Random links of interest, concern or curiosity from the past week or so, that deserve at least a SHORT mention:

 
First up, all things Ebola ~
 
Progressive Dark Money Group Blames GOP for Ebola Deaths ~ Because a lie told loud enough and long enough…
Democracy Alliance cofounder Erica Payne’s group says GOP is ‘directly’ responsible for thousands of deaths in attack ads.

 
We’ll tell you how dangerous Ebola is after the election ~ from Ann Coulter. Since the ruling class politicizes everything, we shouldn’t be surprised at their callous approach to a critical live and death issue.

If Ebola was concentrated in Finland and Norway — certainly Israel! — we’d have had a travel ban on Day One.

 
President Obama Already Has An Ebola Czar. Where Is She? ~ Our beneficent federal government specifically created a new office in the Health and Human Services Department ten years ago so that they would be prepared to effectively respond to national public health threats like… Ebola. How’s that working out?

In a world where a $12.5 billion slush fund at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is used to fight the privatization of liquor stores, perhaps we should complain more about mission creep and Progressive faith in the habitually unrealized magic of increased government funding.

 
Same story, on an International level, only goes to show that in any given crisis we can pretty much count on Central Planning to make things worse ~
World Health Organization Busy Tackling Smoking as Ebola Spreads ~

The World Health Organization is taking on the most pressing health issue facing the world today: smoking. Instead of focusing its efforts on the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, the WHO is pushing to tax cigarettes at a higher rate, according to Dan Mitchell.

 
Six Reasons to Panic ~ Well, maybe not “panic,” but a serious analysis of the facts about Ebola at least warrants a high degree of wariness.
 
Apparently Drudge agrees ~ Matt Drudge Tweets Dire Warning: “Self-Quarantine”

 
And in other news ~
 
CDC: 7th U.S. Death Linked to Polio-Like Respiratory Virus ~

… at least 796 people in 46 states have been sickened with the respiratory illness that can cause paralysis from mid-August through October 16. The outbreak is likely more widespread than reported since some states are not lab testing all respiratory illnesses to confirm.

Why isn’t this story headline news?! Maybe because it would undermine Obama’s amnesty push for thousands of illegal Central American children?
 
Americans Sick of Government Regulation ~ Over-taxed, over-regulated, overwhelmed; according to a recent poll, we’ve had it big brother bossing us around.
 
Little House on the Subsidized Prairie ~ Recent immigrant to Michigan, Melissa Gilbert, is using her celebrity status to extort votes for Dem gubernatorial candidate Mark Schauer ~

Gilbert wants the state to increase the subsidies it delivers to film producers from the current $50 million annual level. She also told The Daily Press & Argus that her theater company plans are dependent on her choice for governor…
 
While Gilbert lives in Michigan, she and her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, are also collecting subsidies from North Carolina to shoot an ABC-TV series in that state.

Poor little rich girl.
 

President tells people to ‘stick it to climate change deniers’ (and other gems) ~ We always knew he was a real class act.

 
Franklin Graham: ‘Prince of Darkness is Grimly and Powerfully at Work in World Affairs’ ~ Not one for hyperbole, Graham certainly isn’t alone in discerning the times.