Category Archives: Fail!

CDC – Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) – Hantavirus

{The nastier version of hantavirus and may have been cause for millions of deaths in 1300-1400 AD in Central and South America due to an outbreak caused by building cities and stockpiles of urban food (grains) infested by mice. Could return through an “oops” over production of grains by big ag and ensuing explosion of mice and rats. a new variety could be our “ebola”}

Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS) is a group of clinically similar illnesses caused by hantaviruses from the family Bunyaviridae. HFRS includes diseases such as Korean hemorrhagic fever, epidemic hemorrhagic fever, and nephropathis epidemica. The viruses that cause HFRS include Hantaan, Dobrava, Saaremaa, Seoul, and Puumala.

via CDC – Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome (HFRS) – Hantavirus.

Homeless in Germany given the boot | Germany | DW.DE | 23.06.2014

{Article, itself demonstrates social view of German homelessness – featured is a depressed former gambler and no discussion about range of reasons why so many are homeless and how they got that way.}

Germany’s umbrella organization for housing assistance (BAGW) says the number of people without a domicile in Germany has gone up dramatically over the last few years. In 2012, 284,000 people had nowhere to live – a rise of 15 percent compared to 2010. And BAGW expects that figure to rise again by a further 30 percent to 380,000 by 2016.

via Homeless in Germany given the boot | Germany | DW.DE | 23.06.2014.

Israel: Policeman killed in April shot by freed Shalit deal prisoner | Maan News Agency

{Announced now to justify calls for going back on deal to exchange hostage and release imprisoned.}

Israeli forces arrested Ziad Awad, 42, and his 18-year-old son, on May 7 and they were charged in a military court on Monday, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Ziad is a former prisoner who was released in the 2011 Gilad Shalit deal.

Israeli police officer Baruch Mizrahi was shot dead while he was driving near Hebron in the southern West Bank on April 14. His wife and son were also injured in the shooting.

via Israel: Policeman killed in April shot by freed Shalit deal prisoner | Maan News Agency.

Settlers vandalize 12 Palestinian cars in East Jerusalem | Maan News Agency

Settlers vandalized 12 Palestinian vehicles and a school bus in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on Monday, locals said.

Owners of the vehicles told Ma’an that three masked settlers raided the al-Ashqariya neighborhood at 3 a.m. and punctured tires on 12 cars.

The settlers also sprayed “Death to Arabs” and “Revenge” on a school bus and another private vehicle.

Local resident Mahmoud Shanak told Ma’an that this is the first incident of its kind in al-Ashqariya.

The damaged vehicles belong to Riyad al-Halwani, Ramadan Bader, Mahmoud al-Shanak, Muhammad al-Shanak, Alaa al-Leftawi, Ulfat al-Bakri, Muhammad Hussein Barqan, Nisreen Hamad, Younes Ghazawi and Issa Jabarin.

via Settlers vandalize 12 Palestinian cars in East Jerusalem | Maan News Agency.

Fighting sexism – 30 years on — New Internationalist

I remember how 30 years ago, I raged, raved and ranted when I heard that a drunken husband had kicked his pregnant wife in the stomach, causing her to lose her baby. I waved an article at the group of women and asked them to form a vigilante team to beat up drunken men who entered the village, as women in Nagaland had done, according to a newspaper report I had read.  An old woman calmly said to me: ‘You are very young. But don’t say such (silly) things to our women. If a woman joins a mob to beat up her husband, how will she face him the next day? How will life go on?’

And so we continue. Thirty years later.

via Fighting sexism – 30 years on — New Internationalist.

Israeli settlers posse’s shoot at Palestinians near Ramallah | Maan News Agency

Israeli settlers opened fire at Palestinians northwest of Ramallah late Sunday in the second such incident in hours, locals said.

Two settlers shot at nine men who were working in a quarry near the village of al-Mazraa al-Gharbiya, without causing injuries, the workers told Ma’an.

They said they noticed the settlers sneaking into the quarry and fled the scene as settlers opened fire with an automatic rifle.

After being chased for nearly two miles, the workers reached al-Mazraa al-Gharabiya unscathed, they told Ma’an.

via Israeli settlers shoot at Palestinians near Ramallah | Maan News Agency.

“Hunting Street Children and Shooting Them Like Dogs” is NOT the Solution! – Egyptian Streets

I agree with you on one thing: a need for a government to show bravery. But, Sir, we are not cavemen, neither are we Nazi’s. Bravery must be shown by our governments in admitting they have not got the first clue on how to solve the problems that lead children to the street. They must be humble in admitting they need help from professional researchers and NGO staff to get together and find out what’s leading the children to the streets, why they stay there and they must be brave in investing money to trial solutions of monitored alternative care where families have abused their children out of their homes! This Mr Op-Ed writer is a far braver solution.

Below are a couple of photos of some of the street children I have met, none of them have committed crimes, none have raped anyone, none have HIV/AIDS, none are stealing anyone’s jobs. Does your suggestion for brave measures include ‘fishing’ and ‘shooting’ these little ones? Or will the cute ones escape the executioner?

via “Hunting Street Children and Shooting Them Like Dogs” is NOT the Solution! – Egyptian Streets.

White Bus Driver Concocted Attack by Black Youths in Dayton | Hatewatch

The department conducted extensive ballistics testing on the gun at the police academy on April 10. Investigators acquired eight copies of “The Message.” The bus company supplied several uniform shirts similar to the one Wagoner wore that day. Over and over lab techs fired bullets from the .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol gun into the shirt, the book and a gel substance simulating the effect of bullets ripping into a human body. Each time the result was the same. There was no miracle. The bullets traveled 15 inches into the gel, according to the Dayton Daily News.

via White Bus Driver Concocted Attack by Black Youths in Dayton | Hatewatch.

U.S. Plans to Step Up Detention and Deportation of Migrants – NYTimes.com

<For what it’s worth – it seems that it must be that “coyotes” and a variety of organized gangs re probably helping to spread rumors about getting into US – via their paid services, of course>

The move comes as the administration is trying to quell rampant rumors throughout Central America that American border authorities are offering entry permits to parents traveling with young children after they are caught. Officials hope that by increasing the numbers of migrants who are detained and then deported, others considering the trek may be dissuaded from doing so.

via U.S. Plans to Step Up Detention and Deportation of Migrants – NYTimes.com.

Australian militants Abu Yahya ash Shami and Abu Nour al-Iraqi identified in ISIS recruitment video – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

“They are trying to target youth in the West with a very simple message, a very evocative message,” Dr Rodger Shanahan, a non-resident fellow at the Lowy Institute of International Policy, said.

Yesterday Foreign Affairs Minister said the Government believed 150 Australians have been or are currently overseas fighting with extremists in Iraq and Syria.

via Australian militants Abu Yahya ash Shami and Abu Nour al-Iraqi identified in ISIS recruitment video – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).