But, but, but.... Bush!

Didn't we completely eradicate smallpox from the earth? I thought it was the one organism that humans intentionally caused to go extinct

CokeBear: Didn't we completely eradicate smallpox from the earth? I thought it was the one organism that humans intentionally caused to go extinct

Still no cure for RTFA.

I hate corruption, no matter which is doing it. Too bad the only options are a). hopelessly corrupt and b) shamelessly hopelessly corrupt.

Keep throwing it to Graham on third down!

What a stupid penalty. Just got an awesome defensive stop and a crappy punt, then you go and hit a guy for no reason whatsoever.

Idiot.

Oh, that's nothing. Reagan sold weapons to Iran!

So does this mean Sarah Palin automatically becomes President of Jesus?

Serious question:

If Bill Gates contributes to the Obama campaign, does the federal government have to choose between Apple or some UNIX/Linux system?

Kids, look! It's more Hope and Change^TM

Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

So vote Republican because at least they're honest about their corruption!

/go f*ck yourself, you imbecile.

whoops...

JQPublic: Oh, that's nothing. Reagan sold weapons to Iran!

Yes, he did. But that doesn't stop Republican men from getting wood at the mere mention of his name.

Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

If you guys would stop moaning about stupid shiat like birth certificates and secret muslim socialists then maybe egregious crap like this that actually goes on would be taken seriously. But keep crying wolf, we're all listening. Really.

because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.

-Machiavelli

This $255 per dose medicine is meant to cure the disease after it has already progressed past the point where the less expensive medicine can work. Also, this is (presumably) the first large run of the drug and so it is most expensive now, at the beginning.

It's not news, it's Fark.

Well, this deserves investigating, doesn't it?

And if there turns out to be evidence of bribery at work, then action needs to be taken.

This just in:

Company once led by vice president gets $7 billion no-bid contract for work in country vice president attacked.

Wher outrage?
wher?

indylaw: Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

So vote Republican because at least they're honest about their corruption!

/go f*ck yourself, you imbecile.

Nice strawman, but since you're a lawyer, I'll just wait until you get around to trying to fark me like the present administration.

Keyser_Soze_Death: indylaw: Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

So vote Republican because at least they're honest about their corruption!

/go f*ck yourself, you imbecile.

Nice strawman, but since you're a lawyer, I'll just wait until you get around to trying to fark me like the present administration.

You're not my type.

indylaw: Serious question:

If Bill Gates contributes to the Obama campaign, does the federal government have to choose between Apple or some UNIX/Linux system?

Of course not.

They'd just run BeOS.

Kumana Wanalaia: because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.
-Machiavelli

This $255 per dose medicine is meant to cure the disease after it has already progressed past the point where the less expensive medicine can work. Also, this is (presumably) the first large run of the drug and so it is most expensive now, at the beginning.

It's not news, it's Fark.

This still doesn't seem worth it. Why do you need to prepare for such an event when the only known strands of smallpox are in deep freeze.

stoli n coke: JQPublic: Oh, that's nothing. Reagan sold weapons to Iran!

Yes, he did. But that doesn't stop Republican men from getting wood at the mere mention of his name.

True. But the Republican wood at the sound of "Reagan" is one of national pride and goodness, that an eagle could perch on, with crepuscular rays in the background. The Democrat wood at the sound of "Reagan" is all gnarled, festered, and rapey, and has a cum-stained Che Guevara t-shirt as a best friend..

Jonny Chimpo: Kumana Wanalaia: because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.
-Machiavelli

This $255 per dose medicine is meant to cure the disease after it has already progressed past the point where the less expensive medicine can work. Also, this is (presumably) the first large run of the drug and so it is most expensive now, at the beginning.

It's not news, it's Fark.

This still doesn't seem worth it. Why do you need to prepare for such an event when the only known strands of smallpox are in deep freeze.

Just doing a little bit of research, apparently the USSR had a Smallpox 'factory' set up and running for decades to create Smallpox weapons.

I 'agree' with the idea of being prepared, but at $255 a dose, it seems highly suspicious.

Obama is far from perfect, but he's still better than the alternative. Any of the Republican candidates would be giving away pieces of the White House to friends and family by the end of their first week.

indylaw: Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

So vote Republican because at least they're honest about their corruption!

/go f*ck yourself, you imbecile.

Somebody needs a hug :(

Or maybe a nap and a cup of tea.

Jonny Chimpo: Kumana Wanalaia: because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.
-Machiavelli

This $255 per dose medicine is meant to cure the disease after it has already progressed past the point where the less expensive medicine can work. Also, this is (presumably) the first large run of the drug and so it is most expensive now, at the beginning.

It's not news, it's Fark.

This still doesn't seem worth it. Why do you need to prepare for such an event when the only known strands of smallpox are in deep freeze.

Russia's giving Iran nukes, our government may well be operating on the premise that they've distributed smallpox as well. I don't know these things but it's my first thought.

JQPublic: stoli n coke: JQPublic: Oh, that's nothing. Reagan sold weapons to Iran!

Yes, he did. But that doesn't stop Republican men from getting wood at the mere mention of his name.

True. But the Republican wood at the sound of "Reagan" is one of national pride and goodness, that an eagle could perch on, with crepuscular rays in the background. The Democrat wood at the sound of "Reagan" is all gnarled, festered, and rapey, and has a cum-stained Che Guevara t-shirt as a best friend..

You think a lot about penises, don't you? An awful lot.

NTTAWWT, and have fun in the airport bathroom.

Farker Soze: Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

If you guys would stop moaning about stupid shiat like birth certificates and secret muslim socialists then maybe egregious crap like this that actually goes on would be taken seriously. But keep crying wolf, we're all listening. Really.

Umm who are these "you guys" you are lumping me in with? First it's a strawman, and now you jump in with an ad homineum attack. Try finding a single post I have ever made about what you are frothing over.

Is it "crying wolf" when you are pointing directly at a wolf that is standing right there in front of everyone?

Jonny Chimpo: Kumana Wanalaia: because, when foreseen, it is easy to remedy them; but if you wait until they approach, the medicine is no longer in time because the malady has become incurable; for it happens in this, as the physicians say it happens in hectic fever, that in the beginning of the malady it is easy to cure but difficult to detect, but in the course of time, not having been either detected or treated in the beginning, it becomes easy to detect but difficult to cure.
-Machiavelli

This $255 per dose medicine is meant to cure the disease after it has already progressed past the point where the less expensive medicine can work. Also, this is (presumably) the first large run of the drug and so it is most expensive now, at the beginning.

It's not news, it's Fark.

This still doesn't seem worth it. Why do you need to prepare for such an event when the only known strands of smallpox are in deep freeze.

I remember getting a smallpox vaccine before going to Russia. Why? I'm not sure, but apparently there are those who believe it could still be out there, and that it could possibly be weaponized. Frankly, I don't see what it hurts to have a treatment on standby in the event, however unlikely, of a large scale outbreak.

stoli n coke: JQPublic: stoli n coke: JQPublic: Oh, that's nothing. Reagan sold weapons to Iran!

Yes, he did. But that doesn't stop Republican men from getting wood at the mere mention of his name.

True. But the Republican wood at the sound of "Reagan" is one of national pride and goodness, that an eagle could perch on, with crepuscular rays in the background. The Democrat wood at the sound of "Reagan" is all gnarled, festered, and rapey, and has a cum-stained Che Guevara t-shirt as a best friend..

You think a lot about penises, don't you? An awful lot.

NTTAWWT, and have fun in the airport bathroom.

Give him a break, he's worn out from years of democrats ramming their iron hard agenda down his throat. Democrats are constantly up his ass with their class and religious warfare. Democrats want him to go down, and they keep sticking it to him. It's a hard thing.

$400 million for a disease that barely even exists anymore.

Is Obama not telling us something that we should know? Or is this just a gigantic $400 million kickback?

I'm probably angry either way.

QUICK! TO THE IMPEACHMENT MOBILE!

whidbey: QUICK! TO THE IMPEACHMENT MOBILE!

hahahahahaha

jake3988: $400 million for a disease that barely even exists anymore.

Is Obama not telling us something that we should know? Or is this just a gigantic $400 million kickback?

I'm probably angry either way.

Life is an amazing thing, you'd be surprised at how resilient it can be.

The only thing that concerns me is the price tag. I've come to accept that the government likes to have fifteen different contingency plans for every conceivable possibility, but the cost of $255 a dose seems a bit high.

well seeing as how ST-246 is owned^ by Siga, who else are you going to allow bidding on? Companies that don't own the intellectual property? Or do you guys want Fartbongo to seize the IP by force, aka what fascists do? And what if there was a smallpox attack? Don't you want us to be prepared?

I guarantee, if Obama turned down this deal, the headline would read "Obama prevents US from being prepared for a biological attack"

Siga, please.

If anybody did an earnest Fraud, Waste, and Abuse audit of federal spending (military and all areas) and cut out the cronyism we'd be out of our debt and see an increase in social programs in a decade, tops.

indylaw: Serious question:

If Bill Gates contributes to the Obama campaign, does the federal government have to choose between Apple or some UNIX/Linux system?

Perhaps they could get every company to participate in some sort of transparent 'bidding' process to ensure the contract is awarded to whomever offers best value for money?

Rent is too damn high: well seeing as how ST-246 is owned^ by Siga, who else are you going to allow bidding on? Companies that don't own the intellectual property? Or do you guys want Fartbongo to seize the IP by force, aka what fascists do? And what if there was a smallpox attack? Don't you want us to be prepared?

I guarantee, if Obama turned down this deal, the headline would read "Obama prevents US from being prepared for a biological attack"

Yeah, I'm not surprised by the no-bid thing. They're not supplying tires to the government, after all.

It's a patented product.

Again, the only problem I have is the $255 dose cost.

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I don't understand your pictures. Can you explain yourself?

Infernalist: Again, the only problem I have is the $255 dose cost.

And it's more fun to blame Obama I suppose than Pfizer or whatever pharmaceutical conglomerate who jacked up the price.

The screaming in here sure calmed down once the whole 'patent' thing came up.

Keyser_Soze_Death: Farker Soze: Keyser_Soze_Death: Kids, look! It's more Hope and ChangeTM

If you guys would stop moaning about stupid shiat like birth certificates and secret muslim socialists then maybe egregious crap like this that actually goes on would be taken seriously. But keep crying wolf, we're all listening. Really.

Umm who are these "you guys" you are lumping me in with? First it's a strawman, and now you jump in with an ad homineum attack. Try finding a single post I have ever made about what you are frothing over.

Is it "crying wolf" when you are pointing directly at a wolf that is standing right there in front of everyone?

"You guys" means you and your stupid birther tea bagging brethren. I'll ad homonem you all I want. Heheh, "homo".

Crying wolf means that when you whine about secret muslims and birth certificates, eventually no one is going to pay attention to what you are pointing at even if it is standing right in front of everyone. So yes it is crying wolf.