It is remembrance day in Australia. There is a poem read out at ceremonies everywhere at eleven am on the eleventh of the eleventh month. In 1918, the ceasefire for the first world war came into play. A US General lead an assault in the hours prior, killing over two hundred of his own men. Many died in the minutes leading up to the ceasefire. Some shortly after. War involves sacrifice and the poem reflects that. My Grandfather fought for England at the Somme, and was still fighting in 1918. He was in artillery, and tasked with working with the horses. He loved those horses and was bitten by the gambling bug. He served again in WW2, Australia, with Roden Cutler's mob in the middle east. The poem is "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon. Written in 1915.
Miranda Devine is a great journalist, like her dad. I rarely disagree with her, but have. Like when she openly criticised Mr Abbott for the same thing she praised John Key, in restoring knights and dames. But it probably isn't her opinion, but the opinion of many she is reporting. And it must be remembered that the chief difference between the two policies, one for NZ, one for Australia, is that Malcolm Turnbull was undermining the one in Australia. It was a good policy. Except for making the former governor general a dame, the choices were sound. But it was opposed for no good reason, and Devine joined in those cat calls.
For some, at the moment, the Sex Party has more credibility.
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. ...
Viva came up with a meme.
https://vivabarneslaw.locals.com/post/6300012/i-made-this-meme
It is good, but here is my response
I've finished the first book for Bread of Life compilation for populist podcasters VivaFrei, AUS, The Duran and Bongino.
In the first volume, with quotes from months Jan to Apr, I write about how Australia came to be up to Federation.
In the 2nd volume I write about Australia from Federation to Menzies (Ming the Merciless)
In the third edition I write about Australia post Menzies.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DL4SGCW5
I've pubished it in Hardcover too. Limited publishing because it is a non standard size to accommodate the amount of text.
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