Today is day 326 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Sweetmorn, The Aftermath 34, 3187 YOLD And let us not forget 13.0.9.0.18 mlc (the Mayan Long Count) *****
On November 22, 1963,, right in the middle of my senior year in High School, the world changed. That day and the next few were quite an education in many ways and on many subjects., and an eye opener as well. Yes, it can happen here. It has and hence it does and it will. It wasn't our nation's first assassination, but, for great numbers of us, it was clearly the worst, and, it was a sea change, From now on this would be part of our life and culture, assassination as an instrument of political change, as a political act; that writing was on the wall. Henceforth, assassination was "on the table", at least in one's mind. "If person 'X' gets elected or appointed or does this or proposes that, will they be allowed to live? " "Does our candidate have adequate protection? Are they safe?" On the other side of the coin, assassination jokes became common, both real jokes and those "jokes" that are veiled threats or calls to action. It also brought home the perpetual uncertainty that comes with having a government that openly keeps secrets, secretly keeps secrets, lies early and often, and has official propagnada outlets. What and who can be trusted. Once the floodgates of assassinations opened, accidents, illnesses and "mysterious" deaths all became suspect too. For many, their first reaction to the news of Wellstone's plane crash was along the lines of "oh shit, you're kidding me ..."
~~ Murder Most Foul
The man who doomed the Earth. November 22, 1891, saw the birth of Edward Bernays, the father of PR, modern advertising, and propaganda. His techniques and teachings directly and indirectly created consumerism and comsumerist society and made it much easier to launch wars in the name of things like US Interests, Human Rights, Democracy, and other psychologically manipulative code words for oil, resources, political control, and MIC profits.
On this day in history:
1869 – The clipper Cutty Sark was launched. 1935 – The China Clipper inaugurated the first commercial transpacific air service 1942 – General Paulus telegraphed Hitler that the German 6th Army was surrounded. 1943 – FDR, Winston Churchill, and Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan. 1943 – Lebanon gained independence from France. 1948 – Chinese Civil War: Elements of the Chinese Communist Second Field Army under Liu Bocheng trap the Nationalist 12th Army, beginning the Shuangduiji Campaign, the largest engagement of the Huaihai Campaign. 1963 – JFK was assassinated. 1967 – UN Security Council Resolution 242 was adopted, 1974 – The UN General Assembly granted the PLO observer status. 1975 – Juan Carlos was declared King of Spain 1977 – British Airways inaugurated regular Concorde flights between London and NYC 1988 – The first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber was revealed. 2005 – Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany.
Born this day in:
“The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country.
~~ Edward Bernays
1519 – Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, humanist and physician 1635 – Francis Willughby,ornithologist and ichthyologist 1643 – René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, explorer 1690 – François Colin de Blamont, pianist and composer 1709 – Franz Benda, violinist and composer 1710 – Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, organist and composer 1721 – Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, cartographer and politician 1744 – Abigail Adams, 1780 – Conradin Kreutzer, composer 1819 – George Eliot, novelist and poet 1820 – Katherine Plunket, supercentenarian 1824 – Georg von Oettingen, physician and ophthalmologist 1849 – Christian Rohlfs, painter and academic 1857 – George Gissing, novelist 1859 – Cecil Sharp, folk song scholar 1869 – André Gide, novelist, essayist, and dramatist 1870 – Howard Brockway, pianist, composer, and educator 1891 – Edward Bernays, inventor of PR and propaganda 1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, astronomer and educator 1897 – Harry Wilson, actor and singer 1898 – Wiley Post, pilot 1899 – Hoagy Carmichael, singer, songwriter, pianist, and actor 1901 – Béla Juhos, philosopher from the Vienna Circle 1901 – Joaquín Rodrigo, pianist and composer 1902 – Emanuel Feuermann, cellist and educator 1902 – Ethel Smith, organist 1904 – Miguel Covarrubias, painter and illustrator 1904 – Louis Néel, physicist and academic 1909 – Mikhail Mil, engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant 1913 – Benjamin Britten, pianist, composer, and conductor 1917 – Jon Cleary, author and playwright 1917 – Andrew Huxley, physiologist and biophysicist 1917 – Sir Keith Shann, diplomat 1921 – Brian Cleeve, sailor, author, and playwright 1923 – Dika Newlin, singer, songwriter, and pianist 1924 – Geraldine Page, actress and singer 1925 – Jerrie Mock, pilot 1925 – Gunther Schuller, horn player, composer, and conductor 1930 – Peter Hurford, organist and composer 1937 – Nikolai Kapustin, pianist and composer 1940 – Terry Gilliam, actor, director, animator, and screenwriter 1941 – Ron McClure, bassist 1941 – Volker Roemheld, physiologist and biologist 1941 – Terry Stafford, singer and songwriter 1941 – Jesse Colin Young, singer, songwriter, and bass player 1942 – Floyd Sneed, drummer 1943 – Ricky May, singer 1945 – Elaine Weyuker, computer scientist, engineer, and academic 1945 – Kari Tapio, singer 1946 – Aston Barrett, bass player and songwriter 1947 – Rod Price, guitarist and songwriter 1948 – Saroj Khan, dance choreographer 1950 – Paloma San Basilio, singer, songwriter, and producer 1950 – Art Sullivan, singer 1950 – Steven Van Zandt, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor 1950 – Tina Weymouth, singer, songwriter, and bass player 1956 – Lawrence Gowan, singer, songwriter, and keyboard player 1957 – Alan Stern, engineer and planetary scientist 1958 – Horse, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1958 – Chic McSherry, musician, businessman and writer 1958 – Jason Ringenberg, singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1959 – Lenore Zann, actress, singer, and politician 1960 – Jim Bob, English singer, songwriter, and guitarist 1961 – Stephen Hough, pianist and composer 1965 – Olga Kisseleva, artist 1968 – Sarah MacDonald, organist and conductor 1970 – Chris Fryar, drummer 1973 – Chad Trujillo, astronomer and scholar 1980 – Shawn Fanning, computer programmer and businessman, founded Napster
Died this day in:
“Those who are easily shocked should be shocked more often.” ~~ Mae West-1697 – Libéral Bruant, architect and academic, designed Les Invalides 1718 – Blackbeard, maritime businessman 1813 – Johann Christian Reil, physician, physiologist, and anatomist 1819 – John Stackhouse, botanist and phycologist 1871 – Oscar James Dunn, activist and politician 1886 – Mary Boykin Chesnut, author 1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., engineer, invented the Ferris wheel 1900 – Arthur Sullivan, composer and scholar 1902 – Walter Reed, physician and entomologist 1916 – Jack London, novelist and journalist 1917 – Teoberto Maler, archaeologist and explorer 1919 – Francisco Moreno, explorer and academic 1926 – Darvish Khan, tar player 1943 – Lorenz Hart, playwright and composer 1944 – Arthur Eddington, astrophysicist and astronomer 1963 – Aldous Huxley, novelist and philosopher 1963 – John F. Kennedy, lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the US 1963 – C. S. Lewis,writer, critic and Christian apologist 1963 – J. D. Tippit, police officer 1980 – Mae West, American actress, singer, and screenwriter 1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, physician and biochemist 1988 – Luis Barragán, architect and engineer 1989 – C. C. Beck, llustrator 1993 – Anthony Burgess, novelist, playwright, and critic 1997 – Michael Hutchence, singer and songwriter 2001 – Norman Granz, record producer, founded Verve Records 2006 – Asima Chatterjee, chemist 2010 – Frank Fenner, virologist and microbiologist 2011 – Svetlana Alliluyeva, author and educator 2011 – Lynn Margulis, biologist and academic 2011 – Paul Motian, drummer and composer 2012 – Pearl Laska Chamberlain, pilot 2013 – Don Dailey, computer programmer 2013 – Brian Dawson,singer 2014 – Marcel Paquet, philosopher and author 2017 – George Avakian, music producer 2017 – Tommy Keene, singer and songwriter--Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Day of the Albanian Alphabet (Albania and ethnic Albanians) National Go For a Ride Day Humane Society Anniversary Day National Stop the Violence Day National Housing Day (Canada)-Music goes here, iirc, well, With apologies ;-)-François Colin de Blamont--Franz Benda-Joaquin Rodrigo-Ethel Smith-Ron McClure-Jessee Colin-Young-Floyd Sneed-Anton Barrett-Rod Price-Steven Van Zandt-Tina Weymouth-Lawrence Gowan-Paul Motian---Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?-Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com