today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today… “I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory! Good Luck! And let us all beseech the blessings of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.” – General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Allied Supreme Commander, June, 1944.

• Click here to read the General’s message and to listen to the audio – United States Army Website

• Today is the 70th anniversary of Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious military operation in history – history.com

• Wonder who watches the spy camera videos? So, too, do some of the commenters to this article – LancasterOnLine

• Street rodders in York – The York Dispatch

• “all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.” – Garrison Keillor’s opening line about Lake Wobegon. The Lake Wobegon effect, a natural human tendency to overestimate one’s capabilities, is named after the town.

• “plantings, porches and paint” from a previous posting here.

• From time to time, this is a good re-read.

• Beware: medical phone scam making rounds – Lebanon Daily News