THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary.”

— James Madison

BIRTHDAYS:

1663 Nicolas Siret, French baroque composer and organist. Passacaille.

1751 James Madison, American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. Madison was popularly acclaimed as the “Father of the Constitution” for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.

1789 Georg Ohm, German mathematician and physicist.

1822 Marie-Rosalie “Rosa” Bonheur, French animalière painter.

1936 Raymond Damadian, American physician and inventor of the MRI scanning machine.

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COVID 19 LOCKDOWNS – REQUIRED READING.

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FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration

SCIENCE, ETHICS, AND THE NUREMBERG CODE:

Declaration of Canadian Physicians for Science and Truth

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