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Good morning. It’s August 2, 2025, and it’s a Saturday. Still in Vegas.
- Having fun here. Vegas is just silly. The only miserable people here are those who take it seriously.
- You’re going to lose money gambling. That’s how they build these casinos. There’s only one man on Earth who could lose money running a casino.
- And now, The Weather: “Autofiction” by Far Caspian
- Today in history… The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae (216 BC). Edward I of England returns from the Ninth Crusade and is crowned King seventeen days later (1274). During Henry Hudson's search for the Northwest Passage, he sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay (1610). The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place (1776). The first United States Census is conducted (1790). Jaoan’s Edo society class system its abolished (1869). General strike in Vancouver, BC (1918). Calvin Coolidge becomes president upon the death of Warren G. Harding (1923). The positron is discovered by Carl D. Anderson (1932). Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg (1934). The Marihuana Tax Act makes cannabis illegal in the USA (1937). Iraq invades Kuwait, leading to the Gulf War (1990).
- August 2 is the birthday of architect/engineer Pierre Charles L’Enfant (1754), physicist John Tyndall (1820), electrical engineer/businessman Elisha Gray (1835), actress Myrna Loy (1905), Israel president Shimon Peres (1923), writer/activist James Baldwin (1924), actor Carroll O’Connor (1924), NFL executive Lamar Hunt (1932), singer-songwriter/keyboardist Garth Hudson (1937), director Wes Craven (1939), singer-songwriter/drummer Jim Capaldi (1944), songwriter/guitarist Andy Fairweather Low (1948), singer-songwriter/guitarist Andrew Gold (1951), songwriter/producer Butch Vig (1955), singer Apollonia Kotero (1959), actress Mary-Louise Parker (1964), actor/director Kevin Smith (1970, politician JD Vance (1984), NFL player Golden Tate (1988), singer-songwriter Charli XCX (1992), and NBA player Kristaps Porziņģis (1995).
Time to head back downstairs for general idiocy and breakfast. Enjoy your day.
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