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Monthly Archives: November 2016
ON THIS DAY: November 26, 2016
November 26th is National Cake Day World Day of Giving * Small Business Saturday International Aura Awareness Day _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Captain Cook, Eugene Ionesco and Tina Turner, click
Posted in Heroism, History, On This Day
Tagged Captain James Cook, Eugene Ionesco, Howard Carter, Humphrey Bogart, Sarah Moore Grimké, Tina Turner, William Cowper
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ON THIS DAY: November 25, 2016
November 25th is StoryCorps National Day of Listening Native American Heritage Day * ‘Black Friday’/Shopping Day Buy Nothing Day * International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women * _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Alfred Nobel, Chief Dull Knife and Agatha Christie, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Agatha Christie, Alfred Nobel, Chief Dull Knife, Gilbert and Sullivan, Lope de Vega, The Greenback Party, The White Ship
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Word Cloud: INDIGENOUS
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Indigenous – aboriginal, earliest, first, native, original November is National Native American Heritage Month, and the day after Thanksgiving is Native American Heritage Day. Of course, some Native Americans don’t want to be called Native Americans … Continue reading
a Democratic Party minus triangulated power politics will win elections … #Recount2016
By ann summers The NYTimes’ Charles Blow tells Donald Trump to F*ck off, in no uncertain terms. https://t.co/yNSf8jbTsu pic.twitter.com/FiuXegbaEE â Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) November 24, 2016 $2.002 MILLION for #RECOUNT2016 #AUDITTHEVOTE! And it’s not even midnight!https://t.co/nyRV2cwdhY pic.twitter.com/9SK6SYaK28 â Anonymous … Continue reading
Mixed Blessings
from Nona Blyth Cloud Whatever your plans, whoever you’re with, I wish you fellowship and feasting. Offered here, some food for thought in a difficult year… ___________________________________________________________ Thanksgiving Letter from Harry by Carl Dennis I guess I have to begin by admitting … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: November 24, 2016
November 24th is Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day Horse Welfare Day * National Sardines Day Eat a Sandwich Day * Turkey-Free Thanksgiving _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Darwin, Scott Joplin and Anna Sewell, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Anna Sewell, Bat Masterson, Charles Darwin, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, John Steinbeck, Scott Joplin
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ON THIS DAY: November 23, 2016
November 23rd is Global Cybercrime Awareness Day * National Espresso Day Fibonacci Day * National Jukebox Day * International Thespian Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Thespis, Manuel de Falla and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Edwin Hubble, Enrico Caruso, Erté, Fibonacci, John Milton, José Clemente Orozco, Manuel de Falla, Thespis
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Orange Gasbag’s soft despotism: Emoluments Clause & Mrs. Claus
By ann summers Trump on his businesses/conflict q’s: “The law’s totally on my side, the president can’t have a conflict of interest.” â Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 22, 2016 So apparently Executive Privilege is simply a version of Absolute … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Financial, Government, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Journalism, Politics, soft despotism, spoils system, U.S. Constitution
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ON THIS DAY: November 22, 2016
November 22nd is Humane Society Day * National Cashew Day National Cranberry Relish Day Start Your Own Country Day * National Stop the Violence Day * _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Blackbeard the Pirate, Abigail Adams and Pink Floyd, click
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Tagged Abigail Adams, Billie Jean King, Blackbeard the Pirate, Clara Lemlich, George Eliot, Lillian Russell, Pink Floyd
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ON THIS DAY: November 21, 2016
November 21st is Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Day * National Cranberry Day Gingerbread Cookie Day World Hello Day * World Television Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Voltaire, Francisco Tárrega, and Marlo Thomas, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Albert Einstein, Cole Porter, François Voltaire, Francisco Tárrega, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Marlo Thomas, Rene Magritte
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