We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
— Aesop
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Today is Tuesday, April 30th, the 121st day of 2024. There are 245 days left in the year. It is Hairstyle Appreciation Day, National Bugs Bunny Day, National Honesty Day, National Mr. Potato Head Day, National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, National Oatmeal Cookie Day, National Bubble Tea Day, National Military Brats Day, National Therapy Animal Day, and National Raisin Day.
On This Day
In 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington took the oath of office to become America’s first elected president.
In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
In 1812, Louisiana became the 18th state.
In 1871, 144 Pinal and Aravaipa Apaches (overwhelmingly women and children) were killed and mutilated by Tohono O’odham warriors, with the assistance of Mexican and American civilians, in the Camp Grant massacre in Arizona Territory.
In 1905, Albert Einstein completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
In 1927, the Federal Industrial Institute for Women, the first federal women’s prison in the United States, opened in Alderson, West Virginia.
In 1945, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide after being married for less than 40 hours.
In 1957, Elvis Presley recorded “Jailhouse Rock.”
In 1975, the Vietnam War formally ended as communist forces gained control of Saigon and South Vietnam’s president unconditionally surrendered.
In 2009, Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Today’s Birthdays
Wildly overrated director Jane Campion is 70. Filmmaker Lars von Trier is 68. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 59. Actor Johnny Galecki is 49. Actress and feminist airhead Kirsten Dunst is 42.
The Links
My Awakening (Eric Peters)
“Life requires freedom. To seek alternatives to things. To try new things. To engage in free interaction with others, to figure out what works best for each individual — as opposed to the small-minded limitations of one-size-fits all.”
New Study From Czech Republic Confirms Covid Vaccines Have Around Zero Efficacy Against Death (The Daily Sceptic)
“As you can see, correcting for the healthy [vaccine] bias has changed estimates of effectiveness from around 70% to around 10%. And that’s not the only bias in observational studies of Covid vaccines. Differential misclassification of the cause of death is another strong bias. Would any effectiveness have remained if all the biases could have been removed? Were lives indeed saved by these vaccines?”
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