Paracultural Calendar for April 11

[Mark Thibodeau]

Sorry guys. I copy the text from my website minus the videos and images.

The website address (if you ever wanna see the pics or videos) is
uselesseaterblog.blogspot.com!

Thanks for your interest!
MT

On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 2:07 PM, jochen stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >documentary, *The Revolution Will Not Be Televised*, embedded below.<
> Nothing embedded in "my" calendar, Mark.
>
> 2015-04-12 5:03 GMT+02:00 Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>:
>
>> On this day in the year *1775*, for the last time on European soil, an
>> individual found guilty of the crime of witchcraft is killed in an
>> official, state-sanctioned execution, in Germany.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> On this day in *1868*, shogun *Tokugawa Yoshinobu* surrenders Edo Castle
>> to Imperial forces, marking the end of Japan's Shogun era and the beginning
>> of the Meiji Restoration. This development came about partly because, after
>> American Commodore *Matthew Perry* showed up in Japan accompanied by an
>> impressive fleet of technologically advanced warships, Japanese elites
>> collectively freaked out. They hatched a plan to get rid of the samurai
>> class and the feudal, agrarian system over which they presided and replace
>> it with a more forward-thinking oligarchy, headed up by a hereditary
>> figurehead, the aforementioned *Emperor Meiji*. In less than half a
>> century, the combination of rapid cultural change, techno-fetishism, the
>> sublimation of a disgruntled samurai remnant and increasingly obsessive
>> Emperor worship would lead to some of the most unfortunate chapters in the
>> history of all mankind.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> On this day in *1876*, the *Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks* is
>> first organized. They remain one of the leading fraternal orders in the
>> United States, with over one million dues-paying members.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> On this day in *1941*, the *Nazis* take over Germany's most popular
>> Jewish weekly newspaper. The abrupt change in editorial tone proves
>> unpopular with subscribers.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> On this day in *1951*, less than four months after its theft from
>> Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist university students, the *Stone
>> of Scone* is discovered hidden beneath the altar of Arbroath Abbey in
>> Scotland. The origins of the so-called "Stone of Destiny", which played a
>> minor role in the recent film *The King's Speech*, is shrouded in
>> mystery. Some claim that it dates back to Antiquity, or even that it is the
>> legendary "Stone of Jacob", the rock upon which the biblical patriarch was
>> resting his head when he was delivered a "divine revelation" from Jehovah,
>> as detailed in the Book of Genesis. But it's probably just a rock.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> On this day in *1961*, the trial of fugitive Nazi technocrat *Adolf
>> Eichmann* begins in Jerusalem. After World War II, Eichmann had fled to
>> Argentina under an assumed name, where he worked for Mercedes-Benz until he
>> was identified, located, then kidnapped by the Mossad, who brought him to
>> Israel to stand trial for his central role in organizing the Holocaust. He
>> was found guilty and hanged in 1962, the only person ever to be executed in
>> Israel based on the findings of a civilian court.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> On this day *1968*, President *Lyndon B. Johnson* signs the Civil Rights
>> Act into existence, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and
>> financing of housing to individuals based on their race. At the time,
>> pondering the effect this might have on voters in the formerly
>> Democratic-leaning South, Johnson is said to have said: "We've lost them
>> for a generation." It turns out he was way too optimistic.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> This day in *2001* saw the ignominious conclusion to the *Hainan Island
>> Incident*, the first real crisis of *Preznit Dubya*'s heart-breaking
>> White House career. On April Fools Day, an American spy plane had to make
>> an emergency landing on a Chinese island after being bumped out of the sky
>> by a Chinese fighter jet. It was on this day, ten days later, that the 24
>> American crew members were released by the Chinese government, but not
>> before the White House issued a groveling apology, which they preferred to
>> characterize as "an expression of regret and sorrow" over the death of the
>> Chinese driver... I mean pilot. A coincidence of note is that the American
>> aircraft was a Navy EP-3E ARIES II signals intelligence aircraft, and the
>> incident took place while the sun was in the Zodiac House of Aries. Aries
>> is ruled by the planet Mars, God of War.
>>
>> *****
>>
>> And, finally -- last but definitely not least -- on this day in *2002*,
>> an attempted coup d'état takes place in Venezuela, resulting in the
>> temporary ouster of President *Hugo Chávez*. If you relied on Western
>> media to inform you about those infuriating, exasperating, incredibly
>> inspiring days, then you have no idea what happened. I strongly urge you to
>> give your undivided attention to the documentary, *The Revolution Will
>> Not Be Televised*, embedded below. It's one of the most important
>> documents ever produced in terms of its revelations about the the true
>> nature, focus and direction of American policy towards Latin America. Just
>> watch it. From beginning to end. I'm serious. It will infuriate you, and
>> you will never forget the lesson it teaches.
>>
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