So hey, it's World Malaria Day, created by WHO, which seemingly would like to see something done about malaria; as well as Malaria Awareness Day, created by GW Bush which is a bit of pious twaddle absolving us of any need to do anything further except maybe some thoughts and prayers. Much more could be done on many fronts but still it ravages and rampages and as of the last time I ventured into its domain the available medications, both prophylactic and otherwise were presented to me by my doctor as something of a crapshoot.
This is also the date, in 1974 of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal. It was a military coup BUT, a left wing military coup which established a democratic government to replace the autocratic government it overthrew. A most refreshing contrast to the capitalist/right-wing standard of overthrowing a democratically elected government like that of Mossadegh or Allende and replacing it with a horrible autocrat like Shah Reza Pahlavi or Pinochet and similar examples.