Category Archives: Blogs

The Coffee Shop: Under Renovation

Posted on June 23, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop: Elegy for the Arctic

Posted on June 22, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop: On This Day

Posted on June 21, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, The Coffee Shop | Tagged , | 6 Comments

The Coffee Shop – A Noiseless Patient Spider

Posted on June 20, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. But in an open thread, … Continue reading →

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TCS: 3-D Printers ‘Just One Word – Plastics’

Posted on June 13, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – MONOPOLY, the Board Game’s True Origins

Posted on June 6, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host being responsible for picking a “theme of the day” and starting the discussion. … Continue reading →

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Hillary must resist the temptation to Triangulate

Posted on May 19, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers More surprising is that there is a literature going back to 2010 urging that the Democratic party move past the linear model of political triangulation as a strategic messaging option. There are serious reasons why Hillary’s triangulating her … Continue reading →

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virtue signalling Trumpites don’t care if politics, like pro wrestling, is sport or entertainment

Posted on February 25, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Do voters subscribe easily to Personality Cults? And can one base entire political candidacies on them as signalling and identify them by their discourse? Are they examples of pro-/con- discourse games as the Democratic candidates spar towards Philly and opportunistic mischief-makers … Continue reading →

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NOTICE: Trolls

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Gene Howington

It appears the Troll Patrol has returned to spam our feeds. Since they rotate IPs and email, we cannot catch them all. Nonetheless, we are updating our blacklist as needed and – although not entirely in our control – we … Continue reading →

Posted in FFS Update(s), Trolls | 8 Comments

How I Went From Casablanca To Hoosiers On The Republican Party

Posted on December 19, 2014 by mespo727272

By Mark Esposito A fascinating trope making the rounds on the right-wing blogs this week (here‘s one from the Mothership) concerns Michigan Communications Professor Susan Douglas and her provocative article originally entitled I Hate Republicans. In it, Douglas lays out her indictment … Continue reading →

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