4/17 - World Hemophilia Day
~~ Blood
World Hemophilia Day comes to us courtesy of the WFH. Per da wiki:
The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with hemophilia (also spelled haemophilia) and other genetic bleeding disorders. It educates people with bleeding disorders and lobbies for improved medical treatment. 75% of people in the world with bleeding disorders do not know it and do not receive care.
That sad fact is not because they all live in the US, we are not the only country without any healthcare system in place, and there are places with healthcare that still have deficiencies with respect to specific somewhat rare conditions.
It's also Malbec World Day. Per da Wiki: Malbec World Day is an annual observance celebrated on April 17, to commemorate the day on which President Domingo Faustino Sarmiento of Argentina officially made it his mission to transform Argentina's wine industry. On April 17, 1853, Sarmiento tasked Michel Aimé Pouget, a French soil expert, to bring new vines to Argentina. Among the varietals Pouget brought was Malbec. Pouget continued experimenting with the adaptation of French varietals to Argentina's diverse terroirs. ... The name "Malbec World Day" translates from the Spanish "Día Mundial del Malbec," meaning "Malbec throughout the world". The name stuck and continues to confuse English speakers to this day, as most refer to it "World Malbec Day" or "Malbec Mondo" for those who like the alliteration. ...
In the following years, specifically during the 1990s, Argentina positioned Malbec as their star varietal. More than 10,000 acres were planted and it became the undeniable leader of the country's exportations. ...
On 4/17/1961, the US government directed and financed invasion of Cuba known as The Bay of Pigs took place Planned during Ike's Presidency, the attack used a "Brigade" consisting mostly of Cuban exiles and some US military personnel. It was preceded by an attack on Cuban airfields by eight CIA US government supplied B-26 bombers. When the invasion began to falter AND come to the attention of the rest of the world, President JFK withheld further US air support. Because the original Eisenhower government plan relied on both US air and US naval forces in order to succeed, the invasion failed.
Initially the US, naturally, lied about the attack and said that there was no US involvement. Later it admitted that there was, but couched it in terms of CIA involvement and a CIA opereation. This standard US deflection is pure garbage. The CIA is not some foreign guerrila group, NGO, or corporation, but a part of the US government. We need to tell ourselves the truth about the US and its actions and activities and not pretend that it is some evil twin doing them. The Enola Gay did not nuke Hiroshima, the US did, and the Enola Gay was but the instrument. The exile Brigade 2506 did not attack Cuba, and neither did the CIA. The US did, the CIA was the instrument used to fund, train, arm and direct Brigade 2506 which was itself both instrument and proxy.
The US Government needs to step up and own all of the various crimes and criminality of the CIA and we the people need to admit them to ourselves. It's actually easy to do - watch:
"The CIA US Government conspired with supporters of Reza Pahlave to overthrow the elected government of Mossadegh and install the brutal authoritarian dictatorship of Shah Reza Pahlavi>"
"The CIA US Government covertly airlifted supplies to the French during the battle of Dien Bien Phu."
" The CIA US Government planned, organized, funded and directed the abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs."
"Notorious terrorist Luis Posada Carriles was a CIA US Government Agent"
Try it yourself; here's a passage on the US overthrow of Guatemala's government in 1954 from Wikipedia, simply replace every instance of "CIA" with "US Government" -
On June 18, 1954, Carlos Castillo Armas led 480 CIA-trained men across the border from Honduras into Guatemala. The weapons had also come from the CIA.[95] The CIA also mounted a psychological campaign to convince the Guatemalan people and government that Armas' victory was a fait accompli, the largest part of which was a radio broadcast entitled "The Voice of Liberation" which announced that Guatemalan exiles led by Castillo Armas were shortly about to liberate the country.[95] On June 25, a CIA plane bombed Guatemala City, destroying the government's main oil reserves. Árbenz ordered the army to distribute weapons to local peasants and workers.[96] The army refused, forcing Jacobo Árbenz's resignation on June 27, 1954. Árbenz handed over power to Colonel Carlos Enrique Diaz.[96] The CIA then orchestrated a series of power transfers that ended with the confirmation of Castillo Armas as president in July 1954.[96] Armas was the first in a series of military dictators that would rule the country, leading to the brutal Guatemalan Civil War from 1960 to 1996, which some 200,000 people were killed, mostly by the U.S.-backed military.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency]
Some like to argue that the US Government is not always in control of the CIA, but since they are only one real entity, that implies that the CIA is, at least in those cases, in charge of the US Government. This is not as it should be, and a means needs to be found to return control of the US government to the bankers, corporations and other oligarchs who normally run it.
On this day in history:
1492 -- Columbus and the Spanish Royals signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe
1521 -- Martin Luther's trial before the Diet of Worms began
1524 -- Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York harbor sailing for France
1861 -- Virginia voted to secede from the US
1895 -- The end of the First Sino-Japanese War
1905 -- The Supremes decided Lochner v. New York, later reversed in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish.
1946 -- Syria obtained its independence from the French occupation.
1948 -- The United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 46
1949 -- At midnight 26 Irish counties officially left the British Commonwealth (Britexit?)
1961 -- With no help from the US/CIA, a group of Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (1961 official truth, beware of disinformation to the contrary.)
1970 -- Apollo 13 safely made it back to Earth
1971 -- Bangladesh was created
Eirinn go Brach
Some people who were born on this day:
Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don’t talk in English and don’t even want to.
~~ Thornton Wilder
1820 -- Alexander Cartwright, inventor of Baseball
1837 -- J. P. Morgan, early US ruler
1863 -- Augustus Edward Hough Love, mathematician and theorist
1882 -- Artur Schnabel, pianist and composer
1891 -- George Adamski, prominent UFO freak
1897 -- Thornton Wilder, author & playwright
1906 -- Sidney Garfield, physician, co-founder of Kaiser Permanente
1919 -- Chavela Vargas, singer & songwriter
1923 -- Harry Reasoner, journalist & talking head
1929 -- James Last, bassist, composer, and bandleader
1930 -- Chris Barber, trombonist and bandleader
1934 -- Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer
1942 -- Buster Williams, jazz musician
1954 -- Michael Sembello, singer and songwriter
1955 -- Pete Shelley, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1957 -- Afrika Bambaataa, godfather of hip hop
1974 -- Victoria Beckham, aka Posh
Some people who died on this day:
I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote
~~ Eddie Cochran
1790 -- Benjamin Franklin, a C note
1882 -- George Jennings, inventor of the flush toilet
1960 -- Eddie Cochran, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1967 -- Red Allen, singer and trumpet player
1990 -- Ralph Abernathy, minister and activist
1996 -- Piet Hein, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet,
1998 -- Linda McCartney, photographer, activist
2008 -- Danny Federici, organist and accordion player w/ e street band
2011 -- Nikos Papazoglou, singer,songwriter and producer, oblique order
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Malbec World Day
World Hemophilia Day
Today's Tunes
Artur Schnabel
George Adamski
Chavela Vargas
James Last
Chris Barber
Don Kirshner
Buster Williams
Michael Sembello
Pete Shelley
Afrika Bambaataa
Posh Spice Beckham
Eddie Cochran
Red Allen
Danny Federici
Nikos Papazoglou
Bonus:
Altered Expectations: I am on a new infusion schedule, specifically, every fourth Monday starting today. I will be here for a while in the morning and then not until late aternoon and after on said Mondays. Who knows, that might be a good thing 
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Comments
Good morning...
I like the idea of Malbec day, and even have a bottle on hand.
As to the mafia branch of our government, seems anyone who challenges them ends up dead. I used to think we could defund them, but no...they have drug, gun, and sex slave sales to fund themselves under the table. They are really like the mafia (where they initially got much of their training).
As to hemophilia, I'm lucky to clot well and quickly. I'm sure it would be a challenge to have to deal with the condition.
Thanks for all the music and the OT!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. Malbec Day is
fine here too, though not our top choice of the Bordeaux varietals; Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot. The two Cabs are our top two overall, and then we skip to non-Bordeaux wines like zin. It is, however, all situational, season, temperature, with or without food, what food, etc. and the quality of the wine in the first place.
I too think that we're stuck with the CIA, especially since it seems to be closely coupled with the military and MIC. But, we US persons need to admit to uorselves and the world exactly what, as a result, our nation does and is and quit pretending that the CIA's constant criminality isn't on us, it is, it is part and parcel of what the US government is and does.
I'm not Haemophiliac, but long courses of prednisone over the years have left me with very little sub-cutaneous fat (it somehow burns that off) meaning that I bruise, puncture and bleed easily, but I still clot nomrally.
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 --
HEH, timely content posted by snoopydawg in
Lookout's open thread yestidday is via tweeter but not on youtube??:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1646341960024707072
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 --
Surprise….
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Thanks snoops. Most timely. The real US gubmint
briefly exposed.
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 wonder if this will increase viewers of Tucker's show? LOL
Query from non-tweeter,
tc asks em "would that include people's DMs?" and em says yes. What's DM in that context?
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 --
It is supposed to be private.
A DM is a private mode of communication between social media users. When you send a direct message, only you and the recipient can see the content.
Thanks. n/t
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 --
This has been known for years
How the CIA has Infiltrated Social Media Companies, with Alan MacLeod
Plus this is from 2019.
Relevant clip is at 1:17:41:
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Thanks, snoopy. n/t
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 --
Cracks in EU solidarity with Ukraine are growing!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65292698
As a result.
Good morning humphry, thanks for the info. EU
centralized policy making is sporadically problematic, far too many competing interests and histories involved imo.
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 situation in Sudan is beginning to clarify. (maybe?)
VOA is not what I consider a reliable source.
Thanks. It is always useful to know VOA's narrative
regardless of or specifically because of its known bias and lack of credibility.
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 --
Given that VOA
has always been wholly owned and operated by the CIA, from Day 1, I find them to be completely reliable and an accurate representation of exactly what the CIA wants the rest of the world to think, whether laughable or not…
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Talk sustainability, but import basic foods from 2500 mi. away?
Alas, that’s reality in Hawai‘i.
Still in business, thank heaven: Oahu’s last dairy farm.
https://www.nakedcowdairyhawaii.com/
https://thecounter.org/local-cheese-oahu-hawaii-naked-cow/
Afternoon lot. Having your own local cheese is,
let's face it, better than having your own local rice of potatoes. And what about SPAM, that travels much further than 2500 miles, but it is well worth it.
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 afternoon, El, et. al.
I bleed like a stuck pig. And bruise easily.
I use the bruises strategically.
As an example: I want husband to cook dinner. He is thinking about it. I will tell him that I will show the bruises to the sheriff. The Sheriff will strongly suspect husband is a brute, will not be able to tell that the bruises are from me washing dishes, reaching to get a fork, brushing my hand against a pot handle. (Or reaching into the fridge for a beer inside an open carton, hand brushes up against the carton edge, bruises instantly ensue.)
30 yrs. of prednisone will do that, but at least I am not dead.
The US government created the CIA. It is a government agency, performs acts for the government. It can also be said that the CIA just may have enough information on government officials that scare them into submission to the CIA's activities.
They have more wherewithal for a coup than the military.
Cheers!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Afternoon, otc. I too have "prednisone bruising
syndrome" or whatever it is. In fact, tomorrow I cut down from 4 a day to 3 a day. The plan is to be off it completely for a week on my next infusion day and, with luck, for good.
I do like your strategy, but, he now has that in writing.
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 --
Husband loved your reply!
I think he book marked it or something.
He might just show it to the Sheriff. Lol!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
What kind of lowlife goes around ruining other people’s gardens?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11981019/All-did-plant-carrot-s...
Thanks for the article lot. No idea what might be behind it.
FWIW, that page locked up my browser and I had to close it via the whole "page unresponsive" rigamarole, no idea why that happened either.
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 --
How Green is this?
Throw in nickel mining, lithium mining, copper, bauxite, rare earths...
Covering swaths of the planet in solar panels.
Planned obsolescence on steroids - forcing people out of internal combustion cars, gas or wood stoves and confining them in '15 Minute' enclaves.
Enforced by AI/5G surveillance.
Underwritten by bazillions in public money for corporations.
Relentlessly pushed by slick propaganda and "The Science".
But hey, it's all for the glorious future, right? No sacrifice too great.
Not that the .1% will be sacrificing their private islands, super yachts, jets, grass-fed beef...