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Monthly Archives: July 2017
ON THIS DAY: July 25, 2017
July 25 is Red Shoe Day * Culinarians Day * Hire a Veteran Day * Hot Fudge Sundae Day Merry-Go-Round Day Thread the Needle Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Thomas Eakins, Josephine Tey and Yitzhak Rabin, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged David Belasco, Eric Hoffer, Henry Knox, Josephine Tey, Maria Weston Chapman, Thomas Eakins, Yitzhak Rabin
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ON THIS DAY: July 24, 2017
July 24 is Cousins Day Drive-Thru Day Tell an Old Joke Day National Tequila Day Thermal Engineers Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Alexander Dumas, Bella Abzug and Artie Shaw, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Adolphe Adam, Alexander Dumas, Artie Shaw, Bella Abzug, Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin, Robert Graves, Scottsboro Boys
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TCS: Music, Movies and Magic
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
Posted in Movies, Music, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Movies Music and Magic, Silent Films, TCS, The Holiday, The Red Pony, Thief of Bagdad, To Kill a Mockingbird
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ON THIS DAY: July 23, 2017
July 23rd is Hot Enough For Ya Day Drowning Prevention Day Vanilla Ice Cream Day Parents’ Day International Yada, Yada, Yada Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Raymond Chandler, , click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alan Turing, Alfred Kinsey, Anna Akhmatova, Bob Fosse, Haile Selassie, Raymond Chandler, Verena Holmes
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President Bait and Vice President Switch
By ann summers we may be seeing the rise of a particular strategy on the right—sometimes gripping part of the GOP, and sometimes all of it—that can be traced back to that noted conservative Vladimir Lenin. I speak of “heightening … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Congress, Conspiracy, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Courts, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Jurisprudence, Media, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Russia, Society, Treason, United States
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, coup d'etat, Donald Trump, elections, History, Media, Politics, trumprussia
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ON THIS DAY: July 22, 2017
July 22nd is Casual Pi Day/22-7 Day of the Cowboy * Hammock Day Lion’s Share Day Penuche Candy Day Spoonerism Day * Summer Leisure Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! William A. Spooner, Emma Lazarus and Alexander Calder, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Calder, Don Henley, Edward Hopper, Emma Lazarus, Licia Albanese, Stephen Vincent Benet, William Archibald Spooner
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ON THIS DAY: July 21, 2017
July 21st is National Junk Food Day ASPCA No Pet Store Puppies Day USATWA Tug-of-War Tournament Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Georg Brandt, Janet Reno and Robin Williams, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Elizabeth Key Grinstead, Ernest Hemingway, Georg Brandt, Janet Reno, Marshall McLuhan, Robin Williams, Victor Schoelcher
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The Trumpian Hollymoon is over … now the Russian appeasement grows.
By ann summers Much like the GOP and Trump have peddled the meme that PBO/HRC “created” ISIS, now DJT* has decided to capitulate (bend over backward, Ben Dover) to Putin, where the Syrian conflict will generate new memes for 45*, … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, American History, Celebrity, Conspiracy, Fascists/Corporatists, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, History, Media, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Society, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Politics, Russia, Syria, trumprussia
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