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President Obama: “No challenge poses a greater threat to our future and future generations than a changing climate”

August 4, 2015 JanF 5

From the White House: In the East Room of the White House, President Obama announces the Clean Power Plan — our biggest step yet in the fight against climate change. The plan is a landmark […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Aug. 2nd through Aug. 8th

August 2, 2015 JanF 120

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 – Celebrating 50 Years of Medicare and Medicaid

August 1, 2015 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, the President celebrated […]

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50 Years Ago Today: The Medicare Bill of 1965

July 30, 2015 JanF 1

On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act Amendments of 1965 which established Medicare. President Lyndon B. Johnson with Harry Truman and Hubert H. Humphrey, 1965 The Social Security Act […]

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President Obama: “The choices made today will shape the trajectory of Africa, and therefore, the world for decades to come”

July 29, 2015 JanF 1

From Mandela Hall in Ethiopia: I stand before you as a proud American. I also stand before you as the son of an African. (Applause.) Africa and its people helped to shape America and allowed […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 26th through Aug. 1st

July 26, 2015 JanF 121

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 – Wall Street Reform is Working

July 25, 2015 JanF 7

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, the President spoke […]

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“She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” – A Film

July 24, 2015 JanF 9

“Aren’t the Internets great?” – me to my Moose peeps this morning An article in the New York Times yesterday about the “Women of the Young Lords: The Revolution within the Revolution” panel at the […]

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President Obama: “I’m working alongside you to tear down those barriers”

July 21, 2015 JanF 1

The president spoke yesterday on the 25th Anniversary of the signing into law of the Americans With Disabliities Act. Fierce

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Working together towards a common goal

July 21, 2015 JanF 21

The latest dustup in the progressive blogosphere has exposed a rift in the progressive movement. It is something that should not be a rift and maybe it does not reach the level of rift but […]

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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 [...]

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 [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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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