11/02 Open Thread - Look for Circles Day
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~~ Copernican_System
It is also the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations), but that is waaay to long for a title. Besides that, two words: Julian Assange
So what else is there? The First broadcast by the First commercial radio station in the US covered the results of the First presidential election in which women were allowed to vote. The winner? Warren G. Harding and his estimable V.P., Calvin Coolidge.
Ah yes, I almost forgot, League of Nations mandates. These were areas that were formerly conquered and ruled by some of the losers in WWI which were then carved out to be administered by some of the winners not as occupied territories, but for the benefit of the native peoples until they were capable of standing alone. Along this line, Da wiki tells us
Two governing principles formed the core of the Mandate System, being non-annexation of the territory and its administration as a “sacred trust of civilisation” to develop the territory for the benefit of its native people.
Heh. Ha, ha, heeee, hoo, snort, cough! Uh yes, that's here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations_mandate#:~:text=A League of Nations mandate,of the League of Nations. It was all pursuant to Article 22 of the Leagues founding document.
In case you forgot, World War I lasted until November 2, 1918, and, as a result, the Brits were given a mandate over Palestine at the San Remo Conference in 1920, ostensibly to develop it for the benefit of its native people until such time as they were capable of self rule. Not bloody likely, given that the Brits had already declared on November 2, 1917, that they intended to do nothing of the sort. But then again, it was not for nothing that they had long been known as "Perfidious Albion", but why the allegedly benevolent League of Nations went along with the charade is a bit of a mystery.
On this day in history:
619 – A qaghan of the Western Turkic (Onoq) Khaganate was assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals with the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. Who knew?
1795 – The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, was created.
1917 – The Balfour Declaration proclaimed British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" . Sorry Feisal, and the vast majority of the people of Palestine. Sorry too for the Reputation of the League of Nations, destroyed by this perfidy.
1917 – The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet held its first meeting.
1920 – Station KDKA of Pittsburgh began broadcasting as the US' first commercial radio station. The first show was the result of the 1920 US presidential election.
1936 – The British Broadcasting Corporation initiated the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" TV service.
1947 – Howard Hughes flew the "Spruce Goose" on its only flight.
1949 – The Netherlands agreed to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
1951 – Six thousand British troops arrived in Suez after the Egypt abrogated the Anglo-Egyptian treaty of 1936. It was, of course, a shotgun treaty and ergo not binding on the victims, Egypt and its population.
1956 – Imre Nagy requested UN aid for Hungary.
1956 – Israel occupied the Gaza Strip.
1960 – Penguin Books was found not guilty of obscenity for publishing Lady Chatterley's Lover
1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal. (Not the Feisal the Brits betrayed, some other guy)
1965 – Norman Morrison set himself on fire in front of the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war. The Pentagon population, of course wasn't at all bothered by yet another burnt human, after all, that was their business model.
1967 – LBJ and others decided to spew propaganda about the course of the Viet Nam War
1983 – Ronald Reagan signed a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
1988 – The Morris worm was launched from MIT.
2000 – Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted.
Some people who were born on this day:
“Verbal communication is much easier than written communication, because words act on the feelings in a mysterious way and easily establish a current of sympathy between people; it is for this reason that an orator is able to produce conviction by arguments which do not seem very comprehensible to any one reading the speech later.”
~~ Georges Sorel
1699 – Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, painter and educator
1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, violinist and composer
1815 – George Boole, mathematician and philosopher
1844 – John J. Loud, inventor (The ballpoint pen)
1847 – Georges Sorel, philosopher and author
1885 – Harlow Shapley, astronomer and academic
1893 – Battista Farina, automobile designer (founded the Pininfarina Company )
1894 – Alexander Lippisch, aerodynamicist and engineer
1908 – Bunny Berigan, trumpet player
1911 – Raphael M. Robinson, mathematician, philosopher, and theorist
1924 – Rudy Van Gelder, record producer and engineer
1926 – Charlie Walker, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and DJ
1927 – Steve Ditko, author and illustrator
1929 – Amar Bose, engineer and businessman, founded the Bose Corporation
1929 – Robert Gover, journalist and author
1929 – Richard E. Taylor, physicist and academic
1931 – Phil Woods, saxophonist, composer, and bandleader
1937 – Earl Carroll, singer
1938 – Jay Black, singer
1940 – Phil Minton, singer and trumpet player
1941 – Brian Poole, singer
1941 – Bruce Welch, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1942 – Shere Hite, sexologist, feminist, author, and educator
1944 – Keith Emerson, pianist, keyboard player, and composer
1945 – J. D. Souther, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1947 – Dave Pegg, bass player and producer
1951 – Lindy Morrison, drummer
1952 – Maxine Nightingale, singer
1955 – Chris Burnett, saxophonist and composer
1957 – Carter Beauford, drummer and composer
1961 – k.d. lang, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress
1963 – Bobby Dall, bass player
1963 – Ron McGovney, bass player
1967 – Kurt Elling, singer and songwriter
1968 – Neal Casal, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and photographer
1969 – Reginald Arvizu, rock musician
1975 – Chris Walla, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Some people who died on this day:
You can fool too many people, too much of the time
~~ James Thurber
also
No matter how correct a mathematical theorem may appear to be, one ought never to be satisfied that there was not something imperfect about it until it also gives the impression of being beautiful.
~~ George Boole
1716 – Engelbert Kaempfer, botanist and physician
1886 – James Watney junior, brewer, cricketer, and politician
1887 – Jenny Lind, operatic soprano
1961 – James Thurber, humorist and cartoonist
1966 – Peter Debye, physicist and chemist
1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1991 – Mort Shuman, singer, songwriter, and pianist
1992 – Robert Arneson, sculptor and academic
1996 – Eva Cassidy, singer
2014 – Acker Bilk, singer and clarinet player
2014 – Michael Coleman, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
2015 – Tommy Overstreet, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Plan Your Epitaph Day
Job Action Day
National Deviled Egg Day
Look for Circles Day
Coronation of Haile Selassie (Rastafari)
Day of the Dead, the second day of Day of the Dead or El Dia de los Muertos celebration (Mexico)
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists (United Nations)
Today's Tunes
Look for Circles Day
Plan Your Epitaph Day
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Bunny Berigan
Rudy Van Gelder
Phil Woods
Earl Carroll
Jay Black
Keith Emerson
J. D. Souther
Dave Pegg
Maxine Nightingale
k.d. lang
Neal Casal
Mississippi John Hurt
Acker Bilk
Michael Coleman
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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, circles, Epitaphs, Julian Assange, KDKA, Balfour Declaration, Mississippi John Hurt, Acker Bilk
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The International Week of the Peoples of Russia
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The weeklong event, coordinated by Russia’s Security Council, is being held under the
theme “Solidarity of states through unity of peoples and traditional values.”
It is part of the country’s 2026 Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia.
“Russia is home to 194 ethnicities, who speak 300 languages and dialects. We may speak different languages, celebrate different holidays and pray differently, but our values are the same,”
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Why doesn't the west hold such lofty ambitions?
Thanks for the OT.
Zionism is a social disease
Why? There's
no money in it.
There's lots of money to be made by keeping us as divided and as close to civil war as possible: subscription fees to the various MSM propaganda rags, gun and ammo sales, political rallies, antidepressant drug sales (now, there's a cash cow!), yadda yadda.
But unity and peace? Bad for business. Not gonna happen in my lifetime, anyway. The fleecing of the populace must not be interrupted.
Sad, innit?
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Very sad
.
capitalizing on bad government seems to be
the American way.
Zionism is a social disease
From Caitlyn Johnstone's newsletter,
in what really is a timely item (posted 16 hours ago):
https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-most-under-discussed-political
Strong words, well worth the read. And if this has already been linked/posted here, and I just missed it, I apologize.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
goog morning UFS. I think you've hit the nail on the head,
though there are some cultures with sufficiently ingrained hate for certain others that I suspect they would still manifest that even if there were money in 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 morningCap'n Q. Thanks for adding that, it is
definitely a big deal and a signpost toward the attitude and behavior that all nations and peoples should emulate.
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...
Outside the leaves are falling and Autumn is sure enough here. Time for the rake and leaf blower. The battery powered one works for most things, but I crank up the gas powered one for big piles and the road ditches. Just getting started on it as we are just mid-autumn.
Thanks for the history lesson. Sorta seems like the UN has become as dysfunctional as the League of Nations?
Hope everyone is having a nice fall season. Our colors are beginning to pop. We're due a rain on Wed. which should help.
Thanks for all the music and the OT!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. Yes, the UN has pretty largely
youngest member of the Society of Professional Journalists
gone in the toilet, to a large degree because they established a two-tier system in the very beginning with certain then major powers exalted above the rest.
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 --
Hey - I have a dental appointment to deal with a major
issue that happened late Friday evening. I also have a couple of other important errands and will drop off my ballot while I'm at it, so I will be somewhat scarce today.
Everybody 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 --
So, you are
running in circles today, el?
Take care, friend!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Heh. The nearest traffic circle is in Hayward, one town
south. Castro Valley doesn't need traffic calming structures because the average driver toodles along at a stately 22 or 23 mph after taking at least 3 or 4 minutes to get up to said breathtaking speed. There was once talk of putting up a rest home here, to which I opined that the place IS a rest home.
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 --
Blatant appeal to the Star Trek vote
"That's America. Denial is its way of handling complexity." -- Richard Wolff