Sunday, October 4, 2009
Life Just When I Start Feeling Sorry For Myself Again
Posted by Dan Savage on Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 4:46 PM
So how was your weekend? Mine blew chunks. First, Friday afternoon I come down with some fucking head cold. "IT'S NOT SWINE FLU," my boyfriend tells me every time I ask, BUT HOW WOULD HE KNOW? He's not qualified to rule out swine flu. He's not a doctor, you know, even if he does play one during certain role-play scenarios that I'm not allowed to write about, per his you-can't-write-about-our-sex-life fatwa. (He's actually not into medical role-play scenes; I only tossed that out there to throw snoopers off the scent. He's an adult baby.)
Okay. By yesterday afternoon I thought I was feeling well-ish enough-ish to get out of bed-ish and go see Zombieland with my son—his first R-rated movie, my first zombie flick since Sean of the Dead—but I was wrong. Modern zombie movies are loud and pounding headaches are fickle. You think it's nearly gone and then it comes roaring back when you trust your skull to the magic that is Dolby Surround Pound Whatever. (So how did that loud R-rated zombie flick work out for the kid? I'm pleased you asked: Zombieland wasn't all that violent, except for that scene where the zombie clown is dispatched with a sledge-hammer blow to the head. I empathized with the zombie clown. No sex, no boobies, thoroughly cartoonish gore. Zombieland wasn't a problem—the preview for Saw XXXXVIII, on the other hand, was extremely problematic.)
Came home from Zombieland, crawled back in bed, and only just got up to discover that... it's beautiful outside. And I'm too ill to go outside and enjoy it. Sick in the head, sick in the stomach—which is interfering with the work I brought home with me this weekend: writing up the short synopses for HUMP! 5 films, which requires me to watch some of these videos again... which are stacked up next to the bed... but I'm not in right place—I'm already nauseous—to watch HUMP! films or write up HUMP! films.
So I decide to read the paper, which the boyfriend left outside the bedroom door before taking off to enjoy the day with the kid. And I feel all miserable and dehydrated and hotzone and I'm feeling really sorry for myself and then I read this:
Stephanie Smith, a children’s dance instructor, thought she had a stomach virus. The aches and cramping were tolerable that first day, and she finished her classes. Then her diarrhea turned bloody. Her kidneys shut down. Seizures knocked her unconscious. The convulsions grew so relentless that doctors had to put her in a coma for nine weeks. When she emerged, she could no longer walk. The affliction had ravaged her nervous system and left her paralyzed.
What was wrong with Ms. Smith? She ate a hamburger.
The frozen hamburgers that the Smiths ate, which were made by the food giant Cargill, were labeled “American Chef’s Selection Angus Beef Patties.” Yet confidential grinding logs and other Cargill records show that the hamburgers were made from a mix of slaughterhouse trimmings and a mash-like product derived from scraps that were ground together at a plant in Wisconsin. The ingredients came from slaughterhouses in Nebraska, Texas and Uruguay, and from a South Dakota company that processes fatty trimmings and treats them with ammonia to kill bacteria.
And those scraps and ammonia-soaked mash are supposed to be tested for E. coli contamination... but aren't. Because some slaughterhouses won't sell meat to grinders that test for E. coli. And that's not illegal because the U.S. Department of Agriculture "allows grinders to devise their own safety plans." Sounds like a plan. And meat processors don't want to test for E. coli because, if it's found, that could trigger a recall. So lots of ground beef is only tested for fecal contamination when it reaches the mouths of American consumers: if someone gets sick, and if the illness can be traced back to a hamburger, then we'll do the recall.
Anyway. I'm glad I don't eat ground beef... very often. And I'm glad my kid doesn't... very often. And I'm no longer feeling sorry for myself, but rather feeling sorry for Ms. Smith.
And you know what? If we're not gonna have universal health care then we need an uncontaminated food supply. If we're going to have a contaminated food supply, then we need universal health care. But no health care and a contaminated food supply really seems like a bad plan. But I'm all hopped up on Theraflu, so... what do I know?
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This is why hamburger must be cooked "well done". Otherwise you mind as well go lick a slaughterhouse floor.
Hope you feel better, Dan. Don't worry, it's probably not E.coli.
Hope you feel better, Dan. Don't worry, it's probably not E.coli.
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Get your meat from a butcher. Someone who grinds their own stuff and has their rep on the line if people start getting sick. The one by us is competitively priced with the supermarkets, and you can see them make the hamburger. From meat. Hell, they'll even make it to order if you're really picky.
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That Saw trailer wasn't the worst in the leave-you-nauseous trailers before Zombieland. That goes to the descending bass-to-subbass drone, repeated throughout the entirety of the 2012 preview. Egads.
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Dan, please do everything you can to keep this story alive because it is very, very important. The point you make about having a contaminated food supply and lacking universal healthcare is crucial to the argument. I know you have a lot of causes on your plate and probably don't want to be an activist on the contaminated meat issue as well, but you have a powerful voice to lend to something life-threatening here and I hope you will use it ... Thank you!!
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I saw this on the front page this morning and was floored. We ate ground beef all the time growing up, but now we buy it once in a blue moon--and then it's from a supplier at our farmers' market. I just don't understand how it's okay to feed shit (honest-to-goodness shit!) to people. And the big companies don't care. Gah. Ammonia-soaked mash? No thank you.
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That disease thing only hits one in six million. This beach house I got is one in a million, and will be a really nice complement to my other two beach houses, and my two chalets. A guy can't work all the time.
I mean, she's got insurance, right? Don't all poor people have insurance? It's called medicare or something. My grandma had it.
I mean, she's got insurance, right? Don't all poor people have insurance? It's called medicare or something. My grandma had it.
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I sympathize w/ you, Mr Savage. I have had the same symptoms for the last 3 weeks, out here in the Los Angeles. You think you're over it, but no... It is flu-like, because the achy foam-filled head effect and accompanying nausea ebbs and recedes. Expect aching joints & muscles.
(And then comes the urge to make squealing noises and fly...)
(And then comes the urge to make squealing noises and fly...)
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any food shipped around the country can get you sick not just the ground beef! think about the recent spells of salmonella from spinach, tomatoes, etc. so fuck your tainted meat can kill you argument, any tainted food can kill you. (your arterial clogging meat can kill you is a better argument. :) )
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1. It's middle age that's got you noticing how loud the zombie film is. I have the same experience when stopping into a Univ. District cafe or eatery run by young'uns: the music is very loud. They probably turn the volume up as a fogey repellent.
2. You can probably get safer ground beef from local ranchers. As suggested in earlier comments, look at a farmer's market, or go to a butcher shop, or order from an in-state rancher who makes monthly deliveries to local buying clubs (e.g. Thundering Hooves).
3. Bill Marler, a lawyer who has a food poisoning/food safety blog, agrees with you about universal healthcare and safe food:
http://www.marlerblog.com/2009/09/articl…
2. You can probably get safer ground beef from local ranchers. As suggested in earlier comments, look at a farmer's market, or go to a butcher shop, or order from an in-state rancher who makes monthly deliveries to local buying clubs (e.g. Thundering Hooves).
3. Bill Marler, a lawyer who has a food poisoning/food safety blog, agrees with you about universal healthcare and safe food:
http://www.marlerblog.com/2009/09/articl…
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I rode my bike up Kent-Kangley and continued on to Four Corners shopping mall just north of Black Diamond.
A great day for biking, crisp like a New York autumn. Along the way a beautiful woman smiled at me...she was picking berries by the roadside.
Had a simple meal at a Chinese restaurant and then headed back.
Then the fun began because what was a slow elevated climb turned into miles of steady downhill -- and the westbound side of the road had wide sidewalks and margins so I could relax and fly with the cars.
Had a flat, but changed it quickly and was back on my way up to 256th from Covington, around the new traffic circle (I love those things) and then up and down some more before gliding to my apartment complex...
After pulling into the driveway I saw a bunch of 2 to 6 year olds, on tiny bicycles daisy chaining together around the parking lot.
Smiles all around!
A great day for biking, crisp like a New York autumn. Along the way a beautiful woman smiled at me...she was picking berries by the roadside.
Had a simple meal at a Chinese restaurant and then headed back.
Then the fun began because what was a slow elevated climb turned into miles of steady downhill -- and the westbound side of the road had wide sidewalks and margins so I could relax and fly with the cars.
Had a flat, but changed it quickly and was back on my way up to 256th from Covington, around the new traffic circle (I love those things) and then up and down some more before gliding to my apartment complex...
After pulling into the driveway I saw a bunch of 2 to 6 year olds, on tiny bicycles daisy chaining together around the parking lot.
Smiles all around!
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One can dispatch a zombie with a sledgehammer to the head? I must see this movie to glean other useful Zombie dispatch tips.
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The good news in that article was that Costco tests its meat BEFORE grinding, so it's considerably more likely to be safe.
Costco is a good organization. Living wage for all employees; strict 15% profit margin; safe, fairly decent food -- it's time to start shopping there, I guess.
(Actually, I'm Canadian. I have no idea what the state of the beef industry is, but I've got a hospital a few blocks away and my health card is up to date.)
Costco is a good organization. Living wage for all employees; strict 15% profit margin; safe, fairly decent food -- it's time to start shopping there, I guess.
(Actually, I'm Canadian. I have no idea what the state of the beef industry is, but I've got a hospital a few blocks away and my health card is up to date.)
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Another wonderful legacy of eight years of Texas-style crony capitalism: Virtually non-existent food safety laws. Enjoy your tainted meat, citizen! And remember, casting aspersions on the safety of beef is a crime!
Just wait until the epidemic of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease takes the country by 'surprise.' We'll be hearing a lot about how nobody saw that coming.
Just wait until the epidemic of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease takes the country by 'surprise.' We'll be hearing a lot about how nobody saw that coming.
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Several people I know have gotten the swine flu and found that it's not even as bad as the regular flu. Unless you have respiratory conditions or the like, don't worry about it.
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@19, you can't blame this one on Bush. US Ag rules have ALWAYS been that way, and they always will: Ag is the only department in the government whose official charter is to promote the producers, not protect the public.
Fucking Cargill should be shut down. That might get their attention. Sick people never will.
Fucking Cargill should be shut down. That might get their attention. Sick people never will.
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What @4 said about a local butcher. We have a great one right by our house and price-wise, it's not that bad. Granted, we don't eat alot of meat so we're not going there very often, but still, it was less expensive than I thought it would be.
Also... we discovered ground buffalo meat this summer (from this butcher), and much to my surprise, I really liked it. In terms of hamburgers on the grill, it tastes much, much better than ground beef, at least in my opinion.
Also... we discovered ground buffalo meat this summer (from this butcher), and much to my surprise, I really liked it. In terms of hamburgers on the grill, it tastes much, much better than ground beef, at least in my opinion.
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Yeah, Food safety. And Universal Health care. Both good ideas.
Just don't expect one to save from the lack of the other. I live in Canada. We have universal health care (most of us watch open-mouthed at what's going on south of the border - getting sick is hard enough without mortgaging your home to pay the bills).
But just google "Maple Leaf Foods - Listeriosis" and you'll see that access to medical is secondary - best bet is not to eat contaminated "foods" in the first place.
Just don't expect one to save from the lack of the other. I live in Canada. We have universal health care (most of us watch open-mouthed at what's going on south of the border - getting sick is hard enough without mortgaging your home to pay the bills).
But just google "Maple Leaf Foods - Listeriosis" and you'll see that access to medical is secondary - best bet is not to eat contaminated "foods" in the first place.
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@21, perhaps Fnarf, but budgets for regulatory agencies fell under Bush. And everything, from their non-reaction to BSE outbreaks to their repeated efforts to silence whistle-blowers really took things to a new low, particularly where the beef industry is concerned.
Both parties, sadly, have fallen for a certain amount of "de-regulation is good for business and good for Americans" snake-oil, but the GOP remain its undisputed champions.
Both parties, sadly, have fallen for a certain amount of "de-regulation is good for business and good for Americans" snake-oil, but the GOP remain its undisputed champions.
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Feel better, Dan. I just got over it. Avoid the original Sudafed, I made the mistake and was up for 24 hours pacing the floors.
Read this in the New Your Times, damn depressing.
Read this in the New Your Times, damn depressing.
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Unless you have respiratory conditions or the like, don't worry about it.Unfortunately, I do. =) And I'm in BC, which won't have it's vaccinations together until November despite H1N1 starting to pick up now...
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Hey Dan, that whole not eating burgers 'very often' may not help. It mentions in the article that Stephanie had a mostly vegetarian diet.
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Hang in there Dan. Honestly, though, don't obsess on the ground beef thing. Just always cook it!!!
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As I recall, when people got sick from eating Jack in the Box hamburgers some years ago, some medical person said that there was so much e coli in that meat, cooking it wouldn't kill it all.
Eating hamburger "just sometimes" is like not using a condom "just sometimes."
Eating hamburger "just sometimes" is like not using a condom "just sometimes."
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I'm glad you keep your kid away from the slaughterhouse floor. Please inch away one step more.
Did you hear Dan Choi on the Moth this week?! Holy crap, he made me cry. Bless you and your child.
Did you hear Dan Choi on the Moth this week?! Holy crap, he made me cry. Bless you and your child.
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AIDS is sorta sneaky in the same way that "the wages of sin are death," you paranoid hypochondriac. SLOG, DLOG, livejounal; what's the diff? HEY, LOOK AT ME, I"M DAN CUFKGNI SAVAGE," yo!
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@21 and 24,
Actually you can blame much of the deregulation of the USDA (and OSHA, which regulates worker safety at slaughterhouses, and as it turns out worker safety goes hand in hand with food safety) squarely on Ronald Reagan.
That asshole fucked this country up GOOD.
Actually you can blame much of the deregulation of the USDA (and OSHA, which regulates worker safety at slaughterhouses, and as it turns out worker safety goes hand in hand with food safety) squarely on Ronald Reagan.
That asshole fucked this country up GOOD.
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@4 FTW. Buying from your local butcher isn't just healthier, it's also bound to get you a better quality meat and it's better for the environment - especially if they're an old style butcher who considers it a vocation, as they should, and source their meat personally (i.e. get them directly from the farmers, which cuts down on gas consumption etc. and ensures that the animals aren't kept in battery farm conditions, which also makes the meat taste bad, by the way).
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Dan, you have swine flu. its not bad, I had it 6 weeks ago. its a really, really horrible week, then you are back to normal.
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Think ahead and prevent the next illness. I started taking Vitamin D when I was getting three or four colds a year. There are studies that back this up. Within two months the colds stopped. Now I don't get colds. Seriously. It's been four years! I take 1000 I.U. a day. Get well.
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"I'm already nauseous"
Yes, there are many readers who find you so, not I though, I think you're just peachy!
Get better soon!
Yes, there are many readers who find you so, not I though, I think you're just peachy!
Get better soon!
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You know, there's a reason they invented government oversight in the first place: businesses have shown time and time again that THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED. The idea of self-regulation is blatantly ridiculous. Businesses are perfectly happy with the idea of consumers being harmed, as long as the problem can be paid to go away with minimal loss of profits.
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I'm not gonna be satisfied with anything less than Universal Healthcare AND an Uncontaiminated Food Supply. But of course, I know I'm not gonna get either of those things because it's now "We the Corporations... "
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Seattle LGBT Equality Weekend October 10 – 11, 2009
Seattle OUTProtest has brought together a grassroots coalition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and straight people and organizations to organize a series of solidarity events to coincide with the National March for Equality this October.
March and Rally
Forty years after the Stonewall Rebellion, we march in solidarity with our brothers and sisters and allies in Washington, DC to demand equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states and to show our public support for the Approval of Referendum 71 here in Washington state.
Sunday, October 11
2:00 pm: Volunteer Park, 10th Ave E & E Prospect
5:00 pm: Rally, Federal Courthouse, 7th & Stewart
Thinking Queerly: Community Workshops on LGBT Issues
Community organizers and activists will present a series of workshops on a range of issues affecting the lgbt community including Stonewall and lgbt movement history, homelessness, hate crimes and self defense, lgbt health, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, lgbt legal issues, Gay-Straight Alliances, marriage equality, and more.
Saturday, October 10
9:30 am to 5 pm
Piggot Auditorium, Seattle University
HIV/AIDS Vigil
As the AIDS pandemic nears its fourth decade, we gather to educate and raise awareness about the continued struggles of people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, friends, and support networks as well as to demand all resources and all funding necessary for prevention, treatment, and a cure.
Saturday, October 10
Starting at 6 pm
Seattle Central Community College South Plaza, Broadway & E Pine
Generation Q Mega Mixer
Come mingle and mix with seasoned leaders and activists of the GLBTQ community at the Generation Q Mega Mixer. Young leaders (25 and under please) will have the opportunity to socialize, learn from, and quite possibly have a dance off with some of the community's most inspiring members in a relaxed social environment.
Sunday, October 11
6:30 pm
Sole Repair Shop, 1001 E Pike
Seattle LGBT Equality Weekend March & Rally
http://nationalmarch.seattleoutprotest.o…
Get involved with one of our planning committees! Contact for more time and details:
March/Rally Committee, March@seattleoutprotest.org
Workshops Committee, Workshops@seattleoutprotest.org
Outreach Committee, Outreach@seattleoutprotest.org
Mixer Committee, Mixer@seattleoutprotest.org
HIV/AIDS Vigil Committee, Vigil@seattleoutprotest.org
Biweekly General Organizing Meetings, please contact whitney@seattleoutprotest.org for time and location.
National Equality March: Equality Across America
www.equalityacrossamerica.org
Going to DC? Check in and meet other folks from Washington who are going to DC:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-E…
Approve Referendum 71
Keep the Domestic Partnership Law
More...
Seattle OUTProtest has brought together a grassroots coalition of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and straight people and organizations to organize a series of solidarity events to coincide with the National March for Equality this October.
March and Rally
Forty years after the Stonewall Rebellion, we march in solidarity with our brothers and sisters and allies in Washington, DC to demand equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states and to show our public support for the Approval of Referendum 71 here in Washington state.
Sunday, October 11
2:00 pm: Volunteer Park, 10th Ave E & E Prospect
5:00 pm: Rally, Federal Courthouse, 7th & Stewart
Thinking Queerly: Community Workshops on LGBT Issues
Community organizers and activists will present a series of workshops on a range of issues affecting the lgbt community including Stonewall and lgbt movement history, homelessness, hate crimes and self defense, lgbt health, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, lgbt legal issues, Gay-Straight Alliances, marriage equality, and more.
Saturday, October 10
9:30 am to 5 pm
Piggot Auditorium, Seattle University
HIV/AIDS Vigil
As the AIDS pandemic nears its fourth decade, we gather to educate and raise awareness about the continued struggles of people living with HIV/AIDS and their families, friends, and support networks as well as to demand all resources and all funding necessary for prevention, treatment, and a cure.
Saturday, October 10
Starting at 6 pm
Seattle Central Community College South Plaza, Broadway & E Pine
Generation Q Mega Mixer
Come mingle and mix with seasoned leaders and activists of the GLBTQ community at the Generation Q Mega Mixer. Young leaders (25 and under please) will have the opportunity to socialize, learn from, and quite possibly have a dance off with some of the community's most inspiring members in a relaxed social environment.
Sunday, October 11
6:30 pm
Sole Repair Shop, 1001 E Pike
Seattle LGBT Equality Weekend March & Rally
http://nationalmarch.seattleoutprotest.o…
Get involved with one of our planning committees! Contact for more time and details:
March/Rally Committee, March@seattleoutprotest.org
Workshops Committee, Workshops@seattleoutprotest.org
Outreach Committee, Outreach@seattleoutprotest.org
Mixer Committee, Mixer@seattleoutprotest.org
HIV/AIDS Vigil Committee, Vigil@seattleoutprotest.org
Biweekly General Organizing Meetings, please contact whitney@seattleoutprotest.org for time and location.
National Equality March: Equality Across America
www.equalityacrossamerica.org
Going to DC? Check in and meet other folks from Washington who are going to DC:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/National-E…
Approve Referendum 71
Keep the Domestic Partnership Law
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E. coli?
Did I read E.Coli?!
Is Dan Savage fretting about E FUCKING COLI?!?
This is too funny.
Way.
Does Dan know where E.coli comes from?
Does Dan have the FDA test Terry's dick every time he pulls it out of Dan's Ass?
Does Dan do a Bleach douche before Terry fucks him to kill the E.coli?
Did I read E.Coli?!
Is Dan Savage fretting about E FUCKING COLI?!?
This is too funny.
Way.
Does Dan know where E.coli comes from?
Does Dan have the FDA test Terry's dick every time he pulls it out of Dan's Ass?
Does Dan do a Bleach douche before Terry fucks him to kill the E.coli?
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E.coli lives in your lower intestine, Dan.
It is your friend.
As long as it stays there.
It can cause bad problems, however-
if it gets in your dick.
or in your mouth.
or on your hands.
or under your fingernails.
or on the sheets.
It adapts quickly and develops antibiotic resistant strains.
Be careful.
It is your friend.
As long as it stays there.
It can cause bad problems, however-
if it gets in your dick.
or in your mouth.
or on your hands.
or under your fingernails.
or on the sheets.
It adapts quickly and develops antibiotic resistant strains.
Be careful.
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Dr Dr Golob could tell Dan that each cubic millimetre of Santorum (the amount that would fit on a pinhead) contains 870,000 E.coli.
go ahead- Google it!
of course, Dan does anal sex Right.
No frothy mixture of E.coli laced feces, sperm and lubricant in His bed...
go ahead- Google it!
of course, Dan does anal sex Right.
No frothy mixture of E.coli laced feces, sperm and lubricant in His bed...
52
Don't know if anyone's said it yet, but it's *Shaun* of the Dead. One of the best zombie movies ever, show a little respect! =P
53
Doesn't irradiation kill e-coli in meat? We should be irradiating food, but of course, some people who don't know how things work are afraid it means their food is radioactive.
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Dan, just because others are in a worse lot doesn't mean yours is unworthy of TLC. Get better soon. May Ms. Smith find a better life and a hefty litigation award at the end of this journey.
Balt-O-Matt @7 in The Jungle, sausage included rat poison. That's how we got regulation in the first place.
dearduskyNH @12 Saw is the new Jaws (or the new Friday on Elm Street / 13th Nightmare). They'll keep making them as long as teens keep paying to see them.
Final Destination is becoming a similar franchise, but I don't think they're up to VI. Speaking of which, Dan, it'd be CXVIII.
Sargon Bighorn @17, it depends on the zombies in question. Outbreaks of the living dead may or may not require an intact, operational brain depending on the woo-woo effect that animates them. 28 Days / Left4Dead style zombies are simply rabid humans and can be taken down with anything that will kill the living.
The Zombie Squad survival enthusiast group acknowledges the living in disaster situations are often by far more dangerous than the walking undead.
Balt-O-Matt @7 in The Jungle, sausage included rat poison. That's how we got regulation in the first place.
dearduskyNH @12 Saw is the new Jaws (or the new Friday on Elm Street / 13th Nightmare). They'll keep making them as long as teens keep paying to see them.
Final Destination is becoming a similar franchise, but I don't think they're up to VI. Speaking of which, Dan, it'd be CXVIII.
Sargon Bighorn @17, it depends on the zombies in question. Outbreaks of the living dead may or may not require an intact, operational brain depending on the woo-woo effect that animates them. 28 Days / Left4Dead style zombies are simply rabid humans and can be taken down with anything that will kill the living.
The Zombie Squad survival enthusiast group acknowledges the living in disaster situations are often by far more dangerous than the walking undead.
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@35: you may be a hyper Stranger acolyte, but you're starting to win me over with charm and flattery...maybe I'll just leave you alone.
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Uriel-238 @ 54: You've addressed much of what I planned to add - and more. You are on my short list of Sloggers I hope one day to meet (which is more likely now that I live on the West Coast).
58
Actually, decades without universal health care and with a food supply that's been contaminated since Adam met Eve... and a U.S. population that continues to balloon despite it... is proof that we can probably live with the status quo a good while longer.
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@58
May your three-year-old son or grandson shit himself to death over the course of a week in a hospital and die of kidney failure and dehydration.
Only the strong survive! E coli builds character!
May your three-year-old son or grandson shit himself to death over the course of a week in a hospital and die of kidney failure and dehydration.
Only the strong survive! E coli builds character!
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Dan, you might want your son to lay off of tomatoes, lettuce, and cheese as well--these are included in CSPI's "Top-10 Riskiest FDA-Regulated Foods." (meat is not included in the study, as it is regulated by the USDA). Risk was measured by calculating the number of illness-outbreaks associated with a given food.
Yup, if you're going for that burger, you'd best grind your own meat from a steak or go to Costco (which does test for pathogens).
Yup, if you're going for that burger, you'd best grind your own meat from a steak or go to Costco (which does test for pathogens).
63
Go watch food, inc and you can see this process in the flesh (chemicallly-treated flesh, that is.)
64
I read the article about the contaminated meat, too. It made me resoundingly glad that I am vegan.
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