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Three major 1959 albums
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 – […]
Year: 2015
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Aug. 2nd through Aug. 8th
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 – Celebrating 50 Years of Medicare and Medicaid
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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Public–private partnerships for preservation of old growth forest in The PNW
Massive old growth Douglas Fir stump with springboard cut, now a forest nurse This stump, probably logged a 100 years ago, dates back untold 100s of years. This area was once selectively logged which left […]
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50 Years Ago Today: The Medicare Bill of 1965
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Social Security Act Amendments of 1965 which established Medicare. President Lyndon B. Johnson with Harry Truman and Hubert H. Humphrey, 1965 The Social Security Act […]
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President Obama: “The choices made today will shape the trajectory of Africa, and therefore, the world for decades to come”
From Mandela Hall in Ethiopia: I stand before you as a proud American. I also stand before you as the son of an African. (Applause.) Africa and its people helped to shape America and allowed […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: July 26th through Aug. 1st
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 – Wall Street Reform is Working
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 spoke […]
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“She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” – A Film
“Aren’t the Internets great?” – me to my Moose peeps this morning An article in the New York Times yesterday about the “Women of the Young Lords: The Revolution within the Revolution” panel at the […]
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The Bernie Sanders campaign: Connecting with black voters is a work in progress.
The Bernie Sanders campaign: Connecting with black voters is a work in progress. After taking a look at the campaign staff and advisers for Hillary Clinton, looking specifically at people of color in major positions, […]