August 15, 2016 Open Thread, Happy Chanson de Roland

August 15 is the 227th day of the year. There are 138 days left.

Today's number is Fifteen

15 is the product of 2 primes, 3 and 5
15 is the magic number for a 3 by 3 magic square
15 is phosphorus
15 balls are used in eight ball and rotation pocket billiards
There are 15 tokens on each side at the start of backgammon
15 is the age when a hispanic girl has a quinceanera
A 15 puzzle has 15 blocks numbered 1 through 15 in a 4 by 4 box

15 BCE was the Year of the consulship of Drusus and Piso
Drusus built the via Claudia Augustus through Italy
Vienna became a Roman frontier city
Future Roman general Germanicus was born
Future Roman poet Phaedrus was born

15 CE was the Year of the consulship of Caesar and Flaccus
Germanicus launched a two-pronged attack from Vetera and Moguntiacum. On his return journey, he recaptured the Eagle of Legion XIX, visited the battlefield of the Teutoburg Wald, and then arranged for the burial of the remains of Varus' army. (Yes, that damn Varus!)
Nicolaus of Damascus wrote a biography of the Emperor Augustus
The Greek philosopher Apollonius of Tyana was born

On this day in:
0778 -- The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland was killed.
0927 -- The Saracens conquered and destroyed Taranto, home of the tarantella.
1040 -- King Duncan I died in battle against Macbeth. Who succeeded him as King of Scotland.
1057 -- King Macbeth was killed at the Battle of Lumphanan.
1281 -- The Mongolian fleet of Kublai Khan was destroyed by a "divine wind"
1914 -- The Panama Canal opened to traffic
1947 -- India gained Independence from Britain
1960 -- Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville) became independent from France.
1965 -- The Beatles played at Shea Stadium -- the birth of stadium rock.
1969 -- The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened in upstate New York
1970 -- Patricia Palinkas was the first woman to play US pro football.
1971 -- President Richard Nixon completed the break from the gold standard
1971 -- Bahrain gained independence from Britain
1973 -- The US stopped bombing Cambodia
1977 -- The Big Ear, received the "Wow! signal" from space

Was it the brown acid or the blue?

Born this day in:
1613 -- Gilles Ménage, lawyer, philologist, and scholar; one of 3
1702 -- Francesco Zuccarelli, painter and academic
1769 -- Napoleon Bonaparte, general, emperor & exile
1771 -- Walter Scott, author, poet, and playwrite
1824 -- John Chisum, cattle baron, come a ki yi yippie yippie yi yippie yay
1885 -- Edna Ferber, American author and playwright
1892 -- Louis de Broglie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
1912 -- Julia Child, American chef and author
1924 -- Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle shit
1925 -- Oscar Peterson, pianist and composer
1925 -- Bill Pinkney, singer (The Drifters)
1933 -- Bobby Helms, singer and guitarist
1934 -- Bobby Byrd, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Famous Flames)
1935 -- Vernon Jordan, lawyer, businessman, and activist
1938 -- Stephen Breyer, lawyer and judge
1938 -- Maxine Waters, educator and politician
1940 -- Gudrun Ensslin, militant leader, founded Red Army Faction
1946 -- Jimmy Webb, singer, songwriter and pianist

Died this day in:
1040 -- King Duncan I of Scotland (supra).
1057 -- King Macbeth (ditto)
1274 -- Robert de Sorbon, theologian and educator, founded the College of Sorbonne
1967 -- René Magritte, painter
1982 -- Ernie Bushmiller, cartoonist
1995 -- John Cameron Swayze, journalist and actor

Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
celebrate yourself for a change

So, for music we gots:
Napoleon Bonaparte
John Chisum
Oscar Peterson
Bill Pinkney
Bobby Helms
Bobby Byrd
Jimmy Webb

Napoleon Bonaparte

John Chisum

Oscar Peterson

The Very Tall Band (Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown and Milt Jackson)

Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt Jackson

Oscar Peterson Solo (Ja Da)

Bill Pinkney

Bobby Helms

Bobby Byrd

Jimmy Webb

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riverlover's picture

So Happy Peace and Love/s, but fer real.

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Citizen Of Earth's picture

I missed Woodstock but made it to the Watkins Glen Summer Jam ('73) with 600K people. We had mud too. Wink

And that Joe Cocker video was funny and enjoyable. Thanks for posting that enhydra lutris.

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Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.

riverlover's picture

and I can't do slide-in-mud now, do sit-in-mud like a pro. Good times then, a whirlwind.

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enhydra lutris's picture

1969 -- The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened in upstate New York

, which was my justification for posting the Joe Cocker absolutely wasted at Woodstock clip. Wink

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

"Phyllis Schlafly, Eagle shit". LOL! Thanks for Monday morning laughs el, always interesting and funny!

peace and love

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

skod's picture

is a musical tribute to our national condition...

Life During Wartime. Perhaps one day that won't be true anymore, for a little while in any case.

http://allthingspoliticaltoday.com/the-last-day-of-peace/

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riverlover's picture

I always liked this tune, enough anger below is released.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

hecate's picture

Byrne wrote that as a caricature of people who were then bemoaning the supposedly soon-coming End. Byrne, he didn't believe, then, in the End. Still doesn't.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYYU1mJSeOs]

connecting
to every living soul
compassion
for things i'll never know

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Raggedy Ann's picture

I love this song and it really got me going!

Mornin' el ~ as one who loves numerology, I love your Monday OT. Good

Have a beautiful day!

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

enhydra lutris's picture

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

enhydra lutris's picture

this morning as part of its Army Day celebration. http://www.sfgate.com/news/world/article/US-tanks-join-Polish-army-parad...

Never mind that it is in the middle of a constitutional crises that has been going on since 2015, with the right wing pushing for a more powerful, stronger central executive and weakened, almost useless courts. No, we have to show that we're going to militarize all of eastern Europe because Crimea.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

hecate's picture

I think you should write a biography, of Varus. ; )

The Panama Canal: so deeply stupid, there are no words. Nixon withdrawing the gold pacifier: the act that St Vitusfied eleventy-billion gold-bugged-out delusionists. Vernon Jordan: shot by the same Mein Kampf-dribbling loon who paralyzed Larry Flynt. Jimmy Webb: wrote "MacArthur Park": if I posted it here, you would put me in a Dungeon. Magritte! Lord of light! Didn't die. Just ascended.
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"We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty."

enhydra lutris's picture

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Raggedy Ann's picture

the real Rethuglicon, her heinous, as has been the plan all along. Shok Watch the DWS/Canova debate so you can see where DWS says they (the DNC) started early in the cycle to ensure her heinous would be the nominee. Perhaps getting Herr Drumpf to run and then, surprisingly, win, was all part of that "early" planning.

We'll never know, but indicating the rethugs are rejecting Herr Drumpf for her heinous is not news and never will be. Nea

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"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11

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enhydra lutris's picture

as to anything Rus.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

riverlover's picture

because I need the effin money to live! Ooga-booga.

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gulfgal98's picture

I am just beginning to recover from five days of out of town company. Now to begin to catch up on all the goings on here and in the world. Maybe ignorance is bliss. Wink

Thank you for this always interesting OT, EL. Smile

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Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?

“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy

enhydra lutris's picture

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

Shahryar's picture

meanwhile, my favorite Bobby Byrd...

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enhydra lutris's picture

Thanks for the flames.

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That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --

hecate's picture

is a hideous disease vector.
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