So, you think we can go back to gathering in crowds again, huh? Yeah, but no. First, most of the country very much does not have this pandemic under enough control to do that. But even if we did, our…
Protesting A Pandemic: Making The Case For The Nanny State
I really don’t want to have to talk about this every damn day. Really. But this is starting to get out of hand. Apparently the poor pandemic-awareness amongst the current crop of protesters is giving the CHP an excuse to…
Just Go Home: What To Do When The Autocrat Is Correct
We’re gonna keep doing this, huh? Once more, in list-format this time, for the young ‘uns out there … no, they do not have the legitimate authority to order you to stay home yes: they do have the power to…
Let’s Talk About It: There’s No Such Thing As “Too Soon”
There is no such thing as “too soon” when it comes to considering the causes of a problem, unless you’re personally one of the folks who’s responsible for dealing with a crisis directly. (In that case, maybe you deal with…
Again: Not Wrong, Still Stupid
Apparently, we’re gonna deal with this again now. What the hell; it’s been two weeks. Two weeks ago, I posted Still Idiots: Not Totally Wrong. It’s mostly about how, while I do agree with these crackpots that no reasonable reading…
Peak Silliness: Please Stop With The Predictions
Please, oh please, stop publishing predictions for when this will “peak”. They’re not useful. Every time the local paper talks to the county health administrator, they cite the same prediction that the county will have “up to 1,500 patients” in…
Don’t Get Comfortable: Privacy, Movement And Isolation
So, as the new West Coast Pact starts talking about how to get everything moving again we need to talk about control; control of the virus and control of the government. ‘Cause this isn’t over yet. The virus is still…
Weird Times: The Rise Of Ad-Hoc Federalism
Well, that was not what I expected to happen yesterday. It seems that there are some new Interstate Compacts forming. With the dystopian-fiction names of “The West Coast Pact” and the “6-States Council”, though that second one keeps getting updated;…
I Was Wrong About A Thing: More On Social Distancing
So It turns out I was even wronger in I Was Wrong About A Thing: There Was Still Room For Distancing To Improve Things, since I said there that we wouldn’t get better than .08% with fevers. We had 3…
Standing: An Excuse To Sit It Out
“Standing” is a legal concept that lets a court decide who should and should not be allowed to bring a case. It’s gotten pretty bad. The fundamental idea is OK: you have to have some kind of rule to say…