10/10 World Mental Health Day
~~ Puritan Dunking
What is mental health in an insane society?
"It is no measure of good health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society"?
~ J. Krishnamurti
Conformity for the sake of conformity, and Normality for the sake of normality are never good things, but especially not in a mad world.
Assertion:
“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.
“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”
Evidence:
Alice laughed. “There’s no use trying,” she said: “one can’t believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
Believe me, in today's world, nearly all of us do, it is almost inescapable, what with all the lies, propaganda, advertising, half-truths, and obfuscation.
Really, we have, and need to have:
World Day Against the Death Penalty
World Homeless Day
and World Mental Health Day
and we've been at war almost my entire life and spend horrible vast fortunes on killing foreigners and/or preparing to and on suppressing dissent and non-conformity here at home.But, hey, that's really healthy shit, right? You know how great this normalcy is when you look at the historical cures for wrong-think, for believing that maybe this isn't so wonderful, hanging, burning, torture, electro-shock and insulin shock, lobotomies and life in the nuthouse, or just about anything other than free thought.
On this day in history:
0680 -- The Battle of Karbala was fought
0732 -- The Battle of Tours was fought
1582 -- Nothing at all happened in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain; the date does not exist there
1846 – Triton, the largest moon of the planet Neptune, was discovered
1868 -- Carlos Cespedes proclaimed the Grito de Yara, starting the Cuban war of Independence from Spain (aka 10 Years War)
1897 -- Felix Hoffmann discovered an improved way to make aspirin
1903 -- Emmeline Pankhurst founded the Women's Social and Political Union
1911 -- The Wuchang Uprising, which led to the founding of the Republic of China
1913 -- Construction of the Panama Canal ended with a bang when President Woodrow Wilson blew up the Gamboa Dike
1928 – Chiang Kai-shek became Chairman Dictator of the Republic of China.
1938 -- The Munich Agreement ceded the Sudetenland to Germany.
1957 – The Windscale fire resulted in Britain's worst nuclear accident.
1963 -- The Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty went into effect, partially, one assumes
1967 – The Outer Space Treaty went into farce.
1973 -- Spiro T. Agnew resigned as US Vice President. No big loss.
1980 -- El Salvador's FMLN was founded
2002 – The United States Congress approved the Authorization for Use of Military Force against anybody we feel like
2010 -- The Netherlands Antilles were dissolved as a nation, eliminating some YUUUGE US Corporate tax avoidance schemes.
Some people who were born on this day:
When you look at art made by other people, you see what you need to see in it.
~~ Alberto Giacometti
1684 -- Jean-Antoine Watteau, painter
1731 -- Henry Cavendish, chemist, physicist, and philosopher
1813 -- Giuseppe Verdi, composer
1861 – Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer, scientist, and humanitarian
1870 – Louise Mack, Australian journalist, author, and poet
1901 – Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor and painter
1902 – K. Shivaram Karanth, Indian journalist, author, and activist
1914 -- Ivory Joe Hunter, singer, songwriter and pianist
1915 -- Harry Edison, A trumpet player and composer
1917 -- Thelonious Monk, pianist and composer
1923 -- Louis Gottlieb, singer, comic, musicologist and bass player
1924 – James Clavell, Australian-American director, producer, screenwriter, and author
1924 -- Ed Wood, actor, director, producer, screenwriter, had a plan from outer space
1926 -- Oscar Brown, singer, songwriter, playwright, activist and actor
1930 -- Harold Pinter, actor, director, screenwriter, activist and playwright
1941 -- Peter Coyote, actor, director, and screenwriter, member of the Diggers and the S.F. Mime Troupe
1941 -- Ken Saro-Wiwa, Ogoni author and activist murdered by the Nigerian government as a favor to Royal Dutch Shell.
1946 -- John Prine, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1948 – Cyril Neville, American R&B percussionist and singer
1954 -- David Lee Roth, singer, songwriter and producer
1958 -- Tanya Tucker, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1979 – Kangta, South Korean singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1979 -- Mya, singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress
1994 – Bae Suzy, South Korean singer, actress and model
Some people who died on this day:
Social progress and changes of historical period take place in proportion to the advance of women toward liberty, and social decline occurs as a result of the diminution of the liberty of women.”
~~ Charles Fourier
0019 -- Germanicus, Roman general
0680 -- Husayn ibn Ali, Islamic religious leader, Muhammad's grandson
1659 -- Abel Tasman, merchant and explorer
1800 -- Gabriel Prosser, caught planning a slave rebellion in the US and hanged for it.
1837 -- Charles Fourier, philosopher and academic
1872 -- William H. Seward, lawyer and politician, committed Seward's folly.
1963 -- Edith Piaf, singer, songwriter and actress
1964 -- Eddie Cantor, singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor
1973 -- Ludwig von Mises, economist and sociologist, a quack and a hack
1985 -- Yul Brynner, actor, no good rooskie
1985 -- Orson Welles, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
2010 -- Joan Sutherland, soprano and actress
2013 – Cal Smith, singer, guitarist and bumpkin
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
World Day Against the Death Penalty
World Mental Health Day
World Homeless Day
Today's Tunes
Ken Saro-Wiwa
Giuseppi Verdi (Look, Ma, kultchure)
Ivory Joe Hunter
Harry Edison
Thelonius Monk
Louis Gottlieb
Oscar Brown
John Prine
Cyril Neville
David Lee Roth
Tanya Tucker
Mya
Edith Piaf
Joan Sutherland (More Verdi, a twofer)
Kacey Musgraves and friend
So, um yeah, mental health day,most definitely, fer sure, fer sure. HEH. A mental health meditation for us all:
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
open thread, LOBOTOMY DAY , Grito de Yara, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Giacometti, Thelonious Monk, Harold Pinter, Peter Coyote, John Prine, Cyril Neville, Edith Piaf
Comments
<if you are not crazy they beat you up til you are.
I am officially crazy with stamp by the officials, who have the power.. F* them all. What didn't they took away from Me?
Good morning mimi. You're not in the least crazy as near
as I can tell. Of course, I'm not a shrink, but that just means tht I can be at least half ways objective and not bogged down in all the superstitious dogma that shrinks are taught in school.
You can still speak up and speak out and I'm glad you 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 --
Good morning...
I recommend a walk in nature to reclaim a bit of sanity. We're beginning to get a bit of color in the trees, and the cool weather makes it ideal for strolling through the woods.
Looking at your list reminds us war has been endless....but all the great music provides relief. Thanks for the OT and mental health reminder.
Speaking of nature, I caught this interesting discussion about the nature of an octopus.
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAlbXd-64MA&t=34s]
The Chris Hedges Report: Dystopia, octopus intelligence, and what makes us human
Writer Ray Nayler joins Chris Hedges to discuss his new novel, 'The Mountain in the Sea.'
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Since an octopus has 9 brains
If they are only 1/3 crazy, that leaves them with 6 sane minds.
And since they have 3 hearts, one broken has two more whole.
I know it sounds crazy, but get in touch with your inner octopus!
Happy Indigenous Day!
Good morning QMS, I like the idea of
getting in touch with one's inner octopod.
And a happy indigenous day to you too. I didn't feature that today because the holiday is a floater and not a fixed date. A disservice to the indigenous of all lands, unfortunately.
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 Lookout. The back yard is about as close
to nature as I will get for a few days, but I will be out there a lot, so that helps. Time to get my garlic and shallots planted, bed prep continues today, for instance.
The list, of course, barely grazes the surface. Every now and then I consider doing an OT that is all wars, starting well back in BCE-ville, but I never do.
Thanks for the clip, I'll try to get to it, Octopi are really fabulous creatures.
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 --
On this day in history 10/10/2022 historians will look back and
call it a doozy.
For many the day has just begun.
Good morning humphry. Thanks for the update on the
NATO proxy war on Russia.
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, Jeremy Corbyn speaks and it's well worth the listen
https://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=34030634
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Uhqyfk1pY]
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
Good morning gg, thanks for the clip. I'll
try to get to it today sometime.
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 --
Moon of Alabama has done a bit of research on the constant
propaganda that the MSM has been spreading.
Follow the link to see what I mean.
thanks. n/t
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 --
But how is all of this possible?
Are they still using dishwashers and fridges?
https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/xiqhu4/ursula_vo...
I never knew that the term "Never Again" only pertained to
those born Jewish
"Antisemite used to be someone who didn't like Jews
now it's someone who Jews don't like"
Heard from Margaret Kimberley
Apparently so. LOL
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-g6jY8DI3c]
Yeah, I saw it on the news!
All of these refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners, Tesla cars and microwaves
raining down on innocent Ukie children and pets. So ugly. What's a Brandon to do? We do
not believe this mess was not of his making, so come clean USNATO!
/sarcasm tag - for those still trying to believe in anything insane
Sometimes an image explains things quite well.
Wonderful, thanks. Needs wider distribution. n/t
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 --
My mental health is
relatively good, right now. Best it's been in years, in fact.
I know that I'm going to die by violence, and soon. So every day I wake up not dead makes me reasonably happy. I'm just waiting for the white flash, and I hope they'll do it at night so that it'll just be another nightmare. I'm used to those.
And still, they expect people who feel like me to *vote for them*? Amazing, innit?
If I were to plan it from the Russian side for a first strike, I'd mark the start of the whole thing by detonating one of the 10+MT devices that they undoubtedly have floating around in LEO (as a "failed GPS/GNSS satellite") when it was right over the middle of the country (pretty much directly overhead to me, here in Denver). That EMP would take out non-hardened C&C communications worldwide, as well much of the power grid. Detection of that EMP would also be the signal for everything else to begin: their attack subs to splash all the US boomers that they have locations on, and probably all the carrier groups as well. Their boomers could then use their short-traveling SLBMs to target the bomber leg of the triad at Minot, Whiteman, and Barksdale, who would probably not even get off the ground. And then their ICBMs could be saved back 5 minutes or so for relatively leisurely destruction of the industrial and population centers a few minutes later. Our ICBMs would launch at about the same time as theirs, and take out everything they had population and industry-wise.
Some boomers and some bombers would undoubtedly escape to go wreak a few more horrors here and there, but by and large the deal will be completely done in the first 30 minutes with the ICBMs from the hardened silos doing the heavy lifting, in the blind. The bombers that do get off the ground from either side won't need to land.
All it'll take is one of the Bhangmeters on one of the DoD satellites to detect a double-flash, or for us to lose contact all at once with all of them.
If I were asked to plan it from our side, I'd do the same thing: big EMP event = go time; period, end of statement. Who needs CC&C under those circumstances? There will be no limited nuclear engagement. Once the first one goes and CC&C is gone, they will all go- use 'em or lose 'em.
That is all.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Good morning UFS. I do hope that you're wrong,
that scenario doesn't leave enough time to drop acid and climb up on the roof for a better view. Glad that your mental health is fine, though.
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 know, right?
It's a gross injustice. At least in that scenario here in Denver we'd see the flash from the EMP shot at the same time the power goes out and the satellite/internet feeds all goes down. So, if I'm awake, that'd leave time here to make a drink and go watch the fun when the real MIRVing and under-50,000ft airbursts get going. Just look north.
The old Mountain States Bell building in town, down by the DCPA, is the junction for the vast majority of the fiber network points-of-presence in service today, and every big telecom giant has major satellite uplink/downlink stations within 30 or 40 miles of here. That's a feature of being in the middle of the continent.
That block of buildings between 14th, 15th, Champa, and Curtis (including the old AT&T Long Lines building and the old Denver Electric building) is now a major hub for digital interconnectivity and cloud storage, selling bandwidth and rack space to all comers. The big building is now owned by Lumen Technologies, or maybe Brightspeed- who can keep track with all the consolidation. But if you want to shut down telecom, just zap that address. 'Tain't particularly hardened.
That is arguably the number 1 priority 1 target here, but it is followed closely by Lockheed Missiles and Space out southwest of town, Buckley ANG (radar and weaponry training), and several others- plus we get the fun of Colorado Springs only being a few miles away, with NORAD, the Air Force Academy, Schreiver AFB (home of the Space Force!), and so on.
Long story short, we'll be glass very early on. Our tax dollars at work, you know. But it'll make Brandon's dick (or those of his Owners) hard in the process, so I guess that it must be okay. Just make it quick.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Not surprisingly one of the masterminds of the war in the
Ukraine offered this statement.
The puppets eagerly chime in with their 2 cents.
10/10/1582
This is bizarre; you're going to have to explain this one further to me.
In the Land of the Blind, the One-Eyed Man is declared mentally ill for describing colors.
Yes Virginia, there is a Global Banking Conspiracy!
One of those calendar change stunts, like changing to
Gregorian or Cosmopolitan, or something in changing from the old calendar to the new one they had to skip those days to play catch up, so they didn't exist.
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 --
better detail
https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-th....
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 --
switch of calenders
https://www.britannica.com/story/ten-days-that-vanished-the-switch-to-th...
when nations went from Julian to gregorian calenders, 10 days vanished
GGreenwald
speaks for me today on the US Left, what's left of it. A pathetic, cowardly bunch:
There is no left left in the Murican politic
Take a right at Central and you get close to what was left
before our right to differentiate betwixt the two. The present
slider bomb is no where near what was left. Gulp! For the
squad to appear progressive, they have to behave like weaklings.
Which they are, lacking any strength in numbers. It is the only way
the center right will allow them to (dis) appear.
Afternoon wokka. Thanks for the all too expected
info on the "Progressives" and the US left in general.
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 --
Hi el
Regarding mental health in an insane society I like this thinkers thoughts …
https://charleseisenstein.substack.com/p/theres-no-one-driving-the-bus
This Giacometti sculpture was new to me, and different than most of his others ...
I look forward to listening to your playlist.
Good morning Janis. Thanks for reading and for both the
link and the picture.
The picture is indeed somewhat out of character for the artist, but I've stumbled across an assortment of stuff that similarly seems unusual when compared to the normal run of his art as popularized.
The article is very good especially drawing the dividing line between situationism and dispositionism. This early quote:
called up two of my somewhat pet peeves. One is the widespread knee-jerk assumption of mono-causality as applying to whatever is at hand. Generally, the Universe is not mono causal, but our educations foster such a viewpoint by oversimplifying and focusing upon fragments of systems when trying to elucidate the rules governing individual specific subunits and subsystems.
The other is an essentially Manichean outlook on reality. Certain religions and their perpetrators have denounced that view as a horrible sin, and all for the wrong reasons. Meanwhile, they lapse into such thought patterns and processes without recognizing them as such and everybody grows up thinking in terms of good actors and bad actors driving things when reality is so much more complex and nuanced.
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 --
Hi el
I did a bit more exploration of the sculpture by Giacometti. I found the following Guggenheim explanation very interesting in its entirety. I believe you will also find it of interest.
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I thought your thinking might run along a similar line to Charles Eisenstein … something to do with peace and understanding in a broad context.
I enjoyed your playlist with its blend of humour and gravity.