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“Leave Ted Alooooone!!”
President Obama in the Philippines on Tuesday: I cannot think of a more potent recruitment tool for ISIL than some of the rhetoric that’s been coming out of here during the course of this debate. […]
Month: November 2015
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These are people, not symbols – UPDATED with pesky facts
The last minute rejection of the Syrian refugee family by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) is a lot of things (many of which involve curse words) but it should not be used to build court […]
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President Obama: “We don’t have religious tests to our compassion”
President Obama spoke in Antalya Turkey on Monday from the G20 Summit. Following his statement, he answered questions from the press President Obama on ISIL and Islam and the refugee crisis: The overwhelming majority of […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 15th through Nov. 21st
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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The D-bate … and then there were three – UPDATED with video links
UPDATED with links to CBS News videos and some YouTubes – scroll to end of post. Tonight the Democratic Party presidential candidates will debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The debate will be […]
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Weekly Address: President Obama – Giving Veterans Their Chance
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, President Obama honored […]
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North Cascades National Park and the North Cascades Highway Loop
Late October, 2015 North Cascades Mountains Washington State A trip in late October took me over the North Cascades Highway, through the North Cascades National Park and to Chelan where I met my two brothers […]
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‘Concerned Student 1950,’ the history of black students at Missouri University, and black people in Columbia MO.
By now we all know that University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe, and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin have resigned after protests by Concerned Student 1950, a hunger strike by grad student Jonathan Butler, and the […]
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President Obama: “We’ve got more work to do”
On Monday night, President Obama spoke to the group Organizing for Action (OFA) at their fall meeting at the St. Regis Hotel. Organizing for Action grew from the Organizing for America (barackobama.com) group created in […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 8th through Nov. 14th
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 […]