On this day in 1677, Massachusetts gained title to Maine for $6,000. The Uncle Sam cartoon figure debuted in the New York Lantern weekly (1852). And the US Senate began Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial (1868).
In 1877 American Chester Greenwood patented earmuffs after inventing them at age 15. Tsar Alexander II was assassinated (1881), the US Adopted Standard Time (1884), in 1960, the Chicago Cardinals moved to St Louis, and in 1970 Digital Equipment Corp introduced the PDP-11 minicomputer.
In 1986 Microsoft had its Initial public offering, and the Blizzard of 1993 struck the Northeast US.
March 13th is K-9 Veterans Day. It is also Napping (day), Girls Win Day (depending on what you mean by ‘girl,’ I suppose), and good samaritan day. You could also celebrate L. Ron Hubbard, Ken (as in Barbie), being smart and Sexy, or opening umbrellas indoors.
The Morning Mail
Obscure Word of the Day
Obloquy – state of disgrace resulting from public abuse
Quote of the Day
“It’s no use going back to yesterday because I was a different person then.”
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Silicon Valley Bank
- Silicon Valley Bank meltdown sparks contagion fears: ‘We found our Enron’ – The Burning Platform.
- Silicon Valley Bank CEO Allegedly Sold $3.5 Million in Stock in Last Two Weeks – The Gateway Pundit.
- Cops Called to Silicon Valley Bank Manhattan Branch After Group of Investors Try to Pull Out Cash -Substack.
- Jim Cramer Urged Investors to Buy Silicon Valley Bank Stock One Month Before Regulators Shut it Down – Gateway Pundit.
- Silicon Valley Bank branches closed by regulator in biggest bank failure since Washington Mutual – Market Watch.
- CEO of collapsed Silicon Valley Bank successfully lobbied Congress to avoid imposing extra scrutiny – Daily Mail
- Fallout from SVB Collapse Begins Sending Twitches Through Tech Sector, While Congress Meets With Treasury – Treehouse
- SVB had NO head of ‘risk assessment’ for nine months before it collapsed… as woke boss was busy organizing a month-long Pride campaign and a ‘Lesbian Visibility Day – Daily Mail
- Yellen Says Government Will Help SVB Depositors But “No Bailout” … – ZeroHedge
- Elon Musk Claims He Is ‘Open to the Idea’ of Buying Silicon Valley Bank – Breitbart
- Swedish Retirement Pension was SVD’s 4th Largest Shareholder – PI Online
Culture
- The feminization of the American university is all but complete – City Journal
- ‘Queer, Non-Binary,’ Sharia-Adherent State Rep Hid Trans Activist Who Assaulted Cop – PJM
- Nikki Fried Accidentally Admits There’s Porn in Schools to Own Ron DeSantis -PJ Media
- ‘Object Sexuality’: At the Intersection of LGBTQ+++™ Ideology and Autism – PJ Media
- Canada rules that flipping the middle finger is a ‘God-given’ right – NPR
- Eugene 4J School under fire after ‘sexual fantasy’ school assignment – Register Guard
Bills We Shouldn’t Need
- West Virginia governor signs law to protect religious freedom from government interference – LifeSite
- House passes bill to protect free speech from government interference, 206 Democrats oppose – Just the News
