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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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President Obama announces his Supreme Court nominee, Chief Judge Merrick Garland of the DC Circuit – UPDATED

March 16, 2016 JanF 19

President Obama announcing his nominee to the United States Supreme Court: in a Rose Garden address Transcript: Remarks by the President Announcing Judge Merrick Garland as his Nominee to the Supreme Court For Immediate Release […]

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Voter registration – there’s an app for that

March 15, 2016 anotherdemocrat 2

I’m in Austin, where South By Southwest is happening. I normally have the Austinite reaction to our version of March Madness — stay far away & ignore everything. But this morning, there was an interview […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Mar. 13th through Mar. 19th

March 13, 2016 JanF 155

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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Honoring Our Friendships: President Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau at a State Dinner

March 12, 2016 JanF 10

Our weekly post from the White House is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House: President Obama: … this visit reminds us of […]

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International Women’s Day: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights”

March 8, 2016 JanF 3

In 1995, then First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing China. Today, as we celebrate International Women’s Day, it is a good time to reflect […]

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Fifty-One Years Ago Today: “Bloody Sunday”

March 7, 2016 JanF 2

Republishing a Post from March 7, 2015: Fifty Years Ago Today: “Bloody Sunday” ~ Rep. Terri Sewell at 1:59:20 Rep. John Lewis at 2:04:00 President Obama at 2:12:00 Transcript: Remarks by the President at the […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Mar. 6th through Mar. 12th

March 6, 2016 JanF 138

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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Welcome, Returning Light!

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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 [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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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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Summer Sunning!

June 20, 2025 3
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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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2025 3
At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]

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