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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:31 AM Original message |
Egypt orders slaughter of all pigs over swine flu |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. That is a truly insane reaction. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. This is just an excuse |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:00 AM Response to Reply #27 |
36. They don't have "Master" Cheney to think for them Anymore |
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Lasher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Well so far it looks like this is an avian virus, with no connection to pigs. |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. My understanding was that "swine flu" is a misnomer, in which case this makes zero sense. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:39 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Even more confusing |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Thanks, here's the link to that |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. This is NOT an avian virus with no connection to pigs, any more than it is a |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. It has genetic components from two swine strains as well as an avian and a human strain. n/t |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. It makes no sense |
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dalaigh lllama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. How incredibly stupid n/t |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. It's H1N1 virus! Did not come from pigs. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
8. This displays terrible ignorance. This swine flu may have originally arisen |
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tocqueville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
10. it's purely anti-Copt discrimination |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
22. Likely the best interpretation on it. |
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Thor_MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 06:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Pork and catering to Muslims??? |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
23. First thing that came to my mind as well. nt |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. agree, good excuse to go back to the old times |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
11. Don't forget the fascist killer pigs while you are at it. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. idiots. |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. The only people |
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redstatelefty (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
13. Can we send them Rush? n/t |
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FedUpWithIt All (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
14. Egypt has been struggling with a pretty significant increase in H5N1 cases... |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. Good thing it's not called the "Christian Flu" |
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ItNerd4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. oh, oh! Can we call it the Radical Islam flu? Then |
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jgraz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 03:13 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Let's just call it the Religious Nutcase Flu |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
17. I wonder how many of those pigs are running around loose serving as gargage collectors? |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. Geez. nt |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. Gosh, that's stupid. |
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onestepforward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
21. Makes no sense. |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. They're working on it.... |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
24. Poor piggies. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
25. Seems stupidly extreme. |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
26. Does Stephen Colbert run the Egyptian Health Ministry? |
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choie (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
29. that's horrendous |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
30. BBQ!! Seriously, I'll eat them (well not all of them) |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Man, I'm hungry |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-29-09 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. No, and it's fucking asinine. |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
37. fine...if they have to slaughter all those pigs.. |
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captain jack (182 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
38. They should let the pigs live and kill themselves. Pigs are smarter than people. |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-30-09 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. This sounds like a Zionist plot.... |
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