Sunday Open Thread: October 22nd is INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

World History this day

1859 – Spain declared war on Morocco.
1866 – A plebiscite ratifies the 3 day previous annexion of Veneto and Mantua to Italy
1943 – The RAF launched a firestorm air raid on Kassel, killing 10,000
1947 – The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan began
2013 – The Australian Capital Territory legalized same sex marriage

US History this day

1907 – A run on shares of the Knickerbocker Trust Company caused a panic, then a depression
1934 – The Feebs shot bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd for using a gun instead of a pen
1957 – The first admitted US casualties in Vietnam.
1962 – JFK announced the discovery of Russian weapons in Cuba and a naval blockade of Cuba
1981 – The US government decertified PATCO for daring to strike

Science & Technology this day

1797 – Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first recorded parachute jump
1875 – The first telegraph connection in Argentina.
1879 – Thomas Edison tested the first practical incandescent electric light
1884 – The British Royal Observatory was adopted as the prime meridian Greenwich)
1927 – Nikola Tesla introduced six inventions including single-phase electric power
1976 – Red Dye No. 4 was banned by the FDA even though it was made by US corporations

The Arts this day

1883 – The New York Metropolitan Opera House opened
1964 – Jean-Paul Sartre won the Nobel Prize in Literature but turned it down
1966 – The Supremes were the first all-female group to have a No. 1 selling music album

Misc. this day

4004 BC – The world was created at 6 pm (Ussher chronology)
451 – The Council of Chalcedon adopted the Chalcedonian Creed about a supernatural being they had never met
1844 – Millerites spent the day anticipating the end of the world

Birthdays of Note this day

1734 – Daniel Boone, hunter and explorer
1811 – Franz Liszt, pianist and composer
1844 – Louis Riel, politician, activist, rebel, Metis' leader
1865 – Kristjan Raud, painter
1870 – Lord Alfred Douglas, author and poet
1882 – N. C. Wyeth, painter
1885 – Giovanni Martinelli, operatic tenor
1903 – Curly Howard, stooge
1913 – Bo Dai, Vietnamese emperor
1919 – Doris Lessing, novelist, poet, playwright and librettist
1920 – Timothy Leary, psychologist
1921 – Georges Brassens, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1928 – Clare Fischer, pianist, composer, and arranger
1929 – Dory Previn, lyricist, singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
1931 – Ann Rule, cop and author
1934 – Donald McIntyre, operatic bass-baritone
1942 – Annette Funicello, mousketeer, actress and singer
1943 – Catherine Deneuve, actress and singer
1945 – Leslie West, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1946 – Eddie Brigati, singer and songwriter
1949 – Stiv Bators, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1949 – Manfred Trojahn, flautist, composer and condustor
1960 – Darryl Jenifer, bassist
1960 – Cris Kirkwood, singer, songwriter, bassist
1965 – John Wesley Harding, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1967 – Salvatore Di Vittorio, composer and conductor
1967 – Rita Guerra, singer
1968 – Shelby Lynne, singer and songwriter
1969 – Helmut Lotti, singer and songwriter
1985 – Hadise, singer, songwriter, dancer

Deaths of Note this day

741 – Charles Martel, the hammer.
1859 – Louis Spohr, violinist and composer
1906 – Paul Cezanne, painter
1934 – Pretty Boy Floyd, businessman
1969 – Tommy Edwards, singer and songwriter
1973 – Pablo Casals, cellist and conductor ("Pau" in Catalan)
1986 – Jane Dornacker, actress and singer
1989 – Ewan MacColl, singer, songwriter actor, playwright and producer
1995 – Kingsley Amis, novelist and poet
1998 – Eric Ambler, author
2002 – Richard Helms, spook, liar, criminal

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So now some music

Pretty Boy Floyd

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The Met

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The Supremes

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Franz Liszt

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Giovanni Martinelli

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Timothy Leary

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Georges Brassens

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Clare Fischer

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Dory Previn

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Donald McIntyre

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Annette Funicello

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Catherine Deneuve

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Leslie West

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Eddie Brigati

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Stiv Bators

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Manfred Trojahn

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Darryl Jenifer

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Chris Kirkwood

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John Wesley Harding

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Salvatore Di Vittorio

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Rita Guerra

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Shelby Lynne

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Helmut Lotti

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Hadise

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Louis Spohr

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Tommy Edwards

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Pablo Casals

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Jane Dornacker

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Ewan MacColl

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Richard Helms

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Bonus:
The Ring Cycle (Per Anna Russell)

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The Supremes a Go Go

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Pau Casals (who knew?)

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Photo: Public domain, Cezanne's "Portrait de paysan" provided by gregory lejeune

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Lookout's picture

as we wind our way to the last full week in October. Time to finish digging all the sweet potatoes. It's nice having fresh lettuce again (summers here are too hot and it gets bitter and bolts). The last of the tomatoes are little. They are small and not like the big mid-summer fruits (but still tasty).

My hypothesis on southern culture/intellect is that southerners didn't have to think ahead. All winter you can grow greens, and there is usually enough grass for the animals to get by grazing. In the northern regions you have to plan...food for yourself and your livestock, fuel to stay warm, and so on.

I suggest this heritage is still with us and so southerners are easily misled because they don't have the background of thinking ahead (nor very deeply). However, I find southerners who break through the propaganda to be deep because of the difficulty of their escape.

Religion plays a role too. One might argue that has to do with intellect as well. The most devout states are nine Southeast states and Utah
http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/13/where-are-the-most-religious-states-...
Sadly that is where so many southerners get their views. How the churches can be against healthcare for the poor and be for war and economic domination by the 1% seems anti-christian to me. But back to my initial point...they don't think.

Here's hoping we all continue to think about our path through the fog. All the best!

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

@Lookout lived many years below the mason / dixon line. Noticed much of the same. Wrote it off to the warmer climate obscuring sharper intellect. Hazy = lazy. It's a why for the hate yankees attitude. Can't compete.

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enhydra lutris's picture

@Lookout
ecology, plus slaves to do the work, it is possible that thinking shifted from critical survival plans based on and tested by empirical reality to other matters, such as social hierarchies and interactions and religion. OTOH, people spent too much time and mental energy on religion and related matters in the North-east too, perhaps as a retreat from reality, so who can say.

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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 --

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@enhydra lutris @enhydra lutris

Take a look at the overall progression of childhood obesity, as well as the regional differences...

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“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”

What a beauty name for such a pokey plant. Yellow Star Thistle, the bane.

Yellow Star Thistle
Thanks wikipedia, public domain

Yesterday the Cloverdale Conservation Corps was formed, a solitary collective. I picked up ten gallons of trash and star thistle. Some drive-by called me a "trash warrior" and got flashed the peace sign. I "adopted" an area nearby to make more beautiful and less pokey. Saw a lot of seed eaters, bushtits and yellow finch. omg that gives instant earworm! Guess Who?

American Goldfinch

"I DON'T NEED YOUR WAR MACHINES ... BYE BYE"
HAPPY CAP LOCKS DAY!
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FALL FOR PEACE

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@eyo
tunes. Yellow star thistle is very invasive, and I was once told by some state official that it was allowable to pull it even in state park lands.

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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 --

@enhydra lutris Public Service Announcement below.
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keep going ...
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Dried up star thistle burns like gas.
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edit: replace text and video with Food Recall Announcement.
Massive nationwide recall for packaged vegetables includes some major store brands

The recall notice was revised Saturday to include all the brands made around the same time in the same facility. In the United States, these include:

▪ Walmart store brand Broccoli Florets; Broccoli Cauliflower Florets; Broccoli Slaw; Stir Fry Medley; Cauliflower Florets; Cauliflower; Super Blend and Vegetable Medley.

▪ Trader Joe’s store brand Kohlrabi Salad Blend.

▪ Aldi store brand Little Salad Bar Broccoli Florets and Broccoli Slaw.

▪ Safeway and Albertson’s store brand, Signature Farms, Meat & Cheese Tray; Broccoli Cauliflower Florets; Broccoli Slaw; Broccoli Stir Fry; Broccoli Florets; Veggie Tray with Ranch Dip; Vegetable Medley; and Veggie & Hummus Tray.

▪ H-E-B store brand Broccoli Carrots; Broccoli Cauliflower; Broccoli Florets; Broccoli Slaw; Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad; Veggie Toss Kit; Caulibit Mushroom Sauce; Caulibits Chopped Cauliflower; Cauliflower Florets; Fiesta Salad; Power Slaw; Stir Fry Medley; and Vegetable Medley.

▪ Archer Farms Broccoli Florets; Broccoli Cauliflower Florets; Broccoli Slaw; Broccoli Medley; Cauliflower Florets; Brussels Sprouts; and Shaved Brussels Sprouts.

▪ Cross Valley Farms restaurant food service bags of Shaved Brussels Sprouts; Cauliflower Florets; Spiral Cut Kohlrabi; and Superfood Slaw.

▪ Sysco Natural restaurant food service bags of Broccoli Cole Slaw.

Most of these products have a Best By date of Oct. 11 through Oct. 20. Consumers with questions can call Mann Packing, 24 hours a day, at 888-470-2681.

Normal!

P.S. Apologies for mixing up Open Thread with Lookout's great Weekly Watch, I am dazed and confused after seeing the neighbor spray toxic tire cleaner on their wheels, and then getting in and driving off. After someone around here called the cops on me for picking up trash, wha? This is a strange world right now. Me alien being, need talk down.

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LOL thanks so much el, I'm just reading wiki history of Knickerbocker Trust Company.

The money temple! C'mon you guys, how are we NOT the fall of the Roman Empire, I mean where's the innovation? NFL Coliseums?

The building was enlarged by ten stories in 1921, and the façade completely redesigned in 1958, with its signature pilasters covered over; it still remains, its original form unrecognizable.

New fake face. Biggrin

The company reopened some weeks after its forced closing and paid off all depositors in full with interest. In 1912, its assets were acquired by the Columbia Trust Company, forming the Columbia-Knickerbocker Trust Company. This entity was acquired by the Irving Trust Corporation in 1923, which was in turn acquired by the Bank of New York in 1989.

Too bad the inner parts are still so recognizable, J.P. Morgan, R.U. Kidding?

oh well
PEACE

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@eyo
of the reality of capitalism, excess piled upon excess and amorality in abundance in pursuit of the almighty dollah.

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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 --

@eyo the woke see thru such things, just need communicate the truth

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lotlizard's picture

http://us.cnn.com/2017/10/22/politics/jimmy-carter-new-york-times-interv...

1. Would help with North Korea, if Trump asked him
2. Players should “stand during the American anthem”
3. Obama didn’t live up to his “wonderful statements”
4. “I think the media have been harder on Trump”
5. “We voted for Sanders”

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enhydra lutris's picture

@lotlizard
tell the truth, as he sees it, is always refreshing.

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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 --

especially loved Rita Guerra, drawing deep from the soul. Glad your trip went well. Feelings from deep in the well...

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@QMS
the fun things about this format for a column is new personal discoveries, and one of the tribulations is that I seldom remember them all of listen to them too much thereafter. But now and again, if I see them later, there is a hint of recognition and I give a listen. Of curse, there are a lot of duds and even terrible junk which I listen to in the process. I've been trying to be more inclusive and expansive, but plowing too deep into the recents has left me reeling from tru-tone and millenial whoop, so I need to find a way to get around that problem.

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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 --

@enhydra lutris leastwise for me. I do try to come up with something for the Tuesday open thread, but mostly fail to find inspiring ideas for this politically mindful group. There are so many better writers here than I. Second best is to just post a positive note with a couple of pix and a song and let it go from there... except I'm not always around to feed the discussion. Oh well, like I told dkmich, I will fill in until someone else comes along with potentially better content or otherwise Smile

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enhydra lutris's picture

@QMS
others.

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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 --

@enhydra lutris Smile I'll try more better

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@QMS
simply do not always have time to join dialog. No one better will come along, different yes, better - no.
Hope you keep writing to us for a long time.

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Still yourself, deep water can absorb many disturbances with minimal reaction.
--When the opening appears release yourself.

@studentofearth bucko, will try. needed some encouragement. thanks!

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we traveled into the Adirondacks to pickup-camper camp. On one hike, two dogs, mine on lead, we came to a floating 2X4 installed as a bog walkover. Dog and I fell off and in.

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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.

enhydra lutris's picture

enchanting poem. Thank you. Have a good one.

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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 --

Raggedy Ann's picture

I'LL TRY AND LIVE A LITTLE LARGER TODAY. I DON'T ALWAYS COMMENT, BUT I LOVE YOUR OT'S. I ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT AND SOMETHING GOOD TO LISTEN TO.

HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY! Pleasantry

ALWAYS AND COMMENT EDITED GEEZ

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"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

lotlizard's picture

https://www.spectrum.ieee.org/at-work/tech-careers/jerk-tech-when-callow...

Jerktech: when callow ideas become code

Technologically mediated obnoxiousness is spawning a new lexicon

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@lotlizard where is all this technocrazy leading to?

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Arrow's picture

Why soitenly!

Belated post today...Lo ciento

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I want a Pony!

riverlover's picture

I HID (AND SLEPT). mY KITCHEN HAS BEEN DECLUTTERED, UP TO ME TO SANITIZE IT. SHE IS DEALING WITH MY BRAIN DISSOLUTION WORSE THAN ITS VICTIM.

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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.

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@riverlover
Maybe she thought your hearing had been affected? I know, I know, but unless she was screaming that her visit was causing her to miss a football game and wings at a sports bar, she's probably terribly worried about you.

Everyone hates Dr Phil, but I have learned to love some of his isms. He taught me that anger is just fear turned outward.

I did a bit of ALL CAPS YELLING AROUND HERE because I was worried about you.

Hope you're better now that she decluttered your kitchen. I'd let her yell at me if she wants to come do mine, and my closet, and my shed, and . . .

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