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Are we having terror yet? Naturalizing the Cultural and Culturalizing the Natural
by ann summers “They have weapons. F*ck them. We have champagne!” (Charlie Hebdo’s response to recent Paris attacks) #Daesh bullshit www.motherjones.com/… Terrorism is natural in the sense that … Continue reading
Posted in 9-11, Art, Big Oil, Breaking News, Countries, Democracy, Economic Policy, Economics, environment, European Union, Foreign Policy, France, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Graphic Arts, History, Immigrants, Immigration, information Technology, Internet, Investing, Islam, Law Enforcement, Media, Murder, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Religion, Silicon Valley, Socialism, Stock Market, Technology, Terrorism, Terrorists, Wall Street
Tagged Climate Change, Terrorism
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Word Cloud: PECUNIARY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Conspicuous consumption is a term introduced by the Norwegian-American economist and sociologist Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory of the Leisure Class. The term refers to consumers who buy expensive items to display wealth and income … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, Society, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Black Friday, Christmas, Denise Levertov, Janis Joplin, Pecuniary, The Beatles
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When It’s Your Turn To Cook The Bird
By Jim Foreman, Guest Blogger Jim Foreman tells me he wrote this twenty years ago for a women’s magazine. It has been republished, somewhere, every year since then. I suggested to him that it would be a shame to break … Continue reading
Posted in Edible Flowers, Holidays, Humor, Literature
Tagged family, Jim Forman, Storytelliing
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Word Cloud: GRATEFUL
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For many Americans, it’s feasting on turkey and all the fixings with family and friends, watching football and the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, and then nodding off with a mild case of indigestion. This … Continue reading
Posted in Immigration, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Emily Dickinson, Grateful, Homeless, Marjorie Saiser, Over the River, Refugees, Richard Blanco, Thanksgiving
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France, Terrorists and the War That is not a war.
by Chuck Stanley Other than those affected directly, I am probably handling this less well than most here. Especially affecting me is the death of 23 y/o Nohemi Gonzalez. It has been only five short months since I watched my … Continue reading
Posted in France, Terrorists, War
Tagged CIA, Criminals, France, ISIS, National Security, NSA, Radical Islam, War
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Paris
By ann summers Expect airstrikes in Syria and some serious covert work to resolve the crisis even though in each case, AfPak, Iran/Iraq/Syria, and even Yemen, regional alliances would best serve the causes of peace. This is not the way … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Liberties, Democracy, European Union, Foreign Policy, France, History, Iraq, Islam, Media, Memorial, Political Science, Syria, War
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Picture of the Day
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Word Cloud: DRAGON
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Dragon – a mythical creature appearing in many cultures, used to symbolize many things: power, wisdom, menace, good fortune, destruction, greed, the bones of the earth, illusion, the longing of human beings to fly, etc. November … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged American Modernist Poetry, Dragon, Feminism, Literary Criticism, Marianne Moore, Mark Twain, Roses
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Republico’s GOP rap music….Yo golf pants too low
The answer to the question of whether rap music may appear at the 2016 Republican National Connvention Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Conservatives, Humor, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Politics, RNC, Tea Party, Television
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Republicans
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Word Cloud: WARCRY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This month marks the 99th Anniversary of the end of the Somme Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Somme. The Somme was one of the longest, bloodiest battles in human history: between July 1, and … Continue reading
Posted in Heroism, History, Poetry, Word Cloud, World War I
Tagged Battle of the Somme, Bertrand Russell, Robert Graves, Siegfried Sassoon, Somme Offensive, Trench fever, Warcry, Wilfred Owen
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