October 8, 2024

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life…The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; and it is far more dastardly and shameful. The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber…Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful ‘sovereign,’ on account of the ‘protection’ he affords you.”

— Lysander Spooner

BIRTHDAYS:

1551 Giulio Caccini, Italian composer, violist, tenor, and teacher, born in Florence, Republic of Florence. Tutto’l di piango

1789 William John Swainson, English naturalist and artist.

1868 Max Slevogt, German painter.

1869 J. Frank Duryea, American inventor (Duryea Motor Wagon Company, first auto built in the US)

1917 Walter Lord, American author (A Night to Remember).

1920 Frank Herbert, American science-fiction author, best known for his 1965 novel Dune and its five sequels.

MISCELLANEOUS:

“WE’RE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WE’RE HERE TO HELP”. Kerfuffle at the Greenville South Carolina Airport

FEMA, FAA, AND FCC HAVE ALL BEEN DRAGGING THEIR FEET – DEFUND THEM ALL. Starlink granted emergency special temporary authority to provide cell service in areas devastated by Hurricane Helene

FEMA? NOPE. Samaritan’s Purse