LOC Title: "Wig wag girl" of the Woman's Defense League in the camp near Washington, D.C.
Introduction
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
Mid Week At Work: "Wig wag girl" of the Woman's Defense League in the camp near Washington, D.C." 1916.
LOC Title: "Wig wag girl" of the Woman's Defense League in the camp near Washington, D.C.
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Movies In History: The Siege of Jadotville
This very recent release premiered in the United States on Netflix.
The movie concerns a September 1961 battle which pitted a company of Irish Army United Nations Peacekeepers against forces fighting for the breakaway province of Katanga in the Congo. A more or less forgotten event in the United States, the 1960s were a time of intense turmoil in the former Belgian colony. Mineral rich Katanga took a run at separating from the Congo in this time frame, with the economic aspect of it being a distinct aspect of the attempt, as the Congo nationalized its mineral wealth. The Katangan forces were a mix of local gendarme and European mercenaries and made a very serious run at separating the province. The United Nations opposed the efforts which descended into outright war.
The Irish unit was a lightly armed infantry company sent by the Republic of Ireland as part of its peacekeeping mission. There was no thought to the unit being engaged in a full scale siege, but following the decline of the situation this is exactly what occurred and the unit fought for over three days against a mixed Katangan/mercenary force which grossly outnumbered it, surrendering only when the Irish unit had completely expended all of its ammunition. During the course of the battle not a single Irish soldier was killed while over 500 of the attacking force were.
This film was recently made with an Irish cast and based upon a novel on the topic. While based on a novel, at least based on what little I know of the battle, the movie is quite faithful to the history of the event. I'll confess, however, that I'm not an expert on this historical episode by any means.
In terms of material details the movie is superb. Indeed, it's surprisingly accurate. Taking place, as it does, in 1961 it involves a point in military history when armies were just switching over from bolt actions to automatic rifles. The film correctly depicts the Irish troops mostly armed with World War Two era weapons, such as Lee Enfield bolt action rifles, a Bren gun and a Vickers machine-gun. A few FAL's appear, but they would have been brand new at the time. Madsen submachineguns (at least I think they are Madsen's) also appear in Irish hands. Likewise, the Katangan forces have a few FALs but are mostly armed with Mauser 98 rifles, which would likely also have been correct. A few French submachineguns are shown in use.
Accuracy even extends out to odd things like vehicles and the single example of a Katangan jet aircraft, which is accurately shown to be a Fouga Magiste, a fairly obscure trainer of the period. I certainly would not have expected that level of accuracy out of any film. This is not to say it is perfect, a particularly glaring example of the opposite being the use of a Bren gun for a sniping shot in one episode but all in all, this film gets very high marks.
Indeed, it gets high marks in every respect. Well worth seeing.
The movie concerns a September 1961 battle which pitted a company of Irish Army United Nations Peacekeepers against forces fighting for the breakaway province of Katanga in the Congo. A more or less forgotten event in the United States, the 1960s were a time of intense turmoil in the former Belgian colony. Mineral rich Katanga took a run at separating from the Congo in this time frame, with the economic aspect of it being a distinct aspect of the attempt, as the Congo nationalized its mineral wealth. The Katangan forces were a mix of local gendarme and European mercenaries and made a very serious run at separating the province. The United Nations opposed the efforts which descended into outright war.
The Irish unit was a lightly armed infantry company sent by the Republic of Ireland as part of its peacekeeping mission. There was no thought to the unit being engaged in a full scale siege, but following the decline of the situation this is exactly what occurred and the unit fought for over three days against a mixed Katangan/mercenary force which grossly outnumbered it, surrendering only when the Irish unit had completely expended all of its ammunition. During the course of the battle not a single Irish soldier was killed while over 500 of the attacking force were.
This film was recently made with an Irish cast and based upon a novel on the topic. While based on a novel, at least based on what little I know of the battle, the movie is quite faithful to the history of the event. I'll confess, however, that I'm not an expert on this historical episode by any means.
In terms of material details the movie is superb. Indeed, it's surprisingly accurate. Taking place, as it does, in 1961 it involves a point in military history when armies were just switching over from bolt actions to automatic rifles. The film correctly depicts the Irish troops mostly armed with World War Two era weapons, such as Lee Enfield bolt action rifles, a Bren gun and a Vickers machine-gun. A few FAL's appear, but they would have been brand new at the time. Madsen submachineguns (at least I think they are Madsen's) also appear in Irish hands. Likewise, the Katangan forces have a few FALs but are mostly armed with Mauser 98 rifles, which would likely also have been correct. A few French submachineguns are shown in use.
Accuracy even extends out to odd things like vehicles and the single example of a Katangan jet aircraft, which is accurately shown to be a Fouga Magiste, a fairly obscure trainer of the period. I certainly would not have expected that level of accuracy out of any film. This is not to say it is perfect, a particularly glaring example of the opposite being the use of a Bren gun for a sniping shot in one episode but all in all, this film gets very high marks.
Indeed, it gets high marks in every respect. Well worth seeing.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Lex Anteinternet: The Shoshone - Arapaho Disagreement comes to a head...
I reported on this event back on October 10, when it first hit the news:
Lex Anteinternet: The Shoshone - Arapaho Disagreement comes to a hea...: There's a truly odd spectacle playing out in Fremont County, Wyoming, but it's getting little attention. As has been noted her...
There's been no news on it since, and I wondered what was going on.
Well, today the Tribune has a followup article, and there's been no resolution of the crisis. Indeed, it's even odder than originally reported.
In terms of news, this matter is actually going before the Tribal Court this Wednesday. The issue will be whether the court can be dissolved by the Joint Business Council if only the Shoshones are recognizing the council. The Court has already issued a preliminary order that it cannot, and in fact has held the sitting Shoshone members of the JBC in contempt at the rate of $150 a day for attempting to dissolve it and cease funding it. The Arapahos, who had asked the BIA to fund separate institutions including a court, as they no longer participate in the JBC, are ironically now funding the Tribal Court. The JBC has asked for the BIA to restore a BIA court, which it threatened to do, but which it has not.
It's hard to see a resolution to this occurring, or at least one that doesn't involve the Federal courts. And indeed there's a case in Federal court right now about whether or not the Arapahos can demand separate treatment from the Federal government in light of its independent sovereignty. Those who argue against it, at least on practical grounds, note that its tough to have two separate bodies of law in the same geographic area, including two separate courts and two separate game and fish codes.
USS Arizona Commissioned
The USS Arizona was commissioned on this date in 1916.
She was a Pennsylvania Class battleship that had been two years in construction at the time. She would serve, of course, until December 7, 1941.
Her memorial:
I last saw the USS Arizona memorial in about 1975, when I went to Oahu with my mother. We went there to visit her Great Aunt Christine, who was born and raised in Hawaii, and who was an eyewitness to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
At that time, the memorial was administered by the U.S. Navy, and those going to view it entered by small vessel through the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The boat was boarded in Honolulu Harbor. It was very dignified, and I recall a uniformed sailor was present at all times.
The U.S. Park Service now administers the site, and they do a nice job, particularly with a related facility nearby which commemorates the entire battle. It remains a moving and somber site.
She was a Pennsylvania Class battleship that had been two years in construction at the time. She would serve, of course, until December 7, 1941.
Her memorial:
The USS Arizona Memorial, Pearl Harbor Hawaii
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| The raised anchor of the USS Arizona. |
The memorial wall on the USS Arizona memorial listing the crew-members who lost their lives on December 7, 1941.
The crew-members who have chosen to be interred with their shipmates since December 7, 1941.
The USS Arizona.
Oil leaking from the Arizona, the "tears" of the ship.
This is a section of the memorial wall again, which I've posted due to the surprise of noting the name of one of the sailors.
The oil leaking from the USS Arizona is estimated at the very small
amount of five quarts per day. None the less, the oil streak is clearly
visible from the USS Missouri, which is docked some distance away.
The USS Missouri as viewed from the USS Arizona memorial.
I last saw the USS Arizona memorial in about 1975, when I went to Oahu with my mother. We went there to visit her Great Aunt Christine, who was born and raised in Hawaii, and who was an eyewitness to the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor.
At that time, the memorial was administered by the U.S. Navy, and those going to view it entered by small vessel through the mouth of Pearl Harbor. The boat was boarded in Honolulu Harbor. It was very dignified, and I recall a uniformed sailor was present at all times.
The U.S. Park Service now administers the site, and they do a nice job, particularly with a related facility nearby which commemorates the entire battle. It remains a moving and somber site.
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Today In Wyoming's History: October 16
Today In Wyoming's History: October 16:
1916 Cavalry withdrawn from Yellowstone National Park. Attribution: On This Day.
1916 Cavalry withdrawn from Yellowstone National Park. Attribution: On This Day.
Cavalry in Yellowstone, 1903.
Cavalry escorting President Arthur in Yellowstone, 1883.
The Wyoming Tribune for October 16, 1916: Carranza's family in flight. . . or were they?
Readers if the always sensational Wyoming Tribune learned, in the afternoon Monday edition, that the family of Carranza was in flight, suggesting he was about to fall from power.
Well, he wasn't. He'd remain firmly in power, and in fact at that time was working on his proposals for a new Mexican constitution. Readers of the Tribune, however, were probably pretty worried.
On other matters, Charles E. Hughes declared himself to be a man of peace, and the Wilson Administration denied that the US was somehow responsible for the execution of Roger Casement, who was sentenced due to his role in the recent Irish Nationalist's uprising against the United Kingdom.
Country Store, Tecumseh Oklahoma, 1916
Friday, October 14, 2016
Bull Moose Carey goes for Wilson: Cheyenne Leader for October 14, 1916.
Illustrating the ongoing split in the GOP, and perhaps providing us something that sounds a little familiar for us today, the Cheyenne Leader for October 14, 1916 lead with a story about respected former Republican Governor Carey supporting Woodrow Wilson.
Joseph M. Carey was born in Delaware and studied law at the University of Pennsylvania before coming to Wyoming as its first, territorial, Attorney General. He went very rapidly from that post to being a Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court justice, and just as rapidly left that post to start ranching, founding a large ranch near what is now Casper Wyoming, the CY Ranch. The ranch house, indeed, still exists in a much updated form near today's Casper College.
Almost as soon as he took up ranching, he took up politics, first serving on the Cheyenne City Council and then as the Territorial Representative to the U.S. House of Representatives. He served in the U.S. Senate from 1890 to 1895 but lost that position thereafter. At that time Senators were elected by the Legislature and there was a great upheaval in the Wyoming Legislature following the Johnson County War which, for a time, threatened the Republican hold on the state.
He returned to politics in 1911 and was elected Governor, but he was one of the Republican Governors who followed Theodore Roosevelt out of the GOP in the 1912 election, at which time he joined the Progressive Party. He was sincere in his Progressive convictions and like some of the more dedicated Progressives he did not make peace with the GOP like Roosevelt himself did in this election year. He remained in the Progressive Party until his death in 1924.
The 1916 election year saw quite a few instances like this. While Roosevelt made peace with the GOP and returned to it, after some indication that he might run as Progressive against Wilson, not everyone did. And some of those Progressives were leaning towards Wilson, with some even going more leftward than that.
The Battle Hen of the Republic
Illustration of Cobb by Tony Sarg from The Battle Hen of the Republic.
Cover by Norman Rockwell, illustrating a family watching a Charlie Chaplin film
The Battle Hen of the Republic by Irvin S. Cobb, illustrations by Tony Sarg.
The Water Cure by Ring W. Lardner, illustrations by M. L. Blumenthal
The Political Panorama by Samuel G. Blythe illustrations byWill Hammell
The Man Who Tried to Be It, part two, by Cameron Mackenzie, illustrations by Charles D. Marshall
Our Most Human Industry: Cinderella Silver Comes Back for Her Slipper by James H. Collins.
The Great American Game by Frank Goewey Jones
Human Nature at the Front by Ian Hay.
Piccadilly Jim, part five, by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, illstrations by May Wilson Preston
A Circuit Rider’s Widow, part seven, by Corra Harris, illustrations by Walter H. Everett
Digging Up the Future, by William H. Hamby, illustrations by Gayle P. Hoskins
Honestly If Possible by Sinclair Lewis, illustrations by Henry Raleigh
Simple Curves in Business by Fred C. Kelly.
Lemon Blossoms by Frank Condon.
Wish I could find the article.
Cobb was a writer from Kentucky who had been writing in New York since 1904. Starting in 1911 he wrote for a time for The Saturday Evening Post, with World War One being his original focus with that journal. This article was obviously not on the Great War. His article on the all black 369th Infantry Regiment (15th New York) was widely circulated at the time and reprinted in the black press. He wrote fiction as well as contemporary articles and was a well read writer at the time, writing until his death in 1944.
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Overheard at the Airport
Denver International Airport.
Stop staring at me! I see you staring at me!
I'm so sick of dishonest people. You don't want my drama!
You sound like my grandmother (to elderly women speaking to one another, which they fail to note).
I'm sick. . oh its peanut butter (said while female subject is at first rubbing her stomach and then going on to upper torso in a manner not generally done in public).
(Turning around to crowd in line). I feel your eyes on me! I know that you are staring at me!
Denver. Stoned capitol of the Rockies
Houston International
For those with a Samsung 7 Note, we have a trash can for you.
Apparently they catch on fire the announcer was tired of the longer announcement.
And; with a face suddenly appearing between a book I'm reading, while I'm drinking coffee and eating a cold danish.
I like to see what people are reading.
Stop staring at me! I see you staring at me!
I'm so sick of dishonest people. You don't want my drama!
You sound like my grandmother (to elderly women speaking to one another, which they fail to note).
I'm sick. . oh its peanut butter (said while female subject is at first rubbing her stomach and then going on to upper torso in a manner not generally done in public).
(Turning around to crowd in line). I feel your eyes on me! I know that you are staring at me!
Denver. Stoned capitol of the Rockies
Houston International
For those with a Samsung 7 Note, we have a trash can for you.
Apparently they catch on fire the announcer was tired of the longer announcement.
And; with a face suddenly appearing between a book I'm reading, while I'm drinking coffee and eating a cold danish.
I like to see what people are reading.
Cheyenne Leader for October 13, 1916: Sox take the series
They won it, of course, the prior day. This was a morning paper.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
The Frakes. PIcking Cotton, Lawton Oklahoma, 1916.
Monday, October 10, 2016
The Shoshone - Arapaho Disagreement comes to a head in Tribal Court
There's a truly odd spectacle playing out in Fremont County, Wyoming, but it's getting little attention.
As has been noted here before, the Arapahos have pulled out of the Joint Business Council, the body that has administered the Reservation for quite some time. Outnumbering the Shoshones, they have become discontent with the council and have been moving towards separate administration for quite awhile.
Now this has expressed itself, of all places, in the jointly administered Tribal Court. It has the appearance of a real disaster in the making.
Apparently the Bureau of Indian Affairs has quit funding the court (and perhaps other things as well). Indeed, the BIA has apparently announced that it will recreate a Bureau of Indian Affairs Court, which the Wind River Reservation has not had since taking over the administration of its legal system in the 1970s. BIA courts administer according to "traditional" concepts, so its unclear if the Law & Order Code of the Wind River Reservation will apply in the BIA Court, should it be restored. The Law & Order Code, for its part, is a joint code, and in recent years the Arapahos have crated their own legal code that applies to some things, but not all.
Following this, the Joint Business Council, which now seats only Shoshone members, the Arapahos, in the style of Irish Nationalist of the teens, aren't taking seats, determined to lay off all the Court's employees, which would effectively shout it down and require the BIA to step in. The Tribal Court judge, however, who right now has the unqualified worst legal job in the State of Wyoming, issued a ruling vacating that order, although its not clear how the employees of the court will be paid. The Court ruled that the Eastern Shoshone Tribe could not act in vacuum without the Arapahos, which makes some sense, but which is ironic in light of the threat of the Arapahos just a couple of years ago to form their own court.
What a mess.
All of this, of course, is illustrative of preserving a dicey decision. The Shoshones had not really wanted the Arapahos on their reservation in the first place, they were enemies. The allowance for them to be there was temporary, in the 1870s, but its obviously permanent now. In human terms, that's not very long ago. And now a problem that's been brewing has really come to ahead.
U.S. Ambassador to Germany James Watson Gerard and Mary Daly Gerard returning to New York on the Frederick VIII, October 10, 1916.
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Page Updates; 2016
January 5, 2016:
They Were Lawyers: Nicholas "The Chieftain" Moran.
January 8, 2016:
They Were Lawyers: Michael Punke
January 9, 2016:
Movies In History: The List: This is a January 9, 2016 addition that only lists the movies we've posted and reviewed in this series of posts here on the main page. As additional movies are added, the page will be updated, but the updates won't be posted on this or subsequent update threads, as that new page only lists threads that appear here, on the main page.
They Were Clerics: Delores Hart, Noella Marcellino.
January 12, 2016:
They Were Clerics: Barbara Nicolosi.
They Were Soldiers: Sam Elliot.
January 30, 2016:
They Were Hunters or Fishermen: Craig Strickland, Kenny Sailors, Ariel Tweto, Alfred, Von Stauffenberg, Alexander Von Stauffenberg, Berthold Von Stauffenberg, Claus Von Stauffenberg.
They Were Farmers: Kenny Sailors.
They Were Soldiers: Alec Guinness.
February 4, 2016
They Were Soldiers: Kenny Sailors
They Were Clerics: Monique Pressley
February 16, 2016
They Were Farmers: Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Ulysses S. Grant, Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter.
They Were Hunters or Fishermen: Antonin Scalia, Elena Kagan
March 24, 2016
They Were Hunters or Fishermen: Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Trotsky), Alfred the Great
March 25, 2016
They Were Hunters or Fishermen: Chuck Woolery
They Were Soldiers: Chuck Woolery
They Were Clerics: Antonio Vivaldi
March 29, 2016
The Were Lawyers: Patrick Pearse
They Were Soldiers: James Connolly
April 2, 2016
The Poster Gallery: Posters of World War One:
May 3, 2016:
They Were Soldiers: James and Walter McIlhenny.
August 17, 2016
They Were Clerics: John McLaughlin.
August 18, 2016
They Were Solders: Steve Bannon
September 1, 2016:
They Were Solders: Gene Wilder
September 15, 2016
They Were Lawyers: Basil W. Duke
They Were Solders: Hugh O'Brian
September 27, 2016:
They Were Solder: Arnold Palmer
October 5, 2016
They were Hunters or Fishermen: Arthur Davidson, William S. Harley.
October 9, 2016
This page was added. Like the "they were" threads on this site, this thread was an individual thread on this blog for quite awhile. I've let this one languish for quite awhile and even forgot that I'd posted it, but ran across it the other day and set it aside as its own page.
Brooklyn defeates Boston in Game 3 of the 1916 World Series, October 9, 1916
From Reddit's 100 Years Ago Today Subreddit:
[October 9th, 1916]Brooklyn Robins defeat Boston Red Sox 4-3 in Game 3 of 1916 World Series (self.100yearsago)submitted by dozmataz_buckshankBoston 3 @ Brooklyn 4
FULL GAME STATISTICS INCLUDING PLAY BY PLAY
Line Score - Final
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E - - - - - - - - - - - - Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 3 7 1 Robins 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 X 4 10 0Decisions
Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Jack Coombs (1-0, 4.26) Carly Mays (0-1, 6.75)
Holscher's Hub: Utah State Capitol. Inaugurated on this day in 1916.
Holscher's Hub: Utah State Capitol:
The Utah State Capitol was inaugurated on this day in 1916.
When you are a business traveler, you see things when you see them. Early morning photo of the Utah State Capitol building. Taken with an Iphone.
The Utah State Capitol was inaugurated on this day in 1916.
When you are a business traveler, you see things when you see them. Early morning photo of the Utah State Capitol building. Taken with an Iphone.
Reuters getting it wrong.
From a Reuters news article:
Now this is, of course, from an article that addresses Pope Francis having appointed new Cardinals yesterday. Reuters, in this article, attempts explain what that means.
And what it states here is that the Cardinal Electors must choose from their own ranks. They do not have to do that.
The only real requirement to be elected to the Papacy is that the elected figure be a male Catholic, and hence eligible for Holy Orders. That's it. In order to be elected you do not have to be a "Roman" Catholic, only a Catholic (a man from the Eastern Rite could be elected), nor do you even have to be a Priest. You do have take Holy Orders in order to become Pope, so under the wild hypothetical of a non Priest being chosen you would have to see something like what occurred occasionally in the past where a layman was ordained and then elevated to Bishop (in this case the Bishop of Rome) in a single day.
Will that happen? Well, no, its not very likely.
But could the College of Cardinals choose somebody outside their ranks? It's unlikely, but it certainly could happen.
Cardinals under 80, known as cardinal-electors, can enter a secret conclave to choose a new pope from their own ranks after Francis dies or resigns. Francis, the former cardinal-archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected in a conclave on March 13, 2013.Nope, that's not right.
Now this is, of course, from an article that addresses Pope Francis having appointed new Cardinals yesterday. Reuters, in this article, attempts explain what that means.
And what it states here is that the Cardinal Electors must choose from their own ranks. They do not have to do that.
The only real requirement to be elected to the Papacy is that the elected figure be a male Catholic, and hence eligible for Holy Orders. That's it. In order to be elected you do not have to be a "Roman" Catholic, only a Catholic (a man from the Eastern Rite could be elected), nor do you even have to be a Priest. You do have take Holy Orders in order to become Pope, so under the wild hypothetical of a non Priest being chosen you would have to see something like what occurred occasionally in the past where a layman was ordained and then elevated to Bishop (in this case the Bishop of Rome) in a single day.
Will that happen? Well, no, its not very likely.
But could the College of Cardinals choose somebody outside their ranks? It's unlikely, but it certainly could happen.
A game so long it didn't even make the afternoon edition. The Wyoming Tribune for October 9, 1916
Yesterday's (i.e., October 8, 1916) spectacularly long and spectacular fourteen inning, one score, World Series game apparently ran to long to make the 3:30 edition of the Wyoming Tribune, which had to accordingly report it the following day.
Also on that day we learn that a Cheyenne girl was on a ship torpedoed at sea, and that the Tribune felt that Wilson's game was up.
The Book of Habakkuk
The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet received in a vision.
Habakkuk’s First Complaint
How long, O LORD, must I cry for help
Selah
Selah
Selah
Habakkuk’s First Complaint
How long, O LORD, must I cry for help
and you do not listen?
Or cry out to you, “Violence!”
and you do not intervene?
Why do you let me see iniquity?
why do you simply gaze at evil?
Destruction and violence are before me;
there is strife and discord.
This is why the law is numb
and justice never comes,
For the wicked surround the just;
this is why justice comes forth perverted.
God’s Response
God’s Response
Look over the nations and see!
Be utterly amazed!
For a work is being done in your days
that you would not believe, were it told.
For now I am raising up the Chaldeans,
that bitter and impulsive people,
Who march the breadth of the land
to take dwellings not their own.
They are terrifying and dreadful;
their right and their exalted position are of their own making.
Swifter than leopards are their horses,
and faster than desert wolves.
Their horses spring forward;
they come from far away;
they fly like an eagle hastening to devour.
All of them come for violence,
their combined onslaught, a stormwind
to gather up captives like sand.
They scoff at kings,
ridicule princes;
They laugh at any fortress,
heap up an earthen ramp, and conquer it.
Then they sweep through like the wind and vanish—
they make their own strength their god!
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
Habakkuk’s Second Complaint
Are you not from of old, O LORD,
my holy God, immortal?
LORD, you have appointed them for judgment,
O Rock,* you have set them in place to punish!
Your eyes are too pure to look upon wickedness,
and the sight of evil you cannot endure.
Why, then, do you gaze on the faithless in silence
while the wicked devour those more just than themselves?
You have made mortals like the fish in the sea,
like creeping things without a leader.
He brings them all up with a hook,
and hauls them away with his net;
He gathers them in his fishing net,
and then rejoices and exults.
1Therefore he makes sacrifices to his net,
and burns incense to his fishing net;
For thanks to them his portion is rich,
and his meal lavish.
Shall they, then, keep on drawing his sword
to slaughter nations without mercy?
I will stand at my guard post,
I will stand at my guard post,
and station myself upon the rampart;
I will keep watch to see what he will say to me,
and what answer he will give to my complaint.
God’s Response
God’s Response
Then the LORD answered me and said:
Write down the vision;
Make it plain upon tablets,
so that the one who reads it may run.
For the vision is a witness for the appointed time,
a testimony to the end; it will not disappoint.
If it delays, wait for it,
it will surely come, it will not be late.
See, the rash have no integrity;
but the just one who is righteous because of faith shall live.
Sayings Against Tyrants
Sayings Against Tyrants
Indeed wealth is treacherous;
a proud man does not succeed.
He who opens wide his throat like Sheol,
and is insatiable as death,
Who gathers to himself all the nations,
and collects for himself all the peoples—
Shall not all these take up a taunt against him
and make a riddle about him, saying:
Ah! you who store up what is not yours
—how long can it last!—
you who load yourself down with collateral.
Will your debtors not rise suddenly?
Will they not awake, those who make you tremble?
You will become their spoil!
Because you plundered many nations,
the remaining peoples shall plunder you;
Because of the shedding of human blood,
and violence done to the land,
to the city and to all who live in it.
Ah! you who pursue evil gain for your household,
setting your nest on high
to escape the reach of misfortune!
You have devised shame for your household,
cutting off many peoples, forfeiting your own life;
For the stone in the wall shall cry out,
and the beam in the frame shall answer it!
Ah! you who build a city by bloodshed,
and who establish a town with injustice!
Is this not from the LORD of hosts:
peoples toil for what the flames consume,
and nations grow weary for nothing!
But the earth shall be filled
with the knowledge of the LORD’s glory,
just as the water covers the sea.
Ah! you who give your neighbors
the cup of your wrath to drink, and make them drunk,
until their nakedness is seen!
You are filled with shame instead of glory;
drink, you too, and stagger!
The cup from the LORD’s right hand shall come around to you,
and utter shame shall cover your glory.
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover you,
and the destruction of the animals shall terrify you;
Because of the shedding of human blood,
and violence done to the land,
to the city and to all who live in it.
Of what use is the carved image,
that its maker should carve it?
Or the molten image, the lying oracle,
that its very maker should trust in it,
and make mute idols?
Ah! you who say to wood, “Awake!”
to silent stone, “Arise!”
Can any such thing give oracles?
It is only overlaid with gold and silver,
there is no breath in it at all.
But the LORD is in his holy temple;
silence before him, all the earth!
Hymn About God’s Reign
Hymn About God’s Reign
LORD, I have heard your renown,
and am in awe, O LORD, of your work.
In the course of years revive it,
in the course of years make yourself known;
in your wrath remember compassion!
God came from Teman,
the Holy One from Mount Paran.
Selah
His glory covered the heavens,
and his praise filled the earth;
his splendor spread like the light.
He raised his horns high,
he rejoiced on the day of his strength.
Before him went pestilence,
and plague* followed in his steps.
He stood and shook the earth;
he looked and made the nations tremble.
Ancient mountains were shattered,
the age-old hills bowed low,
age-old orbits collapsed.
The tents of Cushan trembled,
the pavilions of the land of Midian.
Was your anger against the rivers, O LORD?
your wrath against the rivers,
your rage against the sea,
That you mounted your steeds,
your victorious chariot?
You readied your bow,
you filled your bowstring with arrows.
Selah
You split the earth with rivers;
at the sight of you the mountains writhed.
The clouds poured down water;
the deep roared loudly.
The sun forgot to rise,
the moon left its lofty station,
At the light of your flying arrows,
at the gleam of your flashing spear.
In wrath you marched on the earth,
in fury you trampled the nations.
You came forth to save your people,
to save your anointed one.
You crushed the back of the wicked,
you laid him bare, bottom to neck.
Selah
You pierced his head with your shafts;
his princes you scattered with your stormwind,
as food for the poor in unknown places.
You trampled the sea with your horses
amid the churning of the deep waters.
I hear, and my body trembles;
at the sound, my lips quiver.
Decay invades my bones,
my legs tremble beneath me.
I await the day of distress
that will come upon the people who attack us.
For though the fig tree does not blossom,
and no fruit appears on the vine,
Though the yield of the olive fails
and the terraces produce no nourishment,
Though the flocks disappear from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,
Yet I will rejoice in the LORD
and exult in my saving God.
GOD, my Lord, is my strength;
he makes my feet swift as those of deer
and enables me to tread upon the heights.
For the leader; with stringed instruments.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
Game Two of the 1916 World Series
Game Two of the 1916 World Series, courtesy of 100 Years Ago Today Sub Reddit:
[October 8th, 1916] Boston Red Sox defeat Brooklyn Robins 2-1 In Game 2 of 1916 World Series (self.100yearsago)submitted by dozmataz_buckshank
Blog Mirror: Epochs Field Guide to Camouflage
I'll confess, I find camouflage interesting.
This is in part because I'm a hunter.
When I was young, a long time ago now, if you saw camouflage in daily wear, it meant that the wearer was undoubtedly a hunter. Indeed, when I was in junior high I had a neat winter coat that was blaze orange on one side and had the "duck hunter" (WWII) camouflage pattern on the on the other. It was reversible, and it was a neat, down, coat.
At the same time, or thereabouts, I joined the Civil Air Patrol. The Vietnam War hadn't been over long and the CAP actually had some tiger stripe uniforms that it issued to those small enough to wear them. Tiger Stripe is a neat camo. I wore those for duck hunting until I outgrew them and donated them to somebody else. Little did I think they'd become highly collectable. Oh well.
In recent years, however, camouflage has spread into daily wear big time. Lots of folks who have never fired a gun and who get no closer to wild game than the pigeons in the park wear camouflage clothing all the time. I've thought about posting about that here, but I haven't yet. Now somebody else has, so I'm linking it in:
Menswear in the last few years has seen a profusion of camouflage motifs. In the past you would occasionally see camo used in a fashion collection or a subculture like punk, hip-hop or the 1990’s jungle scene. It’s really only in the last decade that it has become a staple, largely driven by heritage–minded Japanese brands and the streetwear scene. This is your field guide to the history, original use & application of camo in modern clothing
It's a neat article, but I should note. It contains an error in a caption. That caption being:
A usmc soldier in Frogskin camouflage near Normandy, France.
Nope, that guy is in the Army, not the Marine Corps. No Marines served in ground combat in the European Theater of Operations (there would be shipboard Marines, of course, and the Marines did have a presence on the ground in Iceland during the war). The frog pattern camouflage was introduced first in the Army, for snipers, but the average GI associated any camouflage patter in Europe with the Waffen SS, which made wearing it in an American sector dangerous. So it was withdrawn from Europe. Sources differ, but the frog pattern uniforms were either simply given to the USMC which kept up with issuing them to some thereafter, or maybe they simply adopted it independantly. Again, I've seen both stories.
Anyhow, neat article with a neat assortment of camouflage patterns discussed.
Friday, October 7, 2016
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