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Open Thread - Thurs 01 May 2025 - May Is Starting!

Submitted by Sima on Thu, 05/01/2025 - 5:05am

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!

A Dilemma Far Simpler Than Doctrine

Submitted by Cassiodorus on Mon, 04/28/2025 - 8:50am

By now we should know about the Bernie Sanders/ Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez "Fighting Oligarchy" rallies. People are clearly desperate, and the notion of two members of the political class, Congress, claiming to "fight oligarchy" would seem to be an indicator of that desperation. Note that I am not saying that there is anything wrong with members of Congress holding rallies. It's probably better on balance than unrestrained rule of the public mind by the mainstream media.

Personality Politics and Modern Media

Submitted by fire with fire on Sun, 04/27/2025 - 12:38pm

My most eccentric opinion is my firm belief that the politicians we see through mass media are all mere actors projecting a fictional “government” that supposedly can be turned out in the next election if enough voters so desire. But I believe that the actual management of the government is conducted without cameras being present by personalities whose names are none of our business.

I can’t prove this assertion because the real action takes place out of sight.

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