{"id":55840,"date":"2024-12-31T06:05:23","date_gmt":"2024-12-31T14:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=55840"},"modified":"2024-12-30T18:31:01","modified_gmt":"2024-12-31T02:31:01","slug":"open-thread-december-31-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/12\/31\/open-thread-december-31-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread December 31 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I was still in shock over Jimmy Carter’s death. But at least the news sources I read were all respectful – I hear the New York Times brought up the “killer rabbit” story. That’s not his legacy. His legacy is one of goodness and decency and service – and out of all of them, I’ll link to Robert Hubbell<\/a>. But in case anyone wants it, I will provide a link from Steve Schmidt to a CNN documentary on Carter’s life<\/a>. I haven’t seen it, and I don’t know when it was made, but Schmidt speaks of Carter with respect, so there’s that. To change topic, I was dreading today after the avalanche of year-end email yesterday, all requesting donations, and fearing today would be worse. We’ll see how that turns out.<\/p>\n

Wonkette<\/a> is one of not a lot of news outlets mentioning the bird flu – and cats – and Louisiana. CPR touched on the bird flu but only as it affects Colorado, which is not a whole lot. Crooks and Liars did pick up the Louisiana angle, as did The F* News (am I seeing a pattern here?) and large numbers of people disregarding the advice of health professionals, regarding vaccinations and masks, certainly had a big part in spreading the pandemic farther than it needed to be.<\/p>\n

This from Heather Cox Richardson<\/a> has gotten coverage, but I haven’t seen any as detailed as her version – taking names and kicking – well, you know.<\/p>\n