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Weekly Address: President Obama – Standing with Orlando

June 18, 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, President Obama reflected […]

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Sea Star Recovery in Bellingham Bay – A good news – bad news cruise.

June 17, 2016 RonK 5

Early June, Bellingham Bay, Salish Sea I have been monitoring the local sea star (Pisaster ochraceus) population following the devastating die-off from Wasting Syndrome over that past three years. As previously discussed, some pathogen and/or […]

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President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”

June 17, 2016 JanF 3

Reposted from June 27, 2015 – to honor those who were brutally murdered a year ago today. From the White House: President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a […]

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SCOTUS Watch – Thursday, June 16th

June 16, 2016 JanF 6

June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar normally calls […]

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President Obama: “We’ve gone through moments in our history before when we acted out of fear — and we came to regret it.”

June 16, 2016 JanF 9

On Tuesday, President Obama delivered a statement to the press after a meeting with his counter-terrorism group. The meeting covered ISIL and the Orlando massacre, the killing of 49 patrons of a gay night club […]

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SCOTUS Watch – Monday, June 13th

June 13, 2016 JanF 4

June is SCOTUS Decision month, when all eyes turn to the Supreme Court for rulings on the cases argued this term (before the court adjourns on June 30th for the summer). The calendar normally calls […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: June 12th through June 18th

June 12, 2016 JanF 112

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 – Addressing Puerto Rico’s Economic Crisis

June 11, 2016 JanF 1

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 discussed […]

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President Obama Endorses Hillary Clinton for President of the United States

June 9, 2016 JanF 4

“I don’t think there’s ever been someone so qualified to hold this office.” He’s with her. Fierce

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Hillary Clinton: “To be great, we can’t be small”

June 8, 2016 JanF 9

Last night, former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton clinched the Democratic Party presidential nomination. Before her victory speech, this video was presented to the assembled crowd (it had been shared on social media earlier […]

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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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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

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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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Summer Sunning!

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Later today, we mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The [...]

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