12/06 is Miners' Day
~~ Ludlow
It's Miners' Day
There is much, too much, that one could and should say about the history of mining in the US, but I decided not to write that rant. We can all compose it here now, just sitting back and contemplating all of it, in its entirety and from all angles and perspectives.
On this day in history:
1240 – Kyiv fell to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
1492 – Columbus landed on Hispaniola
1534 – The city of Quito, Ecuador, was founded
1790 – The U.S. Congress moved from New York City to Philadelphia.
1884 – The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C.,was completed.
1897 – London became the world's first city with licensed taxicabs.
1904 – Teddy Roosevelt said that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable.
1917 – USS Jacob Jones was sunk by German submarine SM U-53.
1921 – The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed in London by British and Irish representatives.
1922 – The Irish Free State came into existence.
1928 – The government of Colombia sent military forces to suppress a month-long strike by United Fruit Company workers,
1933 – U.S. federal judge John M. Woolsey ruled that James Joyce's novel Ulysses is not obscene. YES!
1967 – Adrian Kantrowitz performed the first human heart transplant in the United States.
1969 – Eighteen-year old Meredith Hunter was killed at the Altamont Free Concert
1971 – Pakistan severed diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
1973 – The US House of Representatives voted to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States.
1978 – Spain ratified the Spanish Constitution of 1978 in a referendum.
1998 – Hugo Chávez was victorious in Venezuela's presidential elections.
1999 – The RIAA sued Napster, alleging copyright infringement
2006 – NASA revealed photographs taken by Mars Global Surveyor suggesting the presence of liquid water on Mars.
2017 – Donald Trump's administration officially announced the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Born this day in:
I had the first integrated Army band in World War II.
~~ Dave Brubeck
1545 – Janus Dousa, historian
1586 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer and physicist
1640 – Claude Fleury, historian and author
1645 – Maria de Dominici, sculptor and painter
1778 – Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, physicist and chemist
1835 – Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, chemist
1841 – Frédéric Bazille, painter and soldier
1848 – Johann Palisa, astronomer
1853 – Hans Molisch, botanist and academic
1863 – Charles Martin Hall, chemist and engineer
1884 – Cornelia Meigs, author, playwright, and academic
1886 – Joyce Kilmer, soldier, author, and poet
1887 – Joseph Lamb, pianist and composer
1890 – Yoshio Nishina, physicist and academic
1896 – Ira Gershwin, songwriter
1898 – Alfred Eisenstaedt, photographer and journalist
1901 – Eliot Porter, photographer and academic
1904 – Ève Curie, journalist and pianist
1905 – Elizabeth Yates, journalist and author
1907 – John Barkley Rosser Sr., logician
1908 – Herta Freitag, mathematician
1916 – Hugo Peretti, songwriter and producer
1919 – Paul de Man, philosopher, literary critic and theorist
1920 – Dave Brubeck, pianist and composer
1920 – George Porter, chemist and academic,
1929 – Frank Springer, comic book illustrator
1936 – Bill Ashton, saxophonist and composer
1941 – Helen Cornelius, country singer, songwriter, and actress
1941 – Bill Thomas, academic and politician
1942 – Robb Royer, guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
1943 – Mike Smith, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
1943 – Keith West, singer, songwriter, and music producer
1946 – Frankie Beverly, singer, songwriter, musician, and producer
1947 – Miroslav Vitouš, bassist and songwriter
1949 – Linda Barnes, author, playwright, and educator
1949 – Linda Creed, singer and songwriter
1949 – Doug Marlette, author and cartoonist
1952 – Craig Newmark, Acomputer programmer and entrepreneur; founded Craigslist
1952 – Shio Sato, illustrator
1954 – Chris Stamey, singer, songwriter, musician, and music producer
1955 – Anne Begg, educator and politician
1955 – Rick Buckler, drummer, songwriter, and producer
1956 – Peter Buck, guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1956 – Randy Rhoads, guitarist, songwriter, and producer
1957 – Adrian Borland, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1958 – Nick Park, animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
1959 – Satoru Iwata, game programmer and businessman
1959 – Stephen Muggleton, computer scientist and engineer
1959 – Deborah Estrin, computer scientist and academic
1961 – David Lovering, drummer
1961 – Jonathan Melvoin, musician
1962 – Ben Watt, singer, songwriter, musician, author, DJ, and radio presenter
1970 – Ulf Ekberg, singer, songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
Died this day in:
If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to break the law to touch the state.
~~ Philip Berrigan
1562 – Jan van Scorel, painter
1616 – Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi, writer, judge and mathematician
1718 – Nicholas Rowe, poet and playwright
1746 – Lady Grizel Baillie, poet and songwriter
1771 – Giovanni Battista Morgagni, anatomist and pathologist
1779 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, painter
1855 – William John Swainson, ornithologist and entomologist
1882 – Anthony Trollope, novelist, essayist, and short story writer
1918 – Alexander Dianin, chemist
1951 – Harold Ross, journalist and publisher, founded The New Yorker
1988 – Roy Orbison, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1989 – Sammy Fain, pianist and composer
2002 – Philip Berrigan, priest and activist
2011 – Dobie Gray, singer, songwriter, and producer
2013 – Stan Tracey, pianist and composer
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Anniversary of the Founding of Quito (Ecuador)
Miners' Day
Constitution Day (Spain)
National Microwave Oven Day
Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies 
Ira Gershwin
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Hugo Peretti
Dave Brubeck
Roy Orbison
Dobie Grey
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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
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Good morning...
I like singing this J. Ritchie piece
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But this is the one that first came to mind
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To Epstein, every day was minors day...
Thanks for the OT. Y'all have a good one!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. The Ritchie piece is wonderful.
My folks, and their close friends, played the hell out of 16 tons when I was a kid; absolutely wrecked it. That allowed me to delve into the mountain of other mining and related tunes and select "Dark as a Dungeon" as my personal early favorite.
Terrible pun, pass.
be well and have a good one
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 --
Canary in a coal mine
Early warning birdies.
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Thanks for the OT EL!
You have a good one.
question everything
Good morning QMS. Very interesting set of
tunes there. especially the Devo. Thanks.
be well and have a good one
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
Still stuck on yesterday's long conversation about war-mongering fever gripping the USA and Israel.
Israel is hysterical about Iran. There is no reason that ever has convinced me that Iran war fever is about much more than the USA coveting Iran's oil---see 1953 and the overthrow of the democratically elected President Mossadegh. Iran is not a threat to us. We seem to be the threat.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-first-military-base-on-africas-...
Just the headline is sufficient to get the gist from the WSJ. China has opened a port on the West Coast of Africa, meaning the side that is on the Atlantic Ocean, facing the USA, although far away.
Drudge is screaming about possible Chinese bombs on container ships. Which we all know IS possible. (Does anybody here remember Rubicon, a TV mini-series that ended as the Port of Houston was blown up? That series was pulled off the air for a long time. Clearly, it hit too close to the truth. I read somewhere that it may be re-released, and if it is, catch it if you can.)
We also understand that China can target our shores with all the new tools they have developed. They have those lowflying long range undetectible missiles that the military is fuming about.
We are not going to start a war we will lose as badly as war with China or Russia. This is the Fear of The Day manoeuver with the volume turned to LOUD. Permanently, it seems.
NYCVG
perhaps there's hope...
Top Israeli military officials say Trump’s Iran deal exit was a ‘mistake,’ bad for Israel
As talks resume to return to the JCPOA, unlikely voices are emerging to support its revival.
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/12/03/top-israeli-military-offici...
To my mind Blinken is as bad and maybe worse than Pompous, who he replaced. He isn't a diplomat, he's a bully.
Iran wants to return to the original agreement. US wants more...typical.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Yes. There is some hope
but slim as the US's need to punish Iran seems everlasting.
Trump fucked up, but by refusing to undo the sanctions, the current bosses are the same as the old ones, just as you've said.
Iran, meanwhile, has managed to out smart the USA by selling its oil where it pleases and sanctions on its oil sales are paper tigers. The BRI of China along a sufficient portion of the globe, will continue to stymie and thwart the bad intentions of the # 1 Bully.
NYCVG
Yeah, the drums go on ...
be well and have a good one
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 --
Another series that hit too close to home was Jericho
where a mercenary group set nukes off in 7 states and ending civilization as we know it. The 1st season was excellent, but it got canceled so the 2nd was rushed. Really worth your time if you can find it.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
I am headed to the Ludlow/Huerfano counties
over the Christmas holiday, and if weather permits, we will pay our respects to the long dead strikers.
Hope everyone is safe and sound, looking forward to some family and friend times in the days ahead.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Happy travels!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Well, I have 1 jury trial,
7 appearances, including trials and legal arguments and status reviews, involving at least 15 cases, so this is that time of year lawyers call "balls to the wall", making the vacation time an absolute must. (One criminal trial got taken off the docket. Seems my client died from COVID in October. Not how I wanted it to end.)
The plan is to visit Palo Duro Canyon, hang out in Amarillo 4 days, then decide if we can get through the mountain pass in New Mexico safely.
If we can't make it to Colorado, we will route ourselves back home through some interesting towns.
It is raining here, and the next 2 days will have highs in the lower 60s. Time to try out some new jackets!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
rainy here too
Glad you can get out and travel a bit. Have a great time!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Sorry about the client. Always wanted to visit Palo Duro,
sounds fantastic.
be well and have a good one
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 showed up in court
about 6 weeks ago with no client. I explained to the judge and prosecutor that my client would not answer my calls or letters. They set it for trial next week. I suggested the prosecutor send his investigator to see if something had changed. I was thinking he had moved. That is when they found the death certificate.
Very shocking, and very sad. He came from Pakistan decades ago, ran a couple of local businesses very successfully.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc. May the spirit of Mother Jones
be with you on your trip.
be well and have a good one
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 --
Palo Duro is second in size to the Grand Canyon.
I haven't visited there since the 80s. I am particularly interested in viewing the colored rocks. An amazing geological happening.
Are you going to do any travel over the holidays?
I can't plan that last 2 to 3 days. It depends on weather conditions.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Sadly, we can't plan anything, even a day out, and
don't know if and when we will be able to.
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 --
So sorry to hear that, el.
We are taking the SUV. I would be able to plan things more firmly if we were going in the 4-wheel drive truck.
We intend to go back to Colorado in spring, when the snows have gone bye.
I want to mention that directly in front of, and across the road,from our property, is an old deserted mine. The mine shaft is open, and I guess some adventurer might step inside.
I am not that adventurous!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
It often pays not to be
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 --
“Take Five” always makes me happy!
That’s pretty much all I’ve got. I’m squinting through one eye as I’m in between cataract surgeries.
"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"
My husband waits until the perfect time,
usually when I am pretty exhausted from a trial, and plays a whole Brubeck album for me. Take Five is so brilliant, where to begin? When I was a kid, I could play along with it on the piano. Good times!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Take Five
brings me way back. Loved it long ago love it now.
NYCVG
Me too. It has that effect on many, I suspect.
be well and have a good one
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 --
The night the 60s died ...
Dead road manager Rock Scully from his memoir, Living with the Dead:
Rock is busted at the airport with 32 hits of purple Owsley that the customs guys think is morphine and some Merck pharmaceutical cocaine that Marty Balin had given him for the flight.
He is bailed out by record company executives and gets some help from is girlfriend Nicki.
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Have a nice day, everybody, I'm gonna' go hike in the desert.
We wanted decent healthcare, a living wage and free college.
The Democrats gave us Biden and war instead.
Traffic Jam from hell turned us away, even the backroads
and side tracks were jammed. Turned out to be a good thing for us, I guess.
I thought about putting this in the playlist before all the birthday types:
be well and have a good one
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 --
Hi all,
Hi EL! Hope all are well! Any birds? Just had my first-of-season Robin this morning. Last weekend a McCown's (formerly, now Thick-billed - yech) Longspur fly over the house calling, so I could ID it. That was my highlight of the fall here.
What a great 'Pretty Woman' that is! One of the best ever.
Randy Rhoads - talk about gone too soon, what an amazing guitarist he was. Barely went stratospheric and it was over.
Eliot Porter? Who knows about Eliot Porter? Are you checking to see if I am reading?
Eliot Porter was a super heavy mega photog. He did with color what Ansel Adams did with B & W, with nature. Along with Ansel, he really made the leap in people's minds that photography was indeed art. Ansel was a big fan. Eliot's 'Birds of North America - A Personal Selection', is great for the coffee table. Paperback is probably reasonably cheap in the aftermarket, nice big maybe 10 x 10" images.
Some later criticized his methods... but one has to consider the times and equipment available. He would find a nest 80' up in a tree and chop a few feet out of the tree every day or multiple times in the day as the parents got used to it. So the tree was sacrificed. Repeatedly lowering it on a tripod or neighbor trees with ropes, until it got low enough that he could photograph it from a scaffold or neighboring tree. His warbler photographs are legendary in the annals of bird photography. I suspect he liked ground-nesting warblers.
No one ever saw intimate photos of all the warblers, pairs feeding their young, like that before. Or the frozen wings in flight. It was a revolution. Personally I do not like flash in nature photos as a rule, required for the high-speed strobe work he did. Like Greenwalt's frozen hummer photos, there are often 3 suns reflecting in the eyes. I would have taken two of them out. Sometimes you need flash for fill in dark situations, his work required it. I also do not like 'set-up' stuff as a rule. I am a shoot from the hip on a galloping horse kinda guy. Regardless, his stuff is so fantastic it overcomes all of my own personal preference idiosyncrasies and blows my mind. His landscapes are awesome too.
Eliot Porter
https://www.moma.org/artists/4700
Oh, Altamont... a sad day indeed.
be well all!
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Good morning dysto. Nothing out of the ordinary
bird wise, haven't been able to get out much. That black and white thing Orbison did had a lot of good stuff.
Thanks for all the work on porter too.
be well and have a good one
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 --