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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Republican Hate, Fear and Loathing as Policies – ‘Montana GOP Candidate Calls Hillary Clinton The ‘Anti-Christ’

The Last Of The Millenniums

Ryan Zinke

 

US President George W. Bush addresses th

Silence is acceptance.

When your Republican neighbors, friends, co-workers, relatives don’t speak out against this…..then they believe it.

Hate….Fear…..Loathing as Republican policies.

That’s the Country the Founding Father’s wanted.

A Republican candidate for Congress in Montana compared former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the anti-Christ’.

‘The candidate, state Sen. Ryan Zinke, is one of five Republicans competing for the nomination to succeed Rep. Steve Daines (R-MT) who is likely to run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)’.

‘At his campaign kickoff event, according to the Bigfork Eagle, Zinke said “we need to focus on the real enemy.” He then went on to criticize Clinton calling her the “anti-Christ.”

‘Actually, Zinke, once a member of the Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden, is not new to partisan bomb-throwing. Two years ago he started an anti-President Barack Obama super PAC’.

“Navy SEALs, Special…

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Me being quietly a part of a tree. | Rebelle Society

How I wish we could be forever young, in that summer light.

With our secret language, and the envy of our older sisters. Although often jealously spying on us, they never did uncover our magic world. The dragons we searched out, the adventures we took, the summer buzzing around us unnoticed. But, I am sure my soul absorbed the essence forever: bumble bees and all shades and nuances of green in that old apple yard. Time lost in joy.

via Me being quietly a part of a tree. | Rebelle Society.

Man loses benefits because he had heart attack during work capability assessment

Can it be true? OMG

Pride's Purge

(not satire – it’s the UK today!)

A man with heart problems who couldn’t complete a work capability assessment because he had a heart attack during the interview had his benefits stopped by the job centre for ‘withdrawing’ from the interview.

I promise you this is not satire. Here’e the story from the Oldham Evening Chronicle:

Heart-attack victim in cash-axe shock

The UK under this government is getting harder and harder to satirise day by day.

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Big thanks to Robert Cragg for the heads up on this.

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New study finds plague may return | Vaccine News Daily

“We know the bacterium Y. pestis has jumped from rodents into humans throughout history and rodent reservoirs of plague still exist today in many parts of the world,” Associate Professor of the Center for microbial Genetics and Genomics at Northern Arizona University Dave Wagner said. “If the Justinian plague could erupt in the human population, cause a massive pandemic, and then die out, it suggest it could happen again. Fortunately we now have antibiotics that could be used to effectively treat plague, which lessens the chances of another large scale human pandemic.”

Other questions were recently raised about the origins of the plague. New research points to the Justinian Y. pestis originating from Asia, not Africa, which could mean the Plague of Athens and the Antonine plague may be caused by a completely separate strain of Y. pestis.

Researchers are still unable to answer why the Justinian Plague suddenly died out during the sixth century after killing an estimated 30 to 50 million people, approximately half the world’s population at the time.

via New study finds plague may return | Vaccine News Daily.

TB incidence increasing in Denmark | Vaccine News Daily

The Statens Serum Institut recently noted that tuberculosis cases in Denmark are increasing, particularly among immigrants and residents of Greenland or immigrant descent, and suggested the TB prevention plan within the country may need revision.

The presence of TB in Denmark has steadily increased since 2009. In 2012, the country saw the highest incidence of TB in five years. Most cases occurred with immigrants residing in Denmark, while the prevalence of TB in persons native to Denmark remained unchanged.

via TB incidence increasing in Denmark | Vaccine News Daily.

Dumping plan for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef gets green light | News | DW.DE | 31.01.2014

 and like too many other profit before planet dummies – they will just say “Oops” when something really bad happens and they kill the reef and northern Australia’s coast.

“We are devastated. I think any Australian or anyone around the world who cares about the future of the reef is also devastated by this decision,\” said Richard Leck, reef campaign leader for the international conservation group World Wildlife Fund. \”Exactly the wrong thing that you want to do when an ecosystem is suffering … is introduce another major threat to it – and that\’s what the marine park authority has allowed to happen today.\”

But the Marine Park Authority has defended the decision, pointing to strict conditions that include a water quality monitoring plan that is to stay in place five years after the dumping is complete.

via Dumping plan for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef gets green light | News | DW.DE | 31.01.2014.

Prepping for a Coup!?! Ukraine’s armed forces call for Yanukovych action as activist Bulatov claims torture | News | DW.DE | 31.01.2014

\”The servicemen and employees of the armed forces called unacceptable the seizure of state offices, preventing representatives of state and local authorities from fulfilling their duties.\” The statement added that \”further escalation of the confrontation threatens the country\’s territorial integrity.\”

via Ukraine’s armed forces call for Yanukovych action as activist Bulatov claims torture | News | DW.DE | 31.01.2014.

VDU’s blog: H7N9 snapdate: cases in 2013 vs 2014…[UPDATED]

So Zhejiang is our sentinel for an impact from market closures. The place to keep an eye on in the coming weeks as an indicator of H7N9 activity in the region. Or it might just all be down to warmer weather shooing the H7N9 away! But at least we have last year as a guide of what to expect this year. If you can expect anything from influenza.

via VDU’s blog: H7N9 snapdate: cases in 2013 vs 2014…[UPDATED].