THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“History is the mighty Tower of Experience, which Time has built amidst the endless fields of bygone ages. It is no easy task to reach the top of this ancient structure and get the benefit of the full view. There is no elevator, but young feet are strong and it can be done.”

— Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind

BIRTHDAYS:

1494 Pontormo, Italian painter.

1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

1898 Mischa Levitzki, Russian-born American pianist and composer. Dance of the Doll, Op. 8

1927 Robert Ludlum, American spy novelist (Bourne Identity)

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION CALIFORNIANS: AN END IN SIGHT FOR THE SUMMER ROLLING BLACKOUTS. US Shifts to Pro-Nuclear Energy Policies

THE COVID 19 INJECTIONS AND LOCKDOWNS BEGAN ON MARCH 15, 2020. THE TRAGEDY THAT ENSUED WAS ENTIRELY AVOIDABLE. TO ANYONE CONSIDERING DOING THIS AGAIN IN THE FUTURE – HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)