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Just got out of the vet with Sunny. Her liver numbers are off the charts again. Time to change up the medicine. Probably as a result of that she’s got a blood infection. Starting her on a strong antibiotic for that. Poor girl. No wonder she’s miserable. I hopefully will have her feeling better soon.

I read somewhere that wasps are repelled by citronella. Try rubbing some citronella oil on your feeder and see if that does any good.

Oh it definitely does. There are a lot of “true believers“ in the LP. But when you see the ones running for national office like the president for example a great many of them like Bob Barr, Gary Johnson, Bill Weld, Michael Badnarik ran in the LP in a quest for political relevance rather that actually winning office. In Barr and Badnaricks case there is no doubt tho motivation was self gratification. Weld wanted name recognition for future campaigns. you do tend to get more true believers in the green and libertarian movements because anybody committed to winning is not going to pick those. Running for office under the LP banner is a quixotic endeavor to say the least. Nevertheless they’re going to get my vote. Not because I believe in them. I don’t. Not because I believe in the libertarian party. I don’t. Not really. Just because all the other alternatives are less appealing edit: I think Jo Jorgensen might be an exception. I don’t think her motive was any type of self gratification. She had reached the pinnacle of her profession and had been a “old hand“ in the party for decades. They had to run someone and she was there.

When it comes to universal basic income we are going to have to get there. As problematic as it is. In the post industrial world we are going to reach a level of technology and automation where there will literally be more people than there are paying jobs for them to do. Personally I think the only way it could possibly be successful is if it is the entirety of one’s income rather than a supplement of it. For example if we were to give everyone across-the-board $1000 a month are the cost of rent in large cities will increase by $1000 a month so fast it will make your head spin. Prices of things which are normally restrained by the mechanics of market would almost immediately go nuts trying to deprive everyone of that thousand dollars for no more goods or services than they were already getting. but we have to get there at some point. I don’t know how it will work and I don’t see any way around it. I haven’t looked that book up yet but I definitely will do that. I am a voracious reader.

Probably more than two. You have to figure most of those 25 are home owners, dual income families with pensions, retirement assets, etc. take you for example. You might not see it in your checking account but I bet if you added up all of your family assets that you have some control over you’re a lot closer to seven figures than you think. but anyway back to the topic I wasn’t actually calling out Yang for any specific policy idea he has. I was more addressing why he wants to be president. Or mayor of New York. Or whatever political office he decides to pursue next. Why did Donald Jay want to be president? He didn’t have any particular ideas of what to do with the office. It was purely self gratification. One could be forgiven for thinking Bernie Sanders is an ideologue and exception to the rule. But he is also everything he says we should hate. these guys are just playing an angle to get elected. Or reach higher office. The ultimate end is not to do anything in particular. It’s simple self gratification. I know that’s what’s driving guys like Donald Trump. I know Gromnir he’s rolling his eyes right now thinking “here he goes again“. The thing is it’s hard not to say “they’re all the same“ when in large part they actually are.

Is there any other kind of politician? People don’t seek political office to solve problems. They do it to continue in political office. It’s a high paying gig with nice perks and low expectations. All you really have to do to be successful at it is be the least repulsive candidate on the ballot for that day. So you hype up minor accomplishments that change nothing and convince everybody, often with the help of complicit media, that everything that’s wrong in their lives as someone else fault. Guys like Yang and Bernie Sanders try to convince everyone they are different. They are not. Bernie Sanders once said that “it is immoral for anyone to be a millionaire“. He is a millionaire. The only person who will ever solve a problem of yours is you.

I’m taking Sunny to the doctor this afternoon. She turned her nose up at food for two days now. Yesterday I got her to eat a little scrambled eggs and hamburger when she didn’t want her usual. Today she wants nothing and is a little lethargic. That worries me so doctor time.

Genocides, famines, Ewan McGregor with a beard, this thread turned into a bummer real quick LOL

Suppose for a moment that all the conspiracy theorist are right. This was either an experimental mutation or even a bio weapon that was released either through Chinese incompetence, malfeasance, or simple bad luck. Without the cooperation of the Chinese government you will never be able to prove it. And for all of the reasons I mentioned and others they will never cooperate. If it was a animal to human jump without actually identifying the animal and patient zero to get some idea of what the mid stage of evolution look like that also cannot be concluded the week proven or disproven. And even if such a thing could be found once again it would rely on the cooperation of the Chinese government since everybody agrees one way or another the virus did originate in China. I don’t see any where we can go with that. That’s why the whole discussion just seems pointless. You’re right it would be really important and beneficial to know. But the one entity that could help discover that truth is highly motivated to prevent that truth from being discovered.

The rains from whatever is left of Hurricane Ada finally got here. So I’m just sitting on the porch playing 70’s rock. I’ve been on a 70’s kick for a little while now

LOL! All bad is relative

This goes back to that quote I love from Thomas Sowell. People don’t want hear analytical explanations that leave them emotionally unsatisfied. They want to be told a story. They want a good guy to cheer for and a bad guy to boo at.

I thought that one was caused by rats?

The only way to PROVE it came from the Wuhan lab (or any other) would be for the Chinese government to give access to its classified work product so existing strains of the virus can be compared to experimental versions that may or may not have been in that lab. Don’t hold your breath on that. If a conclusive link were to be established that would open up the Chinese government to quite a bit of litigation in many countries around the world. The Chinese government owns many assets in many countries around the world that would all be in jeopardy. The whole thing is moot. Does it really matter where it came from? Especially when the odds of finding out the truth are infinitesimally small.

Sounds like but Bethesda has done with Skyrim

I think it’s all about debt. Debt = Misery. I would rather make $30,000 with no debt service than $60,000 when better than half of it is going to pay back money already spent.

in the interest of keeping the politics out of the funny I’ll leave this here. Anyone who was hoping the United States would return to sanity once the orange menace was gone is certainly disappointed now. Can’t wait to see what comes next.

If this were the only thing on the Internet it would still be the best thing ever!

Getting ready for hurricane Ida. It will likely be largely spent by the time it gets to me but still expecting plenty or wind and rain. Praying for the folks down in New Orleans and the LA gulf coast.

If you ask me Sowell is the smartest person alive right now.

I’m pretty sure engineers believe in God. I have heard many say “oh God please let this work“