Hope all Nesters and Lurkers had a good and healthy Holiday Season. 🙂 The big attention-getter at my casa is the daily monitoring of the James Webb Telescope. The latest is the opening and tightening of the protective Sun Shield. So far, so good. The success involved in this mission is astounding when one stops to think about it. I can’t wait until the initial cosmic data starts to arrive. The Hubble Space Telescope was/is a monstrous achievement. James Webb will be a worthy successor. All hail human knowledge done peacefully. Our Nest is Open. 🙂
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🎄🎄Merry Christmas Weekend Open Threads 12.24-26🎄🎄
I hope this finds my fellow Birdies and Progressives Covid-free, and gearing into holiday mode.🎄☮️ Happy Holidays from our krewe in east central FL. The Nest is Open, candles and music refreshed. 🎼🎄🎼🕯
12.20-21 Pre Kris Kringle Open Threads
Apologies to Ms. Benny. I accidentally T and R’d yesterday’s terrific thread to jcb. Old age strikes again. Anywho, plenty of action to fill our Nest. We’ve got the Omicron Covid, Labor Strikes, the Chilean election results, climate catastrophe, Yahoo Manchin killing off the bills that help our people, you name it. The Nest is decorated for Christmas with plenty of peace doves and music ornaments on the tree. It is Open, and boy, does it smell and sound like Christmas. 🙂 🙂
Continue reading →12.8-9 Open Threads. Propaganda–Bah Humbug!
Propaganda is a pet peeve of mine. Most of it in this country is either RWing, or even worse, FRightwing. It is the ages’ old deliberate misuse of psycholinguistics. Robert Kuttner’s American Prospect essay is a very good explanation. He uses the New York Times as an example. https://prospect.org/politics/how-the-new-york-times-enables-right-wing-spin/ No wonder I hate the word: disingenuous. The Nest is swept clean and Open. Hope everyone is well.
Continue reading →12.4-5 Open Threads
DeathSantis’ latest antics about creating a private paramilitary force down here in Florida are nothing new. He’s a tRumper and another yahoo in a long line of GOPuke Far Right opportunists. They play to a very large (unfortunately) group of American idiots. This group is hopelessly deluded by organized religion, too lazy to think for itself, violent, and intolerant. I don’t have any answers. I do know I’m sick and tired of them and the political creeps who prey on them. The Nest is Open and its usual breath of fresh air. Take care fellow Progressive Birdies! 🙂
11.29-30 Open Threads
Has everyone recovered from Thanksgiving? 🙂 I peeked into the Nest and saw that it was empty. That won’t do so I opened it up. Hope you all are well. Go for it as the Nest is ready.
Continue reading →11.27-28 🍁🦃 Day Weekend Open Threads 🍁🦃
Hey fellow Birdies and Lurkers. Hope you all had a safe Thanksgiving. 😊🦃 Hubster and I have been enjoying the Beatles documentary by Peter Jackson, “Get Back.”🎼🎤☮️ It is very well done. I say that as a documentary freak as well as an educated Beatle fan. 👍 So, our Nest is Open and ready for action. Have at it. 🦃☮️😊👍
Continue reading →11.16-17 Open Threads and Topics
Thank you, Ms. Benny, jcb, pb4, and the other usual excellent suspects for maintaining our Nest! This site is an oasis. 🙂 What isn’t an oasis is the nauseating thought of a Harris-Buttigieg POTUS ticket in 2024. Ugh and triple ugh!!!! Been keeping a political barf bag in sight for over 4 decades. Pretty darned pathetic! The Nest is swept, opened and ready. You all take care and stay well. 🙂
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