[icopyright one button toolbar] We have been doing our best to report on the training, deployment and activities of our troops who are helping in the fight against the Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa: Operation United Assistance. The Department of Defense has an entire web site devoted to Operation United Assistance. There is a wealth of information at … [Read more...] about Operation ‘United Assistance’ in Images
What would you do if you were groped in public?
In the shadow of #gamergate*, here's a refreshing story of empowerment and focused anger. And another way your smartphone is your friend.[icopyright one button toolbar] Nude photos, rape threats, mass shooting scares: Welcome to the disturbing chaos of #Gamergate http://t.co/4Hd5ZgLz5r pic.twitter.com/5SfMKCD0M6 — Mother Jones (@MotherJones) October 16, 2014 Imagine … [Read more...] about What would you do if you were groped in public?
Why The Ebola Crisis Is Only The Latest Government-Scripted Disaster
DOES THE EBOLA VIRUS VOTE DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN? The news that the Centers for Disease Control was unprepared for the ebola virus now that it has made landfall in the U.S. is not exactly a bolt from the blue. Government agencies have been failing us for many years.[icopyright one button toolbar] The CDC, it turns out, had issued lax guidelines to … [Read more...] about Why The Ebola Crisis Is Only The Latest Government-Scripted Disaster
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Rick Scott and Fangate
Rick Scott and Fangate by Mike Peters Of Related Interest: --Fangate overshadows sharp debate between Gov. Rick Scott and Charlie Crist --WATCH: Rick Scott Spouts Gibberish While Explaining Fan Delay In Debate --Gov. Rick Scott's #fangate revolt: Did he just lose Florida governor's race? --Charlie Crist and his portable fan have a history together Mike Peters is … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Rick Scott and Fangate
MELTDOWN! Rick Scott’s refusal to come out at a debate due to Crist’s fan probably didn’t win him fans
Even if it did involve a rule being violated, or a genuine misunderstanding it was akin to one of two job applicants appearing to throw an infantile tantrum when an employer has called them to meet him together so he could compare the two. Republican Gov. Rick Scott stalled his debate with challenger former Governor Charlie Crist, a former Republican now running as a Democrat, … [Read more...] about MELTDOWN! Rick Scott’s refusal to come out at a debate due to Crist’s fan probably didn’t win him fans
Obama Authorizes Call-up of National Guard Troops to Fight Ebola, If Needed
[icopyright one button toolbar] President Obama today signed an Executive Order authorizing The Department of Defense to order to active duty reserve and National Guard personnel "as necessary to augment the active Armed Forces of the United States for the effective conduct of Operation United Assistance, which is providing support to civilian-led humanitarian assistance and … [Read more...] about Obama Authorizes Call-up of National Guard Troops to Fight Ebola, If Needed
UN Human Rights agency in crisis
[one_third_last]Human rights violations are increasing around the world but the United Nations agency responsible for protecting helpless people is in crisis. “By comparison with the needs, our capacity to deliver is paper thin,” its chief Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein lamented today.[icopyright one button toolbar] His agency is “being asked to use a boat and a bucket to cope with … [Read more...] about UN Human Rights agency in crisis
Media Lets Republicans Get Away With Absurd Statements On Obamacare & Other Issues
Republicans have been successful at “playing the refs” with false claims of liberal bias, helping them get away with spreading their misinformation. Liberal blogs and magazines, have commented a lot on Mitch McConnell’s absurd statement in support of the popular and successful Kynect exchange site while attacking Obamacare, which makes Kynect possible. Fact checkers have … [Read more...] about Media Lets Republicans Get Away With Absurd Statements On Obamacare & Other Issues
When Government was Good
THORNDALE, Pa. -- Tom Wolf's mood is sunny but his words are serious. He's answering teachers' questions at an elementary school featured last year in a New York Times story about the costs of overcrowding and underinvestment. The Democratic nominee for governor, Wolf criticizes Pennsylvania incumbent Tom Corbett for education cuts, but he is not terribly partisan about … [Read more...] about When Government was Good
Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Obama and Ebola
OF RELATED INTEREST: --Obama Sightings Will Be Rare This Election Season --Poll shows Obama approval low, GOP enthusiasm higher than Democrats’ --Ebola is the 2014 election’s October surprise --Democrats Say GOP Budget Cuts Hurt Ebola Response Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and … [Read more...] about Mike Peters Guest Cartoon: Obama and Ebola
Fear is What We Need to Fear Most
The latest news suggests that the two health care workers who have been infected with ebola oughtn't be a great surprise: Presbyterian workers wore no hazmat suits for two days while treating Ebola patient Dianna Hunt / Dallas Morning News Health care workers treating Thomas Eric Duncan in a hospital isolation unit didn't wear protective hazardous-material suits for two … [Read more...] about Fear is What We Need to Fear Most
Ebola, Islamic State fears hurt Democrats’ chances of keeping Senate majority
As fear sweeps the nation about the prospect of Islamic State terrorists winning in Iraq and the Ebola virus spreading in the United States, President Obama's job approval rating is taking a beating and some Democrats' hopes for keeping the Senate majority are losing ground. Sen. Kay R. Hagan of North Carolina, who entered the race… … [Read more...] about Ebola, Islamic State fears hurt Democrats’ chances of keeping Senate majority
Cartoon: Distancing Dems
See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Distancing Dems
Misnomer ‘Islamic State’ Highlights Dangerous Societal Deceit (Publico, Portugal)
What's wrong with calling the newest terrorist scourge 'the Islamic State'? Beyond handing the group an easy propaganda victory by conferring upon it attributes it lacks and doesn't deserve, it contributes to the destruction of language and discourse by assigning false names and descriptions to all kinds of things, concepts and people. Columnist Jose Vitor Malheiros of … [Read more...] about Misnomer ‘Islamic State’ Highlights Dangerous Societal Deceit (Publico, Portugal)
Falling for Gregory
I realise that I am an excitable lad who is prone to over exaggeration. So when I say that I have heard the new Don Hathaway mixed in with Teddy Pendergrass, you should probably take that with a pinch of salt. But I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about a musical artist... it was probably Janelle Monae – and I don’t care what her sales figures say, I wasn’t … [Read more...] about Falling for Gregory
GOP Crazy Now Normal
Paul Waldman says crazy statements by Republican candidates are now accepted by the press as normal in The Washington Post. For instance, when Iowa Senate candidate Joni Ernst flirted with the “Agenda 21? conspiracy theory — a favorite of Glenn Beck, in which the U.S. government and the United Nations are supposedly conspiring to force rural people in Iowa and elsewhere to … [Read more...] about GOP Crazy Now Normal
Second Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola
A second health care worker who cared for Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan in Texas has tested positive for the virus, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services. The preliminary Ebola test was run late Tuesday at the state public health laboratory in Austin, and results were received at about midnight. From MSNBC: The CDC described the latest … [Read more...] about Second Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola
U.S. mum on aging Iraq chemical weapons, making our soldiers victims
The U.S. military systematically withheld information about caches of chemical weapons in Iraq from 2003-2011. U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police were harmed as a result. Moreover, military doctors dismissed claims of exposure and mistreated those exposed to mustard gas. [icopyright one button toolbar] From the New York Times: In five of six incidents in which troops were … [Read more...] about U.S. mum on aging Iraq chemical weapons, making our soldiers victims
Energy Drinks Are Dangerous, WHO Confirms
Energy drinks have long been maligned for the perception that such massive amounts of caffeine can't be good for anybody, much less children. Now the World Health Organization has validated their fears, on Tuesday proclaiming that rising rates of energy drink consumption is "poised to become a significant public health problem." Here's the problem: Hot coffee… … [Read more...] about Energy Drinks Are Dangerous, WHO Confirms
ISIL’s Dehumanization of Women and Girls
[icopyright one button toolbar] If the brutal beheadings, the mass murders of innocent men, women and children and the numerous other atrocities committed by ISIL terrorists are not sufficient reason for the civilized world to “degrade and defeat” ISIL, here is just one more reason. Press Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry, October 14, 2014 Just days after … [Read more...] about ISIL’s Dehumanization of Women and Girls