06/12 - Loving Day
06/12 - Loving Day
~~ Loving (Mr. & Mrs. Richard Perry Loving)
Loving Day commemorates Loving v Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967), a 1967 Supreme Court case wherein the court struck down the state of Virginia's anti-miscegination statute and, in the process, rendered all other laws prohibiting interracial marriages unenforceable. This was 191 years to the day from the date of the Adoption of the famous "Virginia Declaration of Rights" the predecessor and model for the US Declaration of Rights. It seems that the Virginia Declaration, despite some prefatory verbiage, only applied to an elite minority of its citizens, as, similarly, did the US declaration of rights itself.
It is also World Day Against Child Labour, heh. Silly furriners. We, of course, are exceptional and stand tall and see further and hence see multiple states pushing to legalize child labor and a substantial increase in the number of violations of child labor laws by employers. Per the Economic Policy Institute (https://www.epi.org/publication/child-labor-laws-under-attack/):
In the past two years, at least 10 states have introduced or passed laws rolling back child labor protections
Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin, for those keeping score. Also
Child labor violations are on the rise
...
according to DOL, the number of minors employed in violation of child labor laws in fiscal year 2022 increased 37% over FY2021 and 283% over FY2015
. I saw an article recently claiming that this was due to a labor shortage, but we all know that to be code for "a shortage of people willing to work for next to nothing". The point is, that the drop in labor costs from using child labor will definitely raise share prices, and that is what life is all about, n'est ce pas?
On this day in history:
1381 – Rebels arrived at Blackheath in Wat Tyler's Rebellion.
1776 – The Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted (Heh, B.S. much guys?)
1798 – British troops began shelling the town of Ballynahinch.
1898 – The Philippines declared their independence from Spain. (but not the U.S., heh)
1942 – Anne Frank received a diary as a birthday present
1944 – Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division secured the town of Carentan
1963 – Medgar Evers was murdered by Ku Klux Klan member Byron De La Beckwith
1964 – Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison
1967 – Loving v. Virginia was decided, voiding all laws that prohibited interracial marriage
1990 – Russia Day: The Russian Federation's parliament declared its sovereignty
1991 – Russians elected Boris Yeltsin president
1999 – A NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) entered Kosovo
2016 – A mass shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fl, killed 49.
2018 – Trump and Kim Jong-un had a first ever meeting between rulers of US & DPRK
Some people who were born on this day:
We are but skin about a wind, with muscles clenched against mortality.
~~ Djuna Barnes
1519 – Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
1577 – Paul Guldin, astronomer and mathematician
1802 – Harriet Martineau, sociologist and author
1806 – John A. Roebling, engineer who designed the Brooklyn Bridge
1827 – Johanna Spyri, author, best known for Heidi
1843 – David Gill, astronomer and author
1851 – Oliver Lodge, physicist and academic
1864 – Frank Chapman, ornithologist, photographer, and author
1890 – Egon Schiele, painter
1892 – Djuna Barnes, novelist, journalist, and playwright; wrote Nightwood
1899 – Fritz Albert Lipmann, biochemist, received a Nobel for coenzyme A
1899 – Weegee, photographer and photojournalist
1908 – Marina Semyonova, soviet ballerina and educator
1910 – Bill Naughton, playwright and author
1918 – Georgia Louise Harris Brown, architect
1920 – Dave Berg, (mostly mad) cartoonist
1922 – Margherita Hack, astrophysicist and author
1928 – Vic Damone, actor, singer and songwriter
1929 – Anne Frank, diarist
1930 – Jim Nabors, actor and singer
1931 – Trevanian, author
1931 – Rona Jaffe, author
1932 – Mimi Coertse, singer
1933 – Eddie Adams, photographer and photojournalist
1937 – Vladimir Arnold, mathematician
1941 – Chick Corea, pianist and composer
1941 – Roy Harper, singer, songwriter, guitarist and actor
1941 – Reg Presley, singer and songwriter
1942 – Len Barry, singer and songwriter
1949 – John Wetton, singer, songwriter and bassist
1950 – Bun E. Carlos, drummer
1951 – Brad Delp, musician and singer
1952 – Junior Brown, country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1952 – Pete Farndon, bass player and songwriter
1953 – Rocky Burnette, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1958 – Meredith Brooks, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1959 – John Linnell, singer, songwriter, and musician
1968 – Bobby Sheehan, bassist and songwriter
1977 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Robyn, singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer
1985 – Blake Ross, programmer & co-creator of Firefox
Some people who died on this day:
No two persons ever read the same book.
~~ Edmund Wilson
1772 – Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, "explorer"
1778 – Philip Livingston, American slaver & politician who wanted to impose economic sanctions on Great Britain
1900 – Lucretia Peabody Hale, journalist and author
1917 – Teresa Carreño, singer, songwriter, pianist, and conductor
1957 – Jimmy Dorsey, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.
1963 – Medgar Evers, activist
1972 – Edmund Wilson, critic, essayist, and editor
1995 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, pianist
2011 – Carl Gardner, singer (The Coasters)
2012 – Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen, psychoanalyst and author
2018 – Jon Hiseman, English drummer
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Loving Day
World Day Against Child Labour
Today's Tunes
Halley's Comet
Medgar Evers
Vic Damone
Jim Nabors
Mimi Coertse
Chick Corea
Roy Harper
Reg Presley
Len Barry
John Wetton
Bun E. Carlos
Brad Delp
Pete Farndon
Meredith Brooks
John Linnell
Bobby Sheehan
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Jimmy Dorsey
Carl Gardner
Jon Hiseman
Bonus #1
Bonus #2
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
Hope you're having a great trip, el!
Saw a good movie about the Loving Case a few years ago.
Thanks for the all the music and OT!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Hola, LO. Got in last night abound dinner time. Today
we get to unpack and start restoring the place to normal functioning. I'm also due for my monthly infusion today. So, I'll be around some, off and on, but I'll also be absent a bunch.
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 --
Thanks e l
for the open thread.
The movie, Loving, is currently at Netflix.
Have a great day, everyone.
movie
It occurs to me I shouldn't have linked to the movie. If you are not logged into Netflix it probably won't take you to the movie. You can search Netflix for Loving.
Good morning OLinda, thanks for reading. That's two recs
for the moves, but we don't do netflicks, so well have to keep an eye out for it elsewhere.
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 --
Remember this?
Noh Tae-woo pardoned her. This incident helped Noh win the election which marked the "end" of the dictatorships in South Korea. I was stationed in South Korea at the time and remember the tense environment this created then. This apparently one of those poorly considered North Korean blunders that helped Noh get elected, and effectively forestalled having a friendlier government in South Korea.
North Korea's increased pace of missile firings in early 2022 was another blunder, creating an environment where election of the corrupt right wing authoritarian Yoon Seok-yeol became possible. If effect, Kim Jong-un's ill timed missile campaign made Yoon's return to the cold war policies and McCarthyism seem more credible.
The US's China decoupling policies have damaged Yoon's administration by discouraging South Korean industry from improving its trade position inside China. There was a waiver of the prohibitions of hi tech exports and investment in China for South Korea for one year to expire in October. Now this headline from WSJ-
U.S. to Allow South Korean, Taiwan Chip Makers to Keep Operations in China
Analysts say the move will weaken export-control measures aimed at curbing Beijing
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-allow-south-korean-taiwan-chip-maker...
The article is behind a paywall. The headline is consistent with the US use of the new term "de-risking" in lieu of "de-coupling." Will this change in US policy of telling allies what they can and cannot do with respect to China be in time for South Korea? South Korea and China have had a diplomatic spat in the last few days caused by South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung's meeting with the Chinese ambassador to Seoul, in an effort to improve relations. Seoul labeled this Chinese interference in South Korean domestic affairs. The South Korean ambassador to Beijing was summoned by the Chinese government to rebuke South Korea in turn blaming the Seoul administration for the deterioration of relations because of its adherence to US anti-China policies.
Is the desperate situation in Ukraine causing the Biden administration to lighten up its misguided Asian policies?
Came across this Chinese music video while browsing. I think this song is very beautiful. I'm not much of a martial arts fan in my old age, but the settings and cinematography of the two movies (which I never saw) in the video are spectacular and were well regarded by movie critics at the time. The subs are traditional Chinese and English.
Thanks for the OT EL.
語必忠信 行必正直
Good morning soryang. I wrote a response that vanished.
Perhaps I forgot to save, or gremlins struck. At any rate, I recall the airline bombing but none of the aftermath.
"Decoupling" is simply economic warfare by another name. It will probably not end well.
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 --
Thank you for the video, soryang
I enjoyed the mysterious and expressive imagery in the video.
I don’t understand the language but am mesmerised by it. There's a kind of understanding that comes through the images, something very emotive of the universal human experience.
I enjoyed reading
...the comments (in English of course) under this youtube video. The sound and melody hooked me right away. It is mesmerizing. Sound, music, and the aural side of language have never been my strong point. But every time I hear something like this, it makes me want to study Chinese.
Martin Jacques said something like, Chinese influence spreads by the appeal of its culture. Of course Koreans think the same way, South Koreans anyway. When people say most South Koreans dislike China, I think most of this relates to culture wars. Occasionally, if the topic interested me, I'd go to quora and look at the Korea related entries, and there are quite often disputes about stupid things like who invented kimchi and the Chinese claim they invented hanbok (the traditional Korean women's attire). I think these arguments are divisive and probably carried on by trolls. The Asia related topics there are mostly propaganda. When I told someone about this, they said something like, you go there? Nobody goes there. I can see why.
One of the scenes in the video shows what appear to be scholars taking a civil service exam. It looks so similar to many scenes I've observed in Korean historical dramas.
I notice the Chinese subtitles were in traditional Chinese characters. I don't think it was made on the mainland. The imagery borrowed from the movies has an over the top sensational quality that for all its violence seems metaphorical or symbolic, at least the way it was edited.
Glad you enjoyed it, Janis.
語必忠信 行必正直
Hi soryang
After a few times of going to quora for some understanding I realised that it was not the direction to go, so I can understand what your experience might have been.
I think it was the over the top-ness that was somehow engaging to me.
How are you settling into your ‘new’ abode?
Monday Monday
la da da, la da da, Hi all, Hey EL!
Welcome back, hope you had nice peregrinations.
Frank Chapman was the man. A monster in American ornithology. Founding father of the Christmas Bird Counts. And that was the least of what he did. It could be argued that he did the most for being the first 'museum man' promoting the acceptance of sight observations as science. The saying at the time was 'what is hit is history, what is missed is mystery. Frank was against that. Both through the CBC's, and in a very rigorous fashion in his So. Am. bird research. All of which have become standards in surveys. He was a father of citizen science through observation. Which seems to have quite grown into something the last few decades, finally.
I love Junior Brown's guitar playing... and my 'Hat's off to Harper'... just like Page's...
Have good ones 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. There is still a good bit of
"what is hit is history, what is missed is mystery" out there. I know a central american birding guide who adheres to that doctrine with regard to possible new species.
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 --
Today's version is
Hey EL,
Today the archaic ideas of the authoritarian are unfortunately still alive and well in people that love to play bird record cops. The 'photos or it didn't happen' seems the most common manifestation today. Ah... the glacial pace of progress. We're all the way up to pix or forget it...
I ate, slept, and showered with a camera on my shoulder for years of hardcore birding. Most of the time I could only get photos of 66% to 75% of what I needed to for rarity documentation.
As a teen the late great Jim Lane, original inventor of the 'where to find birds guide', said to me, you keep birding, and you will see lots of stuff they won't believe.
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
I think it's a more expansive experience
when one let's go of an archaic sense of purity. That's my experience anyway.
peregrinations
Learned a new word. Thanks, dystopian.
Now that's what I want to do — peregrinate.
Hi dystopian
So it's you birders who are bringing the observation of nature back to life! Good on you, and good for every one. Better late than never ; ).
Thank you.
Working people are having
a Monday.
I'm trying to arrange a courier service to deliver a package for me. There was a problem and I had to call back a few times. The third time, as soon as I say hello, the guy says ”Good God!”
I swear I could cry. I'm not usually thin skinned. I think being retired, I am no longer used to dealing with people and day-to-day crapola.
I'm surprised you got the same guy on the phone
Ignore him and stay strong.
Thank you, janis b
Appreciate your comment very much.
At least it ended well. The package is delivered!
Perseverance ; )
I'm glad it worked out well. Maybe it will even help the next person who calls with a problem.
Good evening, el!
Glad you made it home safely, and I hope you are not having to do the cooking this week!
I just got wind of a horrific hate crime here in my county. An arson that killed the home's occupants. POCs. Not what I want to live near, not what I want in this world.
I dream of a return to sanity, then realize, there never was sanity in the first place.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Speaking of sanity
I enjoy the talk and conversation from Charles Eisenstein. I think he's a wonderful guide toward sanity.
https://charleseisenstein.org/videos/
Hi el
Thank you for the OT. I started listening to your playlist. A lot of pure nostalgia there in the music. I loved the video of the Troggs doing Wild Thing
And more nostalgia expressed through the courage and dedication to love and justice, of the Loving's.
A little OT, but here’s an excerpt from an article I read a couple days ago, which ended with a music video from They Might Be Giants - Pencil Rain .
Have a good week all.