Monthly Archives: November 2016

ON THIS DAY: November 15, 2016

November 15th is America Recycles Day * Entrepreneur’s Day * I Love to Write Day * National Philanthropy Day * National Young Reader’s Day Sadie Hawkins Day * _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Francisco Pizarro,  Georgia O’Keeffe and David Bowie, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 14, 2016

November 14th is Blue Circle Selfie Day & World Diabetes Day Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day National Spicy Guacamole Day Pickle Appreciation Day Operating Room Nurse Day National Speakers Association: Spirit of NSA Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Herman Melville, Nellie Bly … Continue reading

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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 14

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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Hailing the Western Imperium, How Trump’s lingua quartii imperii defeated HRC’s quants

By ann summers We now know how the ruling class will rule: on the backs of middle-class folks and delivered like any media ratings audience where the Brexit-style message resonated to an ideologically stable population sub-group that had been data-mined because … Continue reading

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Safety Pins As Both Hope And Resistance

  by NICOLE PLYLER FISK Since Donald Trump was declared President-elect of the United States in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, I’ve wandered around like Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games series, which I’m currently teaching at a state university — … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: November 13, 2016

November 13th is National Indian Pudding Day International Tongue Twister Day World Kindness Day * World Orphans Day __________________________________________________________ MORE! Ben Franklin, Helene Stöcker and Elton John, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 12, 2016

November 12th is Fancy Rat & Mouse Day * World Pneumonia Day * World Quality Day * Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day Super Moon Night * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Auguste Rodin and Sun Yat-sen, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 11, 2016

November 11th is World Origami Day * Pocky Day * National Sundae Day National Numbered Highways Day * _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Vincent Van Gogh, Albert Einstein, and Barbara Boxer, click 

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Word Cloud: WINDIGO

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Louise Erdrich (1954 – ) grew up in North Dakota, where her Chippewa mother and German-American father taught at a boarding school run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She describes the land as a place where the “earth and sky touch … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: November 10, 2016

November 10th is Area Code Day * National Forget-Me-Not Day Sesame Street Day * Vanilla Cupcake Day U.S. Marine Corps Birthday * World Science Day for Peace and Development * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Martin Luther, Marilyn Bergman and Harry Winston, click

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