CDC Called to Investigate DC Restaurant Patron Illness

Security Camera Shows Unconscious Victims of Mystery Illness
Noxious fumes reported in vicinity

Reverend J. J. Finds Cameras in Dallas

WJ

"Maligned by his critics as a race-obsessed media glutton, Jesse Jackson gave detractors plenty of ammunition to use against him in a series of Twitter posts about the Ebola patient being treated in Dallas.

After confirming he would spend Tuesday in Dallas, ostensibly at the request of Thomas Duncan’s family, Jackson soon began posting updates and images showing his multiple media appearances and meetings with prominent local figures...."

Never let a crisis go to waste.... 

Meeting with Mayor of Dallas to discuss how we can help Mr. Thomas Eric Duncan. pic.twitter.com/S6PNlSwRpU
— Rev Jesse Jackson Sr (@RevJJackson) October 7, 2014

A recurring opinion suggested that his inspiration is the same as it was in any of his past decisions to visit a community in the midst of tumult.  Money.

THANK GOD! WE ARE SAVED!! /sarcasm RT @wfaachannel8: Jesse Jackson in Dallas to address Ebola scare http://t.co/Uq1tkvmu5n
— John Murphy (@johnmurphy) October 7, 2014

It is NOW COMPLETELY obvious that this man will make ANYTHING about race. https://t.co/9Obm0DwWE9 @DLoesch @DanaTheBlaze
— Lawrence B.Jones III (@LawrenceBJones3) October 7, 2014

But, could this the real reason J.J. is in town?

DALLAS — The Dallas County prosecutor is considering whether to file criminal charges against Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who traveled from Monrovia to Dallas, where he was diagnosed with the deadly virus last week.

“We are looking at whether he intentionally and knowingly exposed the public to the virus,” said Debbie Denmon, a spokesperson for the Dallas County prosecutor’s office...."

Preaching Diversity from a Mostly White and Mostly Male Ivory Tower

Saturday, the New York Times editorial board delivered a stern message to America’s tech companies: “Silicon Valley’s Diversity Problem” was the title of the editorial.

Now we here at DMF enjoy with great glee the loving and tender mocking of the left. And the NYT's allows more than their share of opportunities. This editorial is a target rich environment for just such mocking; the Time's Editorial Board's own diversity.

But First, let's meet the NYT's Editoral Board:

Male - (63%)
Female- (27%)
White - 14 (74%)
Asian - 3 ( 16%)
Hispanic - 1  ( 5.3%) 
Black -  1 (5.3%)

So now, a little playful turning the tables on the hypocrisy laden editorial and rewrite it to address what goes on behind the Time's own backyard fence......


"After years of playing down the problem, technology companies like Google, Facebook and Apple The New York Times now say they're it’s serious about improving the gender and ethnic diversity of their work forces and corporate its editorial boards. Recent data from those companies and others like them about the composition of the NY Times editorial board confirm what everyone has long known: Most of their employees contributors are white and Asian, most are men. As shown above, men on the NY Times editorial board outnumber women by almost 2-to-1 (12 men vs. 7 women), and blacks (5.3%) and Hispanics (5.3%) are significantly under-represented on the board relative to their shares of the US population (13% and 17% respectively for blacks and Hispanics).   

Tech Publishing companies like the New York Times should care about these numbers. Many studies show that companies publishers with gender, political and ethnic diversity on their editorial boards tend to be more creative and more profitable, because varied perspectives help them design products and services write editorials that appeal to a diverse, worldwide audience."

There are approaches that could help:

* Top technology companies The New York Times hires a lot of graduates from elite universities like Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Brown, Chicago, Columbia, NYU and the University of California, Berkeley for its editorial board (see list above). Their Its recruitment efforts should include a broader array of colleges…

* Companies The New York Times should open up the initial interviewing process for its editorial board. The National Football League, for example, has the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview at least one minority candidate for every head coach or general manager opening, and this rule should be implemented at the New York Times.

* Creating a welcoming culture, which is often easier said than done, would help these companies The New York Times retain employees board members who get in the door. The under-representation of women and minorities on the current New York Times editorial board might not be creating a sufficiently “welcoming culture.” 

"There is a lot that the education system and the government need to do to get more women and minorities interested in science and technology journalism. But the technology newspaper industry (including the New York Times editorial board) can start tackling its diversity problem right now."

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Thanks to John Hinderaker’s article at the Powerline Blog (“Self-Knowledge at the New York Times“) for the inspiration.

A Good Monday Morning

The Next Chapter in the Obamacare Train Wreck Saga

by Robert Janicki

America was warned, but they ignored the warning of patriots.  Now comes the next step in the challenge to fundament individual liberty and freedom on the road to serfdom for the benefit of the state.

By the end of this calendar year untold tens of thousands of Americans will receive a notice that their health insurance is not in compliance with Obamacare.   They are told that they must obtain Obamacare approved health insurance plans through either their state insurance exchanges or the continuing troubled Healthcare.gov website.  And, we know how well Healthcare.gov has worked out.

from WAPO

"Cancellations are in the mail to customers in markets where insurers say the policies no longer make business sense. In some states, such as Maryland and Virginia, rules call for the plans’ discontinuation, but in many, federal rules allow the policies to continue through 2017.

Insurers sending the notices to some customers include Waukesha, Wisc.-based Anthem, one of the largest insurers in the country; Baltimore-based CareFirst; Health Care Services Corp. in Chicago; Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, Calif.; Humana in Louisville; and Golden Rule, an Indianapolis subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.

One reason behind the switch is that insurers determined they can make more money selling plans that comply with the Affordable Care Act, often at higher premiums that may be subsidized by the government......"

Health insurance companies long ago determined that they had to go along to get along with Obamacre and it looks like their lobbying has paid off so to speak.  The health insurance industry can't lose since they are being "backstopped" by taxpayer subsidies for any losses they incur selling any of the Obamacare plans.  These same health insurance companies no longer are constrained by the economic forces of a competitive free market.

Once again Democrats, manipulated by the radical liberals in their Party, have managed to screw taxpayers who will not only have to pay higher premiums under Obamacare, but will have to subsidize the very health insurance carriers that are reaping the rewards of Obamacare on the taxpayers's dime.

Someone please explain to me how this evil cabal between government and the health insurance industry is anything but a criminal enterprise engaged in extortion of Americans, and done under the color of law?

"Free enterprise" and the supposed "free market" are long gone when government can force people to buy something they don't want or particularly need for their circumstances.  This is pure socialism in action.  Obamacare epitomizes the age of "Big Brother" and the socialist state and there is little chance that it will ever be repealed.  Of course politicians will make changes around the margins and tell us that all will be well.  That's about all they're good for these days. 

Statesmanship is just a distant memory.

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Rob Janicki is a retired educator, strong supporter of the 2nd amendment and all around good guy, 
as well as owner/operator of the website Wired Right  and owes me 20 bucks. 

The Dallas Weekly Newspaper has REALLY Bad Timing

It's kind of a metallic, red taste, and it oozes out of your eyes and ears.

The 55-year-old Dallas Weekly is the most widely-read African-American newsweekly in North Texas, and they accidentally had some really bad timing with their most recent edition. Their cover story was on the "Taste of Africa: Family Fun Festival" a free event that was held on Saturday, Sept. 27 and included food tasting from many African countries and a host of speakers. It looked like a great event, and it wasn't going to be ruined by the Ebola scare, which was still only in Africa (and the opposite page) at the time:

Unfortunately, Sept. 26th turned out to be the day Thomas Eric Duncan was first admitted to Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital and sent home with antibiotics, and Sept. 28th was when he was rushed back to the hospital with they finally realized it was Ebola.   So, even though their cover story for the week of 9/25-10/1 was supposed to be the taste of a continent's worth of cuisine, it inadvertently turned into a scary propaganda poster about how we're all about to bleed out through our orifices.

So Dallas, maybe you should refrain from blind dates for a while.

(Dallas Weekly)

Finally Someone Stands Up and Says It

Gov. Bobby Jindal – Ban Flights From Ebola Countries

It seems like the most obvious things take a long time to filter their way through Washington, DC. As is often the case, a Republican governor took the lead in speaking out about a national security issue and a need for action at the federal level.

On Friday, Bobby Jindal, the Governor of Louisiana voiced his concern about the emerging Ebola outbreak in the United States, stating his position that Obama should immediately restrict travel to the U.S. from “Ebola stricken” nations.

“We should stop accepting flights from countries that are Ebola stricken. Even countries in Africa have cut back on or stopped accepting flights from countries with Ebola outbreaks.”

"It  it was ‘unlikely’ that Ebola would reach the U.S. Well, it has, and we need to protect our people. But the Obama Administration keeps saying they won’t shut down flights. They instead say we should listen to ‘the experts.’ In fact, they said it would be counterproductive to stop these flights.”

“That statement defies logic. How exactly would stopping the entry of people potentially carrying the Ebola virus be counterproductive? This seems to be an obvious step to protect public health in the United States.”

Any type of restriction on the open access of our country to anyone around the globe is met with resistance by the open-borders, end of American sovereignty regime. If Americans get sick and die, it’s just the price we pay for our fundamental transformation. Protecting the American public is not a priority for this regime, it never has been and it never will be. Protecting and advancing their agenda is the primary concern.