I hate being sick

A week ago I went back to Nat'l Institutes of Health for my first visit since Covid changed our lives. And everything was pretty good. One thing that was quite amazing was I posted my best distance for the six-minute walk test since I started going there in 2010! At least as far as I know, I only had the results of four or five tests, seems my record-keeping is a bit sloppy.

And let me tell you, until you've experienced a six-minute walk test, you ain't experienced nothing! No treadmill stress test comes close to what this is like.

But Russet worked the election, got exposed to 300+ people, and got sick as a proverbial dog that is sick. Election result depression on top of that, I didn't like being away - I shouldn't have timed my trip that particular week. But I do have to say that the weather in Bethesda was quite pleasant, as was the food! (though expensive...)

Anyway, in addition to Russet being sick from the election, Dave started getting sick at the first of the month, and hasn't been to a doctor. So he's been coughing seemingly non-stop since then. I don't know if he has medical insurance right now or not, there's some kerfuffle with the IRS and his insurance. But he hasn't gotten any treatment except possibly OTC stuff which doesn't do anything for the underlying problem, just treats symptoms.

Yesterday I knew I was feeling sick, definitely dragging at work. Today, there's no doubt. Low fever, lungs are decidedly not happy, throat is yucky. I was finally able to get ahold of my immunologist, and should be getting antibiotics and maybe steroids in a few hours.

Russet got the same yesterday, and she improved considerably overnight. Hoping the same for me.

Texas judge puts the sale of Alex Jones' Infowars to The Onion on hold

The fun just gets funner.

This week The Onion bought Infowars at a Federal bankruptcy auction to make some restitution to the Sandy Hook shooting families that Alex Jones defamed, slandered, and did all sorts of horrible things to over the years. The management of The Onion said they planned on turning it into a parody site, I'm not quite sure what would differentiate it from The Onion, but we would see.

A judge has put the sale on hold pending an evidentiary hearing. At issue is the values of the bids between First United American Companies and The Onion. While The Onion's bid was less than First United's, it also contained an agreement that would reduce the amount that the Sandy Hook families were seeking in restitution from Jones. The foregone money would go to other creditors on Jones' bankruptcy.

Now here's the funner part: FUAC is the company behind all of the supplements and a lot of the stuff that Jones would sell during his broadcasts. Clearly they have ties to Jones and a very substantial interest in him continuing to shill their merchandise. I'd like to know more about the ownership structure of FUAC and if there are any relatives tied to Jones in same.

Sadly, Jones has another studio set up and is ready to resume his pollution of the environment. He's lost valuable branding, but I'm sure he'll re-establish it, given time.

https://gizmodo.com/infowars-relaunches-as-bankruptcy-judge-questions-auction-to-the-onion-2000525242

https://apnews.com/article/alex-jones-infowars-auction-onion-how-d42e7b2c916205b348628686c8b8dd4a