Sunday Open Thread: December 3 is United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities
It should be noted that humans do not have disabilities, they have impairments. The societies and cultures in which they live are corrupt and dysfunctional and create disabilities for those with impairments by tailoring the culture, practices and infrastructure of their society to those without impairments. This is something that needs to be rectified. A few wheelchair ramps here and there is an enormously inadequate solution.
World History this day
1912 -- The Balkan League signed an armistace with the Ottoman Empire, pausing the First Balkan War
1920 -- The Treaty of Alexandropol ended the Turkish-Armenian War,
1979 -- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
1984 -- A leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal killed over 9,800 and injured 150-300 thousand more
1989 -- George H. W. Bush conned Gorbachev into agreeing to announce that the cold war could be ending
US History this day
1818 -- Illinois became the 21st U.S. state.
1901 -- Teddy Roosevelt asked Congress to curb the power of trusts
1964 -- Police arrested over 800 students who occupied UC Berkeley's Sproul Hall during FSM *****
***** Please remember "qui tacet consentire videtur", and with that in mind, listen and heed.
Every week or two, remember this and ask yourself, is it time yet? Isn't is it time yet?
Science & Technology this day
1904 -- The Jovian moon Himalia was discovered
1910 -- The first demonstration of modern neon lighting
1967 -- Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant
1973 -- Pioneer 10 sent back the first close-ups of Jupiter.
The Arts this day
1927 -- The first Laurel and Hardy film was released (yeah, but is it art?)
1960 -- The debut of the musical Camelot (ditto)
Misc. this day
Birthdays of Note this day
1616 -- John Wallis, mathematician and cryptographer
1729 -- Antonio Soler, composer
1833 -- Carlos Finlay, epidemiologist
1838 -- Octavia Hill, activist
1842 -- Ellen Swallow Richards, chemist, inventor of home economics
1857 -- Mathilde Kralik, composer
1863 -- Gussie Davis, songwriter
1907 -- Connee Boswell, jazz singer
1911 -- Nino Rota, pianist and composer
1914 -- Irving Fine, composer
1927 -- Andy Williams, singer
1931 -- Jaye P. Morgan, singer
1933 -- Paul J. Crutzen, atmospheric chemist, coined term anthropocene
1938 -- Sally Shlaer, mathematician, engineer and methodologist
1944 -- Ralph McTell, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1948 -- Ozzy Osbourne, songwriter
1949 -- Mickey Thomas, singer and songwriter
1952 -- Don Barnes, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1963 -- Joe Lally,singer, songwriter and bassist
1968 -- Montell Jordan, singer, songwriter, producer and preacher
1988 -- Melissa Aldana, saxophonist
Deaths of Note this day
1888 -- Carl Zeiss, physicist and lens maker
1894 -- Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist and poet
1919 -- Pierre-Auguste Renoir, painter and sculptor
1972 -- William Manuel Johnson, bassist, father of slap style double bass
1973 -- Emile Christian, trombonist, cornet player, and composer
1999 -- Scatman John, American singer, songwriter and pianist
1999 -- Madeline Kahn, actress, comedian, and singer
2015 -- Gladstone Anderson, singer and pianist, had a major role defining the ska sound and the rocksteady beat
2015 -- Scott Weiland, singer andsongwriter
So now some music
Jupiter
Neon
Christiaan Barnard
Camelot
Antonio Soler
Mathilde Kralik
Gussie Davis
Connee Boswell
Nino Rota
Irving Fine
Andy Williams
Jaye P. Morgan
Ralph McTell
Ozzy Osbourne
Mickey Thomas
Don Barnes
Joe Lally
Montell Jordan
Melissa Aldana
Carl Zeiss
William Manuel Johnson
Emile Christian
Scatman John
Madeline Kahn
Gladstone Anderson
Scott Weiland
Photo: is International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2010, a US Government Work
Comments
I was there when Ozzy invited the audience on stage
He should have known better! I was there working as a union stagehand. A friend of mine was working for the band on that tour. He lost a bunch of personal stuff when the people came backstage and took everything they could grab for souvenirs. Ozzy's management reimbursed him for losses but still...
Heh, no surprise to me. I've never understood Ozzy, but
don't suspect him of genius or even substantial intelligence. Of course, I never listened to him very much, either.
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 --
good morning all
Another beautiful day here in paradise. Guess we better enjoy it while we can.
Are we too late to rage against the machine? Sure seems like the machine is rolling forward crushing people in its path. Glad to hide here in the shadow of the mountain...at least for today. There is a reason they have militarized the police.
Here's Dolly and Ladysmith riding on the Peace Train (4 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYq4gA7r49I
Thanks for the OT and tunes! All the best to all of you...
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, Lookout. Thanks for dropping by. This is
something of a test, so I'll keep it short. Have a nice day.
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 --
I AM DISABLED, TAKEN AWAY ABILITIES.
Apologies for caps lock. I miss being able to negotiate uneven ground. Not fond of surprise falls. Not fond of being deliberate. Every foot placement is calculated now. My cerellebrum is shrinking. Working passively on new connections. Play palace for demons.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
Yes, in that sense, abilities lost or taken away, especially
vis-a-vis the outdoor world. What I was driving at was the designed world of modern urban living. I think back to when those with mobility issues desiring ramps were chastised for wanting special treatment, when in fact all they wanted was equal treatment in the form of equal access. There is nothing inherently normal or natural about stairs as opposed to ramps. Multiply that a thousand fold. Those with impaired color vision become "disabled" in the modern urban setting only when society creates systems that require color discernment, resister color codes, stop lights, etc.
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 --
Many thanks for the shout-out for people with disabilities!
A music selection this morning joins sensations coming from memories of times gone by, part lonely, part fulfilled feelings rushing in of things left undone, mistakes made, mountains climbed; success and failure mixed with fleeting glances of a tent we had, home to the US of A as we traversed the country multiple times for years in search of a theatre gig.
For what, i dare to ask, although, i know the answer well; rests in the confines of being, somewhere and springs forth on days like today--i want to cry--for love shared, for daring to be in memory.
Thanks, el, for this OT, giving comfort by being here.
My pleasure, Smiley7, thanks for reading.
Have a great afternoon and evening.
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 --
Well goody. A little lip service from the UN.
Of course they won't stop the massive handjobs given to Wall Street or endless war or heavens forbid, actually do anything with regards to people with disabilities.
Take a look at Flawer-Duh, for instance. Unless you have a drivers' license and a working vehicle, you may as well kiss any chance of employment besides high stress service jobs goodbye. That's the situation I'm in, and I doubt I'm alone.
Modern education is little more than toeing the line for the capitalist pigs.
Guerrilla Liberalism won't liberate the US or the world from the iron fist of capital.
Good morning, Aspie. As you note, talk is cheap, but at least
they advocate cognizance of the issue. Thanks for reading and good luck with everything down there.
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 --
Our society is tailored to people WITH a specific impairment
That is, to PSYCHOPATHS who don't care, and have no possible way to care, whom or what they crush and destroy in their rush to acquire more and ever more money and power. They will not be satisfied until they have eaten the whole world - and maybe not even then.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Pretty well summed it up there, thanks.
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 --
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"Once a client has established mental health" then they can achieve a peaceful death? Huh, well that leaves me out. Keep waiting for the 25 cent Stop and Drop I guess, trickle down deathonomics.
This has incredible potential for abuse/misuse
and we can all guess what the primary use for it in the UFSA (United Fascist States of America) will be. Executions at the push of a button, no fuss, no muss, no supply problems, and a simple and easy cleanup. Watch 'em go for it like bears for honey.
And the next step...?
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
"And the next step...?" Homeless cleanup services
thanks for commenting. After watching the breakdown of society in D-Value Sonoma County, the perpetual "move along" policies on the homeless, no doubt some planner here is already counting the beans to see if it tallies up in the black column. There are too many deserving middle and upper class homeless now so something has to give. It is always the weakest who suffer and pay the most, that's how the decrepit capitalists roll, like a steam roller.
When they come for the disabled, I will give them a middle finger and take my own way out.
thanks
Saban and Kushner are pretty friendly, who knew?
Saban was featured heavily in the Podesta and DNC e-mails, and was the guy who said he wanted to sodomize Bernie with a sharp object.
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
Thanks, Devish, and thanks for reading. So
the self-styled centrist wing of the oligarch party kowtows to this particular oligarch, isn't that just a tad non-centrist?
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 --