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13 Day a Flag Today
72°/44° Wind 5 mph Gusts 5 mph
Active
Fire: 132 miles away Risk of fire: Extreme Nearest Lightning: 1646 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine
Mar.
Averages: Temps: 54°\24°
Moisture: 12 days
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Weekly Observations
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22-28 International Week of Solidarity
with People's Struggling Against Racism & Discrimination Passiontide |
22-28 Passion Week Shakespeare Week Link National
Farm Workers Awareness Week Link Link |
Daily Observations
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All Womens' Equal Pay Link |
Manatee Appreciation
Day Link National Day of
Celebration of Greek & American Democracy |
Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
A very nice spring day. I took off early for a blood draw. It went well. They
all know me and greet me by name. Nice!
I just don’t understand…Trump has spent billions on deporting the worst
of the worst immigrants. The administration believes this funding is going to
continue. At the same time, the administration is looking for huge empty warehouses
to buy and convert into immigration prisons. If deporting in the message, why
do we need prisons? If we need the prisons because deporting is not working,
then why do they keep asking for more money to deport? Is this administration going
to keep spending and spending until the government is broke? We need answers
yesterday.
Real Hoaxes
The Salem “Witch
Evidence” Spiral
This
wasn’t one single forged artifact, but it functioned like a social hoax fueled
by fear and accusation. Spectral "evidence" and rumors were treated
as proof, and the claims multiplied because panic is contagious. It’s a
reminder that communities can convince themselves of almost anything when
anxiety takes the helm.
The “Balloon Boy”
Hoax
In 2009, a Colorado family claimed their homemade helium balloon had accidentally lifted off with their young son inside. News helicopters chased it live, emergency teams mobilized, and the whole country held its breath until he was found safe at home. It later came out that the incident was staged by the family, who were desperate for media attention and money.
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Historic Events
REBUS ANSWERS
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Birthdays
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Gene Shalit (100
years old), American book and film critic, and television personality (The
Today Show. 1973-2010), born in New York City φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ American feminist
and publisher (Ms Magazine), born in Toledo, Ohio φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Tom Monaghan (89
years old), American founder of Dominos pizza, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Larry Weiss (85
years old), American songwriter ("Rhinestone Cowboy", "Bend
Me, Shape Me", "Help Me Girl"), and singer, born in Newark,
New Jersey φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Paul Michael
Glaser (83 years old), American actor (Starsky & Hutch - "Der, Dave
Starsky"), and director (The Cutting Edge; Las Vegas), born in
Cambridge, Massachusetts φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ English singer-songwriter and
piano player ("Rocketman"; "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road";
"Candle In The Wind"), born in Pinner, Middlesex φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Ethel
Blondin-Andrew (75 years old), Canadian politician (first indigenous women
elected to Canadian parliament and first cabinet minister), born in Tulita,
Northwest Territories φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Mary Gross (73
years old), actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds), born in Chicago,
Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Marcia Cross (64
years old), American actress (Desperate Housewives, Melrose Place), born in
Marlborough, Massachusetts φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Sarah Jessica
Parker (61 years old) 1965 American actress (Square
Pegs, Sex and the City), born in Nelsonville, Ohio φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Lark Voorhies
[Holloway] (52 years old), American actress (Saved By The Bell -
"Lisa"), and author, born in Nashville, Tennessee φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Wladimir Klitschko
(50 years old) 1976 Ukrainian boxer (2-time world
heavyweight champion; Olympic gold super-heavyweight 1996), born in Semey,
Kazakhstan φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ |
Joachim Murat (1767-1815; @48, shot—firing squad) French soldier, Marshal of France and King of Naples (1808-15), born in
La Bastide-Fortunière, France φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ φ Arturo
Toscanini (1867-1957; @89) Italian cellist and conductor (La
Scala, 1898-1908 & 1921-29; Metropolitan Opera, 1908-15; New York
Philharmonic, 1926-36; NBC Symphony Orchestra, 1937-41 & 1944-54), born
in Parma, Kingdom of Italy φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ John Gutzon Borglum, American sculptor (Mt Rushmore), born in St.
Charles, Idaho Territory (d. 1941; @73, blood clots) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Béla Bartók (1881-1945; @64,
leukemia) Hungarian pianist, composer (Concerto
for Orchestra), and ethnomusicologist, born in Nagyszentmiklós, Kingdom of
Hungary, Austria-Hungary φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Nahum Norbert Glatzer, Austrian-American Jewish scholar, theologian,
and editor (The Loves of Franz Kafka), born in Lemberg, Austro-Hungarian
Empire (d. 1990; @86) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ English film
director (Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Ryan's Daughter), born
in Croydon, England φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Jack Ruby (1911-1967;
@55, embolism) American nightclub owner who murdered assassin Lee
Harvey Oswald, born in Chicago, Illinois φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Howard Cosell, American sports journalist (Monday Night Football), born
in Winston-Salem, North Carolina (d. 1995; @77, embolism) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ American modelling agency executive and co-founder (Ford Modelling
Agency), born in Manhattan, New York, φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Hoyt Axton,
American songwriter, singer ("No No Song"; "Joy To The
World"; "I've
Never Been To Spain"), and actor (McCloud; Gremlins; The Rousters),
born in Duncan, Oklahoma (d. 1999;
@61, heart attacks) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Anita Bryant,
American singer ("My Little Corner of the World"), Florida orange
juice spokeswoman, and anti-homosexuality campaigner, born in Barnsdall,
Oklahoma (d. 2024;
@84) φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
φ φ φ φ φ Aretha
Franklin (1942-2018; @76, cancer) American singer known
as "The Queen of Soul" ("Respect"; "Think";
"Chain of Fools"), pianist, songwriter, and first female performer
inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), born in Memphis, Tennessee φ φ φ φ φ φ φ
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