The Super Flu has worked its way to my county now, with a suspected case causing a nearby high school to close. I guess it was inevitable, what with us being only 40 miles from Mexico. Lot of pigs up that way, too, I think. The lo-cal news is now loaded with stories of school districts doing “MRSA Level” cleaning of schools and buses (MRSA being the most recent big scare, of course), interspersed with flashes of the “Swine Flu Hotline” numbers. We’re at Level 5, bitches! Time to get rolling with that duct tape and plastic wrap.
This would be a good time to re-read Stephen King’s “The Stand” (or George R. Stewart’s “Earth Abides”) Maybe they can run “The Stand” mini-series 24/7 on all channels (interrupted only by breaking news of adding new flu cases to a giant electronic map – kinda like Stephen Colbert: “Better Know an Outbreak” – and commercials for Tamiflu®). Should I take this opportunity to remind everyone that Donald Rumsfeld is the former Board Chairman and a shareholder in Gilead Sciences Inc. (former Sec State George Schultz is also on its Board), which developed and holds the patent on Tamiflu®? :paranoid:
On the bright side, the economy still sucks, apparently (yesterday’s slight rise in the Stock Market notwithstanding). On the heels of GM’s decision to kill Pontiac (thereby finally putting an end to the use of the Ottowa Chief – who lead, arguably, the most successful Indian war against Europeans, kicking some major British ass – as a car mascot), it appears that Chrysler’s negotiations with its creditors have broken down. Is the maker of the Edsel and the Pinto destined to become the only US automaker?
In a somewhat ironic twist, the judge in the Fort Dix (where the first – that I remember, anyway – “Swine Flu” scare began in 1976 – before Carter was elected, for those of you who get their history from Michelle Bachman) terrorist attack case (or whatever that was) handed out the final sentences to the “plotters” yesterday. The final tally? Four life terms and one 33-yr sentence, proving that stupidity, apparently, is neither excuse nor reason for leniency.
In a case of what, for a politician, is remarkable consistency, global warming denier James Inhoufe is now denying that Arlen Specter’s jump to the other team is anything but good for the Republican Party.
Breaking News: partial building collapse in NYC. Officials have tentatively identified the cause as Swine Flu.
If NYC schools close because of anything, much less swine flu, then we’ll know we are in trouble. NYC takes its role as babysitter very seriously. Mayor Bloomberg would not want to get the NYC parents angry by making them find alternative care for their kiddies.
Hope you’re feeling better today, SJ
mornin!
too early to tell yet, normal rough morning hack but throat and lung pain down.
the trick with Pneumonia is to not get carried away and to continue with the bed rest/light duty. i’ve gone back to work at this stage before and had it throw me back in bed for another two weeks.
beauty day outside, i’d like to garden, get into painting the windows, do some motorcycle painting…
sigh. good thing i have boxes of paperback sci fi to read.
A longshot Georgia candidate for governor who’s already admitted having sex with a mule before finding God says he’s ready to sacrifice his own son in an effort to get his state to secede from the union.
Neal Horsley made national headlines when he posted the names, phone numbers and addresses of abortion doctors online. His “Nuremberg Files†website also crossed off the names of doctors as they were killed.
Now he’s ready to make new news. In an interview by Dylan Otto Krider published late Wednesday, he indicated he’d kill his own son to dissolve the United States (in an effort to overturn Roe v. Wade)
http://rawstory.com/08/blog/2009/04/30/candidate-for-georgia-governorship-says-hed-kill-his-own-son-to-secede/
It’s bad to kill a fetus, but a real kid…that’s another matter!
Well, the decline of the publishing industry is hitting me – I had my pay cut (only 1.9%). I did get an extra week vacation, but what good is that with less money to spend?
I’ll have to use the time to get my garden more productive. Maybe I’ll grow wheat…
Raise a few pigs!
It’s cheaper to stay home and garden than to go to work. Vacation is good.
Oops, Steele says something true. He’s probably a dead duck.
Good to hear you’re on the upswing, SJ :fire: :fire: How are your bees? We put bees in the greenhouse to pollinate the tomato plants. And there is a hive at the back of the property. I haven’t seen it but I saw and heard all the bees buzzing around in the Mesquite tree that is blossoming. :bee: :bee: :bee:
eya Kristapea!
way cool on your bee population.
the fruit trees bloomed in time for the bees to get pollen for their kids. they’ve filled almost all the nest tubes we put out in record time and are looking for more.
i made a bee house yesterday but i don’t know if they’re going to use it.
worked on the stang for Bgurl for a half hour and got dizzy, this pneumonia really whacks me. had it before.
thinking this is what will eventually get me. no biggie.
“live hard, die young and have a good looking corpse”
I saw Frank Drake today at UW.
Jon Glaser on BreakRoom today in the disguise.