Karl Marx was not a “broken man” living “in poverty” when he died at age 64 from bronchitis and pluerisy, almost 3 years after his wife – a daughter of a Prussian aristocrat – died, He was still writing and publishing – his latest work. “The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State” was published in 1884 after his death. His funeral was attended by about 1000 people, and he was interred in Highgate Cemetery (hardly the burial place for a pauper). His wealthy sponsor – Engels – left Marx’s daughters “a significant portion” of his $4.8 Million estate. I do believe Jason does no actual research, he either regurgitates the crap he’s been spoon fed or simply pulls “facts” out of his ass.

TB, for one, leaves lesions on bone that are very distinctive and characteristic. I’ve seen the evidence that TB was here before Columbus sailed – in the bones of some of my ancestors (I’m an anthropologist/archaeologist who is also American Indian).

Syphilis existed here too, but as a contagious skin disorder that people recovered from and then were immune. (It also has been found in pre-contact Europe). The sexual version seems to also be primarily an urban phenomena.

Influenza was a new one, along with the plague and smallpox.

Most of the disease outbreaks were caused by urban living with poor hygiene and diet/bad water. This continent too was heavily settled when Europeans showed on the scene.

As far as immigrants, depending on the situation, they may or may not be a threat in a medical sense. Certainly “Illegal” ones could be carrying something, but keeping them in hiding (by threats of extradition) isn’t the solution. I would also argue that most of the people on this continent are immigrants or descendants of the same, and thus they really don’t have room to complain about others. Finally, if we had a medical system closer to that of Europe, our standard of living would increase and there would be less threat from contagious diseases.

I would also argue that raising the standard of living for the poor around the world is the best way to deal with immigration – then people would not have misery and poverty as a driving force for immigration.

You’re calling everyone else ignorant? Have you looked in a mirror lately?

You need to stop getting all your information from “Das Kapital”. Karl Marx died in poverty a broken man and you will too.

Ruslan, Your ignorant rants come straight off the Communist Party USA website. You need to get some new material.

….WOW. I think you broke him, guys. He didn’t even TRY to attempt any of his idiocy. On one hand, I’m happy because we don’t hafta hear any of his crap… but on the other hand, his crap is quite amusing for how insane it is. I don’t know where to put my emotions.

YOU are a lie.

Our own(where the Feathered Bastard works), the Phoenix New Times, our local alternative news weekly, has unearthed what appears to be the greatest shock of 2012 in Arizona. PNT has revealed that Pinal County Sheriff Babeu is now officially (gasp!) “gay”.

Yikes.

This is the man who is running for Congress on a hardline Republican ticket. When I mean “hardline”, I’m talking about a rabid wing-nut ideologue. Such ideology closely associated with the abhorrence of nativism, white supremacy, anti-Mexican, anti-immigration, anti-Hispanic, racism, anti-government sentiments and the like. This is the man who went on a white supremacist radio show last year to pollute the airwaves with anti-immigration rhetoric. This is the man, who has allowed neo-Nazis(headed by J.T. Ready) to patrol the Vekol Valley desert, in search of illegals.

Arizona politics couldn’t get any weirder. And that’s whats making it exciting in Arizona. I can’t wait for the next “shocking” news to come out any time soon. Hopefully, that would be Shurf arpaio being indicted on federal charges.

whoooo!

Your narrative of history is a lie.

I’m with you here. Jane’s comment was utterly obtuse, and I too found it impossible to determine whether she was pro- or anti-vax. I also completely agree with you regarding the dangers of anti-science and anti-government.

And even more than that, I am myself autistic. I was diagnosed some ten years ago. Had been vaccinated much earlier. Symptoms didn’t appear until many years later. I completely disagree with Jenny McCarthy’s thesis regarding thimerosol. I blame my repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall. Ha!

I vehemently believe that traditional medical care for the
“middle” class has been a downhill racer since the early 1980’s. One can’t walk into a sliding scale clinic and get an adult booster shot without shelling out some serious cash if one isn’t properly insured. There’s something wrong with the whole mindset – one of our sons who’s in graduate school carries the required University’s medical insurance. That insurance policy explicitly excludes any kind of coverage for vaccinations.
I’m still haunted by the Bill Moyers Journal presentation that was shown sometime around 2007 or so that featured Wendell Potter’s testimony and his take on
Remote Area Medical (RAM) http://www.standupforhealthcar.....ers-indeed.

Pay attention to Reynardine’s choice of words – “The Mask of the Red Death is entering the room with the clock” – Reynardine and everyone – have you seen an oldy but goody by Ingmar Bergman – “The Seventh Seal?” The clergy were unfavorably portrayed because they milked the medical crisis for beaucoup bucks in this very graphic tale. BTW – the film takes place during during one of the Crusades. Yup.

My wife also has an ME in special education and works daily with children with autism and their caregivers, so I’m quite aware that the mercury issue is “alive and well” among ill-informed or obstinate parents. However, the fact remains that almost all thimerosal was phased out of childhood vaccines many years ago, with no appreciable effect on the rate of new ASD cases. Whatever appeal this hypothesis may’ve had initially, it turned out to be wrong and it’s a dead issue among well-informed people.

If you go back and read again what I’m saying

I don’t mean this in a hostile or insulting way, but I read your initial comment three times without having the faintest idea of what you were trying to say. I still have no clear sense of what your argument is. If you’re implying that the rise of anti-government and anti-science ideology poses a greater threat than immigrants to U.S. public health, than I completely agree with you. But that certainly wasn’t clear from your original comment, which was oblique and scattered to the point of being unintelligible (for me, at least).

Doesn’t matter. I have respect for your profession, but it does not make you an expert. You may say you’re not anti-vaccination, but you are spreading dangerous misinformation, whether you mean to or not.

The point is very, very moot. Vaccines do not cause autism spectrum disorders. Period, end of story. Even the suggestion that the jury is still out is flat our wrong. This fact belongs in the same group as the fact that the earth revolves around the sun, gravity, and the fact that water is wet.

Vaccines do not cause autism.

Period.

Jane,

On the whole, your argument is impossible to follow. But if you’re worried about “mercury” in vaccines, please note that thimerosal was removed from most U.S. vaccines roughly a decade ago. Most anti-vaccine activists have already moved on to bigger and better delusions, like aluminum.

Criminal illegal aliens is not just a law enforcement issue, but also a public health issue.