Monthly Archives: March 2017

ON THIS DAY: March 22, 2017

Posted on March 22, 2017 by wordcloud9

March 22nd is As Young As You Feel Day Brain Injury Awareness Day Goof-off Day World Day for Water * North American Wildlife Celebration _______________________________________________________________ MORE! Anne Hutchinson, Greta Kempton and Barbra Streisand, click

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WORLD POETRY DAY: A Billy Collins Poem

Posted on March 21, 2017 by wordcloud9

It’s World Poetry Day again. Even if you think you don’t like poetry, I’m betting that you will like Billy Collins. ________________________________________________________________  Here’s a poem he wrote about what he’d like people to get out of his poems, and what … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 21, 2017

Posted on March 21, 2017 by wordcloud9

March 21st is International Day of Forests * Common Courtesy Day French Bread Day National Memory Day Single Parent Day * Twitter Day * World Poetry Day * World Down Syndrome Day * International Day for the Elimination of Racial … Continue reading →

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Propaganda 200: In Summation, Gist The Whitewashing Power Of Editing

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Gene Howington

by GENE HOWINGTON “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 20, 2017

Posted on March 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

March 20th is Alien Abduction Day * Atheist Pride Day Proposal Day Ravioli Day UN French Language Day * World Storytelling Day * Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day * Great American Meat Out Day * World Day of Theatre … Continue reading →

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TCS: You Got to Have Friends

Posted on March 20, 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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Customs and Border Patrol Warrantless Searches

Posted on March 19, 2017 by Terry Welshans

Dating back to at least 2009, Customs and Border Patrol has detained pilots of general aviation aircraft and have conducted warrantless searches.  In a typical scenario, after a routine flight, you land at your destination, taxi to the ramp—and then … Continue reading →

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a Gainsborough attacked, British landed gentry safe from stochastic terrorism

Posted on March 19, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers ‘The Morning Walk’ by Thomas Gainsborough shows an elegant young couple strolling through a woodland landscape, an attentive dog at the lady’s heel. William Hallett and Elizabeth Stephen were both aged 21 and due to be married … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 19, 2017

Posted on March 19, 2017 by wordcloud9

March 19th is National Certified Nurses Day * Chocolate Caramel Day Deskfast Day * Let’s Laugh Day Oatmeal Cookie Day National Poultry Day International Read to Me Day ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Minna Canth, Minnie Fisher Cunningham and Mary Tyler Moore, click

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ON THIS DAY: March 18, 2017

Posted on March 18, 2017 by wordcloud9

March 18th is Corn Dog Day Sloppy Joe Day Awkward Moments Day Forgive Mom and Dad Day National Biodiesel Day Play The Recorder Day * Worldwide Quilting Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Alice Cullen, Margaret Tucker and Kate Millett, click

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