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130106. Medical care plays a role in the Kiraly Cases. It's time to explain how this issue fits in.

I don't have regular or extensive medical care. Thomas Kiraly, my brother and, ironically, one of the higher ups at Humana Corporation, and I discussed this briefly circa January 24, 2012; Thomas's 52nd birthday.

I'd called Thomas by prior arrangement to wish him Happy Birthday. Later on, in Court papers, I believe that Thomas described this prearranged call as “stalking”.

As a side note, I could probably demonstrate that this was perjury. I'd mostly need to identify the admin assistant who helped to set up the call that Thomas lied about subsequently.

The part that's relevant today, though, is that Thomas asked me how I was or words to that effect. I said that I wasn't well. My brother immediately became agitated and snapped, “Services! There are services!” But actually, depending on what is meant, this isn't quite true.

I'd like to share a photo and some remarks afterward about what it means.

I've got a few medical issues. Who doesn't? It's normal.

In my case, some issues are more interesting than others. For about 12 years, the one that's been the most fun is this: I've lost the ability to walk at times and had screaming level pain for days as part of it.

Since the middle of the 2000s my appetite has declined. Circa August 2009, I think, food started to put me into something similar to shock. I ate one meal, in particular, in the Fall that proved to be a significant problem. I was apparently delirious for days.

As part of that, my temperature wandered back and forth for months from well below normal to 100 plus throughout the day. I didn't start to recover from that until around Christmas 2009.

The middle of 2011 was difficult. I was trapped in my apartment for about two weeks without food and little water. To obtain water required a trip across the floor that took about an hour at times.

During that period, my right hand started to swell. Three fingers ended up deformed. One of them remains twisted to this day. Grace Kiraly, my mother, saw that finger in 2012. It was the day when Grace made the unannounced trip to visit me that tends to confirm the fact that James Kiraly, Dear Old Dad, is a perjurer.

As a note to Michael Bonetto, you're aware that you've sent me proof in writing that Grace's trip actually happened, right? I thought I'd say thank you for the written evidence that your clients and you yourself may be involved in actual prosecutable crimes.

In Summer 2011, after about two weeks, people came to see me and found me on the floor. I remember the expressions on their faces. As I understand it, I didn't look quite right. I received gifts of food and a wheelchair. It was about a month before I was strong enough to travel reliably without assistance. It took me months to recover fully from the events of this period.

Good Times, as they say.

The food came from one of the markets that came and went at the Shockley site. It seemed really good.

I tried to go out again before I recovered. Made it to Armadillo Willys for a meal. I found that I couldn't walk afterward. Stood there on the sidewalk. Must have looked like a fool. A young man saw me, put me in his car, and drove me the rest of the way. He was a Christian. A genuine Christian and not a Kiraly. When Christ meets this one, He won't be sick to His stomach.

As a note to the Baron, that was the young man I asked you to phone and advise as a return favor. But you never did call him, did you? The Kiralys aren't going to stop the book, because I need to write about that type of decision.

In 2012, the Kiraly Cases complicated things. For reasons related to illegal service by Hoge Fenton, as in service not actually taking place and related mispresentations or actual lies by Hoge Fenton, I suffered physically in June.

Actually, due to a sort of physical feedback loop, I'd probably have died if I hadn't made it to the hospital. And I nearly didn't make it there.

Since that incident, there have been odd issues.

In the Spring of 2012, during the same period when James Kiraly, my father and my abuser, was telling people “don't be afraid” to help him “prosecute Bob”, my right hand swelled up again, this time to the point where I was afraid that I'd lose it. Tariq helped me get through that.

Subsequently, the mobility and swelling issues improved though they've come back at times.

One finger is permanently deformed. I've been told that a hand surgeon could repair it. Regrettably the Kiralys have seen to it that I can't afford the operation.

So, my mother Grace Kiraly has helped to take away my hand. I'm not surprised that James Kiraly, Thomas Kiraly, and Kenneth Kiraly would do this. It's kind of sad, though, that Grace has chosen to take my hand. Regardless, God Bless the Kiralys!

The “shock” issue has progressed in some respects. I've been eating about two days a week though I hope to increase this. The failure to eat hasn't been intentional. But I've lost about 65 pounds. On the other hand, last week, I ate on three days. Surely all is well.

What should I do about these minor issues? Grace Kiraly says “pray” and “take responsibility” in unspecified but undoubtedly relevant ways.

James's response to medical issues has been to suggest that that I told a relative to ask James for money for medical care, that I threatened extortion, apparently to obtain money for medical care, and generally tried to get money from James, for medical care or because I'm not a nice person.

There would be some irony in the last part.

The theory behind James Kiraly's lies is, if I understand correctly, that I threatened to make false accusations that James was an abuser. Problem with this is that I actually told Grace Kiraly, my mother, “Absolutely not!” when she brought up money. And James, of course, is in fact an abuser.

Hey, Michael Bonetto. Happen to notice, no weasel words in this case? I do know how to use them. But I'm explicitly, intentionally, and specifically choosing not to do so for this point.

Too subtle for you? Read this carefully. I'm not saying, “I feel that James Kiraly is an abuser”. I'm stating the simple fact that James Kiraly is an abuser.

Care to make a similar specific assertion regarding the victim you're hunting in Abuse of Process and the extortion you “feel” that he has committed?

No? Hmm. I wonder why not.

Well, Michael, where's the suit for defamation that Iohannes warned me to beware of? Surely you've advised the upright citizen who is my father to initiate one.

But, no... What my attorney seems to be saying now is that Michael Bonetto will do an end run around the awkward facts... by calling this weblog “harassment” as opposed to “untrue”.

I confess I'm puzzled. The weblog did not go up until months after James Kiraly lied repeatedly and came after me. So it couldn't justify the abuse of process, criminal conspiracy, false and fraudulent actions, and actual prosecutable crimes that Michael Bonetto of Hoge Fenton and James Kiraly of Pismo Beach, Thomas Kiraly of Humana, and Kenneth the Kindle Kid appear to be involved in.

And given that the Kiralys have lied again and again, tried to put me in a violent person database, contributed to physical injuries, cost me five figures in legal expenses alone, fought like Hell to stop my book, and generally REDACTED my life, it seems to me I'm the one who's been “harassed”.

It's difficult to be sure of what's actually being said, though. As far as I know, James Kiraly has not listed a single specific extortion incident. Unless you count things like my attempt to give Thomas Kiraly our grandfather Ivan's religious poetry books. I'm still scratching my head over that one.

There is a vague reference to a “relative” passing on demands for medical care. But who was the relative? Is this stated somewhere and I've missed it?

Was it George? Sandy? Steven? Shirley? Somebody else? Tell me, Michael. Who is it that this particular lie is about?

Michael is being unusually cautious at this point because he knows I'm more observant than most abuse victims that Hoge Fenton might try to hunt. That over time I'll identify any places where Michael misses “weasel words” in statements similar to “I feel that there was extortion”. That the matter isn't going to rest regardless of the outcome of Long Cause.

Moving on, Thomas Kiraly says, “Services! There are services!” I didn't ask Thomas to provide an ounce of medical help, by the way... I'm so tired of the Kiralys. Or, ironically again, sick of them.

At any rate, let's briefly review medical care in America.

Medical care is funded largely by “insurance”. People generally get insurance by working at jobs with “benefits”. If somebody is unemployed for an extended period of time, or if they work at jobs without “benefits” they must purchase “insurance” and/or medical care directly. This can be an issue for the long-term unemployed because, surprise, they tend to have less money.

And, if I remember correctly, I haven't had a “benefits” job since 2003. And I've only landed one major contract (non-benefits) job in all that time. But I shouldn't complain. As Grace Kiraly, kind-hearted Christ Follower, shouted at me: “Whose fault is that?!”

“Well, lack of insurance isn't a problem,” people like the Kiralys say. “Services! There are services!” Actually, no. The U.S. is a “managed democracy”. This means that considerable effort goes into the creation of illusions. Illusions, for example, to the effect that things like “Services!” exist.

I'll list a few of the magical “Services!” for fun. The following remarks are based on my understanding and are not presented as facts. If you notice mistakes, contact me and I'll try to make corrections.

In California, where I presently live, and most likely in most states, there are “safety nets” that kick in when assets drop to close to zero. Close enough that apartment dwellers who don't own real estate are close to the homeless level.

As one example, as of 2012, the asset tests for Medi-Cal limited individuals to $2,000 in non-real estate assets though they were allowed to have one vehicle, household goods, life insurance, and a burial plan.

If I remember correctly, the Kiralys have indicated that the existence of a low-asset safety net is evidence that I'm not “taking responsibility” for my situation. By the way, Michael Bonetto, I believe part of that is in writing in the Discovery material.

All that I need to do to obtain this type of medical care is to wait until my assets are gone. Surely it is irresponsible of me to prefer not to become homeless as part of the process.

“Well,” people of the Kiraly sort say, “Just go to the Emergency Room for medical care! They aren't allowed to turn you away! Praise Jesus, the problem is solved!”

I mean no disrespect by the “Praise Jesus” part. It's more that people like the Kiralys use Christ to justify their unremitting hatred of those who are sick or disadvantaged. I feel that Christ will vomit if He is unfortunate enough to meet them.

Remarks about the Emergency Room are confusing. Actually, they're idiotic. No, the E.R. isn't allowed to turn you away. And? The E.R. does expect to be paid. It may waive payment... if you are registered in one of the low-asset programs.

Other arrangements may be possible but this will vary from case to case. The bottom line is that the E.R. is a business and not a “Service!” of the Kiraly fantasy type.

“Wait, there's Disability too! Just sign up for Disability,” the Kiraly types say. “You Lucky Dog, You, medical care will be free!”

I wouldn't know. I did seek a diagnosis for the mobility issue while I had access to regular care. If I'd been able to get one, I might have tried for Disability.

That was back around 2003. I had the same doctor as Andy Grove, the billionaire. In fact, Mr. Grove and I once squeezed through the doctor's doorway together. At any rate, the doctor got as far as labelling the problem as “necrosis”. But I was unemployed shortly afterward.

I'll close this post by explaining the photo of an arm above. It's my arm. A bit out of focus, sorry about that. The photo illustrates a new issue that's arisen in recent months. Most of me is covered at times in large patches of swellings of different sizes.

I thought for a while that it might be scurvy. Now I lean more towards the theory that it's a variation of the thing that's deformed my hand. And that sometimes puts me in my wheelchair.

This issue is probably minor regardless. However, if the photo doesn't make things clear, it's sometimes a bit unpleasant.

130105. As a follow-up to today's first Minetest post, here are the latest Minetest changes and another screenshot. The screenshot is of a business district at the following address:

Server: minetest.org   World: Zegaton   Port: 30015
Coords: -1.3,18.0,-121.4

Updated minetest_game to current git version. Updated Vanessa World. Most worlds are connected to IRC now.

Replaced gloopores with glooptest. Patched existing mods to work with glooptest. Replaced glomie protector with Zeg9 version of the same mod. Added Animals, Craft Guide, and IRC support to most worlds.

Updated RBA Technic, Kaeza IRC, Vanessa Pipeworks, and Zeg9 Skins mods but preserved existing skins.

Mark Twain world: Added Peaceful NPC, Waterpush, and Workbench. Mark Twain world: Replaced protector with randomproof node_ownership. Additional tweaks to Mark Twain world.

Added Chains by Doc22, Diamonds by Infinity Project, Utility by Keriz, and UFOs by Zeg9 to one or more worlds.

130105. Slept 6:45am to 12:15pm Friday 130104 and from 12:30am to 3:15am Saturday 130105. Sleep isn't back to normal after all.

Friday 130104 is a blur. I don't think I was well. However, I worked on Kiraly Cases tasks and a couple of technical projects.

I worked from 3:30am to 12:30pm Saturday 130105 on a number of relatively minor tasks, including a letter to my attorney Iohannes.

The “shock” issue kicked in around 9:00am. I needed to rest from about 9:15am to 9:30am. This may have been due to the fact I'd had some fake orange juice earlier.

In the afternoon, I went to the buffet to eat. This was my third meal this week. I think it's been a while since I ate that much. I was pretty sick in the evening, though.

One of the managers at the buffet gave me my meal for free. We talked about the restaurant's business model afterwards. I asked him questions about his competition. He said that the company wanted to capture some of the Applebees and Chilis markets. We discussed possible ways to make this happen.

130105. Just a few Minetest screenshots for fun.

The first one shows a large piece of pixel art in Octuteam World. The art was created by Conflict. The second one is a Minetest cow meandering near the same structure. The third screenshot is a Minetest fish. This one is courtesy of Teco.

130105. On Friday 130104 I spoke in real life with an older engineer who lives in my building. He was bemused by what I told him of IRC, Linux, startupers, and Kids These Days. The kids who play with VPS instead of Lego®.

It's 2013 now. Forty-odd years ago, LittleCoder needed to take a train 10 miles to get to computers. These days, most people have access to a PC and they can get Linux, which is both a family of operating systems and a massive collection of development software, for free. So anybody can code or do webdev. And some kids start at age 9.

But I was surprised to learn last year that, even in this day and age, many school systems don't provide much of a foundation for computer education. Some schools actually teach Microsoft Word and call that computing. O_o Other schools don't cover computing at all.

Kids who wish to learn end up teaching themselves basic coding principles, CLI, network security, shell, assembly language, regular expressions, webdev (HTML, PHP, etc.), and VPS.

A while back, I introduced one kid to a casual acquaintance named Susan, a friend of Eric S. Raymond's who's interested in edutech. There was essentially no computer education in his school system. Susan offered to look into his situation but ended up giving up because it was a rural state and she had no contacts there.

As a side note to Susan, who is an intelligent but impatient young woman: You left one of my channels partly because of the Chaos and Order issue. You didn't quite understand what he is. I'd like to extend an invitation to you. Would you like to meet him? :-)

I asked the kid if his edutech problem was because of the rural nature of the area. He said:

I honestly don't know. This is a problem everywhere. Not enough computer courses in the U.K. too. The raspberry pi was made because of it. The creators of the rpi made it because of not enough computer science classes. They should have more progamming courses and they shouldn't teach us just microsoft word.

Kappelin had this to say, and I agree:

Schools, you mean, are not universities? Elementary and junior high and high schools do support basic word processing and using excel and powerpoint. Some high schools offer entry-level python and java. But as a rule, young programmers find no support in schools.

It's because of this: United States education system does not support individuality or creativity. The *majority* of students do not code or program or anything. The *majority* is what determines where the money goes. So there is no money for supporting this.

It's part of a general problem. They are taking away music and art programs all around the country too. Where does funding come from? The answer is that it doesn't.

Some people say we are falling behind with having a shorter school year to Asian countries. Either way, we are not adapting for an ever-changing market.

Where I live, some schools literally cannot afford printer paper. Require students to print documents themselves because the years prior, teachers used too much paper and nobody controlled the paper usage budget. The same teachers who have secure pensions and 401Ks and high salaries and insurance.

The US is scr*wed unless someone or all of us can re-align education. Coding is like art is like music. not popular given majority.

The Masked Lua added:

Just a few IRC fragments.

130105. Phenek comments on Finland's climate:

130105. Mr. Meow offers an anti-spam webdev tip:

130105. Kappelin on gratitude:

130105. The story of Sir Dalud and Squeak:

<OldCoder> Think of mice and cheese again
<phenek> I guess it depends on my mood which ones are stressful

<OldCoder> Sir Dalud on his quest
<OldCoder> For the perfect cheese
<OldCoder> To feed his pet mouse
<OldCoder> Squeak

<OldCoder> Sir Dalud is concerned because Squeak is not eating
<OldCoder> He will find the right cheese
<OldCoder> To save his mousy friend
<OldCoder> It will work out
<OldCoder> Because Squeak is quite satisfied
<OldCoder> With cheese spread
<OldCoder> That can be obtained at an affordable $1.00 per can

<phenek> :D
* OldCoder is pleased to see :D
<phenek> just smiling at your thought process coming up with such story :)
<OldCoder> What story?
<OldCoder> It really happened!

<OldCoder> Squeak lived happily ever after. To this day he eats sensibly and exercises in his little wheel
<OldCoder> He feels no stress after the exercise

130105. This is a short sample 'C' module posted for two online friends. To download the module, use this link.

// atoo.c - A simple ASCII to Octal routine
// Author:   OldCoder (Robert Kiraly)
// License:  MIT/X
// Revision: 120105

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// Overview.

// This is a small 'C' library routine and/or a "demo" program for the
// routine.

// To build the "demo" version under Linux, do this:
// cc -DDEBUG -o atoo atoo.c

// The "demo"  version takes  zero or more octal digit strings as com-
// mand-line arguments and outputs the  associated  values  as decimal
// integers.

// This  code  was written  originally  as an  educational  guide  for
// Ubuntu Nerd and Phenek.

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// Header files.

#ifdef DEBUG
#include <stdio.h>
#endif

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// Definitions.

#define ZERO      0             // Zero
#define CH_EOS    '\0'          // End of string
#define DIGITBOT  '0'           // Lowest  ASCII digit for radix
#define DIGITTOP  '7'           // Highest ASCII digit for radix
#define RADIX     8             // Radix

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// Functions.

// "atoo" takes a  string of zero or more  characters as input and re-
// turns an integer.  The integer is the  value  of  the  text when it
// is interpreted  as an octal  digit string,  stopping with  the last
// octal digit. If there are no octal digits,  the  default  value  is
// zero.

int atoo (char *s)
{
    int c;                      // Input character
    int result = ZERO;          // Accumulated result

                                // Process all  characters
    while ((c = 0xFF & (int) *s++) != CH_EOS)
    {                           // Process next character
        if ((c < DIGITBOT) || (c > DIGITTOP)) break;
        result = (result * RADIX) + (c - DIGITBOT);
    }
    return result;              // Return result
}

//--------------------------------------------------------------------
// Main program.

#ifdef DEBUG
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
    while (--argc > ZERO)       // Process all  arguments
    {                           // Process next argument
        char *v = *++argv;
        printf ("Octal %s is decimal %d\n", v, atoo (v));
    }
    return ZERO;
}
#endif