THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.”

— H. L. Mencken

BIRTHDAYS:

551 Confucius, Chinese philosopher.

1571 Michael Praetorius [Schultze], German organist and composer (Syntagma; In Dulce Jublio), born in Creuzberg, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Three Renaissance Dances|, and Dances from Terpsichore, and Ballet des Coqs

1612 Michel Anguier, French sculptor

1823 Alexandre Cabanel, French painter

1860 Paul Ulrich Villard, French chemist and physicist who discovered gamma rays

1909 Al Capp [Alfred Gerald Caplin], American cartoonist (Li’l Abner)

1917 Michael Somes, British dancer (Royal Ballet, 1938-70). NUTCRACKER Act II Grand Pas De Deux

1925 Seymour Cray, American inventor (Cray Research, Cray I supercomputer)

MISCELLANEOUS:

THE GIFT OF GOVERNMENT JUST KEEPS GIVING. Global Birthrate Collapse Will Be Worse than The Black Death

HERE’S SOME RECREATIONAL READING FOR THE NEXT LOCKDOWN:

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.