THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

— Christopher Hitchens

BIRTHDAYS:

1550 Jakob Handl [Petelin], German-Austrian composer (Opus musicum), and Cistercian monk, born in Reifnitz, Carniola. Pater noster

1643 Alessandro Stradella, Italian violinist and composer, born in Bologna, Papal States. Sinfonia in d minor

1738 John Singleton Copley, American painter of portraits and historical objects.

1854 Leoš Janáček, Czech composer of classical music. Glagolitic Mass (25:58)

1883 Franz Kafka, novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German.

1947 Dave Barry, American humorist and author.

1971 Julian Assange, Australian editor, publisher, and activist who founded WikiLeaks in 2006.

MISCELLANEOUS:

IT’S PROBABLY DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. Dust devils on Mars may spark lightning — possibly threatening NASA’s Perseverance rover

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 A HOMEWORK READING ASSIGNMENT:

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)