Nope. Comes from Trump being an asshole - since he called COVID the “China virus,” we can no longer refer to infectious diseases with geographical place names.

Influenza also recombines in swine and waterfowl. It’s nearly impossible to limit its spread in those two species, so they act as viral reservoir and a mammoth petri dish for mutation. No one’s going to go around vaccinating pigs and wild ducks against all influenza strains.

I’ve watched this video multiple times now. For the life of me, I cannot remember what this friendly face of Springfield’s local ABC news team is talking about before he moves out of the way.

Probably a student at Miami of Ohio.

Do flies even catch diseases?  I mean...what would fly ebola or fly yellow fever look like?  Or do they even get common bacterial infections, like strep or staph?  Do flies ever get strep proboscis?  

Irony is an etymologist who can’t.

See, some of us ugly Americans are complex enough to hold two conflicting viewpoints and try to find a reasonable way forward.

Different car, same idea.

They might try it with some hunk named Mark or Jeremy, though. If this were a Hawkeye stand-alone film, I could easily see them pulling this with Jeremy Renner. The real difference is that we wouldn’t hear nearly as much about it as much, since it would be portrayed as “Disney screwing over Jeremy Renner,” rather than…

Bob Odenkirk collapses on the set of Better Call Saul, and I can’t find a single tasteless, ill-advised “Slippin’ Jimmy” joke at his expense?  What is the internet coming to?

The Canadian side of Niagara Falls is more popular because you have a better view of the American side. From the US, you’re looking at a built-up tourist trap. From the Canadian side, you’re looking at a NY state park. The Canadian side is the better visit, because the US side is basically prettier.

I had an ‘84 Saab 900 with a wonky starter switch. After two years of trying to diagnose the problem, I said “hell with it” and wired around it, with a secondhand doorbell button mounted under the dash. Turn the key to start, does nothing. Turn the key to run, and press the doorbell.

In every car I’ve ever been in, the emergency flasher button/switch/rod/whatever always seems to be in the most random “well I guess it’ll fit here” sort of position.  Center console, toggle under the left side of the console, up on the center ceiling console, pull switch under the steering column.  Don’t even…

And also, the US had to ship all its tanks overseas. And a heavy tank took up the same shipping capacity as almost three Shermans.

And remember this: https://jalopnik.com/toyota-we-try-not-to-sell-trucks-to-terrorists-but-shi-1735077167

I heard it myself from General Rogers, US Army Chief of Staff, back in ‘78, when the HMMWV requirements were being developed. “Forget Germany, the Soviets, and the Cold War. We’re going to need mobile road blocks in Nasiriyah in 25 years.”

LOL

It would also help if pedestrians knew how to fucking walk.

Yeah...but you’ll brew up like a read-ended Pinto if the F-150 even looks at you sideways.

And the US was still in its “Good enough for the French, good enough for us” phase of weapons acquisition. The sponson-mounted heavy gun was loosely inspired by the earlier French Char B1.