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President Obama: “I do not support the idea of endless war” but this “is the right thing to do”

October 16, 2015 JanF 2

From the White House: The president announced that troops will remain in Afghanistan through 2016 and that bases will remain open. President Obama delivers an update on Americas’ combat mission in Afghanistan in the Roosevelt […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Writing the Rules for a Global Economy

October 10, 2015 JanF 8

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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Weekly Address: President Obama – Congress Should Do its Job and Pass a Serious Budget

October 3, 2015 JanF 1

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 emphasized […]

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President Obama: “How can you, with a straight face, make the argument that more guns will make us safer?”

October 2, 2015 JanF 14

From the White House, President Obama spoke of another mass shooting, this time at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon. [As] I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Dispose of Your Expired and Unwanted Prescription Drugs

September 26, 2015 JanF 3

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, on “National Prescription […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – It’s Time for Congress To Pass a Responsible Budget

September 19, 2015 JanF 9

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 discussed […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – A New College Scorecard

September 12, 2015 JanF 11

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 announced […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – This Labor Day, Lets Talk About the Budget

September 5, 2015 JanF 14

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 recognized […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Meeting the Global Threat of Climate Change

August 29, 2015 JanF 2

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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Weekly Address: President Obama – It’s Time for Congress To Pass a Responsible Budget

August 22, 2015 JanF 16

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

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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 [...]

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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° [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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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 [...]

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