Daily Briefs: Continuous Appeal to Authority Thursday

In accordance with the wishes of the National Pork Board, I’ve stopped saying “swine flu.” I have a soft spot for vested corporate interests and trade groups and the factory-produced meat industry in particular, and I love it when those organizations literally tell me what terminology is and is not supposed to be coming out of my mouth. After the jump, some stuff about flu preparedness and Pres. Barack Obama’s press conference, which is ALL VERY INTERESTING, as officially certified by this notary public:

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