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I tried to turn the tide of this thread in POST #72, but apparently it fell on deaf eyes...
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
Oh, you mean Democrats (notice the capitals, it is a pronoun, and I choose to show respect even though I don't agree with their politics or methods) don't ever filibuster... seriously? Oh, wait, the Democrats just vote to remove filibuster while they are in power so no one can go against them... uh, wait, one more time, didn't POTUS own both houses of Congress when he entered office. If it was important, it (not specifically talking about the SG things) should have been done then. I guess it wasn't important.
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Hmmm ... good point. Both sides have used the filibuster. But have they done so at a relatively even rate? Let's take a look at the data. Let's go right to the source (Senate Records):

US_Senate_cloture_since_1917.png
Count of Cloture Motions in various Congresses

Wow! It seems like filibusters (as represented by clotures -- the process for ending a filibuster -- which is not 100% accurate but the only real data available on numbers of filibusters) skyrocketed when the Dems took control of the Senate in 2007 and Barack Obama took office in 2009. Hmmmm ... could it be that filibusters suddenly became a tool used most often for plain old obstruction as opposed to "continue the debate" in 2007?
 
OK folks let's get back on subject this is about EBOLA!
May have to * this thread if we can't?
 
nnuut said:
OK folks let's get back on subject this is about EBOLA!
May have to * this thread if we can't?
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oops, sorry :embarrest:

I didn't notice it wasn't a political thread, please move my posts to the appropriate thread on the political side... or, if you feel it necessary, delete them.

-RMI
 
No problem!
Ebola screenings begin at NYC airport

By Megan R. Wilson - 10/11/14 11:00 AM EDT



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A New York airport on Saturday became the first of four U.S. airports to begin advanced screening of passengers originating from Ebola-stricken nations.
New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport will take the temperature of people coming from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea in West Africa – the hardest hit by the deadly Ebola virus.



Over the next week, Newark Liberty, Washington Dulles, Chicago O'Hare and Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta will also be using no-touch thermometers to try and detect passengers who have a fever, an early predictor of the disease.

Ebola screenings begin at NYC airport | TheHill
 
RealMoneyIssues said:
... Oh, wait, the Democrats just vote to remove filibuster while they are in power so no one can go against them... uh, wait, one more time, didn't POTUS own both houses of Congress when he entered office. If it was important, it (not specifically talking about the SG things) should have been done then. I guess it wasn't important.
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The President DID nominate, and have confirmed, a Surgeon General during the period when dems controlled the Senate and House. (2009). \


Regina Benjamin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Our last Surgeon General was Regina Benjamin, nominated in 2009 when Obama too office. She retired and left last year.
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[TD="colspan: 2, align: center"]In office
November 3, 2009 – July 16, 2013[/TD]
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[TH="align: left"]President[/TH]
[TD]Barack Obama[/TD]
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The President nominated a replacement at that time- but there has not been any action to move to a vote in the Senate, because republicans have a hold on the nomination.
 
James48843 said:
The President DID nominate, and have confirmed, a Surgeon General during the period when dems controlled the Senate and House. (2009). \


Regina Benjamin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Our last Surgeon General was Regina Benjamin, nominated in 2009 when Obama too office. She retired and left last year.
[TABLE="class: infobox vcard"]
[TR]
[TD="colspan: 2, align: center"]In office
November 3, 2009 – July 16, 2013[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="align: left"]President[/TH]
[TD]Barack Obama[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

The President nominated a replacement at that time- but there has not been any action to move to a vote in the Senate, because republicans have a hold on the nomination.
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JAMES ! You're outta the car ! Post this political blah, blah, blah (right or wrong) in the political section. This is about the Ebola epedemic.

Sheez... you guys and your testosterone rants. :p
 
it's the zombie apacolypse, and i bet all those smart aleks who laughed at me all these years preparing for it ain't giggling now. it's time to impliment my self defense plan of not sharing blood, sweat, feces, urine, saliva, semen, or other orifice secretions with nobody no more. and sorry folks, but no more touching my eyes, nose, or mouth either. from here on out i will be attending all social events via video conferencing or webinar and having only internet sex.

i consider each and every one of you a threat vector, and i don't think a few tsa employees with remote sensing temperature guns at 4 airports is going to be a very effective method of prevention.
 
Correct, James, Ebola is not an epidemic in the US, I never claimed it was one. It is an epidemic in West Africa, or doesn't that count?

This is a small world we live in and I think we are getting misinformation about how this virus can be transmitted. The world needs to be vigilant in first stopping the epidemic in West Africa, so the rest of the world isn't going to suffer the effects of this horrific virus.

Some pictures of what Ebola looks like, that our sugarcoating media doesn't show us.

Scary Pictures Of Ebola Virus Victims - Health - Nairaland
 
A good sneeze or cough can make Ebola air transferable!
Video: Mythbusters
MythBusters: Slow-Motion Sneezes : Video : Discovery Channel

[h=3]Finding: BUSTED[/h] Explanation: Armchair medical science maintains that the involuntary respiratory convulsion known as a sneeze launches mucus from the body at 100 miles per hour, landing it 30 feet from the source. In pursuit of the right diagnosis, MythBusters Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage cranked up their ultra-high-speed camera to witness the phlegmatic physics of sneezing in action.
The duo each sniffed some snuff to muster up strong sneezes, but even those gargantuan gesundheits clocked in at less than 100 mph. Make that way less than 100 mph. Adam's achoo erupted at 35 mph, and Jamie barely beat him at 39 mph.
As for whether a sneeze can go the distance, neither MythBuster could break the 20-foot mark. Instead, Adam's and Jamie's flying phlegm landed 17 and 13 feet away, respectively.

So while sneezes still spew snot fast and far, the busted myth proves their much-advertised speed and distance stats are full of hot air.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/mythbusters-database/sneeze-travel-100-mph.htm


 
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burrocrat said:
it's time to impliment my self defense plan of not sharing blood, sweat, feces, urine, saliva, semen, or other orifice secretions with nobody no more. and sorry folks, but no more touching my eyes, nose, or mouth either.
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I don't think you'll have ANYTHING to worry about there....;)
 
nnuut said:
So while sneezes still spew snot fast and far, the busted myth proves their much-advertised speed and distance stats are full of hot air.
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I don't know man...I coughed a louggie about 13 feet yesterday, just flew out..
 
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