

Don't give up on hope. Fight to live. Life is sweet. Life is worth it. There is enough tragedy which will end it, but every day you can live and suck the marrow out of life. Unless you are a left winger and celebrate death. In Victoria, Premier Dan Andrews is trying to provide certainty to death by passing a bill for euthanasia. Advocates claim it is safe from abuse. Overseas studies show that wherever implemented it has been abused. It is not the terminally ill who are using it, but the sad and lonely. Killing sad and lonely people is not the appropriate response to their problems. Euthanasia is only good for the democratic process which will end Dan Andrews ALP government in Victoria. The bill is on a knife edge in the Victorian parliament with the ALP deputy leader suggesting an amendment which might stymie it. Or might not.
Another 'death worshipper' is the unlikely Bow Bergdahl, former Taliban detainee. Bergdahl was a private who walked out of the US army base, disgusted at how the army was being run. He was captured by Taliban and used as a pawn and Obama traded some Gitmo detainees for Bergdahl's freedom. It is said US soldiers died looking for Bergdahl. It is also suggested that Taliban targeted US troops in the months following Bergdahl's capture. Young people get confused by politics, the press don't help and Obama sent the wrong signals whenever he could. Service in Iraq was a good thing. Atrocities are not. But Bow did not detail atrocities, but referenced them in an email to his dad before deserting. Bow left after he did not like new platoon sergeants. Bow claimed he knew of atrocities leaving him sick, like running over Afghan youths in armoured vehicles. But, maybe there s no difference between accidents, and deaths of combatants? Bow's solution was not a good one.
The left celebrate death and abandon people in need. As with giving $100 trillion to corrupt AGW hysterics, and taking it from the world's poorest. Turnbull has a plan to contribute to the $100 trillion through a carbon tax. It will make power more expensive, but Turnbull says it will be cheaper. Power is set to falter in Vitoria this summer because of bad government policy. But outrageous has been the banning of a halloween costume because it was named to be Anne Frank. The outrageous exploitation of Anne must stop. She was abandoned by the left when by acting, she might have been saved. The outfit is ok, but the association is wrong.
The ALP are failing in Victoria, as a third member resigns under corruption allegations regarding expenses. Dan Andrews government is running out of puff, but the election is still some 400 days away. So Andrews is launching his energy into renewal, by supporting banning plastic shopping bags. Banning plastic bags won't help anyone or anything, but can make Dan feel better even though he can't kill anyone yet. Note the irony, Andrews supports euthanasia but opposes capital punishment.
Harm minimisation fails as drugs take a toll. Trump is expected to act soon on the issue, declaring that every month the US is experiencing a 911 from drug deaths. But it isn't only death which scars drug users.
The #MeToo hashtag is getting a workout post Weinstein. I am a sex abuse victim, my childhood, such as it was, was ended by a family friend, and exploited by my mother. I've been abandoned by family. I have sympathy for the actresses and hopefuls exploited by Weinstein. I may not agree with them on their politics, but I do not feel they deserved the abuse.
Trade Union corruption in Australia is extensive. Unions have tax free income, control superannuation funds and have un-policed corrupt control of building development, making Australia the most expensive place in the word to build infrastructure. Note the corruption of the UN who elected to HRC Qatar, Congo and Pakistan. Three excellent places to oversee women's rights?
Diwali, the Indian festival of Lights, New Year, has begun. May your year be prosperous and blessed.
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, ...