The Sicatoka

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.

It used to be the Big 5 (AA), then Enron.

I thought Trump didn't want his books opened because he's really broke. ... so hard to keep up.

The "jail" article. This article. It's all just pre-programming the low-information world.

https://deadline.com/2020/09/rams-nfl-sunday-night-football-ratings-down-cowboys-nbc-60-minutes-1234576202/

Reports are claiming NFL ratings are down 28%.

He'll be in the same cell block with Mr Obama, Mr and Mrs Clinton, and Mr (GW) Bush ... you know, the Nixon Wing of the prison.

How naive were we back in March. Back then the Editorial Board of the SJ Mercury News thought this: How 14th Century. Today we quarantine everyone, including the healthy and unexposed.

Looking at the numbers, I find it far more ghastly that 570 newborns (per 100k) never make it to age one, when compared to COVID-19 data.

... of death or ... wit... nevermind.

That's how the CDC presents the statistics (follow link).

Allow me to say it again: Here are COVID-19 deaths per 100k of population, by state; the worst state is New Jersey at 180 per 100k. Here is infant mortality (5.7) per 1000 live births. <-- That is 570 deaths per 100k live births. Being born is still 3x more deadly than COVID in New Jersey. (<-- There has to be a great New Jersey joke in there.) Tell me which one is the greater "pandemic".

With crack reporting like this, what's not to trust about COVID reporting, or reporting in general: Well goodness, imagine if they'd hit a record for old deaths. Or if total deaths went ... down. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/13/coronavirus-cases-are-growing-in-11-us-states.html