11/04 Open Thread - King Tut Day
King Tut was not an autocrat, though his dad certainly was. Of course, he inherited the throne as a little kid, so the early part of his reign pretty much involved doing what his advisors said. It needs be noted, I guess, that these were bona fide advisors, eminenes grises, as it were, there to give advice; not US style "advisors" who are professional soldiers who assist in the overthrow or non-aligned governments, prop up allied autocracies, assist in wars against non-aligned states and the like, such as those we sent to Vietnam. His main accomplishments were reactionary, undoing his dads innovations such as moving the capital out of Thebes and worshipping Aten instead of the traditional gods. He died when he was 19, having accomplished very little, but he left a beautiful sarcophagus.
Castillo Armas was born on 11/04/1914. He was one of our many autocratic fascist SOBs. Per da wiki:
In June 1954, Castillo Armas led 480 CIA-trained soldiers into Guatemala, backed by US-supplied aircraft. Despite initial setbacks to the rebel forces, US support for the rebels made the Guatemalan army reluctant to fight, and Árbenz resigned on 27 June. A series of military juntas briefly held power during negotiations that ended with Castillo Armas assuming the presidency on 7 July.
He was but the first of a series of US backed authoritarian dictators in Guatemala.
The NSA was created on 11/04/1952 to spy on everybody, at home and abroad, so that we could know who to silence, who to snuff, who to coup, who to rat out to the fascist dictator running their country, etc.
On 11/04/1970 Allende was elected. We started a total economic war on Chile in the hopes that the people would rise against him. When they didn't, we sicced our boy Pinochet on pretty much the entire population.
Then, on 11/04/1979 Iranian students seized the combined US Embassy and CIA headquarters as payback for the US overthrowing Mossadegh and installing Shah Reza Pahlavi. One chicken coming home to roost.
On this day in history:
On November 4, 1783, Mozart's Symphony No. 36 was performed for the first time.
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On November 4, 1847 – Sir James Young Simpson, discovered that chloroform had anaesthetic properties .
On November 4, 1492, 1922 Howard Carter et. al. found the entrance to Tutankhamun's tomb.
On November 4, 1924, Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first female elected as a governor in the United States. Long time a'comin, as they say.
On November 4, 1952, The US established the NSA to spy on all of us and everybody else too.
On November 4, 1960, Dr Jane Goodall watched chimpanzees create tools, eliminating one claim to human superiority.
On November 4, 1970, Salvador Allende became the first Marxist to be elected president of a Latin American country. The US, of course, could not, would not and did not let this stand, unleashing a rain of horror through a reign of terror upon the Chilean populace for having the temerity to elect somebody other than a corporatist toady. This is probably our greatest victory in our war against democracy and/or marxist ideologies, easily surpassing Guatemala, Honduras, Persia, and Brazil; but we haven't stopped trying in Venezuela yet and may someday succeed in unleashing unimaginable hell on that poor country far beyond the starvation sanctions we've already placed upon them.
On November 4, 1979, A group of Iranian college students overran the U.S. embassy/CIA H.Q. in Tehran and took 90 hostages as pay back for the US overthrowing their government and installing the Shah.
On November 4, 2008 – Barack Obama became the first African-American to be elected President of the US.
Some people who were born on this day:
The Cold War is over but Cold War thinking survives.
~~ Joseph Rotblat
1853 – Anna Bayerová, physician
1861 – Alice Gossage, journalist, editor and activist
1884 – Harry Ferguson, engineer credited with inventing the tractor
1887 – Alfred Lee Loomis, physicist, invented LORAN
1889 – Alton Adams, composer and bandleader
1908 – Joseph Rotblat, physicist and academic with a serious conscience
1914 – Carlos Castillo Armas, The first of a series of US backed authoritarian rulers of Guatemala
1916 – Walter Cronkite, journalist,
1921 – Mary Sherman Morgan, scientist and engineer
1926 – Carlos "Patato" Valdes, conga player and composer; inventor of tunable congas
1928 – Larry Bunker, drummer and vibraphonist
1932 – Tommy Makem, singer and songwriter
1933 – Charles K. Kao, physicist and engineer
1940 – Delbert McClinton, singer, songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist
1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist, songwriter, pretender
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1961 – Edward Knight, composer
Some people who died on this day:
"I have received many engineering awards but I hope I will always be remembered as an advocate for the rights of women and children.”.
~~ Elsie MacGill
1847 – Felix Mendelssohn, pianist, composer, and conductor
1930 – Buddy Bolden, cornet player and bandleader
1959 – Friedrich Waismann, mathematician, physicist, and philosopher; member of the Vienna Circle
1980 – Elsie MacGill, engineer and author; Queen of the Hurricanes
1992 – George Klein, engineer, invented the motorized wheelchair
1997 – Richard Hooker, novelist
2020 – Ken Hensley, singer, songwriter, and musician
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
King Tut Day
National Candy Day
Job Action Day
National Skeptics Day
Use Your Common Sense Day
Common Sense? Really?
“Common sense is not so common.”
Voltaire, A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary
“Common sense is what tells us the earth is flat.”
Stuart Chase, Language in Thought and Action
“Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.”
Rene Descartes
Today's Tunes
King Tut Day
Candy Day
Job Action Day
Skeptics Day
The Birth of the NSA
Allende
Carlos "Patato" Valdes
Larry Bunker
Tommy Makem
Delbert McClinton
James Honeyman-Scott
Felix Mendelssohn
Buddy Bolden
Ken Hensley
Bonus Tommy Makem (with the Clancy Brothers)
Ok, it's an open thread, it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
Open Thread, King Tut, the NSA, Allende, Obama, Candy, Skeptics, Carlos Valdes, Tommy Makem, Buddy Bolden, Felix Mendelssohn, Mozart
Comments
Good morning, El, et al!
Decades ago, the King Tut exhibition made its' way to the US, with a showing in New Orleans. I bought 2 tickets, drove my Mom and myself, and we enjoyed the many artifacts, enjoyed a lecture, and enjoyed The French Quarter.
Good times!
Enjoy your last day before the Fascist takeover, or whatever happens tomorrow. Google says it will be really bad, and I rely on Google.
Thanks for the OT, dear friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Good morning otc. Glad you got to see said exhibit.
M major Tut exhibit came to SF, at the de Young, iirc, and I made sure to attend.
The fascisti already run the joint, so any arrival thereof will be purely incremental, which I am determined to ignore as much as I can until such time as it intrudes.
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 do not like the time change
It screws with Sam’s timeline. She now wakes me up at 7:30 and she wants to eat at 3:30, but she won’t eat until after I do and I’m not hungry then. I eat later in the morning. Utah can drop the useless change, but only if 12 other states agree and Arizona doesn’t count because they were smart enough not to do it.
Good morning Snoopy, I don't know anybody who
likes the time change. CA decided to dump it but appears to have stupidly opted for permanent stupid time instead of permanent normal time. Be that as it may, they can never seem to get the change implemented, so we continue the annual farce.
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’ll be living in two time zones this year.
Wristwatch (yes I still wear one) remains on ‘real time’, kitchen and car clocks ‘fall behind’. This works well for me. It reduces the possibility of arriving late for appointments, and I continue to eat and sleep on real time. It sounds a bit confusing but is easier for me than adapting to time shifts twice a year!
“ …and when we destroy nature, we diminish our capacity to sense the divine,and understand who God is, and what our own potential is and duties are as human beings.- RFK jr. 8/26/2024
Good plan
I don’t change the clock in the convertible nor did I change it in my bedroom after I stopped working because it helped get my brain going trying to figure out what the real time was.
During the first week or so I move my scheduled things by half an hour…and then get adjusted to the real time schedule. We walk at 1 pm, but Sam doesn’t understand why we’re an hour late so I halfed the hour. It’s her dinner schedule that upsets her the most. Funny that she doesn’t eat until I’m done. Polite little dawg…
I used to do something similar, car was on real time, all else
was on stupid time. If you can track it, it's good.
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 --
Some gnus, but not unexpected or beyond
expectations:
Israel Strikes Civilian Objects in Southern Damascus
https://sputnikglobe.com/20241104/israel-strikes-civilian-objects-in-sou...
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 --
Exceptional nation
I read that they are also operating on the ground in Syria. Maybe Israel wouldn’t have so many enemies if they played nice with their neighbors and stayed in the original borders gifted to them?
On what right do they have bombing Lebanon and its civilians? And Biden is trying to do a color revolution there. And he’s not trying to hide it.
Anti War has an excellent article on Biden’s legacy.
Now that I know -
should I remember that there is a King Tut Day? And stretch my memory further to know that it's on November 4th?
Boy Kings that die young aren't remarkable, i.e. Edward VI. Those that live a long life are among the longest reigning monarchs. i.e. Louis XIV, Kʼinich Janaab Pakal I, Ferdinand III, James I the Conqueror). Mary Queen of Scots was merely six days old when she ascended to the throne; Tut was comparatively old at nine years.
I don't see any need to remember such things,
but they do give me something to write about. Besides, there are always reminders popping up anyway. Fully agreed as to boy kings.
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 --
Must say that wishing
someone a Happy King Tut Day appeals to me. Thanks for highlighting this.
Monday Monday
Hi all, Hey EL!
Hope its all good all over!
Thanks for the history, tut, tut.
Great sounds man. Love Cosmik Debris and The Wizard. Ken Hensley was a great singer, songwriter, and especially keyboard player.
We had four inches of un-predicted rain Saturday, the whooshing sound was the ground here sucking it up. Was must have tickled the atmosphere just right. River here is four feet below normal bank so hopefully it came up an inch or two. NOAA says it "OVER performed". This is a term they ONLY use when they UNDER forecast. Everything they miss, OVER performs. The poor folks at the annual craft fair must have been washed out. When you are in years-long D3 level (severe) drought, you do not care how you get the rain.
Our FOS - first of season Myrtle Warbler and White-crowned Sparrow have just shown up, like old friends.
Thanks for the OT EL!
happy trails 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 afternoon Dysto. Glad you got some rain.
Also glad you liked the sounds.
We've had white crowns for a couple of weeks now. I can't bird by ear except a very few. A couple of days ago I heard a whet whet that was either RCKI or butterbutt, but have not seen either yet.
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 good to be back in real time
takes a bit of reorientation to compare the clock
maybe a compass
with obvious daylight, but easy to accomplish in time.
Perhaps an analog watch with two settings would be
useful: real time and fake time. Although it is hard to fool a
sundial, just difficult to wear on your wrist
on the other wrist? On cloudy days it could be anytime now.
tftot (thanks for the OT)
question everything
Confucius
said "A man with two watches never knows what time it is."
In this modern world, thiseternal lack of knowledge is simply enforced by law... (;-)
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Good mornng QMS, thanks for reading. I used to havet
an analogue watch with a rotating ring calibrated in twelfths with one principal pointer. It was iirc a diver's watch of some sort. One could set it to universal time and then use the rotating ring's pointer to mark the offset for local time zone and seasonal fiddles, but it did require some mental juggling to tell the time.
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 --