09/19 - Talk Like a (Disney) Pirate Day, Jenny

It is Talk Like a (Disney) Pirate Day, Jenny. The whole phenomenon of ARRRR as being "pirate talk" is clarly a Disney thing. I have read some of the extant writings of several actual pirates and they were quite articulate. It has been alleged that ARRRRR isn't too farfetched because the actor who gave us that vocalization simply exaggerated a Cornwall accent and many pirates came from that locale (or was it that many from that locale became pirates?). I seriously doubt any Spanish, French, Portuguese or Durch pirates were from Cornwall, or even spoke English, let alone the Barbary Pirates and those from Asia and Africa. Today's pirates who engage in maritime piracy are predominantly NOT from Cornwall, and most of todays pirates are not mariners but bankers, brokers, realtors and such and certainly don't use locutions such as ARRRRR.

Yes, as through this world I've wandered I've seen lots of funny men; Some will rob you with a six-gun, And some with a fountain pen.

~~ W. Guthrie

It is the anniversary of the 1676 burning of Jamestown by its colonists in Bacon's Rebellion. Often cast as an early revolutionary rebellion against the British crown, this was really a rebellion against the local government's refusal to sanction the extirpation of all of the indigenous population of Virginia by the colonists.

It is also the anniversary of the exceedingly bizarre death of Giles Corey in 1692. He was accused of being a wizard. The standard routine was for such persons to plead one way or the other to the charge, whereupon they would be tried, convicted and hanged, with their possessions and estate passing to the local government. Mr. Corey chose not to plead which meant that they could not try him and therefore could not find him guilty, hang him and steal seize his property, which would then pass to his sons. The standard remedy for this behavior was to "press" the victim accused until he or she entered an plea and then proceed to the trial and hanging.

Pressing involved placing the victim accused naked on their back with heavy planks atop their body. Heavy stones were then piled upon said planks until the Victim accused made their plea and then it was on to the trial and hanging. Each time they paused to ask Mr. Corey to plead, however, he simply said "more weight" and so, in the fullness of time, they crushed the life out of him without a trial, allowing his estate to pass to his sons and really pissing off the savage rat-bastid christers who had tortured him to death

Aaand finally, we come to the anniversary of the death of Mary Jemison in 1833. She had been captured and adopted by the Seneca as a young girl and became fully assimilated into their culture. She went through two indigenous husbands and had seven children from them. She became known as the White Woman of the Genesee and when provided with the opportunity to "return to civilization", she contemplated the life of the average colonial woman and decided to remain an indian.

It is also the anniversary of a 2019 drone strikethat killed 30 civilians in Afghanistan, but I don't see why this is at all noteworthy. That's at best a tiny fraction of the civilians killed in either Afghanistan or in drone strikes and I doubt it ia the largest civilian death toll from one of our strikes either. Sounds to me like just another day in our Greed-based War On Target peoples.

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On this day in history:

1676 –- Jamestown was burned to the ground by the colonists during Bacon's Rebellion. 1778 -- The first US budget was passed by the Continental Congress 1796 -- George Washington's Farewell Address 1852 –- Annibale de Gasparis discovered the asteroid Massalia from the north dome of the Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte 1870 -- The Siege of Paris began 1893 -- Women won the right to vote in New Zealand, that deserves a Haka I should think 1944 -- Finland and the Soviet Union signed an armistice 1952 -- The US barred Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country 1959 -- Khrushchev was barred from visiting Disneyland 1982 -- The first documented emoticons were posted to a university BBS by Scott Fahlman 1985 -- Thomas BowdlerTipper Gore and other political wives backed by Beachboy Mike Love and Joseph Coors formed the Parents Music Resource Center to try to effectively ban or otherwise control and restrict "bad music" 1991 –- Ötzi the Iceman was discovered in the Alps 2006 -- The Thai military staged a coup, revoked the Constitution and declared martial law 2010 -- The Deepwater Horizon leak was purportedly sealed 2019 –- A drone strike by the United States killed 30 civilian farmers in Afghanistan

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Some people who were born on this day:

Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet.

~~ Sarah Louise Delany

1749 –- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, mathematician and astronomer 1759 –- William Kirby, priest and entomologist 1824 –- William Sellers, engineer, inventor, and businessperson, invented USS bolt, nut and threaded rod specification 1883 –- Mabel Vernon, educator and activist 1887 –- Lovie Austin, pianist, composer, and bandleader 1888 –- James Waddell Alexander II, mathematician and topologist 1889 –- Sarah Louise Delany, physician and author 1905 –- Judith Auer, World War II resistance fighter 1894 –- Rachel Field, author and poet 1909 -- Ferdinand (Ferry) Anton Ernst Porsche, engineer and businessman 1911 -- William Golding, author, poet, playwright 1913 –- Helen Ward, singer 1918 -- Pablita Velarde, a painter from the Santa Clara Pueblo 1920 -- Roger Angell, journalist and author 1921 –- Billy Ward, singer and songwriter 1922 -- Damon Knight, author and critic 1927 -- Helen Carter, singer 1927 -- Nick Massi, singer and bass player ( 1930 -- Muhal Richard Abrams, pianist, composer, and educator 1931 -- Brook Benton, singer, songwriter and actor 1932 -- Mike Royko,journalist and author 1932 -- Stefanie Zweig,journalist and author 1933 -- Gilles Archambault, journalist and author 1936 –- Martin Fay, fiddler 1940 -- Bill Medley, singer and songwriter 1940 -- Sylvia Tyson, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1940 -- Paul Williams, singer, songwriter and actor 1941 -- Cass Elliot, singer 1942 -- Freda Payne, singer and actress 1945 -- David Bromberg, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1949 -- Barry Scheck, lawyer and co-founder of the Innocence Project 1955 -- Rex Smith, actor, singer, and guitarist 1952 –- Rhys Chatham, trumpet player, guitarist, and composer 1952 –- Henry Kaiser, guitarist and composer 1952 –- Nile Rodgers, guitarist, songwriter, and producer

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Some people who died on this day:

Aristotle was famous for knowing everything. He taught that the brain exists merely to cool the blood and is not involved in the process of thinking. This is true only of certain persons.

~~ Will Cuppy

1692 –- Giles Corey, farmer and accused wizard pressed to death 1710 –- Ole Rømer, Dastronomer and instrument maker 1833 -- Mary Jemison, a frontierswoman captured and adopted by the Seneca who later chose to remain Seneca 1843 -- Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, a mathematician, physicist, and engineer 1935 –- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, scientist and engineer 1936 –- Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande, singer and musicologist 1942 –- Condé Montrose Nast, publisher, founded Condé Nast Publications 1949 -- Will Cuppy, a brilliant author and critic 1968 -- Red Foley, singer, songwriter and actor 1973 -- Gram Parsons, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1985 –- Italo Calvino, novelist, short story writer, and journalist 2003 -- Slim Dusty, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and producer 2004 -- Skeeter Davis, singer & songwriter 2006 -- Danny Flores, singer, songwriter and saxophonist 2008 –- Earl Palmer, drummer 2009 -- Arthur Ferrante, pianist, half of Ferrante & Teicher, masters of elevator music 2015 –- Jackie Collins, novelist

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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: International Talk Like A Pirate Day

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