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ON THIS DAY: August 31, 2017
August 31st is National Trail Mix Day National Eat Outside Day Love Litigating Lawyers Day * We Love Memoirs Day * International Overdose Awareness Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Meriwether Lewis, Maria Montessori and Kurt Weill, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alan Jay Lerner, Georg Jensen, Kurt Weill, Maria Montessori, Mary Putnam Jacobi, Meriwether Lewis, William Saroyan
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Pence deletes tweet because he looked too presidential
By ann summers Amid the Trumpian bluster of the Arpaio pardon and the ratings Trump wanted because of Hurricane Harvey, Mike Pence was doing his level-best to demonstrate his presidential ability. He suddenly realized that he was doing what others … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Fascists/Corporatists, Fundamentalism, Government, Presidents
Tagged Donald Trump, Mike Pence, trump, White House
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It needed to be said. CNN reporter confronted with the truth.
by Chuck Stanley This woman speaks directly to a CNN reporter today, and tells the unvarnished truth. This has needed saying for years. I recall reading that early in her broadcasting career, Oprah Winfrey was fired from a local TV … Continue reading
Posted in Climatology, Heroism, News Roundup, Texas
Tagged CNN, Flood, Houston, Hurricane Harvey, Journalism, News reporting
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ON THIS DAY: August 29, 2017
August 29th is According to Hoyle Day * Chop Suey Day Individual Rights Day * More Herbs, Less Salt Day U.N. International Day Against Nuclear Tests * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Edmond Hoyle, Ingrid Bergman and Isaac Hayes, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Anna Ella Carroll, Dinah Washington, Edmond Hoyle, Ingrid Bergman, Isaac Hayes, John Locke, Oliver Wendell Holmes
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TCS: ‘Catting Around’ – not what you’re thinking!
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
ON THIS DAY: August 27, 2017
August 27th is Just Because Day The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day * National Pots de Creme Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Man Ray, Norah Lofts and Léon Theremin, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Antonia Fraser, Ira Levin, Katherine McCormick, Léon Theremin, Man Ray, Norah Lofts, Theodore Dreiser
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ON THIS DAY: August 26, 2017
August 26th is National Women’s Equality Day * National Cherry Popsicle Day National Dog Day * International Tongue Twister Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Michelangelo, Zona Gale and Charles de Gaulle, click
ON THIS DAY: August 25, 2017
August 25th is Banana Split Day * Kiss and Make Up Day Whisky Sour Day World Daffodil Day * Park Service Founders Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Leonard Bernstein and Dolly Parton, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Allan Pinkerton, Bruce Springsteen, Dolly Parton, Dorothea Tanning, Galileo Galilei, Leonard Bernstein, Walt Kelly
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