08/10 - is Revolutionary (open thread)
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~~ Emiliano_Zapata
On August 10, 1585, Queen Elizabeth of England signed a treaty of support for the "Dutch Rebels", an outgrowth of the Water Geuzen. They had, at the time, no homeland but were fighting against Spain which occupied and ruled the low countries. Their ships were both their homes and their homeland. When when they were finally victorious, they founded the Dutch Republic. This pissed off Phillip the Sap so much that he started the Anglo-Spanish war and dropped a bundle on the the Spanish Armada.
On August 10, 1680, under the leadership of Po Pay or Pope', the indigenous pueblo people began a revolt against the Spanish colonial rule of Santa Fe de Nuevo México. This was a Spanish province generally located in the area currently known as New Mexico but larger than today's State. The Pueblo revolutionaries killed some 400 Spaniards and drove the remaining 2,200 settlers out of the province. The Spaniards were unable to reconquer the area for twelve years.
August 10, 1782 was the birthday of aptly named insurgent leader Vicente Guerrero.
The 10th of August is often used to denote the Storming of the Tuileries Palace in 1792, ending the French monarchy with the arrest of Louis XVI.
In between those last two events we find the effective date, so to speak, of the revolt of the 13 North American colonies against England. Though the US Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, news of that event did not reach England until August 10, 1776.
On August 10, 1809, Quito declared its independence from Spain which it finally won on May 24, 1822
On this day in history:
1270 – Yekuno Amlak took the imperial throne of Ethiopia, restoring the Solomonic dynasty to power.
1519 – Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe.
1585 – The Treaty of Nonsuch was signed by Elizabeth I of England and the Dutch Rebels. This was the first internatinal treaty signed by the Rebels (against Spain) and who would become the Dutch Republic.
1628 – The Vasa sank in the Stockholm harbor after only 20 minutes or so
1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory was laid.
1680 – The Pueblo Revolt began in Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
1741 – King Marthanda Varma of Travancore defeated the Dutch East India Company at Colachel, ending Dutch colonial rule in India.
1755 – The British Army began to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the Thirteen Colonies. Louisiana says merci!
1776 – Word of the US Declaration of Independence reached London.
1792 – The Storming of the Tuileries Palace
1793 – The Musée du Louvre officially opened .
1809 - Quito declared its independence from Spain.
1813 – The Instituto Nacional, Chile's oldest and most prestigious school, was founded,.
1846 – The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the US Congress
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1897 – Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way of synthesizing aspirin
1913 – Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece signed the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the Second Balkan War.
1949 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and renaming the War Department as the Department of Defense.
1953 – The French Union withdrew its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh. (But see 1961, below)
1954 – The groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway was held.
1961 – The U.S. Army began Operation Ranch Hand, spraying an estimated 20 million US gallons of defoliants and herbicides over rural areas of South Vietnam and no doubt winning their hearts and minds in the process.
1988 – Ronald Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, providing $20,000 payments to Japanese Americans who were interned in or relocated by the US during WW II.
2003 – The highest temperature ever recorded in the United Kingdom so far, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) in Kent, England.
2024 – Israel struck Al-Tabaeen school in eastern Gaza City, killing at least 80 Palestinians, but "Hamas".
Some people who were born on this day:
„Compañeros, this old man is my father. He has come to offer me rewards in the name of the Spaniards. I have always respected my father but my homeland comes first.“
~~ Vicente Guerrero
1782 – Vicente Guerrero, insurgent leader
1809 – John Kirk Townsend, ornithologist and explorer
1848 – William Harnett, Ipainter and educator
1872 – William Manuel Johnson, bassist
1889 – Charles Darrow, game designer, created Monopoly
1902 – Arne Tiselius, biochemist and academic,
1909 – Leo Fender, businessman
1913 – Wolfgang Paul, physicist and academic,
1922 – Al Alberts, pop singer (The Four Aces) and composer
1926 – Carol Ruth Vander Velde, mathematician
1927 – Jimmy Martin, singer and guitarist
1928 – Jimmy Dean, singer, actor, and businessman,
1928 – Eddie Fisher, singer and actor
1940 – Bobby Hatfield, singer and songwriter
1942 – Michael Pepper, physicist and engineer
1943 – Louise Forestier, singer, songwriter, and actress
1943 – Jimmy Griffin, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1943 – Michael Mantler, trumpet player and composer
1943 – Ronnie Spector, singer and songwriter
1947 – Ian Anderson, singer, songwriter, flautist, and guitarist
1950 – Patti Austin, singer and songwriter
1956 – Charlie Peacock, singer, songwriter, pianist, and producer
1957 – Fred Ho, saxophonist, composer, and playwright
1959 – Mark Price, drummer
1959 – Florent Vollant, singer and songwriter
1961 – Jon Farriss, drummer, songwriter, and producer
1962 – Julia Fordham, singer and songwriter
1964 – Aaron Hall, singer and songwriter
1964 – Kåre Kolve, saxophonist and composer
1967 – Todd Nichols, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1968 – Michael Bivins, singer and producer
1971 – Stephan Groth, singer and songwriter
Some people who died on this day:
"Yes, the women will do it. They don't feel as men do about war. Men think of the economic results; women think of the grief and pain, and the damage to the race. If we can bring women to feel that internationalism is higher than nationalism, then they won't stand by governments, they'll stand by humanity."
~~ Aletta Jacobs
1862 – Hon'inbo Shusaku, Go player
1896 – Otto Lilienthal, pilot and engineer
1929 – Pierre Fatou, mathematician and astronomer
1929 – Aletta Jacobs, physician
1945 – Robert H. Goddard, physicist and engineer
1993 – Euronymous, singer, guitarist, and producer
2002 – Michael Houser, singer, songwrite,r and guitarist
2007 – James E. Faust, religious leader. That's Faust, as in Faustian.
2008 – Isaac Hayes, singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
2011 – Billy Grammer, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
2013 – Eydie Gormé, singer and actress
2013 – Jody Payne, singer and guitarist
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Declaration of Independence of Quito
VJ Day
Smithsonian Day
National Lazy Day
International Biodiesel Day
World Lion Day
Ever notice how nobody speaks of VJ Day anymore, especially now that they're re-militaarizing as an ally against the evil Chinese Menace?
Today's Tunes
Revolution
Al Alberts
Jimmy Martin
Bobby Hatfield
Louise Forestier
Ronnie Spector
Ian Anderson
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Patti Austin
Fred Ho, with must hear intro
Florent Vollant
Isaac Hayes
Billy Grammer
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, Revolution, Water Geuzen, Po Pay, Tuileries, Vicente Guerrero, Louvre, Bobby Hatfield, Ronnie Spector, Ian Anderson, Fred Ho, Isaac Hayes, Billy Grammer, Florent Vollant
Comments
Good morning...
I like the idea of lazy day, but I've got too much to do.
There's more mowing after the regular doses of rain (for which I'm grateful). Not to mention the constant limb falls to pick up. Not too bad, but it is regular.
We've finished the first flush clean up of the equipment barn with it's 25 years of accumulation. So far so good, but yet more to do there as well.
At least it isn't boring.
Hope you all have a good day and work week. Thanks for the music and OT! I enjoyed the history lesson.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. Somewhat similar to you, I have no
official work week but, nonetheless, more than enough to do to keep me busy all week long. Hope that everything goes smoothly for you today and this week.
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 --
Victory over Japan indeed
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A whole day to commemorate signing a surrender document.
And to think it was not even necessary to nuke Hiroshima and
Nagasaki to get them to the table. More needless civilian deaths.
US had prior intelligence of Pearl Harbor but crickets. And it was
also Russia that defeated Japan aggression. But our popular spin
disregards those pesky facts. Doesn't fit the narrative ya' know.
And now they want nuclear weapons. What could go wrong?
Anyway, thanks for doing the Monday OT. Another week of strangeness upcoming!
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning Cap'n Q. I hear you loud and clear. China too
assisted in the defeat of Japan, and now they are the enemy of both the US and Japan for the crime of having become an economic powerhouse while eschewing fake democracy. Here's hoping that the civilized peoples of the globe survive the death throes of the empire.
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 --
Yeah, if uncle sam could just leave
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that side of the world alone, we would all be much better off.
As Carlin said - just pull out and stop f'kin with them. But that
would leave us holding the bag. Exposing our impotency for all
the world to see. Doubt trumpet's ego would allow for that. Time
for a revolution for sure.
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning, el!
I gotta say, the subject of revolution just never gets old. I might get the experience of living through one.
The goal for the week is to finish 3 open cases, either by agreement, final hearing, or filing my withdrawal from them. The goal is to wipe the slate clean by September 1. We shall see. The biggest problem is to get my clients to respond to my calls and emails. Very aggravating.
Coffee tastes wonderful this morning, but regrettably, I need to finish it and get my sorry ass to the office.
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. Revolutions and revolutionaries always
seem to get more than their fair share of the good songs.
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 --
Oh my! The likelyhood of a deal looks extremely remote
as the dotard lives in an alternate reality.
Funny, but I don't recall Iran stealing US money
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or freezing our assets. Delusional donnie thinks the world
owes him whatever he dreams up. Just because. What a sick joker.
Zionism is a social disease
Good afternoon humphry. As usual the orange dotard
spews lies and bullshit. The attack on the Cole was done by Al Qaeda the roadside bombs used by Iraqis defending their country from invasion and occupation were Iraqi, not Iranian, the number of protesters is vastly exaggggggerated, especially if you subtract all the insurgents and spies and any reparations for which would not go to him or the US, and ditto the alleged Many conflicts,etc. it is beyond fantasy, I'm surprised he doesn't include vandalizing the algae pool.
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 --
Back in a thread yesterday
Pluto was like
I will try to review the history as I see it.
1) Nixon's investigation/ impeachment/ resignation suggests a sort of slate-cleaning of the legacy of the Sixties.
2) Sometime in 1973 -- the US basically proclaims a faith-based dollar. The gold standard is never coming back.
3) July 1973 -- the Trilateral Commission is formed.
4) September 11, 1973 -- Salvador Allende kills himself, and a junta headed by Augusto Pinochet takes over Chile, with the blessings of Nixon, Kissinger, the CIA, and ITT corporation.
5) October 1, 1975 -- "The Crisis of Democracy," a collection written for the Trilateral Commission, was published. Samuel Huntington's piece in the collection argues for less democracy and more elite rule.
6) May 4, 1979 -- Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister of the UK.
7) November 1980 -- Ronald Reagan is "elected" President. I am going to let Pluto review what happened next on this matter.
8) December 8, 1980 -- John Lennon is assassinated.
Basically the historical movement of the Seventies was what Antonio Gramsci called a "passive revolution." It involved the tightening of the ideological noose that was prepared for the working classes in the West and in its vassal states by the assassinations of the Sixties, by the genocide in rural southern Vietnam, and by COINTELPRO, the prep-work for the financialization of the world economy, for dollar hegemony, for the ideological consolidation of elite rule around neoconservatism in foreign policy and neoliberalism in economic policy, and if you don't like it, blame the other wing of the elite class than the one you openly support.
So, basically, history from the end of 1980 onward looks like a series of robberies. I don't really know how much you all think about the current impasse with Iran, but it looks to all of the commentators like 2026 will be more than just an ordinary "L" for the United States. What is dimly visible on the horizon with this Iran insanity is the end of this era of history. Oh, sure, the new era will suck for sure. But it will not be an unchallenged version of what M. Shahid Alam called "Imperialism II."
"The US empire’s downfall comes at a time of late stage capitalism when more than 99 percent of the public are effectively disenfranchised while factions of reactionary billionaires vie for control." -- Conor Gallagher
Good afternoon Cass, thanks for dropping in and posting that
timeline.
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 --
Sign me up for the Kitty Revolution
R.I.P. comedian Trevor Moore, who departed the planet 5 years ago on August 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Moore_%28comedian%29
Good afternoon, Lotl, thanks for the video.
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 --