THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

”Science is supposed to be challenged, questioned, tested, and scrutinized. That’s the entire point. If that is not permissible and basic lines of inquiry are censored or taboo, then it’s not science, but secular dogma.”

— Zuby

BIRTHDAYS:

1468 Juan del Encina, Spanish author and composer. Una Sañosa Porfía, and Triste España

1802 Harriet Martineau, British controversial journalist, political economist, abolitionist and life-long feminist.

1827 Johanna Spyri, Swiss author of novels, notably children’s stories.

1929 Anne Frank, German-born Jewish girl who gained worldwide fame posthumously for keeping a diary documenting her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands.

1962 Jordan Peterson, Canadian psychologist, author, and media commentator. He received widespread attention in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues. Often described as conservative, Peterson has identified himself as a classical liberal and traditionalist.

MISCELLANEOUS:

I SUPPOSE THEY COULD KEEP THEIR SPACE SUITS ON. SpaceX launch of private Ax-4 astronauts postponed indefinitely due to leaky ISS module

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)