Today's number is 13
13 is
13 is a prime number, it is the 6th prime
13 is also a prime if the digits are reversed (31)
13 is a pythagorean prime (13 = 3**2 + 4**2 & 13 = 4n+1 where n =3)
Jimmy Dore discussed this today:
"Purple haze all in my eyes
Don't know if it's day or night
You got me blowin', blowin' my mind
Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?"
Jimi
"Two top former U.S. intelligence officials said Sunday that President Trump is being “played” by President Vladimir Putin on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election and accused him of being susceptible to foreign leaders who stroke his ego."
Let's do an inventory.
Just short of a month ago the DNC did a purge of progressives.
Can the grassroots crumble the corporate culture? Roots do break apart rock. This week's edition features some stories of efforts to change the system. As usual we'll look at the whirlwind of news from Alabama to Asia, from Saudi Arabia to Russiagate, from armistice day to veterans day, from war to peace and prosperity, and more....
World History this day
1793 -- The first Mayor of Paris, was guillotined.
1918 -- Austria became a republic.
1927 -- Trotsky was expelled from the Soviet Communist Party.
1956 -- Morocco, Sudan and Tunisia joined the UN
1956 -- Israeli soldiers shot Palestinian refugees to death in Rafah
US History this day
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All I can say is "Amen".
Why not.
To quote Marcus Aurelius:
What is not good for the swarm is not good
for the bee.
Got any photos for this weekend?
Today, Veterans Day 2017, is nothing like Veterans Day 1977, forty years ago when I observed my first Veterans Day after getting out of the military.
