Our webmeister Colin, a native of splendid Victoria, BC, alerts us to the latest fashionable travel craze sweeping the lower 48: "flu cruises" in which Americans take advantage of not only scenery, but an actual functioning health care system.

VICTORIA – The shortage of flu vaccinations in the United States is creating a mini-travel boom for Victoria as an American ferry company is now booking flu cruises.

Clipper Navigation of Seattle is offering return fares from Seattle for $105 US, which includes a flu shot at the Clipper terminal in Victoria.

General manager Darrell Bryan says business has tripled since it started running its flu cruises last weekend.

"This has astounded us. We’ve got people coming in from as far away as Iowa [and] Arizona, and we’re of course getting most of western Washington, northern Oregon."

If you’re keeping score, over 1,000 American booked to the Seattle-to-Vancouver flu cruise in its first week of service.

Of course, we all know that the Canadian health care system is vastly inferior to our own, and anyone who would suggest adopting something similar here is anti-American…

In a narrowly-contested ballot, this site’s readers have determined that after next Tuesday, Bush will simply continue to follow orders received through the bulge in his back:

What will Bush do between losing the election and leaving office? Whatever the lump on his back tells him to 588   51.2%   "Win" the election, same as last time 468   40.7%   Explain he meant "no draft… beer" 53   4.6%   One last shot at getting Mother Nature alone in a room with Schwarzenegger 40   3.5%   Number of Voters  :  1149 First Vote  :  Sunday, 24 October 2004 23:29 Last Vote  :  Monday, 25 October 2004 23:45

Great turnout.  New poll to the left.  Enjoy.

Via Atrios comes word that Tapped has gotten an expert to give a more vivid thumbnail than mine of what the most recently-revealed Bush fuck-up has transferred from the control of international inspectors to people interested in killing Americans:

Ballpark 2500-8600 destroyed federal buildings’ worth.

Via Atrios comes word that Tapped has gotten an expert to give a more vivid thumbnail than mine of what the most recently-revealed Bush fuck-up has transferred from the control of international inspectors to people interested in killing Americans:

Ballpark 2500-8600 destroyed federal buildings’ worth.