Category Archives: World War I

TCS: Ettie Rout – Angel of the ANZACS

Posted on February 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

. .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 a comment. … Continue reading →

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TCS: Et occultatis una bellum est scriptor horror – Veteran’s Day 2018

Posted on November 12, 2018 by wordcloud9

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TCS: Doctor Dolittle and ‘The War to End All Wars’

Posted on May 1, 2017 by wordcloud9

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Structural substitution and the logic of urban modernism

Posted on December 31, 2016 by ann summers

By ann summers occupying a space for a time en.wikipedia.org/… Here are some examples of cultural substitution in the built environment that articulate multiple meanings and identify an axis or axes of more than geodetic importance. Every historical site is both monumental and … Continue reading →

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Terry Welshans; New Contributor on FFS

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Chuck Stanley

By Chuck Stanley If you notice the list of authors, Terry Welshans has joined the team.  Terry is an eclectic kind of guy, who is interested in just about everything. I have known him for a couple of years. He … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 28, 2016

Posted on June 28, 2016 by wordcloud9

June 28th is: Paul Bunyan Day Tapioca Day Data Privacy Day International Body Piercing Day National Holidays Around the World Bosnia and Herzegovina – St. Vitus Day Serbia – St. Vitus Day Ukraine – Constitution Day On This Day in HISTORY … Continue reading →

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Global “suicide by police” cannot be the basis for a foreign policy

Posted on January 7, 2016 by ann summers

By ann summers     In the abstract, there’s too much meta in global politics. Yet as today’s interview of Robin Wright on NPR indicates having that more theoretical view is very important to gaining perspective on the various machinations of domestic … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: GUNFIRE

Posted on December 11, 2015 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD GUNFIRE Someone picks up a gun and points it, At some famous face they think they know, Then pulls the trigger — The bullet nicks the heart of the world And we all bleed. Someone picks … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: WARCRY

Posted on November 6, 2015 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD This month marks the 99th Anniversary of the end of the Somme Offensive, also known as the Battle of the Somme. The Somme was one of the longest, bloodiest battles in human history: between July 1, and … Continue reading →

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“Anthem For Doomed Youth”: A Poem by Wilfred Owen Read by Kenneth Branagh

Posted on May 26, 2014 by Elaine Magliaro

SUBMITTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Anthem for Doomed Youth was written by Wilfred Owen in 1916, when he was a patient at Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh, recovering from shell shock.    

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