Monthly Archives: October 2016

ON THIS DAY: October 20, 2016

Posted on October 20, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 20th is Conflict Resolution Day * International Credit Union Day * International Sloth Day * GLAAD Spirit Day * National Waiters Day Race ____________________________________________________________ MORE! ‘Calico Jack’ Rackham,  Richard Nixon and Madonna, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 19, 2016

Posted on October 19, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 19th is Evaluate Your Life Day Global Dignity Day * Hagfish Day * National Seafood Bisque Day Unity Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Martin Luther, Barbara McClintock, and Max Planck, click

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In Memoriam: Mary Beth Stanley, 1968 – 2016: “Think of Me”

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Her name was Mary Beth Stanley. I am her father, and she was the older of my two daughters. Please remember her. No child was ever wanted more. I was reluctant to have another kid, because money was tight and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: October 18, 2016

Posted on October 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 18th is Alaska Day * Chocolate Cupcake Day No Beard Day Hard-Boiled Detective Day * Rocky Horror Picture Show Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Moby-Dick, Persons Day and the BBC, click 

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Send in the Trumpian overlords

Posted on October 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Will Trump turn the election into a snuff film — his bread is in the form of debt, but regardless, the GOP will be toast after the election.  Berlin, 1945 Trump flak tower for Alamo rent-a-wrecks   One might very well … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: October 17, 2016

Posted on October 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 17th is Black Poetry Day * Mulligan Day * National Pasta Day Wear Something Gaudy Day * International Day for the Eradication of Poverty * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Johannes Kepler, Rita Heyworth, and Albert Einstein, click

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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 11

Posted on October 17, 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: October 16, 2016

Posted on October 16, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 16th is National Dictionary Day * National Ether Day * National Feral Cat Day * National Liqueur Day World Food Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Noah Webster, Margaret Sanger and  the Chinese Long March, click

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factory for Conspiracy-Theory machines: more Putin-Puppetry

Posted on October 15, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers WaPo’s editorial board now uses the explicit term, “Putin’s Puppet”, to identify Donald Trump, and there is some MSM spin that claims a false equivalence between WikiLeaks and a FOIA, considering some clear technical errors in some of … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: October 15, 2016

Posted on October 15, 2016 by wordcloud9

October 15th is National Mushroom Day National Red Wine Day World Maths Day * World Rural Women’s Day * World Students Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Edward Gibbon, Charlotte Brontë, and Abe Lincoln’s beard, click

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