12/19 - Look for an Evergreen Day
~~ Minneapolis
Look for an Evergreen Day isn't supposed to be a "Where's Waldo" reprise, but that does seem to depend upon where one lives. Per checkiday.com,
Look for an Evergreen Day can be about one of two things. On one hand, it can be a day for going out into nature and finding evergreen trees to admire. It raises awareness about their beauty and is for learning about different types, like spruces, firs, and pines. On the other hand, it can be a day to look for and cut down evergreens to be used as Christmas trees. Many people have already cut theirs down, but for those who haven't who still plan to, they have just six days left until Christmas.
This is based on the misapprehension that "evergreen" means "coniferous tree", while it really means nothing of the kind. An evergreen is simply any plant that has green foliage all year long. My orange tree, lemon tree and Italian bay tree are non-coniferous evergreen trees as are live oaks, California Bay Laurels, and many others. My Camillas, salvias, ceanothus, coffeeberry, and flowering currents are all nonconiferous evergreens that aren't even trees.
That brings us to Holly Day, per checkiday.com
Today celebrates holly, the evergreen plant long associated with Christmas, and used in wreaths, boughs, and other trimmings. Before being connected to Christmas, it had many other associations, and has been used as a winter decoration since ancient times. Holly was identified with winter solstice festivals, which celebrated the lengthening of days. In Norse mythology it was associated with Thor, and was grown around the home as a way to prevent lightning strikes. It was used in the Roman festival of Saturnalia, dedicated to the planet Saturn, and the god of agriculture, creation, and time. The festival celebrated the darkest time of the year, but also the movement towards a time of sunshine and Spring. In ancient Gaul, Celtic people wore holly sprigs and wreaths as a way to ward off evil spirits.
Ahem, note: "Evergreen". The inventor of Holly Day wanted it to represent "all things Holly", for example women named Holly and a town by that name in Michigan.
It is also National Emo Day. Why we even have such a thing is beyond me, and I originally put it on the list because I thought it was a typo for Emu. I have never heard it used non pejoratively and am simply going to let this drop.
Lastly In 2022 this is the First Day of Hannukah. This is a mobile holiday, so it probably won't fall on this date next year.
On this day in history:
1562 – The very bloody Battle of Dreux took place (French Wars of Religion).
1606 -- Settlers sailed from England to start colonizing the New World at Jamestown, Virginia.
1675 -- Colonists slaughtered great numbers of Narragansett in the The Great Swamp Massacre
1777 -- The Continental Army went into winter quarters at Valley Forge
1900 – French parliament voted amnesty for all involved in the Dreyfus affair.
1929 – The Indian National Congress promulgated the Purna Swaraj
1932 – BBC World Service began broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.
1941 -- Hitler became Supreme Commander-in-chief of the German Army.
1946 -- Official start of the Anti-French resistance in Viet Nam, though the Viet Min had been fighting since 1945.
1961 -- India annexed Goa, Daman and Diu, after freeing them from Portuguese rule.
1984 – The Sino-British Joint Declaration restoring Hong Kong to China was signed
1986 -- Gorbachev released Andrei Sakharov from exile in Gorky
1998 -- Clinton was impeached by the House
2012 -- Park Geun-hye was elected president of South Korea, the first female so elected
Some people who were born on this day:
The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man... not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
~~ Jean Genet
1820 -- Mary Livermore, abolitionist, suffragette, and journalist
1852 -- Albert Abraham Michelson, physicist, chemist, and Nobel winner (think Michelson-Morley)
1875 -- Carter G. Woodson, historian and author, founded Black History Month
1875 – Grace Marie Bareis, mathematician
1899 -- Martin Luther King, Sr., largely forgotten pastor, missionary, and activist
1901 -- Rudolf Hell, engineer, invented the Hellschreiber
1901 – Oliver La Farge, anthropologist and author
1910 -- Jean Genet, author, poet, and playwright
1915 -- Edith Piaf, singer, songwriter, and actress. The Little Sparrow
1918 -- Professor Longhair, singer, songwriter and pianist
1920 -- Little Jimmy Dickens, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1929 -- Bob Brookmeyer, trombonist, pianist, and composer (Played with Gerry Mulligan)
1928 – Nathan Oliveira, painter and sculptor
1929 -- Gregory Carroll, singer, songwriter and producer (one of the Orioles and other doo wop groups)
1932 – Lola Hendricks, civil rights activist
1935 -- Bobby Timmons, pianist and composer
1940 -- Phil Ochs, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1941 -- Maurice White, singer, songwriter and producer, Co-founder of Earth, Wind & FIre
1942 -- Cornell Dupree, guitarist
1944 – Mitchell Feigenbaum, physicist and mathematician ( 4.6692...)
1944 -- Richard Leakey, paleontologist, conservationist, and politician
1944 -- Alvin Lee, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1944 -- Zal Yanovsky, singer, songwriter and guitarist, co-founder of the Lovin' Spoonful
1945 -- John McEuen, singer, songwriter and guitarist, a Nitty, Gritty, Dirty guitarist
1961 – Eric Allin Cornell, physicist and academic
Some people who died on this day:
Fullness of knowledge always means some understanding of the depths of our ignorance; and that is always conducive to humility and reverence.
~~ Robert Andrews Millikan
1111 – Al-Ghazali, polymath
1741 – Vitus Bering, explorer
1819 -- Thomas Fremantle, admiral and politician
1848 -- Emily Bronte, novelist and poet
1851 -- Joseph Mallord William Turner, painter
1915 – Alois Alzheimer, psychiatrist and neuropathologist
1932 – Yun Bong-gil, activist
1946 – Paul Langevin, French physicist, anti-fascist, and academic
1953 -- Robert Andrews Millikan, experimental physicist
1993 -- Michael Clarke, drummer
1996 -- Marcello Mastroianni, actor and singer
1997 -- Jimmy Rogers, singer, songwriter and guitarist
2000 -- Rob Buck, guitarist and songwriter
2000 – Milt Hinton, bassist and photographer
2012 -- Robert Bork, lawyer, judge, and putative scholar; inspiration for the word borked
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
National Emo Day
National Hard Candy Day
First Day of Hannukah
Look for an Evergreen Day
Holly Day
Today's Tunes
Holly Day
Edith Piaf
Professor Longhair
Little Jimmy Dickens
Bob Brookmeyer
Gregory Carroll
Bobby Timmons
Phil Ochs
Maurice White
Cornell Dupree
Alvin Lee
Zal Yanovsky
John McEuen
Michael Clarke
Jimmy Rogers
Rob Buck
Milt Hinton
Bonus tune(s):
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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
Comments
Hola todos - The Hebrew day runs from sundown
to sundown, so Hannukah, also Channukah, started yesterday evening and ends at sunset today.
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...
Speaking of looking for an evergreen, that's what Mr. Fish and Chris Hedges are doing.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QiCuResS70]
Every year, Bob sends Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish into the blistering cold of the New Jersey woods to chop down a tree for the annual ScheerPost Christmas party. Please donate to ScheerPost so we can start buying a tree instead—and so you can get a book.
Amazing, Chris in a comedy sketch. I didn't think he had it in him. Pretty funny too.
Well, thanks for the OT and have a good day.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. Thanks for the video.
Good luck with your winter workout, ie all those extra chores piled on top of everything else.
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 --
Thanks for the Edit Piaf videos, Mr. Scheer loved her a lot,
now, where did I put my pennies in my purse ? May be Mr.Fish ate them all...
Merry best of things to Mr. Scheer and Mr. Fish.
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Good morning and froeliche weinachten, mimi.
Thanks for reading
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 --
fancy dome
happy Monday y'all
wanted to share this fine example of wooden joinery
Biltmore House, Asheville, NC.
this is the equivalent of hard candy for my mind
thanks for the Professor!
Good morning QMS. Thanks for the photo.
glad you enjoyed el professor.
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 --
Lookout wrote somewhere (can't find it anymore)
'Old trees grow stong' or may be 'strong trees' grow old. Now I wonder all day long what is true.
Which one is it?
I grow old but don't get strong, One of my bigger sisters to me, is much stronger (mentally and physically) but is older.
So, are old trees really alway the stronger ones, or could they be also weaker ones?
You see I always ponder about the real difficult questions in life.
Good Night and have fun.
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old trees just grow stronger
per John Prine
and old rivers grow wilder every day
old people just grow more lonesome, waiting for someone to say
hello in there
hello out there ... thank you /nt
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In reality, as opposed to music, it depends upon the tree.
some trees seem to continue to grow stronger forever, others seem to go into something akin to senescence after enough time passes.
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 --
Park Geun-hye
...and the Rasputin phenomenon. This was an interesting 2016 article in the Korea Herald:
There is a lot more in this 2016 article on the background, concerning the dictator father Park Chung-hee's relationship to Choi Tae-min and how her relationship with him emerged.
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161030000180
Choi's daughter, Choi Soon-sil, became the gate keeper for access to Park Geun-hye's Blue House. Allegedly Choi ran all the tax and tariff evasion rackets in Pyongtaek, and could sell her influence on any tax, criminal or political matter. President Park was pretty much portrayed as a substance abuser who spent much time under the influence, sleeping during the day or receiving the masseuse, hairdresser and so on. Much of this became public after the Sewol Ferry disaster which displayed the complete failure of her and her office to respond competently to the ship in distress with many young people on board who ultimately drowned as a result. Choi was receptive to chaebol bribes the most famous of which was tendered by Lee Jae-yong the current Samsung Chairman. Choi Son-sil's daughter was gifted with million dollar plus thoroughbred horse flesh by Lee and money so she could compete in dressage in Germany. Choi was prosecuted with former President Park Geun-hye, during Park's impeachment trial. Not too long ago former President Moon Jae-in pardoned Park before he left office.
So Park Chung-hee was under the charlatan Choi Tae-min's influence and then at the time his daughter became president, she had transitioned from Choi Tae-min's influence to that of his daughter Choi Soon-sil.
Why bring this up now? Apparently, current President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife, are unduly influenced by the Dosa (guru, madong, shaman, etc.) Jeon Gong. Gong has claimed in recorded interviews and conversations that he met Yoon through his wife, Kim Gon-hee, and that he has advised the current president of South Korea on career and political moves since Yoon was the chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office. Jeon ostensibly advised Yoon to use Yongsan as his presidential office rather than the Blue House, because of its auspicious feng shui (jirihak) in contrast to the bad karma of the Blue House.
(Source 열린공감TV 3.21 다시 주목받는 3년 전 천공의 용산시대 예언! 윤석열 멘토로서 그의 영향력은 어디까지? ) Teacher Cheon Gong says he isn't Yoon Seok-yeol's mentor but has been "coaching" him according to his conscience. The Yongsan era begins! How far does the mentor's influence extend?
Jeon has actually claimed Yoon called him once when he was in Japan traveling for career advice. Allegedly, Kim Gon-hee and Yoon have been observed watching teacher Jeon Gong's youtube videos in their limo. Kim refused to confirm her relationship with Jeon in the so called 7 hour audio files, saying that her own spiritual powers were such that she didn't need to rely on a dosa.
Edited to correct- Lee Jae-yong is the current Chairman of Samsung, Lee Kun-hee was his father and also Chairman.
語必忠信 行必正直
Thanks for the info, seems like some corruption
is almost universal.
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 --