Monthly Archives: December 2016

The Trump Presidential Library: an unpresidented(sic) and premature monument

Posted on December 21, 2016 by ann li-summers

  (2015) http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/11/donald-trump-presidential-library-and-museum By ann summers So many were in denial up to now. It’s time to anticipate the site for the Trump Presidential Library … will it be Mar-a-Lago, Las Vegas, Queens, Long Island, maybe in Scotland or Russia … … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 20, 2016

Posted on December 20, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 20th is Games Day * Go Caroling Day Sangria Day Louisiana Purchase Day * World Day of Prayer and Action for Children * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Peter the Great, Susanne Langer and Frank Capra, click

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All the Orangina Berlusconi’s press corps

Posted on December 19, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Are these main-stream-media “journalists” blinking-out hostage messages in Morse code while having off-the-record drinks with Orange Gasbag? All part of the battered spouse syndrome: the more he abuses the press, the more they try to curry favor … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 19, 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 19th is ‘A Christmas Carol’ Day * Evergreen Day Hard Candy Day Oatmeal Muffin Day ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Ben Franklin, Édith Piaf and Richard Leakey, click

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TCS: Sackbuts and Krumhorns – Early Music for an Early Morning

Posted on December 19, 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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Trump’s unpresidented overreaction after a next terrorist attack

Posted on December 18, 2016 by ann li-summers

Trump says he doesn’t need daily intelligence briefing because he’s “smart” https://t.co/x6EsLJeElR pic.twitter.com/xiFymeNJRu — HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) December 18, 2016 By ann summers Lacking any precedent for appreciating intelligence and relying on negotiating based on posture and force, Trump will for … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 18, 2016

Posted on December 18, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 18th is Arabic Language Day * Bake Cookies Day I Love Honey Day International Migrants Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Paul Klee, Jacques Pépin and Gillian Armstrong, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 17, 2016

Posted on December 17, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 17th is Maple Syrup Day Wright Brothers Day * Wreaths Across America Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Deborah Sampson, Simón Bolívar, and Charles Dickens, click

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Larry Kudlow: CEA chair or Batman villain

Posted on December 17, 2016 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers Trump ‘Mulling’ Larry Kudlow for CEA Chair https://t.co/Kahv2aWJsy — The Weekly Standard (@weeklystandard) December 16, 2016 It seems normalizing that someone unfit for POTUS would float the name of someone equally unqualified for chair of the … Continue reading →

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It all began with “Thank you for your service”

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Terry Welshans

My wife and are are now home from the events at the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. It was a long trip, about twelve flying hours in a coach seat, thankfully overnight for half of the trip. We … Continue reading →

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