The stand Ed has taken on tax and soverignty issues may not be politically expedient, but it is legally valid, and certainly not grounds to abandon him in his hour of need. I think, too, that almost everyone is caught in a squeeze to carry out existing responsibilities and make ends meet. Not many people have much discretionary time and energy to put into an issue like this. But a little empathy is all it takes to motivate some sacrifice to help a fallen brother. No contribution is too small.
MUCH help is needed.
Public awareness needs to be raised, so that public pressure will be applied. Anything we can do to further either of these areas is to the good. That date came and went without appearance of the format. A telephone call several days later to Ed's legal defense team disclosed that a key member was in transit to a new location and that an unspecified amount of additional time would be needed for further legal research so as to assure success of that approach. The medical world seems to live from diseases, many of these generated by medications or drugs.