I didn't know whether to put this in the Funny Videos Thread or here...............................
They're shooting at a fake carrier. Do they accually think we'd send an unprotected carrier & allow them to get anywhere near the carrier...?
:ROFLMAO:
[MEDIA=youtube]Wp_OSU5PNvY[/MEDIA]
I love that cardboard mock up of the Nimitz class. The are delusional. They couldn't fight off a World War 2 Essex class with their Avengers, Hell Divers and F6 Hellcats.
[[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=7]Agriculture officials warn not to open unsolicited packages of seeds labeled from China[/SIZE][/COLOR]]('https://www.yahoo.com/gma/agriculture-officials-warn-not-open-unsolicited-packages-seeds-175723911--abc-news-topstories.html')
[[COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)][SIZE=7]Agriculture officials warn not to open unsolicited packages of seeds labeled from China[/SIZE][/COLOR]]('https://www.yahoo.com/gma/agriculture-officials-warn-not-open-unsolicited-packages-seeds-175723911--abc-news-topstories.html')
I saw that the other day - I mean WTF???
Haven't heard/seen anything about it since. Wonder what they are seeds from?
I saw that the other day - I mean WTF???
Haven't heard/seen anything about it since. Wonder what they are seeds from?
I have no idea - very, very bizarre.
[SIZE=7]A Florida man got millions in coronavirus aid. Officials say he used it to buy a Lamborghini.[/SIZE]
[pressherald.com/2020/07/28/a-florida-man-got-millions-in-coronavirus-aid-officials-say-he-used-it-to-buy-a-lamborghini/]('https://www.pressherald.com/2020/07/28/a-florida-man-got-millions-in-coronavirus-aid-officials-say-he-used-it-to-buy-a-lamborghini/')
By Jaclyn PeiserWashington PostJuly 28, 2020
Before May 13, David T. Hines’s corporate bank account was in the red by more than $30,000. But after the 29-year-old Florida man nabbed a nearly $4 million loan from the federal Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), his fortunes quickly changed.
In fact, just one week after getting money from the fund meant to bailout businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic, Hines was cruising around Miami Beach, Fla., in a new blue Lamborghini Huracán Evo, which cost more than $318,000.
Now, federal prosecutors say that Hines illegally used hundreds of thousands of dollars in PPP loans meant for his moving companies to buy the car as well as a host of personal expenses, including shopping sprees and high-end hotel stays, instead of covering his companies’ payroll. The Justice Department announced Monday that he was arrested and charged with making false statements to a lending institution, bank fraud, and engaging in transactions in unlawful proceeds, officials said.
“Collectively, Hines falsely claimed his companies paid millions of dollars in payroll in the first quarter of 2020,” Bryan Masmela, a U.S. Postal inspector, said in an affidavit. “State and bank records, however, show little to no payroll expense during this period.”
“David is a legitimate business owner who, like millions of Americans, suffered financially during the Pandemic,” said Chad Piotrowski, Hines’s attorney, in a statement to The Washington Post. “While the allegations appear very serious, especially in light of the Pandemic, David is anxious to tell his side of the story when the time comes.”
Hines was among millions of business owners who sought government help when the novel coronavirus upended the U.S. economy. The Cares Act, the $2 trillion coronavirus bill signed into law in late March, included $349 billion in forgivable loans for small businesses to maintain operating expenses, such as payroll. Congress added an additional $310 billion in funding in April.
Hines’s arrest is the latest case of alleged fraud to best the program, with business owners inflating employee numbers and claiming higher operating costs. Some even claimed loans for defunct companies. Federal prosecutors have filed numerous charges, including against reality star Maurice “Mo” Fayne, who allegedly spent his funds on a Rolls-Royce and $85,000 in jewelry.
An analysis from The Washington Post also found that data from the Small Business Administration recorded that far more American workers were “retained” thanks to the loans allocated to the businesses than there were actual employees, calling into question the Trump administration’s claim that PPP loans helped support 51 million jobs.
Hines first submitted applications for seven businesses, requesting more than $13.5 million worth of loans from a bank in Charlotte, prosecutors said. The bank approved three of the applications for $3.9 million and began sending the funds on May 11.
Hines claimed to own and operate a handful of moving companies, but Masmela said that authorities “found no record of any operating websites” for those businesses. Hines also falsely claimed he had 70 employees, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said his payroll costs were far less than he claimed.
“A review of Hines Companies Accounts from January through April of 2020 shows monthly inflows averaging around $200,000 – far less than the millions of dollars in payroll that Hines sought in the PPP application,” Masmela said.
It didn’t take long for Hines to exploit the funds for his own enjoyment, prosecutors said. On May 18, just five days after receiving a deposit for almost $750,000 in one of the bank accounts, Hines allegedly wired $320,000 for the Lamborghini, registering the car under both his name and one of the companies that received a PPP loan.
Throughout May and June, Hines also spent the funds on a $4,600 shopping spree at Saks Fifth Avenue. In addition to ride-hailing apps, food delivery services and dating websites, Hines spent thousands on luxury hotels as well as more than $8,500 worth of jewelry, prosecutors allege.
“There does not appear to be any business purposes for most, if not all, of these expenses,” Masmela said in the affidavit.
We're doomed. Sometimes I think the outrage is just so you have something to be outraged about.
[[SIZE=7][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Flag removed from Saint Johns bed and breakfast over Confederate confusion[/COLOR][/SIZE]]('https://www.wilx.com/2020/07/28/norwegian-flag-removed-from-saint-johns-bed-and-breakfast-over-confederate-flag-confusion/')
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We're doomed. Sometimes I think the outrage is just so you have something to be outraged about.
[[SIZE=7][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Flag removed from Saint Johns bed and breakfast over Confederate confusion[/COLOR][/SIZE]]('https://www.wilx.com/2020/07/28/norwegian-flag-removed-from-saint-johns-bed-and-breakfast-over-confederate-flag-confusion/')
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Can't fix, nor ban it by legislation, stupid now, can we?
freakin' Chinese again......................
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/260-chinese-boats-fish-near-195624510.html[/URL]
Go over fish your waters.
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/doctor-touted-trump-believes-alien-041358981.html[/URL]
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A Houston doctor whose anti-mask and pro-hydroxychloroquine speech was praised by President Trump and his son, Donald Trump Jr., also believes that alien DNA is used in medicine and gynecological problems are the result of people having sex in their dreams with demons, [[I]The Daily Beast* reports.]('https://www.thedailybeast.com/stella-immanuel-trumps-new-covid-doctor-believes-in-alien-dna-demon-sperm-and-hydroxychloroquine') [/I]
:cautious::unsure::unsure::whistle::rolleyes::oops:
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/bizarre-crop-circle-appears-german-111939049.html[/URL]
and bizarre it certainly is - looks like a piece of art
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at first I thought this was going to be from the Onion......................
*“I took to it so much I nicknamed it ‘Jimmy.’ That was what me and my mates called each other growing up and this penis was definitely my new mate,” he said.
:LOL::LOL::ROFLMAO:*
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/tenant-arrested-allegedly-decapitating-landlord-153135286.html[/URL]
:oops:
this sounds like a guy you don't wanna be hanging out with....................
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-man-once-bitten-alligator-223208761.html[/URL]
this sounds like a guy you don't wanna be hanging out with....................
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-man-once-bitten-alligator-223208761.html[/URL]
His friends call him Lucky??
[SIZE=7]Arrests Over Illicit Party Boat With 170 Guests Cruising Around N.Y.C.[/SIZE]
It was yet another symbol of reckless socializing during the pandemic: The Liberty Belle was dinged for violating distancing rules, and its owners were accused of running an unlicensed bar, the authorities said.
[IMG alt="Trever Holland, who lives in an apartment building near the East River, took photos on Saturday evening when he noticed crowds on the boat."]
Trever Holland, who lives in an apartment building near the East River, took photos on Saturday evening when he noticed crowds on the boat.Credit...Trever Holland
The Liberty Belle, a riverboat with four bars, three outdoor decks and space for 600 guests, has been touted by its operators as a “favorite venue” of New Yorkers who hold parties, fund-raisers and other trendy events on the water.
But now it has become yet another symbol of reckless socializing during the pandemic: The boat was used on Saturday to host a party with more than 170 guests, violating state and local social-distancing rules, according to the New York Sheriff’s Office.
Even though the outbreak is mostly under control in New York, city and state officials are expressing growing alarm about the dangers posed by social gatherings where people violate the public health rules imposed to slow the transmission of the coronavirus.
Events with high drink or ticket prices — like a recent [charity concert in the Hamptons]('https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/27/nyregion/hamptons-chainsmokers-concert-social-distancing.html') featuring D.J. performances from the chief executive of Goldman Sachs and the Chainsmokers — have drawn harsh criticism as examples of careless behavior from the wealthy, who have largely escaped the worst of the outbreak as the virus has [ravaged poorer communities]('https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/nyregion/bronx-coronavirus-outbreak.html').
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/sperm-fooled-scientists-350-years-130440224.html[/URL]
OK 2020 - ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ALREADY - WE GIVE!!
[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/zombie-cicadas-spotted-united-states-180700719.html[/URL]
Natural selection, it's a beautiful thing...
[SIZE=6][COLOR=rgb(18, 18, 18)][FONT=nyt-cheltenham]There Are Two Ways Out of a Frog. This Beetle Chose the Back Door.[/FONT][/COLOR][/SIZE]
[COLOR=rgb(51, 51, 51)][FONT=nyt-cheltenham]A researcher fed beetles to frogs. The encounter did not end as expected.[/FONT][/COLOR]
[IMG width="720px" alt="The aquatic beetle Regimbartia attenuata has a fail-safe escape contingency for being swallowed by a frog."]
[COLOR=rgb(102, 102, 102)][FONT=nyt-imperial]The aquatic beetle Regimbartia attenuata has a fail-safe escape contingency for being swallowed by a frog.[COLOR=rgb(136, 136, 136)]Credit...Kobe University[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]
It’s a familiar story: Predator hunts prey. Predator catches prey. Predator gulps down prey.Usually, that’s it.
But the water scavenger beetle Regimbartia attenuata says, “Not today.” After getting swallowed by a frog, this plucky little insect can scuttle down the amphibian’s gut and force it to poop — emerging slightly soiled, but very much alive.
The bug’s transit through the digestive tract can last as briefly as six minutes, a measly fraction of the two or more days it typically takes for a frog to fully digest and defecate its dinner, according to a study published Monday in [[COLOR=rgb(50, 104, 145)]Current Biology[/COLOR]]('http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.026').
“This is a weirdly wonderful behavior that I hadn’t heard about before,” said Carla Bardua, an evolutionary biologist at London’s Natural History Museum who wasn’t involved in the study. “That a little beetle can actively swim through a digestive system is peculiar and amazing.
Shinji Sugiura, a biologist at Kobe University in Japan, has been cataloging the [[COLOR=rgb(50, 104, 145)]strange shenanigans[/COLOR]]('https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2017.0647') of [[COLOR=rgb(50, 104, 145)]insects and their predators[/COLOR]]('https://peerj.com/articles/5942/') [[COLOR=rgb(50, 104, 145)]for years[/COLOR]]('https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ens.12423'). Some bugs, for instance, goad toads into [[COLOR=rgb(50, 104, 145)]puking them back up[/COLOR]]('https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/06/science/bombardier-beetle-toad-vomit.html') after they’ve been gobbled.
Some officials are misguided....
[URL unfurl="true"]https://wjla.com/news/local/police-rape-suspect-freed-due-to-virus-kills-his-accuser-in-alexandria[/URL]
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