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Weekly Address: Vice President Joe Biden – Achieving the Mission of the Cancer Moonshot

October 29, 2016 JanF 4

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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Michelle Obama: “Hillary has done her job. Now we need to do our job and get her elected President of the United States.”

October 28, 2016 JanF 3

On Thursday, the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to a crowd at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. For those of us who expected a lot of […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 23rd through Oct. 29th

October 22, 2016 JanF 115

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 – Taking Action to Spur Competition in the Airline Industry and Give Consumers the Information They Need

October 22, 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 highlighted […]

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Michelle Obama: “Hillary knows that our country is powerful, and vibrant, and strong. Big enough to have a place for all of us, and that each of us is a precious part of the great American story.”

October 21, 2016 JanF 6

On Thursday, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to a large crowd in Phoenix Arizona about the importance of this election and her support for Hillary Clinton. Michelle Obama: And let me just say that since […]

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A team who will take on gerrymandering – Obama and Holder

October 19, 2016 Denise Velez 3

As the time draws near, when we will no longer have Barack Obama as our beloved POTUS, there has also been quite a bit of speculation about what he will do as a private citizen. […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 16th through Oct. 22nd

October 16, 2016 JanF 115

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 – Ensuring America Leads the World Into the Next Frontier

October 15, 2016 JanF 9

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. BONUS: From now until November 8th, we will be posting links to many of […]

Election 2016

President Obama: “All the progress we’ve made these last eight years is on the ballot.”

October 12, 2016 JanF 3

Yesterday, President Obama spoke at a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina to encourage people to get out and vote for Democratic Party presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. He also had a few choice words for her […]

Climate Action

Al Gore: “Hillary Clinton will make solving the climate crisis a top national priority”

October 12, 2016 JanF 1

On Tuesday afternoon, Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore spoke to a crowd in Miami. The topic was climate change and how every vote matters: Former Vice President Al […]

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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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