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Today’s Quotes
Today’s Memes
Thoughts for
the day
Another day of moisture…much appreciated. Our town might even see a
little snow.
I got to watch the Broncos game on live TV on Sunday. This doesn’t happen
very often. The Broncos came from behind to beat the Chiefs by 3. The 49ers
beat the Cards in a blowout.
Until I watched 60 Minutes, I had never heard of Chess Boxing. There
I saw some matches. Sorry, not impressed. The only thing I derived is that not
all chess players are nerds. Wait, I already knew that.
Trump will be remembered for his high number of pardons. Many will
remember that over a dozen of those he pardoned soon had additional charges
from their current actions. I must wonder if he will give them another pardon.
We are starting to wonder ‘which President will tweet today?’ Today’s 180
turn was that he now encourages the House Republicans
to vote to release the Epstein files. Of course, he could stop all this by
simply releasing the files…and today he did not say he would sign off on the
release. Crazy.
History that is not true…
Ferdinand Magellan was the first
person to sail around the world
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand
Magellan is famous for exactly one thing – being the first person to
circumnavigate the globe. His achievement has rung down the centuries, and
to date Magellan has lent his name to a NASA spacecraft, two dwarf galaxies,
countless cruise liners and container ships, the straits around the
southernmost tip of South America, and a species of penguin – the
Magellanic penguin. This lofty reputation is not entirely unearned. He set
sail under the Spanish flag with a fleet of five ships in September 1519, and
one of those ships, the Victoria, crawled back into port at Seville in 1522,
having rounded the world in two years and 351 days.
There was just one problem: Magellan wasn't on board. The treacherous
expedition had been gutted by starvation, desertion, mutiny, hostile encounters
with natives, and above all scurvy – the perpetual sailor's
disease. Magellan himself was killed in battle on the Philippines (his
body was never recovered), and only 18 of his 270-strong crew made it back to
Spain under the command of Juan Sebastián Elcano – the actual first
man around the world. Magellan died thinking he'd failed, and would find
his modern reputation gratifying, baffling, and amusing.
Myths people still believe about
Native Americans…
Sports mascots honor the Native Americans
Those who wear headdresses and make tomahawk
chops argue that they do so as a tribute, but the statistics tell a different
story. In a study, 67
percent of the
Native Americans regard these mascots as offensive or harmful.
The issue isn’t just imagery. Racial slurs such
as redskins are used. Suppose a group was named Blackskins or some other group
based upon the Asian stereotypes–would that outrage be instant? Native activist
Suzan Shown Harjo states, “We are not mascots.” We’re people.”
Random Thoughts…
Your life can’t fall apart if it was
never really together in the first place.
Every single decision you’ve made in your
life has led you to where you are now.
Whatever happens inside our bodies
happens in pitch-black darkness.
You’ve survived 100% of your worst
days.
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