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Monthly Archives: August 2018
WORD CLOUD: MUSE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Many people have the impression that the struggle for women’s equality began in the 19th century, but there is evidence in women’s writing from much earlier that at least these women driving a pen across the … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged 19th Amendment, American Colonial History, Anne Bradstreet, Eavan Boland, MUSE, Puritans, Queen Elizabeth I, Women's History
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If the Cohen allegations are true, POTUS* conspired to violate federal campaign law and to hide it from the American people
By ann summers Neal Katyal’s op-ed in the NY Times spells it out clearly. Trump has been so used to working without accountability as a private citizen especially with respect to covering up his numerous dalliances, that he … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Campaign Finance, Celebrity, Conspiracy, DOJ, FBI, Federal Courts, Government, History, Jurisprudence, Justice, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Campaign Finance, Donald Trump, Media, Politics, Rule of Law, trumprussia
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ON THIS DAY: August 23, 2018
August 23rd is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition * Ride the Wind Day * Spongecake Day Valentino Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Arnold Toynbee, Malvina Reynolds and Rudolf Valentino, click
ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2018
August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * Eat a Peach Day Pecan Torte Day Tooth Fairy Day Take Your Cat to the Vet Day _________________________________________ MORE! Claude Debussy, Dorothy Parker and Edvard Munch, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Althea Gibson, Ann Smith Franklin, Claude Debussy, Diane Setterfield, Dorothy Parker, Edvard Munch, Ray Bradbury
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ON THIS DAY: August 21, 2018
August 21st is National Senior Citizens Day * National Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day World P.O.E.T. Day (Aussie slang – Piss Off Early Today) _________________________________________ MORE! Count Basie, Jaymala Shiledar and Ninoy Aquino, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Godunov, Aubrey Beardsley, Count Basie, Jaymala Shiledar, Lili Boulanger, Ninoy Aquino, Ruth Manning-Sanders
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ON THIS DAY: August 20, 2018
August 20th is Chocolate Pecan Pie Day National Lemonade Day * National Radio Day World Mosquito Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Phan Khôi, Patricia Rozema and Alexis Tsipras, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Amanda S. Berry, Bernardo O’Higgins, Edgar Guest, Patricia Rozema, Phan Khôi, Sir Ronald Ross
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ON THIS DAY: August 18, 2018
August 18th is 19th Amendment Yellow Rose Day * Ice Cream Pie Day Mail Order Catalog Day * National Fajita Day * Bad Poetry Day * Pinot Noir Day Serendipity Day * World Honey Bee Day _________________________________________ MORE! Francis McConnell, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Dr. Lucy Ozarin, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo, Francis John McConnell, Phoebe 'Miss Febb' Ensminger Burn, Sheila Cassidy, Steven Biko, Vladimir Nabokov
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