October 5

 Wet today so anything I do will be indoors. I thought yesterday the plants needed water today. Nature is doing it for me.

I am going to go on a bit of a rant that people might not like. The news covered the healthcare workers' strike at, I think, Kaiser Permanente. The barely mentioned what the workers want/need. They didn't talk about what the company is saying. But the DID show a cute baby who was scheduled for surgery to ease a painful condition and his sobbing mother crying because the surgery had to be postponed. Here's the rant: I hear this every time there is a strike that involves health care workers, teachers, police or firefighters. We even hear politicians yelling about passing "no strike" laws because the strikers are so necessary to children's education, sick people's care, or public safety. But what about ensuring that those people can receive the pay and benefits that allows them to have a comfortable life with their families? Then you hear the CEOs or politicians pleading poverty. End Rant.

Aurelian, on his substack, deals with question: What's The Truth?" The "truth" is the answer is messy.

MSNBC posted this article on the arguments the Supreme Court heard on the CFPB v Community Financial Services Association. It is a long article and I abandoned it when the author started trying to explain the Constitutional argument the plaintiff used. I find so many so-called conservative arguments confusing word salads hoping to appear dazzlingly brilliant while actually baffling with bullshit.

MSNBC put this CNBC article which indicates, to use my assessment, some sanity may be returning to the mortgage market as unfortunate as that may be for people hoping to buy a house. During the pandemic it looked like we might be returning to the era of NINJA (No Income, No Job or Assets) loans which turned out so well in 2007-8. 

Caitlin Johnstone wrote a short fiction titled "Relish the Gaps" which says a good deal about our modern life.