Do you have a hate list yet? It seems so many do. One can see it all over the comment sections on various boards and forums across the world wide web. Listen in to talk on the street, the hate, fear and panic are everywhere.

Left vs right, male vs female, race vs race, East vs West, straight vs LGBTQX, pro vax vs anti vax, anti abortion vs pro abortion, on and on it goes. Minds are being compartmentalized into tribal prison cells with the intent of dividing us, and keeping us divided. The divide and conquer tactics keep us easy to control with bugaboos about enemies that may very well, in reality, be our allies. All the while detracting us from the real source of our divisions, the man behind the curtain, the hidden hand, the powers that be, however you want to couch it.

That is the media and those that feed it at work.

May is Starting!

All the apple trees, and other fruit trees, are flowering, the roses are starting, other flowers are doing their best... Carnations are making the air smell delicious, when I can smell them.

And that last is because I've been sick for about 4 days and can't smell much of anything, and because of being sick I've got about nothing for the Open Thread. Can't even really keep my eyes open in between coughing and sneezing fits. Allergies? Flu? No idea. I've no fever, no aches and pains except for being really tired all the time, so who knows?

Here's the WA state Tulip Festival, in Skagit Valley - love the flowers!

Alsace is a region in north-eastern France that borders Switzerland and Germany.