THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.”

― Andre Gide

BIRTHDAYS:

1593 Jacob Jordaens, Flemish baroque artist.

1660 Andreas Schlüter, German sculptor

1799 Honoré de Balzac, French novelist

1806 John Stuart Mill, English philosopher, political economist, politician and civil servant.

1812 Gustav Mankell, Moravian-Swedish organist and composer. Fantasie in C Minor for Organ Duet

1822 Frédéric Passy, French economist and pacifist (Nobel Peace Prize 1901 for European Peace Movement).

1843 Pedro Miguel Marques y Garcia, Spanish violinist and composer. El anillo de Hierro (Preludio)

1851 Emile Berliner, German-American inventor. He is best known for inventing the lateral-cut flat disc record (called a “gramophone record” in British and American English) used with a gramophone.

1904 Margery Allingham, English detective writer

1913 Bill Hewlett, American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).

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IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES, WE COULD LEARN A THING OR TWO FROM MILEI. Argentina’s Milei shuts up critics with miracle turnaround of economy, strong security policies

WHO IS GOING TO BUILD THIS? US Air Force NGAD Fighter Program Goes into High Gear After 2024 Selection

“The two main competitors for the contract are: Lockheed Martin, Boeing.“

BECAUSE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTIONS WORK SO WELL FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS. Julian Assange: WikiLeaks founder allowed to appeal extradition from UK to US

“U.S. prosecutors had told the court Assange could “seek to rely” upon the First Amendment protections granted to U.S. citizens, and would not be discriminated against because of his nationality.
But his legal team said a U.S court would not be bound by this.
“We say this is a blatantly inadequate assurance,” Assange’s lawyer Edward Fitzgerald told the judges.”

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