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THE WEIRS, LAKE WINNIPESAUKEE, N.H., THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2020
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Easter Is About Giving Life by Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr. Contributing Writer
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In March of the year 1900 friends of the late Henry S. Blaisdell were said to be “surprised and pleased” when the recipients of the contents of his will were made public. Mr. Blaisdell left his homestead to his cousin, Dr. George Blaisdell of Manchester-by-theSea, $2,500 and the household effects to his housekeeper, Mrs. Carrie D. Spiller; $100 which was to be held in trust for Olive Huntoon, a grandaughter of Mrs. Spiller (named for Mr. Blaisdell’s wife), $10 each to Mr. Blaisdell’s cousins (17 or more), and $100 to the town of Gilford to be spent on the Blaisdell burial lot in the McCoy Cemetery. The remainder of Mr. Blaisdell’s estate was willed to the Cottage Hospital. What that would amount to was not immediately disclosed, but it was believed to be “a snug little sum,” though “those in a position to know” said they thought that Mr. Blaisdell’s wealth “was greatly overestimated.” At this time of the year
when Christians observe what we describe as Holy Week when the suffering, death, and resurrection of Jesus, the Christ, are emphasized by special observances,it is a good time to think about what one leaves behind at their death. I have been to many funerals and I don’t remember one where the emphasis was upon the material possessions that the deceased possessed. There has been an emSee EASTER on 17 & AD RE
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Spring Salmon Fishing by Tim Moore Contributing Writer
Most salmon anglers come to Lake Winnipesaukee looking forward to two very distinct times of year for salmon fishing, early spring and late summer. The salmon season runs from April 1st through September 30th each year, and if you ask most any salmon angler when the best months to catch salmon are, you’ll undoubtedly be told April through mid-June, and mid-August through September. For most anglers, it’s the ice-out period that drives them to the lake in search of Winnipesaukee chrome. Although the salmon season opens on April first, ice-out isn’t typically declared on Lake Winnipesaukee until around the third week of April. That won’t be the case this year. An unseasonably warm winter will mean an extra early ice-out. In fact, ice-out was most likely declared sometime between my writing this column and it going to print. Anglers begin targeting salmon from bridges and docks
Some anglers come just for the catching, while others are looking for a meal or two. until there is enough open water for watercraft, first kayaks and canoes, and then smaller boats, followed by larger boats. Each day, as more water opens up, more boats take advantage. By May 1st, the lake is taken over by anglers all vying for their chance at one of New Hampshire’s plump and healthy landlocked
Atlantic salmon. Spring is many anglers’ favorite time of year because the salmon are running shallow, following smelt runs and looking to fatten up on concentrations of food. The salmon are hungry, the bite is good, and local bait shops are usually still carrying smelt, which is the preferred bait of most
spring salmon anglers. Slowly trolling a live or sewn-on smelt near the surface is a deadly tactic early in the morning. Salmon find them almost irresistible. Some anglers prefer to troll streamer flies, and those in the know catch as many or more fish with flies as those using live bait. Add a light wind See MOORE on 18
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When you answer the door, look at the census taker and say “Oh, not you again.” Answer the door with a bag full of candy and say, “Great costume, let me guess…census taker?” Then hold out the bag and say: “Please just take one and leave some for the other kids.” Answer the door in a shirt and tie, carrying a clipboard and wearing a homemade census taker badge and say: “I’ll take it from here” and shut the door. Answer the door and say: “Could you come back in about twenty minutes? We are trying to get rid of this damn census taker.” When the census taker asks how many people live in your house, scratch your head, think for a few seconds and say “I’ll be right back.” Go watch an episode of “The Tiger King” on Netflix, then come back to the door and say “Two.” The census taker will ask a series of questions about each household member. Here is how to be prepared for those. When the census taker asks; “How many people were living in your house on April 1, 2020.” Say “Two, but I’m certainly glad you didn’t ask how many were living here on March 31st or will be on April 2nd because I’m not sure I can count that high,” and then laugh nervously. When the census taker asks if a family member is of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin say: “We are still waiting for the DNA swab results from Ancestry.com, but we think they may have had a Spanish ancestor from the 1300s.”
When the census taker asks about a family member’s race say: “He was always partial to the Kentucky Derby, but has become more of a NASCAR fan lately.” When asked if a family member usually lives or stays somewhere else say “Do you mean like that apartment complex down by the river, you know, the one with the greenish roof? That one? No.”
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Questions About State Department’s ‘China First’ Shipment
A little less than two months ago, the U.S. State Department made a curious announcement that suggests President Trump’s “America First” administration put “China First” at a critical moment during the burgeoning Wuhan pandemic. I asked the State Department about the controversy this week -- and the vague and nonresponsive responses I received by Michelle Malkin on background from a Foggy Bottom Syndicated Columnist spokesperson raise more questions than they answer. The Feb. 7, 2020 press statement attributed to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is headlined: “The United States Announces Assistance to Combat the Novel Coronavirus.” That week, we are told, the State Department “facilitated the transportation of nearly 17.8 tons of donated medical supplies to the Chinese people, including masks, gowns, gauze, respirators, and other vital materials. These donations are a testament to the generosity of the American people.” Whoa, whoa, whoa. Nearly 18 tons of critical medical supplies went to the Communist government whose country unleashed COVID-19 on the world, downplayed it, punished whistleblowers who warned about it and attacked critics worldwide as racist? Whose idea was this “generosity?” Which “American people” approved this plan? Was the aid solicited or unsolicited? I asked our government. The answer: “We have no additional details at this time.” The press statement elaborated further that “the United States government is announcing it is prepared to spend up to $100 million in existing funds to assist China and other impacted countries... to contain and combat the novel coronavirus. This commitment -- along with the hundreds of millions generously donated by the American private sector -- demonstrates strong U.S. leadership in response to the outbreak.” How much of the “up to $100 million” has been spent to assist China instead of the American people since Feb. 7, I asked our government. The answer: No reply. By what means were the 18 tons of medical goods transported: Air or sea? If by sea, on what ships were the goods transported to China and when and where did they arrive? If by air, which carriers transSee MALKIN on 20
Stop Pretending Pandemic Politics Are the New Norm “There are no libertarians in a global pandemic.” So goes the smug punchline of large-government advocates who point to the necessity of collective action in the face of an unprecedented global crisis. Without government, they say, by Ben Shapiro we’d all be dead. Syndicated Columnist Few libertarians would disagree. The hardcore libertarians at Reason magazine aren’t spending their days fulminating over the evils of government-required lockdown orders in the face of a fast-spreading, deadly disease. That’s because they, like all other sentient human beings, recognize that collective action is sometimes necessary. But here’s the dirty little secret: Institutional failures during this pandemic are more indicative of what our politics should be during nonpandemic situations, not the blunt-force ability of the government to shut down the global economy and force us all to stay home. The question isn’t whether government has power. Government is power. The question is how and when to apply that power. And what we’ve seen is that government sucks at everything, even the most basic things it is supposed to do well. Democrats and the media like to pretend that government’s failures in this process aren’t endemic to government control. They like to blame such failures on Republicans, and on President Donald Trump specifically. But that’s just not the case. Human beings are fallible, stupid, gullible and self-interested. Human beings who have the power of government to back them are not less human for having that power. Their humanity just has direr consequences, which is why in nonemergency circumstances, checks and balances are absolutely necessary. Take, for example, the early days of the pandemic. Democrats say Trump was slow
to respond to the incipient threat. But so were Democrats. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently declared, “As Trump fiddles, people are dying,” but in late February, she was walking the streets of Chinatown, encouraging citizens to join her. New York Mayor Bill De Blasio has ripped Trump for his supposed downplaying of the virus, but De Blasio spent a month poo-pooing its threat. When confronted about that simple fact by CNN’s Jake Tapper, De Blasio conveniently suggested that stop looking backward. Why should we trust these people, exactly? Or take the roots of America’s inability to provide the health care resources necessary to hospitals across the country. While state and local governments were frittering away billions of dollars on useless government spending, they did precisely nothing to prepare for exactly the sort of black swan events for which governments were presumably invented. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention spent a month failing to produce useful tests and prevented physicians in Seattle from performing proper testing, even after President Trump issued a travel ban on China. For years in advance, members of the federal government of both parties had been warned about the need for ventilators and masks. No one produced or stockpiled them. The Food and Drug Administration’s red tape prevented the quick development of new measures to deal with the novel coronavirus. Why should these people control our lives, when the threat of the red death isn’t hovering on our doorstep? The government is a giant, lumbering idiot. Sometimes we need a giant, lumbering idiot. Almost always, we do not. And those who have used this pandemic response -- one of the rare times we need a giant, lumbering idiot to intimidate people into preventing mass infection of one another, and to borrow the money See SHAPIRO on 21
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Congress passed and the president signed a $2 trillion “stimulus” bill. “Not enough!” shrieked politicians. They said the government must do more. by John Stossel They demanded Syndicated Columnist President Donald Trump reactivate the Defense Production Act, a 1950 law that lets government force companies to make things. Trump hesitated. That upset lovers of big dictatorial government. They demanded the
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president order companies to make respirators, masks and other desperately needed medical equipment. CNN’s Alisyn Camerota joined the media mob asking “What’s the holdup!?” Then a White House press reporter confronted Trump at the White House, asking, “Why not use it now?” The president surprised me by responding: “We’re a country not based on nationalizing our business. Call a person over in Venezuela, ask them, ‘how did nationalization of their businesses work out?’ Not too well.” No, it didn’t. Venezuela was once one of the richest countries in Latin America. Now
it’s one of the poorest. That’s because government dictating production leads to less production. Although Venezuela has more oil in the ground than any other country, once the socialists nationalized the oil industry, production declined. Today, Venezuelans struggle to buy gasoline. When government orders companies to do things, companies don’t innovate. They’re less able to adjust quickly to market demand. That’s the topic of my new video. Today, hospitals need more ventilators. But the government doesn’t need to order companies to make
more. The private sector is already on it. Automakers slowed car production and are gearing up their factories to produce ventilators. Other businesses are, too. That’s what businesses do when conditions change; they pivot. Distillers that once made gin and vodka now make hand sanitizer. The federal government had to waive regulations to allow them to sell it. Some give it away. It’s not just charity; it’s “goodwill.” They hope customers will remember the good deed, and that’ll lead to profit in the future. The best catalyst to spur producSee STOSSEL on 21
Coronavirus Shrouds Easter The Coronavirus outbreak has closed down the world, at least as we know it. From the Far East into Europe and North Amerby John J. Metzler ica shutdowns, Syndicated Columnist l o c k d o w n s , a n d stay at home orders are the norm. And for good reason; COVID-19 poses the most dangerous global Pandemic since the 1918 scourge which killed millions. This is not a Test, the pandemic is tragically all too real. Holy Week is upon us and both the rituals and rites and joyful religiosity of the Easter Season are strangely absent save for the
Peeps and some chocolate bunnies in the supermarkets. Church services are banned; in this case Palm Sunday and Easter, the holiest most hopeful days of the Christian calendar, can’t be publicly celebrated since gatherings are forbidden. Neither can Passover be celebrated with its ancient message of freedom. Yet this is not the order of some dystopian alien dictatorship which has seized our world while we were watching Netflix, but rather the sober realization of policymakers that we had better not fool around with Covid-19. Clearly the atmosphere remains surrealistic in our cities, schools and stores. So from the USA to South Amer-
ica, Australia, South Africa and even India; We are Closed. Wuhan, China where the deadly virus started in November faces a socio/ political Purgatory which still continues despite the happy talk by Beijing’s Marxist mandarins that the health emergency is largely solved. China’s lack of transparency has deepened and obscured the overall crisis. Beijing’s mendacious regime may still face its “Chernobyl Moment” when the full truth emerges! And it most certainly will. Western Europe remains the epicenter of the deadly virus with Italy, Spain and France facing the largest mass casualty events since the Second World War. Britain and Germany are not too far be-
hind. France has used draconian police powers to keep people off the streets, to protect them from this unseen enemy. Even senior citizens need permission passes to take walks during the day! Vibrant cities such as Paris are ghost towns, bathed in beautiful spring days! Just a year ago during Holy Week, Notre Dame cathedral, the iconic Gothic masterpiece which has graced Paris for nearly a millennium, suffered a terrible fire; the heart of France was ripped but her Soul has yet more to endure from further calamities with the pandemic. The USA now too confronts a frightful onslaught of Corona, with the virus s w e e p i n g See METZLER on 21
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I alluded in last week’s column to a goldfinch being in transitional plumage. The truth is, in a way, American goldfinches are always in transitional plumage. Unlike most songbirds that look pretty much the same yearround, goldfinches look dramatically different in their breeding and nonbreeding plumage. All birds molt (replace) their feathers at least once a year, usually at the end of summer. Most songbirds, whether the molt is done gradually or all
An American goldfinch in transitional plumage perches on a clothesline CHRIS BOSAK PHOTO in New England last week. at once, look the same at both ends of the molt. Male American goldfinches are a brilliant yellow in their breeding (summer) plumage. They are a beloved bird and they adorn calendars, magazine covers, bookmarks and conservation promotional materials. It is this brilliant yellowand-black plumage that makes them desirable fodder as bird models. However, you rarely see goldfinches in their non-breeding (winter) plumage on magazine covers. The non-breeding plumage is drab and dull – boring if you will. Those who appreciate birds adore them regardless of the season. Those who are looking for flash do not bother with a goldfinch in its non-breeding plumage.
The interesting thing about the transition from winter to summer plumage is that it takes place gradually and you can follow along as the months change. In March, you start to see little splotches of bright yellow on male American goldfinches. Eventually, the splotches get bigger and more numerous and, as I mentioned last week, the birds look as if they have been splattered with bright yellow paint. Within a few weeks, the males are almost all bright yellow again and then it becomes much easier to tell the males apart from the females. By May, we have our calendar-adorning goldfinches back. They will remain that way through September, but subtle
differences in their plumage can be noted as the feathers wear and fade. By November, they are back in their drab garb and do not catch the flash-seekers eye again until April or May. Don’t let the drab colors fool you, though, as they are new, healthy feathers. It’s interesting to note that during the spring, only the bright body feathers are replaced. Their tail and wing feathers are the ones from the fall molt. For the longest time, I had trouble attracting goldfinches. I’d get a few here and there, but they were not a reliable species by any means. This winter and spring, for whatever reason, I’ve been practically overrun with goldfinches. I See BOSAK on 19
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mined the nature of the virus is now dead. This virus has the potential to be bigger than what we now realize, but not nearly as terrible as the 1918 influenza known as the Spanish flu. In those days, we did not have the knowledge, research and resources to have handled it. Many thousands died only because it was a rampant mess without proper precautions to defy it. I believe that we are on the right track to preventing more infection through limitation of contact. Understanding actions of contact to what we all take for granted in our daily routine means we are sanely going after root causes and preventing the spread of infection. Staying six feet apart from any other human is a bit excessive but whatever is necessary, go for it. At least we are recognizing the contact issue. The unfortunate ripple effect I believe that will hurt local businesses is the change to take-out-only mentality. Think about this for a moment. Why do you go out to eat and drink at a favorite location? It’s almost purely for the experience of shar-
ing good food and drink with friends and family, enjoying the surroundings and whatever else the establishment has to offer. We go there for the food items and alternative food items on their menus. Now, all of a sudden, that entire experience is removed and we are forced to decide where we are going to get takeout from. And everyone now offers take-out and even delivery. It levels the playing field. Now you must make a choice of where to get food. How far to drive to get the take-out? How long is the delivery time? There are only so many options before you say: ‘Screw it, let’s just eat at home.’ This was not well planned out, but emergencies often are not calculable. If you are going to mandate closures of businesses, it might have been smart to tell
businesses across the state a week before shutting everything down that this was coming and don’t order the ton of food and kegs of Guinness you were going to go through on St Paddy’s Day because it won’t happen. I live in Bristol. I went to 5 different businesses since the March 17th shutdown enforcement was put in place. Each was take-out. Each had reduced staff to the bare minimum. Homestead Tavern in Bristol, 50 employees now closed. Gina’s Cafe in downtown Bristol is shut down. 104 Dinner is closed. Kathleen’s Cottage Irish Tavern said they lost $7k in beer revenue for the loss of St Paddy’s Day and may close. Over in Meredith, Giuseppe’s is offering curb-side pick-up and an alternative menu of their favorites. Surfside across from Hannaford is trying to creatively offer things that others don’t offer. It simply comes down to creativity and motivation. When more and more places close until life returns to normal, those that stay open receive more traffic. But it’s hard… The folks that already have drive-throughs in place (McDonalds, Wendy’s, Dunkins, etc) are not going to see much change other than eat-in traffic. When you put everyone, who serves food and drink, on one level and compatible Google search, there’s gonna be winners and losers… See BREW on 11
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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, April 9, 2020 — SMITH from 1 phasis on the kind of person they were, their future existence, and consolation for the living. It may be surprising to some to know that at least some of the early settlers of New Hampshire did not celebrate Easter or Christmas. The Puritans who moved to this State from Massachusetts were offended by what they saw as having origins in pagan practices that some professing Christians had adopted as part of their celebration of these two holidays. Besides, they found nothing in the Bible which commanded them to observe a day in honor of Jesus’ birthday or His death and Resurrection. They obviously believed strongly in the events, but not in the way they were celebrated by secular and some church groups. The teachings of the birth of Jesus and His death and resurrection are fundamental doctrines of Christian churches. There are some Christian folk today who want nothing to do with Easter eggs and bunnies, while others hold Easter egg hunts and make Easter baskets to give to their children. I remember how, in childhood days, it was popular for church adherents to buy new clothes, or,at least wear their best clothes for Easter. Easter bonnets (or hats) were fashionable in those days when some ladies felt that it was proper to wear hats to church on any particular Sunday. Wearing one’s “Sunday best” is no longer a phrase that carries much meaning in our present society in or outside of our churches.
The Easter Seals New Hampshire drive began in 1936 by Dr. Ezra Jones and the founder of Crotched Mountain, Harry Gregg. Women often wore corsages on Easter, usually the flower of an orchid. Children of my generation were taught the solemness of suffering and death of Jesus on the Cross followed by the gladness and joy of the Resurrection of Jesus which was celebrated on Easter Sunday. Sunrise Services were common in those days and they were usually outside and sometimes followed by an Easter fellowship breakfast. The colored eggs and candy had no pagan connection in the minds of the children, but they, rather, represented new life and happiness to them , if anything. For a lot of us Easter has never meant anything but the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus though to some the name Easter is not acceptable because they still associate it with pagan origins. Apparently there have long been observances of different sorts that use the term Easter that have no direct connection with the account of the Resurrection. An April 11 column in a Laconia newspaper with the heading ENTRE NOUS (or be-
tween us) announced that “an up-to-date Easter ‘German’ is on the tapis, and Madam Grundy smiles propitiously.” Translated, I think that means that an Easter dance “ consisting of intricate figures that are improvised and intermingled with waltzes,” was on the carpet and it had the approval of the strictest critic. The notice stated: “A committee of young ladies and matrons will call on the eligibles and benedicts around town and sell invitations at the small advance price of one cartwheel each, insuring an inspiring orchestra, a faultless(?) floor, refreshing edibles, besides a program of bright tidbits presented from eight to nine o’clock. Admission to the gallery will be ‘two bits’ if you know what that is, and if you don’t, call and find out. Just where the dance will be held has not come to light yet, but it will be somewhere within carriage distance, and promises...to be the most recherche affair in society circles this season.” The column was signed by “Dixie” who expressed the opinion that Laconia needed a
general reformation of social life. By the way, the “cartwheel” was a silver dollar. That same year Lakes Region Churches were proclaiming the Resurrection message by the use of music and the spoken word. The Meredith Baptist Church presented songs with the titles “He Is Risen”,“Our Risen Redeemer”, “Hail The Day Eternal”, “The Conquest of Spring”, “With Glorious Song”, “Bright was The Morn,” and “Was Ever King So Kingly.” These were sung by the congregation, the choir, and the ladies quartet. The Easter story from Scripture was told and the Pastor gave his Easter address. The story has been told over and over again of Jesus’ death and resurrection and the celebration of
Christmas and Easter was brought to this country in its early days by other Christian groups than the Puritans, including the Anglican Church which built one of the first churches in the early days of settlements in New Hampshire. While Mr. Blaisdell and many others like him left material goods and money to others, many Christians at this time of the year look to Jesus Christ as the one who conquered death and gives life. Another memory from the days of my youth is that of Easter Seal representatives who were out collecting money to help crippled children for the New Hampshire Easter Seal organization. The word “crippled” is seldom used in these days as
the term “disability” seems to be the preferred one. The Easter Seals New Hampshire drive began in 1936 by Dr. Ezra Jones and the founder of Crotched Mountain, Harry Gregg. They adopted the logo of the Easter Lily and distributed small artificial lilies to those who contributed to help crippled children. Easter, and the message it proclaims, has for me also been connected with giving, reminding me of the love that prompted Jesus to give His life for the many, then reclaiming His own. Robert Hanaford Smith, Sr., welcomes your comments at danahillsmiths@yahoo. com.
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MOORE from 2 that creates what anglers refer to as “salmon chop” and you’re in for a treat. My guided trips consist almost entirely of trolling live bait early in the season. We catch more fish trolling or drifting smelt than we do with flies, so that’s what I stick with. Our clients come to catch big fish, but they love to see the rods pop out of the downriggers, and the numbers of fish are there. When only trolling a few feet below the surface, a rod popping out of the downrigger is almost always immediately followed by aerial acrobatics that keep the blood pumping. The limit on Lake Winnipesaukee is two fish, which could easily be filled by 8am most mornings, but many of our clients prefer to catch and release so they can keep fishing. They can’t resist seeing those salmon jumping on the end of their lines, and can’t bear the thought of quitting early. As water temperatures
increase, a thermocline sets up on the lake and the salmon begin to run deeper in search of cooler more stable water temps. Eventually live smelt become unavailable in the bait shops and we switch to trolling spoons on downriggers and leadcore line. Many anglers love trolling spoons because they can be trolled much faster, allowing you to cover a lot more water, but some will stick with streamers and play with size, profile, and color. Until ice-out is declared, we take bookings as early as May 1. If the lake is free of ice earlier, we start running trips right away. They say the early bird gets the worm, and that couldn’t be truer on most days of salmon fishing. The fishing is often excellent and when you mix in a few rainbow trout in the three to four-pound range and the occasional lake trout, you’ll quickly know why so many anglers spend their weeks thinking about the weekend. This is an un-
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— THE WEIRS TIMES, Thursday, April 9, 2020 — MOFFETT from 9 surrender, despite going four days without food or water. Eventually 194 were rescued. Their story helped inspire Americans to victory two months later. Babe Ruth, of course, became the penultimate American sports hero in 1918. That was the season that Ruth— perhaps baseball’s best pitcher—started playing regularly in the field. He led the Major Leagues in home runs that year as Boston won the World Series in a season that was cut-short due to the flu epidemic, similar to this year’s MLB schedule being curtailed by COVID-19. Ruth took on each day with gusto and experienced life to its fullest. His optimism and joie de vivre served him well. He set another home run record for the Red Sox in 1919 before going on to some other team where he became an American icon. I don’t think he’d have flourished had he been a pessimist. So this time of quarantines and social distancing affords us opportunities to ponder history and find context to make us wiser, better, humbler—and perhaps more optimistic as 2020 unfolds. And as those Brooklyn Dodger fans used to say: “Just wait ‘til next year!” Sports Quiz What year did Babe Ruth hit his first MLB home run for the Boston Red Sox? Born Today ... That is to say standouts born on April 9 include Green Bay Packer coaching icon Curly Lambeau (1888) and my grandfather, Lancaster, N.H.’s Alfred Morin (1904) who in 1929 married the
aforementioned Yvette Lussier. Sports Quote “Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my music. The tension between them is where it’s all at. It’s what lights the fire.” – N.Y Giant fan Bruce Springsteen Sports Quiz Answer The day Babe Ruth hit his first major league home run, he also pitched 12⅓ innings. It was May 6, 1915 in a 4-3, 13-inning loss to the Yankees. Mike Moffett was a Professor of Sports Management for Plymouth State University and NHTI-Concord. He co-authored the critically-acclaimed and award-winning “FAHIM SPEAKS: A WarriorActor’s Odyssey from Afghanistan to Hollywood and Back” which is available through Amazon.com. His e-mail address is mimoffett@ comcast.net.
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MALKIN from 6 ported the goods and when and where did they arrive? (I asked about shipping because U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s family owns the New York-based multinational shipping behemoth, Foremost Group. The mega-fleet was built in China, subsidized with loans from the ChiComs’ Export-Import bank and conducts nearly threequarters of its freight business in China. Secretary Chao was designated an “international consultant” of the Wuhan government in 2009. Her sister, Angela Chao, is CEO of Foremost and organized a humanitarian shipment of masks, gloves and gowns from New York to Wuhan in
partnership with the “Hubei Charity Foundation” a week after the State Department’s press statement.) I also asked whether any of the precious medical supply items shipped to China in February were sent back to the U.S. as part of White House adviser Jared Kushner’s “Project Airbridge” transfer of personal protective equipment last weekend from China to New York -- including 130,000 N95 masks, 1.8 million face masks and gowns, more than 10.3 million gloves and more than 70,000 thermometers? Here’s the full answer I received from the State Department spokesperson: “In early February the American people demonstrated their char-
acteristic generosity by donating 17.8 tons of medical supplies to help the Chinese people contain the impact and stem the spread of COVID-19 from Wuhan to other parts of China and the world. These donations were provided by Samaritan’s Purse, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Intermountain Healthcare, and Boeing. The State Department facilitated the delivery of these medical supplies to Project HOPE in China on flights that ultimately brought home over 800 American citizens back from Wuhan at the outbreak of the pandemic.” Odd. Very odd. Boeing’s huge shipment of 250,000 medical masks was reported on Jan. 29, more than a week before the State De-
partment’s announcement. Side note: Was it “characteristic generosity” or self-serving corporate relations? The troubled aircraft company has been desperately seeking business after China’s de facto boycott the past couple of years and stands to benefit most from the China trade deal signed in January. Also: Did the multinational company’s purported goodwill gesture deprive the American people of scarce PPE resources? Sure seems so. LDS’s own press statement about its donations to China was also released Jan. 29 and made no mention of the State Department’s role in facilitating delivery of “220,000 respirator masks, 870 protective goggles and more than 6,500 pro-
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especially “for us as a city, are ‘passing over’ from contagion, fear, infection, isolation and suffering, to unity, healing, recovery and a renewed life.” Cardinal Dolan added that both the message of Passover and Easter underscored the point of salvation. Now as a wartime president Donald Trump has marshaled a Public/private sector initiative and coordination not seen in the USA since WWII. What used to be rightly called the Arsenal of Democracy during WWII, will become the Engine of American Revival and Renewal in our times. But it’s now spring! Easter is a time of rebirth and reawakening, for our societies worldwide and for our battered economies. Donald Trump stressed, “We have to open our country again!” This is certain. We eagerly await the green light to get going again! John J. Metzler is a United Nations correspondent covering diplomatic and defense issues. He is the author of Divided Dynamism The Diplomacy of Separated Nations; Germany, Korea, China.
STOSSEL from 7 tion is simple pursuit of profit. It’s what gets companies to produce new things instantly. Unlike governments, businesses have no guaranteed income. To survive, let alone grow, they must constantly innovate to make sure more money comes in than goes out. The socialists call that “greed.” Without question, some tycoons are greedy. They pursue profit to the point that they have more money than they will ever need. That’s fine. That greed for success drives them to get me what I need. I assume it’s what inspired Ford to start using 3D printers to make face masks. The profit motive delivers the goods. Higher prices tell companies what products are most urgently needed. When our government failed to produce
enough coronavirus test kits, private companies filled the gap. Some offered convenient tests you could use at home. But the government didn’t like it, saying the test hadn’t been approved. The tests were withdrawn. Government’s rules often make it harder for private actors to help people. In a crisis, America’s unsung heroes are people who overcome that. Many truck drivers wanted to work overtime to help, but federal law said they must not work more than 11 hours a day. Finally, the government suspended the regulation. We ought to suspend a lot of these rules permanently. Allow Americans to make our own choices about when we want to work. In this crisis, businesses are trying all sorts of new things. Supermarkets started of-
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