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Treatment for Mental Illness, Chicago Style
Two killed by Chicago Police responding to ‘domestic disturbance’. Collateral damage from the failure to train law enforcement to handle situations involving mental illness? Fierce
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Dec. 27th through Jan. 2nd
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: Merry Christmas from the President and First Lady
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 and […]
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Oh Hai, the Returning Light!
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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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Dec. 20th through Dec. 26th
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Top 10 Things that Happened in 2015
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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President Obama’s Year End Press Conference – UPDATED with Transcript
On Friday, December 18th, President Obama will hold a press conference, billed as his year end press conference as the government “shuts down” for the winter holidays. It won’t be a literal shutdown because the […]
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President Obama: “That is what makes America great — not just the words on these founding documents, as precious and valuable as they are, but the progress that they’ve inspired.”
Speaking at the National Archives, President Obama addresses 31 newly sworn in citizens. What a remarkable journey all of you have made. And as of today, your story is forever woven into the larger story […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Dec. 13th through Dec. 19th
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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President Obama speaks on the historic Paris climate accord – UPDATED with Transcript
Saturday, December 12, 2015 at 5:30pm Eastern PRESIDENT OBAMA: The problem is not solved because of this accord. But make no mistake, the Paris agreement establishes the enduring framework the world needs to solve the […]