THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead, or endeavoring to convert an atheist by scripture.”

— Thomas Paine

BIRTHDAYS:

1794 Cornelius Vanderbilt, American business magnate who built his wealth in railroads and shipping.

1799 Fromental Halévy, French composer. Final Scene of the third act

1837 Ivan Kramskoi, Russian painter and art critic, born in Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire.

1894 Dashiell Hammett, American detective novelist (Sam Spade, Maltese Falcon)

1897 John Cockcroft, English physicist (development of Radar, Nobel Prize 1951 for 1st particle accelerator)

1915 Herman Wouk, American novelist.

1916 Bernard Oliver, American engineer at HP and inventor (first hand-held calculators, SETI, Pulse Code Modulation).

1934 Harlan Ellison, American sci-fi author and screenwriter.

MISCELLANEOUS:

SOME IDEAS ARE WORTH DEFENDING. America Is an Idea Worth Defending

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)