THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“The recognition of the fact that Congress has no resources of its own forces us to acknowledge that the only way Congress can give one American one dollar is to first, through intimidation, threats, and coercion, confiscate that dollar from some other American. If a private citizen did the same thing that Congress does, we would call it an immoral act—namely theft. Acts such as theft that are immoral when done privately do not become moral when done collectively. The moral tragedy that has befallen Americans is our belief that it is okay for government to forcibly use one American to serve the purposes of another.”

― Walter E. Williams

BIRTHDAYS:

1645 August Kuhnel, German composer and musician, born in Delmenhorst, County of Oldenburg, Holy Roman Empire. Aria X. “Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, and Sonata e minor

1753 Charles Stanhope, 3rd earl Stanhope, English radical politician and scientist,

1811 Elisha Otis, American industrialist and founder of the Otis Elevator Company. In 1853, he invented a safety device that prevents elevators from falling if the hoisting cable fails.

1823 Francisco Barbieri, Spanish zarzuela opera composer. El Barberillo de Lavapiés. Preludio.

1900 John T. Scopes, a teacher in Dayton, Tennessee, who was charged on May 5, 1925, with violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which prohibited the teaching of human evolution in Tennessee schools.

1920 P. D. James [Phyllis Dorothy], Baroness James of Holland Park, English crime writer.

1924 Leon Uris, American novelist (Exodus; Topaz; QB VII)

1941 Martha Stewart, American retail businesswoman, writer, and television personality.

MISCELLANY:

WE COULD PROBABLY DO IT HERE TOO. How I Discovered the Freedom Philosophy in Venezuela Through FEE.

“For years growing up in Venezuela I knew something was wrong. When I discovered the ideas of liberty, I finally figured out what the problem was.“

RECOMMENDED READING BEFORE THE NEXT LOCKDOWN IS DECLARED:

IN 2006. Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

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

RELATED. Nuremberg Code.