We ignored the obvious prophets of ObamaCare.

http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2000-06-30

The death toll from Typhoon Haiyan is in five figures. The USN and the Royal Navy are have dispatched ships to the Philippines. Vessels include the HMS Daring and the USS George Washington.

Wow, Bob in Texas, a fun web site my company filter didn't block! They must not have known about it...

Meanwhile, around the world, crowdsourced mapmaking is helping relief efforts in the Philippines.

Think about that for a little while.

The movie, "Enemy of the State" is here.

http://www.infowars.com/dhs-funds-installation-of-white-boxes-that-can-track-population-of-entire-city/

"Strange new off-white boxes popping up in downtown Seattle use wi-fi networks that can record the last 1,000 locations of a person using their cellphone’s MAC address ..."

"Hi-tech street lights called Intellistreets that are linked via a ubiquitous wi-fi network and can record conversations are now popping up in major cities across the United States."

"A separate network of sensors installed in at least 70 major U.S. cities called ShotSpotter, ostensibly designed to alert authorities to gunshot locations, also have the ability to record street conversations using microphones, ..."

Yet another knee-jerk rules iz rules decision by school administrators: http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/t-shirt-memorializing-six-grader-causes-school-uproar-203653921.html:

"On Saturday, sixth-grader Caitlyn Jackson passed away after a three-year battle with [leukemia]. More than a dozen classmates showed up at Lakeville Middle School on Monday wearing orange and blue t-shirts bearing Caitlyn's name, many of which had been decorated by the kids themselves over the weekend. Blue was the 12-year-old's favorite color, and orange is the color designated to promote leukemia awareness. Upon arrival, the students were informed that they would need to either turn the shirts inside out, cover the girl's name with duct tape, or change tops — a decision made by school administrators....
Administrators at Lakeview Middle School say they made their decision based on a crisis management plan that barred "permanent memorials" to deceased students."

(This crisis management plan supposedly is in place to prevent permanent memorials to suicide victims, which apparently could inspire additional suicides. How such a rule could apply to a t-shirt worn to honor a leukemia victim, only a school administrator could explain. Perhaps they're afraid students will strive to die of leukemia?)