September 26, 2016 Open Thread, I spy with my little eye Anthony Blunt
September 26 is the 269th day of the year. There are 96 days left.
Today's number is 26
Uh, 2 x 13, both primes
26 is Iron
26 is "breakfast" a notorious darts score where an attempted score of 180 (3 x triple 20) is misthrown as 1 + 20 + 5
There are 26 letters in the English Alphabet, making a string of letters a stronger password than a string or numbers
Switzerland has 26 cantons
Title 26 of the US Code is the Internal Revenue Code
26 BCE was the Year of the Consulship of Augustus and Taurus
26 CE was the Year of the Consulship of Lentulus and Sabinus
Pontius Pilate was appointed prefect of Judea.
Tiberius retired to Capri
On this day in:
1493 -- Pope Alexander VI issued the papal bull Dudum siquidem giving the new world & more to Spain
1580 -- Sir Francis Drake completed a circumnavigation of the planet
1777 -- The Brits occupied Philadelphia looking for cheesesteak.
1914 -- The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was created
1934 -- They launched the Queen Mary
1960 -- The first TV debate between Tricky Dick and JFK took place.
1969 -- The Beatles released Abbey Road
1973 -- The Concorde made its first non-stop flight across the Atlantic
1983 -- Stanislav Petrov decided that a reported incoming nuclear missile was a computer error, not a US attack
1984 -- The United Kingdom agreed to cede Hong Kong to China.
2008 -- Yves Rossy flew a jet powered "wingpack" across the English Channel.
Born this day in:
1750 -- Cuthbert Collingwood, an admiral - look him up sometime if he is unknown to you
1774 -- Johnny Appleseed, yeah, really.
1849 -- Ivan Pavlov, bell ringer
1888 -- J. Frank Dobie, journalist, author, and liberal Texan
1888 -- T. S. Eliot, poet, playwright, critic, Nobel Prize laureate, eater of peaches
1889 -- Martin Heidegger, philosopher and academic, Dasein
1891 -- Hans Reichenbach, philosopher (Vienna Circle, logical empiricist), commie
1898 -- George Gershwin, pianist and composer
1907 -- Anthony Blunt, art historian and rooskie spy
1925 -- Marty Robbins, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1945 -- Bryan Ferry, singer & songwriter
1946 -- Andrea Dworkin, "radical feminist" activist and author
1947 -- Lynn Anderson, never promised anybody a rose garden
1948 -- Olivia Newton-John, singer, songwriter and actress
1949 -- Wendy Saddington, Australian singer and journalis
1951 -- Stuart Tosh, singer, songwriter and drummer
1955 -- Carlene Carter, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1964 -- John Tempesta, drummer
1965 -- Cindy Herron, singer
1966 -- Dean Butterworth, drummer
1967 -- Shannon Hoon, singer, songwriter and guitarist
Died this day in:
1820 -- Daniel Boone, American hunter and explorer, allegedly had a farm
1868 -- August Ferdinand Mobius, mathematician and astronomer; also had a band
1902 -- Levi Strauss, businessman
1904 -- Lafcadio Hearn, author and academic
1937 -- Bessie Smith, singer and actress
1945 -- Bela Bartok, pianist and composer
1946 -- William Strunk, Jr., stylish author and educator
1947 -- Hugh Lofting, author and poet who did little
1952 -- George Santayana, philosopher, novelist, and poet noted for remembering the past
1991 -- Billy Vaughn, singer and bandleader
1998 -- Betty Carter, singe
2000 -- Baden Powell de Aquino, guitarist and composer
2003 -- Robert Palmer, singer & songwriter
Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days and such:
Meh, try The Feast of Cosmas and Damian, it is as good as any.
So, for music we gots:
Abbey Road
George Gershwin
Marty Robbins
Bryan Ferry
Lynn Anderson
Olivia Newton-John
Wendy Saddington
Stuart Tosh
Carlene Carter
John Tempesta
Cindy Herron
Dean Butterworth
Shannon Hoon
Bessie Smith
Bela Bartok
Billy Vaughn
Betty Carter
Baden Powell de Aquino
Robert emerson-lake-and Palmer
Abbey Road
George Gershwin
Marty Robbins
Bryan Ferry
Lynn Anderson
Olivia Newton-John
Wendy Saddington
Stuart Tosh
Carlene Carter
John Tempesta
Cindy Herron
Dean Butterworth
Shannon Hoon (This cut is allegedly rare, heh)
Bessie Smith
Bela Bartok
Billy Vaughn
Betty Carter
Baden Powell de Aquino
Robert emerson-lake-and Palmer
So, this is an open thread, go to it
Comments
I never connected cheesesteaks and a British invasion
TY for the laugh bright and early, el.
Hey! my dear friends or soon-to-be's, JtC could use the donations to keep this site functioning for those of us who can still see the life preserver or flotsam in the water.
My pleasure, glad you enjoyed it.
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 once liked this lady, before she got to power.
She shows her great diplomatic skills, indeed, and her position at the UN is totally justified. Well, YMMV.
U.S. slams Russian 'barbarism' in Syria, Moscow says peace almost impossible
https://www.euronews.com/
Here is more of Samantha Powers' speech at the UN
Second video in the article is broadcasting more of Powers words.
Well, it's war. And now everyone is crying for empathy for the victims while being incapable of stopping themselves from continuing bombing and shooting. WTF.
https://www.euronews.com/
As you would expect the Germans are drinking from the same
water fountain.
Bundesregierung übt scharfe Kritik an Rolle Russlands im Syrien-Konflikt (German Federal Government in sharp criticism of Russia's role in Syria conflict)
My translation:
Oh, I need my beloved lawyers to explain to me who is right and who is wrong. Darn it.
That lead me to search some information about our German government spokesman Steffen Seibert. Unfortunately that's too long an article to translate, but it says in essence that this former journalist of the ZDF, is trusted by Merkel, because he comes up to the point quickly and always "shuts up his mouth" to say nothing. That's the kind we need as a government spokesman. Bravo.
https://www.euronews.com/
Strange that during election years
the 269th day of the year is the 26th day of the 9th month.
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
Strange indeed, but I thought that calendars repeated on
a longer cycle than 4 years. Now I'll have to dig into that - who's got a perpetual calendar these days? It used to be the last page of the yellow pages.
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 --
Dates are consistent
through years/leap years. Day-date coincide on something like a 17 or 19 year cycle. I don't really remember and can be confusing with lunar cycles.
There is no such thing as TMI. It can always be held in reserve for extortion.
Ah, ok, go with 19 - there's an astronomical term for that
repeat, mentioned in passing in my OT for the 19th.
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 --
a perpetual calendar, online
calendar-365 has everything, almost.
List of leap years: http://www.calendar-365.com/leap-years.html
etc.
Thanks
Thanks.
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 --
Singed
more like crisp-fried to a crackly crunch. Thanks for Betty Carter How High the Moon
Chilly, my familiar is gone. She was my ceiling my basement my everything. On the Equinox I took her to get the big shot that takes away the breath. Only five days earlier went broker diagnosing lung cancer, spreading. It went right to her spine and paralyzed her but her mind was all there. And her heart. Wah. 11 years by my side im solitary depressive disabled since 2003. It is finally okay I am making my peace. Peace be the journey. Not a cry for help or hug just longing for peace that is all. Can no longer afford another companion.
Today I will not (CHP closed road) go up on Pine Mountain where there is a veggie farmer amidst the sea of wine-grapes. I trade weeding and whatever I can do for fresh food for which I have no money. Grateful thanks.
There is a fire nearby, https://twitter.com/hashtag/sawmillfire. It was 100 degrees at the corner store yesterday the sky looked ominous @1:30pm it was 75 acres, this morning 1500. Local rag is conduit for free artisan greed advertising, have a cold one don't think about the homeless people or the shitty wages industry perpetuates. Cheers.
Don't notice the street in state of disrepair.
Rather smoke a Blunt than be one
Edit: closed road no veggies maybe tomorrow
Say hi to the mountain for me, and enjoy it the best you are
able. Someday I will have to wander up to said mountain, though, for all I know, I did so unknowingly some long years ago. In the meantime I will ponder how it is that mountainiferous grapes and veggies share the same terroir, since the best conditions for the former are really poor for the latter, and vice-versa, or so I understand.
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 --
veggie terroir
Pine Mountain Gold! That is what I call everything that comes from their ground. Starting with the water, everything spring fed, the people, the animals, the food. There is something about it like magic to me.
These farmers do not grow wine-grapes or cannabis (I asked!) , they simply grow food to feed people, farm to table they bring it. Everything two dollars a pound. Okra, peppers, cucumbers, squash, melons, beans, tomatoes, eggplant. Apples, pears, figs. They preserve as much as possible, I am learning. Took phone pictures in May when the tomato plants we planted were puny, haha! They are yuuge now. Organic, so can't avoid a horn-worm or two amidst the rows. ~shudder~ :-D. It is all so beautiful I am a lucky earth worshiper. Will share your mountain greetings the next time up, thanks. Good day.
Peace
emails
Usually there's an email thread going on around here, but I don't see one this morning. I'll just put this here in case anyone is interested.
And, good morning, everybody!
"Everyone at (PRN) had access to Clinton's emails" WTF?
Good morning, thanks for that! Thank you wikileaks.
Maybe it will sink in eventually, besides supporting crap insecure monopoly software, private contractors get near zero oversight. Who are the current overseers?
https://oversight.house.gov/interactivepage/wasteland/
Same as the old boss.
George Gershwin
Last year, I went on vacation to Michigan and one of the places we visited was the Music House Museum near Traverse City. It is a don't miss, if you are ever up that way.
Among the many wonderful instruments they had there was a beautiful and ornate player piano that played Rhapsody in Blue as recorded by George Gershwin himself. There are actually two piano parts and Gershwin played them both. Listening to Rhapsody in Blue as played by George Gershwin sent chills down my spine. He was an excellent pianist as well as the most amazing song writer.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy