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

[wader]

Sex is now illegal in the UK between people who don't live together

Yup, you read that right.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Chinacat]

Retired sergeant defends 'private family gathering;' frustrated residents say they asked police to 'shut the party down' - The Suffolk Times

A Southold Town police officer’s retirement party that brought dozens of people out to a farm in Cutchogue during a New York State executive order banning public gatherings generated more than a half dozen complaints from town residents and a response from a patrol car, though police did not...

suffolktimes.timesreview.com

In light of the current climate, this is hard to fathom.
The rest of us can't go about our normal routines but this allowed to happen??

 

[wader]

Vladimir Putin endorses nuclear doctrine allowing for first strike

The new policy authorises Moscow to use nuclear weapons in the event of a conventional attack on key military and government infrastructure.

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

what could possibly go wrong?

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Are Coming to the U.S.

This article originally appeared on The Conversation.This summer, for the first time, genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the U.S. On May 1, 2020, the company Oxitec received an experimental use permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release millions of GM...

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[JackPrintMD]

Serena Williams' Husband Asks Reddit to Replace Him with a Black Candidate

"I’m writing this as a father who needs to be able to answer his Black daughter when she asks: 'What did you do?'"

www.harpersbazaar.com

 

[WhatKnot]

I would expect no less.

Italian woman makes 90 stuffed olives while undergoing brain surgery

She cooked up Italian food to protect her noodle! A 60-year-old woman from the country’s Marche region prepared dozens of delicious stuffed olives while undergoing brain surgery — to re…

nypost.com

 

[wader]

Woman hit by deer during Black Lives Matter protest in New Jersey

A demonstrator was critically injured when she was struck by a deer during a Black Lives Matter protest in New Jersey.

www.yahoo.com

 

[wader]

Vienna police fine man €500 for 'massive intestinal wind’

Vienna police have fined a man 500 euros ($565) for loudly breaking wind in front of police - a move the force was quick to defend on Tuesday. The Austrian capital’s police force said there was much more to the incident than first meets the eye, after the accused complained of what he called an...

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"Of course no-one will be reported for accidentally 'letting one go' once," they wrote on Twitter.

The force added that the man had behaved "provocatively and uncooperatively" during an encounter with officers that preceded the incident.

He “slightly raised himself from the bench, looked at the officers and patently, in a completely deliberate way, emitted a massive flatulence in their immediate proximity”, they said.

The suspect then found at great financial expense that the police did not “like to be farted at so much”.

 

[JackPrintMD]

 

[capspackle]

What does that tell you?

 

[WhatKnot]

Ancient Irish royals practiced incest to keep bloodlines alive: study

They kept it in the royal family. Ancient Irish royals had sex with their siblings or parents to keep their elite bloodlines alive, according to a surprising new genetic discovery. Researchers foun…

nypost.com

 

[Roccus7]

Ancient Irish royals practiced incest to keep bloodlines alive: study

They kept it in the royal family. Ancient Irish royals had sex with their siblings or parents to keep their elite bloodlines alive, according to a surprising new genetic discovery. Researchers foun…

nypost.com

So did the Pharaohs of Egypt...

 

[wader]

Caught On Camera: Driver Speeds Down 91 Freeway In Corona With Motorcycle Wrapped Around Bumper

According to California Highway Patrol, the hit-and-run happened on the eastbound lanes of the 91 freeway.

www.yahoo.com

 

[jpd]

Not sure why you would buy a house with a pool if no one knows how to swim - hoping to learn?
Sad

NJ family drowned trying to save young girl — because none of them could swim

 

[wader]

Not sure why you would buy a house with a pool if no one knows how to swim - hoping to learn?
Sad

NJ family drowned trying to save young girl — because none of them could swim

they're saying 6-7 depth - above ground?
Generally all you have to do in an AG pool is stand up...............

 

[jpd]

they're saying 6-7 depth - above ground?
Generally all you have to do in an AG pool is stand up...............

I know - from the picture they posted I don't see it being that deep.
I've never been in an above ground pool with a deep end either.

 

[WhatKnot]

So sad, whatever the reason.

 

[wader]

A massive dust cloud is barreling toward the U.S. The health impacts could be deadly.

The enormous dust cloud could be the biggest and most intense Saharan plume in 50 years, say some experts.

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Coronavirus-stricken U.S. faces another problem: A massive dust cloud from Africa

A massive plume of dust from the Sahara Desert is drifting across the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to blanket parts of the Southeastern United States this week.

The enormous dust cloud — which some experts say could be the biggest and most intense Saharan plume in 50 years — could aggravate health problems, including asthma and other respiratory illnesses, and make visibility difficult on the ground.

"Dust particles are what we call particulate matter, and we know that breathing in fine particles of anything is not good for the respiratory tract — especially people who are sensitive to poor air quality," said Thomas Gill, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Texas at El Paso.

The added dust pollution may be particularly problematic in light of the coronavirus pandemic, because COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, is a respiratory illness.

"There is some emerging information that people who live in places with higher levels of air pollution may be at higher risk" of COVID-19, said Gregory Wellenius, a professor of environmental health at the Boston University School of Public Health. "There may be potential interactions between air pollution and COVID symptoms or progression, but it's still pretty early data."

Still, the potential health impacts of the dusty air could put more pressure on the country's overburdened health care system, Wellenius said.

 

[jpd]

It's a good thing we're all wearing masks!

 

[Aquarius]

Maybe it will wipe out the Murder Hornets.