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Weekly Address: President Obama – Reaffirming Our Commitment to Protecting the Right to Vote

August 8, 2015 JanF 11

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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Lyndon B. Johnson: “This most basic right”

August 6, 2015 JanF 6

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat, signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Handing the Pen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The new law of the land: SEC. 2. No voting […]

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Happy Voting Rights Act Eve! Thank you, 5th Circuit!

August 5, 2015 JanF 5

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Texas’s Voter ID Law One day before the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country wielded that law to […]

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President Obama Speaks on the Iran Deal

August 5, 2015 JanF 21

From American University in Washington DC: PRESIDENT OBAMA: And if the rhetoric [against this deal]… sounds familiar, it should, for many of the same people who argued for the war in Iraq are now making […]

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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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Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated)

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July 13, 2026 8
Back in September 2008, a group of like minded people gathered at the Motley Moose to talk about politics and how they could promote politicians and political causes that would change people’s lives for the [...]

Summer Sunning!

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June 21, 2026 2
Later this morning, we will 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° [...]
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Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

May 15, 2026 6
I love the Pacific Northwest native flora this time of year as they emerge from our long dark winter. Since we can’t get out into the woods everyday, we have brought the woodlands colors home [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 2
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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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am 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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