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Today 52°/28° Wind 6 mph Gusts - mph
Active
Fire: 378 miles away Risk of fire: Moderate Nearest
Lightning: 669 miles away
Air
Quality: Moderate Sunshine
April
Averages: Temps: 60°\35°
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12-18 Animal
Control Officer Appreciation Week Link International
Dark Sky Week Link Global
Youth Service Days National
Pet ID Week Link Link National
Park Week Link 18-23 Police Officers Who
Gave Their Lives In The Line of Duty Week 18-24 Cleaning For A
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Today’s Quotes
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Today’s Memes
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Today’s Thoughts
The weather is great; just wish it was
a tad warmer.
There are good rich people in this
world. NPR recently received 2 huge donations after the government funding was
canceled. The two combined gave NPR $113million. As a sustaining member of
KNAU, our local NPR station, I appreciate their generosity.
This morning I got my quarterly Lupron
shot to control my prostate cancer. It is working great and there are no side
effects.
Almost everyone believes that Congress
is not doing a great job. Important bills are not being passed, important
programs for Americans are not being funded. Last week 2 Representatives
resigned over bad behavior while holding office and to prevent being expelled
from Congress. Several more Reps are still under investigation. In our 250-year
history, only 2 Reps have been expelled from the House…back during the Civil
War. I learned today, thanks to NPR, that any elected Congress person receives a
very nice pension…if they have met minimum years of service…when they do
retire. If they are expelled, they do not get the pension. If they resign, they
will receive their pension…even if they are found guilty of committing a crime
during their elected term. This is so wrong. Congress needs to clean up their pension
rules.
I believe it is time for Congress and America to review the role of the President as written in the Constitution. 1. The president is the Commander in Chief. 2. Notify Congress (now the State of the Union Speech) periodically. 3. Ensure laws are faithfully executed. 4. Has the power to sign or veto legislation. In 2026, which power is our current President using when he builds the ballroom and now the Arch? Which power is he using when he posts blasphemous statements regarding the current Pope?
Strange Historical Fact
Ancient Spartan Boys Trained to Steal but
Punished When Caught
Boys in Sparta’s tough training program learned
early how to sneak meals without getting caught. This trick taught them to
think fast while depending only on themselves.
Yet capture brought consequences – not because
taking food broke rules, but for failing to stay hidden. A tale told by
Plutarch speaks of one youth who carried a stolen fox beneath his robe.
Even as its claws tore into him, silence held firm. Truth or stretched detail, the moment shows exactly what that harsh mindset valued.
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Random historical facts you didn’t
know
The Leaning Tower of
Pisa was never straight
Known for
its four-degree lean, the Italian tower was constructed in the 12th century.
When construction on the second story started, the tower started to lean, due
to the unstable ground.
Alexander Fleming
invented penicillin by accident
When
Scottish biologist Alexander Fleming left for vacation in 1928, he forgot to
properly clean one of his Petri dishes. When he came back, he noticed mold on
it and figured that it had prevented bacteria from growing. He understood that
the mold contained antibacterial properties, thus discovering penicillin.
Rasputin survived
many assassination attempts
Russian mystic and friend to Czar Nicolas II, Rasputin survived being poisoned, shot, and stabbed numerous times before he was drowned in the Volga River.
Historic Events
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Birthdays Today
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Joel Hefley,
American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from
Colorado), born in Ardmore, Oklahoma [91 years old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Hayley Mills,
British actress (Parent Trap; Pollyanna; The Trouble with Angels), born in
London [80 years old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American actor (Salvador,
Against All Odds), born in Vernal, Utah ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Rick Moranis,
Canadian actor (SCTV; Spaceballs; Ghostbusters; Honey I Shrunk the Kids),
born in Toronto, Ontario [72 years old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Eric Roberts,
American actor (Pope of Greenwich Village, King of Gypsies), born in Biloxi,
Mississippi [70 years old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Jane Leeves,
English actress (Murphy Brown, Daphne Moon-Fraiser), born in London, England [65
years old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ American comedian and TV host (Late
Night with Conan O'Brien; Conan), born in Brookline, Massachusetts ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Eric McCormack,
Canadian-American actor (Will & Grace), born in Toronto, Ontario [63 years
old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Scottish actor (10th Doctor in
"Doctor Who"; 50 episodes, Broadchurch, Good Omens), born in
Bathgate, Scotland ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ British-born
American computer
scientist (Google Brain, Baidu, Stanford), born in London, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Melissa Joan Hart (50
years old) American actress (Clarissa,
Sabrina), born in Smithtown, New York ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Kourtney
Kardashian, American reality television star, born in Los Angeles, California
[47 years old] ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫
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Gone but not forgotten Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1519; @39, 2 days after childbirth) Italian
noblewoman, daughter of Pope Alexander VI, born in Subiaco, Lazio, Papal
States ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Clarence Darrow, American defense
attorney at Scopes Monkey Trial, born in Kinsman, Ohio (d. 1938; @80) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977;
@95) British conductor (Philadelphia
Orchestra, 1912-40; Disney's Fantasia, 1939; American Symphony Orchestra,
1962-72), organist, and arranger, born in London, England ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Al Lewis, American lyricist,
songwriter and music publisher ("Blueberry Hill"; "You Gotta
Be a Football Hero"), born in New York City (d. 1967; @65) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Barbara Hale, American actress
(Della Street in Perry Mason), born in DeKalb, Illinois (d. 2017; @94) ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ Robert Hanssen (1944-2023;
@79, colon cancer in prison) American FBI agent
and Soviet spy,
born in Chicago, Illinois ╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫╫ |
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