Category Archives: Fail!

Airline Passenger With Ebola Is Under Treatment in Dallas – NYTimes.com

A man who took a commercial flight from Liberia that landed in Dallas on Sept. 20 has been found to have the Ebola virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Tuesday. He is the first traveler to have brought the virus to the United States on a passenger plane. {and will not be the last since people do not seem to have the good sense to get checked before exposing hundreds}

He was not ill during the flight, health officials said. Symptoms developed several days after he arrived, and he is being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

via Airline Passenger With Ebola Is Under Treatment in Dallas – NYTimes.com.

Hardline Buddhists in Myanmar, Sri Lanka strike anti-Islamist pact | Reuters

{Oh great: now we’re gonna have fundamentalist “Buddhist”  terrorists and wannabe-dictators!?! This has less to do with Buddhism than ISIL has to do with Islam – and what group of organized Muslims are attacking Buddhists – zero!}

Wirathu is known for his anti-Islamic sermons, and his “969 movement” has been accused of running a hate campaign against Muslims in Myanmar, where at least 240 people have been killed since June 2012.

“Both Bodu Bala Sena and 969 movement have felt that they must now come forward to derive practical and meaningful ways to address these burning issues which cannot be left for politicians to deal with,” the agreement said.

The groups will work on building networks among Buddhist societies and pool resources to fight for the faith, it said.

Wirathu was the guest of honor at a convention of the Sri Lankan group on Sunday where it announced the plan to work together ahead of a presidential election in Sri Lanka that could be held as early as January.

“The aim is to create an international Buddhist force the way we have a Buddhist force nationally in the country,” said BBS Secretary-General Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara said about the pact struck with Wirathu’s movement.

via Hardline Buddhists in Myanmar, Sri Lanka strike anti-Islamist pact | Reuters.

EU’s new digital commissioner calls celebrities in nude picture leak ‘stupid’ | World news | The Guardian

the person applying to be in charge of shoring up trust in the internet so that Europeans do more business online just victim-blamed people whose personal data was accessed and spread without authorisation.”

via EU’s new digital commissioner calls celebrities in nude picture leak ‘stupid’ | World news | The Guardian.

Migrant deaths crossing Mediterranean top 3,000 in 2014 – BBC News

Just saying – there do not seem to be any emergency meetings being called for as in the current ebola outbreak, or pledges of millions of dollars to prevent future deaths.

More than 3,000 migrants have died crossing the Mediterranean this year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

In a report published on Monday, the IOM said the 3,072 deaths made Europe the most dangerous destination for “irregular” migrants.

The organisation said that some experts placed the toll three times as high.

This year’s total is more than double the previous peak in 2011, and exceeds last year’s estimate over four times.

Since January, 4,077 migrant deaths have occurred worldwide with 75% of fatalities happening in Europe.

via Migrant deaths crossing Mediterranean top 3,000 in 2014 – BBC News.

They assume no one checks their sources and the spin! Ebola and the “Rapid Vaccine Response”. The U.S. Government Patented Ebola in 2009, “Now Owns all Victims’ Blood” | Global Research

This plot gets even more interesting when you realize that a patent on Ebola was awarded to the United States government just five years ago, in 2009.

That patent, number CA2741523A1, is available here.

via Ebola and the “Rapid Vaccine Response”. The U.S. Government Patented Ebola in 2009, “Now Owns all Victims’ Blood” | Global Research.

The patent is for a process of verifying that someone has one particular type of ebola – not all ebola types. Spun to support their conspiratorial view of the world.

Somali militants stone woman to death | Reuters

Cowards and shameful to claim their acts have anything to do with religion – it is about power and their terrorizing their own people for their benefit!

The group, which pledges loyalty to al Qaeda, has waged an armed campaign to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic Sharia law. Forced out of many areas of the east African country by African Union forces and the Somali army, al Shabaab is keen to show it has authority over areas it still controls.

Hundreds gathered to watch the killing of Safia Ahmed Jimale in an open field. The 33-year old mother was buried up to her shoulders and pelted with stones by masked al Shabaab fighters and local men.

via Somali militants stone woman to death | Reuters.

Israeli ‘intentionally’ runs over Palestinian child in Jerusalem | Maan News Agency

An Israeli individual on Thursday “intentionally” ran over a Palestinian child while he was outside near his house in the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, a local watchdog said.

The Wadi Hilweh information Center said that Adam al-Rishq, 10, was chased, cornered, and run over by a car driven by “settlers,” in what they said was an “intentional” attack on the boy.

Al-Rishq suffered moderate injuries and was taken to Haddasah hospital as a result of the attack.

Silwan is a site of frequent tensions between Palestinians and local Israeli settlers, who have taken over individual houses in the East Jerusalem neighborhood just south of the Old City.

Israeli authorities have rarely prevented the home takeovers, and the “City of David” Jewish archaeological theme park — which houses a number of settlers — has been expanded into nearby homes, whose residents ahve been displaced as a result.

East Jerusalem has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967, and today around 300,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements constructed between existing Palestinian neighborhoods.

via Israeli ‘intentionally’ runs over Palestinian child in Jerusalem | Maan News Agency.

NYT’s David Brooks, WaPo’s Michael Gerson to Speak at Top Antigay Funding Confab | TWO Care

Recently, government-encouraged outbreaks of mob violence against LGBT persons in countries from Uganda to Russia, and draconian new anti-gay legislation in those countries too, have gained growing media notice – some of which has focused on the role American evangelicals have played in inciting such hatred.

But the American culprits are not being funded from the margins. Tens of millions (possibly evens hundreds of millions) of dollars for that project is coming from the foundations whose representatives assemble yearly at an event known as The Gathering, where multimillionaire and billionaire evangelical funders of the culture wars from the families DeVos, Coors, Prince, Maclellan, Friess, Ahmanson, and others, and heads of the mammoth National Christian Foundation – gather, dine, and strategize.

This Thursday September 25th, at the luxury Ritz Carlton hotel in Orlando, Florida, an evening series of briefings will kick off the premier funding event of the evangelical right in America, a four-day annual conference known as The Gathering. Scheduled to speak at the conference are David Brooks of the New York Times (also a National Public Radio commentator) and Michael Gerson of the Washington Post.

via NYT’s David Brooks, WaPo’s Michael Gerson to Speak at Top Antigay Funding Confab | TWO Care.

Random Punishment – Just Because They Can! Israel closes Jenin checkpoint for Jewish holiday | Maan News Agency

Random Punishment – Just Because They Can!

Israel closed the al-Jalama checkpoint on Thursday for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashana, the governor of Jenin said.

Ibrahim Ramadan told Ma’an that the closure starts Thursday and the checkpoint will be closed both ways for two days.

Ramadan said officials are trying to overturn the decision, which will affect Palestinian workers who use the checkpoint to enter Israel.

via Israel closes Jenin checkpoint for Jewish holiday | Maan News Agency.

FDA warns three companies against marketing their products as Ebola treatments or cures – The Washington Post

theoildropper.com

Written by a paid consultant (referred to as a “member”) for Young Living, the post goes on to tout the possible benefits of a few oils sold by the company: “The Higley Essential Oil Reference guide mentions that the Ebola Virus can not live in the presence of cinnamon bark (this is in Thieves) nor Oregano. I would definitely add those two oils to whatever I was using.”

It adds: “I pray we don’t have to hear about this virus coming to the U.S. but if you travel outside of our country or know someone who goes to Africa or lives in Africa, maybe you could send them a care package of Young Living essential oils!”

via FDA warns three companies against marketing their products as Ebola treatments or cures – The Washington Post.