Thoughts Out Of Season

  Who in the Hell gave Nancy Pelosi the authority to make a stop in Taiwan on her trip to Asia. Did she decide this all by herself? Is this lady that maniacal to stop at one of the most hotly contested countries in the world like she was stopping off for a day at Disneyworld? Currently she is in the air over the Pacific presumably to head a delegation to Asia with a stop into Taiwan. The Chinese warn they have the right to shoot her damned plane out of the sky. AND I DON'T THEY ARE JOKING! In a matter of hours we could  seeing the greatest world threat since the Cuban Missle Crisis with a much, much different and catastrophic ending. This geriatric upstart is at this moment playing a game of chicken with China. Will she back down and not go to Taiwan? I think she's to damn narcissistic. Even if she decides to back down the US come out with a black eye of shame. If China backs down.... don't raise your hopes on that. Looks like we have a chance of going to sleep tonight and ...

The Hajj has ended and now millions of observant Muslims will return to their homes all around the world after making the pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Of concern right now is the possibility that some may have contracted the ultra-deadly MERS-CoV virus which has been striking down people within Saudi Arabia since 2012. This disease is new on the medical horizon, never before seen in humans much like the SARS virus that rampaged through China a decade ago infecting over 8000 people killing over 700. MERS-CoV presents even more of a concerning picture due the facts that it's mortality rate is 3-4 times that of SARS and that the incubation period, the time between becoming infected and showing symptoms, could be as long as 2 weeks. This constitutes a serious problem, especially as it concerns the Hajj in that those that are infected could return to their countries and appear perfectly normal thus escaping detection by border personnel on the lookout for anyone exhibiti...