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The Big Hush! 1400 Ebola Cases in US Today!!

Dec 22, 2014 5:57AM PST

1400 Ebola Cases in USA


The left-leaning Politifact website came out with their "Lie of the Year" award this week. This year the liberal outfit announced the Ebola scare was the biggest lie of the year. "I called CDC not long ago and said, "How many active cases are being monitored in the United States of Ebola?" And they said, "1,400." And I said, "Where is that on your website, these updates?" And they said, "We're not putting it on the web.""

I don't see that reported here.


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RE: 1400 Ebola Cases in US today
Dec 22, 2014 6:00AM PST

Truth in reporting.

1,400 Possible Ebola Cases in US Today

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ONE 'possible' is too many
Dec 22, 2014 7:21AM PST

considering the fact that we never had ANY until BO decided, like illegals, to bring it here by personal invite.

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RE: ONE 'possible' is too many
Dec 22, 2014 11:08AM PST

perhaps for you...1400 POSSIBLE cases isn't enough for some...they have to embellish the story.

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"How many ACTIVE CASES are being monitored?"
Dec 22, 2014 7:33PM PST

was the question asked.....the response didn't 'embellish' or state 'active but only possible'.....the response was "1400".

"Some" people just have to pick at a sore, too......just so they can have a 'mark' left behind.

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RE: the response didn't 'embellish'
Dec 22, 2014 7:57PM PST
the response didn't 'embellish' or state 'active but only possible'

I wasn't talking about the response in the article...I was talking about the Subject line used by James, and his creative editing of the headline used in the story.

When I said they have to embellish the story....James was the "they" that had to embellish the story.

headline in the story...CDC Is Tracking 1,400 Possible Ebola Cases in US Today

Subject line in OP (by James) ......1400 Ebola Cases in US Today!!...Notice he put exclamation marks for effect.

Can you see the difference?

Since there are 1400 people running around the US with Ebola what precautions are you taking to protect yourself since Obama is doing nothing?
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BO has done enough, thank you
Dec 22, 2014 8:08PM PST

We wouldn't HAVE 1400 'possible' cases if it wasn't for him, in the first place, would we?

As for the 'headline' in the story, that was actually EDITED to include the word 'possible' by THEM.....it's not a quote from the CDC. So WHO embellished for the best effect? According to the actual story below the headline, Attkisson calls them 'suspected' cases. Now, if they are 'suspected' and are being monitored (CDC itself states they are being monitored), they are more than just 'possible'......and the liberal media is covering for the CDC by not holding them accountable and reporting that that many cases are being monitored. Or does the CDC usually monitor people that have flu symptoms that 'could' be something else? What kinds of cases do you think the CDC would monitor or would they only monitor something they 'suspect' is something else?

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RE: As for the 'headline' in the story,
Dec 22, 2014 8:12PM PST

As for the 'headline' in the story, that was actually EDITED to include the word 'possible' by THEM..

Good night Gracie.

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That's all ya got? Keep picking scabs, JP
Dec 22, 2014 9:11PM PST

Maybe one day you'll leave a real mark...........

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The only reference I made to
Dec 22, 2014 10:38PM PST

the headline IN THE STORY was to show how James had changed the headline..and used it as a subject line in his OP. I said it 3 times...you still don't get it.

Yet you make posts complaining about the kids not understanding....

I wasn't talking about the response in the article

I was talking about the Subject line used by James, and his creative editing of the headline used in the story.


James was the "they" that had to embellish the story.


Or does the CDC usually monitor people that have flu symptoms that 'could' be something else?

All passengers arriving in the United States from the West African countries where the Ebola outbreak is ongoing will now be monitored for 21 days, officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today.

Pull the covers up over your head...I'm putting you and this subject to bed.

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I see these words you miss
Dec 23, 2014 1:51AM PST

ebola
cases
US
1400
"not putting it on the web" = Big Hush since they have LOTS of ebola stuff on their site.

and then link to another site for comparison.

You JP are so far out in left field you are stepping in those cow patties again.

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RE: stepping in those cow patties again.
Dec 23, 2014 2:22AM PST

It's difficult not to...I know 2 people that are mass producing them.

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(NT) Genetics, perhaps?
Dec 23, 2014 3:57AM PST
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RE: Genetics, perhaps?
Dec 23, 2014 4:21AM PST

IBS in your family?

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I was referring to
Dec 23, 2014 4:27AM PST

YOUR genetics since you only know two people mass producing and they must be your family members (perhaps you are one of the two). And since you don't know me I know I'm not one of those two. I was trying to be sympathetic to your plight.

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RE:And since you don't know me
Dec 23, 2014 5:46AM PST
And since you don't know me I know I'm not one of those two.

Who told you...a little bird sitting one of your cow patties?

since you only know two people mass producing

I said I know 2...I didn't say where they were, but here's a hint...it's in SE and NO family members post in SE.

You have No comment on?

You asked

Now, if they are 'suspected' and are being monitored (CDC itself states they are being monitored), they are more than just 'possible'.

I responded

The new monitoring rules mean that even people who don't have a fever when they arrive in the United States, and who don't report exposure to Ebola in the entry screening, will still have to provide information to health officials, and report their temperature once a day for 21 days.

You made some more incorrect assumptions.

You should try sell them...incorrect assumptions...if you could find a buyer you could make a million, they would sell better than your cow patties.
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headlines
Dec 23, 2014 1:53AM PST
"the headline IN THE STORY was to show how James had changed the headline..and used it as a subject line in his OP"

Let me point out something that's obvious to almost everyone else. I don't have to use THEIR headline. I can create my own, because it's called a Subject line, NOT a head-line.

This lesson in semantics proudly brought to you by James. Happy
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RE: I don't have to use THEIR headline.
Dec 23, 2014 2:19AM PST

I would think you SHOULD since you're linking THEIR story.

Post a story on YOUR Glenburnie site and make up YOUR own story AND headlines.

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(NT) Ooooooohhhh...somebody is touchy today
Dec 23, 2014 3:58AM PST
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RE: somebody is touchy today
Dec 23, 2014 4:04AM PST

No comment on?

The new monitoring rules mean that even people who don't have a fever when they arrive in the United States, and who don't report exposure to Ebola in the entry screening, will still have to provide information to health officials, and report their temperature once a day for 21 days.