Ebola lawsuits would face high hurdles in Texas

Ebola lawsuits would face high hurdles in Texas
Potential suits against the Dallas, Texas hospital that sent home a patient later diagnosed with Ebola face long odds in the face of state medical malpractice laws.



"Ebola" is Latin for "Ratings Gold."- John Fugelsang

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Turkey says Syrian town about to fall as Islamic State moves in
• Hezbollah bomb wounds two Israeli soldiers, Israel shells south Lebanon
• Finance minister warns Russia can't afford military spending plan
• British troops train ahead of Ebola mission in S. Leone
• Leon Panetta, other former Obama subordinates show stunning disloyalty

Former CIA Director Leon Panetta said it seems like President Obama has lost his way. Apparently, it’s gotten so bad that this morning Obama was seen asking a White House intruder for directions.- Seth Myers

GOP Stalling On Ebola Funding
Almost $1 billion to help the U.S. military fight Ebola in West Africa has been tied up for nearly a month as the Obama administration negotiates with a handful of Republicans in Congress to lift their objections.



A group in Russia has nominated Vladimir Putin for the Nobel Peace Prize. When Putin heard this he said, "I'm all about achieving piece — piece of Ukraine, piece of Poland. I hope to win many more pieces."- Jimmy Fallon

Two Nuclear Powers Feuding Again
Thousands of Indians fled their homes in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire again, a day after the highest civilian death toll in a single day in more than a decade.



Republican Shenanigans

• Romney: 'I'm not running'
• Michigan Republican Senate candidate now says she would have supported the auto bailout
• Former whistleblower attacks Florida governor over healthcare fraud
• Hobby Lobby executive's Bible museum: priceless artifacts, scholarly doubts
• Missouri police plan for possible riots if Brown cop not charged

REMINDER: Unlike gay people, Republicans are actually trying to destroy happy marriages.- HEL-OLGOP




Republican's Food Stamp Use Higher Than Democrats
When the House voted in September to cut $40 billion from the federal food-stamp program over 10 years, all but 15 Republicans supported the measure while not a single Democrat did so.

But according to a TIME analysis of county-by-county food-stamp-enrollment data compiled by the nonprofit Feeding America, it appears that House Republicans represent more districts with high levels of participation in the program than House Democrats. 

Rock The Voter News

• U.S. health officials to unveil tougher Ebola screening: senator

Another Cop Bully
An Ohio police officer recently threatened to take away an interracial couple’s two week old infant during a traffic stop after the couple refused to get out of their car.

Republicans demand Obama appoint an Ebola Czar so they will have more foreign-sounding things to be afraid of.- HEL-OLGOP

Business/Tech News

• China cyber-war costing US billions: FBI chief
• China currency push takes aim at dollar
• Homebuilders offer freebies as booming U.S. markets cool
• Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Men Refuse To Sit By Women On Plane – Flight Gets Delayed

Facebook is reportedly thinking of ways to incorporate health into their array of services. Here's how it'll work: If you get a cut or a bruise or something, take a picture of it and post it. If it gets more than 100 likes, you're cured.- Jimmy Kimmell

Canada Stops EU Plan To Label Tar Sands
 A European Union plan to label tar sands oil as highly polluting in its fight against climate change has been abandoned after years of opposition led by major producer Canada.




A cat in Florida had its life saved by a blood transfusion from a dog. Unfortunately, it later died from exhaustion after chasing itself around the house.- Seth Myers

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Thank you, Brian, for your gift. I emailed you to thank you but all I got was a mailer-daemon. :(
I hate when that happens.

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Odd News

• 'Hairgate': iPhone hit by new social media storm
• Hawaii boy survives 6-story fall down trash chute
• Hunt on for 1.5-ton gargoyles missing from church
• Instead of ticket, officer buys girl booster seat
• India wields the axe on Her Majesty's "laughable" laws

Time To Deflate Photo

Felix Baumgartner, the man who broke the world's freefall record by jumping from 23 miles above the earth.

Peace.

FBI: Militants may be working on plan to strike US

FBI: Militants may be working on plan to strike US
An al-Qaida cell in Syria that was targeted in American military airstrikes last month could still be working on a plan to attack the United States or its allies and is "looking to do it very, very soon," the head of the FBI says.



Are Republicans more afraid Obama is going to give them Ebola or health insurance?- HELL-OLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• 101st Airborne headed to Liberia to fight Ebola, build treatment centers
• Islamic State group publicly kills 6 Iraqi troops
• Over 2,000 Syrian Kurds flee Kobani as Islamic State advances, Kurdish official says
• Iran Orders Elite Troops: Lay Off U.S. Forces in Iraq
• Rebels in Eastern Ukraine Dream of Reviving Soviet Heyday

In a recent statement, Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine “has always been and would continue to be the closest sister nation to Russia.” And sometimes sisters fight when one sister steals the other sister’s boyfriend Crimea. - Seth Myers

Can We Have A War On People Who Preach?
Ellen Bogan of Huntington she says Indiana State Police Trooper Brian Hamilton preached Christianity to her when he pulled her over for an alleged traffic violation in Union County in August.




They just want to stop you from voting, marrying, making your own reproductive choices and having insurance.

Why wouldn't you trust them?- HEL-OLGOP

Leading Fox News scientists report that criticizing Obama for not invading Iraq will give you immunity from Ebola.- Top Conservative Cat




Republican Shenanigans

• PBS science reporter: Fox’s Ebola coverage is ‘a level of ignorance we should not allow’
• David Axelrod mocks ‘Dr. Joe Scarborough’ for exaggerating Ebola ‘fire from hell’ in America
• NIH doctor schools Elisabeth Hasselbeck after she asks him to ‘seal the borders’ over Ebola
• Texas congressman doesn’t ‘want to sound alarmist,’ but Benghazi shows Ebola epidemic will get worse
• Boehner rakes in cash for openly gay Republican candidate
• Creationist Ray Comfort: The Bible says Stephen Hawking is a fool
• Michigan mom outraged that Islam is included in 10th graders world religion project
• Church-funded Bible class in NC public schools teaches kids 7-day creation is ‘literal fact’

The Supreme Court helped make marriage equality legal in 5 more states! That's it. They’re my favorite Supremes. Don’t tell Diana Ross.- Ellen DeGeneres



War on Gays Ended By U.S. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court refused to get involved in the national debate over same-sex marriage Monday, leaving intact lower court rulings that will eventually lead to legalizing the practice in 11 additional states.








Republicans are willing to do *anything* to fight Ebola, except fund  medical research, invest in public health or expand health insurance.-HEL-OLGOP

Wow. The US Supreme Court Is Making Another Left Turn!
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal of an Ohio science teacher who was fired for teaching creationism instead of evolution, Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced.

Rock The Voter News

• Secret Service in disarray, fueling questions over Obama's safety
• Federal officials cast doubt on Ebola travel ban
• Parents of Michael Brown ask governor for special prosecutor in police shooting case

Fox News math:
George W. Bush + Iraq > Obama + Iraq. - Top Conservative Cat

Colorado Re-writing History
Re-writing history, eliminating what they call “liberal bias” – in other words, “facts” – has become a Republican passion, one David Barton is hardly alone in pursuing. Just yesterday we saw the example of reality TV star Jessa Duggar, who blamed Charles Darwin for the Holocaust...“As an example, I note our slavery history. Yes, we practiced slavery. But we also ended it voluntarily, at great sacrifice

Make sure you register to vote this week, otherwise all those ads the Koch brothers run will be wasted!- Top Conservative Cat

I’m no expert on epidemiology or infectious disease, but I just know everyone in America will be dead of Ebola by Tuesday thanks to Obama.- Top Conservative Cat



Ebola Arrives In Spain
In what is believed to be the first infection outside of Africa, an assistant nurse at a Madrid hospital where two Ebola patients died has contracted the virus herself, health officials said Monday.

Business/Tech News

• Strong U.S. Data a Good Sign for Asia: Issel
• 87% of business leaders say economy will grow in 2015
• Protesters carry firearms into Walmart where cop gunned down black man over toy gun
• Texas ground beef recalled due to possible metal pieces

WARNING: If there's another meltdown of the economic system fed by massive mortgage fraud, we will put at least one Real Housewife in jail. - HEL-LOLGOP

Trumped Out
 Lights spelling out the Trump name are due to be removed from the shuttered Trump Plaza casino in Atlantic City after real-estate mogul Donald Trump sued to end a licensing deal with the casino owners to use his name, his family said on Monday.




If Walter White lived I hope his comeback involves a new seasonal pumpkin spiced meth.- John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Bounced school-lunch check may cost Washington state parent $700
• Motto engraved on library gets lost in translation
• Balloon stolen at Albuquerque Balloon Fest
• Man floating in bubble rescued by Coast Guard
• Loose crabs in cargo hold delay New York flight

Time To Deflate Photo

I want to be there, wherever it is!

Peace.

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Ha! Here is my post from Friday, I forgot to post! I still feel groggy from this darn flu!





I slept for 10 hours last night. I definitely feel as though I have the flu.

I started to work on AHNC this morning and promptly fell asleep. :(

But I do have a few graphics to entertain you!

I will be back on Monday come hell or high water!

My feelings on Ebola

Pentagon Sending 600 More Military Personnel to Fight Ebola in Africa

My feelings on Republicans

Is Republican Climate-Science Denialism a Mental Block?

My feelings About My Viewers

My feelings about myself

I'm going back to sleep now.

Peace.

Sick day.

Thank you for dropping by All Hat No Cattle.

I need a sick day. I'm pretty sure I don't have Ebola but I am so tired. I was barely able to post Wednesday's edition.

Get this, I slept 11 hours last night. 11 hours. And I am groggy as hell since waking up.

Sleeping sickness, you say?  Yeah because I am sick of sleeping!

I hope to be better tomorrow, if not I will post something to let you know what is up.

I found a few memes on being sick for your enjoyment!

Peace, y'all!