THE INEVITABLE SWINE FLU THREAD: How bad is it where YOU are?

[LMNO]

No, I meant poultry.  Avian flu, and all that, yeah?

[AFK]

You'd think salmonella would come from bad fish. 

[Darth Cupcake]

I am diving headlong into this thread just to state that I am a huge fan of this announcement about how the swine flu is actually just a ploy to distract us from state sanctioned baby killin':

Sebelius: The Real Public Health Scare

    What do sick pigs have to do with widespread, taxpayer-funded abortion? More than you might think. This week, as panic spreads over a potential swine flu pandemic, liberals are already scheming how they can use the health scare to win the confirmation of pro-abortion extremist Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D-Kans.) as Secretary of Health and Human Services. No doubt the empty seat at HHS was keenly felt this weekend, as Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, stepped into the void at HHS and declared the swine flu a "health emergency." Although the Senate leadership will use the urgency of the flu to try to force Sebelius through the chamber, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the government's response to the outbreak "has not been hindered by the lack of a secretary at HHS."

    Tomorrow the debate over the Kansas Governor, which is loaded with interesting subplots, begins in earnest. According to the schedule, senators will have eight hours to deliberate over the nomination-and considering the controversy surrounding it, they may need every last second. Beginning at 10:00 a.m., senators will have to weigh plenty of unflattering evidence against Gov. Sebelius, including her political relationship with George Tiller, tax evasion, her dishonest testimony at the Senate Finance Committee hearing, her eleventh hour veto of a bill that would have advanced women's health in Kansas, and her support of third-trimester and taxpayer-funded abortions.

    Although Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is confident that his party can find the 60 votes she needs for confirmation, a lot will hinge on the swing votes-Sens. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), Pat Roberts (R-Kans.), Arlen Specter (R-Penn.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), and Susan Collins (R-Maine), as well as pro-life Democratic Sens. Ben Nelson (D-Nebr.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.). With the debate looming, your senators need to hear from you! Please help us by redoubling your efforts over the next 24 hours. Call your senators and remind them that a vote for Kathleen Sebelius is a vote well outside of the American political and policy mainstream.

    Also, stay tuned tomorrow as FRC hosts a morning press conference on Capitol Hill with a coalition of pro-life and pro-family leaders along with members of the Senate and House who all oppose Gov. Sebelius's nomination to America's largest government agency. We'll keep you updated with video and media clips as the event unfolds. While you're on the FRC webpage, check out our new ad on Sebelius questioning her priorities and appearing tomorrow in Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper.

Please, far right crazies, TELL ME MOAR

[Ari]

X) I'm more afraid of ____________ than swine flu.

Unfortunately I can't remember the witty thing I had in my head earlier today when I thought of this. 
Please blame my fucked up head, I know I will.

edited to fix stupid. didn't work.

[Rumckle]

You'd think salmonella would come from bad fish. 

[Iason Ouabache]

Speaking of right wing crazies, Michelle Bachmann has weighed in:

I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter, and I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.

Yes, that would be really interesting expect for the fact that Gerald Ford was president during the last swine flu scare...

[Jenne]

Speaking of right wing crazies, Michelle Bachmann has weighed in:

I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out then under another Democrat president Jimmy Carter, and I'm not blaming this on President Obama, I just think it's an interesting coincidence.

Yes, that would be really interesting expect for the fact that Gerald Ford was president during the last swine flu scare...

  Being a Republitard is obviously not a shoe-in for history buff.

Also, I heard on the Lehrer Newshour today that Mexicans are praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, Patron Saint of Lost Causes.    I mean, horrormirthy, but still y as well.

[Xooxe]

Also, I heard on the Lehrer Newshour today that Mexicans are praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, Patron Saint of Lost Causes.   

Bummer. That's not one you choose yourself, is it? 

[Jenne]

Also, I heard on the Lehrer Newshour today that Mexicans are praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, Patron Saint of Lost Causes.   

Bummer. That's not one you choose yourself, is it? 

Not sure how that patron saint stuff works--I think you pick one that you think fits your cause and get kinda pagan with it (lighting candles, saying chants, etc.).  I'm formerly Protestant, so some of the specifics of Catholicism escape me.

What cracks me up is that they chose Lost Causes, not like, I dunno, Health, or Wealth, or something like that.  I think Mexico has had a really bad go lately, but it'll bounce back.  If they can keep the cops from getting the shit killed out of them in TJ and empty the schools out for a week or more, they'll get everything back on track.  I realize the first is much harder than the 2d, but really, this is what happens when the people lay fallow and allow the fucktards running the joint to be so corrupt.

[Corvidia]

Also, I heard on the Lehrer Newshour today that Mexicans are praying to St. Jude Thaddeus, Patron Saint of Lost Causes.   

Bummer. That's not one you choose yourself, is it? 

Not sure how that patron saint stuff works--I think you pick one that you think fits your cause and get kinda pagan with it (lighting candles, saying chants, etc.).  I'm formerly Protestant, so some of the specifics of Catholicism escape me.

That, minus the chanting. And you're supposed to ask them just for help, rather than for them to do it. God does it, the saint acts like a favored older sibling helping your cause.

"Swine Flu Hemagglutinin": amino acid sequence as ambient music <--pretty neat.

[Jenne]

I meant "prayer" for chanting--I was being facetious.  I like the older sibling thing, though.  That's kinda cool.

[the last yatto]

i had fun today, 
told people i had pork chops for breakfast
then around mid afternoon i started "pretending" to cough on people
sadly i wasnt sent home early

[Corvidia]

I meant "prayer" for chanting--I was being facetious.  I like the older sibling thing, though.  That's kinda cool.

Ah. I've heard actual Protestants explain it like that, so I was clarifying. The older sibling thing is how it was explained to me in CCD when I was a kid.

[Jenne]

I meant "prayer" for chanting--I was being facetious.  I like the older sibling thing, though.  That's kinda cool.

Ah. I've heard actual Protestants explain it like that, so I was clarifying. The older sibling thing is how it was explained to me in CCD when I was a kid.

Makes it more personal that way.  Though, I could see it more as a kindly uncle or antie, to be honest.

[Xooxe]

“Swine Flu Hemagglutinin”: amino acid sequence as ambient music <--pretty neat.

Haha, I like the way they put that together. I wonder if there are any amino acid sequences out there that don't sound lonely.