THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

”Prior to capitalism, the way people amassed great wealth was by looting, plundering and enslaving their fellow man. Capitalism made it possible to become wealthy by serving your fellow man.”

— Walter E. Williams

BIRTHDAYS:

1616 John Wallis, English clergyman and mathematician, who is given partial credit for the development of infinitesimal calculus.

1729 Antonio Soler, Spanish Catalan composer. Fandango

1753 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine)

1875 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter (founder of Australian Tonalism)

1924 John Backus, American computer scientist and inventor (FORTRAN computer language)

1942 Peter Schultz, American scientist and co-inventor of optical fiber.

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SUGGESTED READING FOR YOUR OLDER CHILDREN AND GRAND CHILDREN WHEN THE NEXT LOCKDOWN IS DECLARED:

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

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