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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.
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Music washes away from the soul
the dust of everyday life.– Berthold Auerbach, poet
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Corn Fritters Day
Fresh Spinach Day
World Snake Day
National Ice Cream Day
Guinea Pig Appreciation Day *
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(originally printed at Flowers for Socrates on July 15, 2016)
By ann summers
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Donald Trump praying with church leaders.
Those concerned for the fate of our republic must stop arguing that T stole election from H & focus on how T helped P steal our sovereignty
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 15, 2017
These new texts from Trump campaign are a lie, an incitement to unrest, an indication of upcoming purge, and a fundraising scam all at once pic.twitter.com/D6MwdnZecQ
— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) July 14, 2017
Secession, Supremacy, and Snacks… grifting continues for the RWNJs, as hands get laid upon Trump.
More interesting for example are the US versions of a Bosnian Catholic sect, one located in Alabama, who declared in 2012 that the election of PBO, created the need for Constitutional small prayer groups that will support sovereign sheriff-controlled regions in small town enclaves, because Obama was doing the Devil’s work… of course, and there will be snacks. Last year’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge siege was a manifestation of such anti-modern, counter-hegemonic rural nativism conjoining a variety of RWNJ ideologies.
There is a lot of ideological work to be done in the coming decades, as varieties of “traditionalism” are willing to fundraise for Trumpian RWNJ actions in the name of the GOP.
Our Lady of Medjugorje is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she appeared in 1981 to six Herzegovinian children in Medjugorje, (“None of the visionaries are nuns or priests, and they live in nice houses”)
In the early days of the Medjugorje apparitions, Our Lady revealed to the six visionaries secrets which contain information on future events. These Medjugorje secrets, we are told, will affect the Church and the world. Ominously the secrets are said to involve chastisements for the world.
Tapioca Pudding Day
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Pet Fire Safety Day
Give Something Away Day
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Celebration of the Horse Day
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Pandemonium Day
Shark Awareness Day
National Tape Measure Day *
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by NONA BLYTH CLOUD
Edward Clerihew Bentley (1875-1956) was born on July 10th in London, England. In his youth, he was educated at London’s prestigious St Paul’s School. Gilbert Keith Chesterton was a fellow student, and became his best friend.
When Bentley was 16 years old, he started to write short descriptive verses about people he knew, or famous people he had read about. Chesterton took up the hobby too and the rhymes were often accompanied by his sketches.
These little poems became known as Clerihews. What makes it a Clerihew?
They’re perfect poems for summer, like a basket of berries – small but juicy.
This is the first known Clerihew:
Sir Humphry Davy
Abominated gravy.
He lived in the odium
Of having discovered sodium.
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World Cup Soccer Day *
National French Fries Day
Embrace Your Geekiness Day
Barbershop Music Appreciation Day
International Rubik’s Cube Day *
Gruntled Workers Day 
(if you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands!)
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Different Colored Eyes Day
Pecan Pie Day
Simplicity Day *
Night of Nights *
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Ranier Cherries Day
World Population Day
All American Pet Photo Day
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