Many are claiming to ride with Charlie, but they are highly hypocritical. Some, like the Australian Labor Party, Greens and related groups have recently marched for suppression of free speech over the 18C issue. Had Charlie published in Australia they would have been subject to the racial vilification laws where all that is necessary to have material banned is for someone to take offence with the material. It does not matter that the material is not offensive. When the Abbott government tried to amend the law to make it tighter, the ALP, Greens and independents said no. But now they claim to walk with Charlie? It is bit late and very rich. The killing of Charlie Hebdo cartoonists was not the result of Islam being insulted. But the result of media and left wingers telling terrorists they should be insulted. And that narrative is being protected by Al-Jazeera which claims that Charlie Hebdo had insulted Islam with their cartoons. As with the recent finding in Egypt that Al-Jazeera have been aiding jihadists, they threaten to bring Islam into disrepute with their contempt for the prophet they claim to follow. Al-Jazeera inform the impotent Islamic leaders who softly support jihadism while sometimes opposing the violence with words. Journalists like Andrew Bolt, who are ideologically opposed to Charlie Hebdos political stance still support and supported them because they believe in free speech. And Australia needs to amend or remove 18c. 2014 What arent the Australian press saying. The age criticised the Australian Government for denying the visa of a disfigured woman who had been offered free medical care in Australia. The government changed the decision. Only, it was the previous government that had made the decision to bar entry to the woman. The Age had reported the criticism and attributed it to the conservative government. Selectiveness in reporting is undemocratic and weakens the ability of a democratic nation to make free, informed decisions. In France, Hollande is accused of having an affair and he is upset it is reported. In his defence, she is acknowledged as being pretty and his doormat of a wife doesnt seem concerned. French people can still glory in their leader being an economic champion. But the disturbing question has to be asked, what is not reported in Australia? A mother and daughter die in Bali and the family demand a Queensland coroner examine the bodies. A school child dies in NSW at a school outing in 2002, and a public servant with relevant information gets silenced. The difference is ALP. The press will not criticise an ALP government if it can avoid it. And they are willing to lie to do it. Historical perspectives on this day In 532, Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalated into violence. 1055, Theodora was crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. 1158, Vladislav II became King of Bohemia. 1569, first recorded lottery in England. 1571, Austrian nobility was granted freedom of religion. 1693, a powerful earthquake destroyed parts of Sicily and Malta. 1759, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company was incorporated. 1779, Ching-Thang Khomba was crowned King of Manipur. 1782, American Revolutionary War: French troops began a siege of a British garrison on Brimstone Hill in Saint Kitts. 1787, William Herschel discovered Titania and Oberon, two moons of Uranus. In 1805, the Michigan Territory was created. 1861, Alabama seceded from the United States. 1863, American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post – General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter captured the Arkansas River for the Union. Also 1863, American Civil War: CSS Alabama encountered and sank the USS Hatteras off Galveston Lighthouse in Texas. 1879, the Anglo-Zulu War began. In 1908, Grand Canyon National Monument was created. 1912, immigrant textile works in Lawrence, Massachusetts, go on strike when wages were reduced in response to a mandated shortening of the work week. 1917, the Kingsland munitions factory explosion occurred as a result of sabotage. 1919, Romania reincorporated Transylvania. 1922, first use of insulin to treat diabetes in a human patient. 1923, Occupation of the Ruhr: Troops from France and Belgium occupied the Ruhr area to force Germany to make its World War I reparation payments. 1927, Louis B. Mayer, head of film studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), announced the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, at a banquet in Los Angeles, California. In 1935, Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. 1942, World War II: The Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur. 1943, World War II: The United States and United Kingdom gave up territorial rights in China. Also 1943, Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca was assassinated in New York City. 1945, Greek Civil War: Last day of the Dekemvriana clashes in Athens, Greece. 1946, Enver Hoxha, Secretary General of the Communist Party of Albania, declared the Peoples Republic of Albania with himself as head of state. 1949, the first networked television broadcasts took place as KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania went on the air connecting the east coast and mid-west programming. 1949, a record-setting snowstorm hits Los Angeles, California. In 1957, the African Convention was founded in Dakar, Senegal. 1960, Henry Lee Lucas, once listed as Americas most prolific serial killer, committed his first known murder. 1962, Cold War: While tied to its pier in Polyarny, the Soviet submarine B-37 was destroyed when fire broke out in its torpedo compartment. Also 1962, an avalanche on Huascarán in Peru causes 4,000 deaths. 1964, Surgeon General of the United States Dr. Luther Terry, M.D., published the landmark report Smoking and Health: Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General of the United States saying that smoking may be hazardous to health, sparking national and worldwide anti-smoking efforts. In 1972, East Pakistan renamed itself Bangladesh. 1973, Major League Baseball owners voted in approval of the American League adopting the designated hitter position. 1986, the Gateway Bridge, Brisbane in Queensland, Australia was officially opened. 1994, the Irish Government announced the end of a 15-year broadcasting ban on the IRA and its political arm Sinn Féin. 1996, Space Shuttle program: STS-72 launched from the Kennedy Space Center marking the start of the 74th Space Shuttle mission and the 10th flight of Endeavour. 1998, over 100 people were killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. 2003, Illinois Governor George Ryan commuted the death sentences of 167 prisoners on Illinois death row based on the Jon Burge scandal. 2013, one French soldier and 17 militants were killed in a failed attempt to free a French hostage in Bulo Marer, Somalia. === 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 https://createspace/4124406 or at Amazon amazon/dp/1482020262/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_dVHPub0MQKDZ4 === 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 https://change.org/en-AU/petitions/tony-abbott-remedy-the-persecution-of-dd-ball Or the US President at https://change.org/p/barack-obama-change-this-injustice# or https://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 its like until theyve been there. Keep heart David take care. I have begun a bulletin board (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.
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