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Weekly Address: Vice President Biden – Building on a Record of Economic Progress

November 19, 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, Vice President Joe […]

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

November 12, 2016 JanF 104

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 – Honoring Our Veterans

November 12, 2016 JanF 2

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 recognized […]

Election 2016

What It Means to Be a Democrat: We put smart, caring, capable people in the White House

November 8, 2016 JanF 4

Watching the rally in Philadelphia last night and seeing Chelsea Clinton introducing her father, former President Bill Clinton, who introduced our First Lady Michelle Obama who introduced her husband, President Barack Obama, who then introduced […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Election Week – Nov. 6th through Nov. 12th

November 6, 2016 JanF 118

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 – The Progress We’ve Made Because of the Affordable Care Act

November 5, 2016 JanF 3

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 This week, President Obama discussed Open Enrollment […]

Editors' Choice

President Obama: “This is the moment where America stands up for our best selves”

November 3, 2016 JanF 4

Yesterday, President Obama spoke to a crowd at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. President Obama: If you’ve been marching for criminal justice reform, that’s great. But you know what, you better vote […]

Election 2016

Tuesday Night, November 8, 2016

November 1, 2016 JanF 4

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has selected the election night site for what we expect to be the celebration of the figurative breaking of the biggest glass ceiling in America. And they have chosen a building with […]

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The Royal British Columbia Museum’s Exhibit on Mammoths and Ancient Proboscideans

October 31, 2016 RonK 3

Mammoth reconstruction in diorama, Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada I was fortunate to have been in Victoria, BC recently while their Royal Museum had a magnificent traveling exhibit from Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 30th through Nov. 5th

October 30, 2016 JanF 111

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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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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