Open Thread WE 20 JUL 22 ~ tugboats
Perpetually evoking nature and mythology to address historical issues of contemporary relevance, Mutu positions women as the most powerful, revering their physical form and highlighting their innate connection to ecology.
Welcome to a wide open thread, hosted today by a fried banana. Have a few appointments
scheduled today, so will be mostly trying to avoid the sun and heat.
Just finishing up a fun read On Tugboats by Virginia L. Thorndike. Published in Maine in 2003, she dedicated the book to a friend lost in a tugboat accident. She did a good job of researching tugboat lore and history, with many anecdotes and stories from that world. It was fun for me, as it was also a trip down memory lane from my tug-boating days in the late 70's and early 80's. Exciting, sometimes dangerous and peopled by real characters.
Somehow I became sidetracked into the sub-genre of old tugboat engines ...
slow turning, powerful old beasts with as much personality as their operators.
Hope y'all have something of great social and political import to impart.
Cheers!
Credits ~
“In Two Canoe” (2022) by Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu at the
Storm King Art Center situated on the ancestral homelands of the Lenape,
in Hudson Valley, NY.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/06/wangechi-mutu-storm-king/
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Good morning captain
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We're happy to have gotten rain the last two days - 1.1" all together.
This AM seems Russia plans to resume gas delivery through Nord Stream 1 (at reduced levels). I'm surprised since not doing so collapses the EU....especially Germany.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/exclusive-russia-seen-restarting...
That chess game is above my pay grade.
Your featured sculpture seem well rooted. We enjoyed a trip to the maritime museum in Biloxi a few years back. Here's an interesting tidbit from the trip...
Thanks for the OT and don't slip on your banana peel.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Can't help but wonder if that flexibility allowed her to
exceed her normal "hull speed", normally determined by a craft's length. Then, of course, further wonder how often it made a difference if it did.
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 --
In today's headlines
Syria cuts diplomatic ties with Ukraine
https://www.rt.com/news/559299-syria-ukraine-diplomatic-ties/
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North Korea cut off by Kiev
Ukraine made the move over the recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics by Pyongyang
https://www.rt.com/russia/558947-ukraine-cuts-ties-pyongyang/
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Humanitarian aid to Syria and war on terror — results of Tehran Summit
According to joint statement, the Astana Troika should play a key role in stopping the Syrian conflict
https://tass.com/world/1482247
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Putin warns of Nord Stream 1 gas capacity cuts over equipment repairs
No mention that Putin offered to open Nord Stream 2 to assure supply in this article.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/putin-gazprom-ready-stick-its-ga...
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Greenland Threatens - An atmospheric river caused it.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/07/19/greenland-threatens/
Nasrallah: ‘US/Israel must submit to our demands
or risk full-blown war’
How many countries does the US have to piss-off before there is serious blow-back?
Under what basis does US/Israel have to prevent Lebanon from developing its own oil/gas
resources? Making Hezbollah a political boogie man is no justification.
There are indications China, Iran and Russia are ready for carrying out projects in Lebanon in
spite of threatened US sanctions.
https://thesaker.is/nasrallah-us-israel-must-submit-to-our-demands-or-ri...
Good morning QMS. Great art, including those
engine shots. Tugs! Ah yes. There used to be and probably still is a pier in S.F. that housed 3, maybe 4, big, modern, kick ass, heavy duty, sea going tugs. They looked vaguely futuristic/sci-fi to me by contrast to the classic 50's era tugs I recall from my youth. When I worked in the area I always took a look to see how many were in and how many were out and wonder what the hell they were up to. S.F. and Oakland, between them, have a respectable flotilla of assorted ages and sizes of tugs and, of course, an unexpectedly high number of barges.
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 book did mention some of the old tugs
in the Bay Area, I believe the Hercules is still there.
https://tugs.fandom.com/wiki/San_Francisco_Maritime_Museum
an old steam paddle wheeler tug
thanks for posting!
It’s back on google again
You always find such great artwork. Love this picture.
Sam and I are off to the hills again today and will escape the fireworks for St. Brigham's day which celebrates the Mormons coming down Emigration canyon and spouting, This is the Place! Must have been in springtime and everything was lush and green because I think it was dumb for them to find paradise in a desert.
I asked Sam if she had packed her bags. She cracked up with laughter because she doesn’t lift a finger to help me get ready. Except she carries a toy to the car.
Was Humpty Dumpty pushed?
Alex made that his clown world today...
New twist in Nord Stream gas flow. Hungary denies weapons flow. Turkey joins Russia & Iran.
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Clown world's are at the end.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Those are some heavy duty
anchors in that canoe. She is moored in place. I guess she has all the water she needs right where she is.
Heavy duty tug engines as well. Very impressive and beautiful in their way.
More news on the heat wave in Europe.
https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2022/07/horrific-heat-descends-upon-w...
Thanks for the OT, hope you're cool up there in the North Woods.
Yes Virginia, there IS a global banking conspiracy!
https://thefreethoughtproject.com/us-treasury-just-published-a-working-p...
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!
a threat to the global banking cartel because they
cannot control it. That sums it up IMO. Fortunately for us, there is a large bloc of independent
nations that are shifting away from the financial terrorism of IMF, WEF, WBG, ETC. tactics.
BRIC, local currencies based on real (basket of goods) resources, and international agreements outside of the sanctioned restrictions of SWIFT will become the more sensible mode of exchange.
SPFS (System for Transfer of Financial Messages) and CIPS (China International Payments System) and SCO (Shanghai Cooperative Organization) provide a SWIFT alternative in global banking transactions.
Thanks for your comment!
I'm truly grateful to hear it
How can those of us presently trapped behind Iron Curtain 2.0 avail ourselves of this?
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!
Being only a small time investor
I do not know the procedures involved. My guess would be to convert your dollars into rubles or
yuan, then set-up an account in one of the associated banks of the Russian Central Bank or
Bank of China, perhaps thru an intermediary such as Singapore, then transfer your funds. Would take some research.
https://moverfocus.com/international-money-transfers/
good fortune !
You find such beautiful art, friend!
A local convenience store owner, from India, was a ship's pilot, took cruise ships through the Suez Canal, and Panama Canal...you boat people are like no other.
A judge pal was a naval guy, was accustomed to bring in battleships into port and docking.
The whole boat and ship and tug and sail is awesome, something I know so little about, being a land lubber.
I will say, check out the Elissa in Galveston. I have a piece of her, that thing that is used for ropes to tie around for docking. Forgive me my lack of ship speak. I got it at the Elissa dedicated museum in Galveston, Texas. Elissa led the bicentennial sail in the New York Harbor during the celebration. Again, apologies for the non-sailor speak.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Yeah, sailor speak is almost a different language
Perhaps the piece of the Elissa you possess would be a cleat or a bitt.
There are many majestic, old sailing vessels still floating around the coasts
and Great Lakes. It's a labor of love to maintain the wooden hulls from 100+
years ago. Some are still working, many are museums. Mystic is a working
restoration yard in Connecticut, not far from here.
https://www.mysticseaport.org/explore/shipyard-gallery/
cheers!
I read on the plaque
a description of the piece. It is a belaying pin, used on The Elissa, built in 1877.
Have a great day. Hope your foot is finally healed.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Yeah, was gonna guess belaying pin
but they were used more for cinching rigging lines aboard
abast ye matees, batten down the hatches and hoist up the
land lubbers! Any port in a storm, long as ya got lines
I have had that pin
on my bedroom wall since 1990. It was already mounted, ready to hang on the wall. I was shocked that it was even for sale! I bought it to just have some history, and that it was art in the minimalist sense, was just so wonderful
I might try to get photo of it and posted. I will need help. Tech is not my thing!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Here it is!
I got Magic Tech Help for The Wife Who Can't do Tricky Shit with a PC!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Ahh yes, a right handsome pin at that
many turns of the line has that one bespoke
the beauty of the design is the taper
once a rope was affixed, it was simple to
pull the plug to release the sheet in a quick fashion
belay that last order
thanks for sharing!
some sailing speak for you
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
situational awareness
lookin around to sea
what's about to be comin' down
s'what's keepen' us alive
thanks for the doors!
That wonderful song
is a romance thing with me and hubby. We try to play it when we set up at cabins or condos.
It is our song.
We went for it all!
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
good choice
not to say it's all or nuttin'
but it is a great start!
Just thinking about being out on the ocean
riding a 12,000 horse tug in the middle of the night
towing a 400 ton barge about a mile back
looking out the pilothouse door and seeing the stars
and nothing else ..
your song would go good with that
I can't imagine that, pal
You can because you have, haven't you?
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Oh yes, but it is fun to share the experience
probably difficult to get ones brain wrapped around that
without a reference or background, sorry
closest thing to traveling into outer space
(with a few exceptions)
that are available to the modern mind
I can still feel the harmonics of the engines
in my bones ..
You are a Columbus,
sans killing indigenous, etc..
That water does wonders for you, eh?
Enjoy the waves, the work, the whales, the water birds. You were born for it.
Any Portuguese in your DNA?
Just asking.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Not to my knowledge
but I do enjoy Portugal and the Azores
former lifetime perhaps?