Thursday Afternoon

I'm on tilt here.

OK, here we go: Ebola "cured-ish", if treatment is early. This is a BFD, and to whom do we owe thanks? The US taxpayer and, well, terrorism-inspired paranoia.

From the Times:

A Cure for Ebola? Two New Treatments Prove Highly Effective in Congo

The therapies saved roughly 90 percent of the patients who were newly infected, a turning point in the decades-long fight against the virus.

...

REGN-EB3 is made by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals of Tarrytown, N.Y., which also makes other antibody treatments. Dr. Fauci’s institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, developed mAb114 and licensed production last year to Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, a Miami company.

[LONG Skip and...]

Development of the new treatments was supported by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, a division of the Department of Health and Human Services concerned with fighting chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats, and pandemic diseases.

Your tax dollars at work! In partnership with two private companies, so something for everyone. Come 2021 President Bernie will be investigating these companies and fining or jailing them for not having finished this sooner, but let's focus on the now. Here is HHS announcing the new trial last year:

Actions under Project BioShield could protect health from bioterrorism, naturally occurring outbreaks

 

Hundreds of thousands of Americans could be protected from or treated for Ebola infections through the first purchase of vaccines and therapeutic drugs by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA ), part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response  (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The vaccines and drugs are the first for Ebola to receive Project BioShield  funding which supports late-stage development toward licensure and stockpile purchases.

 

“Today we are prepared to add four Ebola countermeasures to the stockpile whereas three years ago, very few products were even in early stages of development,” BARDA Director Rick Bright, Ph.D., said. “This marks a pivotal moment in U.S. and global preparedness for future public health emergencies from viral hemorrhagic fevers like Ebola. We reached this point at unprecedented speed, and that’s a direct result of innovative approaches to product development and to partnering across the U.S. government, other nations, and private industry.”

 

Ebola  is considered a potential bioterrorism threat by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as well as a naturally occurring public health threat. Natural Ebola outbreaks occur most often in African countries, the most recent, from 2014 through 2016. According to the World Health Organization, during that outbreak more than 28,600 cases of Ebola virus infection were suspected, probable or confirmed and more than 11,000 people died.

Don't run out and buy Regeneron (REGN) stock, however- no one is sure whether or how they will make money on this.

And the other winner, Ridgeback Biotherapeutics? As best I can tell it is owned and funded by a doctor and his wife, a health care investor, both of whom seem to have struck it rich as hedge fund heroes and are running this company to do good:

Headquartered in Miami, Florida, Ridgeback Biotherapeutics is a privately held, majority woman owned biotechnology company focused on orphan and infectious diseases.  Life to date, all funding for Ridgeback Biotherapeutics has originated from Wayne and Wendy Holman; two science driven individuals who invest in technologies that they believe will make the world a better place.  The team at Ridgeback is dedicated to working toward finding life-saving and life changing solutions for patients and diseases that need champions.

Yeah, take THAT, Bill and Melinda Gates!

OK, good for them, good for us, and thank you. (Now, Bernie, lock 'em up, amirite!)

 

 

Comments

[Buckeye]

I don't know Maryrose.

Epstein strikes me as a "it ain't over 'til its over" kinda guy.

[MissMarple3]

Brad Parscale up and says this is the biggest crowd in the history of the arena, bigger than the Elton John concert!

[Melinda]

Just wait'll the two stories merge....

[MissMarple3]

Melinda,

What 2 stories? Epstein and the Clinton Foundation?

[D]

Buckeye:
Not if he was being abused and ridiculed on a daily basis.
He doesn’t strike me as a guy who can take that kind of harassment.
All his allies had deserted him and were disowning any association with him including Bill Clinton.The disgrace and despair must have been intense.
No station is covering the report Grassley unearthed.
What good is declassification if the networks don’t cover the story?

[MissMarple3]

Traffic 10 mi. outside the Trump rally #Manchester #NewHampshire pic.twitter.com/zHygpnpWIF

— Joel B. Pollak (@joelpollak) August 15, 2019

Photo at the link.

[clarice]

Joan, I wrote about Lovinger and Halper last August on AT.

[Captain Hate]

Except Barr's one level closer to the action, TK. I place a lot of stock in Presidents being executives and delegating to their cabinet members what to get done. Slick was supposed to be this great wonk about policy and would gull the fake news rubes like marks at the bar where he'd do carney tricks to win drinks for his whore mother; but in reality he wasn't any smarter than anyone here. And he was horrible at delegating; even one of my more honest lib friends was outraged he never held cabinet meetings.

[henry]

Hmmm... black light for the entrance? Interesting.

[MissMarple3]

I can't imagine Warren or Biden entering to this.

[D]

Democrats can’t govern as Presidents or run big cities efficiently.
They are good on the stump but miserable in any position with responsibility or common sense.
They hate Trump because the know in their hearts he will be a two termed.
My presidential solution for the future:
President gets 6 year term like a Senator and no re-election.
That way something can get done without all the getting re-elected nonsense.
Senators:
Maximum 2 , 6year terms.
House reps:
3 terms of two years and then out.

[D]

Senators and Reps must run for re-election to obtain their next term

[jimmyk]

Jack is Back! Good to see you.

[Catsmeat]

Hi, Jack! Hope your family is settled in now in Florida, and all is well.

heartshapedbox, as I told Jane when I got to visit her in Florida last month, after Daddy died I started keeping (and am still keeping) a list of everyone who posted then and thereafter just to memorialize who was there, who wanted to say how much daddy meant to them. It's just by screennames, of course, but anyone who wants it can email me. What the list shows is that we are a larger and more in-and-out community than we necessarily realize.

TK, Pin is a great guy--just always irony on stilts (excepting his very generous post today about why he's here)

Pin, MM's daughter doesn't want an adjunct position--if she's lucky she'd still be making peanuts for a lot of unpleasant work.

[Catsmeat]

OH, and in case it wasn't clear, I love irony on stilts, and love Pin.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Welcome JiB!

You still harbor some emotion?

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

https://usadeplorable.com/products/socks?variant=18100404486195

Heh

[Melinda]

Bruce Ohr FBI Vault:

https://twitter.com/yigsstarhouse/status/1162153439520088065?s=21

[bubarooni]

Hey MM,

If your daughter doesn't mind driving to Fishers:

https://recruiting.ultipro.com/WIL1019WBHCP/JobBoard/54b84173-bce7-8a29-b26d-900553af4ff1/?q=&o=postedDateDesc

We've got a current opening for a Long Term Care Pharmacy Technician.

[Jane]

Rocco,

The cell had bunk beds. The same place he was housed with the cop.

Momto2, if it’s too painful for you to hear this shit given what you’ve been thru, I completely understand and will stop.

[Narciso]

Hey jib, how have you been?

This victor victoria meets dorian gray portrait there is nothing good in this, soecially found in the lair of a bond villain.

[Jane]

Joan,

AMAZING ARTICLE.

[MissMarple3]

bubarooni,

Thanks! Will let her know.

[Narciso]

Yes its report the rumor, cover the truth with a pillow, untol it stops moving.

[Momto2]

I'm fine, Jane - carry on - we're counting on you to solve this!

[Another Bob]

“bubarooni,

Thanks! Will let her know.”

This is a pretty amazing place.

Might have to change my mind about a meatspace meetup. If you’ll have me, of course...

[Jane]

Thanks Mom, but I rarely beat Clarice and Rocco. But i’m Into it. D, Epstein told one of his lawyers the day before he was looking forward to seeing him Sunday. Reports are that he was upbeat. No idea if they were lying. If so, why?

[Pinandpuller]

https://lamusdworski.wordpress.com/2016/08/06/harvest/

[Another Bob]

You trying to mess with the Keto Krowd Pin?

[Captain Hate]

What good is declassification if the networks don’t cover the story?

They're the enemy and have to be regarded as such. That's why Abused Wife Conway has to go after her fluffing of F Chuck and Tapper on gasbag Hewitt's clown show. Todd deserves nothing better than to have his teeth kicked in for what he's done to the country. Likewise Tapper.

[Threadkiller]

TK, Pin is a great guy--just always irony on stilts (excepting his very generous post today about why he's here)

I don't think I suggested he wasn't. I did respond to his generous post on the last thread, and I hope that it clarified what irritated me.

[Threadkiller]

Except Barr's one level closer to the action, TK. I place a lot of stock in Presidents being executives and delegating to their cabinet members what to get done.

Good point.

[Bela1]

Hi everyone
Sitting here watching our President speak at the Manchester NH rally as I catch up on reading comments here at JOM.
Ever since Miss M attended a rally I’d been so looking forward to attending one myself. A few bad asses in the audience escorted out but I’m so grateful that he’s been in charge. We sure did need an adult. I can’t drive yet while my new knee is on the mend but I sure hope he will come to Massachusetts.
Take care.

[Another Bob]

Trump wants to make an offer to acquire Greenland???

[Another Bob]

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457637-trump-has-asked-aides-about-possibility-of-us-acquiring-greenland

[clarice]

Jane, the lawyers might have been lying or JE wassimply acting or had not yet fully made up his mind--several alternatives.

Good news a republican has won a seat on the LA city council by opposing the Green Nude deal:https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2019/08/republican-wins-in-la.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR3r34EykGFctG5xDv2ndRl_QUA4maWvTTnsGcEQrxzDraf8JXBU3KVZwYA

[Another Bob]

Green Nude?

[Narciso]

Maybe he wants to build a reaort there, now that they insist the glaciers are melting.

[Threadkiller]

Trump wants to make an offer to acquire Greenland???

Patterico's chief gasbag just wrote a post on this. Amazingly she can't figure out how to turn it into the usual Orange Man Bad tripe.

[Dave (in MA)]

Trump wants to make an offer to acquire Greenland???

We'll take Greenland, Denmark can have San Francisco.

[Threadkiller]

http://patterico.com/2019/08/15/trump-considering-purchase-of-greenland/#comments

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

"Green Nude?"

Green New Deal == Green Nude Eel

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

It's a mocking name often used at PowerLineBlog

[Jane]

Yup Clarice - lots of alternatives, including murder. It could get buried, we may never know.

[Porchlight]

What did he have to live for really?

By that reasoning, every con with a life sentence would be on suicide watch.

Meanwhile here's a guy with all the money in the world to spend on his defense, who has watched connected Democrats like himself skate, on almost everything, his entire life. His reputation has already been in the toilet for a decade or more.

I can buy asphyxiation using a bunk bed and sheets. Add the hyoid fracture and the cellmate and the lack of video and the fact that no one had checked on him in hours and.....no. I don't buy it.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Let the Cuck Wars begin!
http://bejohngalt.com/2019/08/let-the-cuck-wars-begin/

[Catsmeat]

Yes, TK, and you're great too. Both of you have a generous spirit.

[bubarooni]

"Might have to change my mind about a meatspace meetup."

Hey! We could do a Shapiro's meetup in honor of daddy!

[Another Bob]

The Greenland thing could make a lot of strategic sense.

Don’t see the Danes going for it though. But with a high enough offer...

[Porchlight]

"Might have to change my mind about a meatspace meetup."

I highly recommend it.

[MissMarple3]

bubarooni

I would be up for that meet up! Make sure I know when you guys decide to get there!

[MissMarple3]

What a great rally!

[Rocco]

Not all lifers have to worry about being killed because of the crime they committed.

And with that, as they say in the can, Lights Out!

Oh and Catsmeat, Good Lookin Out!

https://www.insideprison.com/suicide-methods-in-prison.asp

[henry]

The Greenland:

Thule AFB / future home of Space Force?

China trying to buy in with Silk Road Airport deals (to soy on Thule?)

Denmark needs cash. Distressed real estate can be lucrative

My guess: all of the above

[MissMarple3]

Heading to bed. I may monitor on my iPad.

Nytol!

[GUS]

Jack if you are around......HELLLLO my brother.
Pin, you are one of a kind, and an awesome dude.
No friend better than Henry.

[clarice]

Very useful link, Rocco. Thanks for all your work this week.

[GUS]

Catsmeat. You're Christmas card is right here on my coffee table as we speak.

[henry]

@realKyleOlbert

In chess terms, @POTUS @realDonaldTrump’s strategic purchase of #Greenland would be a zugzwang moment for #Russia & #China, placing them at a disadvantage if they encroached any further on America’s Arctic domain. The #GreenlandPurchase would be a genius geopolitical checkmate.

https://twitter.com/realkyleolbert/status/1162155690531704833?s=21

[Porchlight]

Not all lifers have to worry about being killed because of the crime they committed.

True. But Epstein hadn't even been tried yet, let alone sentenced.

[Jane]

Rocco,

Ugh, that’s a tough article. How common is it for an inmate to commit suicide before he has been tried?

[GUS]

Jane, depends on what that suspect has on the Clinton crime family.

[GUS]

Doesn't it kind of, sort of, a wee bit seem like POTUS DJT, is working FOR America, vs how Obama and his hacks did not???

[clarice]

Jane--I think JAIL means presentencing. PRISON MEANS POST SENTENCING.

[clarice]

FROM ROCCO'S ARTICLE:Suicide is the leading cause of death in American jails (Hayes and Rowen, 1988) and the third leading cause of death in American prisons (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 1998)

[Rocco]

The risk is greater for those who haven't been sentenced yet. I really have to go.

https://www.insideprison.com/preventing-suicides-correctional-officers.pdf

[clarice]

h/t instapundit:https://lidblog.com/reps-omar-and-tlaib/
Why Omar and Tlaib's jaunt was banned.

[Dave (in MA)]

OK, not bad.

Ben Shapiro@benshapiro ·
The people of Greenland will greet us as liberators.

[Another Bob]

Jail also means pretrial and can’t make bail (or no bail).

[Melinda]

Jeez-

https://twitter.com/brookingsinst/status/1162176407511941120?s=21

[jim nj]

My first thought on the Greenland idea was Arctic claims. Alaska, Canada and Greenland combined would own about a third of Arctic claims.

[Pinandpuller]

I don’t know if anyone’s mentioned it but Dershowitz and Chris Christy are holding a mock trial over Joseph vs The Son’s of Israel. I think they are charged with child trafficking and slavery.

[Neo]

Report: President Trump reportedly has "repeatedly expressed interest" in purchasing the autonomous territory of Greenland from Denmark.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

"Denmark needs cash"

Those Muslim immigrants aren't going to support themselves!

Hey, doubtless this Greenland story is super legit and all but what was that story from the first year of the Trump Admin where "sources" said Trump spent all day watching weird stuff on TV, maybe the Elephant Channel or something. Anyone remember the details?

[Pinandpuller]

If it’s popular enough a good sequel would be Pharonic Special Victim’s Unit: The People vs Joseph. The accuser is Potiphar’s wife.

Donk Donk

[GUS]

My guess is that Epstein did himself in. For many years this disgusting pig, lived high on the hog, and in the lap of luxury. He flaunted his wealth and it is NOT clear where he earned it, and for WHAT EXPERTISE. The jets, helicopters, mansions of glory, the private Island, Palm Beach, Manhattan, New Mexico and the Virgin Islands Island, is beyond even normal heh heh Billionaires LARGESSE.
Where did this wealth come from? Why did he have a thick black book or Princes and HIGH SOCIETY men???
I believe he SHITCANNED HIMSELF, because he KNEW that the AUTHORITIES had MOUNTAINS of evidence that he would never beat.

WE WILL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH.

[Pinandpuller]

Epstein was on the Highway to Hell one way or the other but the DOJ put hardly any effort into throwing down spike strips.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

From 2018
https://www.dailywire.com/news/25456/hoax-leftists-fall-parody-story-about-trump-ben-shapiro

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

GUS, since you're on now, did it ever get explained why you mocked Iggy over his son and deceased wife?

I may have missed it. Apologies if so.

[GUS]

JimNorCal, as I recall, DJT, was known to watch the vintage (1990's heh heh) Mouseketeer channel.
He loved the one called Brittany Speared. He'd guzzle a 12pack of Diet Coke and had 2 scoops of Ice cream before noon.

I'm sure it's true.

[Dave (in MA)]

What better place to put the FEMA camps?

[GUS]

I did no such thing Jim.

[President-Elect Jim,SunnyvaleCA]

Ah.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Buy it?
Wouldn't it be cheaper just to invade it?

[Another Bob]

More I think about it the better the Greenland thing sounds.

Seriously. Would the Danes go for it?

[Another Bob]

It would also encircle Canada.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Might as well invade Canada while we're at it.

[Pinandpuller]

Meanwhile here's a guy with all the money in the world to spend on his defense, who has watched connected Democrats like himself skate, on almost everything, his entire life. His reputation has already been in the toilet for a decade or more.

Posted by: Porchlight | August 15, 2019 at 08:53 PM

Here we thought Sessions was Mr Civil Seizure. Epstein has no heirs, despite his creepy NM Clone Plan. Who is his beneficiary? Who would have to fight the government for all the cash and prizes? Marshall’s are probably appraising things as we speak.

[clarice]

His brother.

[Another Bob]

Nah Ig, encircle it and slowly tighten the noose. They’ll give up quickly enough.

[Jane]

I assume “pre-sentencing” means post trial. Clarice, lots of convicted people where Epstein was held - or am I wrong about that.

[anonamom]

WE WILL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH.

I had just realized that about an hour ago, while reading the thread at Althouse.

Or if we do, we aren't going to believe it, will we?

[Another Bob]

But seriously, Greenland has mad natural resources.

[Pinandpuller]

There’s a pretty good Ridley Scott/ Russel Crowe movie called A Good Year. According to French probate law there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate heirs. I suppose Ep may have offspring out there but it doesn’t sound like a plot point in this story.

[Another Bob]

Amom, we will NEVER know the truth. It’s being erased as we speak.

[Neo]

First it looks like Peter Strzok for some reason is involved in meetings at the FBI, Strzok is possibly involved in meetings involving FISA declassification, and it also looks like Peter Strzok for some reason has not been stripped of his security clearances.

[bubarooni]

"But seriously, Greenland has mad natural resources."

If we burn off all that damn worthless ice by raising temps more, we'd have the greatest port in the world.

[Pinandpuller]

I keep forgetting he has a brother, but he was a good boy and he doesn’t know nothing.

[Porchlight]

bubarooni, not to mention billions in tourism.

[Pinandpuller]

I don’t know if I would want to take over the note on an incomplete island fortress.