THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Nothing is more wonderful than the art of being free, but nothing is harder to learn how to use than freedom.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

BIRTHDAYS:

1561 Jacopo Peri, Italian composer and singer who wrote the 1st recognized opera “Dafne”, born in Rome, Papal States.

1720 Bernard de Bury, French musician and composer. Premiere Suite: La Minerve, and Chaconne

1890 H. P. Lovecraft, American horror writer.

MISCELLANEOUS:

ATTENTION CALIFORNIANS. California’s last beet sugar plant is closing. Can Imperial County keep the industry alive?

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

Nuremberg Code (1947)

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

Great Barrington declaration (2020)