THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”You do not become a ”dissident” just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.”

— Vaclav Havel

BIRTHDAYS:

1483 Martin Luther, German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and Augustinian friar.

1620 Anne “Ninon” de l’Enclos, French patron of the arts, courtesan and writer

1668 François Couperin, French composer and organist. Treizième Concert, and La Piémontoise: Allemande

1697 William Hogarth, English satiric painter and engraver (Rake’s Progress).

1759 Frederich von Schiller, German poet and lyricist (Ode to Joy).

MISCELLANEOUS:

IT’S TIME TO CHANGE COURSE. Javier Milei United Nations address (14:25)

ASKING FOR A FRIEND: HOW EXACTLY DOES THIS BENEFIT THE UNITED STATES? On Election Day, Biden-Harris Admin Quietly Waived Terrorism Sanctions on Palestinian Government, Docs Show

AS WE WATCHED ON TV NONE OF US COULD BELIEVE OUR EYES. Tens of thousands gather to celebrate fall of Berlin Wall 35 years ago

SUGGESTED READING FOR FUTURE LOCKDOWNS:

PUBLISHED 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

RELOCATION. The CDC Planned Quarantine Camps Nationwide

RELATED. Interim Operational Considerations for Implementing the Shielding Approach to Prevent COVID-19 Infections in Humanitarian Settings