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
HomeBudget Bill of 2015

Budget Bill of 2015

Featured Posts

What’s in the budget agreement for Social Security disability?

October 27, 2015 Geordie 15

There were a lot of rumors swirling around (including in the New York Times and the Hill) about some truly terrible proposals for Disability Insurance in the proposed budget deal being negotiated now. I don’t […]

Featured Posts

Welcome, Returning Light!

Featured Posts
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 [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

Featured Posts
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 [...]
Featured Posts

“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 [...]
Featured Posts

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 [...]
Featured Posts

April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2025 3
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 [...]

Recent Posts

  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th January 10, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 4th January 3, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: December 28th December 27, 2025
  • Welcome, Returning Light! December 21, 2025
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: December 21st December 20, 2025

Legacy Motley Moose

Motley Moose – July 2008 to May 2015

Motley Moose Archives by Month

Recent Comments

  • Diana in NoVa on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • Denise Velez on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • Diana in NoVa on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • bfitzinAR on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • bfitzinAR on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th

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
  • Opinion: Remembering Ai, a remarkably intelligent chimpanzee January 17, 2026
  • The near death -- and last-minute reprieve -- of a trial for an HIV vaccine January 17, 2026
  • Is RFK Jr.'s Administration for a Healthy America — AHA — in the works or not? January 17, 2026
  • Events in Minneapolis show how immigration enforcement has changed. What's the impact? January 17, 2026
  • Trump is threatening to cut funding from sanctuary cities. Here's what to know January 17, 2026
  • Major plumbing headache haunts $13 billion U.S. carrier off the coast of Venezuela January 17, 2026
  • They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania January 17, 2026
  • Judge rules immigration officers in Minneapolis can't detain peaceful protesters January 17, 2026
RSS Guardian – US News
  • Manchester United 2-0 Manchester City: Premier League – live reaction January 17, 2026
  • Spurs v West Ham, Chelsea v Brentford, Liverpool v Burnley, and more: football – live January 17, 2026
  • How Trump’s promise to slash energy bills in half has failed across the US January 17, 2026
  • ‘Brainwashing’: the shocking case of a Native American healer accused of sexual abuse January 17, 2026
  • Trump campaign manager quietly drops defamation suit against the Daily Beast January 17, 2026
  • Trump pardons Florida fraudster after commuting her sentence during his first term January 17, 2026
  • Racial quotas for immigration are back | Heba Gowayed January 17, 2026
  • Buddhist monks pass halfway mark on 2,300-mile Walk for Peace through US January 17, 2026
RSS Lawyers, Guns and Money Blog
  • Slow learners January 17, 2026
  • Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 2,060 January 17, 2026
  • Cancel culture at Bari Weiss U. January 17, 2026
  • Hunter Biden painting sale update January 16, 2026
  • Virginia Democrats know what the shot is January 16, 2026
RSS ProPublica
  • Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With January 16, 2026
  • A Black Teen Died Over a $12 Shoplifting Attempt. 13 Years Later, Two Men Plead Guilty in His Killing. January 16, 2026
  • Her Daughter Died After Taking a Generic Version of a Lifesaving Drug. This Is What She Wants You to Know. January 15, 2026
  • A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion. January 14, 2026
  • After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources January 14, 2026
RSS BBC – World News
  • Blair and Rubio among names on Gaza 'Board of Peace' January 17, 2026
  • Iran supreme leader admits thousands killed during recent protests January 17, 2026
  • From camouflage to tracksuits - Guinea's junta leader becomes civilian president January 17, 2026
  • Big names on Trump's peace panel face huge challenges in Gaza January 17, 2026
  • Ugandan leader extends 40-year rule after winning contested poll January 17, 2026
RSS BBC – Latin America
  • Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner presents her medal to Trump January 16, 2026
  • US forces seize a sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Caribbean Sea January 15, 2026
  • Bodies of Cubans killed during US raid on Venezuela returned January 15, 2026
  • Venezuela has freed some American citizens from prison, US official says January 14, 2026
  • Singer Julio Iglesias faces Spanish inquiry into sexual assault allegations January 13, 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