Thursday, October 30, 2014

U.S. nurse defies Maine's Ebola quarantine, takes bike ride





U.S. nurse defies Maine's Ebola quarantine, takes bike ride
 A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone but has tested negative for the virus ventured out of her home in Maine and took a bike ride on Thursday, defying a quarantine order and setting up a legal collision



This quarantine freakout is enough to make me wish Republicans actually believe in limited government.- LOLGOP








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Sweden recognizes Palestinian state, hopes will revive peace process
Sweden joins Malta and Cyprus, as the third European nation officially recognizing a Palestinian state.  The British Parliament also voted to recognize the Palestinian state earlier this month, in a symbolic vote. 



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BREAKING: Officials say North Korea to quarantine all arriving foreigners for 21 days over Ebola fears.- Tina Dupuy



Ebola Declining In Liberia, In Case Anyone Wants To Know
 Three months after declaring West Africa’s Ebola epidemic a global emergency, the World Health Organization said Wednesday that new infections in Liberia, one of the worst affected countries, appeared to be declining. But the organization also warned against complacency in international efforts to fight the disease.






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"Call it Empathy Deficit Disorder. Some Democrats have it,
but the disorder seems especially widespread among Republicans."- Robert Reich









Whitey Tighty Preservation Society
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who recently began floating the idea of running for the presidency, was caught on tape joking about how well white men would do if he won, CNN reported.








No one is more willing to stand up to hero nurses and Sandy victims than Chris Christie, you Similac-sipping beta males.- LOLGOP









If you stinkin liberals keep Chris Christie from running for president comedians will never forgive you.- John Fugelsang



Millennials Have No Memory of GOP Congress
Democrats have lost ground, but millennials view Republicans with even more disapproval. It’s just that, among those feeling empowered to vote, the Republican Party will fare better.








#VoteProChoice because being poor shouldn't mean the cast of Duck Dynasty gets to make your reproductive decisions.- LOLGOP









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Complete media saturation, giant headlines, breaking news alerts--all to tell you the risk of you getting Ebola is nearly nonexistent.- Tina Dupuy







I want to thank every adult for respecting my sincerely held religious belief that they must skip Halloween.- LOLGOP




You'll Rip My Jesus Snow Plows From My Cold Dead Hands
Snow plows in Sioux Falls, South Dakota will be keeping their explicitly Christian theme, WRAL reports.

Mayor Mike Huether said that “unless…I get some Supreme Court case that says I have to” remove the explicitly religious messages that are painted on the city’s snow plows, he would not remove them.






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We're keeping an eye on this Jesus character to see if he breaks the leper quarantine again.- LOLGOP









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The Great American Foreclosure Nightmare
Many thousands of Americans who lost their homes in the housing bust, but have since begun to rebuild their finances, are suddenly facing a new foreclosure nightmare: debt collectors are chasing them down for the money they still owe by freezing their bank accounts, garnishing their wages and seizing their assets.








For the first half of the Great Recession we only had economic growth because of Congress, now we have it despite Congress.- LOLGOP



Underfunding NASA Consequences
A NASA advisory panel said earlier this year that inadequate funding jeopardized the safety of commercial space cargo shipments, such as the unmanned Orbital Sciences Corp. mission that exploded this week over Virginia.








For Halloween, a woman in Vermont is handing out kale to trick-or-treaters. If you're in Vermont and you want to stop by, look for the house that's been set on fire.- Conan O'Brien







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Golden Bay, New Zealand.

Peace.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

White House Hit With What Appears To Be Sustained Cyberattack





White House Hit With What Appears To Be Sustained Cyberattack
The White House computer network has been hit by what appears to be a sustained cyberattack, administration sources told HuffPost.



Every time you make a typo, the errorists win.- Jokeblogger.com








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DOJ + Census = NSA. Feel Safer Now?
Despite a nearly complete victory for the Justice Department in a watchdog group's battle over whether secret court opinions authorizing the collection of call records and telephone data from ordinary citizens should be made public, the Obama administration has lodged an appeal with the 9th Circuit over a single document - a legal opinion drafted by the DOJ that considered ordering the Census Bureau to turn over its collected data to the National Security Administration.




Get rich or die in massive debt by voting as if you're rich.- LOLGOP








Obama vs Netanyahu
The Obama administration's anger is "red-hot" over Israel's settlement policies, and the Netanyahu government openly expresses contempt for Obama's understanding of the Middle East. Profound changes in the relationship may be coming.




I'm not voting next week cause I think Congress deserves 175k for 112 days of work. - John Fugelsang








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Ferguson Locked And Loaded For Terrorists Protesters
Ferguson police brace for new protests by spending thousands on riot gear.
St Louis County police has spent $172,669 since August on teargas, grenades, pepper balls and other civil disobedience equipment




GOP released new campaign targeting single women. The tag line is “Men don’t make passes at women who vote.”- Top Conservative Cat









Nurses are the only folks who've been infected with Ebola in America. Until they infect someone, we can hold off on the internment camps.- LOLGOP




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People running for re-election are distancing themselves from President Obama. He's very lonely. He has no close friends in the White House. In fact, an intruder hopped the fence on Sunday, made it all the way to White House, and Obama begged him to stay and watch football. - David Letterman









Big Brother Is Everywhere
DOJ says it can cut off internet, cable or other home lines, then masquerade as techs for warrantless search.








Today is the birthday of White House dog Bo. He had a wonderful party at the White House — only three intruders … I believe Bo is actually now distancing himself from the president … It’s a bittersweet day for Bo because he was recently trashed in Leon Panetta’s book.” – David Letterman










I’m going as Ebola for Halloween. My costume will be so scary that by killing only one person I’ll manage to terrify 300 million people.- Top Conservative Cat








Gov. Ebolaphobia
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has responded disdainfully to an American nurse’s threat of a lawsuit over her unreasonable detention by public health officials after she returned from working in West Africa....“Whatever. Get in line. I’ve been sued lots of times before.”







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Cosmo magazine is encouraging female students in North Carolina to vote by offering a party bus to the voting polls that includes shirtless male models — just as our forefathers intended.- Conan O'Brien









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Things to do today: 1) oppose raising minimum wage.  2) call low-wage workers who need to go on food stamps 'lazy.'- John Fugelsang









Texas Has New Rules For Oil & Gas?
Oil and gas companies in Texas must now research seismic data for a given area before they can receive a permit to drill disposal wells, according to new rules from the Texas Railroad Commission.




It's National Cat Day. Your cat doesn't care. - John Fugelsang






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Arenal volcano, Costa Rica.

Peace and quiet.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Feds vs. states: Who decides on Ebola quarantines







For Americans wondering why President Barack Obama hasn't forced all states to follow a single, national rule for isolating potential Ebola patients, the White House has a quick retort: Talk to the Founding Fathers.




America.

Still better at curing Ebola than spreading it.- LOLGOP










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"The Pentagon just announced that its fight against ISIS will be called 'Operation Inherent Resolve.' They came up with that name using 'Operation Random Thesaurus.'" –Jimmy Fallon







Drafting Women In Combat?
As Norway became the first NATO country to require women to register for the draft this month, it has American military analysts debating whether the US could be on the verge of taking the same step, too.









Fox News had the creator of the Weather Channel on to deny climate change then the creator of Cinemax denied the existence of genitals. - LOLGOP




India Supplying Vietnam With Naval Vessels
India will soon be supplying naval vessels to Vietnam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, the first significant military transfer to Hanoi at a time when it is embroiled in a territorial dispute with China.









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Chris Christie's 2016 premise: I wrecked my state's economy & credit rating while robbing workers' retirement. But I'm tough on hero nurses.- LOLGOP





The Pope Pulls A Fast One On The Creationists
The “Big Bang” and evolution are not only consistent with biblical teachings, Pope Francis told a Vatican gathering – they are essential to understanding God.
“When we read about Creation in Genesis, we run the risk of imagining God was a magician, with a magic wand able to do everything — but that is not so,” the pope told a plenary assembly of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.





Karl Rove says the Tea Party is 'not sophisticated;' which is sort of like saying the Jonas Brothers are 'not black.'- John Fugelsang








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If you're 'Pro-Life' & support Capital Punishment, Pre-Emptive War, Torture & Drones you're actually just 'Pro-Some-Life.' - John Fugelsang







Sexual Assault At M.I.T.
One in six female undergraduates at Massachusetts Institute of Technology who responded to a survey has been sexually assaulted, but fewer than 5 percent reported a sex crime, MIT said








Michele Bachmann says she wants to be "the next Newt Gingrich," which marks the first time that phrase has ever been used positively.- LOLGOP





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"In 1912, President Teddy Roosevelt was shot, declined to go to the hospital, and gave a 90-minute speech with a bullet in his chest. Then on this day in 2012, I spent the whole day on WebMD because my eyelid wouldn't stop twitching." –Seth Meyers







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I live in a society where a network called The History Channel can run a 2-hour prime-time special on Zombies.- John Fugelsang








There's No Dunkin' Donuts Here  :(
The Dunkin’ Donuts chain, capitalizing on the cult-like demand for Dominique Ansel Bakery’s Cronut in New York, is introducing its own doughnut-croissant hybrid next week.




In the Bible Jesus is the leading cause of alcohol at parties.- John Fugelsang







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Athabasca Falls At Dusk, Jasper, Alberta, Canada.

Peace and beauty.