Tag: "Swine Flu"
Hey, Anyone Remember The H1N1 Virus That Was Going to Kill Us All?
Remember last winter when the dreaded H1N1 Swine Flu was going to bring America to its knees? The panic, spread by a largely clueless media (video link), the usual government crisis-mongering, and left-wing conspiracy nuts, spread even to the floor of Congress where National Super Genius Sheila Jackson-Lee used the fear of tens of thousands dead [...]
Biden Risks Life and Limb to Praise Pork Project
Andrew Malcolm, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite bloggers, has the best post headline I’ve seen in a week. Vice President Joe Biden survives visit to Wilimington Amtrak station Of course, I’m glad he didn’t contract Captain Porky, or whatever the heck we’re calling this flu bug. I am distressed, though, that he [...]
Wow, We Really Dodged a Bullet There, Huh?
Yeah, we’d be much better off with that brainless chillbilly as our Vice President right now. “I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now,” Biden said when Matt Lauer asked whether he would advise family members to use public transportation. “I would tell members of my family, and I have, I wouldn’t go anywhere in [...]
What Happens if We Hit .00006 Percent?
Reuters is reporting that the number of confirmed swine flu cases has reached 109. This will no doubt cause folks to run around screaming about pandemics and, somewhere, Stephen King is getting just the tiniest bit nervous. I just want to help keep things in perspective. The Census Bureau estimates the population of the United [...]
If It’s Not Swine Flu, What Is It?
And they said the Bush administration was ignorant about science? What’s in a name? U.S. pork producers are finding that the name of the virus spreading from Mexico is affecting their business, prompting U.S. officials to argue for changing the name from swine flu. At a news briefing, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Agriculture [...]
The Democrats Are Already Turning the Swine Flu Into a Political Game
I know that the news out there today is all Swine flu all the time and I promise not to barrage you from here, but I did want to point out this petty little bit of political hackery from the Democratic lemming-tariat. Well, it didn’t take long for partisan Democrats to blame the swine flu [...]
Remember What Your Mom Taught You About the Flu and You’ll Be Fine
Randall Munroe gets on the Swine Flu/Twitter humor train early and decisively. I posted the comic after the jump. It’s funny, trust me (and there’s another webcomic joke in there that you may or may not get). More seriously, let’s get real, folks. Swine Flu is not a screaming hot deal here in the United [...]
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