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Month: February 2019

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Tuesday in Mooseville – OTD 2/26/19

February 26, 2019 DoReMI 3

My planned post for today went by the wayside; it’s hard to write anything remotely coherent when you’re obsessively checking hashtags on Twitter to see if your church has imploded yet. But the thought of […]

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Saving the Nooksack III – Will Restoration Activity Be Enough to Save the Salmon?

February 23, 2019 RonK 3

In parts 1 and 2, of this series I described the Nooksack River and how it’s three forks joined from the glaciers and water sheds surrounding the Mount Baker National Forest and wilderness area. The river […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Feb. 24th through March 2nd

February 23, 2019 JanF 119

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: “Democrats are taking action to make sure our communities and our nation are safer.”

February 23, 2019 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Lucy McBath from Georgia and explains the work she and House Democrats are doing to pass commonsense gun safety legislation. (Congresswoman Lucy McBath of […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Slaveholders-in-Chief Cont’d 2/19/19

February 19, 2019 DoReMI 4

After Denise’s tour-de-force of a post on Sunday (if you haven’t already, be sure to read it here: I refuse to honor George Washington, and ‘founders’ who enslaved and sold human beings ), my efforts […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Feb. 17th through Feb. 23rd

February 16, 2019 JanF 98

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: “Democrats will defend Congress’ constitutional authorities.”

February 16, 2019 JanF 2

      Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer issued this press release regarding the Republican Party’s president declaring a national emergency: “The President’s unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Slaveholders-in-Chief 2/12/19

February 12, 2019 DoReMI 8

Today’s post is prompted by Dee’s observation that we celebrate Presidents’ Day with no mention of the fact that twelve of them were slaveholders. It occurred to me that I wasn’t sure which twelve those […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Feb. 10th through Feb. 16th

February 9, 2019 JanF 81

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: “Democrats will always stand up for the truth.”

February 9, 2019 JanF 5

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Barbara Lee of California speaking about Black History Month and the work being done on the For The People agenda. (Congresswoman Barbara Lee of […]

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