we kind of let the media [music] tell the story of who we were. We let them define us.
There’s your problem – the media gets to steer and define so much of politics, and faces no feedback or repercussions for it. (CS Lewis was even warning about it in That Hideous Strength, published in 1945.)
Rufus T. Firefly:
Much thanks for your comments in a recent thread about your own experience with bruised and busted ribs. Very illuminating and helpful. BTW, I’m in a good deal of pain, and essentially immobilized, but only temporarily. Looking forward to getting back into the field soon. Thanks God for hydrochordone!
Well, say what you like, but … Salon says:
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Goodbye from Salon: It has been an extraordinary privilege.
So far, so good…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/florida-judge-denies-cair-bid-to-drop-terror-tag/ar-AA2gQkfz
Just started this interview and… already seems worth listening.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vb_nnsZ6Cw
It’s worth it for the opening quote alone:
There’s your problem – the media gets to steer and define so much of politics, and faces no feedback or repercussions for it. (CS Lewis was even warning about it in That Hideous Strength, published in 1945.)
Rufus T. Firefly:
Much thanks for your comments in a recent thread about your own experience with bruised and busted ribs. Very illuminating and helpful. BTW, I’m in a good deal of pain, and essentially immobilized, but only temporarily. Looking forward to getting back into the field soon. Thanks God for hydrochordone!
Well, say what you like, but … Salon says:
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Goodbye from Salon: It has been an extraordinary privilege.
Today, after 31 years, we are saddened to announce that Salon is ceasing publication.
https://www.salon.com/2026/11/05/goodbye-from-salon/
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Another one bites the dust.