One of my Facebook friends shared this video on his profile and I felt the need to share it here, with all of you. Trust me, you’ll thank me for this one.
Enjoy!
Month: October 2014
Pure insanity – 13-year-old boy was shot and killed Friday evening in Gary by a neighbor who was upset about his house being burglarized and became enraged when the teen laughed at him, according to police.
Kobe Jones died of multiple gunshot wounds near his home in the 1000 block of Polk Street and was pronounced dead at the scene at 6:31 p.m., the Lake County coroner’s office reported.
A suspect is in custody and the residents on the block who know the connection aren’t talking.
“We know there were a lot of people out there when he was ranting and raving, but no one wants to tell us what they saw,” a frustrated investigations Cmdr. Del Stout said Saturday.
Without eyewitnesses who can connect the suspect to the shooting death of Jones, the boy’s 30-year-old neighbor may go free.
In this week’s address, the President discussed the measures we are taking to respond to Ebola cases at home, while containing the epidemic at its source in West Africa. This week, we continued to focus on domestic preparedness, with the creation of new CDC guidelines and the announcement of new travel measures ensuring all travelers from the three affected countries are directed to and screened at one of five airports.
The President emphasized that it’s important to follow the facts, rather than fear, as New Yorkers did yesterday when they stuck to their daily routine. Ebola is not an easily transmitted disease, and America is leading the world in the fight to stamp it out in West Africa.
While doctors and nurses have been trained to deal with Ebola and the proper way to dispose of protective gear, it seems the NYPD still have some learning to do.
Seen below, two officers working in the vicinity of the first ebola patient’s home, simply removed their gloves and crime scene tape and dumped the objects in the garbage on the sidewalk.
Republicans have blocked the confirmation of the Surgeon General for over a year now, but don’t tell that to Republican Rep. Jason Chaffetz. While trying to question the wisdom of Obama’s new “ebola czar,” Chaffetz wondered why the job didn’t got the the Surgeon General.
“Why not have the surgeon general head this up?” Chaffetz asked.”I think that’s a very legitimate question. At least you have somebody who has a medical background whose been confirmed by the United States Senate.”
“It begs the question, what does the surgeon general do?” he added. “Why aren’t we empowering that person?”
Later on, after it was pointed out that Republicans are the stumbling block to a new Surgeon General, Chaffetz spoke with the Huffington Post and tried to explain his confusion. Clearly, according to his explanation, it was our fault for not understanding what he didn’t say.
“Well I do know there’s an acting surgeon general, I understand that,” Chaffetz said. “The surgeon general is also an office. It’s the Office of the Surgeon General. I know there’s some confusion there, but I don’t think I was confused.”
“I question why we would have a person that was put forward as a czar, when you do have an acting surgeon general,” he continued. “The point is the person the president has appointed doesn’t feel prepared to come before Congress.”
Of course Chaffetz makes no sense. He has no reasoning except to try and blame his confusion on the listener. Apparently it was our fault for assuming “Surgeon General” means an actual person doing an actual job. Regina M. Benjamin who served from 2009 to 2013 was clearly not a person, but, according to Chaffetz, an office. And all the other individuals who served since 1871 when the first position was occupied, were apparently “offices,” not people.
Just like the President is an Office, not the person the people voted for.
Eyeroll!
A former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack, is now joining a growing chorus against Ted Cruz, saying the Canadian born Cruz cannot run for President of the United States.
Responding to a caller on Blog Talk Radio, where the caller said that Cruz was not constitutionally allowed to run for president because he is not a ‘natural born citizen,’ Richard Mack agreed, saying, “that is correct, I try to say that to a lot of people. Ted Cruz cannot run for president of the United States,” he said. “I like Ted, I’ve met him several times and he’s kind of a friend of mine, but he can’t run for president.”
As you would have guess by now, Mack is a huge Birther fan and has been against the President from day one, saying that Obama’s birth certificate is fake and all the other birther nonsense being spewed at the president. But in the case of Ted Cruz, I must agree with him.
Ted Cruz was actually born in Calgary Canada and the last time I checked, that was outside of the United States. Yes, just like president Obama (who was born in Hawaii, one of the 50 states), Cruz’s mother is an American. But the constitution is clear. “Natural Born Citizen” is a phrase denoting the requirements for being the President or Vice President of the United States. There have been some debates on what this phrase means. I’m not sure why some are confused by these three words, it seems quite simple to me.
So simple even a two year old can understand.
A natural born citizen is someone born on American soil. Plain and simple. Adding your own interpretation of what the Founding Fathers said does not change the meaning. Natural born does not mean born in Canada to an American mother, for being born in another Country makes you a citizen of that country and thus, not a “Natural Born Citizen” of the United States.
Here is audio of Richard Mack speaking the truth for a change.
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What else can I say about the idiot named Donald Trump that would convey to you how much of an idiot he really is? Well how about this: Donald Trump is now asking for the President’s resignation because a doctor traveled from West Africa to New York, then developed the Ebola virus days later.
Trump, in the vastness of his cranium, took to Twitter moments after it was revealed that a doctor may be infected with the virus and demanded that president’s resignation. Said trump, “If this doctor, who so recklessly flew into New York from West Africa, has Ebola, then Obama should apologize to the American people & resign!”
First of all, the doctor who Trump said “recklessly flew into New York” was not piloting the plane. And, said plane did not hit any of Trump’s buildings during this “reckless” flight. There might have been some turbulence but nothing to classify the flight as “reckless.” Actually, turbulence during a flight is common and quite frankly, expected. His plane did not almost hit the World Financial Center nor did the plane land anywhere near Wall Street. In fact, it was a rather non-eventful flight as nothing out of the ordinary was reported to traffic control. I know, I checked.
Putting the “recklessly flew into New York” claim aside, Trump wants Obama to resign because in a city that has 8.4 million people, one doctor contracted Ebola in another country while he was there helping the less fortunate. In case you forgot, Trump is the same one that said anyone traveling to West Africa to help these victims should “suffer the consequences” of their decision.
The doctor Trump hates so much is currently in isolation in one of the best hospitals in the nation! After he arrived in New York on October 17th, he checked his own temperature twice a day until the first symptoms of Ebola began manifesting on October 23rd. When he saw the signs, the doctor immediately reported his condition and was transported to Bellevue.
But that’s not good enough for the hateful old man named Trump! He apparently wants the doctor to suffer the consequences of his decision and die because he chose to help others. And he wants the doctor to die somewhere in West Africa! And then, he want’s Obama out!
Why stop at resignation Trump, why not call for Obama’s impeachment and possible imprisonment and, AND, maybe you can have him deported after he serves his prison term. Sidenote, you should lock him up for life and then deport him back to Kenya after he serves his life sentence! That’ll teach that Obama!
Trump, you are an idiot, just in case it wasn’t said earlier in this post!
They must be listening to the medical experts like Sarah Palin and John McCain on Fox News and those other Republicans in Congress.
Again folks, according to the CDC and real medical experts, the Ebola virus is not airborne. The only way to contract the virus is by coming in direct contact with the bodily fluids of an ebola victim.
These are the voters Republicans love.
Dr. Craig Spencer was working with Doctors Without Borders treating Ebola victims in West Africa. He traveled from that location and arrived at JFK airport in New York on October 17th. While here, it was revealed that the doctor checked his temperature twice a day but found no evidence of ebola until today, October 23rd, when his temperature rose to 103 degrees.
According to information disclosed during a press conference, Dr. Craig Spencer had no signs of Ebola for the days between October 17th to October 23rd. During those days, the doctor went to The Gutter Bowling Alley in Brooklyn New York. That Bowling Alley is now reportedly shut down since news broke that Dr. Spencer was there. Spencer also went jogging, rode the A train, the L train and the 1 train.
When Dr. Spencer started feeling the first symptoms of the disease today, he called his employer and was then immediately transported to Bellevue Hospital where he is now in isolation. His fiance and two other friends who came in close contact with him are also in isolation for the 21 days period.
Dr. Spencer is being held in an isloated section of Bellevue Hospital and according to information provided at the press conference, Bellevue is 1 of 8 other hospitals in New York especially capable of handling ebola cases. New Yorkers are asked to carry on their days as normal. According to Mayor DeBlasio, if you are not exposed the bodily fluids of an ebola patient, “you are not at risk!”
As seen on America The Not So Beautiful
October 23, 2014
By Mike Caccioppoli
It never ceases to amaze me what cowards Americans are. They are afraid of everything. Afraid of terrorism, afraid of air travel, afraid of countries thousands of miles away, afraid of Cuba, afraid of rare diseases. Yet somehow they think they are the most courageous people in the world. The rest of the world doesn’t see it that way, which would be the majority of the earth. And for good reason because it’s not true.
Three people have contracted Ebola, only two of them while in the United States. Both of those people are nurses that had direct contact with the man who died. That’s it. Yet, there are screams for travel bans and paranoia over how easy it is to contract the disease. None of it is based in reality, just fear and of course crass politics. And hey right wingers..don’t tell me about Obama’s “late” response to Ebola when your hero Reagan let over 40,000 Americans die of AIDS before he would even mention the word!
What is really killing Americans at an alarming rate is obesity, alcohol and cigarettes. This is reality, but all we hear about is how frightened Americans are over Ebola. About as frightened as they are over ISIS. Neither poses any imminent threat at all. AT ALL. But they want travel bans as well as boots on the ground in Iraq so more strangers can die in the name of “freedom.”
It’s not freedom at all but fear. They are afraid so they want others to protect them from their uniquely American fears. Notice how most other nations including Canada have no such fears. They don’t worry about ISIS or Ebola the way Americans do. Maybe the real fear should be with Texas and its health care system. A place where they send you home from the hospital with 103 fever and a free cowboy hat and an autographed Rick Perry head shot.
It’s stunning how Americans have the inability to look around them and see how other countries handle things. It’s like they live in a vacuum. The first reaction to any crisis is fear. Not a common sense solution or a dialogue but outright hysteria. There is no weighing options because that would take brains and courage. Two things that too many Americans are lacking. Stop flights! Don’t allow them damn foreigners in our schools, to learn or teach! Doesn’t matter if you aren’t from anywhere near West Africa or Africa for that matter…you look foreign so you must have the Ebola! You must be feared!
It’s fucking pathetic. It continues generation to generation because kids see their parents being afraid so they become afraid. Speaking of the children, an 11 year old shot and killed an albino deer and now feels like a “rock star” according to his wonderful father. Albino deer are so rare that I didn’t even know they existed. They are also beautiful. They don’t inspire fear at all. They inspire hope about nature and what evolution has given us. Yes evolution. Because if they were created by the lord why would most Christians not be up in arms about the murder of one..right?
The murder took place in Howell, Michigan. Mostly Michigan is fine, but not Howell. It is a right wing shit fest. Home to the KKK. No wonder this kid is a hero there. So are guys in sheets. Now I don’t want to be too hard on the kid. I do however despise his parents. Instead of teaching their son about empathy and concern for weaker creatures, they have taught him to kill and to love it. To bask in it. Maybe a school or a politician can be his next target? For this there should be a nice place in hell prepared for them. The same can be said for the right wing propaganda ragUSA Today that actually glorified the killing.
This is an all American story for sure. If the obstacle is tough and powerful like ISIS or Ebola, we cower. If it’s an easy target like a poor Albino deer we shoot to kill and show off. What courage! I know what…let’s sing “God Bless America” one more time! Notice how they don’t have the need to sing about blessing Canada in the middle of every hockey game? But Americans wouldn’t notice that, they never notice anything outside their own little universe. Other nations advance while we are stuck in the dark ages.
How to deal with terrorism or a disease? Fear and discrimination. How to raise a child? Violence and power is good, honorable. Dress them up in camo (what war are they fighting?) and send them out to kill nature, destroy the environment, hey it’s OK, you are an American son!
Fear the unknown and the strong, bully the weak and the defenseless. Makes my skin crawl.
Mike.Caccioppoli@yahoo.com
@CaccioppoliMike
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The man was shot dead, but not before swinging his weapon and striking one officer in the arm and another in the head. The incident happened in Jamaica Queens around 2 pm today.
The officers, all recent graduates of the Police Academy assigned to the 103rd Precinct in Jamaica, were asked to pose for a picture by a freelance photographer at the intersection of 162nd Street and Jamaica Avenue shortly before 2 p.m. when the man attacked them from behind, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.
The suspect “charged at the officers with a hatchet in his hand,” Bratton said. “Unprovoked and not speaking a word, the male then swung at one of the officers with a hatchet, striking his right arm. After striking that officer, the suspect continuing swinging the hatchet, striking a second officer in the head.”
It wasn’t clear what provoked the attack, Bratton. Authorities were working to confirm the identity of the assailant, Bratton said.
The 25-year-old officer, who was struck in the head, is in surgery and his family, which also has members of the NYPD, was keeping vigil at Jamaica Hospital, Bratton said. The 24-year-old officer, who was struck in the arm, was expected to be released from the hospital this evening.
TPM is reporting that a healthcare worker was admitted on Thursday to Bellevue Hospital in New York City to be tested for the Ebola virus, according to the New York City Department of Health.
In a statement on its website, the department said the patient had recently traveled in one of the three West African countries facing an outbreak of the virus (Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.)
The individual was transferred to Bellevue by a specially trained team equipped with hazmat suits. Tests were expected to be back within 12 hours, according to the statement.
The patient exhibited “fever and gastrointestinal symptoms,” according to the health department. Taken together with the recent travel history, the city decided to test the healthcare worker for Ebola after consulting with Bellevue and the Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).