This is a stand alone because it so precisely sums up every complaint I have had about the "experts" for the past decade. They always imply the "science is settled" and you should just shut up and believe what the experts say.
As a scientist, I have been crushed to hear the stupidity...that you are not supposed to question. My most concerning moment came when they started to dictate masks. I looked up the studies for using masks for viruses...and they all said they were useless...especially for lay people who wouldn't use/fit them properly. I then went back to those studies a few weeks later and they had been taken down...WTF. And not because the data was found to be faulty, but for political reasons.
Fooled one time is a lesson, fooled twice is a choice...never again.
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Some Government History -
The Library of Congress was established on April 24, 1800, when President John Adams signed a legislative act moving the seat of government to Washington, D.C.. The act included a $5,000 appropriation to purchase books for Congress and create a suitable apartment for them in the U.S. Capitol building.
Key details regarding its establishment and history:
Initial Purpose: The institution was created as a legislative library to serve the research needs of Congress, not as a public library.
Early Collection: The first library consisted of 740 books and three maps ordered from London.
Destruction and Rebirth: In 1814, British troops burned the U.S. Capitol, destroying the original collection. In 1815, Congress purchased Thomas Jefferson's personal library of 6,487 books to replace it.
Evolution: Over time, particularly under Librarian Ainsworth Rand Spofford, the library evolved from a congressional library into the national library of the United States.
Today, it is known ...
