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Ron Fournier’s ‘provocative hypothetical’ on quarantines? Gun seizures

http://twitter.com/#!/ChasFlemming/status/526888750186369024

National Journal reporter Ron Fournier has been doing a lot of chin scratching on the Ebola crisis lately, leading to some head scratching from his Twitter followers. Just yesterday, he tweeted a photo that seemed to equate the Ebola quarantine policies of Govs. Cuomo and Christie with World War II internment camps (while overlooking quarantines in Illinois and Connecticut).

Followers suggested a grip was in order, but instead, Fournier on Monday suggested that some “anti-government, pro-liberty” types wanted to “cavalierly” quarantine people.

Nothing cavalier about a disease that liquifies your organs.

How about trusting state government over the feds?

We can all agree the federal government would be easier to trust to handle the crisis if it could settle on some guidelines; the CDC issued yet another new set of guidelines today.

Amen to that.

Hmm … speaking of a slippery slope, is this hypothetical exercise headed where we think it’s headed? Yep.

Another day, another shaky analogy? Noted.

We hope you’ve enjoyed today’s ride down the slippery slope; the attraction is now closed.

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Related:

Ron Fournier compares the NY/NJ/IL/CT Ebola quarantine to WWII internment camps 

Ron Fournier: For the record, nobody is panicking about Ebola

National Journal reporter Ron Fournier: Time for CDC to reconsider Ebola protocols — and talking points

 

 

 

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/10/27/ron-fourniers-latest-provocative-hypothetical-on-quarantines-involves-gun-seizures/

Buzzfeed bureau chief: ‘Remember whenever Sen. Obama ended up being all for transparency?’

Advice for newbie flacks: 1) Don't be a jerk 2) Don't ignore @dcbigjohn

— Laura McDonald (@lamcdonald8) July 13, 2014

Buzzfeed’s D.C. bureau chief John R. Stanton had a word or two to express Saturday about the national government and transparency. Let’s tune in in, shall we?

http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488036176524111872 http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488073582598451200 http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488074893452673024

Wonder if Jay Carney misses being @PressSec right about now?

http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488091067770605568

But … transparency!

http://twitter.com/#!/dcbigjohn/status/488091317189095425

 

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/07/12/buzzfeed-bureau-chief-remember-when-sen-obama-was-all-for-transparency/

Liberals think it’s ‘so freaking funny’: Voter ID law works as intended in Arkansas

http://twitter.com/#!/Howiedaman55/status/469286515466846208

Left wingers are absolutely giddy because Asa Hutchinson—a GOP gubernatorial candidate who supports voter ID laws— forgot his ID when he went to the polls to vote on Monday. Hutchinson was mildly inconvenienced (due to his own negligence) but was still able to vote after retrieving his ID. The event probably resides on the disaster scale somewhere between not having change for the parking meter and forgetting to pick up milk on your way home. But it’s totally HILARIOUS and ironic and stuff.

http://twitter.com/#!/comeonnoles/status/469298106777874432

RIGHT? It’s hysterical.

http://twitter.com/#!/liberal_parnell/status/469279195130896384

How sweet it is.

http://twitter.com/#!/allthewayleft/status/469285702111203328

L…O…L, indeed, friend.

http://twitter.com/#!/kankokage/status/469281393168896000

But wait. If you think about it this sort of shows that the law applies to everybody and not just minorities like the Democrats have tried to tell everyone.

http://twitter.com/#!/NoPCspin/status/469281876738179072

And it didn’t prevent Hutchinson from voting. He even won the primary. But he did have a staffer he could send to pick up his ID for him. What about people who might have to go get their own ID?

http://twitter.com/#!/jarsthemule/status/469281058069172224 http://twitter.com/#!/BumoutD/status/469308384886673408

Maybe the irony is in lefties celebrating that voter ID laws aren’t what they say they are.

 

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/05/21/liberals-think-its-so-freaking-funny-voter-id-law-works-as-intended-in-arkansas/

The Secrets of Paintings Are Revealed Thanks to Imaging Technology. What You Can See Is Pretty Cool.

A painting can tell you a lot about the subject, the artist and the time and place it was made. Sometimes, they seem like perfect windows into another world. But what about how they were made? A painting is meant to be seen as a finished product, and the process of their creation is largely lost.

Now, thanks to x-rays, multi-spectral imaging and laser scanning, we can see a painting’s past. The revisions, mistakes and edits are revelaed.

Because of that, sometimes some interesting history is discovered as well.

Isabella Medici gets a makeover.

Carnegie Museum of Art
Because of its style, the Carnegie Museum of Art thought this Medici portrait was a fake. When it was x-rayed, however, it was found that the painting was actually from the Renaissance–the lower layers, anyway. During the Victorian period, someone decided to give Isabella some reconstructive surgery to make her more attractive to Victorian-era viewers. The real Isabella is underneath, and the more golden-tinged painting is the later “improvement.” As part of a conservation effort, the Museum removed the Victorian addition, so the real portrait can be seen once more.

Evolution of a unicorn

Galleria Borghese
The unicorn Raphael’s Lady With a Unicorn has been a favorite subject of historians for a long time, who have posited many theories about its meaning. A look at the underpainting, though, reveals that it began life as a regular old lapdog.

A finally visible portrait

The Phillips Collection
Even before x-ray technology, it was suspected that Picasso’s The Blue Room was painted on a recycled canvas due to the texture of the brushstrokes. An x-ray reveals that there is a portrait of a man underneath. He was likely a friend of Picasso’s, but his identity remains unclear.

Old girlfriend

The Van Gogh Museum
Phillip Otto Runge’s portrait of his wife, Pauline, hides what might be an old flame. Underneath Pauline, there’s a second face of a different woman with blonde hair.

A change of clothing

National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Before he opted to dress his sitters more casually, Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp had them in formal military attire, which included some impressive headwear.

Another hidden portrait

Art Institute, Chicago
Underneath Picasso’s Old Guitarist is a painting of a young girl pulling an ox. It appears that Picasso didn’t care for the old painting and decided to repurpose the canvas.

The secret of Mona Lisa

The Louvre
The Mona Lisa has been the subject of much intrigue, but it turns out, the mysterious lady isn’t actually hiding anything. The painting’s lower layers reveal an adjustment of her hairline and that’s pretty much it. No da Vinci code here.

Keep the arm

National Gallery of Art
Titian’s Venus With a Mirror was painted over a double portrait of some unknown people. Reusing a canvas is resourceful, but Titian took reusing to the next level and even incorporated one of the original figure’s arms into Venus.

Elizabeth I usurps a painting

National Portrait Gallery
This portrait of the famous monarch covers up another portrait of an unknown lady. Given the drama that followed the royal family, there may well be a sinister story behind this one.

Haunted pope

National Gallery
Look over Pope Julius II’s right shoulder in the x-ray of this Raphael painting to see a ghostly face that also kind of looks like Spiderman. It’s actually part of the original background, which was a patterned wallpaper.

Artists get homework, too

Kroller-Muller Museum
Underneath Van Gogh’s still life is a study of two boxers. This original image was actually a homework assignment from his art school days.

No dead whales, please

Fitzwilliam Museum
The previous owner of this painting made a request–take out the dead whale. The beached whale was only discovered later, by a restoration team, in this Hendrick van Anthonissen beach scene.

Crabby Madonna

National Gallery
The serene face of Raphael’s Madonna hides an earlier, crabbier one; maybe Jesus was colicky that day. As the painting progressed, though, Raphael lightened her mood, likely because this would be more appealing to patrons.

A new ‘do.

Musee des Beaux Arts
The bartender in Edouard Manet’s painting had, at one point, a long braid. You can see it against her black jacket in the reflection behind her. Evidently Manet didn’t like it, though, and changed her hairstyle in the final version.

These incredible new ways of looking a paintings can teach us a lot about the artists and their worlds. The next time you go to a museum, consider that every painting might be hiding a story under its surface.

Read more: http://viralnova.com/hidden-paintings/

Doing fine? Celebrity president thrilled to have the support of … Jason Alexander

http://twitter.com/#!/BarackObama/status/251104884768772096

What does the celebrity president do when Beyoncé won’t answer his 3:00 a.m. phone call and the Material Girl endorses “the black Muslim in the White House“? He sets his sights a little lower and flaunts the coveted George Costanza endorsement.

Hey, it can’t be all clubbing with Jay-Z all the time.

After actor Jason Alexander swooned over being asked to help out with the president’s reelection effort in Iowa, Obama’s official account retweeted him. Always good to let the nation know you have the support of a B-list actor who thinks Second Amendment proponents aren’t true patriots. Maybe he can do his shtick about Mitt Romney stiffing his church on the campaign trail.

Forward!

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/09/27/doing-fine-celebrity-president-thrilled-to-have-the-support-of-jason-alexander/

Shudder: Filthy Filner will cling to his mayorship, remain skeezy while doing so [pics]

http://twitter.com/#!/redsteeze/status/360838938069446657

This afternoon, the randy, handsy San Diego Mayor finally addressed the public regarding his penchant for perversion. He conceded that his “failure to respect women and the intimidating conduct [he] engaged in at times is inexcusable,” but he’s not ready to throw in the towel just yet:

http://twitter.com/#!/clairetrageser/status/360845971128729600

That’s right: Filner’s not going anywhere — at least as far as his mayorship is concerned. He announced that he’ll be entering a two-week “rehab” program to come to terms with his failings and “become a better person.”

http://twitter.com/#!/10NewsPhillips/status/360841902981017600

Now, few people are convinced that two weeks of vaca- er, rehab will rid Filner of his fondness for harassing women:

http://twitter.com/#!/asmith83/status/360841575917563906 http://twitter.com/#!/ravenb/status/360838739309764608

Maybe there’s a chance the therapists can do something about this:

http://twitter.com/#!/SonnyBunch/status/360838937301893121

The horror!

http://twitter.com/#!/valsocal/status/360846602421809154 http://twitter.com/#!/DickTracyOrlndo/status/360843086550679553 http://twitter.com/#!/Travesham/status/360842098041303040 http://twitter.com/#!/DrewMTips/status/360840779003998209

Ugh. Heaven help us if Filner starts hanging out with this guy.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/07/26/shudder-filthy-filner-will-cling-to-his-mayorship-remain-skeezy-while-doing-so-pics/

Eagles’ Riley Cooper taking leave from team; Larry Elder has questions

http://twitter.com/#!/AdamSchefter/status/363331593806422018

A video from June which shows Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Riley Cooper using the “N-word” while attending a concert recently made the rounds and raised eyebrows, not to mention tempers. Cooper has since apologized and been fined by the team.

Both Riley and the Eagles have released statements:

http://twitter.com/#!/Eagles/status/363330926442328064

Seemingly unaware that it’s technically none of his business, Philadelphia’s mayor is saying Riley shouldn’t get off too easy:

http://twitter.com/#!/ProFootballTalk/status/363390128086990848

We should add that to date in 2013 there have been 145 homicides in Philadelphia, so Riley Cooper’s language, while offensive and uncalled for, is far from the worst thing to happen to the City of Brotherly Love this year.

Given the nature of the kinds of things that happen in sports on a fairly regular basis, talk host Larry Elder was perplexed by the seeming extra scrutiny on Riley Cooper and asked several questions via his Twitter feed:

http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363346200524623873 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363352592908156929 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363353828537544704 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363355705836699651 http://twitter.com/#!/larryelder/status/363374107435347969

We’ll close with some more perspective:

http://twitter.com/#!/NBA_GM/status/363041249579646976

Related:

Michael Vick’s brother places bounty on head of Eagles’ receiver over ‘N-word’ rant; Deletes tweets

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/02/eagles-receiver-riley-cooper-taking-leave-from-team-larry-elder-has-a-few-questions/

Obama declares he lost Egypt as ally; Even Luke Russert slams

http://twitter.com/#!/jdbalart/status/246051827718688769

President Obama didn’t just shamefully hit up Sin City while four Americans lay dead after embassy attacks. He also uttered sickening comparisons and took to Telemundo to throw away a 30 year allied relationship. No, really.

Serious ?: If the president of the United States says Egypt is not an ally, how long can annual multibillion aid package be sustained?

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 13, 2012

RT @BuzzFeedAndrew: ! MT @AnthonyNBCNews: In exclusive @BarackObama tells @jdbalart "I don't think that we would consider (Egypt) an ally"

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) September 13, 2012

RT @DrewMTips: So Obama just wrote off a 30 year strategic alliance but hey, lets get back to the timing of Romney's statement.

— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) September 13, 2012

This is HUGE—> "Obama Admits He Lost Egypt as American Ally" http://t.co/vWPQicjl

— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) September 13, 2012

Obama says Egypt not an ally. NBC chief foreign correspondent so stunned he almost has to sit down. http://t.co/6RL4y2fx

— Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) September 13, 2012

That’s right. In an interview with Telemundo last night in Vegas, baby, Vegas, President Obama admitted to losing Egypt as an ally. He declared, on Telemundo, that the U.S. would no longer consider the Egyptian government an ally, “but we don’t consider them an enemy.”

Breitbart.com has more. Even MSNBC was forced to express disbelief.

This morning, on MSNBC of all places, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel obviously didn’t get the memo about protecting The One throughout this crisis and hammered Obama over losing one of three allies America has in the Middle East (Saudi Arabia and Israel being the other two):

CHUCK TODD: I just want to get your first reaction, before you give me a report, of the President saying Egypt was not an ally or an enemy.

RICAHED ENGEL: Yeah, I almost had to sit down when I heard that.  For the last forty years, the United States has had two main allies in the Middle East — Saudi Arabia and Egypt, the other ally in the Middle East being Israel.  For the President to come out and say, well, he’s not exactly sure if Egypt is an ally any more but it’s not an enemy, that is a significant change in the perspective of Washington toward this country, the biggest country in the Arab world.  It makes one wonder, well, was it worth it?  Was it worth supporting the Arab Spring, supporting the demonstrations here in Tahrir Square, when now in Tahrir Square there are clashes going on behind me right in front of the US embassy?

You know what would surely not be worth it? Another four years of this hot mess of a president. Unbelievable. Besides Israel, the United States has two allies in the middle east: Egypt and Saudi Arabia. President Obama’s “smart diplomacy” lost us one of them. And he irresponsibly announced it on Telemundo. Funny what happens when he is off teleprompter, huh?

Citizens are, of course, outraged. And where is the rest of the media?

If we don't consider Egypt an ally or an enemy, what do we consider them then? An allemey? An enelly? Obama foreign policy = FUBAR

— LittleMissRightie (@LilMissRightie) September 13, 2012

Can we stop giving them billions? RT @samsteinhp: Obama to Telemundo on the Egyptian govt.: "I don't think we consider them an ally…."

— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) September 13, 2012

3) Obama just called Egypt, a country that used to be a significant ME ally, not an ally. Huge blunder.

— AG (@AG_Conservative) September 13, 2012

RT @gnuseibeh: Obama saying that Arab world's largest country is no longer a US ally is a big turning point, for both countries. #Egypt

— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) September 13, 2012

We threw our ally Mubarak overboard and Egypt is now our enemy. Great going Obama–Israel is in trouble.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 13, 2012

you're giving taxpayer money to a country (egypt) that you yourself acknowledges as neither an ally or an enemy?! #Obama

— B (@Blynbrady) September 13, 2012

Pure guess but I'd bet there were a lot of people at State and DoD who said, "Whaaaaaat?" upon hearing Obama's "Egypt not an ally" statement

— DrewMTips (@DrewMTips) September 13, 2012

Obama's kneejerk reaction to polls is to declare Egypt "no longer an ally" so… why the Billions in subsidies? "Smart Diplomacy" #FAIL

— DANEgerus (@DANEgerus) September 13, 2012

I hope the press doesn't ask why Obama reversed 33 years of American policy by saying Egypt is not an ally. That would be beyond the pale

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 13, 2012

Heh. Of course it would! They real issue is Romney’s statement and all.

Obama announces Egypt, a 30yr strategic ally in most volatile region, isn't an ally and Romney is the story @mmurraypolitics ?

— DrewMTips (@DrewMTips) September 13, 2012

Absurd. The press has reached rock bottom and are at risk of plummeting through the earth’s mantle.

Obama's gaffe-laden week goes pretty much unreported. FP watchers repulsed by Obama's Egypt slight. http://t.co/N6cGHeNL

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) September 13, 2012

Here is how junior high poet Rick Klein, head Obama cheerleader, responds.

big implications here – Obama not sure if Egypt is an ally, warns of "a real big problem" if govt doesn't step up http://t.co/FvqQNSz4

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) September 13, 2012

Romney had rougher day, but Obama could have rougher week explaining world events: http://t.co/kM6UEGh9

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) September 13, 2012

Romney had a rougher day. Because, statement. We have truly fallen down the rabbit hole. President Obama also couldn’t bring himself to say terrorist and couldn’t resist a little football spiking. As four Americans lay dead and as embassies continue to be under attack.

Obama couldn’t bring himself to say “terrorists” just now. #tcot

— RB (@RBPundit) September 13, 2012

Kind of odd for Obama to spike the football again in Vegas, you know with 4 dead Americans on their way home and all.

— DrewMTips (@DrewMTips) September 13, 2012

Obama admin won't call what happened in Libya a terrorist attack, but has no problem saying Republicans "war on women" http://t.co/j2KOnq1I

— Alex Rodriguez (@alexrodriguez) September 13, 2012

https://twitter.com/copfitness/status/246276042627612672

Courting Catastrophe: Obama Refuses to Call Embassy Attacks, " Terrorist Attacks." Guess Al Qeada is now a "Focus… http://t.co/fa6B1mhX

— Megan Stanaford (@Meggannite2) September 13, 2012

And credit where it’s due. Luke Russert rounds out the horrifying Egypt statement with some good, old-fashioned snark.

#Present RT: @NBCFirstRead: Obama: Egypt not an ally of US, but not an enemy http://t.co/8U6RoYqf

— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) September 13, 2012

Indeed. Voting present, once again. The middle east is in turmoil and President Obama is throwing out statements like he isn’t sure if Egypt is an ally, all willy-nilly. Decades of diplomacy down the drain. That’s what Obama calls smart?

3:00 a.m. phone call fail. Again.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/09/13/obama-cant-say-terrorist-spikes-football-as-4-lay-dead-declares-he-lost-egypt-as-ally-luke-russert-slams/