1. Welcome to the 3rd Monday of the month. There are just 10 Mondays remaining in the year! Don't look now, the year is slipping away.
2. Family NFL results:
Ravens (5-1) defeat Chargers (4-2), 34-6
Cowboys (5-1) defeat Patriots (2-4), 35-29
Washington (2-4) lose to Chiefs (3-3), 13-31
Steelers (3-3) defeat to Seahawks (2-4), 23-20
4. The temperature outside as I woke this morning was 49 degrees. The high today is expected to be only 66 degrees. These are sure signs that Autumn has arrived.
5. The leaves are beginning to turn and fall from the trees. I suppose that even though the lawn does not need mowing, I will have to get the leaves removed so that I an hold onto the last vestiges of summer just a bit longer.
6. Here is a thought for the day:
“Winning doesn’t always mean being first. Winning means you’re doing better than you’ve done before.”
Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
7. Today in History. On October 18, 1867, the U.S. formally takes possession of Alaska after purchasing the territory from Russia for $7.2 million, or less than two cents an acre. Indigenous peoples settled the unforgiving territory thousands of years earlier. The Alaska purchase comprised 586,412 square miles, about twice the size of Texas, and was championed by William Henry Seward, the enthusiastically expansionist secretary of state under President Andrew Johnson.
Russia wanted to sell its Alaska territory, which was remote and difficult to defend, to the U.S. rather than risk losing it in battle with a rival such as Great Britain. Negotiations between Seward (1801-1872) and the Russian minister to the U.S., Eduard de Stoeckl, began in March 1867. However, the American public believed the land to be barren and worthless and dubbed the purchase “Seward’s Folly” and “Andrew Johnson’s Polar Bear Garden,” among other derogatory names. Some animosity toward the project may have been a byproduct of President Johnson’s own unpopularity. As the 17th U.S. president, Johnson battled with Radical Republicans in Congress over Reconstruction policies following the Civil War. He was impeached in 1868 and later acquitted by a single vote. Nevertheless, Congress eventually ratified the Alaska deal.
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As Manchin Blocks Climate Plan, His State Can’t Hold Back Floods - The New York Times
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Denver museum to return artifacts to Cambodia - The Washington Post
Fully vaccinated travelers can come to the U.S. even if their doses are mixed, authorities say - The Washington Post
Sydney eases more COVID-19 restrictions as vaccinations pass key milestone - Reuters
Oil prices climb to highest in years as COVID recovery, power generators stoke demand - Reuters
-- Bob Doan, Elkridge, MD
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