THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.”

— Carl Sagan

BIRTHDAYS:

1660 Andre Campra, French composer. Sarabande à deux, and Rigaudon, and Marche du triomphe from Tancrède

1667 Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, French composer. Cantate “La mort de Didon”, and La Bergère

1858 Chester Greenwood, American inventor best known for creating the earmuff. Greenwood patented the “ear protector” in 1877, when he was only 19 years old.

MISCELLANEOUS:

COVID LOCKDOWNS UPDATE: They’ve Learned Nothing — Because That Would Expose Too Much

REMINDER:

In the future, before locking things down again (including free speech and the freedom to assemble), the authorities might want to reacquaint themselves with the following:

Nuremberg Code

Disease Mitigation Measures in the Control of Pandemic Influenza

Great Barrington declaration