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Today is the 4th day of the 39th week, the 28th day of the 9th month, the 272nd day of 2016, and: 
  • Banned Websites Awareness Day
  • Fish Tank Floorshow Night
  • International Right to Know Day
  • National Ask a Stupid Question Day
  • National Drink Beer Day
  • National Good Neighbor Day
  • National Strawberry Cream Pie Day
  • National Women's Health and Fitness Day
  • Read a Child a Book You Like Day
  • See You at the Pole --  an annual gathering of thousands of Christian students at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and worship, during the early morning before school starts.
  • World Rabies Day
  • World School Milk Day
On this day in 48 BC Pompey the Great was assassinated on the orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt.  In 235 Pope Pontian resigned and  was exiled to the mines of Sardinia  with Hippolytus, church leader of Rome.  In 1542 Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrived at what is now San Diego, United States.  In 1787 the newly completed United States Constitution was voted on by Congress to be sent to the state legislatures for approval.  In1791 France became the first country to emancipate its Jewish population.  In 1871 the Brazilian Parliament passed the Law of the Free Womb, granting freedom to all new children born to slaves, the first major step in the eradication of slavery in Brazil.  In 1889 the first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) defined the length of a meter as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of platinum with ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.  In 1928 Sir Alexander Fleming noticed a bacteria-killing mold growing in his laboratory, discovering what later became known as penicillin.  In 1971 the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.  In 2008 SpaceX launched the first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1 into orbit.

 

Okay, I’m going to talk about the US presidential debate.  I’m not going to discuss what was said or not said, I’m not going to claim who did or didn’t win – but please feel free to stop reading at this point.

Still here?  IMNSHO, FWIIW , I have two comments about the first debate.

First:  I have noted before that while the Democratic candidate is called by her first name in media, the Republican candidate is called by his last name.  While some think this is showing gender bias, I have come to the conclusion that when the reference is to “Clinton” there is a certain amount of confusion whether we are talking about the ex-president or the ex-secretary of state, so it is just easier to refer to “Hillary”.  But I really liked that throughout the debate, she called him “Donald”

Second:  I think confirmation bias is alive and well and that the debates didn’t change anyone’s mind about who they are going to root for..  I have always been a liberal, don’t think socialism is a dirty word, believe that business need to make profits for stakeholders not just shareholders, and embrace diversity [or at least try to].  I blame income inequity for many of the current economic woes we suffer and resent that I am sliding out of the middle class.  As I listen to the ranting, hear the angst of people who feel that the American dream has been lost, believe that trickle-down economics actually work, and feel that someone else [the ubiquitous “them”] is to blame, I have come to realize that perhaps I really am not average or part of the majority.  Obviously I am not the target market for these messages and just as obviously there is a huge market of folks it is reaching.  Just because I do not agree, does that negate the views and opinions of those that do?

The most important question was asked at the end – will you support the person who is elected President?  Well I’m not about to launch a revolution and deny the majority their right to have a say on the way things go because I don’t agree with them – does that constitute “support”?  For the first time I feel a great deal of sympathy for the German general population of the 1930’s for  I am starting to wonder if I live in the same country that I think I live in, if that makes sense….


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