All Hat No Cattle: Costa Rica on alert for Ebola; Top U.S. general fears “mass migration” from CentAm in case of outbreak

Costa Rica on alert for Ebola; Top U.S. general fears “mass migration” from CentAm in case of outbreak
Costa Rica is on high alert for the Ebola virus and a top U.S. general is warning that mass migration from Central America is a very real threat should an outbreak occur in the region.

Why is a U.S. General spreading this fearful warning instead of a health official?

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

The Real EbolaBusters!
U.S. citizens who refuse to undergo the new screenings for Ebola at five major American airports could find themselves held in quarantine for up to three weeks, officials told Yahoo News on Thursday. Non-citizens who refuse the screenings could be quarantined or turned away from U.S. soil by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Weird. The people who think denying 4 million people health insurance for no good reason think a travel ban is good public health policy.- LOLGOP

Iraq Billions Lost: Yep, Definitely Bush's Fault
More than $1bn earmarked for the reconstruction of Iraq was stolen and spirited to a bunker in Lebanon as the American and Iraqi governments ignored appeals to recover the money, it has been claimed.

If cannabis is a Gateway Drug then I guess beer is the wide, brightly-lit walkway that leads you directly to the gate. - John Fugelsang

Republican Shenanigans

World Health Organization raises Ebola death toll to 4,033, though Fox News is still reporting the count as 1 white person.- Top Conservative Cat

I Bet Sarah Palin Didn't See This From Her House
A U.S. federal judge on Sunday ruled that the state of Alaska's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.

Look, we all know Ebola left Africa because it heard Obama will let it get gay married in America. - Top Conservative Cat

Rock The Voter News

California Dreaming Of Water
Since 2012, California has been suffering through a historically severe drought. For the farmers of the Central Valley, which is, as Dana Goodyear writes in this week’s issue, “the country’s fruit basket, salad bowl, and dairy case,” the future seems especially bleak. Wells have gone dry, orchards have been left to perish, and those who came to California to work the fields stand idle.

Being in Austin, Texas, is like sitting next to a fun gay cousin at a Romney wedding.- Andy Richter Tweet

Hillary Heckler
A man with a bullhorn interrupted Hillary Clinton on Sunday during a speech she was giving in San Diego.
The heckler, sporting a suit and tie, sounded a loud alarm with the bullhorn and began shouting at the former Secretary of State before he was quickly removed by security. It's not immediately clear why the man interrupted Clinton's remarks.

New York state is spending $750 million to open a solar plant in Buffalo, which will create thousands of jobs. Most of those jobs will be shoveling the snow off the solar equipment.- David Letterman

Meanwhile, Back In Hong Kong
Rowdy scenes erupted at the main Occupy Central protest site in Hong Kong on Monday after hundreds of people opposing the pro-democracy occupation tried to tear down protest barricades.

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Over Worked Traffic Control Staff

The head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority told federal safety officials that traffic control staff at the Metro-North Railroad worked seven days straight for weeks when several accidents, including one fatal, disrupted commutes in Connecticut and New York last year.

U.S. Oil Will Be Fracking Mad At Saudi Arabia

Despite a nearly 25% slide in oil prices in recent months, Saudi Arabia has no intention of cutting oil production. On the contrary, according to a Reuters report Sunday, the kingdom “is quietly telling oil market participants that Riyadh is comfortable with markedly lower oil prices for an extended period.” How much lower? Perhaps down to $80 per barrel, for a year or two.

A woman in the U.K. held a wedding ceremony to marry herself. "I don’t know how to tell you this, but I think that lady you just married might be crazy."- Seth Myers