[Dallas59]

University of Medicine and Dentistry

I hate going to the Dentist.

[Calpernia]

Link from this morning:

Three Plagued Mice

[RexBeach]

"I hate those meeses to pieces!"

[PBRSTREETGANG]

This is silly...bubonic plague can't survive in New Jersey.

[el_texicano]

You'll probably find two of these rats on the floor of the US Senate. They're names are Corzine and "Frank the Lout". They are terminally infected with a highly contagious and vicious disease called "socialism/liberalism". And worse, there is no known cure. They are a scourge where ever they go.

Wha..What's that you say? They are mice, not rats? Oh well, never mind then.

[baker_girl]

Okay let me get this straight.

We actually trust these people to conduct bioterrorism research for the federal government.

[jess35]

If the security in that lab is so lax that 3 mice infected with the plague could just "disappear", a criminal investigation needs to be launched and the facility needs have their ability to conduct such research suspended indefinitely.

[little jeremiah]

FYI.

Good morning, all.

[JustAnotherOkie]

Those Rat's probably sneaked back home to the U.N. I knew they were ate-up with something.

[LIConFem]

AAAaaaachoooo!!!

I think I found one...

[x5452]

Why can't they do this sort of disease testing near Guantanemo and not in NJ?

[Billthedrill]

Plague can certainly still kill people, particularly if it isn't recognized right away. It's unlikely to go epidemic in developed nations, however, since sanitary conditions are so much different these days. What made it a "plague" in the first place was that enough people got infected by rat flea-bites such that the few of them in whom that transitioned to the pneumonic form of the disease were enough to create another vector of contagion. Once it becomes spread by coughing it's a lot more dangerous.

[Redcitizen]

This article reminds me of Pinky and the Brain.

Pinky-- "what are we going to do tomorrow night, Brian?"

Brian-- "the same thing we do every night..try to take over the world."

Theme Song:

Pinky and the Brain
They're Pinky and the Brain
Yes, Pinky and the Brain
One is a genius, the other's insane
They're laboratory mice
Their genes have been spliced
They're dinky
They're Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain

Before each night is done
Their plan will be unfurled
By the dawning of the sun
They'll take over the world

They're Pinky and the Brain
Yes, Pinky and the Brain
Their twilight campaign
Is easy to explain
To prove their mousey worth
They'll overthrow the Earth
They're dinky.
They're Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain,
Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, NARF!

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/09/16/plague_infected_mice_missing_from_lab/

SNIP

The possibility of theft prompted the institute to interrogate two dozen of its employees and conduct lie detector tests, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported yesterday.

The FBI said it was investigating. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is also investigating, the newspaper reported.

University officials did not return a call seeking comment late yesterday.