Open Thread - 12-24-21 - Merry Christmas!
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 12/24/2021 - 7:00am
Merry Christmas c99!
A glass raised in your direction:
To my brothers and sisters here at c99, a toast.
It's been a rough couple of years on chez Earth. It's been a privilege to travel through these times with you folks, as we grasp for the truth, as we strain to understand the barrage of information, as we live through these interesting times. Nothing is for certain anymore.
As dismaying as it's all been, you, my friends, have made it all bearable. I thank you for that.
We, for posterity, are writing a chronicle of our times on these pages. Our thoughts, our stories, our knowledge, our fears. It is our history, we speak to the future.
Season's Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. JtC!
Comments
Have a Merry Christmas and a Cool Yule, folks.
I wont be able to be around until later this afternoon. I'll catch up with you then.
We are being treated to snow flurries this morning
Just a light frosting giving it the holiday look
Cheers!
Huh, that's weird...
it isn't snowing in Texas.
Merry Christmas, Q!
yule like this one
Ahh!
And I'm neither a softy nor a dog lover. But if offered, I'd take this one.
Not keen on most Christmas music,
but am fond of "O Holy Night." This one really does it for me:
[video:https://youtu.be/cdrvTRtN8tQ]
Merry Christmas, Marie, must be an awesome
holy night, because it can't be viewed in bad 'ol Germany.
Sigh.
https://www.euronews.com/live
Here's the posted info on this --
search and you may find it:
I have seen her in an opera performance
and she was remarkable!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I found it, but not exactly the 2005 edition with the
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen in 2005.
I love to listen to her on Christmas and anytime really.
[video:https://youtu.be/j8KL63r9Zcw]
https://www.euronews.com/live
Callas or Tibaldi?
Beautiful Marie...
thank you and Merry Christmas!
Hi Marie
What is this version of the song? This particular video is unavailable to me.
Janis -- see my response to mimi.
It's also on Daily Motion but that seems to require a subscription.
Hope you're able to find it because it's an excellent version, but I do have a preference for sopranos on this song. The tenors are merely okay for me.
Thank you Marie
I didn't find the version you enjoy most, but this one came up, which you might also enjoy ...
[video:https://youtu.be/MkcBy-fNXUY]
I have seen her in an opera performance
and like Fleming, she was remarkable.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
It's a challenging song to
sing right. Dame Kiri did it very well, but for me, it lacks that emotional component. It's really a personal preference, particularly for people like me that know close to zero about music.
OTOH:
No argument from me
but I am no maven of opera. I haven't listened to a lot of opera, but my favourite has always been this one -
https://youtu.be/u7vQ6ztojNQ
I found this audio of what I think is the O Holy Night you posted on daily motion ...
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2psxa
Will have to assume that
the Daily Motion video is the same as the Youtube one I posted as it's not available in my region.
While off-topic, Christmas music, thanks for introducing me to Henryk Gorecki and Dawn Upshaw. Very nice piece and Upshaw is a powerhouse soprano in the contemporary classical world which is even further outside my familiarity than opera is.
Let the light grow
and take good cheer in friends and nature. Hope y'all have a great holiday adventure and are surrounded by the beauty of our part of the world. In challenging times like these we often overlook things we should value and appreciate...like our community.
Hope those with the where with all pony up a bit of dough (upper left hand button) as a sign of appreciation of the site and community. It is the time of giving.
Happy holidays all!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Right you are, Lo...
You and yours have a Very Merry 'Bama Christmas old buddy!
Wow!
That Springsteen track was Everything. Thanks for it, JtC and for all that this website does for us every day.
There is no better place to learn from so many honest and well informed people everyday.
Good health, Clear Thinking and Joy to all of us in 2022.
(Yes, it is a little ironic, because clear thinking and Joy are so often at odds.)
NYCVG
You're welcome VG...
and you're also right about the Boss, he is everything.
Happy Holidays, my friend.
Deer dairy, it would appear that once again I am losing the war
on xmas. Nonetheless, there is always next year, one must carry on. For now, this season's last salvo --
Thanks for the greetings you two and Feliz Navidad y'all.
be well and have a great xmas
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 gave up fighting the Christmas War...
long ago, it won by attrition.
Feliz Navidad to you and yours as well, mi hermano.
Is that a stock-photo at the end, or really you?
I have no idea what this means, BUT now that I've found it, there's literally no time like the present:
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
back up your devices
like the bloody 2000 time scare
there was no there there there
do not bend over on this here
only meant to scare
I'm almost as confused by your reply...
...but since you seem to be mentioning it: https://thenewstack.io/how-the-y2k-bug-returned-on-jan-1-2020/
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
Yes sir...
that is I, and my lovely wife.
Happy Holidays, TLM!
For whom the bell tolls
That's not exactly the silver bells of Christmas /s
Years ago, when Mr. Meta and I first met...
we started going to Trail Band concerts at Christmas. It was a family tradition with our daughter who was seven at the time. It was notable for several things: Linda Hornbuckle sang Last Month of the Year; the early concerts had a young guitar player from Texas who sang Steve Earle's Nothing But a Child, a first for both of us; the Silver Bells duet is sooo singable.
Here is the album for your listening pleasure. Happy Christmas everyone!
[video:https://youtu.be/foFN89XPGnU]
ETA: Mr. and Mrs. JtC are one cute couple. Best of the season to you and yours.
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.
Consider helping by donating using the button in the upper left hand corner. Thank you.
Thank you Dawn...
for the great music and the kind words.
Merry Christmas, my friend.
This is for Zed: Harry singing with the Hood River
Firetruck Parade. Our Northern was the most lovely doggie. Teddy is doing his level best to be a howlin' dawg right now.
[video:https://youtu.be/XfkJqWY7WiM]
A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit. Allegedly Greek, but more possibly fairly modern quote.
Consider helping by donating using the button in the upper left hand corner. Thank you.
Poor dogs
Thanks for putting up with us, JtC
We can be a raucous bunch at times. But you ride herd over us in a most fair manner.
Thank you for that alone.
Good tidings to all my fellow travelers.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Let me reciprocate...
Thank you all for putting up with me.
Riding herd?
You mean like this:
Have a Merry Christmas, my friend
What a funny
and probably true interpretation of your job here ; )
Yes it is...
that's why I moved to Texas. It's cat herding country down here.
Here we are on Christmas Eve.
A community like no other.
Thanks JtC & Mrs. too.
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?"
Thanks P...
and thanks for hanging out with us all these years. Great cartoon!
Have a Cool Yule!
Heh…
You’re taller than I imagined in my mind. But then I always reduce people’s size to their avatars..poor Joe.
Merry Xmas and safe travels. Have fun and don’t do anything I wouldn’t do..boy I’m thinking fun is going to be off the charts.
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Isn't it funny...
the assumptions we have about folks on the web, that turn out to be totally wrong.
Thank you snoops, you and Sam have a Very Merry Yuletide!
Just so you know
I look
noticednothing like my avatar…There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Christmas cheer and Thank you.
Thank you for being here, one of my main places to land for grounding and sanity. I don't know how sane I am but I credit this site for at least half of what I can honestly claim. Healthy, happy everyone.
Thank you...
cm, and have a Merry Christmas!
Giving Biden the credit he's due
He's terrible on domestic policy, however, when it comes to war.
I'll withhold my judgement...
on the degree of war criminal either one may be. I'm in a wait and see mode with Mr. Biden.
Merry Christmas, g.
Would be worth knowing
What percentage of air strikes are "military". There are others that, even though carried out by
military aircraft are carried out under command of alphabet agencies.
If the total number of real-world attacks has declined, that would indeed be a Good Thing.
Happy holidays from Nihon.
- BR
eve service from universalist unitarian newport
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M8kDJ96Oto]
Cheers, Mr. and Mrs. JtC, I am so relieved,
now I am not scared anymore of Mr.JtC. He looks like he could be a nice Santa Claus, and you Mrs. JtC look like a Christas Angel. At least in Germany all Christmas Angels have blonde hair.
Now I wonder, what is the difference between someone saying 'cheers' and someone saying 'prost'.
I drank some eggnog, so foregive me, but has Mr.JtC and you somehow some unwanted German genes in you that made you like Uncle Sam more than Mami Angela?
Merry Christmas to you, your family and alle 'Kameraden' on C99.
https://www.euronews.com/live
Thanks for the kind words...
mimi, and yes, my wife is an angel.
Cheers and prost essentially men the same thing.
I am indeed of German/Scot lineage.
Merry Christmas, my friend.
Merry Christmas
I am raising my glass to toast for health, prosperity and peace for each of you.
Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.
Thanks SOE...
prosperity and peace to you as well, and thanks for all you do here.
Happy Holidays, my friend.
Happy holidays to you and yours, JtC.
Thanks for all you do running C99.
I'm great at multi-tasking. I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at the same time.
Thank you SP...
for all you do, especially with the Friday Night Photos, which I look forward to every Friday evening.
Merry Christmas to you, my friend.
Merry Christmas you two, and all.
I think c99 is a privilege that we all share. I just want to say how much I appreciate this open space and juke joint!
[video:https://youtu.be/VKCq-osMQT8]
All the best to everyone
Janis
See my musical choices in yesterday’s OT. I’ve posted fresh aire music before, but they’re my favorite. Including Nat..
There were problems with running a campaign of Joy while committing a genocide? Who could have guessed?
Harris is unburdened of speaking going forward.
Hi snoopy, can you please direct me? n/t
Thank you...
my dear, and thanks for Canned Heat and for the shoutout for the juke joint, an old reference to the Evening Blues Weekend Edition.
Happy Holidays, Janis, my friend.
Christmas always offers time off from work.
If there was nothing else attached to it, it would be fabulous. But there are many great things attached, such as expressions of love, friendship, good will, beautiful music, family, and a song I have heard in every hotel on every continent I have traveled was this:
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Just how did you know...
that's one of my favorites?
Merry Christmas, dear otc!
esp?
The weirdest places I have heard it is in countries that are predominantly Hindu or Moslem. But they love tourist bucks!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Merry Christmas all!
Hi all, Hey JtC! Merry Christmas to all!
We are indeed very lucky to have this space and place, and a great bunch of great people!
What a fine looking couple we have helming the cat herding! Y'all rock!
Thanks for all you do JtC!
a very merry to 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
It's truly a pleasure...
having you here too, my brother. Your wit and wisdom is priceless.
Hope to be heading out your way next spring or so. We're thinking about Big Bend.
Merry x-mas, hombre!
Prost, JtC & all you c99ers out there—to your health & happiness
Somehow … somewhere … let there be love and light in the darkness that surrounds us.
Posting from Germany and Europe, where the elites are determined to turn the E.U. into an all-powerful federal government beyond any hope of control by ordinary citizens, and even less accountable than the U.S. federal government to anyone excepting the most deeply entrenched deep staters, the most well-connected lobbyists, and of course the fabulously wealthy.
Less accountable?
boggles the mind
NYCVG
It's been said...
that every generation must re-learn history as the elders that lived through it die off. That does seem to be a thing. Germans, one would think, would be hyper aware of that.
This is a fine thing to hope for:
Thank you, my friend, and frohe Weihnachten!
Thanks JtC,
for keeping the lights on and this space accessible to all. A beacon that works as a warning and a celebration? I think so.
Thanks to all on c99 for their insights, contributions, support, and thoughts. It is truly a remarkable conglomeration of minds.
Sending best wishes to all for this Holiday season and New Year.
Thank you rand...
my fellow Texan friend.
Happy Holiday wishes to you and yours.
Hi ya
, it's great to have another Texas friend or two! Best to you both.
hold the phone!
as to this:
"Season's Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. JtC!"....
what did she extort from you with to not make it:
"Season's Greetings from Mr. and Mrs. JtC/OTC"?
light and love? it may be coming, but too slowly (imo), as the rest of the planet realizes that the US Empire, NATO, Africom, and other toady players realize that what this Imperium exports is not democracy, but agitprop, terrorism, and projections of evil, rather than share/submit to a multi-polar world.
a side note: julian assange will hear the decision on his extradition appeal toward the end of february.
holiday music? most of my faves are on vinyl, but this i do ♥. (originally ukrainian, ironically enough)
woot! we got snow and rain over the past 24 hours! it'll sure help this summer as it stays on the la plata peaks north of us. wunderground predicts more to come.