“Need” now means wanting someone else’s money. “Greed” means wanting to keep your own. “Compassion” is when a politician arranges the transfer.
— Joseph Sobran
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Today is Wednesday, February 7th, the 38th day of 2024. There are 328 days left in the year. It is National Send a Card to a Friend Day, National Fettuccine Alfredo Day, and National Periodic Table Day.
On This Day
In 1795, the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution, restricting the ability of individuals to bring suit against states in federal court, was ratified.
In 1863, the HMS Orpheus sank off the coast of Auckland, killing 189 people.
In 1894, a strike led by the Western Federation of Miners began in Cripple Creek, Colorado.
In 1900, a Chinese immigrant in San Francisco fell ill to bubonic plague in the first plague epidemic in the continental United States.
In 1940, the second full-length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premiered.
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