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Sep 27, 2020 Week: 40 Day: 271 Local: H 79° \ L 43° \ Average Sky Cover: 5%
Wind:
mph\Gusts: mph Nearest lightning: 1170mi.;
active fire: 59mi.
EXTREME Risk of Fire Visibility: 10mi
Record: 83°[2009] Record: 23°[1900]
Sep Averages: 74°\42° (5 days with rain)
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Today’s Quote
"First,
have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective.
Second,
have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and
methods.
Third,
adjust all your means to that end."
-Aristotle
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Random
Tidbits
Till the cows come home
Clearly,
this has to do with cattle
curfews,
right? It sort of does. Cows were often milked in their barns at night, making
that task one of the
last
on a farmer’s to-do list (but let’s hope he wouldn’t
wait forever
to do the job, the way the phrase
implies now). The expression has been around since at least the late 1500s and
is likely to continue until … well, you know.
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A little
humor
What does a dentist do on a roller coaster?
He braces himself.
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True Things
At least three MTA employees converted a storage room
at New York's Grand Central Terminal as a 'man cave,' according to an internal
investigation. According to the Office of the MTA Inspector General, the room
had a futon couch, large flat-screen television with streaming capabilities, a
refrigerator, microwave, air conditioning, workout equipment and more.
"Many a New Yorker has fantasized about kicking back with a cold beer in a
prime piece of Manhattan real estate – especially one this close to good
transportation," said MTA Inspector General Carolyn Pokorny. "But few
would have the chutzpah to commandeer a secret room beneath Grand Central
Terminal and make it their very own man-cave, sustained with MTA resources, and
maintained at our riders' expense." Investigators say an MTA wireman,
carpenter and electrician assembled the equipment in the room. They have been
suspended without pay while facing disciplinary charges.
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Observations
This Week
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National
Ballroom Dance Week: 18-27 Link |
National
Chimney Safety Week: 27-10/3 |
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National
Bike to Work Week: 21-27 Link Moved from May due to COVID-19 |
National
Fall Foliage Week: 27-10/3 Link |
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Pollution
Prevention Week: 21-27 Link |
National
Keep Kids Creative Week: 27-10/3 |
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International Sand Sculpting Championships : 25-10/4 Link Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
Remember to
Register to Vote Week: 27-10/3 |
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Banned
Books Week: 27-10/3 |
Sea Otter
Awareness Week: 27-10/3 Link
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Internat’l
Week of the Deaf: 27-10/3 |
World
Hearing Aid Awareness Week: 27-10/3 |
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Observations
for Today
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Ancestor
Appreciation Day |
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National Scarf
Day Link |
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Gay Men's HIV/AIDS
Awareness Day Link |
Priesthood
Sunday Link |
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Google's Birthday |
Yom Kippur (at
Sundown) |
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Gold Star Mother's Day |
World Tourism Day |
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International Day of The Deaf |
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My
Rambling Thoughts
A slightly windy Saturday. Clear blue sky. Nice
Flipped my mattress [at every seasonal change], cleaned bathrooms
and changed linens. Washed linens. Lots to do this Saturday.
Good news for rural areas: A court has said the census will continue
to the original date published…Oct. 31. The Trump administration tried to have
it end on Sept. 30 but lost that court battle. Since the census was gearing up
for summer counting when the Covid virus shut everything down, it only makes
sense that it be as long as possible. Since many, including me, did it on-line,
I’m sure someone will start screaming ‘fraud’, or something to discredit the
whole census.
One area where tax dollars are spent is lawsuits against a city or
state. When the plaintiff wins the case, it is our tax dollars that are used to
pay. While we read about big settlements, we seldom understand where the payoff
money comes from. In police lawsuits, most police departments do not have a
fund or line item to pay off settlements. The municipality must pay the money.
Most cities don’t have a line item for settlements, so other areas must give up
money to pay the settlement. This practice can destroy city budgets for infrastructure
improvements, schools, parks, and just about anything the city does. To make up
for these settlements, property taxes are raised, or special bonds are sold. As
taxpayers who are footing the bill, we should demand more accountability and
transparency as to how the settlements are paid. It is also been noted that
when the settlement against the police occurs, the police budget is seldom, if
ever, forced to pay any part of the settlement out of their budget.
Another area that needs more scrutiny is the Federal tax dollars being
spent at detention centers around the US. It turns out that the detention
centers are run by private companies and neither the Congress nor the public
can find out how the money is being spent. There are hundreds of lawsuits
against detention centers around the US for improper incarceration, improper
health protocols, and just recently that some centers have forced young women
to have non-medically necessary hysterectomies. As these lawsuits are
adjudicated, the taxpayers will be paying the settlements.
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Today’s
Puzzle
Answer at the bottom of the page
What can you hold
without ever touching, or using your hands?
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Historical
Events
1540 – Pope Paul III approved the charter for the Society of Jesus
(Jesuits).
1821 Mexican revolutionary
forces led by AgustÃn de Iturbide occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw,
bringing an end to the Mexican War of Independence
1822 French scholar
Jean-François Champollion announces he has deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics
using the Rosetta Stone
1905 – Albert Einstein’s paper
“Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?”, introducing the
equation E=mc² was published.
1908 – Model T #0001 came out
of Henry Ford’s car factory today.
1912 – W C Handy published The Memphis Blues, the first Blues Song
1937- The first Santa Claus training school opened in Albion, New
York.
1954 – The Tonight Show began broadcasting coast to coast on NBC
1962 Rachel Carson publishes
'Silent Spring' about the deleterious impacts of pesticide use in the US on the
environment
1964 – The Warren Commission Report was given to President Johnson
today, and the general public on September 27. It concluded that Lee Harvey
Oswald acted alone in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, settling
the issue. (it was not really settled)
1988 The National League for Democracy, led by Aung San Suu Kyi is
founded in Burma (Myanmar)
1991 US President George H. W. Bush decides to end full-time B-52
bombers alert
1998 Google launched its li’l Search Engine.
1998 – Mark McGwire hit his record-setting 69th and 70th home runs
in the last game of the (regular) season.
2018 US Securities and
Exchange Commission files lawsuit accusing Elon Musk of securities fraud
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Birthdays
Today
@85 – Wilford
Brimley, American actor (d. 2020)
@81 – Samuel
Adams, American philosopher, and politician, 4th Governor of Massachusetts (d.
1803)
@80 – Harry
Blackstone, Sr., American magician (d. 1965)
@75 – Don
Cornelius, American television host (Soul Train) (d.2012; suicide)
73 – Meat Loaf [Marvin
Lee Aday], American
singer-songwriter
48 – Gwyneth
Paltrow, American actress
36 – Avril
Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter
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Puzzle
Answer
Your breath!
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