THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy…What is prudence in the conduct of every private family, can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.”

― Adam Smith

BIRTHDAYS:

1598 Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and architect.

1637 Bernardo Pasquini, Italian composer. Toccata con lo scherzo del cucco, and Ricercare p. 2o tuono, and Sonata in D Minor for two figured basses part 1

1805 Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French watchmaker, magician and illusionist, widely recognized as the father of the modern style of conjuring.

1810 Theodor Schwann, German physician and physiologist.

1863 Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer. Cavalleria rusticana – Intermezzo.

MISCELLANY:

SO WHAT DO I ACTUALLY GET IN RETURN FOR ALL OF THE TAXES I PAY? “A dearth of charging infrastructure is one of the top reasons Americans say they won’t buy an electric car.”

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

Yes, the following is on the website for the Bulgarian Association for Pathology (BPAP). As near as I can tell, the Canadian website was taken down.

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE: Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

RELATED. Nuremberg Code