THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Creativity is the power to reject the past, to change the status quo, and to seek new potential. Simply put, aside from using one’s imagination – perhaps more importantly – creativity is the power to act.”

— Ai Weiwei

BIRTHDAYS:

1789 John Martin, English painter and engraver.

1797 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, German composer, born in Neugersdorf, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire. Allabreve in F, and Mein Gott, das Herze bring ich dir

1834 Edgar Degas, French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.

1893 Vladimir Mayakovsky, Russian poet, playwright, artist, and actor.

1894 Percy Spencer, American physicist and inventor of the microwave.

1956 Steven Van Slyke, American chemist, co-inventor of 1st practical organic light-emitting diode.

MISCELLANEOUS:

CAUSE AND EFFECT. The Long Shadow of Communist Indoctrination.

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)