The search yielded two cats and fourteen snakes, including one green mamba, two gaboon vipers, one fer-de-lace, one death adder, one eastern diamondback rattlesnake, two black forest cobras, two adult rattlesnakes (species unknown), two neotropical rattlesnakes, one small rattlesnake (species unknown), and one inland taipan…Australian inland taipan — known for having the world’s most potent venom among its species — was responsible for the bite.
As natural-born citizen, who knows what its like to be an immigrant, i stand with the immigrants too.
Does anyone have ideas about how to act on that impulse before November? It feels a bit like we’re at the beginning of the famous poem, but I’m determined not to say nothing,
Military contractor Erik Prince started a private WhatsApp group for his close associates that includes a menagerie of right-wing government officials, intelligence operatives, arms traffickers, and journalists. We got their messages.
Trump’s enemy list continues to grow, including prosecutors who’ve brought criminal and civil charges against him. Indeed, lawyers close to Trump and his inner circle have spent more than a year researching obscure elements of the criminal code, seeking novel ways to criminally charge such officials in retaliation.
There’s no nemesis too small. The tally even includes late-night comics who’ve pissed him off. As president, Trump briefly attempted to get Justice officials to twist campaign finance laws and the federal equal-time rule to declare that anti-Trump material broadcast by Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, and others was somehow illegal.
During his 2024 campaign, according to a source with direct knowledge, Trump has raised this topic again, venting about the need to punish late-night comedians for giving “illegal” campaign contributions to the Democratic Party — in the form of jokes and on-air satire.
I am a petite woman under 5 ft tall. Now in my 80s. I had a substantial professional career, that when I began was in a male-dominated profession. Now there are many women in this field. I’ve had a lifetime of experience of tall men, especially tall overweight men, attempting to bully me. They ranged from construction workers to those with the military in supervisory positions to CEOs of major companies. Much to their surprise, they ended up humiliated. One was demoted. Trump fits the type. I know his type!
Francine is forecast to break atmospheric moisture records as it moves into Louisiana on Wednesday
Likely stemming from record high oceanic heat content in the Gulf of Mexico and similar to Hurricane Debby in August, Francine is forecast to come with record-breaking precipitable water values according to the ECMWF forecast.
Precipitable water helps forecasters understand how much moisture is contained in a column of air, from the ground all the way to the top of the atmosphere. This weather variable has shown a sharp increasing trend, especially in the last two years.
Precipitable water values of 3 to 4 inches are considered very high in September and can occur in hurricane events. However, Francine is forecast by ECMWF to breach the 4 inch threshold in southern Louisiana on Wednesday, potentially reaching 4.5 inches.
In western Mississippi, values above 3.5 inches could also break September monthly records.
Overall, this speaks to the overwhelmingly moist nature of the atmosphere with Francine and the seriousness of the flood threat in the days ahead.
Excellent frist cat picture and tribute to one of the truly greats. James Earl Jones would get that for his voice alone, but he was so much more than that.
Incidentally, can I say how much I hate how quickly idiot lies get spread in our internet age? It was bad enough dealing with Pop Rocks and exploding children when I was a kid.
Wow: all those stupid duck hunters. Spending a fortune of guns, camouflage gear, and hunting dogs, when all they had to do was to walk into their neighborhood park and grab a duck by the neck!