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Says A Lot About The folks Who Elected Her

America's Occasional Cortex lets loose again.

There Needs To Be A Reckoning

The usual jerks are really upset about the Mueller report; they simply can't believe that he didn't nail Trump for something - ANYTHING!

Read it and weep? Watch the stunned media meltdown across networks when Mueller report is released https://t.co/6qmT0oZRZw

Ravaged by Trump Derangement Syndrome, the utter vileness of the Left is fully on display.

There needs to be a reckoning, all right - and the TSD-spreading infectors on the Left need to pay. But I think they are beginning to: they have been shown for the bigoted idiots that they are, and that's at least a start.

 

"Alex From Da Bonx"

Well yeah.

 

The Pro-Plague Movement Steams On

This year there have been six confirmed measles outbreaks in 10 states, including New York, Texas, and Washington state. At least 159 people have been infected, mostly young children. All of the outbreaks have occurred in communities with low vaccination rates. Washington is one of 17 states that allows vaccine exemptions for personal philosophical reasons, and nearly one out of four kindergartners weren't vaccinated in Clark County, the epicenter of a measles outbreak that has prompted Washington's governor to declare a state of emergency. About 90 to 95 percent of a population needs to be vaccinated against measles in order to keep the disease from spreading. "Measles is exquisitely contagious," says Dr. Alan Melnick, Clark County's public health director. "If you have a population that is unvaccinated, it's like throwing a match into a can of gasoline."

One in 10 children with measles suffers ear infections, while one in 20 develops pneumonia. Encephalitis, swelling of the brain that can cause permanent damage, affects 1 in 1,000. Before the measles vaccine was introduced in 1963, it's estimated that four million people in the U.S. were infected every year, with 48,000 hospitalizations and 500 deaths. Vaccines also prevent other childhood diseases, such as mumps, whooping cough, and rubella, all of which can be dangerous. During the 1964–65 rubella epidemic, 11,000 babies exposed to the virus in utero were born deaf, 3,500 were born blind, and 1,800 were developmentally disabled.

In Oregon, which like Washington has allowed philosophical exemptions, House Bill 3063 would remove religious and philosophical exemptions for Oregon's required vaccines, leaving in place only a medical reason for a child to avoid vaccinations. The House Committee on Health Care held the first hearing on the bill Feb. 28, which was introduced last Friday. 

Hundreds of people showed up to testify, many wearing red shirts to signal opposition. And a disturbing number of these nuts have gone so far as to threaten proponents:

Safety and harassment was at issue as much as public policy. Many witnesses favoring the change noted the threats they and others have received from vaccine skeptics. Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran, in support, said she was nervous to testify because of death threats some have received. "The tenor of this debate has gotten unhealthy, and frankly, dangerous," she said. 

It'd be interesting to see how many of the opponents firmly believe in "man-made global warming".

Sadly, we've reached a point in this country wherein as far as Leftists are concerned, you'd better agree with them - or else. Lock and load....

 

Doug, Over at KISP, Nailed It

Truism

The trouble with socialism is that you can vote your way into it but you have to shoot your way out.

What A Jackass

Coming To The Portland Area Soon

You Vill Pay!

Drivers who take a highway exit to avoid having to pay a toll on Virginia's Interstate 81 could end up paying far more after a ticket arrives in the mail. The state Senate Transportation Committee will consider a proposal later today that would authorize tolling on I-81. Introduced by state Senator Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg), the measure would also allow private companies to operate a new type of automated photo enforcement camera that issues tickets based on a motorist's choice of route. Those attempting to save a bit of money by taking a side street could be subjected to a fine set by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

You just know they'll try that here.

I generally drive side-streets, so this approach is geared toward people like me.

 

 

Too Much Even For Seattle

Channel 13's fired one of its editors following revelations that they had doctored a clip of President Trump’s Tuesday Oval Office address.

Less than a day after placing the editor responsible on leave pending an investigation, Q13 terminated his employment.

“We’ve completed our investigation into this incident and determined that the actions were the result of an individual editor whose employment has been terminated,” said Q13’s news director in a Thursday update.

The Q13 video created a loop of the President licking his lips — making it seem bizarre and unbalanced — it also seems that someone distorted the President’s face and may have added an orange tone to his skin.

Well, it's Seattle. Derangement is kind of the norm in the Pacific Northwest. Our next-door neighbors absolutely hate conservatives - but they have one of those virtue-signalling signs on their lawn: "We believe", yadda-yadda. The most hate-filled couple I've ever met, but they have a sign that proclaims their virtue.

Before we buy the next house, I'll be checking out the neighbors in the area.

 

Feelin' The Bern?

A number of alumni from Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign wrote a letter in hopes of having a meeting with the Vermont senator and his closest advisers in order to discuss rampant “sexual violence and harassment” employees faced during the last Democratic primary. The letter, obtained by Politico, features the signatures of over two dozen women and men who say a “dangerous dynamic” existed during the last campaign.

Getting a little warm out there on the old campaign trail, it seems.