Category Archives: History

ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2016

Posted on August 22, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * ∞ Eat a Peach Day ∞ National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Brazil – Rio de Janiero: Olympics clean-up/recovery holiday Fiji – National Holiday: … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 21, 2016

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August 21st is National Senior Citizens Day * World P.O.E.T. Day (Aussie slang – Piss Off Early Today) Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day (Southern U.S.) ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Canada – Regina SK: Great Saskatchewan Mustard Festival Croatia … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 20, 2016

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August 20th is International Homeless Animals Day * National Lemonade Day * ∞ National Honey Bee Day * ∞ National Radio Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Estonia – Independence Restoration Day Hungary – Saint Stephen’s Day Morocco – … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 19, 2016

Posted on August 19, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 19th is National Aviation Day * ∞ International Orangutan Day ∞ U.N. World Humanitarian Day * World Photography Day National Hot and Spicy Food Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Afghanistan – Independence Day Australia –Borroloola Show Day … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 18, 2016

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August 18th is Bad Poet’s Day ∞ Fajita Day – New for 2016! ∞ Mail Order Catalog Day Serendipity Day * ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Rakhi, Hindu Brother -Sister Festival, celebrated as Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi Purnima in … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 17, 2016

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August 17th is Vanilla Custard Day ∞ Black Cat Appreciation Day * ∞ National I Love My Feet Day * National Thrift Shop Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Belgium – Kiewit-Hasselt: Pukkelpop (first day) Hungary – Budapest Sziget … Continue reading →

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Can Occam’s Razor Still Cut?

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Terry Welshans

by Terry Welshans I have been interested in conspiracy theories for some time. I suppose there has always been a dissenting point of view on about everything, but some of these theories fly in the face of Occam’s Razor with … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 16, 2016

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August 16th is National Airborne Day * ∞ Roller Coaster Day * Rum Day Tell a Joke Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Dominican Republic – Restoration Day Gabon – Féte de l’Indépendance India – De Jure Transfer Day … Continue reading →

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Step away from the #2 pencil — you failed the ideological screening test!

Posted on August 16, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers “Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called for a system of ‘extreme vetting’ for immigrants that would include an ideological test” “‘In the cold war we had an ideological screening test … The time is overdue for a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 15, 2016

Posted on August 15, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 15th is Chauvin Day * Check (Your Pet’s) Chip Day * National Relaxation Day * Lemon Meringue Pie Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Feast Day:  Assumption Day, the Virgin Mary bodily taken up to Heaven … Continue reading →

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