The Best Statement on the Anti-Vaccination Crazies You’ll See Today
*drops microphone* #antivax #vaccineswork #VaccinateYourKids pic.twitter.com/1Nysbfkh7N
— Doc Bastard (@DocBastard) February 1, 2015
*drops microphone* #antivax #vaccineswork #VaccinateYourKids pic.twitter.com/1Nysbfkh7N
— Doc Bastard (@DocBastard) February 1, 2015
2 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 11:56:51am |
Vaccination works for the majority of healthy people and there are consequences when kids don’t get them.
I haven’t seen measles for almost 60 years. If there had been a varicella vaccine when my kids were small, they would have received it; now, one of my sons has to hope he doesn’t get shingles since they had chicken pox as toddlers. It was the only childhood disease they contracted.
3 | dholmes32 Feb 1, 2015 11:57:41am |
My doctor is a pediatrician and internal medicine specialist. She is huge on vaccines. I asked her once what she’d do if the parents of a child patient were against vaccination. “I don’t think they’d work out here,” she said primly.
4 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 11:58:40am |
He’s right…but it seems to no longer matter. He will get attacked for his stance by the ignorant idiot antivaxers no matter what he says.
I’m not a twitter user. Has he been attacked a million times yet?
5 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:01:01pm |
re: #4 ObserverArt
He’s right…but it seems to no longer matter. He will get attacked for his stance by the ignorant idiot antivaxers no matter what he says.
I’m not a twitter user. Has he been attacked a million times yet?
I think he is doing just fine. Those are pretty big numbers.
4,336 RETWEETS 3,618 FAVORITES
6 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 12:01:25pm |
I like his statement about not adhering to the parent’s imagined schedule of vaccs. The girls in my office have a delayed schedule. Very common misconception.
7 | dholmes32 Feb 1, 2015 12:02:16pm |
re: #2 Justanotherhuman
Shingles are EVIL. Almost three years ago I had an outbreak on my lower right leg. The site was about the size of a quarter. It affected the sciatic nerve and hurt like hell. Initially I had no idea what it was (thought it was just some sort of rash or skin irritation) and by the time I figured out what it was, it was too late for treatment by the time I went to the aforementioned doctor. I rubbed ointment with capsaicin on the site to cut the pain. For weeks I wore either skirts or pants made out of cotton sheeting (even twill was simply too much). Never again. *shudder*
8 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 12:03:08pm |
re: #5 Rightwingconspirator
I think he is doing just fine. Those are pretty big numbers.
4,336 RETWEETS 3,618 FAVORITES
Good!
9 | dog philosopher Feb 1, 2015 12:06:16pm |
this year i intend to conform more to being a Normal American by viewing the super bowl religious ceremony
my question is, do i need to consume beer and pizza to obtain the spiritual benefit?
10 | lawhawk Feb 1, 2015 12:06:41pm |
re: #2 Justanotherhuman
Had chicken pox when I was 17. It was awful, though I was able to avoid scratching/itching as much as possible. If there was a vaccine, I would have demanded it. Now, there’s a vaccine, and if you can prevent it, damn straight you should get it.
And I’ll be risking shingles down the line too. Not looking forward to that (though I will be able to get a vaccine for that now too).
11 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 1, 2015 12:07:12pm |
re: #5 Rightwingconspirator
I think he is doing just fine. Those are pretty big numbers.
4,336 RETWEETS 3,618 FAVORITES
How many of those are directed at the people who need to see them? Lots of people patting themselves on the back while passing zingers back and forth, meanwhile the anti-vaxxers are just ignoring you.
12 | Dr Lizardo Feb 1, 2015 12:07:37pm |
re: #9 dog philosopher
this year i intend to conform more to being a Normal American by viewing the super bowl religious ceremony
my question is, do i need to consume beer and pizza to obtain the spiritual benefit?
Yes.
13 | Timothy Watson Feb 1, 2015 12:08:06pm |
re: #10 lawhawk
Had chicken pox when I was 17. It was awful, though I was able to avoid scratching/itching as much as possible. If there was a vaccine, I would have demanded it. Now, there’s a vaccine, and if you can prevent it, damn straight you should get it.
And I’ll be risking shingles down the line too. Not looking forward to that (though I will be able to get a vaccine for that now too).
Chickenpox vaccine is very important for people who didn’t get chickenpox as a kid too, an adult getting chickenpox can be very dangerous.
14 | lawhawk Feb 1, 2015 12:08:16pm |
re: #9 dog philosopher
this year i intend to conform more to being a Normal American by viewing the super bowl religious ceremony
my question is, do i need to consume beer and pizza to obtain the spiritual benefit?
Wings. It is required consumption, along with the beer and chili. Pizza is part of the agnostic super bowl watchers. ///
15 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:10:00pm |
re: #7 dholmes32
Shingles hit me on a Saturday morning about 10 years ago while I was at work. I managed to get to a doctor late that same afternoon and get the treatment started, but the rash (the entire upper right quadrant of my torso, front and back) lasted for about a month, and the residual nerve pain in my right arm, all the way to my fingertips, lingered for a year.
You are so correct…shingles are evil.
16 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:10:04pm |
re: #8 ObserverArt
And unless you are a celebrity or known blogger it’s harder. Charles gets big numbers. I have a very small twitter footprint, maybe 160 followers. Thanks to my friends around here I made 5000+ “Impressions”. But only a couple retweets or favorites in the same period. Including my “Thanks Mom” tweet.
This guy by dint of professional credential and a really sharp pen might have done more to help push back than any other five people online. Well done.
17 | Decatur Deb Feb 1, 2015 12:10:25pm |
This is an important day in Lower Alabama, the beginning of the 2015 BBQ season. Last weekend was the end of the 2014 BBQ season. There will also be a football game on TV, but it wll not involve ‘Bama or Auburn.
18 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 12:11:49pm |
Here’s a pretty good article from last year, although I think the % for CA residents not being vaccinated is now around 91% from a TV report seen last week.
The Herd Mentality Of The Anti-Vaxxer Movement
“It’s not just the myth about autism that’s driving down vaccination rates. Many parents believe that as long as most other children are vaccinated, their kids won’t get sick. It’s a faulty interpretation of “herd immunity” — and it’s prompting families to prioritize exaggerated, imagined risks over actual benefits.”
More
19 | Dave In Austin Feb 1, 2015 12:12:50pm |
I turned Sixty in December. In the 50’s and 60’s I HAD all these childhood diseases…. I was immunized for polio and grew up with friends that were afflicted by it.
Next week I go to the Dr to get another shot. This to offset the possibility of getting an offshoot from having chickenpox (Herpes Zoster?).
I hear the Shingles sucks. I’ll get the shot thank you. I trust the science.
20 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 12:12:54pm |
re: #9 dog philosopher
this year i intend to conform more to being a Normal American by viewing the super bowl religious ceremony
my question is, do i need to consume beer and pizza to obtain the spiritual benefit?
OT, just found this via twitter - The Last Man to know the result of the SB
#Lastman reminders: Nobody “wins.” Everybody loses eventually. When you lose, be sure to tweet how & when, like here: http://t.co/dUKxnNIZ1D
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy) February 1, 2015
21 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:12:59pm |
Shingles are evil in another way:
Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another. However, the virus that causes shingles, the varicella zoster virus, can be spread from a person with active shingles to another person who has never had chickenpox. In such cases, the person exposed to the virus might develop chickenpox, but they would not develop shingles.
22 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 1, 2015 12:13:59pm |
Whatever their intentions, the antivaxers are mass killers and their doctrine is murderous bullshit.
I want to see a lot more physicians and other practitioners get right in their faces about it, like this Dr. Ginsberg has.
23 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:15:17pm |
re: #11 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
How many of those are directed at the people who need to see them? Lots of people patting themselves on the back while passing zingers back and forth, meanwhile the anti-vaxxers are just ignoring you.
I use what I can, as best I can.
24 | CuriousLurker Feb 1, 2015 12:15:52pm |
Wow, just finished cleaning up my Twitter timeline, I’d had Tweedeck closed since early yesterday and opened it just now to see my notifications filled with an avalanche of bad crazy—everything from raging wingnuts to moonbat conspiracy theorists. It must’ve been my tweet of the “Death and The Anti-Vaxxer” post last night. I had to block about half a dozen crazies. O_o
25 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 12:18:53pm |
Can we deport all the anti-vaxxers to Pakistan so they can join their brothers in arm in killing workers who administer vaccines, the Pakistani Taliban?
26 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 12:20:25pm |
I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind taking medical advice from a celebrity—any kind of medical or child rearing advice from them or any “online mommy”, either. They’re some of the worst.
Just because you think someone is your BFF online doesn’t mean they have you or your child’s interest at heart. Listen to your physician first. But even then, taking them to the dr can be risky (see below).
This is what anti-vaxxers do, not only to their own children, but to others’ kids.
OUTRAGED CA MOM SAYS ANTI-VAXXERS PUT HER BABY IN QUARANTINE
(snip)
“Livia — who is 6 months old and too young to be vaccinated — isn’t sick, but they say they’ve feared the worst.
“We were really freaking out and really worried,” Jennifer Simon said. “I’m angry. I was upset that someone who had made a choice that they felt was a personal choice that they could make for their child had endangered my child.”
“There’s no word on how many other children and their families were impacted by the doctor’s office incident, but nine infants in the county where the Simons’ live are currently in quarantine, according to an Alameda County spokesperson.” More
27 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:21:33pm |
If anti vaxxers were right, a big chunk of my generation would be autistic or prematurely dead. #HealthyandVaccinated
— Daniel Ballard (@RW_Conspirator) February 1, 2015
28 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:21:54pm |
Some O/T weather heads up:
Entire #BLIZZARD WARNING in N IL incl. Chicago getting hammered with 1/2 to 1/4 mile visibility! Winds over 30 mph pic.twitter.com/JCsUUj25L4
— Reed Timmer (@reedtimmerTVN) February 1, 2015
Heads up! High confidence in 1 to 2 inch per hour snowfall rates during the Monday am rush hour. pic.twitter.com/WHk5VMw1E1— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) February 1, 2015
29 | PhillyPretzel Feb 1, 2015 12:24:04pm |
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
So far it is not that bad for Philly. weather.gov
30 | OhNoZombies! Feb 1, 2015 12:24:21pm |
I wish they had a chickenpox vaccine when I was 18.
I got them about a month before my senior prom.
Since my dress was sleeveless, I wore long black hooker-gloves to hide my healing spots.
Needless to say, my boys were vaccinated.
31 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:25:27pm |
re: #27 Rightwingconspirator
Something I’ve noticed within the past year or so, some of my FB friends who have in the past claimed that their children are autistic because of vaccines have changed the terminology in light of Dr Wakefield’s research being debunked.
The new term is “vaccine injured” instead of “autism”.
O_o
32 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:26:03pm |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden on Sunday-
“We are very concerned by the growing number of people who are susceptible to measles, and the possibility that we could have a large outbreak in this country as a result,” Frieden said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
There are at least 102 reported cases in 14 states, according to the CDC. Frieden said that the U.S. is “likely to see more cases.”But he said the best way to prevent the spread of measles was vaccination.
33 | A Cranky One Feb 1, 2015 12:26:46pm |
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
Live near Chicago, just cleared over a foot of snow from my driveway but it’s filling up again quickly.
34 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:27:01pm |
re: #29 PhillyPretzel
So far it is not that bad for Philly. weather.gov
We’ve just got rain here in the Ohio River Valley, instead of the sleet/freezing rain/wintry mix.
Currently 40F and I like it just fine.
35 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 12:28:10pm |
The usual anti-vaxxers from my experience are usually the ones who brag about eating “natural” foods, do yoga, and drink coconut water yet get shit-faced drunk and snort coke on a regular basis.
36 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:29:20pm |
re: #32 Rightwingconspirator
Pretty sure I got the MMR when I was a kid, but I’ve had the measles several times (first at about age 4 or 5—that’s the one that severely impacted my sight and hearing—the last time in my 20s).
Apparently, I’m one of those outliers who never got immunity.
37 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 12:29:35pm |
re: #27 Rightwingconspirator
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That is what I was getting at with my questions for Jenny McCarthy in the last thread.
38 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 12:30:01pm |
UVa. Issues Alert after Mumps Confirmed
It’s not just measles we have to worry about. Or small kids.
39 | BeachDem Feb 1, 2015 12:30:27pm |
Never had chicken pox, but did have shingles in my early 20s (doctor was pretty surprised—hadn’t seen it anybody that age before—remember, this was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth!)
Need to go to the doc to see if I need the shingles shot—kind of confused. Also, as I travel for work quite a bit, need to see about measles situation.
It truly is as if we’ve stepped back in time—what is wrong with these idiot anti-vaxxers?
40 | BeachDem Feb 1, 2015 12:31:14pm |
re: #35 electrotek
The usual anti-vaxxers from my experience are usually the ones who brag about eating “natural” foods, do yoga, and drink coconut water yet get shit-faced drunk and snort coke on a regular basis.
And don’t forget the chiropractic—they think anything natural foods can’t handle, chiropractic will—I just don’t get it.
41 | meteor Feb 1, 2015 12:32:25pm |
I had mumps once, a year before the schools made the vaccination mandatory. I remember having my head wrapped up. It’s exactly like you used to see in the old cartoons. That was some painful shit. The only good things that came out of it were staying home, listening to the radio, and reading. Oh, and I felt like I was going to die.
I want to punch these idiots today.
42 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 1, 2015 12:32:38pm |
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something I’ve noticed within the past year or so, some of my FB friends who have in the past claimed that their children are autistic because of vaccines have changed the terminology in light of Dr Wakefield’s research being debunked.
The new term is “vaccine injured” instead of “autism”.O_o
Reluctance to admit that they allowed themselves to be suckered and hoaxed into acting like dangerous idiots.
43 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:32:49pm |
re: #39 BeachDem
Never had chicken pox, but did have shingles in my early 20s (doctor was pretty surprised—hadn’t seen it anybody that age before—remember, this was back when dinosaurs roamed the earth!)
Need to go to the doc to see if I need the shingles shot—kind of confused. Also, as I travel for work quite a bit, need to see about measles situation.
It truly is as if we’ve stepped back in time—what is wrong with these idiot anti-vaxxers?
You could have had mild case of chicken pox and your parents not realize it, mistaking it for one of the other childhood crud diseases.
All of my siblings had the obvious pox on their skin. Mine were inside my mouth, nose and throat.
44 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 12:33:11pm |
re: #40 BeachDem
And they usually share crap stories found on kook sites like “NaturalNews”, I’m so glad I’ve bounced off from Facebook because I got fed up with these idiots who brag about their “natural” lifestyle but I usually see them snorting lines of coke at afterparties.
45 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 12:33:43pm |
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some O/T weather heads up:
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We’re getting pounded in Detroit too.
I’ll work from home tomorrow.
46 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 12:34:51pm |
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something I’ve noticed within the past year or so, some of my FB friends who have in the past claimed that their children are autistic because of vaccines have changed the terminology in light of Dr Wakefield’s research being debunked.
The new term is “vaccine injured” instead of “autism”.O_o
And so what the hell do they mean by that? I’m sure there is some AMA definition that everyone can use.
And how they hell do you go from “my kid is autistic” to “vaccine injured” any way? If your kid wasn’t autistic then you were flat outlying about that Ms. Munchausen, or you are the ‘sick’ one.
47 | BeachDem Feb 1, 2015 12:36:28pm |
re: #43 Backwoods_Sleuth
You could have had mild case of chicken pox and your parents not realize it, mistaking it for one of the other childhood crud diseases.
All of my siblings had the obvious pox on their skin. Mine were inside my mouth, nose and throat.
Nope, I don’t think so—my mother exposed me to every kid who ever had chicken pox so I would get them while I was young, and monitored it very closely.
I had measles, German measles and scarlet fever, but no mumps or chicken pox.
48 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:36:45pm |
re: #45 The Vicious Babushka
We’re getting pounded in Detroit too.
I’ll work from home tomorrow.
MrBWS will have a sad because I put my foot down and make him tell his foreman that he would NOT be showing up for work on Monday.
I scheduled a doctor appointment for him for tomorrow afetrnoon because his manflu (which he ignored and DID NOT GET THE VACCINE so as to avoid it this year) has developed into some severe bronchitis (it was the coughing up blood that finally got his attention…jeebus…)
49 | De Kolta Chair Feb 1, 2015 12:37:06pm |
50 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 12:37:12pm |
re: #46 ObserverArt
And so what the hell do they mean by that? I’m sure there is some AMA definition that everyone can use.
And how they hell do you go from “my kid is autistic” to “vaccine injured” any way? If your kid wasn’t autistic then you were flat outlying about that Ms. Munchausen, or you are the ‘sick’ one.
Timing.
51 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 12:37:29pm |
re: #44 electrotek
And they usually share crap stories found on kook sites like “NaturalNews”, I’m so glad I’ve bounced off from Facebook because I got fed up with these idiots who brag about their “natural” lifestyle but I usually see them snorting lines of coke at afterparties.
Well, cocaine is a “natural” product (like pot), according to them, but of course they totally ignore the mfg process and cutting agents just so they can get high.
There’s a big difference between chewing coca leaves in high altitudes because you need the extra energy to get up and down mountains while working, and putting something like a mfg’d and cut product sold on the street up your nose just to get high.
52 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 12:39:10pm |
re: #34 Backwoods_Sleuth
We’ve just got rain here in the Ohio River Valley, instead of the sleet/freezing rain/wintry mix.
Currently 40F and I like it just fine.
In Columbus…we are right on that thin line, 37° with some sleet reported. Any snow we got last night is now slush. It does appear we will escape the big snow, but we will see what happens overnight.
53 | CuriousLurker Feb 1, 2015 12:39:17pm |
re: #41 meteor
I had mumps once, a year before the schools made the vaccination mandatory. I remember having my head wrapped up. It’s exactly like you used to see in the old cartoons. That was some painful shit. The only good things that came out of it were staying home, listening to the radio, and reading. Oh, and I felt like I was going to die.
I want to punch these idiots today.
I had mumps as a little kid too—you’re right, it’s painful. My older brother had it and it dropped on him. You wanna talk about some pain… man, just thinking about how that must’ve felt… *shudder* It also left him wondering if he’d ever be able to father any children (he did).
54 | Dr Lizardo Feb 1, 2015 12:39:25pm |
I had all the vaccines as a kid, but I do dimly remember having chickenpox. Not fun. Calamine lotion…..I recall that.
Still, chickenpox is a pretty typical childhood disease. Of course, when I was a kiddie, tonsillectomies were also pretty much mandatory. I had mine out between the ages of 5 and 6, during summer vacation.
Ice cream……ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner. :)
55 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:40:38pm |
re: #37 ObserverArt
That is what I was getting at with my questions for Jenny McCarthy in the last thread.
I’m hoping this will embarrass at least some of these people into moving on to some more reasonable cause like animals. Or maybe vote in the next mid term.
56 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:40:45pm |
re: #46 ObserverArt
And so what the hell do they mean by that? I’m sure there is some AMA definition that everyone can use.
And how they hell do you go from “my kid is autistic” to “vaccine injured” any way? If your kid wasn’t autistic then you were flat outlying about that Ms. Munchausen, or you are the ‘sick’ one.
One of them in particular is a medical professional and has been “chelating” her kids (google “chelation therapy”—yikes!), loads them with all sorts of natural supplements (she got pissed off when the school refused to let her kids eat the huge handful of supplements during the school day), and soaks their medications to remove the colored hard coating on the pills.
57 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 12:42:42pm |
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of them in particular is a medical professional and has been “chelating” her kids (google “chelation therapy—yikes!), loads them with all sorts of natural supplements (she got pissed off when the school refused to let her kids eat the huge handful of supplements during the school day), and soaks their medications to remove the colored hard coating on the pills.
Oh, for chrissakes. What kind of “medical professional”, I wonder? A Rolfing masseuse?
58 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 12:43:18pm |
re: #54 Dr Lizardo
I had all the vaccines as a kid, but I do dimly remember having chickenpox. Not fun. Calamine lotion…..I recall that.
Still, chickenpox is a pretty typical childhood disease. Of course, when I was a kiddie, tonsillectomies were also pretty much mandatory. I had mine out between the ages of 5 and 6, during summer vacation.
Ice cream……ice cream for breakfast, lunch and dinner. :)
Funny memory, when I had my tonsils out the priest came and visited me in the hospital. It scared the shit out of me.
59 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:43:42pm |
re: #57 Justanotherhuman
Oh, for chrissakes. What kind of “medical professional”, I wonder? A Rolfing masseuse?
pretty sure you know who it is, but I’m not going to name any names.
60 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 12:44:18pm |
re: #59 Backwoods_Sleuth
pretty sure you know who it is, but I’m not going to name any names.
Don’t know. Need name.
61 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 12:44:35pm |
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of them in particular is a medical professional and has been “chelating” her kids (google “chelation therapy”—yikes!), loads them with all sorts of natural supplements (she got pissed off when the school refused to let her kids eat the huge handful of supplements during the school day), and soaks their medications to remove the colored hard coating on the pills.
Do they wear the aluminum foil headgear to keep out the magnetic waves?
62 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 12:45:19pm |
re: #61 ObserverArt
Do they wear the aluminum foil headgear to keep out the magnetic waves?
How do they do that when they’re wearing copper bracelets?
63 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:45:31pm |
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of them in particular is a medical professional and has been “chelating” her kids (google “chelation therapy—yikes!), loads them with all sorts of natural supplements (she got pissed off when the school refused to let her kids eat the huge handful of supplements during the school day), and soaks their medications to remove the colored hard coating on the pills.
heh…Show them this guy-took so much dissolved silver he turned his skin blue.
64 | OhNoZombies! Feb 1, 2015 12:46:00pm |
From Wikipedia:
Chelation therapy must be administered with care as it has a number of possible side effects, including death.[3] In response to increasing use of chelation therapy as alternative medicine and in circumstances in which the therapy should not be used in conventional medicine, various health organizations have confirmed that medical evidence does not support the effectiveness of chelation therapy for any purpose other than the treatment of heavy metal poisoning.[3] Over-the-counter chelation products are not approved for sale in the United States.[4]
Nice.
//
65 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:46:22pm |
66 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:48:23pm |
re: #64 OhNoZombies!
yep “heavy metals”.
She insists that the vaccines her kids were given were loaded with mercury.
67 | Kaessa Feb 1, 2015 12:49:03pm |
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something I’ve noticed within the past year or so, some of my FB friends who have in the past claimed that their children are autistic because of vaccines have changed the terminology in light of Dr Wakefield’s research being debunked.
The new term is “vaccine injured” instead of “autism”.O_o
Some idiot relative of mine on FB this morning was going on about how kids with peanut allergies are “vaccine injured”, and how she sees SO MANY “vaccine injured” children at her practice. She’s a chiropractor.
68 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 12:49:43pm |
re: #67 Kaessa
And yet these “chiropractors” make so much money off people’s ignorance. Fucking hell
69 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 12:50:46pm |
re: #67 Kaessa
Some idiot relative of mine on FB this morning was going on about how kids with peanut allergies are “vaccine injured”, and how she sees SO MANY “vaccine injured” children at her practice. She’s a chiropractor.
Of course she is…
70 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 12:50:52pm |
re: #61 ObserverArt
Do they wear the aluminum foil headgear to keep out the magnetic waves?
Was just thinking about that with copper bracelets or those copperfit elastic bandages with copper woven in.
Human Lightning Rod. Coming soon from DC Comics, //
71 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 12:51:02pm |
re: #51 Justanotherhuman
Well, cocaine is a “natural” product (like pot), according to them, but of course they totally ignore the mfg process and cutting agents just so they can get high.
There’s a big difference between chewing coca leaves in high altitudes because you need the extra energy to get up and down mountains while working, and putting something like a mfg’d and cut product sold on the street up your nose just to get high.
Pretty much. And they consider themselves “liberal” too, on top of it.
72 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 1, 2015 12:51:20pm |
re: #67 Kaessa
Some idiot relative of mine on FB this morning was going on about how kids with peanut allergies are “vaccine injured”, and how she sees SO MANY “vaccine injured” children at her practice. She’s a chiropractor.
Local environment skewing the perceived commonality of the condition.
73 | Dr Lizardo Feb 1, 2015 12:53:27pm |
re: #58 #FergusonFireside
Funny memory, when I had my tonsils out the priest came and visited me in the hospital. It scared the shit out of me.
LOLOL
Yeah, that’d scare me too! “Oh shit….it’s the Last RItes!!”
74 | OhNoZombies! Feb 1, 2015 12:54:23pm |
re: #70 Rightwingconspirator
Was just thinking about that with copper bracelets or those copperfit elastic bandages with copper woven in.
Human Lightning Rod.
Perfect for folks with aches and pains on the golf course!
//
76 | BeachDem Feb 1, 2015 12:57:34pm |
re: #52 ObserverArt
In Columbus…we are right on that thin line, 37° with some sleet reported. Any snow we got last night is now slush. It does appear we will escape the big snow, but we will see what happens overnight.
And here at the beach it’s 63 and sunny—re-affirming my reason for leaving Columbus for more southern climes (even if the politics are really scary.)
77 | Teukka Feb 1, 2015 12:57:51pm |
Just thinking out loud here, don’t take me (too) seriously…
So antivaxxers seem to be into all sorts of conspiracy theories with regard to vaccines, and frankly, the truth seems pretty boring when side to side with the theories.
So the thought struck me: Why not wrap the truth in some tinfoil and see if they bite?
Given the consequences of lack of vaccination, namely pandemics of bad proportions and death and disablement in their wake, the purpose of a such a notional conspiracy could be population control or decrease, or making money off of caskets and various aids.
But what would be a believable villain / evil mastermind in such a theory?
78 | JDRhoades Feb 1, 2015 12:59:33pm |
The only anti-vaxxers I know personally are people with autistic children who are convinced that the vaccines were to blame.
Doesn’t make them any less wrong, of course, but it makes it harder for me to hate them.
79 | Timothy Watson Feb 1, 2015 1:00:42pm |
re: #38 Justanotherhuman
UVa. Issues Alert after Mumps Confirmed
It’s not just measles we have to worry about. Or small kids.
In Virginia, all public university students are supposed to complete a vaccination certification sheet before the start of their second semester or sign a thing, under the penalties of perjury, that they take a religious exemption to vaccination.
leg1.state.va.us
80 | Dr Lizardo Feb 1, 2015 1:01:18pm |
re: #78 JDRhoades
The only anti-vaxxers I know personally are people with autistic children who are convinced that the vaccines were to blame.
Doesn’t make them any less wrong, of course, but it makes it harder for me to hate them.
One anti-vaxxer of my acquaintance has no kids, but she’s really big on CT’s, and especially that whole chemtrail nonsense.
81 | prairiefire Feb 1, 2015 1:01:26pm |
re: #76 BeachDem
Carolina coastal lands, so beautiful. Talk to the Egrets, not the people, their politics are more liberal./
82 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:01:53pm |
re: #78 JDRhoades
The only anti-vaxxers I know personally are people with autistic children who are convinced that the vaccines were to blame.
Doesn’t make them any less wrong, of course, but it makes it harder for me to hate them.
There is more mercury in lakes and rivers than ever was in vaccines.
I know I wouldn’t eat any fish out of the local lake here that has both a coal plant and a nuclear plant on it. Or swim in it. Or even want to boat in it, or have that water touch me in any fashion.
83 | aagcobb Feb 1, 2015 1:03:04pm |
re: #77 Teukka
Just thinking out loud here, don’t take me (too) seriously…
So antivaxxers seem to be into all sorts of conspiracy theories with regard to vaccines, and frankly, the truth seems pretty boring when side to side with the theories.
So the thought struck me: Why not wrap the truth in some tinfoil and see if they bite?
Given the consequences of lack of vaccination, namely pandemics of bad proportions and death and disablement in their wake, the purpose of a such a notional conspiracy could be population control or decrease, or making money off of caskets and various aids.
But what would be a believable villain / evil mastermind in such a theory?
Here’s a real conspiracy theory with a real villain, Andrew Wakefield. He invented the link between autism and vaccines so that he could sell diagnostic tests for a condition he invented. The man is pure evil.
84 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:03:25pm |
re: #79 Timothy Watson
In Virginia, all public university students are supposed to complete a vaccination certification sheet before the start of their second semester or sign a thing, under the penalties of perjury, that they take a religious exemption to vaccination.
leg1.state.va.us
Fucking “religious exemptions” should not be allowed. These are some of the people spreading disease.
Maybe people who don’t want to live by the rules all of us live by should be put on some island—like Greenland. : )
85 | aagcobb Feb 1, 2015 1:05:48pm |
re: #84 Justanotherhuman
Fucking “religious exemptions” should not be allowed. These are some of the people spreading disease.
Maybe people who don’t want to live by the rules all of us live by should be put on some island—like Greenland. : )
The state with the highest vaccination rate is, believe it or not, Mississippi, becuase it and W.V. are the only states which don’t provide exemptions from vaccination except for medical necessity. Only about a dozen kids qualify for that.
86 | JDRhoades Feb 1, 2015 1:11:01pm |
Some people’s religion requires them to kill all non believers (at least according to the wingnuts). Do they get a religious exemption from the murder laws?
87 | OhNoZombies! Feb 1, 2015 1:11:18pm |
What does it mean when you start to think of 34 degrees as sweatshirt weather?
I mean it’s been snowing heavily all day, but as long as it stays above, oh, 15 F, I’m good.
88 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:11:36pm |
re: #85 aagcobb
“Patient(s) Zero”.
Also,
“Twenty states allow exemptions to children whose parents have philosophical or personal belief objections to vaccination. In most cases, parents must file a one-time or annual form with a school district attesting to a personal objection to vaccination. In states with all three types of exemptions, personal belief exemptions tend to be most common. And, in states that allow philosophical and personal exemptions from vaccination requirements, such exemptions increased from 0.99 to 2.45% between 1991 and 2004.
“A Washington state law that took effect in July 2011 requires that parents seeking vaccination exemptions for their children discuss the benefits and risks of vaccination with a health care provider. The state allows medical, religious, and personal belief exemptions, and has an overall exemption rate of 6%.”
89 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 1, 2015 1:12:13pm |
re: #77 Teukka
Just thinking out loud here, don’t take me (too) seriously…
So antivaxxers seem to be into all sorts of conspiracy theories with regard to vaccines, and frankly, the truth seems pretty boring when side to side with the theories.
So the thought struck me: Why not wrap the truth in some tinfoil and see if they bite?
Given the consequences of lack of vaccination, namely pandemics of bad proportions and death and disablement in their wake, the purpose of a such a notional conspiracy could be population control or decrease, or making money off of caskets and various aids.
But what would be a believable villain / evil mastermind in such a theory?
The quack medicine industry is huge and has lots of politician-whores in its pockets. It is also closely aligned with various religious movements, including (though obviously not limited to) Christian fundamentalism. Every evangelical charlatan seems to have a line of supplements and alternate healthcare products to go with his quack theology.
90 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:13:07pm |
Anti-vax dad is cool with his kid fatally infecting others, also blames leukemia on vaccines. http://t.co/XuSkaK9SdQ pic.twitter.com/HHZzYU0dsy— Ellie Hall (@ellievhall) February 1, 2015
91 | Dr Lizardo Feb 1, 2015 1:13:55pm |
re: #89 Shiplord Kirel
The quack medicine industry is huge and has lots of politician-whores in its pockets. It is also closely aligned with various religious movements, including (though obviously not limited to) Christian fundamentalism. Every evangelical charlatan seems to have a line of supplements and alternate healthcare products to go with his quack theology.
Not just them, but look at Alex Jones or Jeff Rense; their websites peddle all manner of “supplements” and alt-healthcare remedies. And they’re making a bundle off it, to be sure.
92 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 1:14:33pm |
re: #90 klystron
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Methinks that Dad doesn’t understand the definition of “chemicals”…
94 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:15:18pm |
re: #90 klystron
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He probably never considered it could be his own genes that caused his child’s leukemia. Idiot.
95 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:15:40pm |
re: #92 Backwoods_Sleuth
Methinks that Dad doesn’t understand the definition of “chemicals”…
Someone should let him know that since his child consumes food, they are no longer “pure”.
96 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:16:47pm |
re: #94 Justanotherhuman
He probably never considered it could be his own genes that caused his child’s leukemia. Idiot.
I don’t think it’s his kid who has leukemia. I think he’s talking about another child with leukemia and how that sucks for them but it’s not his responsibility to make sure his child doesn’t give them a preventable disease.
He is an idiot, I’ll agree to that.
97 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:17:26pm |
re: #96 klystron
I don’t think it’s his kid who has leukemia. I think he’s talking about another child with leukemia and how that sucks for them but it’s not his responsibility to make sure his child doesn’t give them a preventable disease.
He is an idiot, I’ll agree to that.
Oh, sorry; read that wrong, then. : )
98 | OhNoZombies! Feb 1, 2015 1:17:32pm |
re: #90 klystron
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I hope he remembers that shit if, heaven forbid, the shoe is on the other foot, and it’s his child that is gravely ill.
When will people realize that Karma is a motherf***er?
99 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:18:15pm |
re: #97 Justanotherhuman
Oh, sorry; read that wrong, then. : )
No worries. The sentence structure in that snippet is a little unclear.
100 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 1:18:56pm |
re: #66 Backwoods_Sleuth
yep “heavy metals”.
She insists that the vaccines her kids were given were loaded with mercury.
Shame she doesn’t realize there are different compounds containing mercury and the characteristics of chemicals change as the molecule changes.
101 | aagcobb Feb 1, 2015 1:19:10pm |
re: #98 OhNoZombies!
I hope he remembers that shit if, heaven forbid, the shoe is on the other foot, and it’s his child that is gravely ill.
When will people realize that Karma is a motherf***er?
He is so delusional, he’ll blame it on the vaccines other kids took.
102 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:19:47pm |
His flight back is currently over Manitoba. You might be able to wave at it soon, b_sharp.
Apparently he has a pretty nasty sinus headache but at least there have been no medical diversions of the plane yet so fingers crossed.
103 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:19:54pm |
re: #99 klystron
No worries. The sentence structure in that snippet is a little unclear.
And that narcissist is really projecting a lot on his kid, too, poor little thing.
105 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 1:21:04pm |
re: #102 klystron
His flight back is currently over Manitoba. You might be able to wave at it soon, b_sharp.
Apparently he has a pretty nasty sinus headache but at least there have been no medical diversions of the plane yet so fingers crossed.
Waving now.
106 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:21:51pm |
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
DIHYDROUS OXIDE!!11!!!
It feels like I should make a snarky Dr. Strangelove reference here but I’ve only seen the movie once and my brain is fuzzy this morning afternoon.
107 | aagcobb Feb 1, 2015 1:22:13pm |
BTW, Mike Huckabee can’t be a homophobe because he has homosexual friends.//
108 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 1, 2015 1:22:54pm |
re: #77 Teukka
Just thinking out loud here, don’t take me (too) seriously…
So antivaxxers seem to be into all sorts of conspiracy theories with regard to vaccines, and frankly, the truth seems pretty boring when side to side with the theories.
So the thought struck me: Why not wrap the truth in some tinfoil and see if they bite?
Given the consequences of lack of vaccination, namely pandemics of bad proportions and death and disablement in their wake, the purpose of a such a notional conspiracy could be population control or decrease, or making money off of caskets and various aids.
But what would be a believable villain / evil mastermind in such a theory?
Obama. Of course.
109 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 1, 2015 1:23:18pm |
Has anyone told the yuppie/dudebro/lepertarian faction of the antivaxers that gold is a heavy metal? True, it’s pretty much non-reactive but they have no concept of that and would probably regard it as scientific nonsense concocted to gain grants if they did.
110 | aagcobb Feb 1, 2015 1:23:21pm |
re: #106 klystron
It feels like I should make a snarky Dr. Strangelove reference here but I’ve only seen the movie once and my brain is fuzzy this
morningafternoon.
His children’s precious bodily fluids have not been corrupted.
111 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:25:46pm |
If Dr.Wolfson, the cardiologist, has that kind of irresponsible take on vaccinations and other people’s kids, why would anyone go to see him as a patient?
Obviously, he wouldn’t give a shit if you lived or died.
112 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 1:26:33pm |
Ship is right
Texas Measles Outbreak Traced To Anti-Vaccine Megachurch http://t.co/5XsixHb9MQ pic.twitter.com/cQo5r4EL7s
— The Baxter Bean (@TheBaxterBean) February 1, 2015
113 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 1, 2015 1:26:45pm |
re: #110 aagcobb
His children’s precious bodily fluids have not been corrupted.
Except for that flouride in the ice cream.
114 | Tigger2 Feb 1, 2015 1:27:08pm |
re: #28 Backwoods_Sleuth
Some O/T weather heads up:
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The bottom line of that winter storm is about 50 miles north of where I live. Hope it stays 50 miles north.
115 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 1, 2015 1:27:33pm |
Ship is right
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So someone wished a pox upon their house - and it got the children?
116 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 1:29:22pm |
Ship is right
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Old story from 2013, but still very much relevant.
117 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 1:29:51pm |
Sarah Palin will not be pleased:
Fox News Pounds Palin: Fox News spent four and a half minutes today demolishing Sarah Palin’s credibility as … http://t.co/De5c4SG6yI
— News Hounds (@NewsHounds) February 1, 2015
118 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:30:15pm |
Ship is right
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Well, that was in 2013, but the thrust is correct.
And she’s the daughter of Kenneth Copeland, another snake oil salesman (who started out as a pop singer).
119 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:31:07pm |
re: #117 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sarah Palin will not be pleased:
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Wow, she really must have pissed off Ailes when she got fired.
120 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 1:31:57pm |
This #lastman contest is pretty damn funny.
#50WaysToAvoidTheKnowledge Literally watching paint dry. (@MileHighBecky painted the girls' bathroom today.) #lastman pic.twitter.com/9EC5AzJUDR
— Brendan Loy (@brendanloy) February 1, 2015
Avoid the KNOWLEDGE
121 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:33:11pm |
This #lastman contest is pretty damn funny.
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Avoid the KNOWLEDGE
She could have wasted more time by spackling the holes in the wall…
122 | Timothy Watson Feb 1, 2015 1:36:30pm |
I am debating on whether I should bother watching the Superbowl.
(I needed some background noise, so I am “rewatching” Southland.)
123 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:40:56pm |
Well, I should have known NC would have this damned “religious” exemption. I can understand a medical exemption, which seems more stringent, but not a religious exemption which only requires a statement from the parent, with no verification by the religious org to which they belong.
124 | Lidane Feb 1, 2015 1:41:21pm |
re: #9 dog philosopher
my question is, do i need to consume beer and pizza to obtain the spiritual benefit?
I have pizza, but no beer. Do I pass muster?
I may not have beer, but I have the other national American drink — soda. And not a diet one, either. The real, sugar laden, caffeinated, carbonated deal. I’ll make up for it with tons of water the rest of the week.
125 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 1:41:44pm |
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
126 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:42:32pm |
re: #125 electrotek
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
They’ll just switch to, “Obama is a drunk.”
127 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 1:43:35pm |
re: #125 electrotek
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
He’s been seen drinking beer in public before this. It makes no difference to them.
128 | gwangung Feb 1, 2015 1:43:49pm |
re: #124 Lidane
I have pizza, but no beer. Do I pass muster?
Pizza ALWAYS passes muster.
Bonus points for multiple toppings.
129 | Timothy Watson Feb 1, 2015 1:43:56pm |
re: #125 electrotek
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
TAQIYYA!!1!
130 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 1:44:06pm |
re: #118 Justanotherhuman
Well, that was in 2013, but the thrust is correct.
And she’s the daughter of Kenneth Copeland, another snake oil salesman (who started out as a pop singer).
The church has reversed its position and is now pro-vaccine.
131 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:44:53pm |
132 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 1:45:13pm |
re: #125 electrotek
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
They’ll switch gears and say he’s a COMMUNIST!!!!
In an effort to attract even more viewers in #Communist nations, #Obama is on the #SuperBowl pregame! Right, #tcot? pic.twitter.com/qQorXTMLb8— Brian Joyce (@the_brianjoyce) February 1, 2015
133 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:46:37pm |
President Obama says Super Bowl is going to be a close game, but health of Seattle Seahawks secondary may be a concern
end of alert
134 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 1:47:06pm |
We now have a lonely cat on our hands who demands attention every two minutes and I’m too big a softy to tell him to get lost.
135 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:48:07pm |
85 corporate jets? Jeeeez.
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport estimates weather-related delays will abate by mid afternoon; spokesperson says most commercial Super Bowl traffic happened last week, but 12 of 85 corporate jets coming into airport today have been delayed - @NBCNews
end of alert
136 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 1:49:31pm |
re: #40 BeachDem
And don’t forget the chiropractic—they think anything natural foods can’t handle, chiropractic will—I just don’t get it.
Chiropractic can have its uses as part of a broad physical therapy regimen, but for anything else, it’s pure, unfettered woo.
137 | Great White Snark Feb 1, 2015 1:50:36pm |
re: #135 Justanotherhuman
Ah the challenges the top 1/10th of the 1% brings.
///
138 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 1:50:44pm |
re: #44 electrotek
And they usually share crap stories found on kook sites like “NaturalNews”, I’m so glad I’ve bounced off from Facebook because I got fed up with these idiots who brag about their “natural” lifestyle but I usually see them snorting lines of coke at afterparties.
“But, but, it’s from the Earth, man!!!”
139 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:50:54pm |
What could possibly go wrong?
South Sudanese president and rebel commander sign power sharing agreement on road to ending 15-month conflict, African diplomatic sources say - @Reuters
end of alert
140 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 1:50:58pm |
re: #136 TedStriker
Chiropractic can have its uses as part of a broad physical therapy regimen, but for anything else, it’s pure, unfettered woo.
My grandmother went to the chiro every month for the same problem. That alone says a lot about how effective they aren’t.
141 | aagcobb Feb 1, 2015 1:51:11pm |
re: #125 electrotek
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
Its Taqqiya don’tchaknow. Those sneaky muslims are allowed to masquerade in front of infidels./
142 | Lidane Feb 1, 2015 1:51:50pm |
re: #125 electrotek
Obama is drinking beer right now on NBC, how much longer before wingnuts will continue to classify him as a Muslim?
An FB friend of mine in Seattle just reacted to that interview:
The lady who interviewed Obama just now is an idiot. The POTUS is making his OWN BEER. The first POTUS since George Washington to make booze, and all she wanted to do was debate his policies and pick at his track record, then the bitch barely sipped the honey ale he poured for her. Ungrateful newslady is ungrateful.
143 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:52:44pm |
re: #140 b_sharp
My grandmother went to the chiro every month for the same problem. That alone says a lot about how effective they aren’t.
Imaginary treatments for imaginary aches and pains.
Or because you had a rear-end auto accident (which is probably 90% of chiro practices).
144 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 1:52:52pm |
re: #119 Justanotherhuman
Wow, she really must have pissed off Ailes when she got fired.
They actually hired her for a smaller role didn’t they…about a year and a half ago?
I think what happened is she screwed up so bad in Iowa at the Steve King Freedom Summit she has now been identified as a liability…and FOX, Ailes and the GOP are sending the big message to her.
Goodbye Sarah, we do not want you any more. Door let the door hit your crazy ass on the way out!
145 | Lidane Feb 1, 2015 1:53:34pm |
re: #128 gwangung
Bonus points for multiple toppings.
What kind of heathen do you take me for? I think this pizza has every kind of processed meat and cheese on the planet.
My Super Bowl meal will be profoundly unhealthy. It’s the American way.
146 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 1:54:58pm |
re: #31 Backwoods_Sleuth
Something I’ve noticed within the past year or so, some of my FB friends who have in the past claimed that their children are autistic because of vaccines have changed the terminology in light of Dr Wakefield’s research being debunked.
The new term is “vaccine injured” instead of “autism”.O_o
re: #46 ObserverArt
And so what the hell do they mean by that? I’m sure there is some AMA definition that everyone can use.
And how they hell do you go from “my kid is autistic” to “vaccine injured” any way? If your kid wasn’t autistic then you were flat outlying about that Ms. Munchausen, or you are the ‘sick’ one.
It wouldn’t surprise me if there was some sort of money/legal angle going on.
147 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 1:55:15pm |
re: #134 b_sharp
We now have a lonely cat on our hands who demands attention every two minutes and I’m too big a softy to tell him to get lost.
awww {virtual head scritch for the sharp_cat}
148 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 1:56:05pm |
re: #51 Justanotherhuman
Well, cocaine is a “natural” product (like pot), according to them, but of course they totally ignore the mfg process and cutting agents just so they can get high.
There’s a big difference between chewing coca leaves in high altitudes because you need the extra energy to get up and down mountains while working, and putting something like a mfg’d and cut product sold on the street up your nose just to get high.
GMTA…
149 | Timothy Watson Feb 1, 2015 1:57:35pm |
re: #144 ObserverArt
They actually hired for a smaller role didn’t they…about a year and a half ago?
I think what happened is she screwed up so bad in Iowa at the Steve King Freedom Summit she has now been identified as a liability…and FOX, Ailes and the GOP are sending the big message to her.
Goodbye Sarah, we do not want you any more. Door let the door hit your crazy ass on the way out!
Palin pissed off Ailes by giving her 2008 announcement that she wouldn’t be running on Glenn Beck’s radio program instead of FNC. Ailes was quoted third-hand in a paper saying the they only reason she was given a contract was so she would make the announcement on FNC, and instead, she went on Glenn Beck’s radio program and did it there.
After that, he didn’t renew her contract at first and then gave her a reduced one finally.
150 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 1:58:47pm |
re: #144 ObserverArt
They actually hired for a smaller role didn’t they…about a year and a half ago?
I think what happened is she screwed up so bad in Iowa at the Steve King Freedom Summit she has now been identified as a liability…and FOX, Ailes and the GOP are sending the big message to her.
Goodbye Sarah, we do not want you any more. Door let the door hit your crazy ass on the way out!
I really can’t remember the date, except at the last I think she was relegated to Fox Business News as a sort of commentator, iirc. He probably allowed her contract to run out, but from what I read at the time, it appeared she wanted more control and he wasn’t about to give it to her.
151 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 1:59:15pm |
re: #56 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of them in particular is a medical professional and has been “chelating” her kids (google “chelation therapy”—yikes!), loads them with all sorts of natural supplements (she got pissed off when the school refused to let her kids eat the huge handful of supplements during the school day), and soaks their medications to remove the colored hard coating on the pills.
re: #57 Justanotherhuman
Oh, for chrissakes. What kind of “medical professional”, I wonder? A Rolfing masseuse?
I’m guessing “chiropractor”.
152 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 2:01:09pm |
re: #151 TedStriker
I’m guessing “chiropractor”.
Isn’t it a stretch to call a Chiro a medical professional?
153 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 2:01:38pm |
re: #149 Timothy Watson
Palin pissed off Ailes by giving her 2008 announcement that she wouldn’t be running on Glenn Beck’s radio program instead of FNC. Ailes was quoted third-hand in a paper saying the they only reason she was given a contract was so she would make the announcement on FNC, and instead, she went on Glenn Beck’s radio program and did it there.
After that, he didn’t renew her contract at first and then gave her a reduced one finally.
Actually Mark Steyn’s radio show. iirc
154 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 2:02:30pm |
re: #149 Timothy Watson
Palin pissed off Ailes by giving her 2008 announcement that she wouldn’t be running on Glenn Beck’s radio program instead of FNC. Ailes was quoted third-hand in a paper saying the they only reason she was given a contract was so she would make the announcement on FNC, and instead, she went on Glenn Beck’s radio program and did it there.
After that, he didn’t renew her contract at first and then gave her a reduced one finally.
Yeah, that is how it went down. Now it looks like The Lord High Roger Ailes has nothing to do with her.
She will now further turn on them. It started with the interview with her ‘pal’ Sean Hannity where she started to cry about FOX and Bill O’Really.
Gonna need even more popcorn.
155 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:02:37pm |
re: #152 b_sharp
Isn’t it a stretch to call a Chiro a medical professional?
Even “health professional” is pushing it.
156 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 1, 2015 2:04:07pm |
Palin has outlived her usefulness. So Fox will sacrifice her and pretend that is a sign of moderation.
157 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 2:04:50pm |
re: #140 b_sharp
My grandmother went to the chiro every month for the same problem. That alone says a lot about how effective they aren’t.
MrBWS goes to his chiro every Saturday that he can when he is home.
They want him to come in at least three times a week; fortunately, that is not gonna happen.
158 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 1, 2015 2:04:58pm |
159 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:05:37pm |
I’m so amazed that Pres Obama can keep his cool and sense of humor no matter who interviews him.
160 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:06:21pm |
re: #156 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Palin has outlived her usefulness. So Fox will sacrifice her and pretend that is a sign of moderation.
But that’s OK. I love to see the RW cannibalizing their own.
161 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 2:07:09pm |
re: #159 Justanotherhuman
I’m so amazed that Pres Obama can keep his cool and sense of humor no matter who interviews him.
I couldn’t do it.
162 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 2:13:11pm |
re: #159 Justanotherhuman
I’m so amazed that Pres Obama can keep his cool and sense of humor no matter who interviews him.
I used to like to watch the Today show. Anymore the show is more about the cast than anything else. I happened to have it on Friday and they did a segment on how they filmed a commercial for the Today show for the Super Bowl. 5 minutes of them walking the streets of New York and taking selfies with people on the street as camera crews followed them.
Who the hell cares! Where is the news and informative segments you used to be known for?
Oh that’s right…replaced by the 8 30 second commercial you run every 10 minutes in between something about Matt, Savanah, Natalie, Al…etc,
Blah!
163 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 2:14:27pm |
This is the worst anti-vaxxer Tweet you will see all day.
Not embedding because WTF
164 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 1, 2015 2:15:55pm |
Anti-vaxxers are a menace to any civilized society, so, as far as I’m concerned, some legal discrimination is called for. E.g. limitations on entering “health-sensitive” public places and so on.
165 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 1, 2015 2:18:37pm |
re: #160 Justanotherhuman
But that’s OK. I love to see the RW cannibalizing their own.
But that ‘snot what’s happening. If it were some sort of doctrinal division it would be nice, but they’re just casting her off.
166 | SteveMcGaziBolaGate Feb 1, 2015 2:20:16pm |
re: #164 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Anti-vaxxers are a menace to any civilized society, so, as far as I’m concerned, some legal discrimination is called for. E.g. limitations on entering “health-sensitive” public places and so on.
Quit your bitching. Get something moving:
167 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 2:21:49pm |
Good luck, Knowledge Runners. Timeshift your entertainment, keep your blinders on, and #TrustNoOne. #lastman
— Andrew Bolte (@albolte) February 1, 2015
168 | retired cynic Feb 1, 2015 2:26:09pm |
You all must know some pretty unprofessional chiropractors. I go to a very good one, who really trains hard and keeps up to date, and has helped me tremendously. I only go when I need it, which is every couple of months, usually after a fall or something. She X-rays new patients, or a previous patient after an accident. Keeps meticulous records. Doesn’t push weird treatments on anyone. I consider her a serious health professional.
169 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 1, 2015 2:27:18pm |
re: #163 The Vicious Babushka
This is the worst anti-vaxxer Tweet you will see all day.
Not embedding because WTF
“#GoldOutofHiding” A gold bug? Imagine my surprise. Probably thinks the Federal Reserve blew up the World Trade Center too.
170 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 2:30:20pm |
re: #90 klystron
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I’m not given to violence, but I’d love to give this asshole the “bunk party” treatment from Full Metal Jacket.
171 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 2:31:22pm |
re: #103 Justanotherhuman
And that narcissist is really projecting a lot on his kid, too, poor little thing.
I hope his kid grows up to hate his ass.
172 | TedStriker Feb 1, 2015 2:31:58pm |
re: #107 aagcobb
BTW, Mike Huckabee can’t be a homophobe because he has homosexual friends.//
Like he has “black friends”, I’m sure…
173 | ObserverArt Feb 1, 2015 2:33:57pm |
Later Lizardtypes. Gonna go to a friend’s for some Super Partying, good conversation, tunes and a little of that football stuff. I hope to miss halftime.
174 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 2:34:36pm |
re: #168 retired cynic
You all must know some pretty unprofessional chiropractors. I go to a very good one, who really trains hard and keeps up to date, and has helped me tremendously. I only go when I need it, which is every couple of months, usually after a fall or something. She X-rays new patients, or a previous patient after an accident. Keeps meticulous records. Doesn’t push weird treatments on anyone. I consider her a serious health professional.
The basis for chiros is a pseudoscience. You can get similar help from a masseuse without all the energy flow mumbo jumbo.
No matter how hard or mindful the training, if you’re training in something not rooted in rigorous understanding of modern science, you’re learning the wrong things.
175 | b_sharp Feb 1, 2015 2:35:23pm |
Damn, Remmy sure is missing Jack.
We may have to get a cat for our cat.
176 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:37:57pm |
re: #171 TedStriker
I hope his kid grows up to hate his ass.
The kid might hate him, but he won’t probably won’t forego his trust fund.
Cardiologists (invasive) are the second highest paid drs, after ortho surgeons.
Pediatricians are the lowest paid in a rank of 22.
177 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 2:45:21pm |
178 | Charles Johnson Feb 1, 2015 2:46:53pm |
This is how Chuck responds when someone points out that Mexico has no measles because almost all children are vaccinated:
@dianabill lol— Charles C. Johnson (@ChuckCJohnson) February 1, 2015
179 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:49:26pm |
re: #174 b_sharp
The basis for chiros is a pseudoscience. You can get similar help from a masseuse without all the energy flow mumbo jumbo.
No matter how hard or mindful the training, if you’re training in something not rooted in rigorous understanding of modern science, you’re learning the wrong things.
Do any of them realize “vertebral subluxation” is a made-up, non-scientific theory? If your spine were really “out of alignment”, you’d probably have scoliosis or some other orthopedic situation. The “Palmer method” is the basis of what they say is a biomechanical spinal segment which is fixated and alters neurological function and the invented “cures” for this, such as electric currents and “spinal adjustments” are just so much snake oil, IMHOI.
180 | BeachDem Feb 1, 2015 2:49:49pm |
Just about ready for my Superbowl party—so exhausted, I wish I had time for a nap before everybody gets here, but no.
181 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:50:36pm |
re: #180 BeachDem
Just about ready for my Superbowl party—so exhausted, I wish I had time for a nap before everybody gets here, but no.
With any luck, you’ll nod off? : )
182 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 2:51:32pm |
Actually Mark Steyn’s radio show. iirc
Mark Levin’s radio show on October 5, 2012.
non-wingnut link:
cbsnews.com
183 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:51:46pm |
re: #178 Charles Johnson
This is how Chuck responds when someone points out that Mexico has no measles because almost all children are vaccinated:
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They really, really, really want to blame it on the “illegals”, don’t they?
Assholes.
184 | #FergusonFireside Feb 1, 2015 2:52:22pm |
re: #180 BeachDem
Just about ready for my Superbowl party—so exhausted, I wish I had time for a nap before everybody gets here, but no.
Enjoy the clam dip! I’ve been thinking about it since you typed the words!
185 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:55:00pm |
Oh noes! Not the Red Ranger!
FORMER POWER RANGER FATALLY STABBED ROOMMATE WITH SWORD IN GREEN VALLEY
PALMDALE, Calif. (KABC) — Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have arrested Ricardo Medina, Jr., who is best known for his role as the red Power Ranger, in connection with fatally stabbing his roommate with a sword in their Green Valley home.
“Medina, 36, was booked for murder at Palmdale Sheriff’s Station. He was being held in lieu of $1 million.
(snip)
“Sheriff’s deputies said Medina got into an argument that turned into a physical fight with his roommate Joshua Sutter, 36. Sutter allegedly followed Medina and his girlfriend into their room by forcing the door open. Medina then stabbed Sutter in the abdomen with a sword kept next to the bedroom door.” More
186 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 2:55:02pm |
re: #183 Justanotherhuman
They really, really, really want to blame it on the “illegals”, don’t they?
Assholes.
Not “want to” they totally do
Never mind that Disney admission is $200
All of the sudn we hv a #measles outbrek. Could it b #illegals that we alowd 2 just wlk acros border? Wat R we in stor 4 nxt? #tcot #PJNET— Right America (@agerulis) February 1, 2015
Perhaps we can let another 300,000 ILLEGALS INTO THE COUNTRY ? http://t.co/Zca9n0EoW0— KenMatthews (@KenMatthews) February 1, 2015
notice how no ones talking about the disease issues like measles in Disney? is it because illegals who have never been immunized for— Stone Cold Chik (@StoneColdChik) February 1, 2015
@drdavidsamadi @kyleraccio I know why we have measles in this country: ILLEGALS/#amnesty.— politicallyincorrect (@McCarthyKnew) February 1, 2015
187 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 2:56:05pm |
re: #166 SteveMcGaziBolaGate
Quit your bitching. Get something moving:
Totally uncalled for.
TOTALLY.
188 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 2:58:42pm |
re: #186 The Vicious Babushka
Not “want to” they totally do
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Wowser. I think it only cost $10 to get in there in 1962. Seems like a century ago, not a half century. : )
189 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 2:59:25pm |
Has anyone here ended up deleting anti-vaxxer nutjobs from their Facebook accounts? I’m tempted to get back on and do a call out status on the anti-vaxxers to weed them out.
190 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 3:00:55pm |
re: #189 electrotek
Has anyone here ended up deleting anti-vaxxer nutjobs from their Facebook accounts? I’m tempted to get back on and do a call out status on the anti-vaxxers to weed them out.
I don’t do Fakebook. : )
191 | First As Tragedy, Then As Farce Feb 1, 2015 3:01:09pm |
OK, so… hypothetically:
Let’s say you’re in your early 40s and all the family members you grew up with are dead or otherwise unavailable for supplying information. You don’t have any idea about whether you’ve ever been vaccinated against $DISEASE or not.
1) how would one find out?
2) is it safe to assume that if you’ve made it 40 years without contracting measles, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis. and tetanus that you can pretty much stop worrying about those things and move on to awaiting your inevitable death from heart disease or cancer? Or does it still make sense at this late state to get those vaccinations?
192 | electrotek Feb 1, 2015 3:02:08pm |
re: #190 Justanotherhuman
I don’t do Fakebook. : )
Lucky indeed. I thought about deleting my Facebook account but honestly, I’ve had it for 10 years now (yes back when it was only open to college students exclusively, or anyone with an .edu address lol). I have a lot of stuff on there that I’m hesitant to abandon, namely photos and posts from 2005 onward.
193 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 3:02:10pm |
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
there’s a titers blood test for measles immunity, might be the same for others.
194 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 1, 2015 3:02:26pm |
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
OK, so… hypothetically:
Let’s say you’re in your early 40s and all the family members you grew up with are dead or otherwise unavailable for supplying information. You don’t have any idea about whether you’ve ever been vaccinated against $DISEASE or not.
1) how would one find out?
2) is it safe to assume that if you’ve made it 40 years without contracting measles, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis. and tetanus that you can pretty much stop worrying about those things and move on to awaiting your inevitable death from heart disease or cancer? Or does it still make sense at this late state to get those vaccinations?
I think so, those diseases might not be fatal on their own, but they could be if they hit you in weakened old in combination with another condition.
195 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 3:02:52pm |
Apparently HIV/AIDS denialism is a thing and one of the newer hatchlings wanted to bring this to our attention.
196 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 3:04:08pm |
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
OK, so… hypothetically:
Let’s say you’re in your early 40s and all the family members you grew up with are dead or otherwise unavailable for supplying information. You don’t have any idea about whether you’ve ever been vaccinated against $DISEASE or not.
1) how would one find out?
2) is it safe to assume that if you’ve made it 40 years without contracting measles, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis. and tetanus that you can pretty much stop worrying about those things and move on to awaiting your inevitable death from heart disease or cancer? Or does it still make sense at this late state to get those vaccinations?
Tetanus and pertussis should be updated every 5-10 years or so and it is important to do those at a minimum because infants especially are vulnerable to pertussis.
Plus dying by tetanus is very unpleasant.
197 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 3:07:09pm |
re: #195 klystron
Apparently HIV/AIDS denialism is a thing and one of the newer hatchlings wanted to bring this to our attention.
there’s another hatchling over there…brand new and still silent…
198 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 3:07:26pm |
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
OK, so… hypothetically:
Let’s say you’re in your early 40s and all the family members you grew up with are dead or otherwise unavailable for supplying information. You don’t have any idea about whether you’ve ever been vaccinated against $DISEASE or not.
1) how would one find out?
2) is it safe to assume that if you’ve made it 40 years without contracting measles, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis. and tetanus that you can pretty much stop worrying about those things and move on to awaiting your inevitable death from heart disease or cancer? Or does it still make sense at this late state to get those vaccinations?
One of my earliest memories is lining up in the school gym for a polio shot. The girl next door, who was 5 years older than me, had a shriveled leg from polio.
199 | Belafon Feb 1, 2015 3:08:00pm |
Here’s a great link about vaccination rates for measles throughout the world: data.worldbank.org.
200 | The Vicious Babushka Feb 1, 2015 3:08:57pm |
re: #196 klystron
Tetanus and pertussis should be updated every 5-10 years or so and it is important to do those at a minimum because infants especially are vulnerable to pertussis.
Plus dying by tetanus is very unpleasant.
Many people who vaccinate their kids as infants and toddlers do not realize that a booster shot is required for teens.
How many high schools require a booster shot for all incoming freshmen?
201 | Shiplord Kirel Feb 1, 2015 3:09:21pm |
re: #183 Justanotherhuman
They really, really, really want to blame it on the “illegals”, don’t they?
Assholes.
Ignorant jingoism seems to be a constant of history, no matter how often reality gives a hard lesson to the contrary.
It is an absolute disgrace, for example, that Japanese capabilities came as such a shock in December of 1941. People like Claire Chennault had been sending accurate and detailed reports from China for several years. They were almost completely ignored, though, since “everyone knew” the Japanese could only produce poor copies of western technology and all their pilots were near-sighted anyway.
202 | blueraven Feb 1, 2015 3:10:14pm |
re: #191 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
OK, so… hypothetically:
Let’s say you’re in your early 40s and all the family members you grew up with are dead or otherwise unavailable for supplying information. You don’t have any idea about whether you’ve ever been vaccinated against $DISEASE or not.
1) how would one find out?
2) is it safe to assume that if you’ve made it 40 years without contracting measles, mumps, diphtheria, pertussis. and tetanus that you can pretty much stop worrying about those things and move on to awaiting your inevitable death from heart disease or cancer? Or does it still make sense at this late state to get those vaccinations?
A little info here on how to find out.
If one is around 40, they should have been vaccinated for the following:
U.S. residents born between 1971 and 1989
were recommended to receive the following childhood vaccines:
DTP (diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis)
Polio (oral live attenuated poliovirus vaccine)
MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)
203 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 3:10:47pm |
re: #200 The Vicious Babushka
Many people who vaccinate their kids as infants and toddlers do not realize that a booster shot is required for teens.
How many high schools require a booster shot for all incoming freshmen?
I don’t know if mine did or not.
I got my first booster after a dog bite and my second a few years back. Probably coming up on time for the next one.
204 | BillinGlendaleCA Feb 1, 2015 3:12:59pm |
re: #188 Justanotherhuman
Yes, but you had to get more ticket books to get more “E Tickets”. That drove up the price quite a bit. I still think I’ve got some A and B tickets.
205 | retired cynic Feb 1, 2015 3:14:07pm |
for 174 and 179: I have tried to respond, but the system won’t take my comments. Says they are duplicates. Anyway, I am not trying to get into a fight with anyone. Just that I disagree from my own personal experience with massage therapists and chiropractors (and I was raised to think they were quacks). YYMV. I won’t post on this again.
206 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 3:17:26pm |
re: #198 The Vicious Babushka
One of my earliest memories is lining up in the school gym for a polio shot. The girl next door, who was 5 years older than me, had a shriveled leg from polio.
Gawd, the sight of an iron lung when I was a kid instilled abject fear in me.
207 | prairiefire Feb 1, 2015 3:23:11pm |
Miss Idina nailed the national anthem. I’m all misty eyed.
208 | Feline Fearless Leader Feb 1, 2015 3:23:25pm |
Dear sporting events organizers -
Get someone to sing the anthem who follows a tempo so that the attendees have the option to sing the lyrics as well. It’s not a performance - it’s honoring the nation and its citizens.
I’d rather has someone’s aunt sing it than trotting out some Tony Award winner who wanders the tempo and seemingly stretches various lyrics at random.
(/rant)
209 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 3:23:57pm |
I like the juxtaposition of two very different opinions on the national anthem.
210 | Wendell Zurkowitz (slave to the waffle light) Feb 1, 2015 3:24:20pm |
Ve are vatchingk ze Super Bowl on German TV!!!
211 | klys (maker of Silmarils) Feb 1, 2015 3:24:43pm |
Oh hey. I should probably leave for the airport in half an hour or so.
212 | RealityBasedSteve Feb 1, 2015 3:26:28pm |
re: #207 prairiefire
Miss Idina nailed the national anthem. I’m all misty eyed.
I think it was better than Rosanna Barr’s, but that’s it. Give me Robert Merrell, or the best living substitute we’ve got. There is a published tune, I can accept some small amount of personalization, but it’s the national anthem, not freaking “Wind Beneath My Wings”. Do it right, or don’t do it. Period.
RBS
213 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 3:27:22pm |
re: #206 Justanotherhuman
Gawd, the sight of an iron lung when I was a kid instilled abject fear in me.
They are still here.
214 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 3:27:54pm |
@JimCantore almost 8 inches in Belleville, MI and it's continuing to snow steadily. I think will get over a foot. pic.twitter.com/7s6qJq7Q4W
— Brian Duffourc (@bduff30) February 1, 2015
215 | Charles Johnson Feb 1, 2015 3:27:54pm |
Your evidence for denying Mexico's 99% vaccination rate is - you've gone there? LOL. What a clown. @ChuckCJohnson @LonnieMask @dianabill— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 1, 2015
216 | b.d. Feb 1, 2015 3:29:24pm |
I guess the last time a red state was represented in the Super Bowl was when the Saints were in it?
Why do republicans suck at teh pro football?
217 | Justanotherhuman Feb 1, 2015 3:29:57pm |
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
They are still here.
But we were all scared stiff back in the 40s and 50s since the news always had reports of new cases and showed them on TV, and I had “growing pains” in my legs that hurt like hell when I was in elementary school.
218 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 1, 2015 3:30:06pm |
There’s a very simple test.
219 | Belafon Feb 1, 2015 3:31:41pm |
re: #212 RealityBasedSteve
When I was in band, we bent notes all the time different from the note designation to make the song sound better. It’s music, not a computer program.
220 | Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD Feb 1, 2015 3:32:57pm |
re: #218 Prof. Backpfeifengesicht, PhD
Huw Christie (Huw Christie Harry Williams) was an editor of Continuum, a long-running AIDS denialist newsletter from the UK that folded when all the editors died. Huw Christie developed Kaposi’s sarcoma and died in August of 2001. He was 41.
221 | Backwoods_Sleuth Feb 1, 2015 3:32:57pm |
re: #217 Justanotherhuman
But we were all scared stiff back in the 40s and 50s since the news always had reports of new cases and showed them on TV, and I had “growing pains” in my legs that hurt like hell when I was in elementary school.
The few still here have been in those iron lungs all these many decades.
222 | OhNoZombies! Feb 1, 2015 3:41:38pm |
re: #207 prairiefire
Miss Idina nailed the national anthem. I’m all misty eyed.
She did a great job, I agree.
Still, I can’t help comparing everyone’s rendition to Whitney Houston’s.
National Anthem
Every time she sang it.
223 | prairiefire Feb 1, 2015 3:58:04pm |
re: #222 OhNoZombies!
Did you hear about Bobbi Christina? Pretty sad stuff, I’m afraid.
224 | Jocko's Rocket Ship Feb 1, 2015 9:40:51pm |
The first snow wave overnight here in the city (Chicago) was super wet and heavy. Tough shoveling and just walking. The next wave was lighter, but with nasty winds. I figure we got 18” total. But made to and from wicker park to rogers park in normal time or better via bus/El. I love public transportation every day, but today even more so.
225 | nkdee Feb 2, 2015 3:47:40am |
re: #10 lawhawk
The shingles vac won’t necessarily keep you from getting them. It will, however, make them less serious. I had shingles a couple years ago. A friend thought I might have them so I went to the doc. He asked if I had chicken pox as a child but I didn’t know. He looked at the rash and said, “The answer is yes, you have had chicken pox…now you have shingles.” Fortunately they were not serious and I went to the doc before they got too bad. VERY painful, though. I got the3 vac as soon as possible.