“Las Mañanitas” is a traditional Mexican birthday song written by Mexican composer Alfonso Esparza Oteo. It is widely popular in Mexico and other Latin American countries at birthday parties, usually early in the morning to awaken the birthday person.
Since an aubade is “a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning,” Las Mañanitas is an aubade. I learned it in Japan myself. All over the world it is used as a part of the “Cursillo” retreat, when everyone in the neighborhood who has ever “made” a Cursillo gathers on the final morning to awaken those who are just making theirs, with song.
I tried to schedule this so that you, TomCat, would see it soon after awakening, though “the first thing” is probably not possible.
These sea turtles were rescued from the ocean off of Texas when the temperatures dropped below freezing (Imagine living in water which then freezes around you.) They were treated for hypothermia and eventually released- with playground equipment. The video only shows a few (and no words, just a chuckle at one point.)
Randy Rainbow’s new promised parody …
Katie Porter …
A Big Oil exec told me I had a “misconception” about a special tax break polluters get that other businesses don’t.
So, after explaining the deduction to him, I offered to write it out of the tax code if that what he wants. Just let me know! pic.twitter.com/ML25PMnrg5
Robert Reich – I would be remiss not to quote a comment on this: “BTW – Reich refers to LBJ using the “Bully Pulpit” to pass the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Dems had near 2/3 majorities in both houses at the time that overcame the objections of Southern Democrats and conservative Republicans like Barry Goldwater. And the 60-vote threshold in the Senate wasn’t in effect like it is today.”
Yes, this is a short list (and mostly transcript at that.) I’ll make it up probably tomorrow.
Democracy Calling
She may not be perfect (but then, who is) but I do like “The Claire Bear.”
Justice Matters – Glenn Kirschner. It gave me a smile to hear Glenn say my own words to me (“rue the day” waspart of them)
Rare panther sighting in the Everglades (from Ezra Van’s pwn channel)
Rough and ready transcript: Anchor: A man makes a discovery in the wild and the story behind this Trare sighting. The florida panther, is an elusive animal. Most of us will likely only see one in captivity in a place like the miami zoo, but a miami beach, man came across some in the wild, four of them together, and he had his camera with him to be. CBS 4 shows us the incredible video.
Announcer: What a stroke of luck to get a glimpse at a florida panther in the wild. But how about seeing four or more all at the same time?
Ezra Van: I mean I physically was shaking. I was so excited.
Anouncer: Ezra Van heads out to the everglades at least once a week, wildlife photography as a hobby. In all his years. He never saw what he found at Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve. It happened just when he was leaving and saw a panther hangingout with the vulture
start, taking some pictures and another panther walks up and they and they bark both start playing with it and then another panther walks up, and then all three of them are kind of toying around. With it and then a fourth panther walks up and just kinda sits off on to the grass on the side.
Announcer: Van says they stalked that vulture a little while longer and eventually let it go
EV: and they hung out in the grass for a little while they would even look over at me one of them meowed at me, hung out there for three minutes and just walk back off into the trees
Alligator Ron Bergeron: Looking at the video it looked like to me a a female panther with three cubs. These cubs will stay with their mother for about two years.
Announcer: Alligator Ron Bergeron is known as the mayor of the everglades he has many titles. Everglades conservation is just one
ARB: well, that’s very incredible, and that has a lot to do. If you go back to nineteen. Eighty one are estimates on panthers win twenty to thirty panthers across all of the Everglades.
Announcer: He said seeing those four panthers together could only happen after years of hard work to save the endangered animal .
ARB: we put together a panther team and studied it. And today. We estimate we have somewhere around one eighty to two hundred and thirty panthers across the beautiful Everglades tremendous success story on one of the most endangered species on the planet.
Announcer: Alligator Ron says while the population is growing there is still more to do to ensure a bright future for the florida icon.
ARB: it’s biggest enemy, is loss of habitat and collisions with cars. More crossings under our roads are extremely important to avoid collisions with panthers.
EV: The panthers are a Florida treasure you know and appreciating nature and everything that lives in it, including the panthers. I mean, I think, that’s really key to why a lot of us who live in florida
Announcer: we’ve got a lot of interest and for you on a website. Cbs miami dot com. You can get another look at all of that and video. You can also find out more about conservation and efforts to save the florida panther in the everglades ted scout cbs Four News.
Second Anchor: My hats off to the cameraman
First Anchor: sure.
Caveat: “Complete” here means “Complete up to now.” Ian suggests in the fourth endnote and the bonus to it that he is not finished. After that, however, CoViD-19 came along and he has been doing a series on that (I should say, with that title. The “VID” in the titles actually refers to “VID”eo games.) I will be continuing to check in and if he adds to the Playbook, I will feature anything new in Daily Video Threads, but I will also add to this post in order to keep everything in one place for easy access.
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Endnote #1
Chapter IV
Chapter V – Please note that the “Ship of Theseus” is not a ship but a concept – any object made up of basically identical parts. If you get hung up on “ship”, try “fence.” (and if you get up on “Theseus,” try – I don’t know – Bernie Sanders? Or maybe Hamilton.)
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Endnote #2
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Endnote #3
Chapter X (The Long One)
Endnote #4 (Stuff that wouldn’t fit into the long one – so also long)
Aaand – Bonus! (Contining Q&A that wouldn’t fit into the endnote … so also long. (And the CC doesn’t pick up the questions well.)
