It was a quiet moment the evening of the last presidential election when a mainstream journalist told me they were frightened of Romney winning, as they thought he must. One would never have known it from the impenetrable wall that was the front mainstream journalists had put forward. Romney was an unknown quantity to the media, as they had campaigned against him without looking at who he was. They had made much of his religion, but they hadn't considered how healthy it would be to have a GOP President who wasn't from the mainstream Christian lobby. But they portrayed Romney as being weird. Romney is a GOP insider who could have been trusted to run a GOP administration which would aim to cut spending. But the mainstream media only put forward a scare campaign. Obama was reelected in 2012 without his policy agenda being vetted. And the same is happening now for Hillary.
A player in the media campaign is Julian Assange with Wikileaks. Another in Russia is Snowden. Exactly what Snowden is doing right now is not known. He may be leaking to Wikileaks. Thing is neither of these figures are reliable to the public. All they can do is expose details that need to be weighed and understood. In the past, mainstream media have not used material from Wikileaks responsibly. People have died, innocent people, people unrelated to the material leaked, when rumour and innuendo from low level political cables was leaked. And around the world, Islamo fascists felt entitled to run amok. Not much need be said for Islamo fascists to run amok. In fact, mainstream media seems to support Islamo fascists with a steady diet of hand wringing over lots of things that aren't true, related to same sex marriage, US culture, US army activity, AGW, Monsanto, nuclear power, Palestinian terrorism, and many things beside that are often made up. The former Soviet Union used to run the peace movement which US Democrats tapped into with mainstream media to weaken GOP Presidential government. Compare the outrage of Nixon deleting less than twenty minutes of audio tape and the silence of Hillary deleting her emails. Only, Nixon had had authority, whereas Hillary had not. But in each case a Democrat led congress provided spin.
Assange admitted that his leaks were why the US Government wanted to kill him. Only the US Government did not want any such thing. But Hillary might have. The leaks now harm the Clinton campaign. But Assange is not doing the people a favour. He is acting as a gatekeeper just as the mainstream media have. The character of Hillary is known by those who follow politics. One does not even have to have watched Fox to follow that balanced service's work. How long has Assange sat on what he now leaks? Maybe if US media functioned without bias hen the Obama administration would not be so unbalanced and Hillary would not now be the threat she is, because Democrats would have thrown up a better candidate. But for the media, this is tribal. They want, because they want. Principle does not matter. I don't expect to hear from that journalist again, this time around. But I bet you he is sad, and fearful. He does not know who Trump is, but he expects Trump to win. But he would never report that.
I suggest Red Gum ward vote for David Daniel Ball. And, after asking your local councillor about their views on Trump, Same Sex Marriage and Greyhounds, try and find out what it is they will do to make garbage collection cheaper and more efficient. Ask how they will make business more profitable. Ask what they will do to help address crime. Ask what they will do to improve public transport issues locally.
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. ...
In Tanami’s red sands where spinifex grows,
Where waterholes gleam ‘neath the sun’s golden glare,
Lived Yaparla, sweet maid, with a heart pure as snow,
Her kindness a light in the desert so bare.
Her father, a wise man, kept songs for the land,
To guard the soak’s waters where life held its sway.
But drought gripped the earth with a merciless hand,
And he sought a new spring to ease their dismay.
Deep in a gorge where the rocks hid the sky,
He found a clear pool with fish dancing free.
But a voice shook the stones with a thunderous cry,
“Who steals my sweet water without leave of me?”
Out slid the Wanyarra, half-man, half a snake,
His scales flashed like opals, his eyes cold with pain.
“For your kin’s life,” he hissed, “one price I must take—
Send Yaparla to me, or your land drinks no rain.”
The father returned, his heart heavy with woe,
And told his dear daughter the serpent’s demand.
“I’ll go,” said Yaparla, her voice soft and low,
“For my people, my country, I’ll walk that red sand.”
She came to the gorge with her digging stick strong,
Singing songs of her kin ‘neath ...
AI adapted
To adapt the story of Bambi to the Dreamtime of Warlpiri culture in the Tanami Desert, we’ll reimagine the tale with respect for Warlpiri storytelling traditions, cosmology, and the desert environment. The Dreamtime (Jukurrpa) is a sacred framework where ancestral beings shape the land, law, and life, so Bambi’s journey will reflect Warlpiri values like kinship, connection to country, and survival in harmony with nature. I’ll keep the essence of Bambi—a young creature’s growth amid loss and discovery—while grounding it in the Tanami’s ecology and Warlpiri worldview. Since Bambi is a specific narrative, I’ll translate its core themes rather than reproduce the original text verbatim, ensuring cultural sensitivity. The story will be concise yet vivid, as requested.
Bambi in the Jukurrpa of the Tanami
In the Jukurrpa, when the Tanami Desert glowed under the first stars, the ancestral beings shaped the land. From the spinifex and red sand, they formed Jampijinpa, a young red ...
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Content from listening to podcasters Hunley and Groubert of America's Untold Stories. They tell it better than me
Folk Song: "The Ballad of Lee Harvey Oswald"
Verse 1
Oh, Lee Harvey Oswald, a man they did frame,
The deep state and CIA, they tarnished his name.
They said he went to Mexico, a lie they did spin,
While he fought for his service, his honor within.
Chorus
Sing for Lee Oswald, innocent and bold,
Framed by the shadows, a story untold.
With courage he stood, though the truth they denied,
A patriot’s heart in a nation that lied.
Verse 2
On that dark day in Dallas, they said he shot Tippit,
Left a wallet behind, but the tale didn’t fit.
Arrested with his own in hand, the proof was right there,
But the deep state kept spinnin’ their web of despair.
Chorus
Sing for Lee Oswald, innocent and bold,
Framed by the shadows, a story untold.
With courage he stood, though the truth they denied,
A patriot’s heart in a nation that lied.
Verse 3
They trained him in Russian, sent him off to the East,
A ...
