Let's start with a little history, shall we? On this day in 1521, Martin Luther, the chief catalyst of Protestantism, defies the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V by refusing to recant his writings. He had been called to Worms, Germany, to appear before the Diet (assembly) of the Holy Roman Empire and answer charges of heresy. Refusing to recant or rescind his positions, Luther was declared an outlaw and a heretic. Powerful German princes protected him, however, and by his death in 1546 his ideas had significantly altered the course of Western thought. Also- On this day in 1775, in Massachusetts, British troops march out of Boston on a mission to confiscate the Patriot arsenal at Concord and to capture Patriot leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock, known to be hiding at Lexington. As the British departed, Boston Patriots Paul Revere and William Dawes set out on horseback from the city to warn Adams and Hancock and rouse the Patriot minutemen. As previously agreed, one lantern would be hung in the steeple of Boston’s Old North Church, the highest point in the city, if the British were marching out of the city by Boston Neck, and two if they were crossing the Charles River to Cambridge. Two lanterns were hung, and the armed Patriots set out for Lexington and Concord accordingly. Along the way, Revere and Dawes roused hundreds of minutemen, who armed themselves and set out to oppose the British. And- On this day in 1961, President John F. Kennedy heats up Cold War rhetoric in a letter responding to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev’s claim that the U.S. was engaging in armed aggression against the communist regime in Cuba. Kennedy denied the allegations, told Kruschev he was under a serious misapprehension and stated that the U.S. intends no military intervention in Cuba. However, Kennedy insisted that he would support Cubans who wish to see a democratic system in an independent Cuba and that the U.S. would take no action to stifle the spirit of liberty. In fact, the night before Kennedy wrote this letter, approximately 1,200 Cuban exiles, supplied and trained by the CIA, landed in Cuba’s Bay of Pigs with plans to overthrow Castro. Kennedy was fully aware that the invasion was underway; he had authorized it three days earlier. CIA documents released in 2000 indicated that Kruschev had also learned of the plans for a CIA-led invasion well in advance and had passed the information on to Castro via the KGB, Russia’s secret police. Tesla's Elon Musk resets the bar for Model 3 production at 6,000 vehicles per week. Amazing how an email can lift the price of TSLA, but nothing surprises me anymore with Elon Musk. He certainly know how to boost the stock price without boosting production. | $TSLA $TSLA, Tesla, Inc. / H1 Carl Ichan in the news twice this morning. Thanks for those updates.Ed: See VMWare $VMW $DVMT $DVMT, Dell Technologies Inc. Class V / H1 VMW: $VMW, Vmware, Inc. / H1 EpiPen shortages? Have to wonder if the price will increase due to this shortage?$MYL: $MYL, Mylan N.V. / H1 Nothing on the Southwest airplane that had an engine explode while in mid-flight? Guess the Tesla news was more interesting.This is the day The Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.Where is Jon Corzine and what does MF Global think of Xerox?Where is Marissa Mayer and will she ever return to the public eye?Where is Elon Musk and if Tesla can't make 5,000 Model 3s per week, how will they be able to make 6,000? Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain... Have a great day everyone. Stay safe, sage, and sane out there. Excelsior!via deercreekvols