Nina Pham, the Texas nurse who tested positive for Ebola after caring for the now deceased Thomas E. Duncan, appeared in a fearwell video to the other healthcare workers that cared for her. She invited her physician, Dr. Gary Weinstein, to “come to Maryland” with her.
“Party, party in Maryland,” Weinstein joked.
“Thanks for being part of the volunteer team to take care of our first patient. It means a lot,” Weinstein told Pham as she teared up. “This has been a huge effort by all of you guys. We’re really proud of you.”
Pham was transported to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. on Thursday for further treatment.
When Thomas Eric Duncan made his first trip to the hospital in Dallas Texas, he did it for a reason. The man knew that he had just traveled from Liberia, a nation infested with the deadly Ebola virus. He also knew that while in Liberia days before he traveled to the US, he tried to help a girl with Ebola, driving her to the hospital for treatment and then bringing her back home that night where she died hours later.
When he saw the first signs that he too was infected, Thomas, who arrived in the United States on September 20th, went to the Dallas hospital only to be sent back home by hospital personnel with a dosage of Tylenol.
Tylenol is great, but Ebola is not a common cold or a headache. After the disease progressed, a weakened Duncan made a second trip to the hospital where he was immediately admitted and isolated.
The damage was already done.
Daniel Varga, Chief Clinical Officer of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital used a congressional hearing on Thursday to admit the hospital’s mistake.
“We made mistakes,” said Varga, who works for Texas Health Resources. “We did not correctly diagnose his symptoms as those of Ebola, and we are deeply sorry.”
Duncan was admitted and isolated on September 26th, two days after his initial hospital visit. He was treated but eventually died on Oct. 8. Since his death, two other hospital nurses have been diagnosed with the disease and are now in isolation.
ABC News is reporting that Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden was discharged from the Navy in February after testing positive for cocaine, a person familiar with the case.
The person said Biden had failed a urinalysis test administered in June 2013 before he was discharged from the Navy.
“It was the honor of my life to serve in the U.S .Navy, and I deeply regret and am embarrassed that my actions led to my administrative discharge,” Hunter Biden said in a statement distributed through his lawyer. “I respect the Navy’s decision. With the love and support of my family, I’m moving forward.”
The person familiar with the case said he “was treated no different than any other sailor.”
Biden, 44, had needed an age waiver to join the Reserves because of his age as well as a second waiver because of a drug-related incident while a young man.
The incident happened on July 14th of this year in Michigan. The man, identified as 46-year-Timothy Mitchell was at an auto dealership when police was called because according to the caller, Mitchell was drunk and acting up. Mitchell left the dealership, driving away in his car and a high-speed chase ensued when cops spotted him.
The chase was eventually called off due to public safety concerns and Timothy’s car vanished. Shortly afterwards, a police officer named Justin Schlabach, spotted Timothy’s car crashed along the roadside. With his dash-cam filming, officer Justin Schlabach is seen pulling up to the scene. He exited his car and walked towards Timothy, his gun drawn.
The camera, which is capable of recording sound, is suspiciously quiet. It is later revealed that the officer’s microphone was broken, so no sound was recorded.
According to the officer’s report, Timothy started walking towards him, saying “you’re going to have to shoot me.” On the video, Timothy is seen walking towards the officer. The officer took a few steps back and shot. Timothy staggered off to the side, fell and died.
Claiming that the officer did nothing wrong in taking the man’s life, prosecutor of Marquette County Matt Weise, refused to prosecute and cleared officer Schlabach of all wrong doings.
Here is Drew Walker. A self proclaimed racist, a Teapartier, a Republican. Walker also calls himself a “true patriot,” who is willing to kill all who have the nerves and audacity, those who exercise their FREEDOM to have a different political ideology than he does. Those Liberal infidels must die, apparently.
This freedom loving Republican “patriot” is especially angry at the democratically elected president in the White House, a man he refers to as a
“worthless, f*cking Muslim goat-raping *ss.”
The bigotry and utter racism in this Republican is epic folks. If you proceed to watch this video, consider yourself warned.
In typical Colbert fashion, Stephen Colbert chastised Sean Hannity of Fox News for being a little too much into himself.
I don’t watch Hannity, in fact, I try to stay away from all things Fox News. My time is precious to me and wasting it on Fox is obviously unproductive. So when Hannity debuted his “Question of the Day,” segment, I was probably busy doing other things, like… washing my hair for instance. It’s called being productive.
Hannity’s segment however, did not escape the ever-loving eyes of one of his biggest fans, Stephen Colbert.
“I’m a huge fan of Fox News anchor Sean Hannity,” Colbert said. “Sean is such a good journalist he can break down the news into simple terms that even he can understand. And recently, my main mannity Hannity introduced a new segment on his show called ‘Question of the Day’ where he answers the most pressing questions of our time.”
Colbert then played a clip from Hannity’s show on Tuesday night.
“Tonight’s question is something I’m really excited about,” Hannity said. “‘What is your favorite way to work out?’ Now President Obama, he delicately jogs on his elliptical and struggles to lift a couple of 2-pound weights. Well, I’ve been engaging in a real exercise.”
Colbert couldn’t contain his amusement.
“Yeah, President Obama delicately jogs while Hannity forcefully rams President Obama into this segment for no reason,” Colbert said.
“Seeing Sean take time out from covering Ebola and ISIS to let us know his bod is rock hard has inspired me to introduce my own segment where I ask myself flattering questions about myself,” he added. “It’s time for ‘Stephen Colbert’s Everything I Wanted You To Want To Know About Me But I Was Afraid You Wouldn’t Ask.'”
Colbert then answered one of the questions he’d submitted himself, which read: “I’ve noticed you’re in much better shape than Sean Hannity. How do you work out?”
After revealing his outlandishly grueling workout routine, Colbert admitted there was one area of physical fitness in which he could never beat Hannity: flexibility.
“Because listening to him answer questions about himself on his own show, I know I can never match his ability to get his head up his own ass,” Colbert explained. “I mean literally. Literally. I look forward to more of Sean’s answers to burning questions like ‘How is this news?’ and ‘What else is on TV?'”
By now I’m sure you’ve heard the bogus and outrageous claim by Republican Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell.
In his one and only debate with Alison Lundergan Grimes earlier this week, McConnell was asked about his plans for Obamacare if reelected to the Senate to represent the people of Kentucky.
It should be noted that McConnell already sits in that seat, he is the Senator for that state. But he knows that Republicans in Kentucky don’t like Obamacare and they want it repealed, even though Obamacare – they call it Kynect in Kentucky – provides them with life saving healthcare.
McConnell also know that Republicans cannot repeal Obamacare. They have tried over 50 times to no avail. And even if they win the Senate in November – and it’s looking more likely that they will – Republicans will not be able to repeal the law because the president is not going to sign any legislation that kills healthcare for millions of Americans.
But in the debate, McConnell could not avoid lying to the people of Kentucky, the people he represents, the people who wants the Obamacare repealed although they are benefitting from the law. When asked about his plans for healthcare, McConnell lied… twice!
“Kentucky Kynect is a website,” McConnell said. “The website can continue, but in my view the best interests of the country would be achieved by pulling out Obamacare root and branch.”
His first lie was trying to separate Kentucky Kynect from Obamacare as if they are two different entities. Kynect is not just a website, it is a marketplace set up and funded by Obamacare. Uprooting Obamacare “root and branch” is in fact, uprooting Kynect “root and branch,” and thus, eliminating health care for hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians.
His second lie? That re-electing him to the Senate will magically result in repealing Obamacare, as if the last 50 trials were just practice.
What’s the odds that the people of Kentucky picked up on these lies? Don’t bet on it. They are mostly Republicans.
Republicans in the House of Representatives have done such a wonderful job pushing America forward (can you see my eyes roll), with all their zero job bills and their constant vacations – they’re on vacation now by the way – that grateful Americans just can’t wait to give them control of the Senate too.
Seriously!
According to new polling by The Washington Post, Republican’s chances of taking control of the Senate have risen to 72 percent, the highest level yet in the almost six months that The Upshot’s forecasting model has been tracking the race. The odds rose from 68 percent on Monday and from a low of 50 percent last month.
The main cause of the latest shift is new polling in Kansas, which suggests the race is now a true tossup rather than a race in which the Republican, Senator Pat Roberts, is a slight underdog. Our latest forecast gives Mr. Roberts a 52 percent chance to win in November, making the race between him and Greg Orman, an independent candidate, essentially a coin flip.
As outside money has poured into the state over the past month, Kansas is emerging as one of the most competitive Senate races of 2014. The Democratic candidate, Chad Taylor, quit the race in early September, and Mr. Orman’s chances then spiked. Mr. Orman has said he would caucus with the majority party if he won, converting a sure Republican seat into a possible pickup opportunity for Democrats.
Someone broke into Caitlin Prater-Haacke’s locker at school and stole her iPod. The thief then took the time to access Caitlin’s Facebook account and posted a message telling her to die!
Now the average individual would have retaliated any way they could against this bullying tactic by an obvious coward, but Caitlin chose another path.
Caitlin, a student from Alberta Canada, handled the situation with a level of love and maturity the average person would not understand, and in so doing, started a wonderful movement.
While Mitt Romney’s wife appears dead set against the idea of him running a third campaign for president of the United States, wife of Jeb Bush said that she is all for her man running in 2016.
“My wife is supportive, but that doesn’t mean that I don’t understand the challenges that this brings,” Jeb said in an interview with the Associated Press Tuesday. “This is ultimately my decision with as much consideration as I can to take into account the people that I really love.”
Bush has been actively encouraged to run by several members of the GOP establishment and would enter the presidential contest as an early favorite. But he has publicly indicated that concerns over the toll of a presidential campaign on his family are weighing heavily on his decision to run. Columba Bush was previously reported to be reluctant to support a 2016 bid.
If the Romneys are serious about not running in 2016 – and there are questions about their claims of being “done, done, done” – we might be looking at another Bush/Clinton matchup – Jeb Bush vs Hillary Clinton.
Ann Romney has a lot of memos to send, and she should start sending them to the voters in Iowa. Although Ann tried today to guarantee Americans that Mitt Romney would never run for President again, Iowa voters are not listening. They want Mittens more than they want any other Republican candidate in 2016!
Romney was the top vote-getter in the poll with 17 percent and Dr. Ben Carson, a conservative neurosurgeon who has never held public office, came in second with 11 percent.
Carson told Fox News’ Sean Hannity Monday night that the chances of him running are “50/50.”
Iowa Republicans were less enthusiastic about other potential candidates, most of whom currently hold public office and are better nationally recognized.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul came in third in the poll with 10 percent, but New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush failed to make waves with 6 percent and 4 percent each.
The poll results came a day after Romney’s wife Ann insisted to the Los Angeles Times that there was no chance of a third Romney presidential bid.
In a personal Facebook message, Mark Zuckerburg said he and his wife Priscilla “are donating $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to help fight Ebola.
“The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed.
“We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn’t spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio.
“We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.
“Grants like this directly help the frontline responders in their heroic work. These people are on the ground setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases and much more.
“We are hopeful this will help save lives and get this outbreak under control.
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