THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.”

— Robert G. Ingersoll

BIRTHDAYS:

1931 John le Carré, English novelist (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold).

MISCELLANEOUS:

COULD THIS IN ANY WAY BE RELATED TO THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT? Island-wide blackout sweeps Cuba after power plant failure

ATTENTION STARGAZERS. This Week’s Sky at a Glance, October 18 – 27

RELATED. Orionids meteor shower hits peak activity this weekend: When and where to watch

SOME LIGHT READING FOR THE NEXT LOCKDOWN:

RECENTLY PUBLISHED (2006). Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

WHAT IF ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL?: The Great Barrington Declaration

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

RELATED. Nuremberg Code

“The Nuremberg Military Tribunal’s decision in the case of the United States v Karl Brandt et al. includes what is now called the Nuremberg Code, a ten point statement delimiting permissible medical experimentation on human subjects.”