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Structural substitution and the logic of urban modernism
By ann summers occupying a space for a time en.wikipedia.org/… Here are some examples of cultural substitution in the built environment that articulate multiple meanings and identify an axis or axes of more than geodetic importance. Every historical site is both monumental and … Continue reading
Posted in architecture, Art, built environment, China, Germany, History, landscape, Media, Uncategorized, World War I, World War II
Tagged architecture, Berlin, built environment, china, city planning, Cold War, environment, Geography, History, Media, urbanism
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ON THIS DAY: December 30, 2016
December 30th is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day Candy Cane Cocktail Day No Interruptions Day ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Rudyard Kipling, Rosalinde Hurley and Paul Stookey, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bo Diddley, Patti Smith, Paul Bowles, Paul Stookey, Rosalinde Hurley, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Leacock
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Word Cloud: PORTENTS
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The New Year. It has often seemed bright with the promise of better things to come. New Year 2017 fills me with foreboding, which is reflected in this week’s poems. While some people are out celebrating, … Continue reading
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Conor O’Callaghan, Evie Shockley, New Years, Nona Blyth Cloud, Portents, Richard Hoffman, Richard Wilbur
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ON THIS DAY: December 29, 2016
December 29th is Pepper Pot Day * Tick Tock Day YMCA USA Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Thomas Beckett, Ellen Terry and Sun Yat-sen, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bing Crosby, Ellen Terry, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pablo Casals, Sun Yat-sen, Thomas Beckett, William Gladstone
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Trump has ended Performance Art forever
“Aktion artist Hermann Nitsch, for example, was arrested and imprisoned numerous times for breaking Austrian indecency laws by masturbating and enacting violent sexual scenes in his performances” … (“(Art) History, it’s reputable” – John Smith in Mr. & Mrs. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Art, Celebrity, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Installation Art, Media, Memorial, Philosophy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Sculpture, Society, Uncategorized, United States, World War II
Tagged Aktion Art, Art History, Donald Trump, Harry S Truman, Journalism, Media, performance art, Politics
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ON THIS DAY: December 28, 2016
December 28th is Card Playing Day Chocolate Candy Day Pledge of Allegiance Day * Endangered Species Act Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Ben Franklin, Maggie Smith and Alexander Solzhenitsyn, click
Trump’s new clothes … Larry Kudlow: “Wealthy folks have no need to steal or engage in corruption.”
“…Better than smoothly. Confidently. More than confidently. Transcendently” By ann summers If we ate the rich we’d soon become vegetarians … because Malthus. Donald Trump’s government has not yet taken power, but its epitaph may have already been … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Capitalism, Celebrity, Economic Policy, Economics, Financial, George H.W. Bush, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Internet, Media, Neoliberals, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Ronald Reagan, Sociology, Uncategorized, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Crony Capitalism, Donald Trump, hayek, Journalism, kleptocracy, kudlow, Media, neoliberalism, Politics, Trickle Down Economics
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ON THIS DAY: December 27, 2016
December 27th is Fruitcake Day Visit the Zoo Day Howdy Doody Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Darwin, Marlene Dietrich and Benazir Bhutto, click
ON THIS DAY: December 26, 2016
December 26th is Candy Cane Day Thank-you Note Day Spiced Caramel Apple Martini Day _____________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Babbage, Madame Curie and George Gershwin, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Charles Babbage, George Gershwin, Kwanzaa, Madame Curie, Tennessee Williams, The Beatles, W.C. Handy
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