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Monthly Archives: November 2017
ON THIS DAY: November 29, 2017
November 29th is Electronic Greeting Card Day National Lemon Cream Pie Day National Square Dance Day International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People * __________________________________________________________ MORE! Gaetano Donizetti, Essie Parrish and Billy Strayhorn, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Amos Bronson Alcott, Billy Strayhorn, Essie Parrish, Gaetano Donizetti, Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine L'Engle, Pierre André Latreille
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We knew today was coming…
My sister was diagnosed with lung cancer about six months ago. She went to her doctor with a concern about her shortness of breath and a chronic cough. The doctor had her admitted to the local hospital for diagnosis, which … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Memorial
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ON THIS DAY: November 28, 2017
November 28th is French Toast Day Red Planet Day * World Day of Giving * Giving Tuesday _________________________________________________________ MORE! William Blake, Rita Mae Brown and Alexander Godunov, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Godunov, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Henry Bacon, Lady Nancy Astor, Nancy Mitford, Rita Mae Brown, William Blake
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ON THIS DAY: November 27, 2017
November 27th is Bavarian Cream Pie Day International CARE Day * Pins and Needles Day * National Statistics Day * Cider Monday * Cyber Monday * _____________________________________________ MORE! Anders Celsius, Fanny Kemble and James Agee, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alfred Nobel, Anders Celsius, Charles A. Beard, Dora Dougherty Strother, Fanny Kemble, James Agee, Katherine Milhous
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TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims
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 American History, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, Elias Boudinot, George Washington, Henry David Thoreau, Sarah Josepha Hale, TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims, U.S. Constitution
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“The Declaration of Independence is an ‘Enlightenment-era rule written by anti-government extremists’” and other FCC pay toilet fictions
By ann summers If the @FCC kills #netneutrality, everyday people lose. ItâÂÂs not good for science because it puts up barriers to accessing information and spreading ideas. This isnâÂÂt a partisan issue â itâÂÂs about keeping the playing field … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Capitalism, Free Speech, Government, History, inequality, information Technology, Internet, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Science, Uncategorized
Tagged ajit pai, FCC, Media, Net Neutrality, Politics
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ON THIS DAY: November 26, 2017
November 26th is National Cake Day International Aura Awareness Day ______________________________________________ MORE! Johannes Bach, Sarah Moore Grimké and Eric Sevareid, click
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Tagged Eric Sevareid, Eugene Ionesco, Johannes Bach, Mary Edwards Walker, Norbert Wiener, Ruth Patrick, Sarah Moore Grimké
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ON THIS DAY: November 25, 2017
November 25th is National Parfait Day Small Business Saturday National Day of Listening International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women * ________________________________________________ MORE! Alfred Nobel, Peg Lynch and Garth Brooks, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alfred Nobel, Charlaine Harris, Garth Brooks, Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Helen Gahagen Douglas, Peg Lynch, Virgil Thomson
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