I have to make the I-5 run from San Diego to Sacramento from time to time. Fixing that spine crusher would be a good place to start.

52. Infrastructure needs major attention.

41. For the next two years, that will be the job of the Paleo Dems.

37. Agreed.

34. Exactly. Jimmy Dore had been all over that. Does anybody know what happened to Pinch, btw?

Danni, the record shows I am for universal healthcare. That is not a goofy proposition.

27. True. The Paleo Dems will throw spikes in the road to prevent the Kook Wing from being ostentatiously progressive.'

#24 Newsworthy.

I thought it would be a split.

Let's see how well the Dems use this opportunity of controlling both chambers and the presidency. They'll have two years.

17. The one in the blue Trump hat looks East Asian.

I went to the market early this morning to get water. There was a guy there in his scrubs with the insignia of the local hospital. He was wearing his mask under his nose. Does that do any good? I know they can't possibly let him do it on the job. Weird or stupid, or both? I still don't understand the point of wearing the mask as a "chin diaper," as South Park would say.

Yikes:

"Because there is no travel history, we believe this is not an isolated case in San Diego County and there are, probably, other cases of the same strain in San Diego County," Fletcher said.

That didn't take long.

Snoofy, do you know if Zendik Farms is still in operation in Boulevard? Wolf Zendik died years ago, but that might be a good commune for Corky to checkout. When I lived in SD, I used to buy their magazine. They'd walk up and down El Cajon Blvd in front of the old Tower Records. They were rad! But paranoid. Their magazine was all about how the fbi was spying on them.

111. I'm in your poorest neighboring county. There is Catholic Services, but I'd have to run any programs like that by his daughter who lives out-of-town. He's not daft, but he is every inch an octogenarian. He's a former military officer and cowboy. He's a tough guy who doesn't want coddling, but he's also a good dude who I've known for about 40 years. I'm not much healthier than he is, frankly. This COVID thing has put about 80 lbs on me. That can't be good.

108. I now try to live by the old proverb: Want nothing and you shall have everything.

107 My biggest stress is taking care of an octogenarian. He's my late best friend's dad. I owe him. He was there for me when I needed it. But I mostly cook for him and do his laundry. Sometimes I take him to his doctor appts. It's not too bad, unless he's having a bad day.

I did the ambition thing for decades. It wasn't worth the trouble. Now I just go with da flow. Work a low stress gig. Drink beer. Smoke ganja. Listen to old records. Watch reruns of The Partridge Family. It's better than where I was 10 years ago. At a fraction of the price.

I heard on the radio that some of the vaccine ingredients are running low. 2 million inoculated so far. 328 million to go.

#54.
One day I asked my dad why it rains.
He said, "Rain means god is crying."
I asked, "Why is his crying?"
Dad said, "Probably because of something YOU did."

( a paraphrase of a Jack Handy piece I read in National Lampoon as a teenager).

Years ago - decades? - I saw an economist or some such on Bill O'Reilly who said we could do a pilot program where we essentially give "socialized medicine" to people from prenatal to age (I think) around mid-twenties. See how it works. If it does, extend it out further, eventually into a universal system. I've heard worse ideas.

100 " Some would even say this is why slavery would have eventually ended anyway: Because it's cheaper to pay a man for sixteen hours of his labor six days a week, than own him 24x7."

I had a history professor make this case nearly forty years ago.

" Same. It's a disaster unfolding in slow-motion. This is going to become Great Depression kind of stuff very soon."

I believe so. I think I will be okay; I don't have much to lose, and I certainly know how to live on the cheap. But who knows? I am not optimistic about 2021 becoming magically better. Fingers crossed about the vaccine.

I'm not a gun person, but I know plenty of responsible gun-owners.
I support the 2nd Amendment generally. However, I am not an absolutist. I've lost people to gun violence.

90. I don't think crazy people should have guns, either. You have me mistaken for an absolutist. I believe in universal healthcare because it would likely make us a demonstrably healthier society at a demonstrably lower cost. Maybe I'm wrong. But I think a healthier society would be a freer society. Again, maybe I'm wrong. But bringing up Covid numbers as a case against libertarian impulses, rather than the platform of a political party (I did vote for Jorgensen, because I don't like Trump and I don't like Harris, and she was clearly not going to win), is off-base. I am extra precautious about Covid. I adhere to all the protocols. However, as someone who can still work via online, I do not excoriate those who want to work but cannot. I feel for those people.