The second Obama term
Not an issue... I am sure this is the only instance of it happening, again.Leisher wrote:Connecticut state rep arrested for voter fraud.
Anyone want to take a guess at her party affiliation? Here's a hint: Outside of FOX, no other media outlets seem to care about this story.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Feds pissed they can't snoop your smartphone because they're too fucking stupid to understand what "encrypted" means.
When I think "criminals using electronics to take things from me illegally," I think "US government."
Someone, PLEASE, think of the children. But wait, it gets better.
Seriously, go fuck yourself. Shove your dick up your own ass.
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"Recent technological advances have the potential to greatly embolden online criminals, providing new methods for abusers to avoid detection," Holder said, adding: "Many take advantage of encryption and anonymizing technology to conceal contraband materials and disguise their locations."
When I think "criminals using electronics to take things from me illegally," I think "US government."
"We would hope that technology companies would be willing to work with us to ensure that law enforcement retains the ability, with court authorization, to lawfully obtain information in the course of an investigation, such as catching kidnappers and sexual predators," Holder said.
Someone, PLEASE, think of the children. But wait, it gets better.
As Holder prepares to retire, a retired FBI chief was also compelled to speak up against Apple and Google's new mobile encryption. Ronald Hosko, who was assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Investigative Division before he retired, drafted an editorial for the Washington Post, asserting that a kidnapped man would have died if the offenders has been using the level of encryption Apple now offers.
Seriously, go fuck yourself. Shove your dick up your own ass.
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Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
The chances of a U.S. epidemic are “incredibly low,” he said.
Was it about a week ago that Obama said the chances of a case hitting the US was pretty remote as well. I hate our government. When they aren't being evil, they're being inept.
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"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
Ebola is not a big threat like that, though. It's hard to get and you aren't contagious until well into having full-blown symptoms. That's two big strikes against wide-spread Ebola in any country with modern medical practices and a population that generally knows to avoid getting the blood and mucus of obviously very sick people on you.
The virus that will eventually get us is one that spread easily and has an incubation period during which it is already contagious. Add that to a high mortality rate and we're all doomed. Ebola ain't it, though.
The virus that will eventually get us is one that spread easily and has an incubation period during which it is already contagious. Add that to a high mortality rate and we're all doomed. Ebola ain't it, though.
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Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:Probably not. But if it starts spreading, how long do you ignore it?
Until it hits DC.
That's when you cheer. But seriously, if we start getting reports from multiple cities, that means it has already spread further and we haven't heard yet. When does one take steps.
And I don't think there's an actual answer to that.... "right as you need to." Just saying.
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
That's the whole point, in a first-world country like ours it isn't going to spread very much at all. It only spreads so well in third-world countries because there are few doctors so families take care of each other and get each other sick because they don't know how to do so safely. Here by the time someone is sick enough to spread the disease to others they'll already be in the hospital. Only medical staff are in any real danger, and they're already taking all the proper precautions as default practice.GORDON wrote:Probably not. But if it starts spreading, how long do you ignore it?
Getting Ebola is about as hard as getting HIV, except that you add in that the person you get Ebola from is also bleeding from every orifice so you are unlikely to be having sex with them at the time.
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TPRJones wrote:That's the whole point, in a first-world country like ours it isn't going to spread very much at all. It only spreads so well in third-world countries because there are few doctors so families take care of each other and get each other sick because they don't know how to do so safely. Here by the time someone is sick enough to spread the disease to others they'll already be in the hospital. Only medical staff are in any real danger, and they're already taking all the proper precautions as default practice.
Getting Ebola is about as hard as getting HIV, except that you add in that the person you get Ebola from is also bleeding from every orifice so you are unlikely to be having sex with them at the time.
All well and good except what? Two or three US healthcare workers who know exactly NOT how to get it got it and had to be brought back here for treatment. I never saw pictures of these doctors not being covered head to toe with eye protection to boot.
While what you're saying is true in that there are things working against the African villages that helps the spread there, there are also things working against us that they aren't dealing with over there. The number one thing that's kept it contained in Africa is that the outbreaks tend to occur in villages where the people don't interact with a bunch of people on a daily basis and they don't commute to work miles and miles from their home every day.
If you'll notice, no one at the CDC has said you CAN'T get Ebola from someone before they're symptomatic, just that it's much less likely. And the initial onset of symptoms present like the flu. And how many times have coworkers come in to work with the onset of flu symptoms?
Call me jaded, but I don't trust the government to tell the truth about anything. This included.
Here's where I stand. When less than 10% of the 100 they are now monitoring for exposure go positive AND no one outside of that group of 100 pop positive, then I'll assume they have a handle on this.
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"... and then I was forced to walk the Trail of Tears." - Elizabeth Warren
Keep in mind that those US health workers working over there had to work with what they had in terms of supplies and whatnot. As things were getting bad they probably had to start reusing gloves and taking some other shortcuts. Shortcuts that wouldn't apply as often here where we've got plenty of supplies.
And yes it does start as flu, but even so you need to have direct contact with their fluids on your mucus membranes or in an open wound. So it could spread a little, like with someone sneezing directly into someone else's face. But it doesn't stay in a simple flu-like stage for very long before progressing to a point that would result in immediate hospitalization. And it isn't airborne so that it doesn't linger and spread nearly as easily as flu. As an infectious disease it's a bit of a failure, because it's too damaging too quickly to allow for time to spread through a reasonably hygienic population.
My point is your kids are far more likely to get run down by a car, but you still let them out of the house. Worrying about Ebola is just silly in comparison.
And yes it does start as flu, but even so you need to have direct contact with their fluids on your mucus membranes or in an open wound. So it could spread a little, like with someone sneezing directly into someone else's face. But it doesn't stay in a simple flu-like stage for very long before progressing to a point that would result in immediate hospitalization. And it isn't airborne so that it doesn't linger and spread nearly as easily as flu. As an infectious disease it's a bit of a failure, because it's too damaging too quickly to allow for time to spread through a reasonably hygienic population.
My point is your kids are far more likely to get run down by a car, but you still let them out of the house. Worrying about Ebola is just silly in comparison.
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I keep pondering the unwillingness to restrict travel from west Africa. I mean, yeah, most likely only a few people will get ebola because of it. I'd be pretty pissed off if I was one of the unlucky ones.
What's the threshold? How many would have to get ebola in the USA before your typical democrat decided that maybe the government made a mistake?
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What's the threshold? How many would have to get ebola in the USA before your typical democrat decided that maybe the government made a mistake?
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"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."