

Don't give up on hope. Opportunity regarding SSM vote squandered. While many are campaigning for Yes or No, the lost opportunity was for a cheap, electronic vote to be tested. Done right, and not based on IBM environmental issues, but on practical considerations of effectiveness and cost, while protecting data, a vote could have been made over the internet for most of the population. By making the votes private, not secret, the vote would have been verifiable, making it impossible to manipulate remotely. Some people would have needed to use paper documents, but the cost of administering such a vote would be much less than $120 million. Meanwhile, ALP and Greens denounce the expenditure on the issue as waste. But they didn't mind throwing away $500 billion on nothing that Australia has today. Or over $100 trillion on lowering global world temperature by a fraction of a degree in a hundred year's time, and charging the bill to the world's poorest. Meanwhile, on SSM, Yes campaigners (different to those who will vote Yes) are wanting to approve abuses seen overseas when SSM has been introduced. Christian churches persecuted for not marrying gay couples and families threatened with losing their children for not raising their children in a gender neutral home. The Yes vote seems to approve a bureaucratic over reach. I'm sympathetic to the Yes cause, but will vote 'No' because of the Yes campaign.
50 years since Beatles launched Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band album. The album was groundbreaking, brilliant and still relevant today. In 1966, after a gruelling world tour, the Beatles gave up live performances. They couldn't play their latest album's songs on stage (Revolver) because those songs had not matched their two guitars, bass and drums stage. They were disappointed at their live efforts, which became obvious in Japan where adoring crowds were quiet. And so the Beatles went their separate ways for a time. Lennon met Yoko, Harrison travelled to India and studied Sitar under Ravi Shankar. McCartney got the idea of an alter ego band making music. Beach Boys Pet Sounds was released and impressed and inspired McCartney. Halfway through making the album, McCartney suggested Sgt Pepper, and the band decided to make the album as if it had been recorded by their alter egos. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, A Day in the Life, With a Little Help from my Friends are a few of the popular tracks that have made the album chart number 1 in Australia and UK for decades. https://conservativeweasel.blogspot.com/2021/09/17th-sept-review-of-historical-and.html
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Snowin' and blowin' up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell rock
Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock
Jingle bell chime in jingle bell time
Dancin' and prancin' in Jingle Bell Square
In the frosty air
What a bright time, it's the right time
To rock the night away
Jingle bell time is a swell time
To go glidin' in a one-horse sleigh
Giddy-up jingle horse, pick up your feet
Jingle around the clock
Mix and a-mingle in the jinglin' feet
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle bell
That's the jingle...
David Daniel Ball calls himself the Conservative Voice.
I'm a teacher with three decades experience teaching math to high school kids.I also work with first graders and kids in between first grade and high school. I know the legends of why Hypatia's dad is remembered through his contribution to Math theory. And I know the legend of why followers of Godel had thought he had disproved God's existence.
I'm not a preacher, but I am a Christian who has written over 28 books all of which include some reference to my faith. Twelve blog books on world history and current affairs, detailing world events , births and marriages on each day of the year, organised by month. Twelve books on the background to and history of Bible Quotes. One Bible quote per day for a year. An intro to a science fiction series I'm planning, post apocalyptic cyber punk. An autobiography with short story collections.
I'm known in Australia for my failure as a whistleblower over the negligence death of a school boy. ...
The Ballad of David Ball
[Verse 1]
In New York City, '67, a child was born so bold,
David Ball, with dreams afire, where Sesame Street was told.
His father shaped young minds at Columbia's hall so grand,
Till the '70s called them homeward to Sydney's distant land.
[Chorus]
Oh, sing of David Ball, with a heart both strong and true,
From classroom tales to whistle’s call, his spirit breaking through.
With pen in hand and faith so deep, he writes through joy and pain,
A voice for justice, loud and clear, in every sweet refrain.
[Verse 2]
Self-taught he read by Sydney's shore, with numbers as his guide,
A math teacher in the tough schools, where hope and youth ...
This is edited to correct obvious mistakes
David Daniel Ball (born January 10, 1967, in New York City) is an Australian writer, conservative blogger, political activist, and former high school mathematics teacher. As the younger brother of cognitive scientist John Samuel Ball, David has carved a distinct path in education, advocacy, and self-publishing, often focusing on social justice, child protection, history, and Christian devotionals. His life story intertwines family intellectual heritage with personal campaigns against institutional failures in child welfare.
David was born in Manhattan during his father Samuel Ball's (1933–2009) tenure as an educational psychologist at Teachers College, Columbia University. Samuel, an Australian academic, contributed to early evaluations of Sesame Street through his work at the Educational Testing Service (ETS), assessing the show's impact on children's learning from 1963 onward. The family, including elder brother John (born 1963 in Iowa), relocated to ...
I invite you with: "Right now, let's respond by seeking Him first. If you're carrying worries, lay them down at His feet. Raise your hands, pray silently, or come forward for prayer as we declare His kingdom priority in our lives." This encourages active faith application, tying back to Matthew 6:33's promise.
https://storiesthatheal.blogspot.com/2016/09/bible-quote-sep-28th-matthew-633.html
Verse 1
In the whisper of the wind, You call my name
Beyond the worries of this world, Your kingdom reigns
Like lilies in the field, clothed in Your grace
I lift my eyes to You, in this sacred place
Chorus
Seek first Your kingdom, oh Lord
And Your righteousness, forevermore
All these things will be added, in Your perfect time
Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word from Your throne
We seek You first, we seek You first
Verse 2
From ancient words You spoke, in the mountaintop light
You taught us not to fear, in the dead of night
Your promise echoes through the ages, ...