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
HomeOur Planet

Our Planet

Featured Posts

Good Government Working to Protect Our Planet: Ocean 2016 Conference

September 16, 2016 JanF 1

Last week, the State Department hosted the Ocean 2016 conference “The ocean covers about 70 percent of our planet, provides half of the oxygen we breathe, and feeds more than a billion people — it […]

Featured Posts

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

Community
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!

Featured Posts
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° [...]
Editors' Choice

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 [...]
Featured Posts

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 [...]
Featured Posts

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 [...]

Recent Posts

  • Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated) July 13, 2026
  • Weeks-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 12th July 11, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 5th July 4, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: June 28th June 27, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: June 21st June 21, 2026

Legacy Motley Moose

Motley Moose – July 2008 to May 2015

Motley Moose Archives by Month

Recent Comments

  • JanF on Weeks-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 12th
  • Diana in NoVa on Weeks-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 12th
  • Diana in NoVa on Weeks-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 12th
  • bfitzinAR on Weeks-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 12th
  • anotherdemocrat on Weeks-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 12th

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
  • Trump administration wants to allow companies to hack foreign cybercriminals August 15, 2026
  • Jason Arday, Cambridge professor accused of plagiarism, is found dead August 15, 2026
  • ICE detained a Venezuelan soccer pro. His case shows the immigration backlog crisis August 15, 2026
  • 5 exercises that can prevent (and relieve!) pregnancy pain  August 15, 2026
  • They fought for the U.S. in Afghanistan. Now they worry about losing their green cards August 15, 2026
  • Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 38 August 15, 2026
  • How Americans deceive ourselves about slavery August 14, 2026
  • As speed cameras spread to more states, so does the backlash from drivers August 14, 2026
RSS Guardian – US News
  • Transfer roundup: Aston Villa close on Japan keeper Zion Suzuki as Emiliano Martínez nears exit August 15, 2026
  • From laptops to sleep buds, 25 tech essentials for college students this year August 15, 2026
  • Ex-officer accused of plotting New Orleans attack is released after jury declines to indict August 15, 2026
  • Massive egg recall in US south and south-west due to salmonella outbreak August 15, 2026
  • Powerful earthquake kills dozens in eastern Indonesia August 15, 2026
  • Hundreds arrested on suspicion of arson in France as wildfires rage across Europe August 15, 2026
  • Alaska candidate for US Senate seat rejects Kamala Harris’s unsolicited support August 15, 2026
  • Thirty years after Tupac Shakur’s killing, can a murder trial offer justice? August 15, 2026
RSS Lawyers, Guns and Money Blog
  • In too deep August 15, 2026
  • Erik Visits a (Non) American Grave, Part 2,209 August 15, 2026
  • I’m not sure the swamp is going to get drained August 15, 2026
  • The Family of a Martyr August 14, 2026
  • Hating the troops August 14, 2026
RSS ProPublica
  • Inside Trump’s Failed Hunt for Noncitizen Voters August 14, 2026
  • Wall Street’s Nonprofits Use Selective, Opaque Logic to Defund Charities August 14, 2026
  • A Youth Sports Giant Promised Reforms to Protect Kids From Sexual Abuse. Most Never Happened. August 13, 2026
  • Fiasco in the Factory: Taxpayers Funded a $533 Million Artillery Plant That Made Nothing August 12, 2026
  • “They’re Putting Kids’ Lives at Risk”: How Abuse in a Tennessee Businessman’s Juvenile Prisons Remained Under Wraps August 12, 2026
RSS BBC – World News
  • Firefighters battle wildfire tearing through Belgian nature reserve August 15, 2026
  • Multiple suspects at large after five shot at Virginia State University, police say August 15, 2026
  • Eleven killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, authorities say August 15, 2026
  • South Korea proposes talks to officially end war with North August 15, 2026
  • Family stranded at sea for 16 hours after jet ski capsized in Thailand August 15, 2026
RSS BBC – Latin America
  • Stolen Matisse artworks recovered by police in Brazil August 14, 2026
  • Teens who fled Venezuela after deadly quakes caught in another disaster in Colombia August 14, 2026
  • Messi plays for Inter Miami after father's death August 13, 2026
  • Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake August 12, 2026
  • Messi's most iconic moments as he ponders retirement August 12, 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