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Remember Swine Flu? Well, It's A Pandemic After All
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Good News And Bad News In Swine Flu Analysis
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/05/09

In reply to Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already
I've just learned that almost 20 years after image comics was founded Liefeld still as no concept of proportions, dimensions, or even how to draw a gun despite the fact that he has all his characters holding one because he really really can't draw a hand. But if I ever need a pouch I know where to go.

Also, apparently Bishop has shrunk, removed the M from his face and is wearing button up shirts. Wait. That's not supposed to be Barack is it?
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DeepFriar
07/07/09

@Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I understand it's a comic and all, but how can that depiction of a human have a twenty-pack that extends up to his neck?
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Trai_Dep
07/05/09

In reply to How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills
Can we agree as a nation to going back to calling it Swine Flu? It rolls of the tongue better and makes meat processors sweat uncomfortably, two wins in my book.

Plus, photos of toddlers licking alphabet blocks aren't as interesting as ones of them giving deep tongue to piglets. Err, chaste tongue, okay, pervs?

I realize I've lost the battle with "IEDs" instead of the perfectly functional, pre-existing "booby trap" but NOW is the time to make my stand, damn it!
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Michael Oder
07/05/09

In reply to Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already
I know it's become the common wisdom that Terminator Salvation and Watchmen failed, but if you look at the Box Office numbers they look pretty successful and that doesn't even include future DVD and other revenue streams.

Terminator Salvation had a $200m production budget but has grossed $323m worldwide so far:

[www.boxofficemojo.com]

Watchmen had a $130m budget but has grossed $182m worldwide.

[www.boxofficemojo.com]

These days I would call those good investments.
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AcceleratedDragon
07/05/09

@Michael Oder:

That's gross ticket revenue. What percentage goes the studio get, and what goes to the movie theatres?

Those TV commercials ain't free either and are not included in the "production budget". Don't forget about the internet viral marketers. "This the most awesome movie ever, you gotta see it"
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
07/05/09

@Michael Oder: Generally, a movie has to gross 2 to 3 times its budget to make a profit. Neither of these are even close.
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Roklimber
07/05/09

In reply to Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already
That picture of the baby licking the pig's snout is just.... wrong.

The adult whose birkenstock appears near the bottom right corner should be ashamed of him/her self for allowing that licking to happen.

And, no, I'm not a prune. I just believe in a modicum of hygiene. Do you know where that pig snout has been?

It amazes me how clueless some people are in regards to other animals. Here are two examples:

Pet python kills Florida toddler (July 2nd, 2009)

[www.abc.net.au]

Pet jungle cat

[page.olesiafx.com]

I love the way the jungle cat looks at and licks the other (regular) cat. Also, the chaos left over by the jungle cat's chicken kill. Imagine when that couple has a baby and the jungle cat thinks the baby is just a weird-looking chicken...
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
07/05/09

@Roklimber: Holy Moly! I was not expecting that Jungle Cat page. Whole dead chicken, catfish and a naked chick (albeit not really my type)?! wow.
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gorehound
06/14/09

In reply to Remember Swine Flu? Well, It's A Pandemic After All
I also have the thought that the medical comapanies will make out like bandits as they are already theiving us with ultra-high costs of health.

yes we do have a lot of diseases that could be controlled with a little effort and some extra generosity.

i think that we really need to have a long look at the whole medical industry and why the costs of treatment are as high as they are...........

prices should be fair for all concerned
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GreyHammer
06/14/09

@gorehound: problem with this reasoning is that you assume we live in a time medical break throughs are just stumbled upon. time was you found mold and pennicilin, now it takes millions to Research and develop drugs to treat things that in the past were untreatable.
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braak
06/14/09

@GreyHammer: The problem with that reasoning is that it presumes that all of a pharmaceutical company's revenues are poured back into R&D.

Of course, most pharma companies really do lose money on vaccinations--or, they don't make very much, at the least. So in this particular case, who's to say?
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GreyHammer
06/14/09

In reply to Remember Swine Flu? Well, It's A Pandemic After All
doesnt the regular flu have a higher mortality rate? am i wrong to assume it kills the already too young, too old, too weak demographic. a relatively healthy person will weather it with chicken soup and mountain dew as is our cure for such things. or did i huff that paint thinner for the vision quest of my people incorrectly?!
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braak
06/14/09

@GreyHammer: The "too young" demographic?
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Mark 2000
05/12/09

In reply to Pig Science Makes Post Swine-Flu Comeback
Do we have to find another way to abuse other animals? Besides, I'm pretty sure this will spread cross species illnesses faster than the currant "lonely night on the farm" method. This is a bad road to go down.
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lilad
05/12/09

@Mark 2000: I don't think...

Nevermind.
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CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
05/12/09

In reply to Pig Science Makes Post Swine-Flu Comeback
I really am pig sick of all this swine flu talk. I think the goverment are just Haming it up a bit. Hopefully they will make an antidote to save my Bacon! That said...pigs might fly!!

etc etc....sorry folks!!!
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bendandflex
05/12/09

@CoffinDodger:

What about the snoutbreak

ha
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Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
05/12/09

@bendandflex: This is all quite a tail you're squealing about.
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zenpoet
05/05/09

In reply to Scientists Offer Four Scenarios Predicting the Spread of Swine Flu
I am generally not a real word-monger, but it really should be called H1N1, especially by a science fiction site. The swine flu name has been absolutely devastating to the hog industry.
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Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
05/04/09

In reply to Zombie Strain Of Swine Flu Just A Crazy Hoax
I was seriously just "joking" with a coworker today that the whole swine flu hysteria had to due with a deep-seated zombie phobia
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Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.
05/04/09

@c0dek: "do" also. And they let me teach children?
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Grey_Area
05/04/09

@c0dek: Only the zombie children.
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Slovenly Muse
05/04/09

In reply to Zombie Strain Of Swine Flu Just A Crazy Hoax
Based on the media's coverage of the Swine Flu pandemic, I'm surprised it's NOT ushering in the zombie apocalypse.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
05/04/09

In reply to Zombie Strain Of Swine Flu Just A Crazy Hoax
That really made my day. Thank you.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
05/02/09

In reply to Good News And Bad News In Swine Flu Analysis
You mean I wont be able to use the chaos to initiate my New World Order? Oh well, I guess I have to fall back on plan B: a hot air balloon that makes everyone think they are animals.
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DangerousDac
05/02/09

In reply to Good News And Bad News In Swine Flu Analysis
Remember - Don't Call it Swine Flu!

As its made up of Man, Bird AND Pig DNA, I propose we call it Man-Bird-Pig Flu.

Im Serial!
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
05/02/09

@DangerousDac: I actually think its more of a Bird-Pig-Man flu.
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Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.
05/01/09

In reply to Scientists Offer Four Scenarios Predicting the Spread of Swine Flu
No, mention of the inevitable zombieism?
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Annalee Newitz
05/01/09

@Garrison Dean: No but I hope you're whipping up some kind of dastardly photoshopperie of these images in your head right now . . .
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
05/01/09

@Garrison Dean: Yawn. Inevitable zombieism is so 2003. The real threat is reverse mummyism.
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Grey_Area
05/01/09

@OW-Holmes, the housekeeper.: Why doesn't the CDC talk about the rampant hairless lyncanthropy threat?
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