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A New Ebola Vaccine? Thank Dick Cheney
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218612/posts
“...There was just never enough money. The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and Dick Cheney helped change that. Cheney, then the vice president, said he feared assaults by bioterrorists could be far more devastating than what happened that day...”
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FIRST CASE CONFIRMED IN MALI...
http://news.yahoo.com/first-case-ebola-confirmed-mali-health-minister-213358361—business.html
“...making it the sixth West African country to be touched...”
[Just one patient so far...] “a two-year-old girl who had recently arrived from neighboring Guinea, where the outbreak began...”
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Reuters:
Official WHO Ebola toll near 5,000 with true number nearer 15,000
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218941/posts
...The WHO has said real numbers of cases are believed to be much higher than reported: by a factor of 1.5 in Guinea, 2 in Sierra Leone and 2.5 in Liberia, while the death rate is thought to be about 70 percent of all cases. That would suggest a toll of almost 15,000... [snip]
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Ebola Hysteria Opens Door for Government Abuse | Bob Barr
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218614/posts
If the 1931 classic film Frankenstein were filmed in the United States today, the villagers storming the gates of the castle would not be carrying torches and pitchforks, but instead wearing HAZMAT suits, spraying cans of Lysol in the air, and demanding that the mayor do “whatever is necessary” to protect them ... [snip]
[Bingo — beware of draconian federal powers more than the disease itself.]
“Why I Will Not Submit To Medical Martial Law”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3218915/posts
Zerohedge: One of the most dangerous philosophical contentions even amongst liberty movement activists is the conundrum of government force and prevention during times of imminent pandemic ... [snip]
...If the government in question was a proven and honorable institution, then I would say pro-Medical Martial Law arguments might have a leg to stand on. However, this is not the case. In my view, medical martial law is absolutely unacceptable under ANY circumstances, including Ebola, in light of the fact that our current government will be the predominant cause of viral outbreak. That is to say, you DO NOT turn to the government for help when the government is the cause of the problem... [snip]
...And finally, the Department of Defense has been tasked to create a military controlled “quick-strike team” to deal with Ebola within U.S. borders. This team will be under the command of none other than Northcom, apparently trampling the Posse Comitatus Act ... [snip] ... It should be clear to anyone with half a brain that medical martial law is being quietly prepared, and that the threat of such measures is not a paranoid conspiracy, but a very real possibility... [snip]
... Ebola has been officially known to the CDC for over thirty years. Why has the CDC refused for three decades to produce proper care guidelines for hospitals...? [snip]
... The greatest danger to American citizens is, in fact, not the Ebola virus, but government reactions to the Ebola virus... [snip]
[Very long. Good read. In-depth about the dangers of new, modern vaccines...]
...If the CDC and the federal government trigger a medical martial law scenario, they will most likely include forced vaccination of the population to maintain “herd immunity”. The bottom line? The use of such vaccines will be a death sentence for many, a death more certain than the contraction of Ebola. In my opinion, Ebola vaccination should be avoided at all costs by the American populace....[snip]
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REPORT: Health employees threatened with termination if use word ‘Ebola’...
http://www.infowars.com/hospitals-threaten-to-fire-workers-for-using-the-word-ebola/
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Iowa TV Station Rejects Anti-Republican Ad For Showing Dead Ebola Bodies
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218691/posts
Iowa television station KWWL-Waterloo rejected a liberal ad that showed dead and bloody Ebola bodies to illustrate its accusation that Republican-supported budget cuts contributed to the Ebola outbreak. The Agenda Project Action Fund commercial, entitled “Republican Cuts Kill Part II: Joni Ernst Wants to Cut,” targeted Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst and depicted “exposed dead (and sometimes bleeding) bodies,” according to KWWL. [unquote]
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Family, friends of Thomas Duncan protest outside hospital
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218948/posts
“...his family members have been very critical of the hospital since his death...”
[So far, we already know about two nurses infected by Duncan. While I understand that mourning someone can lead to irrational behavior, it’s pretty lame to scorn and belittle that hospital full of front line heroes.]
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WH: States to Decide What to Do If West African Travelers Don’t Self-Report Ebola Symptoms
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218918/posts
[And the states are left wide open for lawsuits from discriminated foreigners, from people put at risk, from employees put in danger, etc.]
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“Is America being beghazied on Ebola?” — Understand the stimulus
“The People Cry out for a Czar but Obama Gives Them a Commissar.” — nathanbedford
“Hey Obama, be a MAN - Implement a travel BAN!” — 2harddrive
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[ ~~~~~~~ In-Depth ~~~~~~~ ]
Michelle Obama apparently mixes up Colorado Senate candidates at campaign event
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218926/posts
Michelle Obama made yet another flub on the campaign trail Thursday when she apparently confused Colorado Democratic Sen. Mark Udall with his Republican rival. Obama spoke in Denver Thursday as part of a campaign event for Udall, who is engaged in a heated battle with his Republican opponent, Rep. Cory Gardner. She touted Udall’s Senate record in her speech, and called him a “fifth-generation Coloradan.” “Mark understands what makes this state special,” she said. The only problem? Udall is not a fifth-generation Coloradan. In fact, he was born in Arizona and his father, former Rep. Mo Udall, served as a... [snip]
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Union enrollment plummets for Wisconsin teachers under tough law
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218906/posts
[Thanks to ‘evil’ governor Scott Walker...]
Teachers in Wisconsin’s public schools have learned a major lesson from the state’s landmark 2011 law neutering public sector unions, with more than a third dropping out of their labor organization. Given no choice but to join and pay dues to the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) for decades, teachers have for the last three years been able to opt out. And that is what tens of thousands have done as a result of Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, also known as Act 10. “Given the evidence, it shows that the union’s hold is softening,” Patrick Wright, vice... [snip]
[And the union thugs are close to destroying Walker politically this year. Close race.]
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Black disappointment with Obama threatens party...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/10/23/244420_black-disappointment-with-obama.html
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Thomas Roberts, Sam Stein Defend Hillary’s War on Bill’s Women
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218563/posts
“...The topic was the way that Hillary orchestrated the trashing of Bill’s many women. Joe Scarborough argued forcefully that this should be remembered when as a presidential candidate she rails against the “war on women.” But there was HuffPo’s Sam Stein, dismissing Hillary’s calculated campaign against Monica Lewinsky as merely a “personal family matter.” ... [snip]
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SUNLIGHT KEY TO BEATING DIABETES...
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/526739/Sunlight-key-fighting-diabetes-Scots-scientists-reveal
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Robot missile makes decisions to kill — WITHOUT human interference...
http://www.thelocal.no/20141023/norways-killer-robot-technology-under-fire
[Necessary sometimes to bypass signal jamming. Radio transmissions have been jammed as far back as WWI, a standard tactic. Also bypasses transmission tracking.]
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Man accidentally texts probation officer — asks for pot...
http://www.walb.com/story/26851352/man-accidentally-texts-probation-officer-in-pot-deal
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STUDY: Listening to music while working increases efficiency...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11179017/This-is-the-kind-of-music-you-should-listen-to-at-work.html
[Many variables though. Tunes must be in harmony with listener, especially reg. ‘depth’ of thinking involved with task. ‘Rap’ and lyrics hurt deep thinking, studying, etc.]
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— A Politically-Incorrect Look at Lesbians/Sodomites —
For Every Zach Wahls...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3218924/posts
I am reprinting this article I ran in 2011, after reading this article; (This Lesbian’s Daughter Has Had Enough) written by the daughter of a “lesbian Marriage” which attempts to get behind the propaganda picture of perfectly normal and Happy “gay” families. We live in the day of the Big Lie so we must speak the truth! Gay marriage has been rejected by every vote or referendum in every state of the union in which it has been proposed, including Iowa But it was foisted upon the state by Judicial fiat, over the objections of voters. Three of the Justices who imposed... [snip]
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(Vanity) Dr. Walter E. Williams “Suffer No Fools” on PBS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3218938/posts
“...Following Williams from his youth in Philadelphia through his time in the army in the late fifties, the program details his introduction to racial discrimination in the military. He was appalled when he discovered that blacks in the army were given only menial assignments; when his lieutenant ordered him to paint a truck...”
[I’m not surprised that Williams knows what real discrimination is, and I’d be curious to hear him discuss ‘then-and-now’, although I never hear him talk enough about economics as well as his discussions with other intellectual titans.]
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Newsbytes: World food production at record levels
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3218942/posts
Despite all the gloom and doom from people like Paul Ehrlich and the warmers who say global warming will stunt food production, the reality is far different. It seems the increase in CO2 along with adaptive crop genetics may have combined to produce this bonanza. Based on the latest forecasts for production and utilization, world cereal stocks at the close of crop seasons ending in 2015 would surge to 627.5 million tonnes, up 8.3 percent from an already large volume at the start of the season and its highest level in 15 years. Maize would account for the biggest increase,... [snip]
[Also note that ethanol subsidies created artificial demand for corn.]
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Rosie O’Donnell makes controversial remarks on Ottawa shooting on ‘The View’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218949/posts
...O’Donnell said “most of these shooters have severe mental illness” and then expressed support for a controversial tweet about the shooting from model Chrissy Teigen, who used the tragedy in Ottawa to make a point about U.S. gun control... [snip]
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Union demands send Japanese firm, jobs packing from California town
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218956/posts
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Whistleblower: VA Superiors Tried to ‘Shut Me Up’ After Fox News Interview
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218871/posts
[The ‘most transparent administration in history’ tried to suppress truth about VA hospitals.]
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UK told to pay £1.7bn extra to European Union budget
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218970/posts
Obama Wages War on American Fracking: US Senate Republicans
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218929/posts
Britain to Crack Down on Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3218988/posts
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