Open Thread WE 14 JUN 23 ~ Tempest in a Teapot

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 5:42am

Or Canary in a Coal Mine, your choice

The storm in my mind,
Stronger than the storm at sea,
I rage against all that I am
And all that I will be.

Tempest in a Teapot by Kat Micari

He was just thinking aloud, ruling out possibilities by releasing them into the air,
like canaries in the coal mine of his mind.
-- John Connolly

Off in the woods on a lake this week in Maine, so sorta scattered. A bit here and a
bit there. Hope you all can find something of interest to add to this open thread.
Will try to mediate as conditions allow.

Staying on a path appropriately called Porcupine Ridge, have seen the critters
bristling about. Eagles, Loons, Gray Heron, Owls and turtles too! Think a wolf
was howling last night. Only waiting for the dancing moose ..

paper art by Nayan Shrimali
https://www.instagram.com/thepaperark/

Carry on.

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Submitted by mimi on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 7:05am

heh, when you seem to get desperate, I feel lost

can you write something a porcupine can understand and translate then into German?

NO offense. I am just lost. Forget about it. I am not here...

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Submitted by Lookout on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 7:36am

good morning...

Rain appears to be on its way here today. Hope you're having good weather in Maine.

Pretty good discussion with Jeff Sachs and the Duran esp. the last 15 min or so...

Have a good one!

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 8:33am

Pop Goes The Weasel Day

On this date in 2001:
China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan form the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.

in 2013:
The US government charges NSA leaker Edward Snowden with violating the Espionage Act
and theft of government property

in 2018:
US Justice Department concludes James Comey was "insubordinate" in his handling of
Hilliary Clinton investigation in 2016

and in 2022:
Denmark and Canada agree to split the arctic Hans Island, ending their 50-year "Whiskey War",
where each country laid claim by buying whiskey on the island.

humans are funny ..

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Submitted by mimi on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 9:56am

something is definitely wrong with that last comment

@QMS
nothing is funny. humans are cruel and stupid and the greatest liars your mind can imagine.

Something very bad is on its way to happen, say my guts.

Weasels, aren't they cute?

You tell me, yes or no.

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:12am

funny in a weird way

@mimi

american slang
not humorous

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Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:44am

funny,

@mimi as in, "peculiar".

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:55am

better descriptor, thx

@on the cusp

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Submitted by mimi on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 2:39pm

darn it, why don't you understand that I know all that

@QMS
and just wanted to provoke you all.

I am sorry when my sarcasm isn't too easy to understand as that.

I love you all. Thanks for your understanding.

I will shut up for good.

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Submitted by soryang on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 12:24pm

On this day 1946

@QMS Donald Trump was born. They sang happy birthday at the Versailles restaurant in Little Havana after his arraignment. Thought it was funny when Dershowitz said he wouldn't second guess Trump's PR strategy.

Suhyun "Havana" in Italy. Miss this Begin Again busking tour.

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Submitted by OLinda on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:05am

Good morning everyone

Thank you, QMS, for the open thread.

I looked up the poem. Here is the last stanza:

You would claim my innocence
As a prize of your own
Never once imagining
The power is my own.

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:14am

thanks for filling the teapot

@OLinda

enjoy your day!

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Submitted by Tall Bald and Ugly on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:21am

Heh, still here

Curious to the name of the lake, kinda looks like Little Sebago
Probably not
formative years(and Then some)
still consider myself a Mainer Ayuh now living
on the west side
family(such as it is) and many friends still living there
f@ck Those winters Mon!

Stories stories stories I could tell
but I won’t
thanks for the OT
ENJOY!

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 10:35am

good to hear from you tbu!

@Tall Bald and Ugly

we are west of Augusta in the Belgrade Lakes region
this body of water is called Long Pond
(looks like a lake to me)

no wind today, so my sailing craft sits idle
good for kayaking, so the wife is out on a
loon hunt ..

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Submitted by Tall Bald and Ugly on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 12:01pm

Hitching

rides to college @QMS on rt.27 disgustsa to farmtown walked through belgrade Too many times
caught some fun rides outa there too.

mosquito season big time now/tail end of black fly season
they’ll fly you away as a snack
don’t buy the t-shirt

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Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .

Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .

If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 12:30pm

quiet on the dock

@Tall Bald and Ugly

no bugs, few boats - peaceful in the stillness
sights, sounds, aromas, skin sensitivity ..
open to nature

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Submitted by humphrey on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 1:17pm

This is actually quite good. LOL

Cool trolling…and clearly not far from reality! https://t.co/eo58eNhlbZ

— Dmitry Polyanskiy (@Dpol_un) June 14, 2023

Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 1:33pm

Isn't parody now outlawed?

@humphrey

close cousin to satire
vich hies verboten

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 2:08pm

I'm not overly capable of being informative or entertaining

at the moment, but there were some historic battles today

in 1285, forces led by Prince Trần Quang Khải of the Trần dynasty destroyed most of the invading Mongol naval fleet in a battle at Chuong Duong. This was the second Mongol invasion of Vietnam.

1645 was the battle of Naseby where twelve thousand royalist troops were beaten by fifteen thousand roundhead soldiers.

The little known Franco-Spanish war was effectively ended in 1658 when Turenne and the French army won a decisive victory over the Spanish at the battle of the Dunes. Turenne, fwiw, kicked a lot of ass over a fifty year career and is one of only 6 French Marshals ever promoted to Marshal General of France.

In 1822 Charles Babbage kicked off the IT Rebellion by proposing a difference engine to the Royal Astronomical Society

In 1840 assorted settlers in Sonoma, California kicked off the Bear Flag Revolt against Mexico and proclaimed The Bear Flag Republic

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 3:54pm

dancing bears

@enhydra lutris

so, you live in the bear state?

upon further remembrance ..
it was more like 4 weeks of hacking up
all told

good luck

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 4:14pm

Oh yeah, went to the bear University too.

@QMS @QMS

Thanks for the amended timeline, I think.

be well and have a good one

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Submitted by QMS on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 6:50pm

but then, I was a smoker before so

@enhydra lutris

that may have extended the expulsion episode

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Submitted by enhydra lutris on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 7:47pm

I smoked from teens thru 50, then quit, so ... n/t

@QMS

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Submitted by on the cusp on Wed, 06/14/2023 - 7:16pm

seeing the bears boogie down

@QMS made my day!

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