Archive for March 20th, 2006

Fowl-Mouthed Sheikh

Still on the subject of bird flu, it seems that some of our neighbors claim that it is a punishment from G-d.* The bird-flu virus found in Israel last week was sent by Allah to punish the Jews for being “the worst of humanity” and is the beginning of the outbreak of other diseases meant [...]

Mar 20, 2006 | 0 comments | View Post

Bird Flu Update

So what we have over here is the nasty H5N1 strain of avian bird flu. About 400,000 birds are expected to be culled, constituting a total loss of approximately $4.5 million. If you also take into account the expected decline in local sales, as well as export losses due to the European ban on importation [...]

Mar 20, 2006 | 4 comments | View Post