Sunday Open Thread: November 5 is Bank Transfer Day
World History this day
1605 -- Guy Fawkes was arrested.
1911 -- Italy annexed Tripoli and Cyrenaica (to help them, no doubt)
2006 -- Saddam Hussein, deposed by a US war of aggression, was sentenced to death
US History this day
1831 -- Nat Turner was tried, convicted and sentenced to death
1872 -- Susan B. Anthony illegally voted and was eventually fined 100 bucks
1916 -- The Everett massacre
1940 -- FDR was elected to a third term
Science & Technology this day
1895 -- George B. Selden recieved a U.S. patent for the automobile, despite all the prior ones ***
2007 -- China's first lunar satellite went into lunar orbit
2007 -- The Android operating system was released
*** A problem that the USPTO has to this day
The Arts this day
Misc. this day
Birthdays of Note this day
1607 -- Anna Maria van Schurman, painter
1666 -- Attilio Ariosti, composer
1705 -- Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, violinist and composer
1850 -- Ella Wheeler Wilcox, author and poet
1855 -- Eugene V. Debs, union leader, socialist, political prisoner
1857 -- Ida Tarbell, teacher, journalist and muckraker
1885 -- Will Durant, historian and philosopher
1900 -- Martin Dies, Jr., fascist pig Democrat, created the predecessor of HUAC anbd ran it
1901 -- Etta Moten Barnett, singer, Bess
1911 -- Roy Rogers, TV cowboy **
1921 -- Georges Cziffra, pianist
1931 -- Harold McNair, saxophonist and flautist
1931 -- Ike Turner, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer
1941 -- Art Garfunkel, guitarist, bassist, singer, songwriter
1946 -- Gram Parsons, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1947 -- Peter Noone, Herman
1954 -- Jeffrey Sachs, economist
***of “Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes?” fame
Deaths of Note this day
1879 -- James Clerk Maxwell, physicist and mathematician
1956 -- Art Tatum, pianist and composer
1960 -- Johnny Horton, singer, songwriter, guitarist
1977 -- Guy Lombardo, violinist and composer
1979 -- Al Capp, cartoonist
1986 -- Bobby Nunn, singer, Robins, Coasters
1996 -- Eddie Harris, saxophonist
2003 -- Bobby Hatfield, a Righteous Brother
2005 -- Link Wray, singer, songwriter, suitarist
This bank transfer day, please recall that the banks do not need your largesse, the government takes care of that on your behalf. They are parasitic, even Jesus hated them (when it suited his followers rhetoric to so assert). The ultimate rent seekers need no direct help, put your money someplace without shereholders and "investors" and other rentiers and speculatore"
A credit union is a member-owned financial cooperative, democratically controlled by its members, and operated for the purpose of promoting thrift, providing credit at competitive rates, and providing other financial services to its members.[1][2]
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Pssst - the more things change ...
So now some music
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Well, I did play Roy & Dale's Happy Trails above, nest ce pas? That means this is a "reprise", nein? I mean, lookit the title--
Photo: US Government Work
Comments
Saw Ry several years ago...
and sure enough there were no bankers to be found (at least that I saw).
Thanks for the tunes and the OT, el. We are really getting color this week as the leaves turn.
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning lookout. NIce looking trees there.
Sorry about the typos and such, I was in a hurry when I did that.
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 all, I'll be running out for the day
fairly soon, so everybody have a good one if I'm not around when you are.
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 --
Morning EL
Nice songs today.
Love the 'Maxwell' choice.
The Bobby Hatfield live version is the best.(it'sin my playlist).
I have to add Art Garfunkel's greatest moment as a performer. Singing before over one million people he nailed it(if you watch closely between verses he knows he is too). When the song ends Art owned New York.
I want a Pony!
Buonos dias, Arrow. Thanks for the video and be sure
to have a wonderful 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 --
German TV news is reporting a mass shooting in a Texas church
Web search in English turns up this:
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas/2017/11/05/reported-shooting-bapti...
Just got home, 7:20 pm pst. Thanks for the tip, I'll
take a look around.
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 --
Another mucial delight, great choices; i'm late to the party
playing tunes and it's just the perfect blend after a good day with a fishing client and apres-fishing and dinner.
Music H/t to Arrow, too, "if you need a friend."
Have a good week, mine is stacked, hoping i can escape to the blues, here, a little.
Quicksilver
Thanks, have a good week yourself.
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 --
Saudi purges: long, illuminating comment by ‘happyslug’ @ JPR
https://jackpineradicals.com/boards/topic/saudi-royalty-arrests-rock-cli...
The explanation helped me get a little better idea of who is being purged and what that may mean.