{"id":54751,"date":"2024-07-04T06:07:55","date_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=54751"},"modified":"2024-07-03T16:15:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T23:15:08","slug":"open-thread-july-4-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/07\/04\/open-thread-july-4-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread July 4 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Rocky Mountain PBS advised me (and the rest of their mailing list) that the NOAA is nowchanging the altitude of everything in the US to accomodate rising sea levels. None of our 14,000+ foot mountains will be under 14,000 feet – YET. I think this is a good thing, although it needs more publicity. Applying sea level rise to every place where peole live may help bring the reality home. Also yesterday (I’m calling it yesterday – it arrived in my inbox before midnight, but she dated it July 3, and she’s 2 hours ahead pf me, so it probably was yesterday for her) Joyce Vance<\/a> published a column answering some of the questions her readers had about the immunity opinion. It may well answer some of your questions too. It starts by answering a question I wouldn’t have been knowledgeable enough to ask, so there’s that. Finally, Rudy Giuliani has officially been disbarred in New York.
\nhere’s a video for you to enjoy. (Xitter embeds on DU<\/a> work for me, and I hope for you too. But if they don’t, here’s Youtube<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The New York Times<\/a> has become so useless that I understand if you are surprised that I am sharing this article (no paywall) – such a long one too. But there are also leaders of Black and Hispanic working class groups saying some similar things. As Democrats, our goal is to make life better and safer for everyone, isn’t it? We will fail and keep failing if we don’t start listening.<\/p>\n

Of course they already think<\/a> they don’t have to play by any rules. And they certainly won’t think they have to play by any new rules. Maybe, if we can be sharp enough, we could lock some of them up. That would be nice.<\/p>\n