Monthly Archives: April 2017

ON THIS DAY: April 17, 2017

Posted on April 17, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 17th is International Bat Appreciation Day * Chaucer Day * Cheeseball Day * Ellis Island Family History Day * International Haiku Poetry Day World Hemophilia Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Geoffrey Chaucer, Karen Blixen and Clare Francis, click

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TCS: ‘I knew him tyrannous’ – Will Shakespeare on TYRANNY – Part Two

Posted on April 17, 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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MAX Pressure: Is US pre-emption still on the table for North Korea

Posted on April 16, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: “Maximum pressure and engagement.” So Trump has finally decided on a brand strategy for his military escalation, meaning his threats are … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 16, 2017

Posted on April 16, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 16th is Easter Sunday Health Care Decisions Week  Eggs Benedict Day National Bean Counter Day National Librarian Day National Orchid Day * Save the Elephants Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Wilbur Wright, Harriet Quimby and Apollo 16, click

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Peggy Noonan wants you to leave Steve Bannon alone

Posted on April 15, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers We hope for a White House food-fight but there will be a loser, if only because Bannon will have to marry Tiffany or Barron (see Milo Yiannopolos) Amusingly passive-aggressive amateur censors seem to have multiplied, considering the … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 15, 2017

Posted on April 15, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 15th is Glazed Ham Day Jackie Robinson Day * Rubber Eraser Day  * World Art Day * Auctioneers Day U.S. Income Tax Day (but due on Monday this year) ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Leonardo da Vinci, Bessie Smith and Jackie Robinson, click

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Propaganda 106 – Waging War (A Case Study)

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Gene Howington

By GENE HOWINGTON “This thing, what is it in itself, in its own constitution? What is its substance and material? And what its causal nature [or form]? And what is it doing in the world? And how long does it … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 14, 2017

Posted on April 14, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 14th is Dictionary Day * Look Up at the Sky Day National Dolphin Day Pan American Day * National Pecan Day World Marbles Day International Moment of Laughter Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Christiaan Huygens, Anne Sullivan and Tom Petty, click

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Word Cloud: DIGGER

Posted on April 14, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD April is a good month for poetry-lovers. Just a partial list of April’s birthdays includes: Edmond Rostand, Maya Angelou, Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Wordsworth, Louise Gluck, Charlotte Brontë, Robert Penn Warren, Walter del la Mare, Ted … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 13, 2017

Posted on April 13, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 13th is Make Lunch Count Day * Peach Cobbler Day Scrabble Day * Thomas Jefferson Day* Celebrate Teen Literature Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Miyamoto Musashi, Eudora Welty and Garry Kasparov, click

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