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Month: October 2017

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VNV Tuesday: Another OverVIew

October 17, 2017 DoReMI 9

Maybe because of its smaller size in area and population (106,450 per the 2010 census) or maybe because its population is 76% Black, the USVI has received even less media coverage than Puerto Rico after […]

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Breakfast and Euro-comment

October 15, 2017 Michael Holmans 2

So POUTS doesn’t think much of the Iran agreement. As a result, a fair number of people don’t think much of POUTS. Well, if we’re going to be strictly accurate, it’s not as though most […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 15th through Oct. 21st

October 14, 2017 JanF 109

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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Fighting Back: “The Republican president chose to raise people’s health premiums for no reason other than spite and cruelty”

October 14, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press conference on the latest health care sabotage from the Republicans. (Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader […]

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Fall Colors and Mountain Goats in the Mt. Baker Wilderness Area

October 13, 2017 RonK 6

North Cascades Mountain Goat (Oreamnos america) grazing on huckleberries and grasses on a warm October afternoon. What a beautiful specimen, well muscled with thick lustrous white fur and appearing very well fed. Mount Baker Wilderness Area, […]

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It Takes A Village: VNV Wednesday – Grave Matters

October 11, 2017 MomentaryGrace 14

The Village News & Views October 11, 2017 Wednesday Get Over the Hump Free for All Greetings, Village Meese. It’s Day 264 of the Resistance and time for another Get Over the Hump post and […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Puerto Rico Is Us 10/10/17

October 10, 2017 DoReMI 8

Today’s post is prompted by this tweet and the accompanying article: How colonialism and racism explain the inept US response to Hurricane Maria https://t.co/EioxarIQ5j — Vox (@voxdotcom) October 9, 2017 Too many of us were […]

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Breakfast with POUTS

October 8, 2017 Michael Holmans 2

In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, the European press show little sympathy. Horror, yes, because Europeans are quite able to understand how dreadful the massacre was, but the time for sympathy with America […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 8th through Oct. 14th

October 8, 2017 JanF 110

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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Fighting Back: John Lewis on Gun Violence – “What will it take for the Republican Congress to wake up?”

October 7, 2017 JanF 4

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. (Congressman John Lewis has been leading the charge for change for […]

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