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Monday, April 6, 2026

4/5/2026

 Easter Sunday, March 5, 2026

1242 Battle on the Ice: Russian Prince of Novgorod Alexander Nevsky defeated the Teutonic Knights on the frozen Lake Peipus between Estonia and Russia

1792 George Washington exercised the first presidential veto to strike down a  bill to increase the number of seats for northern states in the House of Representatives

1948 WGN TV channel 9 in Chicago, IL (IND) began broadcasting

1969 Massive anti-Vietnam War demonstrations occur in many U.S. cities

1971 US Lt. William Calley was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai Massacre

1992 Serbian troops began besieging Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, which would become the longest siege in modern warfare

2025  The first of two tariff rounds went into effect in the United States, containing a 10% blanket tariff on every import into the country.   Jaguar Land Rover suspended vehicle exports to the United States for a month to evaluate the impact of Trump's tariffs on the automotive industry. 

In bed at 8:40, awake around 2:40, and up at 3:15.  0325 121/72/66 107 205.2.  35/20/49/33. Windy, cloudy Easter with sunny conditions forecast around 4 p.m.  As usual, March and April  cling to winter conditions in Wisconsin, not a day for Easter bonnets, with all the frills upon it, . . . 

Morning meds at 10 a.m.  Ranolazine at 5:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Reasons for some joy this morning, to wake to find that the second airman was rescued in Iran.  The Special Ops folks who carried it out are real heroes.  

Trump's early morning Truth Social post was a new low for presidential conduct, and a new peak in demonstrating his dwindling intelligence and gross lack of judgment.

Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah". President DONALD J. TRUMP

He blasphemes the religion not only of most Iranians, but also of almost all of the Arab world and believers in Islam from Turkey to India, plus those in he U.S.  and 90% of Indonesians.  All in one tweet.


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