Today is Thursday, February 23, the 54th day of 2017 in the Gregorian calendar, with 311 days remaining.
There are:
5 days until Mardi
Gras;
6 days until Ash
Wednesday;
17 days until Daylight
Saving Time begins;
22 days until St.
Patrick's Day;
25 days until the
arrival of Spring;
37 days until April
Fools' Day;
45 days until Palm
Sunday;
46 days until First
Day of Passover;
50 days until Good
Friday;
52 days until Easter
Sunday;
53 days until US Federal
Income Tax filing day;
54 days until Last
Day of Passover;
58 days until Earth
Day;
64 days until Arbor
Day;
71 days until Cinco
de Mayo;
80 days until Mother's
Day;
95 days until Memorial
Day;
631 days until the
2018 mid-term elections; and
1,427 days until the end of Donald
Trump's term as President, assuming he isn't impeached.
-----
On this date in 1954, a group of children from Arsenal Elementary School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, received the first injections of the new polio vaccine developed by Dr. Jonas Salk.
-----
Among other things, today is also National Dog Biscuit Day.
-----
Florida woman pours glue into ATMs after card repeatedly declined.
-----
Some persons born on February 23 who said interesting things:
- Margaret Deland (1857-1945), American novelist, short story writer, and poet;
- W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963), American sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor;
- Peter Fonda (1940), American actor;
- Karl Jaspers (1883-1969), German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher;
- Carl Menger (1840-1921), Austrian economist and the founder of the Austrian School of economics;
- William L. Shirer (1904-1993), American journalist and war correspondent;
- Joseph Sobran (1946-2010), American journalist and columnist;
- Henry B. Wilson (1861-1954), Admiral in the United States Navy during World War I;
Quote of the day:
"There isn't any virtue where there has never been any temptation.
Virtue is just temptation, overcome."
-Margaret Deland
-----
"Donald Trump is dangerously mentally ill and temperamentally incapable of being president."
-----
Intelligence has always been used as fig-leaf to justify domination and destruction. No wonder we fear super-smart robots.
-----
For a generation of historians, liberalism and centrism were taken for granted. Now historians no longer know what to think about America.
-----
A "nearby" star with seven Earth-sized planets may be the best place to look for alien life. If we were in the 23rd century, it would take a starship using Star Trek's faster than light propulsion technology about three months to reach the Trappist-1 system at warp six.
-----
What's worse than ransomware that encrypts your Mac's hard drive? Ransomware that won't decrypt your drive even if you pay the ransom.
-----
Prolonged sleep may be an early warning sign of dementia. Using data from 2,457 people, average age 72, who were part of a study in Framingham, Mass., researchers found that those with a new habit of excessive slumber were at a greater risk. And in related news, there's concern the leading theory About Alzheimer's is wrong.
I need a nap. Have a good weekend, see you on Monday...
-----
As you see, KGB Report is now a daily effort, and I'd appreciate it if you can share us with your friends and, perhaps, click on the link below and become a patron, or send a donation to me here in the KGB Kave at 1512 Annette Avenue, South Park, PA 15129. Aside from some consulting work, KGB Report, other writing efforts and partial Social Security retirement benefits are looking more and more like my main source of income. So if you like us, chip in a buck or ten every month to keep us on the air. Becoming a patron will also get you free copies of any books we publish on Amazon or Kindle in the coming year. Thanks for your support!
(Unless otherwise noted, all citations are from Wikipedia.)
Categories: The Daily KGB Report
KGB Stuff Commentwear E-Mail KGB
Donate via PayPal
