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By ann summers “Told entirely without narration, ‘You’ve Been Trumped’ captures the cultural chasm between the glamorous, jet-setting and media savvy Donald Trump and a deeply rooted Scottish community. What begins as an often amusing clash of world views grows … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, 9-11, alternative facts, Conspiracy, England, History, Homeland Security, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Scotland, Society, Sports, Sports, Terrorism, Turkey, Uncategorized, United States, War on "Terror"
Tagged Conspiracy Theories, Donald Trump, golf, Media, Politics, Terrorism
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ON THIS DAY: January 25, 2017
January 25th is Irish Coffee Day * Opposite Day Robert Burns Day * A Room of One’s Own Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Robert Burns, Virginia Woolf and Florence Li Tim-Oi, click
ON THIS DAY: January 24, 2017
January 24th is Cell Phone Recycling Day * Peanut Butter Day Belly Laugh Day Eskimo Pie Day * Compliment Day Lobster Thermidor Day ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Frederick the Great, Marguerite Durand and Thurgood Marshall, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Edith Wharton, Frederick the Great, Hadrian, Marguerite Durand, Thurgood Marshall, Van Halen, William Congreve
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ON THIS DAY: January 23, 2017
January 23rd is Handwriting Day National Pie Day * Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day Into the Deep Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Curtis, Gertrude Elion and Derek Walcott, click
ON THIS DAY: January 22, 2017
January 22nd is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day Blonde Brownie Day National Hot Sauce Day * Southern Food Day Roe v Wade Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Shah Jahan, Elizabeth Blackwell and Gertrude B. Elion, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Arthur Miller, Beatrice Webb, Edouard Manet, Elizabeth Blackwell, Gertrude B. Elion, Sergei Eisenstein, Shah Jahan
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POTUS45* an inaugural speech forgettable
By ann summers They gaslit CNN with the “Fake News” lede that POTUS45* wrote his own speech. Maybe he or the Mar-a-lago concierge really did it in the lobby. There were mostly tweetable moments cribbed from campaign moments in … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Government, History, Media, Political Science, Politics, Presidential Elections, Society, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Donald Trump, inaugural, Journalism, Media, Politics, speech
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ON THIS DAY: January 21, 2017
January 21st is Granola Bar Day Squirrel Appreciation Day * Hugging Day * … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: January 20, 2017
January 20th is Buttercrunch Day Cheese Lover’s Day Day of Acceptance * Disc Jockey Day Inauguration Day Penguin Awareness Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! John Marshall, Crystal Eastman and Felix Frankfurter, click
POTUS45* – Creative Destruction & Heritage Foundation will finally kill National Endowments for Arts & Humanities
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
Posted in 2016 Election, Art, Government, Government Propaganda, History, LBJ, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Propaganda, Society, Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Donald Trump, Media, Music, Politics
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ON THIS DAY: January 19, 2017
January 19th is National Neon Day * Popcorn Day Tin Can Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Edgar Allan Poe, Janis Joplin and Yasser Arafat, click
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