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80 years ago today: The Social Security Act of 1935

August 14, 2015 JanF 5

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat, signed the Social Security Act into law. Since that time, Social Security has been protected by Democratic presidents and Democratic Congresses. FDR signing Social Security into […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Aug. 9th through Aug. 15th

August 9, 2015 JanF 147

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 – 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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A refuge of love & peace during the debate (for AIDS Walk Austin)

August 7, 2015 anotherdemocrat 7

Hi. This morning, when I thought about that debate, my heart just wanted to curl up & hide in a corner. I can’t stand all the awful things that will be said, the horrible ideas, […]

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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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The workers many activists forget

August 4, 2015 Denise Velez 9

As we have moved into a primary cycle and the subject of the working class is on the lips of activists and politicians, I know the images that term evokes in the minds-eye of many […]

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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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Three major 1959 albums

August 2, 2015 Ed Tracey 3

Many reviewers note the year of 1959 as perhaps the apex of modern (post-WW II) instrumental jazz, with at least three landmark albums symbolizing the era, and all issued on Columbia: Kind of Blue – […]

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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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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

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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”

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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!

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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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