the "Headline That Caught My Attention or the WTF" thread

Are people really dumb enough to believe this? She went through the x-ray/metal detector?

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Are people really dumb enough to believe this?

Regrettably the answer is YES when people are dumb enough to believe every COVID vaccine contains tracking devices.

NEVER underestimate the stupidity of the average American - Roccus Rule #2...

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the name Gypsy Moth is now an ethnic slur????
:rolleyes:

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SMFH...

[HEADING=2]Boiling lobsters alive could be banned under new law in victory for campaigners[/HEADING]
The Mirror revealed in 2018 that ministers were considering a ban on cooking crustaceans by boiling them alive - but it was absent from the Animal Welfare bill. Now peers are hoping to change that with amendments.

The Mirror revealed in 2018 that ministers were considering a ban on cooking crustaceans by boiling them alive.

But they were absent from the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill, currently under debate in the House of Lords, which only covers animals with a backbone.

According to the [Evening Standard]('https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boiling-lobsters-alive-ban-new-government-legislation-b944489.html'), amendments to the law being considered by peers could would mean crabs, lobsters, octopuses and squid would be recognised as sentient beings which can feel pain.

That would give them legal protection against being boiled alive, and require them to be stunned or chilled before boiling.

And an amendment put forward Baroness Hayman of Ullock would also ban shrink wrapping live shell fish or sending them through the post.

Lobsters are among the only creatures we eat in Britain that are sold alive for slaughter at home or in restaurants.

The RSPCA, the British Veterinary Association (BVA) and campaign group Crustacean Compassion have called on the Government to include invertebrates in the Animal Welfare law.

A spokesperson said: “Three years ago, in 2018, we delivered our campaign to then-Environment Secretary [Michael Gove]('https://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/michael-gove') and were promised a review of the evidence of decapod crustacean sentience."

Maisie Tomlinson, co-director of Crustacean Compassion, told the Times: "It is wonderful to hear that the government is planning to support the inclusion of decapods and cephalopods in the sentience bill.

“There is more than enough evidence for the ability of these sensitive, captivating creatures to feel pain and suffer. They undergo appalling treatment in the food industry."

SMFH...

[HEADING=2]Boiling lobsters alive could be banned under new law in victory for campaigners[/HEADING]

LOL, the Age of Enlightenment II

the name Gypsy Moth is now an ethnic slur????
:rolleyes:

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Is the Spanish Flu still the Spanish Flu? Surprised they haven't already changed that one.

Is there nothing people won't bitch about?

***In April, singer [Demi Lovato]('https://nypost.com/tag/demi-lovato/'), who now [uses they/them pronouns]('https://pagesix.com/2021/05/19/demi-lovato-comes-out-as-non-binary/'),[ slammed a popular LA frozen yogurt shop on Instagram]('https://pagesix.com/2021/06/18/demi-lovato-reflects-on-drama-with-froyo-shop-the-bigg-chill/?_ga=2.162348412.1570228503.1625091301-2143182628.1565025598') for promoting “diet culture” messaging — an act for which they’ve [since apologized]('https://pagesix.com/2021/04/19/demi-lovato-apologizes-to-frozen-yogurt-chain-the-bigg-chill/').

“Finding it extremely hard to order froyo from [The Bigg Chill] when you have to walk past tons of sugar free cookies/other diet foods before you get to the counter,” they wrote in an Insta story. “Do better please.”

[URL unfurl="true"]https://nypost.com/2021/07/12/diet-backlash-leaves-some-feeling-ashamed-about-weight-loss/[/URL]***

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Never saw this coming...

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what does this mean to "Joe-Average-Guy"?

AND HE LIVED??!?!?!??!!!??!??!?
***FROM 15,000 FEET??!?!???!!!!?!!!
:oops:***

**[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.yahoo.com/news/paratrooper-smashes-roof-california-residence-202700618.html[/URL]

British paratrooper suffered minor injuries after his parachute failed to deploy fully during a 15,000-foot jump, crashing through the roof of a [California]('https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/california') residence.

The parachutist, not yet publicly identified, was among a group performing a training exercise on July 6 out of Camp Roberts near Atascadero, about 18 miles from San Luis Obispo, when the equipment failure occurred, plunging him into the home just before 5 p.m.

Nobody was home at the time, [police]('https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/police') said.

“I was in shock. I’m like, what?” neighbor Rose Martin [told]('https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/parachutist-falls-through-roof-of-atascadero-home') local NBC affiliate KSBY. “So I ran in to make sure he was OK, and I checked on him, and his eyes were open, but I wasn’t sure if there were any injuries. I didn’t want anyone to move him.”

Neighbors saw the parachutist falling and came to get Martin, who is a nurse.

“It’s a miracle, in my estimation, really. I mean, who lands like that without a parachute and lives?” Martin said.

The soldier, who was training alongside U.S. [service members]('https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/military') at the base, is "recovering well," a spokesperson with the [British Ministry of Defense]('https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/united-kingdom') [told]('https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9779477/British-soldier-smashes-ROOF-lands-kitchen-parachute-fails-open-exercise.html#comments') the Daily Mail.

The training exercise is performed by both the British Special Air Service and Special Boat Service, involving a jump from an altitude of 15,000 feet.

Images from inside the residence published by the outlet show the parachutist lying on the kitchen floor surrounded by debris from the roof.

The parachutist "was conscious but stunned with complaints of pain but no visible serious injuries," the Atascadero Police Department [said]('https://www.facebook.com/AtascaderoPolice/posts/4161208647274188') in a statement on the day of the incident.**

what does this mean to "Joe-Average-Guy"?

try this link, a little bit easier [U]https://divideny.com/ [/U]

Couldn't find a better thread

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Just what the world needs, another "Blue Ribbon Panel" that ends up overstating the obvious...

[HEADING=2]Maine to study burden of student debt on its graduates[/HEADING]
[pressherald.com/2021/07/14/maine-to-study-burden-of-student-debt-on-its-graduates/]('https://www.pressherald.com/2021/07/14/maine-to-study-burden-of-student-debt-on-its-graduates/')

By Carol Semple July 14, 2021

AUGUSTA — Maine is going to study the burden student loan debt has on college graduates in the state.
Gov. Janet Mills has signed a bill designed to study the impact of the debt. Democratic Sen. Mattie Daughtry, of Brunswick, proposed the bill, which reinstates the state’s Commission to Study College Affordability and College Completion.

Daughtry said Wednesday the state needs to “make sure we understand how the cost of education, and the burden of student loans that come with it, is impacting Maine workers and our economy.”

Daughtry said student loan debt in America is about $1.7 trillion and is higher than the nation’s credit card debt.

Maine’s average student loan borrower has more than $33,000 in school loans, Daughtry said. The senator said that is the sixth-highest average in the country.

The commission is expected to provide a report to the Maine Legislature by January.

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now what??

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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.huffpost.com/entry/moon-wobble-floods_n_60efc0eae4b0d5140ebc9734[/URL]

Nothing better for striper fishing than more extreme tides!!(y)(y)(y)(y)

Maybe Elon Musk can land a capsule on the moon full of weed and explode it. The vapors may increase the wobble?? ;)?:unsure: