Monday Open Thread: July 16 is the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
July 16 is the 197th day of the year, there are 168 days left
Tis Boomtime, Confusion 51, 1367 YOLD
Today's number is 16
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16 = 4 squared and 2 to the fourth or 4**2 and 2**4. Coincidence? I don't think so.
(I know of no other number that is both a**b and b**a where a is unequal to b)
16 is the base for the Hexadecimal numeral system, aka Hex
Counting in Hex runs from 0 to 9 then A,B,C,D,E, and F for 10 through 15
Hex is used a ton in computer science, computers and computing
16 is sulfur
There are 16 ounces in a pound
Title 16 of the US Code is CONSERVATION
16 BCE
was the Year of the Consulship of Ahenobarbus and Scipio
Caesar Augustus reorganized the German provinces and made Trier their capital.
(Trier just installed at least one traffic control light with charactures of Karl Marx on thw wait and walk lenses to celebrate the bicentennial of his birth there)
Elsewhere in 16 BCE,
Roman legate Marcus Lollius was defeated by a Germanic horde. This was/is called "The Lollian Disaster" because the German raiders bagged the legionary standard (the Eagle).
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16 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Taurus and Libo
A Roman army of 50,000 men commanded by Germanicus won a victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and recovering the lost eagles of Varus' legions. (Those were the 3 eagles Varus lost in 9 BCE, not the paltry lone eagle Lollius lost in 16 BCE.)
On this day in:
0622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar.
1769 - Imperialist colonial slaver Junipero Serra founded the Mission San Diego de Alcala.
1790 - The District of Columbia was established as the capital of the US
1927 - Augusto Cesar Sandino attacked occupying U.S. Marine invaders at Ocotal, but was driven off by dive bombers.
1931 - Emperor Haile Selassie signed the first constitution of Ethiopia.
1945 - The US detonated a test A-Bomb near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
1965 - The Mont Blanc Tunnel opened
1969 - Apollo 11 was launched
Born this day in:
1723 - Joshua Reynolds, English painter
1862 - Ida B. Wells, investigative journalist, activist, NAACP co-founder
1872 - Roald Amundsen, explorer
1896 - Trygve Lie, union leader and politician
1928 - Robert Sheckley, author and screenwriter
1932 - John Chilton, trumpet player and composer
1938 - Tony Jackson, singer and bass player
1939 - William Bell, singer and songwriter
1939 - Denise LaSalle, singer, songwriter and producer, but not Koko
1941 - Desmond Dekker, singer and songwriter
1946 - Barbara Lee, Actual progressive US politician
1948 - Pinchas Zukerman, violinist and conductor
1948 - Ruben Blades, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1952 - Stewart Copeland, drummer and songwriter
1953 - Douglas J. Feith war criminal, "the dumbest f***ing guy on the planet".(Tommy Franks)
1968 - Larry Sanger, co-founder of Wikipedia
Died this day in:
1546 - Anne Askew, author, tortured and burnt at the stake for heresy
1953 - Hilaire Belloc, author and historian
1981 - Harry Chapin, guitarisst, singer and songwriter
1989 - Herbert von Karajan, condustor
2003 - Celia Cruz, singer and actress
2008 - Jo Stafford, singer
2012 - Kitty Wells, singer, songwriter and guitarist
2014 - Johnny Winter, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day
National Daiquiri Day
National Hot Dog Day
Take Your Poet to Work Day
Alamogordo
William Bell
Denise LaSalle
Desmond Dekker
Stewart Copeland
Harry Chapin
Cella Cruz
Jo Stafford
Kitty Wells
Johnny Winter
picture: The Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque in Brunei
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Happy Monday, everybody!
(She's too young, boys!)
It's funny watching these old croners on teevee specials
Now in their 60s/70s, singing their old hits. "She's 16, she's beautiful, and she's miiiiine. "
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Good morning, SOE. Thanks for reading.
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, OLinda. Good to see you. I think I once did an
OT that was just a collection of all of the "16" themed songs, or considered it and passed because they are so numerous. A lot of them focus on teen love and are of a similar vintage to 16 candles.
My recollection of the late fifties is that 16 was a sort of "coming of age", but not the age of consent, except in the south where it was a sort of "age of consent if the parents consented." "Sweet 16" parties were definitely a coming of age thing, but for falling in love, dating and going steady. OTOH, most of the US was, to me, terra incognita culturally back then.
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 --
Monday
National Daiquiri Day
National Hot Dog Day
A hot dog and a daiquiri. Now that would start a Monday.
Thank you, enhydra.
gag me with a spoon mommy
terrific conjunction last night with Venus and the new crescent moon, y'all.
http://earthsky.org/tonight
Good morning, QMS. Thanks for reading.
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 --
Those were my exact thoughts when I was putting this
together, though my tastes run more to zinfandel and cabernet.
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 --
Question: why won't twitter images load here on c99?
For example, here's a twitter image
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqvOe7yUkAAV7HI.jpg
If you go to that link, the image exists.
But if I put the link in an html IMG tag in a C99 comment, it will not load.
Is that twimg domain blocked for some reason?
Opps. I forgot to say Good Morning All!
Update: It turns out that I am using Firefox and have Tracking Protection enabled.
That is what is blocking twitter images (b/c they are cross-site image references)
The solution was to disable Tracking Protection for this site.
So never mind.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Hmm. It appears that it is Twitter
that is blocking the image loads.
I uploaded an html page to my own website and the Twitter image would not load. Dam U Twitter. Screw U, your users are a bunch of Socialists anyway.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
They're also blocking my links.
Since most of my followers aren't even aware that I write poetry, due to the links only showing up as a "Shares" link, instead of displaying where things are going. Been sent to TOP twice now by stealth links.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Good morning, detroit. That reinforces my suspicion that
they're part of the clown show that has decided to downrate and distract from everybody who doesn't echo the mainstream narrative on things.
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 --
After looking at the image in question, I can't help but
wonder if twtr has joined the war on
fake newsdissent and non-conforming opinions.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 --
Trump/Putin Day Whoopie!
Turned on CNN during breakfast. Trump and Putin sitting in front of reporters for photo op. Trump droneing on about what a tremendous opportunity this is. Putin looking down at his shoes, looking bored out of his f___in mind. Putin was an hour late for the meeting. Hahaha.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Proof that there are Good Cops
Scottish stand-up comedian Janey Godley gives a high-five to a police officer. Why can't Merika have cops like this?
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
And yet the centrist pigs will still call him Putin's Bitch
even though he's doing the exact same shit Clinton would have done.
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.
So then
Fuck the centrist pigs. Fuck Clinton. Fuck Trump. Fuck Putin. Did I get everyone that time?
They are all part of the problem.
Donnie The #ShitHole Douchebag. Fake Friend to the Working Class. Real Asshole.
Can't resist, and apologies to Boomers
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The sentiment is more what I was trying to convey.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
No offense taken, thanks for the morning "fuck everybody!"
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
We had a young family come visit with their 2 year old yesterday. Too bad we can't tap into the energy and curiosity and the simple pleasures of the young ones. We grow to be tired and cynical as we age. Perhaps we should strive to find the kid still inside us?
Have a good day everybody.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning, Lookout.
I think I and many of my friends became largely tired and cynical in our late pre-teens or early teens. Later, as we aged, we went through brief periods or stages when we would experience and become that "inner kid" for a while, but it has become not so much a desired full time state as a sporadically sought out experience, thrill or epiphany. A momentary break, as it were.
Right now, I personally am thinking about ollas, homebrew, terra cotta. I think some of our losses during our absence might've been prevented or ameliorated by better watering. Ollas should be an answer, of a partial answer - I shall see.
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 --
Accidentally dropped in on TOP today.
One of my friends dropped a link, and whaddya know, they still can't get over us.
Now they're pissed because we use acronyms instead of bothering to fully type out names.
And we're apparently idiots because of that whole "Don't really give a crap about Russia" thing.
The MIC is desperate to frame this as a fight for survival, and I'm laughing my fucking ass of about it. Maybe the Empire's survival, but that assumes I give a crap about the Empire.
Frankly, all they've got left are insults and mud to throw, and I have no intentions of bothering with their insults or changing my attitudes to please them.
To quote my Favorite Philosopher, Antisthenes
And a new Poem Is up. It's Demeter, and there's a bit of my own past pain in this one, so if it's a bit bitter, I apologize.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Excellent points, all of them. One could write a large tome
about all the bitterness and vindictiveness of the Hillary worshippers and ideologues and its wellsprings and causes, but it is more work than I feel like undertaking.
Short form:
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 --
What's HILARIOUS to me...
Is that for shit's and giggles, I've started reading Fundamentalist Christian criticisms of Hellenism as a religion.
Talk about Deja Vu. It's always the fault of
SATANRussians, and any criticism is in fact a sign ofTHE DEVILTrump. Every denial of their accusations is just more proof that indeed we were involved inHuman SacrificeChair Throwing andKilling BabiesNot caring enough about Immigrant Babies!Serious, I'm starting to get how the idiots won. How those that favored unthinking obedience and repetition of lies preferable to searching for the truth, forever mutable and changing. Heh, Fire and wind come from the Gods of the Sky...
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I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Forgot to say thanks for the link to Demeter.
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 --
More than welcome.
Thanks for reading and to the muses for letting her voice be heard.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
Thanks el! Hey, I finally agree something Trumps said.
...
We were just in South Africa for our annual camping in our own tent safari in Kruger NP.
Obama will probably be welcomed but I would tell them they should not trust a thing he says any more than they do Trump.
My guess this is part of a plan to sow the seeds of neo-liberalism under the guise of Mandela's legacy, but that's just me.
Edited to add linky.
A truth of the nuclear age/climate change: we can no longer have endless war and survive on this planet. Oh sh*t.
Good morning, do. I agree with your suspicions. The
great neoliberal juggernaut will continue and will continue to misrepresent itself as progressivism.
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 --
Thanks for the open thread enhydra
Almost remember 16, strange age. Maybe 71? Anyway, there is this response to the nation's insanity by Caitlin...
full text...
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/peace-talk-between-nuclear-superpower...
Heh, wonderful qoute, QMS. I don't remember 16 so
much as I recall the acts, activities and actions. There was a pall hanging over everything, but it was also, in many ways, golden, and crazy, and zen.
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 --
She needs her own quote page in Google.
Yesterday was already a great day for humans who stand against war. Now we have a great quote to attach to tag the day with its historical context.
We (the anti-war) must define and archetype the evolutionary throwbacks who work against us. This is how we can help future generations recognize and guard against the planet-killing forces of devolution.
IMAGINE if you woke up the day after a US Presidential Election and headlines around the the world blared, "The Majority of Americans Refused to Vote in US Presidential Election! What Does this Mean?"
We need a workers party yesterday.
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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.
Where ethnic nationalism and border walls are working just fine
https://www.opednews.com/articles/How-Israel-helped-to-reviv-by-Jonathan...
I am witnessing the gentrification of the
stock market. A utility in which I had some stock has ended their common stock. They are buying me out. Only preferred stock is issued now, though one might wonder what it is preferred to. They are freeing themselves from stockholder uprisings. Kind of Wall Street’s version of a gated community.
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"
A utility, huh?
Let's nationalize their asses.
IMAGINE if you woke up the day after a US Presidential Election and headlines around the the world blared, "The Majority of Americans Refused to Vote in US Presidential Election! What Does this Mean?"
I’m worried about them privatizing mine wherein I
have no controlling interest. Billionaires are scary.
"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now do you begin to understand me?" ~Orwell, "1984"