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Category Archives: Canada
TCS: An Enchanted Cottage
. 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, The Coffee Shop
Tagged British Columbia, Enchanted Cottage, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Storybook Cottage, TCS, tiny house Movement
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Royal Canadian Air Force Moose Milk Recipe
by Chuck Stanley It is New Year’s Eve, so in order to assist those aviators and airport bums who enjoy entertaining at home, I present the secret recipe for the concoction known to RCAF personnel as “Moose Milk”. Originally made … Continue reading
Posted in Airshow, Canada, Uncategorized
Tagged Hogmanay, Humor, Libation, Moose Milk, New Years Eve, RCAF, Recipe, Royal Canadian Air Force
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Ghosts of GOP scandals past … and the inevitable misdirections
By ann summers They want us to believe LTG Flynn is the whole story. He’s surely not. Hearings are needed. â Jason Kander (@JasonKander) February 14, 2017 For weeks, POTUS allowed total access to American intel for a man he … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Canada, Celebrity, Corruption, Countries, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Propaganda, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidents, Propaganda, Society, Terrorism, Terrorists, United States, Venezuela, War on "Terror", War on Drugs, Women's Rights
Tagged Canada, Conspiracy Theories, disinformation, Donald Trump, flynn, Ivanka, Media, Politics, Russia, strategy of tension, Venezuela, Women's Rights
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The Coffee Shop: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 2
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
“I Am Canadian” bringing people together
There is much to admire about Canada. Its natural beauty, its wonderful people, and its somewhat amused tolerance of its big loud neighbor to the south. And now, there’s one more thing to like: Thank you, Molson Canadian. May this … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Short Video
Tagged Beer, Bringing People Together, I Am Canadian, Multilingual
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ON THIS DAY: July 1, 2016
July 1st is: Zip Code Day International Joke Day Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day National Holidays Bangladesh – Jumatul Bidah British Virgin Islands – Territory Day Burundi – Independence Day Botswana – Sir Seretse Khama Day Canada – Dominion Day … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Egypt, History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged George Sand, Ice Cream, Napoleon Bonaparte, Prince Charles, Qinghai-Tibet Railway, Zip Codes
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The Coffee Shop – “Make CANADA Even Greater!”
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
Posted in Canada, Politics, Presidential Elections, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, Make CANADA Even Greater!, The Coffee Shop
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Is a WOMAN a PERSON? The Answer You Get Depends on Who You Ask
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD “Is a Woman a Person?” The answer “Yes, of course,” may seem obvious, but it’s not so clear-cut in American law. When a sitting Supreme Court Justice says that the Equal Protection clause of the 14th … Continue reading
Word Cloud: APPARITION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Samhain or Samhuin (SAH-win or SOW-in – rhymes with cow) was the first day of the new year in the ancient Celtic calendar, the beginning of the “darker half” of the year. Samhain is Irish Gaelic. … Continue reading
Posted in Canada, Holidays, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud
Tagged Apparition, Celtic, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ghosts, Halloween, Jazz, Samhain, Vietnam
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