Category Archives: History

ON THIS DAY: December 5, 2016

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December 5th is Comfort Food Day Repeal of Prohibition Day * Sacher-Torte Day * World Soil Day * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Cicero, Joan Didion and Amy Winehouse, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 4, 2016

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December 4th is Cab Franc Grape Day Earmuff Day * National Cookie Day * National Sock Day Wear Brown Shoes Day World Wildlife Conservation Day * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Wassily Kandinsky, Dianne Feinstein and Norman Rockwell, click

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Tainted Love or Yuppie Scum: the lathe of Heaven on Earth

Posted on December 3, 2016 by ann li-summers

  By ann summers “Sometimes I feel like … huh-huh, immanentizing the Eschaton or gnarfulling the Garthok” pleased to announce President Obama will be joining Eschaton World Industries — Atrios (@Atrios) December 2, 2016 After 8 November 2016, all we … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 3, 2016

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December 3rd is National Peppermint Latte Day Roof over Your Head Day SKYWARN Recognition Day * International Day of Persons with Disabilities * _________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Galileo, Anna Freud and Joseph Conrad, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 2, 2016

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December 2nd is Bartender Appreciation Day * National Fritters Day National Mutt Day II * Special Education Day * Faux Fur Friday – First Friday in December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Napoleon Bonaparte, Fidel Castro … Continue reading →

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Your home heating prices will go up because Giant Yam won’t bring back coal jobs

Posted on December 1, 2016 by ann li-summers

   By ann summers Clueless natural Gasbag’s “post-truth” promises to cull votes with more coal jobs will now make your home heating prices go up with little effect on returning coal jobs to the US coal belt. But that was … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: December 1, 2016

Posted on December 1, 2016 by wordcloud9

December 1st is Antarctica Day * Civil Air Patrol Day * Day With(out) Art * Eat a Red Apple Day National Fried Pie Day World AIDS Awareness Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Madame Tussaud, Hans Christian Andersen and Bette Midler, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 30, 2016

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November 30th is Cities for Life Day * Computer Security Day * Mousse Day National Methamphetamine Awareness Day * _________________________________________________________________ MORE! Jonathan Swift, Shirley Chisholm and Billy Idol, click

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Orange Gasbag’s Strategy of Tension continues with RWNJ classics … flag burning, HUAC …

Posted on November 29, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 29, 2016 The current political … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: November 29, 2016

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November 29th is National Chocolates Day Electronic Greetings Day Giving Tuesday * National Lemon Cream Pie Day Square Dance Day International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Bronson Alcott, Louisa May Alcott and Cary Grant, click

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