05/11 Open Thread - World Ego Awareness Day
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~~ Narcissus (from ArtVee)
We really need not go there except perhaps to apologize to the civilized world. It should be noted, however, that the mythical Narcissus was good looking. There are also no allegations that he was otherwise particularly stupid, illogical, irrational or outright batshit crazy.
If there's anything more important than my ego around, I want it caught and shot now.
Douglas Adams
On this day in 1880, seven people were killed in a gunfight near Mussel Slough, in California's central valley. This originated in a land dispute between some settlers and the Southern Pacific Railroad. The shoot out occurred about 6 miles from the current location of Hanford, which is about 20 miles West of Visalia, aka East Nowhere, and 10 miles East of the Leemore Naval Air Station**..Of course, Hanford wasn't incorporated until 11 years after the shoot out, and Leemore NAS was built in 1961 or so. So why should anybody care about this gunfight at the nowhere corral? It was the inspiration for Frank Norris' novel, The Octopus: A Story of California, a couple of other novels and a lot of muckracking journalism
** The Navy likes to now and then dump these Naval Air Bases inland, well away from any navigable bodies of water. If anybody wants a giggle, they can fire up their favorite search engine and look for the China Lake Naval Air Station. Hah!
On this day in history:
868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtra was published, the earliest dated and printed book known.
1258 – Louis IX of France and James I of Aragon signed the Treaty of Corbeil, renouncing claims of feudal overlordship in one another's territories and separating the House of Barcelona from the politics of France.
1713 – Swedish and Finnish troops burned the entire city of Helsinki so that it would not remain intact in the hands of the Russians.
1813 – William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth discovered a route across the Blue Mountains, opening up inland Australia to settlement.
1846 - President Polk asked Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico
1880 – Seven people were killed in the Mussel Slough Tragedy, a gun battle in California.
1889 – An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort resulted in the theft of over $28,000
1894 – Four thousand Pullman Palace Car Company workers went on a wildcat strike.
1970 – The 1970 Lubbock tornado killed 26 and caused $250 million in damage.
1973 – Citing government misconduct, charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times were dismissed.
1997 – Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeated Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
2009 – An American soldier in Iraq opened fire on a counseling center at Camp Liberty in Baghdad, killing five other US soldiers and wounding three.
2011 – The Istanbul Convention was signed in Istanbul, Turkey.
2022 – The Burmese military executed at least 37 villagers during the Mon Taing Pin massacre in Sagaing, Myanmar.
2022 – Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while covering a raid in Jenin. Israel eventually admitted and apologized for the murder, after initial denials.
Some people who were born on this day:
Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
~~ Richard Feynman
1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, organist
1871 – Frank Schlesinger, astronomer and author
1881 – Theodore von Kármán, mathematician, physicist, and engineer
1888 – Irving Berlin, pianist and composer
1894 – Martha Graham, dancer and choreographer
1895 – Jiddu Krishnamurti, philosopher and speaker
1904 – Salvador Dalí, artist
1905 – Catherine Bauer Wurster, architect and public housing advocate
1916 – Camilo José Cela, author and politician
1918 – Richard Feynman, physicist and engineer
1924 – Antony Hewish, astronomer and academic
1941 – Eric Burdon, musician
1947 – Butch Trucks, drummer
1958 – Sayuri Kume, singer and songwriter
1982 – Cory Monteith, actor and singer
1999 – Sabrina Carpenter, singer and actress
Some people who died on this day:
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it.
To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”
~~ Douglas Adams
1916 – Karl Schwarzschild, astronomer and physicist
1927 – Juan Gris, painter and sculptor
1979 – Lester Flatt, singe, songwriter, and guitarist
1981 – Bob Marley, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1985 – Chester Gould, cartoonist, created Dick Tracy
2001 – Douglas Adams, novelist and screenwriter
2003 – Noel Redding, bass player
2008 – John Rutsey, drummer
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
World Ego AwarenessDay
Eat What You Want Day
Today's Tunes
Ego Awareness Day
Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach
Irving Berlin
Salvador Dali
Eric Burdon
Butch Trucks
Lester Flatt
Bob Marley
Noel Redding
John Rutsey
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. What's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
open thread, Ego Awareness, Mussel Slough, Daniel Ellsberg, Richard Feynman, Douglas Adams, Irving Berlin, Eric Burdon, Lester Flatt, Bob Marley, Noel Redding
Comments
Hey wow
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The Disney Dali Destino ditty fermented my ripe mind.
Some wild images in there. Gonna be a fun day if that
is any indicator. Chased down with Burdon spilt wine. Yeah!
Thanks for the reality check on trumpets egoistic state.
He may get a serious bruise if the meet with Xi goes down.
The art of the steal won't work with his betters. Totally out of
his league in global geopolitics. The restaurant at the end of
universe will feature consequences beyond his ken.
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning Cap'n Q, thanks for that wonderful clip.
When one sees what Disney produces today, the Dali collaboration seems borderline unimginable, but there it is. 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 --
Good morning...
Ego is our stock and trade of late. Difficult not to be aware...
It a gold leaf covered bronze statue. But hey, we got no ego problem.
Thanks for the OT and music!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. Excessively tacky artwork there.
They should erect a statue of Ronald McDonald opposite to it, but who am I to say. And why isn't it surrounded with piles of corpses?
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 looks like the Sinophobes are trying to throw a monkey
wrench into the Xi Trump meeting.
Last week Bessent sanctioned some teapot refineries and now we get this.
Well of course we applied illegal sanctions to those companies
the only question is whether or not we actually had any evidence as to what was done and by whom on the Chinese side China and russia should "sanction" the US satellite companies for providing aid and info to ukiestan, but, whatever.
be weell 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 --
A reasonable view of the situation.
The rest of the tweet:
Good afternoon, humphry, thanks for the information &
X post. The sad truth is that he is right, Trump is capable of anything at any time.
be wll 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 --
Only one anecdote cuts the other way
I have been shocked at how much mayhem the brass hats have stirred up at this idiot's whim. But one story did circulate about Trump asking for the "nuclear codes." I have no way of knowing whether this was a fairy tale, but the account said the multi-star general told him no.
That may not have happened, but I like that somebody in the power structure thought this was a good story to put out.
Otherwise, this hulking moron has lost what little sense he had and there is nothing out of the realm of possibility. Let's hope they really do keep him off the button.
I cried when I wrote this song. Sue me if I play too long.
Good afternoon, el!
I'm late to the party due to focusing on how impressive and great at all things I am.
Great tunes, btw, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
You obviously had a better way to spend your time. Congrats.
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 --
Lol!
n/t
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Nima with Larry:
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 --