The Motley Moose
  • Home
  • Featured Posts
  • Editors’ Choice
  • News & Opinion
    • Biden-Harris White House
    • Motley Megaphone
    • It Takes a Village
    • Obama White House
  • Just Grazin’
    • Fiction
    • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • The Moose
    • Recent Post Feed
    • Comment Feed
    • Moose Admin Posts
    • FAQ – Getting Started
    • FAQ – How to Log In
    • FAQ – How to Compose a Post
    • About
  • My Moose
HomeBasset hounds FTW

Basset hounds FTW

No Picture
Fighting Back

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Back to Work 9/5/17

September 5, 2017 DoReMI 6

Even though the calendar tells us that summer doesn’t end for another 17 days, for most of us, Labor Day is a key line of demarcation. It’s getting dark earlier; the evenings (in most places) […]

No Picture
Democratic Party Values

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: The ReSisterhood (Happy Birthday, Auntie Maxine!) 8/15/17

August 15, 2017 DoReMI 11

Inspired by a comment made by bfitzinAR and the encouragement of WYGalinCA, today’s post is all about Maxine Waters (CA-43), one of the leaders of the ReSisterhood. She’s 79 today, and as a self-described “strong […]

Editors' Choice

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Family, Immigration, and History 8/8/17

August 8, 2017 DoReMI 5

The comments of Stephen Miller and the restrictive immigration standards of the proposed RAISE Act have caused me to think a lot about immigration lately. I’m in the privileged position as a white woman to […]

No Picture
Editors' Choice

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Tweeting the News (1917 Version) 8/1/17

August 1, 2017 DoReMI 21

Today, I’m taking a break from our platform, healthcare legislation, and all things Twitter. This choice is not because our resistance is over or because we can take our eyes off the ball, but because […]

Democratic Party Values

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: We Are Dems/Work Those Phones Day! 7/25/17

July 25, 2017 DoReMI 16

BEFORE ANYTHING, CALL YOUR SENATORS TODAY! DEM OR REPUBLICAN, THEY NEED TO HEAR FROM US. 1- HUGE week for TrumpCare. I know it feels like that’s every week – like this legislation has 9 lives. […]

Featured Posts

April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

Featured Posts
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 [...]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

Featured Posts
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 [...]
Featured Posts

Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2026 2
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 [...]
Featured Posts

Welcome, Returning Light!

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 [...]
Featured Posts

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 [...]

Recent Posts

  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 10th May 9, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 3rd May 2, 2026
  • April Showers are Bringing May Flowers! May 1, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: April 26th April 25, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: April 19th April 18, 2026

Legacy Motley Moose

Motley Moose – July 2008 to May 2015

Motley Moose Archives by Month

Recent Comments

  • JanF on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 10th
  • princesspat on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 3rd
  • Diana in NoVa on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 3rd
  • Denise Velez on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 3rd
  • bfitzinAR on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 3rd

Blog Roll

Legacy Motley Moose – Archive

Balloon Juice
Black Kos
Booman Tribune
Charlie Pierce
Ed Kilgore – NY Mag
Horizons (Smartypants)
Norbrook’s Blog
Peter Jukes
P.M. Carpenter
Stonekettle Station
Talking Points Memo (TPM)
Washington Monthly
Wonkette

Search the Moose

Moose Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Home
  • Editors’ Choice
  • Featured Posts
  • News and Opinion
  • Biden-Harris White House
  • The Obama White House
  • Motley Megaphone
  • It Takes a Village
  • Just Grazin’
  • Fiction
  • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • About the Motley Moose
  • FAQ – Getting Started at the Moose
  • My Moose

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
RSS NPR
  • Frontier Airlines plane strikes and kills pedestrian May 9, 2026
  • An expert on Iranian politics reviews the status of negotiations to end the war on Iran May 9, 2026
  • Why saying hello to strangers can be good for you May 9, 2026
  • Soccer was once considered niche in the U.S. Then came the 1994 World Cup May 9, 2026
  • Southern Republicans redistrict after Supreme Court rules, Dems lose big in Virginia May 9, 2026
  • They graduate to six figure salaries, and grueling work May 9, 2026
  • Moscow marks Victory Day with a Red Square parade under tight security May 9, 2026
  • National mood is against Republicans, but redistricting could help prop them up May 9, 2026
RSS Guardian – US News
  • Manchester City v Brentford: Premier League – live May 9, 2026
  • Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation suit against Fox News May 9, 2026
  • Frontier Airlines plane fatally strikes person during takeoff at Denver airport May 9, 2026
  • No-bid contract to turn DC’s reflecting pool blue goes to firm with ties to Trump May 9, 2026
  • What I saw at the Musk-OpenAI trial: petty billionaires, protests and a stern judge May 9, 2026
  • Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres May 9, 2026
  • Uruguay’s Silva makes history after dramatic Giro d’Italia second stage May 9, 2026
  • Two men charged over alleged filming of antisemitic TikTok videos in London May 9, 2026
RSS Lawyers, Guns and Money Blog
  • Russia-Ukraine Roundup May 9, 2026
  • Trump remaining in office after January 2029 May 9, 2026
  • Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,133 May 9, 2026
  • The Virginia Supreme Court’s nullification of the people’s initiative is embarrassing hackwork May 8, 2026
  • Why do Republicans have unlimited tolerance for Trump’s unprecedented corruption? May 8, 2026
RSS ProPublica
  • Puerto Rico Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Alleged Drugs-for-Votes Scheme After ProPublica Report May 8, 2026
  • Trump Exempted Some of the Nation’s Biggest Polluters From Air Quality Rules. All It Took Was an Email. May 8, 2026
  • Kids Are Being Harmed by Tear Gas, Pepper Spray Under Trump. There Could Be Long-Term Consequences. May 7, 2026
  • Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth May 6, 2026
  • Texas Lawmakers Repeatedly Failed to Pass Legislation That Could Have Protected Residents From Deadly Floods May 6, 2026
RSS BBC – World News
  • Person killed after being hit by plane on runway at Denver airport May 9, 2026
  • I will serve - not rule over Hungary, says new PM May 9, 2026
  • Australia's right-wing One Nation party scores historic parliamentary win May 9, 2026
  • WHO chief reassures Tenerife residents ahead of arrival of virus-hit cruise ship May 9, 2026
  • UK warship HMS Dragon heads to Middle East for potential Strait of Hormuz mission May 9, 2026
RSS BBC – Latin America
  • Trump and Lula's private Oval Office meeting signals lingering strain - and effort to avoid tension May 8, 2026
  • Five killed in huge fire at packed Mexico fairground May 7, 2026
  • Nine coal miners die in gas explosion in Colombia May 5, 2026
  • Three dead after monster truck crashes into crowd May 4, 2026
  • Jury convicts former Florida congressman in Venezuela lobbying case May 3, 2026
  • Home
  • Editors’ Choice
  • Featured Posts
  • News and Opinion
  • Biden-Harris White House
  • The Obama White House
  • Motley Megaphone
  • It Takes a Village
  • Just Grazin’
  • Fiction
  • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • About the Motley Moose
  • FAQ – Getting Started at the Moose
  • My Moose

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes