Monthly Archives: September 2016

Trump’s Losers’ Curse

Posted on September 6, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers   Donald Trump’s Losers’ Curse comes from the GOP essentially overpaying or overvaluing its POTUS candidates — raising campaign money that seems not yet to have been spent, even as there seems to be a rising need to avert a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: September 6, 2016

Posted on September 6, 2016 by wordcloud9

September 6th is Coffee Ice Cream Day Louisa Ann Swain Day * National Read a Book Day ∞ Another Look Unlimited Day (repurpose, recycle or donate) ____________________________________________________________  MORE! Festivals, Chris Columbus, a Woman Votes and Leningrad goes back to being … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: September 5, 2016

Posted on September 5, 2016 by wordcloud9

September 5th is Cheese Pizza Day Be Late for Something Day * Jury Rights Day * ∞ Two-Ingredient Cocktail Day ∞ U.N. International Day of Charity * ____________________________________________________________ Happy Labor Day! – MORE!  Festivals, William Penn, French Reign of Terror, and Jack Kerouac, click

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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun — Part 5

Posted on September 5, 2016 by wordcloud9

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 →

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ON THIS DAY: September 4, 2016

Posted on September 4, 2016 by wordcloud9

September 4th is Eat an Extra Dessert Day * Macadamia Nut Day Newspaper Carrier Day * ∞ National Wildlife Day * ∞ ____________________________________________________________ MORE!  Festivals and Holidays, Geronimo, a “Kodak moment” and Jimi Hendrix, click

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Readings – Paul Craig Roberts: Are You a Mind-Controlled CIA Stooge?

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

I admit that conspiracy theories are one of my guilty pleasures.  But sometimes the outlandish tales have the ring of truth to them.  And sometimes what conventional wisdom had dismissed out of hand as being CT, later turns out to … Continue reading →

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Hello Cousin

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Terry Welshans

By Terry Welshans Allow me to begin by saying first of all, this article is not about me. It is about us, all of us. I am going to relate this story from my perspective, which is really your perspective … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: September 3, 2016

Posted on September 3, 2016 by wordcloud9

September 3rd is U.S. Bowling League Day Cabernet Day Penny Press Day * Welsh Rarebit Day World Beard Day International Vulture Awareness Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! World Festivals and Holidays, Frederick Douglas, the Bonneville Salt Flats and a Mutant Alligator, click

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Readings – Consortium News: Belated Pushback on Saudis’ War on Yemen

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

In a post on Consortiumnews.com, Jonathan Marshall reports on Saudi Arabia’s continuing war on Yemen using weapons sold to it by the U.S., citing a source calling the war “arguably the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.”  The Obama administration … Continue reading →

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The Cats of Aleppo … and Their Keeper

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Nicole Plyler Fisk

by Nicole Plyler Fisk If there’s one thing I’ve learned from teaching Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games series to freshman composition students, it’s that — despite what presidential candidate Donald Trump would have us believe — we should not wax poetic over bombing anything. … Continue reading →

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