WW3 here we come - with an Ebola twist!

NATO to defend Ukraine - is it coincidence that I found my copy of command and conquer Red Alert this morning?

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The crisis in Ukraine is deepening as more evidence points to the presence of Russian troops inside its eastern borders.
http://cir.ca/s/YIx

Channeling minutes to midnight

"Like they understand you in the back of the jet, When you can't put gas in your tank, these fuckers are laughin' their way to the bank and cashin' their check . . . When the rich wage war it's the poor who die . . .

With hands held high into a sky so blue as the ocean opens up to swallow you . . . . "

And of course, on random, next up comes "Hands that built America" by U2.  ¡No es real!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-in-corporations-its-owner-take-all/2014/08/26/0c1a002a-2ca7-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html?hpid=z5

Another country, another strain!

Just started reading world war Z. Thinking it should be world war E . . .

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DR Congo confirms Ebola outbreak

The Democratic Republic of Congo confirms an outbreak of Ebola, but says it seems to be a different strain to the one found in West Africa.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28922290

Toonami Dreams

Found this old clip from way back. Love it.

Check out this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/gP-ugoF-www

Land of the . . . . ?

You're in deep when the Germans say your tactics are oppressive!

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International reporters and foreign governments have turned their attention to continued clashes between law enforcement and protesters in Ferguson, Missouri.
http://cir.ca/s/DZCB

Darwin returns as people loot Ebola-laced sheets

Ebola isn't all bad - at least humans have a predator to feed on the stupid:

Best article quote: "This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen."

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Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-28827091

Republicans say AP history framework is 'radically revisionist'

How transparent can they be?  The last thing the RNC wants you to learn is the truth.

After all, who knows what dangerous thing might happen?  First learning, then, oh no!  Thought!  And then, most dangerous of all:  logic.  

We can't have that.

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Conservative criticism of new guidelines has culminated in a resolution from the RNC.
http://cir.ca/s/0ECB

How far we've fallen . . .

When a Kurdish lady says, after leaving the US to go back to Kurdistan:

"The chances I have here, I couldn't get in the United States. This for me is the land of opportunity," she adds.

Wow.  You know the American dream is dead when people are certain that their opportunities are better in a war zone.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-28658109

Hubris

Respectfully (or not), US hospitals can't stop the spread of TREATABLE diseases (MRSA, anyone?)

Plus, so far it seems like medical staff have proven pretty apt at contacting the virus they supposedly know how to handle!

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US 'will not see Ebola outbreak'

The head of the US infectious disease agency, the CDC, says he is "confident" the US will not suffer a large outbreak of the deadly virus Ebola.

Read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-28693240

Ouch

Turns out "success" in the corporate world is not born or bred. More . . . Congealed.

Although this alone didn't set the tone, it certainly didn't improve my mood on the eve of a new job.

Decided that from now on, when people ask what I do, I'll tell the truth: "I don't know anymore . . . "

http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20140805-ambition-born-or-bred

Just another drone . . .

Article on when kids start playing to win.  Then proceeds to tell you how best to turn that kid into a little drone, just like you.  

Nose to the grindstone, kid.  All that matters is that you did a little better than you did yesterday.  Now celebrate and forget that the deck is stacked against you!

Maybe we should be deprogramming adults instead of programming our kids . . .

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When Kids Start Playing To Win
by Cory Turner

NPR - August 5, 2014

This week, NPR Ed is focusing on questions about why people play and how play relates to learning....

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/05/331412567/when-kids-start-playing-to-win?sc=17&f=1001&utm_source=iosnewsapp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=app

Finished the comic

My new job!

It got worse . . . Or better . . . For evolution

This article claims that the US is ready to handle an extremely deadly virus that has never been handled before in the US.

You read that right. That's like a headline in Japan in July 1945 that read "Japan ready to defend against any American attack."

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/31/health/ebola-isolation-treatment/index.html?iid=article_sidebar

How thick can you get?

Stupid. Stupid. Wow.

Stupid!

"We feel we owe it to them . . ."

Goodbye cruel world!

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http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/01/health/ebola-outbreak/