Sunday, January 05, 2020
As A JP, I Saw Offenders With A 17 Page Record Not Jailed, 15 Years Ago!
Repeat offenders spared jail despite up to 60 previous offences, figures reveal amid call for tougher sentences.
Repeat offenders are being spared prison sentences despite committing up to 60 previous offences, new research shows, as former Tory ministers led calls for them to be given automatic longer jail terms.
Thieves, fraudsters, robbers and violent offenders who have assaulted police officers are among those who have avoided jail despite repeatedly committing the same offence before courts finally send them to prison.
The data, from the Ministry of Justice for the years 2016 to 2018, shows that the highest number of previous convictions and cautions before an offender received a custodial sentence was 60 for theft. In 2016, the highest was 53 and in 2018 it was 38. DT.
The Second Coming.
" ... what they have done refers principally to having accepted Jesus into your life.
Hmm. I Would Not Have Said It But There Certainly Is A Point In There.
"I understand that men have had more power longer, but I'm tired, as a white male, of being blamed for everything that is wrong with the world - I didn't do it! - Terry Gilliam.
Saturday, January 04, 2020
England Fightback At Newlands On Day Two.
54 runs is the England lead.
South Africa have two wickets remaining.
With the South Africans having to bat last on a deteriorating pitch, England now find themselves 'in the lead', as it were.
Everything to play for!
South Africa have two wickets remaining.
With the South Africans having to bat last on a deteriorating pitch, England now find themselves 'in the lead', as it were.
Everything to play for!
The Seven Deadly Sins.
Lust is far more difficult to avoid than most people think. To look longingly at a person of the opposite sex equates to adultery;
a major confrontation with one of the commandments.
In other words, even 'thinking the thought' becomes a mega spiritual issue. Jesus made this abundantly clear.
I do wish some Christians would stop the pretence that 'Christianity is easy.'
a major confrontation with one of the commandments.
In other words, even 'thinking the thought' becomes a mega spiritual issue. Jesus made this abundantly clear.
I do wish some Christians would stop the pretence that 'Christianity is easy.'
Burmese Rebels Permit Some Churches To Reopen.
Ethnic Kayaw attend a mass at the Catholic church at Htaykho village in the Kayah state, Burma.Reuters
Ethnic Wa rebels of the United Wa State Army (UWSA) this week announced they had permitted 51 Baptist churches to reopen in northern Shan state after investigating the congregations and their activities for 14 months. The review process is still underway for the remaining churches, according to UWSA officials.
At least 10 church buildings were destroyed when UWSA troops closed the churches in September 2018 and detained more than 200 Christians who were later released after investigation.
"We are investigating the rest of the churches. We shut down the churches because some people who work at the churches were very extreme," Nyi Rang, in-charge of UWSA's liaison office in Lashio town, northern Shan state, told Morning Star News. "In some places, there were a few houses. But there were many churches. It created disunity with local ethnic communities."
The general secretary of Lahu Baptist Convention, identified only as the Rev. Lazarus, said the churches were not "extreme."
"I don't think churches and our religious activities create division and problems, because we have churches that belong to ethnic Wa, Kachin, Lahu, Ahkar and Lisu," Lazarus told Morning Star News. "There could be other reasons to shut down the churches."
The re-opened churches are located in Shan state's Panghsang, Hopang, Kho Pang and Namphan townships, he said.
Most of the population in the Wa region bordering China worships spirits, called Nats. Many ethnic races such as the Lahu, Ahkar, Kachin, Lisu, as well as some Wa, however, are Christian. There are some Buddhists in the region.
The UWSA is Burma's largest ethnic armed group, with an estimated 30,000 soldiers. Its leaders have communist views, a reflection of their long-time proximity to the Chinese border.
Lazarus said denomination officials were happy that 51 churches were reopened.
"We are very happy, and we thank the Wa authorities for allowing us to reopen the churches," Lazarus said. "We hope that they will also reopen the rest of closed churches."
The Lahu Baptist Convention released a statement on Sept. 25, 2018, asserting that some Lahu students detained by the UWSA were forced to serve as UWSA soldiers. Earlier that month, UWSA troops shut down at least 10 churches, including six belonging to Kachin Baptist Convention.
All church buildings constructed after 1992 would be destroyed or shut down as they were built without permission of UWSA's leaders, the group said in a Sept. 13, 2018 press statement.
A UWSA-run television program stated that the rebel group had arrested and interrogated religious leaders for violating organization regulations and laws prohibiting foreigners to serve as religious leaders in Wa-controlled areas.
Christian leaders have said the militants, who predominantly follow tribal religions, seek to reduce the spread of Christianity.
The UWSA is the military wing of the United Wa State Party (UWSP), the de facto ruling party of the area. It was formed after the collapse of the armed wing of the Communist Party of Burma in 1989.
The UWSA announced its territory as the Wa State Government Special Administrative Region on Jan. 1, 2009, and although the government of Burma does not officially recognize its sovereignty, the Burmese military has fought alongside the UWSA against Shan nationalist militias.
Though de facto independent from Burma, the Wa state officially recognizes Burma's sovereignty over all of its territory, and in 2013 the two parties signed a peace deal.
Burma is about 80 percent Buddhist and 9 percent Christian.
The country is ranked 18th on Christian support organization Open Doors' 2019 World Watch List of the countries where it is most difficult to be a Christian.
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If There Is Anything Less A Joke On Our Planet - I Am Unable To See What It May Be.
Please remember one word CONSEQUENCES!
Yuk!
Save the planet
Don't buy into 'vegan alternatives', for the love of all that's holy. Many of them are moulds and funguses grown in water-intensive, fuel-hungry industrial complexes that have frightening carbon footprints all of their own. And unless you're a worm, your gut's not built for large amounts of soil mould.
And some tofu's got gypsum in it. GYPSUM! The Fox. Mirror.
Apparently, motorway flyovers contain gypsum but you wouldn't eat one.
Blogger: apologies for having mislaid the final sentence of this consequently had to construct my own version.
Brexit Party: Sadly The End Seems In Sight.
... staff and senior officials were handed redundancy notices almost immediately after the election.
“Straight after the election we were all told we had to look for other jobs," said one source.
Friday, January 03, 2020
England Batsmen Are Lamentable In Second Test.
After winning the toss at Newlands, Root took the sensible route and opted to bat.
He could never have envisaged how many batsmen - himself included - would get a start and then make a hash of their innings.
Had it been a poor pitch surface - that might have been understandable but it was not.
If young Pope had not rescued the innings with his first ever half century for the England side, the score might have been an out and out disaster.
262 for 9. Pope and Anderson are the not out batsmen.
England are already in a losing position.
He could never have envisaged how many batsmen - himself included - would get a start and then make a hash of their innings.
Had it been a poor pitch surface - that might have been understandable but it was not.
If young Pope had not rescued the innings with his first ever half century for the England side, the score might have been an out and out disaster.
262 for 9. Pope and Anderson are the not out batsmen.
England are already in a losing position.
Gluttony.
https://www.premierchristianity.com/Past-Issues/2019/December-2019/Gluttony-The-heart-problem-that-gives-you-heart-problems
Blogger: it's not much but the best I can say is that I'm not nearly as bad as I once was. Sigh.
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So-Called 'Slavery Reparations' Are A Bad Joke.
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