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Half the harm that is done in this world
Is due to people who want to feel important.
They don’t mean to do harm — but the harm does not interest them.
Or they do not see it, or they justify it
Because they are absorbed in the endless struggle
To think well of themselves.
— T. S. Eliot
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Today is Sunday, November 13th, the 317th day of 2022. There are 48 days left in the year. It is Sadie Hawkins Day, Start a Rumor Day, National Indian Pudding Day, and World Kindness Day.
On This Day
In 1775, American forces under General Richard Montgomery occupied Montreal.
In 1864, the three-day Battle of Bull’s Gap ended with a Confederate victory as Union forces, short on everything from ammunition to rations, retreated.
In 1918, Allied troops occupied Constantinople.
In 1927, the Holland Tunnel opened to traffic, linking New Jersey to New York City.
In 1940, Walt Disney’s animated classic Fantasia was released.
In 1947, the Soviet Union completed development of the AK-47.
In 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Alabama laws requiring segregated buses were unconstitutional.
In 1982, Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini defeated Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Minutes after the bout was over, Kim collapsed into a coma. He died five days later, leading to significant changes in boxing, including the standing eight count, the reduction of fights from 15 to 12 rounds, and additional tests to pre-fight checkups.
In 1995, Islamic terrorists detonated a truck bomb outside the U.S.-operated Saudi Arabian National Guard training center in Riyadh, killing five Americans and two Indians.
In 2015, Islamic State terrorists carried out a series of coordinated attacks in Paris, including suicide bombings, mass shootings, and a hostage crisis.
Today's Birthdays
Merrick Garland, possibly the worst U.S. Attorney General in history, is 70. Actor Chris Noth is 68. Actor Steve Zahn is 55. Actor Gerard Butler is 53.
The Links
New poll finds Ron DeSantis has 7-point edge over Trump in 2024 presidential primary (New York Post)
“The results were a reversal of the numbers that YouGov found in October, three weeks before the midterm elections.”
Sen. Rick Scott calls 2022 election a ‘complete disappointment’ (The Hill)
“I think we didn’t have enough of a positive message. We said everything about how bad the Biden agenda was. It’s bad, the Democrats are radical, but we have to have a plan of what we stand for.”
It’s Still About the Base (The American Conservative)
“Democrats, meanwhile, have actually offered something to their base. In the months before the election, President Biden finally made moves towards fulfilling the campaign promise of transferring student debt away from borrowers. Somebody in his inner circle understood who his most important voters were: white millennials with college degrees. It was a blatant ploy, and the merits of the policy are irrelevant. What matters is that voters under 30 broke blue by huge margins in every important race, and they showed up.”
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