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Month: March 2016

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President Obama to media: “Stop hurting America”

March 29, 2016 JanF 7

Actually, that wasn’t President Obama saying that!! It was Jon Stewart talking to Crossfire host Tucker Carlson back in 2004 during another election season: “I made a special effort to come on the show today, […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: March 27th through April 2nd

March 27, 2016 JanF 127

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Defeating ISIL

March 26, 2016 JanF 6

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, President Obama offered […]

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The Affordable Care Act is still under attack

March 23, 2016 JanF 6

Today, as the Affordable Care Act turns 6 years old, one of its provisions is being challenged in the Supreme Court of the United States. The contraceptive mandate guaranteed that women would have access to […]

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President Obama: “I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas.”

March 22, 2016 JanF 6

President Obama today, addressing the Cuban people at Gran Teatro de la Habana, Havana, Cuba: President Barack Obama: Like so many people in both of our countries, my lifetime has spanned a time of isolation […]

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President Obama: “¿Que bolá Cuba?”

March 21, 2016 JanF 7

Sunday afternoon, President Barack Obama landed in Havana, the first president to visit there since 1928. He didn’t arrive by battleship, like President Calvin Coolidge did. Here is how he arrived: ¿Que bolá Cuba? Just […]

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Springing into Spring … No Kidding!

March 20, 2016 JanF 6

Today at 04:30 UTC, the Spring Equinox occurred. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: March 20th through March 26th

March 20, 2016 JanF 170

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination

March 19, 2016 JanF 16

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]

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Flint Hearings: Rep. Elijah Cummings rips into Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder

March 17, 2016 Denise Velez 10

There were fireworks today at the Flint Hearings. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder finally showed up. There were calls from Democrats on the committee for him to resign, as Republicans attempted to shield him, and deflect […]

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March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

Spring is in the air!

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February 1, 2026 2
At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2025 5
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2025 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2025 3
Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]

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