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12/4 is National Cookie Day [1]

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Date: 2023-12-04

Remember when cookies were supposed to be edible? Then they were insidiously injected into ones computer, to be susses out and destroyed, or allowed if it seemed like they would be beneficial. They became more common and more openly spewed and software was built to control them. Now they're out of control completely, you find a new site and load it to see if it has worthwhile content and a non-removable pop-up blocks all of the content until you agree to accept all cookies, without knowing what they are and whether the site is worth shit in the first place. If you have a lot of time to waste on obfuscatory bullshit, you can usually opt to view a selection of vaguely described putative categories or types of cookies to select from all of which are provided solely to make your life better and more enjoyable, improving everything from your browser performance to your love life, skin tone, and digestive health. PFAH!



It is also Cabernet Franc Day, a wine varietal long used to give Merlot based blends a hint of character, body, and substance, but more and more often also being bottled as a stand alone varietal. Give it a try.



Lastly, it is Wildlife Conservation Day. As if. Even the government (USDA) spends a hundred million or so per year on killing some 100,000 carnivores from eagles to bears, wolves, and the like ostensibly to protect cows and sheep and the like, especially those grazing on public lands. So, you can send a few bucks to a variety of outfits trying to slightly postpone the extinction of orangutans and aye-ayes, but forget about "pests", from grizzlies to groundhogs.



Oh yes, on this day in 1964, cops arrested over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, during a sit-in at the admin building protesting the UC Regents' decision to forbid political activity and speech on UC property. The students eventually won.

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On this day in history:

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1619 -- Thirty-eight colonists arrived at Berkeley Hundred, Virginia.

1674 -- Father Jacques Marquette founded a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan that became ChiTown.

1786 -- Mission Santa Barbara was dedicated.

1829 -- Lord William Bentinck declared that anyone who abetted suttee in Bengal was guilty of culpable homicide.

1867 -- The Grange was founded

1872 -- The ship Mary Celeste was found crewless and adrift (much like today's US)

1881 -- The first edition of the L.A. Times was published

1943 -- Josip Broz Tito proclaimed a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

1945 -- The Senate approved US participation in the UN

1954 -- The first Burger King opened (in Miami). Arteries began clogging

1964 – Police arrested over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, during an FSM sit-in.

1965 -- The Grateful Dead's first concert under that name

1969 -- Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were murdered by Chicago police

1978 -- DiFi became SF's first female mayor.

1982 -- China adopted its current constitution.

1984 -- Sri Lankan soldiers killed 107-150 civilians in Mannar.

1991 -- Pan American ceased operations

1992 -- George H. W. Bush ordered 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia

1998 -- The Unity International Space Station was launched

2017 -- The Thomas Fire started near Santa Paula, California

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Some people who were born on this day:

Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.



~~ Thomas Carlyle



1660 -- Andre Campra, composer

1667 -- Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer

1777 -- Juliette Recamier, businesswoman and influential socialite

1795 -- Thomas Carlyle, historian and philosopher

1865 -- Edith Cavell, nurse

1866 -- Wassily Kandinsky, painter

1875 -- Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and author

1892 -- Francisco Franco, fascist dictator beloved of the US government

1897 -- Robert Redfield, anthropologist

1908 -- Alfred Hershey, bacteriologist and geneticist

1910 -- Alex North, composer

1915 -- Eddie Heywood, pianist and composer

1920 -- Jeanne Manford, activist, co-founded PFLAG

1921 -- Deanna Durbin, actress and singer

1923 -- Charles Keating, narrow-minded, pious, crook and fraudster

1930 -- Jim Hall, guitarist, composer and arranger

1939 -- Freddy Cannon, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, singer and guitarist

1942 -- Bob Mosley, singer, songwriter, bass player and grape

1944 -- Chris Hillman, singer, songwriter, guitarist, mandolin player

1944 -- Anna McGarrigle, singer, songwriter and musician

1944 -- Dennis Wilson, the only Beach Boy who surfed, drummer, singer, songwriter

1948 -- Southside Johnny, singer and songwriter

1950 -- Bjorn Kjellemyr, bassist and composer

1951 -- Gary Rossington, guitarist

1955 -- Cassandra Wilson, singer, songwriter and producer

1966 -- Andy Hess, bass player

1968 -- Dionne Farris, singer, songwriter, producer, actress

1973 -- Kate Rusby, singer, songwriter, guitarist

1978 -- Jaclyn Victor, singer

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Some people who died on this day:

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”



~~ Omar Khayyam



530 BC -- Cyrus the Great, king of Persia

1131 -- Omar Khayyam, poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher

1798 -- Luigi Galvani, physician, physicist, philosopher

1850 -- William Sturgeon, physicist who invented the electric motor

1935 -- Johan Halvorsen, violinist, composer, and conductor

1976 -- Tommy Bolin, guitarist and songwriter

1993 -- Frank Zappa, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer Don't Miss His BOLERO below.

2009 -- Liam Clancy, singer, actor, and guitarist

2011 -- Hubert Sumlin, singer and guitarist

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Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:

Cookie Day

Cabernet Franc Day

Wildlife Conservation Day





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Today's Tunes



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Virginia colonists

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x YouTube Video

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Father Jacques Marquette

x YouTube Video

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FSM

x YouTube Video

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The Grateful Dead

x YouTube Video

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Fred Hampton

x YouTube Video

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George H. W. Bush

x YouTube Video

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Andre Campra

x YouTube Video

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Michel Pignolet de Monteclair

x YouTube Video

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Eddie Heywood

x YouTube Video

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Jim Hall

x YouTube Video

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Freddy Cannon

x YouTube Video

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Bob Mosley

x YouTube Video

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Chris Hillman

x YouTube Video

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Dennis Wilson - A song exemplifying the quintessence of critical thought in today's US

x YouTube Video

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Southside Johnny

x YouTube Video

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Bjorn Kjellemyr

x YouTube Video

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Gary Rossington

x YouTube Video

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Cassandra Wilson

x YouTube Video

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Andy Hess

x YouTube Video

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Dionne Farris

x YouTube Video

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Johan Halvorsen

x YouTube Video

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Timmy Bolin

x YouTube Video

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Frank Zappa

x YouTube Video

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Liam Clancy

x YouTube Video

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Hubert Sumlin

x YouTube Video

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Bonus:

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Early Dead<

x YouTube Video

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before that, tambien<

x YouTube Video

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Gots to have ZAPPA

x YouTube Video

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Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?

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Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com



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