Putting Swine Flu in perspective
You might observe, for example, that they mean that even during the worst ravages of the 1918 Spanish flu, 97.5 per cent of those infected survived and recovered. Or that 72 per cent of the population — even in the absence of the sophisticated public health planning and infrastructure that Canada and the U.S. have since built — was not infected during the pandemic.
So, even if we had a repeat of the 1918 flu, the chances were seven out of 10 that you wouldn’t catch it and if you did, the odds were better than nine out of 10 that you’d survive.
Regular influenza kills 35,000 Americans every year. Swine flu hype is just a catalyst for increased ad sales for news networks. Nothing more.
Spanish Flu of 1918: how bad was it? – Boing Boing .
Annoying Twitterer’s
Laura sent me this. It’s REALLY funny.
“Didn’t you get my tweets? I just twotted all over the place!”
YouTube – Twouble with Twitters: SuperNews.
We Didnt Start the Flame War
hehe…
We Didnt Start the Flame War – CollegeHumor Video.
If Armstrong and Aldrin died, Nixon’s speech
This article contains the content of Nixon’s speech should Armstrong and Aldrin gotten stranded or died on the moon. It was written 2 days before they landed on the moon. Pretty damned interesting!
Sunday Express | UK News :: How Houston rehearsed its worst ever problem.
The Atari 2600 & modern day kids
Will Wheaton is awesome. Great article about childhood and the Atari 2600.
Limbaugh smacked down by his own
“The caller, Charles, identified himself as a Republican and a veteran, who “really didn’t want to see Obama get in office.” From there, he let loose, especially on the torture issue, telling Limbaugh, “We’re not supposed to be torturing these people. This is not Nazi Germany, Red China, or North Korea.” He then added, “I hate to say it…but I think you’re a brainwashed Nazi.”
Rush’s response is even better. Read it:
Republican Caller Tells Limbaugh: “Youre A Brainwashed Nazi” AUDIO.
Old Six Cents flyer
Funny the stuff we find online from our past. Presenting an old Six Cents flyer. I remember playing at this place all the time. We had a little group of 14 year olds that would come to every show. We called them the SCG’s. $3! All Ages! Good times…
That’s November 24th 1995 by the way…
Click here to get some of that old Music.
My old band in being sold on Amazon
Here it is. A link to Six Cents being sold on Amazon. I wonder who gets the revenue.
Limbaugh Leaves NY, Jon Stewart celebrates
“We knew he was into drugs, so we cleaned up Times Square.” – Jon Stewart is awesome.
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Rush Limbaugh Leaves New York | The Daily Show | Comedy Central.
Jupiters Great Red Spot is shrinking
Must be cold out there…
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