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Posts Tagged ‘tuberculosis’

Our Government, Protecting No One

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

It's bad when Reno 911 seems accurate, rightSo, remember back in May how the U.S. government launched an international manhunt to find a lawyer with multi-drug resistant tuberculosis that had gone to Greece to get married? And, um, fucked it up utterly? Did you ever hear about how no one caught TB from him? Good times. Well, it also turned out that there was another guy with MDR TB at the same time and, um, the government was just a little bit quieter about him.

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Will It Be Dinosaur? Will It Be Pirate Ship?

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

* “Dirty, cum-guzzling whore bag.” There’s nothing like a friend. [Mayhem by Miss M]
* OMG!!1! [Ballpark and Beyond]
* The Phantom of the Opera appears when you least expect him. [Conversations With Mud]
* “Hi, i’m andrew speaker, self-absorbed asshole lawyer guy, nice to meet you! [cough cough.] here, take my card in case you get drug resistant tb; we can sue the airline for letting me on this flight!” [Life Off Balance]
* Dinosaur or Pirate Ship? [Manifest Destiny]