Monthly Archives: June 2016

EU Disintegration and BREXIT: sanctimony & pseudoscience

Posted on June 25, 2016 by ann li-summers

“The EU’s disintegration is now running at full speed.” By ann summers Like Wile E. Coyote going off the Dover Cliffs, anti-immigrant discourse fervor and the MOE made the destruction of the UK Tory party inevitable but can Labour and … Continue reading →

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Food for More Than Thought

Posted on June 25, 2016 by wordcloud9

A simple idea to help fight a complex problem. Zara Nadeem and Zehra Hassan launched their “Food for Thought” campaign to reduce food waste in Karachi, Pakistan. The two friends distribute to-go packaging labeled “Food for Thought” to upscale restaurants … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 25, 2016

Posted on June 25, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 25, 2016 is: National Catfish Day Color TV Day Global Beatles Day International Day of the Seafarer Please Take My Children to Work Day NATIONAL HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD: Finland – Midsummer Croatia –Statehood Day Mozambique – Independence Day  Sweden – … Continue reading →

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BREXIT: not that bad despite Trumpian resemblance

Posted on June 24, 2016 by ann li-summers

Brexit will take many years to complete and some legal experts are even suggesting that it cannot even be completed considering other matters like NATO. That it seems like a reaction against cheap labor migration amidst austerity makes it seem … Continue reading →

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Zoo Baby Sitter – Sooo Cute!

Posted on June 24, 2016 by wordcloud9

Meet Blakely, the Australian shepherd who mothers orphaned baby animals at the Cincinnati Zoo. He’s a rescue dog with a big heart and lots of patience. Blakely shows baby cheetahs, wallabies, foxes and the occasional warthog how to play and socialize like … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 24, 2016

Posted on June 24, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 24, 2016 is: Pralines Day Swim a Lap Day International Fairy Day INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS: Canada – St. Jean Baptiste Day Lithuania – Day of Dew Peru – Farmer Day and Inti Raymi Day Venezuela – Carabobo Battle On This … Continue reading →

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WORD CLOUD: VISION

Posted on June 24, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Alice Walker (1944 – ) is famous for her novels, especially her third novel, The Color Purple. Since it was first published in 1982, The Color Purple earned the National Book Award  for Fiction and the Pulitzer Prize … Continue reading →

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Clinch Mountain and all the Blue Ridge weeps tonight. Ralph Stanley has Flown West.

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Bluegrass music legend Ralph Edmund Stanley, better known around here as Dr. Ralph Stanley, passed across to the Other Side today. Cause of death has been given as complications from skin cancer.  He was best known for his “high lonesome” … Continue reading →

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BROKEN PROMISES: 100 Years of Republican Campaign Slogans

Posted on June 23, 2016 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud   The policies and sloganeering of the current Republican Party are only more extreme versions of party policies and slogans for nearly 100 years. They haven’t been “the party of Lincoln” for at least a century. What … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 23, 2016

Posted on June 23, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 23, 2016 is: United Nations Public Service Day International Widows’ Day National Pink Day Lawn Flamingo Day AND Typing Day INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAYS Estonia – Victory Day Luxenbourg – National Day Latvia – Midsummer Eve Moldova – Statehood Day Poland … Continue reading →

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