09/04 - Goyaale (aka Geronimo) Surrendered
~~ Goyaale
Goyaale aka Geronimo officially surrendered to U.S. Army General Nelson A. Miles on September 4, 1886, at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona after nearly 30 years of fighting.
It is a lie that Afghanistan was our longest war ever. We were at war with Goyaale (Geronimo) and his followers for almost 30 years, and with "the Apache" for even longer. The so-called "Indian Wars" started shortly after the invading colonists and "settlers" stepped off the boat and lasted until well into the 1900s. They predate the creation of the U.S. to some degree. So, the U.S. "Indian Wars" ran from 1776 until the 1900s, well over a century. It is traditional to treat each campaign or group of campaigns with each band or group of bands or in each territory as a separate conflict so as to minimize the awareness and cognizance of what this really was, a century long genocidal war of extermination against the Indigenous Americans. That is our longest and ugliest war by a long shot.
It is National Newspaper Carrier Day in the US. Some of our print media, during any era, could qualify as News media, and some wouldn't. This very day, September 4, is the anniversary of some riots caused by a completely fabricated piece of maliciously false news in Peekskill in 1949.
The first Monday in September, in the U.S., best known as the official end of summer when the kids go back to school, is "Labor Day", but only in the US and maybe Canada. This year, it falls on today. International Workers' Day, which is also known as Labour Day in some countries, happens annually on May Day. It is is a celebration of labor, laborers and the working classes and is promoted by the international labor movement, including some (gasp) socialist leaning organizations. In fact, the date was picked by a multinational organization of dirty pinkos to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chitown on May 4, 1886. Naturally, the US could never celebrate such a thing. Besides, we have officially never approved of labor. Our governments, at all levels, have always been anti-union, anti-grange, and the like, even using troops or law enforcement people as strike breakers or to simply attack and/or murder organized labor or its organizers, or to round them up, kidnap them, and ship them off to another state with a warning not to return. It is, however, a day off, and the weekend of the last real summer picnic, so enjoy.
On this day in history:
0476 -- The Western Roman Empire ended
1260 -- The Ghibellines whupped the Guelphs. (Ghibellines backed the Pope; Guelphs backed the Emperor)
1479 -- The Treaty of Alcacovas gave Isabel the Castilian throne and divvied the world between Portugal & Spain (First Divvy)
1774 -- New Caledonia was first sighted by Captain Cook and crew
1781 -- Spanish settlers founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula (like, L.A., dude)
1870 -- Emperor Napoleon III of France was deposed
1882 -- Thomas Edison turned on the first commercial electrical power plant in history
1886 -- Goyaale (Geronimo) surrendered
1888 -- George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak and patented a camera that used roll film
1923 -- Maiden flight of the USS Shenandoah.
1941 -- A German U-boat made the first attack against a US ship, the USS Greer.
1944 -- The British liberated Antwerp
1949 -- The Peekskill riots broke out after a Paul Robeson concert and fake news
1951 -- The first live transcontinental TV broadcast took place in San Francisco
1957 -- Orval Faubus(D), called out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School.
1970 -- Salvador Allende was elected President of Chile. Kissinger started grooming Pinochet to take over.
1985 -- Buckminsterfullerene was discovered
1989 -- The first Monday night demonstration against the GDR
1998 -- Google was founded
2002 -- The Oakland As won their 20th consecutive game, a record
Some people who were born on this day:
Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.
~~ Richard Wright
1824 -- Anton Bruckner, organist and composer
1886 -- Albert Orsborn, 6th General of The Starvation Army
1908 -- Richard Wright, author and poet
1913 -- Mickey Cohen, businessman
1918 -- Gerald Wilson, trumpet player and composer
1930 -- Robert Arneson, sculptor
1937 -- Gene Ludwig, organist and composer
1944 -- Gene Parsons, singer, songwriter, guitarist, drummer, banjo player, Byrd
1945 -- Danny Gatton, guitarist
1946 -- Gary Duncan, guitarist
1946 -- Dave Liebman, saxophonist, flautist, composer
1951 -- Martin Chambers, drummer, singer, pretender
1958 -- Jacqueline Hewitt, astrophysicist, discovered Einstein rings
1981 – Beyoncé, singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
Some people who died on this day:
But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.
~~ William Kunstler
1907 -- Edvard Grieg, pianist and composer
1965 -- Albert Schweitzer, missionary
1991 -- Charlie Barnet, saxophonist, composer, bandleader
1995 -- Chuck Greenberg, saxophonist and composer
1995 -- William Kunstler, attorney and activist
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Newspaper Carrier Day (United States)
???? Labor day?? well, here, I guess.
Today's Tunes
"Labor Day"
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula
George Eastman
Paul Robeson
Orval Faubus
Salvadore Allende
Anton Bruckner
Albert Orsborn - Normally, these people get Judy Henske doing "The Salvation Army Song", but given that it is today
Gerald Wilson
Gene Ludwig
Gene Parsons
Danny Gatton
Gary Duncan
Dave Liebman
Martin Chambers
Beyonce'
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Edvard Grieg
Charlie Barnet
Chuck Greenberg
Bonus:
photo of Goyaale by Ben Wittick (The U.S. National Archives) [Public domain]
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
Good morning
That Geronimo was one hell of a fighter. He lived thru a sad chapter in American history.
You got me thinking about Albert Schweitzer. I have a bust sculpted by my grandfather
of Dr. Schweitzer. I wondered where the inspiration came from and found this.
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Albert_Schweitzer
Well, that explains it. Dear old Grandad was also an MD and musician,
living in the same era. The theologian aspect they did not share,
as far as I can surmise.
"The awareness that we are all human beings together has become lost in war and through politics."
-- Albert Schweitzer
Thanks for the OT!
question everything
Good morning QMS. Thanks for reading.
Kind of cool and far out having that bust. I've never paid much attention to Schweitzer because I have a deep, profound dislike for missionaries, what they do, and especially the practice of sending them (or them simply going) to places like Africa. If they wish to go abroad and preach Christianity, they can start with Rome, not Uganda.
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 --
Fire and smoke map
A couple of days ago I mentioned that over a week ago we had a very bad air problem here, well into the hazardous range. This hazard applied to both PM10 and the PM2.5. Any outside activity was deemed unsafe for anyone, not just the less healthy. I mentioned that at times our visibility was under a half mile. We were locked down for 4 days, no open windows, no stepping out.
I've attached a screen shot for the current state of the fires in the conus and Can. Earlier on CNN Trudeau was complaining about the lack of news information about the situation in his country. They are under evacuation orders for a large number of people. There isn't much suppression going on either.
Hmm, lack of information... seems like we see it here also. When we were locked down there was little mention in the news, any news. Maybe some in the social media but I don't follow that. When we had a big hit north of here in Spokane and a couple people died and the main e/w interstate was shutdown it warranted a couple words.
In the picture you can see the extent of the current situation. Some items are a little misleading at the high level view, like a fire which was active but has since been controlled. Zooming in to the site shows that as well as the extent of the burn. SOme of the indicators are hot spots identified by satellite with no reports available.
There's a lot going on and we hear so little and what we do hear is filtered.
https://fire.airnow.gov/?lat=46.20804&lng=-119.11698&zoom=8
Good morning exindy. I wonder if it is just that attention
saturation thing, "oh yeah, deadly smoke again/still, ok, on to the real news ..."
Back in the spring of 22 i ordered a stand alone air filtration unit from Wyze that is designed for a much larger space that our little place, set it up in the bedroon and fired it up. My wife and I find ourselves thanking it very frequently.
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 --
Thank you, I looked into the filtration
and what I saw was a lot of the gadgetized stuff. IOT tied into a WiFi and controlled by my cell phone instead of having a dial selecting a level. High price tag and failure prone. It's that enshitification process.
My complaint isn't the saturation that numbs people, it is that we don't have an effective gov't, we have one that has no regard for people.
Like Burning Man. Yeah, I'd never do the event and I think on the surface it might be frivolous but there is no reason that attendance should warrant a death penalty. No regard for people. Treated like a piece of meat with a wallet. And if the wallet is empty, usury. And if that doesn't return enough, .... hand an IOU to your loved ones at your funeral.
Getting grumpy. Sorry.
HEH, my filter is an IOT device, but I don't use it as such.
I just set it on automatic and let it run. The mfr tries to make better tech cheaper, I got some of their cameras and bulbs. The bulbs re programmable and have amazing capabilities. The cameras too; I have mine set to pick up humans and critters (we get some wildlife here) and ignore everything else. Among other things, they let me know when the mail is here.
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 --
Monday Monday
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Hi all, Hey EL! Hope it's all good out there!
What was probably the Sta. Barbara Swallow-tailed Gull (from Galapagos) of a month ago, was seen and stunningly photographed Friday only, roosting on a beach in San Mateo Co.
You won't believe the great Greater (American) Flamingo invasion of 2023 courtesy of Hurricane Idalia. Since the 'cane about 75 have turned up in about 8 states! One in the FL keys and one in NC were banded and from the Yucatan study group. These birds were picked up (or were in the air) by Idalia and were stuck riding winds until they could 'fall out'. Often birds are trapped in the eye until it breaks up. This is the largest invasion in history and is unpresidented.
A potential first U.S. record of Gray Gull is also in FL post 'cane. A roundup of current sightings this weekend: almost all photographed.
American (Greater) Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber
Collinwoood, Wayne Co., TN - 5 birds
Bolivar Flats-Peninsula TX, - 5 birds
Pea Is. NWR Dare Co. NC - 11 birds
Plum Tree Is. NWR, VA - 2 birds
Cesars Creek St.Pk. Warren Co., OH, 2 birds
Cape Romaine NWR, SC - 2 birds
Bulls Is., SC - 2 birds
Hale Co., AL - 3 birds at a farm pond!
FL has over 60 at over a dozen locations.
If anyone ever wanted to see a wild legit vagrant Flamingo, now is the time. I wish I could chase them, but my chasing days are long over (totally rehabbed now with about 25 years without so much as a sip of a twitch-chase).
Danny Gatton was an awesome player.
Meanwhile Sat. and Sun. the top birding park in Huntington Bch. CA was not birdable due to being overrun by a civil war re-enactment! In CA? Really? In Hunt. Bch.? Nowadays? I thought we walked out of the caves and wrote poetry? A celebration of racism? Guess I got out just in time. We saw it goin' to shit in '75. That is the state of 'the OC' today.
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
Good morning Dysto. The gull and flamingo news is good,
the Huntington Beach crap, not so much. CA attracts people from all over, including the deep south and deep south wannabees. Years and years ago one of those Southren Rock bands played the Oakland Coliseum and there was film of assorted bozos who attended waving huge Confederate flags, they're freakin' everywhere. Wonder if they'd do that at a TOP concert, which, of course they probably wouldn't attend.
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 --
How Sanctions Failed To Hinder China
I just finished reading an excellent piece at Moon of Alabama. If you get a chance, please check it out.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/09/how-sanctioning-chinas-development...
Aside from the obvious draw because of my personal interests I was impressed by their approach and I was disappointed by our "representation" in this conflict. I am most definitely not impressed by the CV of the woman heading the project for the pentagon. I think that ties into the comment I made yesterday in the other open thread, the one about the Courtney Massengales in our upper ranks.
Anyway I was very impressed by the man heading up the Huawei company, the one who has turned the block of his cell phones into an opportunity. Here is a quote from him in the MoA piece:
That's pretty much my philosophy toward technical developments... hell, just about anything worth doing. That first statement in the quote is a slam against our corporate "leadership" and their overriding emphasis on reduction of labor costs and hiring the cheapest worker they can find. Gig even better.
That's my idea of a boss.
Hypocrisy in action. We get to choose what rules to enforce
whether we ourselves adhere to them.
Heh, typical. I guess you don't have to sign to enforce,
but one would question the enforcer's authoritah. Of course there is the older common law
style law of the sea, but that one forbids piracy and we are big time international pirates so I can't see us having a role in enforcing that.
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 --
FONOPS
Freedom of navigation operations is a slogan to justify naval and military flight operations just off the coast of China (but outside 12nm) and other designated enemy countries. A submarines main mission is offensive. Interdiction of foreign shipping lanes, offensive attack on foreign navies and land targets, anti-submarine warfare, etc.
I just happened to read an opinion on the state of US submarine warfare theory and what the missions are and I don't think I saw reference to FONOPS once. Check me on it, because all I saw was reference to wartime tactics and strategies. In fact, the article although forward looking in a golly gee whiz technical budget busting way, (as if there was no financial constraint on undersea warfare), seemed very WWIIish in concept. More than one country doesn't want submerged subs or nuclear powered vessels in their economic zones which can extend as much as 200nm off the coast. There really is no international consensus on this point. I'm pretty sure India wants foreign warships to give notice before entering Indian EEZs. The US doesn't comply. Their buzz line is we go wherever international law allows, which is another way of saying we make the rules.
The US submarine force should be silent no more
https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/2023/08/23/the-us-submarine-force-sh...
Here's a list published by Tufts on law of the sea disputed issues concerning EEZs/contiguous zones. The US disputes all of these as having no basis in international law.
https://sites.tufts.edu/lawofthesea/chapter-4/
I think a country having reservations or regulations about ships with hazardous cargo, nuclear powered vessels and the like inside their EEZ aren't that unreasonable. At a minimum notice and safe passage could potentially avoid accidents or mitigate environmental catastrophes. The US resistance is more of a we make the rules in your EEZ for our convenience approach. Operation of unmanned submersibles and naval drones also present a hazard to shipping, along with military exercises inside an EEZ.
語必忠信 行必正直
Good morning Soryang. Thanks. Excellent analysis and
summary. In the end, as you said, it appears to be simply "we make the rules" and, imo, an added dose of "nobody tells us what to do".
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 --