THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages; he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems; it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.”

— Ludwig von Mises

Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973)

BIRTHDAYS:

1518 Tintoretto, Italian Mannerist painter and notable exponent of the Renaissance school, born in Venice, Republic of Venice.

1547 Miguel de Cervantes, Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world’s pre-eminent novelists. He is best known for his novel Don Quixote, a work considered as the first modern novel.

1571 Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio], Italian painter.

1654 Vincenz Lubeck, German composer, born in Padingbüttel, Duchy of Bremen, Sweden. Praeludium in G minor LubWV 12

1640 Antoine Coyzevox, French Baroque sculptor (Palace of Versailles)

1674 Jacques Hotteterre, French composer and flautist. Suite in D, Grave

1703 François Boucher, French Rococo painter.

1746 Ernst Ludwig Gerber, German organist, composer and musicologist, born in Sondershausen, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Liebster Jesu wir sind hier 5

1786 Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican general and politician who fought for independence against the Spanish Empire in the Mexican War of Independence and after the adoption of the Constitution of 1824, was elected as the first president of the United Mexican States.

1881 Ludwig von Mises, Austrian-American Economist (The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality)

1899 Lásló Jósef Bíró, Hungarian inventor (ballpoint pen).

1901 Enrico Fermi, Italian and naturalized American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world’s first artificial nuclear reactor, the Chicago Pile-1.

1943 Lech Wałęsa, Polish worker , trade union activist and politician , dissident , leader and hero of the democratic opposition during the Polish People’s Republic , co-founder and first chairman of NSZZ “Solidarność” . Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1983. President of the Republic of Poland in 1990–1995.

MISCELLANEOUS:

WHEN ALL OF THE SCIENCE FICTION I USED TO READ BECOMES REAL LIFE. High Volume SpaceX Starship flights Can use Space Tether to Save Fuel

BACKGROUND: Space tether

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.

picture: mises.org