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Month: December 2019

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Preserving and Protecting: “This is a question of duty – we will honor our oath of office and defend the Constitution”

December 11, 2019 JanF 9

December 10, 2019 – The House of Representatives releases Articles of Impeachment. Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary Jerry Nadler, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Speaking His Truth: William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934) 12/10/19

December 10, 2019 DoReMI 1

He was privileged as one of the “Talented Tenth,” but a true ally to poor African-Americans. He was a newspaper editor and a Black Radical who alienated the full-range of the political spectrum, from Woodrow […]

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

December 7, 2019 JanF 102

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: “We have the moral obligation to lead on climate change.”

December 7, 2019 JanF 2

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois speaking about our moral obligation to lead on climate change and how Democrats are prepared to do so. (Congressman Sean […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – SHEnanigans: Elizabeth Peratrovich 12/3/19

December 3, 2019 DoReMI 4

For most of us (and yes, there are some notable Village exceptions), the story of Alaska and its First People is a story sketched in the broadest outlines and with little detail. Most of us […]

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For your #GivingTuesday consideration: the Hill Country Ride for AIDS

December 3, 2019 anotherdemocrat 1

The Tuesday after Thanksgiving has become known as a day for charities to ask for donations. I’d like to ask for donations for the AIDS ride I do. What is the HCRA? Fierce

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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!

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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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Tomorrow, March 20th, at 2:01am 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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Spring is in the air!

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At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]

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