During the stop the cop asked what was in the briefcase, and I told him "resumes." He motioned with his head in an obvious indication that I should open the case for him to see inside, which I did, and, sure enough, thank god, nothing but a big stack of resumes.

Obviously nothing bad happened to me due to this, but as I learned years later, right here on TL, I voluntarily gave up my constitutional rights by answering his questions and following his direction to open my briefcase.

Years later on a weekend some local popo showed up at my house to ask my wife some questions about some stuff that happened at her employer. I simply asked if they had a warrant or other legally compelling order, and they said no and said if we had nothing to hide why not talk to them.

But, in the real world,

A lot more people will end up in a lot more trouble following this advice than will by simply cooperating with the police.

Don't get me wrong; I think it's outrageous what they do, but, we should have a legislative solution to this problem rather than expecting untrained citizens to go "one-on-one" with the police.

Again, I want to reiterate, if I had my way, cops (and, judges, prosecutors, politicians, and anyone granted power over the citizenry) would be sentenced to life-without-parole for misusing their authority. (<snark>)(but, not by much

The problem with these kinds of stories is that they're meant to infuriate and inflame the viewers. And, they, rightfully, succeed to a great degree. But, it isn't that getting viewers teed-off that's necessarily bad; it's the corollary "legal" advice, informing drivers they don't have to cooperate, that will end up costing a lot of people a lot of grief.

Look, we all have that fantasy daydream of winning a showdown with the cops, but the reality is that the dream will become a nightmare much more of the time. The police stop and ask people leading questions thousands of times each and every day. I have sat in on training sessions where they study, learn, practice, and, perfect, interrogation techniques. They become very, very good at their job. Every psychological angle, from body position to tone of voice, is perfected for the sole purpose of getting you to cooperate. It would take a very brave person, one with an intimate and thorough knowledge of the law, to withstand, and win, these police confrontations. And, that's why most people, even knowing they're carrying contraband, will submit to a search.

Bottom line: knowing the law, and insisting on following it in all circumstances, is not always the most practical answer.

Obama tried to cut CDC funding

GOP passed bill approving 8.2% budget increase for CDC

If the CDC isn't prepared it's because they haven't done their job.

As I stated in another post they have plenty of money.   If they were caught unaware it's their own damn fault.    

It's just as weak when the GOP complains about military spending.

How can anyone argue the federal government is lacking for money?  

Our federal government grows larger every year but never seems to have enough money.   How can that be?  

It couldn't be that the federal government is terribly inefficient and too big to be managed could it?  

Dr. Frieden may not have the gloss that some have come to expect from their blow-dried news readers, but he does have substance.  And, his substance includes the doubts, cautions and unknowns inherent in infectious disease and epidemiology.  He may not know all the answers, make stuff up, or fan hysteria.  So, from that point of view, he may well have media shortcomings.  

In this case, we can't really put substance aside, it is what is needed.  Dr. Frieden, in addition to his education and training (Oberlin College, BA, Columbia University, M.D, and M.P.H., residencies in internal medicine at Columbia-Presbyterian, and infectious disease, Yale University), he has been NYC Health Commissioner, with achievements in subduing communicable diseases transmission including HIV, and especially tuberculosis.  

Of course, he is the spear catcher at this point. And, his educational background will be dismissed and ridiculed by the right wingers. No vaccine, all the money spent on rabbit massage research and fat lesbians.  And, worst of all, he is an Obama appointee.

The hospital is the one claiming protocols were not followed, which today was refuted by anonymous nurses who work there.  A second person has tested positive and the hospital is saying possibly more.

It's corporate press masters in full spin mode at the hospital blaming everyone but the party at fault.

That being said, the CDC dropped the ball, they have admitted they should have sent a team to Texas.  And sorry, but it is the CDC whose assumption that every medical facility in the country is prepared that allowed people to get infected.  This assumption that because they are a medical facility, they are prepared is one bad policy and according to the CDC will not happen again.  They will send a team to anywhere where a person tests positive.

I find it very odd that republicans are going after the very group they want to protect us.  The CDC dropped the ball, but they did it because they believed a hospital, like the one in Dallas, was run by professions who understood the dangers and protocols surrounding Ebola.  That is an error in judgement that is understandable, not some ridiculous and blatant neglect of their responsibility.

Where is the covering for the hair/head???

 A cap for the hair/head is completely missing from this protocol.

Does the CDC think that the hair cannot be contaminated or is this another forgetful error on their part???

From photos I have seen the Dallas nurses did cover their head/hair even though it is not part of CDC PPE protocol.

The 'fat lesbian' study has a high potential for public health not only for sexual minorities, but also for the challenges of obesity in all people. Deeper study of biological and social factors may account for observations of higher risk for obesity in lesbian and bisexual girls and heterosexual men than that noted for heterosexual women and gay men.  

This study, funded by two grants totaling about $1.5 million, to Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, by Harvard public health researcher, Bryn Austen, and overseen by the National Institute of Child and Human Development, is a demographic study that may contribute to the major issue of obesity.  

The last few times I've traveled to the Boston area, I've actually flown in and out of Providence, which I found to be so much easier than Logan Int'l. It's like OAK-Oakland vs. SFO.

I think there's a very good case to be made regarding the direct correlation between the Rosenbergs' gruesome end and the anti-Communist hysteria of the early 1950s. But that said, the evidence shows that Julius Rosenberg and David Greenglass were guilty of passing classified information to the Soviet Union.

Further, while Ethel Rosenberg clearly shared her husband's political persuasions and probably had at least a vague idea that her husband and her brother had some unsavory connections to Soviet agents, there's no direct evidence that she was ever a participant in any of their schemes, or even knew exactly what they were doing. Rather, it was the (perhaps suborned) perjury of Greenglass and his wife Ruth, offered during the investigation and at trial to save their own skins, which ultimately sealed her fate in court.

But one would never really know any of that, watching Lumet's film. Instead, what we get is an homage to leftist idealism, lathered with lots of pathos for the children who paid a very steep emotional price for both their parents' political passions, and their mother's apparent willingness to embrace political martyrdom rather than her own kids.

I can't believe that was ever Sidney Lumet's intention, but nevertheless, the result was a serious misfire and mess. I'd love to see a filmmaker take another crack at Doctorow's book someday.

Did anybody take her temperature before or during the flight or while waiting for her luggage???

Read the CDC website and you will find out that an Ebola carrier is contagious for 3 days before a blood test will test positive -- and she tested positive the day after the flight.

So, do they know or don't they?  And if they don't, where is your source that does know?

Did you read all of the information at the link?  Ebola is not a respiratory virus, and the link states,

Unlike respiratory illnesses like measles or chickenpox, which can be transmitted by virus particles that remain suspended in the air after an infected person coughs or sneezes, Ebola is transmitted by direct contact with body fluids of a person who has symptoms of Ebola disease. Although coughing and sneezing are not common symptoms of Ebola, if a symptomatic patient with Ebola coughs or sneezes on someone, and saliva or mucus come into contact with that person's eyes, nose or mouth, these fluids may transmit the disease.

No one - NO ONE - is protecting Democrats, at least not here.  And what, exactly, would they be protecting Democrats from?

And they're not protecting the CDC, either.  "Moving the goalposts on precautions?"  If I can find the precautions at the CDC website, and I can find the protocols that state that those caring for infected patients should not also be caring for non-infected patients, why couldn't the folks at Texas Presbyterian?

Are you aware of why the health care workers in Africa wear full body suits?  Because many of them are not in controlled environments, where they can prepare to see someone who may be infected before having actual contact with them.  It was thought that US health workers, within these state-of-the-art hospitals, would start from a better and more controlled environment, be several steps ahead of the game, and didn't count on the outright incompetence and negligence, and really, stupidity in that Texas hospital.

The reality is that Ebola just isn't as easy to get as the media and others are happily giving the American people the impression it is.  There is no reason for media crews to be filming at the airports as one patient is moved to a facility that can actually handle Ebola.  There is no reason for helicopters to be filming a motorcade.  

Just please don't count on the media for accurate information, and for the love of God, don't count on Chip to educate you either.  By now, he's probably too busy duct-taping plastic to his entire house, installing a negative air pressure system and stocking up on respirators and bleach.