THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“It is amazing that people who think we cannot afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, and medication somehow think that we can afford to pay for doctors, hospitals, medication and a government bureaucracy to administer it.”

— Thomas Sowell

BIRTHDAYS:

1782 Niccolò Paganini, Italian violin virtuoso, and composer. Cantabile Op. 17

1811 Isaac Singer, American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine[1] and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.

1872 Emily Post, American authority on social behaviour and writer (Etiquette)

1914 Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and writer

MISCELLANEOUS:

METHINKS WIKIPEDIA’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED. XAI Releases Grokipedia 0.1

IN THE FUTURE, BEFORE LOCKING THINGS DOWN AGAIN (INCLUDING FREE SPEECH AND THE FREEDOM TO ASSEMBLE), THE AUTHORITIES MIGHT WANT TO ACQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE FOLLOWING:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration