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Why America's Not Ready For An Ebola Outbreak (In 1 Photo)
Because nothing says "safety precautions" like rolled-up sleeves on a HazMat suit...
h/t Kirk B
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And here is a gentleman jet-washing the puke from the pavement outside the Texas Ebola victim's apartment building...
HD Chopper 8 caught crews cleaning the sidewalk outside the Ivy Apartments where the #Ebola patient stayed. pic.twitter.com/Tl7CVVzVvH
— WFAA TV (@wfaachannel8) October 2, 2014
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Dead bodies will be stacked like a cord of wood on Wall Street and the "markets" wil still go higher on auto pilot. Once the Fed realized that the entire country uses the stock market number as an economic barometer, they will never let it go down again.
Upside: Wall Street will permanently re-locate to The Hamptons.
So, we have a couple of explanations for this:
1. Americans are so dumbass stupid, that they gonna deserve their own extinction
2. The alert level is so high that authorities try to calm down even medical personal, telling them that it's just another flu, and giving instructions according the scenario
3. The authorities are purposely trying to start the contagion
4. Everything is just a big circus, medical personal knows that, meanwhile their bosses are expecting to profit from the false flag (or gov is trying to draw the attention from international hotspots).
"3. The authorities are purposely trying to start the contagion "
.GOV have come to realize that they can't inflate their way out of the unfunded liabilities of Social Security, Medicare, the ACA, the .GOV bureaucrat's pensions; so this is how they are going to get out of paying or defaulting the off balance sheet debts...
So, we have a couple of explanations for this:
#3 is the right answer.
"our infrastructure" we can handle it though..
have you been to the motor vehicle?? (seinfeld)
there is a tendency to under-invest in infrastructure and its early warning systems of potential failures.
"Because nothing says "safety precautions" like rolled-up sleeves on a HazMat suit... "
Those ignorant and/or foolish people are on borrowed time and a terrible mass margin call is about to be made upon those deficient of knowledge and/or sense...
But hey, he's wearing more Tyvek than the schoolchildren will be....
Welp, it was nice knowing all ya'll. Catch you on the flip side of liquid blody poo and vomit.
They are testing a guy for Ebola they arrested last night for DUI in Cobb County GA...just broke. 10 minutes from me. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/cobb-co-jail-inmate-being-tested-ebola/nh...
Yep you're fucked. When you get your ebola please go into as may banks as you can and apply for a loan.
A big one, at the head office. Look like a high roller with a sure thing.
Kinda reminds me of the War of the Worlds. The unstoppable Martians (banksters) brought down by the microbes. When microbiologists dream. However I've killed a multitude of them so I'm sure they're scope locked on me for revenge.
Miffed
I prefer my 'symbiotic' relationship with the little buggers.....i feed them C12H22O11 and they in turn provide me with C2H5OH....strange relationship, but it works...
When you are at the bank applying for your loan, make sure to ask for the manager, and give him/her a warm embrace and a love-cough.
ok, that is WAYYY too close to home. Time to pull them youngins out and lock the doors I guess...
we are planning on pulling the kids as well. Hopefully they didnt pick up any funk before now.
I hope that nano silver stuff works. I guess the worst case is that it doesn't. No going to parks/malls/movies/shows/anything anywhere at all.
I don't even care about the dude in jail/hospital. I care about all the folks he was drinking with or whatever for the past few days.
Ahh...the silver lining finally....If I can scare the Mrs. enough to not go shopping, my credit card bill should plummet (except for all the money I will be spending on Visqeen and shotgun shells)
Amazon.com -- she can order things in to her heart's content.
CDC is right down the street... couldn't they run a rt-pcr before spamming the pr?
False alarm apparently in Cobb County...all tests (except the cdc test) have come back negative, according to our dedicated public servants.
So, he was either in a bar, or a liquor store. Likely paid with cash. Cash that touched his sweaty hands.
ebola, brought to you by the original american manufacture of bush meat, KFC! OH and one more thing, there are a hand full of residents in this nation that already know that chicken, don't have some fingers, so there goes that market demographic!!!
and then the happy virus meets the biological sewage treatment plant and enjoys eating the bacteria which eat the sewage.
not to mention the rodents in the sewers
dream of a terrorist in john brunners stand on zanzibar
might be far far out but we all live in strange times
Ebola doesn't infect bacteria or rodents. They don't have the right receptors or other components necessary for the viral life cycle.
Yet.
What about fleas? I hear they and the rats had something to do with a little thing called the Black Death a while ago.
IF a virus learns to become a bacteriophage then it will most likely become harmless to humans as it concentrates adapting to its MUCH expanded ecosystem.
As an aspiring 3rd world dictator, might I inquire, how much will a lab brew hybrid of the cold+ebola run me?
I'm trying hard to find a bottle of Clorox in that sidewalk picture, but not seeing it.
Eh...that magical janitorial mix of sawdust and pixie dust works just as well.
Bleach would kill the plants! What's the matter with you?!?
yup, can't hurt the environment. EPA says no bleach or cleaning agents are allowed without previous government consent forms. probably get a hazmat response for using bleach or oxyclean. in order to use bleach they'd have to do a NPDES permit, and an ENF/EIS/EA, get a FONSI. it could take years.
Remember to sign Form A when you fill out your FONSI...
Bleach would also kill the endangered 2 ring earthworm, and we simply cant tolerate that !!!
the tap water alone just may kill it
Simple green, with a Vodka chaser ?
Shit....why mix the two. Just use Jagermeister. Same effect....same great taste.
Yes indeed. the moron effect will account for 80% of cases in a short time.
WTF !!! I feel like I catch Ebola just by looking at these pictures. And I smell puke too.
GAME OVER, MAN!!! GAME OVER!!
How did America get this damn stupid?
1. By watching "reality" shows every night of the week
2. By watching CNN and Fox for their "news"
3. By constantly dicking around with their asinine phones and I-Pads 24-7-365
4. By constantly going to movies purveyed by queer-loving, shitbrained Hollowood
It's time to reap what you've sown, America!
Alternate version: 'MURICA
"How did America get this damn stupid?"
”If you protect man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools." - William Penn
i believe we are victims of our own success. we were so good for so long that we have bred a whole population of slackers and stooges, ill-prepared for any challenges.
does anyone find it interesting that a historical first case of ebola in america is happening in the same city where jfk was shot?
coincidence?
spinozian synchronicity?
Yeah and what about the names of these guys.
Thomas Eric Duncan - Duncan of Scottish and English derivation.
Patrick Sawyer, American consultant died on his way home to Minnesota in July. Sawyer of English derivation.
I think Patrick died before he could fulfill his mission of dying in the US as patient #1.
Yeah and one of Chicago's songs is 25 or 6 to 4. Every number looks like one of those shapes Ebola screws itself into.
COINCIDENCE......I think not !
dig chicago - beginnings
Re: Authentic African Last Names
Hi, Jesse (JJC)!
Do any of you know a few authentic West African last names? For some reason web searches have proved useless with this.
Here goes a few:
(1) Azikiwe (2) Awolowo (3) Bello (4) Balewa (5) Akintola (6) Okotie-Eboh (7) Nzeogwu (8) Onwuatuegwu (9) Okafor (10) Okereke (11) Okeke (12) Okonkwo (13) Okoye (14) Okorie (15) Obasanjo (16) Babangida (17) Buhari (18) Dimka (19) Okar (20) Diya (21) Odili (22) Ibori (23) Igbinedion (24) Alamieyeseigha (25) Yar'Adua (26) Asari-Dokubo (27) Jomo-Gbomo (28) Anikulapo-Kuti (29) Iwu (30) Anenih (31) Bamgboshe (32) Biobaku (33) Tinibu (34) Akinjide (35) Akinyemi (36) Akiloye (37) Adeyemi (38) Adesida (39) Omehia (40) Sekibo (41) Amaechi (42) Bankole (43) Nnamani (44) Ayim (45) Okadigbo (46) Ironsi (47) Ojukwu (48) Danjuma (49) Effiong (50) Akpabio (51) Attah (52) Chukwumereije (53) Akunyili (54) Iweala (55) Okonjo (56) Ezekwesili (57) Achebe (58) Soyinka (59) Solarin (60) Gbadamosi (61) Olanrewaju (62) Magoro(63) Madaki (64) Jang (65) Oyinlola (66) Oyenusi (67) Onyejekwe (68) Onwudiwe (70) Jakande (71) Kalejaiye (72) Igwe (73) Eze (74) Obi (75) Ngige (76) Uba (77) Kalu (78) Orji (79) Ohakim (80) Egwu (81) Adesina (82) Adeoye (83) Falana (84) Fagbure (85) Jaja (86) Okilo (87) Okiro (88) Balogun (89) Alakija (90) Akenzua (91) Akerele (92) Ademola (93) Onobanjo (94) Aguda (95) Okpara (96) Mbanefo (97) Mbadinuju (98) Boro (99) Ekwensi (100) Gowon (101) Saro-Wiwa
Muchas gracias.
Ebola man of the year award.
Nodbody is serious at the politically correct CDC until their coughing up blood themselves.
Yeah, Obama is in complete control.
At least a doubling every 20 days. It does not matter if it is Africa or USA. The difference in education level is eradicated by the higher level of drug addicts in USA. (alcohol marijuana, crack, cocaine, etc etc)
Are you implying the education level in the USA is better than Africa?
LOL!!!!
People who speak in abosolutes about unknown things make my ass bleed.
pods
Ass bleeding is bad Pods, you better get that checked out.
I think the Mrs got a little too zealous with the toys again.
The spread of this disease will be governed not by the smartest/most educated of us, but rather the most stupid/least educated. In other words, the weakest link in the chain. Isolate yourselves, and man your perimeters.
Containment! slaps forehead.
We need to immediately send Obama and Congress to West Africa. They need to personally investigate this Ebola hubbub and report back to the American people after their 21 day trip.
one-way ticket
I can't believe they put a chopper on the puke...even the press don't know what they should be doing. Fuck me "quick, get a helicopter to the scene of the puke!".
Polyester is too hot to wear sometimes so you have to roll up the sleeves. The new owner of that silver car will appreciate that it has a new air filter.
That bug in your radiator looks a lot like a kidney bean.
pods
Because high pressure water washers make viruses magically disappear and don't cause any aerosolization.
Notice the hazmat suit and containment level 4 lab facitlities used to prevent accidental infection.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus_disease#Prevention
I have a power washer. When I wash anything with it, I get soaked. It sprays EVERYWHERE. I was thinking about that same thing. Powerwasher dude is as good as dead.
Now that the vomit has been picked at by birds and insects it's in the environment.
And what happens when a mosquito carrier bites someone else?
We don't know enough about the Ebola virus to even answer that question.
In the hospital they disinfect all waste. So should we assume that Dallas Ebola victim #1 never flushed a toilet into the sewer system?
How about all the people he came into close contact with on the plane ride over here, in the airport, etc.
We can rightly assume we are horsefucked.
With all the mexican food in Texas Ebola has no chance in the sewer system.
pods
There are known-knowns and there are known-unknowns, but there are also unknown-unknowns. Things that we don't know that we don't know!
What?
oh the good old days.
/s
'Contained'....resume buying stawks muppets!
Food-stamp enrollment in Illinois outpaces job creation by nearly 2-to-1
What does Illinois expect, when the average salary for the 99 pct has gone down? And that's just for those fortunate few with jobs.
You fuckin raycissisis. Ebola just wanna chance at oppo'tunity like dem Souvin' Merican folks? Why y'all wanna keep a microbe down?
"There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease..."
Bwahahahahaha. It just keeps geting better.
hoo cares about people? ... as long as the algo computers are immune .... that is all that matters ...
Nothing says stupid like a picture of stupid.
This world is filled with braindead morons, and there's nothing anyone can do about that.
Those two fucking idiots are probably pulling in $80 large a year each, in salary and bennies.
That should help the mood.
Are you ready for the Country?
'Cause it's time to go.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g75N4Tfln2o
I'm feeling queezy.
Funny name for a girl,or is it a boy ?
I should be OK. I'm old and no longer have body fluids.
Ebola smoothed new case rate (GN,LR,SL):
3 Oct 14 - 132/day
28 Sep 14 - 139/day *
26 Sep 14 - 140/day
24 Sep 14 - 135/day
22 Sep 14 - 124/day
20 Sep 14 - 118/day
18 Sep 14 - 113/day
16 Sep 14 - 101/day
12 Sep 14 - 92/day
08 Sep 14 - 86/day
04 Sep 14 - 75/day
28 Aug 14 - 69/day
22 Aug 14 - 59/day
20 Aug 14 - 54/day
19 Aug 14 - 46/day
15 Aug 14 - 54/day
13 Aug 14 - 40/day
11 Aug 14 - 37/day
08 Aug 14 - 54/day
06 Aug 14 - 55/day
04 Aug 14 - 57/day
02 Aug 14 - 43/day
29 Jul 14 - 38/day
27 Jul 14 - 23/day
23 Jul 14 - 12/day
17 Jul 14 - 10/day
Case Fatality Risk Estimate: 47%
Active Case Growth Rate: 3.9% per day
Health worker deaths/cases: 216/382 as of 1 Oct
Based on WHO data through 1 Oct ( 30 Oct for Liberia)
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/135765/1/roadmapupdate3oct14_en...
* Original estimate for two day's worth of Liberian data was too high, this figure revised using actual reported numbers. Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) reported confirmed case rates have decreased.
So it's getting better?
Given the reported data, the growth rate has been slowing. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of faith in the numbers, they seem to be increasingly managed (both ways) for political purposes. There are several treatment expansions that have been brought online since 12 Sep or are in that process, so one should expect the composition of the data to change.
https://www.internationalsos.com/ebola/index.cfm?content_id=421&language...
WHO themselves admit theses numbers are vastly under reported and they caution that the down trend does not reflect what they are seeing.
"Ebola smoothed new case rate (GN,LR,SL):
3 Oct 14 - 132/day
28 Sep 14 - 139/day *
26 Sep 14 - 140/day
24 Sep 14 - 135/day
22 Sep 14 - 124/day
20 Sep 14 - 118/day
18 Sep 14 - 113/day
16 Sep 14 - 101/day
* Original estimate for two day's worth of Liberian data was too high, this figure revised using actual reported numbers. Monrovia (Liberia) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) reported confirmed case rates have decreased. "
Does that infer that transmission may have peaked in thse jurisdictions, or that statistical reporting of confirmed cases has likely further diverged from the previously accepted ratio of confirmed reported cases to unconfirmed/suspected cases?
They are no longer reporting the real numbers....as if they ever did
Listen Decp.
As if. Let me be real clear. This "VIRUS" is burning itself out. It doesn't like humans, they taste greeezy.
See Monrovia from Figure 3. on the 1 Oct WHO sitrep:
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/135600/1/roadmapsitrep_1Oct2014...
Either they tested a crazy number of people during the weeks of Sep 7 and Sep 14 and then took the rest of the month off, their lab reports are bunched (testing in batches), or everyone has been sheltering in place for two weeks.
In the 3 Oct sitrep:
http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/135765/1/roadmapupdate3oct14_en...
there is this caveat:
"* In Liberia, three more confirmed deaths have been reported than have confirmed cases. In addition, the total number of confirmed cases is a relatively small proportion of all cases in Liberia, compared with Guinea and Sierra Leone. Laboratory capacity for case confirmation is being increased."
"Either they tested a crazy number of people during the weeks of Sep 7 and Sep 14 and then took the rest of the month off, their lab reports are bunched (testing in batches), or everyone has been sheltering in place for two weeks."
Makes you wonder if they're burning lab workers at the same or greater rate as field MDs.
Hadn't thought of that. Figured their machine was down, or they ran out of reagents. The U.S. has opened two labs, so I guess we'll see if they share any data or not.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/10/02/pentagon-ebola/16606...
The issue in Sierra Leon may be they simply began turning people away.
http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2014/09/ebola-in-sierra-leone-what-ha...
Yes, if true that would mean that the rough CFR estimate, known to be on the low side due to construction, is far, far too low. While it's already known to be low for several reasons explained previously, adding those missing deaths back in over time would explain the falling CFR and bring the estimate up to 59%.
CONTAINED!
At what point will you keep track of the American new case rate and CFR?
Lolz, I started tracking the Western Africa outbreak back on 3/25 when there were 86 cases and 59 deaths in Guinea. Seeing this outbreak is a little closer to home, what do you think? ;)
I think you should start today.
Presuming we get secondary/tertiary infections, the CDC may not be as forthcoming as have the countries involved in the African outbreak. And now that the US is there, looks like Liberia intends to shut down press inquiry and third party verification:
" Liberia imposes media curbs on Ebola coverage
DAKAR: Journalists will need official permission to cover many aspects of the Ebola outbreak in Liberia under new rules that the government said aimed at protecting patient privacy. Journalists could be arrested and prosecuted if they fail to get written permission from the health ministry before contacting Ebola patients, conducting interviews or filming or photographing healthcare facilities, officials said."
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20141004/world.htm#1
It might be time to become vigilant in monitoring the emergency scanner/comm frequencies/channels on a regional and/or local basis for actual mobilized responses and use that information to regress/model against the public disclosures.
We should also reach out to honest actors within the system that would be willing to leak vital info as it is available to them.
The fucking bureaucrats are lying to us and we are going to have to gather information directly from their communications sources and deduct from that information if we are not going to be fooled into inappropriate action or lack of action.
Standing in line at security at SFO yesterday I found myself imagining what that place might look like a month from now... Closed due to Ebola. We are such fucking dumb people.
FDA needs a $50MM program to educate Murkins how to correct cook their fruit bats bushmeat - quick rush it through CONgress with $150MM in additional pork projects!
If I lived there I would dump a qt of oil on the ground and tie up a spotted owl next to it.
Is it REALLY all that difficult to simply ban all flights to-from africa? It doesn't even have to be all of africa. how about: if there is an outbreak, you quarantine the damn country. simple enough, but i guess that would be racist or something.
They would just change flight plans from Africa - USA to Africa - South America - USA.
I haven't actually looked into this but I would bet money they other African nations have told the infected nations residents to fuck off and don't even think of trying to fly or walk into their country unless they want a bullet to the brain. You know common sense, self preservation and and that shit.
You would think that, and then find out that Ivory Coast has decided to reverse their earlier flight restrictions and allow air traffic.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/27/ebola-sierra-leone-flights-...
but i guess that would be racist or something
Yes it would. And that trumps everything. Even the risk of a pandemic causing thousands of deaths.
"but i guess that would be racist or something
Yes it would. And that trumps everything. Even the risk of a pandemic causing thousands of deaths.
See "The Death of Common Sense" by Philip Howard.
I blame Obama for not shutting the borders of entry down between W. Africa and the US. If not where does the blame get placed for this negligence? Why do we accept this level of mediocrity? The answer lies in the pictures provided.
Air France and BA halted flights in August.
Air France suspends flights to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone at request of French government ... days after crew signed safety petition and refused to board flights
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2735698/Citing-Ebola-Air-France-suspends-flights.html
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Both United and Delta continue to fly (+/- 13 hour) daily nonstop flights between Houston and Atlanta to and from Lagos.
http://flightaware.com/live/airport/DNMM
UAL 142 - IAH (Houston) to DNMM (Lagos)
UAL 143 - DNMM to IAH
DAL54 - ATL (Atlanta) to DNMM
DAL55 - DNMM to ATL
Conakry Int'l Airport (Conakry) GUCY / CKY
- Air France
- Royal Air Moroc
- unknown crj200 scheduled for
Dakar Roberts Int'l Airport (Monrovia) GLRB / ROB
- Brussels Airline
- Royal Air Moroc
Lungi Int'l Airport (Freetown) GFLL / FNA
- Royal Air Moroc
Maybe Loyd Blankfein is doing God's work.
At least no one is talking about syria and Ukraine. Phew.
when he finishes with that little chore fukushima needs him and his power washer asap
What was the 90s film where they almost drop a daisy cutter on a US town?
"Outbreak" With Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, and Morgan Freeman.
1995
"Outbreak 2: Adiós Amigos" With Luis Guzmán, Jennifer Lopez, and Jimmy Smitts.
2015
Let's start a fund via donations so that any senior White House official or cabinet member can hop on over to Liberia and help out best they can. Our fund will cover their salary while they are away from sitting around watching porn on .gov computers. Who's with me?
Send the 12 Monkeys
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6FvX_Suj11s
Don't worry just go to work tomorrow then come home turn on the TV have have another beer. You're in good hands...the government really cares about you.
Thank you. I feel a whole lot better now. :)
"Whew!"
"...stawks close up at all time record highs today on investor exuberance over a fall in the unemplyment rate as the recovery..."
pssst glug glug glug glug
It's all ok cause s&p is up big today
Notice there is no license plate on the car in washing photo.
I purchased it this morning on Flea Bay. The old owner says it has a new air filter and the a/c blows very cold.
someone at this moment is surely editing this to have a guy bumbling around with a spray gun and a pair of shorts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj9SUJdpJS4
BBC reporter, James Gallagher, asked what was the best evidence to date on using survivors’ blood to treat Ebola patients.
“Data that were published, I don’t remember the journal, I think the Journal of Infectious Diseases 1995, that’s the only one I know. But I do know, not for Ebola but for other diseases, convalescent serum,” said Professor Oyewale Tomori, Professor of Virology at Redemer’s University in Nigeria.
The paper in question described eight very ill Ebola patients from the 1995 outbreak being transfused with blood from five convalescing patients that contained antibodies against Ebola, but no detectable virus. Seven of eight survived, far better than the outbreak’s 80% mortality rate. The authors noted, however, that the eight received much better general medical care than the general population might have otherwise.
"he paper in question described eight very ill Ebola patients from the 1995 outbreak being transfused with blood from five convalescing patients that contained antibodies against Ebola, but no detectable virus. Seven of eight survived, far better than the outbreak’s 80% mortality rate. "
And 4 of 8 consider catching The AIDS a bargain.
Psycho and Ox - Stripes (3/8) Movie CLIP (1981) HD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUtHkSw9nEY
In the past 60 minutes, I've read: Nebraska, Washington, Cobb County jail, and someone looking for a plane. Contained.
seems like a coordinated media campaign or shit just got real?
Not yet
Shit gets real when within the next 2 weeks there are 4 more cases in the US outside containment. Then the race is on, because that means it's doubling, which means there are a bunch of people out there with it, spreading it.
Or carriers that maybe are unaware they are.
Ebola Mary.
If you lived in Africa and you had Ebola, you would hop the first plane to the USA too. Obama is promising the entire world free Healthcare and free citizenship. It beats dying in the muddy streets of Nigeria any day.
Yes. I would prefer to die in the muddy streets of Detroit.
And therein lies the crux of the problem.....Human instinct for self preservation and to flee to safety will carry this plague everywhere.
If we don't seal the border we are fucked!!
And imagine if this thing gets going in Mexico . . . .
"And imagine if this thing gets going in Mexico . . . . "
WHEN, not IF. WHEN.
Plug in some cities here:
http://www.farecompare.com/flights/Lagos-LOS/Mexico_City-MEX/market.html
The first few dozen infected with Ebola in this country will get the best care available...the next 1M+, probably not so much.
Peanuts and corn galore!
Higgins from Magnum PI:
Actually Magnum, his diet is probably quite varied and sensitive to foods from the US. While it is true the settlers of Liberia hail from liberated survivors of your civil war, they are still breedstock of slaves imported to a world and culture quite foreign to the African ... with lack of a better word ... gut. In this day and age he might have dined at any number of restaurants with culturally similar foodstuffs, such as Ethiopian, Moroccan or more popularly Kenyan. As such his vomitus might consist of such raw flours as Teff, which will carry a strain of fauna for quite a long period of time without presence of carbohydrate fuel.
/higgins In the hot summer sun, these pavement clowns are making ebama beer.
When another country bans flights from the USA, you'll know it's on.
hey. that's just like it's done in Africa!
AIDS, drug trafficking, Silk Road objectives override the business of children sex trafficking rings.
Don't forget about rare earth minerals!
Ask Obama if he read this in the newspaper 20 years ago, if not last month.
In the asbestos scare in the early 90s, where asbestos and lead paint was more or less explosive in threat potential, I watched contract workers from East Europe in helmeted and veiled upper wear and then finished off with shorts and flip-flops (it was summer in Northern NJ) doing the business.