Mysterious outbreak of hemorrhagic fever in Venezuela kills 10
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3211152/posts
VENEZUELA : Mysterious outbreak of hemorrhagic fever syndrome in Venezuela kills ten “An outbreak of a mysterious hemorrhagic fever syndrome in the Venezuelan state of Aragua and the country’s capital Caracas has left ten people dead in the last three weeks.” Similar to Ebola, this syndrome causes patients to experience high fever, skin rashes and bleeding. It has been described as an aggressive disease that leads to a fatal deterioration of health within 72 hours. Doctors have urged government authorities to declare a state of emergency in Aragua state; however they have received resistance from a surprising source. The...
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An Open Letter To Dr. Eric Pianka
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1609705/posts
Dear Dr. Eric R. Pianka I am writing to you in regards to the speech you made at the 109th meeting of the Texas Academy of Science at Lamar University in Beaumont on 3-5 March 2006 in which you advocated the reduction of the earths population by 90%. The idea of reducing the earths population by 90% has stimulated my mind and I wish to add the following thoughts on the issue: You said your favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the world’s population is airborne Ebola ( Ebola Reston ), because it is both highly lethal and it... [snip]
[Weird. So this was officially one of the enviro-wackos’ ‘Fantasy Island’ dreams? And President Ebola is here to help fulfill the prophesy.]
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CDC To Modify Approach in Ebola Infection As Virus Becomes Airborne [VIDEO+REPORT]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216564/posts
DHS Started Expediting Visa Extensions From Ebola Countries in August (Free Republic linked)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3216361/posts
Speculation Abounds That Ebola Will Be Used As Excuse To Implement Martial Law
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3215461/posts
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It’s time that people worry about Ebola [UK]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216684/posts
Ebola is now in America, and Americans aren’t doing anything about it. One of the most recent carriers of Ebola died down in Texas, and I’m not seeing any mass riots like I expected. Ebola is the son of the bubonic plague, and that almost killed humanity more than a millennia ago. This could very well be the end, and we aren’t even trying to contain it yet. We are too preoccupied trying to contain it in other countries, or more important, worried about George Clooney getting married privately in the Caribbean. God forbid we don’t hear about that. [snip]
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Dr. Thomas Frieden Medical License lapsed. No longer a licensed Doctor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216535/posts
Huffington Post Attacks Rand Paul On Ebola, Other Lib Journos Join In, Gets It Horribly Wrong
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3216675/posts
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Hagan [D] Flip Flops Again, Issues Third Position On Ebola Travel Ban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216688/posts
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Obama Sponsored Suicide: US Troops Get Just 4 Hours of Ebola Training
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216692/posts
[And as I pointed out yesterday, the worst military plan of the century.]
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Man charged with trapping, eating raccoons in apartment complex...
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26811862/man-eating-raccoons
[Uups. Nothing to do with ebola, sorry.]
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Ebola Scare Sends Caribbean Cruise Ship Back Home [”A Journey To Remember”!]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216706/posts
Ebola Scare Sends Caribbean Cruise Ship Back Home Oct 17, 2014 By MEGHAN KENEALLY PHOTO: Jeremy Malone saw 30 to 40 crew members with buckets of disinfectant who were lined up on along his hallway as they prepared to clean the ship The presence of a woman who helped care for an Ebola patient who died has left a Caribbean cruise ship unable to dock at foreign tourist ports and is now heading back to Texas. One passenger said the announcement of the woman’s presence has created “utter panic” on the Carnival Magic cruise ship, while others remained outwardly unfazed... [snip]
[Great idea, send a possibly infected nurse on a cruise. That’s even more stupid than sending her in a plane. Let the crew handle it if she gets a fever. We have some real Einsteins handling this.]
Update on Carnival Magic “Ebola Patient” cruise [vanity]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216533/posts
“...Second, though, Mexico refused the ship docking privileges in Cozumel, so the ship is returning to its home port of Galveston. Carnival is giving on-board credit to the passengers and a discount on a future cruise for their inconvenience, even though it is not Carnival’s fault...”
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Peggy Noonan:
Who Do They Think We Are? The administration’s Ebola evasions reveal disdain for American people
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216536/posts
The administration’s handling of the Ebola crisis continues to be marked by double talk, runaround and gobbledygook. And its logic is worse than its language. In many of its actions, especially its public pronouncements, the government is functioning not as a soother of public anxiety but the cause of it. [SNIP] It is my impression that everyone who speaks for the government on this issue has been instructed to imagine his audience as anxious children. It feels like how the pediatrician talks to the child, not the parents. It’s as if they’ve been told: “Talk, talk, talk, but don’t say... [snip]
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HEATED: Rep. Steve Scalise Grills CDC Director Frieden at Ebola House Hearing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216554/posts
CSPAN via Youtube
“WATCH: Rep. Steve Scalise hammers Tom Frieden over travel ban and any conversations with the WH. Steve Scalise Leaves CDC’s Frieden Stuttering Over Ebola Travel Ban. Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., firing off a string of questions at the end of the hearing about what conversations the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had had with the White House on travel bans. CDC Director Tom Frieden did not answer directly.”
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Woman Who Had Been to West Africa Vomits on Bus Near Pentagon
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216492/posts
[It was apparently a stunt — she reportedly admitted that she had not been in W. Africa.]
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Reid rejects Ebola travel ban proposal [Member of D.isease Party]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216546/posts
Two more quarantined in New Haven Ebola scare
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216543/posts
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Why Has Ebola Czar Nicole Lurie Been MIA?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216628/posts
“Earlier this week, Sen. John McCain called for an Ebola czar, not knowing one already effectively exists...”
[I heard somewhere on talk radio — Rush? — that she has been low profile because of a scandal years ago.]
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‘Conservative’ Abby Huntsman [MSNBC] Enthusiastically Opposes Ebola Travel Ban
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216583/posts
O’Reilly Rips ‘Pathetic Ideological Loons’ at MSNBC for Ebola ‘Racism’ Attacks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216649/posts
‘...O’Reilly did not directly call out MSNBC in his Talking Points Memo, but it was very clearly aimed at them, since he had teased the segment with a clip of Alex Wagner saying some Republican comments on Ebola, including calling for a travel ban is “not even thinly-veiled racism.”...’
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Before the Ebola Czar launches vaccine production, remember how bad Obama Screwed up H1N1
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216642/posts
“... We have spent more than $2.2B for H1N1 Swine flu. To date, only a minor amount of this vaccine has been delivered, but concern seems muted. Despite new vaccine manufacturing technologies, we persist in using outdated methods and to spend huge sums of money in a wasteful manner. Why? ...”
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Even Goldman Sachs Is Now Warning About The Ebola Fear Factor
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3216630/posts
Ebola nurse Nina Pham’s condition is downgraded from good to fair
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216614/posts
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Public confidence in CDC nosedives, poll finds [from 60 to 37]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216592/posts
The REAL Thomas Frieden
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3216603/posts
“... there is little discussion of his actions as this city’s Health Commissioner, particularly the more controversial aspects of his tenure. I only raise this because of the perplexing behavior and words of Dr. Frieden in recent days, which, if anything, have only increased Americans’ suspicions that...:
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W.orld H.ealth O.rganisation admits botching response to Ebola outbreak [WHO]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216591/posts
[Obama had said that if WHO is opposed to travel bans, so is he.]
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An Ebola travel ban would be completely unprecedented - Here’s why (CNN drinks ebola koolaid.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216537/posts
Photo of CNN hosts making light of Ebola on set sparks fury on Twitter (Cuomo, etc.)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216466/posts
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Second Ebola nurse, Amber Vinson, ‘felt funny’ while in Ohio, CDC says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216494/posts
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Press freedom muzzled in Ebola affected countries
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216456/posts
“Christian Mihr, from the German branch of Reporters without Borders (RSF) claims the press is increasingly muzzled in reporting flaws and difficulties in crisis management. Report lists incidents in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.”
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Matt Drudge Tweets Dire Warning: “Self-Quarantine”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216448/posts
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American Airlines flight crew shuts sick Texas passenger in lavatory [claims of racism]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216440/posts
A University of Texas professor said Friday that she was “disgusted” on an American Airlines flight as the crew, fearing the spread of Ebola, kept a woman who had vomited shut in the plane’s bathroom. “I was outraged by what I saw,” said Martha Selby...” [She should have gone in the lavatory to console the vomiting woman. And then play with the blue water.]
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Before Ending Chairmanship, Issa Sets Ebola Hearing for Oversight Next Week (Oct. 24)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216569/posts
Senators Call For Travel Restrictions, Halting of Visas For West Africa Countries
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216561/posts
“...Democrat Senators Kay Hagan and Bill Nelson have called for temporary travel restrictions and today, Republican Senators Chuck Grassley, Orrin Hatch, Mike Lee, Jeff Sessions, Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham and John Cornyn...”
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Vanity: Please, please call Congress to quarantine Ebola. Capitol Switchboard 202-224-3121
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216461/posts
[More importantly, we need to penetrate other internet forums/chat with rock-solid information and ask them to call.]
“Hey Obama, be a MAN - Implement a travel BAN!” — 2harddrive
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Thousands Released After Immigration Holds Denied
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216631/posts
DIRECT HIT BERMUDA. 43 FOOT WAVES
http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26812885/gonzalo
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China likely to get Russia’s newest missiles, fighters, submarines and high speed rail to Europe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216668/posts
[And a few days ago Putin threatened nuclear war with China.]
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Florida man arrested for ‘stealing thousands of dollars worth of pipes and.....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3216681/posts
Florida man arrested for ‘stealing thousands of dollars worth of pipes and handles from restaurant bathrooms to sell to recycling centers’ Police say they’ve flushed out a man accused of stealing the handles and pipes of toilets in parks and restaurant restrooms around a Florida city. St. Petersburg police said Friday that they arrested 28-year-old homeless man Brian Rinda. He is accused of stealing the plumbing from Cracker Barrel, Burger King, Bob Evans and other restaurants. Police released a photo of a pile of metal toilet parts that they say Rinda stole. [snip]
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Dracula Untold Official Trailer #1 (Hero of Europe, muslim killer)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216700/posts
“First movie that focusses on the real Vlad Dracula. Fought for his country against the muslim beheaders. Then he impaled them all. I think the “thing” in this movie is that he gets so desperate in his fight against the muslims, that he becomes a vampire.”
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Protesters burn Mexican city’s government offices over suspected murder of students
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216717/posts
MEXICO CITY — Protesters ransacked and burned government offices Monday in Chilpancingo, the capital of Guerrero state, in an explosion of outrage over the suspected kidnapping and murder of 43 students by corrupt local police. Anti-government rallies have been held in several Mexican cities since the students’ disappearance Sept. 26 and the subsequent discovery of mass graves outside Iguala, about 120 miles south of Mexico City. But on Monday, the protests turned violent. [snip]
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Ted Cruz Tells Brody File: “Real Risk” Of Pastors Being Jailed For Preaching Against Homosexuality
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3216707/posts
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PAPER: Obama’s deportation policy leaves most illegal immigrants untouched...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/16/obamas-deportation-policy-leaves-most-illegal-immi/print/
Feds to allow Haitians to immigrate faster...
http://news.yahoo.com/agency-allowing-haitians-emigrate-faster-170218003—politics.html
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Satanic Group Wants To Put Display In FL Capitol Rotunda Showing Devil Descending Into Hell...
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2014/10/17/satanic-group-wants-to-put-display-in-capitol-rotunda-showing-devil-descending-into-hell/
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[Ending this research on some high notes ... ]
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SNAP: Cops called after woman assaults boyfriend over bed covers...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/fla-woman-scratches-boyfriend-badly-fight-bed-covers-cops-article-1.1977691
[It’s getting bad out there.]
Woman Sent To Jail For Overgrown Yard...
http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2014/10/16/woman-sent-to-jail-for-overgrown-yard/
[...getting depressing out there...]
Kitty War! [video]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3216708/posts
“I gave my kitties catnip this afternoon. They’re mean drunks.”
[Even cats are getting depressed, drunk, and lashing out.]
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10-year-old shooter (girl): ‘I want to be an inspiration’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216694/posts
Meet Shyanne Roberts, a 10-year-old competitive shooter who is out to prove something: Children with guns don’t always mean disaster. “I want to be an inspiration to other kids and be a leader,” said the girl. “Kids and guns don’t always mean bad things happen.” [snip-with-a-smile]
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Hundreds of Kids, Parents and Residents Pray on a High School Football Field After Atheist Attacks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3216673/posts
Pray to God to preserve the First Amendment. Hundreds of residents took to a high school football field Friday night to collectively bow down and pray — a massive response to atheist activists’ recent accusations that a local school district is guilty of at least two violations of the separation of church and state. But the prayer event wasn’t the only noteworthy response to secularists’ complaints, as local resident David Hoover placed three large Christian crosses on land he owns across the street from Licking Valley High School in Newark, Ohio — 10 to 13-foot symbols intended to send a... [go-get-em snip!]
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What heaven’s really like-by a leading brain surgeon who says he’s been there: Read his testimony
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3216701/posts