Sunday Open Thread: January 7th is NY Anti-Democracy Day (Unofficial)**
World History this day
1558 -- France took Calais from England.
1942 -- The start of the siege of the Bataan Peninsula
1959 -- The US recognized Fidel's government in Cuba
1979 -- The Vietnamese drove Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge out of Phnom Penh
US History this day
1608 -- Fire destroyed Jamestown, Virginia.
1920 -- The New York State Assembly refused to seat five legally elected Socialists **
1980 -- Carter authorized $1.5 billion in loans to Chrysler
1999 -- The Senate's impeachment trial of Clinton started
** The State Assembly of New York State expelled 5 elected socialists for being socialists and when they were re-elected in the special election held to replace them, immediately expelled 3 of them a second time. The remaining two quit in disgust and protest at the blatant anti-democratic behavior of the ruling elites.
Science & Technology this day
1610 -- Galileo made his first observation of the four brightest Galilean moons
1785 -- Jean-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries flew from Dover to Calais in a gas balloon.
1927 -- The first transatlantic phone service (between New York City & London.)
1985 -- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Sakigake deep space probe
The Arts this day
1955 -- Marian Anderson became the first person of color to perform at the Met
Misc. this day
1948 -- A Kentucky Air National Guard pilot crashed while chasing a UFO.
Birthdays of Note this day
1891 -- Zora Neale Hurston, author
1899 -- Al Bowlly, singer, songwriter and composer
1906 -- Red Allen, trumpet player
1912 -- Charles Addams, cartoonist
1922 -- Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist
1935 -- Kenny Davern, clarinet and sax player
1938 -- Paul Revere, keyboard player and songwriter
1946 -- Jann Wenner, published, co-founded Rolling Stone
1948 -- Kenny Loggins, singer and songwriter
1950 -- Juan Gabriel, singer and songwriter
1959 -- Kathy Valentine, bassist and song writer
Deaths of Note this day
1943 -- Nikola Tesla, physicist and engineer
1972 -- John Berryman, poet
2016 -- Kitty Kallen, singer
So now some music
Al Bowlly
Red Allen
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Kenny Davern
Paul Revere
Kenny Loggins
Juan Gabriel
Kathy Valentine
Kitty Kallen
Photo: La corrupción empieza aquí by Daniel Lobo
It's an open thread, so do your thing
I have a bunch of stuff to do today, so I might not be around much.
Comments
Good morning, el ~~
Just want to express congratulations to c99p's third anniversary! Woohoo! My two-year anniversary here will come in March and I want to thank you wise folks for starting this refuge a full year before we knew we needed it!
I always love the history lesson, el. Happy birthday, today, to my best friend, Kathleen. Made it to 65!
Have a beautiful day, everyone!
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Oops, I have the anniversary down as the 22nd. I even have a
beggingfundraising OT scheduled that day.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 increased my contribution
to c99p by $5/mo starting this month. Every little bit helps. Thanks for all you contribute here, el.
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Hello C99
We made it out of the terrible twos and on to three. Thanks to everyone who contributes to our little community.
Today we're due to climb into the 40's....a heat wave! I hope everyone is dealing well with the deep freeze that has blanketed the eastern US.
I posted Jimmy's piece in the weekly, but there's so much there it might get lost, so let me put in a plug for this clip that does such a good job showing how Americans are misled and misdirected by the media. Worth the watch and a nice piece to send to anyone you might know who watches CNN (26 min)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwyJ6Wx5lKU
All the best to all of you!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning. Thanks for the link.
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 and Happy Birthday to Caucus99%!
Three years ago today, the dream that many of us had for some time finally became a reality! What started as an idea by our own Can't Stop the Macedonian Signal was finally realized as a fully functioning website, thanks in great part to JtC who volunteered to set up a website for us after an aborted attempt using an outside source. Prior to that, a group of us gathered as an email group and then later through a Google group. What we wanted is to have a site where we could discuss ideas and policy without being hampered by an organized political party as the middleman.
With JtC and joe shikspack ensuring the wheels run smoothly in the background, it is you, the users who provide content and commentary, that make C99 the great site that it is. Thank you to everyone who has donated, commented, and written here. Most folks on the outside predicted we would fold after a short while, but we are still going strong thanks to our members. I predict that 2018 will be a great year for the little site that could and you are the reason why. You all are awesome!
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
Good morning, gg and thanks for posting the history.
I have finally tracked down my confusion. The page went up on the 7th. The member list at that time was JtC. On the 19th, one additional member, the illustrious gulfgal98 showed up. More folks trickled in over the next few days (I got here on the 23rd), and on the 22nd, Johnny posted his "Welcome New Members" post that I keyed off of.
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 --
Jan. 7, 2015...
was the first time I logged into c99p as admin when it was transferred from my local server to the remote server so technically that is the creation date. I then spent a couple of weeks tweaking and configuring the site before it was opened to the public.
The discrepancy between my UID as #1 and the next member, gulfgal98 UID #14, was due to several dummy accounts that were made to make sure the site was working correctly from a regular member point of view as an admin account is quite different from a regular account. The dummy accounts were deleted but they still take up UID numbers just as spam accounts do when they are deleted.
Anyway, Happy Anniversary to all!
I remember anxiously awaiting
JtC's launch. It was pure luck that I happened to be the first one (after JtC) to get on.
Do I hear the sound of guillotines being constructed?
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ President John F. Kennedy
We were still at the phpBB forum...
at that time when I decide to learn the Drupal system and at least give it a go at creating a real blog as the forum wasn't really meeting the requirements that were all used to as bloggers.
It took about a month of hard work to learn Drupal and then a couple of more weeks to establish a blogging platform. I did that all on my local computer then after I was versed enough in the system I migrated it to a remote server, the same server that the forum was on.
After spending a couple of weeks configuring and tweaking it was time for some beta testing. First informed were the moderators from the forum and a few others. Then as it became usable the rest of the forum members were notified and I started linking to the site in my signature at DKos, mostly at Joe's Evening Blues.
And we still stand 3 years later.
That would be an interesting story
...to write about in all your spare time.
All joking aside, it might be nice to have a history of the place written by someone. I appreciate all that you do and the participation of the entire community. As we say in my crowd....hooray for us!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Already in the works...
It'll be a 2 part series. Cant Stop the Macedonian Signal is doing the first part since her vision of an alternative site to DKos back in 2014 was the impetus for this site. After she is finished writing part one then I'll do part two as a follow up. The history of c99p goes beyond this site itself and to do it justice the whole story needs to be told.
Thanks JtC. First snapshot was February 23, 2015
in the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20150223201440/http://caucus99percent.com:80/
That was a fun stroll, I was looking at March 3, 2016 ... what the? Oh yeah, I remember now.
Thank you thank you thank you.
Natalie Merchant - Kind and Generous
keep going
Good afternoon, eyo. Thanks for the Natalie Merchant.
No part of Sessions is in balance,. He is a thoroughly unbalanced southron racist doninionist hater who opposes freedom and pleasure on general principle.
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 --
That was fast!
Thanks. Happy 3rd
Pot industry frets, then shrugs off Sessions' new policy
LOL! Cannabis is the best anti-anxiety remedy I ever tried, no surprises.
RED ALERT bankers, lobbyists, and insurance companies oh my! (now I see rule of threes everywhere haha) Feeling hurts, call the wah-mbulance! Or just create ecotopia outside of SWIFT like the rest of the world is doing, I'd vote for that. CannaCoin? WestCoastCoin? Cover Canada to Baja why not.
Jeff Sessions, Is Your Endocannabinoid System in Balance?
By the look on his face, I think not.
What a moron Session is
Actually that insults poor morons. I posted this elsewhere but here it is again...
I would suggest his anti-pot stance is designed to make this statistic more extreme...
Believe me he is an idiot. I've known him for years.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Thanks for the graphics, Lookout. Don't forget that
some and maybe most of that difference is Bill Clinton's '94 crime bill.
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 --
Toast to the Magic! n/t