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Jon and Kate Plus 8, 9, 10… A Preview of the New Season (Slow News Day Continued)

At last, the producers of TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8 are adding a little sizzle to the show, and I don’t mean a toddler meets skillet accident – although let’s not our kid ourselves, we all know there’s been conversations at TLC HQ about what great television that would make – the rumor is [...]

Swine Flu Update – WHO: Hope You Enjoyed the Weekend, Now Please Resume Panicking

Sunday Swine Flu Roundup Remember Friday? When you were able to leave work behind, head out into the world and relax knowing that scientists at the World Health Organization believed the Swine Flu virus to be less virulent than the fatal 1918 pandemic? Transmission of the disease was slowing and it seemed that the whole [...]

H1N1: Things We’ve Missed While Obsessing Over Swine Flu

Doesn’t this Swine Flu know how a 24-hour news cycle is supposed to work?  Some horrible news completely takes over the media and our lives – it gets a full day – and then the slate is wiped clean for the next cycle and we completely forget everything we learned so we can devote our [...]

First US Swine Flu Death a Mexican Toddler – Does it, uh, count?

Let’s not beat around the viral pandemic bush here, folks. This morning when we all heard the first swine flu death had been recorded in the US, we all scurried around saying “oh shit, oh shit, oh shit…,” spilled our Starbucks, burned the bacon, shouted “Serves you right swine-fucker!” and then freaked out for an [...]

Update: Swine Flu Hits Orlando, Party Pig in Custody

A case of Swine Flu has reportedly been confirmed in an Orlando Hospital, shortly after famously “drawn out” Disney Character “Party the Pig” unexpectedly appeared at Disney World. Mr. Pig enjoyed only a brief stint as a Disney character in the 1980s, an attempt by the company to teach the “Me Generation” how to party [...]

Limbaugh Blames Swine Flu on Obama Trip to Mexico, Raises Credibility

In a statement that actually made more sense than his typical ranting, Rush Limbaugh, who’s always good for a pig joke, suggested President Obama may have caused the swine flu outbreak in Mexico when he visited recently.

Swine Flu Update: Pandemic Goes Kosher and Kiwi, School’s Out in San Antone!

Here’s what’s buzzing with the scariest flu pandemic scare in a century involving a virus that only seems to actually be scary if you live in Mexico. Swine Flu spreads to Israel, prompting officials there to declare that it should be called “Mexico flu” since swine aren’t kosher. Classy. Does Torah tell us anything about [...]

God, Apparently Totally Pissed at Mexico, Adds Earthquake to Swine Flu Crisis

What did this fine, upstanding catholic nation ridden with drug violence ever due to deserve such smiting? With Mexico City turned to a ghost town overnight thanks to swine flu fears and school cancelled throughout the country to try and quell the spread of the deadly disease, the Almighty followed up this epidemiological wedgie with [...]

THE FACTS ON SWINE FLU – Relax! You Don’t Have It – Well, Probably not…

Look folks, it’s still allergy season, so if you’ve got the sniffles, you’re more likely to need another Claritin (or a little less nose candy – I’m looking at you, Biden offspring) than to be quarantined for fear of the suddenly terrifying Swine Flu. In the last 48 Hours, the headlines have been remarkably dramatic, [...]