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THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “One of the greatest advantages of the totalitarian elites of the twenties and thirties was to turn any statement of fact into a question of motive.” — Hannah Arendt BIRTHDAYS: 1631 Sebastian Anton Scherer, German composer, born in Ulm, Duchy of Württemberg, Holy Roman Empire. Intonatio Primi Toni 1848 Henry Lerolle,…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.” — Marx BIRTHDAYS: 1809 Anton Emil Titl, Austrian composer. Serenade 1869 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India’s independence…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.” — Isaac Asimov BIRTHDAYS: 1842 Charles Cros, French inventor and poet 1865 Paul Dukas, French composer. L’Apprenti sorcier 1881 William Boeing, American aviation pioneer. MISCELLANEOUS: THE ONLY THING THE MULLAHS DREAD MORE THAN ISRAEL ARE IRANIAN CITIZENS. Israel…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “They are committing the greatest indignity human beings can inflict on one another: telling people who have suffered excruciating pain and loss that their pain and loss were illusions.” — Elie Wiesel, Night BIRTHDAYS: 1207 Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet, born in Khorassan, Afghanistan 1550 Michael Maestlin, German…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.” — H. L. Mencken BIRTHDAYS: 551 Confucius, Chinese philosopher. 1571 Michael Praetorius [Schultze], German…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.” — Thomas Paine BIRTHDAYS:…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Life is a planetary level phenomonon and the Earth has been alive for at least 3000 million years. To me the human move to take responsibility for the living Earth is laughable – the rhethoric of the powerless. The planet takes care of us, not we of it. Our self inflated…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.” — Karl Popper BIRTHDAYS:1599 Francesco Borromini, Italian sculptor and architect. 1683 Jean-Philippe Rameau, French composer. Suites from Les Indes galantes – Entrée les Sauvages, and Chaconne from Les Indes Galantes, and…

THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “We’ve got to put the fuel in before we can expect heat. Likewise, we’ve got to be of service first before we can expect money. Don’t concern yourself with the money. Be of service. Build. Work. Dream. Create. Do this and you’ll find that there is no limit to the prosperity…