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
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XXXII Olympic Games (postponed from 2020): |
23-8/8 |
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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
