Your morning fear mongering....

Ebay once again finds itself in a position where it has to pull items. This time? Preying on fears from the Bird Flu. A five-day course of 10 Tamiflu capsules sells for $50 to $75. But one seller on the online site eBay was asking $175 yesterday.

It is important to note that and a second drug, Relenza do not cure the flu, they are supposed to reduce symptoms. It's supposedly illegal to sell prescription drugs on ebay but not surprising some yahoo's decided to profit from it.

Wilma is making the news this morning because the hurricane has now recorded one of the record lows. 882 MB, was recorded at the 8 am advisory. The media is making a huge deal out of the fact Wilma went so quickly into a Cat 5, however, the past several advisories predicted the storm could reach a Cat 4 or 5. At 11 p.m. last night:

11 PM EDT TUE OCT 18 2005

WILMA HAS DEVELOPED THE DREADED PINHOLE EYE. REPORTS FROM THE AIR
FORCE RESERVE HURRICANE HUNTER INVESTIGATING WILMA BETWEEN 19Z AND
23Z INDICATED A 7-8 N MI WIDE EYE...WITH THE CENTRAL PRESSURE
DROPPING FROM 970 MB TO 954 MB IN 3 HR 14 MIN.

So while the low pressure is news worthy it's not really that big of a "shock" as the media is portraying it this morning.

Now on to Saddam, the media can't seem to decide if they should present the Saddam Iraqis still fear. Reports of an incident (off camera of course) where Saddam stares down two of his guards and appears defiant versus some expert who went on and on about Saddam's mother didn't want him and wanted an abortion. That Saddam lived without his mother for the first two years and when he did go back to his mother he was abused by his step-father. Then we go on to descriptions of what happened to individuals under Saddam's control. Now called the "Republic of Fear".

No mention of course of the US's role in any of Iraq's history.

So, to wrap up, the Bird Flu is going to kill us all, well all of us that Wilma doesn't take out first and? Saddam is well...Saddam....Boston? Sorry you got punked in the fear and terror department though you did make the headlines.