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22-28 Church/State Separation Week National Bible Week |
Daily Observations
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Do
Dah Day (Pasadena) |
Mother Goose Day |
Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for
the day
It looks like another day of moisture…and it also looks like it will be
rain. No complaints.
JFK was killed on this day. I learned a good lesson Red Lake. Every year,
in my morning bulletin I would ask staff to tell the students about where they
were on this day. A young Mormon teacher came to my office and said she needed
to apologize, but she couldn’t tell her students about where she was that day.
I asked her why. She said, ‘I wasn’t born yet’.
The rhetoric must come down. Trump is calling for elected representative’s
traitors. This is dangerous. This is unreasonable. This is not American. The
Reps video gave information. Had I been asked, I probably wouldn’t have put it
out. However, this is America. I my many years, I have not liked a lot of
speech I have heard. Many times, I have spoken up about my disagreement. Never
have I believed the speakers should be called traitors.
Last night on Cuomo, he suggested our current issues should not be
seen as Right or Left but they should be seen as Right or Wrong. When I heard
this is was ready to celebrate…it sounded so correct. Then I remembered the
world is not black and white. Everyone, I’m sure, believe they are right when
they say something. In today’s world, there are ‘facts’ that show every side is
right. I don’t have a plan or even an idea of how to get us out of this
political mess. I do believe that there is an answer somewhere without
destroying the American system.
History that is not true…
Gladiator
contests were fought to the death
Two
heavily armed fighters locked in a single battle before a crowd baying for
blood – it can be hard to see how gladiatorial combat wouldn’t end in death.
But the life of a gladiator was not always nasty, brutish, and short.
Too much
death was bad for business: if you were going to put on a good show you needed
fighters that were well-trained and well-equipped, and a high fatality rate
meant a poor return for promoters and investors. Gladiators may have
fought to wound rather than kill, and the fate of defeated fighters was left up
to the crowds. A successful gladiator could become a celebrity – with
portraits in public places and even product endorsements.
Some modern estimates suggest that only one in 10 gladiatorial contests
ended with death, and enough victories in the arena could earn an enslaved
gladiator his freedom – symbolized by the bestowing of a wooden sword. It
was Roman author Juvenal who famously wrote that "bread and
circuses" were the only things necessary to keep the common people
from revolt. And it’s hard to maintain a steady supply of circuses if you keep
killing all the clowns.
Myths people still believe about
Native Americans…
Native Americans are disappearing
The concept of vanishing Indians is fictitious.
The Native American population increased from 5.2 million in 2010 to 9.7
million according
to the 2020 census data. Young Native Americans are becoming doctors, lawyers,
artists, and entrepreneurs, and sharing their cultures on platforms such as
TikTok.
Random Thoughts…
“Spring
Forward” would be a lot more popular if we moved the clocks ahead at 2 p.m. on
a Monday.
Coffee
makes you hyper, but coffee shops
are intended to make you slow down and relax.
Alcohol
is a depressant, but clubs and bars are designed for people to be lively and
energetic.
Security
at every level of the airport is high until you get to baggage claim.
Historic Events
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here for 22 November history
Birthdays
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Fusajiro
Yamauchi (d.1940; @80) Rodney
Dangerfield (d. 2004 @82) |
…The End for today…
