Tag Archives: Swine Flu
Glenn Beck’s Followers are Confused
1. 9/12 Protesters Are very, very Confused. – On my Saturday morning run I trotted by these folks who were assembling at a local landmark, getting ready to march. They all seemed nice enough, just slightly angry, and slightly happy about being slightly angry. One was carrying a sign that said something about how President [...]
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Laura Bush and Newt Gingrich endorse Obama Speech to Schoolkids
1. Today that Obama Guy Brainwashes all our children - Too bad Laura Bush and even Newt Gingrich thinks this speech is a good idea. Shut… your… yappers… Tea-baggers. (From the LA Times)
2. Wazzou Swine Flu Breakout - 2,000 students at Washington State seem to have come down with the H1N1 virus. If this thing [...]
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Ben Bernanke Reappointed
1. Ben Bernanke be Back - Well, if you don’t switch horses in the middle of a stream… you sure as hell don’t switch horses in the middle of the Mississippi at flood stage… surrounded by crocodiles? (From the Wall Street Journal). On a side note, good to see that ties are banned at Martha’s [...]
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Election day Eve in Iran
1. Iran’s Election day is Tomorrow - So what’s in it for us? Well, a lot.
And by the way, today is a day for quiet reflection in Iran, so the citizens can contemplate their choices at the polls. I’d say that’d be a great idea for us to try here in the States, but you [...]
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Dr. Porklove
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Daily Side of Ba-con.
(JW: As The Morning Five takes ANOTHER day off… slacker… please give this article a read from ninesheets.com contributor Chris Wehnes. Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about Swine Flu, and then some. If you need his credientials, don’t worry… he’s educated, [...]
The far right gave the Dems all the cards
1. Hey Mr. Limbaugh: The Arlen Specter thing? Kinda your fault - And
same goes for Ms. Palin, Mr. Hannity, Vice President Cheney, etc… Sure Sen. Specter is switching sides less on Principle and more on the fact that he wants to keep his job, but if a wholesale rejection of moderate tendencies in the GOP [...]
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President Obama’s 99th day will be busy.
1. Pakistan takes on Taliban in district of Buner - Pakistan gov’t says the Taliban’s attempts at expansion of control will “not be allowed.” The Taliban took this land last week. What changed over the last seven days? (From the NY Times, and Frontline)
2. Swine Flu… you can’t stop it, you can only hope to [...]
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U.N. meeting on Climate Change