the ebola adventure is getting quite interesting. disputes over funding, disputes over quarantines, disputes over transmission, disputes over vaccine etc etc etc. what's a poor boy to believe? here in the great white north we've been immune from most of the world's problems. someone mentioned an economic meltdown a few years ago but from what i've experienced, there was no economic crisis. just more hysteria. here is the photo that has caught my attention regarding the ebola situation:
the above is a photo taken from the christian science monitor so i tend to believe it's authenticity. it's a convoy transporting one nurse suspected of carrying the ebola virus in spain. several ambulances with an escort of police in cars and on motorcycles. why the heavily protected convoy to transport one suspected person with the virus to an isolation facility? do they think the nurse might escape captivity and roam the countryside infecting innocent people helter skelter? do they suspect some terrorist group might kidnap her and drop her onto the world trade center? or are the spanish authorities a bunch of nervous nellies?
i don't know the answers to these questions but i thought it was a real cool photo.
on a more pleasant note, a gaggle of indonesians got together and rescued a bale of sea turtles:
indonesia is infested with muslims so i'm guessing they were in on the good deed. imagine if those ISIS renegades were to lay down their weapons for a day and launch an effort to save a few loggerhead turtles in the mediterannean. does anyone have the email address of the guy in charge of ISIS so i can put forth my suggestion? i smell a nobel peace prize for your favorite pilgrim. my mentor, eliot rosewater, will be pleased as punch.
so take a deep breath, forget about ebola, imprint the picture of sea turtles on your brain and enjoy the moment. the world is a beautiful place.
i love you sons of bitches.
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I think they're going to hype up the Ebola thing to a fever pitch, maybe even have crisis actors stumbling around in the streets bleeding, falling over as if dead and such. Then comes the public outcry, "Do something!" Then, "Okay, we just happen to have a Bill Gates funded vaccine for all of you, mandatory of course."
Problem,reaction, solution.
Thanks for the relaxing music, I could feel my blood pressure going down.
The Isis guys would probably chop the turtles' heads off when they refused to convert to Islam. Have you ever seen a muslim turtle?
tex - maybe ebola stems from all that stuff gates has been doing with malaria?
gb - i'm pretty sure most turtles are pagans. muslims can't navigate from magnetic fields for sour apples.
Hysterical people drive me nuts and most of them. Or lease around here hides behind the bible
At the current rate of doubling, we'll see megadeaths by next July. Wait until it gets going in Rio...
Nature has been trying to kill me for over 71 years, I've never sat around worrying about it.
Nice looking turtles.
dora - yup, the bible is a popular thing to hide behind.
thims - invest in hazmat suits. i'm buying up all the long range infrared thermometers i can get my hands on.
king - yes, most wild creatures are better looking than humans. better swimmers too.
Definitely enjoy the turtle picture more than the ebola one. The hysteria is going to get crazy with the flu season vastly approaching. Take care BP.
you have psychic powers mr shife. i have an upset stomach, headache and most of my old body aches.
i either have ebola or a touch of the flu. now i have to drag myself out of the house and try to infect all those who have wronged me.
well, I am guessing them there turtchles are liberal.
...and I like the Leonard Cohen version better, but it is still nice. just sayin.
okjimm - turtles are quite independent thinkers so there's probably a lot of conservative guys.
THE KING TOOK A DETOUR TO AMSTERDAM
I'm usually pretty sure about what's going on, but this Ebola thing has got me scratching my head.
I have to admit, I don't know what's going on.
It's cool that they are giving those sea turtles a helping hand.
I did a post on Ebola last week; interesting stuff from 2012 and links to back it all up. Oh well. "Ground control to Major Tom..."
Love the turtles and the ladies... both are just what I needed...
Love you back.
Greetings from the boodocks in central Texas. I made it here in 3 1/2 days flat, not bad for an old man and an old truck, but I am the king.
Wuz so busy I didn't have to find a fucking Walmart parking lot to camp in.
Forgot the power supply for my notebook so Sandra, let me jump in on her computer. They have a really cool setup here.
tex - i think duncan in texas had 79 care givers/doctors looking at him because they were treating him like a lab rat for research.
dixie - the good lovelies are indeed lovely!
king - excellent to hear you made it safe and sound and i hope the trailer made it in one piece.
What kind of king can't figure out how to log in as himself from someone else's computer?
And isn't "S" the lady who skins critters and makes art from old bones? If so....
Wait... You eat your critters with the skin and all?
foggy this morning.
leslie - kings have servants for those small tasks. our king couldn't fit his valet into the customized camper he built.
thims - you've never heard of a critter smoothie?
dora - light rain with the promise of heavy rain this afternoon. my giant cedar and pine trees are really thirsty after the long dry summer so this is good news.
Good evening BP. Hope all is well with you and Ruby.
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