Notable events: 7 May 1889: Johns Hopkins hospital opened. 1915: German sub sank RMS Lusitania. 1928: British women could vote @ 21. 1945: Germany surrendered. 1954: French surrendered to the Viet Cong in Vietnam. 1974: President Ford declared end to Vietnam era; Saigon celebrated. 2012: Putin took office. 2020: 2 Whites arrested in killing of Black man, A. Arbery.
Reading, Non-fiction. Life on the Mississippi. Mark Twain, 1883. Boston. Osgood & Co. The notes in my last blog were from Rinker Brunk’s book about Twain’s trip. Twain’s telling is much more about learning to be/later being a pilot on the river.
Cinco de Mayo. This past Sunday Denver’s Civic Center Park echoed and shone with the annual celebration of Mexico’s victory over the Second French Empire by Gen. Zaragoza. After the Civil War, the U.S. began lending arms to the rebels, advancing their cause.
Silencing DJT. The man is like a perpetual-talking jack-in-the-box. The judge ordered silence about certain subjects/persons and fined him ($9,000), but the box continues to open and spout narcissistic nonsense.
U.S. census. Congress is considering a bill that would count (as constitutionally required), but then exclude all noncitizens from computations of a state’s congressional representation.
Dominance. It is well known that domineering politicians maybe among the most successful (thought not the best of men) and in that regard DJT surely ranks among the best.
Russia. Putin has scheduled tactical nuclear drills, his forewarning related to the attack on Ukraine.
Palestinian demonstrations. A “die-in” was held at hospital in Aurora, CO.
Teacher autonomy. Boca Raton, FL, teachers say their students’ high performances are due in part to the autonomy they are given in their classrooms.
D-day, 80 years on. Stories of what did/did not happen, what went right/wrong are flooding out, some known/remembered, some for the first time. One is about the experience of a Native American of the Penobscot tribe in ME.
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