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The fact that many now turn to Facebook and other social media for their news is part of the problem.  The erosion of the Fourth Estate proves its importance in keeping a democracy running.  

Not gone.

Came upon these just recently:

Songs of disappearance - Australian Bird Calls.

In this ARIA chart-topping recording of pure birdsong you can hear 53 of our most threatened species:

(ARIA is the Australian Recording Industry Association.  Aussie version of the Grammy Awards.)

https://youtu.be/c2M0H9Z1HuQ

Aussie Birds and their calls

https://youtu.be/vhlE13EqjJk

Australia's most common birds

https://youtu.be/T5UEwzp2bWs

max_weisenfeld said:

Less humid now and tomorrow and a nice breeze

I’ll buy that for a dollar!

Smedley said:

I'll rephrase and try again. If the problem on May 23, 2024 is a deluded electorate, how and why was the electorate apparently non-deluded in 2020-21, and what was the inflection point?

Racking my brain for inflection points in 2020. All I can come up with are a pandemic and the murder of a Black man by a white Minneapolis police officer.

Less humid now and tomorrow and a nice breeze

I look forward to seeing what Mark, our Aussie friend, posts regularly. It’s gone.

rcarter31 said:

Am following The Hush Money Trial

Am confused by so many "conservative" commentators saying that they haven't seen or heard what the underlying crime that bumps it up to a felony.  What am I missing isn't it conspiracy to block the publication of the story?

Seems obvious to me?!?!

https://maplewood.worldwebs.com/forums/discussion/subforum/the-trump-indictments/politics-plus?page=next&limit=1260#discussion-replies-3647144

There’s also a thread on Tucker Carlson started by your buddy pal.. have fun. But the trial commentary has been overlapping into a couple other threads.

I may as well add this recent arrival to the collection ...

Rainbow Lorikeets - Everything You Never Knew (and Less!)

That WSJ article is really about what Trump would do in a similar situation.  It isn't about what the Democrats might do.

Having said that the Biden campaign should tout his many achievements and not run on Trump's character.  If somebody doesn't think that Trump's character is disqualifying, there is nothing that Democrat's might say that will convince them otherwise.