First Diagnosed Case of Ebola in Texas

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This will probably be the big story for the rest of the week: CDC: First Diagnosed Case of Ebola in the U.S..

(CNN) — A patient being treated at a Dallas, Texas, hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday.

Several other Americans were diagnosed in West Africa and then brought to the United States for treatment.

The person who first tested positive for Ebola in the United States is a patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, hospital spokesman Stephen O’Brien said Tuesday.

The adult patient developed symptoms days after returning to Texas from West Africa, and was admitted into isolation on Sunday, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

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1 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 2:57:01pm

and “it’s Obama’s fault” commences:

2 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 2:57:26pm
3 Randall Gross  Sep 30, 2014 2:58:30pm

So I’m betting that he has a lot of contacts to track back on and Isolate.

4 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 2:58:53pm

Has anyone used the term ‘Obola’ yet?

5 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sep 30, 2014 2:59:20pm

Stay classy Luke Russert:

6 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sep 30, 2014 2:59:41pm

re: #4 GeneJockey

Has anyone used the term ‘Obola’ yet?

No, and don’t you start that! ;)

7 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 2:59:58pm

Alamuddin worked at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York City for three years as part of the Criminal Defense and Investigations Group, which included the criminal probe of Enron and Arthur Andersen

i couldn’t find any criminal probes in the sex toy store

8 Pie-onist Overlord  Sep 30, 2014 3:00:24pm
9 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 3:00:28pm

CDC spokesman now saying that the patient probably didn’t have contact with a lot of people after he became infectious.

10 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:00:37pm

re: #4 GeneJockey

Has anyone used the term ‘Obola’ yet?

yep

11 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:01:09pm
12 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 3:01:13pm
13 Randall Gross  Sep 30, 2014 3:01:16pm

re: #9 Charles Johnson

CDC spokesman now saying that the patient probably didn’t have contact with a lot of people after he became infectious.

This is good news.

14 Archangelus  Sep 30, 2014 3:01:18pm

re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth

yep

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*Groans *… that took, what? All of 40, 50 seconds? Sheesh…

15 A Mom Anon  Sep 30, 2014 3:01:20pm

Oh Goody. And since most people have NO idea how viruses spread it’s going to be 24/7 fearmongering until the next fucking thing happens. My little pet wingnuts on facebook are already losing it, it’s only going to get worse as this thing plays out. Nevermind that the virus isn’t contagious until you actually become symptomatic, and that this person did everything right in order to minimize exposure and get treated. Sigh. Can we get some science in schools again? I learned about this shit in 8th and 9th grade FFS.

16 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:01:56pm

Obola on twitter.

gaaaaaaahhhh……

17 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 3:02:25pm

re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth

yep

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I hope you all remember that I predicted it more than a week ago. I’ll just go home and wait for those royalty checks to roll in.

Wait, what do you mean, ‘You have to register it”? Really?

DAMMIT!!!!!!

18 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 3:02:32pm

re: #195 Shiplord Kirel

They are also castigating Obama for leaving the border open, even though the guy arrived on a commercial flight; and Muslims, though there is no evidence at all that he is Muslim or has been to a Muslim country. Lot of hating on Mexicans, too, for no apparent reason. Possibly the freepers think Liberia is in Mexico or the Middle East.

part of the formless mass which forms the continent of Not Us

19 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 3:03:23pm
20 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:03:36pm

re: #8 Pie-onist Overlord

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Kills brain alright.

21 Archangelus  Sep 30, 2014 3:03:49pm

re: #15 A Mom Anon

Youtube Video

22 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 3:04:07pm

re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth

Where the case was identified is probably fortuitious since there are some great hospitals in the Dallas area, and they will have isolation wards able to handle these kinds of cases.

It was just dumb luck that it was Texas. There have been other suspected cases around the country, primarily because there are so many tropical diseases that mimic that of Ebola. That makes it very hard on medical experts, but also makes it easy in one respect - if you think you’ve got a case on your hands, you isolate that person ASAP and begin doing the same with all the others that have come in contact with that person.

23 Jenner7  Sep 30, 2014 3:05:11pm

My faith in humanity is pretty much gone.

Sigh…

24 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:05:15pm

re: #22 lawhawk

I also think that it was great that the patient was aware enough to recognize the potential of his symptoms and sought treatment right away.

25 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 30, 2014 3:05:30pm

Yikes! My SIL just returned from a Wal-Mart in the DFW area. She reports that hysterical mobs are already descending on the place buying up bottled water, soda, and hand sanitizer among other supposed emergency supplies.

Apparently they have conflated this with a zombie apocalypse.

26 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sep 30, 2014 3:05:44pm

re: #23 Jenner7

My faith in humanity is pretty much gone.

Sigh…

Mine left a long time ago.

27 Mattand  Sep 30, 2014 3:06:45pm

re: #15 A Mom Anon

Oh Goody. And since most people have NO idea how viruses spread it’s going to be 24/7 fearmongering until the next fucking thing happens. My little pet wingnuts on facebook are already losing it, it’s only going to get worse as this thing plays out. Nevermind that the virus isn’t contagious until you actually become symptomatic, and that this person did everything right in order to minimize exposure and get treated. Sigh. Can we get some science in schools again? I learned about this shit in 8th and 9th grade FFS.

Bill Maher last week claimed that “sources” were projecting one million ebola cases by year’s end. Did he name his source? Of course not.

So, yeah, the stupid should be nice and ramped up by week’s end.

28 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 3:06:46pm

re: #25 Shiplord Kirel

Well, I’ve got my lobo ready. That’s really all you need. Well, that and cardio.

29 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:07:23pm

ebollocks

30 Archangelus  Sep 30, 2014 3:08:15pm

re: #27 Mattand

Actually IIRC he was quoting someone in the news that cited that…

31 Mattand  Sep 30, 2014 3:10:11pm

re: #30 Archangelus

Actually IIRC he was quoting someone in the news that cited that…

That’s the first and only place I’ve heard one million new cases. And given Maher’s history of anti-vax and all-around nuttiness regarding health, I’m sure he believes it.

32 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 3:11:14pm

re: #25 Shiplord Kirel

Yikes! My SIL just returned from a Wal-Mart in the DFW area. She reports that hysterical mobs are already descending on the place buying up bottled water, soda, and hand sanitizer among other supposed emergency supplies.

Apparently they have conflated this with a zombie apocalypse.

The older boy, after bingeing on Zombie Apocalypse movies and watching The Walking Dead, took to leaving a baseball bat by his bed, and asked me what our plan was for the Zombie Apocalypse. I told him he could have the .22 and the brick of ammo, and I’d use the bow and fall back on the .357 Magnum when we ran out of arrows.

He calmed right down. Obviously he’s never seen me shoot a gun.

33 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 3:11:30pm

most likely the virus has spread but the other infectees don’t know it yet

34 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 3:11:58pm

re: #27 Mattand

There are a number of worst case projections that try to estimate how many cases are actually occurring and one of the worse case scenarios is well over 1 million cases in Africa by end of January. The CDC has a worst case scenario of 500k+ and all the scenarios include all the cases that have been actually identified as well as those that aren’t but suspected. But even those scenarios are based on anecdotal information and assume that the affected countries can’t get a handle on limiting the spread.

Nigeria appears to have limited the spread there - and their patient zero was in many respects like the case here - the patient flew in from the hot zone.

550k - CDC.

1.4 million cases - via the NYT.

The NYT report also includes the possibility of home care being integral to stopping the outbreak, culling data and experience from the smallpox eradication efforts 50 years ago.

35 Eclectic Cyborg  Sep 30, 2014 3:12:08pm

re: #10 Backwoods_Sleuth

Because joking about a deadly virus is just so awesome!

36 Archangelus  Sep 30, 2014 3:12:34pm

re: #33 dog philosopher

most likely the virus has spread but the other infectees don’t know it yet

If any other poor bastards have it, they’ll know it soon enough…
*shudders*

37 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:14:14pm

re: #34 lawhawk

There are a number of worst case projections that try to estimate how many cases are actually occurring and one of the worse case scenarios is well over 1 million cases in Africa by end of January. The CDC has a worst case scenario of 500k+ and all the scenarios include all the cases that have been actually identified as well as those that aren’t but suspected. But even those scenarios are based on anecdotal information and assume that the affected countries can’t get a handle on limiting the spread.

Nigeria appears to have limited the spread there - and their patient zero was in many respects like the case here - the patient flew in from the hot zone.

Link to CDC prediction discussion.

38 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 3:14:22pm

Has Greenwald written how Ebola is a made up disease that was made up to distract us from the warmongering Obama?

39 Frenchy  Sep 30, 2014 3:14:50pm

re: #25 Shiplord Kirel

Oh dear God, why am I not surprised by this?

40 sagehen  Sep 30, 2014 3:15:28pm

re: #32 GeneJockey

The older boy, after bingeing on Zombie Apocalypse movies and watching The Walking Dead, took to leaving a baseball bat by his bed, and asked me what our plan was for the Zombie Apocalypse. I told him he could have the .22 and the brick of ammo, and I’d use the bow and fall back on the .357 Magnum when we ran out of arrows.

He calmed right down. Obviously he’s never seen me shoot a gun.

You can’t run out of arrows, they’re reusable.

41 Archangelus  Sep 30, 2014 3:15:42pm

re: #19 Charles Johnson

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I looked… Lord of Light have mercy, I LOOKED!!!! /onlykinda

42 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 3:16:58pm
43 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 30, 2014 3:17:26pm

re: #38 b.d.

Has Greenwald written how Ebola is a made up disease that was made up to distract us from the warmongering Obama?

The false flag nuts are already out there…

44 Pie-onist Overlord  Sep 30, 2014 3:18:05pm
45 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 3:18:12pm

re: #25 Shiplord Kirel

Yikes! My SIL just returned from a Wal-Mart in the DFW area. She reports that hysterical mobs are already descending on the place buying up bottled water, soda, and hand sanitizer among other supposed emergency supplies.

Apparently they have conflated this with a zombie apocalypse.

I live in the DFW area and while not in the postition to see what your SNL claims to have seen I can vouch for there being a large moron community here. I’d expect another huge rush for the Tamiflu too.

46 bmiller11757  Sep 30, 2014 3:19:56pm

The crazies are out in full force on Facebook :headdesk:

47 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 30, 2014 3:20:40pm

Heh

48 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 30, 2014 3:21:07pm

re: #31 Mattand

That’s the first and only place I’ve heard one million new cases. And given Maher’s history of anti-vax and all-around nuttiness regarding health, I’m sure he believes it.

Who is going to troll Maher first about the Ebola vaccine?
/

49 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 3:21:35pm

Now, what are the symptoms for the flu?

Go ahead, look it up (I did - at CDC):

The flu usually comes on suddenly. People who have the flu often feel some or all of these symptoms:

Fever* or feeling feverish/chills
Cough
Sore throat
Runny or stuffy nose
Muscle or body aches
Headaches
Fatigue (tiredness)
Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults.
* It’s important to note that not everyone with flu will have a fever.

CNN’s list of symptoms for Ebola? Fever, headache, muscle aches, weakness, vomiting and/or diarrhea. In other words, the symptoms mimic those of common influenza.

What is the key differentiation? The person traveled to a place where there was an outbreak - namely West Africa.

50 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 3:22:18pm

THIS IS WHAT THEY’LL USE TO CALL OFF THE MIDTERMS!!!

51 Frenchy  Sep 30, 2014 3:22:58pm

re: #42 Charles Johnson

I was just thinking to myself that I’m glad not to be in the US and be subjected to the 24-hour networks beating this horse well beyond the point of death, as they are guaranteed to do.

How long until CNN invites someone like Ben Shapiro on to offer his expert opinion on this situation?

52 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 3:23:01pm
53 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 3:23:30pm

re: #49 lawhawk

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Now, what are the symptoms for the flu?

Go ahead, look it up (I did - at CDC):

Yeah, so they’re saying that people should look for flu-like symptoms as a warning sign of Ebola…at the very beginning of flu season.

Yegods.

54 Rev_Arthur_Belling  Sep 30, 2014 3:23:59pm

re: #49 lawhawk

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Now, what are the symptoms for the flu?

Go ahead, look it up (I did - at CDC):

CNN’s list of symptoms for Ebola? Fever, headache, muscle aches, weakness, vomiting and/or diarrhea. In other words, the symptoms mimic those of common influenza.

What is the key differentiation? The person traveled to a place where there was an outbreak - namely West Africa.

I thought other symptoms included bleeding from every orifice?

55 blueraven  Sep 30, 2014 3:24:13pm

re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth

This is the scary part

TX Ebola Patient Timeline:
9/20 - Arrives from Liberia without symptoms
9/24 - Symptoms begin
9/26 - Seeks care
9/28 - Hospitalized

Surely they asked about travel? It appears this is not a US citizen but a visitor, probably from Africa.

The fact that he was sent home after seeking medical attention is a problem.
Fortunately it appears the victim did not come into contact with a lot of people, but there were real mistakes made.

56 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:25:52pm

re: #55 blueraven

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This is the scary part

TX Ebola Patient Timeline:
9/20 - Arrives from Liberia without symptoms
9/24 - Symptoms begin
9/26 - Seeks care
9/28 - Hospitalized

Surely they asked about travel? It appears this is not a US citizen but a visitor, probably from Africa.

The fact that he was sent home after seeking medical attention is a problem.
Fortunately it appears the victim did not come into contact with a lot of people, but there were real mistakes made.

The medical people who saw him on 9/26 sent him home.
Probably told him it was just the flu…

57 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 3:27:54pm

Symptoms of Ebola virus infection can take anywhere from 2 to 21 days to appear, and can include sudden onset of fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat

i experienced the same thing on turning 60

58 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 3:28:02pm

re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth

The medical people who saw him on 9/26 sent him home.
Probably told him it was just the flu…

With a prescription of plenty of bed rest and fluids, with the expectation of the bug running its course in 24-48 hours, come back if things didn’t improve or got worse.

59 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 3:28:50pm

re: #49 lawhawk

Anyone showing up at an ER now with flu symptoms (especially in Texas) will probably be immediately put into isolation.
I don’t think there are enough isolation rooms…

60 Frenchy  Sep 30, 2014 3:29:58pm

re: #55 blueraven

Yeah, I kind of agree that this is worrisome. A 4-day period between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization is a bit less prompt than I’d hope for. Hopefully they manage to keep this contained.

61 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 3:30:18pm

Until I hear otherwise, I’m and going on the assumption that Hendrick’s Gin staves off the Ebola virus.

62 socrets  Sep 30, 2014 3:31:31pm

Lindsey Graham was right. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure that is going to be the main reaction right after “it’s Obama’s fault” and “something, something, BENGHAZI!!!”.

63 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 3:32:30pm

re: #60 Frenchy

Yeah, I kind of agree that this is worrisome. A 4-day period between the onset of symptoms and hospitalization is a bit less than prompt than I’d hope for. Hopefully they manage to keep this contained.

Considering the 24hr news cycle? Not a chance in hell. Before week’s end, everybody who’s spent any time in Texas between the days this guy stepped off the plane and when he arrived in the hospital is going to be convinced they’re a potential carrier.

64 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 3:32:34pm

re: #49 lawhawk

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Now, what are the symptoms for the flu?

Go ahead, look it up (I did - at CDC):

CNN’s list of symptoms for Ebola? Fever, headache, muscle aches, weakness, vomiting and/or diarrhea. In other words, the symptoms mimic those of common influenza.

What is the key differentiation? The person traveled to a place where there was an outbreak - namely West Africa.

God-fucking-damnit, this is some serious yellow journo bullshit, even for CNN.

65 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 3:32:40pm

re: #62 socrets

Lindsey Graham was right. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure this is going to be the main reaction right after “it’s Obama’s fault” and “something, something, BENGHAZI!!!”.

Well of course. It will be blamed on Obama sending troops to Africa to help with logistics, and on not closing the border, even though this is unrelated to either.

66 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 30, 2014 3:33:05pm

re: #61 b.d.

Until I hear otherwise, I’m and going on the assumption that Hendrick’s Gin staves off the Ebola virus.

Nah, but Bulleit Rye does… ;)

67 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 30, 2014 3:34:45pm

A rare outbreak of sanity at freeperland:

227 “catfish 1957:” Obama is 100% responsible. His porous borders policy has come back to bite him in the ass.

498 “Sakic:” Patient didn’t come over the border.

68 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 30, 2014 3:35:00pm

re: #66 William Barnett-Lewis

Nah, but Bulleit Rye does… ;)

Is that like how drinking Bud Light Lime will keep zombies away because even they know that no one with a brain drinks that?
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69 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 3:35:17pm

Ebola will be this year’s H1N1, swine flu, and SARS all rolled into one: “ZOMG! I feel the least bit sick! I’ve surely got this deadly disease and need to be immediately subjected to all sorts of expensive tests to prove I’m not!”

70 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 3:37:07pm

re: #68 Feline Fearless Leader

Is that like how drinking Bud Light Lime will keep zombies away because even they know that no one with a brain drinks that?
/// ;p

Ha

71 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 30, 2014 3:38:39pm

I’m catching up on the Walking Dead on Netlix. Not for pointers on how to handle this, though. I’d watch Idiocracy for that.

72 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 3:38:45pm

re: #68 Feline Fearless Leader

Is that like how drinking Bud Light Lime will keep zombies away because even they know that no one with a brain drinks that?
/// ;p

so teabag voters will be the only ones who survive the zombie apocalypse?

73 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:39:08pm

re: #57 dog philosopher

Symptoms of Ebola virus infection can take anywhere from 2 to 21 days to appear, and can include sudden onset of fever, fatigue, muscle pain, headache and sore throat

i experienced the same thing on turning 60

I experienced this this Sunday morning… it had been a good party.

74 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 3:39:56pm

obola

how about: teabola

75 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:39:57pm

In a couple years-CDC-“Be sure to get your Ebola vaccine shot if traveling to West Africa.”

.And Certain celebrities telling us the shot is too dangerous.

76 ObserverArt  Sep 30, 2014 3:40:16pm

Time to shut down Texas. Nobody in, nobody out for 3 weeks until all cases are identified. No travel. All roads need to be closed and the border patrol needs to move to the state borders and make sure no one gets out.

By order of the President, the CDC and FEMA.

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77 Skip Intro  Sep 30, 2014 3:40:59pm

re: #15 A Mom Anon

Oh Goody. And since most people have NO idea how viruses spread it’s going to be 24/7 fearmongering until the next fucking thing happens. My little pet wingnuts on facebook are already losing it, it’s only going to get worse as this thing plays out. Nevermind that the virus isn’t contagious until you actually become symptomatic, and that this person did everything right in order to minimize exposure and get treated. Sigh. Can we get some science in schools again? I learned about this shit in 8th and 9th grade FFS.

Everything’s lining up perfectly for the Teahadists. A beheading last week and now this. If anyone thought Fox News/RWNJ media was cranking out fear in the past, this will send it into warp drive.

78 3eff Jeff  Sep 30, 2014 3:42:29pm

re: #71 Shiplord Kirel

I’m catching up on the Walking Dead on Netlix. Not for pointers on how to handle this, though. I’d watch Idiocracy for that.

Idiocracy is pure fantasy. The politicians are swayed by clear reasoning and facts.

79 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 30, 2014 3:42:37pm

Is there irony involved if this causes Mexico to seal their border with Texas?

80 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 3:42:49pm

re: #74 dog philosopher

obola

how about: teabola

Yup. Right here.

re: #44 Pie-onist Overlord

81 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 3:42:55pm

re: #77 Skip Intro

Everything’s lining up perfectly for the Teahadists. A beheading last week and now this. If anyone thought Fox News/RWNJ media was cranking out fear in the past, this will send it into warp drive.

Maybe they’ll stay home and not vote.

Hell, maybe they’ll even duct tape themselves to death like a few did over Anthrax back in ‘01.

82 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 3:43:07pm

re: #78 3eff Jeff

Idiocracy is pure fantasy. The politicians are swayed by clear reasoning and facts.

There are no words for how awesome that response is.

83 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 3:44:01pm

re: #79 Feline Fearless Leader

Is there irony involved if this causes Mexico to seal their border with Texas?

Irony, barbed wirey, moaty, machine gunny, the whole works.

84 ObserverArt  Sep 30, 2014 3:44:14pm

re: #79 Feline Fearless Leader

Is there irony involved if this causes Mexico to seal their border with Texas?

I don’t know how ironic it would be, but it would be a nice slap in the face of some American’s. It might be considered funny.

85 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 3:44:18pm

re: #81 Schadenboner

Maybe they’ll stay home and not vote.

Hell, maybe they’ll even duct tape themselves to death like a few did over Anthrax back in ‘01.

BREAKING: thousands of Texans found dead after duct-taping themselves inside their homes to ward off Ebola.

I really look forward to hearing Gomert’s views on this…

86 A Mom Anon  Sep 30, 2014 3:44:26pm

re: #62 socrets

Lindsey Graham was right. WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! In all seriousness, I’m pretty sure this is going to be the main reaction right after “it’s Obama’s fault” and “something, something, BENGHAZI!!!”.

That would be “a noun, verb, Benghazi”, thankyewverymuch.

Lordy, it’s going to be a long horrible slog through the next Presidential election.

87 Skip Intro  Sep 30, 2014 3:46:45pm

re: #85 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I really look forward to hearing Gomert’s views on this…

I don’t, because the GOP is going to milk this for all it’s worth, and it’s all Obama and the Dems fault. If another case pops up here they’ll have most of the country running in pure panic mode, just the way they like it.

88 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:47:01pm

Seems like more people will die form being crushed at Walmart frantically buying the Ebola supplies than from Ebola itself.

89 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 3:47:26pm

re: #88 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Seems like more people will die form being crushed at Walmart frantically buying the Ebola supplies than from Ebola itself.

well, they’d all be darwin award nominees then.

90 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 3:47:57pm

re: #87 Skip Intro

I don’t, because the GOP is going to milk this for all it’s worth, and it’s all Obama and the Dems fault. If another case pops up here they’ll have most of the country running in pure panic mode, just the way they like it.

I meant that sarcastically but you’re right I am sure they’ll milk it for all it’s worth.

91 A Mom Anon  Sep 30, 2014 3:49:40pm

So could we just start a rumor then that the government is going to infect voting booths with Ebola to keep the crazies at home?

//////// (ok? don’t give me that look)

92 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:51:20pm

Fox is probably using footage from this documentary in its reporting…

93 Feline Fearless Leader  Sep 30, 2014 3:52:04pm

re: #92 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Fox is probably using footage from this documentary in its reporting…

“Ebola Syndrome” - is Jane Fonda behind this one too?
/

94 ObserverArt  Sep 30, 2014 3:53:11pm

re: #91 A Mom Anon

So could we just start a rumor then that the government is going to infect voting booths with Ebola to keep the crazies at home?

//////// (ok? don’t give me that look)

Only registered Republicans will be infected. RedStateEbola. The American strain cooked up by Obama and liberal science types.

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95 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 3:56:00pm

re: #93 Feline Fearless Leader

“Ebola Syndrome” - is Jane Fonda behind this one too?
/

is she the one in the ebolasmatron?

96 A Mom Anon  Sep 30, 2014 3:56:34pm

re: #93 Feline Fearless Leader

Oh god, that reminds me of something… one of my pet wingnuts has as his avatar on Facebook a Jane Fonda urinal sticker, so you can pee on Hanoi Jane. Understand, this guy was not even born until after the Vietnam War wasnearly over, so WTF is his grudge against Jane Fonda? Really? That was what year? Early 70’s? This guy was born in 1975.

97 Rightwingconspirator  Sep 30, 2014 3:57:33pm

re: #96 A Mom Anon

Well he may have paid to see China Syndrome…
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98 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 30, 2014 3:57:45pm
99 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 3:59:30pm

re: #98 NJDhockeyfan

(span class=Bushie)Why yes, Western command and control structures can be grafted onto non-Western military forces without any reduction in efficiency! Why do you ask?(/span)

100 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 4:01:23pm

I said it before and I’ll say it again;
So I wonder….Where is all the right wing concern about “If we don’t fight them (it) over there, we’ll be fighting it (them) here?” Oh, never mind. I found it.

101 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:07:20pm

Chris Matthews is losing his sh*t and going off on Obama for Obama saying that the chance of a person in this country getting Ebola was unlikely.

Yep, he is totally losing it, all he is missing is the torch and the pitchfork.

102 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 4:08:59pm

re: #101 b.d.

Chris Matthews is losing his sh*t and going off on Obama for Obama saying that the chance of a person in this country getting Ebola was unlikely.

Yep, he is totally losing it, all he is missing is the torch and the pitchfork.

…But this transmission occurred overseas. As far as we know no one in the United States *has* gotten Ebola.

103 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 4:09:17pm

re: #101 b.d.

Chris Matthews is losing his sh*t and going off on Obama for Obama saying that the chance of a person in this country getting Ebola was unlikely.

Yep, he is totally losing it, all he is missing is the torch and the pitchfork.

Tweety would freak out if the sun failed to rise and proceed to blame it on Obama and everyone else.

104 Single-handed sailor  Sep 30, 2014 4:09:38pm

Ebola flow chart

105 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 4:09:44pm

re: #102 Schadenboner

…But this transmission occurred overseas. As far as we know no one in the United States *has* gotten Ebola.

He just said we should have refused the person entry for being “exposed”.

106 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 4:10:53pm

re: #105 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

He just said we should have refused the person entry for being “exposed”.

So according to Tweety, any person who has been to Africa since the initial outbreak should be denied entry?

107 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 4:12:16pm

re: #106 Targetpractice

So according to Tweety, any person who has been to Africa since the initial outbreak should be denied entry?

basically. He is saying that if he came in contact then he should have been refused entry to the country until it was clear whether he had it or not. How the fuck would people even know that?

108 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:13:19pm

Nice Flow Chart

109 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 4:13:42pm

re: #105 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

He just said we should have refused the person entry for being “exposed”.

He’s got a point. I mean, after all, the guy’s “Has Ebola” light *was* on…

110 Skip Intro  Sep 30, 2014 4:13:50pm

From Texas Presbyterian in Dallas. The doctor just said that treating this patient with the experimental medication that was used on the physician and missionary is not an option because there is no more of that medication left.

111 ObserverArt  Sep 30, 2014 4:14:36pm

re: #101 b.d.

Chris Matthews is losing his sh*t and going off on Obama for Obama saying that the chance of a person in this country getting Ebola was unlikely.

Yep, he is totally losing it, all he is missing is the torch and the pitchfork.

Yeah he is. Of course the last few times I’ve seen him he has been freaking out over one thing or another. He was losing it over ISIS and beheading a couple weeks ago. I think Comcast has asked him to be a bit more crazy.

I think COMCAST got to him. /

112 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 4:16:59pm

re: #110 Skip Intro

From Texas Presbyterian in Dallas. The doctor just said that treating this patient with the experimental medication that was used on the physician and missionary is not an option because there is no more of that medication left.

Well, that’s not the best possible news.

After the first batch worked they didn’t think to brew up more? They ate their seed corn or what?

E:

re: #114 b.d.

Good to know.

113 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 4:17:13pm

re: #96 A Mom Anon

Oh god, that reminds me of something… one of my pet wingnuts has as his avatar on Facebook a Jane Fonda urinal sticker, so you can pee on Hanoi Jane. Understand, this guy was not even born until after the Vietnam War wasnearly over, so WTF is his grudge against Jane Fonda? Really? That was what year? Early 70’s? This guy was born in 1975.

He’s dumb enough to think we could have won. I always ask guys like that to define what they mean by ‘win’, which is tough enough for them to do. Then ask how they expected to do so.

114 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:17:47pm

re: #110 Skip Intro

From Texas Presbyterian in Dallas. The doctor just said that treating this patient with the experimental medication that was used on the physician and missionary is not an option because there is no more of that medication left.

They also said that nobody was really sure if that experimental stuff even worked or not. I got the impression, through the way he was talking, is that that batch was made up by a guy on the fly.

115 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 4:20:26pm

re: #114 b.d.

They also said that nobody was really sure if that experimental stuff even worked or not. I got the impression, through the way he was talking, is that that batch was made up by a guy on the fly.

The stuff didn’t work. Didn’t you hear the doctor who was infected? GOD CURED HIM!!!11!!!

116 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 4:20:49pm

re: #114 b.d.

They also said that nobody was really sure if that experimental stuff even worked or not. I got the impression, through the way he was talking, is that that batch was made up by a guy on the fly.

It was interferon mixed with “berry-blast”-flavored vitamin C tablets, wasn’t it…

117 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 4:21:50pm

re: #114 b.d.

They also said that nobody was really sure if that experimental stuff even worked or not. I got the impression, through the way he was talking, is that that batch was made up by a guy on the fly.

Possibly not. When penicillin was used, it was so hard to manufacture that they resorted to collecting urine and filtering the drug out for reuse in other patients.

118 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 4:22:53pm
119 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 4:23:50pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

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There’s only a single strain of Ebola that’s been verified as airborne, and it’s only deadly to monkeys.

120 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 4:23:58pm

Chuck is Ebola chairborne…

121 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:24:24pm

re: #115 Backwoods_Sleuth

The stuff didn’t work. Didn’t you hear the doctor who was infected? GOD CURED HIM!!!11!!!

And sometimes you just end up living with good 21st century medical care…

I would ask for another batch of that experimental stuff if it were me, it may not have worked but it didn’t make him worse, I’d ask for everyone to pray for me too.

I have f*cking Ebola do everything!!11!

122 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 4:24:33pm

re: #120 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Chuck is Ebola chairborne…

Well, I have been known to bleed from the eyes and ears after trying to make sense of his logic.

123 Skip Intro  Sep 30, 2014 4:25:34pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

And here I was just about to post that at least this story got us off of UpChuck Johnson for a day.

*Sigh*

124 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 4:25:34pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

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Airborne…I know! I know!
The guy was on an airplane…

125 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:26:04pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

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Did Dr. Chuck C Johnson don his white lab coat before pulling his story out of his butt?

126 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 4:27:31pm
127 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:28:11pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

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WHO ARE YOU GOING TO BELIEVE, THE CDC OR THE CCJ?

128 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 4:28:42pm

Meanwhile, the St. Louis PA has restored Rick Rosenthal’s course only changing the flyer:

129 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 4:28:52pm

re: #112 Schadenboner

Well, that’s not the best possible news.

After the first batch worked they didn’t think to brew up more? They ate their seed corn or what?

If it’s Zmapp they’re talking about, it’s not as easy to make as just firing up the chem lab. Part of the cost and time of drug development that goes on during preclinical and clinical development is production scale up, which includes figuring out how to make a lot of it, how to purify it, how to test it for purity and potency. The tests need to be validated, so that you can be sure the tests will reliably tell you what you need to know.

AFAICT, it had not even been in humans in a Phase I when it was used on several patients.

130 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 30, 2014 4:30:38pm

I think we truly are dealing with the equivalent of a zombie apocalypse. No, not the ebola patients, of course, but the mindless, snarling, implacably hostile denizens of the right wing.

The freeper line now is that Obama has instigated an ebola outbreak (of one) as an “October surprise” to justify canceling the mid-terms, declaring martial law, etc.
At least the freeper who proposed the latter got the spelling right.

131 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 4:34:57pm
132 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Sep 30, 2014 4:35:41pm

re: #130 Shiplord Kirel

I think we truly are dealing with the equivalent of a zombie apocalypse. No, not the ebola patients, of course, but the mindless, snarling, implacably hostile denizens of the right wing.

The freeper line now is that Obama has instigated an ebola outbreak (of one) as an “October surprise” to justify canceling the mid-terms, declaring martial law, etc.
At least the freeper who proposed the latter got the spelling right.

How many things has Obama instigated now as an October Surprise in order to cancel the elections and institute martial law?

I lost count…

133 De Kolta Chair  Sep 30, 2014 4:36:38pm

134 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 4:37:42pm

re: #118 Charles Johnson

135 PhillyPretzel  Sep 30, 2014 4:39:27pm

re: #134 lawhawk

Worse. He is fabricating as he goes along. A real work of fiction. /half

136 Schadenboner  Sep 30, 2014 4:39:40pm

re: #131 wrenchwench

“Hospital Zone” doesn’t mean anything to these ghoulish motherfuckers?

EDIT: Also, they’re almost certainly in air ambulance flight paths. Oh that the Texas Air National Guard still had pilots the caliber of George 2…

137 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 4:39:59pm

re: #128 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Sanitized the flyer, but the contents will be unchanged.

The more we see the FPD and County Police in action, the more we see just how thoroughly they need to be disbanded, and the local and county officials voted out of office.

138 WhatEVs  Sep 30, 2014 4:40:37pm

If someone were to survive ebola, would they be imune to reinfection?

139 De Kolta Chair  Sep 30, 2014 4:43:28pm

Betcha $5 he submitted that to Reader’s Digest’s Laughter Is The Best Medicine page.

140 ObserverArt  Sep 30, 2014 4:45:08pm

re: #119 Targetpractice

There’s only a single strain of Ebola that’s been verified as airborne, and it’s only deadly to monkeys.

Yeah…well people don’t believe it, but if that Darwin dude was right then it will jump to humans ‘cuz we come from monkeys.

//// (evangelical zealot thinking about it all now!)

141 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 4:46:05pm

re: #138 WhatEVs

The CDC apparently thinks that you would be immune from the same strain of Ebola. How long that immunity lasts is not clear.

There are several different strains - but only one is prevalent in this outbreak.

142 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 4:46:20pm

143 Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 30, 2014 4:47:43pm

Meanwhile, any number of fundies are throwing their Bibles at the TV because the fact that the patient was diagnosed in Dallas rather than in, say San Francisco, or New York, or Los Angeles, means that they can’t bellow about how the wrath o’ Gawd is being visited on the sinners.

144 PhillyPretzel  Sep 30, 2014 4:49:08pm

re: #142 lawhawk

What you just posted makes a lot of sense. Now trying to get the press to go along is another story.

145 WhatEVs  Sep 30, 2014 4:49:15pm

re: #142 lawhawk

Thanks!

146 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:49:20pm

I read the Ebola thread at freerepublic.com

Wowser.

How can a person live their life that way?

147 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 4:51:11pm

re: #144 PhillyPretzel

Well, it’s direct from the CDC. That’s a hell of a lot more informative than the CNN image.

148 PhillyPretzel  Sep 30, 2014 4:51:45pm

re: #147 lawhawk

Yes it is.

149 BongCrodny  Sep 30, 2014 4:52:37pm

re: #128 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Meanwhile, the St. Louis PA has restored Rick Rosenthal’s course only changing the flyer:

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I note that they got rid of the “fun” part.

150 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 4:53:26pm
151 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 4:54:23pm

re: #131 wrenchwench

TV choppers currently flying around Texas Presyterian Hospital and peering in to see if they can spot Ebola thru the tinted windows

There it is, on the third floor:

152 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 4:54:24pm

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

Is the last sentence true?

153 Decatur Deb  Sep 30, 2014 4:54:36pm

re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth

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Of course that’s what THEY say.

154 Romantic Heretic  Sep 30, 2014 4:54:52pm

re: #23 Jenner7

My faith in humanity is pretty much gone.

Sigh…

re: #26 Rev_Arthur_Belling

Mine left a long time ago.

Moi aussi.

Or rather my faith in humanity is negative. Given the choice between wise and sane as opposed to ignorant and vicious humans will go for the latter most of the time.

155 darthstar  Sep 30, 2014 4:55:50pm

Nobody else will get to be the first Ebola patient in the United States.

156 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 4:56:05pm

re: #152 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

Is the last sentence true?

It probably is.
Whether the average person can afford it is another matter.

157 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 4:58:06pm

re: #156 Backwoods_Sleuth

I would say the def of the quality of infrastructure includes the accessibility… But I won’t push this topic :)

158 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 4:58:35pm

RICK PERRY REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL OF THE EBOLA IN HIS STATE!!1!

159 Decatur Deb  Sep 30, 2014 4:59:01pm

Good time for Gov. Perry to tell the federales to shove their know-it-all Yankee assistance.

160 PhillyPretzel  Sep 30, 2014 4:59:23pm

re: #158 b.d.

RICK PERRY REALLY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL OF THE EBOLA IN HIS STATE!!1!

//

FTFY

161 Romantic Heretic  Sep 30, 2014 4:59:29pm

re: #54 Rev_Arthur_Belling

I thought other symptoms included bleeding from every orifice?

If it’s gotten that far do not touch that person or any of the blood seeping from them. At that point their blood is saturated with the virus.

162 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:00:23pm
163 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 5:00:45pm

re: #160 PhillyPretzel

//

Thanks

EBOLA IS RICK PERRY’S KATRINA!!!!!!

//

164 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 5:02:45pm

That should do it

165 De Kolta Chair  Sep 30, 2014 5:03:14pm


Ricky’s round-up

166 sagehen  Sep 30, 2014 5:03:39pm

re: #101 b.d.

Chris Matthews is losing his sh*t and going off on Obama for Obama saying that the chance of a person in this country getting Ebola was unlikely.

Yep, he is totally losing it, all he is missing is the torch and the pitchfork.

Chris Matthews’ affection for, and trust in, any given president or presidential candidate, is directly proportional to that president or candidate’s poll numbers.

167 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 5:04:10pm

re: #146 b.d.

I read the Ebola thread at freerepublic.com

Wowser.

How can a person live their life that way?

I’m duct taping my home shut right now, in between bouts of shooting my guns in random directions and screaming incoherently.

168 Amory Blaine  Sep 30, 2014 5:04:37pm

re: #108 b.d.

Nice Flow Chart

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Whew!!! Thank god semen is O.K.

169 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 5:06:09pm

brain bleach

Youtube Video

170 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:06:23pm
171 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:07:04pm
In a statement, state Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, the chairman of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, said that state health officials had assured him that they would give regular updates on developments.

“The most important thing is for the people of Texas to remain calm,” Schwertner said. “It’s important to realize that the Ebola virus is not an airborne contagion and can only be spread through direct physical contact with an infected individual.”

172 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 5:07:25pm

re: #168 Amory Blaine

Whew!!! Thank god semen is O.K.

umm… World Health Organization says nope.

173 Targetpractice  Sep 30, 2014 5:08:12pm

re: #171 jaunte

Gov’t officials: “Remain calm.”
Media: “PANIC!!! WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE!!!!”

174 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 5:08:45pm

I’ve created a barrier of burning tires around my house so the Ebola can’t get me.

Thanks Obama!

175 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 5:09:23pm
176 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator  Sep 30, 2014 5:09:37pm

re: #174 goddamnedfrank

I’ve created a barrier of burning tires around my house so the Ebola can’t get me.

Thanks Obama!

Do you live on Maidan square?

177 Amory Blaine  Sep 30, 2014 5:10:26pm

I still have my duct tape and visqueen plastic.

178 darthstar  Sep 30, 2014 5:10:52pm

I’m not a fan of the American League, but let’s go Oakland! We can beat Royals.

179 sagehen  Sep 30, 2014 5:11:28pm

re: #138 WhatEVs

If someone were to survive ebola, would they be imune to reinfection?

Yes; that’s why MSF is seeking out ebola survivors for highly paid nursing positions.

180 Talking Point Detective  Sep 30, 2014 5:12:13pm

re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth

and “it’s Obama’s fault” commences:

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I was wondering how they were going to get there - given that it was inevitable.

181 psddluva4evah  Sep 30, 2014 5:12:33pm

I’m just gettin home and checking the interwebs, and came across the latest SS stupidity.

I mean, WTF is the SS doing?

182 Mike Lamb  Sep 30, 2014 5:13:08pm

re: #174 goddamnedfrank

I’ve created a barrier of burning tires around my house so the Ebola can’t get me.

Thanks Obama!

You live in Springfield?

183 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 5:13:30pm

re: #178 darthstar

I’m not a fan of the American League, but let’s go Oakland! We can beat Royals.

HOW CAN THEY PLAY BASEBALL WITH ALL OF THIS EBOLA GOING ON!!?!?

//

184 Amory Blaine  Sep 30, 2014 5:14:35pm

Listen to a radio for instructions!?! Instructions from who? Michael Weiner?

185 darthstar  Sep 30, 2014 5:15:39pm

re: #183 b.d.

HOW CAN THEY PLAY BASEBALL WITH ALL OF THIS EBOLA GOING ON!!?!?

//

The Rangers and Astros hemorrhaged all summer…You’d think they were done by now.

186 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 5:17:24pm

re: #169 Islamo-Masonic Conspirator

brain bleach

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That was adorable. Deadly, but adorable.

187 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 5:17:39pm

re: #185 darthstar

Well, they’re in Dallas, Romo’s WRs can’t catch anything - so they’re safe. //////

188 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 5:18:10pm

Presented without comment:

189 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 5:18:38pm

re: #178 darthstar

I’m not a fan of the American League, but let’s go Oakland! We can beat Royals.

Our AAA Team (The Nashville Sounds) just signed a contract with Oakland. They had been the Brewers farm team for years. Such is life.

RBS

190 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 5:18:57pm

re: #178 darthstar

I’m not a fan of the American League, but let’s go Oakland! We can beat Royals.

2-run homer by Moss.

191 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 5:20:05pm

re: #185 darthstar

The Rangers and Astros hemorrhaged all summer…You’d think they were done by now.

As an Astros fan, I’m encouraged by our improvement. Then again, you could play blind and not lose 117 games again.

192 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:20:49pm

re: #188 Kid A

He’s still trying to whip up panic. What a vulture.

193 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 5:20:53pm
194 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 5:21:01pm

Can I delete the twitter link off of my profile?

195 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:21:16pm

re: #181 psddluva4evah

I’m just gettin home and checking the interwebs, and came across the latest SS stupidity.

I mean, WTF is the SS doing?

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It is INFURIATING.

The SS is filled with people just as idiotic as the jerks I work with.

Such a horrible fail.

196 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 5:21:31pm

re: #192 jaunte

He’s still trying to whip up panic. What a vulture dick.

197 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 5:22:15pm

re: #191 Kid A

As an Astros fan, I’m encouraged by our improvement. Then again, you could play blind and not lose 117 games again.

I am loving how since Nolan left the Rangers org and went to the Astros org the teams have gone in different directions.

198 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 5:22:36pm

re: #188 Kid A

Presented without comment:

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How in the world does ChuckieCheese manage to breath without someone whispering “Good air in… Bad air out” into his ears. I confirming with my sources that his shoes have TGIF printed on them (Toes Go In First), but it would be irresponsible to speculate until I’ve waited a few more minutes verified it.

RBS

199 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 5:22:37pm

re: #113 GeneJockey

He’s dumb enough to think we could have won. I always ask guys like that to define what they mean by ‘win’, which is tough enough for them to do. Then ask how they expected to do so.

Some time ago I extracted DF’s version of that particular story. As I recall, the main premise was an assumption of decades of continuous competence by both the US and the South Vietnamese in waging a counter-insurgency war vs. the North.

Fundamentally implausible.

200 CuriousLurker  Sep 30, 2014 5:24:23pm

re: #174 goddamnedfrank

I’ve created a barrier of burning tires around my house so the Ebola can’t get me.

Thanks Obama!

If the Ebola doesn’t get you, we will. Do you think your burning tires are going to deter us when we’re willing to use puppy firebombs?? Be sure to check inside your closets and under your bed before you go to sleep, infidel. *fondles scimitar, grins wickedly, BWAHAHAHAHA* //

201 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 5:25:30pm

re: #197 b.d.

He’s just an adviser to the owner Jim Crane. He doesn’t have any official say in anything though his son, Reid, is the President of the team.

202 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:25:46pm
203 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:26:05pm
204 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 5:26:22pm

re: #194 Kid A

Can I delete the twitter link off of my profile?

I think you do that in Account Settings both here and at Twitter to disconnect them.

205 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 5:28:26pm
206 sagehen  Sep 30, 2014 5:28:44pm

re: #195 Stanley Sea

It is INFURIATING.

The SS is filled with people just as idiotic as the jerks I work with.

Such a horrible fail.

It’s almost like they’re not even trying, like they don’t give a damn if their protectees live or not.

207 Blind Frog Belly White  Sep 30, 2014 5:28:57pm

re: #205 Kragar

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And guess what it makes Reagan.

208 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 5:29:18pm
209 darthstar  Sep 30, 2014 5:29:19pm

re: #194 Kid A

Can I delete the twitter link off of my profile?

Too late! I just followed your ass! Hey…you’ve been following me too? Does my ass look big in these tweets?

210 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:29:50pm
211 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 5:29:58pm

re: #205 Kragar

Reagan was the AIDS president.

212 PhillyPretzel  Sep 30, 2014 5:30:31pm

re: #209 darthstar

too big for words. //

213 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 5:30:45pm

The trick to surviving an apocalyptic disease outbreak is to make sure you pee on everything. Because that makes it yours.

214 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:31:32pm
215 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 5:31:39pm

re: #213 goddamnedfrank

The trick to surviving an apocalyptic disease outbreak is to make sure you pee on everything. Because that makes it yours.

Except the tires, right? Don’t want to put out the fire.

216 Jenner7  Sep 30, 2014 5:31:41pm

re: #188 Kid A

Bush is the President that knowingly sent our soldiers to die for a war under false pretenses. He also ignored an intelligent memo that said airplanes would be used as weapons.

But, hey, there is ONE ebola patient and EVERYBODY PANIC!!!! Obama planned it!!

Fuckers.

Sorry, in a rotten mood. Stupid people don’t help.

217 PhillyPretzel  Sep 30, 2014 5:32:03pm

re: #213 goddamnedfrank

Darn. And I just got my toilet fixed today. /half

218 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 5:33:30pm

re: #210 Charles Johnson

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Well, someone infected with Ebola got on an airplane … so … technically …

Gotcha!

219 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:33:49pm

re: #207 GeneJockey

And guess what it makes Reagan.

Well, that’s without saying and fucking true.

220 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 5:34:54pm

re: #215 wrenchwench

Except the tires, right? Don’t want to put out the fire.

The pee turns to steam and gives me ownership of the atmosphere. Y’all stop breathing my air goddamnit!

221 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:35:25pm

Previously spotted:

In an interview with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione (R ) said that Wendy Davis should personally cover the $1.6 million cost of the two special sessions which ultimately led to new abortion restrictions in the state.
huffingtonpost.com

222 Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 30, 2014 5:37:39pm

re: #113 GeneJockey

He’s dumb enough to think we could have won. I always ask guys like that to define what they mean by ‘win’, which is tough enough for them to do. Then ask how they expected to do so.

I was there in ‘71 and ‘72. There was no way that we could have won in any conventional sense. Our opposition was smart, tough, and dedicated. Many of its officers and noncoms had fought against the Japanese and, later, the French. As a combat veteran of that particular war I am nauseated by the keyboard kommandos who insist that we could somehow have won.

223 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 5:38:19pm

re: #221 jaunte

So that means the House GOP members will personally make good on federal financial losses incurred as a result of their stupid government shutdown?

Didn’t think so.

Worthless hypocrites.

224 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:38:48pm
225 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:40:52pm
226 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 5:41:10pm

re: #222 Higgs Boson’s Mate

I was there in ‘71 and ‘72. There was no way that we could have won in any conventional sense. Our opposition was smart, tough, and dedicated. Many of its officers and noncoms had fought against the Japanese and, later, the French. As a combat veteran of that particular war I am nauseated by the keyboard kommandos who insist that we could somehow have won.

As far as I can tell, the eventual defeat of US interests in Vietnam was ensured the moment the US decided that Ho Chi Minh was an enemy simply because he was a communist with ties to the Soviet Union.

227 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:42:00pm
I love how there are all these virologists who are convinced that Ebola could never go airborne but still don’t know how to contain it.

Time to duct-tape himself into a silvery cocoon.

228 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 5:42:46pm

Just imagine the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 in these so called “modern times”. For all our purported wisdom, and boy am I walking on thin ice there, I think the general population could not handle it. The fear jockeys have ramped up so much shit that if anything did actually happen the bolts and rivets would pop and it would get real ugly, real quick. I like to think the world was always this crazy, we just didn’t get to tune in 24/7 with a live update every 18 minutes. And the assholes standing on corners screaming at passing cars didn’t have an internet connection.

229 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 5:42:53pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson

They know how to contain it. You follow the protocols above for contact tracing.

You use isolation protocols for patients, and you can prevent the spread proactively by making sure you do both.

The problem in West Africa is that they lack the ability to do both.

230 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:44:17pm

re: #227 jaunte

Time to duct-tape himself into a silvery cocoon.

Is there a Wendy Davis debate tonight?

231 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 5:44:28pm

re: #224 Charles Johnson
I love how there are all these virologists who are convinced that Ebola could never go airborne but still don’t know how to contain it.

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They know exactly how to contain it, that’s what virologists and epidemiologists do. Simplest form, you simply prevent any bodily fluid contact or transfer. (which, if your father had done that… but I won’t go there)

The voices in my head confidential sources confirm that CJJ does, in fact, have TGIF printed on his shoes.

RBS
He’s like a freaking evil leprechaun of stupidity, slander and suckocity.

232 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 5:44:34pm

I’m watching the Colorado gubernatorial debate put on by the Denver Post. Bob Beauprez, the Republican, won’t answer any of the questions, all argle-bargle. I’ll be voting for John Hickenlooper.

233 lostlakehiker  Sep 30, 2014 5:45:00pm

This Ebola case is a test of whether we can trace contacts, get everybody who might have been exposed under some sort of observation so it can’t spread from them too, and shut down the chain of transmission.

On paper, we should be able to do it. We know how. But—-execution is always some ways short of ideal. Too far short, and things fall apart. And as with vaccination, there’s a line out there somewhere. One side of the line, and the chains all die down. The other side, even a little, and the chains grow and spread and all hell breaks loose.

We had jolly well better bring our best game to this. Our best game is good enough. “Good enough” might not be.

234 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 5:45:24pm

re: #227 jaunte

Time to duct-tape himself into a silvery cocoon.

as long as it’s a colloidal silvery cocoon. and don’t forget your magnetized water.

RBS

235 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 30, 2014 5:45:30pm

re: #226 EPR-radar

As far as I can tell, the eventual defeat of US interests in Vietnam was ensured the moment the US decided that Ho Chi Minh was an enemy simply because he was a communist with ties to the Soviet Union.

Actually it was ensured when Truman went back on FDR’s plans to refuse to allow the French back in after WWII. It’s hard to say how a free Vietnam might have developed - perhaps communist, perhaps not, perhaps a mess as big as post war Italy. Still we’d have all been better off if we hadn’t forsaken FDR’s anti-colonial plans.

236 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 5:46:01pm
237 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 5:47:10pm

re: #232 teleskiguy

I’m watching the Colorado gubernatorial debate put on by the Denver Post. Bob Beauprez, the Republican, won’t answer any of the questions, all argle-bargle. I’ll be voting for John Hickenlooper.

That isn’t too surprising. All GOP policy positions these days are basically offensive to decent people, so argle-bargle and lies are the only game in town for GOPers seeking votes from outside the GOP base.

238 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 5:47:29pm

re: #230 Stanley Sea

Is there a Wendy Davis debate tonight?

Tonight at 8:
c-span.org

239 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 5:47:39pm

Good guy with gun yadda yadda yadda.

Domestic dispute leads to shooting death of mayor Daniel Crespo of Bell Gardens, CA. His wife was taken into custody.

240 Eventual Carrion  Sep 30, 2014 5:47:55pm

If you want something to worry about. West Nile virus has had tens of thousands of cases in the US since 2000.

241 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 5:48:06pm

re: #236 Kragar

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Can we activate the resistance forces to get Jim Hightower and the other sane ones out first?

RBS

242 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 5:48:54pm

Russia going for it again

243 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:48:57pm

We are in for an interesting end of the week/weekend.

Thanks Obama.

244 NJDhockeyfan  Sep 30, 2014 5:49:35pm

CDC on Ebola transmission…

Because the natural reservoir host of Ebola viruses has not yet been identified, the manner in which the virus first appears in a human at the start of an outbreak is unknown. However, researchers believe that the first patient becomes infected through contact with an infected animal.

When an infection does occur in humans, the virus can be spread in several ways to others. Ebola is spread through direct contact (through broken skin or mucous membranes) withblood or body fluids (including but not limited to urine, saliva, feces, vomit, and semen) of a person who is sick with Ebola
objects (like needles and syringes) that have been contaminated with the virus
infected animals

Ebola is not spread through the air or by water, or in general, food. However, in Africa, Ebola may be spread as a result of handling bushmeat (wild animals hunted for food) and contact with infected bats.

Healthcare providers caring for Ebola patients and the family and friends in close contact with Ebola patients are at the highest risk of getting sick because they may come in contact with infected blood or body fluids of sick patients.

During outbreaks of Ebola, the disease can spread quickly within healthcare settings (such as a clinic or hospital). Exposure to Ebola can occur in healthcare settings where hospital staff are not wearing appropriate protective equipment, including masks, gowns, and gloves and eye protection.

Dedicated medical equipment (preferable disposable, when possible) should be used by healthcare personnel providing patient care. Proper cleaning and disposal of instruments, such as needles and syringes, is also important. If instruments are not disposable, they must be sterilized before being used again. Without adequate sterilization of the instruments, virus transmission can continue and amplify an outbreak.

Once someone recovers from Ebola, they can no longer spread the virus.

However, Ebola virus has been found in semen for up to 3 months. People who recover from Ebola are advised to abstain from sex or use condoms for 3 months.

245 Decatur Deb  Sep 30, 2014 5:49:48pm

re: #200 CuriousLurker

If the Ebola doesn’t get you, we will. Do you think your burning tires are going to deter us when we’re willing to use puppy firebombs?? Be sure to check inside your closets and under your bed before you go to sleep, infidel. *fondles scimitar, grins wickedly, BWAHAHAHAHA* //

Obviously inspired by the American WWII bat incendiary bombs.

en.wikipedia.org

246 Romantic Heretic  Sep 30, 2014 5:49:55pm

re: #226 EPR-radar

As far as I can tell, the eventual defeat of US interests in Vietnam was ensured the moment the US decided that Ho Chi Minh was an enemy simply because he was a communist with ties to the Soviet Union.

The first nation he went to for help after they whipped the French was the US, who wouldn’t help him because ‘Commie! Commie! Commie!’

The rest is history.

Recommended on the subject, The Ten Thousand Day War, both the book and the TV series.

247 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:50:18pm

re: #238 jaunte

Tonight at 8:
c-span.org

Well, your ebola drinking game will be a killer.

248 The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 30, 2014 5:50:31pm

re: #174 goddamnedfrank

I’ve created a barrier of burning tires around my house so the Ebola can’t get me.

Thanks Obama!

If you were a real American, you would have had a tire fire going just because.

249 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 5:50:33pm

re: #243 Stanley Sea

I could do without the CA heat wave forecast for later this week. October is way too late in the year for that crap.

250 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:51:58pm
251 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 5:52:04pm

re: #235 William Barnett-Lewis

Actually it was ensured when Truman went back on FDR’s plans to refuse to allow the French back in after WWII. It’s hard to say how a free Vietnam might have developed - perhaps communist, perhaps not, perhaps a mess as big as post war Italy. Still we’d have all been better off if we hadn’t forsaken FDR’s anti-colonial plans.

The Vietnamese. Wasn’t it Dutch Indo China? Or was it French Indo China? Or was it China? Or Japanese? They were betrayed after the end of WWII by us and the French. They fought against the Japanese and were rewarded with the French Army walking in. Then after Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh got half a nation. The rest as they say is history.

252 Decatur Deb  Sep 30, 2014 5:52:26pm

re: #233 lostlakehiker

This Ebola case is a test of whether we can trace contacts, get everybody who might have been exposed under some sort of observation so it can’t spread from them too, and shut down the chain of transmission.

On paper, we should be able to do it. We know how. But—-execution is always some ways short of ideal. Too far short, and things fall apart. And as with vaccination, there’s a line out there somewhere. One side of the line, and the chains all die down. The other side, even a little, and the chains grow and spread and all hell breaks loose.

We had jolly well better bring our best game to this. Our best game is good enough. “Good enough” might not be.

It would help if 27% of the nutcases weren’t rooting for the virus.

253 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 5:52:33pm

re: #249 EPR-radar

I could do without the CA heat wave forecast for later this week. October is way too late in the year for that crap.

The worst shit I’ve seen was mid to end of Oct. If we can get rid of it now, it would be great. We will see.

254 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 5:52:52pm

re: #248 The Ghost of a Flea

If you were a real American, you would have had a tire fire going just because.

Rolling coal is for pansies! Real Merikan Manly Men have tire fires going 24/7 to piss off the libtards!!

255 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 5:54:16pm

re: #245 Decatur Deb

Obviously inspired by the American WWII bat incendiary bombs.

en.wikipedia.org

I just had to follow that link. What if they had first exposed the bats to nuclear radiation…. Think about what we could have had. Giant mutant fire breathing bats. (for good of course)

RBS

256 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 5:54:33pm
257 darthstar  Sep 30, 2014 5:55:56pm

re: #256 Backwoods_Sleuth

Don’t you know you can get Ebola from toast?

258 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 5:56:43pm

Hey wingnuts, I heard that you can catch Ebola from a voting booth.

//

259 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 5:57:34pm

re: #245 Decatur Deb

Obviously inspired by the American WWII bat incendiary bombs.

en.wikipedia.org

13 Assassins did it better.

Flaming cattle stampede.

260 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 5:57:49pm

re: #258 b.d.

Hey wingnuts, I heard that you can catch Ebola from a voting booth.

//

Hah!

261 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 5:57:56pm

re: #258 b.d.

Hey wingnuts, I heard that you can catch Ebola from a voting booth.

//

So watch very, very carefully at who enters before you. BWWWWAAAAHHHHHAAAAHHHAA!

262 Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 30, 2014 5:58:41pm

re: #226 EPR-radar

It didn’t help that the U.S. also propped up a succession of corrupt, oppressive, kleptocratic governments. Back then you could tell when national elections were coming; Nguyễn Văn Thiệu would shut down most of the newspapers and jail opposition candidates.

263 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 6:00:09pm

Glenn Beck will probably be on the air tomorrow hawking “Full Body Ebola Proof Body Condoms!”

264 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:00:47pm

re: #258 b.d.

Hey wingnuts, I heard that you can catch Ebola from a voting booth.

//

You can also catch it while watching Fox News.

265 Charles Johnson  Sep 30, 2014 6:01:11pm

Good grief, what an asshole.

266 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 6:01:59pm

re: #262 Higgs Boson’s Mate

It didn’t help that the U.S. also propped up a succession of corrupt, oppressive, kleptocratic governments. Back then you could tell when national elections were coming; Nguyễn Văn Thiệu would shut down most of the newspapers and jail opposition candidates.

Indeed. That’s why the assumption of decades of competence from both the US and South Vietnamese regime (both in fighting a war against the North and in providing reasonable government in the South) is so totally absurd. Colonial puppet regimes are notoriously corrupt.

267 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 6:02:35pm

I KNEW there were giant fire-breathing bats. They can’t put it on an album cover if it’s not true.

Our Post-Ebola Wasteland. (Produced by Jim Steinman)

268 The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 30, 2014 6:02:39pm

re: #263 nines09

Glenn Beck will probably be on the air tomorrow hawking “Full Body Ebola Proof Body Condoms!”

Oh bullshit. That’s just a ridiculous thing to say.

Glenn would never endorse any kind of condom.

269 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 6:03:58pm

who will be the first to sell special anti-ebola st christopher medals?

270 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 6:04:13pm

re: #258 b.d.

Hey wingnuts, I heard that you can catch Ebola from a voting booth.

//

Stole it!

271 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 6:04:57pm

re: #265 Charles Johnson

272 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 6:05:00pm

re: #268 The Ghost of a Flea

You have a point. Let me think……Hmmmm….Got it! “Ebola Proof Full Body Micro Fiber Pure Gold Woven Body Glove.”
“Glenn Beck here. Have you given consideration to your security and future monetary position? Have you considered Gold? Have you considered a GOLD EBOLA PROOF WHOLE BODY GLOVE?!!? Be safe, be secure, and know you can recoup at market rates the gold in your GOLD EBOLA PROOF WHOLE BODY GLOVE!!!”

273 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:06:23pm
274 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:06:49pm

Greg Abbott just said that the time for an Ebola quarantine is now.

275 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:07:24pm
276 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 6:08:12pm

Chuck is fighting with virologists on twitter right now.

my dog.

277 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:08:17pm
278 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 6:08:31pm

re: #274 jaunte

Greg Abbott just said that the time for an Ebola quarantine is now.

DRINK

279 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:09:17pm

re: #274 jaunte

Greg Abbott just said that the time for an Ebola quarantine is now.

We (Texas) need a quarantine from Greg Abbott.

280 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 6:09:44pm

And just in case you’ve got ISIS fever, Fox has you covered.

5… 5 miles…

281 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:10:45pm

re: #280 lawhawk

That’s a very precisely circular area of control they’ve got.

282 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:10:49pm

re: #280 lawhawk

And just in case you’ve got ISIS fever, Fox has you covered.

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5… 5 miles…

Do they know their moron viewers or what?

283 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 6:11:16pm

It’s going to be ok… I’m working up my homeopathic preventive for Ebola. A spoonful of orange Tang with a 30c dilution. Hell, I’ll just put tap water in vial and sell it that way. I want to grift just like the rest of them.

RBS

284 Belafon  Sep 30, 2014 6:11:26pm

re: #279 Kid A

And here’s why democrats don’t win elections: the correct answer to one patient with Ebola isn’t near panicky enough for the average citizen.

285 The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 30, 2014 6:11:49pm

Chuck C Johnson: the Tolkien of Asspulled Content

Just spooling out notes from a vast work of mythopoetic fiction.

286 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:11:56pm

Vouchers over/under? 8:15 CST

287 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 6:12:22pm

re: #281 jaunte

That’s a very precisely circular area of control they’ve got.

OMG….. I just realized… ISIL is PacMan!!!!!

RBS

288 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 6:12:23pm

re: #282 Kid A

Do they know their moron viewers or what?

Dumbass I work with walked into my office with the news of ebola in Texas, and said ISIS.

I raised my voice.

289 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 6:12:52pm

re: #281 jaunte

That’s a very precisely circular area of control they’ve got.

I hear they have Ebola mortars.

290 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:12:58pm

re: #288 Stanley Sea

Dumbass I work with walked into my office with the news of ebola in Texas, and said ISIS.

I raised my voice.

ISIS??!! Was he fucking serious?

291 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:14:57pm

I love Wendy, but she is way too robotic tonight.

292 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 6:15:29pm

re: #288 Stanley Sea

Dumbass I work with walked into my office with the news of ebola in Texas, and said ISIS.

I raised my voice.

You should pee on his computer and tell him he can’t use it anymore. Also his TV and car radio, just to be safe.

293 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:16:42pm

Abbott: “What we really need to do is fix our broken immigration system.”

294 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 30, 2014 6:16:43pm

re: #225 Charles Johnson

With the news of the Ebola case in Texas, we’re about to witness a gigantic outpouring of incredibly stupid right wing anti-science derp.

We already have a derp-storm of Biblical dimensions, (with derpers often citing the Bible in fact) and it has barely begun.

Since my Global Command Center and Conspiracy Compound is just off the road out of the infested DFW death-trap plague zone, I wonder if I should borrow a page from the joyously callous survival bunker set and post a warning sign: “Attention Ebola refugees! Keep moving! No food, water, or gas here!”

295 nines09  Sep 30, 2014 6:16:47pm

Goodnight Lizards. Take no wooden nickels.

296 The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 30, 2014 6:17:01pm

re: #285 The Ghost of a Flea

The CCJ composition process:

Ebola?

*heaving noises*
*plop*

Yeah, Ebola’s airborne now. Because the Dark Lord Glorboflax gathered the tears of elves on welfare and cast them across the holy land of Texas.

297 goddamnedfrank  Sep 30, 2014 6:17:27pm

I can feel some of you pulling away from me.

Listen, all I’m saying is that if George Bush had peed on Iraq we wouldn’t be in this situation right now.

298 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 6:17:40pm
299 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:17:52pm
300 Shiplord Kirel  Sep 30, 2014 6:19:02pm

re: #290 Kid A

ISIS??!! Was he fucking serious?

It’s a major meme on free republic, with collusion by Obama of course.

301 The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 30, 2014 6:20:02pm

re: #300 Shiplord Kirel

It’s a major meme on free republic, with collusion by Obama of course.

Well obviously Obama is involved.

It’s not like ISIS has its own TARDIS.

302 wrenchwench  Sep 30, 2014 6:20:51pm

Later, lizards.

303 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 6:21:14pm
304 Kid A  Sep 30, 2014 6:21:30pm

Am I overreacting by suggesting that the SS needs a massive overhaul?

305 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 6:22:45pm

re: #290 Kid A

ISIS??!! Was he fucking serious?

She, and well, yes.

She’s really sweet, easy to get along with, but I realized her level of intelligence is fucking pitiful.

Like I said, I raised my voice, she was shocked. Probably not shocked enough to fucking look it up.

We live in a world with people who look fine on the outside, but are pitiful ignoramuses on the inside.

I will cry now.

306 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:23:42pm
307 Dave In Austin  Sep 30, 2014 6:23:47pm

re: #230 Stanley Sea

Is there a Wendy Davis debate tonight?

8PM Central, underway now
texastribune.org
#Texasdebates

308 The Ghost of a Flea  Sep 30, 2014 6:25:03pm

re: #301 The Ghost of a Flea

Well obviously Obama is involved.

It’s not like ISIS has its own TARDIS.

…unless they stole the one Chuck keeps up his ass..?

309 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 6:26:28pm
310 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:27:14pm
311 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:27:16pm

Shiplord Kirel, I admire your cast iron constitution to wade into the Freeper swamp. Better you than me!

312 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:29:33pm
313 austin_blue  Sep 30, 2014 6:29:38pm

Serious question.

I understand that you can’t get Big E from the atmosphere. Can you get it from projected sputum from a cough or a sneeze?

314 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 6:31:31pm

re: #304 Kid A

It’s not the first time the USSS has had issues. They nearly lost Bush in Georgia in 2005 to a grenade attack.

The FBI’s conclusion that the device was a live grenade contradicts earlier statements by Georgian and U.S. officials. They had characterized it as a training or engineering device that did not pose a threat to the president during a May 10 speech in Tbilisi’s Freedom Square.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said yesterday that the U.S. Secret Service might review its security procedures in the wake of the incident. News footage from the event shows that some in the crowd, estimated at 150,000 to 250,000, were able to circumvent metal detectors. Journalists reported that authorities could not adequately contain the audience, which waited hours to hear Bush and Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

“The Secret Service is always looking at ways to make sure they’re doing everything they can to protect the president of the United States,” McClellan said, adding that Bush continues to have “full trust in the Secret Service and appreciates the job that they do.”

The difference here is that the Secret Service has control over the entire space in and around the White House, and they still have failed to secure it properly. They’ll fix those issues, and improve security. A few heads will roll.

315 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 6:31:36pm

Anything can become airborne if you throw it hard enough.

//

316 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:32:10pm

Abbott just referred to the “overwhelming ACA disaster.”

317 Eventual Carrion  Sep 30, 2014 6:32:38pm

re: #265 Charles Johnson

Good grief, what an asshole.

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Yeah, look at the one CCJ’s parents gave us.

318 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:33:16pm
319 psddluva4evah  Sep 30, 2014 6:34:06pm

Damn, the Maddow segment listing the SS security breaches since 2009, should have any reasonable person fuming.

Add to that the incident in the elevator with the armed convict and the President and the WashPo reporter who basically said, that the current SS morale is low, and they are not prepared for an assassination attempt and they don’t actually think or expect one. Also that the current training for an assassination attempt is not adequate enough.

It was infuriating and frightening all at once

320 Jenner7  Sep 30, 2014 6:34:19pm

With all the Secret Service fucks ups, I’m surprised Obama hasn’t been seriously injured or ended up dead. I guess I’ve been watching too much Homeland, but this is seriously scary.

321 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:36:25pm

HEATHEN CITY OF SIN!

322 austin_blue  Sep 30, 2014 6:37:10pm

re: #321 teleskiguy

HEATHEN CITY OF SIN!

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Nice!

323 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 6:38:20pm

re: #304 Kid A

Am I overreacting by suggesting that the SS needs a massive overhaul?

NO

324 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 6:41:04pm

re: #315 b.d.

I hear that Jim Lovell could dead stick a washing machine. At night. At sea.

325 lawhawk  Sep 30, 2014 6:41:50pm

re: #321 teleskiguy

Zuul called. Zuul wants Ghostbusters 4 made. Now.

326 William Barnett-Lewis  Sep 30, 2014 6:43:41pm

re: #251 nines09

The Vietnamese. Wasn’t it Dutch Indo China? Or was it French Indo China? Or was it China? Or Japanese? They were betrayed after the end of WWII by us and the French. They fought against the Japanese and were rewarded with the French Army walking in. Then after Dien Bien Phu, Ho Chi Minh got half a nation. The rest as they say is history.

French Indochina comprising Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos. The Dutch colonies were down in the East Indies which became Indonesia after WWII and five years of fighting the Dutch.

327 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:43:55pm

re: #325 lawhawk

Zuul called. Zuul wants Ghostbusters 4 made. Now.

There’s a Ghostbusters 3?!?

*just googled and yes, it’s in pre-production*

328 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 6:45:42pm

re: #325 lawhawk

Zuul called. Zuul wants Ghostbusters 4 made. Now.

They’ll have to make it without Egon.
:(

329 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:45:48pm

Jonah Goldberg tweeted this out and probably thought to himself “This is freaking hilarious!”

330 Eventual Carrion  Sep 30, 2014 6:45:56pm

re: #313 austin_blue

Serious question.

I understand that you can’t get Big E from the atmosphere. Can you get it from projected sputum from a cough or a sneeze?

i would think, bodily fluid. Don’t know though.

331 TedStriker  Sep 30, 2014 6:45:58pm

re: #304 Kid A

Am I overreacting by suggesting that the SS needs a massive overhaul?

Some people, including the director of the Secret Service, need to be fucking fired.

Now.

332 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:46:15pm

Abbott says he “hasn’t looked at the math around local property taxes.”

333 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:47:38pm
334 gwangung  Sep 30, 2014 6:48:41pm

re: #333 jaunte

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Yeah, but he’ll probably still win….

335 TedStriker  Sep 30, 2014 6:49:04pm

re: #320 Jenner7

With all the Secret Service fucks ups, I’m surprised Obama hasn’t been seriously injured or ended up dead. I guess I’ve been watching too much Homeland, but this is seriously scary.

No shit…

336 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:49:55pm
337 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:51:09pm

re: #328 Backwoods_Sleuth

They’ll have to make it without Egon.
:(

Dr. Peter Venkman: Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?

Dr. Egon Spengler: That would have worked if you hadn’t stopped me.

338 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:51:18pm

He answers by bragging about his record of arresting rapists.

339 stpaulbear  Sep 30, 2014 6:54:07pm

A Dallas friend of mine was telling me that Dallas residents eat at restaruants more than in almost any other city in the country. I visited for a week and it seemed like all of the restaurants were constantly packed. I wonder if restaurants are going to pay a price for this ebola panic?

And does anyone think the term Repubola has a nice ring to it?

340 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 6:55:36pm

re: #333 jaunte

Abbott knows that it simply doesn’t matter what he says or does in a debate like this. He will most likely win simply because he is the candidate of team (R) in Texas.

However, this attitude can be pushed too far (e.g., that Coakley idiot in MA that lost to Scott Brown by taking the general election for granted).

341 TedStriker  Sep 30, 2014 6:56:02pm

re: #334 gwangung

Yeah, but he’ll probably still win….

Hell, the TX GOP could run a ham sandwich against Davis and likely win, because, outside the cities, TX (as in my state of TN) is blood-red.

342 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:56:10pm
343 BeachDem  Sep 30, 2014 6:57:26pm

re: #76 ObserverArt

Time to shut down Texas. Nobody in, nobody out for 3 weeks until all cases are identified. No travel. All roads need to be closed and the border patrol needs to move to the state borders and make sure no one gets out.

By order of the President, the CDC and FEMA.

///

Do not even say it in jest—I have two more days till I can leave Texas. I’ve spent the last three days in Brownsville—seems like a lifetime (flew thru Dallas—best of all worlds.) I’m more worried about the weaponized mosquitos down here. Geesh—they are just hideous.

344 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:57:29pm

Abbott brags about fighting to defend a Ten Commandments monument.

345 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:58:09pm
346 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 6:58:21pm
347 danarchy  Sep 30, 2014 6:58:27pm

re: #340 EPR-radar

Abbott knows that it simply doesn’t matter what he says or does in a debate like this. He will most likely win simply because he is the candidate of team (R) in Texas.

However, this attitude can be pushed too far (e.g., that Coakley idiot in MA that lost to Scott Brown by taking the general election for granted).

Heh, that Coakley idiot is the Dem nominee for governor now and it looks like there is a 50-50 chance she will blow that too.

348 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 6:59:45pm

re: #341 TedStriker

Hell, the TX GOP could run a ham sandwich against Davis and likely win, because, outside the cities, TX (as in my state of TN) is blood-red.

Colorado is similar, believe it or not. If you exclude Front Range cities (with the notable exception of Colorado Springs) and ski towns it’s a very conservative state.

349 thedopefishlives  Sep 30, 2014 6:59:56pm

Evening Lizardim. Just wanted to check in and let all y’all know that no, I am not dead, I did not freeze in the early morning cold of this brisk September closing. How go things among the lizardfolk?

350 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 7:03:27pm

re: #347 danarchy

Heh, that Coakley idiot is the Dem nominee for governor now and it looks like there is a 50-50 chance she will blow that too.

The poll summary on Wikipedia for that race is piss-poor for a (D) candidate in MA, but doesn’t look to be as bad as 50/50. Has Coakley managed a screw-up that is not yet reflected in the polls?

Edited: I see now, the most recent polling is in the 50/50 zone. What the hell is her problem? Running as a (D) in a MA general election ought to be the simplest job in creation.

351 Belafon  Sep 30, 2014 7:06:32pm

re: #347 danarchy

Considering how often Republicans win in North Eastern states, it’s not terribly surprising that she’s having a rough time. Christie got reelected, for Pete’s sake.

Though from here in Texas, i want to scream my lungs out at the “reasonable Democrats” that live that direction about the idea of electing Republicans.

352 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 7:07:51pm

re: #341 TedStriker

Hell, the TX GOP could run a ham sandwich against Davis and likely win, because, outside the cities, TX (as in my state of TN) is blood-red.

as far as i can tell texas already has a ham sandwich as governor

353 Pie-onist Overlord  Sep 30, 2014 7:09:08pm

re: #285 The Ghost of a Flea

Chuck C Johnson: the Tolkien of Asspulled Content

Just spooling out notes from a vast work of mythopoetic fiction.

The Ayn Rand of Asspulled Content.

Tolkien could actually write!

354 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 7:09:20pm
355 danarchy  Sep 30, 2014 7:10:18pm

re: #350 EPR-radar

The poll summary on Wikipedia for that race is piss-poor for a (D) candidate in MA, but doesn’t look to be as bad as 50/50. Has Coakley managed a screw-up that is not yet reflected in the polls?

Most of the polls in the past week have her and Baker within a point of each other and if you dig into the details of the polls she has really bad favorable-unfavorable ratings.

356 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 7:11:34pm
357 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi  Sep 30, 2014 7:13:22pm

re: #339 stpaulbear

A Dallas friend of mine was telling me that Dallas residents eat at restaruants more than in almost any other city in the country. I visited for a week and it seemed like all of the restaurants were constantly packed. I wonder if restaurants are going to pay a price for this ebola panic?

And does anyone think the term Repubola has a nice ring to it?

GOP-bola.

358 BlueSpotinAL  Sep 30, 2014 7:13:52pm

re: #349 thedopefishlives

WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE of EBOLA!

359 b.d.  Sep 30, 2014 7:15:06pm

re: #358 BlueSpotinAL

360 thedopefishlives  Sep 30, 2014 7:15:30pm

re: #358 BlueSpotinAL

WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE of EBOLA!

I had to explain to Mrs. Fish about how Ebola was a non-starter. Most people here in Middle America wouldn’t know Ebola if it bit us on the ass.

361 Stanley Sea  Sep 30, 2014 7:15:39pm

re: #350 EPR-radar

The poll summary on Wikipedia for that race is piss-poor for a (D) candidate in MA, but doesn’t look to be as bad as 50/50. Has Coakley managed a screw-up that is not yet reflected in the polls?

Edited: I see now, the most recent polling is in the 50/50 zone. What the hell is her problem? Running as a (D) in a MA general election ought to be the simplest job in creation.

They are still pissed at her for losing Ted Kennedy’s seat. There’s no faith.

362 austin_blue  Sep 30, 2014 7:17:45pm

re: #343 BeachDem

Do not even say it in jest—I have two more days till I can leave Texas. I’ve spent the last three days in Brownsville—seems like a lifetime (flew thru Dallas—best of all worlds.) I’m more worried about the weaponized mosquitos down here. Geesh—they are just hideous.

Those are Obamisquitos and are part and parcel of the porous border security that is his legacy.

Oh, and Obamisquitos spread blood products, like Ebola.

If that’s a coincidence, why is it so coincidental? Hmmm??

363 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 7:19:17pm

re: #360 thedopefishlives

I had to explain to Mrs. Fish about how Ebola was a non-starter. Most people here in Middle America wouldn’t know Ebola if it bit us on the ass.

they dont know their asthma from their ebola?

364 freetoken  Sep 30, 2014 7:19:23pm

re: #362 austin_blue

Oh, and Obamisquitos spread blood products, like Ebola.

Not to mention HIV, from the Obamasexuals.

365 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 7:19:41pm
366 nsmith25  Sep 30, 2014 7:20:40pm

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367 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 7:21:12pm

2011:
Donald Trump takes lead in GOP primary poll, beats Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Gingrich, Bachmann, Paul

Pathetic.

368 austin_blue  Sep 30, 2014 7:21:58pm

re: #364 freetoken

Not to mention HIV, from the Obamasexuals.

Them too! I’m glad we are on the same page about the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy to Destroy Murika.

369 Pie-onist Overlord  Sep 30, 2014 7:23:12pm

re: #366 nsmith25

B

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370 calochortus  Sep 30, 2014 7:23:25pm

re: #359 b.d.

[Embedded content]

Yeah. I just checked out FR’s thoughts on the subject of Ebola and their thread is north of 870 comments and still going. The general theme is “we’re all going to die.” It is apparently the fault of the Obama administration and furthermore doctors are hiding the fact that it spreads easily by being in the same room as an asymptomatic person who may have been exposed.

371 Backwoods_Sleuth  Sep 30, 2014 7:24:13pm

re: #367 jaunte

[Embedded content]

2011:
Donald Trump takes lead in GOP primary poll, beats Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Gingrich, Bachmann, Paul

Pathetic.

372 calochortus  Sep 30, 2014 7:25:32pm

re: #370 calochortus

My favorite comment (although I couldn’t actually wade through all of them)

To: palmer

From Conservative Treehouse
“Something strange happened this weekend. I moved to Cedar Rapids Iowa about a year ago and we have a very small airport. Saturday I was downtown at the hotel bar and there were a bunch of people from Dallas stuck in Cedar Rapids. They said it was because of the Chicago fire but I couldn’t figure out why they would end up here??? They were telling me stories of how no matter what they did they couldn’t fly to Dallas. One lady told me she was able to fly to Minneapolis in hopes of maybe getting to Dallas but when she got there, no flights to Dallas. Another lady drove to Des Moines in hopes of catching a flight to Dallas but after 10 hours at the airport there, she turned around and went back to Cedar Rapids. These people had no intention of going to Cedar Rapids, and it seems strange they would end up here as it’s such a small airport. It’s my understanding many more folks that could not afford a hotel that were on their way to Dallas were stuck at the Cedar Rapids airport. According to the folks I talked to, most were headed to Dallas and most had flights that did not go through Chicago.”

Interesting, eh?
theconservativetreehouse.com

754 posted on 9/30/2014, 5:12:08 PM by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don’t touch that thing Don’t let anybody touch that thing!I’m a Doctor and I won’t touch that thing!)
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373 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 7:26:03pm

re: #370 calochortus

Yeah. I just checked out FR’s thoughts on the subject of Ebola and their thread is north of 870 comments and still going. The general theme is “we’re all going to die.” It is apparently the fault of the Obama administration and furthermore doctors are hiding the fact that it spreads easily by being in the same room as an asymptomatic person who may have been exposed.

I called it several days ago, that the RWNJs would be most pleased with news of Ebola in the US because they could blame it on Obama. However, I suppose it’s pointless to be happy about predicting a certainty.

374 Belafon  Sep 30, 2014 7:28:16pm

re: #357 Hercules Grytpype-Thynneghazi

The stat I heard is that DFW residents eat out an average of 11 times per week.

375 EPR-radar  Sep 30, 2014 7:28:37pm

re: #361 Stanley Sea

They are still pissed at her for losing Ted Kennedy’s seat. There’s no faith.

To hell with that noise. Elect the (D) in the general election and then get to work mucking out the Democratic party in MA to get better candidates out of them.

Electing a Republican is just going to fuck things up. It’s all they know how to do.

376 stpaulbear  Sep 30, 2014 7:29:43pm

re: #367 jaunte

Yes, I agree that statements made by Donald Trump will only get worse.

377 Sionainn  Sep 30, 2014 7:31:04pm

re: #168 Amory Blaine

Whew!!! Thank god semen is O.K.

I don’t think semen is okay. I had read weeks earlier that the virus was found in semen for a certain period of time (not sure how long) after recovering from Ebola.

378 dog philosopher  Sep 30, 2014 7:31:43pm

re: #367 jaunte

2011:
Donald Trump takes lead in GOP primary poll, beats Romney, Huckabee, Palin, Gingrich, Bachmann, Paul

Pathetic.

who will be the sacrificial moron nutcase haircut clueless zillionaire lamb in 2016 and 2020?

379 BlueSpotinAL  Sep 30, 2014 7:33:07pm

Obama planted the first case in Texas, so FEMA can quarantine the state. OMG, Texas is a FEMA camp! ////

380 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 7:37:58pm
381 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 7:43:36pm
382 TedStriker  Sep 30, 2014 7:44:28pm

re: #377 Sionainn

I don’t think semen is okay. I had read weeks earlier that the virus was found in semen for a certain period of time (not sure how long) after recovering from Ebola.

Three months, at least.

383 Eventual Carrion  Sep 30, 2014 7:44:44pm

re: #379 BlueSpotinAL

Obama planted the first case in Texas, so FEMA can quarantine the state. OMG, Texas is a FEMA camp! ////

Guess we will get that Texas border fence after all. It will just be built along where Texas meets other US states rather than where Texas meets Mexico.

384 danarchy  Sep 30, 2014 7:47:51pm

re: #375 EPR-radar

To hell with that noise. Elect the (D) in the general election and then get to work mucking out the Democratic party in MA to get better candidates out of them.

Electing a Republican is just going to fuck things up. It’s all they know how to do.

I wouldn’t be heartbroken if Baker won. MA is far too one party controlled right now and that leads to corruption no matter which party you are talking about. We have had like 3 consecutive Speakers convicted and we just had another the current was an un-indicted co-conspirator in a patronage case where everyone who was indicted got convicted.

The D’s have super majorities in the state legislature so they can overturn any gubernatorial veto. If it weren’t for any appointments made during the time there isn’t a lot of damage to be done.

385 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 7:53:57pm

Except from eating Chik-fil-a sandwiches.

386 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 7:55:12pm

Or maybe that was Papa John’s pizza, I forget.

387 wheat-dogghazi  Sep 30, 2014 8:01:57pm

re: #372 calochortus

It’s like a Stephen King novel.

388 sagehen  Sep 30, 2014 8:05:57pm

re: #387 wheat-dogghazi

It’s like a Stephen King novel.

Or a Jerry Bruckheimer movie.

389 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce  Sep 30, 2014 8:19:10pm

re: #372 calochortus

Ebola in Dallas? Check.
Superbowl(a) in Dallas? Check.
JFK killed in Dallas? Check.
“JFK” filmed in Dallas? Check.
“Robocop” filmed in Dallas? Check.
“Dallas” filmed in Dallas? Check.
Bonnie Parker & Clyde Darrow from Dallas? Check.
“Bonnie & Clyde” filmed in Dallas? Nope, but hell, check it anyway!
Louie Gohmert the stupidest mammal ever to walk the streets of Dallas? Possibly.
Pastor Robert Tilton headquartered in Dallas? Check. During his golden era, anyway.
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs headquartered in Dallas? Check. During his golden era, anyway.
I’m not saying it’s aliens, but it’s aliens.

390 Higgs Boson's Mate  Sep 30, 2014 8:19:42pm

re: #343 BeachDem

I’m more worried about the weaponized mosquitos down here. Geesh—they are just hideous.

Told you so. Those insects are ruthless.

391 The War TARDIS  Sep 30, 2014 8:21:33pm

re: #389 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

The Doctor put a perception filter on the city.

392 WhatEVs  Sep 30, 2014 8:28:23pm

Oh what I wouldn’t give for a functioning iPhone. iOS8 is The. Worst.

Any suggestions on for a good cell phone?

393 austin_blue  Sep 30, 2014 8:29:12pm

re: #389 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce

Ebola in Dallas? Check.
Superbowl(a) in Dallas? Check.
JFK killed in Dallas? Check.
“JFK” filmed in Dallas? Check.
“Robocop” filmed in Dallas? Check.
“Dallas” filmed in Dallas? Check.
Bonnie Parker & Clyde Darrow from Dallas? Check.
“Bonnie & Clyde” filmed in Dallas? Nope, but hell, check it anyway!
Louie Gohmert the stupidest mammal ever to walk the streets of Dallas? Possibly.
Pastor Robert Tilton headquartered in Dallas? Check. During his golden era, anyway.
J.R. “Bob” Dobbs headquartered in Dallas? Check. During his golden era, anyway.
I’m not saying it’s aliens, but it’s aliens.

I don’t think the younger Lizards are familiar with the Seeker of Slack or the Church of the SubGenius

Hint: One should not Google the Right Reverend Ian Stang at work.

394 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 8:32:40pm

re: #392 WhatEVs

Oh what I wouldn’t give for a functioning iPhone. iOS8 is The. Worst.

Any suggestions on for a good cell phone?

I’ve got the new(ish) Droid Maxx, and I love it. Great battery life, good call sound quality. I’m as happy with it as any phone I’ve had, with the exception of my original Razr Flip Phone.

RBS

395 jaunte  Sep 30, 2014 8:32:41pm
396 RealityBasedSteve  Sep 30, 2014 8:33:45pm

re: #395 jaunte

[Embedded content]

That’s it folks. The Internet is now closed, we have a winner. You all can go home.

RBS

397 The War TARDIS  Sep 30, 2014 8:34:35pm

re: #392 WhatEVs

Samsung S4

398 Eventual Carrion  Sep 30, 2014 8:36:48pm
399 Eventual Carrion  Sep 30, 2014 8:37:17pm

re: #395 jaunte

[Embedded content]

HA, beat me to it.

400 Kragar  Sep 30, 2014 8:44:37pm
401 Snarknado!  Sep 30, 2014 8:47:14pm

re: #392 WhatEVs

Oh what I wouldn’t give for a functioning iPhone. iOS8 is The. Worst.

Any suggestions on for a good cell phone?

I like my samsung S3. (And since it’s about two models behind current, I didn’t have to mortgage my soul for it.)

402 teleskiguy  Sep 30, 2014 8:57:06pm

re: #392 WhatEVs

Oh what I wouldn’t give for a functioning iPhone. iOS8 is The. Worst.

Any suggestions on for a good cell phone?

I received an iPhone 4S in January 2012 (Christmas present from my father, first thing I said after I opened the present “Thanks Dad! I appreciate you making my phone bill $50 more expensive). I’ve updated the software exactly once, I think it’s 5.1. I’ve always assumed that older computers cannot handle the latest software updates because the computers are not powerful enough to handle the new software. With my iPhone, I’ve been vindicated over and over for keeping my archaic and dated software intact. My iPhone 4S works better than the iPhone 4S’s of everyone I know, they all upgraded their OS. True story.

403 Single-handed sailor  Sep 30, 2014 8:59:43pm

re: #392 WhatEVs

Oh what I wouldn’t give for a functioning iPhone. iOS8 is The. Worst.

Any suggestions on for a good cell phone?

I guess I should feel lucky my iPhone 4 was not upgradable to iOS 8.

404 EmmaAnne  Sep 30, 2014 9:09:40pm

re: #232 teleskiguy

I’m watching the Colorado gubernatorial debate put on by the Denver Post. Bob Beauprez, the Republican, won’t answer any of the questions, all argle-bargle. I’ll be voting for John Hickenlooper.

Definitely. Even though the governor has fully earned the nickname Frackenlooper, he is still way better than his Republican opponent, Both-ways Bob.

405 WhatEVs  Sep 30, 2014 9:26:50pm

re: #402 teleskiguy

I received an iPhone 4S in January 2012 (Christmas present from my father, first thing I said after I opened the present “Thanks Dad! I appreciate you making my phone bill $50 more expensive). I’ve updated the software exactly once, I think it’s 5.1. I’ve always assumed that older computers cannot handle the latest software updates because the computers are not powerful enough to handle the new software. With my iPhone, I’ve been vindicated over and over for keeping my archaic and dated software intact. My iPhone 4S works better than the iPhone 4S’s of everyone I know, they all upgraded their OS. True story.

I’ve been reading reviews and am still up in the air. I wish I’d have not upgraded to iOS8. I’m regretting it big time. This thing that I’m in day and night worked perfectly before. Now, meh.

Likely a smart move on your part.

406 WhatEVs  Sep 30, 2014 9:27:59pm

Thanks all for the input.

407 Saint Stephen  Oct 1, 2014 10:08:46am

The Rude Pundit has a great post re: Ebola today.


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