(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . 4/17 - World Hemophilia Day [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-04-17 On 4/17/1961, the US government directed and financed invasion of Cuba known as The Bay of Pigs took place Planned during Ike's Presidency, the attack used a "Brigade" consisting mostly of Cuban exiles and some US military personnel. It was preceded by an attack on Cuban airfields by eight CIA US government supplied B-26 bombers. When the invasion began to falter AND come to the attention of the rest of the world, President JFK withheld further US air support. Because the original Eisenhower government plan relied on both US air and US naval forces in order to succeed, the invasion failed. Initially the US, naturally, lied about the attack and said that there was no US involvement. Later it admitted that there was, but couched it in terms of CIA involvement and a CIA operation. This standard US deflection is pure garbage. The CIA is not some foreign guerrila group, NGO, or corporation, but a part of the US government. We need to tell ourselves the truth about the US and its actions and activities and not pretend that it is some evil twin doing them. The Enola Gay did not nuke Hiroshima, the US did, and the Enola Gay was but the instrument. The exile Brigade 2506 did not attack Cuba, and neither did the CIA. The US did, the CIA was the instrument used to fund, train, arm and direct Brigade 2506 which was itself both instrument and proxy. The US Government needs to step up and own all of the various crimes and criminality of the CIA and we the people need to admit them to ourselves. It's actually easy to do - watch: "The CIA US Government conspired with supporters of Reza Pahlave to overthrow the elected government of Mossadegh and install the brutal authoritarian dictatorship of Shah Reza Pahlavi" "The CIA US Government covertly airlifted supplies to the French during the battle of Dien Bien Phu." " The CIA US Government planned, organized, funded and directed the abortive invasion of Cuba at the Bay of Pigs." "Notorious terrorist Luis Posada Carriles was a CIA US Government Agent" Try it yourself; here's a passage on the US overthrow of Guatemala's government in 1954 from Wikipedia, simply replace every instance of "CIA" with "US Government" - On June 18, 1954, Carlos Castillo Armas led 480 CIA-trained men across the border from Honduras into Guatemala. The weapons had also come from the CIA.[95] The CIA also mounted a psychological campaign to convince the Guatemalan people and government that Armas' victory was a fait accompli, the largest part of which was a radio broadcast entitled "The Voice of Liberation" which announced that Guatemalan exiles led by Castillo Armas were shortly about to liberate the country.[95] On June 25, a CIA plane bombed Guatemala City, destroying the government's main oil reserves. Árbenz ordered the army to distribute weapons to local peasants and workers.[96] The army refused, forcing Jacobo Árbenz's resignation on June 27, 1954. Árbenz handed over power to Colonel Carlos Enrique Diaz.[96] The CIA then orchestrated a series of power transfers that ended with the confirmation of Castillo Armas as president in July 1954.[96] Armas was the first in a series of military dictators that would rule the country, leading to the brutal Guatemalan Civil War from 1960 to 1996, which some 200,000 people were killed, mostly by the U.S.-backed military. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency] Some like to argue that the US Government is not always in control of the CIA, but since they are only one real entity, that implies that the CIA is, at least in those cases, in charge of the US Government. This is not as it should be, and a means needs to be found to return control of the US government to the bankers, corporations and other oligarchs who normally run it. - ********** On this day in history: - 1492 -- Columbus and the Spanish Royals signed the Capitulations of Santa Fe 1521 -- Martin Luther's trial before the Diet of Worms began 1524 -- Giovanni da Verrazzano reached New York harbor sailing for France 1861 -- Virginia voted to secede from the US 1895 -- The end of the First Sino-Japanese War 1905 -- The Supremes decided Lochner v. New York, later reversed in West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish. 1946 -- Syria obtained its independence from the French occupation. 1948 -- The United Nations adopted Security Council Resolution 46 1949 -- At midnight 26 Irish counties officially left the British Commonwealth (Britexit?) 1961 -- With no help from the US/CIA, a group of Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (1961 official truth, beware of disinformation to the contrary.) 1970 -- Apollo 13 safely made it back to Earth 1971 -- Bangladesh was created x YouTube Video Eirinn go Brach x YouTube Video - ********** Some people who were born on this day: Only it seems to me that once in your life before you die you ought to see a country where they don’t talk in English and don’t even want to. ~~ Thornton Wilder 1820 -- Alexander Cartwright, inventor of Baseball 1837 -- J. P. Morgan, early US ruler 1863 -- Augustus Edward Hough Love, mathematician and theorist 1882 -- Artur Schnabel, pianist and composer 1891 -- George Adamski, prominent UFO freak 1897 -- Thornton Wilder, author & playwright 1906 -- Sidney Garfield, physician, co-founder of Kaiser Permanente 1919 -- Chavela Vargas, singer & songwriter 1923 -- Harry Reasoner, journalist & talking head 1929 -- James Last, bassist, composer, and bandleader 1930 -- Chris Barber, trombonist and bandleader 1934 -- Don Kirshner, songwriter and producer 1942 -- Buster Williams, jazz musician 1954 -- Michael Sembello, singer and songwriter 1955 -- Pete Shelley, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1957 -- Afrika Bambaataa, godfather of hip hop 1974 -- Victoria Beckham, aka Posh - - ********** Some people who died on this day: I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote ~~ Eddie Cochran 1790 -- Benjamin Franklin, a C note 1882 -- George Jennings, inventor of the flush toilet 1960 -- Eddie Cochran, singer, songwriter and guitarist 1967 -- Red Allen, singer and trumpet player 1990 -- Ralph Abernathy, minister and activist 1996 -- Piet Hein, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, 1998 -- Linda McCartney, photographer, activist 2008 -- Danny Federici, organist and accordion player w/ e street band 2011 -- Nikos Papazoglou, singer,songwriter and producer, oblique order - ********** Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: Malbec World Day World Hemophilia Day - NOTE — the site’s concatenation demon now overrides BR tags as well as everything else. I added some carriage returns using the online editor, but who knows what will happen. Garbled text is not the author’s fault. ********** - Today's Tunes - Artur Schnabel - x YouTube Video - George Adamski x YouTube Video - Chavela Vargas x YouTube Video - James Last x YouTube Video - Chris Barber x YouTube Video - Don Kirshner x YouTube Video - Buster Williams x YouTube Video - Michael Sembello x YouTube Video - Pete Shelley x YouTube Video - Afrika Bambaataa x YouTube Video - Posh Spice Beckham x YouTube Video - Eddie Cochran x YouTube Video - x YouTube Video - Red Allen x YouTube Video - Danny Federici x YouTube Video - Nikos Papazoglou x YouTube Video - - Bonus: x YouTube Video - - Altered Expectations: I am on a new infusion schedule, specifically, every fourth Monday starting today. I will be here for a while in the morning and then not until late aternoon and after on said Mondays. Who knows, that might be a good thing ;-) - - ********** - ********** Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind? - Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com Open Thread, Hemophilia, Malbec, Bay of Pigs, CIA, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Irish Britexit, Thornton Wilder, Chris Barber, Eddie Cochran [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/17/2162680/-4-17-World-Hemophilia-Day Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/