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When I discover I’m wrong, I change my mind. What do you do?
— Martin Rees
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Today is Friday, November 11th, the 315th day of 2022. There are 50 days left in the year. It is Veterans Day, National Metal Day, National Sundae Day, Singles’ Day (in China), and World Origami Day.
On This Day
In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed in what is now Provincetown Harbor.
In 1778, Loyalists and Seneca forces attacked a fort and village in eastern New York, killing more than 40 civilians and soldiers.
In 1831, Nat Turner was hanged after leading a slave uprising in Virginia.
In 1889, Washington was admitted as the 42nd state.
In 1918, an armistice between the Allied nations and Germany went into effect. World War I formally ended seven months later, with the singing of the Treaty of Versailles.
In 1919, the Industrial Workers of the World attacked an Armistice Day parade in Centralia, Washington, ultimately resulting in the deaths of five people.
In 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was established.
In 1966, NASA launched the 10th and final crewed Gemini flight. Commanded by James Lovell, it featured three periods of extravehicular activity by “Buzz” Aldrin.
In 1993, a sculpture honoring women who served in the Vietnam War was dedicated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
In 2011, a helicopter crash just outside Mexico City killed seven people, including Mexico’s secretary of the interior.
Today's Birthdays
Actor Stanley Tucci is 62. Actress Demi Moore is 60. Actress Calista Flockhart is 58. Actor Adam Beach is 50. Actor and dimwit eco-alarmist Leonardo DiCaprio is 48.
The Links
They really are this stupid (Australia edition) (Alex Berenson)
“[A]bout 85 percent of Australia’s deaths from Covid have come in 2022, the equivalent of almost 200,000 Covid deaths in the United States. Nearly all those people are not just vaccinated but boosted. This week’s report from New South Wales, Australia’s most populated state, shows that 18 out of 22 Covid deaths where vaccine status could be determined occurred in people who had been received at least three Covid vaccine doses. Three more deaths took place in people who had received two doses, and one in an unvaccinated person. In two cases vaccine status was unknown.”
The Most Dangerous Post-Election Lie (Rod Dreher)
“Conservative Christians need to understand that the majority of the public simply does not agree with their social positions. This is one reason that the culture war approach is obsolete. This is going to be a painful adjustment for a lot of people who are used to thinking of themselves as a ‘moral majority.’”
Nearly 70% of unmarried females voted Democrat in House races, exit polls show (JusttheNews.com)
“However, married women are more likely to vote Republican by 56% to 42% who vote Democrat.”
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