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Thought for the Day: “Anyone who is willing to end a relationship because of a reasoned difference of opinion is not worthy of your friendship.” ― Gad Saad Birthdays: 1616 Johann Jakob Froberger, composer. Toccata, FbWV 102 1881 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey. 1925 Malcolm X, human rights activist. 1942 Gary…

Thought for the Day: “A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,A Jug of Wine, A Loaf of Bread—and ThouBeside me singing in the Wilderness—Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow!” ― Omar Khayyam Birthdays: 1048 Omar Khayyám, mathematician, astronomer, poet, and philosopher 1830 Károly Goldmark, composer. Violin Concerto, Op. 28 (32:14) 1872 Bertrand Russell, mathematician, philosopher, logician, and…

Thought for the Day: “I had the misfortune or the fortune to learn how to read fluently starting about the age of three, so I had read maybe 150 books by the time I hit first grade, and I already knew the teachers were lying to me” ― Alan Kay Birthdays: 1749 Edward Jenner, physician…

Thought for the Day: “The man whose public spirit is prompted altogether by humanity and benevolence, will respect the established powers and privileges even of individuals, and still more those of the great orders and societies, into which the state is divided. Though he should consider some of them as in some measure abusive, he…

Thought for the Day: “Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.” ― Sun Tzu Birthdays: 1565 Henrick de Keyser, sculptor 1567 Claudio Monteverdi: Puer Natus (Chiome d’oro), and L`Orfeo (1:35) 1848 Viktor Vasnetsov, painter 1856 L. Frank Baum, author 1891 Mikhail Bulgakov, playwright and novelist MISCELLANY: FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great Barrington Declaration SCIENCE, ETHICS,…

Thought for the Day: “No person is so grand or wise or perfect as to be the master of another person. Teacher, perhaps. Setter of good example, perhaps. Genius, perhaps. But master, no.” ― Karl Hess Birthdays: 1727 Thomas Gainsborough 1805 Johann Peter Emilius Hartmann: Prelude for flute and Organ 1868 Magnus Hirschfeld MISCELLANY: FOCUSED…

Thought for the Day: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” ― Robert J. Hanlon Birthdays: 1794 Louis-Leopold Robert 1842 Arthur Sullivan: Overture di Ballo 1867 Frank Brangwyn 1901 Witold Pilecki 1937 Trevor Baylis 1937 Roger Zelazny MISCELLANY: GOOD QUESTION. Is there a difference between Stoicism and Objectivism? FOCUSED PROTECTION: The Great…

Thought for the Day: “Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” ― C.S. Lewis Birthdays: 1754 Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Etude no 3 for viola 1812 Edward Lear 1820 Florence Nightingale 1828 Gabriel Dante Rossetti 1842 Jules Massenet: Meditation…

Thought for the Day: “Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you’re being had. Let’s be clear: the…

Thought for the Day: “Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly;Man got to sit and wonder ‘why, why, why?’Tiger got to sleep, bird got to land;Man got to tell himself he understand.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Birthdays: 1697 Jean-Marie Leclair l’aîné (the elder): Chaconne, and Sonata op.2 Nr.1 in e minor – 1.mov – Adagio…