Some St. Patrick's Day Irish Recipes for Today
When you think of Irish food the first thing that comes to mind is potatoes. Certainly the history of Ireland has one of its most tragic times during the Great Famine of 1845 to 1850 that saw the death...
View ArticleIrish Blessings and Wisdom: Street Prophets Thursday Coffee Hour
Welcome to Coffee Hour. This is an open topic thread so help yourself to the goodies and sit a spell and let us know what is new with you. The Irish have a wonderful way with words. They manage in a...
View ArticlePhotos of President Obama's historic trip to Cuba
On Sunday afternoon, Barack Obama became the first President of the United States to visit Cuba in 88 years. What follows are some pictures from the first hours of President Obama’s historic visit....
View ArticleFinally; St Patrick's Day And My Birthday!
LGBT Group March's In NYC St Patrick's Day Parade! Video Auto-plays CNN NewsImages♥St Patrick's Day ☮ My Birthday-Spring, For Sure♥♫St Patrick's Day! Immigration Info-Free US Gov't Links, History,...
View ArticleFaces of Immigration
The little girl sitting on her mother’s lap was my mother. This photograph was taken in Ireland, in about 1913, shortly before my grandmother and her children started the process of immigrating...
View ArticleParty Starts To Wind Down. After; Over 5 Days, Even I Start To Get Tired. But...
Flappers March Is Woman’s History Month.SuffragettesYesterday, Was My Birthday And March 15th, My 8th Anniversary At DKos!So I am celebrating, double.I have been quietly partying since St Patrick’s...
View ArticleTop Comments: Amazing Journeys edition
Two stories of exploration mixed with folly and audacity, after the jump ……. But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across...
View ArticleIAN: March 25, 2016: Little Holidays Edition
Hey folks, it’s Friday once more. And I know most people are focused on Good Friday and Easter this weekend, but I thought I’d vary things up a bit by reminding everyone of the smaller daily...
View ArticleAssumption Church; Bayonne NJ, This Is Your Big Chance. Occupy Now, Show The...
Bayonne, NJ (07002) 10 Day Weather ForecastNote To: Our Lady Of Assumption Parishioners BayonneI have good ideas. I’m always just way ahead of everything always!Me; personally, I’d have been Occupying...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. If you celebrate it, Happy Easter. And to all: a fabulous weekend .... and week...
View ArticleAll Night Vigil For A Jewish Carpenter
But probably not the Jewish Carpenter you were thinking of. It’s the evening of Holy Saturday. Tomorrow is Easter. In churches all over the world, worshipers are gathering for the Vigil service—a...
View ArticleHillary Clinton is an epic badass. Deal with it.
This election season we have an incredible woman bad ass running for President of our fine nation! Not only is she likely to be the FIRST woman President ever, she is one of the most (if not most) bad...
View ArticleTop Comments: Drinking Liberally edition
“Keep those cards and letters coming, folks” Here is my (nearly) annual exhortation to seek out like-minded people at public meet-ups, after the jump ….. But first:...
View ArticleA longtime kossack needs our help today.
Our longtime friend Alexandra Lynch has found herself overwhelmed with worry. The bills have been getting incrementally farther behind and her family is now having to choose between utilities and...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News and Humor (alas, again without a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (and the return of the "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
View ArticleI Stand With President Obama on DACA and DAPA and Will Fight forComprehensive...
I am an Immigrant, a Congressional Candidate, and I Stand With President Obama on DACA, DAPA, and Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Earlier today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Texas v....
View ArticleTop Comments: the Too Early to Tell edition
“Keep those cards and letters coming, folks”. A look at a famous quote, and efforts to clarify its meaning … after the jump ... But first: Top Comments appears...
View ArticlePA-Sen & AG: Gov. Tom Wolf (D) Helps You Find Your Polling Place To Vote On...
Received this e-mail today from Governor Tom Wolf (D. PA):Click here to commit to vote.Click here to find your polling place.
View ArticleOdds & Ends: News/Humor (with a "Who Lost the Week?" poll)
I post a weekly diary of historical notes, arts & science items, foreign news (often receiving little notice in the US) and whimsical pieces from the outside world that I often feature in "Cheers...
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