12/4 is National Cookie Day
~~ RECALLED - cookies, US Govt work by FDA
Remember when cookies were supposed to be edible? Then they were insidiously injected into ones computer, to be susses out and destroyed, or allowed if it seemed like they would be beneficial. They became more common and more openly spewed and software was built to control them. Now they're out of control completely, you find a new site and load it to see if it has worthwhile content and a non-removable pop-up blocks all of the content until you agree to accept all cookies, without knowing what they are and whether the site is worth shit in the first place. If you have a lot of time to waste on obfuscatory bullshit, you can usually opt to view a selection of vaguely described putative categories or types of cookies to select from all of which are provided solely to make your life better and more enjoyable, improving everything from your browser performance to your love life, skin tone, and digestive health. PFAH!
It is also Cabernet Franc Day, a wine varietal long used to give Merlot based blends a hint of character, body, and substance, but more and more often also being bottled as a stand alone varietal. Give it a try.
Lastly, it is Wildlife Conservation Day. As if. Even the government (USDA) spends a hundred million or so per year on killing some 100,000 carnivores from eagles to bears, wolves, and the like ostensibly to protect cows and sheep and the like, especially those grazing on public lands. So, you can send a few bucks to a variety of outfits trying to slightly postpone the extinction of orangutans and aye-ayes, but forget about "pests", from grizzlies to groundhogs.
Oh yes, on this day in 1964, cops arrested over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, during a sit-in at the admin building protesting the UC Regents' decision to forbid political activity and speech on UC property. The students eventually won.
On this day in history:
1619 -- Thirty-eight colonists arrived at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia.
1674 -- Father Jacques Marquette founded a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan that became ChiTown.
1786 -- Mission Santa Barbara was dedicated.
1829 -- Lord William Bentinck declared that anyone who abetted suttee in Bengal was guilty of culpable homicide.
1867 -- The Grange was founded
1872 -- The ship Mary Celeste was found crewless and adrift (much like today's US)
1881 -- The first edition of the L.A. Times was published
1943 -- Josip Broz Tito proclaimed a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
1945 -- The Senate approved US participation in the UN
1954 -- The first Burger King opened (in Miami). Arteries began clogging
1964 – Police arrested over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, during an FSM sit-in.
1965 -- The Grateful Dead's first concert under that name
1969 -- Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were murdered by Chicago police
1978 -- DiFi became SF's first female mayor.
1982 -- China adopted its current constitution.
1984 -- Sri Lankan soldiers killed 107-150 civilians in Mannar.
1991 -- Pan American ceased operations
1992 -- George H. W. Bush ordered 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia
1998 -- The Unity International Space Station was launched
2017 -- The Thomas Fire started near Santa Paula, California
Some people who were born on this day:
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
~~ Thomas Carlyle
1660 -- Andre Campra, composer
1667 -- Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer
1777 -- Juliette Recamier, businesswoman and influential socialite
1795 -- Thomas Carlyle, historian and philosopher
1865 -- Edith Cavell, nurse
1866 -- Wassily Kandinsky, painter
1875 -- Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and author
1892 -- Francisco Franco, fascist dictator beloved of the US government
1897 -- Robert Redfield, anthropologist
1908 -- Alfred Hershey, bacteriologist and geneticist
1910 -- Alex North, composer
1915 -- Eddie Heywood, pianist and composer
1920 -- Jeanne Manford, activist, co-founded PFLAG
1921 -- Deanna Durbin, actress and singer
1923 -- Charles Keating, narrow-minded, pious, crook and fraudster
1930 -- Jim Hall, guitarist, composer and arranger
1939 -- Freddy Cannon, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, singer and guitarist
1942 -- Bob Mosley, singer, songwriter, bass player and grape
1944 -- Chris Hillman, singer, songwriter, guitarist, mandolin player
1944 -- Anna McGarrigle, singer, songwriter and musician
1944 -- Dennis Wilson, the only Beach Boy who surfed, drummer, singer, songwriter
1948 -- Southside Johnny, singer and songwriter
1950 -- Bjorn Kjellemyr, bassist and composer
1951 -- Gary Rossington, guitarist
1955 -- Cassandra Wilson, singer, songwriter and producer
1966 -- Andy Hess, bass player
1968 -- Dionne Farris, singer, songwriter, producer, actress
1973 -- Kate Rusby, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1978 -- Jaclyn Victor, singer
Some people who died on this day:
“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”
~~ Omar Khayyam
530 BC -- Cyrus the Great, king of Persia
1131 -- Omar Khayyam, poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher
1798 -- Luigi Galvani, physician, physicist, philosopher
1850 -- William Sturgeon, physicist who invented the electric motor
1935 -- Johan Halvorsen, violinist, composer, and conductor
1976 -- Tommy Bolin, guitarist and songwriter
1993 -- Frank Zappa, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer Don't Miss His BOLERO below.
2009 -- Liam Clancy, singer, actor, and guitarist
2011 -- Hubert Sumlin, singer and guitarist
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Cookie Day
Cabernet Franc Day
Wildlife Conservation Day
Today's Tunes
Virginia colonists
Father Jacques Marquette
FSM
The Grateful Dead
Fred Hampton
George H. W. Bush
Andre Campra
Michel Pignolet de Monteclair
Eddie Heywood
Jim Hall
Freddy Cannon
Bob Mosley
Chris Hillman
Dennis Wilson - A song exemplifying the quintessence of critical thought in today's US
Southside Johnny
Bjorn Kjellemyr
Gary Rossington
Cassandra Wilson
Andy Hess
Dionne Farris
Johan Halvorsen
Timmy Bolin
Frank Zappa
Liam Clancy
Hubert Sumlin
Bonus:
Early Dead
before that, tambien
Gots to have ZAPPA
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
I won't be here when this posts
Comments
Happy cookie day!
Have been trying to restrict the computer consumption of nefarious 'cookies' for years.
If not for Ccleaner and the like, the slim profile of the laptop would be pretty fat.
Said cookies have never proven themselves to improve any kind of experience.
Thanks for the Zappa doing Bolero. A real hoot.
Such a rich historical and musical OT.
Q
Thanks for reading and listening, glad you liked 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 --
Ahh so
you back
good
Two notable birthdays this past few days.
Nov. 30. William Blake
Dec. 1 Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
Blake was famous after his death.
Put a tyger in your tank, or somesuch.
thanks for dropping by.
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 --
Israel continues to make Gaza dysfunctional meanwhile killing
thousands of civilian women and children along the way.
The US keeps arming this ongoing GENOCIDE!
Meanwhile the White House is closely monitoring the ongoing
situation. /S
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4341121-white-house-condemns...
"Cruel and senseless double standards" ARE US govt policy
And what's going on is anti-Zionism, not necessarily "antisemitism". (Palestinians ARE Semites, you wokie idiots!)
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
Heh, cogent comment, thanks.
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 dropping in.
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 --
If I'm offered
the option of decline, I take it.
No is my default choice
Thanks for all the tunes and the OT.
Neither Russia nor China is our enemy.
Neither Iran nor Venezuela are threatening America.
Cuba is a dead horse, stop beating it.
Thanks for reading and listenng. Agree on No.
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 --
Was that you Nancy?
https://nypost.com/2022/10/05/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-has-accrued-mil...
An interesting read. Worth checking out.
Link:
https://ddgeopolitics.substack.com/p/part-1-pro-israel-establishment-vs?...
Hey, El!
I waited on The Bolero until I got home, had a beer, figuring I would need it to fully appreciate Zappa.
I did.
I oftentimes have no time to prepare myself breakfast. I keep a pack of white chocolate Macadamia nut cookies from the local bakery. I hear Macadamia nuts are very nutritious.
Ok. I am bad.
Thanks for the OT, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Ah, bolero and beer, great combo. Cookies for
breakfast I can get along with.
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 --
Monday Monday
la da da la da da..
Hi all, Hey EL! Hope it's all good out there!
Repeated extreme drought have us fairly depauperate of birds lately. No fruit, berry, or nut crops.
Great stack of songs man! That Phil Ochs is awesome. The Dead, Zappa, great sheet mon. Tommy Bolin sent me an hour down that rabbit hole before I was able to stop the wild ride...
thanks! Have his first two, Teaser and Private Eye on cassette. He was an amazing songwriter and guitarist. What a tragic early loss...
Yeah wildlife conservation is great, where you can find those micro-successes. For a while anyway, as the macro melts down. Only took 28 COPS to go full frontal attack on its principles. Surprised they don't have a couple carbon capture magic bs bullets to sell...
Seems there needs to be an app, called 'cookie jar' of course, wherein all cookies fall for inspection prior to full access. It makes them show loaded, but you empty at end of day, and they are qt'd so never 'get' anything. I prefer edible cookies, have been monster level at times, and was hoping for some good recipes here...
My nana's (great grandma) no bake (boiled) Oatmeal, chocolate, peanut butter, coconut, are the best.
Thanks for the OT EL!
Remember all, stop and listen to the birds.
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
Hi dystopian
White Brownies. The title of the recipe sounds ironically racist, but I think any colour individual would enjoy it.
I’m not much of a cookie monster, but I remember loving these brownies, a favourite of all, compliments of my mother in law.
Even though very white, the flavour is colourful.
Also known as "Blondies"
especially if made with brown sugar.
There is no justice. There can be no peace.
blonde brownie?
Hi Janis! Thanks!
mrs d makes an I think similar thing, 'blonde brownie' she calls them... will try this...
merci beaucoup!
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
hola, Dysto, thanks for dropping in. Glad you liked the tunes.
I add some chopped maraschino cherries to mine.
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 --
Hi el
What a treasure trove of musical delight, and interesting tidbits your essays are. Thank you.
I'm especially enjoying
the politically and culturally lyrical content.
and
the Cassandra Wilson and Zappa Bolero pieces.
Good to see you Janis. Thanks for dropping in.
glad you liked the essay.
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 --