Jul 26

 

Jul  26, 2021 Week: 31 Day:207

Ave. Sky Cover 60%: \Visibility: 10 miles

Local Temp:   76°\ 50° Wind: 10mph\ Gusts: 15mph

Low risk of fire Active fire: 58mi. \ Lightning: 15mi.

Jul Averages: 82°\51° (9 days w/moisture) 

Today’s Quote

  

 

Weekly Observations

 

XXXII Olympic Games (postponed from 2020):	23-8/8
RAGBRAI: Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa Women in Baseball Week	25-31

  

Daily Oberservations

Aunt and Uncles Day

Holistic Therapy Day

National All Or Nothing Day

National Bagelfest Day

National Coffee Milkshake Day

One Voice Day

World Tofu Day 

My Sometimes-Long-Winded Thoughts

 

 Someway my computer got a mind of its own and deleted all my files that I use for information for this posting. I’ll fix it for August. Until then, only a few things will be posted.

My friend go waylaid so won’t be here until Tuesday.

I’m watching the Olympics on three different channels. There are lots of prelims for every sport. I watched some skateboarding and while the ‘runs’ are interesting I am most impressed by the words used to name each maneuver. I’m glad skateboarding was not in my youth as I’m sure I could have never remembered that many maneuvers and their crazy names. I was also impressed with the intensity of table tennis.

Sunday rant: Many want ID in order to vote. Here’s my idea: ID required to get on and stay on social networks. People make up names [handles] just like we did back in the CB days. By remaining anonymous some believe they can say anything they want…things they would never say if they were standing in front of others. Sometimes they say mean things. Sometimes they say false things. Sometimes they just say stupid things. An ID would certainly cut down on these things. Then what about the hackers? They try and steal people’s accounts and the pretend they are that person. We have to constantly change our passwords unless we want to be hacked. Some social media sites have a 2-step authentication…meaning if you want to change your password, they will text or call your phone with a verification code. All of this hacking, much of the lies, and lots of the stupid things would be prevented with requiring an ID to sign up. I have never had to change my Social Security number and I have had one since I was 16. Medicare did update that number to stop stealing of SS numbers. I would never sign up for a social network that required my SS number. However, much like a passport, one could sign up, and pay a small fee, for social media ID. That ID could be used whenever signing up for any Social Media network.

Something must be done to prevent all this hacking. 

Historical Events

 

 1775 – Allowance for The United States Post Office Department was established by the Second Continental Congress. It was called the Post Office Department 1792 – 1971. United States Postal Service was effective on July 1, 1971.

1847 – Liberia disbanded from the support of the American Colonization Society, and formalized their settlement as the Republic of Liberia.

1887 – Dr. Esperanto’s International Language, usually referred to as Unua Libro (English: First Book) was published.

1908 – United States Attorney General Charles Joseph Bonaparte issued an order to staff the Bureau of Investigation (BOI – later renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI).

1941 – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the seizure of all Japanese assets in the United States.

1946 – Aloha Airlines began service from Honolulu International Airport. They closed on March 31, 2008.

1947 – President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.

1990 – The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 was signed into law by President George Bush.

2016 – Hillary Clinton became the first female nominee for President of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. #VictoriaWoodhull

2017 3 live king cobras reported found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles

2018 Facebook has the single worst day of any public company on the stock market - losing 19% or $119 billion market value

2018 Over 700 immigrant children still separated from their parents in the US as court-imposed deadline to reunite them passes

Birthdays Today

 

@94 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (S. 1950)

@85 – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (d. 1961)

78 – Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, Rolling Stone

76 – Helen Mirren, English actress

@69 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist, philosopher (d. 1963; cancer)

@70 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer (d. 1999; heart attaqck)

65 – Dorothy Hamill, American figure skater

57 – Sandra Bullock, American actress

54 – Jason Statham, English actor

48 – Kate Beckinsale, English actress