Author: Mark W

Slate – by Phil Plait, October 22, 2014

Sure enough, as predicted, the freakishly huge sunspot AR 2192 blew out a powerful X-class flare [last Wednesday] around 14:00 UTC. The picture above shows the view from the Solar Dynamics Observatory; in the far ultraviolet it’s very sensitive to solar activity. Note the Earth for scale there, in case you need the Universe to crush your feeling of self-importance under its heel.

Continue reading “Sunspot 2192’s X-Class Flare”

Town Hall – by Hugh Hewitt

Folks trying to plan their personal fiscal ’15 are at a loss. They can’t do a budget because they don’t know what their health insurance costs will be.

Nobody knows because Team Obama has conveniently arranged for you to be kept in the dark on your health insurance costs until after everyone votes next week.

Most are expecting 5 percent to 10 percent hikes, but there are rumblings of far nastier surprises.   Continue reading “How High Will Your Health Insurance Premiums Go In 2015?”

Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

Remember the promise of universal health care with Obamacare, with no refusal for ‘pre-existing conditions’? It looks like your insurance company may not have to cover you if you get Ebola. U.S. and British insurance companies have begun writing Ebola exclusions into standard policies to cover hospitals, event organizers, and other businesses vulnerable to local disruptions.

While it is estimated that expenditures to treat the original Dallas Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, were approximately $100,000 an hour (though he passed anyway), it looks like insurance companies won’t be footing the bill.   Continue reading “Insurance Companies Begin Writing ‘Ebola Exclusions’ into Policies”

The Survivalist Blog – by Ski

Feel free to use whichever of the following ideas seem right for you and ignore any that aren’t pertinent to your survival plan.

Yes, I said your survival plan. The difference between a dream and a goal is a plan. It’s not a plan until you write it down. Only then can you look at the whole plan at once and see what’s missing. As we already know, the three survival essentials are clothes, water, and food. We require all three at all times. We require all three no matter what disaster befalls us.   Continue reading “The Three Survival Essentials”

AlterNet – by Cliff Weathers

At least one California town has gone dry, and many are expected to follow soon. East Porterville, in Tulare County is now without water, as the wells that feed it have dried up. Residents, according to Yahoo! News, now have to drive to the local fire station to get water to drink, bathe, and flush the toilet. And ironically, the town is near what was once the largest freshwater lake in California.

Tulare County, which relies heavily on the agricultural industry, is parched. The some 500 wells that feed its residents and farmers have gone dry. And the county says that it may be years and cost $20 million before a new groundwater management program, which includes a hookup between East Porterville and Porterville’s water systems, goes into effect.    Continue reading “At Least One California Town Is Now Bone Dry as Megadrought Continues”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

The states of New York and New Jersey have leapfrogged federal guidelines and set up their own mandatory 21-day quarantine requirements for arriving passengers who had direct contact with Ebola patients in West Africa.

“The patients with the highest level of possible exposure will be automatically quarantined for 21 days at a government-regulated facility,” reports CBS News. [1] Government-run quarantine camps, in other words, are now a present-day reality in America.   Continue reading “Are you awake yet? Government-enforced medical quarantines just went from ‘conspiracy theory’ to official policy in NJ and NY”

Infowars – by Kurt Nimmo

Breitbart Texas has received a leaked internal bulletin warning that ISIS will attack law enforcement in the United States.

The document dated October, 2014 was issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. It is titled, “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Its Supporters Encouraging Attacks Against Law Enforcement and Government Personnel” and is marked as unclassified and for official use only.   Continue reading “FBI and DHS Issue Bulletin Warning of is Attacks on Police in U.S.”

Reuters – by JULIE STEENHUYSEN AND SHARON BEGLEY

The Ebola crisis is forcing the American healthcare system to consider the previously unthinkable: withholding some medical interventions because they are too dangerous to doctors and nurses and unlikely to help a patient.

U.S. hospitals have over the years come under criticism for undertaking measures that prolong dying rather than improve patients’ quality of life.   Continue reading “Some U.S. hospitals weigh withholding care to Ebola patients”

CNS News – by Ali Meyer

The average price for a pound of ground beef climbed to another record high–$4.096 per pound–in the United States in September, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

In August, according to BLS, the average price for a pound of all types of ground beef topped $4 for the first time–hitting $4.013.  In September, the average price jumped .083 cents, an increase of 2.1 percent in one month.   Continue reading “$4.10 Per Pound: Ground Beef Price Climbs to Another Record High”

Express – by Jason Taylor

John Coleman, who co-founded the Weather Channel, shocked academics by insisting the theory of man-made climate change was no longer scientifically credible.

Instead, what ‘little evidence’ there is for rising global temperatures points to a ‘natural phenomenon’ within a developing eco-system.

In an open letter attacking the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, he wrote: “The ocean is not rising significantly.   Continue reading “Climate change PROVED to be ‘nothing but a lie’, claims top meteorologist”

Florida Watchdog – by Marianela Toledo

MIAMI — Big changes could be coming to cities with red-light cameras after a Florida District Court of Appeals judge said it’s illegal for camera operators to issue citations to drivers.

The program works like this: Cameras installed at traffic signals snap photos and are examined by the camera’s owner — not law enforcement — to determine whether a violation occurred. A citation is sent to the alleged violator. The driver has 60 days to appeal the ticket before it’s converted into a fine, just like any other citation issued by law enforcement officers.“In Florida, only law enforcement officers and traffic enforcement officers have the legal authority to issue citations for traffic infractions, which means only law enforcement officers and traffic enforcement officers are entitled to determine who gets prosecuted for a red light violation,” the ruling read.   Continue reading “Court says not so fast with those red-light camera tickets”

Sun News – by Maxime Deland

SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. – A solider hit by a car driven by a “radicalized” Quebec man has died, police say.

The identity of the soldier was not released, but the Surete du Quebec confirmed early Tuesday that the soldier died late Monday night in hospital.   Continue reading “Canada: Soldier dead after ‘radicalized’ Quebec man ran him down”

CNN – by Ben Brumfield and Eliott C. McLaughlin

The U.S. military is forming a 30-person “quick-strike team” equipped to provide direct treatment to Ebola patients inside the United States, a Defense Department official told CNN’s Barbara Starr on Sunday.

A Pentagon spokesman later confirmed portions of the official’s information.

The team will be under orders to deploy within 72 hours at any time over the next month, the official said.   Continue reading “Military preps quick-strike team for Ebola response in United States”

CBS DFW

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — Dallas County’s top public health epidemiologist confirmed Thursday that she spent time at Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan’s beside and that she is among those potentially exposed to the virus.

Dr. Wendy Chung has remained on the front lines of the government’s response to the outbreak since Duncan’s diagnosis, working alongside federal, state and local health authorities as she undergoes monitoring for any signs of the potentially deadly disease.   Continue reading “Dallas’ Top Health Epidemiologist Being Monitored For Ebola”

Western Journalism – by L. Todd Wood

The Centers for Disease Control is another federal agency that has slithered to incompetence under the Obama administration. I wonder if they were instructed to lose their “frat boy” culture like the Secret Service. Or, maybe they’ve been turned into a Muslim outreach organization like NASA.

At any rate, their website currently displays this highlight, “The United States is currently experiencing a nationwide outbreak of enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) associated with severe respiratory illness.”   The funny thing is that this virus was historically rare in the United States.  The epidemic only became apparent as thousands of illegal immigrant children were allowed to cross the border and then were secretly moved to locations around the country, without telling local authorities.   Continue reading “Evidence Grows That Obama’s Policies Caused The Deaths Of 5 American Kids And Sickened Thousands”

Yahoo News – by Jason Sickles

DALLAS – A second nurse who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has been diagnosed with the deadly disease a day after flying from Ohio to Texas, officials said.

The nurse, identifed by her family as Amber Joy Vinson, 29, reported a fever on Tuesday and was immediately isolated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, officials said.   Continue reading “Second Dallas nurse with Ebola was on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143”

My Fox 8

SURF CITY, N.C. — The Surf City Police Department has confirmed that they are investigating reports of a bomb threat, WECT reports.

“Parts of the town” are being evacuated, officials said.

Officials say they are turning away cars, but wouldn’t say where the cars are being turned away from.   Continue reading “Parts of Surf City, NC evacuated over bomb threat”