THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“To say that a bad government must be established for fear of anarchy is really saying that we should kill ourselves for fear of dying.”

— Richard Henry Lee

BIRTHDAYS:

1586 Johann Hermann Schein, German composer. Galliard from Suite X [a5], and Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

1732 Richard Henry Lee, was an American statesman and Founding Father from Virginia, best known for the June 1776 Lee Resolution, the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies’ independence from Great Britain leading to the United States Declaration of Independence, which he signed.

1775 André-Marie Ampère, French physicist who pioneered electromagnetism, unit of current the ampere named after him.

1884 (Abraham) A. Merritt, American magazine editor and sci-fi author.

1910 Joy Adamson, Austrian-born naturalist, artist, and conservationist renowned for her pioneering work in wildlife rehabilitation and her bestselling book Born Free…

MISCELLANEOUS:

INTERESTING. Scientists Discover the Body’s Natural “Off Switch” for Inflammation

KEEPING AN EYE ON THIS. SpaceX Could Launch Block 3 Starship Flight 12 in February or March 2026

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