12/09 Open Thread - It's Anna's Day
~~ Lutefisk Contest
Anna's Day is the day to start the preparation process of the lutefisk to be consumed on Christmas Eve. You have been notified, so get on it.
For what its worth, according to Wikipedia, on this day in 1822 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, in a memoir read to the Academy of Sciences, coined the terms linear polarization, circular polarization, and elliptical polarization, and reported a direct refraction experiment verifying his theory that optical rotation is a form of birefringence.
In the early nineteen-sixties, both Somalia and Kenya threw off their colonial yokes to become free. This was like music to the ears of the USA'a political classes. Better yet, turmoil and civil war broke out in Somalia, affording a potential excuse and justification for a "peacekeeping mission" and long term base from which to exert "influence" in that part of Africa and the adjacent waters. Having finagled control command of a UN operation consisting largely of US troops and personnel, on December 9, 1992, the US Central Command literally invaded Somalia using multiple simultaneous amphibious assaults and a helicopter assault on the Mogadishu airport. Though our fondness for Somalia has waxed and waned, we still have troops there, though we never did acquire a permanent base.
On this day in history:
1636 – The Qing dynasty of China, led by Emperor Hong Taiji, invaded Joseon.
1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, was established by Noah Webster.
1824 – Patriot forces defeated a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, ending the Peruvian War of Independence.
1897 – Marguerite Durand founded the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris..
1905 – France passed the law separating church and state. I wonder if it works any better than ours has?.
1917 – British Field Marshal Allenby captured Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire. I'll say no more
1948 – The Genocide Convention was adopted. Really? Yes, really
1953 – General Electric announced that all communist employees would be fired
1958 – The John Birch Society was founded
1962 – The Petrified Forest National Park was created.
1968 – Douglas Engelbart gave "The Mother of All Demos"
1979 – The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified. This is the only known extinction that TPTB gave a shit about
1992 – American troops landed in Somalia. We still don't have a base there, just troops.
1996 – Gwen Jacob was acquitted of committing an indecent act, effectively legalizing female toplessness in Ontario, Canada..
2017 – Australia legalized same-sex marriage.
Some people who were born on this day:
When one man says, “No, I won’t,” Rome begins to fear.
~~ Dalton Trumbo
1608 – John Milton, poet
1617 – Richard Lovelace, ditto
1748 – Claude Louis Berthollet, chemist
1779 – Tabitha Babbitt, tool maker and inventor
1813 – Thomas Andrews, chemist
1842 – Peter Kropotkin, zoologist, economist, geographer, and philosopher
1868 – Fritz Haber, chemist
1883 – Nikolai Luzin, mathematician
1900 – Albert Weisbord, activist
1905 – Dalton Trumbo, author, screenwriter, and blacklistee
1906 – Grace Hopper, computer scientist, invented COBOL, for better or worse
1906 – Freddy Martin, bandleader and saxophonist
1932 – Donald Byrd, trumpet player
1932 – Billy Edd Wheeler, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and playwright
1934 – Junior Wells, singer, songwriter, and harmonica player.
1940 – Clancy Eccles, singer, songwriter, and producer
1941 – Dan Hicks, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1943 – Kenny Vance, singer, songwriter, and producer
1944 – Neil Innes, singer and songwriter
1946 – Dennis Dunaway, bass player and songwriter
1957 – Donny Osmond, singer, songwriter, dancer, actor, Osmond
1958 – Nick Seymour, bass player, songwriter, and producer
1968 – Brian Bell, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Jakob Dylan, ditto
1972 – Tré Cool, drummer and songwriter
Some people who died on this day:
You only find what you are looking for, really, if the truth be known.
~~ Mary Leakey
1996 – Patty Donahue, singer and songwriter
1996 – Mary Leakey, archaeologist and anthropologist
2002 – Mary Hansen, singer and guitarist
2006 – Georgia Gibbs, singer
2010 – James Moody, saxophonist, flautist, and composer
2012 – Jenni Rivera, singer, songwriter, producer, and actress
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Anna's day
International Anti-Corruption Day (United Nations)
snerk, anti-corruption day, heh, hee,hee,hee. Oh, I needed a good laugh.
Today's Tunes
John Milton
Richard Lovelace
Freddy Martin
Donald Byrd
Billy Edd Wheeler
Junior Wells
Clancy Eccles
Dan Hicks
Kenny Vance
Neil Innes
Neil Innes, The Rutles, George Harrison, Eric Idle, et al.
Dennis Dunaway
And now, Donny Osmond
Nick Seymour
Brian Bell
Jakob Dylan
Tre' Cool
Patty Donahue
Mary Hansen
Georgia Gibbs
James Moody
Jenni Rivera
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, Annas Day, Smallpox, Somalia, John Milton, Richard Lovelace, Junior Wells, Dan Hicks, Neil Innes
Comments
Two experienced diplomats look at Syria's fall...
Western Asia was fundamentally changed this weekend. Israel has snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with the help of Turkey, MI6, and the CIA among others with a group of multinational jihads.
Syria Collapse: Israel Wins, Russia Setback, Iran Isolated & Closer to Bomb
Ambassador Freeman served as US Assistant Secretary of Defense from 1993-94, and as U. S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (89–92), handling the fallout of the Gulf War. He was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the historic U.S. mediation of Namibian independence, And he was Richard Nixons principal interpreter during his 1972 visit to China, which lead to the normalization of US–China relations.
(38 min)
The other diplomat is the UK's Alastair Crooke. He is a former British diplomat and the founder and director of the Beirut-based Conflicts Forum. He writes articles on geopolitics, Middle East, and international relations for Strategic Culture, a website that challenges mainstream narratives.
Turkey Turns on Russia...
(28 min)
Big changes afoot. I fear this spells the end of a Palestinian state.
Thanks for the OT, el.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning LO. Thanks for the clips. There
never was to be a Palestinian state. The UN declared that one had to be created, along with Israel, but never stepped up to enforce that in the face of unending assaults on the Palestinian people and seizures of their territory. It was all virtue signalling. The Brits clearly intended Israel to be a local hegemon from day one and permitted early ethnic cleansing, even before Israel was formally created.
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 --
The Loss of Syria in a Wider War
Brian Berletic, a geopolitical researcher, posted the excellent analysis of the fall of Syria in the video below.
Berletic says the taking of Syria is a reminder that while US military and industrial power wanes, it still possesses potent "superweapons" in terms of monopolizing information space, poisoning populations against their own best interests, and toppling nations.
He warns nations that they all will be targeted at some point in the current World War for control over all global resources, and to protect themselves, countries must invest deeply in securing and defending national and regional information space from US interference. They must create local education programs and produce journalists and analysts, and build local social media platforms to replace US-based platforms, and pass laws ending foreign funding of media inside targeted countries.
Brian Berletic, who wrote for over 10 years under the pen name of 'Tony Cartalucci', is a geopolitical researcher and writer based in Bangkok, Thailand. His work covers world events from a Southeast Asian perspective.
The Research Used in this video can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcN2aZgr8Yg
Where to Find My Work:
Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/
Good morning Pluto. Thanks for the video. One
hopes that his advice is heeded by all, but it well might be too late for many.
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'm back at work
in the office for the first time since my out-of-warranty experience. It is fairly amusing- people are coming by and asking "Why did you come back?"
Why, indeed. Well, because I can't afford not to, mostly. But thanks for asking...
Meanwhile, I see that the enshitification of the Middle East continues apace. I'm glad to see the article linked by Pluto's Republic: it is incredibly important that the rest of the world inoculate themselves against us as soon as practicable. The US has been allowed free reign to delay, deny, and depose the rest of the world for far too long.
Changes are coming, I think.
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Good morning UFS. Glad to see you "up and around"
Just had the water heater go south. Got 11 years out of it; the one it replaced was oveer 50 years old. Pfah! Thanks for reading and 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 --
You would think, but…
I dunno. I just read this transcript of a Lavrov interview and I’m not that impressed with his answers.
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/1986144/
In many cases he doesn’t cleanly answer the question and in others he thinks that Russia just needs to follow international law and everything will be okay. Good grief how many times has Russia signed treaties according to international law only for the other signers to betray them? Then they sign another one anyway hoping for a different outcome.
Russia is somewhat responsible for the fall of Syria. It never stopped Israel from attacking whatever the hell they wanted in Syria and including Iran and hezzbollah troops or military bases while they were trying to defend Palestine. Israel denied letting Iran planes land there recently. And let them bomb crossings between Syria and Lebanon. Plus they let Israel attack Syria's military and its bases. Some friends.
Scientists are concerned that conspiracy theories may die out if they keep coming true at the current alarming rate.
There are some steel traps being installed and discussed
One is the installation at world settlement banks of a block chain ledger system to track trades rather than using SWIFT. Removing SWIFT ends the Hegemon.
Another plan is a global wealth entity that competes with US Treasury auctions and sales, at favorable rates, but backed with with no risk guarantees. The US Treasury auctions would fail to raise enough investment money to cover the interest on its debts. Closing down the Hegemon financial system for a few days so other bailouts can be found..
There may be other plans in the works to abruptly defang the Dollar. which the majority of the world would like to see. There are no threats made. The solutions just slide into place,
These solutions will hit close to home. In the end, the American people will pay the price for the evils they funded, and for the psychopaths and mental-defectives they elected.
Re: Dalton Trumbo
The 2015 movie Trumbo is worth the time. Gets the essential bits presented well enough even as overall the movie is flat-footed. The compensation is that the performances are very good.
Good afternoon Marie, thanks for reading and stopping by.
Thanks for the movie rec too, though I don't watch too many these days.
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
Hi all, Hey EL!
Thanks for the OT and a bunch of great tuneage!
Fresnel rocked! He was an optical visionary.
Wisdom did it again, at 74! You go girl!
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86w9n4jlvwo
I am not seeing much of anything, will get a re-do on one of the eye-scans this week, and then can schedule the surgery... Heard a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker in front yard yesterday.
Hope all are well!
Happy trails!
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 afternoon Dysto, thanks for reading and the article
on wisdom. Best of luck with the eye scans and eventual surgery.
Robins are now flocking. Awaiting the Waxwings to join them at the Toyon and other berries.
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, lookee there-
the gendarmes claim to have arrested the United Healthcare assassin.
I hope they have the right guy, and not just some poor schlub that was standing in the wrong place wearing the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Regardless: any bets on whether he mysteriously and inexplicably dies in custody over the next couple of days?
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/investigators-question-man-connection-w...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
No messing with the capitalist masters
Watched a number of videos on the incident. The ones with cop/fbi/etc experts were interesting in that they expressed a lot of boiling hostility toward the shooter, and regard for the CEO. Internet and social media content were the opposite brimming with gallows and black humor. The cops failed to protect one of the bosses.
Picked up at a McDonalds. What could be more iconic. Not too far from the Greyhound Bus Station. Did he stay on the bus and bus line for a long time? The system will keep him alive as a living example what happens....
Edit: here is a twitter thread on Luigi Mangione the alleged shooter.
https://twitter.com/search?q=%20Luigi%20Mangione&src=typed_query
He seems to be
an interesting sort. Came from money, looks like they say, and was smart enough to have been the valedictorian of his private highschool class. Valedictorian.
That assertion alone, if true, tells me that the educational system in this country is in much worse shape than I'd feared... (;-)
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
I saw something
about one of his friends said after he underwent back surgery, he went crazy.
Exactly why do these murderers feel it necessary to write a manifesto? Just askin' for a friend...
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
good bunch of music today EL
guess it plays on being born on a 'ticular day
Ahh, Lukfisk ..
Thanks Anna!
question everything
Good morning Cap'n Q, thanks for the history on
lutefisk. Glad you liked the tunes
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 --
dupe
I am not, maybe a bit gullible, but not a dupe 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 --
You're...
super duper.
Laugh of the day!
Thanks