The Sicatoka

I'm no lawyer, and I didn't even stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I'd go with the old standby: Amendment 1: freedom of speech (widely interpreted today to include freedom of expression). Put a far less subtle, less PC, way: Don't make me wear a gold star.

That would require the powers of deity (think: Lazarus). And clearly, folks who do not favor Mr. Trump would not want him to have god-like power such as that.

I'm saying quit expecting Presidents to do things that are clearly beyond their human control.

So why are we ascribing viral deaths to non-deity Presidents.

Why do some believe we have a deity-monarch? The President of the United States has no god-like power. And they are not a monarch as they are not there for life (contrary to an theories attributed to Misters Obama or Trump). The President can not waive a scepter, preach an incantation, and make a virus go away. Yet some believe they can. Mr. Obama couldn't; Mr. Trump couldn't. The President is a human, nothing more, nothing less.

And now we go live to a Walz consultant briefing ...

In north Minneapolis, a 17 year old (whose life matters, Inc.) is shot dead https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8743623/Campaign-staffer-17-Ilhan-Omars-Republican-opponent-shot-killed-Minneapolis.html And the Minneapolis City Council wonders ... where are the cops (after they defunded them). https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/09/15/with-violent-crime-on-the-rise-in-mpls-city-council-asks-where-are-the-police The Onion couldn't do a better job.

Is that what you kids call it these days?

https://www.nperf.com/en/map/US/-/3255.Verizon-Wireless/signal/?ll=46.87873365912776&lg=-96.74663543701172&zoom=12 Closest on this map is downtown MSP.

Seeing that makes me shake my head. It's like only driving the front half of your car into the garage in a hail storm.

I think we're 20 years out from large scale batteries, and that's not really all that far. But you must keep baseline load support (coal, nuclear, nat gas) online until the new baseline load support (batteries charged by wind, solar, hydro) are in place. Why? See: California rolling blackouts. Put another way, the Coal Creek and MR Young power stations are closely monitored for emissions; the local diesels that power businesses during peak times (or rolling blackouts) are not so much. Nuclear is the most green (no CO2) baseline load support. Gen 4 nuclear plants (they eat their own waste!) are our baseline load solution long-term. (And I'm not saying that just because I'm a former nuke.) See, we do agree on some things.

Yeah-right. You told her to chug because you had "ulterior motives" for when you got home. How'd it work out fur ya?

I can talk myself into getting out of bed when I feel terrible. I can talk myself into staying in bed when I feel great. You will feel how you think you feel; and, if you don't, you really are ill and should shut it down to rest and heal. My definition on mind over matter is: If I don't mind, it don't matter.

I see what you did there.

I find it interesting when asking about "green energy". Most folks are for it when that's left as the query. But ask how much more per month they're willing to pay for "green electricity", the positivity drops. And ask if they willing to have rolling blackouts at times because baseline demand* can't be met by "green energy" the positivity drops again. Everything is a great idea in theory, until it has to work in practice. *See recently in California

Masterfully played.

Why I don't like to ride the bus. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-manchester-54163293

So ... < phone rings > < you answer > "Hi I'm calling Reuters polling about the 2020 election ... " At this point, if you plan to vote for Trump, do you: - hang up - lie about your vote, and say Biden (because they know your number) - say who you're voting for One of the most accurate 2016 polls didn't ask YOU who you were voting for, it asked, think about one neighbor on your street, who are THEY voting for.

@UNDBIZ : The student cubicles in the image are awesome.

@Hayduke1 : Do you understand the difference between a news story and an opinion piece?

Now they've done it. South Park steps into the game. https://ew.com/tv/south-park-covid-pandemic-episode/

Wouldn't one indication (cases start dropping) tend to point to the other (herd immunity in play)?

The mud-slinging. The outlandish claims. The blatant lies about the opposition. It's the same as ever with the caveat that it's amplified (geometrically) in a social media world. But I do believe when the curtain closes (or is that when the envelope needs to be sealed?) people vote based on the following in order: 1. Wallet 2. Feeling safe (notice I say feeling, not actually being)

2%? That's nothing mathematically/statistically. And that "certain level of immunity" is commonly called 'herd immunity'. Johns Hopkins says herd immunity happens at 70-90%, not 2%. https://www.jhsph.edu/covid-19/articles/achieving-herd-immunity-with-covid19.html Think about it, 2% testing positive: that's 2% of the small percent of population that has been tested. What "2%" says to me is this is much more prolific in the general population than anyone acknowledges.

Mind-reader.