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Monthly Archives: September 2016
ON THIS DAY: September 23, 2016
September 23rd is Celebrate Bisexuality Day * ∞ Checkers/Dogs in Politics Day * ∞ Great American Pot Pie Day ∞ Restless Legs Awareness Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Kublai Khan, Victoria Woodhull and Marc Chagall, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bruce Springsteen, Dogs in Politics Day, John Paul Jones, Kublai Khan, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Marc Chagall, Victoria Woodhull
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Word Cloud: AIR
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD AIR — it’s all around us, but invisible unless combined with something else. We must have it to live, yet air becomes an alien environment the moment we lift off into it, separating from the Earth. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Air Pollution, Basho, Cornwall, Emily Dickinson, Haiku, Nigeria, The Four Elements
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ON THIS DAY: September 22, 2016
September 22nd is American Business Women’s Day * Hobbit Day * Ice Cream Cone Day * ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ World Car-Free Day * ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Ice Cream Cones, Tevye & Golde and Hobbit Birthdays, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bilbo and Frodo birthdays, Emancipation Proclamation, Farm Aid, Hobbit Day, Ice Cream Cones, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peace Corps
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Now self-radicalized police act as official lone wolves to kill People of Color
By ann summers Apparently some police officers, each in their own jurisdictions and with disproportionate community representation and oversight have decided to engage in their own stochastic terrorism, where random LEOs have taken it upon themselves to exceed authority and in some … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 21, 2016
September 21st is U.N. International Day of Peace World Gratitude Day Autumnal Equinox (Northern Hemisphere) Vernal Equinox (Southern Hemisphere) ____________________________________________________________ MORE! J.R.R. Tolkein, Jimi Hendrix and Masoumeh Ebtekar, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged David Bowie, Defense of Marriage Act DOMA, J.R.R. Tolkien, Jimi Hendrix, Perry Mason, The Hobbit, XB-70 Valkyrie Bomber
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ON THIS DAY: September 20, 2016
September 20th is Get Ready Day * IT Professionals Day * Rum Punch Day ∞ Science Advancement Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton, Cannes Film Festival and the QE2, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged American Association for the Advancement of Science, ‘Jelly Roll’ Morton, Cannes Film Festival, James Meredith, The Equal Rights Party, the QE2, The Walking Treaty
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ON THIS DAY: September 19, 2016
September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day * National Butterscotch Flavor Day National Gymnastics Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Cadbury Chocolate, Charlie Chaplin and Frank Zappa, click
TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 7
Good Morning! ____________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 18, 2016
September 18th is Air Force Birthday * Chiropractic Founder’s Day * National Cheeseburger Day * National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day * National Respect Day World Water Monitoring Day * 3rd Sunday in September: National Neighborhood Day * Wife Appreciation … Continue reading
Political-Media Complex: the factory sites for Conspiracy-Theory Machines
Hillary Clinton (6 September 2016): “I believe I have created so many jobs in the conspiracy theory machine factory, because honestly, they never quit. They keep coming back.” By ann summers While an elaboration of the “vast RW conspiracy” that … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Government Propaganda, Media, Presidential Elections, Propaganda
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, chomsky, Donald Trump, Media, Politics
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