Category Archives: Countries

The Coffee Shop – Salween Spring: the Tao of fighting a losing battle

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From NRS Films:  An American outfitter in China and the Tao of fighting a losing battle. Meet Travis Winn, an American who traveled to … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – Insectophile

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Sladmore Contemporary: Take one workshop full of junk and a Frenchman with an eye for detail (not to mention an obsession with bugs) … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Shop – The Octographer

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Joy of Fishes

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. From Sony New Zealand: I think she is laughing at us. 🙂 —oooOooo– This is an open thread. There are several hosts, each host … Continue reading →

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Frisco Flix Fascist Nix

Posted on May 3, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Hollywood North is not San Francisco South, nor North Hollywood or South San Francisco. But maybe in an age of media crime fascination there can be high-tech tours of location specific cinematic crime, something better than the Alcatraz … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, California, Celebrity, Civil Liberties, Crime, Fascism, Free Speech, History, Labor Movement, Law Enforcement, Media, Movies, Murder, Propaganda, Socialism, Television, Uncategorized, United States | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Revisionist Histories and a return of Glass-Steagell

Posted on May 2, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Perhaps Donald Trump has proven that it takes a village idiot to triangulate ten garlic bulbs and take puma mountain by strategy. Or despite hip-hop musicals about Alexander Hamilton, will the eventual POTUS think about central banking as part of … Continue reading →

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Morning Open Thread – Do NOT park illegally in this city.

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. If you are ever visiting Vladimir, Russia, be careful where you park. They take illegal parking seriously. Video below the fold was recorded last February … Continue reading →

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Lookout Wimmins iz in your can

Posted on April 23, 2016 by ann li-summers

    By ann summers Family Restrooms have been commonplace for many public institutions and darned if defending family values and traditional marriage has come under attack by well, non-traditional families, darn those sister-wives, extended families, single parents, and orphans.   There … Continue reading →

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Morning Open Thread – Flying over evil with a drone

Posted on April 23, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. The growing hobby of quadricopters, when mixed with high definition video cameras, has opened doors to places, people and things we could only imagine before. … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-Semitism, Documentrary Films, Genocide, Germany, History, Holocaust, Nazis, Photography, World War II | Tagged | 9 Comments

Reclaiming the possibility of democracy or creating libertarianism warlordism

Posted on April 18, 2016 by ann li-summers

Sophie’s Hobson Choice on Maggies Bullet Farm: George Miller’s nearly aboriginal-free post-apocalypse vision or JJ Abrams’ non-LGBTQ utopian dystopia -— What a lovely day for Star War’s POC clone diversity already signalled   What remains certain is that Reconstruction failed, and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2016 Election, Abraham Lincoln, American History, Capitalism, Civil War, Economic Policy, Economics, History, Industrial Revolution, Libertarians, Media, Neoconservatives, Neoliberals, Political Science, Racism, Society, States, Uncategorized, United States | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

TrusTED as Antichrist…or does it Anti-Matter

Posted on April 10, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers detail…SIGNORELLI, Luca; Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist, Fresco Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto 1499-1502 And in the midst of all the chaos we see the Antichrist, pausing in the middle of a sermon to hear what … Continue reading →

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