Any one notice that the TV ads never mention the party that they represent?
And never mind the “Independents” who are ex-D’s and will caucus with the D’s, but they are not D’s. No!!!
Argh!
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Any one notice that the TV ads never mention the party that they represent?
And never mind the “Independents” who are ex-D’s and will caucus with the D’s, but they are not D’s. No!!!
Argh!
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Ebola Virus Outbreak.
– Shepherd FarmerGeek
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“The group was stoned and found hidden in the village’s septic tank,” according to the dispatch, which did not say how many people died in the incident. “The reason for the killings is unknown. It is likely the villagers murdered the group fearing they would be diagnosed with Ebola and removed to quarantine…”
Hugh Adds: How does a country effectively fight an epidemic among such a superstitious population? It’s a hard position. Do you violate a person’s God-ordained rights and force them to receive medical care or do you just wall the village off?
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From this little L libertarian pov, they’d have to be “ostracized”.
The human society has to be able to “quarantine” and / “ostracize” if the species is to survive.
imho
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Missing Plane: Emirates Head Critical of MH 370 Investigation
Interview Conducted by Andreas Spaeth
Despite months spent searching for Malaysia Airlines flight MH 370, not a trace has been found.Why is there still no trace of flight MH 370? In an interview, Sir Tim Clark, head of Emirates Airline, is sharply critical of the investigation thus far. He believes someone took control of the plane and maintained it until the very end.
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Tim Clark has been a senior manager at the airline Emirates since 1985 and has been instrumental in developing it into one of the world’s largest airlines. Today, the 64-year-old is seen as a knowledgeable expert and critic of the aviation industry. His view of the vanished Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370 is a provocative one. The plane that disappeared was a Boeing 777 and Emirates operates 127 such aircraft, more than any other airline in the world.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: It’s now October, seven months after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH 370, and we still don’t know what happened. What can still be done to gain some degree of clarity?
Clark: MH 370 remains one of the great aviation mysteries. Personally, I have the concern that we will treat it as such and move on. At the most, it might then make an appearance on National Geographic as one of aviation’s great mysteries. We mustn’t allow this to happen. We must know what caused that airplane to disappear.
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SPIEGEL ONLINE: At what point on the presumed flight path of MH 370 do your doubts begin?
Clark: There hasn’t been one overwater incident in the history of civil aviation — apart from Amelia Earhart in 1939 — that has not been at least 5 or 10 percent trackable. But MH 370 has simply disappeared. For me, that raises a degree of suspicion. I’m totally dissatisfied with what has been coming out of all of this.
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A long read, but a very informative one.
Why is the equipment able to be disabled?
They make the smoke detectors tamper proof!
Any why aren’t the Gooferments, politicians, and bureaucrats demanding answers?
It’s like it’s all forgotten.
Argh!
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/state-department-plans-to-bring-foreign-ebola-pati/
State Department plans to bring foreign Ebola patients to U.S.
By Stephen Dinan – The Washington Times – Updated: 9:40 p.m.
on Tuesday, October 28, 2014
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The State Department has quietly made plans to bring Ebola-infected doctors and medical aides to the U.S. for treatment, according to an internal department document that argued the only way to get other countries to send medical teams to West Africa is to promise that the U.S. will be the world’s medical backstop.
Some countries “are implicitly or explicitly waiting for medevac assurances” before they will agree to send their own medical teams to join U.S. and U.N. aid workers on the ground, the State Department argues in the undated four-page memo, which was reviewed by The Washington Times.
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Are these politicians and bureaucrats just plain stupid?
Argh!
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/10/paul-craig-roberts/the-immigration-of-ebola-2/
The Entry of Ebola into the US Has Hallmarks of a Planned Happening
By Paul Craig Roberts
October 23, 2014
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More information is available that suggests the the government had advance information that ebola was coming to the US and that the government expects a much larger outbreak of the disease in the US than it admits.
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The U.S. government knew about the outbreak in advance, but didn’t warn the public
It’s now clear that the U.S. government has long known this outbreak was coming but did nothing to warn the public.
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While it’s terrible to be so untrusting, but the Gooferment has earned our distrust.
The failure to close the commercial air lanes, properly alert the ERs, and the flat out lying about the status of protocols is at best incompetent and at worst criminal.
The politicians and bureaucrats showed us just how immoral, ineffective, and inefficient that Gooferment can be.
If evidence can be found, then maybe “We, The Sheeple” will awake?
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http://dailybell.com/editorials/35727/Wendy-McElroy-US-Government-Guilty-of-Creating-Heroin-Addicts/
U.S. Government Guilty of Creating Heroin Addicts
October 16, 2014
Editorial By Wendy McElroy
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At least three factors call the official line into question.
First, in July 2013, the National Institute of Health published a study entitled, “Introduction to the Special Issue: Drugs, Wars, Military Personnel, and Veterans.” It stated: “Recent research suggests that the use and misuse of alcohol and prescription opioids (or POs such as OxyContin, Vicodin, and Percocet) are the signature substances associated with OEF/OIF/OND military personnel and veterans; for many, the consumption of these substances is causing additional challenges both for military personnel and veteran populations.” (OEF/OIF/OND = Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn, Iraq) It would be amazing if prescription drug abuse was prevalent while far more easily and anonymously obtained drugs were eschewed.
Second, in the earlier stages of the 13-year war, rampant drug use was acknowledged. A 2007 Salon article was entitled, “Afghanistan. It’s easy for soldiers to score heroin in Afghanistan. Simultaneously stressed and bored, U.S. soldiers are turning to the widely available drug for a quick escape.”
Third, newspapers have recently exploded with stories of an epidemic rise in America’s heroin addicts. On March 21, a BBC News headline trumpeted, “The horrific toll of America’s heroin ‘epidemic’.” In April, NBC News ran a 17-part series on the epidemic. The Washington Post (May 16) ran an article entitled “When heroin use hit the suburbs, everything changed”; which focused on heroin addiction becoming a white phenomenon. None of the stories mentioned the impact of war or that most soldiers coming home are white. Instead, like the ABC News coverage (July 31), they dwelt on the “doubling” of addicts as though it had no discernible cause.
Conclusion
What is the truth of it? Sometimes intentionally and sometimes not, often directly and often through circumstance, the American government is the greatest cause of drug addiction at home. And war is its conduit.
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So why can’t “We, The Sheeple” connect the dots?
The Welfare / Warfare State makes us all poorer with its large number of Unintended Consequences!
Put Walmart and the other “drug” stores in charge of distribution and treat addiction as a medical problem.
Argh!
Dona Nobis Pacem
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———- Forwarded message ———-
From: South Brunswick Twp Police Department <south-brunswick-twp-police-department@emails.nixle.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 12:00 PM
Subject: Advisory Message: South Brunswick Police Officers Save 21-year-old man
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South Brunswick Police Officers quick actions saved the life of a 21-year-old Township man early Sunday morning. At 4:11am police received a 911 call from a man who said his friend had overdosed on heroin and was unconscious in a backyard. Officer Scott Bucca and Officer Marcus Leysath responded to the residence off Deans Lane and were directed to the backyard by the friend. They found the victim unresponsive with minimal breathing. Officers used the medicine Naloxone to prevent the heroin from slowing and stopping the victim’s breathing. The officers reported that within minutes of administering the medicine the victim began to breathe normally. The Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad and paramedics transported the victim to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for treatment.
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While any tragedy averted is good, it has to trace back to the “(pseudo) War on (some) Drugs”!
If all “illegal” drugs were for sale at WalMart and Walgreens, then addicts would be safe from adulteration and varying concentrations.
Addiction is a MEDICAL problem, not a LEGAL problem.
And, if “drugs” were no longer illegal, then they wouldn’t be “kool”.
Argh!
One of the reasons that USP http://www.usp.org/ was formed was to ensure safe drug standards.
So once again, Gooferment creates a problem and then “finds” a solution that requires more Gooferment!
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— —-Ferdinand John Reinke… a proud Virginian since March, 20121641 International Drive #414Mc Lean VA 22102(732) 798-0508http://www.reinke.cc (Personal page)http://www.reinkefj.com (Professional page)
If my 3-year-old asks me to shave her head, as a libertarian, why shouldn’t I comply with her request?
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Libertarians don’t preface every conversation about individual freedom with a disclaimer that we’re only talking about rules for adults, but it is usually implied.
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Plus, Libertarians are not a uniform homgenous group. It’s like a clowder of cats.
Parents have a self-assumed obligation to this person.
As such, they are compelled to act in the child’s best interest.
I would ask, “why shouldn’t you comply”?
It won’t kill her. And it may well be a “learning experience for all involved?
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http://www.care2.com/greenliving/waking-up-at-night-is-ok-busting-the-8-hour-sleep-myth.html
Why Waking Up at Night Might be Good For You
Jordyn Cormier
October 18, 20145:29 pm
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Humans may be more predisposed to sleep in two stages: a first sleep and a second sleep. Beginning a couple of hours after dusk, the first sleep would traditionally last about 4 hours. Then, there would be an interlude of waking activity — be it tending the fire, praying, reading, getting frisky, or deep contemplation — before resuming sleep number 2 into the morning. According to historian Roger Ekirch, there are multiple references in literature to affirm this idea that first and second sleep were common, undisputed practices up until the early 1700s when street lighting came about and it became fashionable to stay up late.
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So that’s why I have get up several times a night?
I have sleeplets!
Laugh!
Never heard this meme before.
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2014-Oct-24
Oct 18, 10:28 AM EDT
POWER OUT, TREES FALL AS HURRICANE CROSSES BERMUDABY JOSH BALL AND DANICA COTO ASSOCIATED PRESS
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HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Hurricane Gonzalo crushed trees, flattened power lines and damaged Bermuda’s main hospital during an hours-long battering – the second time the tiny British territory has been slammed by a powerful storm in less than a week.
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Simple observation: Why aren’t power lines underground?
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We must look for the opportunity in every difficulty, instead of being paralyzed at the thought of the difficulty in every opportunity.
~Walter E. Cole
The pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; the optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
~L.P. Jacks
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Unfortunately, this makes us pessimists look dumb.
With apologies to Doctor Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was a minister and author of “The Power of Positive Thinking”, who I heard speak in person more than once; thanks to a “Comparative Christian Religions” Theology course required of all Engineers.
I often cite “Reinke’s Rule” (egotistically named after a fat old white guy injineer named me) which states: “Expect the worst and every surprise will be to the good side.”
This means by not expecting sunshine and lollypops, by not presuming an easy journey, one can be prepared to overcome ALL obstacles. That careful consideration before embarking allows one to fully commit to the goal and be positive you will attain it.
My 3 confirming examples comes from post-graduate education opportunities:
* I had the opportunity to get my MBA. With a bunch of co-workers. Three years at night. Fall, Spring, and Summer. No partial credit for not finishing. Completed. Piece of cake. Actually enjoyed it.
* I then had the opportunity to go to law school with the same cadre I took my MBA with. It was 6 years of the same Fall, Spring, and Summer. With real work and a bar exam. No partial credit. I declined. Of the 20 that started; only 4 finished. And, one never passed the bar. 3/20 = 15%!
* I had the opportunity to get my MS CompSci. Had to go it alone; no comrades. That was hard! Three years at night. Fall, Spring, and Summer. No partial credit for not finishing. Completed.
Upon reflection, I should have gone to Law School. I regret it today.
But I wonder how I would feel if I was one of the 17 versus one of the 3?
And, when makes such a decision, one doesn’t know what costs were hidden along the way. Six summer vacations come to mind.
So, I’ll stick with “Reinke’s Rule”. You OTOH have follow your own paradigms and memes. YMMV!
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MILITARY NEWS
Ruling limits legal remedies for many exposed to Camp Lejeune pollutants
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a North Carolina law limiting the time period in which a plaintiff can seek damages from exposure to pollutants at Camp Lejeune.
ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE
By Howard Altman | Tribune Staff
Published: October 15, 2014 | Updated: October 15, 2014 at 05:53 PM
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A federal court ruling in North Carolina this week will have a devastating impact on many of the nearly 20,000 Floridians currently registered with the Marine Corps for their exposures at Camp Lejeune to three known human carcinogens found in the camp’s drinking water, said a man who contracted breast cancer as a result.
Those Floridians are on a list compiled by the Marines. They may have been exposed as far back as 1953, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
“Legally, we are done,” said Mike Partain of Winter Haven, who was born at Camp Lejeune 46 years ago. “The government has successfully found a silver bullet to put an end to legal issues. If this happened in Florida, rather than North Carolina, we would still be legally able to pursue the government.”
Neither the Marines nor the Department of Justice responded to requests for comment.
This week, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a North Carolina law limiting the time period in which a plaintiff can seek damages.
The law, called the statute of repose, placed a 10-year limit on which plaintiffs in that state can seek damages from exposure to contaminants, with no exception for latent diseases like the cancer contracted by Partain.
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So anyone want to quibble that the Gooferment is immoral, ineffective, and inefficient?
And, the biggest pollution problem on the planet?
“I’m shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” Captain Renault in Casablanca
I’m shocked that a Gooferment Court found that the Gooferment wasn’t liable for the harm it knowingly allowed.
Argh!
I hope there is a special circle in Hell for politicians and bureaucrats!
So why have a registry if you’re just going to screw the victims.
And, you trust them on Ebola, D23, or any other matter of “public health”.
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SOFTWARE: MAC OSX Yosemite version 10.10 performance sucks
2014-Oct-20
Get a ton of spinning lollypops every time I do a task switch or just at random times.
Guess this is how they force me to buy new hardware?
Argh!
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2014-Oct-21
After several reboots, one reboot was different.
I had lollypops so bad made it unusable.
I force quit everything. Powered down.
Waited a half inning.
Power up.
It did something different.
A green ball with a progress bar.
A minute or two.
Logon screen presents.
Seems to be running better.
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A laugh line, but why alter the transcript?
First, it calls into question the authenticity of ANY transcript!
Second, it impairs the First Amendment status of the “free” press.
Third, it proves that the Executive Branch can NEVER be trusted.
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MH-17 REPORT FALSE FLAG EXPOSED AFTER REVELATION PASSENGER WAS WEARING OXYGEN MASK
Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
October 10th, 2014
Reader Views: 241
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When exactly a month ago the supposedly objective, impartial Netherlands released its official, 34-page preliminary report of the MH-17 crash over Ukraine, presumably based on black box data, air traffic control records, and other “authentic, verified” information, there were precisely zero mentions of “oxygen“, “mask” or “oxygen mask.”
Which is odd, because in what should become the biggest Freudian slip scandal in false-flag history, certainly since the Gulf of Tonkin, yesterday Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans accidentally revealed for the very first time ever, that one of the Australian passengers aboard the doomed airplane“appears to have donned an oxygen mask before the fatal crash, suggesting some on board might have been aware of their impending deaths, a Dutch official disclosed.” Clearly a crucial aspect of the crash, as it points at the severity of the alleged explosion, yet one which was not noted until yesterday and which completely skipped the purvey of the official crash report for reasons unknown.
Needless to say, this makes a complete mockery of the story that the plane had exploded upon impact with the “Russian” missile, and is why there was supposedly no trace of any impact on the flight’s black box recorder. Whether or not it also means that the alternative theory that a Ukraine jet had purposefully downed the Malaysian aircraft to serve as a pretext to implicate Russia, is unclear. But it also means that yet another conspiracy theory becomes fact: namely that whoever were the western powers who doctored and manipulated the “official” crash report of MH-17 to implicate Putin, not only lied but fabricated evidence.
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Now the “official story” is that the plane was shot down by the Russians.
But NOW that doesn’t actually align with the “evidence”.
There are several different threads of “conspiracy”:
(1) The Ukrainians tried to knock down Putin’s plane that transited the same area a short time before;
(2) The Ukrainians fired the missile;
OR
(3) Parties unknown did it to set up the Russians.
Who knows?
Certainly not me!
But when looking into these things, I use the rule “Cui Bono”.
In this case, certainly not Putin!
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2014-Oct-20
Get a ton of spinning lollypops every time I do a task switch or just at random times.
Guess this is how they force me to buy new hardware?
Argh!
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2014-Oct-21
After several reboots, one reboot was different.
I had lollypops so bad made it unusable.
I force quit everything. Powered down.
Waited a half inning.
Power up.
It did something different.
A green ball with a progress bar.
A minute or two.
Logon screen presents.
Seems to be running better.
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/10/andrew-p-napolitano/in-the-american-kangaroo-court-system/
Parallel Reconstruction
By Andrew P. Napolitano
October 9, 2014
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Nevertheless, the NSA’s agents and lawyers felt it necessary to concoct this groundless, disingenuous and fictional legal distinction in order to persuade the FISA court that it is legally acceptable to permit untethered spying so long as the fruits of that spying are not used in criminal prosecutions. Curiously and naively, judges of the FISA court bought that argument.
So, what happens when the spying uncovers ordinary criminal behavior unrelated to national security? In order to keep its hands clean, so to speak, the NSA sends that evidence to the DOJ, whose lawyers and agents in cahoots with the NSA then concoct an explanation as to how the DOJ came upon the evidence. Of course, that explanation curiously and carefully omits the mention of domestic spying. DOJ lawyers know that if the beginning of the process of obtaining evidence is found to be unconstitutional, then the evidence itself can be useless in court.
This is what lawyers and judges call the “fruit of the poisonous tree.”
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This is deceptive, unlawful and unconstitutional behavior by the Executive Branch.
It undermines the “Rule of Law”.
And the fact that it was done by BOTH the R Bush and the D Obama demonstrates that there is little difference between the D’s and the R’s.
At the very least, there should be dismissals and pardons for ALL defendants who were unfairly convicted.
Argh!
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http://whowhatwhy.com/2014/10/09/bid-to-solve-911-mystery-via-nyc-ballot-ends-after-court-ruling/
Bid To Solve 9/11 Mystery Via NYC Ballot Ends After Court Ruling
By Bryson Hull on Oct 9, 2014
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An effort to put a new investigation into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 up for vote in New York City won’t be on the November ballot, after a New York State Supreme Court judge upheld a ruling dismissing the proposed referendum.
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That the High-Rise Safety Initiative made it this far should be considered against this fact: only two proposed referenda have made it to the ballot in New York City in the last 50 years. And neither of those cost money to implement, as the High-Rise Safety Initiative would have. New York City electoral laws are written such that it’s next to impossible to get any similar measures in front of voters.
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Until that happens, the question of how Building 7 collapsed so swiftly and uniformly will remain a baffling part of the story of 9/11 still unanswered by the official probe.
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It’s always interesting that, when anyone tries to use “the system”, nothing ever happens.
“If voting made any difference they wouldn’t let us do it.” ― Mark Twain
But “the elite” doesn’t even let it get that far.
Call the people who don’t accept the official line — “barbara streisand” — tin foil hat, conspiracy theorists, or just crazy. Nothing should be allowed to disturb the Welfare / Warfare State as it produces cannon fodder for the Army, willing morons for the factories, and useful idiots to vote for and be led by the elite!
Argh!
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“Healthcare is an industry involving complicated politics, irrational decisions, and legions of people looking for their next paycheck. However, the sheer volume of money in the system is making it a prime target of entrepreneurs all over the world.
But for those thinking that emerging tech will enable them to circumvent the entire healthcare system completely, it may, but only for a very tiny subset of the population.
We are on the verge of crossing over from science hype to science reality, with the prospects of creating a tremendous upside. Yes, there will be more than a few battles fought along the way between doctors and health industry executives, insurance administrators, and government officials but in the end, it doesn’t have to be a win-lose situation.”
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Hopefully, this sanity will come sooner rather than later!
Wonder if Watson could have saved Our Girl?
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http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/229231/hero-crawls-through-tunnel-of-sht-to-rescue-puppies/
In News by Maggie Serota
Oct 9, 2014
Hero crawls through tunnel of sh*t to rescue puppies
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A Thai man, believed to be a Thai naval officer, didn’t let 100 meters of feces-filled sewer piping get between him and a crying litter of puppies in need. According to the video uploaded to LiveLeak on Wednesday, the man waded through the poop chute with a flashlight in tow and pulled out 4 puppies who were, according to NineMSN, ”washed in after heavy rain.”
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This guy deserve a round applause and hot shower.
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Things like these psychopaths in charge gleefully stoking the cold war (guess that’d be called a warm war at the moment); or the fact that former Secretary of Defense and CIA Director Leon Panetta is now claiming the war with ISIS is set to last THIRTY YEARS; and now, just a few days ago, a federal appeals court denied a fresh FOIA request regarding the 1996 TWA flight 800 “incident” off the coast of Long Island, New York…you know, in the interest of “national security”.
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TWA 800 and the Subversion of Justice. What really happened to TWA flight 800?
This documentary displays that truth concerning the mysterious crash of TWA Flight 800 on July 17, 1996. As you will see, Flight 800 was actually destroyed by a surface-to-air missile. Every allegation made in this film is backed up with facts-none more dramatic than those that come from the Federal government itself. You’ll learn what the 736 official eyewitnesses actually saw; why aviators reject the CIA “cartoon” explanation; how the Feds criminally suppressed reporting; the critical witness drawings; the rigged NTSB hearings; the damning radar data and documentation; the altered physical evidence; undeniable proof of explosive residue proving a missile strike; the stinging report from the machinist union; and much more!
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Anderson Cooper: TWA Flight 800 Was Shot Down
Well back in July while CNN’s Anderson Cooper was covering the flight MH17 “incident,” he accidentally blurted out that flight 800 was “shot down,” (what, by a surface-to-air missile perhaps?) before he corrected himself at the next possible opportunity after the next commercial break with the official government story.
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You Sheeple don’t need “no information”.
The egotistical of Big Gooferment can just stick to the “official story” and “move along citizen; nothing to see here.”
Of course, the poor souls on the flight are lost and their famiies are forever devastated.
Argh!
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http://www.dumblittleman.com/2014/10/heres-14-reasons-youre-successful.html
So, Here’s 14 Reasons Why You’re Not Successful!
by Robin Oxford-Davis on October 8, 2014 in Happiness, Success
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1. Complaining may feel good for a second but it is probably the biggest waste of time there is! It serves no purpose unless you are taking note of what went wrong for the sake of figuring out what you’re going to do about it. Otherwise, shut up about it because really, nobody wants to hear it!
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Ah hah! That’s my problem.
If anyone hears me complain, please ask me: “Am I supposed to be taking notes for your problem solving effort?”
I promise to do the same for everyone else.
Laugh!
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http://www.envisionexperience.com/explore-our-programs/nylf-digital-media-film-and-journalism#faqs
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Your safety and well-being during the program is our highest priority. The program is structured so that you will reside in a safe, controlled environment. You will be closely supervised by a professionally trained staff, including faculty advisors who serve as educational facilitators and chaperones, security personnel, operations personnel and a program coordinator.
For nearly 30 years, Envision has achieved a stellar record of safely and successfully enriching the lives of students, providing them with superb educational experiences and professional supervision. Other Envision safety measures include:
* Greeting students at the designated airport upon their arrival and providing shuttle service directly to the program site, as well as providing shuttle service back to the airport on departure day.
* Maintaining a student-to-staff ratio of 17-to-1.
* Providing single-sex rooms and single-sex floors.
* Requiring all students to attend all activities.
* Checking rooms nightly and ensuring that students remain in their rooms.
* Having night monitors in place to support students who may become ill or who have an emergency during the night.
* Equipping all staff members with two-way communication devices.
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I guess after Natile Holloway in Aruba this is now on everyone’s mind.
It brings up some interesting questions:
* does this create a greater legal liability for all those involved in the provision of this trip.
* if you can’t keep cell phones out of prison, how can you keep anyone totally safe.
* humans are very innovative. I’d put a disclaimer about the students actions to defeat the safeguards.
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http://commanderzero.com/blog/2014/10/12/further-fun-with-ebola/
Further fun with ebola
Posted on October 12, 2014
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I’m still waiting for some troubled loner to grab a diaper from the Sierra Leone isolation ward, mail it to his sleeper cell in Virginia, and start smearing it all over doorknobs on Capitol Hill. There has always been a saying that biological weapons were the ‘poor mans nuke’.
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I thought of this when I first heard of “ebola”.
Remember in the Middle Ages, castles under siege had the bodies of plague victims catapulted over the walls.
Same tactic, minus the catapult.
Argh!
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http://readwrite.com/2014/10/04/marriott-nashville-opryland-jams-wifi-internet-wtf
How This Hotel Made Sure Your Wi-Fi Hotspot Sucked
Caught by FCC for Wi-Fi jamming, Marriott’s still not sorry.
Adriana Lee
ADRIANA LEE 20 HOURS AGO
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According to the FCC, Marriott’s Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center intentionally used Wi-Fi jamming tactics on its own guests. The interference made it impossible for people to use their own personal hotspots, leaving Marriott’s costly Wi-Fi as the only other option. In response to the investigation, the hotel agreed Friday to pay a penalty of $600,000 and promised to stop its signal-blocking activities.
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Sorry, but there is no excuse for this.
I’m going to write them an complain.
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http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/10/11/4-reasons-ebola-cant-be-stopped/
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The United States and Canada are still allowing air travel from the nations of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia where the Ebola epidemic is centered.
The Ebola patient who died in Dallas, Thomas Eric Duncan, had flown from Liberia. About 150 people each day fly from those three countries to the US. South Africa and a host of other African countries have closed off flights from the three West African countries, but the United States and Canada have not.
The most likely way Ebola could spread on planes may not be from contact with passengers, but from waste on planes. Some airliners are now so filthy and unsanitary that cabin cleaners at New York’s LaGuardia Airport walked off the job, The New York Daily News reported. The cleaners are angry because of the danger of potential exposure to Ebola.
“I have to deal with vomit, feces and a lot of chemicals, without proper equipment,” cleaner Johanna Cruz told The Daily News. “They give us gloves, but they might as well be made of paper because they rip so easily.”
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Sorry, but it’s just stupid to NOT shut down air travel.
And, it’s not unreasonable to quarantine travelers.
This poor soul flew while infected and did NOT show symptoms until after he was here.
Argh!
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