via deercreekvolsLet's start with a little history, shall we? On this day in 1800, President John Adams approves legislation to appropriate $5,000 to purchase “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress,” thus establishing the Library of Congress. The first books, ordered from London, arrived in 1801 and were stored in the U.S. Capitol, the library’s first home. The first library catalog, dated April 1802, listed 964 volumes and nine maps. Twelve years later, the British army invaded the city of Washington and burned the Capitol, including the then 3,000-volume Library of Congress. Today, the collection, housed in three enormous buildings in Washington, contains more than 17 million books, as well as millions of maps, manuscripts, photographs, films, audio and video recordings, prints, and drawings bring the total to more than 162 million items.Also-President Harry Truman learns the full details of the Manhattan Project, in which scientists are attempting to create the first atomic bomb, on this day in 1945. The information thrust upon Truman a momentous decision: whether or not to use the world’s first weapon of mass destruction. America’s secret development of the atomic bomb began in 1939 with then-President Franklin Roosevelt’s support. The project was so secret that FDR did not even inform his fourth-term vice president, Truman, that it existed. (In fact, when Truman’s 1943 senatorial investigations into war-production expenditures led him to ask questions about a suspicious plant in Minneapolis, which was secretly connected with the Manhattan Project, Truman received a stern phone call from FDR’s secretary of war, Harry Stimson, warning him not to inquire further.)And-Around noon on Easter Monday of 1916, some 1,600 Irish nationalists–members of the Irish Volunteers–launch the so-called Easter Rising in Dublin, seizing a number of official buildings and calling on all Irish patriots to resist the bonds of British control. Even in its failure, the Easter Rising and the continued volatility of the so-called Irish question demonstrated the thwarted desires for self-determination that still bubbled beneath the surface in Great Britain, as in many countries in Europe, even as the larger matter of international warfare superseded them for the moment. 60 more Old Navy stores? Guess online shopping isn't a worry. As long as Bitcoin is a daily marker, I guess the note from the Executive Editor could be a daily reminder. Not sure how it went yesterday.$GBTC related. Seems that Amazon's "secret project" named Vesta isn't so secret. Not sure a robot in my home is something I am wishing for.$AMZN $AMZN, Amazon.com, Inc. / H1 There is a stretch of I-86 West in WNY that is so pot-holed (is that a term?) that one of the two westbound lanes has been closed. No holes have been filled. I guess it is easier to close a lane than repair the road. Reports of broken axles, flat tires, and other damage to vehicles because of the pot holes. This is the day The Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Where is Jon Corzine and will MF Global look to buy parts of Sears? Where is Marissa Mayer and what exactly is she paying in rent to Google? Have a great day everyone. Stay safe, sage, and sane out there. Excelsior!