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Top Comments: the Cat Memes edition
A look at two popular cat memes, after-the-jump ….But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that are...
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Top Comments: the Nova Scotia Christmas Tree edition
Annual gift for the response to the 1917 Nova Scotia disaster, after the jump …..But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across...
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CHEERS to Bill and Michael in PWM, our Laramie, Wyoming-based friend Irish Patti and ...... well, each of you at Cheers and Jeers. Have a fabulous weekend .... and week ahead.ART NOTES— an exhibition...
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Top Comments: the Muddle Through edition
A look at a song’s original lyrics having new meaning, after the jump ……...But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments...
View Article"Who Lost the Year of 2020?" poll
I will not be posting my normal work this week (due to the Yuletide) — here is a wrap-up Trump-centric poll for one last time (and a few others).If you celebrate it: I hope you had a Merry Christmas. I...
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The Burren
Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. I thought we...
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History 201: The Irish Rebellion of 1641
By 1641 Ireland’s population could be divided into three diverse groups. First, there were the Native Irish whose Catholic roots extended back more than a millennium to the days of St. Patrick and the...
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Top Comments: January 2021 update edition
Updating some previous stories in this space, after-the-jump …..But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that...
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View ArticleWelcome to Northern Ireland
Mick Mulveney has resigned as Envoy to Northern Ireland. That’s too bad. He should stay there and learn from people who know what happens when ideology overruns a nation’s ability to govern itself....
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Top Comments: New Year's goals edition
My approach to goals in 2021, after-the-jump …..But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that are perceptive,...
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History 201: The Elizabethan Plantation in Ireland
Ireland had never been a part of the Roman Empire and following the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066, the English began their attempts to conquer the island. However, the English armies which had...
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Top Comments: the Polo Grounds edition
A look at a long-defunct stadium with history, after-the-jump …..But first: Top Comments appears nightly, as a round-up of the best comments on Daily Kos. Surely ... you come across comments daily that...
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