And so it shall be done

Thought of the day: Saul Alinsky

from my email:

IT ALL BECOMES CRYSTAL CLEAR 

Saul Alinsky . . .

Born: January 30, 1909, Chicago, Illinois

Died: June 12, 1972

Education: University of Chicago, Ph.B. 1930, University of Chicago Graduate School, criminology, 1930–

1932.

Occupation: Community organizer, writer, political activist

Notable works: Reveille for Radicals (1946); Rules for Radicals (1971)

Saul David Alinsky was an American community organizer and writer. He is generally considered to be the founder of modern community organizing. He is often noted for his book Rules for Radicals. From that book here are Saul's thoughts on how to create a social state:

There are 8 levels of control that must be obtained before you are able to create a socialist state. The first is the most important.

1) Healthcare – Control healthcare and you control the people

2) Poverty – Increase the Poverty level as high as possible, poor people are easier to control and will not fight back if you are providing everything for them to live.

3) Debt – Increase the debt to an unsustainable level. That way you are able to increase taxes, and this will produce more poverty.

4) Gun Control – Remove the ability to defend themselves from the Government. That way you are able to create a police state.

5) Welfare – Take control of every aspect of their lives (Food, Housing, and Income)

6) Education – Take control of what people read and listen to – take control of what children learn in school.

7) Religion – Remove the belief in the God from the Government and schools.

8) Class Warfare – Divide the people into the wealthy and the poor. This will cause more discontent and it will be easier to take (Tax) the wealthy with the support of the poor.

Any of this sound familiar?

Sunday, May 17, 2026

exigency \EK-suh-jun-see; ig-ZIJ-un-see\, noun:

1. The quality or state of requiring immediate aid or action; urgency.
2. A case demanding immediate action or remedy; a pressing or urgent situation.
3. That which is demanded or required in a particular situation -- usually used in the plural.

Exigency comes from Medieval Latin exigentia, from the present participle of Latin exigere, to drive out, to force out, to exact, to demand, from ex-, out of + agere, to drive. The adjective form is exigent.

pretext

• Verb, portmanteau - To pretend to text someone or reply to someone's text message to avoid awkward situations. This happens most often when talking to someone you don't really know or when you don't want to look weird while waiting for the bus.

My crush, Addie, and I have run out of things to talk about so I will pretext to avoid any awkward silences.

 

History

• Buttonwood Agreement: 24 prominent brokers created the foundation of the NYSE (1792)
• Kentucky Derby: horse race was run for the first time; Aristides won (1875)
• Brown v. Board of Education: the US Supreme Court unanimously banned segregation (1954)
• Watergate: the US Senate began hearings about the Nixon-era scandal (1973)
• Laurent Kabila: rebel leader declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), deposing Mobutu (1997)
• wedding vows: Massachusetts became the first US state to legally allow same-sex marriages (2004)

Birthdays

• Sandro Botticelli 1444 
• Edward Jenner 1749
• Joseph Norman Lockyer 1836
• Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 1900
• James Bell 1903
• Carl McIntire 1906
• Maureen O'Sullivan 1911
• Archibold Cox 1912
• Stewart Alsop 1914
• Carl Lipscombe 1915
• Brigit Nilsson 1918
• Bob Merrill 1921
• Kanid Burruss 1921 - Musician (Xscape)
• Dix Hixson 1924
• Jackie McLean 1932
• Dennis Hopper 1936 - Actor
• Pervis Jackson 1938 - Musician (The Spinners)
• Taj Mahal 1942 - Singer
• Jesse Winchester 1944
• Bill Bruford 1948 - Musician (Yes, King Crimson)
• Kathleen Sullivan 1953 - Television personality
• Bill Paxton 1955 - Actor
• Bob Saget 1956 - Actor, comedian ("Full House")
• Sugar Ray Leonard 1956 - Boxer
• Audie Desbrow 1957 - Musician (Great White)
• Paul Di'Anno 1958 - Musician (Iron Maiden)
• Jim Nantz 1959 - Sports announcer
• Enya 1961 - Musician
• Craig Ferguson 1962 - Television host ("The Late Late Show")
• Page McConnell 1963 - Musician (Phish)
• O'Dell 1965 - Musician (Mint Condition)
• Trent Reznor 1965 - Musician (Nine Inch Nails)
• Hill Harper 1966 - Actor ("CSI: NY")
• Thom Filicia 1969 - Television personality ("Queer Eye For the Straight Guy")
• Darnell Van Rensalier (Shai) 1970
• Jordan Knight 1970 - Singer (New Kids on the Block)
• Sendhil Ramamurthy 1974 - Actor ("Heroes")
• Matt Cassel 1982 - Football player
• Tahj Mowry 1986
• Nikki Reed 1988 - Actress

 

 

  

300 [Film - 2007]

300 is a 2007 film adaptation of the graphic novel of the same name by Frank Miller, and is a fictionalized retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. The film is directed by Zack Snyder while Miller served as executive producer and consultant. The film was shot mostly with a super-imposition chroma key technique, to help replicate the imagery of the original comic book. Spartan King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fight to the last man against Persian 'God-King' Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) and his army of more than one million soldiers. As the battle rages, Queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) attempts to rally support in Sparta for her husband. The story is framed by a voice-over narrative by the Spartan soldier Dilios (David Wenham). Through this narrative technique, various fantastical creatures are introduced, placing 300 within the genre of historical fantasy. 300 was released in both conventional and IMAX theaters in the United States on March 9, 2007, and on DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD on July 31, 2007. The film broke box office records, although critics were divided over its look and style. Some acclaimed it as an original achievement, while others criticized it for favoring visuals over characterization and its controversial depiction of the ancient Persians.

Read the rest of this article:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_%28film%29

Saturday, May 16, 2026

stolid \STOL-id\, adjective:

• Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily excited.

Stolid derives from Latin stolidus, "unmoving, stupid."

bad fuel day

• The mood or feeling one experiences after having just filled his or her vehicle with $4.00+ per gallon gasoline. (Usually consists of a sense of great economic despair, impending doom, anger, frustration, depression and/or a combination of all the above)

"Leave me alone. I'm having a bad fuel day!"

come fuck me pumps

• high heeled, ankle strapped woman's shoes circa 1940s causing one to walk in a pronounced, seductive, strutting motion, made popular by actress Joan Crawford

Listen, Mary, just because you're wearing those Joan Crawford Come Fuck Me Pumps, you still ain't no movie star!

 

Holiday

• Armed Forces Day
  

History

• Marie Antoinette: married Louis XVI of France when they were 14 and 15 years of age, respectively (1770)
• Edgar Allan Poe: writer of the macabre wed his 13-year-old cousin, Virginia (1836)
• shield nickel: US Congress voted to replace the half dime with a new nickel (1866)
• impeachment: in its first of 11 ballots, the US Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson; he was acquitted of all charges (1868)
• Academy Awards: Emil Jannings, Janet Gaynor and Wings were the winners at the first awards ceremony (1929)
• Annie Get Your Gun: Irving Berlin musical opened on Broadway, starring Ethel Merman (1946)
• Junko Tabei: became the first woman to scale Mt. Everest (1975)

Birthdays 

• William Seward (William Henry Seward, Sr.) 1801 - Governor of New York, U.S. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln
  

  
• Elizabeth Palmer Peabody 1804 - Educator, opened the first English-language kindergarten
• Henry Fonda 1905 - Actor, father of Jane Fonda and Peter Fonda
• Margret Rey 1906 - Co-author and illustrator of children's books (Curious George)
• Studs Terkel (Louis "Studs" Terkel) 1912 - Author, historian, actor, broadcaster
• Woody Herman (Woodrow Charles Herman) 1913 - Musician, singer
• George Gaynes 1917 - Actor
• Liberace (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) 1919 - Musician
• Harry Carey Jr. 1921 - Actor
• Eddie Bert 1922 - Musician
• Robert Perpoint 1925 - Broadcast journalist, White House correspondent
• Billy Martin (Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin, Jr.) 1928 - Baseball player and manager
• Betty Carter (Lillie Mae Jones) 1930 - Singer
• Yvonne Craig 1940 - Actress ("Batman" tv series)
• Billy Cobham (William C. Cobham) 1944 - Musician
• Robert Fripp 1946 - Musician
• Bill Smitrovich (William Stanley "Bill" Smitrowicz) 1947 - Actor
• Darrel Sweet 1947 - Musician (Nazareth)
• Barbara Lee 1947 - Musician (The Chiffons)
• Jim Langer (James John Langer) 1948 - Football player
• Rick Reuschel 1949 - Baseball player
• Jonathan Richman 1951 - Musician
• Pierce Brosnan 1952 - Actor ("Remington Steel," "Dante's Peak," "Golden Eye")
• Olga Korbut (Olga Valentinovna Korbut) 1955 - Gymnast, known as the Sparrow from Minsk
• 
  Debra Winger 1955 - Actress
• Glenn Gregory 1958 - Musician (Heaven 17)
• Mare Winningham 1959 - Actor
• Krist Novoselic 1965 - Musician (Nirvana)
• Janet Jackson 1966 - Singer
• Ralph Tresvant 1968 - Singer (New Edition)
• Tracey Gold 1969 - Actress ("Growing Pains")
• Gabriela Sabatini 1970 - Tennis player
• Rick Trevino (Ricardo Treviño, Jr.) 1971 - Country musician
• David Boreanaz 1971 - Actor
• Simon Katz 1971 - Musician (Jamiroquai)
• Tori Spelling 1973 - Actress ("Beverly Hills 90210")
  Lynn Collins 1977 - actress (Wolverine, John Carter)
• Megan Fox 1986 - Actress and milf