Sunday Open Thread: August 13th is Women's Day (In Tunisia)

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 5:00am

World History

On August 13, 1521, Imperialist forces under Asshole Cortes captured Tlatoani Cuauhtemoc and conquered Tenochtitlan.
On August 13, 1624, The French king Louis XIII appointed Cardinal Richelieu prime minister
On August 13, 1898, The Mock Battle for Manila went down
On August 13, 1961, East Germany closed the border between east and west Berlin
On August 13, 2004, 156 Congolese Tutsi refugees were massacred at the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi.

US History

On August 13, 1918, Opha May Johnson became the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps
On August 13, 1898, Spanish forces surrendered Manila to US forces

Science & Technology

On August 13, 1969, The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a three-week quarantine

The Arts

On August 13, 1876, Der Ring des Nibelungen premiered

Misc.

On August 13, 1536, Buddhist monks from Kyoto set fire to 21 Nichiren temples
On August 13, 1553, Michael Servetus was arrested for heresy by John Calvin and subsequently burned at the stake

Birthdays of Note

August 13, 1819, Sir George Stokes, mathematician and physicist
August 13, 1860, Annie Oakley,
August 13, 1926, Fidel Castro, activist and politician
August 13, 1930, Don Ho, singer, ukelele player
August 13, 1933, Joycelyn Elders, admiral, physician, surgeon general
August 13, 1951, Dan Fogelberg, singer, songwriter, guitarist
August 13, 1952, Dave Carter, singer, songwriter, guitarist
August 13, 1952, Hughie Thomasson, singer, songwriter, guitarist
August 13, 1954, Nico Assumpcao, bassist
August 13, 1963, Valerie Plame, spook outed as part of cmpaign to lie us into war in Iraq

Deaths of Note

August 13, 1863, Eugene Delacroix, painter and lithographer
August 13, 1910, Florence Nightingale, nurse
August 13, 1946, H. G. Wells, author
August 13, 2003, Ed Townsend, composed and performed "For Your Love"
August 13, 2004, Julia Child, cookbook author and TV host
August 13, 2009, Les Paul, musician
August 13, 2012, Helen Gurley Brown, very cosmopolitan journalist and author

Annie Oakley

Fidel Castro

Don Ho

Dan Fogelberg

Dave Carter

Hughie Thomasson

Nico Assumpcao

Valerie Plame

Ed Townsend

Les Paul

Bonus:
Les Paul

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Submitted by ghotiphaze on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 7:36am

I had a sneaking suspicion

Buddhists were radical terrorists! Between the smiles and the robes you know they gotta be hiding something.

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 9:12am

Good morning, Feeesh. The funny there, beyond just that it

@ghotiphaze
happened, is that Nichiren is itself a Buddhist sect, which you probably knew. This means that it is more like the genocidal Albigensian Crusade that Pope Innocent III declared against some insufficiently orthodox Christians than the assorted Catholic Crusades against Islam.

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Submitted by ghotiphaze on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 9:16am

"Feesh" lol

@enhydra lutris gotta luv it!

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Submitted by eyo on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 7:57am

Water is Life. Support your local watershed

Rising number of sea lions treated for domoic acid poisoning

SAUSALITO, Calif.

Marine experts in the San Francisco Bay Area say an alarming number of sea lions are being treated for poisoning linked to toxic algae blooms.

The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito says it has treated 68 sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning, compared with 70 in all of 2016.

Michael Milstein, a spokesman for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says the number "is more pronounced than we've seen in the past few years."

Ever more frequent occurrences: Toxic algae alert issued for Russian River

The warning was issued after tests revealed the presence of Anatoxin-a in the water near the four beaches. The naturally occurring toxin attacks the central nervous system of mammals and can be so lethal that it’s earned the scary moniker “VFDF” — short for “Very Fast Death Factor.”

Ssh, don't say wine-grapes or cannabis. Or beer! omg beer. Here is a photo of one of three wells Bear Flag Brewery paid for public/private don't ya know. The cage is dented from winter tree fall last year many trees went down.

Russian River flowing in the background. Mmm, Racer 5. ICK. Our city water comes from the River mostly, it is chlorinated beyond belief. Tastes awful but I am used to it, makes me sicker what doesn't. I met a homeless guy who drinks from the "non-potable" faucet at the Boat Ramp. Once I told a city worker about a broken sprinkler head as I was walking downtown. He was wearing a hazmat suit, spraying weed killer everywhere. He blamed it on the homeless, they keep breaking the heads to get water. Those bastards! I won't say which, think for yourself.
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Glyphosate Sprayed on GMO Crops Linked to Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom

Glyphosate, the controversial main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup and other herbicides, is being connected to Lake Erie's troubling algae blooms, which has fouled drinking water and suffocated and killed marine life in recent years.

No connections! None whatsoever. Nope. Correlation is not causation, blah blah blah. Until death do us part.

Enhydra Lutris, FUBAR.

peace

Submitted by ghotiphaze on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 9:06am

I keep back-flashing

@eyo to the novel A Mote in God's Eye. Moties couldn't survive without a certain amount of industrial waste and pollution in their diet. I fear our species won't survive long enough to have a Crazy Eddie event, much less evolve to tolerate the poisons we're putting in the environment.

Rising number of sea lions treated for domoic acid poisoning SAUSALITO, Calif. Marine experts in the San Francisco Bay Area say an alarming number of sea lions are being treated for poisoning linked to toxic algae blooms. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito says it has treated 68 sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning, compared with 70 in all of 2016. Michael Milstein, a spokesman for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says the number "is more pronounced than we've seen in the past few years." Ever more frequent occurrences: Toxic algae alert issued for Russian River The warning was issued after tests revealed the presence of Anatoxin-a in the water near the four beaches. The naturally occurring toxin attacks the central nervous system of mammals and can be so lethal that it’s earned the scary moniker “VFDF” — short for “Very Fast Death Factor.” Ssh, don't say wine-grapes or cannabis. Or beer! omg beer. Here is a photo of one of three wells Bear Flag Brewery paid for public/private don't ya know. The cage is dented from winter tree fall last year many trees went down. Russian River flowing in the background. Mmm, Racer 5. ICK. Our city water comes from the River mostly, it is chlorinated beyond belief. Tastes awful but I am used to it, makes me sicker what doesn't. I met a homeless guy who drinks from the "non-potable" faucet at the Boat Ramp. Once I told a city worker about a broken sprinkler head as I was walking downtown. He was wearing a hazmat suit, spraying weed killer everywhere. He blamed it on the homeless, they keep breaking the heads to get water. Those bastards! I won't say which, think for yourself. --- Glyphosate Sprayed on GMO Crops Linked to Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom Glyphosate, the controversial main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup and other herbicides, is being connected to Lake Erie's troubling algae blooms, which has fouled drinking water and suffocated and killed marine life in recent years. No connections! None whatsoever. Nope. Correlation is not causation, blah blah blah. Until death do us part. Enhydra Lutris, FUBAR. peace

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 10:58am

Good morning, eyo. Thanks for the addendum.

@eyo

Domoic is from an algae, the other from cyanobacteria. Both likely spurred to more frequent blooms by chemicals in runoff and dumping, but also by warmer waters.

Thanks for reading.

Rising number of sea lions treated for domoic acid poisoning SAUSALITO, Calif. Marine experts in the San Francisco Bay Area say an alarming number of sea lions are being treated for poisoning linked to toxic algae blooms. The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito says it has treated 68 sea lions suffering from domoic acid poisoning, compared with 70 in all of 2016. Michael Milstein, a spokesman for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, says the number "is more pronounced than we've seen in the past few years." Ever more frequent occurrences: Toxic algae alert issued for Russian River The warning was issued after tests revealed the presence of Anatoxin-a in the water near the four beaches. The naturally occurring toxin attacks the central nervous system of mammals and can be so lethal that it’s earned the scary moniker “VFDF” — short for “Very Fast Death Factor.” Ssh, don't say wine-grapes or cannabis. Or beer! omg beer. Here is a photo of one of three wells Bear Flag Brewery paid for public/private don't ya know. The cage is dented from winter tree fall last year many trees went down. Russian River flowing in the background. Mmm, Racer 5. ICK. Our city water comes from the River mostly, it is chlorinated beyond belief. Tastes awful but I am used to it, makes me sicker what doesn't. I met a homeless guy who drinks from the "non-potable" faucet at the Boat Ramp. Once I told a city worker about a broken sprinkler head as I was walking downtown. He was wearing a hazmat suit, spraying weed killer everywhere. He blamed it on the homeless, they keep breaking the heads to get water. Those bastards! I won't say which, think for yourself. --- Glyphosate Sprayed on GMO Crops Linked to Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae Bloom Glyphosate, the controversial main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup and other herbicides, is being connected to Lake Erie's troubling algae blooms, which has fouled drinking water and suffocated and killed marine life in recent years. No connections! None whatsoever. Nope. Correlation is not causation, blah blah blah. Until death do us part. Enhydra Lutris, FUBAR. peace

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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 --

Submitted by eyo on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 4:11pm

"Managed" low river flows are the bummer.

@enhydra lutris I want to hope State government is very very close to getting a BIG clue how to stop the ecocide, or at least try slowing it down. It is hard to watch year after year, industry lobbyists get their way, the fishes not so much.

Santa Rosa seeking alternatives to Glyphosate for landscaping

Sonoma County, according to the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, has the 4th highest incidence of childhood cancer in California, proceeded by Marin and Napa counties. Napa having the highest in the state.

Nowadays, wtf doesn't cause cancer in California? Peace In Medicine dispensary is now labeling all medical cannabis with cancer warning, after merging with BIG Corp. to stay alive. Harshing my buzz bigly.
http://www.peaceinmedicine.org/santa-rosa-menu.html

PROP 65 Warning Marijuana Smoke is a chemical known to the State of California to Cause Cancer

Huh! After centuries of medicinal use by peoples all over the world, cannabis smoke is now killing us too. Thanks Monsanto! "Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown." Can't wait to hear how the Landscape Industry responds, "something something can't afford to replace cheap poison with expensive labor. because profits. Wah wah wah, we're capitalists."

peace

Submitted by smiley7 on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 9:48am

Morning el...

Johnny Rivers, thanks for the memories.

Have a good day el and everyone!

edit to change music

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 10:59am

Good morning, Smiley7. Thanks for reading, and for the video.

@smiley7

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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 --

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 10:04am

What did Opha May Johnson--

--IF Opha May Johnson is her real name--have that our poor Hills did not have? http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/11/politics/hillary-clinton-marine-army-recru...

A broadway musical, very loosely based on Annie Oakley, starring Ethel Merman was made into a film starring Betty Hutton. Music by Irving Berlin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Get_Your_Gun_(musical)

Cuban patriotic song, from a poem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamera

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0gg3-xvMB0]

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 11:26am

Good morning, Henry, thanks for dropping in.

@HenryAWallace
Hillary's tale is highly as suspect, as is pretty much everything about her. Goldwaterite (war monger) to anti-war, yet trying to join the Marines, to rabid warmonger. Opportunism is the word that comes to mind. I don't think it ever happened.

Saw the movie, btw, but I'm not much on musicals. Thanks for Guantanamera.

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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 --

Submitted by HenryAWallace on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 2:02pm

I don't think it ever happened either. In fact, at the time

@enhydra lutris

the story that I linked came out, I checked the dates in Hillary's story and they didn't even work out as far as the age Hillary claimed she was at the time she allegedly tried to enlist. I look at wikis a lot to check basic facts. I definitely noticed some changes in Hillary's over time, but they always spoke of being told women did not belong in leadership positions. (Not buying that, either.) But, then, when she faced running for President while in her sixties, age discrimination crept in as well. She is unbelievable, literally.

Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 11:30am

good morning el and c99ers

Still just a bit of morning left here in the central zone.

August in Alabama is normally miserable, but so far its has been rainy and cool (mid 80's for highs). The tomatoes haven't been thrilled, but we put up what we'll need for winter last month.

I can't keep up with mowing (actually bush hogging) this summer. My drive has been washed out four times so far too. It is my version of Sisyphus - rain washes road down hill...I pull road back up the hill with tractor and box scrape. Oddly there is a sense of satisfaction when done despite knowing it will happen again. Another natural cycle perhaps?

Hope all is good in your worlds!

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 5:40pm

Hiya, lookout, sorry about the tomatoes. Have a good one

@Lookout
and thanks for reading.

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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 --

Submitted by earthling1 on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 1:25pm

57 days without rain

in Portland/Vancouver metro. Streak ended today. Not much, fraction of a inch, but enough to turn the ash on vehicles to slimey streaks down the fenders. At least the air is finally breathable.
Pulled all the Wally Wally onions today. Gottem curin' in garage. Yellow Yukons next.
Thanks for the tunes, just right for a rainy day.
Peace out.

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Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.

Submitted by enhydra lutris on Sun, 08/13/2017 - 5:41pm

Hiya, earthling1. Good news about the onions. I'm looking to

@earthling1
plant some as soon as I can.

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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 --