Nurse diagnosed with Ebola named; Reporter asks her to call

http://twitter.com/#!/me_doss/status/521711398012071938

The nurse who has contracted Ebola while helping provide care for Thomas Duncan, the Liberian man who died from the virus in Dallas, has been named:

#BREAKING: Nina Pham, 26, is the nurse being treated for #Ebola. This image is provided by her family. pic.twitter.com/qzlYDrMSvx

— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) October 13, 2014

Nina Pham's family provided that picture to WFAA and confirmed that she is the 2nd #Ebola patient in the city.

— Jason Whitely (@JasonWhitely) October 13, 2014

A Los Angeles Times reporter tried to get in touch with the nurse not long after her name was released to the public:

@Nina_Pham hoping to reach you please call 213-265-8572

— Molly Hennessy-Fiske (@mollyhf) October 12, 2014

Requests were made to give Pham a break:

@mollyhf @Nina_Pham You must be kidding. Poor girl is sick and in hospital. Leave her alone

— Conway (@wpxstar) October 13, 2014

@wpxstar @mollyhf @Nina_Pham couldn't agree more. This is disgusting.

— Kyle Redmond (@osubuck2121) October 13, 2014

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2014/10/13/leave-her-alone-nurse-diagnosed-with-ebola-named-reporter-asks-her-to-call/

University of North Alabama football team boots player for racist tweet about Obama

http://twitter.com/#!/UNAAthletics/status/280516342698872833

Here’s the despicable racist tweet that got University of North Alabama player, Bradley Patterson, kicked off his team:

take that n-word off the TV

The tweet was brought to the University’s attention after it was highlighted by Deadspin.

Within the past several hours, Patterson deleted his Twitter account.

Goodbye and good riddance:

Good bye #BradleyPatterson, you racist a-hole who won’t be playing football any longer. #justice inquisitr.com/441841/bradley…

— Jake Zukowski (@jakez) December 17, 2012

Let this be a lesson to all who use Twitter to air racial rubbish! You will go the way of #BradleyPatterson . Shut down. From grace 2 grass!

— Toyebi Adedipe (@toyebi) December 17, 2012

But as T. Becket Adams points out, not all racial rubbish and hate-monger on Twitter is treated equally.

@buzzfeedandrew Equally abhorrent things have been said about @michellemalkin and @realstaceydash (1/2)

— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) December 17, 2012

@buzzfeedandrew But I’m not sure why now you’ve decided to highlight the awful things people say on Twitter. (2/2)

— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) December 17, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/12/17/university-of-north-alabama-football-team-boots-player-for-racist-tweet-about-obama/

Michael Eric Dyson’s Holder/Moses comparison inspires ridicule

http://twitter.com/#!/hale_razor/status/340244804044722176

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson’s claim that Attorney General Eric Holder is “the Moses of our time” was met with an initial wave of shock and disbelief, which Twitchy handily chronicled, along with video proof that we weren’t hearing things. The Twitterverse was quick to correct comedian Chris Rock’s delusion that the president is like “our boss” and “the dad of the country,” and it wasn’t about to let Dyson off easy on his claim that Holder — or any attorney general, ever, for that matter — is the nation’s “chief lawgiver.”

http://twitter.com/#!/AceofSpadesHQ/status/340229887283580928

Moses: I bringeth thee God's law, graven into these Tablets.

The Crowd: Share God's law with us!!!

Moses: Sure. Off the record.— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 30, 2013

http://twitter.com/#!/AceofSpadesHQ/status/340233622315483136

Moses: We have all sinned, even I!

The Crowd: You have sinned, Moses?

Moses: Yes. I read about it in the Washington Post.— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 30, 2013

http://twitter.com/#!/AceofSpadesHQ/status/340234411930972161

Moses: Hear me! Pharaoh is a co-conspirator with Satan!!

The Crowd: Really?!

Moses: Off the record– not really. I said it for effect.— DepressiveBlogger69 (@AceofSpadesHQ) May 30, 2013

http://twitter.com/#!/GPollowitz/status/340252766612119552 http://twitter.com/#!/hale_razor/status/340233708256772096 http://twitter.com/#!/LJCambria/status/340253645775962112 http://twitter.com/#!/Doc_0/status/340238393319510017 http://twitter.com/#!/AndTheRest/status/340253643834011649 http://twitter.com/#!/wtc/status/340254051348389888

Georgetown, where Dyson teaches sociology, isn’t the only school that comes out of this looking bad; guess what Dyson studied at Princeton?

http://twitter.com/#!/JayCaruso/status/340258156900909058

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/05/30/michael-eric-dysons-holdermoses-comparison-inspires-ridicule-of-biblical-proportions/

Clint Eastwood’s wife gets a reality show

http://twitter.com/#!/kevinddaly/status/179664861104574464

It seems like these days if you’re famous, or even know somebody who’s famous, you can have your own reality show. Some people have enough willpower to turn the money down and avoid having cameramen record every second of their lives. Others just simply can’t say no.

Mrs. Eastwood & Company, a 10-part series that centers on Eastwood’s wife, Dina, and daughters Morgan and Francesca (her mom is Frances Fisher, but she also calls Dina “Mom”), premieres on E! on May 20.

“I know my limitations with Clint so I don’t push him too hard,” Dina told me in an exclusive interview.

Oh God the E reality series following Clint Eastwood's wife and daughters has been greenlit. This is wrong on so many levels.

— Jenny Priestley (@jennypriestley) March 13, 2012

Just got press release about reality tv show Mrs. Eastwood & co.aka Clint's last wife;cried a lil inside that family is famewhoring his name

— Melissa Chapman (@MelissaSChapman) March 13, 2012

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/13/clint-eastwoods-wife-gets-a-reality-show/