Monthly Archives: December 2016

Bannon/Trump’s Make America crypto-fascist (Again) … #MAGA just like the 1930s

Posted on December 5, 2016 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers What are the directions for the disinformation campaigns of the now post-truth Trump regime that will repress populations by means of contradictory rationalizations or outright lies. So much traditional ethnic hatred, so little time. Modernity’s issues … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 5, 2016

Posted on December 5, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 5th is Comfort Food Day Repeal of Prohibition Day * Sacher-Torte Day * World Soil Day * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Cicero, Joan Didion and Amy Winehouse, click

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TCS: The Better Angels

Posted on December 5, 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: December 4, 2016

Posted on December 4, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 4th is Cab Franc Grape Day Earmuff Day * National Cookie Day * National Sock Day Wear Brown Shoes Day World Wildlife Conservation Day * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Wassily Kandinsky, Dianne Feinstein and Norman Rockwell, click

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Tainted Love or Yuppie Scum: the lathe of Heaven on Earth

Posted on December 3, 2016 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers “Sometimes I feel like … huh-huh, immanentizing the Eschaton or gnarfulling the Garthok” pleased to announce President Obama will be joining Eschaton World Industries — Atrios (@Atrios) December 2, 2016 After 8 November 2016, all we … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 3, 2016

Posted on December 3, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 3rd is National Peppermint Latte Day Roof over Your Head Day SKYWARN Recognition Day * International Day of Persons with Disabilities * _________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Galileo, Anna Freud and Joseph Conrad, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 2, 2016

Posted on December 2, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 2nd is Bartender Appreciation Day * National Fritters Day National Mutt Day II * Special Education Day * Faux Fur Friday – First Friday in December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Napoleon Bonaparte, Fidel Castro … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: CONFLUENCE

Posted on December 2, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA  BLYTH CLOUD Susan Ludvigson is a paradox. She has published nine collections of poetry, and a couple of chapbooks, but her “biography” listings are one or two paragraphs about the number of fellowships she’s been awarded, and that … Continue reading →

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Your home heating prices will go up because Giant Yam won’t bring back coal jobs

Posted on December 1, 2016 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers Clueless natural Gasbag’s “post-truth” promises to cull votes with more coal jobs will now make your home heating prices go up with little effect on returning coal jobs to the US coal belt. But that was … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 1, 2016

Posted on December 1, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 1st is Antarctica Day * Civil Air Patrol Day * Day With(out) Art * Eat a Red Apple Day National Fried Pie Day World AIDS Awareness Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Madame Tussaud, Hans Christian Andersen and Bette Midler, click

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