Moment of transfer from pigs to humans found, along with a cure!
 
 
 
 

 hippiechick wrote: 
Some teachers decided they wanted a vacation and invented the Swine Flu...  It's a conspiracy! 

NY Times   April 29, 2009

Calpers to Oppose Re-election of Bank of America Board

The California Public Employees' Retirement System has announced that it will vote against the re-election of all 18 directors of Bank of America, including its chairman and chief executive, Kenneth D. Lewis, at the bank's annual meeting on Wednesday.

The pension fund, known as Calpers, said it was voting against the bank's board because Mr. Lewis and other directors had failed to disclose the billions of dollars in losses at Merrill Lynch before Bank of America completed its acquisition of the securities firm on Jan. 1.

The fund also argued that the bank's board should be ousted because of the undisclosed payment of billions of dollars in bonuses to Merrill Lynch executives in December before the takeover was completed.

"The entire board failed in its duties to shareowners and should be removed," Rob Feckner, the president of the Calpers board, said in a statement.

Calpers said that Bank of America directors allowed more than $3.6 billion in bonuses to be paid to Merrill Lynch executives and that the payment date was stepped up several months.

It said that if the board was removed, a special election should be called to replace the directors.

Calpers, the nation's largest pension fund, said it owned 22.7 million Bank of America shares, or roughly 0.3 percent of the outstanding common stock.

Bank of America's annual shareholders meeting will be held at its headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

On Monday, Calstrs, the California State Teachers' Retirement System, said it was voting its 23 million shares against Mr. Lewis and the rest of the bank's directors.

A preliminary survey of shareholders by the CtW Investment Group, which represents union pension funds and opposes Mr. Lewis, found that a significant percentage believe he should lose his board seat.

 phineas wrote: 
     

 cc_rider wrote: 

I'd better go home. 

 cc_rider wrote: 
In February, one of the local high schools had something like 250 cases of flu (out of 1100 students) —- no one said anything about a pandemic then.

 hippiechick wrote:  Ah, let the panic begin...

An elementary school in Chicago has been closed down because of a suspected case of the flu

 cc_rider wrote: 
Maybe they could be Insane Clown Posers...

 winter wrote: 
Well, it's not exactly a 'posse', but the Legislature sometimes seems like a bunch of insane clowns...

U.S child dies from Swine Flu

It's spreading like wildfire and although I think most countries
can cope with it I still think it's best to be vigilant.

 

Plane from Mexico held to check 2 ill passengers

April 28, 2009 - 11:37pm

LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Two men who had too much to drink caused 117 passengers on a flight from Mexico to Maryland to wait on board after landing while health authorities checked the two for symptoms of swine flu, officials said Tuesday.


 
      

 winter wrote: 

Brutal

 manbirdexperiment wrote: 
This is disappointing. I really thought he was going to join the Insane Clown Posse.

 manbirdexperiment wrote: 
Yo!

Arlen Specter to join the Wu-Tang Clan

This afternoon Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) announced he is
joining the Wu-Tang Clan, a prominent, loosely organized group
of hardcore rappers that first formed in the early '90s.

At a press conference with all 9 original members, including the
RZA, GZA (pronounced "Rizza" and "Jizza") and Method Man,
a visibly disoriented Specter read from a prepared statement:

"My life had got no better, same damn 'Lo sweater. Times is
rough and tough like leather," said the senior senator of his
29-year membership with the GOP. "I figured out I went the
wrong route. So I got with a sick tight clique and went all out."

Maine panel endorses gay marriages

 romeotuma wrote: 

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Penn.) is becoming a Democrat.

"I have decided to run for re-election in 2010 in the Democratic primary," said Specter in a statement. "I am ready, willing and anxious to take on all comers and have my candidacy for re-election determined in a general election."

"Since my election in 1980, as part of the Reagan Big Tent, the Republican Party has moved far to the right. Last year, more than 200,000 Republicans in Pennsylvania changed their registration to become Democrats. I now find my political philosophy more in line with Democrats than Republicans."

The move will give Democrats a filibuster-proof 60 vote majority in the Senate, presuming Minnesota's Al Franken is eventually seated. However, in his statement Specter said his opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act — widely seen as a defense against a Republican primary challenge — will not change.

Polls had shown that, despite his shift on EFCA, Specter was on his way to losing his seat if he stayed in the GOP. A Rasmussen survey from last Friday had former U.S. Rep. Pat Toomey beating the Senator by 21 points in the primary.

Sources told the AP that an announcement could come later in the day — or Wednesday.

Vice President Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell have urged Specter to switch parties in the past.

President Obama called Specter Tuesday to say Democrats "are thrilled to have you."

 phineas wrote: 
It's 5:54 a.m. here and my day has begun with this image in my mind.

 Rod wrote: 
I didn't get the details either — I refuse to leave the shower and my rubbing alcohol sponge bath.