Monthly Archives: February 2017

Email trouble, again

Posted on February 28, 2017 by Terry Welshans

by Terry Welshans Published today in the Indianapolis Star, by Fatima Hussein. Vice President Mike Pence continues his fight to keep an email that he received as Governor of Indiana out of the public eye. A FOIA request dating to … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 28, 2017

Posted on February 28, 2017 by wordcloud9

February 28th is Pączki Day/Pancake Tuesday Chocolate Souffle Day Fat Tuesday Rare Disease Day * World Spay Day * Tooth Fairy Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  Stephen Spender, Geraldine Farrar and Michael Jackson, click

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it’s always about Lord Dampnut, even if he wasn’t at the Oscars

Posted on February 27, 2017 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers A LITTLE SAD! 5 A.M. BOWEL MOVEMENT AT BREITBART Lord Dampnut was so trolled by Hollywood tweeters that he instead chose to use Breitbart, an exemplar of FakeNews, to exercise his post-Oscars spew about the show … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 27, 2017

Posted on February 27, 2017 by wordcloud9

February 27th is International Polar Bear Day * Anosmia Awareness Day * Strawberry Day Museums Advocacy Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  Ellen Terry, Marian Anderson and Frances Perkins, click

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TCS: Adventures in Wine Tasting

Posted on February 27, 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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ON THIS DAY: February 26, 2017

Posted on February 26, 2017 by wordcloud9

February 26th is Tell a Fairytale Day Levi Strauss Day * Pistachio Day 58th Daytona 500 89th Academy Awards ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Christopher Marlowe, Sharyn McCrumb and Alanis Morissette, click

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Bannonism is not quite the “deconstruction of the administrative state”

Posted on February 25, 2017 by ann li-summers

  CPAC attendees trolled into waving Russia flags during Trump’s speech “I have so much power just in my voice. I keep saying the word and they’ll be bankrupt.” POTUS explaining his revenge against news outlets. — Rogue POTUS Staff … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 25, 2017

Posted on February 25, 2017 by wordcloud9

February 25th is Chocolate-Covered Peanuts Day Clam Chowder Day Sword Swallowers Day Open That Bottle Night * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Elizabeth I, Samuel Colt and Corazon Aquino, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 24, 2017

Posted on February 24, 2017 by wordcloud9

February 24th is Girl Scout Cookie Weekend Tortilla Chip Day World Bartender Day Forget Me Not Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Winslow Homer, Ettie Annie Rout and George Harrison, click

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Word Cloud: PROFANITY

Posted on February 24, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Please take this week’s title as a warning. If you find profanity offensive, this installment of Word Cloud is one you may want to skip. An article I skimmed for this week’s post was called Poets Nobody Reads, which … Continue reading →

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