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https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2023/06/23/tourist-panics-upon-seeing-signs-to-mexican-border-and-kills-her-uber-driver-police-say/

58 minutes ago, Mark F said:

@Mark H.

"American pig farmers are losing so much money that some may soon start selling the corn they would normally use to feed animals, according to the world’s largest hog producer.

Big players in the Canadian Hog industry are shrinking their herds: Olymel, Hylife, etc.  I doubt Maple Leaf will be far behind

Most producers are assuming they won't turn a profit this year

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/21/1183484892/no-kill-meat-grown-from-animal-cells-is-now-approved-for-sale-in-the-u-s

I agree with James Cameron that the Ocean Gate submersible probably imploded at the time they lost contact with it. I expect lawsuits in the near future even thought the passengers waived liability 

3 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/21/1183484892/no-kill-meat-grown-from-animal-cells-is-now-approved-for-sale-in-the-u-s

AKA "frankenmeat"

Calculations have estimated the vessel collapsed inward at a rate of 1500 mph whiich lasted less than a millisecond.  

Edited June 24, 20232 yr by Fatty Liver

There is a report that US underwater listening posts recorded a noise consistent with an implosion at the same moment communication with the submersible was lost, so they really knew it was lost, but went through the motions anyways as a display.

2 hours ago, Tracker said:

There is a report that US underwater listening posts recorded a noise consistent with an implosion at the same moment communication with the submersible was lost, so they really knew it was lost, but went through the motions anyways as a display.

Pretty cruel of them not to come forward with that information earlier, but I guess in reality they couldn't be 100% positive the noise they picked up was from the sub imploding.

49 minutes ago, Fatty Liver said:

Pretty cruel of them not to come forward with that information earlier, but I guess in reality they couldn't be 100% positive the noise they picked up was from the sub imploding.

When you put the two events together, it was pretty much 100% certain. But I guess they had to show the bodies and/or wreckage.

It was obvious what happened the moment they announced it lost contact. I mean if anyone has watched anything about Stockton Rush and OceanGate, yeah was obvious.

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/icon-of-the-seas-royal-caribbean/index.html

https://deadline.com/2023/06/titanic-sub-wreckage-recovered-contains-presumed-human-remains-1235426725/

5 minutes ago, iHeart said:

https://deadline.com/2023/06/titanic-sub-wreckage-recovered-contains-presumed-human-remains-1235426725/

How badly smushed up are the bodies to only be called “presumed” human remains? What else would it be? Don’t imagine they took pets on board with them. 

3 minutes ago, TrueBlue4ever said:

How badly smushed up are the bodies to only be called “presumed” human remains? What else would it be? Don’t imagine they took pets on board with them. 

I thought for sure they would have been scattered if it imploded

How they became the “Flying Finns”.  https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1674093331419365376?s=61&t=_stQ2xKaj3IiEFd7rNK7jg

Tough Love?

Florida Cops Reportedly Jailed 3-Year-Old Over Potty Training Problems

Two Florida police officers are under investigation after one of the cops admitted to putting their 3-year-old son in jail over potty training issues last year, according to The Daytona Beach News-Journal.

Daytona Beach Shores Lt. Michael Schoenbrod told a Department of Children and Families caseworker that his son was “having difficulty” with toilet training and was jailed “on successive days” in October.
“He was crying. I was getting the response I expected from him,” said Schoenbrod, as captured on body camera footage by a Volusia County Sheriff’s Office deputy.

The officer’s son was reportedly handcuffed the second time he was jailed.

Schoenbrod said he’d also put his other child in jail. He told the caseworker that he did something similar with his then-4-year-old son after he hit a girl and was “misbehaving” at preschool, the News-Journal reported.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-police-officer-son-jail-report_n_649d4003e4b0dcb22c4334c1

ESPN took the axe to a lot of on air talent today

 

                            

 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

Man, Vegas just does everything that much cooler than anywhere else. Can’t wait until Christmas when they turn it into a big snow globe.

Apparently the entire inside is also a video screen and speaker system. U2 is in residence there from September - December (minus Larry Mullen Jr) for 25 concerts re-playing their Achtung Baby album. Ticket prices are obscene. 

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/leslie-van-houten-follower-of-cult-leader-18195435.php

Robosen and Hasbro are announcing the Transformers Grimlock Auto-Converting Robot, a successor to their Optimus Prime toy that can transform itself. It’ll start at $1,500 this fall, but that’s a promo price

On 2023-07-07 at 2:38 PM, TrueBlue4ever said:

Man, Vegas just does everything that much cooler than anywhere else. Can’t wait until Christmas when they turn it into a big snow globe.

Apparently the entire inside is also a video screen and speaker system. U2 is in residence there from September - December (minus Larry Mullen Jr) for 25 concerts re-playing their Achtung Baby album. Ticket prices are obscene. 

Rumors are wwe is looking to book a show there. Imagine that. Wrestling fan or not,  would be Hella cool