Highlights of this day in history: Thomas Edison tests the first practical electric incandescent light bulb; Postal worker dies from inhaled anthrax; The British gain naval dominance in the Battle of Trafalgar; Carrie Fisher born.
Other notable October 21st events include:
1797 – In Boston Harbor, the 44-gun United States Navy frigate USS Constitution is launched.
1854 – Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses are sent to the Crimean War.
1959 – In New York City, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum opens to the public.
1959 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs an executive order transferring Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from the United States Army to NASA.
1973 – Fred Dryer of the then Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
Good morning all. I like Pi Guy's today in history posts.
ReplyDeleteFor the Guggenheim. On of my favorite museums!
ReplyDeleteONE of, she meant to type...
ReplyDeleteSometimes it sucks finding out about some decent night sky activity after the fact.
ReplyDelete/didn't matter, it was overcast anyway.
Hello again littleoldlady. Are we the Avatar thieves this morning?
ReplyDeleteI guess we've used them up, Phil. ;-)
ReplyDeletethieves! you have stolen my avatar!
ReplyDeleteoh jeez, I hope I didn't trample anybody getting up here.
ReplyDeleteLucius, what exactly do you teach and at what level?
Good morning Lucius, you just have to be faster then us early birds. Teh early poster get's the avatar is what they say. ;)
ReplyDeleteHistory at a college --- this is for a required history survey course.
ReplyDeleteTesting
ReplyDeleteAh, it works!
ReplyDeleteNo off for some brekkie and coffee (I wouldn't have to if someone had left SOME fruitcup instead of gobbling it all down! All of it! Sheeesh!).
The words of the Caliph Umar:
ReplyDelete"Piety is taking what is due from everybody who owes it and giving what is due to everybody who has a right to it."
Sounds a lot like the Democrats.
And then there is this:
"I am between you and God, and nobedy is between me and Him. God has obliged me to prevent your petitions from reaching Him; bring your complains therefore to us. Whoever is not able to do this let him hand the complaint over to someone who can bring it to us; we shal wllinging take whatever is dut to him on his behalf and hand it over to him."
Lucius
ReplyDeleteWow. Where is this written? (I've skimmed the Koran - didn't see that - that I remember)
*urp* Sorry about the fruitcup Realwest, was a little hungry this morning. :)
ReplyDeleteQuote of the day, from a book I was rereading over lunch:
ReplyDelete"The government of the United States was developed under the idea that nobody knew how to make a government, or how to govern. The result is to invent a system to govern when you don't know how."
(Richard P. Feynman, "The meaning of it all: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist", p. 49)
We're reading from the history of al-Tabari, written around 900. The section we're doing right now covers the conquest of Iraq and Syria and ends with the capture of Jerusalem in 636.
ReplyDeleteThe text sounds right out of the al-Qaeda training videos.
"If you wish, choose to pay the poll tax [tax levied on unbelievers] and in humiliation If you wish to reject this offer, it is the sword unless you embrace Islam and save your soul."
Oh cripes.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats lock Republicans out of committee room
What IS it with NY politicians?
I guess the polls weren't going the way the Liberals here wanted. Iggy has backed off on forcing another election through a non-confidence vote. Also in the article it mentions our federal deficit this year. Wouldn't you guys love to deal with only a 56 billion dollar over expenditure?
ReplyDelete1774 – First display of the word "Liberty" on a flag, raised by colonists in Taunton, Massachusetts in defiance of British rule in Colonial America.
ReplyDeleteThe British immediately brand the use of the word "Liberty" to be a "racist codeword" of the "extreme Christian right."
1921 – President Warren G. Harding delivers the first speech by a sitting President against lynching in the deep south.
Another evil Republican.
1944 – The first kamikaze attack: HMAS Australia is hit by a Japanese plane carrying a 200 kg (441 pound) bomb off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began.
Both the New York Times and the United Nations claim that the suicide attack is a justified reaction to oppression by Israel; the paper's omsbudman is later forced to acknowledge that Israel and the United Nations don't even exist yet.
1945 – Women's suffrage: Women are allowed to vote in France for the first time.
Ownership of testicles had previously been a requirement to vote in France, but recent events had shown that few of the men in France possessed them either.
1994 – North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections.
Yeah. How did that one work out?
2003 – Images of the dwarf planet Eris are taken and subsequently used in its discovery by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz.
Starting the chain of events that led to the demotion of Pluto.
Born Today:
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
Currently rolling over in his grave...
um, the prophet's companions, I think?
ReplyDeleteCatching up on some later questions onthe old thread:
ReplyDelete1. littleoldlady: Even in periods of high inflation, I believe the best long term strategy is a well diversified portfolio. If you want to be active in trading, you can pick individual stocks and try to time things, but that is a very dangerous way to go. I did that for over 20 years professionally, was good at it, but nearly had a heart attack from the stress at age 49, which is one major reason why I took early retirement and changed careers.
2. Attilla: With regard to the dry baltic index, I'm aware of it but I don't personally put much weight on it. Not that there is anything wrong with it and I'm not bad mouthing it. I just follow a lot of other things and econometric stats that would put all but the technical geeks out there like me to sleep, but they have worked well for me and I keep doing what works.
Good morning friends. Looks like I fixed my little virus problem from yesterday morning. Could it have been the lol cats? I think that's the second time I caught something and I suspect that site. What do you Think?
ReplyDeleteJamesTKirk said...
ReplyDeleteBorn Today:
1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
Currently rolling over in his grave...
*******************
Or laughing haf! He may just have a sense of humor....
Born Today:
ReplyDelete1833 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (d. 1896)
Currently rolling over in his grave...
If there was an enterprising Norweigan out there they could solve there power problems almost immediately. :)
"Ah, it works!
ReplyDeleteNo off for some brekkie and coffee (I wouldn't have to if someone had left SOME fruitcup instead of gobbling it all down! All of it! Sheeesh!)."
Good morning real.
Hey, I had my doctor's check up yesterday. My blood pressure is down to 96 over 60 (I think that is OK) and my cholesterol numbers had fallen off the chart, and I've dropped 15 pounds. Been working out, hard.
My doctor had a big smile on his face, very happy. Said he wished all his patients followed instructions as well as me.
I told him that I am very coachable, especially where my health is concerned.
Got to run to work. later.
ReplyDeleteVT, a doggie site would never do that to you, but yes, I suspect the cats.
ReplyDelete/
Violet Tiger
ReplyDeleteCould it have been the lol cats? I think that's the second time I caught something and I suspect that site. What do you Think?
I've visited ihasahotdog and icanhascheeseburger for years - never a problem
Hubby is upstairs yelling for me about something
BBL
Violet Tiger: Could it have been the lol cats?
ReplyDeleteAtillaTheHoney: I've visited ihasahotdog and icanhascheeseburger for years - never a problem
Same here. How much protection do you have on your computer, VT?
James, I have 3 different virus, spyware programs. I should be completely safe. Don't know what happened. It could have been something my husband got into, though. He was surfing for Nancy Pelosi halloween masks the night before. Say....that might be it. ;)
ReplyDeleteUpdate on the Toronto 18 Terror suspects. A judge released video tape on the sting where they tried to buy 3 tonnes of ammonium nitrate. Also released was a mountie video showing what a one tonne explosion looks like. Six awaiting trial, five have pleaded guilty, and seven have had charges stayed.
ReplyDeleteVT -- I ran into a problem with some downloads that I ultimatley traced back to a Russian site. Kaspersky nuked them bigtime, but you never know what's lurking out there.
ReplyDeleteThat said, simply clicking on a page (such as lolcats) shouldn't be enough.
There was a Trojan running around for a while that made the computer think various files were infected when they weren't -- the effect was that it sort of Rick-Rolled your anti-virus software so it was running constantly.
ReplyDeleteUgh, gotta run. Hubby saw something in the papers he wants me to draft a response to.
ReplyDeleteBack later fer sure - there's something I want to write about -
And from the Toronto (Red) Star, a similar article with more details on the Toronto locations, but they just mention a "military base" off of highway 401. The base is Trenton AFB. The main base where a lot of logistics are shipped out for our military across the world.
ReplyDelete/all my out going and incoming mail had a Canadian APO of Trenton when I was overseas.
Obama's War on Fox News Becomes a Quagmire
ReplyDeleteDespite the President's promise of a swift and decisive victory, Obama's War on Fox News has developed all signs of an unwinnable quagmire, making the White House even more isolated in its unilateral attempts to crush the growing media insurgency. As the war continues to grind on for a second month, public opinion is shifting towards a quick and complete withdrawal. While many observers still agree that the "War on Limbaugh" is a "just and necessary war," even the former supporters of the war effort are now labeling the War on Fox an "unnecessary war of choice" and claim that the cable channel had nothing to do with Obama's falling approval numbers.
/heh
Obama's War on Fox News Becomes a Quagmire
ReplyDeleteGiggity giggity!!
KB -- that's a hoot'n a holler!
ReplyDeleteOff to work.
Killian, while I beleive Obama's war on Fox will backfire, I am shocked that it has happened at all. Just thinking of what this means--all of us who were warning people before the election--it is happening. Obama will bear no criticism and he will attempt to crush his rivals. Worse in my mind was the attempt to get the White House press Corp to through them out, so the blood is not on their hands. Sad. It's like we are now a Banana Republic.
ReplyDeleteGotta split--work calls.
ReplyDeleteBBL
Testing html for dummies...
ReplyDeleteGreat Brett Stevens article
Hot Damn! It worked.
ReplyDeleteSpenser: yes and no. It's a link, but the link is broken. You have a "http://www" extra in it. Here's the link corrected. :)
ReplyDeleteI didn't see a link to the video in AtillaTheHoney's post; here's the video:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvHWZvL3aRk
Oh, fine. Thanks PP.
ReplyDeleteHey, did y'all know that Louis Farrakhan is a REPUBLICAN?
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OLT - and an evil fundie Christian, too.
ReplyDeleteJamesTKirk said...
ReplyDeleteOLT - and an evil fundie Christian, too.
Wait'll he finds out he's a Paulian teabagger.
That's gonna piss him off, IMO.
/
I need a little assistance here folks. Just wrote and published a post for my blog. Unfortunately it contains video so I can't view it here at work. Can some one look at it and see if the videos match up and play properly?
ReplyDeletePP, the videos all worked for me. Thanks for sharing, pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteNit: Videos, not video's.
PaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeleteCan some one look at it and see if the videos match up and play properly?
/OK 3-wire
@PaladinPhil: the YouTube videos seem to be playing fine here
ReplyDelete/Stuck in hotel with non-H1N1 flu. Not too sick to work but definitely staying away from people.
Look good to me, PP.
ReplyDeleteThanks OLT, KB.
ReplyDelete/title changed. :p
//me and those damned apostrophes...
Killian Bundy said...
ReplyDeleteObama's War on Fox News Becomes a Quagmire
NO BLOOD FOR NEWS, NO BLOOD FOR NEWS, NO BLOOD FOR NEWS!
NO BLOOD FOR NEWS, NO BLOOD FOR NEWS, NO BLOOD FOR NEWS!
ReplyDeleteFOX REPORTED, OBAMA SNORTED!
From today's first dose of Instapundit:
ReplyDeleteShea Porter has buyer's remorse on Porkulus
Donald Sensing: wake up media. The WH war on Fox is not really aimed at them, but at you. The "don't you f*cking step outta line" school of communications.
VDH on Afghanistan: Voting "Present" is not an option.
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteHey, did y'all know that Louis Farrakhan is a REPUBLICAN?
I am confused. I thought "Whitey" made the flu to kill black people? What is he vaccine for then? To finish off the ones that survived?
It must suck being stuck in Farrakhan's world...really, really suck. Paranoia, stupidity, ignorance, racism, anger, foolishness.....yep, it sucks...Sorry Louis, I feel for you and the mindnumbed idiots that "follow" you.
Off to work....have fun y'all
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Squares!
ReplyDeleteMorning, rhomboid!
ReplyDeleteGood morning y'all - from a cold (37 degrees, going up to 77 degrees) bright and sunny Charlotte!
ReplyDeleteI'm doing pretty well, how are all y'all doing today?
I'm doing pretty well, how are all y'all doing today?
ReplyDeleteI'm good. I know what I want for Christmas now: these two girls (SFW, don't worry).
Now, how cool is this?
ReplyDelete/not for his technical skills, but his business skills.
Morning, ellipsoids! :-)
ReplyDeleteMorning Realwest, BDVM. Fairly quiet in here at the moment, I am sure that's about to change...
ReplyDeleteJamesTKirk - you want two women who make up something out of McDonalds chocolate shakes, Vanilla Vokda, Chicken McNuggest and bargeque sauce?!
ReplyDeleteOk then, I hope Santa is good to you!
OldLineTexan said...
ReplyDeleteHey, did y'all know that Louis Farrakhan is a REPUBLICAN?
Are you kidding? Obama is UNMASKED by Farrkhan, who exposes his nefarious plot to use H1N1 vaccine for population reduction! OBAMA HATES BLACK PEOPLE!
Occasional Reader is Kanye West!
ReplyDeleteMorning C2.
ReplyDeleteThis whole WH war on Fox can only be aimed at achieving some legislative end. As for PR, it's a lose-lose-lose: Republican base will be energized in its opposition by it; Independents will be turned off (from the admin.) by it; and the hard left still won't be happy--it'll never be enough ... I guess there's some percentage of the Dem. base that will approve. But that's not his audience here, either, which is kinda scary when you think what the WH is really up to ...
Are you kidding? Obama is UNMASKED by Farrkhan, who exposes his nefarious plot to use H1N1 vaccine for population reduction! OBAMA HATES BLACK PEOPLE!
ReplyDeleteSo does that make him a racist, or a self-hating Black man?
Beer report: it's 9:12 AM and i just cracked open one of two bottles of Riverwest Stein Beer ( a local Milwaukee brew )left over from last night. What the heck. Good stuff on an empty stomach, hardy.
ReplyDeleteBDVM, it makes him a "typical white person". Duh.
ReplyDeleteSudbury [MA] man arrested for planning terrorism attacks
ReplyDeleteA 27-year-old man from Sudbury has been arrested on charges he planned terrorism attacks inside and outside the United States, according to a spokeswoman for Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucks.
The man was identified as Tarek Mehanna, who was arrested in November of last year for allegedly lying to authorities about a man who trained with al Qaida, federal officials tell the Herald.
More as it develops
Boy, what a great idea it was to allow threats of litigation to drive vaccine production to other countries, wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteMaryland may receive just half its expected supply of the swine flu vaccine for October, state health officials said Monday as they scrambled, along with hospitals and other providers, to confront a projected shortfall.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/swine-flu/bal-md.hs.flu20oct20,0,503756.story
Farrakhan is anti-science, QED he is a Republican.
ReplyDelete/man, you people never learn
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteTarek Mehanna, who was arrested in November of last year for allegedly lying to authorities about a man who trained with al Qaida, federal officials tell the Herald.
Damned Amish.
Diplomats: Iran Agrees to Draft Deal on Uranium
ReplyDeleteBut diplomats told The Associated Press that it was essentially the original proposal drawn up by the IAEA that would commit Tehran to shipping 75 percent of its enriched uranium stockpile to Russia for further enrichment.
After that material is turned into metal fuel rods, it would then be shipped back to Iran to power its small research reactor in Tehran, according to the draft.
My guess is either the Iranians will find some flaw in the deal, giving them more time, or they've enriched enough uranium that they can ship this much out and still make bombs.
I'm pretty sure Mehanna is a Mormon name, OLT.
ReplyDeleteFarrakhan is anti-science, QED he is a Republican.
ReplyDeleteIt also makes him a Christian.
/we're through the looking-glass here, people!
Beer Drinking Victory Monkey said...
ReplyDeleteAre you kidding? Obama is UNMASKED by Farrkhan, who exposes his nefarious plot to use H1N1 vaccine for population reduction! OBAMA HATES BLACK PEOPLE!
So does that make him a racist, or a self-hating Black man?
That makes him George W. Bush.
/c'mon folks, these are the elementary-level identity solutions used all over the 'net
My guess is either the Iranians will find some flaw in the deal, giving them more time, or they've enriched enough uranium that they can ship this much out and still make bombs.
ReplyDeleteOr that any deal between Iran and Russia can't be trusted, period.
OR, this lack of swine flu vaccine is a plot by the anti-vaxxers to save the rest of us.
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MAN, I feel like I've walked through the looking glass -O.R. say OLT links to a story about Farrakhan being a Republican but it says no such thing!
ReplyDeleteThen BDVM says: "Obama is UNMASKED by Farrkhan"
And I don't see that story either, then Centaur at 9:12 AM is drinking a couple of bottles of beer "left over from last night"!
I mean, what the hell is "left over from last night? YOU NEVER LEAVE ANYTHING OVER FROM LAST NIGHT!!
Well, I didn't anyway. Course I am an alcoholic so that could explain it.
Gah!
JamesTKirk said...
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure Mehanna is a Mormon name, OLT.
FOOL! Mormons work in teams of two.
/Always another there is
When will we be seeing the Wrath of Farrakhan at Tea Party protests?
ReplyDelete(BTW, if you haven't seen Zombie's latest yet, the Instalanche is over.)
No, conservatism isn't like Nazism (sigh)
ReplyDeleteJamesTKirk said...
ReplyDeleteOr that any deal between Iran and Russia can't be trusted, period.
Kosh's Shadow says -
Yes, the Iranians ship low-enriched uranium to Russia, get back some fuel rods and some higher enriched pieces they can use more easily.
Course I am an alcoholic so that could explain it.
ReplyDeleteOnly the Sith deal in Absolut.
Kosh's Shadow said...
ReplyDeleteOR, this lack of swine flu vaccine is a plot by the anti-vaxxers to save the rest of us.
We're being driven into the bosom of Jenny McCarthy!
Which, come to think about it, doesn't sound half-bad, does it.
More on the Sudbury man planning attacks:
ReplyDeleteA 27-year-old man from Sudbury has been arrested on charges he planned terrorism attacks inside and outside the United States, including a plot to use automatic weapons to open fire at shoppers and emergency responders in shopping mall attacks, federal prosecutors said today.
Tarek Mehannah, of 6 Fairhaven Circle, is accused of conspiring with Ahmab Abousamra and others to obtain the automatic weapons needed to carry out a mall ambush in which they planned to open fire at random, said Acting U.S. Attorney Michael K. Loucks.
The plot included plans to fire at emergency responders, but was abandoned because the men could not obtain the weapons.
Just in time for the Christmas shopping season.
We're being driven into the bosom of Jenny McCarthy! Which, come to think about it, doesn't sound half-bad, does it.
ReplyDeleteI'd still prefer the two McNuggetini chicks.
JamesTKirk said...
ReplyDeleteCourse I am an alcoholic so that could explain it.
Only the Sith deal in Absolut
Comments like that make me wish we had updings. It's just a lot easier than copy, paste, quote, comment & refresh.
New thread!
ReplyDeleteRealwest -- I never said they were MINE left over from last night .... but they are now!
ReplyDelete