind of UN despatched Caligula. Climate change is being discussed on the day gold was discovered on hills. Cate Blanchett fears for our warm future, but still buys waterside, possibly humming "Cracklin' Rosie get on board." There is more archaeological evidence for Buddha than there is for the life of L Ron Hubbard. And it is a cold day in Hell.
Australia Day is coming. A time to give thanks for the sacrifice that many made to make this nation great. A time to give thanks for those who built a nation that is a modern democracy. A time to wonder why some hate freedom, compassion, love and hope. A time to stop public funding of the ABC?
Historical perspectives on this day
In 41, Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, was assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaimed Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor 1438, the Council of Basel suspended Pope Eugene IV. 1458, Matthias I Corvinus became king of Hungary. 1624, Afonso Mendes, appointed by Pope Gregory XV as Prelate of Ethiopia, arrived at Massawa from Goa. 1679, King Charles II of England dissolved the Cavalier Parliament. 1742, Charles VII Albert became Holy Roman Emperor. 1758, during the Seven Years' War the leading burghers of Königsberg submitted to Elizabeth I of Russia, thus forming Russian Prussia (until 1763)
In 1817, Crossing of the Andes: Many soldiers of Juan Gregorio de las Heras were captured during the Action of Picheuta. 1835, slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, staged a revolt, which was instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later. 1848, California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. 1857, the University of Calcutta was formally founded as the first fully fledged university in South Asia. 1859, political and state union of Moldavia and Wallachia; Alexandru Ioan Cuza was elected as Domnitor in both Principalities. 1862, Bucharest was proclaimed the capital of Romania. 1878, the revolutionary Vera Zasulich shot at Fyodor Trepov, the Governor of Saint Petersburg.
In 1900, Second Boer War: Boers stopped a British attempt to break the Siege of Ladysmith in the Battle of Spion Kop. 1908, the first Boy Scout troop was organised in England by Robert Baden-Powell. 1911, Japanese anarchist Shūsui Kōtoku was hanged for treason in a case now considered a miscarriage of justice. 1916, in Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad, the Supreme Court of the United States declared the federal income tax constitutional. 1918, the Gregorian calendar was introduced in Russia by decree of the Council of People's Commissars effective February 14(NS) 1933, the 20th Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, changing the beginning and end of terms for all elected federal offices. 1939, the deadliest earthquake in Chilean history struck Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
In 1942, World War II: The Allies bombarded Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. 1943, World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded a conference in Casablanca. 1946, the United Nations General Assembly passed its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission. 1947, Greek banker Dimitrios Maximos became Prime Minister of Greece. 1960, Algerian War: Some units of European volunteers in Algiers staged an insurrection known as the "barricades week", during which they seized government buildings and clashed with local police. 1961, Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs broke up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. 1968, Vietnam War: The 1st Australian Task Force launched Operation Coburg against the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during wider fighting around Long Bình and Biên Hòa 1972, Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi was found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. 1977, Massacre of Atocha in Madrid, during the Spanish transition to democracy. 1978, Soviet satellite Cosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burned up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% was recovered.
In 1984, the first Apple Macintosh went on sale. 1986, Voyager 2 passed within 81,500 kilometres (50,600 mi) of Uranus. 1990, Japan launched Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. 1993, Turkish journalist and writer Uğur Mumcu was assassinated by a car bomb in Ankara. 1996, Polish Prime Minister Józef Oleksy resigned amid charges that he spied for Moscow. 2003, the United States Department of Homeland Security officially began operation. 2009, the storm Klaus made landfall near Bordeaux, France. It subsequently would cause 26 deaths as well as extensive disruptions to public transport and power supplies. 2011, at least 35 died and 180 were injured in a bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport. 2014, three bombs exploded in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, killing about seven people and injuring over 100 others. Also 2014, the Philippines and the Bangsamoro agreed to a peace deal that would help end the 45-year conflict.
===
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, 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.