Spic's New Powers

The spic in charge of Mexico "assumed new powers" as the AP put it, "to isolate suspected flu carriers." What this means is that the Mexican guy in charge of the government has authorized his armed police to jail anyone they want and take the property of anyone they want. I guess Calderon is feeling the pinch of the tight economy and is running out of stuff. So he came up with this plan to get more. The tough part is going to be getting the cops to poney-up Calderon's percentage. But then that's always been the main problem in Mexico.