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(Some Guy) Scary Biden says to stay off of public transit and schools should close because of swine flu. In other words...EVERYBODY PANIC   (nbcnewyork.com) divider line 312
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feckingmorons [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 10:54:40 AM  
Anybody lose a cannon?

There seems to be one loose in the vicinity of #1 Observatory Circle.

 
Lucidz [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:01:55 AM  
Obama - This is definitely a cause for concern, but not for panic. I would recommend not travelling to mexico, but otherwise, its business as usual.

Biden - SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING

Insert standard comment about the left hand knowing what the right hand is doing, blah blah.

 
Daffydil [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:08:03 AM  
'Spose they should be shutting down ALL public buildings then eh? Wait...my groceries...

/I know
//I sound fat

 
Dogberry [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:08:59 AM  
I saw the interview live this morning, and I think I could actually hear the prez putting palm to face.

 
tallguywithglasseson [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:12:17 AM  
Now THAT'S a guy who needs a teleprompter.

 
PainInTheASP [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:13:16 AM  
As someone who is home sick with a nasty chest cold, I'm really getting a kick out of this senseless fearmongering statement.

/*Cough*
//Now the whole thread is infected, biatches!

 
GAT_00 [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:14:29 AM  
It's the goddamn FLU. Take Tamiflu, stay in bed, and calm the fark down. This thing is probably just going to end up as another flu virus that rotates around every couple years. Two kids just maybe got it here, with a bunch of other possibles now, and so they shut down the local schools for today and Friday, and are suggesting they stay closed until the last kid stops showing symptoms, so at least one week.

 
Walker [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:23:56 AM  
Idiot put his foot in his mouth again. What a shock. An hour later a spokesperson had to "clear up" what he meant.

 
Redwing [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:25:31 AM  
Because the one thing that the struggling airlines need most is to have the 2nd most powerful man in the world to tell everyone not to fly...

4.bp.blogspot.com

 
thomps [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:31:17 AM  
one of my friend's firms disbursed face masks to its employees and told employees that if their current work can be done from home they should stay home and just dial in.

/i am still taking the train to work with the unwashed and diseased masses

 
coco ebert [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:31:43 AM  
GAT_00: It's the goddamn FLU. Take Tamiflu, stay in bed, and calm the fark down. This thing is probably just going to end up as another flu virus that rotates around every couple years. Two kids just maybe got it here, with a bunch of other possibles now, and so they shut down the local schools for today and Friday, and are suggesting they stay closed until the last kid stops showing symptoms, so at least one week.

This. The last thing I read stated that thus far this flu does not seem any more dangerous than the seasonal flu that goes around every year.

 
MacG [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:36:49 AM  
What a tool.

 
brigid_fitch [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:37:45 AM  
Meh, it's Biden. We knew the instant he was nominated that there'd be loads of sheer entertainment whenever he opened his mouth.

 
Diogenes [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:39:05 AM  
My professional diagnosis is diarrhea of the mouth. I order the Vice President to be quarantined from all microphones for the duration of this crisis.

 
PowerSlacker 2009-04-30 11:46:53 AM  
And people were worried about Palin...

 
degreeless 2009-04-30 11:47:17 AM  
Biden

i13.photobucket.com

 
DarnoKonrad 2009-04-30 11:47:35 AM  
PowerSlacker: And people were worried about Palin...

You sound fungible.

 
h8_u_2 2009-04-30 11:47:58 AM  
hey that headline isn't funny at all. Why'd it get greenlit?


and if it's just to poke at the VP, why is it pita neutral?

 
enoxo 2009-04-30 11:48:33 AM  
THANK GOD we dodged the bullet of that idiot woman!

 
Death to New Rome 2009-04-30 11:51:55 AM  
The more sensationalized the pig flu gets, the less time people have to read about fraudulent hedge funds Mr. Biden.


///Obscure?

 
brigid_fitch [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:51:56 AM  
PowerSlacker: And people were worried about Palin...

We weren't just worried about what Palin would say, it was what she'd DO. Biden's not an idiot. He just runs his mouth before engaging his brain.

Biden's like your extremely successful uncle who runs his own business, but says uncomfortable things at Thanksgiving. Palin is the crazy woman down the street who owns a lot of cats & yells at the neighborhood kids.

 
Phil Herup 2009-04-30 11:52:00 AM  
He just heard a rumor that swine flu has been indicated in hair plug failures.

tbn2.google.com

 
Hobodeluxe [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:53:11 AM  
is Obama gonna have to keep him in an undisclosed location the next 4 yrs?

 
Lt. Cheese Weasel 2009-04-30 11:53:43 AM  
brigid_fitch: Biden's not an idiot.

Citation please.

 
Cat Food Sandwiches 2009-04-30 11:54:04 AM  
One heartbeat away.

 
The Dreaded Rear Admiral [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:54:26 AM  
enoxo: THANK GOD we dodged the bullet of that idiot woman!

Yes, thank God. I can only imagine you're comparing Biden to Caribou Barbie. And I can only imagine you're being 100% serious. Because no one, no where, at any time, for any reason, should seriously believe that Biden's "Bidenisms" put him anywhere near the fail that is "that idiot woman".

For reference, I suggest starting here.

 
Cat Food Sandwiches 2009-04-30 11:55:27 AM  
Cat Food Sandwiches: One heartbeat away.

Also, please pray for President Obama's continued good health.

 
SeismicJizzer 2009-04-30 11:55:36 AM  
I saw Biden this morning, am I the only one who got what he said?

 
scratched 2009-04-30 11:55:43 AM  
Oh, man.
Biden, you're amusing sometimes, but this is definitely one time when you should've kept your farking mouth shut.

 
FlashHarry [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:56:14 AM  
Phil Herup: He just heard a rumor that swine flu has been indicated in hair plug failures.

lulz. he's bald, therefore bad.

oh, and:

img300.imageshack.us

 
Bag of Hammers [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:56:44 AM  
My company just canceled it's monthly meeting because of this crap.



This business will get out of control. It'll get out of control, and we'll most likely live through it, I mean seriously, not that big a deal....

www.filmdope.com

 
canyoneer 2009-04-30 11:56:50 AM  
Brain Damage Guy.

 
near_starlet 2009-04-30 11:57:30 AM  
Cat Food Sandwiches: One heartbeat away.

Actually no, it's more like several blocks away, at least from me right this minute.

/Possbly less than that tonight, the armed guards were out in full force this morning at Union Station... yay for commuting via MARC

 
Jim_Callahan 2009-04-30 11:58:08 AM  
The irony being that there was just a 60 minutes where they talked about how Joe had cooled down and stopped making stupid gaffes recently. Guess he saw it and was reminded that that's his 'thing'.

 
Rev. Skarekroe [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:58:13 AM  
There's what, 100 people worldwide that have this?
And we're at Panic Level 5 (out of 6)?
What do we call it when this happens?

dartmed.dartmouth.edu

 
meat0918 2009-04-30 11:58:43 AM  
I wondered when our daily flu thread would infect Fark.

 
near_starlet 2009-04-30 11:58:57 AM  
Rev. Skarekroe: There's what, 100 people worldwide that have this?
And we're at Panic Level 5 (out of 6)?
What do we call it when this happens?


Actually 236 according to the WHO this morning

 
The_Sponge [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 11:59:13 AM  
If I were still in elementary school, I would be a Joe Biden fan right now.

 
HappyDaddy 2009-04-30 11:59:17 AM  
Joe, here's to you...

www.ratebeer.com

 
Ikam 2009-04-30 12:01:11 PM  
Shut up Biden

/rode the subway today
//will ride it again tomorrow

 
wrightb71 2009-04-30 12:01:31 PM  
Rev. Skarekroe: There's what, 100 people worldwide that have this?
And we're at Panic Level 5 (out of 6)?
What do we call it when this happens?


Sleeping in the gym?

 
scratched 2009-04-30 12:01:34 PM  
I guess this means I should stop licking the poles in subway cars?

 
AlwaysRightBoy [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 12:01:44 PM  
i221.photobucket.com

I'm leading....I'm leading.
thump

 
dognose4 2009-04-30 12:01:46 PM  
Rev. Skarekroe: There's what, 100 people worldwide that have this?
And we're at Panic Level 5 (out of 6)?
What do we call it when this happens?


200 people have been officially diagnosed. Who knows how many thousands actually have it.

 
Rev. Skarekroe [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 12:02:14 PM  
near_starlet: Rev. Skarekroe: There's what, 100 people worldwide that have this?
And we're at Panic Level 5 (out of 6)?
What do we call it when this happens?

Actually 236 according to the WHO this morning


OK, it's more than doubled since the last time I looked. Still, I'd say we should be in "caution" mode and not "PANIC!!!" mode.

 
impaler [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 12:02:34 PM  
deus-ex-machinima.net

 
netweavr [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 12:03:02 PM  
Kent Brockman: When flus start, can mass extinction be far behind? This reporter isn't saying that the disease is an apocalyptic event like the Rapture, but he very well could be. So, Vice-President: would you say it's time for everyone to panic?

Biden: Yes I would, Kent.

 
Phil Herup 2009-04-30 12:03:34 PM  
FlashHarry: he's bald, therefore bad.


Not at all. He is bad b/c he is a moran and 2nd in line to the Presidency.

 
The Dreaded Rear Admiral [recently expired TotalFark] 2009-04-30 12:04:45 PM  
Phil Herup: He just heard a rumor that swine flu has been indicated in hair plug failures.

Shut up, Phil, you cock.

Lt. Cheese Weasel: brigid_fitch: Biden's not an idiot.

Citation please.


If you need one, you're the idiot. We already knew that, but still, needs pointed out on occasion. Biden says some stupid things, like this... where he doesn't realize he now speaks to 300 million now. He added "that's just me". In the W. era, you'd have considered this "folksy". Someone to "have a beer with". And before you start with that "well, if Bush had said this you'd flip" nonsense... no, I wouldn't personally. Crap like this barely rates as news to me. But I will say that this one doesn't fall to level of "is our children learning?".

Cat Food Sandwiches: One heartbeat away.

Thank God, seeing the alternative.

And also, to be fair:
Shut up Biden, you cock.

 
aegisalpha [TotalFark] 2009-04-30 12:05:28 PM  
Our local schools decided to shut down this morning after three suspected cases were reported in the area yesterday.

So I'm getting a kick, etc.

 
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