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* Just a reminder: 600 or so children are and have been in ICU with Enterovirus 68, with four children dead in this country, compared to literally one death due to ebola in the US. Absolutely, ebola is a deadly and terrible crisis in Liberia and Sierra Leone. Absolutely we ought to be sending supplies and trained personnel to help. However, the panic in this country is irrational. It's not currently the threat in North America that Entrovirus D68 currently is, or meningitis, or influenza, pneumonia, or any number of contagions people die of in a given year. If you are worried about ebola, the best thing we can do is help people fight it in West Africa. I know I keep repeating this, but they are now starting to panic on airplanes. https://donate.doctorswithoutborders.org/onetime.cfm?source=AZD140001D43&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=ppc&utm_term=brand_sitelink

* BTW, the first responder who was thought to have ebola in Dallas, didn't.

* The hospital in Dallas is claiming that a fever of 103 is considered a "low grade" fever, so denying Mr. Duncan treatment was appropriate, even with his travel history. *side eye*

* It's sounding like my questions about infection control protocols in Spain where justified. They had ill fitted suits, so that a Doctor's arms were exposed, for example. Also, the nurse was turned away from treatment by three different Doctors despite high fever and exposure risk. As they decided to deny her treatment for eight days it is not unexpected that her health is declining, since every day matters. I am as angry as I am about them denying the gentleman in Dallas treatment despite a fever 0f 103 and known exposure, likely because he had no insurance. I honestly don't blame the Spanish protesters, nor am I surprised the late Mr. Duncan's friends and family are furious. They should be. (I am using the name of the deceased patient, because the reasons I don't name live patients don't apply and because people deserve dignity in death.)

* 14 people have preemptively checked themselves into the hospital in Madrid who had close contact with the sick nurse.

* I'm having trouble finding up to date information on the dead British man in Macedonia, but I'll keep an eye out.

* An Australian nurse recently returned from Sierra Leone turned herself in for quarantine in Cairns at the first sign of fever. She has tested negative for ebola, but they are keeping her quarantined anyway. She was one of the brave volunteers who have been trying to help the sick.

* "Where is Kim Jong Un?"

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* St. Louis police shot another black man Wednesday. They say he had a gun, the locals say it was a sandwich. People were understandable upset and tried to protest, the police rioted attacking the crowd. Even though the courts have decently upheld the first amendment right of black people to protest, Missouri police refuse to obey they law.

* Remember that innocent man in Indiana assaulted by police when they were harassing his partner over seat belts? They are now digging up a seven year old marijuana misdemeanor charge to harass him further and justify the violence against him. Meanwhile, even though the officer has a history of randomly assaulting innocent black people in front of their children for no legitimate law enforcement reason, he is still on the force.

* "Officer accused of using excessive force:"

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* "Race and power at the center of a police interaction:" http://on.msnbc.com/1xvFxCM

* Police Criminals filmed robbing a citizen. "Cops caught on camera:" http://on.msnbc.com/1xvFSp4

* The Courts struck down voter suppression laws in Wisconsin and Texas.

* "Impact of GOP-led voting laws tantamount to cheating:" http://on.msnbc.com/1xvWYDg

* "40,000 voter registration forms gone missing in Georgia:" http://on.msnbc.com/10XWvz3

* "Tasteless GOP political ad still online, despite rebuke:" http://on.msnbc.com/10SyKIA

* TW: Rape. These boys were gang raped and people are angry there are consequences, rather than that rape rape was a part of the culture at the school. "High school football hazing halts games:" http://on.msnbc.com/10Shwej

* "Deficit defying conservative talking points:" http://on.msnbc.com/10SyHwq

* "An electronic revolution in the doctor's bag:" http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29376437

* "Piracy, a force that shaped the Eastern Mediterranean:" http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite4_1_04/10/2014_543428

* "How keep-fit gyms gripped Victorians:" http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28858090

* "'Lost' Sherlock film discovered:" http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-29474334

* "Fangs For The Fantasy: American Horror Story: Season 4, Episode 1: Monsters Among Us:" http://www.fangsforthefantasy.com/2014/10/american-horror-story-season-4-episode.html

My one reservation about the above: My understanding is it's meant to be a Baltimore accent. If this is the case, it's a bad one. It seemed to slide about rather geographically and I was trying to figure out was it meant to be Maine? Minnesota? If it is really meant to be Baltimore, I'm guessing they were aiming for the particular one that the School principal has in the last two seasons of the Wire, and missed. Baltimore, live other large port cities, with historically large and diverse immigration (such as NYC, Philadelphia, New Orleans, etc.), hasn't one accent, but several different ones depending on where in the city people are from.

I really appreciate how this review talks about freak shows and complexities around employment vs. exploitation, because this is something I often find myself mulling in a variety of contexts.

* Greenwick Found. This is why I stopped caring about Batman too. "I Kind of Hate Batman:"

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* It is ebay time again. Oneish day. No bids:
BPAL: JOHNATHAN HARKER 2006 (LE, Halloweenie): http://www.ebay.com/itm/301337029112?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

* Fundraiser to Help Us Survive: http://www.gofundme.com/cuovws