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Monthly Archives: October 2017
ON THIS DAY: October 31, 2017
October 31st is Halloween Books for Treats Day * Caramel Apple Day Day of the Seven Billion * National Magic Day * National UNICEF Day * Reformation Day * U.N. World Cities Day * ___________________________________________________ MORE! Martin Luther, Ethel Waters and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Annie Finch, Ethel Waters, Harry Houdini, Jan Vermeer, John Keats, Juliette Gordon Lowe, Martin Luther
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ON THIS DAY: October 30, 2017
October 30th is Checklist Day * National Candy Corn Day Create a Great Funeral Day * Haunted Refrigerator Night * World Audio Drama Day * ________________________________________________ MORE! John Adams, Ruth Gordon and Orson Welles, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Angelica Kauffman, Ezra Pound, Irma Rombauer, John Adams, Orson Welles, Ruth Gordon, Zoë Akins
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TCS: Bewitched
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 Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Bewitched, Carole Carlton, Halloween, John William Waterhouse, TCS, The Magic Circle, Walter de la Mare
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Populism is no longer a useful concept
By ann summers Courage and representation are now in short supply in the US. Populism is problematic in that its tendency has been manipulated to mobilize classes to act in opposition to their interests. We are at such a … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Celebrity, Democracy, Government, History, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Media, neoliberalism, Politics, populism
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ON THIS DAY: October 29, 2017
October 29th is National Cat Day * National Oatmeal Day National Hermit Day * International Internet Day * ___________________________________________________ MORE! Shin Saimdang, Rudyard Kipling and Maria Callas, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Harriet Powers, Laura Bassi, Maria Callas, Rudyard Kipling, Shin Saimdang, Sir Walter Raleigh
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ON THIS DAY: October 27, 2017
October 27th is American Beer Day * Black Cat Day * Cranky Co-Workers Day Navy Day * Sylvia Plath Day * U.N. World Day for Audiovisual Heritage * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Niccoló Paganini, Lee Krasner and Dylan Thomas, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Dylan Thomas, Lee Krasner, Mary Moser, Michael Servetus, Niccoló Paganini, Ruby Dee, Theodore Roosevelt
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SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 29 YEARS OLD TODAY . . . THE CELTIC LASSIE: 1988 – 2015
by Chuck Stanley Not scared of trolls at all. Trolls know better than to hassle Celtic women. A Celtic Woman will open the gates of hell, escort your ass right on in, and do it with a smile on her … Continue reading
Posted in Alaska, Aviation, North Carolina, Tennessee
Tagged Birthday, Brandi Nicole Stanley, Cancer, Celtic Lassie, Memorial, Trolls
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ON THIS DAY: October 26, 2017
October 26th is Eradication of Smallpox Day * Howl at the Moon Night Intersex Awareness Day * National Mule Day * National Mincemeat Day National Pumpkin Day National Day of the Deployed * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Benjamin Franklin, Beryl Markham and Pat Conroy, … Continue reading
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