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Friday, March 20, 2020

i'll actually probably end up eating a lot less and lose a lot of weight. and, i'm going to officially declare myself straight-edg...

stop. this disease is never going to go away. deal with it.

ok, i need to focus. i'm going to be stuck inside all summer and there's nothing i can do about it. i don't want to go outside...

it's looking increasingly likely that if we let the politicians direct events then this is going to end in about two years with a mandat...

what i'm waiting for is data out of south korea, today.

so, what the chinese appear to be doing is flipping the situation over. they are currently blaming all new cases on foreigners, just like ...

see, how do you react to this kind of stupidity? she's not ignorant - she knows you're immune once you beat it. why would she say ...

it's ostrich logic - stick your head in the sand, until it goes away.

if you think we can just shut everything down for a few weeks and the virus will go away somehow then you're just demonstrating your ign...

listen, i'm not disputing that this is going to be hard. the system is going to deal with a lot of people that are older and a lot of p...

i get a check for $1169 from odsp deposited into my account on or around the last day of every month. so, i will get $1169 deposited on marc...

it really is a dramatic party reversal. 20 years ago, you would have expected republicans to think this was the beginning of an end times ...

let's imagine this, actually. let's get cybernetic. if you have a patient that is fucked by this and is having a hard time prod...

that's a treatment that we might see in not too long for this, for those most fucked by it - a blood infusion. "blood letting? leec...

they never followed through with it... there isn't one. oops? https://fortune.com/2020/02/18/coronavirus-sars-vaccine-development/

are they even trying to administer the sars vaccine? well?

so, 1) while existing immunity from the 2003 sars can potentially defeat weak cases of covid-19, 2) the new virus is different enough that t...

ok. no. the new virus seems to have changed it's geometry just enough that the old antibodies are going to have a hard time with it. thi...

i repeat: this study indicates that antibodies present in the survivors of the 2003 sars outbreak should defeat the new virus, in sufficient...

so, what this is saying is that the antibody can neutralize the virus, but only at low concentrations. when you have partial immunity l...

so, somewhat hilariously, the article being run in parallel by a few right-wing british papers seems to have picked out the wrong post in th...

i wish the daily mail would have sourced this better; the link to the telegraph article isn't any better. i know these are sketchy sourc...

i wonder if the situation in south korea, who wasn't affected by the 2003 outbreak (unlike singapore or taiwan) is being misunderstood. ...

so, that was my laptop test post. let me brush my teeth and hunker down on this. i've got the battery back in the laptop to protect ...

i want to weigh in a little on the question of targeting benefits v universality, because it's just another example of the skewed spectr...

i found the hearing request form, on the other side of the room, behind something. there's no way i put it there. but, thanks for br...

so, i am for real mere moments from getting back to focusing on this. the divisional court is closed for at least two more weeks, so i have ...

Thursday, March 19, 2020

like most people, my weight fluctuates mildly. over the last ten years or so, my bmi has fallen in the 18-22 range when it's been teste...

"We're seeing younger patients, one a 29-year-old, some in their 40s, 50s. " Dr. Adam Jarrett, the center's chief medical ...

so, perhaps we can add obese people to the list that currently includes the elderly and those with preexisting conditions. do i care more ab...

33% of americans aged 45-64 and 29% of americans aged 30-45 are considered obese. again: these numbers are different from everywhere else in...

so, there are claims that upwards of half of the patients being treated for covid-19 in the united states are under the age of 60. this is ...

given the science here, and the mathematical likelihood of most people getting substantively sick, this stupid fiasco is already exceedingly...

the readable version. great. so, test me. and, let me live again. "but, i didn't get sick. that means i have to stay i...

so this is what i wanted to see. boris johnson - who i will repeat is surprisingly and refreshingly ahead of the curve on this - has labeled...

if bernie's like your unstable uncle, biden's like your senile grandfather.

hey, kids, it's... guantanamo joe! "uhh. congress made me do it. and that one time back in 1873, i remember that..anyways." (p...

here's your answer, i guess. https://71republic.com/index.html@p=28588.html

you know, i wasn't taking tulsi gabbard very seriously, but she was supposed to be the anti-war candidate, right? it's a little odd ...

this is really the truth. we're all modeling. we're all guessing. and, these lawyers (at best.) in charge of the political ...

well... how many people have the flu at any given time? google's not helping.

2% of the people in the detro metro area would be 85,000 people infected. there's roughly 100 known cases in all of michigan. if 85% of ...

lol. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51956510

it's not a question of "staring down death", it's a question of understanding the probability. what is the probabilit...

"So again, I'm going to call on that generation ... not only calling on you to heed what's in the guidance, but to really ensur...

is it just me, or does that fauci guy sound like a pack a day smoker?

there are 0 confirmed cases in the windsor-essex region. https://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/windsor-braces-for-heavy-hit-from-unprecede...

well. there's an incentive to get tested. hey dougy, how's about sweetening the deal a little? https://edmontonjournal.com/news/pol...

some more actual science. and, this is a prominent publisher. this one basically says that suppression is futile, because there's m...

i'm also going to ask another question. hong kong is being presented as a model of success as a result of it's draconian response. ...

i would predict that it is highly likely that you'll see some further hotspots develop in china fairly soon, perhaps on the other side o...

the reality is that there are likely millions of people already infected in europe. with 3,000 deaths in italy, and a fatality rate of 0.6%...

99%, huh? i can't hit that link, so take this for what it's worth. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/99-of-those-wh...

this is some actual science. it suggests that the mortality rate in china is probably about the same as the published rate in south korea - ...

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

do i believe that china just stopped transmission? not really. they more likely stopped publishing data. when iran was suspecte...

"you think having a beer is more important than saving old people?" well, beer's done me more good in my life. i might say tha...

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-220.html

the managers at that retirement home in bc should be charged with criminal negligence (leading to murder) for not taking the clear and obvio...

this is not a country-wide emergency that affects everybody. this is a crisis in a small group of vulnerable people that require targeted a...

it's the only place in the country that should clearly, unquestionably be locked down, and they're letting people in. but, you'r...

i saw a report on cbc the other day that actually suggested they were letting people into this retirement facility in bc, where 6 of the 9 c...

there has been one death in ontario so far, a 70+ year-old who died before he even got his test results back, because he waited too long to ...

and, now they're resorting to fox news style disinformation to justify their unscientific, puritanical, fascistic dictates. it's sad...

ok. i'm getting the laptop back up, now. and, i've got a month worth of posts to clean yup, again. lol.

this feels like a fascist coup, in slow motion.

is this the stand? or is it more like the handmaid's tale? well? they canceled drinking. what's next?

hail whitmer! hail!

all hail rev whitmer!

this is not science. this is puritanism.

more idiocy. These restrictions do not apply to the following locations: office buildings, grocery stores, markets, food pantries, pharmacie...

so, the latest stupid thing is moving students out of their dorms and sending them home. where are these 20-somethings most likely to intera...

of course it's not working. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/europe/italy-coronavirus-lockdown-intl/index.html

one wonders what the outcome would have been if the constitution hadn't failed. would there be a more integrated social payer system? wo...

does cold weather kill viruses? yes. sort of. first, viruses tend to react badly to water. when you hear about water-borne viruses,...

this is a catastrophe. and, you shouldn't blame foreigners - you should blame your own government.

i need to create and send out some more documents tonight before i hunker down and get to work.

and, what's worse? the government is no doubt going to blame it's botched strong-arm, authoritarian policies on a public that wouldn...

we could have just quarantined the elderly. but, no. we decided on Strong Leadership instead. and, this is what we get for it.

and, let's be clear for context - what's happening in the market is not similar to 2008 or 1987. not any more. the infamous 1929 cra...

if you were to transfer me $5000 tomorrow, i'd say "thanks" and then wait for the bars to reopen to spend it. what else am i g...

i don't oppose this, don't misunderstand me. but, instead of quarantining the people that are at risk and allowing immunity to ...

i really think that the boomers need to shut up and listen to young people, on this: our patience is not infinite, and we won't abide by...

the divisional court appears to be completely closed. alright. i'm not happy about any of this, and i hope that the government falls ove...

and, i just checked the exchange rate. yikes. if it wasn't clear 20 years ago, it should be now: there should be a concerted effort by t...

a lot of the kids that carry this have no symptoms. you have no idea if they have it or not.

and, what is that going to do to some of these people? imagine this. first, the government cancels the schools and daycares, leaving you to ...

so, they have closed both daycares and schools in ontario... expect this to happen soon: a sharp rise in cases where grandparents contract t...

and, if you leave people in a situation where they have to go to work and can't find child care, what are they going to do with the kids...

something else they're doing in the uk is allowing exclusive access to grocery stores for seniors during specific hours. this is a smart...

there's different arguments about the schools. one is that you don't want the kids spreading it. but, i'm not sure that kee...

stop. the idiots shut the economy down over something that could have been dealt with by volunteer staff at nursing homes. they need to be h...

so, i know the divisional court is adjourned until the first week of april. i don't know exactly what that means. they're slow to an...

again: if the purpose of this is to stop me from posting on the internet, it's not working is it? it's kind of making things worse, ...

The federal government is working on a $1 trillion coronavirus stimulus package to try and rescue the U.S. economy from the abyss opened by ...

as it is, i can't go out for five minutes without having to reimage the machine. it's really killing my workflow.

so, it seems like i'll be inside until at least the end of the month. after the entry in the apartment yesterday afternoon, i feel the n...

i might have to wait for the carnage to run it's course a little to see if i can take advantage of any decrease in rental prices. i...

i wonder what the rental market looks like right now. hrmmn.

in canada, we have something called the oakes test that asks whether restrictions on constitutional rights are justified in a free and demo...

in the process, ~.6-.8% of us, almost entirely over the age of 70, are going to die, if we don't take drastic steps to prevent them from...

i don't have any family in the city i live in. my father died of cancer in 2013. his father died in the late 80s or early 90s (i remembe...

as hitchens would say, we're all a bunch of dumb primates. and, we seem insistent on dying with our families, at the behest of all logic...

we have a simple, effective, achievable strategy in front of us. but, we won't do it. we insist on demonstrations of mass stupidity, in...

viruses don't care about equality. they don't kill people equally, in equal proportions or as a response to affirmative action progr...

she's right. and, the world's full of idiots that want to prioritize emotions and positive thinking over science and facts. if you c...

i repeat: you will not get sick because of foreigners. it is your friends & family that will make you sick.

ugh. no. you don't want to close the american border. you want to undo the previous restrictions. the virus is everywhere. it's not...

so, they foolishly shut down the economy, with no evidence that it would make any difference, then they get shocked at the market crashing a...

so, i actually sent something to my landlord. it turns out he has footage; i'm on camera when i come in and out. fancy that. i didn'...

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

i've been saying for years that i'd rather see bernie quarterbacking the senate, anyways.

so, i had to get some things today and while my bed at least isn't gross today, i have noticed a number of weird things. - it seems like...

in the meantime, stopping events that are populated by young people is just reducing immunity. what we need to do is: 1) keep the old f...

this study is backing up my point about the futility of mitigation. but, if mitigation is futile, surely suppression is even less likely. i ...

like i say: if i owned a bar or restaurant, i would keep it open and take the government to trial over it. if you want to stay home, th...

all hail reverend ford! hallelujah!

banning bars and leaving grocery stores open? not coherent. not evidence-based. you're far more likely to bump into a vulnerable person...

so, an old person catches the virus in a hospital as a consequence of a sick person coming into contact with them - a situation we know is a...

i got a lot of sleep this morning. maybe i did catch this thing, after all. i don't feel sick enough to call anybody...

i want to be clear about what i'm saying about these border closures and bans on events. these actions are not driven by the science. t...

no, really. i had a hearing request form down here for the court date on june 23rd. i don't need it for anything any longer because it...

people are going to die because of this. this isn't trivial. it's not patting dipshit donald on the head. it's not smiling and ...

you know what probably happened? you've probably got dipshit donald calling trudeau up in a dejected rage, unable to even get boris john...

for canada to ban everybody except americans is basically equivalent to a healthy person locking themselves in a room full of sick people. a...

i'm not calling for a ban on travel from the united states. i've been clear: i oppose travel restrictions as a means to slow the spr...

if we were going to ban anybody at all right now, about the only country it would make any sense to ban from entry would be citizens of the...

we have no sovereignty. clearly.

should donald trump be charged with crimes against humanity for interfering in other countries' responses to this?

wait. so, we're banning everybody except americans, where the spread of the virus is probably worse than anywhere else in the world? no...

it's still way too high. but, why is canada tipping into nonsense when the rest of the world is waking itself up from it? https://www.st...

so, i got the mock motion served. we'll see what kind of reaction i get. let's just hope it's quick....

here's some clearer thinking. https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/16/opinions/south-korea-italy-coronavirus-survivability-sepkowitz/index.html ...

unfortunately, and this is supremely moronic, but if i'm going to file a motion under 37 about 38, and do so in writing, i'd need t...

now, what to do about this second motion? first, can i actually order the court to tell the registrar to find the damned affidavit? it's...

Monday, March 16, 2020

so, i got the first part done. and, i'm sure it's going to piss them off, but bring it on....

it's the churches and mosques that are going to end up being the problem and that are going to need to get shut down by force, not the c...

what they're doing is scapegoating young people, with irreligious lifestyles. it's bizarre. it's like something they'd ...

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/02/27/coronavirus-south-korea-cults-conservatives-china/

khomeini, khamenei - i feel like that skit's been done.

well, there's some good news, anyways. how old is khomeini, nowadays? no, he's dead. the other one is 80. let's hope it gets him...

if they were logical, the very first thing they would have done was put a total ban on all religious gatherings, period. that's where t...

'cause you know where all the lonely people (where do they all come from?) are going right now, don't you? i shouldn't complain....

they should shut down every church, chapel, mosque, temple and synagogue in the country under the threat of heavy fines, until further notic...

listen, i can make you a promise. i've got 90% of a 26er of vodka in my cupboard, and i won't touch until the bars open. i won...

no....i can't file a motion to put the thing aside because it doesn't fit the exact rules. i'm going to try to file without...

yeah, i'm pissed off. there's no logic underlying this, at all. it's just panic-stricken, hysterical backwardsness. welcome to ...

sorry. i meant to say... let's just hope they fucking die fast so we can get on with this. you have to have faith in something, right? ...

shutting down bars will have no effect. let's just they fucking die fast so we can get on with this.

and, keep your fucking pot away from me, i don't want it.

so, 1) i need to file a motion to vary the order 2) i need to file a motion without notice to add the reply factum that's the first part...

the motion itself just instructed me to ask for consent, implying i didn't need to file anything. looking through the rules, the registr...

this is not science based. i'm deeply embarrassed by this, but i didn't expect much from the province. it's the feds that i'...

so, i need to file a motion in writing, with the whole shebang. this should be an administrative decision. but, whatever.

the consent motion needs to certify that no party is under any legal disability. i live on disability. i can't do that.

it's more the context than anything else. my draft order is going to be two lines. but, this is what the court is demanding.

this is so remarkably stupid. i need to file a draft order, and get the parties to agree to it. why can't i just get a judge to mak...

actually, there's a list of specialized motions that might be useful, here. but, if the fundamental problem is that the coordinator does...

they weren't important, and they're digitized. but, why?

that's three motions coming. 1) a consent motion to include the reply factum. 2) a motion to rule on the applicability of 38.06 (1) - th...

to be clear about the complaint... i filed a motion under 38.06 (1) back on january 31st: 38.06 (1) The notice of application shall be serve...