Brickbat: Spreading the Disease

Charles Oliver | 6.5.2015 6:00 AM

The Pentagon has admitted shipping live anthrax spores to labs in as many as nine states and one foreign country. The labs were expecting to receive dead spores. The spores were shipped via a commercial carrier.

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Swiss Servator, Nierezeit! 11 years ago

Ummm...oops?

/DoD
Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago

Yeah it sucked when I accidentally bought that Anthrax Live album.
1. Swiss Servator, Nierezeit! 11 years ago
  
  *narrows gaze*
  1. straffinrun 11 years ago
    
    narrowed gaze is first sign of exposure.
    1. Charles Easterly 11 years ago
      
      It starts with a slight fever and dryness of the throat. When the virus penetrates the red blood cells, the victim becomes dizzy, begins to experience an itchy rash, then the poison goes to work on the central nervous system, severe muscle spasms followed by the inevitable drooling.
      At this point, the entire digestive system collapses accompanied by uncontrollable flatulence
      Until finally, the poor bastard is reduced to a quivering wasted piece of jelly.
      1. Pathogen 11 years ago
        
        Then, the Anthrax Live album is more dangerous than we previously thought..
      2. straffinrun 11 years ago
        
        So you're saying my wife puts ground anthrax live albums in my dinner every night? I wake up feeling fine though.
      3. Libertarian 11 years ago
        
        In other words, it's kinda like turning 50.
Pathogen 11 years ago

Apparently, Canada and Australia are among those 9 states.. Oooops, indeed..
1. Charles Easterly 11 years ago
  
  "The states, according to a Pentagon statement, are California, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Ohio and North Carolina. The three countries are Australia, Canada and South Korea."
  
  "Live samples of anthrax were shipped from a military lab to 51 other laboratories in 17 states, the District of Columbia and three foreign countries, Pentagon officials said Wednesday....
  
  'We expect this number may rise,' Work said."
  1. Swiss Servator, Nierezeit! 11 years ago
    
    "Hey everyone, look what DoD sent us!"
    1. Charles Easterly 11 years ago
      
      Would you look at that? It's a Major Award from the DoD!
2. Fist of Etiquette 11 years ago
  
  It's an anthrax state of mind.
Rufus J. Firefly 11 years ago

I have new idea for a candy.

S'Pores.
1. Libertarian 11 years ago
  
  Sorry, you didn't meet the deadline
Libertarian 11 years ago

Sent via "commercial carrier" eh? The progs will be blaming freemarket capitalism for this one.
1. WTF 11 years ago
  
  Any government failure will be blamed on free market capitalism, the solution to which is more government.
  1. sarcasmic 11 years ago
    
    It's called "progress."
Scruffy Nerfherder 11 years ago

Alt-text fail. C'mon people!
1. Swiss Servator, Nierezeit! 11 years ago
  
  "Looks anthrax safe to me!"
  1. Charles Easterly 11 years ago
    
    It's a Baby Ruth! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1CDzpANp4
Cdr Lytton 11 years ago

Now I'm wishing I finished my anthrax vaccine series. . . Nope. Still glad I didn't.

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