Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-10-27 Thread Darren Addy
A superb article for those looking for straight poop and particularly those that enjoy competent writing: The Atlantic 21 Days http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/10/21-days/381901/?single_page=true On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-10-27 Thread Darren Addy
A sample drop quote: You don't want to panic people, but people aren't stupid. Yep. On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A superb article for those looking for straight poop and particularly those that enjoy competent writing: The Atlantic 21 Days

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-10-01 Thread P.J. Alling
shush, no politicis on the list. Apparently speaking about the incompetence and perfidy of the government is now partisan politics. Listening to the head of the CDC this afternoon certainly allayed my fears. They have top men* on it. Top men*. * Generic reference, includes individuals who,

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-10-01 Thread Darren Addy
The ambulance used to transport the ebola patient on Sunday was only taken out of service THIS MORNING (Wed.). They clean them between runs, I'm sure, so this is probably out of an abundance of caution but it still shows that people are not thinking things through in a timely manner. Just say

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-10-01 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Oct 1, 2014, at 5:35 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: The ambulance used to transport the ebola patient on Sunday was only taken out of service THIS MORNING (Wed.). They clean them between runs, I'm sure, so this is probably out of an abundance of caution but it still shows

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-09-30 Thread Darren Addy
Your top (U.S.) news story of the day? http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20140929-dallas-county-health-officials-cdc-team-headed-to-dallas.ece?hootPostID=b260717dd73ff15c9eaa34b0cb970876 and here's a live traffic shot of roads leading out of Dallas: http://goo.gl/hb3ffA (Not really. That last

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-09-30 Thread Darren Addy
I'm sure this is on everyone's radar now, but there is so much sunshine being blown up American's skirts in the news tonight. We have no worries, because this is the U.S. medical system? It was a U.S. medical doctor that saw this guy in his office and sent him home on the 26th so he could be in

Re: Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-09-17 Thread Darren Addy
Well, here is your top news story of the day which probably won't be mentioned on any news program. http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2014/09/commentary-health-workers-need-optimal-respiratory-protection-ebola This story pretty much commits the journalistic sin of burying the lead which

Completely OT: sometimes you just go slackjawed

2014-09-12 Thread Darren Addy
I think it is somewhat amusing (but not) when we think that mankind has everything under control and is at the height of their technological and scientific prowess. 9/11 was one of those slackjawed days, as we watched two of the tallest architectural achievements of mankind collapse to the ground