THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Finding the occasional straw of truth awash in a great ocean of confusion and
bamboozle requires vigilance, dedication and courage.”

— Carl Sagan

BIRTHDAYS:

1098 Hildegard of Bingen, also known as the Sibyl of the Rhine, was a German Benedictine abbess and polymath active as a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, visionary, and as a medical writer and practitioner during the High Middle Ages. O ignis Spiritus paracliti

1577 Pietro Tacca, Italian sculptor and architect.

1875 James Cash Penney, American businessman and entrepreneur who founded the JCPenney stores in 1902.

1898 H. A. Rey, American children’s author and creator of “Curious George”

1919 Laurence J. Peter, Canadian author (Peter Principle)

MISCELLANEOUS:

NOT LOST, JUST DELAYED. Northrop Grumman’s ‘Cygnus XL’ cargo spacecraft suffers thruster issue on way to the International Space Station

IN THE FUTURE BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE) THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT ALSO WANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration