This article defines the death of Rock.
Speaking of Ashes…
Australia have retained the “Ashes”! Aussie Infidel will be rather pleased.
History of ‘The Ashes‘
The Death Of Rock, And a Sunday ‘Ashes’ Open
by coldwarrior ( 57 Comments › )Filed under History, Music, Open thread, Sports at September 8th, 2019 - 3:03 pm
NCAA College Football Week 2, 2019 OPEN and Friday OOT
by coldwarrior ( 78 Comments › )Filed under College Football, Open thread at September 6th, 2019 - 7:51 pm
OPEN
THIS was a day off??? WTF…I work harder at work! Quite a honey-do list was handed to me yesterday. Now I can goof-off until work Monday morning. Lets start with placing a brisket on the smoker. THAT will be ready tomorrow! The girls want to sleep outside on the deck tonight AND tomorrow. I just got done tying off the tarp, OD Green, Canvas, 8×16, to the deck roof and to the outer rail so as to cover the other half of the deck. Very field expedient, if i say so myself.
Dinner will be Hebrew National hot dogs and some wonderful Andoille sausages au grille…some fried peppers and onions to top that off.
Of Course there will be college football! And some Caribbean Professional T20 Cricket tonight and tomorrow.
Let’s get started with some white ball.
Tonight (Friday)
The Jamaica Tallawahs are at The Trinidad and Tobago (Trinbago) Knight Riders live from Queen’s Park Oval. Who will win? I don’t care. The CPL is THE Biggest Party In Sport! as they say. And it’s the truth. the stands look like a great way to spent 4-5 hours! Booze, dancing, music, great food…hey, it’s sponsored by El Dorado Rum! Going to one of these matches is high on my bucket list.
Marshall at #24 Boise State – Fri, Sep 6, 9:00 PM ET…Boise got shown what real ball looks like last week by FSU. However, their QB is amazing. He an the Broncos will cover the 13 that Caesars’s is giving The Herd.
Saturday:
Ohio at Pittsburgh – Sat, Sep 7, 11:00 AM ET…The Alumnae are calling for the head coach’s head already. It’s a yearly thing with my beloved Panthers. The Online crew is giving 3.5 to OU. I’ll take PITT to cover.
#21 Syracuse at Maryland – Sat, Sep 7, 12:00 PM ET…The Terps are getting 1.5? Something looks fishy and I’m staying away from this one. Nah. I’ll take the Orangemen to cover.
#12 Texas A&M at #1 Clemson – Sat, Sep 7, 3:30 PM ET…here is how far apart the numbers are Friday evening: Caesars +16.5 // William Hill +19. This is highly unusual. There might be a +/- 0.5 between the houses. 2.5???? I don’t even know what to do with this. That 19 looks awfully tasty. And I’ll take the Aggies to cover. I have a soft spot for TAMU….a home game there is also on my bucket list. We’ll see if that is a soft spot in my head or not Saturday evening!
BYU at Tennessee – Sat, Sep 7, 7:00 PM ET…The Mormons are getting 4 on the road, at fabled Rocky Top versus the Team Formerly Known as The Vols. OK, I’ll bite. The Vols cover. (I expect to lose this one).
Coastal Carolina at Kansas – Sat, Sep 7, 7:00 PM ET…Les Miles (of LSU fame) is now a Rock Chalk Jay Hawk! Kansas WILL start winning under Les. But, he has a team of peeps that he didn’t recruit. Coastal Carolina is getting 7??? I’ll bite. Kansas covers.
#6 LSU at #9 Texas – Sat, Sep 7, 7:30 PM ET…game of the week. All houses are agreed the Texas gets 6.5 at home. LSU will cover.
#23 Stanford at USC – Sat, Sep 7, 10:30 PM ET…USC is getting 2.5 at Ceasar’s. I’ll take The Cardinal to cover.
Incarnate Word is hosting Texas Southern. There is no line as betting against GOD is a bad idea.
Last week 2/3 $1100/1000…each bet is $100 unless otherwise noted.
A song to get us into Friday night:
Enjoy!
Big Blues Bender Open
by lobo91 ( 53 Comments › )Filed under Music, Open thread at September 5th, 2019 - 12:43 am
I got into town late this afternoon, got checked in to the world-famous Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, and headed downtown to see what was happening on Fremont Street. Boy, has that place changed since I was last here. It’s turning into San Francisco East.
I’m looking forward to a shower, and a couple of days of good old-fashioned American blues.
Anyway, I saw that the previous thread had timed out when I got back to my room, so here’s a new one to tide you over.
Happy Labor Day!
by Bunk Five Hawks X ( 147 Comments › )Filed under History at September 2nd, 2019 - 12:05 am
I’m not an historian, but here’s the gist.
In 1894 there was a recession in the US, and Chicago engineer, industrialist and developer George Pullman had to lay off a large chunk of his workforce (yet he kept about 2/3rds on the payroll).
Some of those laid off were anarchists, socialists and Marxists (the Progressive Movement was on the march) and they organized a strike, not only for the layoffs, but because Pullman wouldn’t reduce the rent for the housing he built and owned. But they did more than protest. They turned to violence and arson.
They burned the buildings and product of their employer (The Pullman Car Company) and others. The damage affected the rail commerce of 27 states, the US Postal Service, and thousands of workers and their families not directly affected by the layoffs. Dozens were killed during the riots.
Note that the arson and violence didn’t affect Pullman nearly as much as it did to the thousands of people who benefited from Pullman’s brilliance, including engineering underground sewage systems for the city of Chicago.
In that year, democrats controlled the House, the Senate AND the Presidency. What did President Cleveland do? He gave the “strikers” an Official Holiday. Then a few days later, he sent in the U.S. Military to kick ass on his own constituents.
Even as Pullman Company and railroad workers were striking, Congress passed legislation in June 1894 making the first Monday in September a federal legal holiday to recognize and celebrate labor. President Grover Cleveland signed the bill into law June 28, 1894, a few days before sending federal troops to Chicago.
“It was a way of being supportive of labor. Labor unions were a constituency of the Democrat Party at the time, and it didn’t look good for Cleveland, who was a Democrat, to be putting down this strike.”
[Richard Schneirov, professor of history, founder of the local chapter of the SDS, 1966, Grinnel University.]Federal troops were recalled from Chicago on July 20, and the Pullman strike was declared over in early August. Eugene V. Debs, arrested at the height of the violence along with several other ARU leaders, was charged with violating the injunction and served six months in jail. Though the ARU disbanded, Debs would emerge as the leader of the nation’s growing socialist movement, running for president five times on the Socialist Party ticket.
