Saturday Reads

The big story of the past day was the huge earthquake centered in the southern California city of Ridgecrest.  In this link, many people were confused about the faultline being the San Andreas Fault, but this quake was way to the south, where there are a number of smaller faults.

Some updated information about the quake is here.
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Of course, I would miss the highlights of Trump's Fourth of July speech.

The transcript.

The Continental Army suffered the bitter winter of Valley Forge, found glory across the waters of the Delaware, and seized victory from Cornwallis of Yorktown. Our Army manned the air [Inaudible] -- it rammed the ramparts. It took over the airports. It did everything it had to do. And at Fort McHenry, under the rockets' red glare, it had nothing but victory.


And when dawn came, their Star Spangled Banner waved defiant. At Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg, our soldiers gave the last full measure of devotion for the true unity of our nation and the freedom of all Americans. In the trenches of World War One, an Army Sergeant named Alvin York faced an inferno of enemy fire and refused to retreat.

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