December 9, 2024

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities, and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One’s right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submitted to vote; they depend on the outcome of no elections.”

— Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court Justice

BIRTHDAYS:

1608 John Milton, English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.

1728 Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi, Italian opera composer. Ouverture da “I viaggiatori ridicoli”

1886 Clarence Birdseye, American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist, considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry.

1906 Grace Hopper, American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. She was a pioneer of computer programming.

MISCELLANEOUS:

VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE. Is It Too Late to Buy Tesla?

FORTUNATELY NOT DIRECTLY AT EARTH. Sun unleashes surprise X-class solar flare triggering radio blackout over southern Africa (video).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. LAI. Jimmy Lai, Guilty When Charged

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