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Weekly Address: President Obama – The American Spirit of Innovation

March 5, 2016 JanF 5

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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Women’s History Month Is Marching In

March 3, 2016 JanF 10

March is an excellent choice to designate as Women’s History Month because marching for our rights is a big part of women’s history. Demonstrating for women’s rights has a long storied past, probably because “just […]

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When the support staff quits, you have to hire…

February 29, 2016 Diana in NoVa 5

  The law office of Reed, Wright, Pray & Singh was in a quandary: not from lack of business, which was in fact burgeoning, but from lack of help. The simple fact was that the […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Feb. 28th through Mar. 5th

February 28, 2016 JanF 135

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 – Degrading and Destroying ISIL

February 27, 2016 JanF 8

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: “Keeping the Guantanamo Bay detention facility open is contrary to our values”

February 24, 2016 JanF 5

Yesterday, President Obama put forward his plan for closing the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay: For many years, it’s been clear that the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay does not advance our national security — […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Feb. 21st through Feb. 27th

February 21, 2016 JanF 140

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 – A New Chapter with Cuba

February 20, 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 discussed […]

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Hillary Clinton: “Hold every candidate accountable”

February 19, 2016 JanF 4

On Wednesday, former Secretary of State and current Democratic Party presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton, spoke at the Schomburg Center in Harlem. It was not an ordinary stump speech – because this was no ordinary venue […]

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President Obama: “Being president is a serious job”

February 17, 2016 JanF 10

President Obama held a press conference following the ASEAN summit he has been hosting in Rancho Mirage California (no tie!!). And – surprise! – there were questions about the U.S. Supreme Court opening and the […]

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Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated)

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July 13, 2026 8
Back in September 2008, a group of like minded people gathered at the Motley Moose to talk about politics and how they could promote politicians and political causes that would change people’s lives for the [...]

Summer Sunning!

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June 21, 2026 2
Later this morning, we will 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° [...]
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Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

May 15, 2026 6
I love the Pacific Northwest native flora this time of year as they emerge from our long dark winter. Since we can’t get out into the woods everyday, we have brought the woodlands colors home [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 2
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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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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 [...]

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