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Just now, Robert Long said:

Racoons just aren't that smart either. I remember one time a pair were going at it on top of my garage so I sprayed them with the garden hose. The female ran off and the male just stood there staring at me, really po'd. If he was smart he would have got revenge somehow. 

They're smart enough to wear a mask...which makes them smarter than some people....

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On 8/17/2020 at 1:37 PM, RUPERTKBD said:

If you live in North Korea, say goodbye to your dog....

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/kim-jong-un-orders-north-koreans-to-hand-over-pet-dogs-—-so-they-can-be-used-as-meat/ar-BB183Jon?li=AAggNb9

 

It would keep you from starving I suppose, but I hear it tastes like Shih Tzu.....

A man walks into a zoo. The zoo had one animal. It was a dog. It was a Shih Tzu. 

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Alexei Navalny: 'Poisoned' Russian opposition leader in a coma

Alexei Navalny in July 2020

Mr Navalny was flying to Moscow from Tomsk and was diverted to Omsk after he fell ill

 

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said.

 

The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where doctors said he was in a coma and they were trying to save his life.

 

His team suspects something was put in his tea at an airport cafe.

 

The Kremlin said that it wished Mr Navalny a "speedy recovery".

 

Mr Navalny, 44, has for years been among President Vladimir Putin's staunchest critics.

 

In June he described a vote on constitutional reforms as a "coup" and a "violation of the constitution". The reforms allow Mr Putin to serve another two terms in office, after the four terms he has already had.

 

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he was "deeply concerned" by the reports Mr Navalny had been poisoned, and sent his thoughts to him and his family.

What has the spokeswoman said?

Kira Yarmysh, the press secretary for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Mr Navalny founded in 2011, tweeted: "This morning Navalny was returning to Moscow from Tomsk.

"During the flight, he felt ill. The plane made an urgent landing in Omsk. Alexei has toxic poisoning."

She added: "We suspect that Alexei was poisoned by something mixed into [his] tea. It was the only thing he drank since morning.

"Doctors are saying that the toxic agent absorbed faster through the hot liquid. Right now Alexei is unconscious."

 

Ms Yarmysh said later that Mr Navalny was on a ventilator and in a coma, and that the hospital was now full of police officers. All of his belongings were being confiscated, she added.

She also said that doctors were initially ready to share any information but then they later claimed the toxicology tests had been delayed and were "clearly playing for time, and not saying what they know".

Diagnosis would be "towards evening", she was told.

Both Mr Navalny's wife, Yulia Navalnaya, and doctor, Anastasia Vasilyeva, have arrived at the hospital.

Mrs Navalnaya was initially denied access to her husband because authorities said the patient had not agreed to the visit, Ms Yarmysh said, although she was later allowed on to the ward.

Dr Vasilyeva said they were seeking to transfer the opposition leader to a specialist poison control centre in Europe, but hospital doctors were refusing to provide records of his condition.

 

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Opposing Vlad can be hazardous to your health.

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Cincinnati Reds broadcaster, Thom Brennaman suspended after using an anti-gay slur on air....

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/19/us/cincinnati-reds-broadcaster-thom-brennaman-anti-gay-slur-spt-trnd/index.html

 

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The Cincinnati Reds have announced the suspension of a broadcaster after he uttered an anti-gay slur on the air Wednesday.

Play-by-play announcer Thom Brennaman could be heard saying on the Fox Sports Ohio broadcast, "One of the f*g capitals of the world," before then resuming his on-air duties. It's unknown what led to that remark and the context behind it.
Steinlight Media released a statement on Brennaman's behalf.
"I would like to sincerely apologize for the inappropriate comments I made during last night's telecast. I made a terrible mistake. To the LGBTQ community, and all people I have hurt or offended, from the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry. I respectfully ask for your grace and forgiveness," the statement said.
The comment was made after a commercial break during a doubleheader between the Reds and the Kansas City Royals in Kansas City, Missouri.
The Reds released a statement, saying that the "organization is devastated by the horrific, homophobic remark."
During the second game of the doubleheader, Brennaman "was pulled off the air, and effective immediately was suspended from doing Reds broadcasts," the organization said in the statement.
Video that contained his remarks was posted to Twitter, and #FireThom began trending.

 

The good news is, he was immediately invited to speak at the next Trump rally.....
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1 hour ago, nuckin_futz said:

Alexei Navalny: 'Poisoned' Russian opposition leader in a coma

Alexei Navalny in July 2020

Mr Navalny was flying to Moscow from Tomsk and was diverted to Omsk after he fell ill

 

Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital suffering from suspected poisoning, his spokeswoman has said.

 

The anti-corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight and the plane made an emergency landing in Omsk, where doctors said he was in a coma and they were trying to save his life.

 

His team suspects something was put in his tea at an airport cafe.

 

The Kremlin said that it wished Mr Navalny a "speedy recovery".

 

Mr Navalny, 44, has for years been among President Vladimir Putin's staunchest critics.

 

In June he described a vote on constitutional reforms as a "coup" and a "violation of the constitution". The reforms allow Mr Putin to serve another two terms in office, after the four terms he has already had.

 

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he was "deeply concerned" by the reports Mr Navalny had been poisoned, and sent his thoughts to him and his family.

What has the spokeswoman said?

Kira Yarmysh, the press secretary for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, which Mr Navalny founded in 2011, tweeted: "This morning Navalny was returning to Moscow from Tomsk.

"During the flight, he felt ill. The plane made an urgent landing in Omsk. Alexei has toxic poisoning."

She added: "We suspect that Alexei was poisoned by something mixed into [his] tea. It was the only thing he drank since morning.

"Doctors are saying that the toxic agent absorbed faster through the hot liquid. Right now Alexei is unconscious."

 

Ms Yarmysh said later that Mr Navalny was on a ventilator and in a coma, and that the hospital was now full of police officers. All of his belongings were being confiscated, she added.

She also said that doctors were initially ready to share any information but then they later claimed the toxicology tests had been delayed and were "clearly playing for time, and not saying what they know".

Diagnosis would be "towards evening", she was told.

Both Mr Navalny's wife, Yulia Navalnaya, and doctor, Anastasia Vasilyeva, have arrived at the hospital.

Mrs Navalnaya was initially denied access to her husband because authorities said the patient had not agreed to the visit, Ms Yarmysh said, although she was later allowed on to the ward.

Dr Vasilyeva said they were seeking to transfer the opposition leader to a specialist poison control centre in Europe, but hospital doctors were refusing to provide records of his condition.

 

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Opposing Vlad can be hazardous to your health.

Nothing like a steaming hot cup of Polonium tea....

 

Marie Curie would have a big problem with Vlad.

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11 hours ago, BoKnows said:

 

50 years ago years ago my community was ravished by an F3 tornado.  Definitely the biggest tragedy our community has ever felt.  My Nana tells some good stories about that day.

I think you mean "ravaged", Bo. (although it does look pretty fracked) :lol:

 

Pretty wild though. Is that part of Ontario prone to twisters? (No idea how flat the Big Nickel is)

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2 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

I think you mean "ravaged", Bo. (although it does look pretty fracked) :lol:

 

Pretty wild though. Is that part of Ontario prone to twisters? (No idea how flat the Big Nickel is)

Thanks for the correction.  We're not prone to twisters at all, we're in a crater in the Canadian Shield.  Very hilly here.

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3 minutes ago, BoKnows said:

Thanks for the correction.  We're not prone to twisters at all, we're in a crater in the Canadian Shield.  Very hilly here.

That's what I thought. My first inclination was that it was a weird location for a tornado, but then I realized that I knew little about that part of Ontario, other than the obvious mining reference....

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54 minutes ago, RUPERTKBD said:

That's what I thought. My first inclination was that it was a weird location for a tornado, but then I realized that I knew little about that part of Ontario, other than the obvious mining reference....

Yeah it was a total freak storm.  We only get a few bad thunderstorms a year.

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Jerry Falwell Jr. WATCHED while I had sex with his wife Becki several times a year for SIX years starting when I was 20, claims pool boy - as he denies extorting the couple over affair

  • Giancarlo Granda claims he did not just have an affair with Becki Falwell - but that Jerry watched them have sex
  • They met up several times a year for six years, he claims, starting when he was 20 and ending in 2018
  • It contradicts Jerry's statement on Sunday night that Becki and Giancarlo had an affair that he later found out about 
  • Jerry released a lengthy statement claiming Giancarlo was extorting them 
  • He talked about 'forgiving' his wife's 'indiscretion' and said he was so upset when he discovered the affair that he lost 80lbs 
  • Ganda said he was not trying to extort them, but was trying to negotiate a buyout from the gay-friendly hostel business they are in together  
  • He told the Falwells he'd go 'the kamikaze route' by making their sordid relationship public if they didn't give him what he wanted  
  • Fallwell Jr. took a leave of absence from Liberty, a religious university, earlier this year 
  • He is one of the most influential conservative Christians in America and endorsed Trump enthusiastically 

Falwell, picture above with his wife and Trump, flew Granda in 2012 to Liberty University to meet the president

lots more in the link .... https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8659231/Business-partner-Falwells-says-long-affair-evangelical-power-couple.html

 

Ganda said he was not trying to extort them, but was trying to negotiate a buyout from the gay-friendly hostel business they are in together   <---------------------- ahahahahahahahahaha :lol:

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