Category Archives: Art

Lady Gaga half-time shows how patriotism is greater than patriots … or falcons

Posted on February 6, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “In a Super Bowl performance that spanned her entire discography, Lady Gaga opened her act with a rendition of Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” which has become a popular anthem at rallies protesting President Trump … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DISPLACED

Posted on February 3, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Illegal Immigrants. Refugees. Slave Trafficking. Ugly words that represent an explosion of desperation among the world’s most vulnerable peoples. The number of “forcibly displaced” people in the world is at the highest level on record. We … Continue reading →

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Lifting FSB sanction isn’t extortion if you pay up … in Russia, Rose Mary Woods you for 18 minutes

Posted on February 2, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers   Sanctions against FSB lifted …why? And why did the audio recording get shut off. YouTube Video Note to WH janitors: don’t touch sock I was holding during phone call w/ #Putin#PutinsPuppet #MakeRussiaGreatAgain#westandunited — TinyHandsPOTUS (@jestDonaldTrump) January … Continue reading →

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TCS: Gold Mountain, Golden Door

Posted on January 30, 2017 by wordcloud9

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 →

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“‘Little America’…may end up being just the sort of movie that we need right now.

Posted on January 28, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Of course, some moviegoers may wonder whether we need a movie like Little America right now. Several comparisons have been made between the film’s setting and the current political landscape, and if the movie mirrors that too … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: JOCUND

Posted on January 27, 2017 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Survival sometimes hangs on unlikely skills. The Basilisk Lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus) has been dubbed ‘The Jesus Christ Lizard’ because it can run short distances on the surface of water when escaping from predators. The Greater Wax Moth … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: ODYSSEY

Posted on January 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Jane Kenyon (1947-1995)  made a long journey in a short life, before she died from leukemia a month and a day before her 48th birthday. In the years prior to her death, she published four volumes of … Continue reading →

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POTUS45* – Creative Destruction & Heritage Foundation will finally kill National Endowments for Arts & Humanities

Posted on January 19, 2017 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers A spoils system also accommodates those GOP shibboleths that represent LBJ’s Great Society beyond their usual attack on civil rights, so anything else remotely undermining the US ruling class becomes fair game. Maybe this time around … Continue reading →

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Prezident Kozyr’s diplomacy as reality-TV genre

Posted on January 18, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann sunmers   Reality-TV rather than Realism … Nikolai Volkoff is known for teaming with The Iron Sheik, with whom he won the WWF Tag Team Championship at the inaugural WrestleMania event, and also with Boris Zukhov as The … Continue reading →

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Prezident GazBag Kozyr is a tiny, non-politically incorrect, member of the Republic party

Posted on January 17, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The premise of the recent HBS article suggests that the election has encouraged a successful national strategy of misanthropy in the executive branch and that political correctness has greater clarity relative to race, gender, class, among other indicators … Continue reading →

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