Monthly Archives: January 2017

Prezident Kozyr’s diplomacy as reality-TV genre

Posted on January 18, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann sunmers   Reality-TV rather than Realism … Nikolai Volkoff is known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and also with Boris Zukhov as The … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 17, 2017

Posted on January 17, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 17th is Cable Car Day * Kid Inventors’ Day * Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day International Mentoring Day No More Fad Diets Day Popeye the Sailor Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Catherine Booth, Betty White and Michelle Obama, click

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Prezident GazBag Kozyr is a tiny, non-politically incorrect, member of the Republic party

Posted on January 17, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The premise of the recent HBS article suggests that the election has encouraged a successful national strategy of misanthropy in the executive branch and that political correctness has greater clarity relative to race, gender, class, among other indicators … Continue reading →

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Religious Freedom Day: George Washington and the First Amendment

Posted on January 16, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD January 16 is National Religious Freedom Day in the United States.  President Barack Obama in his Religious Freedom Day Presidential Proclamation: “I call on all Americans to commemorate this day with events and activities that teach … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 16, 2017

Posted on January 16, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 16th is Martin Luther King Jr. Day Appreciate a Dragon Day * Civil Service Day * Hot & Spicy Food Day National Religious Freedom Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Miguel de Cervantes, Benny Goodman and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, click

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TCS: Advice from a CRICKET – Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide

Posted on January 16, 2017 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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Fake Art in the age of Fake News “… there are more Republicans buying art than are making it.”

Posted on January 15, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The Art of the Deal: The Movie is funny, and it’s scary, and it’s well-made. http://www.google.com/…   What does it mean to own artwork when for some, its worth is only in terms of its material costs … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 15, 2017

Posted on January 15, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 15th is National Hat Day * Fresh-Squeezed Juice Day Humanitarian Day * Strawberry Ice Cream Day World Religion Day * World Snow Day ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  Molière, Sofia Kovalevskaya and Harry Truman, click

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what is to be done, now and for the next four years of resistance

Posted on January 14, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers This Theda Skocpol article is worth adding to the discourse since it addresses the issues most important for the coming resistance to Orange GazBag, a.k.a. Prezident Kozyr. Mooby the Golden Calf is a fictional children’s television … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 14, 2017

Posted on January 14, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 14th is Hot Pastrami Day International Kite Day Vision Board Day * National Ratification Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Berthe Morisot, Hugh Lofting and Kripalu Maharaj, click

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