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[MN-Skeptic]

Lawmakers incensed after former congresswoman placed on terror watch list

Several local lawmakers are firing back after learning former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard was placed on the terror watch list.

Representatives Gene Ward, Diamond Garcia, Davis Alcos and Elijah Pierick sent a letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) asking for answers and calling the move “harassment.”

The Air Marshal National Council says whistle-blowers told them that Gabbard is included in the Quiet Skies program, which monitors “elevated risks to aviation security.”

Reports say at least five agents and two explosive detection canine teams were following Gabbard and her husband last month.

Their joint statement said in part:

The people of Hawaii love Tulsi and your actions have offended us for your attempt to ruin her reputation without explanation. Again, as leaders in the State of Hawaii, we remind you that this is not China or Russia and our government is not to overstep the boundaries that have been set by our US Constitution nor should ever attempt to weaponize its regulatory powers. You have embarrassed the State of Hawaii in our eyes, and we plead with you to clarify this without hesitation.

Gabbard, who had highly been critical of the Biden Administration, says the decision to track her is unconstitutional and politically motivated.

The TSA has not responded to a request for comment.

The article wasn't very long, so I quoted it in its entirety.

[p0rtia]

Because George Santos was briefly in news today with an update on his trial.

The incomparable Bowen Yang:

[neonzx]

Yep. Excellent reddux, p0rtia!

[neonzx]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/n ... 779907007/

Ever wanted to smell a little bit like mayonnaise? Will Levis and Hellmann’s have you covered. The Tennessee Titans’ second-year quarterback and the condiment brand announced a new fragrance partnership with a video posted to social media on Tuesday. “Will Levis No. 8: Parfum de Mayonnaise” retails for $8 per 30 mL bottle.

Within 90 minutes of the announcement, the cologne was sold out. According to the website, the cologne features several “fragrance notes:” tart lemon, parsley, coffee undertones, musk, creamy vanilla and, of course, mayonnaise. The website tells prospective customers the fragrance will be restocked on Wednesday.

https://willlevisnumber8.com/

[RTH10260]

mayo has a "smell", a "scent"


I guess when it turns rancid

[Uninformed]

“US-Russian woman jailed for 12 years for $51 charity gift”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9rygl5k4jo

“A Russian court has sentenced amateur ballerina Ksenia Karelina to 12 years in jail for treason for donating $51 (£39) to a charity supporting Ukraine.
Karelina, who has American and Russian citizenship, pleaded guilty last week after a trial held behind closed doors.
She had been living in Los Angeles and became a US citizen in 2021. She was arrested during a family visit last January in Yekaterinburg, about 1,600km (1,000 miles) east of Moscow.
Prosecutors had sought a 15-year jail term. The court in Yekaterinburg found her guilty of high treason and sentenced her to imprisonment in a general regime penal colony.
Karelina had been accused by Russia's FSB security service of raising money for a Ukrainian organisation providing arms to the Ukrainian military.
Russian human rights activists said while living in the US she had made a single transfer of $51.80 on the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 22 February 2022. The FSB is thought to have discovered the transaction on her phone.
Her lawyer, Mikhail Mushailov, said Karelina had only admitted transferring the money and believed the funds would help victims on both sides. He told Russian media she would appeal against the sentence.”

[RTH10260]

Prepare for the next exchange of prisioners ...

[MN-Skeptic]

This past spring there were articles about the massive swarms of cicadas we were going to see.

Did I miss them?

[keith]

This past spring there were articles about the massive swarms of cicadas we were going to see.

Did I miss them?

Depends. Where do you live?

Vox: Where billions of cicadas will emerge this spring (and over the next decade), in one map



I dunno where this leaves the cicadas in the west.

[neonzx]

Imma safe in Florida it looks.

[MN-Skeptic]

Depends. Where do you live?

I live in Minnesota, so I know I wouldn't see them.

But all of the articles, like your map, are from this spring. This was supposed to be a major year because both Brood XIX of the 13-year cicadas and Brood XIII of the 17-year cicadas would emerge in huge numbers. But that's the last I heard of the upcoming massive cicada invasion. I would have thought that there would be articles this summer talking about all the cicadas amazing people. But... crickets.

[pipistrelle]

Depends. Where do you live?

I live in Minnesota, so I know I wouldn't see them.

But all of the articles, like your map, are from this spring. This was supposed to be a major year because both Brood XIX of the 13-year cicadas and Brood XIII of the 17-year cicadas would emerge in huge numbers. But that's the last I heard of the upcoming massive cicada invasion. I would have thought that there would be articles this summer talking about all the cicadas amazing people. But... crickets.

They were gone by late June/early July.

[sugar magnolia]

Once they're here, there's not much to report about them.
They're loud. Really loud. Cats love them. They leave their damn shells all over the place. They're sort of creepy looking in a prehistoric sort of way, but they don't bite or anything. The shells cling to just about anything.

[June bug]

Depends. Where do you live?

I live in Minnesota, so I know I wouldn't see them.

But all of the articles, like your map, are from this spring. This was supposed to be a major year because both Brood XIX of the 13-year cicadas and Brood XIII of the 17-year cicadas would emerge in huge numbers. But that's the last I heard of the upcoming massive cicada invasion. I would have thought that there would be articles this summer talking about all the cicadas amazing people. But... crickets.

[northland10]

My yard had a bunch of brood XIII sized holes in the backyard, but I did not see too many here. However, at the Lake Bluff Metra Station, they were in great numbers and very, very loud. There were many news articles about them around here.

Then they were gone.

Then, our normal annual ones arrived. They don't come in the same numbers which is a good thing because they can be quite loud.

I provided some robins an exercise plan to work off those Brood XIII pounds. It involved dive bombing me everytime I walked out onto the front porch.

[Foggy]

I've seen a few. We don't get many, even though it's a 13 year brood.

[Maybenaut]

We’re in Brood II territory - next round will be 2030.

[Shizzle Popped]

We were here in Indiana for Brood X in 2021. Mowing the lawn was an exercise in cicada avoidance. My Schnauzer has extremely sensitive hearing and couldn't stand the constant racket. She would run outside, do her business, and run back to the door to be let in. The birds were well fed for a while. I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it for myself, but a cicada got too close to my bird feeders and a sparrow grabbed it and took it back into the trees. That's a lot of insect for a single sparrow.

[BeastofBourbon]

Public Service Announcement:

If you collect cicadas and put them in a box with a lid, like a shoe box, and leave the lid on for a while, the odor that you smell when you lift the lid is quite like jet fuel.
Also, when you see your grandmother walking home from church, running up to show her your collection by opening the box 10" from her face will not be appreciated.

[neonzx]

I guess too early for the burn-in-hell mf thread.

‘SNL’ alum Victoria Jackson, 65, has ‘34.8 months to live’ as cancer returns: ‘I’ve had a fantastic life’

https://nypost.com/2024/08/16/entertain ... r-returns/

“Saturday Night Live” alum Victoria Jackson said that she has “months” to live after her cancer returned. On Wednesday, Aug. 14, Jackson, 65, posted an Instagram video to share the news.

In the caption, she wrote, “Cancer Update: I have 34.8 months to live if I don’t get hit by a meteor, shot by a MAGA hater, get Covid again or WWIII breaks out.” The former “SNL” cast member first announced her breast cancer diagnosis in 2016.

“The other night, I thought I heard God say, ‘Ready to come home?’” Jackson said in her video. The actress explained that doctors “cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death.”

34.8 months to live. A doctor says such?

[qbawl]

Once they're here, there's not much to report about them.
They're loud. Really loud. Cats love them. They leave their damn shells all over the place. They're sort of creepy looking in a prehistoric sort of way, but they don't bite or anything. The shells cling to just about anything.

And the carcasses can make the roads verrry slippery. Ask me how I know. (really no need as you can probably guess)

[MN-Skeptic]

And the carcasses can make the roads verrry slippery. Ask me how I know. (really no need as you can probably guess)

I've heard that mayflies on bridges can be just as bad. And your windshield is just a mess if you drive across a bridge during the mayflies short lived lives.

[AndyinPA]

We are in an area where there are three broods around. But because we are on the edges of all three, we usually don't really get that many of them.

[Reddog]

And the carcasses can make the roads verrry slippery. Ask me how I know. (really no need as you can probably guess)

I've heard that mayflies on bridges can be just as bad. And your windshield is just a mess if you drive across a bridge during the mayflies short lived lives.

Bugs don’t seem as bad as they were 50 years ago. Except for a vacation 5 years ago the love-bugs in Florida were horrible. The drive from Kennedy Space Center to Orlando, we needed to clean windows twice. As far as slick roads were concerned, a little gross, but about 50 years ago driving home from the foundry about 20 miles away. The road was literally covered with frogs/toads. Pretty disgusting I probably killed a few thousand that evening, just a constant crunching for 20 miles. I still don’t know what the circumstances were.

[AndyinPA]

Has anybody noticed how many fewer insects there are while driving cars than there used to be" I can remember when I was younger when you had to clean them off a car on even a fairly short road trip. We drove about 300 miles on a road trip to Erie and back to Pittsburgh, and I noticed again, barely a bug to wipe or clean off.