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No Miranda, it was not an English gambler that invented the sandwich but the wise rabbi Hillel the Elder. About 2020 years ago, he placed lamb, fruit and some bitter herbs between two pieces of matzah and noshed away.
We wish all a Happy Passover.
Democrats Lawyers N95 Masks, Never Forget — A month ago when the seriousness of the Wuhan Bat-eater Flu was being realized, the Trump Administration sought to give liability protection to makers of the N95 masks to allow them to be used by health care providers.
The masks were being made for construction workers but it was quickly realized that they would give substantial protection to nurses, doctors and ambulance crews, and considering the shortage it should have been a no-brainer.
Congress refused to grant this indemnification on March 5. Why? Because the Democrat Party is a wholly owned subsidiary of the corrupt and greedy trial lawyers. OK, that’s a little unfair. The corrupt and greedy educational unions has a share too as does the abortion industry, big pharma and many other bad things.
It was the lawyer contingent though, that threw a monkey wrench in this.
Well by March 18, the magnitude of the crisis had become glaringly apparent. Democrat governors were screaming at the their representatives in Washington for relief. And it was granted.
Wonder how many healthcare workers would have been spared sickness and death if Nancy Pelosi and her corrupt minions were not running things in the House.
Cats in the wild instinctively seek soft soil when it is time to do their business letting them bury their waste to hide their scent. Litter boxes work because kitty litter is like soft soil.
Call it caffeinated Finland. The Finns drink the most coffee per person per year at 26.4 pounds. They are followed by Norway at 21.8 pounds, Iceland at 19.8 pounds and Denmark at at 19.2 pounds. Guess cold winters and long nights will do it. Or maybe it’s the long days in the summer.
Old Footlocker Treasure Revealed — A Florida resident got this old footlocker at an estate sale in the hope it contained great treasure despite the key to its lock being long lost. Did it? Yes, yes it did. Watch the drama unfold.
Wuhan Bio Lab Flu? — John Juschyshyn sent us a link to this article from National Review which makes a case that the COVID-19 virus ravaging the world did come from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
National Review is not a publication known for taking extreme views.
Wonder if it will get banned from Twitter as Zero Hedge was on Jan. 31 for saying basically the same thing.
In a related matter, Washington Post Beijing Bureau Chief Anna Fifield tweeted yesterday, April 3, there are indications that the virus killed more than 40,000 in Wuhan which would be almost 20 times the official number provided by the PRC.
Zero Hedge said the same thing on March 29. Actually yesterday, ZH reported yesterday it might be 100 times the official claims.
The first capital of the Confederacy was Montgomery, Ala. Virginia actually voted against secession on April 4, 1861. It only changed its position with the shelling of Fort Sumter. That’s when the capital was moved to Richmond. Richmond was the only major industrial center in the South.
Trip the light fantastic means dance fantastically. How can someone tripping over a light be a fantastic dancer? The original meaning for “trip” was “tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance, caper.” The “light fantastic” part comes from the great John Milton who used the phrase adjectively in poems and masques in the 17th century to describe “toes” and “rounds”. Obviously, he did not mean “light” as a device that illuminates but to describe something without much weight and can move effortlessly.
Free Beekeeping Lessons From Penn State Extension — For those tired of streaming television and video games as we await another 27 days of imposed inactivity, Penn State Extension has waived through April 30 its $159 fee for Beekeeping 101. That’s right, you can learn to beekeep for free. Sign up here. Beekeepers are desperately needed. Be cool. Beekeep.
Penn State Extension is affiliated with Penn State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences and provides science-based information to people, businesses, and communities. It has an office in every county in Pennsylvania.
It was Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis who in 1847 first came to realize that washing hands prevented infection. He mandated this in the obstetric ward a Vienna General Hospital and the mortality rate for new mothers fell from 18 percent to 2 percent.
He proselytized the policy to the point his fellow doctors thought him mad. They lured him to a Viennese insane asylum in 1865 under the pretense that he would be visiting a new medical institute. He was put in a straitjacket and confined to a darkened cell. He died two weeks later after a wound on his hand became gangrenous.