12/11 is International Mountain Day
~~ Mount Shasta
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Famously went to the moountain. Sir Edmund Hilary famously summited the mountain. Tenzing Norgay famously led Hilary and others up the mountain. These were not all the same mountain. In fact, it is never the same mountain. Just as one can never step in the same river twice, one cannot climb the same mountain twice. In fact, the mountain one comes down is not the mountain one went up.
Recommended reading: Poets on the Peaks by Suiter, John
Mountains have a certain majesty:
They call to us
Whoever we are:
On this day in history:
1282 -- The last native Prince of Wales, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, was killed
1901 – Guglielmo Marconi transmitted the first transatlantic radio signal
1905 -- A workers' uprising in Kiev, Russia, established the Shuliavka Republic
1913 – The Mona Lisa was recovered
1917 -- Allenby entered Jerusalem and declared martial law.
1920 - British soldiers ran amok in Cork City, Ireland
1934 -- Bill Wilson took his last drink and entered treatment for the last time.
1936 -- Edward VIII's abdication took effect
1937 -- Italy quit the League of Nations.
1941 -- Germany and Italy declared war on the US
1946 -- UNICEF was founded
1964 -- Che Guevara's speech at the UN General Assembly
1968 -- The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus
1980 - CERCLA (Superfund) was enacted by the US Congress
1981 -- US supported fascist troops tortured, raped and massacred 900 civilians at El Mozote, El Salvador ***
1994 -- Yeltsin ordered troops into Chechnya.
1997 -- The Kyoto Protocol was opened for signing. The US signed but did not ratify or follow.
2001 -- The PRC joined the WTO
2008 -- Bernard Madoff was arrested.
2020 – The Food and Drug Administration issues an Emergency Use Authorization on the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 "vaccine"
*** The butchers were trained at the infamous US School of Assassins, now renamed and relocated to Fort Benning
Some people who were born on this day:
Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.
~~ Tom Hayden
1595 – Heo Mok aka Misu, calligrapher, painter, philosopher, poet, and politician
1712 – Francesco Algarotti, polymath, poet, philosopher, and critic
1781 – David Brewster, physicist, mathematician, and astronomer
1803 -- Hector Berlioz, composer
1830 -- Kamehameha V
1843 -- Robert Koch, microbiologist and physician, first bacteriologist
1863 -- Annie Jump Cannon, astronomer
1882 -- Max Born, physicist
1882 -- Fiorello H. La Guardia, Republican New Dealer
1890 -- Carlos Gardel, singer, songwriter and actor
1893 – Leo Ornstein, pianist and composer
1899 -- Julio de Caro, violinist, composer and conductor
1904 -- Marge, cartoonist
1908 -- Elliott Carter, composer
1910 – Mildred Cleghorn, Fort Sill Apache Chairwoman and educator
1916 -- Perez Prado, singer, songwriter, pianist, bandleader, king of the mambo
1918 -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, novelist, historian short story author
1926 -- Big Mama Thornton, singer, songwriter, musician
1931 -- Rita Moreno, actress, singer and dancer
1938 -- Enrico Macias, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1938 -- McCoy Tyner, jazz musician
1939 -- Tom Hayden, activist who drafted the Port Huron Statement (Go read it)
1940 -- David Gates, singer, songwriter, and guitarist,
1943 -- John Kerry, Navy lieutenant, activist, politician
1944 -- Brenda Lee, singer & songwriter
1954 -- Jermaine Jackson, one of the Jacksons
1958 -- Nikki Sixx, bassist and songwriter,
1961 -- Dave King, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1964 -- Dave Schools, singer, songwriter, bass player
1966 -- Erik Honore, guitarist and producer
Some people who died on this day:
Ignorance leads to fear, fear leads to hate, and hate leads to violence. This is the equation.
~~ Averroes
1198 – Averroes, polymath, astronomer, physicist, and philosopher
1686 -- Louis, Grand Conde, Le Grande Conde
1872 -- Kamehameha V
1964 -- Sam Cooke, singer and sngwriter
1975 -- Lee Wiley, jazz singer
1997 -- Simon Jeffes, guitarist and composerss
2008 -- Bettie Page, model
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Indiana Day (United States)
Mountain Top Removal Day (USA)
International Mountain Day
National Tango Day (Argentina)
National Noodle Ring Day (USA)
Today's Tunes
The Rolling Stones
Hector Berlioz
Carlos Gardel
Leo Ornstein
Julio de Caro
Elliott Carter
Perez Prado
Big Mama Thornton
Rita Moreno
Enrico Macias
McCoy Tyner
David Gates
Brenda Lee
Jermaine Jackson
Nikki Sixx
Dave King
Sam Cooke
Lee Wiley
Simon Jeffes
Bonus:
Sam Cooke
Penguin Cafe Orchestra
The Rolling Stones' Rock and Roll Circus
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
A veritable mountain of music man
Thanks for putting it together!
Good morning QMS - my pleasure.
Thanks for adding to the pile.
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 have a far away view of these from my property in Colorado
Spanish Peaks, commonly called Twin Sisters, Sangre de Christo Mountains
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc. Fabulous picture of a no doubt
fabulous view. Thanks for dropping in and posting 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 --
I would spend a lot more time
up in Colorado, staring at the peaks, except for this irritating thing known as "work".
I hope you get a great report from the Doc.
Boy, is it every Monday. I almost had to call the cops on some 30ish yr old man. His Mom sort of got him under control, and he did leave. She was just humiliated by his behavior, made apologies.
Can't wait for the next 2 appointments. With luck, they will be oldsters, well past their fly off the handle days.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Hope the rest of your appointments went ok. Going batshit
in an attorney's office seems to be monumentally counter-productive, but that's just my opinion.
be well and have a better 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 --
Mostly young folks who do research
on Google, and when I tell them something that differs from their Google legal research, they go nuts. Or, it is drug-related inability to control their anger, whether illegal or legal drugs. I have begun to decline cases where young people, and that means under age 50 to me, are taking anti-anxiety and anti-depression meds. When they are triggered, they are like damn wild animals. I decline cases where the client is a PTSD veteran. They reach for weapons in their heads. Those guys have exploded in the courtroom, had to be taken to their vehicles by the security guards. Enough of that shit.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Not sure how much I'll be around this am. Yet another
doctor visit with indeterminate impacts on further activities and time, plus a few errands to knock off while out and about. Hope to make it back by lunch at least.
be well and have a good one, y'all
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 luck with the docs
as LO is fond of saying
it's always something ..
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 --
Monday Monday
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Hi all, Hey EL!
Hope all is well all over yonder ...
That Mt. Shasta is a beauty! Very impressive to drive by since so much a stand alone mountain. But I have never been on it.
The Stones Rock & Roll Circus is great. The Yer Blues with Lennon, Clapton and Mitch Mitchell is awesome. So is Jethro Tull with Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath) on guitar, as they were between Mick Abrahams and Martin Barre. Then the Who performance was amazing, esp. 'A quick one while he's away', with Entwistle doing the falsetto harmonies in his opera voice. Mind blowing.
Here are a couple 'mountain' knee jerk reactions to add...
Misty Mountain Hop
Hall of the Mountain King - The Who (best thrash of a classic evah)
We had 26f here this morn, below 30N.
Third winter consecutive here with drought induced failures of fruit, nut, juniper or hack-, berry crops. The birds are simply elsewhere. Always amazing to see a few butterflies out in the 60f after it froze. Ten Robins came in a few weeks ago, counted berries for a few days and left. I hear there is a bit of a crossbill irruption going on in CA lately.
Seein' anything EL? Have anything on yer trip to central coast?
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
Saw a fairly huge number of Monarchs in the
Pismo Beach State Park Monarch Grove. This is the first time we've been down there at this time of year. Numbers for Pellies, Gulls and Cormorants were significantly lower than in spring and summer, presumed to be a seasonal thing. We tend to spend afternoon/evening on the balcony sipping vino, and turned up one lone otter for marine mammals. A handful of surfers north of the pier, even though the surf there was el sucko, beats me. Humans way down too, indoor seating available at favorite chowder place, another day went to a beach side restaurant on the Pismo/Grovers Beach border with hardly anybody there. (Santa Maria style Tri-Tip sandwich on a hunk of sourdough baguette washed down with a local Barbera-Sangiovese blend.
Crossbills - Todays RBA:
Red Crossbill (6 Contra Costa, 1 Los Angeles, 1 San Diego, 2 San Francisco, 7 Santa Barbara, 4 Santa Clara)
Red Crossbill (Western Hemlock or type 3) (1 Los Angeles)
Red Crossbill (Ponderosa Pine or type 2) (1 Los Angeles, 2 Santa Cruz)
Red Crossbill (Sitka Spruce or type 10) (1 Humboldt)
So would've had a chance about 10 miles out crow canyon Rd than down in Central Coast. Looks like this is the northern limit. Too bad our conifers blew down in last new year's superstorm, I don't think our Juniper or the neighborhood Redwoods will attract them.
Thanks for the tunes. I was just listening to that mountain king a couple of weeks ago.
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 --
howdy again
Hi EL!
Wow, sounds a great trip! Great you got to see some Monarchs! CA TriTip is pretty darn good. So is the chowder in them parts. The place on the right side as you walk out Fisherman's Wharf in Monterey is the bomb. Those big round bread bowls of chowder, and often otters out the window.
There is some cemetery in San Mateo Co. they recorded 4 call/tree types of Crossbill at. Including the first of the recently split Cassia Crossbill ever in the state of CA. We had an invasion here a few winters ago, I forget which type, I think one of the generalists, and which can eat Cypress tree cones. Which I thought were fairly similar to Redwoods maybe? But I don't think there is a 'redwood' crossbill, so maybe they are not used.
take care man!
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
Ok. Secret signal
will go to my secretary who will call Dear One to get his ass up to the office when, not if, the next person goes nuts and gets aggressive with me.
It hasn't always been like this.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
I'm Back, heh. 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 --