Saturday

  Good morning. It is 41 degrees with some sunshine here in Upstate New York on this fine Saturday morning. It's nice seeing the beginnings of leaves on all the various trees including the large oak sitting in my front yard. I am pleased as my New York Knicks won their third playoff game in a row last night against the Boston Celtics. One more win and the Knicks can advance. Basketball is an ideal sport.

  The most egregious news article of the week in my opinion was the one describing $100,000 per year cancer drugs. People are literally extorted to pay that huge sum of money in order to live. Exactly how creepy is that and it's common. Now I was aware that drugs to treat cancer were costly but this is shocking, this is loathsome. It is beyond obvious that this is extortion as well, that's what a fresh take on something can offer. You don't have to look much further to understand why the weight of medical insurance or lack thereof is burdening the country's economic viability. Our priorities are so screwy, we place material above life every time. The system is designed and rigged for this pattern to repeat until it literally eats itself. We live in an Ouroborus lock down economy.